Paper ID #33385Teaching an Immersive Experiential Introductory Biomedical EngineeringCourse in the Land of Covid (AKA: An Old Dog Has to Learn New Tricks)Dr. Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University IEEE Life Fellow, AIMBE Founding Fellow, U.N.E.S.C.O. Academician. Director, Center for Rehabilita- tion Engineering, Science, and Technology (CREST), and Shulman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. (Retired) Senior Rehab Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, SUNY Upstate Medical
. IntroductionMono-disciplinary solutions are falling short as we face complex issues (e.g. climate change,housing shortages, medical crises) in a globalized world where individuals with diverseexperiences and training work beyond disciplinary categories, often leading to expandedperspectives on daunting problems with socio-technical concerns [1]. As undergraduate studentsprepare for careers that will involve solving complex problems requiring input fromheterogeneous domains, they need practice working in interdisciplinary teams. However,students and instructors face challenges in these settings. Within undergraduate curricula, suchlearning objectives are often measured as individual outcomes in courses but accomplishedthrough teamwork. In these scenarios
in contexts in which they are expected to workwith others and devise solutions to complex problems relevant to the social community anddiffering fields [9]. This encourages students to develop abilities for effective communicationand teamwork, as well as applying ethical and social responsibility to their learning throughpractical applications. Lastly, networking competencies focus on broadening a student’s learningenvironment through multidisciplinary, multicultural, and international learning connections [9].The authors of this paper realize the importance of innovation pedagogy and believe thateducational models need to adapt and educate students to be innovative, self-driven learners tobetter prepare them for careers in an ever-changing
Paper ID #34586Learning Through Doing: Preservice Elementary Teacher Reflections on theEngineering Design Process (Fundamental)Dr. Matthew Perkins Coppola, Purdue University Fort Wayne Dr. Perkins Coppola is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His research agenda centers on elementary and secondary preservice teacher preparation. While a lecturer at Towson University in 2014, he was inspired to research engineering design pedagogy in elementary schools after attending a talk by Dr. Pamela Lottero-Perdue. He began his career as a high school physics teacher
bilingual students. She has also contributed to the training and development of faculty in developing and evaluating various engineering curriculum and courses at UPRM, applying the outcome-based educational framework. She has also incorporated theories on social cognitive career choices and student attrition mitigation to investigate the effectiveness of institutional interventions in increasing the retention and academic success of talented engineering students from economically disadvantaged families. She’s also involved in a project that explores the relationship between the institutional policies at UPRM and faculty and graduate students’ motivation to create good relationships between advisors and advisees.Edward
in shifting student bias towards inclusion in the three interventions. The mostpromising approach is student-led, where senior students worked to change the student culturedirectly.Introduction and BackgroundImproving diversity in STEM fields is an important goal and has been widely studied. It is well-known that students and professionals in STEM careers in the USA do not reflect the generalpopulation of the country [1]. For example, white men make up 31.6% of the general populationwhile they make up 51% of scientists and engineers. Black men make up 6% of the populationand 3% of the STEM workforce. The percentage of non-white and non-Asian people in the USAis 31.3% while the percentage of this sub-population working in STEM is just 12%. In
(computerassisted design) allows engineers (and students) to build and test virtual prototypes beforecommitting resources to physical prototypes (e.g., Klahr, Triona, & Williams, 2007). As K-12education seeks to provide the foundation for a generation of students who can pursue careers inengineering if they desire, students need to become familiar with and confident engaging not justin science and engineering practices but also to use physical and digital tools that facilitatesuccessful problem solving (Wang et al., 2011). A previous review of the literature identified keydigital technologies that teachers should incorporate and/or students should learn to use as part ofauthentic engineering opportunities (see Maeng & Gonczi, 2020). These include
. [45]–[48]Engineering is Advances in knowledge are so rapid that even the [2], [3], [24],constantly evolving. fundamentals of engineering are no longer fixed. [41], [45]–[48] Engineers need to continue learning throughout their careers to keep up with changes in technologies and the contexts in which they are used.Engineering is about Engineers solve complex problems by synthesizing [2], [3], [9],synthesizing and information and approaches from STEM and non- [24], [41]–[49]integrating knowledge. STEM disciplines.Engineering makes the The goal of making the world better for all people [2], [3], [41],world a better
Paper ID #34563 Soheil Fatehiboroujeni received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018. As a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Soheil is working in the Active Learning Initiative to promote student learning and the use of computational tools such as Matlab and ANSYS in the context of fluid mechanics and heat transfer.Dr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of industrial engineering and held the Pietz professorship for entrepreneurship and economic
Paper ID #33345Remote Versus In-hand Hardware Laboratory in Digital Circuits CoursesDr. Rania Hussein, University of Washington Dr. Rania Hussein is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the department of electrical and computer en- gineering (ECE) at the University of Washington (UW). Throughout her career, she has developed and taught courses at all levels in electrical, computer engineering, and computer science at different insti- tutions. In response to the emergency transition to online teaching due to COVID-19, she founded the remote hardware lab at UW ECE to promote a cost-efficient and equitable access to hardware
ideas rather than immediately ruling them out because of a closed, stubborn mindset. … I realized that the rest of the semester would look very different from what we originally envisioned, but I also realized that was okay and that it was more important to keep an open mind and remain optimistic about the possibilities still remaining. I believe that both being flexible and keeping an open mind are important skills in many different aspects of life as well as in my future career. Often times, I will face unexpected situations, so I believe it is important to know how to quickly react to ensureIn this quote showing an Emerging level, the student critiques their personal and academicgrowth through
identities, social locations, and values are relevant to thiswork.First author (RSK) is an early-career contingent faculty member at Smith College, a privateliberal arts women’s college with one engineering degree program. They are a white-passing transperson of Chinese and European descent who lives and works on unceded Nipmuc and Pocumtucterritory. They approach this paper from the perspective of a new engineering educator whoseformal training is in mechanical engineering and who aspires to teach towards principles ofcollective liberation from systems of oppression and domination.Second author (JSR) approached this research from the perspective of an engineering educatorwho places a premium on interdisciplinarity and inclusion. She has taught
. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is a research fellow and lecturer focusing on engineering education at the University of Michigan. She earned a B.A. in sociology and psychology from Case Western Reserve University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include cultural beliefs about what engineers do and who they are, students’ career thinking and trajectories, and ways to effectively facilitate more diverse, inclusive, and equitable engineering environments.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the
workplace adjustment for engineers and the corresponding influence on job satisfaction and intentions to persist. Rohini’s other interests include faculty development and engineering pathways of graduating engineers.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering
strongly hold a desire to help others as a motivator in their job selection and that more serviceengagement as students correlates with expectations that helping others will be more integratedinto one’s career as an engineer.Paterson et al [23] quantitatively assessed intercultural development using the InterculturalDevelopment Inventory (IDI) to answer two questions: the first is whether service-orientedexperiences attract engineering students with an intercultural mindset and the second is whetherparticipation in service-oriented experiences leads to elevated intercultural proficiency forengineering students. The answer to the first question was a clear yes; students attracted to suchprograms scored significantly higher on the IDI which is
strongly that attention toengineering ethics should be incorporated at the outset of a student’s academic career. Inaddition, many of the instructors in the first-year design course noted regular discussions withstudents about tradeoffs and ethical dilemmas embedded in their project. Thus, the goal of theScaffolding Ethics project was to more systematically incorporate ethical considerations into thefirst-year engineering design course.During the academic year 2019-2020, we established a research and design team within DukeUniversity’s Bass Connection program. The Scaffolding Ethics team, composed of threeundergraduates and three professors from the Pratt School of Engineering and the KenanInstitute for Ethics, met each week to determine and
Paper ID #34426Lab Every Day!! Lab Every Day?? *&%#ing Lab Every Day!? ExaminingStudent Attitudes in a Core Engineering Course Using Hands-on LearningEvery Day of ClassDr. Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University Dr. Erin Henslee is a Founding Faculty and Assistant Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Her research spans biomedical engineering, e-sports, and STEM education. Prior to joining Wake Forest she was a Researcher Development Officer at the University of Surrey where she supported Early Career Researchers. She received her BS degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mathematics from Virginia
co-creation are at the heart of her teaching approaches, whether in lecture, work- shop, and laboratory settings. She has been actively involved in ethics, equity and leadership education in engineering since 2011.Dr. Aleksander Czekanski , CEEA-ACEG Dr. Aleksander Czekanski is an Associate Professor and NSERC Chair in Design Engineering in Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, Toronto. Before beginning his academic career in 2014, Dr. Czekanski worked for over 10 years in the automotive sector. Dr. Czekanski attention is dedicated to newly established Lassonde School of Engineering (York). He devotes his efforts towards the enrichment of Renaissance Engineering program by including interdisciplinary
undergraduate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and ap- plied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, numerical modeling, elec- tromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters, several papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of
sessions over taking the pre-calculus course during the summeris that students do not pay the extra summer tuition and housing, the student is not stressed bylearning the concepts for a passing grade, as well as the pre-calculus and its pre-requisites are notnormally offered during the summer.The afternoon sessions of the bootcamp were four hours a day, and were designed to introducestudents to the relationships and distinction between Mechanical Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering and Computer Science majors. Theactivities were selected to present projects in multiple majors, and help them realize that many ofthe ENGR and CS careers rely on the application of math and critical thinking. During the
, 2018.Career Plans of Undergraduate Engineering Students: Characteristics and Contexts. In R.Freeman, and H. Salzman (eds.), U.S. Engineering in the Global Economy, Chicago, IL: TheUniversity of Chicago Press.[6] Marterlaro, N., Ju, W., The Needfinding Machine. Soro A, Brereton M, Roe P. (eds)Social Internet of Things. Internet of Things (Technology, Communication and Computing)2019. Springer, Cham. P., 51-84[7] Castro, S. Cognitive Workload Measurement and Modeling Under Divided Attention, Journalof Experimental Psychology, Human Perceptions and Performance, 45 (6), April 2019,[8] Karanian, B. with Mitiguy, P. Designing Collaboration for Generational Entrepreneuship,presentation at Munich University, July 2020.[9] Pope. D. Keeping Kids Engaged
industry in students’ projects present a win-winbenefits for all parties involved [3], [4], [5]. From experiential learning projects, students gethands-on experience working on a project and can exercise room for error with minimal risk totheir careers - a chance that might not be afforded in a work environment [4]. Both industry andschools could benefit from partnerships that allow students to exercise their creativity becausestudents may raise questions that might otherwise be missed by industry representatives andfaculty. Furthermore, the industry might benefit as there may be minimal capital investmentswhen students carry out a project [3], given that is properly scoped and managed.Another way for students to interact with experts is to
York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Tech- nology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional en- gineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and
[computing] projects are neat applications of the course material as it takes the beam problems off the page in a way, and often the CPs can model more than one type of problem. I think it's also practical to work with writing codes. Even if we never use MATLAB again after undergrad, there will be a need for writing programs like these later in our careers. At least I hope so.”Two students in Dynamics (FA19) wrote: “I liked the computing projects because they are an excellent way of applying MATLAB coding and technical writing to the concepts taught it class. I believe by telling what the code to do and then explaining it in a technical paper, I gained a better understanding of the mechanics and theory of the concepts
advantage” (in this article, we callthis privilege), the education of the dominant group, and practice and accountability[6]. Thisstudy takes an additional step to differentiate between allies and advocates, tying the differenceto programmatic levels and participation: Advocates are active and effective proponents of gender diversity and equity, specifically in terms of increasing the number of female faculty, encouraging the hiring and promotion of female faculty in administrative positions, and ensuring the fair and equitable treatment of women within partner institutions. They are committed to increasing their understanding of gender bias and its impact on the academic careers of women. Allies are men