understand students’experience of the integration of the engineering and liberal arts, which is a focus of the ASEE LEESdivision.Rationale and BackgroundIn the pursuit of promoting the integration of the liberal arts and engineering, a voice that is often missingis of the students who are actually experiencing the convergence of the two during their collegeeducation. Framing engineering as a humanistic vocation which can be a notable function of a liberal artseducation, has the potential to develop and sustain pro-social beliefs among students and also contributeto their holistic formation as individuals and professionals.There have been voices predicting that engineering will be the liberal arts of the 21st century given theincrease in technology
Paper ID #37390Design of a Unique Industry-Oriented Project-Based Capstone Course forEngineering Technical ManagersDr. Wei Lu, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Lu is the Assistant Director of Curriculum in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on Higher Education, instruc- tional design, community engagement & service-learning, eLearning & distance learning technology, K-12 (STEM) Education, Communications, Marketing, and Social Economics. She has been involved in several projects that collaborate with non-profit organizations like
Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. Rubaya now is a Ph.D. student at Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering and Teaching/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and resilient infrastructure, Engineering Education, and Sustainable transportation system.Mr. Mohamed Elzomor P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International
challenges with multicultural stakeholders is recognized as vitalto the EM domain for effectively operating within the global economy.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) program search engine yieldsfifteen current accredited EM undergraduate programs in the United States and its territories withanother twelve international programs [3]. ABET requires forty-five semester credit hours inEngineering Topics (ET) and another 30 semester hours of Math and Basic Sciences [3] whichcan stress a student’s ability to stay on the four-year graduation track. The study-abroad,broadening experience represents the additional layer of value for the student pursuing the EMdegree yet must be carefully administered in the context of achieving
computational thinking. Analysis of pilot data gatheredfrom five sections of a life science course in a northeastern U.S. urban high school during the2022-2023 academic academic year will inform the next iteration of the module.Background and MotivationThe thought processes associated with formulating problems and solutions such that they can beefficiently and effectively carried out by both machine (i.e., computer) and human is known ascomputational thinking (CT) [1]. While the construct of computational thinking originated incomputer science, CT practices like abstraction, pattern recognition, and modeling arerecognized to be incorporated in all science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)disciplines [2], [3] and have revolutionized how
ProjectNumber FHWA-PROJ-21-0045. The opinions expressed herein represent those of the authorsand not necessarily those of the sponsors.References[1] J. D. Bransford, R. D. Sherwood, T. S. Hasselbring, C. K. Kinzer and S. M. Williams, "Anchored Instruction: Why We Need It and How Technology Can Help," Cognition, Education, and Multimedia, vol. 12, 1990.[2] Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Research Initiatives in Support of Structural Engineering Programs, Washington, DC: Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 2020, p. 36.[3] K. Dong, S. M. Francis and B. A. Perkins, "Practitioner and Academic Surveys + Engineering Education: A Blended Observation of Student Prepardness," Proceedings American Society for Engineering
numerous teacher awards including Early Excellence in Teaching, Innovation in Teaching, and Honored Instructor. His kind nature and consideration brings connection, community, and ongoing mentorship for his students.Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin - Madison Michael is an artist and musician masquerading as an academic, honored with the opportunity to research and design educational technologies that engage the body and the mind to make learning fun and produc- tive.Arushi Renschler Pandey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arushi is a 4th year undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include how engineering students use metaphor and imagery when mechanically
-optics, including plasmonics, nanofabrication, computational modeling, photonic crystals, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An optimization model for assigning students to multidisciplinary teams by considering preferences and skillsAbstractProject-based learning has become popular and prevalent across higher education. Additionally,the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology also emphasizes the ability to function inmultidisciplinary teams. These educational practices have resulted in the implementation ofteam-based projects throughout engineering curriculums. Team formation, however, is not atrivial process and occasionally
seminarsinfluenced a student’s study skills or their use of library technology. The answer was not verymuch – in fact, they found that 22% of first year engineering students had never used the library[7]. Engineering graduate students' needs tend to be quite different from their undergraduatecounterparts. Many graduate programs assume students enter the program with foundationalinformation literacy knowledge obtained during their undergraduate programs. However, this isat odds with our understanding of theory-heavy undergraduate programs. Previous research ongraduate student populations indicates that confidence in their information literacy skills is high,but this confidence may not translate into practical skills [8]. A survey of Electrical
visible to the range of stakeholdersbeyond the students we support in the classroom to ensure its continuation.References[1] Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology. “Criteria for accrediting engineeringprograms, 2019-2020.” [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2019-2020/# [accessed February 10,2023].[2] Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology, “The value of accreditation: How ABEThelps STEM programs adapt to industry’s evolving needs,” An ABET Issue Brief, Spring 2020.[Online] Available: https://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ABET-Issue-Brief-The-Value-of-Accreditation.pdf [accessed February 10, 2023].[3] L. Landry, “Six business skills
Paper ID #37132Cultivating Sustainable Infrastructure Project Delivery throughIntegrated Design and Envision-Rating System within ConstructionEducationMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. At present, Rubaya is a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Civil and Environmental
,who, within their respective areas of competence, is responsible for executing the tasks orworks referred to in the General Law on Urbanism and Construction and the presentordinance" [3].In general, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees experiencesignificant early-stage dropout due to several factors: course failure, for example, in subjectsincluding physics and mathematics [4]; a low perceived importance of these courses forengineering [5-6]; a general perception of an excessive workload in engineering courses [7];and the modality of the course in question, including asynchronous online courses [8], amongothers.Related literature reports that remedial courses are used to address bottlenecks and students'delayed
Paper ID #37701Measuring Systems Thinking Using Stealth AssessmentIng. Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida Andrea is a doctoral student at the University of Florida specializing in Educational Technology within the Curriculum and Instruction program. She has a master’s degree in Education and ICT and a bachelor’s degree in Software Systems Engineering. Andrea has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses for the past thirteen years covering topics such as algorithms, process engineering, instructional design, and applications of technology in education. Her research interests include understanding the
and criteria for success.Grand Challenges of Engineering in Addressing Air Quality:Air quality is a critical issue facing the world today, with numerous sources of pollutioncontributing to poor air quality in many regions. This problem affects human health, theenvironment, and the economy, and it requires a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach tobe addressed effectively.1,2,3,4 Engineering has a key role to play in addressing air quality, asengineers are involved in the design, development, and implementation of technologies andsystems to improve air quality23. The grand challenges of engineering24 in addressing air quality,including the need for new technologies to measure and monitor air quality, the development ofeffective
formation of the scientific image and allows for a wide audience to understand complexideas easily. Of course, technical communication is complicated among all majors, but thisresearch focuses on engineering [1]. Generally, scientific language is not simple, so it is essentialto promote a new way of learning in education where all those topics related to science can relateto means that promote the social appropriation of knowledge. The importance of the study lies inthe fact that the use of novel pedagogy increases students' engagement with the subject andtherefore maximizes learning while teaching students to improve their communication skills [2],[3].Teaching and learning through communication technologies have become something new incurrent
during the pandemic. In addition, the interviewees noted uncertain prospect of the industry as one of the crises theywere facing. Industrial transformation and technological upgrading that threaten traditionalindustries, as well as the slowing down economy due to the Covid pandemic, caused anxietiesamong early career engineers about their job security.Crises resulted from personal strugglesThis dimension mainly illustrates the incompatibility with work that resulted from early careerengineers’ own physical and psychological reactions, including physical repulsion, grievance, andself-confusion. First, some early career engineers noted their physical repulsion at the work environment. Forexample, a process development engineer said
Paper ID #39144Pedagogical Workshops for Interdisciplinary Trading Zones with Facultyand Students: Insights from an Engineering-focused UniversityDr. Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines Elizabeth Reddy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering, Design and Society at Col- orado School of Mines. Reddy is a cultural anthropologist and science and technology studies scholar and Associate Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Science program.Courtney Van KirkMarie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines Marie is currently an Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines in the Department of
, engineering education, diffusion of innovation, panel logit model(Poster, Work in Progress) IntroductionWorkforce projections indicate that opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) fields will grow considerably in upcoming years (BLS, 2014). Engineeringfields in particular are experiencing a shortage of qualified workers in spite of being high paidpositions compared to many professions. There is a concern that this shortage is in part due to apipeline crisis within the educational field. Specifically, review of higher education retentiondata highlight that post-secondary institutions are not recruiting and graduating a sufficientnumber of high-quality students to fill STEM
Paper ID #40807WIP: Utilizing MATLAB in Combination with Lego Mindstorm EV3 Kits foraFirst-year Engineering CourseChristopher Daniel Winfrey I am an instructor and current Ph.D. candidate at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) studying computational science. I also received both Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology and Master of Science in Professional Science degrees from MTSU. My primary research focuses on the application of machine learning and simulation software to analyze traffic within the state of Tennessee, identify problematic areas, and propose intelligent solutions such as signal retiming via
Technologies (BDCAT2022). She also served as the local arrangement chair for IEEE CLUSTER 2021. She was the guest editor for Special Issue on Integration of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics, Software: Practice and Experience (Wiley Press). In addition, she has served on the technical program committee for a number of conferences, and as reviewer for various journals.Dr. Kristin Lesseig ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Integrating Internet of Things into Mechatronics to Prepare Mechanical Engineering Students for Industry 4.0AbstractThe Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can enable products to become smarter through sensingtheir environment, analyzing lots of data
the mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students.Dr. Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland College Park Received a BS in physics from MIT and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Penn- sylvania. Worked at Link¨oping University in Sweden and then Risø National Laboratory in Denmark as a research scientist before joining Santa Fe Science and Technology as the Vice President for Research
Paper ID #39593Development of Lean Six Sigma Competencies through Guided LearningSequencesDr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Dr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez is professor – consultant in the Science Department in Tecnologico de Mon- terrey, Puebla campus. He studied a PhD in Financial Science in EGADE Business School (2016), a MSc in Industrial Engineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2011), and a BEng in Industrial and Systems En- gineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2006). Dr. Sayeg-S´anchez has more than 11 years of experience in teaching statistics, mathematics, and operations research; and more
through thisreport, they can provide insight into the design of a software capstone project to aspiringengineers and soon-to-be senior engineering students.Skincare has become an increasingly popular industry with a global reach in the e-commercespace. With a saturated skincare industry, companies have developed technology to customizerecommendations but provide limited and potentially biased choices. Currently, the industrylacks an all-inclusive application that generates user-customized recommendations to allowconsumers to focus on suitable products. Hence, the project seeks to fill this gap by building aweb application that helps all users find skincare products tailored to their needs and skinconditions via a multi-part recommendation
Paper ID #39532Board 42: WIP: Reflections on teaching an engineering course throughmurder mysteriesKrishna Kumar, University of Texas at Austin Krishna Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Civil, Architecture, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Krishna completed his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2015 on multi-scale multiphase modeling of granular flows and was supervised by Professor Kenichi Soga. Krishna’s research interest spans high-performance computing, numerical modeling, and explainable AI of natural hazards. He has developed massively parallel micro-/macro-scale numerical
attended seminars in Spring 2023.To date, 11 seminars have been conducted or planned. The paper authors have each given aseminar in their area of expertise (material engineering and structural design). External speakersfrom the Texas Department of Transportation, US Army Corps of Engineers, National Instituteof Standards and Technology, and ASTM have discussed the use of standards in governmentagencies from the state to the international level. Industry speakers have addressed the use ofstandards in a range of engineering applications, and one additional TAMUK faculty memberhas discussed supply chain standards for business. Spring 2023 included two speakers withexperience either developing a new standard or working in applications where standards
students, thus always being creative with the teaching methods in the classroom.Dr. Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina, Upstate Ona Egbue is an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She received her PhD from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include socio-technical system analysis, critical infrastructure re- silience, modeling of energy systems, decision making for complex systems, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Role of Feedback in Enhancing Students’ Learning Experience: An Evaluation of Student Perspectives
Paper ID #40316A Comparison of ABET Assessment InstrumentsDr. Celeste Chavis, Morgan State University Celeste Chavis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Studies and the Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. She is a registered professional engineer in the State of Maryland.Dr. Petronella A. James, Morgan State University Dr. Petronella James is a faculty member at Morgan State University in both the Electrical Engineering and Transportation departments. Dr. James has experience in
Paper ID #39226A Framework for the Development of Online Virtual Labs for EngineeringEducationDr. Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia Genisson Silva Coutinho is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Brazil. Genisson earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. His specialties are engineering education research, ed- ucational innovation, laboratory education, product design and development, finite element analysis, ex- perimental stress analysis, product
. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Mr. Brooks Michael Leftwich, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brooks M. Leftwich of Lewisburg, TN is currently a Graduate Assistant in the College of Engineering at Purdue University pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engi- neering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2020). Before joining Purdue, Leftwich spent six months as an English Teaching Assistant in Yunlin County, Taiwan with the Fulbright Program
Informatics programs at various public and private universities with more than 15 years of administra- tive experience as a chair/program director and 25 years of teaching, research, service, and industrial experiences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Relationship between mindset and grit on undergraduate engineering student retentionIntroductionThe Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that employment in STEM occupations has grown79% since 1990, from 9.7 million to 17.3 million in 2018. Forty-five percent of STEMemployment is from information technology (IT) and 19% is related to engineering [1]. Theworkforce in IT and engineering is predominantly male