Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Drzymalski, Temple University

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

internal biases. It is equally well-suited to apply more equitableassessment and instruction methodologies. This work in process is a pilot study embedding somenon-traditional assessment methods as well as DEI topics within the coursework to assess thelong-term goal of integrating it throughout the curriculum. They were performed through a juniorlevel course in Systems Thinking and Modeling and a Senior Design Project, both required in theIndustrial and Systems Engineering curriculum.BackgroundDEI in the ClassroomThe traditional engineering curriculum relies solely on teaching the nuts and bolts of what isthought to be needed as an engineer. Many experts agree that these courses do not adequatelyprepare students to enter today’s engineering

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mengyu Li, University of Florida; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Andrea Goncher, University of Florida

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

Figure 3 - Distribution of Participant answers for prompt 4: Stakeholder Involvement4. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONSOur study’s findings show that over 90% (35% scored 3 points while 56% scored 2.2 points) of studentparticipants can identify multiple stakeholders when prompted with a specific question to identifystakeholders (prompt 3). Fewer of them can consider stakeholders as an integral part of the solutiondevelopment process when this aspect is not emphasized in the question (prompt 4). Fifty percent of theparticipants discussed getting input from more than one stakeholder, and only 27% went beyond and madethem part of the team seeking to find a solution to the problem.Stakeholder awareness has been a relevant topic in engineering education

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Thompson, University of Connecticut; Matthew D. Stuber, University of Connecticut; Song Han, University of Connecticut; Abhishek Dutta, University of Connecticut; Hongyi Xu, University of Connecticut; Shengli Zhou, University of Connecticut; Qian Yang, University of Connecticut; Fei Miao, University of Connecticut; George M. Bollas, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

technologies in academia and theiradoption in industry, which in turn drives the need for these new skills on a larger-scale basis.Really, this means a need for broader scale education of engineers in masse vs. specializedtraining of a few graduate students. A CBE approach can be applied where competencies aredefined (1) to create a new program, (2) for an existing curriculum without significant changes,or (3) to drive curricular redesign where gaps are identified and learning outcomes are re-writtento align with published competency frameworks. A CBE initiative can be defined for atraditional course-based graduation model where students need to complete a certain number andtype of courses and credit hours, or CBE can transform the curriculum and