Engineering Technology) program isfour in the year of 2022. This capstone project was created in Spring 2022, and it was concludedin Fall 2022. During the summer semester, there was no official capstone activity. For TexasA&M University at College Station, the mode of operation was already back to the mode of in-person learning. The team had regular weekly in-person meetings with the faculty member. Thename of this capstone project team was Mosqui-Tech. Although this capstone project wasconcluded in Fall 2022, further development and testing are planned to be continued.III. Mosquito Breeding Environment Testing Instrumentation A conceptual block diagram of the mosquito breeding environment testing instrumentation isshown in Figure 1. The
in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. 6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. 7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Makerspaces open up creative possibilities for engineering students to access prototypingtechnologies. These can
solutions in global, economic, and societal contexts, d. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives, e. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions, and f. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Note that all ABET student outcomes except 3.1 (https://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/23-24-EAC-Criteria_FINAL.pdf ) can be assessed in the course. However, thisassessment was not done since
several years. In this working paper, the research goals are discussed, student participations andtask breakdown are highlighted. The key emphasis is on the value of this project-based courseoffered to undergraduate students at all levels and engineering disciplines. Dissemination plan,student tasks and schedules, and student perspectives are discussed. Learning objectives andassessment are reviewed. Student perspectives and the value of this research-based course arehighlighted. Additionally, some results obtained from this research are examined.Introduction:A new interdisciplinary undergraduate research course is developed and taught at the KennesawState University. The objective of the project is to custom design, build and fly a
I would want to for future career plans? If pursue graduate school. I learned this from the so, what did you learn? industry mentors and graduate mentors. Do you think the industry 7 I do believe it will be helpful as I can seek their connections you made will advice when time goes on about making a change be helpful in future? If so, from one job to another or trying to learn about how? opportunities and also seek their advice in general when it comes to changes academically or career wise.In conclusion, students were well-pleased with the
beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic[2-5]. Parents suddenly had to become teachers; teachers who never received training to teach.That was especially true for parents with early elementary-aged and younger children. Parentsused available resources to help their children learn different subjects. Resources on somesubjects were more accessible and available than others. And teaching subjects like engineeringthat had very limited resources became the least of parents’ priority, if not eliminatedcompletely. Thus, in an effort to help parents with young children, by using resources previouslypublished [6-9] and to expand engineering education resources for parents, we planned a seriesof workshops for parents to help teach their kids engineering using
occurred at the planning stage, meaning that faculty, staff,and students interested in outreach had to navigate roadblocks to engage in meaningful outreachwith K-12 populations. A change of leadership and operating philosophy in 2019 brought about areorganization of priorities and allowed the authors of this paper the ability to create a new visionof outreach for the College of Engineering.In this paper, we will elaborate on how we moved from our silos to a purposeful system ofoutreach that has allowed us to expand our outreach into student ambassadors, service learningcoursework, freely available pre-college lessons, and other resources. In this, we are hoping toserve as a model for collaborative outreach work across a College of Engineering. We
information about civil engineering programs, such as skillsfreshmen as possible. required, curriculum, degree plan of the program, and career The high school students came from the Mississippi Summer opportunities. Senior students from the CEE department alsoTransportation Institute(MSTI). For the last ten years, JSU has come to the class to share their experiences with freshmen.offered the MSTI through a Mississippi Department ofTransportation (MDOT)/Federal Highway Administration The introductory lecture for high school students is given(FHWA) grant on campus to expose minority high school during the three-week residential summer program
from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.Trenton Robert Douthwaite ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Engineering Management Student Study-Abroad Opportunities: Design Considerations for EM Programs and Faculty MentorsAbstractLeading an undergraduate program in Engineering Management (EM) can be challenging due tothe need to balance the requirements of accreditation engineering topics (ET) and the desire toinspire students through study-abroad opportunities. Often, foreign colleges do not offer thesame level of ET rigor, putting students at risk of falling behind and not graduating on time. Thispaper proposes one approach to planning and creating student opportunity. It begins
population of engineering teachers andstudents. To this end, during the 2022-23 school year, STEM-ID is being implemented by a newcohort of six teachers in five schools within a much larger school district, with plans to addadditional cohorts for the next three years.Participants: Participants are six teachers from five middle schools in the second largest countyof a metro city located in the southeastern part of the United States. The group includes twomales and four females, with engineering teaching experience varying from zero to eight years,and two of the five teachers co-teaching at the same school. Teachers’ backgrounds includemathematics, science, and computer science teaching, with three teachers having over 20 yearsof teaching experience
from an engineeringstandpoint. In addition, use techniques to compare the sustainability performance of variousalternative solutions. The module content comprises sustainable designs, performance indicators,strategies, etc.[7] . Sustainable manufacturing can be categorized into four; Responsive ProductStrategy (RPS), Lean Practices (LP), Supply Chain Restructuring (SCR), and SustainableMaterial and Design [8]. Considering the possible effects of environmental issues on a business'soperations, financial performance, and reputation, as well as incorporating this knowledge intodecision-making and planning processes, constitutes integrating environmental risk intocorporate strategy. This may involve recognizing and evaluating environmental hazards
Paper ID #36703Board 423: Using Agile Principles for Cohort Building in a GraduateSoftware Engineering ProgramDr. Stan Kurkovsky, Central Connecticut State University Stan Kurkovsky is a professor at the Department of Computer Science at Central Connecticut State University. Stan earned his PhD from the Center for Advanced Computer Studies of the University of Louisiana in 1999. Results of his doctoral research have been applied to network planning and industrial simulation. Stan’s current research interests are in software engineering, mobile, and pervasive com- puting. He published over 90 papers in refereed proceedings of
introducing this technology in a course or including examples of hightechnology applications in civil engineering throughout an undergraduate’s career, while abidingby ABET and other accreditation requirements. As this is a work in progress, the paper in itscurrent form evaluates how universities have integrated high technology in their civil engineeringcurricula, defines ABET requirements for new coursework, and provides sample questions togauge public perception of high school students interested in engineering. Future work includesproviding a sample syllabus of a new high technology course and how a four-year plan can berestructured to incorporate these concepts. Although the curriculum may not be the only factoraffecting enrollment and retention
of data, it wasquickly realized that a method to select relevant documents systematically and equitably wasnecessary, so GCM was called upon as a plausible method. As a pilot to the approach, wefocused on the team at a single institution, and we plan to expand this approach to the Hub soon.The GCM approach is made up of six primary steps: (1) Preparation, (2) Generation, (3)Structuring, (4) Analysis, (5) Interpretation, and (6) Usage (Group Concept Mapping). Morespecifically: • Step 1, Preparation, the group project focus is defined. In our case, our defined focus was identification of documents deemed relevant. We defined ‘relevant’ as documents indicating presence/absence of a co-equitable partnership between institutions
site is guided by two of the grand challenges of the National Academy of Engineering:personalized learning and scientific discovery. Specifically, this project trains students toconduct cutting-edge research as well as how to communicate their research findings to thebroader community. The project focuses on recruiting students who are currentlyunderrepresented in the STEM workforce.The focus of our REU-PATHWAYS Site is to provide not only appropriate and exciting researchexperiences for community college students planning to continue their academic studies inengineering, but additional learning opportunities for students to expand their career thinking andskills. These supporting activities enhance the research experience of participants
would need to be remodeled, removing the IRB to feature the CRB. Each IRB stationwas initially built using custom worktables designed to efficiently hold everything required forthe station and provide a flexible space for lab activities. The initial renovation plan was toreplace the IRB with the CRB, leaving the remaining workstation as-is. However, while theCRB’s work envelope and payload are similar to the IRB, it was determined that importantergonomic factors had been overlooked. The CRB relies on tactile action buttons for jogging andcontrol at the robot's "head" (Fig. 3). This would likely cause most users difficulty in controllingthe robot during activities such as lead-through teaching and jogging, as the necessary controlswould be out
for Engineering Education, 2023 Building Interest in Technology Careers through a Five-Week Saturday ProgramThe goal of the “Building Career Interest in Computer Science through Advanced Real-WorldTechnology Projects” (CICSTART) program, funded by the National Science FoundationAdvanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) program (DUE#2113261), is to provideadditional professional and technical skills to cohorts of high school students through a five-week Saturday Program. The curriculum is continuously reviewed and modified to addresscurrent skills needed by the technician workforce. While this program was originally proposedand planned as in-person, the leadership team decided to shift to a virtual
, including Institutions with LSAMP and McNair programs. In addition to local campus visits, the CIE plans recruitment “circuits” in other parts of the country, including Maryland (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, College Park, and Eastern Shore campuses; Morgan State University) and Puerto Rico (University of Puerto Rico university system). These visits include a CIE staff member, a University faculty member, and a graduate scholar. The teams are assembled based on the majors/research interests of the students to whom we will present, which not only increases attendance but also enthusiasm for applying to the REU program. ● Dissemination of Electronic Recruitment Materials: The CIE REU Program Manager
Fellow at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Dr. Feldman developed informatics metrics to quantify performance of clinicians when using digital diagnostic tools. He has published in Radiology, Academic Radiology, IS&T, SPIE, and RESNA. As a Latino and native Span- ish speaker, born in Peru, Dr. Feldman has created markets and commercialized innovative telemedicine products in Latin America for medical device companies, including Orex Computed Radiography, Kodak Health Group, and ICRco. Dr. Feldman also served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Boston Health- care for the Homeless Program where he led the strategic planning and migration to EPIC Electronic Health Records system and
. (6–8) Videos situate the problem in a real-world context.Engineering Notebook: Records students’ observations, sketches, plans, and reflections.Print Materials: Include print materials for group activities such as cards or signs.Slides: Facilitate classroom projection of guiding questions, discussion prompts, sentence frames, and images.Vocabulary Cards: Introduce new vocabulary through visual cards that can be posted on an engineering vocabulary wall.Assessment Tools: Include opportunities and rubrics to evaluate students’ engineering growth.Family Resources: Spur conversations about engineering at home and connect students’ learning to their communities.Optional Lessons: Provide either additional background that
actual mini-projectsconducting secondary data analysis over the summer. This work kicked off in a virtualworkshop in February 2022. Following the workshop, two mini-projects were scoped out andthese researchers (Zastavker and Kajfez on one project and Delaine, Jordan, and Young onanother), together with the project team (Case, Paretti and Matusovich) and other expertresearchers (Benson and Lord) came together in-person for two days in May 2022 to plan out themini-project work, as well as emerging collaborative outputs. The project work and article write-up took place over the Summer 2022, and was reported out at a check-in meeting in September2022. During January 2023, the researchers met in-person to focus on writing up findings andinsights
communityapproach, iRIDE gauges middle school students’ interests in STEM activities. Therefore, thispaper aims to evaluate iRIDE’s community approach with two guiding research questions: 1.How are student participants’ voices utilized to align engineering activities with their grade-levelcurriculum and future career plans? and 2. How do the facilitators engage the students inprogram activities to ensure a community-based approach?Literature Review Allowing students to bring their experiences into school-based educational activities iscritical in fostering their interest, especially in STEM careers. Various schools nationwide haveprograms that aim to pique students’ interests in STEM, such as Engineering for All and I AMSTEM [5,6]. Such programs
elementary students. With ML-powered controllers to animate students’ roboticinventions, we believe it is possible to provide students without any previous engineering orprogramming experiences with ML learning opportunities.In this paper, we introduce the integrating AI program, design, preliminary pilot findings, and thefuture plan for this three-year ongoing project.2. Overview of Integrating AI2.1 Robotics PlatformWe designed a hardware platform for these pilot tests with the following criteria:(1) Built-in multiple ML algorithms to support students in exploring the learning behavior ofdifferent algorithms.(2) A system that was compatible with upper elementary classrooms. Specifically focusing onhardware that is safe, accessible, and easy
begins with a program overview, introductions and words of advice from Advisory Boardmembers; it features presentations by Flit-GAP scholars showcasing their experiences; the day concludeswith an Advisory Board-supervised Flit-GAP scholars focus group, then a debrief from the Advisory Boardto the Flit-GAP’s project staff.Education Research Plan and ProgressThe education research plan involves three qualitative and quantitative components in parallel for a mixedmethods convergent and holistic triangulation design, with primary and complementary methods toemphasize both generalizability and authenticity of context (Turner et al., 2017). First, a primarily qualitativeinterview study investigates Flit-GAP students' experiential learning experiences
(measured via units of rubber band twists). Thechallenge theme is intended to reiterate resource efficiency, and illustrate the role of STEM inenvironmental sustainability. Challenge curriculum and details are provided [1]. There is an arrayof parameters for the student teams to explore, and the kit was strategically designed so that thereis not a convergence of solutions. Teams have been successful with a variety of approaches andmodifications. Culminating events are organized with classes or small groups collaborating tobuild a “competition” PropCart for the on-site challenge. Individual exploration and observationsare combined to create the challenge PropCart and delivery plan. The intention is to demonstratevalue from individual independent
. Key to theprogram was flexibility and an individualized plan for each student. The Scholar program isbeing piloted at Kansas State University; but if successful, the program may become a model forother institutions within the alliance to implement.Theoretical FrameworkThe Scholar program was informed by the Kamphoff and colleagues’ motivational andempowerment model [2]. Their model was developed to help students on academic probationand included a combination of workshop/classroom interventions and a novel advising model. Italso moved beyond looking at retention solely as a measure of success for a program butincluded the examination of changes to student attitudes, aspirations, and abilities. Their modelincluded four pillars: personal
distributed to 30-45 groups. Each experiment is designed so itrelates to multiple course topics and can be used in corresponding assignments.This paper describes one of these experiments and associated activities and details the materialsneeded, planned group and class logistics, and a broad description of the assignments created anddiscussions planned to relate course content to the experiment. While the experiment itself,measuring viscosity with a Stokes Law viscometer, is well documented, the pedagogicalapproach described in this paper has been designed to address a critical set of student needsrelated to learning and well-being. The effectiveness of this approach will be assessed in myMarch 2023 offering of the course, and preliminary results
improvement as a result of focused development in postdoc training according toanother study in this review. Other areas related to career planning were mentioned as skillspostdocs wanted to learn, including negotiating, interviewing, promotions, handling rejection,and managing uncertainty. Other important components needed for a postdoc to develop are supportive mentorshipand a community. The quality of the mentorship a postdoc receives can heavily influence theirsatisfaction in their role. This could negatively impact the increased productivity postdocs havein research publications by causing the postdoc to feel unprepared and take another position,stretching their time as a postdoc past the productive peak of 3 years [4]. In Nowell et al’s
most to lesserfrequency are: detailed, lighting, realistic, cinematic, style, render, octane, hyper, high, ultra,intricate, unreal, engine, light, beautiful, dark, photorealistic, detail, etc. Some of these terms arespecific to the type of diffusion generator. The individual keywords are architecture, house,interior, building, window, floor, architectural, concrete, cathedral, pool, bedroom, roof,construction, exterior, façade, kitchen, skyscraper, plan, etc. This author uses the instantmessaging application Discord to communicate with the Midjourney bot to generate new imagesand to adapt existing user images. Generating New Images The Midjourney art generator creates new images from textprompts. This author kept the prompts simple and
vessels and foreign vessels from 2016 to 2018. Prior to his assignment at Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach, LCDR Brahan served as a Staff Naval Architect at the Marine Safety Center from 2013-2016. In this assignment, he reviewed general arrange- ments, structures, stability, and structural fire protection plans and calculations for floating production platforms, offshore supply vessels, and barges. As a collateral duty, he served as a duty officer on the Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT) working on over 50 salvage cases and deploying on three separate cases. He served as a Student Engineer onboard USCGC TAMPA (WMEC 902) from 2008-2011, and is a 2008 graduate of Officer Candidate School.Dr. Thomas W