. Byunderstanding the cultural dimensions, we will be able to develop pedagogies that allowbetter collaboration between engineers and architects to improve communication,reducing conflicts and helping to have a more productive work environment in thefuture.BackgroundTo guide this study, we used the cultural dimensions model of Hofstede, who based hisresearch on a survey of IBM employees in more than forty countries in 1966 [18], [19].To characterize the cultural traits of different societies. [1], [11]. For Hofstede, cultureis defined as the collective propagation of the mind, which manifests itself not only invalues but also in more superficial forms [19]. Hofstede introduced the concept ofdimensions of culture by investigating the philosophical
construction because they want to help others. Programssuch as Habitat for Humanity and other programs that benefit the community must behighlighted when recruiting women, therefore this should be considered as we seekimprovements related to student perceptions of the classroom environment, learning satisfaction,and sense of belonging.At the 2021 ASEE virtual conference, Asgarpoor et al. [14] proposed that it is the obligation ofengineering leadership educators to consider that our role extends beyond the transmission oftechnical knowledge and that it is our responsibility to help engineering students develop agrowth mindset and discover the sophistication of mind to celebrate diversity, equity, andinclusion in their daily lives, school, and workplace
students feel valued and respected. This includes active learning style classroom activities to foster open and respectful discussions [16 - 18], encouraging active participation from all students, and being mindful of cultural sensitivity and bias in engineering classrooms. • Curriculum Development: Ensuring that the course curriculum is inclusive and reflects the diverse perspectives and experiences of all students [19] through incorporating diverse case studies, examples, and readings into course materials including lectures and design challenges. • Student Recruitment: Active recruitment of a diverse student body to participate in the course, including students from underrepresented groups in
shared understanding of the project’s goals and objectives.This can be beneficial for teams as it helps them to work together more effectively and efficiently.MotivationsWith this deficit gap in mind, the authors have taken an interdepartmental cross-functional approachteach cross functional communication and collaboration to Software Engineering, with the focusbeing on communication with teams that are not within the software development collective, andimportantly are part of a distributed (not on site) organization. While cross- functional collaborationand communication between departments is not new to the teaching of software engineering. Theapproach outlined in this paper is unique in that the focus is on distributed team-based learning
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is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include inte ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Moralizing Design Differences in the North: An Ethnographic AnalysisThis multiple source case study tracks the “social life” (Appadurai 1986) of the “integrated trusssystem” – a prefabricated frame assembly that has been used to build homes in emergencycontexts in Alaska. We combine data from three years of ethnographic research among Alaskanengineers, builders, housing advocates, and residents of remote Alaska
mind, butthey may be adapted to fit diverse age groups. Many of these students are not drivers and canalso have a hard time understanding the impacts of engineers and planners on their daily life.Each module includes: learning objectives, a short overview presentation slide deck, a series ofactivity-based learning tasks, and a closing/debrief handout, group activity, and/or presentation.With the different amounts of time allotted for each of the five modules, the outreach program isanticipated to be finished in 2.5 hours, e.g., an approximate morning or afternoon session for atypical summer camp program. A trial program was hosted in July 2022 with the participation of25 middle school girls. This work is considered Work-In-Progress, so this
the formation of the engineer in mind, the instructor has implemented a mastery basedapproach in an undergraduate reinforced concrete design course. In the course, students must showaptitude in key course learning objectives, separated into three skill sets: Required Skills, MajorSkills, and Minor Skills. To test students in the skills, the instructor adapted previous homework,in class assignments, and exam questions to meet the needs of the listed skill. For some skills, thestudents can submit more than once, whereas in others, the students might need to submit a newassignment problem. In all cases, students have the chance to be evaluated, receive correction, andthen be evaluated again. This cycle builds trust between students and
Paper ID #36699Developing Experiments to Teach Control TheoryDr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson, P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took a position with the US Army where he has been ever since. For the first decade with the Army he worked on notable programs to include the M829A1 and A2 that were first of a kind composite saboted munition. His travels have taken him to Los Alamos
Paper ID #38426Building a Communication-Integrated Curriculum in Materials ScienceDr. Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University An Associate Professor at Boise State University, Dr. Jenn Mallette teaches technical communication at the undergraduate and graduate level. She also collaborates with faculty in engineering to support student writers. Her research focuses on using writing to improve the experiences of underrepresented students.Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University Dr. Harold Ackler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and En- gineering at Boise State University. He
, it is desirable to keep these factors in mind from theconception stages of case studies so that they can appropriately capture these topics withoutappearing superfluous or unrelated in scope.The interplay between social and engineering issues lends itself well to project-based learningapproaches of assessment, which enable a deeper and more longform analysis of an individualtopic compared to exams. While many classes that discuss atmospheric systems will focus onbroader regional- or global-scale climate as motivation for research questions in such projects,conversations around public health in outdoor air systems provide a smaller-scale but equallyimportant context from which atmospheric phenomena can be observed. As more granular
Paper ID #36819Providing a new space for student learning: A pilot implementation ofself-generated student stories and informal peer assessments inmechanical engineering technology educationDr. Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo Dr. Carmen Cioc is Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Engineer- ing, at the University of Toledo. She received her Master in Aerospace Engineering from The University Politehnica of Bucharest, her Master in Physics - PDr. Sorin Cioc Dr. Sorin Cioc is a clinical associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial
Paper ID #38335The Effect of the Application of Feedback and Reflection on an IterativeStudent Design ChallengeMrs. Andrea Atkins, University of Waterloo Andrea Atkins is a lecturer in Architectural Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previously, she was a structural designer at Blackwell Structural Engineers in Toronto.Alison McNeilDr. Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo Rania Al-Hammoud is a lecturer and the current associate chair of undergraduate studies at the civil & environmental engineering department at university of waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a civil engineering background with research focusing
Paper ID #40169Using Escape Rooms to Apply Team Building and Leadership Skills in anEngineering Leadership Development Program: A Work in ProgressDr. Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Louisiana State University and A&M College Elizabeth M. Melvin is currently the Director of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She earned her BS in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH in 2002 and her MS andMr. Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University David ”Boz” Bowles is an Assistant Director of Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering, where he
questions were framed to bring about a broaddiscussion on the impact of their experience with the makerspace, being an employee there, andtheir duties. As an example, one question was: “What thoughts come to mind when you thinkabout being a UMA in this engineering makerspace? I’ve heard you mention x and x- please tellme more about that”. The focus group had a predetermined time frame of one-and-a-half hoursand was audio recorded for later transcription. For more information on the stages that guided thefocus group see [20, pp. 212–242].Data AnalysisData was first transcribed by one researcher, and then two researchers independently coded thetranscripts. Several follow-up meetings allowed for a collective final agreement on codes,themes, and
Paper ID #38676How to Make Engineering Programs Worse for Women: A ReverseBrainstorming Session with SWE StudentsMrs. Sandra Furnbach Clavijo, Stevens Institute of Technology Sandra is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Technolgy. She is responsible for collaboratively working with the Dean, department chairs, associate chairs, faculty and staff to further build and enhance the School of Engineering and Science’s undergraduate academic programs at Stevens. Sandra assists with new program development, monitors enrollment and graduation performance and
Electronic Engineering from ITS Engineering College, India and a master’s degree in Data Science from University at Albany, New York. She worked as a Data Analyst during one of her summer internships in 2020, where she learned and gained experienced in data evaluating and validating company’s huge data using the techniques based on Excel, Python, and R. She is currently working with Dr. Marissa Tsugawa on Neurodiversity Research and Education. She believes that neurodiversity can help her better understand her younger brother’s condition (Asphyxiation) and respond to his basic needs because his mind works differently from everybody else’s due to which he unable to express his feelings and pain.Dr. Catherine McGough Spence
morequantitatively-focused studies. Due to the complexities of these interacting factors, it is unlikelythat an engineering graduate student experiences stress from only one source (i.e. only grades,only their department’s culture, etc.) [19]. These complexities—and students’ perception of theirimpact on mental health—can be best captured using a qualitatively-focused study.The more frequently-studied coping mechanisms used by students and graduate students are alsosome of the more easily-defined: therapy and counseling [20], meditation and mindfulness [21],and substance use such as drugs and alcohol [22], [23]. However, with a purely quantitativeapproach, the ways in which these mechanisms are used, their relative effectiveness, and thenuances of why these
interviews. Wehope to extend this research to beyond just the sole context of automotive engineering.Discussion and ImplicationsThe down-selecting from students’ interests in automotive engineering from the start of theircollege experience to graduation is a curious phenomenon. It might be that there are discoveriesof ancillary interests, work for OEM or parts manufacturers within the same applied plan. Itmight be that the paucity of automotive engineering companies geographically stifle possibleprofessional development for students as future engineers.How might we further expose students to a multiplicity of possible future careers and industries?There may very be additional interventions or mindful efforts to bring automotive engineeringcompanies
learning goals for pre-college engineering are stillbeing contested. One argument, which is promoted in science standards, is that engineeringdesign provides an authentic context to apply science concepts [4] [5] [6]. However, others arguethat this represents too narrow a view of engineering and promotes misconceptions [7] [8]. Inresponse to these concerns, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) andAdvancing Excellence in P12 Engineering Education introduced a Framework for P-12Engineering Learning [9]. This framework outlines learning goals for engineering literacy thatmove beyond a narrow focus on practices, including engineering habits of mind and knowledge.In addition, the authors call for further research to scaffold learning
Paper ID #38251Assessing the Effects of a Short-Term Global Engineering Ethics Courseon the Development of Engineering Students’ Moral Reasoning andDispositions [Traditional paper – research/evidence-based, DEI/researchmethods]Dr. Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Rockwell Clancy conducts research at the intersection of technology ethics, moral psychology, and Chi- nese philosophy. He explores how culture and education affect moral judgments, the causes of unethical behaviors, and what can be done to ensure more ethical behaviors regarding technology. Central to his work
relatedframeworks. We must be mindful of some of the key epistemological and ontological traditionsin science education, which traditionally tends to prioritize the acquisition of knowledge, ratherthan the context within which it operates (Bencze et al, 2020). There is a similar phenomenon atplay in engineering, which will create challenges for the inclusion of STSE. However, the majorglobal issues we face require an expansion of what we count as knowledge, so that itencompasses the relational, holistic and interdisciplinary (Rennie, Venville & Wallace, 2012).Furthermore, we would be best served by moving away from the false dichotomy of content andcontextual knowledge; as Blades notes in a discussion of STEM and Citizenship (2015), tounderstand
Paper ID #38161Board 134: The HapConnect: Teaching about Haptics and Inclusive Designwith Modular, Wearable TechnologyMr. Bryan MacGavin, Saint Louis UniversityDr. Jennifer Lynne Tennison, Saint Louis University Dr. Jen L. Tennison received her B.Sc. in Psychology (emphasis: cognitive science) from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2014 and her Ph.D. in Engineering (emphasis: mechanical engineering) from Saint Louis University in 2021. Her research interests span across human-machine interaction, human- computer interaction, engineering education, and game development.Dr. Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Saint Louis University
of Architects and the American Society of Engineering Education. He has served on NCARB committees supporting the development and testing of the Architectural Registra- tion Exam. Teaching experiences includes graduate design studios at the UNLV School of Architecture from 1997-2000, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at Farmingdale State College from 2006-2017, teaching Architectural Design III and Architectural Design IV. He currently serves as Department Chair and as an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Construction Management, teaching Architectural Design III, Architectural Design IV, and several courses in Construction Management (CM) including Materials and Methods, Quantity
similar experience after meeting with queer engineering graduatestudents: “I can be you know a grad student within engineering uh, and be queer, like otherpeople have done it before me”. Here both participants were able to see people who heldidentities as professionals in STEM while simultaneously asserting their queer identity, thuschallenge the expectation that success in engineering is tied to heterosexuality. These examplesof queer dominant figures served to empower students, as Bailey states: “it just feels more comfortable to see that like um people who identify similar as me is like actually doing pretty well in the academic field and they're able to speak their minds and uh and it's okay so that gives me that kind of courage
Paper ID #36836An Approach in Designing and Teaching Hands-on and ImmersiveConstruction Cost Estimating CourseDr. George Okere, University of Cincinnati George is an associate professor educator, and heavy highway chair (endowed position) in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati (UC). George has over 23 years of construction indus- try work experience, and 11.5 years of which was with Kiewit, where he worked on various heavy civil projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State
Paper ID #37989Board 94: Developing Support for Critical Citation Requirements forCivil and Environmental Engineering Graduate ResearchSarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park Sarah Weiss is a STEM and Open Science librarian at the University of Maryland - College Park. Her work includes liasonship to the Computer Science and Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies departments as well as departments in the College of Engineering. In addition she is involved the promotion of open science practices on campus. She has a MLIS as well as a bachelors of science in education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
of the project is overlooked. Every day, large scale projects are being implemented toconstruct and repair US infrastructures where the environment friendly and long-lastingmaterials inclusion is increasing. In addition, civil engineers can contribute to cut down carbonemission using new and sustainable methods of construction. The American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) has also put emphasis on the sustainable future without degrading the qualityand availability of natural resources. To keep it mind, the sustainability component was includedin the Capstone Project during Spring 2021 and Spring 2022 semester. The purpose of thecurrent study is to document the sustainability element of the capstone project. In the Spring2021 semester
Paper ID #36787Strengthening Undergraduates’ Appreciation of Engineering Ethics througha Simulated Stakeholder Meeting on Offshore Wind Energy DevelopmentDr. Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University Dr. Maija Benitz is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University, where she has taught since 2017. Prior to joining RWU, Benitz taught at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, after completing her doctoral work jointly in the Multiphase Flow Simulation Lab and the Wind Energy Center at UMass Amherst. She teaches in the first-year curriculum, as well as thermodynamics, sustain- able energy, fluid
Paper ID #37303The Role of Hands-On Engineering Technology Summer Camps in Attract-ingUnderrepresented High School Students to STEM MajorsDr. Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Dr. Mohamed Khalafalla Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University. His research focuses on risk analysis, alternative project delivery, and cost estimating for construction and infrastructure projects. Dr. Khalafalla has performed risk analy- sis and cost estimating related work for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Also