customization are also considered when presenting prefabrication for housing in the United States and Europe from the early 1900s to recent years. Following, two lectures cover the architectural career and work of two modernist architects, namely Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. We discuss how major societal events have contributed to their work, such as World Wars, and technical advances, such as concrete and steel. The fifth lecture on modernism discusses how it influenced urban planning and the organization of contemporary cities. During the class, we discuss the motivations and issues behind the segregation of land uses and their effect on land prices. In this lecture, the instructor also outlines how the popularization
faculty mentor; 2. Risk Indicator Survey – a Qualtricsinstrument to flag students who are struggling in a particular class. Students who are flagged willbe advised of support services and encouraged to develop a personalized improvement plan; 3.Engineer Your Success – a worksheet activity given to students to (a) monitor progress in aspecific class, (b) assist students in self-identification of barriers to success that might exist in aspecific class, and (c) provide a process for students to develop a personalized improvement plan.These three tools and college-wide efforts to increase mentoring, tutoring, and career developmentare discussed.Description of the ProjectFunding from the grant was primarily used to support twenty-six (26) junior- and
optimization of an objective function, neural Domain (Elective) networks, CNN, GCNN, RNN, GAN, transformer, Knowledge GPT, supervised learning, non-supervised learning, and reinforcement learning Informed search, logical and probabilistic Artificial Intelligence inference, machine learning, planning, and natural (Elective) language processing Analytical techniques and fundamental principles Introduction to
an international study abroad program. The initial plan wasto install the system in the summer of 2020. The trip was canceled due to the pandemic. In thewinter of 2021, the study abroad program was given the green light, and the projectimplementation period in Costa Rica was three weeks. This paper will focus on a specific portionof the capstone project which is the data acquisition system.Methodology The overall function of the data acquisition system (DAS) was to measure underground soiltemperatures at six depths, measure two different humidity and temperature values, and measuretwo different water temperatures; Table 1 shows the breakdown. This was done using aRaspberry Pi 4 [3] because of its compact size, community support, header
endeavor.More details about courses in this curriculum are available in additional publications [13-17],including a deeper discussion about this specific course [18].Course ContextPrior to running the course, we studied the university’s Energy Master Plan (EMP), learned aboutthe current state of solar energy on campus, and identified four potential new solar projects. Theuniversity currently has a ~1.2 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar system that provides ~7% of theenergy consumed on campus. While a good start, this contribution is low considering theuniversity’s location in Southern California; there is an opportunity to greatly increase campusreliance on solar energy, and the university has committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2035.The course was
of awareness about engineering, the Program forEngineering Access, Retention, and LIATS Success (PEARLS) introduced a pilot one-creditIntroduction to Engineering course for first- and second-year students. Although first-yearintroductory courses are commonplace in many engineering schools [4][5], the UPRM doesnot offer such a course in a consistent manner to all first-year engineering students.PEARLS is a college-wide initiative that seeks to increase success statistics among low-income, academically talented students (LIATS) in the College of Engineering (CoE) [6]. Itincorporates multiple strategies, including talks and workshops, faculty and peer mentoring,and career planning. PEARLS’ initiative of an Introduction to Engineering course
a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives.” In view of the positive creative design experience and teamwork training that studioculture provides to architecture, landscape architecture, and art & design students, why notconsider the use of studios in engineering programs?Conversion of Lecture/Lab Format to StudioThe author has taught a variety of engineering, engineering technology, and landscapearchitecture courses in his nearly 40-year career. In 2014, the author’s home Department ofBioresources Engineering, housed in the University of Delaware’s College of Agriculture andNatural Resources was disbanded, and his faculty line was
eval- uation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of
believing” [27] and social proof [28] as methods to establish the intervention message as a classroom norm. 5) Finally, the instructor brings the full class back together and asks volunteers to share what their group has discussed.Research QuestionsResearch on the Intervention’s Effects on StudentsThe first part of our research plan focuses on understanding how the ecological belongingintervention that was initially developed for first-year courses translates into second-year coursesand how it can be adapted across institutional contexts in both first- and second-year engineeringcourses. We pose three research questions:RQ1 (the course contexts): How do students, with a focus on minoritized students (i.e., Black,Latinx, and Indigenous
leadership positionsattained, and alums' sense of preparedness for leadership roles. Assessment in these areas requiresthe measurement of downstream variables many years after graduation, and, ideally, includes theability to connect in-program assessment measures and control variables to these downstreammeasures. We proceed to share GEL's conceptual plan for a longitudinal assessment system thatwill examine students' development and achievement during and after the years spent in theprogram. Though these plans are still in-process, we describe them at a high level to providecontext for the alumni-specific outcomes discussion that is the prime focus of this paper.Historical overview of the GEL programLaunched in 2007, the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT
1) that addresses lifelong learning across and between undergraduateengineering education and career trajectories.While there are numerous formulations of lifelong learning and its dimensions, we incorporatedthe Transferable Learning Orientations model [29] which has been developed in the Canadianengineering education context and is based on the Motivated Strategies for LearningQuestionnaire [30], [31] with sufficient emphasis on attitudinal dimensions of lifelong learning.We consider how immediate and long-term learner outcomes are influenced by curricularexperiences and the curriculum planned and enacted at higher levels (Planned-Enacted-Experienced curriculum; [32]–[34]) as well as individuals’ incoming characteristics anddemographics
study shows that supporting thefuture professoriate’s interdisciplinary identity development begins with addressing siloededucation at the undergraduate level and involves increasing institutional capacity for advisinginterdisciplinary students, institutionalizing development plans for interdisciplinary researchers,and aligning university incentives for scholars with convergent research aims.BackgroundThe research site for this study is an interdisciplinary graduate program centered on resilience(referred to in this paper as the IR program), currently funded through a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) grant, located at a large land-grant university. IRis designed to spur collaboration and develop convergent research
helping students engage indiscussions of engineering research’s impact on society. However, we have yet to find anexample of an introductory level course that discusses these topics geared toward theprofessional development of graduate engineering students within a broad range of career andresearch interests. Thus, we sought to develop a course that would help graduate studentresearchers understand the terminology around inequities and justice; interrogate well-knowncases of engineering research across a range of applications, technology, and higher educationbias and discrimination; reflect and discuss how their own research areas impact society; andform a plan for how they may address or actively prevent potential injustices. The course
, Somalia, and Burundi. Ourdata sources include first-person narratives from the youth, equity conjecture maps, and artifactscreated during the program. To answer our research questions, below we share the educational programming(including how it was planned and how it was eventually implemented), observations, artifacts,and researcher notes to share experiences of program implementation and takeaways for futureiterations. As to date there have been a total of four on site visits to the Safari Youth Club, datawill be continuously collected to answer all aspects of our proposed research questions. As ofnow, results from the sessions best support answers to RQ1 and RQ3. This paper and theresearcher observations/notes below are led by
available to you? How do you think your knowledge and skills will influence your career plans? Job Skills Follow-up: How did you develop this knowledge and these skills? Regarding getting a job, what do you think will be the most meaningful aspect of your job search process? What knowledge, skills, and abilities do you believe to be most Job Acquisition Skills important in obtaining your first job; how does this knowledge Perceptions of Preparedness and these skills and abilities
. The amount of time given away from researchover the summer to study for quals is dependent on one’s advisor; students may have to advocatefor the amount of time they estimate they will need. After reviewing material individually forseveral weeks, students generally transition to studying in pairs or groups, using a compendium ofpast problems to mock-examine each other. During the two weeks immediately preceding quals,senior graduate students self-organize to offer mock exams as well.When students arrive at their exam, they are provided with the exam questions, and allowed up toten minutes of silent time to peruse them. Students may use this time to plan their responsewithout verbal communication or use of the blackboard. Although the
thatcustomized learning, targeting specific systems engineering skillsets, can be achieved by eachsystems engineering student based upon offering an open and customizable course curriculum.Students can use their competency-based learning plans and social-media-recognizable badges tosignify their unique systems engineering competencies and learning outcomes achieved eitherthrough a four-course Graduate Certificate or a ten-course Master of Engineering programoffered by UConn. The competency definitions by graduate course can be used by graduatestudents to create a longer-term systems engineering professional development plan that supportslife-long learning.Keywords: competency-based learning, competency-based education, graduate education,workforce
. 6. 7. 8. Defining core Background MC Content Staging and Student Learning Management of values research & requisition review & Quality management management digital Planning Approval system system credentials Assesment Maintenance
-sponsored health insurance, and79% reported having a retirement plan through their employer, showing more engineers’ salariesand benefits continue to increase in the U.S [5].On the other side, engineering educators are needed to teach, support, and mentor the growingnumber of engineering students. Engineering educators often are Ph.D. holders who are expertsin various engineering subdisciplines. However, engineering graduate students have fewerteaching-related professional development opportunities than students in other STEM subjects[6]. In other words, although experts in their respective fields, new engineering educators areoften not education nor engineering education experts. Existing opportunities for professionaldevelopment in teaching often
programs. At the start of the ATE Program, a preliminary proposal review option wasoffered to all prospective grantees. A prospective grantee had the option to submit a draftproposal to NSF for review by a panel of peers. This preliminary review process mirrored thepeer review process that NSF routinely uses to evaluate proposal submissions. Feedback fromthe preliminary review was provided to the prospective grantee several months prior to theproposal submission deadline, so that project plans could be strengthened and errors eliminatedto help the prospective grantee craft a more competitive final proposal. However, in about 2010,NSF discontinued the preliminary review option. One result of this change was that over time, alimited number of
while offering increasedawareness and broadening the participation in engineering.Positionality StatementBoth the director and the assistant camp director are first generation, females in engineering whoare also university faculty teaching difficult STEM subjects such as physics, biophysics,programming, and linear circuits analysis. Each had hurdles to overcome to be where they are,and these hardships helped the directors to shape the organization and planning of the camp. Thedirector (first author) understands the challenges faced by many of the camp participants becauseshe herself was raised in a low-income family within a rural community where resources andopportunities were lacking. Through hard work and dedication, she financed her own
-cognitive theory, Zimmerman [14]established a cyclical framework of self-regulation that is divided into three phases: 1)forethought phase (processes promoting a learning mindset by involving one’s beliefs, attitudes,and processes before any academic task), 2) performance control phase (intentionally 2participating in learning activities specific to a personal strategic plan and augmenting learningby utilizing self-control and self-observation processes), and 3) self-reflection phase (evaluatingpersonal performance against goals, learning outcomes, or self-standards and modifying futurelearning strategies). The cyclical nature of this model posits
themselves; (4) differentiating between different typesof variables and relationships that form a system in terms of how some classes ofvariables/relationships may behave differently from others; (5) using conceptual modelsinformed by 1–4 to explain systems and specific behaviors of systems; (6) creating models forsimulating systems, particularly mathematically, although some consider this to be outside of thecore concept of ST; and (7) applying those simulation models for purposes such as learning moreabout how a system operates, testing hypotheses, and developing plans/policies for creatingchange in a system. Dugan et al. [4] conducted a systematic review of ST assessments in theengineering field and arrived at similar conclusions as [11]. However
engage with other alternatives rather than close the door [22, 23]. The rich picture has been used in the Systemic Lean Intervention process, which helps identify operational issues effectively [24]. Figure 3 exemplifies a rich picture in which the main element is preventive maintenance. Figure 3: Kaizen i-Semester rich picture example for preventive maintenanceObjectives 4. Defining objectives and KPIs: Once the problem has been identified with its main causes, the Kaizen team establishes the project objective and the target of the KPI. Such a target is approved jointly with the team and the Kaizen Champion. The Deming Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle is applied to present the project improvements. For more
engineeringliterate students, and as argued by others [11]-[12], can be seamlessly integrated into thecurriculum to support young children’s learning development. Additionally, some prior researchsuggests that practicing and prospective educators may have difficulty planning, designing, andimplementing lessons and activities that develop and promote children’s HoM as engineers [12]-[13]. This may be due to several reasons such as lack of readiness to teach engineering [14], lowengineering self-efficacy and low teacher efficacy related to engineering pedagogical contentknowledge [15], lack of engineering pedagogical content knowledge [16], and misconceptionsregarding the field of engineering [17].Out-of-school learning environments may be an alternative
arranged some club events immediately after the CS I class to maximize CS I student participation. We allocated a work-study student to devote five to ten hours per week to planning, coordinating, hosting hybrid club meetings and events (both in-person and online) and increasing students’ access and engagement. 3. Form a Department Community Center with both in-person and virtual spaces: We established a pilot Department Community Center for students to get together, interact with and support each other. The Center was previously a research-only lab and is currently located in Room C03A. We extended its function to host the ExCITE program, the ACM club, and the ACM-W club. We complement this Center with a
“Teaming” exercise every three conduct the Teaming weeks as an avenue to converse, connect, and continue to exercise grow as a team. [5], [35]. Connect Develop a process to come One “Teaming” exercise was dedicated to experimenting the up with the new Societal with this process. [To be disseminated] department PEO by holding Product- the new Societal See Ref. [34]. retreats and PEO “Teaming” Plan retreats Every fall at the beginning of the academic year, the RED exercises PI team
subproblems and deciding how to approach each one. This topic is especially important because many engineers work on design teams, and themembers of a team need to work together to carry out the design process. An ad hoc approach toplanning the design process will create confusion and increase the risks of project failure (e.g.,poor product or system performance as well as cost and schedule overruns). Despite the growing need for design process planning skills, existing engineering educationprograms fail to provide opportunities for engineering students to learn these meta-reasoning skills.Many engineering students learn only standard product and systems development processes [2, 3].In a typical engineering design course, the students follow
1). Levels within the Certification Framework thenserve to provide a mechanism to measure students’ mastery of each Competency.Table 1 Certification Framework Master Verb List Modified Certification Verbs Bloom’s Level Category Create 4 create compose argue design plan support revise formulate write Evaluate 4 rate evaluate assess judge justify manage Analyze 3 analyze question differentiate experiment examine test categorize distinguish calculate contrast
ofHispanic Professional Engineers, Engineers Without Borders, and the American Societyof Civil engineers, among a few others. An application form was developed by the facultymembers and used every year with minimum revisions. In the first two years of the project,a total of 93 applications were received, of which 55 were from women 36 were from men,and 2 were from individuals who identified as nonbinary. Of the 93 applications, 15 weregraduate students and 77 were undergraduate students, 34 were Civil or EnvironmentalEngineering majors, 9 were majoring in another Engineering subdiscipline, 7 werestudying Sociology or Anthropology, 7 were studying Urban Studies, PublicAdministration, or City Planning, 7 were studying other STEM disciplines (e.g