research topics to aid in strategic decision making, andimpact services and reputational management.In its 2020 report, ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee summarized that majortrends include: learning analytics, the influence of machine learning and artificial intelligence ontechnology, the impact of big deals cancellations on open access and transformative publisheragreements, research data maturation and the ethical need to incorporate the GO FAIR Initiative,social justice roles including critical librarianship and critical pedagogy, incorporating increaseduse and licensing of streaming media, and finally, library space as a place for supporting studentwell-being [1]. Earlier in a 2017 environmental scan by the same team, the concept of
Paper ID #37688Board 276: Enhancing Early Childhood Educators’ Knowledge of ComputerScience and Engineering Concepts to Spark Young Children’s EarlyInterest in STEM CareersDr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She con- ducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering, PreK-12 STEM Education, ethics, socially assistive robotics, and also research about engineering global prepared- ness.Lilian Leung, University of Southern Callifornia Lilian Leung is a program specialist
permission of the instruction (who isalso a co-PI on the grant team, as well as an expert in technical communication and datavisualization). Students designed data displays and visual arguments; engaged in iterative designpractices; and worked to solve real-world problems on data communications and visualization.Central to the course’s design was that students were trained in key rhetorical principles,including the understanding data visualization as a form of storytelling, information design asresponsive to a particular problem or context, and the strategies for developing effectivepresentations. Students were required to design polished, professional and ethical presentationsand reports; they read and write about visual-design best practices; and
may also miss outon considering the social, environmental, cultural, and ethical implications of their design. Incontrast, effectiveness is prioritized in DT by periodically testing prototypes with the users andother relevant stakeholders at various stages of the design process. Users can even be engageddirectly in the ideation processes and treated as “co-designers” / “co-creators” in the generationof design solutions.Therefore, it can be argued that engineering design is more efficient than design thinking, whiledesign thinking is more effective.3.6. Innovation and impactBoth frameworks mandate spending time on reflection and disagreement, and encourage thedesigner to embrace ambiguity that accompanies the diverging stages as doing so leads
future. Meanwhile, withChatGPT and other AI-generated content, online assessments must consider plagiarism detectionand student ethics education.Student Grades Comparison Over YearsBesides student perceptions, student learning is the goal and metric of the effectiveness ofadopting this approach. The student’s GPA (Grade Point Average) may be influenced by manyfactors beyond this approach of using multi-part problems with randomized parameterizations.As a coarse overview of student learning, the average GPAs from two courses in four years arecompared in Table 2 and Figure 18. The author did not teach other courses consistently to havecomparable data therefore only these two courses are presented. Note that FA21 is omitted as theauthor was on
the three topics mentioned above into architecture curricula can significantly enhance thequality of structures in earthquake-prone regions. Additionally, several specific subjects wereidentified as essential components of architects' training, including compliance with constructionstandards to ensure ethical work and the safety of human lives, practical application of seismictheory, and the design and construction of earthquake-resistant structures.For future work, it is recommended that similar studies be conducted in other countries with highseismicity to compare the specific needs and challenges in each region. In addition, furtherresearch should be conducted to determine how to effectively implement these topics inarchitectural curricula
critical role in sustaining thenation’s economic prosperity, security, and social well-being, engineering practice will bechallenged to shift from traditional problem solving and design skills toward more innovativesolutions imbedded in a complex array of social, environmental, cultural, and ethical issues”[29].Unfortunately, there has been a lack of attention to innovation in engineering education [7].Except for capstone projects in their senior year, engineering students are basically trained thatthere is one answer to each problem. Homework and exam problems all have a single correctsolution. Besides the fact that many real-world problems do not have a single answer, many real-world problems are not as well-defined as they are in the classroom
. The fall seminar will consist of social events, lectures, and hands-on activities;final group presentations (topics selected by scholars) will enhance teamwork andcommunication skills.Table 1. PWS First Semester Course Week Topic Week 1 Introduction/Surveys Week 2 Feelings of Belonging & Mindsets Week 3 How People Learn Week 4 Communication in the College Environment Week 5 Project Introduction Week 6 Invited Guest Speaker from local industry Week 7 Metacognition & Study Skills Week 8 Workplace Fundamentals / Project Review Week 9 Mindset & Response to Failure Week 10 Research & Ethics Week 11 Registration & Semester
inareas such as social and ethical considerations of engineering design.Although investigating student epistemology is important, there is still an open question aboutthe kinds of epistemology prevalent in the engineering curriculum itself. It is challenging tocapture in a coherent way the broad multidisciplinary field of engineering. Engineeringknowledge has many elements including “innovation, critical thinking, systems thinking,biology, mathematics, physical sciences, engineering sciences, problem solving, design, analysis,judgment, and communication” which are referred to below as the 2006 agenda elements [2, p.260]. As this list indicates, engineers must approach designs in diverse ways includingtheoretical principles, models, design codes
of California, Davis; Monica Cox,The Ohio State University; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Yvette Pearson, The University ofTexas at Dallas; Donna Riley, University of New Mexico; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Insituteof Technology.This work is supported by NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education andHuman Resources Program (Grant award numbers: 2121326, 2121376, 2121429, and 2121436)and the Lafayette College Excel Scholars program.References[1] American Society of Civil Engineers, “Code of Ethics,” 2020.[2] “DEI Summit | Penn State Engineering.” https://www.engr.psu.edu/equity-inclusion/dei-summit-22.aspx (accessed Feb. 28, 2023).[3] Construction Inclusion Week, “CIW - About,” About Construction Inclusion Week, Feb.27
of a recent study revealed that highacademic rigor and exams were identified as the most common sources of stress amongengineering students [7]. On the other hand, personal stressors such as living away from home,peer pressure, health and financial worries should be taken into account [19]. The researchdiscovered that engineering students experiencing mental health problems are less likely to seeksupport for their mental health issues [20]. Stress and anxiety are prevalent among engineers [21]. This is a result of the nature ofengineering, characterized by its strictness, robustness, and a demanding work ethic [21]. Workpressure can have negative impacts on both physical and mental health of individuals [22].Similar to engineering
, forgiveness, originality, future-mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom. At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation, tolerance, and work ethic” (p. 5).With the conceptualization of this study through positive psychology, we attempt to be able toknow about the positive role the institutions can play to support an overall environment ofwellbeing and thriving for undergraduate engineering students. We argue that if institutions canprovide such an environment, the MHW of engineering undergraduates can be improved to suchan extent that the possibility of ending up with mental problems may be lessened.4
and solve society's problems Cross-disciplinary 12. Acting ethically, respecting everyone involved 13. Lead, work in a multidisciplinary team and manage conflicts 14. Communicate in oral, written, and graphic form 15. Learn and update yourself continuously The method was structured in the third stage to assess and monitor the development ofcurriculum compentecies by the students of the Industrial Engineering Program at UFRGSvia brainstorming sessions led by the EWG. Based on information gathered from the secondstage, the method's structure was evaluated for its feasibility of implementation andalignment with the challenge of education by competencies in engineering
development, and means of measurement,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 42, pp. 1– 23, Feb. 2017, doi: 10.1080/03043797.2017.1287664.[34] B. Wong, “Careers ‘From’ but not ‘in’ science: Why are aspirations to be a scientist challenging for minority ethnic students?,” J. Res. Sci. Teach., vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 979–1002, 2015, doi: 10.1002/tea.21231.[35] K. L. Tonso, “Engineering Identity,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 267–282. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139013451.019.[36] E. McGee and L. Bentley, “The Equity Ethic: Black and Latinx College Students Reengineering Their STEM Careers toward Justice,” Am. J. Educ., vol. 124, no. 1, pp. 1–36
Principles and EnergySystems. Conservation Principles is a foundational chemical engineering course based on the ideas ofmass conservation in simplified industrial processes. This course starts by introducing students to theideas of chemical composition and mass balances. From there, we venture to diagrams of chemicalmixing tanks. As the course progresses, intricacies arise, including reactants or bypasses, multiple intakes,or recycles and purges. Energy systems was an overarching course based on surface-levelenergy-producing engineering processes. The course continued with the ideas of batteries, magnetism,and combustion to the different kinds of electrical systems. Furthermore, as each system was discussed,ethical debates on producing these power
water, sanitation, and the use ofdifferent technologies to manage human excreta and wastewater. Specific objectives ofstudent research projects were: (1) to characterize the performance of wastewatertreatment technologies unique to Brazil that utilized natural and/or anaerobic processes;(2) to quantify the sensitivity and equitability of wastewater surveillance methods; or (3)to study the influence of social and cultural factors on community perceptions of water,sanitation, and wastewater treatment technologies.Pre-departure training. In the weeks leading up to the students’ trip to Brazil, theyparticipated in pre-departure training events, which consisted of the following: 1) Technical engineering workshops (research skills, ethics in
docollectively that acts as preventative maintenance rather than the current position of disastercontrol? What system-wide changes could be identified and implemented that allows contingentfaculty to step into positions with security and a sense of belonging rather than must claw forthese basic needs? Asset-based mentality The conference with contingent faculty also produced a list of what they felt were assetsthey brought to the institutions they serve, but that are either seen as deficits or not seen at all.The two areas that the contingent participants identified as strengths included interpersonal andsocioemotional skills and identity-centered student connection. Latiné/x/a/o faculty spoke totheir work ethic and adaptability which
, Dr. Hughes Miller works to improve diversity in STEM, analyzes the problem of gendered violence, and deconstructs policy representations of bad mothers. She has pub- lished three co-edited books: Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses (Temple, 2017), Bad Mothers: Representations, Regulations and Resistance (Demeter, 2017), and Alliances for Advanc- ing Academic Women: Guidelines for Collaborating in STEM (Sense, 2014). Her current collaborative project is to learn more about the development of STEM students’ ethical identities (NSF, PI=Centeno and Reeves). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
identifying areas ofimprovement within a given system and suggesting opportunities for innovation. Thepromise of many programs is to use ST to evaluate existing knowledge and resourcesrelevant to a particular health systems issue, plan and execute an innovative solution toaddress the issue at hand, evaluate the outcomes of the implementation, and present thesolution to key stakeholders in the host organization engaged in personal self-evaluationand critical reflection [30]. More importantly, the programs promise to deliver“applications of ethical theory to health reform, systems approach to health programmingplanning and evaluation, international comparison of health systems, and an in-depthinvestigation of health sector subsystems or building blocks
Program, a living-learning commu- nity where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 What’s in a Name? General, Interdisciplinary, and Integrated Engineering ProgramsAbstractThis study explored differences and similarities among undergraduate engineering programsnamed general, engineering, interdisciplinary, and integrated. Benchmarking these non-specialtyprograms was conducted using information from course
process named life-cycle assessment. Sylvia Wynter’s articulation and historicaltracing of Man as homo oeconomicus, the overrepresented white Western Bourgeois man fixated onmaterial accumulation, as the present dominant and referent construction (genus) of human being inGlobal Racial Empire gives insight into these death-making distortions [3, 4]. LCAs are highly valued inhomo oeconomicus social infrastructures owing to symbolic life being understood as materialaccumulation. This representation is legitimized through quantification of energy and material flows in LCA.Quantification is used as a data interpretation strategy to remove an emphasis on ethical thinking andfocus on the correctness of a measurement, see Figure 1a. Figure 1a
differences in STEM career aspiration and social-cognitive factors in collectivist and individualist cultures. Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 10(1), 30–45. https://doi.org/10.5929/2020.10.1.3McGee, E., & Bentley, L. (2017). The equity ethic: Black and Latinx college students reengineering their STEM careers toward justice. American Journal of Education, 124(1), 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1086/693954Mendez, S. L., Starkey, K. E., Cooksey, S. E., & Conley, V. M. (2022). Environmental influences on the STEM identity and career intentions of Latinx STEM postdoctoral scholars. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 21(4), 367–385. https://doi.org
attitudes were accompanied familial encouragement.Supportive experiences prompted Anderson to pursue a career linked to his personal interestsand natural skill, developing an affinity for engineering, math, and science. His parentsmaintained a supportive stance on academic achievement and provided invaluableencouragement deemed critical to his success. STEM-related family trips and educational giftswere formative of engineering interest. Family career attitudes and promoted work ethic haveinformed Anderson’s approach to entry and success in engineering.Valuing family advancement encouraged Chris’s engineering selection. The family’s engineeringand medical pedigree provided early exposure to academic challenges and success. Supportingcollege degree
ethnic groups, Hispanic/Latino students suffer low educationalattainment at all levels, e.g. 18% of all Associates, 12% of all Bachelors, 9% of Masters and 7%of Doctorate degrees [1]. The authors describe multiple contributing factors such asfirst-generation students, the Hispanic cultural value for work ethic and contributing income tothe family, distrust of the American education system, aversion to debt, and a focus on survivalrather than success that is socialized in many working-class Latino children due to poverty issuesand low-income levels. Twenty-five years of lower STEM degree completions despite growingenrollment, along with higher education costs, lack of preparedness [2], and not feeling welcomeon campus [3] contribute to the equity
Associate Teaching Professor and the Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Education in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego. In addition to research related to Automata Theory and Computability education, she works on projects that support professionalization pathways for students, including industry internships, TA development, and ethics and communication. Her research and teaching have work has been supported by grants and awards from UC San Diego, NSF, and industry partners.Kristen Vaccaro, University of California San Diego Kristen Vaccaro is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Cali- fornia San Diego, where she is also a member of the Design Lab. Her
approach,instead it could be a solidification of already existing ideas alongside a change in how these ideasare communicated.Public standards within a knowledge generating community are established guiding principles,ideals, and goals which are used to evaluate knowledge, theories, and outcomes [13]. We expectstandards adopted by an EER team could be related to data quality/validation, disciplinary norms,research ethics, stakeholder requirements, or standards specifically applicable to that team. Whilewithin an idealized knowledge generating community, the standards would be shared among allmembers of the team, we anticipate that on EER teams there may be certain standards that are notshared across the team or present in different ways from one
Accreditation Council Training Committee. He was previously a Member-At-Large on the Computing Accreditation Commis- sion Executive Committee and a Program Evaluator for both computer engineering and computer science. Estell is well-known for his significant contributions on streamlining student outcomes assessment pro- cesses and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He was named an ABET Fellow in 2021. Estell is also a founding member and current Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions. Estell is Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University
Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor (emerita) of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford Univer- sity. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Nexus of Entrepreneurship and Innovation–a new construct for looking at the creative contributions of engineering graduatesABSTRACTEngineers are called upon to possess strong analytical and communication skills, exhibitpractical ingenuity, and be creative thinkers, all the while upholding high ethical standards. Inmore recent times they are also expected to be innovative and
alienating students most motivated by the broadersocial aspects of engineering practice in light of research that suggests these aspects may bedisproportionately prioritized by women and minoritized students already underrepresented inengineering [13]–[17].Integrating broader social and technical aspects into engineering courses can be both appealingfor students and effective preparation for their future work. In a study of a senior engineeringcapstone course, Banios [18] found an increase of the amount of broader engineering practices(e.g., need analysis, ethics, risk assessment and analysis, iteration, management, and etc.) in thecapstone course resulted in positive exit comments from students. A follow-up study also provedthat the engineering
Consultants to assist engineering undergraduates with technical reports. She publishes and presents research in two fields: engineering ethics and writing, and literature.Dr. Hyesun You, The University of Iowa Hyesun You, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Before joining UI, Hyesun worked as an assistant professor at Arkansas Tech University. She also previously served as a post-doc fellow at New York University and Michigan State University, where she participated in NSF-funded grant projects. She earned her BS in Chemistry and MS in science education from Yonsei University. Her MEd in quantitative methods and Ph.D. in Science Education at the University of Texas at Austin