training [11]. Thus, some students pursuing undergraduate and graduate courses inconstruction management may struggle to fully comprehend advanced concepts of programmingand AI languages. As such, during the development of a curriculum about automationtechnologies, programming, and AI techniques, socio-demographic background, and previousexperience in handling robotics technology should be considered to make the learning processeasier for CM students.Few studies have explored the benefits of integrating automation and simulation-relatedcurriculum that fosters technological skills among STEM students. For instance, an academicinstitution established a Robotics Academy to investigate the efficacy of various AI-basedlearning curriculum in the form of
step towards realization of many of the goals in The Engineer of 2020. We have applied the lessons learned in an earlier effort at the College of Engineering, Michigan State University (MSU), lead by the first author of this report. Both the work at MSU and the recent, continuing work at MichTech are endeavors to help meet the call of the NAE sixteen years ago. Across many disciplines, we have constructed a program curriculum that builds an integrated engineering experience on the foundations of technical courses from a cross-section of different engineering disciplines, mathematics courses, physical and social sciences courses, business courses, and humanities courses. We have built a set of new core courses within
activity. See full documentation for standards.In the ConnecTions in the Making project, researchers and school district partners work todevelop and study community-connected, integrated science and engineering curriculum unitsthat support diverse elementary students’ science and engineering ideas, practices, and attitudes.Students investigate, prototype, share, and revise functional solutions to an engineering designchallenge rooted in the students’ local community while scientifically exploring the phenomenaand mechanisms related to the challenge. This paper shares the “Accessible Playground Design”3rd-grade unit in which students explore the scientific concepts of force, motion and magnetismbased on the need to design a piece of accessible
Formation of Engineers (RFE)(EEC-1824856 and EEC-1824859). The primary goal of this project is to develop and testengineering education modules that link K-12 students’ classroom learning to field tripexperiences in an interactive science museum, increasing student learning and extending the fieldtrip experiences. Each Engineering Explorations module consists of one 50-minute field tripprogram completed at an interactive science center and curriculum for three 50-minute lessons tobe implemented by the classroom teacher before (2 lessons) and after (1 lesson) the field tripprogram. Our paper will present both development and research outcomes.Development accomplishments. To date, we have developed and tested 3 field trip programswith over 5,000 K-12
formation needs and four-year faculty onunique needs of transfer students), missing curriculum and resources supporting careerdevelopment and professional formation of ET students, and integration of transfer studentservices focusing on connecting faculty and advisors across both institutional levels and types ofprograms. Significant gaps in the research promoting understanding of the role of ET and uniqueprofessional formation needs of these students were also confirmed.This project has been successful at helping to broaden participation in ET engineering educationthrough integrating new participants into activities (new four-year institutional stakeholders, newindustry partners, new faculty and staff directly and indirectly working with ET
that created Cyber2yr2020, curriculum guidelines for two-year cybersecurity programs.Dr. David Gibson, United States Air Force Academy David Gibson is Professor Emeritus of Computer and Cyber Science at the United States Air Force Academy. During his 34-year career in the U.S. Air Force, he worked in electronic warfare, computer security, space systems, intelligence, and cyber operations. Prior to retiring, he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the Air Force Academy where he led development of the Academy’s cyber education, training, and research programs. He was a member of the ACM’s Joint Task- force on Cybersecurity Education. Since 2000, he has volunteered as an ABET program
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
implications and consequences (Critical Reasoning); and 6. Communicate ideas in a logical sequence, demonstrating control of syntax and mechanics and the ability to integrate credible and reliable sources (Written Communication).The six learning outcomes above are a subset from the LEAP Initiative (Liberal Education andAmerica’s Promise) on General Education developed by the Association of American Collegesand Universities [2]. The faculty elected these outcomes for the new General Educationcurriculum, developed five strands to offer students more choice and variety than in the past, andbegan developing courses to support the new curriculum. Although there are broad calls forincreased exposure to the humanities in engineering curricular
M. Asta, “Current status and outlook of computational materials science education in the US,” Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng., vol. 13, no. 2, p. R53, 2005, doi: 10.1088/0965-0393/13/2/R01.[14] K. Thornton, S. Nola, R. Edwin Garcia, M. Asta, and G. B. Olson, “Computational materials science and engineering education: A survey of trends and needs,” JOM, vol. 61, no. 10, p. 12, Oct. 2009, doi: 10.1007/s11837-009-0142-3.[15] National Research Council (U.S.), Ed., Integrated computational materials engineering: a transformational discipline for improved competitiveness and national security. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press, 2008.[16] R. Mansbach et al., “Reforming an undergraduate materials science curriculum
perceptions in engineering and pre-college engineering studies with elementary school-aged children.Dr. Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills of K-16 engineering learners; and teaching
attracts students from the minority population will represent a viablepathway to increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in this emerging industry.After an extensive search we could not identify any Minority Serving Institution (MSI) thatoffers a degree program in Cybersecurity in our region. This paper will describe how theCybersecurity program can contribute to the production of these vitally needed scientists, byincreasing the number of underrepresented minorities and women with a degree inCybersecurity. The department of Engineering Technology currently offers an undergraduatedegree inComputer Science Technology (CST). The CST curriculum is a hybrid of software andhardwarecourses designed to prepare graduates with a strong
first-year engineering students’learning experience [1-3]. Engineering education saw the birth of the many faces of integrationlike multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and transdisciplinarity. Most studies agree that ifarranged according to the increasing level of complexity of integration, multidisciplinarityshould come first as having the lowest level and transdisciplinarity on the top with the highestlevel of integration [4]. In this study, we employed the lens of transdisciplinarity by combiningmetacognition, systems thinking, and empathy in an introductory engineering course. Theeducation literature on transdisciplinarity [5-7] acknowledges that generally, current highereducation practice does not yet effectively train students as
gamification studies focus on large enrollment STEM courses like those taken bychemical engineers early in their major program, and few incorporate robust measures torigorously and systematically assess students’ behavioral, cognitive, and affective changes. Thegoal of this study is to establish effective strategies for the application of gamification in coursesthat appear early in the chemical engineering curriculum, supporting the retention of students inthe major and the graduation of chemical engineers. This was achieved through the developmentof a chemistry and chemical engineering focused dashboard that is integrated within an onlinelearning management system that includes gamification tools (i.e., leaderboard, badges, andrewards).We report the
Engineering Education. As a member of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC) at LaTech, Ethan’s primary research area is engineering design education with a focus on developing prototyping skills through both class-based projects and extra-curricular clubs, competitions, and activities. This includes a focus on hand-drawn sketches and how they are used as tools for generating ideas and visual communication, es- pecially when it involves the skill to generate quick and realistic sketches of an object or idea. He has also conducted research on the impact involvement in academic makerspaces has on students in engineering programs.Dr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Associate
expectations. Middle school studentsparticipating in appropriate mentoring activities are more likely to be interested in STEM areasand have a greater chance of choosing an engineering or technology related discipline whilepursuing higher education. Middle school curriculum-based classroom activities do not provideessential STEM related learning experiences and hands-on practice. Non-traditional settingssuch as through after school activities in community centers can provide the necessary impetus.Providing mentorship at such after-school centers by university students pursuing engineeringcourses can provide a useful resource that can build mutual confidence of both the universitystudents and that of the middle schools children. Robotics is an
literarysearch is included to examine the research on this topic in similarly formatted courses.Additionally, it will describe how the course is integrated into the curriculum, will present thecourse outline and topics covered, and will discuss loading topics that were omitted in theinterest to prioritize more essential knowledge. For assessment of the course, student surveyfeedback and instructor observations are used to evaluate the success of the teaching strategiesfor the initial offering of this course.IntroductionThe introduction of a Structural Loadings course into the Architectural Engineeringcurriculum at Oklahoma State University (OSU) aims to teach three objectives: 1) the abilityto understand how loads move through structures 2) the
writing was the motivation for such an action. A programwas initiated to support English programs at K-12 levels in the state, but not at higher educationinstitutions. An engineering Initiative program was also established by the state to aid andstrengthen STEM programs in schools and colleges. Therefore, in 2017 UVU decided toestablish an internal task force to investigate the reading and writing across the curriculum issue.A Writing-Enriched (WE) Committee was formed to examine various methods to implement acommunication requirement for all programs across campus. After one year of brain storming, itwas decided to ask each program to develop and designate two Writing-Enriched (WE) courses.The form of writing and communication exercises were
ExpectationsAbstractThis work-in-progress paper presents an ongoing evidence-based practice implementingintegrative professional communication activities derived from an investigation of professionalcommunication expectations of industry co-curricular partners. Contemporary pedagogicalapproaches, such as problem-based learning and entrepreneurially minded learning, have as acentral focus the desire to expose students to authentic experiences which integrate technicalknowledge with workplace skills connected to professionalism, communication, collaboration,and leadership. This approach can conflict with traditional engineering curricula where theinstruction of technical skills are frequently separated or deemed more important than “softskills” instruction in
Paper ID #33586Biologically Inspired Design For Engineering Education: Online TeacherProfessional Learning (Evaluation)Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is s Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Tech- nology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on improving K-12 STEM education through research on curriculum development, teacher pro- fessional development, and student learning in integrated STEM environments. Dr. Alemdar is currently co-PI for research on various NSF funded projects
enrollment caps staying the same at an average of 26 students. The class alsosatisfied 3-credit hours and was offered on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule for 50-minutes or Tuesday-Thursday for 75-minutes. Classroom design and locations also stayed thesame as the regular course. The three main differences between the regular required course and the targeted coursecentered on the course objectives and finer details of the curriculum that was geared towardengineers. First, where the regular course explores classic examples of speechmaking, theengineering course was grounded in supplying relevant examples from the scientific community.For example, students were shown full presentation examples delivered by engineers aboutengineering topics
with partner discipline input that utilizes the mathematical concepts identified in the fishbowl exercises. The sharing of materials can be used in the classroom. In this way, collaborations among partner disciplines and mathematics can lead to substantive changes in the classroom curriculum to benefit student learning.The creation of these lists constitutes an important element in the success of SUMMIT-P’s work,as the wish lists could be implemented by each institution to map course learning objectives.More about the SUMMIT-P fishbowl activities can be found in Hofrenning et al. [10]. Table 2. Fishbowl Activity Questions General 1. As you read the CF report, do the recommendation still ring true? 2. Do you
training. Integral to the work is research tounderstand how students use the models as learning aids with a goal of using these observationsto develop general activity design principles that may be applicable to a wider array of STEMcourses. We presented the project rationale, goals and research questions along with the overallresearch design in 2020 [1].After a year of development and pilot activities, we commenced data collection in classroomimplementations of a relatively mature curriculum starting fall 2019. Data collection ended inMarch 2020 when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt shift to online learning.Clearly, an educational intervention featuring group learning in classroom activities with sharedmanipulatives would need
: encouraging younger students’ interest in STEM related fields while changing the definition and conversation of what it means to be an engineer. Her research interests include motivation and STEM curriculum development and evaluation. She is very excited to be a part of this community and hopes to spark the interest of engineering education research within her peer groups and to return to education after industry experience.Dr. Jeanne L. Sanders, University of Nevada, Reno Jeanne Sanders (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral researcher in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. She graduated with her Ph.D from North Carolina State University in the Fall of 2020. She plans to pursue a career in academia in the
the following high-level research question: 1. How does the workshop impact the implementation interest of the active learning pedagogy across all STEM disciplines?The Intellectual Merit of the ProjectThe project contributes to understanding of the impact of hands-on learning activities that allowfaculty to integrate ECP and new sensors into the curriculum. The multidisciplinary nature of theproject team also allows an understanding on how to undertake authentic learning activities thatspan across the curriculum. The project equally provides valuable insight into learning innovationfor minority students by the adoption of ECP beyond the field of electrical engineering. The projectalso focuses on advancing knowledge and understanding of
to and read about how these engineering projects are making adifference in their communities: • Project BUILD (Building Using an Interactive Learning Design) [7] • Community-Engaged Engineering Interventions with Appalachian Youth [8] • Connections in the Making: Elementary Students, Teachers, and STEM Professionals Integrating Science and Engineering to Design Community Solutions [9] • Zipping Towards STEM: Integrating Engineering Design into the Middle School Physical Science Curriculum [10] • Collaborative Research: American Innovations in an Age of Discovery: Teaching Science and Engineering through 3D-printed Historical Reconstructions [11]In addition to the profiles of ITEST projects like
number systems. The class also reads program source code, a type ofclose reading different from that applied to literature, but alike in the concentration required byeach that can presumably be strengthened by the other (although no research was found thataddresses this).Many contemporary commentators lament the erosion of humanities enrollments in favor of othercollege subjects [8, 9]. Certainly the liberal arts need promotion not just because they constitutenice things in society, but because they help us query conditions and solve problems. The motivehere is not an assault on curriculum committees, but a broadening and refinement of the studentexperience in higher education, most naturally done through humanities. The text providesparticular
is a phenomenological case study that is explaining how a community college student experiences an undergraduate research experience and its influence on their motivation and values, including its influence on the completion of their engineering degree as they pursue and continue a career in engineering.Dr. Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Richard Goldberg is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. He is developing a new integrated engineering minor and major at UNC. He is interested in integrating engineering with the liberal arts and an en- trepreneurial mindset. He teaches a variety of
bring entrepreneurialtraining into higher education settings. In 2011, NSF set in motion the National Center forEngineering Pathways to Innovation and I-Corps Program to implement entrepreneurshiptraining in students and faculty. More than 130 institutions have integrated the EpicenterProgram and exposed more than 450 students to entrepreneurship training through the UniversityInnovation Fellows [6]. Overall, these courses [1] and university level [6] programs report thatentrepreneurship education programs have a positive impact in improving attitudes towards self-employment amongst engineers.Smaller-sized firms are also evolving and creating employment opportunities for entrepreneursin engineering. Engineers who develop an entrepreneurial
Paper ID #32882WIP: Developing a Virtual Information Literacy Training Program for aMulti-Disciplinary First-Year Engineering ProgramMr. Alexander James Carroll, Vanderbilt University Alexander J. Carroll, MSLS, AHIP, is the Librarian for STEM Research at the Vanderbilt University Libraries. Alex serves as a liaison librarian for the School of Engineering and STEM academic units within the College of Arts and Science, supporting the research of faculty and developing curriculum- integrated information literacy instruction programs for students in the sciences. Alex serves as an Assistant Editor for the Journal of the Medical
/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award, and the 2006 Halliburton Excellent Young Teacher Award. In addition to carrying on an architectural practice while teaching, many of her scholarship and creative activities relate to teaching in the Comprehensive Design Studio. Topics include multidisciplinary collaborations and integration of systems. She has collaboratively created educational material covering basics of egress design which has been viewed by students and professionals worldwide, and has led multidisciplinary design teams and research projects. She has presented at a variety of architecture, engineering, and fire protection academic and professional venues.Mr. William Crawford American