- and transdisciplinary experiences relevant to the currenttechnical development. More specifically, this program provided three main objectives,including: (1) providing transdisciplinary engineering design experiences relevant to cutting edgetechnical development for teachers; (2) developing teacher-driven lesson plans that could beimplemented in the classroom, and (3) disseminating results and developed materials to helpteachers in the region and beyond.In this RET site program, teachers rotated to four different research laboratories with a 1.5-to-3-week duration in each at the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus under the guidance offaculty mentors, graduate students and, in some cases, even undergraduate NSF REUparticipants [4]. In
Civil Engineering Students about Ethics and Societal Impacts via Cocurricular Activities.” This paper was recognized by the Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice as an Editor’s Choice. Currently working with Dr. Angela Bielefeldt as a research assistant. Preparing to submit three papers regarding ethics in engineering education as co-author at the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for
University of Michigan. Her research interests lie in assessing and amending curricula to help students transition from undergraduate to professional practice. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Motivating factors that encourage rural students to pursue engineeringIntroductionThis complete research paper describes a qualitative study conducted at a large midwesternuniversity exploring the motivations rural students cite as reasons for pursuing engineering.According to the United States Department of Education, rural communities account for 32% ofpublic elementary and secondary schools, serving 24% of students in the United States [1].27.1% of rural students
teams hosted a local STEM engagement eventfor elementary and middle school students wherein they designed, developed, and implemented aSTEM activity center that featured multicultural elements within STEM. These activitiesrequired students to acquire training in K-12 best practices, accessibility in curriculum, andapplications of multicultural elements in STEM activities (i.e., knowledge acquisition) whichwere then transferred to original ideas to create learning experiences for their target populations(i.e., knowledge transfer). For this event, the STEM FHF student teams worked with the OakleySTEM Center on campus to provide the venue, advertising, recruitment, and supplies in tandemwith established K-12 programming activities.For the second
, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social
Paper ID #34034Contextualization as Virtue in Engineering EducationDr. Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines Marie is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Humanitarian Engineering Program in the Department of Engineering, Design, and Society at Colorado School of Mines. She holds a B.S. in mechanical en- gineering and international studies from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and an M.S. and PhD in STS from Virginia Tech. She conducts research on engineering practice and pedagogy around the world, exploring its origins, purposes, and potential futures. Marie’s interest in values and engagement in profes
Society for Engineering Education, 2021 ETAC ABET and EvaluateUR-CURE: Findings from Combining Two Assessment Approaches as Indicators of Student Learning OutcomesIntroductionThere is a growing national demand for qualified graduates in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM). Engineering Technology (ET) programs at community colleges andcolleges/universities play an essential role in meeting this demand through the preparation ofstudents who are well qualified to enter the technical workforce. Students enrolled in accreditedET programs conduct design projects that provide opportunities to apply content knowledge andgain valuable workplace skills. These course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)greatly
more hospitals, shelters, and come up with ways to combat the natural disaster." In a similar vein, another student focused more on the "money [that] was put into the[disaster] response." This student explained their assumption in their response in that "morecapital investment leads to better resources available and shorter response time." This studentwent on to note that they would suggest best practices based on this monetary research and thensuggest improvements. A suggested improvement was to "allocate more money for immediatedisaster relief." In the more economic-driven suggestion, this student, as well as others, hadalready predetermined that a solution would be to increase the amount of money spent toalleviate the disaster's
design, exploring engineering boundaries for inclusive pedagogy, and sustainability and bio-inspired design in the built environment.Dr. Laura Ann Gelles, University of Texas at Dallas Laura Gelles is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Texas at Dallas within the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science where she is studying retention of undergraduate engineering students. She has extensive experience using qualitative and mixed-methods research in Engineering Education. Before joining UTD in September 2020, Laura worked at the University of San Diego on their RED grant to study institutional change efforts and redefine the engineering canon as sociotechnical. She has a background
. These issues tackle the reduction of water usage for crops, increasedefficiency on the farm, and a reduction of over planting and chemical use on crops. The studentsare exposed to equipment and topics most have never analyzed or contemplated in the agriculturesector. After announcing the five problems, the students are immediately curious about the issuesand enthusiastic about how they are going to develop solutions. The student teams select theproblem they want to solve for their project. The teams research the subject matter and makeconnections with a farmer to gain more insight about the problem. With this connection, thestudents determine the requirements for the project design and realistic constraints about theequipment. The students
Paper ID #34445Complexity of Engineering Disciplines as an Engineering Gate Keeper?Exploring Literature Related to Students’ Selection of and Admittanceinto Engineering MajorsTyler Milburn, The Ohio State University Tyler Milburn is currently a Ph.D. student studying Engineering Education at Ohio State University where he serves as a Graduate Teaching Associate for the first-year engineering program. He is co-advised by Dr. Krista Kecskemety and Dr. Rachel Kajfez and his research interests include understanding how students apply to engineering majors and the experiences they face when they are rejected from an engineering
Education, Postsecondary Educational Leadership: Specialization in Student Affairs from San Diego State University.Prof. Olivia A. Graeve, University of California, San Diego Prof. Graeve joined the University of California, San Diego, in 2012, and is currently Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of the CaliBaja Center for Resilient Ma- terials and Systems, and Faculty Director of the IDEA Engineering Student Center. Prof. Graeve holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and a Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. Her area of research fo- cuses on the design and processing of
similar ideas as presented here. One successful aspect of the experiment is that the 3Dmodel provides a more authentic emulation of real-world engineering practice. Students mayperuse the views and orbit the model in 3D to understand the nature of the problem. This type ofengagement, inquiry, and discovery is typically not possible in traditional paper exams.Additionally, by modeling the context in 3D, the exam designer is forced to fully develop theproblem in a way that is not typically done for an on-paper exam. For example, consider theunusual cross-section. The unconventional shape was strategically chosen to limit students’ability to use online moment of inertia solvers during the take-home exam. However, the unusualshape of the cross
four informational BR200 modules in Moodle. These enhance-ments were in place for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 sessions. While the instructor rated him-self as very computer-literate, this RISE course proved very challenging. That continued whenthe instructor implemented more RISE principles during the compressed 12-week fall 2020BR200 course. It truly was like teaching a new course for the first time!RISE introduced faculty to the tools needed to skillfully design and deliver courses for this nextphase in higher education.7 Dynamic facilitators who were experts in online learning led it.Faculty built elements of their online course(s) while learning and using research-informed,instructional best practices. Workshop concepts were grounded in
universitycreated IP were; 1) difficulty finding co-founders and people to build the company, 2) lack oftime to work on the company, 3) industry and capital connections, and 4) managing conflicts ofinterest[13]. Many a faculty resort to recruiting their graduate students and postdocs to be co-founders, but that often fails to address issues 3 and 4. Also, most universities have still notaligned their faculty-driven IP licensing and start-up generation aspirations with their tenure andpromotion policies, often creating a conflict between faculties success in their job and their IPdevelopment[10].Strategies for filing intellectual propertyWhen embarking on a new idea and business model, entrepreneurs need to leverageresourcefulness, time, and research as
disasters,or protests – highlight the effects that extreme stressors can have on students’ ability to learn [7].The pandemic has impacted the global education community and has lasted longer than typicalemergency education interventions. Many students struggle to stay hopeful and positive in thewake of disrupted patterns of learning, largely because many have not yet mastered how toemploy adaptive practices in times of crisis [8]. Although our college employed a HyFlex modelin the fall (students back on brick-and-mortar campus but rotating through attending class in-person versus on Zoom for different classes and different days), the learning environment is stillfar from what we would typically consider “normal.”We sought to quantify the ways in
Sciences program at Clemson University. Broadly, her research interests include intergenerational learning in informal settings and self-directed learning. Since 2017, Abigail has been the graduate assistant for the General Engineering Learning Community (GELC), a program that supports first-year engineering students in their development of self-regulation and time management skills, effective learning strategies, and positive habits of mind.Baker A. Martin, Clemson University Baker Martin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University and teaches in the General Engineering Program as part of the first-year engineering curricu- lum. His research interests include choice
(value) and variation were brought up again.The follow up report constituted addressing the following tasks: • Providing a description of the case including background, important factors, critical measures, etc. • Determining each design’s performance with regards to the quality measure(s) identified • Recommending which design that the company should continue with for further advancement based on both technical feasibility and economic value analysis • Providing statistical justification to all responsesAll the information necessary to conduct a technical feasibility analysis using statistical toolswas available in the materials covered during the lectures; but the students had to research togather more information to
the design andmain results obtained after implementing a four-week "Entrepreneurial Vision" module withinthe curricular program of the School of Engineering bachelor's degrees of a large privateuniversity in Chile during the pandemic in the first semester of the academic year 2020.BackgroundThe Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (from now on, the Academy) is a program ofthe Faculty of Engineering of the Andres Bello University of Chile, responsible for leaving anentrepreneurial hallmark among all its graduates is an original model that adapts internationalexperiences and methodologies. The Academy develops experiences through training activitiesfor students in various engineering fields, the most prominent being the semester
Paper ID #32253In-Class Real-Time Assessments of Students’ Fundamental Vector andCalculus Skills in an Undergraduate Engineering Dynamics CourseProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, U.S.A. He has taught a variety of courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, such as engineering dy- namics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, and the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes. He earned
Training: The hands- are also available at a website maintained by the on training takes place on the Center for Manufacturing Research [16]. second day of the workshop and AM-WATCH participants designed and printed includes training the participants innovative/entrepreneurial work pieces during the on using Arduino or Python second day of the studio workshops and rated their coding for advanced learning practices tied to ABET Student Outcomes manufacturing applications. at the end of the programs [17]. Educational Modules: Six educational Two-day, on-ground, train-the-trainer studios modules were developed on
class named “Actuators and SensorsApplication in Robotics” in the department of MET at the New York City College of Technologyin which there are three levels of robotics classes 15,16. In this class, the students are assumed tolearn the applications of popular sensors and actuators and study wireless communication devicesand protocols. Then, they can synthesize the knowledge of fundamental STEM, the introductionlevel of robotics, and design to develop a complicated project. As discussed above, the classmainly focuses on how to understand the theories through practical applications indirectly insteadof how to deliver the theories directly. The educational aim specializes in robotics technology toprepare for career-based classes and laboratories
learning has yet to be seen [4]. The lackof remote teaching in engineering, prior to the pandemic, has been attributed to the inherentnature of the discipline, which requires hands-on training to work with instruments and materialsin controlled laboratory settings [5]. Learning experiences that support practical knowledge andskill development are essential for engineers but are difficult to create in a digital environment[5]. Consequently, researchers have claimed that transiting conventional engineering courses thatfocus on content-centered and designed-oriented learning to online may not provide studentswith the in-depth learning required in engineering [5-6]. Furthermore, converting conventionalengineering courses to remote instruction
curriculum below.1. Vertically integrated design project courses (VIDP). Our program has a strong senior designcourse sequence where seniors work for an entire academic year in teams on real projectssponsored and mentored by industry. Real industry design experience, however, was missing inthe first three years of the program. Hence, a separate design course sequence, where freshmen,sophomores, and juniors come together each spring to work on authentic design projectsmentored by practicing engineers, was added to the curriculum. In this new VIDP sequence,integrated teams consisting of freshmen, sophomores and juniors learn practice skills such asdesign principles, team dynamics, project management, communication, etc., throughexperiential learning
research projects, • Participating in community service projects, • Attending guest lectures from world-class engineers, • Serving as mentors for students in later cohorts, and • Participating in community outreach with K-12 institutions in the region.A key objective was to leverage cohort development across cohort years though peer-mentoring.Toward this objective and working within the structure of the NSF S-STEM program, additionalstipend funds were designated to support students participating in peer-mentoring, as well asfunding for a proposed training retreat to instill best practices in peer-mentoring. The University of Idaho hosts programs and resources that support students in achievingacademic and professional success. A
favored face-to-face courses over onlinemodality. The preferred modality was directly tied to the course makeup, for example, time ofthe day offered, how many times a week is offered, topics of the course, and informationavailable for the online course. Using an equivalent face-to-face and online course modalitycomparison, Aragon et al. [11] found that course performance was not impacted by instructionmodality. If hybrid and online courses are well designed and carried out intentionally, the coursecan be successful in engaging a positive student attitude [11], [12]. The COVID-19 pandemicobliges us to implement a rapid transition towards hybrid and online teaching modalities that didnot allow the time required to create a well-intentionally
the University of Illinois’ College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (2019); and the Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award, by career communications group as a part of the 34th Black Engineer of the Year STEM Conference (2020).Dr. Erik M. Hines, Florida State University Dr. Erik M. Hines is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at the Florida State University as well as the coordinator of the Counselor Education Program and School Counseling Track. Dr. Hines prepares graduate students to be professional school counselors. Dr. Hines’s research agenda centers around: (a) college and career readiness for Black males; (b) parental involvement and its impact on academic
collaborative processamong the research team and educators to create exam wrappers for their specific course needs.The research team created an opportunity for educators to learn about reflection practicesthrough the creation of context-specific exam wrappers while the educators contributedcontext-specific knowledge and ideas from personal experience in the co-creation of their examwrappers. The research team decided to have the deliverable of the workshop be a usable productto address the common tension faculty face between having limited time, yet wanting to stay upto date on good practices and pedagogy. We asked the question, “what affordances mightco-design provide as a professional development method in contrast to traditionalprofessional
. In doing so, he focuses on Engineering education policies and practices in teaching learning processes, assessments, laboratories and practical internships. Mr. Halkiyo has been teaching different Civil En- gineering courses at Bule Hora University, Ethiopia, where he also served as a department head, and conducts various research and community projects. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Powerful Change Attends to Power RelationsIntroduction & BackgroundWhile changing engineering departments to become more inclusive and equitable is a commongoal, research repeatedly confirms that such change is rare. Notably, change efforts
practices in technology-enhanced learning environments. Prior to beginning doctoral work, she taught secondary mathematics for four years as well as created and implemented an interdisciplinary, project-based mathematics, science, and principles-of-technology curriculum for fresh- men and sophomore high school students in Albemarle County, Virginia.Ms. Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia Anne M. McAlister is a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Special Education at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on identity development in higher education, and how STEM graduate students balance and