, analysis, and specification of a renewable energysystem for a local residential building site. In Fall 2021, two student groups from mechanicalengineering (ME) and computer & electrical engineering (CEE) were introduced to energy loadanalysis and solar system design through presentations and lab activities in appropriate seniorand junior level courses (ME-492 System Dynamics, CEE-315 Power Electronics andRenewable Energy Systems). At the beginning of the semester, students were invited toparticipate in a pre-project survey that was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) atthe University of Wisconsin-Stout. Following the pre-project survey, students were approachedby a “client,” an architect and faculty member, who was planning a new
Paper ID #37665Using Sentiment Analysis to Evaluate First-year EngineeringStudents Teamwork Textual FeedbackAbdulrahman M Alsharif (Graduate Research Assistant)Andrew Katz (Assistant Professor)David B Knight (Associate Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean forStrategic Plan Implementation)Saleh Zayed Alatwah (Data Scientist) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comUsing Sentiment Analysis to Evaluate First-year Engineering Students' Teamwork Textual FeedbackAbstract Sentiment analysis (SA) is used in multiple disciplines to
13 12Interview of a graduate studentwho is conducting research whilepursuing their Ph.D. 4Applications for and enrollment in the ‘Research Foundations’ programTo participate in the ‘Research Foundations’ program, we asked students to complete an applicationfacilitated through an online survey platform (Qualtrics). Applicants were asked to provide demographicinformation (current major, academic class standing, and gender), to identify whether their summer planswere interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and, if so how, and to identify their motivations forparticipating: ‘Why are you applying to be part of this workshop series? Let us know a little about you,your career plans
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are presented. Lastly, in the conclusion section,we summarize the key findings of the paper along with plans for future work.FGEn Mentoring Program at a Large U.S. University: A Case StudyProgram overviewThis section provides a brief background on the first-generation students at Texas A&MUniversity. Nearly 20% of all undergraduate engineering students at the Texas A&M Universityidentify themselves as FG students. According to Fall 2021 enrollment data, the totalundergraduate engineering population in the university was over 17, 000 students.Table 1: Retention and Graduation rates of FG vs non-FG students over Fall 2013-Fall 2018 Average of cohorts from Fall FG Non- FG 2013 – Fall 2018
, SamanthaBrunhaver, and Adam Kirn for feedback on this study, as well as the members of the StanfordDesign Education Lab (DEL) for their support, ideas, feedback, and community.This work was funded by the National Science Foundation under grant EEC-183076.References[1] K. Powers, H. L. Chen, K. V. Prasad, S. K. Gilmartin, and S. Sheppard, “Exploring How Engineering Internships and Undergraduate Research Experiences Inform and Influence College Students’ Career Decisions and Future Plans,” presented at the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2018.[2] M. Trego, H. L. Chen, K. V. Prasad, and S. D. Sheppard, “Exploring the Relationships between Engineering Internships and Innovation Interests and Likelihood of Accepting a Job
are upper division laboratory courses and capstonedesign taught by engineering instructors. Prior to entering these courses, the writing instruction atypical engineering student would have received was through their university freshman levelEnglish composition courses, or their high school courses if they test out of the university course.In these engineering courses, students are typically required to write large design reports,experimental plans, and technical reports, which are generally not accompanied by any formalcommunication instruction. As a result, students are learning technical communication skills inan ad hoc and implicit manner through practice rather than instruction, with some studentshaving the advantage of additional
Paper ID #36961Exploring the Relationship Between and UndergraduateStudents’ Level of Engagement and Perception of SupportHamidreza Taimoory Engineering education Ph.D. student.David B Knight (Associate Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean forStrategic Plan Implementation)Walter C. Lee (Associate Professor) Dr. Walter C. Lee is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he also serves as Assistant Director for Research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
timepoint. The study explores questions such as: How does the progress of passed and failed studentsdiffer in these courses? How early can student performance be accurately predicted? Can datacollected from one course be used to predict the performance of students in another course by thesame or a different instructor? Are student journeys through courses unique, or are there patternsthat transcend students and courses?IntroductionEarly detection of at-risk students is vital to fostering and promoting student success, which iscritical to the mission of any higher-education institution. It allows for planning and providingthe appropriate remedial services that students need in a timely manner. It requires the ability topredict student performance
processes, Machine Design, Renewable Energy and Additive Manufacturing. His current research interests include Robotics, CIM, Sustainable Manufacturing, Micro Machining, Additive Machining and Engineering & Technology Education. He has published several papers, in these areas, in various national & international conferences and journals. He has worked in heavy and light manufacturing industries manufacturing pumps, motors, and CNC machine tools in the areas of system design, production planning and control and manufacturing. Edinbarough also served in paramilitary forces and in the Indian Air Force. He is a Life Member of the ISTE, a senior life member of the IE (India), a member of the ASEE & SME, and a licensed
meet client needs and solve difficult business problems. Hackathons can play a critical role inpromoting innovation and have the ability to speed things to market due to their frenetic pace.This type of interaction has many advantages over other types of cooperation. Hackathon-basedcollaboration provides practical learning opportunities for students, gives a spark in innovationand adopts disruptive technologies for industry, helps scholars with professional networking andcareer planning. Here are some examples of businesses that have effectively integratedhackathons into their new product development processes. (Galante, 2015): 1. Hackathons have been a part of the Facebook culture since 2007, with events held at the company's
) (c) Figure 2: Pictures of the CIF (a) gusset plates (b) braces (c) beam-column connectionTraditionally, 2D drawings are used to teach the concept of load path as well to understand thestructural distribution of a building. Plan views and an elevation views are provided to thestudents to analyze the different loads carried by the different structural members in each floorand the cumulative load carried by the columns, as well as the lateral load taken by the braces.This is done by analyzing which type of load is being carried in the different areas of the buildingaccording to the type of occupancy in such areas. Additionally, the students learn how the loadsare distributed and carried by the different structural members. Moreover
Equipment 7 Lab design project work day THORS - Castings Lightning Learning courses 8 Midterm THORS test LECTURE: Forging and rolling 9 Lab design pitch competition presentations LECTURE: Drawing and extrusion 10 How's it made? - Metals worksheet LECTURE: Virtual ULA tour 11 AM presentation research work day LECTURE: Daimler Detroit virtual tour 12 AM prototyping design project work day LECTURE: Polymer manufacturing 13 TED talk planning worksheets LECTURE: Watch additive mfg. presentations 14 How's it made? - Polymers worksheet LECTURE: Ceramic and composite manufacturing 15 Final
enrich themselves. This Spring, faculty and staff participated in aseries of workshops discussing our role in serving Hispanic students and developing plans forprograms and activities on campus that embody our HSI identity. Spanish is the second mostwidely spoken language in New York City; therefore, in order to remove language as a potentialbarrier for recruitment and promote our identity as an HSI, the IUSE program information wastranslated to Spanish and is available on the website and as print marketing materials.ConclusionOverall, these preliminary results suggest that targeted pre-transfer and post-transfer supportsimprove transfer student outcomes. The pandemic has made deeper analysis difficult becausestudents are facing so many
included limited time and lack of resources availableor known to the students to engage in exploration of alternatives.Some limitations of this process included limited diversity in the pilot sample, includingmechanical engineering students from a single university. The convenience sampling of studentsthrough research team contacts may have resulted in students more interested in reflecting onengineering work. Next steps within the larger research study include plans to intentionallyrecruit a more diverse student sample through program listservs, student organizations, andmultiple universities to ensure diversity across gender, race and ethnicity, experiences, andselected projects. The larger research study will be expanded to include high school
,sustainability, global systems of extraction, bias in design, etc. (2) move past the technical/socialdualism currently present in engineering education to empower students to learn about andparticipate in social justice issues and discussions, and (3) give students the tools and skills to learnhow they can incorporate social justice work in ways that support their professional developmentand career plans. This paper will summarize and synthesize our key findings across the threequalitative data strands. By shedding light on the factors that influence student motivation toengage with social justice content in engineering courses, we can help other faculty who areworking toward related curricular transformations at their institutions.MethodsIn a
have been anticipatedby engineering educators to meet these rapid changes [2]. However, the current structure of a4-year engineering degree continues to lag behind more nimble approaches to training theworkforce, such as partnerships between companies and mass open online course (MOOC)providers [3]. Although accreditation plans show intentional opportunities for students to accessand integrate knowledge independently in design courses, internships, or research experiences[4], there is a growing acceptance that learning should be directed by more than pedagogy alonein order to educate engineers. Our vision to meet the challenge of accelerating change is to construct engineeringcurricula that are guided by both andragogy (self-directed
theinvited lecturers, have a chance to change imaging settings, acquire images, and take image quality andradiation dose measurements. For example, the invited lecturer who teaches the section of radiographywill host a lab session where students have a chance to see every part of an x-ray machine, take imageswith it, and take several measurements of dose and image quality. This type of hands-on studentengagement would be very difficult to organize without the help of our invited lecturers. Having a largeroster of invited lecturers does, however, introduce complications when planning the course. One disadvantage of having so many invited lecturers is that of continuity. Each invited lecturer mayhave their own idea of how they want to run their
skilled at seeing cultural practices around them, rather than narrowingtheir focus only on what we went in planning to study. We drew from Carlone’s work [13, 14] indesigning protocols and onboarding activities for our team. We realized that these practices ofcultural analysis overlapped with some of the orienting goals of the STS program andcompetencies it was trying to cultivate. For example, Dr. Gupta had observed an STS lessonwhere the instructor invited students to photograph the contents of different refrigerators theyhad access to (at home and at work) and then analyze those scenes. In a research meeting, Dr.Gupta noted that, “these activities prepare them to take up cultural analysis.”At the 2020 Physics Education Research Conference, Dr
shared 5. Explorations of options for new roles, relationships, and actions 6. Planning a course of action 7. Acquiring knowledge and skills for implementing one’s plans 8. Provisional trying of new roles 9. Building competence and self-confidence in new roles and relationships 10. A reintegration into one’s life on the basis of conditions dictated by one’s new perspective [3, p.22]For Mezirow [3-4], Merriam [5], Illeris [6] and scholars of engineering education who haveapplied these frameworks in their own work [6-10], “true transformative learning touches deeplyinto participants’ sense of identity, community, and overall worldview, rather than just depositingcontent into the surface of a learner’s awareness” [2
problem, rather than only focus on describingpossible solutions. With these considerations, the design scenario prompt for our focus groupparticipants was the following: A small grocery store in a low-income neighborhood has "long lines" and has hired your group to make a plan to solve this problem. The store is following their state and county guidelines for social distancing due to COVID-19, which has just started spreading. Some employees had to quit because of employer policies and/or underlying health conditions. However, even with the state-enforced reduced capacity, the store check-out lines get very long. The remaining employees have even seen customers at the back of the line just putting down
online platform (such as Zoom, Google Classroom, and others) dueto the forced closure of campuses as online education. However, some researchers argue that amore accurate term to describe this shift to online platforms during the pandemic is “emergencyremote teaching” [11, 12], due to the inexperience of professors and teaching teams with regardsto online classes. It rapidly became clear that this type of teaching that became the new standardin March 2020 when the majority of the world began lockdowns to help curb the spread of thenovel coronavirus was not sustainable, and proper teaching plans and support for faculty neededto be in place to assist professors and teachers to effectively run their courses and aid students tothe same degree that
Huff as his advisor, his honors thesis is focused on examining academic well- being of Black computer science/engineering students. Kyle Shanachilubwa is a member of the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) lab where he assists Dr. Huff with his work on professional shame in engineering education. He plans to attend graduate school in 2024Joachim Walther (Professor)Nicola W. Sochacka (Research Professional) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Professional Shame amid Faculty-Student InteractionsAbstractPrior research on faculty-student interactions in engineering education generally conceptualizesthe function of
, responsive teaching, and elementary school engineering teachers.Max Magee Max Magee is an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. He is majoring in Aerospace Engineering and minoring in Law and Mathematics and set to graduate in May 2023. After graduation, Max plans on seeking employment in the Aerospace field, preferably working with space craft.Aaron W. Johnson (Assistant Professor) Aaron W. Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. He believes in a strong connection between engineering education research and practice, and his
contains three main categories of outcomes at two levels,GTA and undergraduate student. These impacts (blue) are linearly (sequentially) related: GTA cognition, GTAteaching practices, and undergraduate student outcomes. GTA cognition pertains to GTAs’ knowledge, skills,attitudes, or beliefs about teaching. GTA teaching practices concerns the GTAs’ approaches to planning, instruction,and assessment. Undergraduate student outcomes centers on the knowledge and skills of GTAs’ students, as well asmore distal student outcomes such as retention and graduation. The framework supposes that effective GTA TPDdirectly promotes changes in GTA cognition, which in turn impacts their instructional behavior (GTA teachingpractices) and subsequent outcomes for
apply a social justice lens to infrastructure planning [34]. Severalauthors describe interventions in Statics courses (e.g. [24], [35]). Chen and Przestrzelski apply adifferent lens in introducing social justice into a statics course through looking at gerrymanderingand centroids; while this isn’t a typical civil engineering context, it does reinforce thesociotechnical nature of problems [27]. Finally, Riley re-imagined and implemented liberativepedagogies in a thermodynamics course as described in her seminal 2003 article, with ideas thatformed the basis for and inspired much subsequent work in transforming technical courses intosociotechnical courses [36].Teaching with a sociotechnical context inherently incorporates ethics and engages
Serving Institutions. Subbian’s educational research is focused on asset-based practices, ethics education, and formation of professional identities.Linda R Shawcolleen lynel halpin © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks for Engineering Education: A Cross-Disciplinary ReviewIntroduction The work of an engineer involves countless decisions and judgement calls during every stepof the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation phases of any given project. Thesedecisions may impact the public in a myriad of ways, with significant implications for publichealth
of thesemester. One of the primary considerations for hiring a UTF is their ability to connect the STSpostures to course learning outcomes. In advance of the Spring 2022 semester, we implementedthe curriculum and believe that our current 12 UTFs understand their role as both implementingcurriculum and continuously self-reflecting on their own classroom practices. Each week wemeet as a team in a classroom to run through the week’s lesson plan and to do the active stokestogether to ensure the best possible implementation and debrief. We gave the UTFs notebooksand assigned them 10 minutes of reflective writing on Fridays after their session, plus oneobservation of another section during the first three weeks of the semester. Our
the different phases in the iterative process of engineering design; ● Create innovative technological solutions for underserved communities; ● Gain an understanding of their role in the engineering community; ● Learn to consider the consequences of design decisions at both local and global levels; ● Learn how engineering underpins everyday life; ● Learn how to place people at the heart of their designs; and ● Develop skills in engineering, communication, planning and project management, effective distribution of work and collaboration.In Fall of 2021, the project was focused on a real-world scenario in the Cape York Peninsula inAustralia. Students were provided with a Design Brief, which included extensive informationabout