solar cooking oven or a PVC water pump;these projects represent settings that often lack reliable access to grid power and avoid pollutionassociated with burning wood, coal, or other fossil fuels.Main ProjectsIn the FYED course, students spend approximately ten to twelve weeks working on their mainproject. The main project includes working through the engineering design process. Studentswork to understand stakeholders and/or clients, define criteria, imagine solutions, andmethodologically select a solution. They plan and then create prototypes. They evaluate andrefine, all working toward their final solution and final product. The deliverables for their mainproject include a Preliminary Design Review, Prototype Demonstration, Critical Design
Learning Robot Programming Anywhere: VEXcode VRIntroductionIn January of 2016, then President Barack Obama addressed the changing demands of the 21stcentury economy, and identified computer science (CS) as the “new basic skill required ofcontemporary students”1. To meet the challenge of his time, he announced a plan to give allstudents access to CS education. President Obama’s identification of the importance of CSeducation mirrors the attitudes and opinions of many educators, and also that of the nation'sparents and students themselves. This is emphasized by the findings of a recent study conductedby Google; 82% of students were at least somewhat interested in learning CS, with 84% ofparents citing CS as being at least as important as required
apply VSD tools to identify the stakeholders ofthe problem they are studying to characterize the different stakes they have in the solution, andhow data can be used to address these challenges.Third-year course: Civil Engineering Systems In this class, students learn about civil and environmental engineering systems, with aparticular focus on our Sustainable Systems focal cross-cutting research focus, encouragingstudents to contemplate what makes CEE systems more sustainable, and how to apply an integratedsystems/sustainable engineering framework to plan, design, implement, operate and renew thesesystems. As with the other spine courses, this class has incorporated problem-based learning. PBLin the course encourages the students to become
burial sites during the construction of the Dakota AccessPipeline in 2016. It is likely that such destructive outcomes could have been avoided by theinclusion of a Native cohort of engineers involved in the planning and execution of such projects,and this imperative will continue to be a pressing need in the future, as tribal lands encompass upto 20 percent of the known natural gas and oil reserves within the United States [10].This ongoing dilemma, cast alongside the continuing paucity of AI/AN success in academicengineering programs, should prompt a review of engineering education research conducted withAI/AN populations. This paper offers an analysis of recent work through a critical theoreticallens in an attempt to identify areas of focus
experience. The application of the Virtual sandbox system invery challenging to teach students the already complex and dif- the classroom, including the in-class activity design, and stu-ficult concepts through online-learning. This only amplified the dents’ feedback are described with discussion on the lessonsneed for mixed reality technologies in education. Augmented learned and future plans for further development.Reality (AR) enhances the physical world experience by usingtechnologies such as digital visual elements, audio, and othertechnologies that stimulate different senses of the human ex-perience (Hayes and Clarine, 2020). The benefit of AR tech-nology is that it takes a specific attribute of the physical worldand uses
disciplines to solve complex and multifaceted design andresearch problems [14], [15]. This is especially true in the QIST industry, where theoreticalphysicists, electrical engineers, and data scientists routinely interact [6]. Having interdisciplinaryteams of students collaborating on in-class exercises, coding assignments, and projects isexpected to enhance the learning experience by promoting high-level cognitive skills such asproblem-solving and critical-thinking [16]. When this high-level thinking is combined withmetacognitive reflection, students are able to develop expert learning skills by being able to usethe appropriate reasoning strategies and concepts to solve new problems [17].Our first offering for these courses is planned for the Spring
Paper ID #36842Engineering Instructor Experience During EmergencyRemote Teaching & Beyond: A Case StudyDorian Bobbett Dorian Bobbett (she/her) is a 4th-year undergraduate chemical engineering student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is currently working on a project with Dr. Grace Panther and Dr. Heidi Diefes-Dux focused on faculty adaptability when teaching in a crisis. She plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering education beginning in the Fall 2023 semester. Some of her research interests include P-12 engineering education, DEI, and qualitative research methods.Grace Panther (Assistant Professor
championing change andsustainable solutions, whether as entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs [8]. However, many questionsremain in understanding when and how engineers perceive such societal influences andopportunities.One lens through which to examine societal factors and their linkages to engineering innovationefforts is the PESTEL-framework, which has traditionally been used as a strategic planning toolto analyze political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal opportunities andthreats in business environments. The framework draws from Aguilar’s concept of an ETPS(economic, technical, political, and social) analysis [9], and was expanded to STEPE, and laterPESTEL [10,11]. This framework, often referred to as a macro-environment
research question R1. The six most common codes (excluding NC)expressing how students planned to change problem-solving strategies in the future were FP,PM, ETM, SM, UF, and FLD. Students placed primary focus on understanding theproblem/question (FP). Because a firm understanding of what they are answering is paramount,it makes sense as an early step in problem solving. This is followed by an emphasis on the needto practice more problems (PM). Many students mentioned how practicing more problems wouldallow them to have a better understanding of each question, as well as increase their speed whensolving. Accordingly, time management (ETM) also played a key role in strategy change. Theactual FE exam allows approximately 3 minutes for each problem
Paper ID #36933An Analysis of Student Retention Efforts in EngineeringTechnology ProgramsGloria Fragoso-Diaz Gloria Fragoso is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at Tarleton State University. She received her PhD. in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. Her teaching is in the the areas of Supply Chain, Statistics and Production Planning. In addition to her research interest being Supply Chain Management, her current interest involves student success in STEM areas.Billy Gray © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him.”Students were asked to focus on the following thematic questions [21]: • What was the path that brought William Kamkwamba to physics and the invention of his windmills? How was this path influenced positively by the political, social and cultural environment of his family, community, tribal ancestry and culture, and nation? • What obstacles did he have to overcome in his personal quest for scientific knowledge and innovation? How was this path influenced negatively by the political, social and cultural environment of his family
into thecourses they will teach in the future.Faculty mindsets through the lens of use and choice of PCPsIn our initial planning of the interviews, we hoped to gain a deeper understanding of how PCPswere currently being used, why certain tools were not being used, and use this information toidentify gaps in faculty knowledge to inform future faculty professional learning. We learnedthat those who incorporated group work into their classrooms were more likely to explore PCPsbeyond the university-selected learning management system. Openness to learning new toolsvaried, ranging from complete resistance to a willingness to learn and teach others. Onerespondent said they were familiar with Slack and Discord but chose not to use either of themdue
3 groups of 4 team members. Each group was given thetask of creating a short slideshow presentation (10-15 minutes) on the topics of ductility, torsion,and basic column design. A key component to the presentation was that it had to include a hands-on column design activity (45-60 minutes) for children to complete. Figure 1 shows the activitiesdesigned and demonstrated by one of the student groups in Cohort 1.Figure 1. Three activities designed and planned by one of the groups in Cohort 1.The questions in each activity were aimed to promote productive discussions and provide thecohort students a structure they could follow. In some cases, the activities included props likerubber bands, paperclips, toothpicks, and structural nails to
Engineering at Virginia Tech (2019), as well as two Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education and Future Professoriate. (i) ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE: Miguel Andrés was Project Manager of PREINGESA where he has directed construction projects in the development of urban infrastructure for urbanizations such as earthworks, drinking water works, sewerage, underground electrical cables and fiber optics, roads, aqueducts, water reservoirs, housing construction, among others. He was also a Project Management Associate for a Habitat For Humanity housing project in the USA. (ii) RESEARCH: Miguel Andrés' research focuses on (1) decision-making for the design and construction of infrastructure projects, (2) the planning of sustainable
academic reps, added unnecessary stress to the activity. Students felt defeated after leavingclass knowing that they were unable to answer many of the questions. The questions from theKahoots, however, were posted to the online learning management system afterwards to provideextra practice problems in preparation for the assessments.Teaching-Based Group Project [16]At the end of the term, students were asked to select one of the group activities that theycompleted earlier on in the course for their final project. The project entailed an hour-longpresentation to a local grade 7 or 8 science class to inspire the younger students on their potentialfuture. The first-year students were tasked with developing an interactive lesson plan withactivities of
; (c) Strategizing: By prioritizing questions, identifying an action plan for next stepsand sharing; (d) Reflecting on the process as a team. This process led to initial exchangesbetween project teams and faculty mentors who responded to the questions posed by thestudents. During weekly team meetings with faculty mentors, the teams continued to pursueinquiry on their individual projects and they were encouraged to practice the questioningtechniques presented. The final step in the seven stage PjBL gold standard process is the public product. In thisresearch, the teams developed papers on the CPS and PLM topics and submitted drafts of therespective publications to the ASEE 2022 regional conference that took place place atWentworth Institute
these students, not just pumping them out like we're a factory. But actually holding true to all the promises that you gave these students when you were recruiting them.”When “[she] realized what [she] wanted to do in the future, [she] knew she needed to also havethe credentials and didn’t feel like anyone would listen to [her] without a PhD.” She felt that“the only way for [her] to hold these companies and universities accountable is for [her] to havea position of power where [she] can leverage [her] role to push for things that are actually goingto bring about change in the lives of minoritized communities.” So, she laid out her plan in herbusiness journal and was ready to take the necessary steps to achieve it. And getting
each applicant for our program.• The S-STEM Program Director closely collaborates with the UTA Undergraduate Mathematics Advisor to assess each undergraduate mathematics major’s academic progress, mathematical preparation, academic resilience, expected date for obtaining the undergraduate degree, effort spent by the students on their academic studies, etc. The UTA Undergraduate Mathematics Advisor is very capable and experienced. She knows each of our mathematics majors very well because she plays the key role in the preparation of the student’s degree plan and she interacts with each student several times during the semester. She is also an excellent resource person on new mathematics majors and students transferring
. There are two gates in the boarding area at the terminal each having its ownseating/waiting area, where passengers wait before boarding on their flight. Flights board andleave according to a stochastic process specified in the simulation model.The engineering problem to be solved is as follows. The airport terminal plans to purchase andinstall vending machines near the gates to serve the passengers. Six candidate options have beenidentified that vary in terms of the number and type of vending machines to be installed, thenumber of choices (menu items), price, and quality of the drinks/snacks. Students are asked totreat the simulation as the “real” system and use virtual site visits to collect the data that theyneed to perform an economic
strategies for implementing an equity mindset. One examplestrategy is for examiners to recognize that implicit bias is most active when we are rushing, andthus, should take a moment before each exam to consider their own mindset, as well challengeany assumptions they might be making during the exam (e.g. assuming that a student isstruggling to answer a question because they did not study). Each module in the asynchronoustraining concludes with self-assessment questions, which IAs were required to complete. Thedepth of the responses to the questions suggests that IAs developed foundational knowledge ofhow implicit biases may show up in oral exams, and that they were able to apply what theylearned by giving specific examples of how they planned to
sense of new information in the context of what stage they are inand the information they already have, especially when new information conflicts with orcontradicts existing information. The integration of new information into a process may requirereturning to a previous stage. Gumienny, Lindberg, and Meinel [94, Sec. Introduction] havedefined information synthesis as the “practice of integrating, organizing, filtering and evaluatingexternal information [in the design process]” and highlight its importance for both understandingstakeholder needs and solution limitations.Research MethodsStudy Goals. This initial exploratory study is part of a larger research plan that aims, in part, toexplore how engineering student designers interpret the role
compare the previous course’s finalproject with the new final project. The methods and tools used to ensure the new course andlesson objectives align with the course assessments, the institutional outcomes, and subsequentcore engineering courses will be described. Preliminary findings from the assessment data willbe presented, and plans for a more robust assessment of the changes will be discussed. 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & ExpositionBackground & MotivationThe mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is “to educate, train and inspiremen and women to become officers of character motivated to lead the United States Air Forceand Space Force in service to our Nation [1].” This mission sets the
and MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation. As MOXI’s first Director of Education, Skinner created the philosophical vision for the department, mapped out a five-year strategic plan, and developed a full slate of informal and formal education programs. Skinner’s current role in education research focuses on training informal STEM facilitators and engaging museum visitors in the practices of science and engineering. He is the principal investigator on three National Science Foundation grants with UC Santa Barbara, where he is also pursuing doctoral work in education research. Skinner’s science research experience includes marine science fieldwork along the Northern California coast; plasma physics
11-20 Hours planned for studying per week 2-4 5-7 2-4 2-4 5-7 Course grade 77.75 87.17 91.99 66.86 76.70 (in % and letter) (C+) (B+) (A-) (D) (C) Spring 2021 GPA 2.94 3.40 3.58 1.89 3.41 Overall CPP GPA 3.18 3.34 2.97 2.65 3.02Note. M is mean; (SD) is standard deviation.Figure 3 shows the grades for Midterm 1, Midterm 2, and the final course grades. Student 1, withnotes scoring the second highest (M = 3.90), improved the grade the most as the class progressedfrom
seems to indicate that hands-on activities, while difficult to createduring remote classes, are still highly valued by the students. Virtual and remote learning seemsto work reasonably well for subjects that are already highly computer dependent such asmechatronics and electrical engineering concepts. Courses which rely on measuring physicalquantities or interacting with non-electronic equipment seem to have mixed success in goingcompletely virtual. Success in these courses relies heavily on instructor knowledge of virtualpedagogy and time for planning and developing online tools. Teamwork among students alsoneeds to be carefully managed to allow for complete engagement of all students. Virtualactivities also require sensitivity to disparities
three “Physics Pause Days” into the schedule, with each the day before afinal re-take. No new material would be covered on these days, and the only plan was to reviewmaterial and answer questions relevant to the four “last chance” quizzes. This gave students thechance to catch up and successfully addressed their “pacing” concerns from the first semester.Specs grading courses (see references) take different positions on the number of re-takes astudent is allowed. Some instructors allow unlimited re-takes, while others allow only one. Inmy first semester I allowed four, with the fourth coming at the student’s convenience or no laterthan the final exam period. This failed on multiple fronts. Not only did it involve far too muchgrading and quiz
the informationbetter than simply reading about it.” The combination of replacing homework with labs, andreducing the total amount of time per week students spent on the course, did not result insignificant differences in the quiz scores from pre-pandemic years. Given the success of thisyear’s lab experiences, we plan to update the labs and include additional topics for future courseofferings.Background: Transitioning an active learning lecture course onlineThe required BME sophomore course in “Biochemistry and Molecular Engineering” is a large(n>115) course that employs proven active learning techniques such as clicker questions, think-pair-share, individual and group problem solving, and team-based learning [1-4]. The interactivelectures
process”, and “oral exams focusing on the concepts andassessing conceptual understanding”. For the areas of improvement, students suggested addingmore clarifications on the problems, offering practice oral exams, and increasing the exam time.The researchers plan to incorporate the student suggestions in modifying the oral exam logisticsfor future implementations. Showing students the questions in the written format and utilizingsome visual aids such as diagrams in the questions might potentially address the concerns raisedby some students. Applying such modifications could also result in utilizing the exam time moreefficiently to assess students’ understanding of the materials.Future WorkFrom analyzing the students’ responses to the open-ended
vital to the implementation of engineering-centric instruction anduse of engineering design. Most if not all of its 12 indicators align with the features described inthe aforementioned iSTEM framework [12]. However, Moore and colleagues [20] determinedthat among these indicators, three are central to engineering and engineering education. Theseare Processes of Design (POD), Apply Science, Engineering, and Mathematics content (SEM),and Engineering Thinking (EThink). First, engineering practice is centered on design processes.Solving engineering problems is an iterative process involving knowledge building, planning,and evaluating the solution. Second, the application of science, mathematics, and engineeringconcepts are vital to the practice of
-planning, and add-on effect ofthe wide-ranging and scattered quality of the data collection process.First, this study reinforced the importance of interacting with a site in-person. GIS science isindeed resilient to online learning environments, however, the learning outcomes sought byintegrating site-based research processes using GIS/GPS data collection cannot easily bereplaced by virtual interactions. This includes the exposure to community and the design-valuefound in intuitive and qualitative understandings of site. Modifications made to these courseswere not able to replicate the learning outcomes of the in-person versions of the courses.However multiple new skills and workarounds were developed. This allowed aspects of hybridsite