undergraduate degrees. In addition, how do youevaluate transdisciplinary work that evolves based on the problem context or solution, and lacksdisciplinary bounds? Literature documents case studies and lessons learned fromtransdisciplinary research projects, but there are few frameworks for transdisciplinarycompetencies in graduate education. One example from Lotrecchiano et al. [3] outlinescompetencies for translational collaborative efforts in human health research.The Innovations at the Nexus of Food Energy and Water Systems - Educational Resources(INFEWS-ER) is an NSF-sponsored educational program dedicated to providing training tograduate students in the skills they need to participate effectively on transdisciplinary teamsdesigning solutions to
Paper ID #36589Work-in-Progress: A Collaborative Model of Teaching andLearning for Undergraduate Innovation EducationJackson Otto (Graduate Student)Greg J Strimel (Assistant Professor, Engineering/Technology TeacherEducation) Assistant Professor, Technology Leadership & Innovation at Purdue University © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work-in-Progress: A Collaborative Model of Teaching and Learning for Undergraduate Innovation EducationIntroduction:A student’s education today should reflect the evolving innovative nature
valuableexperiences. They appreciated the opportunity to ask questions and the different innovation andentrepreneurship topics that the speakers spoke about. The interns also went on a facility tour atthe University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) for one lecture series to learn about additivemanufacturing. This was well-received, and they expressed interest in more facility tours in thefuture. Figure 3: Word Cloud of Students’ Perception About the Lecture Series4. Conclusions/RecommendationsThe University of Dayton received a generous donation from an alumnus to supportmultidisciplinary collaboration between engineering and business majors through experientiallearning. Consequently, the Stitt Scholars Program was instituted to allow students
looking for”: An intersectional collaborative autoethnography exploring pathways to engineering design doctoral programsAbstractThis research paper used a collaborative autoethnographic approach to explore the two authors’respective pathways to engineering design doctoral programs. Prior work has highlighted variousways that access to engineering graduate school is inequitable. Through our collaborativeautoethnography, we investigated how existing inequities harm and impede access for studentswith multiple marginalized identities, such as the first author (KC), while simultaneouslyproviding advantages to students with more privileged identities, such as the second author (RL).As part of our collaborative autoethnography
) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Vertically Integrating E-portfolios and Cooperative Educational Experiences to Develop Students’ Entrepreneurial MindsetThis paper addresses how small coordinated curricular changes can promote the development of anentrepreneurial mindset in engineering students. An entrepreneurial mindset helps students makeconnections, learn from mistakes, and identify opportunities to create value – behaviors that help themmake greater contributions to society, and more successfully navigate their educational process. Wepresent an approach that involves integrating e-portfolio experiences across the curriculum, aligning e-portfolio
intersectional identities amongst undergraduate and graduate students.Patricia A Ralston (Professor)Thomas Tretter © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Noncognitive Predictors of Engineering Persistence for C-in-Math Students: Exploring the Generalizability of Lasso RegressionAbstractIn this full-length paper, we present new research on engineering persistence for students whoreceived a C in their first-semester math course. We implemented the least absolute shrinkageand selection operator (“lasso”) method, a regularization technique, to consider the relativeimportance of several noncognitive variables known to impact
world’s problems andbeyond [13]. In this way, students and professionals can combine multiple kinds of knowledge andpursue different ways of thinking about the same problem or subject [14]. For that reason, thisencourages cross-disciplinary collaboration that allows the development of critical thinking skillsto find creative solutions to the real world. On the other hand, the benefits of multifaceted andinterdisciplinary studies can be technically summarized into five categories [1]. The first one isrelated to providing sustainable solutions to crucial problems. The second one refers to improvingcurrent research troubles from the base. The third one is about providing stimulus to a specificdiscipline area. The fourth one talks about the
accessibility of engineering education for diverse students. Upon graduating, Castillo will be attending Arizona State University to pursue a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow.Brianna McIntyre Dr. Brianna Benedict McIntyre is a research associate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Her research focuses on understanding how hybrid spaces influence engineering students’ identity development, belonging, and agency in interdisciplinary engineering education. She leads the ASEE CDEI virtual workshop team
diversification of engineeringprofessions presents a clear need for students who seek degrees in engineering to be equipped tomeet the expectations of a multi-disciplinary workplace. Graduates of engineering programs acrossthe country are no longer solving discipline specific problems, now they are collaborating andentering the workforce to solve society’s complex problems.The Engineering Accreditation Commission’s (EAC) desire to promote the understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility and the understanding of engineering global, economic,environmental, and societal solutions aligns with this adapting workforce [3]. However, ourundergraduate engineering curriculum needs to adapt as well [2]. A problem we face at theUniversity of Indianapolis
and consulted on multiple innovation projects for cooperates. Currently, he is pursuing an entrepreneurial career in education technology.Sheri Sheppard (Professor) Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford UniversityHelen L. Chen (Research Scientist) Designing Education Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Exploring the impact of project-based mechatronics course design on alumni’s entrepreneurial career pathwaysAbstractEngineering education can influence students’ entrepreneurial interests and career
the challenges of a single facultymember managing over twenty students. Through the use of Agile, more lateral communication occurredbetween students making such a large group more manageable. However, while there is documentation ofCI being used for class-based projects [9] we could not find documentation of research labs using it toovercome the challenges of large-team collaboration as faced by the Delta Lab, which is a very similarcircumstance faced by our lab.Historically, a large amount of self-learning has been necessary for students to acquire these practicalcomputing skills. Recently, the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech has begun to includemore foundational skills such as Git and shell scripting into our First Year
structure”was the most critical skill that recruiters are looking for in college graduates [11].To equip students or staff with teamwork skills, many studies across a range of disciplines haveexplored approaches training [12]–[14]. Engineering’s accreditation body in the United States,ABET, requires institutions to demonstrate multidisciplinary teamwork skills development intheir education [15]. Engineering educators have revised their education approach to preparestudents for industry, and the engineering curriculum and prevailing pedagogies have changed –and continue to change – to meet these demands [16], [17]. Among those changes, engineeringprograms have added courses that teach students teamwork skills and/or require students to workin teams
that critical aspects needed for successful COIL implementations involve:collaborative and cooperative teamwork efforts, motivation to learn from other students and othercultures, mutual respect, constant communication among instructors and students, and potentiallyassigning activities related to open-ended problem-based learning (PBL).As mentioned earlier, few cases of COIL studies in undergraduate and graduate engineeringstudies can be found in the literature. Among these cases, we can mention the work of Ripoll etal.[32], where a COIL activity for Bioengineering undergraduate students in online mode isdiscussed. The students were enrolled in a Biochemical Engineering course at the UniversidadFrancisco de Vitoria (Spain, Madrid). The authors
Science and Technology (JUST ) in Jordan. Besides, Mohammad also has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Al Yarmouk University in Jordan. Complemented with his educational degrees, Mohammad has more than four years of teaching experience at Najran University, Saudi Arabia. Mohammad was also working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for 2.5 years at Oklahoma State University. Currently, Mohammad is working toward getting his Ph.D. degree from the Engineering Education Department under Professor Kurt Becker’s supervision and is doing Engineering Education research that focuses on academia-industry collaborations for Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates.Kurt Henry Becker (Engineering Education Professor
literature thatinformed the conceptualization of this paper: student development theories in higher education;and literature on engineering competencies. Then, we will outline the methodology we used inour review and analysis, including selection criteria and the coding schemes. We will present thefindings from our review in light of student development perspectives in higher educationliterature and discuss the scholarly and practical implications of our findings to engineeringeducation and research. Our paper will contribute to enhancing the capacities for research onstudent-focused issues in engineering education.Starting Point: Student Development Theories and Engineering Competencies Our exploration began with attempts to connect student
, need to fill the knowledge gap, time and effort commitment, and defined values are among factors that impact the collaboration effectiveness. The findings also show that collaborative efforts can be differently interpreted based on the students’ structured criteria. The results of this study will contribute to the body of knowledge by providing inputs for construction administrators and educators to design and develop collaborative settings in which students are led to develop their managerial skills and effectively perform in larger multidisciplinary teams and organizations. Keywords: Collaboration, Teamwork, Construction, Education
Paper ID #37174Centering Equity and Inclusion in Engineering Collaborationand WritingJennifer C Mallette (Associate Professor) Jennifer Mallette is an associate professor of English at Boise State University, where she collaborates with engineering faculty to support student writers. Her research builds on those collaborations, examining best practices for integrating writing into engineering curriculum; she also explores women’s experiences in engineering settings through the context of writing. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
discussed inertia as a reason tocontinue to use tests. One relevant observation is that Charlie might be open to using other forms ofassessments, evident in Figure 5 as the course grade weighting shows a project used in theircourse. However, when asked about the project, Charlie did not make any explicit connectionsbetween the project and test usage. Instead, they included the project because it was an outcomeof a collaboration with an engineering education researcher, and Charlie decided to keep itbecause they found it different for their students in a thermodynamics course and the studentsliked it.“The credit for the project all goes to [engineering education researcher]. She had the idea for aproject that we did as part of an NSF project
the existing knowledge. The authorsreflect on future research paths in collaborative learning as well as in soft skills training anddevelopment for majors from the construction industry. Implications for research and practiceare provided.MethodologyThe first part of this exploratory study, which is reported in this article, uses a qualitative methodapproach to measure the performance cognition among civil engineering and architecturestudents when working together. The data was collected during the Fall 2021 semester withstudents from the engineering course Statics (n=38 students) and two sections of the architecturecourse Structures-1 (n=20, n=20 students) for a total sample size of n= 78 students. Theinstructor remained the same for all
college undergraduates incomputational research techniques. In this program, learning outcomes focused on increasingparticipant familiarity with data science research methods (see Table 1). Participants formulatedindividual research questions within the broader research goals of their assigned team.In the initial weeks of the program, we reviewed quantitative skills in analyzing large-scalelanguage data, introduced design principles for data science analyses, and applied these newskills. Through guided collaboration sessions with graduate mentors, the participants gained Table 1: Program Learning Outcomes Objective Description Knowledge Gain knowledge and skills to analyze large-scale
at the University of Waterloo. Currently, Chris is the Engineering Educational Developer with the Engineering Ideas Clinic, where he designs and implements real-world, hands-on design activities for undergraduate engineering students.Michael Lenover Graduate Research AssistantEugene Li (Mechatronics Engineer in Training)Sanjeev Bedi (Professor and Director) (University of Waterloo) Dr. Sanjeev Bedi, Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Director of the Engineering Ideas Clinic: Sanjeev Bedi holds the Waterloo-NSERC Chair in Immersive Design Engineering Activities. He has extensive experience teaching engineering design and has focussed his teaching on improving student learning through introduction of
social interaction problems nowadays, as research indicated“the majority of coursework in engineering education today focuses on technical knowledge and skills ofmathematics, science, and engineering as well as new graduates generally feel prepared for the technicalaspects of practice, but many have difficulty transitioning to the socio-technical practices and culture ofthe workplace[28] ”.Additionally, to explore the collaborative inquiry deeply, we conducted a longitudinal study for threeinnovative engineering design works (arc-path prediction, parallel design of robot structure andsymmetrical design for robots) in our research case “Robo”. It can be seen that the three dimensions ofcollaborative inquiry are significantly repeated in different
Environmental Engineering. He worked previously as an undergraduate research assistant on communicating scientific knowledge to developing communities and underground natural gas migration. He graduated from UTA in 2020 with his B.S. in Civil Engineering and obtained his EIT certification in 2021. His current research looks at sustainable remediation and the inclusion of environmental justice principles to better apply these frameworks to developing countries. He will be graduating in August 2022. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Promoting STEM Interest in Middle School Girls through Strategic
, preliminary results show that the odds of the STEM Core cohort students becomingcalculus ready is 3.22 times greater than that of the propensity match group.As we look toward the future, the role community colleges play in the economic health of ourcountry is critical. Community colleges help meet STEM workforce needs at the associate-degreelevel and prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate degree programs, providing criticaleducational pathways for traditionally underrepresented students seeking a degree and entry intothe workforce. Also, community colleges have become an essential partner to local industriesseeking skilled employees [26].For these reasons, community colleges are vital players in the implementation of the STEM Coreinitiative
cooperation and collaboration. Three faculty members with apassion for inclusivity advise the group, each with different specialties: 1) systems researchand vision 2) systems research and practical skills expertise 3) CS education, inclusivepractices, and project management. This and other intentional components are highlighted inTable 3 and discussed further below.Figure 2: Total number of students on the computer systems research team per semester andunderrepresented groups in computing. SSD stands for students with services for disabilities.The components listed in Table 3 are extensions or variations of similarly successful orrecommended approaches discussed in the Related Works Section. Similar to ERSP, ourmodel has a designated faculty member
especiallygirls) and affording exploration of topics such as social justice, healthcare, and climate change,and emphasize project-based learning, collaboration and teamwork. The novice-friendlyNetsBlox programming environment accesses publicly available data sources to allow explorationof these cutting-edge computing ideas. This paper describes our research and development effortsto develop a new modular, project-based course comprised of four 9-weekmodules—“CSFrontiers” (CSF)—that seeks to dramatically expand access to the most interestingand exciting frontiers of computing and 21st century skills (such as collaboration and dataliteracy). The curriculum is designed with the goals of fostering student interest, and in turn, thedevelopment of a diverse
, A. (2018). Learning in virtual reality: Effects on performance, emotion and engagement. Research in Learning Technology, 26.[8] Fegely, A. G., Hagan, H. N., & Warriner III, G. H. (2020). A practitioner framework for blended learning classroom inquiry-based virtual reality lessons. E-Learning and Digital Media, 17(6), 521- 540.[9] Wang, Y., & Braman, J. (2009). Extending the classroom through Second Life. Journal of Information Systems Education, 20(2), 235.[10] Pinho, M. S., Bowman, D. A., & Freitas, C. M. D. S. (2008). Cooperative object manipulation in collaborative virtual environments. Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, 14(2), 53-67.[11] Kwon, C. (2019). Verification of the possibility and
a pace thatkeeps them relevant in the marketplace.Freely available technical content placed online has additional implications for the future ofengineering education. Videos, articles, blog posts, and open educational resources (OER) areavailable on many platforms and with varying levels of both production value and (notnecessarily connected) accuracy. Particularly in the fast-changing technical core, how do weassure the credibility and accuracy of content? When faculty are using content as part of theircourses, it is reasonable to place the onus on the instructor. When students are doing independentstudy, are we helping them develop their own capacity for ensuring credibility of their sources?How do we help students build their own
design to gain a comprehensive understanding of engineering students experiences. In recent time, He was recognized as the outstanding doctoral researcher by the department of engineering education, USU. He and his colleagues received the Russel Sage grant to explore factors influencing the retention of Black immigrants with PhDs in the United States. Also, in April 2022. He won the best graduate poster presentation for the college of engineering in the student research symposium at Utah State University. Ibukun has a rich research experience in collaboration with his advisor and faculty in and outside of the United State. As an independent researcher, He is undertaking a systematic literature review and metanalysis on
inspired to focus on International engineering education research. Her research interest broadly covers comparative education quality and engineering education innovation. Topics she is currently working on include Student assessment in project-based learning, General Curricula for students of Science and Technology(empirical case study), Standards of Engineering Education Accreditation(ABET), and the International Collaboration of Scholars in Graduate Education.Jennifer M Case (Chair, Engineering Education) Jennifer Case is Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in the USA. Prior to her appointment in this post she was a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the