Education Experience (TEE). Rand is involved in multiple student organizations at TAMUQ, she is the President of the Palestinian Cultural Club (PCC) and Pi Epsilon Tau (PiET), and an active member in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).Sara Hillman, Texas A&M University at Qatar Sara Hillman is an Assistant Professor of English in the Liberal Arts Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar where she teaches courses in foundations of English, intercultural communication, and multicultural education. Her research areas include language ideologies; language learner identities; language policy and planning in the Arabian Peninsula; Global Englishes and linguistic diversity; translingual pedagogies and
from the first section, continuity of studies iswhen a student already has a university degree completed and decides to study another tospecialize and obtain a double degree; and a regular career is when it is the student's first collegedegree.It is seen that regular programs show a decreasing trend from years 2009 to 2012, whereparticipation falls to a minimum of 19.2%. Subsequently, an increase is seen from 2014 to 2020,showing an increase from 19.3% to 20.5%. Figure 7. Distribution of preferences for first-year female students in STEM disciplines about their study plan. Source: Own elaboration based on SIES historical enrolment from 2008 to 2020 [16].The variations shown in Fig. 7 are like general results analyzed in Fig. 1
activities. They identify learningneeds, plan and implement the activity or curriculum, assess the learning outcomes, and makedecisions about how and to whom outcomes are reported, whereas the organization providessupport when needed or invited. Full community control demonstrates a great degree of equityand power sharing, with the community as the authority.Fourth, the community has agency over the outcomes, while acknowledging that educationaloutcomes are influenced by social, economic and structural factors. Thus, mature projectsinclude interventions also address social, political or economic barriers to participation. In suchprojects, community members collect and control their own data, and their own narrative, andthe data are used in ways that
use in multiple contexts (c.f., Rodell, 2013; Colquitt etal., 2019). The original instrument uses four subscales, procedural, distributive, interpersonal, andinformational justice. However, Colquitt and Roddell (2015) suggest a two-factor solution that collapsesinterpersonal and informational into distributed and procedural is also acceptable. In our survey,students responded to the derivative instrument for three different contexts: (1) Courses they had takenin previous semesters, (2) Their capstone course, and (3) Their TechCom course. We plan a moreextensive reporting of the instruments’ development and validity in future work that is not possible in aWIP.In addition to the grading justice and fairness instrument, we asked two additional
mindsetwithin the greater engineering community. “Open to everybody, but who is actually going to use that room? Leave a building specifically to be in that room? It’ll be the people around it and using it that create its culture. So open to everyone, and the people supporting diversity form its culture.” -4th year Mechanical Engineering studentFocus Group Theme #3: Develop a student advisory board to plan and implement currentstudent programs.In all three focus groups, students voiced support for a student advisory board to help plan andimplement programming for current students. Historically, the only mechanism for student voicein programming has been via the women in engineering program student staff.A 4th year Industrial
similar ideas.We share two methodological notes. First, during our analysis, we discovered no mention ofevaluation as a barrier. Our original idea was that gaps in our evaluation plan for REEFE mayhave limited the possibility of improving the program over time, thus continuing a trend of fewerapplications when severe program design issues were present and known. Such evaluation issueswere not identified in our data sources. Similarly, we began our analysis including the categoryPolicies because we thought that graduate students might identify enrollment policies (e.g.,continuous enrollment during degree) as a barrier to participating in an immersive internshipprogram. However, no mention of policy-related limitations occurred in any information
attain these non-cognitive competencies, which are goals for K-12 and higher education [10].Given the raised awareness for the importance of these non-cognitive skills, assessmentsdeveloped to measure these are essential. As per the NASEM report recommendations, thespecific skills or constructs need to be clearly conceptualized and must be designed, developed,analyzed, and interpreted based on stakeholder needs [10]. The purpose of this research paper isto introduce a new and innovative methodology to the engineering education researchcommunity, named Concept Mapping [11], which has traditionally been used in evaluation andprogram planning in the health sciences. This methodology will be explained in the context ofhow it was used in developing
, real-time signal processing, machine learning and vision, human-centered product engineering, and even agile business planning. Prior to entering the workforce at UC San Diego, Ramsin is part of several startups and consults with a number of local companies on computer vision, machine learning, and blockchain technologies.Vikash Gilja American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Teaching System Design in Experiential Learning: Building a Fitness Wearable at HomeAbstractAt our university, the ECE department has striven over the last few years to provideundergraduate students with an educational experience that far exceeds the expectations of hiringmanagers
engineering researchers in February of 2001. TheManifesto staked out distinction with the prevailing software development approach at the time,called planned development and otherwise known as waterfall. The Agile Manifesto states, We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.Agile has been called
programming, full-stack web development, real-time signal processing, machine learning and vision, human-centered product engineering, and even agile business planning. Prior to entering the workforce at UC San Diego, Ramsin is part of several startups and consults with a number of local companies on computer vision, machine learning, and blockchain technologies.Mr. Rick Gessner, University of California, San Diego Rick is a serial entrepreneur (Pages, Firefox,...). Presently he is a lecturer and program coordinator at UCSD, where he teaches advanced software and the ECE capstone course called ”The Art of Product Engineering”. Rick is also involved in the development of the new Convergent Systems Engineering program at
curriculum development. While her current position places her in many roles, she spends the majority of her time guiding and empowering educators to bring high quality, inclusive STEM to their students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 I AM STEM An Engineering Lesson Library for PK-5 Educators (Resource Exchange) Solve problems in storybooksEmpower students to become proud problem solvers Read Brainstorm Plan Create Test Improve Communicate Identify the Explore Sketch your
URM students placing lower onaverage than the median student on admission and placement tests [18].The result can be that URM students are more likely to be admitted to pre-engineering programsor institutions with open enrollment. The assumption is that they will need to take remedialcourses before taking courses required for an engineering major.Ten ABET accredited programs were evaluated to see whether a student unprepared for theregular course plan could finish in four years. Random civil engineering programs were selectedsince the author was familiar with the curriculum. Twenty percent had no room for additionalthree-credit courses without overloading. The majority of programs had room for one coursewithout becoming overloaded, and a
benefits of engaging with engineering technologies.ContextIn Fall 2020, we worked with two western US rural mountain middle schools. Due to schooldistrict pandemic regulations, teachers Eva and Sean (Pseudonyms) taught four days in-person(one-hour long sessions) with one day for asynchronous learning and lesson planning. Membersof the research team provided remote/virtual curriculum resources, research instruments, andongoing support in the form of weekly video calls and other communication. We designed a 3Dprinting curriculum using an instructional design approach called storylining [6], to promotecoherence, relevance, and meaning from the students’ perspectives by using students’ questionsto drive the lessons. Students solved the question: “How
Publications & Workshops Future Plans Key Future RQs: Local & National Impact 1. How is engineering intuition 1. Home Institution and Engineering developed among different Program disciplines? 2. Local Communities (e.g., Introduce a 2. What game-changing classroom Girl to Engineering and Girls RockIt interventions can we create that days) improve students’ ability to develop, 3. Affiliated societies (e.g., AIChE, recognize, and improve upon their ASEE
true engineering practice, capstone engineering classes. This work inprogress paper is about a school district’s initial attempt to implement an engineering capstoneclass in their 8th grade, and our plan to support them in making the class better in the future.Capstone PilotA medium size school district in our area is attempting to implement an engineering capstonecourse in the 8th grade at their middle schools. They want to provide their students with anauthentic engineering design experience where the students plan, design and create a solution toa problem over a semester. This class focuses on the design process, teamwork skills,communication, critical thinking and creativity [2]. These skills are needed in industry. In 1991the Labor
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Online COVERAGE (Competition Of VEX Educational Robotics to Advance Girls Education) (Research-to-Practice, Strand: Other)IntroductionThe major objective of the COVERAGE (Competition Of VEX Educational Robotics toAdvance Girls Education) project is to increase female West Virginia middle school students’interest in Computer Science and STEM. As the original plan of the COVERAGE project, GirlsRobotics Clubs would be organized in three counties of West Virginia, including Kanawha,Fayette, and Lincoln Counties, to prepare female middle school students for a regional roboticscompetition at the end of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic started soon
grant is to incentivize faculty to adopt, adapt, and create OER for their courses. Thisprogram has already brought OER into 26 courses and are now saving enrolled studentsapproximately $150 each.The first cycle of CDHE grant included a detailed plan to provide faculty with educational forumsand workshops on various OER topics, including open pedagogy, copyright, and licensing.However, an unfunded Term OER Librarian position made it difficult for the team to provide thissupport to the funded faculty. While the team had the expertise to provide this training, theylacked the capacity to realize this aspect of the grant as intended. The OER Steering Committee atMines developed the OER @ Mines Champion certificate program as a solution for
InternationalCoaching Federation, defines coaching as, “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking andcreative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” [2]Renowned coach Dr. Pamela McLean describes coaching as distinct from other methods ofdevelopment, including consulting, counseling, and mentoring, in its focus, role of the helper,and intended outcomes. Coaching is focused on the future and supporting the client as he/sheinvestigates, identifies, and works towards a desired end state. In coaching, the client choosesthe direction and areas for growth, and the coach facilitates through inquiry and active listening.The intended outcome, then, is a vision for the future, with goals and a plan to reach it, that areall
engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives 6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions 7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.The term “complex” appears in both the department mission statement as well as in the firststudent outcome. For the purpose of this paper, the ABET [3] definition of
Cunningham [5],encouraged a natural engagement in the design process, presented in Figure 1 below, whichmeant that children may communicate their design and even do so as they created their solutionsin lieu of drawing a plan. Students communicated their thinking even as they synchronouslyplanned and created. Similarly, children could change their designs to improve traps as they werein the creation stage, in order to “promote creativity and a solution” that best suited the problem[5]. This model is representative of skills students need for 21st century jobs and is intentional asa nonlinear model of problem-solving and is open-ended at each stage of the design process. Figure 1. Engineering Design Process based on Engineering is Elementary
theclassroom. Discussion forums and sharing of computational artifacts (lesson plans anddemonstrations) were central to the structure of this class to address Practice 1 (Fostering anInclusive Computing Culture in an exploration of cyber citizenship), Practice 2 (CollaboratingAround Computing in the creation and sharing of computer artifacts), and Practice 7(Communicating About Computing). Application Development reinforces computationalthinking and traditional programming skills (Practices 5 & 6) in the development of artifacts thathave immediate classroom applications. To summarize, with the directive issues by former Governor Mead, and the Practicesoutlined in the Wyoming Computer Science Standards, it became clear that COSC 1010
adjust to the distance learning mode include: a) decomposition of the course context into three modules and clear specification of the corresponding learning objectives of each module; b) combination of different technologies to create friendly and inclusive learning environment; c) frequent assessment of students' performance via online quizzes/tests; and d) carefully- designed laboratory assignments via MATLAB simulations that are able to demonstrate the entire feedback control process. A comparison of students' performance under the traditional face-to-face learning mode and the new distance learning mode is conducted. Based on assessment results, we will evaluate the effectiveness of our current teaching methodology/plan developed
obtain original construction documents, including architectural andstructural plans. At least five school construction documents were available. The selectedbuilding had a typical structural system observed in many local schools and it was known thatthis school was affected by the seismic activity in the south area of Puerto Rico on January 7,2020. Table 4: Conference case study outline.Case Study OutlineTitle: Seismic Vulnerability in Puerto RicoDescription: Seismic hazard in PR including Tsunami and Liquefaction risksParticipants: All the teamsLocation: Puerto RicoEnvironmental condition studied: earthquake risks, building fragility, code compliance,tsunami risks, liquefaction maps, power plants risks, methods for
, a midwestern STEM-focusedinstitution, received an internal grant to develop a class in research for undergraduates. Thisclass, which is designed to be offered online either for cohorts or for individual students as anindependent study, contains information and resources on a diverse range of issues such asmotivation for research, research ethics, planning a research project, conducting literaturesearches, experimental procedures, keeping lab documentation for various types of projects, dataanalysis, technical writing, intellectual property, and issues relevant to scoping out one’s ownresearch project.This paper will give the background for the course development, evaluation of the requiredcontent and decisions on structure and format, and
previous semester (Summer 2020) to meet the elements of the UF+QM Rubric. Creating aneffective online platform (Fall 2020) takes a lot of planning and innovative organization. This work in progress will focus on the element of making teaching effectively online andmeasure the impact of this reformed creative platform on student engagement and student learning. Theelement was selected as new events led to Universities transitioning to online learning. Apart from meeting the standards of the UF+QM Rubric, the course shell was organized in aninnovative fashion to provide explicit directions, learning paths, and weekly directions to students. Theobjective of this paper is to compare the impact on the learning outcomes of the course
participants’ high school curricula. The majorityof the students have never seen a female or BIPOC engineer, so a portion of the course involvesguest lecturers who dispel the belief that there is no diversity in STEM. Students have theopportunity to see the significant impact of CEEs through field trips to public works, like damsmanaged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who plan, design, build, and operate locks anddams.Current undergraduate students have shared that we need to highlight more exciting andtechnologically-savvy opportunities within the field and share the opportunities to make a socialimpact if we want to attract more students from underrepresented communities to the field ofCEE rather than other engineering fields. To do this, the
pursuing a bachelor’s degree of science in Industrial and Manufacturing Engi- neering with a minor in mathematics at the University of Southern Indiana. His expected graduation date is May 2022. He is the recipient of a full-ride scholarship, which has allowed him to study and engage in research abroad. In his studies, Jotam is focusing on engineering education and data science. Jotam has worked as an intern at the Panama Canal Authority and at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana. After undergraduate school, his plans are to pursue a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and work in research and academia. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
STEM and coaches a robotics team comprised of girls from 22 high schools. Shoshanah holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford, an MA in Technology Strategy from Boston University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Mr. Jeff Wood, Stanford University Goal: Make a difference in the world, through development and training of engineers to solve the most pressing problems facing the world today. ME Capstone Course and Lab Project Development Director Jeff is the ME Capstone Course and Lab Projects Development Director at Stanford, where he brings his 25-year industry experience to the role. He is responsible for the ongoing strategy, design, curriculum plan and instruction plans for capstone courses
-structuredinterviews with around 20 faculty across the university. The interviews included discussions of thepedagogy’s faculty used within their newly designed courses, who faculty interacted with and howthey gained the ethical and intercultural competencies, and the challenges faculty faced inredesigning the courses. Preliminary results have found that some of the more common challengesthat faculty are facing is the lack of institutional guidance and resources, the lack of support fromother faculty, and a lack of time to implement the required changes. Moving forward, we plan toexpand this study to reinterview faculty as the program progresses and faculty learn more abouthow to teach in online settings. 1. Introduction Ethical and global
Forefront, 2) Strive for socially relevant contexts.Authenticity to Engineering, 4) Focus on Depth over • Engineering in Action: Being social whileBreadth, 4) Build Upon Children’s Natural Problem- social distancing.Solving Abilities, 5) Leverage Making as a Form of • Engineering the reduction of food waste:Active Learning, and 6) Connect with Student Interests, Teaching problem framing and projectCulture, and Experiences. Building from these guiding management through culturally situatedprinciples, the framework provides a lesson plan learning.template and example lessons to showcase how • Teaching engineering concepts throughintentional engineering concepts