of the Engineering Technology department at IUPUI. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comComparison of Undergraduate Student Writing in Engineering Disciplines at Campuses with Varying DemographicsIntroductionEmployers of STEM graduates, especially industries, often emphasize the need for improvementin STEM undergraduate writing skills1. Research findings show that students in STEM fieldslack strong writing skills2.Writing is generally recognized as fundamental to the formation andcommunication of scientific and technical knowledge to peer groups and general audiences. Inthis aspect, persuasive writing is an essential
remain “in” the military during their graduate studies and return to formalmilitary service directly upon completion of their graduate degree.In sum, we argue that veteran and current servicemembers are a critical segment of the militarystudent population that deserves research attention aimed at understanding their experiences andcritiquing current institutional structures that impede their participation, belonging, and successin engineering degree programs. We believe that this group, among all military student groups,stands to benefit from concerted efforts by the engineering education community and are likelycandidates for attaining improved levels of support within civilian institutions of higher learning.Of all military student groups, we
potential to help educatorsconnect to their students and understand key aspects of their identities and motivations whilejourney maps have the potential to help educators better understand students’ experiences duringa learning activity, class session, semester, or even an entire curriculum. Collectively, they mighthelp educators empathize with students and identify key issues to address as they develop or reviselearning experiences. This paper will describe a persona and journey mapping cycle, present threecase studies of their use among engineering educators, and explore three research questions: 1) How might the persona-journey map cycle be used by engineering educators when designing or redesigning core engineering courses? 2) How does
and the projectionsfor a scaled porting of the model to a campus-wide level.I. IntroductionEducational research has widely documented the achievement gap between students fromdifferent socioeconomic statuses (SES). The seminal work by Coleman et al. in 1966 sparked amyriad of studies and initiatives addressing this phenomenon with different views regardingrelation, incident factors, or effects [1][2][3][4]. Despite more than fifty years of documentedefforts, the prevalence of the gap, studied at national and global levels, continues to highlight theneed for renovated approaches [5][6]. At the college level, this gap manifests among studentsfrom lower SES with a higher attrition level, longer times to graduate, and significantly
at Virginia Tech, and Director of the Frith First Year Makers program and of the Minecraft Museum of Engineering. His research focuses include creativity-based pedagogy, the interactions of non-humans with the built environment, and the built environment as a tool for teaching at the nexus of biology and engineering. He earned his graduate degrees from Virginia Tech, including an M.S. Civil Infrastructure Engineering, M.S. LFS Entomology, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Understanding Student Experiences in a First-Year Engineering Online Project-Based Learning (OPjBL) CourseTahsin Chowdhury
been written about the importance of preparing engineering students to workeffectively on multidisciplinary teams, very little has been published identifying the skills neededto do so from the perspective of engineers currently practicing within industry and others whowork with or supervise them. As engineering educators, we wanted to know if there are skillsspecific to the success of multidisciplinary teams, as differentiated from general teamwork skills,with the ultimate goal of incorporating the skills into our course learning objectives andactivities. Further, we were unable to find research focused specifically on the importance ofmultidisciplinary teamwork skills and their prevalence among newly graduated engineers fromthe perspective of
noting at this point, however, thatwhile we hypothesize unidirectional relationships between our sets of variables, we limit ourinvestigation to predictive relationships and not causal relationships. Figure 1 illustrates our conceptual model about the relationship between the outcome andpredictor variables. Figure 1. Conceptual model for predictor variables and outcome Throughout this paper, we aim to answer the following research question: Do thepresence of curricular opportunities for learning multidisciplinary lesson content,engineering-design activities, agency in STEM practices, data practices, collaboration, andevidence-based reasoning predict the level of student cognitive engagement in iSTEM lessons? Based on
(p=.001) and Term GPA (p=.003), but with anegative correlation coefficient. The students that Strongly Agreed that the oral exam increasedtheir motivation to learn had the lowest GPA (Cumulative GPA = 3.23 and Term GPA=2.89).These 3 statistically significant correlations all indicate that students who may likely benefit frommore academic support had a larger increase in motivation following an oral exam. Hypothesesare presented for the reasons for student gains following oral exams, and proposals are made forthe roles of Instructional Assistants and instructors in future studies and classroomimplementations.IntroductionThe research question explored in this paper is whether a 15 minute oral exam can increasestudent motivation and performance
experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also responsible for developing a process and assessing graduate attributes at the department to target areas for improvement in the curriculum. This resulted in several publications in this educational research areas. Dr. Al-Hammoud won the "Ameet and Meena Chakma award for exceptional teaching by a student” in 2014 and the "Engineering Society Teaching Award" in 2016 and the "Outstanding Performance Award" in 2018 from University of Waterloo. Her students regard her as an innovative teacher who continuously introduces new ideas to the classroom that increases their engagement. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
acting as a moderator (webcam + mic on), while the otherPI (webcam+mic off) took field notes. The participants were required to keep their webcams andmicrophones on for the duration of the discussions. The discussion subject matter for this studyis derived from ethical scenarios that are available in the literature, including two scenarios takenfrom the Engineering Ethical Reasoning Instrument (EERI) titled “Nurse Scheduling Software”and “Water Quality Testing” [11] and two from Toxic Workplaces: A Cooperative Ethics CardGame, titled “O-no rings” and “Lose the Ooze”, developed by the research team [12]. Each ofthe scenarios placed the students in the role of an professional engineer (Toxic Workplaces) orengineering student (EERI) faced with an
or Latino Asian Multiracial No ResponseFigure 3. Engineering Technology Student Demographics by CohortsLimitationsThis research did not include STEM as a search term. The main reason is there were no specificprograms listed in many of the papers. Since the intent is to understand the difference in effortsbetween engineering and engineering technology, using a publication that did not specify whichdiscipline was not acceptable for our purpose. However, the authors acknowledge that many ofthe publications not used may have either engineering or/and ET in their study even though itwas not mentioned in the publication.Conclusions and Future ResearchRetaining and graduating Engineering Technology major is growing in importance
classroom approach [19].Research suggests that the success of flipped classroom approaches depends on the nature of thecourse being taught. Courses requiring interactive, hands-on experiences may make learningcontent before engaging in course activities overwhelming for some students [20]. Theinvestment in time required for instructors to develop quality out-of-class materials and in-classactive learning experiences can be substantial [21].The active learning approach of problem-based learning (PBL) has consistently demonstrated tolead to positive learning outcomes such as self-directed learning habits, problem-solving skills,and deep disciplinary knowledge while engaging students in collaborative, authentic learningsituations [22]. While PBL was
through graduate education, and gender and race in engineering.Allison Godwin (Associate Professor) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. She is also the Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr
]. Thus, themeritocratic ideology in engineering, through hegemonic notions of “merit,” supports the careeradvancement and continued power of White men, while harming minoritized individuals andobstructing their access to opportunities.2.2 Engineering students’ perspectives on meritocracy and engineering meritEngineering students are exposed to the ideology of meritocracy as part of their enculturation asengineers [2], [10]–[12]. For example, research by Seron et al. [11] and Rohde et al. [12]explored how engineering students internalize meritocratic ideologies. Seron et al. [11]investigated how women engineering students understood and challenged their marginalizedstatus within the field of engineering. They found that while their participants
Paper ID #38096Similarities and differences between the actions of newly-hired engineers and engineering managers during theorganizational socialization periodYun Dong (Ms) Yun is a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction. She graduated from Iowa State University. Her research interests include newly-hired engineers' practices and experience in the socialization process and engineering education.Subhanwit RoyMacKenzie Ann Reber (Miss) I am a recent graduate from Grove City College (May 2022). I graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Chemical Engineering. I will be working as an applications engineer for
Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes
Engineering from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ).Cayla Ritz Cayla, originally from Freeland, Maryland, has attended Rowan University for all undergraduate and graduate-level degrees. She graduated in Spring 2020 with her BS in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Honors Studies. She also has her MSc in Mechanical Engineering with a COGS in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and is pursuing a PhD in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education. Specifically, her research interests are focused on combining the humanities and social sciences with STEM education to create a unique learning experience for students.Cheryl A Bodnar (Associate Professor, Experiential Engineering Education) Dr. Cheryl Bodnar is an
approach hasproved to be positive for engineering students; they assured that this method buildsengineering identity, promotes research, creativity, and critical thinking, givesmemorable feelings about the course, and most importantly reduces stress [39].The “group exam” is another alternative to assess students’ learning where studentscontrast their knowledge within a group to solve the exam [40]. The group exam seeksto increase cooperative learning among students and to reduce stress levels thattraditional exams cause [41]. In group exams, the knowledge the group shows is at leastthe same as the more knowledgeable member of the group. If a traditional exam were tobe used in a group exam, students with less knowledge would benefit with a
Paper ID #37474Resolving Troublesome Knowledge in Engineering Physiologyusing ICAP framework based Problem-Solving StudioSara Cunha Sara Cunha is graduated from Western New England University in 2022 with a BSE in Biomedical Engineering. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in Biomedical department at the University of Connecticut concentrating on tissue engineering and biomaterials research. As an undergraduate student, she has served as laboratory technician and assistant for core biomedical engineering lab courses. She has keen interest in learning innovative teaching methods in undergraduate engineering
, technology, engineering, andmathematics (stem) majors," Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 36–41, 2013.[11] A. ABET, "policy and procedure manual (appm), 2019–2020," 2019.[12] A. Danowitz, "Group work versus informal collaborations: Student perspectives," in 2017Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Proceedings, 2017.[13] K. A. Smith, "Cooperative learning: Effective teamwork for engineering classrooms,"in Proceedings frontiers in education 1995 25th annual conference. Engineering Education for the21st Century, vol. 1. IEEE, 1995, pp. 2b5–13.[14] A.-P. Pavel et al., "The importance of quality in higher education in an increasinglyknowledge-driven society," International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Financeand
is ampleopportunity for students working on different parts of the projects to communicate and share ideas.Furthermore, Microsoft Teams platform was used to facilitate constant/daily communication andcontent sharing among students and between students and advisors. Another goal of the project isto promote life-long learning and exploration of new areas. Because lower-level (and even upper-level) students have no previous experience in requisite practical skills like electrical/electronicsystems of drones or moderately complex CAD design, the faculty identify and provide access toonramp tutorials. For example, for drone electronics and design, the faculty mentors guided newparticipating students through an online drone course, which covers
is an associate professor in the Purdue Polytechnic College jointly and College of Education. Strategically hired for the P12 STEM initiative, Dr. Mentzer prepares Technology and Engineering candidates for teacher licensure, conducts research and mentors graduate students. Nathan has taken an active role in guiding the evolution of the undergraduate teacher education program, an Integrated STEM education concentration and a minor in design and innovation at Purdue informed by his National Science Foundation funded research on Design Thinking. Nathan is strategic in connecting theory, practice and research. He engages P16 educators in research efforts to develop innovative pedagogical strategies situated in STEM
Transformation of Alkane Resources, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students
, family matters, other illnesses, etc.) and some were concerned aboutincreasing COVID case numbers among reasons to temporarily stop attending class in-person.The technology helped students continue to attend class virtually if attending in-person was notpossible. The technology also helped class participation by showing student names by the smallwindow for the student in the virtual meeting software, alleviating the difficulty in rememberingnames in large classes. However, some students took advantage of the instructor relaxing the rulesof ”online etiquette” to accommodate students with internet issues and mostly kept video off. Afew students did find the virtual option helpful for the typical pre-pandemic reasons, whenrunning late for example
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work in Progress: Development of a Project-Based Civil & Environmental Introductory CourseIntroductionTeaching “soft” skills to engineering students presents a unique set of challenges compared totechnical skills. Topics like technical writing and oral presentation are not commonly perceivedby students to be in the domain of engineering while most practicing engineers would disagree[1]. Communication skills are just one example of a range of professional skills outside ofdiscipline-specific skills that can aid new engineering graduates. Our civil and environmentalengineering (CEE) curriculum committee developed
AppliedStatistics from The University of Alabama. She has experience working with many industriessuch as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations managementprojects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain managementand logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of herservice-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships amongindustrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineeringeducation and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare theirminds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact ofgood
-PI of the Alliance for Identity- Inclusive Computing, Education and Workforce Director for the Athena AI Institute, and Faculty Director of the Duke Technology Scholars Program. Prior to joining Duke, she was an associate professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. Having garnered over $40M in funding from public and private sources to support her collaborative research activities, Daily’s work has been featured in USA Today, Forbes, National Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune, and recognized by Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina. Daily earned her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
lines, the National Academies 2019 report: Environmental Engineering forthe 21st Century urges environmental engineers to respond to the grand challenges and provide theleadership required to address them, noting that this vision will require a new model forenvironmental engineering (EnvE) practice, education and research. The report calls for EnvEs to:(1) move away from a focus on addressing single problems toward systems-based solutions thataddress a broad set of issues; (2) become proactive in anticipating problems rather than reactingto them; and (3) cultivate diversity and engage collaboratively with stakeholders and otherdisciplines (National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, 2019). This call to educate and graduate
deliver projects. Collaboration represents a key component in interdisciplinarycourse delivery for successful interdisciplinary student experiences in team-based learning (TBL)strategies. The goal of TBL strategies is to help students understand the advantages of interdisciplinarycollaboration skills [15]. TBL strategies are suitable for interdisciplinary education to cultivate a culture ofcollaboration among students [16]. In TBL, cooperative learning groups of students working in teams isone of the most common forms of collaboration that interdisciplinary course design adopts. Here, studentsengage with a learning attitude that promotes learning reflection and improves their performance [17].Bailey et al. [15] identified that members of the same
students/year) and are enrolled by a wide variety of science,engineering, and design majors at the University of Minnesota (a large public research university.)Three key adaptations from these two courses show potentially lasting promise. The first isutilizing individual projects where students collaboratively support each other’s projects (fromideation to implementation). The second is the use of static, responsive, and teleconference- basedvideo submissions for project check-ins, reports, and design reviews. The final is using onlinecommunications tools, including Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and particularly theDiscord service.Student ratings of teaching, comments, usage reports, and self-reflections are analyzed. While thedata are far