semester, students taking this course were providedwith an opportunity to evaluate the course in both the lecture and laboratory portions of the class.Twenty of twenty-three students enrolled in the course participated in the survey, yielding an87% response rate. Table 4 shows the questions and the results from the survey. Each of thequestions dealt with a characteristic of teaching excellence. The students were asked to indicatetheir rating for each question by filling in a bubble number from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest). Afterprocessing the course evaluations of every student, an overall score of 6 out of 7 was reported forthis course which shows the successful conduction of the course and its components. In additionto the quantitative survey
resourcesavailable to support their work goals. This might include having adequate staff support to allowfaculty to excel in their teaching and scholarship work: The staff critical from every perspective. They support … the advising side; we have laboratory facilities where staff are critical in making sure that the facilities are up and running and information technology that everything is working the way it should. (Female faculty member, doctoral university)On the other hand, tight budgets or some management decisions left faculty feeling frustrated andunable to do their jobs in a way that was satisfying for pursuing their autonomy: So it’s a direct result of having resources cut and creating an almost toxic
mechanics and bioprocess engineering. She began her position as Director of Community Programs and Diversity Outreach at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2003. In partnership with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, she develops and implements programs for K-12 students, teachers, un- dergraduates, and families that are designed to increase scientific and engineering literacy, and to inspire people with diverse backgrounds to pursue science and engineering careers. At the undergraduate level, she directs a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program that brings students to Harvard for 10 weeks to work in research laboratories. This program hosts between 45-70
pedagogical methods in engineering education.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr. , Texas State University Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. serves as an Educator Professional Development Specialist at Kennedy Space Center. Prior to his position at Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Garc´ıa worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. As an education specialist, Dr. Garc´ıa is deeply committed to developing STEM educational mindsets, tools, and resources and facilitate educational experiences for educators and students. Prior to working as an education specialist, Dr. Garc´ıa served as secondary school educator in Rio Grande Valley in Texas for seven years. Dr. Garc´ıa, a first-generation college student, earned both his bachelor’s and
Paper ID #37674Affordable robotics toolkits for equitable and interdisciplinaryeducation, transformable to searching nodes for disaster onsiteinvestigationsMr. Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology Hiroyuki Ishizaki is a Visiting Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading Japanese en- gineering school. His research interests include multidisciplinary teaching and learning, cross-cultural competence, collaborative online international (COIL), technopreneurship, and project/problem-based learning methods. As a Director of the Malaysia Office, he has been expatriated in Malaysia since 2014
in Brazil and focused on advances in sustainable energy paired with traditional engineering curricula. In the future, Chaney hopes to pursue a career in biotechnology with a strong emphasis on sustainable, renewable, and clean energy.Aidan J. Kane, Northeastern UniversityDr. Courtney A. Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger received her PhD at Northeastern University in 2011 and began as an Assistant Teaching Professor in First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern where she redesigned the curricu- lum and developed courses with sustainability and clean water themes. In 2017, she moved to ChE Department where she has taught core courses and redesigned the Capstone design course. She has also
[24]. None of these authors, however, specifically address the use of small batchsize concepts to enhance the educational practice.The following sections develop the application of small batch ideas to the design and delivery ofengineering courses. The principles of small batch size in a manufacturing environment arepresented first to define terms and concepts. These are then imposed on a common coursestructure to examine potential differences between “large batch” and “small batch” coursedesign. A third section presents a variety of strategies and tools that can be used to facilitatesmall batch course design.Principles of Small Batch SizeA logical starting point for examining the effects of batch size in a teaching environment is tofirst
and strategies for being your best self. Research Understanding the best practices and ethical implications of advanced research. Teaching Developing skills in relaying knowledge/information to others; understanding how people learn; using assessment tools to track successful learning.Professional Development Activities for BD Fellows. Table 4 presents the workshops plannedfor BD Fellows to support professional development as they progress through each year of adoctoral program.Table 4: PFMPR Workshops/Seminars Year Title Competency Deliverable 1 Summer Fellowship Research
Research- Engineering Empathetic Engineers (E^3): Effects of the humanities on engineers' critical thinking and empathy skillsKeywords: Discourse Analysis, Interdisciplinary, Team Teaching, Post-secondary EducationTraditional disciplinary silos have separated engineering and the humanities, creating gaps inengineering students’ skills. Technical knowledge and aptitude have long been a mainstay inengineering education, whereas critical thinking, empathy, and ethical reasoning have been keyin the humanities. In an ever complex and interrelated world, society's grand challenges call forproblem-solving that provides technical innovations while considering and understanding thepeople involved and affected by that innovation. A holistic
and Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Aerospace En- gineering. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, where he leads a re- search group that works on a diverse set of projects in robotics and education (http://bretl.csl.illinois.edu/). He has received every award for undergraduate teaching that is granted by his department, college, and campus. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Second-Chance Testing as A Means of Reducing Students’ Test Anxiety and Improving OutcomesAbstractThis full research paper explores how second-chance testing can be used as a strategy formitigating students’ test
, The Boeing Company (Space Division), Alcatel, USA (Alcatel-Lucent) and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). My professional goals consist of achieving the position of Senior Executive Service (SES) member within the Department of Defense (DoD). Afterwards, I would like to pursue either a research position at a national laboratory, think-tank, or board of directors and/or academia as a second career. I am a certified scuba diver, I enjoyed skydiving, trying different foods/eating, traveling the world, live sporting events/comedy shows, attending events such as Homecoming at Prairie View A&M University, spending time with my family, friends, fraternity brothers, and love ones!Dr. Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M
, “Project-based experience through real manufacturing activities inmechanical engineering,” Int. J. of Mech. Eng. Ed., vol. 48(1), pp. 55-78, 2020.[14] J. Wood, M. Campbell, K. Wood, and D. Jensen, “Enhancing the teaching of machinedesign by creating a basic hands-on environment with mechanical ‘breadboards’,” Int. J. ofMech. Eng. Ed., vol. 33(1).[15] L.E.J. Thomas-Seale, S. Kanagalingam, J.C. Kirkman-Brown, M.M. Attallah, D.M. Espino,and D.E.T. Shepherd, “Teaching design for additive manufacturing: efficacy of and engagementwith lecture and laboratory approaches,” Int. J. of Tech. and Des. Ed., Aug. 2022.[16] J.D. Stolk, Y.V. Zastavker, and M.D. Gross
Associate Director of Educational Innovation and Impact for UGA’s Engineering Education Trans- formations Institute (EETI). In addition to coordinating EETI’s faculty development programming, Dr. Morelock conducts research on institutional change via faculty development, with an emphasis on innova- tive ways to cultivate and evaluate supportive teaching and learning networks in engineering departments and colleges. He received his doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering instructors during game-based learning activities, and how these practices affected student motivation.Dr
2006 JEE special reports ”The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and ”The Research Agenda for the New Discipline of Engineering Education.” He has a pas- sion for designing state-of-the-art learning spaces. While at Purdue University, Imbrie co-led the creation of the First-Year Engineering Program’s Ideas to Innovation (i2i) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering education focused facility; the largest educational building in the state. Professor Imbrie’s expertise in educational pedagogy, student learning, and
industry is a key concern inengineering education.Compounding this preparedness problem is the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted rapidchanges to the higher education system and caused significant disruptions to both teaching andlearning. During this period, most institutions shifted to emergency remote learning whichaffected both how academics taught and how students learned. Studies have shown that this shiftto online instruction disrupted in-person laboratory courses, causing engineering students to loseopportunities for hands-on learning [10]. Moreover, some instructors were faced with a need toremove content from their courses in order to adjust to lost instruction time [10]. These COVID-related challenges lead us to believe that the pandemic
to teach them how to compute their grade.Lastly, you must be prepared to change things if things don’t go as expected.References 1. Howitz, William J., Kate J. McKnelly, and Renée D. Link. "Developing and implementing a specifications grading system in an organic chemistry laboratory course." Journal of Chemical Education 98.2 (2020): 385-394. 2. J. Mendez, “Standards-Based Specifications Grading in a Hybrid Course,” in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jun. 2018, p. 30982. doi: 10.18260/1-2--30982. 3. L. B. Nilson. Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2015. 4. L. Craugh, “Adapted Mastery Grading for
, art and humanities, and raised interest among the worldwide press, including the Wall Street Journal and the BBC.Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Hiroyuki Ishizaki is a Visiting Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading Japanese en- gineering school. His research interests include multidisciplinary teaching and learning, cross-cultural competence, collaborative online international (COIL), technopreneurship, and project/problem-based learning methods. As a Director of the Malaysia Office, he has been expatriated in Malaysia since 2014 and leading the internationalization of SIT and its partner universities throughout the Southeast Asian region. Under his initiatives
as the Mechatronics concentration coordinator in the Engineering Tech- nology department. Additionally, he is currently completing the final year of an EdD in Educational Leadership. Other research interests include Industry 4.0, regional workforce development, and gender disparities in the engineering fields.Alyssa Young, Austin Peay State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From Grant to Graduates: The Development of a Regionally Unique Siemens Level 3 Mechatronics Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractAs the result of a Department of Defense (DoD) grant in 2017, training and laboratory equipmentwere procured, and a
Song (M’12–SM’14-F’23) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Univer- sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in August 2012. He is currently a Tenured Associate Professor, the Director of NSF Center for Aviation Big Data An- alytics (Planning), and the Director of the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab, www.SONGLab.us), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD. Prior to joining UMBC, he was a Tenured Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2020-present), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent
Paper ID #38516Building Awareness of Inclusivity through Scalable Hands-On Activities.Dr. Margaret A. Hunter, Hofstra University Margaret Hunter,Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Engineering at Hofstra Univer- sity in the Fred DeMatteir School of Engineering and Appplied Science. She has been teaching in the Civil Engineering program for 25 years. Her educational research focuses on broadening the participation in enigineering. This has included both formal and informal learning activites in pre-college, developing a course framework to aid faculty at 2 year institutions to encourage participation by
://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0016127.[12] D. H. Uttal et al., “The malleability of spatial skills: A meta-analysis of training studies,” Psychol. Bull., vol. 139, no. 2, pp. 352–402, 2013, doi: 10.1037/a0028446.[13] C. A. Supalo, “Teaching chemistry and other sciences to blind and low-vision students through hands-on learning experiences in high school science laboratories,” 2010. Accessed: Feb. 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010PhDT.......375S[14] T. Green, D. Kane, G. M. Timko, N. Shaheen, and W. Goodridge, “Spatial Language Used by Blind and Low-Vision High School Students During a Virtual Engineering Program,” presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference, Jun. 2022.[15] D. E. Kane, T. Green, N. L
that the output is not the most ideal solution, to isolate whichinput codes are needed to be corrected, and to iterate the investigation to fix the error. Twentystudents (ntext = 9, ngraphic = 11) from the laboratory component of a calculus-based introductoryphysics course consented to participate in this study. Four think-aloud interviews wereconducted to ensure that the questions were eliciting the desirable debugging practices understudy.Box 1Sample text-based debugging question. We write a code to plot the points (1.5, 2.5), (2.5, 4.5), (3.5, 7.2) and (4.6, 10.3), as follows: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt point1 = (1.5, 2.5) point2 = (2.5, 4.5) point3 = (3.5, 7.2) point4 = (4.6, 10.3) plt.plot(point1, point2, point3, point4
componentof the Urban STEM Collaboratory, providing priority consideration to students within the cohortfor STEM Ambassador positions. The program engages undergraduate students in paid positionssupporting STEM teaching and learning with local school districts and community organizations.Ambassadors develop strong leadership and communication skills and deeper connections totheir disciplines all while getting paid and making a positive impact in the community. Theprogram has been successful in creating connections and a sense of community for theAmbassadors that has led to positive outcomes in both academic and career pursuits. Theleadership team is now exploring opportunities to extend these successes with other populationswhere a strong sense of
professional identity with the student and helping them in ways that didnot violate the ethical principles of engineering and teaching. The results of this interaction werethat the student made it successfully through the semester and is finishing their program in goodstanding. The final takeaways from this experience are the use of empathic mentoring, being thechange that one wishes to be in engineering education, and taking extreme ownership of one’smentoring role to develop and guide their mentees.IntroductionEngineering as a discipline has had a reputation for having a difficult curriculum where manystudents do not succeed [1]–[7]. The most recent numbers regarding engineering retention ratesfor United States universities show that approximately
makerspaces also offer greatpotential in serving broader goals of education [36, 40-42], such as the critical goal ofaugmenting first-year engineering retention. Some institutions utilize makerspaces as a means tooffer training and/or teaching new skills and/or knowledge [43]. For quite some time now, manycolleges have provided makerspace-analogous functionalities, including assembly/testing areas,machine shops, Computer Aided Design laboratories, and/or classrooms. What universities oftenlack is the inclusion of all of these elements in one location [44]. For campuses that doimplement such centralized accommodations, the majority of these makerspaces are utilizedpredominantly for informal settings rather than as a required program course.However, in
effectiveness, and global competencies He helped establish the scholarly foundation for engineering education as an academic discipline through lead authorship of the landmark 2006 JEE special reports ”The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and ”The Research Agenda for the New Dis- cipline of Engineering Education.” He has a passion for designing state-of-the-art learning spaces. While at Purdue University, Imbrie co-led the creation of the First-Year Engineering Program’s Ideas to Inno- vation (i2i) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the
including first year composition, professional writing, and rhetoric. She has been collaborating with Professor Raenita Fenner on ways to improve student learning in Engineering for several years.Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on improving methods of assessment in engineering learning environments and supporting engineering students.Dr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Engineering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of
Paper ID #37219Student Success in 4-D (SS4D): Toward a Holistic Understanding ofEngineering Student Success in Motivation, Curricular Attainment andExperiential Opportunities across Educational StagesSamantha Splendido, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Sam Splendido is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She is cur- rently a graduate research assistant under Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL). She earned her B.S. in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.Dr. Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State
teamsPreliminary ResultsThe authors have opened this opportunity within their respective classes for three past years:Springs 2019, 2020, and 2022 and currently 2023. As Spring 2021 was a completely onlinesemester for the University (except for laboratory classes), it was skipped. The number of designteams and juniors that participated in this venture is summarized in Table 1.Table 1: Number of Design Teams and Interns participating 2019 2020 2022 2023 Design Teams 14 8 9 11 Interns 19 16 24 15In Figure 2, we compare the scores received by juniors
for college students preparingfor employment. The FMAC aims to ensure that FM college students acquire the necessary skills,competencies, and knowledge while joining the industry. However, a gap was identified by Calland Sullivan [15] between the industry's expectations of entry-level facility managercompetencies. The contemporary student learning outcomes at FM academic programs did notmeet the presumption of hiring organizations. The authors determined that FM academics inclinetowards teaching students general FM principles, with the expectation that industry-specificknowledge will be acquired in the workforce after graduation. The study put forward howincorporating industry-specific knowledge into academic programs would better prepare