categorizing these codesinto themes. Each member of the research team performed this coding process independently,and, following best practices principles, we discussed the results thrice and recoded to establishreliability of the codes and themes [22].We also marked a few limitations of the study as we interpreted data. The self-selection ofrespondents is one such limitation. Of the approximately 700 alumni invited to participate, 256responded to our survey instrument. We consider the question of how representative theserespondents were in the discussion of our results. Regardless, we are mindful that our datasetincludes only about a third of the eligible participants. There is also a potential for coverage biasboth because the survey was web-based
material is based upon work supported by the National Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-1650044. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.REFERENCES[1] B. Hartmann et al., "Reflective Physical Prototyping through Integrated Design, Test, and Analysis," in Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Montreux, Switzerland, 2006: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 299-308.[2] J. Marks and C. C. Chase, "Impact of a Prototyping Intervention on Middle School Students' Iterative Practices and Reactions
engineering students [1], ethical situations also surface inmany other settings. In our own research on engineering student perceptions of ethics and socialresponsibility, we found that many engineering interns and co-ops reported encountering ethicalissues or dilemmas in the workplace [2]. This finding counters a common perception – oftenperpetuated by the prevalence of “big disaster” case studies in engineering ethics education – thatethical issues surface relatively rarely for most technical professionals. As Kline has argued,there is a continuing need to “move beyond this concern with what might be called ‘disasterethics’ to study the ethical and social aspects of everyday engineering practice” [3, p. 14].Aligned with Kline’s recommendation, the
- sualization, building information modeling, site design, and geodesign. His research interests include optimizing the physical and virtual environments where teams interact; enhancing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration between industry, practice, and the academy; and developing virtual learn- ing environments for studio design courses. Topically, he focuses on how the landscape is incorporated in building information modeling and how big data and near-real-time data may be leveraged to create ”digital twins” for landscape architecture. The results for which will be impactful to the practice and discourse of geodesign.Dr. Sez Atamturktur Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sez Atamturktur is the
development). These projects have included Robotics Platforms, Planning, Monitoring and Control algorithms, Sensor Interface, User Interfaces, Wireless communication, Signal Processing, etc. All of this involves direction and teaching teams to use the required tools and apply en- gineering skills to transform a concept into a product. She also manages interdisciplinary senior design projects in collaboration with other engineering departments such as Textiles Engineering, mechanical en- gineering, etc. Beyond senior design, she has also created and teaches undergraduate and graduate-level classes in ECE (Python in Engineering, Practical Engineering Prototyping (PrEP). She also has designed and taught ECE Robotics summer
, and Lifestyle”: Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Homelessness and Implications for Social Justice EducationAbstractThis paper describes how engineering students in a lower division user-centered design courseframed issues of homelessness within an engineering context. We focused on the issue ofhomelessness as the context for the course’s design project because it is one of the largestsocial justice issues impacting the area where the University of the Borderland (pseudonym) islocated. The goal was to determine how the project influenced students’ perceptions ofhomelessness and the role of engineers in this social justice issue. Results indicated thatstudents tend to frame issues of homelessness in simplistic terms aligned
difficultto navigate through the app and complained about designs and other minor issues. Ultimately, theproject was temporarily halted and a new application is currently being designed and developedwith the same objectives. It will only have a different framework and personnel on theproject.The new path for the project includes switching to React Native for cross-platform mobiledevelopment and a goal to create a functional product for evaluation for final exam review.Thischange also follows best practices in app development as described by Wardynski1 and wouldserve all students with a mobile phone 1 . Future plans would include creating a Professorfunctionality that helps the professor see the efforts made by the students and assign grades basedon
Paper ID #33355Developing a Framework for Civic Responsibility in Engineering EducationMs. Athena Lin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Athena Lin is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. She received her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dr. Justin L. Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His mission is to inspire change in engineering culture to become more socially responsive
-signal circuits for biomedical applications.Mr. Tyler Sheaves, Intel Corporation Tyler Sheaves is a Ph.D. student at University of California, Davis and a graduate technical intern in the academic outreach division of Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group. In his position at Intel, he develops virtual FPGA-based learning applications and curriculum. In academia, his primary areas of research are hardware security, intellectual property protection, and digital integrated circuit design and verification. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Cloud Based Instruction Model for Electrical Engineering Courses – A Rapid Response To Enable Fully
research and edu- cation awards including the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), the 2019 Ada Byron Award of the Galician Society of Computer Engineers (Spain) for a successful professional career path that inspires women to engineering study and careers, the Best Paper Award in the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 2007 as coauthor of a paper entitled Particle Filtering, the IEEE Outstanding Young Engineer Award (2009), for development and application of computational methods for sequential signal processing, the IEEE Athanasios Papoulis Award (2011), for innovative educational outreach that has inspired high school students and college level women to study
characteristics, and required deliverables. Project selection criteria mayinclude fulfilling institutional objectives, matching available student disciplines with projectneeds, and fulfilling educational objectives. The faculty agreed that projects available for seniordesign would come from four sources: 1. Intercollegiate competitions 2. Funded research projects needing design development 3. Industry projects 4. Humanitarian/service projectsAdditional observations for our courses include the following: 1. A wide variety of project types have existed. Not all projects will have the same scope or requirements. Flexibility is essential. 2. Ideally, the original client should submit a written RFP (Request for
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dynamics in requirementsengineering will be underexplored, yet important for the practical use of this body of knowledge.This paper will support future work on the impact of requirements engineering education at theundergraduate level, as well as informing frameworks for understanding professionalrequirements engineering work.References[1] C. L. Dym, A. M. Agogino, O. Eris, D. D. Frey, and L. J. Leifer, “Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 65–65, 2006.[2] D. P. Crismond and R. S. Adams, “The informed design teaching and learning matrix,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 738–797, Oct. 2012.[3] C. J. Atman et al., “Engineering Design Processes: A Comparison of Students and
impactseach player dynamically and on-the-fly, based on each player’s unique goals and intentions duringplay, rather than averaging across the broad impacts that game mechanics have on student learning.Lastly, a review by Bodnar, Anastasio, Enszer, and Burkey, [16] focused specifically onengineering disciplines in the 2000-2015 time frame, illustrated that game-based instruction inengineering generally had positive impacts on student outcomes, both attitudes and knowledge.Thus, it can be taken that game-based educational tools, when designed and implementedstrategically, can produce significant cognitive and attitudinal gains for some students, in somecontent areas, and in some learning contexts. And it is therefore best understood from a
Paper ID #33632Using the Boeing Max Air Disaster as A Role-play Scenario for TeachingEthical ThinkingAshish Hingle, George Mason University Ashish Hingle (he/his/him) is a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering & Computing at George Mason University. His research interests include engineering ethics, information systems, and student efficacy challenges in higher education. Ashish graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Infor- mation Systems and a Master of Science in Information Assurance and Security from Cal Poly Pomona, California.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Professor in
systems exhibiting behavior contrary to the simulation results on whichtheir design was based. The goal in writing this paper is to highlight the need for inculcating anappropriate skepticism in engineering undergraduates regarding modeling and simulation results.This is a work in progress. We are still trying to better assess how many engineeringundergraduates are introduced to uncertainty quantification (UQ) as regards physicalexperimentation and computational simulations. We are also seeking best practices forincorporating UQ into undergraduate engineering programs.BackgroundThe latest edition of the ABET criteria [12] includes as a student outcome for all engineeringprograms “an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation
women graduates of our undergraduate programs. We also createda diversity page on the department website with an inclusive statement and a series of videosfeaturing women graduates of our undergraduate programs. As an affiliate of BRAID in 2020,we are also learning best practices from peer institutions with a historical record of improvingthe representation of women within their programs.Results from Culture ChangeOur department is seeing a sustained growth from our efforts in both the number and percentageof undergraduate degrees awarded to women. The percentage of all undergraduate degreesawarded has grown from 9.8% in academic year 2012-13 to 16.1% in academic year 2019-20,increasing monotonically except for 2016 (Figure 1). This translates
. Thisdata suggests that topics students spent more hands-on time with resulted in better performance.IntroductionAccording to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the average person has 10 jobs by the age of 40[1]. This can be seen in Engineering and also reflected in what Engineering graduates are doingfive and ten years post degree[2], [3] . Further, nearly 25% of the Best Performing CEOs startedwith a B.S. in Engineering [4]. Industry continues to ask for more well-rounded competencies ofnew Engineers. The T-shaped engineer combines a depth of engineering technical knowledgewith broad knowledge across domains such as business, communications, entrepreneurship, andethics [2], [5]. Fostering 21st century skills ensures Engineers are equipped to
Katherine Goodman is assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver, and curriculum lead at Inworks, an interdisciplinary innovation lab. Her research focuses on transformative experiences in engineering education. She is currently division chair of the Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: A Layered Mentorship Program for Engineering Student Success and RetentionAbstractThis Work in Progress paper of an Evidence-based Practice examines the impact of a LayeredMentorship Program (LMP) on the retention of first-year
, free of charge forstudents. Best practices of schematic design and board design were shared with the students asthey were encouraged to design PCBs for previous circuits that they had built.Intro to Python (Hardware and Software) LessonsThe first week of material consisted of a combination of the basics of Python programming andcircuits using CircuitPython and the Metro M0 Express microcontroller board. The programmingconcepts introduced included variables, operators, functions, conditional statements, loops, lists,and dictionaries. The students built upon these programming concepts and Python skills duringthe Machine Learning week. The circuit concepts included microcontroller pins, electroniccomponents, analog vs. digital, Ohm's Law with the
efficiencies and cost savings achievedthrough online learning will more likely impact lecture-style courses than smaller courses. Researchers and educators have sought to determine online learning’s effectiveness in amultitude of studies. The United States Department of Education considered the results of manyyears’ worth of data to identify if any overall trends emerged. The researchers ultimately drewtwo major conclusions. First, they found that “online delivery produced a statistically significant,small-to-moderate-size advantage for learning” [5, pp. 30-31]. This conclusion stands in contrastto the commonly held belief of faculty that online learning leads to decreased quality ofeducation. The second finding was that “blended course design
David S. Taylor Service to Students Award and Golden Apple Award from Boise State University. He is also the recipient of ASEE Pacific Northwest Section (PNW) Outstanding Teaching Award, ASEE Mechanical Engineering division’s Outstanding New Edu- cator Award and several course design awards. He serves as the campus representative (ASEE) for Boise State University and as the Chair-Elect for the ASEE PNW Section. His academic research interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Samantha Schauer, Boise State University Samantha Schauer is a graduate student at Boise State University, pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechani
flexibility, and 4) increasedinteraction and engagement. A major challenge for the field of engineering stems from theincorporation of laboratory and design components critical to post-graduation student performancein the workforce. [1]There are three main types of student laboratories 1) on-site laboratories, 2) virtual laboratories,and 3) remote laboratories. On-site laboratories were most common pre-COVID, but are currentlyproblematic because of health concerns. Virtual laboratories, by contrast, are safe, but have manypedagogical drawbacks. Remote laboratories provide the best of both worlds offering students asafe and hands-on experience. In fact, literature shows that students can favor these remote labexperiences over even on-site laboratories
characteristics and careerchoices of engineering graduates, … as well as the characteristics of those with non-engineeringdegrees who are employed as engineers in the United States.” Authors of the report sought tosustain the supply of competent engineers in the US by investigating “the engineering education-to-workforce pathway.” Around the same time that the NAE study was conducted, engineeringeducators and policy makers in China were engaged in a series of conversations aimed atrenewing China’s engineering education for the next thirty years. These conversations laid thegroundwork for the Emerging Engineering Education (3E) initiative, announced officially by theMoE in 2017 and followed by waves of funded engineering education research and
Paper ID #33989A University-State College Collaborative Project for Hispanic StudentSuccess in STEMDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Ali Zilouchian is the founding of a $4.5 Million Dollars grant from DOE entitled: ”An Articulated Com- munity College-University Framework for Increasing Graduation Rate of Hispanic and Low-Income Stu- dents in Computer Science” to be completed by 2021. Professor Zilouchian was presented with 2017 FAU President’s Leadership Service Award for his contributions in research and community engagement efforts at FAU. He has published more than 160 book, book chapters, scholarly
Schools of Engi- neering, The Polytechnic School. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred Univer- sity, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining
from FIU.Dr. Monique S. Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University, designs research focused on broadening par- ticipation in computer science through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and disciplinary identity; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women (specifically Black and His- panic women) in computer-related engineering fields.Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University Zahra Hazari is an Associate Professor
knowledge aboutthe process, but lacking confidence in procedural knowledge required in each stage of theprocess. The worksheets were developed using Bloom’s Taxonomy of hierarchical learning withthe premise of factual and conceptual knowledge would improve students’ data visualizationcapacity. Factual and conceptual knowledge maps to lower-order skills in Bloom’s Taxonomywith procedural knowledge aligning with higher-order thinking skills. The relationship betweenhigher-order skills and fact learning remains an open area for research. Agarwal [8], reportedbuilding a foundation of knowledge via fact-based retrieval practice may be less effective thanengaging in higher order retrieval practices. Agarwal used a mixture of methods (fact questions
) and whether better practices inthese areas vary by discipline. A common claim in engineering is that internships form the firststep of an engineering student’s transition into the workplace, yet little peer-reviewed evidence(quantitative or qualitative) characterizes the impact of internships on career paths at a largescale, let alone how these career trajectories might differ for students doing virtual internships.Additionally, researchers might evaluate differences, whether in design or outcomes, betweeninternships planned as virtual from the start and those that were designed in-person but becamevirtual due to extraordinary circumstances (i.e. COVID-19). Repeat surveys might indicate whatimpact the pivot to remote internships might have
teaching practices, and the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learn- ing and success. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Dr. Matthew Charles GrahamMadison E. Andrews, University of Texas at Austin Madison Andrews is a STEM Education doctoral student, Mechanical Engineering master’s student, and graduate research assistant for the Center for Engineering Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University in 2017.Dr. Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon Jenefer Husman received a doctoral degree