underclassmen.Social ActivitiesResearch has shown that veteran students often have difficulty in connecting with other studentsand are typically only comfortable with other veterans [12]. These difficulties expand intostruggles in communicating with non-veteran peers and developing trust [13]. To build a strongcommunity and provide long term benefits to participants, a robust social program wasdeveloped at both universities. These events were planned to bring visiting veterans into the hostuniversity veteran’s groups and provide support during the program. Example events includedgroup meetings and outings with veteran and university leadership and outdoor activities(whitewater rafting, hiking, running). The graduate research assistant at each university
Paper ID #38706Shaping the Engineering Leadership Research Agenda: Results of a 2022Special SessionCol. Brian J. Novoselich, United States Military Academy Brian Novoselich is an active duty Army Colonel currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and the Director of Strategic Plans and Assessment. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech in 2016 and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. He is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth
,“understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context” to the 2022-23 criteria with multiple elaborate learning outcomes underCriterion 3: “2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. 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” [5]. These learning outcomes have
University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Sandeep Langar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science in College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning from the CoDr. Tulio Sulbaran, The University of Texas at San Antonio He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineer from Georgia Institute of Technology with concentration in Con- struction Management with a minor in Computer Engineering and strong statistical background. He has over 8 years of work experience in the A/E/C (Archite ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 STEM Summer Camps in the US: Knowledge
challenges of today and tomorrow. Teachers whooften do not have the materials for hands-on activities for STEM and Sustainability can receivesupport from such initiatives in collaboration with higher education institutions. With supportfrom Constellation Energy [6], the authors of this work in progress have attempted to educateand train over two hundred middle school students of the local underserved community onsustainability issues, particularly on those related to energy and environment through relevanthands-on activities. The following sections describe the materials and methods applied ineducating the underserved community of students and teachers and its potential impact.Materials and MethodsThe faculty involved in the project began planning
provided transfer data from 2016-2022, while the other three institutionslisted data for only some of those years. As for the other universities, we were not able to find publicly available information ontheir respective institutional research websites. We then contacted each institutional office directlyvia email to request the engineering transfer data for Black students. In some cases, we weredirected to a data request form, which we have subsequently completed and are currently awaitinga response. In other cases, we have not received responses from our emails. In the coming months,we plan to continue contacting these institutional research offices to try to obtain the informationthat we are requesting. We are also working to contact the
accreditation, program assessment and 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
students’ self-efficacy and research identity. Surveyquestions ask students to evaluate aspects such as, how active their role was in planning theproject, sense of responsibility for project progress, sense of belonging to a community ofresearchers, and intention to persist in a research experience. Results will be used to scale thisopportunity and create similar communication fellowships for other Grand Challenges anddisciplinary programs at the university.1.0. Introduction and Background1.1. Undergraduate Student Engagement in Research Participation in transdisciplinary research enriches the undergraduate experience bytaking educational content out of the classroom and materializing it in a real-world, professionalsetting. Early
20 years, the UnitedStates has faced a shortage of engineers [11]; part of the reason is exposure in the K-12 Settings [12]. Overthis same time period, a significant number of Pre-college STEM initiatives have been established tostimulate interest in STEM disciplines and improve the coordination of efforts between K-12 and highereducation. Of the many established initiatives, effective recruitment tools for STEM majors include: K-12school outreach, University open house sessions, hands-on workshops, competitions and demonstration,and summer camps [9]. The idea of using summer camps to promote STEM disciplines is not new [12]. A review of theSTEM summer camp literature by Kuyath [13] yielded several themes related to the planning
on theircareer path and how they should pursue fulfillment of the PG, ME, and SD outcomes, includingwhat they should expect from their employer, employers will take notice. But that alone willnot be enough. The CEBOK3 defines the framework for fulfilling PG, ME, and SD outcomes,but itself does not provide employers with the hands-on tools and guidance necessary to fulfillthem in a practical and comprehensive way. ASCE is developing a robust and comprehensiveprogram to fulfill the ME outcomes in the CEBOK3, with plans to add PG and SD outcomeslater. This program will be central to ASCE’s outreach to industry to help them fulfill their roleand will be discussed later in the paper.How academia should introduce the CEBOK3Ideally, the CEBOK3 is
students [35].Contextualized instruction can also improve student engagement in English composition.Students planning to enter STEM fields often find connecting their work in first-yearcomposition to their chosen disciplines challenging. Driscoll [36] found that 45.9% of studentsfeel either “uncertain” or “disconnected” when asked to connect their learning to their plannedfields of study and careers. Further, this disconnect can create a false dichotomy in whichstudents believe themselves to be “bad at writing” because they are “more of a science person.”Contextualized learning, which focuses on authentic contexts, problem solving, and cognitiveapprenticeship, has a strong track record of combatting this disconnect and motivating students
modules, and make faculty-led trainingactivities more scalable and transferable. For this portion of the project, the plan is to develop aseries of self-contained EM training workshops (~1 hour each) for students. These workshopswill be designed for flexible deployment at various universities within their existingundergraduate research programs (e.g., summer research fellowship programs, honors thesiscourses, undergraduate research opportunity programs). In contrast to the activities developed forearly awareness and exposure, these workshops would focus on having students apply EMconcepts directly to their own research projects. Proposed workshop topics (among others)include framing research questions with EM, resilience and thriving in a
] and aims to let informants’ genuine thoughts and emotionsunfold naturally.Interview StoriesThe interview stories were collected during interviews in six studies, where the context for eachstudy was a unique section of the same preservice teacher education course in a large publicuniversity in the Southeast United States. Each section was offered in a unique semester.Informants were recruited under a protocol approved by the IRB of the large public university inthe Southeast United States. To recruit informants, a researcher visited the classes, explained thepurpose of the study – to learn how preservice teachers learn to use robotics technology in K-12classrooms from videos, lesson plans, and discussions. Informants in all six studies
persistence, clear and consistent credittransfer policies, planning and orientation, integrated academic advising, mentoring, and socialnetworks take precedence [7] [8] [9]. A large majority of studies in this area are conducted in thecontext of large research institutions or state university systems [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]. Whilefindings and best practices generated from these studies are nonetheless valuable, a glaring gapremains in the role that the size and nature of receiving institutions play in transfer studentsuccess. This study aims to explore in-depth and rich descriptions of transfer studentexperiences, captured over a period of 10 years at a teaching-focused institution.The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seattle
started in (another department) and was disappointed by the lack of hands-on and individualized learning opportunities within the department. The teaching style and environment didn’t match with my way of learning or what I value and believe. Once hearing about this program and its structure I realized it was what I had been envisioning and wanting the whole time so I switched. I wish I had learned about it - in an equal emphasis kind of way to the other engineering options - when applying.”Focus group students discussed why they entered or transferred into the IDE program, theirindividual goals and plans, and how their pathways felt different than the traditional engineeringmajors in the college. Their responses
. In the unrelatable role model condition, students watched a video similar to theone described above, but the individuals who appeared in the video were older and dressed informal or somewhat outdated clothing. After watching the assigned video, participantscompleted a survey. The research plan and analysis were preregistered and are available at theCenter for Open Science registration platform (osf.io). Preliminary analysis indicates thatexposure to the relatable role model video increased the entrepreneurial intention of both femaleand male students, and the entrepreneurial identity aspiration was the underlying process drivingthe effect. This research makes several important contributions. First, we develop and test a theorythat
theseairports. This research aims to find whether taxi time at airports differ by airport hubclassifications and by the number of hot spots on airports.For this study, a sample of 33 airports was selected from the 77 airports listed in the AviationSystem Performance Metrics (ASPM) [5] data published by the FAA. The researchers sampledthe 11 busiest airports (by number of operations conducted) from each of the three hubcategories – Large (L), Medium (M), and Small (S) – as identified by the National Plan ofIntegrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) [6]. The 20 busiest days (by number of operationsconducted) from May 01, 2022, to September 30, 2022 were selected for each airport. From theASPM dataset, average quarter-hour taxi-in and taxi-out times between 06
only a limited perspective on studentexperiences. As such, our current assessment measures can give only broad stroke reflections onthe successes and challenges faced in developing the micro-credential; a more comprehensiveassessment will be more feasible once several cohorts have completed the DSMC.Challenges for Students and Administrators in DSMCThe DSMC endeavored to provide students and the local community with an introduction to datascience and its key skills. Both students and faculty/administrators faced several challenges inachieving our goals.As with many new programs, one of the primary barriers to success was the interruptive natureof COVID and the pandemic, which caused a number of changes to the DSMC plans. In additionto pushing
basis depending on their work schedules and availability of the PD facilitators [27]. The twoPD facilitators are K-12 STEM outreach specialists and have a wealth of experience in this area.As part of the PD, facilitators employed an open door policy that encouraged teachers to reachout for additional support as needed even outside of scheduled sessions. A typical PD sessionduring the academic year lasted for one hour and included time for STEM content knowledgeacquisition and lesson planning. Teachers were expected to develop lesson plans tailored to theirstrength areas and were able use the PD sessions to garner additional feedback from thefacilitators. There was also a one week long PD workshop held over the summer where teachersspent full
time management. I used to be very bad at procrastinating and would always wait to the last minute to complete my homework, which created a lot of unnecessary anxiety. By starting this project with the right mindset, I was able to plan out little pieces of the project to complete each day until it was finished.” ii. “Another skill gained is time management. While it still could be improved, this project did force me to start early and keep at it. I did not have the choice to do it in a day and am glad I didn’t.” iii. “Through solving the different iterations and working with the constraints I got better at being able to see how the mechanism
) Do students have a positive academic self-concept upon return?(3) Do any impacts persist one month and or eight months after conference attendance?In addition to pre- and post-conference surveys, a look at end of semester survey responses onemonth after conference attendance (end of Spring 2022 semester survey) and eight months afterconference attendance (end of Fall 2022 semester survey) are evaluated to measure longer termimpact of the conference attendance.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 includes a review of related work;section 3 includes details about the spring 2022 conference attendance logistics, decision-making, and planning process. Section 4 presents the research methodology; section 5 presentsthe pre
-classactivity, each team crafted an opening statement based on individualized dossiers provided bytheir instructor, as well as through performing their own independent research. During class, astakeholder meeting was simulated, beginning with opening statements and site proposals fromeach team, followed by a round of negotiations and rebuttals, with the ultimate goal of agreeingon a location for development. Following the in-class exercise, students completed individualreflections to self-assess growth in their knowledge and skill development from participating inthe simulated meeting. This paper presents the assignments and lesson plan for the newly createdethics role-playing activity, which could be adapted to represent the pressing
reducing the set-up and data management required by instructors, thisredesign supported instructors with an option to allow the game to be student-paced and playedby individual students or to keep the instructor-led 12 week whole-class playstyle.Our proposed driving research question is "In what ways does individual student play differ fromwhole class instructor-led play with regard to learning that ethical behavior is situated?" In thenext phase of our ongoing investigation, we plan to further evaluate the use of playful assessmentto estimate its validity and reliability in comparison to current best practices of engineeringethics assessment.IntroductionAs technology advances, future engineers may be faced with increasingly complex
finally discarded only asa last resort (Hanacek, 2022). This paper will focus on the initial planning stages of introducingthis concept into existing plastics curriculum of an engineering technology program as part of theTraining for Plastics Circularity (TIPC) grant funded through NIST.The PET program at Pittsburg State UniversityThe Department of Engineering Technology (ETECH) is housed in the Kansas TechnologyCenter on the Pittsburg State University campus. ETECH programs are comprised oftechnological elements requiring scientific and engineering knowledge plus the hands-onmethods to provide practical skills in support of product producing industries, like plasticsmanufacturing. The Pittsburg State University Engineering Technology Programs
learning outcomes and Learning appropriate learning -Individuals have done hold individuals goals reflection on lessons accountable (25%) -Individuals have learned -Individuals have carried out an action -Multiple resources collected evidence of plan have been identified completion and -Individuals have reflection on lessons collected evidence of learned improvement -Technical knowledge is
general understanding of how these individualsbehave and act.Individual innovative behavior is characterized as all actions performed by an individual that areaimed at generating, developing and or implementing beneficial novelty as part of the innovationprocess ([4], [7], [35]). For example, [36] identified ten discovery and delivery skills (which wewill also interpret as being behaviors) key to being innovative, namely: Analyzing, AssociationalThinking, Challenging the Status Quo, Experimenting, Networking, Observing, Planning,Questioning, Self-disciplined Executing, and Taking Risks. More recently [37] conducted aDelphi Study to identify 20 Innovator Characteristics, 11 of which mapped directly to Dyer’sdiscovery and delivery skills [36
, if students engage with the ETD activities at each level, by the timethey graduate, they will be able to... 1. Leverage their knowledge, skills, strengths, and diversity and those of their teammates to develop innovative and inclusive approaches to global challenges. 2. Deploy effective communication strategies to manage collaboration and conflict within their team. 3 3. Devise a plan that manages team dynamics towards completing tasks that includes workload, responsibilities, quality of work, and timeline. 4. Observe and assess personal behaviors that contribute to team challenges, successes, and failures and
communication and teamwork to work through six pre-defined steps: Define the problem,learn about the problem, plan a solution, try a solution, test a solution, and decide whether thesolution is good enough. To motivate students and foster intrinsic motivation, each unit beganwith a letter from a "client," often a university or company, asking this group of young scientistsand engineers to help them solve a problem with real-world environmental and societal impact.The next 4-7 lessons in the unit focused on interactively introducing STEM concepts. TheseSTEM concepts equipped students with the background knowledge to develop design solutions,followed by a Design lesson for creating prototypes, a Test lesson for making hypotheses aboutthe design's
necessary to develop impactful, innovative, and successfulengineering solutions [9]–[11].In addition to preparing engineering students to successfully address modern engineeringproblems, the inclusion of comprehensive engineering skills in the curriculum has implicationsfor students’ engagement and persistence in the field. Students’ engagement in their field as wellas their plans to pursue an engineering career or engineering graduate education is determined inpart by an alignment between their personal and professional interests and values in engineeringand curricular messages about what engineering practice includes. For some students, thepotential to leverage engineering for social good is a key motivation for pursuing work in thefield [12
active sites create project concepts, which are completed byDecember. Prospective participants are given pre-projects to work on at the beginning of theyear, and graduate mentors and faculty advisers at the location conduct training and researchactivities before the start of the summer program.REU participants select one of the three active host institutions during the hiring process basedon the research activities offered, faculty engagement, and the site's location. Participants in the6-week RET program, drawn from nearby high schools, do not remain on campus. Participantswork on their research for 32 hours per week during the summer, with team-building exercisesand the creation of lesson plans (for RET participants) and weekly reports (for