, especially, the importance of communication and planning with my peers. The collaborationand participation among my group had to be structured, planned, and dynamic when we researched aboutbio-inspired professional reports. I learned the importance of proactive planning ahead of deadlines andconsistently communicating what my progress was on my research.”“Another skilled learned was teamwork. Teamwork in the project was needed to collaborate all of onesideas to make the best possible outcome. Overall this class taught us all the skills needed to perform bestas an engineer in the field.”“It helped me engage in critical thinking and learn more about how to effectively write summaries afterreading various articles. My approach to problems have changed
theperpetuating a culture of exclusion that is rooted in the “traditional” teaching method.As the engineering profession diversifies, the teaching styles need to diversify along with it.Lewis states that the engineering profession is especially biased towards men. Men teach as ifthey are the holder of information, and are transmitting it to students, whereas women thinkstudents should define their own learning experiences. This includes but is not limited toquestions, evaluations of success and teaching styles [10]. Women are also more likely to investtime into planning their courses and designing active learning opportunities which allow studentsto participate and engage in the course material and prioritize higher order thinking skills [11].This is
- neering Education and Future Professoriate. MiguelAndr´es’s research includes sustainable infrastructure design and planning, smart and resilient cities, and the development of engineers who not only have strong technical and practical knowledge but the social awareness and agency to address global humanitarian, environmental, and social justice challenges. For him, social justice is a concept that should always be involved in discussions on infrastructure. Related to STEM education, Miguel Andr´es is in developing and applying contemporary pedagogies for STEM courses, teaching empathy studies in engineering as a tool for innovation, and assessing engineering students’ agency to address climate change. Currently
and Environmental Planning, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA.3 Assistant Professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Casilla Postal 17-1200-841, Quito 170901, Ecuador.* Correspondence: Miguel Andrés Guerra, MAGuerra@usfq.edu.ecAbstractWithin education, one of the main challenges is to quantify student learning; Traditionalexams are one of the most used methods in construction majors to try to measure theknowledge acquired by students in a specific subject related to the careers of civil engineerand architecture, however the results obtained by these exams can be affected by the stressand anxiety levels of the students at the time of take an exam, reduce
these branches and leaves are also the most influenced by thesurrounding environment and climate of the outside world.Characterizing engineering research culture using this analogy helps center the interconnectednature of engineering research culture from the unspoken directives in the root system, all theway to the outcomes of research work.Future WorkFollowing this exploration of literature, I plan to develop an in-depth scoping literature review tobetter understand the academic landscape surrounding engineering research culture, guided bythe research question listed above. In the following literature review, I hope to better define andbuild out the broad cultural factors that guide engineering research, and how they are reflected inthe
and Information Access. These themes fitexisting theories about transfer student success, such as Laanan’s Transfer Student CapitalTheory (Laanan et al., 2010). When students are provided with the skills and tools they need,they thrive in engineering programs and transfer at higher rates. I did not find many paperswhich focused specifically on working or caretaking students, but several papers consideredthese groups. Planning for the success of these students involves some special considerations,which I discuss below. For many engineering transfer students, forming a strong community at school can bechallenging due to external commitments. Formal mentorship programs can help these studentsform a strong engineering identity while
a member as well as a leader on technical teams.These criteria appear simple and straightforward but they describe a wide range of skills. Forexample SO-1 describes competence on the body of knowledge (BOK), correct application oftechniques or methods, and use of appropriate tools of STEM to solve discipline-specificproblems. Competency in any of the five (5) student outcomes is developed gradually in aprogram through introductory lectures, experiential learning in laboratory sessions, followed upand reinforced in mid-level courses and finally mastery level skills that are taught at the highestcourse levels of the program.Table 1 presents a generalized assessment plan for any four year ET program. Here wedeconstruct each of the five
manufacture. Theproject work attempts to bridge the gap between the virtual skill set and understandingengineering requirements while at the same time making the class more engaging and fun.Desired Learning OutcomesWith the ability to have students work in the Baxter Innovation Lab, the CLC EngineeringGraphics lesson plans were re-evaluated with the following desired learning outcomes in mind: • Analyze the engineering functions of existing products. • Create functional description of the design intent, including design objectives and constraints. • Display competency and safe practices using essential shop equipment • Apply sketching, 3D solid modeling, and CAD drawing skills to convey design ideas effectively
outline clear Designers provide a address their next steps. next steps in the design complete plan for next The description may process such as steps including specific include some discussion expanding testing of the tests they want to run,Next Steps on whether there will be prototype with users or stakeholders they need to additional tests or a how they will implement get feedback from, and general plan for the solution. plans for implementation. implementation. Designers generally Designers organize their Designers organization organize
." "Overall the biggest issue was a lack of time. We recommend that more time should be given for the final project to allow time for planning and redirecting the experiment if something doesn't go as planned." "It was hard to use our time productively when we were waiting on material or devices needed to move forward with our project." "It also was difficult to gather the last data points while over [Thanksgiving] break and finalize the presentation when we were all off campus." "Not only was the ordering process rushed and on a strict timeline to ensure experimentation was possible, but there were a lot of things that would have been beneficial if completed/planned before the first section
studying or doing homework earlier on, to spread out homework, and towork on tasks step by step. Students discovered that having a planner to plan and to organizetheir schedule strategically was very helpful. Furthermore, adequate amount of sleep, allowing 6time for self-care, and limiting social media and cellphone use by placing it out of reach, werecrucial in helping to study more effectively.Social ChangesStudent interviewees acknowledged the social changes they implemented to aid their success.First, they started forming new relationships with their fellow students in STEM. Beyond that,students said they broadened their networks by joining clubs on campus, which supported theformation of new
, concise questionnaires need to be employed in training program evaluation to obtain appropriate insights of actual substance to future program teaching gamification.For future work, student surveying of a larger sample group by utilizing the methodologyproposed in this work is planned. Actual feedback from a student group will be used todetermine the weaknesses and potential areas for improvement for the evaluated courses, aidingin determining the key Core Drives of concern for subsequent teaching program gamification.After the surveying procedure is concluded and student feedback is gathered, a selection ofcontext-appropriate gamification mechanics and elements needs to be performed for subsequenttraining program gamification. In
as an academic plan [21]. However, to assess student learning during theirundergraduate studies, we decided to incorporate the concept of quality as transformation.Using a transformation view to promote quality enhancement in our quality assurance modeldoes not only have the purpose of evaluating students’ advancement during their academictrajectory, but also of improving or boosting their advancement when necessary. What wepresent in this section is the students’ learning assessment element from our holistic qualityassurance model. For purposes of this paper, we will call the beforementioned evaluationsection as “learning outcomes enhancement cycle”.Quality as transformation. Harvey & Green explain that “the transformative view of
system is necessary. The authors have used several 6-hourtable-top simulations to teach process improvement and engineering courses at Northeastern,George Washington, and Loyola Marymount universities. The pandemic forced a naturalexperiment. On-line versions of the simulations were created in commercially available softwarewhich recreated the experience of the in-person simulations directly, with almost all actions,lessons, discussion and planning sessions preserved. More than 120 students participated in theon-line simulations in 2020 and 2021. Before and after the pandemic (and during it, in hybridclasses), a large “control” group of students participated in the in-person simulations. Extensivedata was collected including self-reported
in the Zoom classrooms. These efforts have been hampered byequipment difficulties. The experiences described in this paper will be applied to help withcourses taught by other faculty members.Current PracticeIn current practice, two sections of each class are listed; one on the Fort Campbell campus eight-week schedule and one on the main campus. The main campus listing is for a half-semesterwhich corresponds to the eight weeks of the satellite campus schedule. This does lead to somedifficulties, as the two terms do not mesh well together. For example, during the first eightweeks of the spring semester, the final exam is scheduled during the spring break on the primarycampus. Students with spring break plans must request and be granted an
operations, to plan andreview operations to be carried out throughout CUNY.Project Approach and Activities 1992-2018The NYC Louis Stokes Alliance at the City University of New York was one of the programsthat ensured the university-wide maintenance of a significant pool of underrepresented minorities(URM) in the STEM disciplines graduating with BS/BA degrees. The CollaborativeInfrastructure at CUNY allowed for the adaptation and adoption of best practices in educationalpedagogy and cutting-edge STEM research. The City University of New York graduated outputrose from 274 in 1994 to 1,529 URM with BA/BS degrees in 2018 at the end of Phase 5 (Phase1-5, 1992 to 2018). The 2018 graduation numbers show an increase over the previous year of1,392. From 2011
]. The three courses include: Climate Corps, which focuses onmitigation and adaptation policies; Brownfields Corps, which explores remediation andredevelopment of contaminated sites; and Stormwater Corps, which addresses issues ofstormwater management. Each of these courses is meant to assist towns and organizations in atailored manner with their respective environmental challenges. Many small municipalities orcommunity organizations lack the time, expertise, or financial resources to tackle environmentalissues on their own; students, with the guidance of their instructors, help fill that capacity gap[9]–[11]. Project Local students are generally either educated in the skills of consultants, whereinthey help communities plan projects that the
the study. Finally, a shortreflection on the results and plans for implementation will be discussed.Vision for the 2013 curriculumThe previous revision was primarily started to achieve two improvements. The first one was adecrease in the average study duration (at that time almost five years for the three-yearbachelor programme). The second one was to deal with a new requirement for first-yearstudents that banned them from access to further education if they did not at least achieve75% of the credits for that year. This is called “bindend studie advies” (BSA) in Dutch. The2013 curriculum took inspiration from the design spiral to show students and lecturers howeach element is connected and knowledge deepens with each passing year. Also, each
includes three mandatory co-op work experiencesthat alternate with the academic semesters after a student completes their second year. The firstsemester of the Capstone project is in the second half of a student’s third year during the Summersemester, and the second semester of the project is in the first half of their fourth year during theSpring semester.The Engineering Capstone course objectives are for engineering seniors, operating in designteams, to apply principles of the design process to create a product or process to meet the needs ofa customer. Projects may originate in industry, as a contest sponsored by a professional society, orin other venues. The design team, with the guidance of a faculty advisor, must plan, direct,conduct, and
at a level not seensince the Vietnam War era. Most of these veterans use the Post-9/11 GI Bill, an educationalassistance plan for eligible veterans, but many more programs are available to veterans andactive duty military members. This paper presents an overview of many of these educationassistance programs available to this growing population. With no end date for the Post-9/11 GIBill and the demand for engineering degrees in an increasingly technical job market, largenumbers of veterans will continue to enroll in higher education institutions. Likewise, active dutymilitary members will be part of the engineering education landscape to support the currentdemand for technical expertise in the military. Every student has different needs and
Professoriate. MiguelAndr´es’s research includes sustainable infrastructure design and planning, smart and resilient cities, and the development of engineers who not only have strong technical and practical knowledge but the social awareness and agency to address global humanitarian, environmental, and social justice challenges. For him, social justice is a concept that should always be involved in discussions on infrastructure. Related to STEM education, Miguel Andr´es is in developing and applying contemporary pedagogies for STEM courses, teaching empathy studies in engineering as a tool for innovation, and assessing engineering students’ agency to address climate change. Currently, MiguelAndr´es is validating his
Repair Guide provide leadership, create a Project 4: Presentation collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectivesAs summarized in previous studies in 2004, 2021, EC has historically been accomplished inengineering curricula in ways that accommodated historical curricular priorities, faculty interestand expertise, and the constraints of credit-hour loads and time-to-degree completion rates.Crucially, both foregoing studies were developed from pre-COVID-19 institutional data,suggesting that now is the time to restructure our approach to teaching EC, as ‘mindset’developing initiatives gain momentum [3-4] and students themselves express a desire for coursecontent that more closely matches the
employment with host companies upon completion of the 19-weektraining and apprenticeship program.In its first year, the program received over 400 applications for 21 available positions, hosted bythree cybersecurity companies and a county government. 43% of the cohort identify as female,and veterans represent 19% of trainees. Underrepresented population groups in STEM compriseover 90% of this cohort. One company, in particular, saw the immediate impact of their trainees,offering full time employment to their entire cohort, with plans to potentially double the cohortsize in 2023. Feedback from the trainees has been equally enthusiastic; one of them says: “Beingone of the twenty-one people selected out of four-hundred (...) was nothing short of
4.3 Code core linear algebra concepts in MATLAB with autograder incorporated 12 4.3.1 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4 Establish application projects in MATLAB Grader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Assessment 15 5.1 Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.2 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Conclusion and Future Plan 187 Acknowledgements
questions were: § Here’s our plan – to ensure that infrastructure education ensures that students consider the long-term impact, negative or positive, that their decisions as future engineers have. This will be organized/facilitated by the CIT-E Community of Practice. What capacity is needed in a Community of Practice to make this happen? § What do you see as the biggest single barrier to change in higher education? § What is the biggest key to success in making change in higher education? o Do you have any examples? § We are considering community of transformation/community of practice as our ‘theory of change’ – what do you think? § What traps might we fall into with regard to change theory in
effective participation. TCU students and faculty may encounter imposter syndrome. Individuals at TCU’s may incorrectly conclude that their institution’s smaller scale and scope precludes participation in major research initiatives. Make a clear plan on how the TCU can best participate and what it is looking for in the partnership. Check in frequently and share feedback early and often with all members involved. Do not ignore cultural norms or traditions because the RU culture doesn’t account for it. These are teaching moments and they should be celebrated, not shrouded.• Foster trust outside of TCUs. Historic trauma and/or a fear of ‘saying the wrong thing’ have the potential to limit the free exchange of ideas. Pair up
program began.This overall increase (from 50% to 72%) in the comparison group is likely due to programmaticchanges that are synergistic with this program’s goals, including redesigning the first- andsecond-year seminars and adding mid-semester intervention for first- and second-year students.The retention rates in Figure 1 also project preliminary graduation results. Although both cohortsare not yet expected to have graduated, the majority of students (12 out of 18) are on track to doso within the next year or shortly thereafter, which conforms to a 4- to 5-year time to graduation.In fact, three students have graduated early (within 3.5 years), which already gives a resultinggraduation rate of 33% for the first cohort. A fourth student also plans
operative units of the competencies. These learning outcomesexplicitly define what a student is expected to know, understand, demonstrate, or accomplishby the end of a learning period [11] - [14]. According to Williams [15], defining the learningoutcomes for an engineering undergraduate program is the critical first step in revising thecurriculum, developing courses, and creating an assessment plan. Learning outcomes can be used by faculty to assess students' learning progress throughoutthe program and should be defined for each competence. Evaluation rubrics have beenadopted to measure the various levels of competence development. Rubrics are valuable toolsin student assessment and help indicate students' learning level for the learning
allows us to consciously chooseclean power while maintaining the lifestyle that we rely on. EvaEnergia plans to build two new plants surrounding Sao Paulo that will ultimately produce 19 MW ofenergy using residents' waste. This company was a major proponent in recognizing the current habits wehave and striving to create clean energy from them.Prio Petrol Rio, or Prio for short, was a premier Brazilian oil company based out of Rio de Janeiro. Arelatively new company, they are based around bringing sustainability to an unlikely industry, fossil fuels.Brazil has a massive oil field off the southern coast, with oil tycoons like Shell and Chevron owningdrilling sites. Prio’s primary business model is buying old or failed wells from these
responsible for selecting a real-life project, planning andmilestone identification, implementation of the work, written project specification, oralpresentation, and a final written report. The capstone project is so comprehensive in nature that itprovides the faculty to assess a wide range of student learning that is directly related to studentoutcomes of the ABET requirement. In addition, the students also work as a team to accomplishthe goal of the class. In order to attain the program educational objectives (PEO), five StudentOutcomes (SO) are set. Capstone Design class hosts the student outcome criterion 5 whichdemonstrates the students’ ability to work in a team. Three performance indicators(communication, fulfilling responsibilities, listening