the programfor continuing to improve the experience and success of future cohorts.I. Design-Based Research MethodThe curricular development work for this project-based learning (PBL) program began in 2016[1] utilizing design-based research (DBR) as the methodology for both design and research.Design-based research (DBR) was adopted as the methodology to 1) address learning theories, 2)to study learning in context, 3) to develop measures of learning, and 4) to contribute to newdesigns and learning theories [2] for the program development. The work incorporates the fourphases of DBR identified by Kolmos [3]: design; implementation; data collection and analysis;and findings and conclusions. The DBR phases were adapted and combined with
University in Jordan. Complemented with his educational degrees, Mohammad has more than five years of teaching experience at Najran University, Saudi Arabia. Currently, Mohammad is working toward getting his Ph.D. degree from the Engineering Education Department under Professor Kurt Becker’s supervision.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is a professor in the department of engineering education and his areas of research include en- gineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He is currently working on National Science Foundation funded projects exploring en- gineering design systems thinking and several GEAR UP STARS
for Leadership Excellence. She has worked with Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, four EPICS teams including Transforming Lives Building Global Communities (TL- BGC) in Ghana, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design and professional formation of engineers through NSF funding. [Email: pmbuzzanell@usf.edu; buzzanel@purdue.edu]Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP
projects and processes, but of engineering more generally, including therisk-talk that has become endemic to our engineering world (see a classic essay by LangdonWinner [12, ch. 8]). Engineering is the foundation of our techno-human condition and deservesassessment not only in terms of manifest benefits but also in relationship to its own fragilities,threats, and global mutations.This point deserves reiteration. As Kristin Shrader-Frechette [13] has argued at length, there is apersistent tendency for technical appeals to experts and expertise to both underestimate risk.There is an equally persistent among technical experts to continue engineering technologies thatthey themselves assess as posing significant risks. One post-Ord illustration is
describes details of design and implementation of a lower-level(core-Tier1) computer organization and architecture course with online hands-on components as common learning environments. We use the followingpedagogical approaches for the revised course content: lead-learner, blendedcourse delivery, flipped classroom, and project-based learning. Online hands-on component of the course has been focused on using asingle-board computer, and associated hardware with the aim to providestudents contemporary skills in implementing computer orientation and ar-chitecture projects with related software components. We have collectedresearch data after the first two cohorts (in the same academic year, twoseparate sections of the same course). While we
Paper ID #33807Adapting Pedagogy in the Pandemic Environment: A Work-in-ProgressAnalysis of the Impact of Remote Learning in an ArchitecturalEngineering Technology ProgramMr. Eugene Kwak, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale Architect, LEED AP, urban designer, passive house designer; as a student at Columbia, earned the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize; running research and grant-based projects; working for Cookfox Architects and Dattner Architects, focused on technology-based green and sustainable work including 150 Charles St. and New Housing New York Legacy Project; his entry for the
robotics applications. Savindi was also a participant in the Soft Robotics Toolkit pilot in October 2020.Prof. Conor Walsh P.E., Harvard University Conor is Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the Harvard School of Engi- neering and Applied Sciences and a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. He is the founder of the Harvard Biodesign Lab, which brings together re- searchers from the engineering, industrial design, medical and business communities to develop smart medical devices and translate them to industrial partners in collaboration with the Wyss Institute’s Ad- vanced Technology Team. Conor’s research projects focus on wearable
cybersecurity outreach among K-12 students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WySLICE - Integrating Computer Science throughout Existing K-12 Core Disciplinary AreasAbstractThis project assembles a network improvement community comprised of partners from theUniversity of Wyoming, community colleges, Wyoming school districts, the Wyoming LibrarySystem, the Wyoming Department of Education, and local software development firms. Thecommunity meets once monthly over the duration of the project to collaborate stakeholderagendas for meeting the project goals. The community enlists K-8 teachers from across the stateto experience professional
, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives.A question pertinent to any engineering educator is, “Where, when and how do we satisfy thisoutcome?” As an example of this, Sangelkar et al [2] surveyed faculty in their mechanicalengineering program to identify teaming experiences throughout their curriculum. They found anumber of courses with collaborative learning experiences, projects staffed by multiple students,and some degree of instruction in teaming, but conclude that the teaming experience in acurriculum can contain significant gaps.One of the challenges of teamworking is finding the time to provide instructor guidance withinthe scheduled classroom time. Some of the key issues to be addressed in teaming instruction arenoted in [3] and [4
transfer into Lipscomb from CCs and that students whoreceive support will be more likely than their peers to persist and graduate with an engineeringdegree. These survey responses also suggest that the students would benefit from an overview ofCAD, MatLab, and expectations at Lipscomb. This could be achieved in a few sessions withstudents after acceptance into Lipscomb. Having current S-STEM students participate or mentorincoming students may also prove beneficial.Program EvaluationTo create an effective pathway from CC to a baccalaureate degree in engineering, LipscombUniversity’s S-STEM award focused on addressing: 1) how well is the institution’s NSF-fundedS-STEM project proceeding (identifying the current status of objectives and outcomes
Paper ID #34492First-Year Engineering Students’ Experiences and Perceptions ViewedThrough the Lens of Transdisciplinary Knowledge and Threshold ConceptsDr. Gerald Gallego Tembrevilla, McMaster University Gerald Tembrevilla completed his PhD in science (physics) education in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada in July 2020. Currently, he serves as a postdoctoral fellow for the PIVOT project, a cutting-edge revamp of the engineering curriculum in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. During
Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Gendered Elective Track Choice in Engineering Undergraduate Education: Antecedents and Career Path ImplicationsIntroduction With support from the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program,this Institutional and Community Transformation project aims to serve the national interest ofbroadening participation by improving the representation of women in more technically-orientedroles and career paths within engineering. Research has shown that women who pursueengineering careers are more likely than their male counterparts to be in less technical roles andcareers paths, and these gendered career patterns increase attrition risk for female engineers [1-3]. This project
Engineering Division of ASEE.Dr. Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Yesiller is the Director of the Global Waste Research Institute (GWRI) at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Incorporating Contemporary Policy Issues in Science and Engineering CurriculaAbstractA curriculum development project was implemented to provide classroom-to-classroominteractions between a civil engineering computer programming class and a microbiology class toincorporate a contemporary policy issue into science and engineering curriculum at theundergraduate level. Both courses are
) convenient sampling procedure.The administered survey consisted of eight questions for Cohort 1 and Cohort 2: Question 1. Prior to joining the group, did you engage in research efforts? Question 2. If not, did you discuss this with the faculty advisor? Question 3. Did you meet with the faculty advisor after you were accepted into the group? Question 4. Did the faculty advisor respond in a pleasant manner? Question 5. If so, did the faculty advisor give you a general overview of the current project? Question 6. At any point did you talk (or email) the faculty advisor about graduate school or internship opportunities? Question 7. If so, have you applied for any internship opportunities
Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 34 years. He is a former department chair and collaborates the college of engineering introduction to engineering course, the inter-disciplinary capstone design course, and the FE review course. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active learning, design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills.Mr. JJ Petersen, University of Idaho American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming Introductory Engineering Courses to Match GenZ Learning
southernhemisphere. There is no precession at the equator and the pendulum keeps swinging in the samedirection. Our small-scale Foucault’s Pendulum experiments were carried out in two differentcountries as an independent study by a sophomore engineering student. Project Based Learning(PBL) was applied in this study. Since Foucault’s experiment is in such a big scale, logistically itis hard to demonstrate it at schools. The aim of this study was to create a small-scale pendulumso other students and teachers around the world can easily build one to prove the Earth’srotation. Using a small-scale setup, about 3 meters in length, we studied the effects of the Earth’srotation on the pendulum’s precession with identical materials (i.e., object’s mass and size
College London and from the University of Johannesburg. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Collaborative Learning in an Online-Only Design for Manufacturability CourseAbstractIn contemporary design-for-manufacturability education, the use of design-thinking (or human-centered design) and team-based design projects are ubiquitous. Students are typically taken on ajourney to better appreciate synthesis of the “big picture” while learning to consider an open-ended manufacturability problem from various perspectives and discovering the value inempathy and co-creation. However, with
for input and pin 11 as output to apiezo. If it is bright out and it is hot, implying that it is a hot day in this scenario, the piezobuzzes (alongside the LED already being on due to light). I like to think of this as a circuityelling at you to drink water.”Student electronics designs and code (block or typed) for their final group projects in the courseare slightly more complex than the one-week assignment sample shown in Figures 5 and 6, butthe final project is a group effort and teams are given over a month to develop that larger human-centered functional prototype and report.Quantitative Analysis of Impact of Virtual ToolThroughout the semester in Engineering Design & Society, all students were given the choice onany programming or
California, Santa Barbara. She received her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona in 2017. She has worked with informal science institutions for the past 11 years, including The Chandler Museum, Tucson Children’s Museum, and Biosphere 2. Currently, her research interests are facilitator, curriculum and exhibit development within informal science environments as well as Research- Practice Partnerships to benefit the local community. For more information about current projects and interests, please visit alexandriamuller.com. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Engineering Explorations: Connecting K-12 classroom
Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engi- neering at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. Her main areas of research interest are collabo- rative work-structures, virtual teams, and team decision-making and performance.Dr. Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University Dr. Jennifer Kidd is a Master Lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old Dominion Uni- versity. Her research interests include engineering education, computational thinking, student-authored digital content, and classroom assessment, especially peer review. She currently has support from the National Science Foundation for two projects related to engineering education for preservice teachers.Dr
between the Naval Postgraduate School,the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and the Georgia Tech ResearchInstitute (GTRI) to better understand swarming UAVs. [8] The article describes the advantagesof collaboration between the military, and academia to advance the state of unmanned swarmingtechnology.Another example is the robust UAS program at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. This is oneof ten locations designated by the FAA to spearhead specific technologies related to UAS,according to Hatfield, et.al.[1] The program is able to advance beyond visual line of sighttechnology, which is critical if UAS are eventually able to operate beyond a very small area nearthe operator or with multiple operators able to observe the air
design, teamwork, prototyping, and client-based projects. Wettergreen has over ten years of experience teaching client-based engineering design courses, and a deep interest in engineering education, specifically curriculum that can be employed to build capacity for student development in makerspaces. Building off of this interest, he has taught and mentored faculty in Brazil, Malawi, and Tanzania to launch makerspaces and work with institutions to develop engineering design curriculum. Dr. Wettergreen is the faculty mentor for Rice’s Design for America chapter, for which he has been given the Hudspeth Award for excellence in student club mentoring. Wettergreen is also a designer of consumer products under Data
ElementsAbstract:Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is an extremely important skill formechanical engineering students who will mainly design mechanical devices and components.However, a GD&T course is typically not included in an undergraduate mechanical engineeringcurriculum. In our mechanical engineering curriculum, bits of basic concepts of GD&T arebriefly mentioned or discussed in several different courses. It has been observed in the lastseveral years that some students in their senior capstone project designs still didn’t know how toproperly define assembly dimension tolerances or component dimension tolerances. In the lasttwo years, the authors used one and a half weeks out of a total of a fifteen-week semester toteach GD&T
is a self-reflection activity which encourages independent learning thereby becoming transformative [22].A third example is team contracts that may offer a level of accountability leading to learnersatisfaction with group projects [23].ProcedureA narrative research design with a qualitative sensibility was selected to describe the personalexperiences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic intervening in the classroom. The rationaleis that a narrative study affords an opportunity to tell the story through teacher reflection [24].The story is a first-person, autobiographical account [25] with prompting from archived coursedocuments. The classroom setting is a private institution with architecture students takingstructural engineering
programs atthe university (see Appendix A for the rubric). In addition to the institution-wide assessment ofinformation fluency, the Library department conducts its own assessment of information fluencyinstruction on an offsetting cycle from IWAC. In this assessment, librarians review therecommendations from previous IWAC findings and collected interim data to monitor theprogress and effectiveness of implemented changes.During the 2016-17 academic year, IWAC collected artifacts from seniors of all programs toassess this learning outcome. Mechanical Engineering students were assessed at the masterylevel using their senior lab reports, capstone project final reports, and engineering ethics papers.The results of the rubric scoring showed the
, and hy-flex classroom teaching.Dr. Jack Bringardner, New York University Jack Bringardner is the Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He is also an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department where he teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is the Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on Smart Cities Technology with a focus on transportation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based cur- riculum, first-year
studies. [4] With the exception of ‘founder’, having an entrepreneurial parent had no effectas well. These results differ from Li et al., who stated that having close entrepreneurial relatives waspositively aligned with increases in entrepreneurial mindset. However, their definition of entrepreneurialmindset encompassed all of our EEI. There seems to be a movement of student interest from ‘inventor’ to‘developer’ in general as students work through innovative, open-ended projects, such as senior capstoneor our introductory bioengineering final project. Students who identified as having previousentrepreneurial experience demonstrated a greater affinity for ‘founder’ and ‘developer’ than studentswho did not claim this experience. The previous
NSF RED Project focused on competency- based learning modules for sophomore aerospace engineers.Dr. Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University Dr. Kristi J. Shryock is the Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Endowed Instructional Associate Professor and Associate Department Head in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to improve the undergraduate engineering experience through evaluating preparation in areas, such as mathematics and physics, evaluating engineering identity
categories might be considered antecedents to other ways of experiencinghuman-centered design. Beginning with Category 3, "User as Information Source Input to LinearProcess," the categories become hierarchically related, wherein each more ‘comprehensive’category includes and builds on the design behaviors and attitudes of preceding categories [2].Figure 1 shows the hierarchical relationship between these categories.Category 7, "Empathic Design," describes the most holistic way of experiencing human-centereddesign [2]. According to Zoltowski et al., empathic design is characterized by a deep connectionbetween the designer and the user that extends "beyond scope of the project" and into a deepcontextual awareness of elements that affect the user (e.g
), mandated by the United Nations for projects involving indigenous peoples.FPIC is a principle, enshrined in international human rights standards, that states that all peopleshave the right to self-determination and that all peoples have the right to freely pursue theireconomic, social and cultural development. Third, it does not provide guidance on how to“navigate power inequalities, divergent interests, and diverse cultures of communication andgovernance” [5].This paper investigates how a critical take on corporate social responsibility shapes the ways inwhich engineering students conceptualize and critique the SLO. Drawing on pre- and post-surveys of 95 students who participated in our research, we explore: 1) how they defined theSLO; 2) whether