. Specifically, we synthesize the following guidelines: (1) Planned change theory, likeKotter's change model, is an accessible place to start, but don’t expect the change process to belinear. (2) Embed a community of practice in existing structures and norms, such as facultymeetings. Be creative in bringing discussions of teaching into such spaces. (3) Developmultidimensional measures of student assets, growth, and development. Staying only withmeasures of progress on conceptual learning misses much about students' development aschemical engineers. With regard to supporting students, we also share two key strategies: (4)When teaching technical communication, offer limited but specific feedback and require revisionand reflection. (5) If developing design
staff collaborates with university-wide programs topromote STEM education and contribute to the university’s quality enhancement plan (QEP). Thepaper shares details regarding faculty and student involvement, the development of preparatorycourses, institution-wide resources, and student outcomes from the project with the academiccommunity.IntroductionThe STEM Center at SHSU seeks to increase the number and quality of STEM graduates byestablishing a strong foundation for learning using innovative teaching practices, supportingstudents in finding research and internship opportunities, and building lifelong skills needed foradvancement and leadership in STEM careers. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology (PCAST
assignment was a modification of a lesson plan developed byRePicture that can be used for any science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) course.For this assignment, students researched and wrote about a structural engineering project andthen posted their article on the RePicture website. The RePicture platform includes an instructordashboard which allowed the instructor to review and privately comment on the student’s work.Once their work was completed, the student could then publish it on RePicture.com for the worldto see. The online article the student created can be used as a sample of their writing abilities, todemonstrate their depth of knowledge about structural engineering projects to potentialemployers, and to enter contests sponsored
online and distancelearning in that it is a temporary shift under crisis conditions and is often delivered by instructorswho have not had adequate time to prepare or have formal training in online instruction.Traditional online instructors must deal with the complexity and flexibility of online coursedelivery. Instructors must consider the various and diverse combinations and permutations thatexist in the use of tools, interaction with students, pedagogical approaches, and organizationalsupport [1]. Adedoyin and Soykan [3] assert that effective online learning requires careful andadequate planning and design of instruction.Many of the complexities found within traditional online course design and delivery were alsofound during ERT. ERT required
together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives5a: Collectively provide leadership, with each member having a well-defined team role.5b: Create and sustain a collaborative and inclusive team environment where each member could make a meaningful contribution to the team’s goals.5c: Plan tasks as a team and organized team activities towards the completion of a project.5d: Establish goals as a team and evaluated if objectives were met.The University of Mount Union’s general education curriculum is referred to as the IntegrativeCore (IC). The IC is composed of a first-year seminar, four foundations courses, two junior levelexplorations courses, and a capstone course for
“welfare”, “global”, and “cultural” were added. Thesechanges indicate that ABET shifted focus regarding what is expected of students in the designprocess, which appears to align with The National Academies of Sciences’ EnvironmentalEngineering Grand Challenges for the 21st Century [6]. (6) For the transition between SO (d) to SO 5, the concept of “multi-disciplinary” waseliminated and instead replaced with team-related concepts of “leadership”, “collaborative”,“inclusive”, “goals”, “tasks”, and “objectives”. Additionally, the student actions “provide”,“create”, “establish”, “plan”, and “meet” were added. These changes indicate that ABETredefined how it expects graduating engineering students to function on a team. These changescan also be
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students through a series of activities and resources todevelop research skills and knowledge [46]. AMPP selected four of the manuals’ core principlesas focus areas of training: developing effective communication in the mentoring relationship,aligning expectations between mentors and mentees, fostering mentees’ research independence,and promoting mentees’ professional development. AMMP’s unique approach is at the program design. The program is organized into aseries of five parallel training sessions for mentors and mentees, each session addressing a singletraining theme: (1) effective communication, (2) researcher independence, (3) expectationalignment, (4) networking, and (5) individual development plan. Mentors are introduced to thetopic
Paper ID #37291Designing International Research Experiences to EngageUnderrepresented Minority Undergraduates and IntroduceThem to Graduate SchoolMichael Preuss (Co-founder and Lead Consultant) Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external evaluation, and as publication support. Most of his work is on STEM education and advancement projects and completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and
Paper ID #38326S-STEM: Creating Retention and Engagement forAcademically Talented Engineers - successes and challengesIndira Chatterjee (Associate Dean of Engineering)Kelsey Scalaro (Graduate Student) Kelsey is an engineering education Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has a master's degree in mechanical engineering and 5 years of experience working in the aerospace industry. Her research focuses on identity development and motivation. After graduation, she plans on teaching project-oriented mechanical engineering classes or returning to industry working in training or retention.Ann-Marie
solidunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibilities.Civil Engineering Program Learning OutcomesThe program learning outcomes set to help graduates of the civil engineering program to gaincompetence, and to apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. The plan wasdesigned to enable students to gain the skills to design and conduct experimental testing,simulate, analyze, and interpret data and can design a system to meet the set needs withinrealistic boundaries such as environmental, social, economic, political, ethical, health and safety,and sustainability. Students are expected to have the capacity to work effectively onmultidisciplinary teams, to develop the skills to classify, articulate, and solve engineeringdiscrete problems
Paper ID #37718Engineering Learning Community Introduction to ResearchAbroad A 5 year AssessmentMaria Claudia Alves (Senior Director, Halliburton Engineering GlobalPrograms) Dr. Maria Claudia B. Alves serves as Senior Director for Engineering Global Programs at the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. In this position since July 2012, she developed and implemented a multi-year strategic plan on global education programs that led to measurable outcomes such as increase in student participation and learning, as well as faculty engagement in global programs in the College of Engineering. Some of her most
incorporation of Responsible well-being in faculty and students (undergraduate and graduate). Through an innovative research-based assessment plan, they determined the levels of moral development achieved by participants. In the past two years, Santiago has incorporated theories on social cognitive career choices and student attrition mitigation to investigate the effectiveness of institutional interventions in increasing the retention and academic success of talented engineering students from economically disadvantaged families. Finally, the latest project explores the relationship between the institutional policies at UPRM and faculty and graduate students’ motivation to create good relationships between advisors and
end of thesurvey only in 2021 asking: “To what extent has COVID impacted your ability to help the Centerbecome more diverse and inclusive?” on a 5 point scale including: none at all, a little, a moderateamount, a lot, and a great deal. There was an optional final comment box to explain.In future, we plan to include a question assessing if any factors (e.g., COVID-19, impactful societalor personal life events) influenced their ability to engage in diversity and inclusion-relatedactivities. The survey ended with one last optional opportunity to provide “other comments.”ResultsThe Culture of Inclusion survey instrument was deployed in April of 2020 and again in April of2021. In 2021, the survey was sent to 126 people; 91 people completed the
consideration of coastalchanges may lead to an increase in coastal erosion over time, causing damage to the city in thelong term. Conversely, through careful planning, the player can limit the impacts of climatechange while developing areas of the city. Historical coastal data, combined with environmentalmodels of coastal change and weather, will be integrated as part of the game’s simulation andmechanics. SimCoast seeks to help the public, as well as policymakers, develop a richerunderstanding of how coasts have changed in the past, and are likely to change in the future.Through game-based engagement, our work will help members of the community understand thetradeoffs inherent in policy decisions.In addition to helping to educate the public about
these studies aredone on specific course topics or topic areas and not overall program content [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. [10] StudiedConstruction Management Programs’ curricula in 2011.Two of the most commonly offered construction programsare Construction Management (CM) and Construction Engineering (ConE). While "engineering" and "management"are supposedly two distinct streams of education, the distinction between ConE and CM becomes blurred in real-lifesituations. For example, the word "Engineering" is defined as "using scientific principles to design and buildmachines, structures, and other things, including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings" [11]. However,Construction Engineers commonly plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction
provided over five years thatprepared scholars to secure academic positions and successfully engage in the research, teaching,and service requirements of early career faculty positions (activity labeled “Career Planning andPursuit” in Figure 2 in the Activities column), this activity is vitally interconnected with othercomplementary activities of the model. Figure 3 illustrates these complementary activities alongwith examples of connected events. Figure 3. Alliance model activities complementary to job search and preparation supportRecruitment and Needs AssessmentThe AGEP alliance originally recruited twelve dissertators across the four participatingcampuses from different engineering and science disciplines who were Ph.D. students
liud@pfw.eduABSTRACTABET CAC (Computing Accreditation Commission) is in the semi-final stage of approving program criteria for Data Science withinComputing programs for the first-time. Pilot CAC Data Science accreditation is being planned for the upcoming 2021-2022 accreditationcycle. In the meantime, ABET ANSAC (Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission) is also working with AmericanStatistical Association in initiating the Data Science accreditation within Applied and Natural Science programs. This paper describes theABET General and proposed or potential Data Science Specific Student Outcomes and Curriculum criteria within both ComputingPrograms and Applied and Natural Science Programs. Based on these criteria, we reviewed our
. Her research interests include learning analytics, experiential learning, and equitable grading and assessment. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comWork-in-Progress: Understanding learners’ motivation through machine learning analysis on reflection writingAbstractEducational data mining (EDM) is an emerging interdisciplinary field that utilizes a machinelearning (ML) algorithm to collect and analyze educational data, aiming to better predict students'performance and retention. In this work-in-progress paper, we plan to report our methodology andpreliminary results from utilizing an ML program to assess students’ motivation
the outcome-based educational framework. She has also incorporated the Content, Assessment, Pedagogy (CAP) model to the development and redesign of courses, laboratories, and educational experiences implemented successfully in the course offerings at UPRM. Another research area includes the incorporation of Responsible well-being in faculty and students (undergraduate and graduate). Through an innovative research-based assessment plan, they determined the levels of moral development achieved by participants. In the past two years, Santiago has incorporated theories on social cognitive career choices and student attrition mitigation to investigate the effectiveness of institutional interventions in increasing the
, sometimes hard,questions that pushed our thinking. The team has strengths in both quantitative and qualitativeapproaches which was important to the focus of our study. We also wanted a team that was goingto nudge us when needed and who we could rely on doing the work in a timely and efficientmanner.Working with the evaluators in this context is similar to the ways we work with external evaluatorson grants or contracts. We defined the focus. Together we developed the study plan and contract.We processed the contract as a “work for hire” contract with procurement with payments due afterconcrete deliverables. The final payment due after the final report is submitted and accepted.Because this was a formative evaluation, we were integrally involved in
, and environmentnecessary for their manufacture;(c) manufacturing competitiveness: creation of competitive advantage throughmanufacturing planning, strategy, quality, and control;(d) manufacturing systems design: analyze, synthesize, and control manufacturingoperations using statistical methods; and(e) manufacturing laboratory or facility experience: measurement of manufacturingprocess variables and development of technical inferences about the process.The concept of the four pillars encompasses: 1) Materials and manufacturing processes;2) Product, tooling, and assembly engineering; 3) Manufacturing systems and operations;and 4) Manufacturing competitiveness. So, one can see the parallel between the ABETaccreditation standards and the concepts
and skills to gain a holistic understanding of the coursecontent [5]. However, more educators are now emphasizing the need for inclusive teachingtraining for UGTAs in STEM [7-12]. As UGTAs are often the first points of reference forstudents, their professional development is necessary to provide undergraduate students with anequitable learning experience. We set out to formalize inclusive teaching training for UGTAs byproviding foundational knowledge of global inclusion, diversity, belonging, equity, and access(GIDBEA).To this effort, we are piloting a three-year, scaffolded training plan to develop UGTAs’ inclusiveleadership skills. We seek to train UGTAs to recognize and confront bias among individuals andwithin teams, develop an
-generation status, current undergraduate institution, major, GPA, email, citizenship, current class standing, and race/ethnicity. Additional information collected included plans after graduation and the names of two recommendation letter writers. For the first year of the program, the
were placed in rooms with a laptop computer connectedto a teleconference meeting that linked them to their provider, some with and some without atelehealth peripheral. Student providers were given 25 minutes to perform a brief history andphysical-type assessment, as well as formulate a diagnosis and plan. The scenario ended whenthe student provider thanked the student patient for the visit. During the visit, students were video-taped, with permission, for later viewing by thecourse instructor and to enable the use of face recognition software. After each SBE session,students were given information about the study by the Principle Investigator (PI) and studentswho chose to be part of the research study were sent an anonymous QualtricsXM
combined with Andriessen’s [4] dual purpose of DBR model, asillustrated in Figure 1. The focus of the program design is progressive refinement through theproblem statement; defining the design and learning objectives; planning (project management)of the curricular design, development of the curricular ideation and selection of a design forinitial implementation; and ultimately a continuously reformed model with a curricular modelimprovement process. The focus of the research design is to establish the research questions;identify the learning theories applicable to the research work; design of the research work thatinfluences the curricular implementation and improvement; and ultimately to disseminate what islearned and add to the body of knowledge
-quality engineers becomes an essential andfundamental prerequisite to support the national strategies, for which the NEE initiative leads toresearch and practice in developing plans for new engineering development in the future and inexploring more student-centered training mode [1]. Preparing enough high-quality engineering graduates requires insight and input from allrelevant stakeholders, to name a few, involving Chinese government (especially the Ministry ofEducation (MOE)), higher education institutions and their administrators, faculty, and staff,industry (including corporations and industry associations) both in China and globally, researchinstitutions, and finally undergraduate and prospective students (especially engineering
) program. Pilot teachers (n = 10) participated in focusgroups to share their perceptions of readiness to implement the blended e4usa+FIRST curriculum. Datawas analyzed using open coding and constant comparison methods. Most teachers reported confidence inteaching the blended offering, shared their plans and expectations, and brought up concerns regarding timeand sustaining student interest especially during a time of pandemic. This project has implications for pre-college engineering education efforts as it could provide a foundational understanding of how twosuccessful programs can be blended, playing a critical role in educating high school students in underservedcommunities to experience engineering.IntroductionPre-college engineering education
University of Maryland, further equipping her with knowledge of organizational theory and behavior, strategic planning and implementation, and process and outcome evaluation. Her creative problem-solving approach to association challenges, strong leadership and communication skills, and commitment to constant growth and improvement will be an asset to ITEEA. Prior to joining the association world, Kelly completed her bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering and practiced as a structural engineer for 5 years. Kelly is licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) and actively pursues professional development opportunities through organizations such as the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and Toastmasters
the camp’s schedule.The MTI camp was initially designed to include junior and senior-level secondary students froma chosen set of county K-12 school systems. Participants were to be recommended by teachersand counselors in these school systems, and recruitment had begun in earnest in the late fall of2019, along with planning for housing and enrichment activities such as science demonstrationsduring the camp. However, after the cancellation of the camp in the summer of 2020 and shifts tovirtual learning in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions that continued into the fall of2020, a different approach to the recruitment of participants for the camp was attempted. In anattempt to streamline the process of student recruitment and