Practical Wisdom (phronesis) is the integrated virtue, developed through experience and critical reflection, which enables us to perceive, know, desire and act with good sense. This includes discerning, deliberative action in situations where virtues collide. Flourishing Individuals and Society Figure 1: Adapted from The Jubilee Framework of the Building Blocks of Character [15].In the context of engineering education, a few publications have previously leveraged the JubileeFramework [3], [4], [30] – [31]. These character virtues can be mapped to the seven ABETstudent outcomes further clarifying their applicability in engineering (Table 1). Multiple virtuesmay map to multiple ABET outcomes and there is room
student success andretention. Recognizing the importance to retention of identity as an engineering student andfuture engineering professional, academic success (especially in math), and building a supportnetwork within the engineering community, the program attempts to assist first-year studentstransitioning from high school to a college engineering education environment. This paperspecifically focuses on the experiences of early-career engineering educators who participated inthe Engineering Connect program. It highlights the benefits they gained from the program, suchas improvements in their teaching, research, and service activities, as well as the challenges theyfaced while implementing the program in their coursework.1.1. Engineering
engineering/ STEM faculties.The project will benefit the larger Higher Education Community through dedicated workshopsand publications on the effectiveness of student choices in assignments as a student involvementstrategy in large-class STEM courses. Lessons learned from implementing and evaluating theeffectiveness of student choice in course activities will be shared.Moreover, this study and any associated professional development workshops may showcasestudent involvement strategies to instructors teaching engineering and other STEM courses.References[1] A. W. Astin, “Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education.” Journal of College Student Development, vol. 40, pp. 518–529, 1999.[2] M. Muñoz, C. Martínez, C. Cárdenas, and
one step beyond the well-known STEM to acknowledge the importance of integrating the arts and humanities into more analytical coursework such as that found within engineering. Art can be incorporated through pieces, process, and movements. Explain how participating in the newly developed curriculum incorporated STEAM (specifically, the arts), and lessons learned relevant to STEAM (specifically, the arts). Open-Ended Reflection Question C (Connect to Real World): What skills did you learn? Please consider both professional skills (e.g., communication, collaboration, etc…) and context specific skills (e.g., topic area). Why are these skills important for engineers in the real world?Insert 2. Reflection Prompts used for the study.3.4 Data
AbstractLatinx undergraduate students attending Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), where most of theschool’s undergraduate population comes from similar cultural and linguistic backgrounds, arelooking to belong, persist, and successfully complete rigorous STEM-based educational andacademic programs. HSIs have a unique opportunity to utilize their institutional practices andpersonnel to support and promote student success through culturally relevant pedagogy centeredon Latinx cultural wealth. HSIs work with STEM academic programs to increase enrollment andacademic preparedness through rigorous coursework, however, Latinx students need additionalcommunity support to feel a sense of belonging to fully develop their STEM identities. Latinxstudents find
engineering may be presented to 1st-year students and how careerplanning might be better positioned for future engineers.BackgroundThe South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a public engineering-focused university inRapid City, South Dakota. One of the largest engineering undergraduate programs at SouthDakota Mines is mechanical engineering (ME). According to the ME department, theundergraduate program “offers a premier project-based engineering design curriculum andprovides [the] graduates with superior educational experience through teaching and learning,research and development, and service & social responsibility” [1].Many engineering students are attracted to the automotive industry due to its continuedexcellence in innovation. The
the threat of the different strains of the Covid-19 virus hasreduced and consequently, a large number of institutions have reverted to in-person modes ofinstruction that prevailed prior to the start of the pandemic (e.g. [2], [3]). The near-totalsuspension of HyFlex instruction has been met with little protest in the academic community,with only a handful of researchers speaking in its favor (e.g. [4]–[6]). In this paper, we align our voices in support of HyFlex learning, arguing that theCovid-19 pandemic taught us the valuable lesson that HyFlex learning options should alwayshave a place in education, as we particularly make a case for our field of design engineeringeducation. Through empirical research consisting of semi-structured
support.Evidence-based best practices should be developed, which enable industry mentors to supportstudents while fulfilling their goals and motivations for participating in capstone programs.Moreover, capstone instructors should consider developing interventions that help students feelsupported by their teammates through alignment in expectations, expertise, and communication.Preparedness and design self-efficacy also emerged as being significant in influencing students’perceptions of what they thought they learned about engineering design and adaptability. Thishas multiple implications for instructors. The first is to ensure that students feel technicallysupported throughout the capstone by having the appropriate educational resources and help
improvementstrategy may already be in use and examine through a linguistic and cultural lens the rhetoricalstrategies instructional faculty use to communicate technical concepts to students with the hopethat we can increase utilization of these strategies to benefit students and simplifyrecommendations for instructional faculty who are striving to be compliant with ABET and otheraccreditation bodies and manage their workload within realistic constraints put on educationalinstitutions.Purpose: We believe that by explicitly articulating the applications of coursework to society,learning objectives to social service, and faculty commitment to advocacy for equitable practicesin engineering education and practice we can lay a foundation for a learning space
Paper ID #37662Stifle or Support: Academic Culture and Engineering Ethics Education[Full Research Paper]Dr. Madeline Polmear, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Madeline Polmear is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie, EUTOPIA Science & Innovation Cofund Fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Her research interests relate to engineering ethics education and the development of societal responsibility and professional competence through formal and informal learning. Madeline received her Bachelors in environmental engineering, Masters in civil engineering, and PhD in civil engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Paper ID #36778Conceptualizing Social Justice in Civil Engineering and Professors’Perspective: A Systematic Literature ReviewMs. Tomeka Carroll, University of Virginia Tomeka Carroll is a Ph.D. Fellow in the school of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She is also a Research Assistant with the Behavioral Research at Darden (BRAD Lab). Her research interest revolve around JEDI in engineering education, circular economy and behavior change, as well adaptive reuse and sustainability. Tomeka received her BA in Spanish from Spelman College and attended graduate school at McDonough School of Business
present interests include structural dynamics, struc- tural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Cornwell has received an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992, and the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher award at Rose-Hulman in 2000 and the Rose-Hulman Board of Trustee’s Outstanding Scholar Award in 2001. He was one of the developers of the Rose-Hulman Sophomore Engineering Curriculum, the Dynamics Concept Inven- tory, and he is a co-author of Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, by Beer, Johnston, Cornwell, and Self. In 2019 Dr. Cornwell received the Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award from the Mechanics Division of ASEE. ©American Society for
the perspective of work asactivity systems and framed this study based on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT),which has been recognized as a robust and holistic theory for the study of work and technology[8], [9], [10]. It is through activities that we create, innovate, and accomplish our goals in work.Also, through activities we develop and maintain our organizations, systems, communities, andsocieties [8].Many studies of technology and work have focused on novel contexts of work, such asinnovation and disruption [6], [11]. Against this trend in work studies, Russell and Vinsel [12]advocated for more attention to the workers and work in routine maintenance jobs that are farmore prevalent in societies around the world. They claimed
students from underrepresentedpopulations face in engineering learning spaces. Having these discussions during lecture or in thecontext of the course can also address the issue of stereotype threat [4] faced by certain culturalstudent groups, which is known to impact student success. Further, intentionally incorporatingthese exercises into the course design communicates to students a strong desire to create aninclusive learning environment. Walden et al. recommended based on research that for creatingan inclusive atmosphere for diversity and equity within engineering education, it is important tohave a positive academic culture for people from excluded identity groups [5]. Additionally,diversity, equity and inclusion within engineering education
research and experiences in the Mechanical Engineering Department atOhio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology that identified‘professionalizing’ engineering education as an approach worth further investigation tosignificantly change the learning and professional development of engineering students. Ourapproach, which has been branded Pro-op education, involves prioritizing (and leading with)development of Professional Attitudes, Behaviors and Competencies (Pro-ABCs) as foundationalskills, and interweaving traditional coursework with small but significant professionalexperiences designed to emphasize aspects of the U.S Department of Labor’s engineeringcompetency model (primarily personal and workplace effectiveness). The
the City College Black Male Leadership and Mentoring Program and has taught courses in Black Studies and Chemistry at the City College. At the NYC Alliance, he oversaw the day- to-day operation of the NYC Alliance programming across the 18 participating campuses at the City University of New York for 20 years. Dr. Brathwaite began his college education at Hostos Community College, received his BS in Chemistry from the City College of New York and his Ph.D. in Organic Chem- istry from the Graduate Center of CUNY. He served as a Chancellors Fellow, and conducted additional postdoctoral training at Weill Cornell in the Division of Molecular Medicine. ©American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #37665’It Gives Me a Bit of Anxiety’: Civil and Architectural EngineeringStudents’ Emotions Related to Their Future Responsibility as EngineersDr. Madeline Polmear, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Madeline Polmear is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie, EUTOPIA Science & Innovation Cofund Fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Her research interests relate to engineering ethics education and the development of societal responsibility and professional competence through formal and informal learning. Madeline received her Bachelors in environmental engineering, Masters in civil engineering, and PhD in civil
fortrailblazing undergraduates. The CIRCUIT program involves multilevel mentoring by providing aneeded community for trailblazing graduate students as they support each other in their work withCIRCUIT and as they progress in their individual graduate journeys 42 .TA mentorship guides the students through the technical aspects of their projects, and also servesas representation that students may never ordinarily see in their undergraduate studies. It is knownthat students with a strong sense of scientific identity are more likely to persist within STEM 4 .This TA representation, in part, allows CIRCUIT fellows to build their scientific identity by seeingthemselves as scientists and engineers. TAs serve as existence proofs; showing CIRCUIT fellowsthat
for queer folks, women, and people of color, through empowerment, collaboration, and co-development for a more equitable world. Shannon is also a Senior Graduate Facilitator and Lab Manager with the Center for Socially Engaged Design.Dr. Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is the Research and Faculty Engagement Manager in the Center for Socially Engaged Design within University of Michigan College of Engineering. She earned a PhD and MA in Higher Education from Michigan and a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology from Case Western Reserve University.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She
specialized commercial secondary engineering programs translate into future postsecondaryeducational outcomes as well as their impact on intellectual development and retention rates. Tohelp educators understand pedagogical approaches and methodologies that result in academicattainment and retention outcomes, it would be beneficial to obtain direct feedback fromsecondary students as they move through their college engineering programs.Analyzing the qualitative feedback data from secondary engineering students can provideinsights into their future states and experiences. Coupling this with retention rate data can helpground the qualitative data. It would also be useful to gather information on students’experiences while in the postsecondary programs to
, Emily, Tawney, Jacqueline, and Weaver, Jennifer, “A Model for Student-led Development and Implementation of a Required Graduate-level Course on History, Ethics, and Identity in Aerospace Engineering,” presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN: ASEE, Aug. 2022. doi: https://peer.asee.org/40748.[11] D. G. Wareham, T. P. Elefsiniotis, and D. G. Elms, “Introducing ethics using structured controversies,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 651–660, 2006, doi: 10.1080/03043790600911712.[12] “We Indigenous Peoples are Rights-Holders, not Stakeholders,” Inter Press Service, Dec. 08, 2022. https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/indigenous-peoples-rights-holders-not-stakeholders/ (accessed May 01, 2023
notion that all engineering learners maintain vast knowledge,experiences, and skills that can be used to meet the demands of engineering coursework andengineering programs. Yet, those cultural assets may remain invisible, unrecognized, and under-leveraged by engineering educators. As engineering educators continue to make strides insupporting their diverse learners, additional steps are needed to make visible the unseen culturalassets that engineering learners use in the engineering classroom as they develop into theengineers of the 21st-century STEM workforce.This paper presents the findings of an exploratory, quantitative study of the cultural assets thatengineering students use while enrolled in undergraduate engineering degree
personal and professionalinterests. For example, students are addressing important problems that matter to them in areas related tosocial change. Also, student teams have experienced successes with their innovations that stemmed fromeffectively blending knowledge from the humanities, business development, and engineering technology.To give examples, two student groups received external funding for their products to help those withmovement impairments and arthritis. A second group licensed their innovative kit for instructingelementary students about computational thinking through building model “Smart” clubhouses.Additionally, a third group devised a promising solution for pediatric needle phobia that focuses on theparent and child patient
engineering to real-world problems. While similar models ofreal-world engagement (e.g., EPICS) exist, they are either limited to a specific category ofstakeholders, such as industry or community, or a particular program, such as capstonedesign. The TRUE projects allow learners across the four-year engineering curriculum toparticipate while holistically building the skills required for the projects via specializedcourses, outreach programs, and mentorship.Implementation of the TRUE initiative over the past seven years provides an opportunity toqualitatively understand the development of students' engineering self-efficacy as a result oftheir participation. Self-efficacy measures students' beliefs in their ability to achieve tasks [2].In this study, it
Psychology. She then graduated from Texas A&M Univer- sity with a M.S. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Research, Measurement and Statistics.Noor HakimVainavi Chilukuri, Texas A&M UniversityJason ChampagneDr. Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez is an associate professor at Texas A & M University in the College of Edu- cation and Human Development in the department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. In her research, she is interested in the assessing STEM interventions onDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral
, no. 1. Wiley- Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 6–27, 2012. doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00039.x.[9] K. G. Ricks, J. A. Richardson, H. P. Stern, R. P. Taylor, and R. A. Taylor, “An Engineering Learning Community To Promote Retention And Graduation Of At-Risk Engineering Students,” 2014.[10] M. J. Grimm, “Work in progress - An engineering bridge program - the foundation for success for academically at-risk students,” in Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE, 2005. doi: 10.1109/fie.2005.1612214.[11] S. J. Gates Jr and C. Mirkin, “Encouraging STEM students is in the national interest,” Chron High Educ, vol. 58, no. 39, 2012.[12] Florida International University (FIU
promote relationship development, educate students about library resources and services,and to learn about the needs of the academic community [94]. These efforts could includedeveloping relationships with disability services offices and other offices and centers thatprovide direct support to disabled and struggling students, as well as to affinity groups andcenters that offer community and specific supports for students with various diverse identities oncampus. Building relationships with such groups could allow librarians and educators to interactdirectly with students, giving them the opportunity to share their experiences, frustrations,interests, and needs. Such outreach could provide insight into the needs of a wide variety ofstudents and
WiSTEM is theobservation that Black women are underrepresented in STEM for a variety ofreasons that include (1) anxiety pertaining to mathematics and computing (2) a lackof exposure to STEM disciplines and tangential careers (3) a lack of exposure toculturally responsive pedagogy, and (4) a lack of communities of support. Key Words - STEM Identity, Sense of Belonging, Persistence, Community, Self AwarenessINTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENTMany institutions of higher education in the US do not reflect the racial and ethnicdiversity of our nation amongst its degree recipients. Clearly, we must acknowledgethe barriers to STEM education for individuals underrepresented in these disciplinesand develop interventions to mitigate them [1]–[3]. Racial
State University, and a PhD student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Insti- tute of Technology. Ancalle earned a B.S. from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and a M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, both in civil engineering. He has a passion for teaching undergraduate engineering courses, which has driven his teaching career for the past six years. He recently began working in the area of Engineering Education and plans to continue this path after completing his graduate studies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Validity evidence for measures of statistical reasoning and statistical
self-identified as Hispanic (6.33%). Of these 840 Hispanicstudents, undergraduates made up 664 (5% of GCOE), and graduate students made up 176 (1.3%of GCOE) [14]. Throughout the program, we hosted workshops to enhance mentoring participation withtopics such as the importance of mentoring, leadership skills development, and career pathwayexpectations. Social events were also included to build community among participants. Weinvited speakers who identified as Hispanic and held a graduate degree to promote visibility ofHispanics in STEM. Participants were also encouraged to meet independently, virtually or inperson. Our contributions are listed below: • We create a program structure for the development of Hispanic engineering students