assumptions regarding certain groups or communities” (p. 1). In addition to framing student underperformance as an individual or familial problem, deficit perspectives obscure how educators and systemic oppression undermine the success of minoritized student populations. (p. 6)In response, anti-deficit teaching practices center on the effective use of transformativeeducational pedagogies that aim to create equitable learner spaces that integrate the voices ofthose traditionally marginalized [2]. For example, Graham et al. [19] communicated a“persistence model” in which the acquisition of knowledge and professional skills (i.e., student’slearning) along with student identification of (connecting) what they are studying to
introductory chemicalengineering course, the results seemed too “remote and unlikely to students” [7, p. 237].Curriculum models. Besides the pedagogical approach, various curriculum models forengineering ethics education have been discussed, including stand-alone ethics course and across-the-curriculum models [11]. Bielefeldt and her colleagues [3] showed that the most commonsetting where ethics is taught is senior capstone design classes, according to chemical engineeringfaculty members. However, even though the stand-alone ethics course is a common form ofteaching ethics, Ocone [21] argued that introduction of ethics throughout the whole curriculumwould be necessary, because an integration approach has the advantage of integrating ethical issuesinto
Engineering in 2016. Her research interests are in areas of sustainable design, including biomimicry and adaptability in structural, city, and regional applications. Additionally, her scholarship includes topics such as curriculum development, contextualization of fundamental engi- neering sciences and integrating social justice into engineering education. She earned her MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University, and her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.Prof. Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego Mark Chapman is an assistant professor at the University of San Diego in the Department of Integrated Engineering. His interests lie in the fields of skeletal muscle mechanics, muscle disease, exercise physi
Year 4-Year 5-Year 6-Year Figure 3 ECS 4-, 5-, and 6-year undergraduate graduation ratesIn response, the ECS faculty at CSUF has implemented academic course intervention strategiesfor first- and second-year ECS students. This paper presents an academic intervention thatincorporates project-based learning and engineering design in a first-year calculus course, CalculusI - Differentiation.Course BackgroundCalculus I - Differentiation is the first calculus course that ECS students take. The course coversthe topics of limits, derivatives, applications and introduces definite integrals. As previouslyshown in Figure 1, the three-year average repetition
and laboratory curricula including online course platforms, and integrated technologies. She has been involved in both private and government grants as author and project director, and is currently PI of an NSF ATE grant, ”Increasing the Number of Engineering Technicians in Southeastern Pennsylvania.” A major goal of this collaborative effort with Drexel University is to connect for-credit, occupational technician education to workforce development certification programs. She was the faculty advisor to two student teams that made the final round of the NSF AACC Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) in 2016 and 2017. She and her students have been involved in STEM related outreach to local community groups
institute of Technology. Sriram received a B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras and M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Indiana University. During his time at Rose-Hulman, Sriram has served as a consultant in Hadoop and NoSQL systems and has helped a variety of clients in the Media, Insurance, and Telecommunication sectors. In addition to his industrial consulting activities, Sriram maintains an active research profile in data science and education research that has led to over 30 publications or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporat- ing reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineering curriculum. Sriram has
engineering decision-making, they are led to solving problems with atechnical perspective that leaves out ethical or environmental implications until the end, if atall. Without integration between the social and technical dimensions of engineering, theengineering curriculum will leave students to reinforce existing racial and environmentalinjustices rather than cultivating a critical understanding of the social, political, and economiccontext in which they will be engineers. Additionally, revising an engineering course to modelsociotechnical fluency and design has the potential to attract and retain students who havehistorically been excluded from engineering and are still not served by traditional engineeringcurricula (Faulkner, 2007; Litchfield
should be taught with anemphasis on teamwork, oral and written communication, creativity and ingenuity, which can beaccomplished by using coding and computer-aided design tools from early on in the curriculum.The instructional approach taken in this three-credit course is the one in which students are activeparticipants in the learning process. Students typically do not have an opportunity to learn thefundamentals of MATLAB until later in the curriculum, yet coding skills are very useful,especially when introduced early on. MATLAB includes the requisite programming constructs,has an easy to understand Graphical User Interface (GUI), and requires no prior programmingexperience. It is therefore an ideal programming language to introduce in a first
minoritized groups in order to move toward more socially just institutions. She approaches this through studies in the general chemistry curriculum, inquiry into the institution of STEM graduate education, and historical research into chemistry graduate education. Her dissertation research focuses on how the experiences of pregnant and/or parenting women graduate students in STEM are organized by policies and practices of higher education as they obtain graduate STEM degrees. She holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry Education from Purdue University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Western Michigan University.Dr. Erica M. Stone, Middle Tennessee State University Erica M. Stone is an Assistant Professor of
, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jennifer Mott earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Her research interests include Thermal Comfort, using Team Based Learning in engineering courses and improving teaching/learning for engineering students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Implementing Social Justice Projects in Thermal System and Mechanical Design CoursesAbstractTopics and assignments related to social justice were integrated into thermal
University of New York (CUNY). She currently teaches relational and non-relational database theory and practice and Data Science courses to undergraduates in the Computer Systems Major. Her research focuses on three key computer areas: Web: research on the mechanisms used to organize big data in search result pages of major search engines, Ethics: techniques for incorporating ethics in computer curriculum specifically in data science curriculum and programs/curricula: evaluating Data Science programs in the US and China.Dr. Qiping Zhang, Long Island University Dr. Qiping Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, where she also
Paper ID #32697Software Strategies for Team Functionality Support in Capstone CoursesDr. Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky has taught courses for Architec- tural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Major Freshman in Engineering. He received his integrated Bachelor of Architectural Engineering/Master of Architectural Engineering (BAE/MAE), and PhD. de- grees in architectural engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Solnosky is
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Implementing Project-based Learning into Sophomore Mechanics CourseAbstractThe primary goal of an engineering curriculum is to lay the groundwork for the remainder of thestudents’ training. Traditionally, the curriculum primarily consists of lecture-based courses, withsome hands-on work, mostly through demonstration. In recent years, the curriculum has startedusing more project-based courses. In these updated courses, the theory covered via lecture ismerged with hands-on project work. This integrated approach is designed to not only give thestudents a foundation of the course theory, but to expand on that and give them practical, hands-on
Slaughter, who has committed hislife’s work to dismantling racism specifically in engineering education. He called theorganization and members to recognize the challenges that systemic racism poses for theengineering field and to take action in changing the way our students are educated. Dr. Slaughterpointed out that without an inclusive engineering workforce, we are missing viable and importantsolutions to engineering problems.As engineering leadership educators, our obligation to our students extends beyond transmissionof technical knowledge. We have a responsibility to infuse our curriculum with knowledge ofsystemic racism, how bias can impact our solutions, and how engineers can lead and createteams that foster belonging and inclusivity. We
) Engineering. She previously served as the project manager and lead editor of the NSF-funded TeachEngineering digital library (TeachEngineering.org, a free library of K-12 engineering curriculum), during which she mentored NSF GK-12 Fellows and NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) par- ticipants from across the country on the creation and publication of their original engineering curriculum. Dr. Forbes is a former high school physics and engineering teacher and a former NSF GK-12 Fellow.Dr. Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego Dr. Odesma Dalrymple is an Associate Professor and Faculty Lead for the Engineering Exchange for Social Justice, in the Shiley Marcos School of Engineering at University of San Diego
topics included in the course and recognized the collaborative nature of solving real-worldproblems. The students expressed their increased motivation to learn the class topics that werespecifically framed as problems in a cross-disciplinary context. Overall, the approach used waseffective in introducing the students to the importance and relationship of science and engineeringanalyses when interfaced with contemporary government policy. Recommendations are providedfor future implementation of similar collaborative exercises.IntroductionThe engineering curriculum needs to be broadened by integrating more content from liberal arts,public policy, economics, and other technical and non-technical fields of knowledge [1], [2].Engineering students
in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals.Dr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor Emerita of Learning Sciences and Human Development, Dr. Nolen’s work focuses on engage- ment and learning from a situative perspective. Recent research at the postsecondary level includes the take-up and use of tools for concept-based instruction in mechanical engineering and engagement and negotiation in group work on simulated real-world problems in engineering.Michelle
engineering entrepreneurs, participated in a 3-day start-up weekend hosted by theuniversity’s Innovation Hub, attended engineering job fairs and two semesters of project-focusedseminars, and read entrepreneurial and/or leadership-related books. This included reading booksand providing oral reports of prominent entrepreneurs across various domains (to supplementdiscussions held during synchronous seminars). The students also met with mentors on a regularbasis. Furthermore, they engaged in intrapreneurial-focused curriculum activities that weredesigned to increase understanding of and engagement with intrapreneurship.Program component details:• Faculty mentorship: Students chose an Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty mentor. The student
activities were included above, but have also led to the followingactions from the task force: • Shared materials and resources amongst faculty to address DEI issues in syllabi, assignments, and in lectures • Agreements to work on integrating DEI issues across the curriculum • Reviewed recent student surveys for feedback on DEI issues and this was shared with faculty • Compiled and shared extensive notes from the DEI Town Hall • Hired two new faculty members to the department that will start in January 2022 that both represent diverse perspectives (1 Hispanic woman, 1 Black male)The response to these events from undergraduate students has been very encouraging and mostlypositive. However, to find out if any of
enterprise ever builtby human beings. The world power and energy infrastructures are facing structural changesincluding liberalization of markets, extended uses of smart sensing and monitoring, two-waycommunication or integration of renewable energy sources. The power and energy industry inthe 21st century is going through an evolutionary period, while new technologies are changingthe way we generate, transmit and deliver electric power. The electric power industry has manynew power grid applications in the forefront and implementation phases. The power system andits wiring connect nowadays every single house to each other and to the power stations togetherwithin a country or region. Furthermore, countries are inter-connected together so that
depends strongly on theparticular design project selected.Capstone projects are an important component in the engineering curriculum that combinevarious aspects of students’ learning into an integrated team project to address real-world,complex problems. Capstone projects frequently involve multiple elements including design,simulation, fabrication, validation, and cost analysis. This complexity requires system thinkingand can easily become interdisciplinary [1, 2]. Due to reporting requirements, interaction withcustomers and sponsors, and collaboration among different team members, these projects alsoprovide an excellent opportunity for practicing and improving written and oral communicationskills [3]. Capstone projects are considered an
adapted to integrate into other courses. All course materials areavailable through the Canvas learning management system (LMS) at no cost.During the Summer of 2020, members in the CIT-E CoP began exploring the question “whatimpact has CIT-E had?” Intentional evaluation at our workshops had demonstrated that theworkshops were effective in meeting their outcomes, including building a sense of communityand helping attendees learn new skills. Another important and far-reaching impact was thecreation and use of the model introductory infrastructure course materials. And we could point topowerful anecdotes as an indicator of our impact, such as a colleague who has organized twonational infrastructure conferences in Ghana attributing his activity to the
AbstractIn this research paper, we explore student responses to Utility Value Interventions in staticscourses. Introductory engineering mechanics courses (e.g., statics, dynamics) are critical pointswithin a curriculum, and student performance in these courses can have a strong influence onfuture success. And while these courses are often thought of as “weed out” courses, the ubiquityof these courses for engineers is what makes them an important place for students to develop themotivation to persist through their engineering education. One particularly promising tool for thisdevelopment has been Utility Value Interventions (UVIs) in which students are given opportunitiesto reflect on how their coursework aligns with their lives through short writing
challenges international students experience in the U.S., counseling of student-athlete populations, and experiences of student vet- erans in higher education. She serves as a Research Assistant at UNC Charlotte as part of an Office of Naval Research grant supporting student veterans and engineering curriculum innovation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Gendered Experience of Engineering Knowledge in Military Technology ClassAbstractInformed by social-constructivist and standpoint feminist theories, this ethnographic case studyexplored how male and female students evaluated the value, relevance, and
Engineer in California and Missouri.Lt. Col. Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy Brad C. McCoy is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, and currently an Asst. Professor in the De- partment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and the Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA). He holds a BS degree in civil engineering from USMA (2001), and MS and PhD degrees in civil engineering from North Carolina State University (2011 and 2019). Brad is a licensed Professional Engineer (Missouri). His research interests include sustainable infrastructure development, sustainable construction materials, and engineering education.Col. Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military
financial implications for the economy. The same report shows that there were over 385,000commercial UAS and over 162,000 remote pilot (Part 107) certifications at the end of the 2019period. [2]An article on UAS challenges states that there are several dozen countries with active UASprograms and that while military applications drove early development, the civil market is thefastest growth sector now. [3] The advocacy group Association of Unmanned Vehicle SystemsInternational (AUVSI) predicted a market of more than $13 billion in the first three years of fullUAS integration in the NAS. [4] Additionally, a Congressional Research report predicted anannual $14 billion industry by 2025. [5] Clearly, UAS have commercial as well militaryimplications and
Paper ID #34013Gratitude and Graph Theory in the Time of CoronavirusProf. Gerald J. Wang, Carnegie Mellon University Jerry Wang is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineer- ing (by courtesy) and Chemical Engineering (by courtesy), at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his BS in 2013 from Yale University (Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Physics), SM in 2015 from MIT (Mechanical Engineering), and PhD in 2019 from MIT (Mechanical Engineering and Computation). He performed postdoctoral research at MIT in Chemical Engineering. He is a member of the inaugural cohort
education. Opportunities to participate inargumentation and its analysis could become an essential component of learning and masteringthe engineering design process. Moreover, integrating argumentation into engineering degreeprograms has clear advantages for producing desired student outcomes, such as the ability todesign a system with respect to relevant constraints and criteria. These assertions are explored indetail below.Future ResearchAs stated, there is currently little research around arguments and argumentation in engineeringspaces; our systematic review identified only 11 peer-reviewed articles that use a clearly definedframework to assess products of engineering-based argumentation. Those that exist put forth, orborrow from, frameworks
] H. Interactive, Bridge That Gap: Analyzing the Student Skill Index. 2013.[10] M. Andrade and J. Westover, “Engaging Millennial Students through Community-Engaged Experiential Learning,” Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 21– 44, Jan. 2020.[11] A. Karji, S. Bernstein, M. Tafazzoli, A. Taghinezhad, and A. Mohammadi, “Evaluation of an Interview-Based Internship Class in the Construction Management Curriculum: A Case Study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,” Education Sciences, vol. 10, no. 4, Art. no. 4, 2020, doi: 10.3390/educsci10040109.[12] S. K. W. Chu, “Internship in Higher Education,” in Social Media Tools in Experiential Internship Learning, S. K. W
Paper ID #32823Exploring Engineering Faculty’s Use of Active-learning Strategies inTheir TeachingDr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Iowa State University Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Dana AlZoubi, Iowa State University Dana AlZoubi is a PhD candidate, majoring in Educational technology and co-majoring in Human- Computer Interaction at