Paper ID #36776Statewide Agricultural Biosecurity Curriculum for HighSchool StudentsIftekhar Ibne Basith (Assistant Professor) Dr. Basith is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. His research focus is in Engineering Education, Automation and Robotics.Doug UllrichRichard Kirby FordAshley Morgan-Olvera (Research Director: Texas Invasives) Ashley Morgan-Olvera, M.S. is the Director of the Texas Invasive Species Institute (TISI) located at Sam Houston State University (SHSU). She received her M.S. in Parasitology from SHSU in December 2011 and joined TISI shortly
information modeling. In this paper, we present this holistic curriculumphilosophy and design for technology in our construction management undergraduate programincluding the preparation class, and three subsequent lab classes in estimating, scheduling, andbuilding information modeling. This paper includes a teaching and learning evaluation to assessthe success of this curriculum design, the transfer of learning across the curriculum, and the gapswe need to address in terms of emerging technology trends in data analytics and projectmanagement. We will discuss the strategies of preparing students to engage with technologyacross an undergraduate curriculum and define technology readiness for CM programs.IntroductionIn recent years there has been an
mechanical engineers in the new era of data science and artificial intelligence, engineeringeducators have been urged to integrate these new technological advancements into existingcurriculum to adapt to the fast-changing needs from the future workplace. My effort primarily focuseson implementing an interdisciplinary approach to introduce the concepts and principles of datascience to the undergraduate students of mechanical engineering. I re-designed the class of Statisticsfor Engineering as Data Analytics for Engineering, in which the students can practice new tools usedin data analytics applications while they are still learning the basic statistical principles behind thesetechniques.In this class, the students are exposed to the real-world
people are with technology usage and comprehension [5].Despite the increased use of technology, there is no clear indication if the comprehension oftechnology has been the same largely due to a widely varying means of testing digitalcompetency. While largely reliant on the student standards set forth by the International Societyfor Technology in Education, many state curriculums do not enforce a means to test and measurestudents’ digital education. With an increasing dependence on technology for both education andworkforce success, we consider whether or not industry professionals and higher educationbelieve digital competency should be assessed in primary and secondary education.PurposeOur research aims to evaluate the extent to which digital
Paper ID #37296Integrating Asset-based Practices into Engineering DesignInstructionHannah Budinoff (Assistant Professor) Hannah D. Budinoff is an Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include additive manufacturing, geometric manufacturability analysis, design for manufacturing, and engineering education. She completed her PhD in 2019 in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She is the recipient of a 2021 American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #36578Academic Integrity during the COVID-19 PandemicShannon L. Isovitsch Parks (Assistant Professor)Kurt Klavuhn (Assistant Professor)Laura Wieserman Dr. Wieserman is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown. She received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. Prior to working at the University, she was as a Systems Engineer focusing on electronic design, RF analysis, antenna modeling, radar simulation, and renewable energy system design and management. Her current research interests include transient
do you think will happen? And really getting them to reflect on the process of what's happening as they change the dimension of something or they extrude something.”Theme 3: Growing as an EducatorKevin discussed how implementing the principles of the PD allowed him to grow as an educator.Kevin explained that his perspective about problem solving and giving students the opportunityto learn were enhanced because of going through the implementation experience.Kevin said “As an educator I grew in” the area of not giving the correct answer to the studentsbut letting them discover this. Because as a math teacher: Okay, we gotta move on.”Theme 4: STEM Self-efficacyKevin expressed in the interviews that while he took the integration
informed by culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs) [18-21], whichacknowledge the students’ home and community cultural and linguistic practices as assets, andactively welcome them into the classroom. Specifically, for this course, we emphasized examplesand learning experiences that deviate from the traditional masculine, White, Western discourse[22-32], and created an environment where the ways of being, knowing, and doing of communitiesof color were acknowledged and made part of the curriculum. For this case study, we interviewedstudents who had taken the course to explore whether and how their conceptions of engineeringand engineers included sociotechnical elements. In this work-in-progress, we share somepreliminary findings that emerged from
Paper ID #36500Women Students Learning a STEM Subject: An Analysis ofNote-Taking Practices in a Civil Engineering Course and theAssociation with Self-Efficacy, Cognitive Engagement, TestAnxiety, and Course AchievementMonica Palomo (Professor) (California State Polytechnic University,Pomona) Dr. Mónica Palomo is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where she teaches senior projects, and environmental and water resources engineering undergraduate and graduate courses. She is the CWEA-AWWA student chapter advisor. Dr. Palomo holds a Civil Engineering degree
complex,mixed-method experimental intervention design, where qualitative and quantitative datacollection and analysis was merged in a convergent form [12]. For this exploration, a secondarydata analysis was performed on a subset of the data collected from UPHEME. As such, ouranalysis includes the results of the quantitative and qualitative components of the HCA factor ofthe UPHEME instrument and will draw inferences that integrate the results [23].MethodsHidden Curriculum Awareness (UPHEME, Factor 1):As shown in Table 1 and as discussed in an earlier study [12], due to the complex and potentiallyfragile nature of this topic, a vignette approach was used in the design, testing, and validation ofthe UPHEME instrument. In brief, since earlier work
Paper ID #36672Work-in-Progress: Introductory Reinforcement Learning forStudent Education and Curriculum Development ThroughEngaging MediumsRamakrishnan Sundaram (Professor)Benjamin Lubina © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work-in-Progress: Introductory Reinforcement Learning for Student Education and Curriculum Development Through Engaging EnvironmentsIntroduction This paper describes the setup of a reinforcement learning project intended to supportstudent research and curriculum development within the rapidly emerging fields of
integration of social justice topics in the engineering curriculum so that noneof the current instruction is sacrificed. To improve the projects, students suggested that they shouldinclude calculations in addition to research. Students also need to feel that the subject matter isworth their time since the engineering curriculum is heavy as it is. Explaining to students whysocial justice topics in engineering is important for this reason. In addition, students might feeluncomfortable discussing their opinions on different conflict matters with their peers. Providing anon-judgmental setting for students helps set the tone for an open discussion and allows all toparticipate.Based on the responses to Question 3, some motivating factors to engage in the
University. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Supporting Design Capabilities Across the ECE Curriculum, the Role of DAMNED ProjectsThis paper reports on the development of a second-year design course intended to supportstudent design capabilities in a coherent four-year design thread across an Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) curriculum. At Bucknell University students take four years ofdesign starting by building an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor module in first
Paper ID #37736MATLAB Curriculum Based in Experimental Setups withAuthentic Data Collection and Analysis ExperiencesBrian Patrick O'connell (Associate Teaching Professor) Brian O'Connell is an Associate teaching professor in the First-Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. His undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering came from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2006. He then worked for Kollmorgen Electro/Optical as a mechanical engineer developing periscopes and optronic masts. In 2011, he returned to academia at Tufts University, earning his MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering for
Paper ID #37102Comparison of Four Flipped Classroom Implementations in aCivil Engineering Curriculum during the COVID-19PandemicKevin Francis Mcmullen Kevin McMullen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut. His research interest areas include bridge engineering, protective structures, and engineering education.David Carlson (Instructor) Major David Carlson is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and
Paper ID #37650Work In Progress: A Metro Map-Based CurriculumVisualization for Examining Interrelated CurriculaTamara Nelson-Fromm Tamara Nelson-Fromm is a PhD student in the University of Michigan Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She is studying the conceptual challenges faced by novices learning to program, as well as methods for integrating computing concepts into non-STEM K-12 classrooms.Wade Fagen-ulmschneider (Teaching Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work In Progress: A
Paper ID #37218Turn the Lights On! Part I: An Engineering Design-BasedCurriculum for Teaching 8th Grade Students RenewableEnergy (Resource Exchange)Ruben Lopez-Parra Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has worked as a K-16 instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based active and passive learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16
-art design tool was gradually introduced to underclassmen, through lecture, labexercises and course projects. This study shows that TO can indeed be deployed in a class-roomsetting to help better prepare the students as they enter the workforce.1 IntroductionInnovation in product design technologies has made it easier for the engineers to solve complexengineering problems. Use of state-of-art computer-aided design (CAD) tools in the industry is ingreater demand due to its impact on reducing product lead times. Consequently, CAD tools havenow become an integral part of undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. Students cannow learn to model, design, analyze and fabricate objects with multitude of tools within a semestercourse. With
) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Scaffolding reflection across the design curriculum: Triangulating Student, Alumni, and Faculty Perspectives of the Role of Design within an Engineering Science Program1.0 IntroductionHigher education institutions regularly make significant investments to promote a high-qualityundergraduate experience [1]. Curriculum design in higher education is localized, andstandardization of higher education curricula mainly targets meeting specific accreditationbodies' requirements [2]. As such, little relational emphasis is placed on how the plannedcurriculum is enacted by instructors and experienced by students
based on themes, shared experiences, or attitudes shared by participants. The use ofthis method helps preserve the integrity of the narratives while maintaining the reliability andvalidity of the statements [22]. In this paper, we are communicating the narratives to our readersbased on their (in)experience with WILs. Their stories were tied together by identifyingoverarching themes of students’ experiences and attitudes amongst the 18 participants,highlighting the commonalities resulting from their (in)access to WILs.We used an adapted framework of identity trajectory theory to understand what factorsinfluenced students' access to WILs and how WILs influenced their identity development overtime. Preliminary analysis involved identifying
) spatial mapping of urbanizationcharacteristics.The pedagogical assessment of these projects derive from the final reports/assignments for each course,as well as end-of-semester surveys that evaluate the students’ engagement with the project, includinghow they view their role within this broader project.IntroductionProject based learning (PBL) is a type of experiential learning in which students are presented with acomplex problem(s) that could have multiple feasible solutions and are tasked with developing a plan orproduct that addresses that problem. A lot of emphasis has recently been focused on integrating PBLexperiences into the undergraduate curriculum, particularly with an interdisciplinary component [1 – 3].Incorporating PBL into courses
siloed workplaces. CTE’s are typicallyorganized in terms of predefined career pathway clusters (e.g., Manufacturing, InformationTechnology, Arts, A/V Technology). In each pathway, students get the skills that have beenidentified within that given pathway and are taught the specific set of ways those skills areintegrated with one another through hands-on classroom scenarios along with on-site training.While there are obvious benefits in training students in the aforementioned model, we shouldaugment existing CTE programs such that it emphasizes contextual, horizontal integration ofskills needed for small-scale, diverse production. In such an approach, students are able to learnin a way where each piece of more knowledge added is integrated into
) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Integrating Molecular Dynamics Simulation as a Tool for Helping Student Understanding of Fluid Flow ConceptsAbstractMolecular dynamics simulation has garnered tremendous attention nowadays as a computationaltool to investigate the physical movement and molecular nature of fluids. Molecular dynamicsrelated modeling and visualization software provide a new approach for high school andcommunity college educators to help students understand fluid flow properties. In this study,Research Experience for Teachers (RET) participants developed a set of modules that can beapplied at both the high school and college curriculum
generation, it is essential that the college creates an environment where they feel welcomeand have opportunities to become a member of the ECS student community. The Scholaractivities that support this concept include the cohort model, team based projects and role modelsintroduced within the curriculum, weekly meeting for tutoring and advising, high schoolpartnerships to acclimate students early and the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab which will serve asan ECS cultural hub and meeting ground.Since the introduction of the lab in 2018, an increased sense of community, collaboration, andinterest in the "making" culture had been witnessed. It has been suggested that makerspaces/fablabs, such as the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab, could increase retention of
and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic change.Peter C Nelson (Professor & Dean)Jeremiah AbiadeDidem Ozevin (Dr.) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering Students: Lessons Learned and Progress ReportAbstractThis paper provides the status report of an NSF S-STEM program that is currentlyin its fourth year in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois atChicago (UIC), a
of requirements that slightly differ in category definitions and number of credit hours. Thearchitecture, engineering, and construction degrees include the core curriculum courses as a partof the degree requirements defined by the state, regional accreditation, and professionalaccreditation procedures. The core curriculum courses also offer an opportunity for earlypreparation and recruitment for professional degree programs. This paper reviews the corecurriculum participation of Texas architecture, engineering, and construction programs. As partof this study, the Texas General Education Core Curriculum database is queried for approvedcore curriculum courses taught by architecture, engineering, and construction programs at highereducation
undergraduate curriculum. In the scope of the Institute's undergraduate and master’sdegree integration initiative, this second particularity (item b) may yield anticipated credits for amaster’s program.In a more general context, which was part of the Strategic Planning Commission considerations,CTP creation initiatives at ITA conform to the recommendations of “more flexibility” and“increased research participation” in engineering programs [6]. As explained above, it willstreamline interested undergraduate students into master’s programs with a solid practice base. As aresult, these will provide master’s degrees as entry degrees into the engineering profession, thusalso conforming to proposals outlined in [7].3 Structure of the CTPThe program involves
are few incentives to work with others which restrict theiropportunities to develop communication skills and teamwork. Students become less critical whenit comes to thinking through complex problems because they are not encouraged to do so underthis pedagogical framework. Although many institutes still use the traditional approach, manyothers explore and integrate other pedagogies into their curriculums. Institutes recognize thetechnological change and complexity of the contemporary industry 4.0 paradigm requires a highlyskilled and well-rounded generation of professionals [14]. The demand in the workspace leads to amore urgent pursuit for alternative pedagogies. In this paper, the Department of SystemsEngineering at West Point recognizes an
. Among the initiativesdesigned to meet this need, MIT has developed four complementary programs in technicalleadership that are administratively housed together: the Undergraduate Practice OpportunitiesProgram (UPOP), the Gordon-MIT Program in Engineering Leadership (GEL), the GraduateProgram in Engineering Leadership (GradEL), and the School of Engineering CommunicationLab (CommLab).While these MIT programs are managed under a common umbrella, that we refer to as TechnicalLeadership and Communications (TLC), reporting directly to the School of Engineering,integrating them into an overarching technical leadership framework remains a work in progress.This paper provides an update on the current status of these programs, and highlights the
Paper ID #38296Developing Professional Identity: Integrating Academic andWorkplace Competencies within Engineering ProgramsBetul Bilgin (Clinical Associate Professor) Betul Bilgin is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Betul received her M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University. Betul’s interests include engineering education, team- based learning, and biotechnology.James W Pellegrino (Professor)Cody Wade MischelLewis E Wedgewood