Paper ID #37663A Study of EAC-ABET Civil Engineering Accreditation CurriculumRequirements and Exemption Provisions of State Licensure Laws and RulesDr. Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute Dr. Swenty obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. He returned to school to obtain his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech followed by research work at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center on concrete bridges. He is currently a professor of civil engineering and the Jackson-Hope
. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Reference[1] E. A. Cech, “Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education?,” Sci. Technol. Hum. Values, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 42–72, Jan. 2014, doi: 10.1177/0162243913504305.[2] K. Litchfield and A. Javernick‐Will, “‘I Am an Engineer AND’: A Mixed Methods Study of Socially Engaged Engineers,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 104, no. 4, pp. 393–416, Oct. 2015, doi: 10.1002/jee.20102.[3] R. Stevens, K. O’Connor, L. Garrison, A. Jocuns, and D. M. Amos, “Becoming an Engineer: Toward a Three Dimensional View of Engineering Learning,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 97
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of astudent’s perceived inclusiveness within an academic unit, provides empirical evidence of theunwelcoming culture of engineering graduate education. According to Gardner et al. [3],engineering graduate students reported a relatively lower sense of belonging within theiracademic department compared to students in other disciplines. O’Meara et al.’s [4] research onSTEM students’ sense of belonging echoed this claim, highlighting that there are fewerfacilitators (e.g., a critical mass of women, micro affirmations) for creating an inclusiveenvironment in STEM graduate programs compared to those in non-STEM disciplines. Theseauthors collectively emphasized the need for investigating engineering graduate studentexperience and integration
, withone phase finished by one group and handed off to another group for continuation. Students thenprepare a brief written proposal, and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) is signed by boththe faculty advisor(s) and student(s). A second one-credit course is taken in the spring semester of the junior year when studentsdo a deeper dive into the relevant literature, develop a detailed plan for executing the projectduring their senior year, and prepare a poster on their project that is presented at a symposium.Two faculty members co-taught this course, with the symposium poster and written proposalcounting for 50 percent of their grade. This grade is given by the faculty advisor(s) who havesigned the MOU with students. In the senior year
problems can help tosupport students’ understanding of science, math, and engineering simultaneously. Even though mathematical modeling is included in K-12 mathematics educationalstandards (i.e., Common Core State Standards for Mathematics [19]), teachers struggle withintegrating mathematics content into engineering problems[14], [15]. As an example, the middleschool teachers in Lesseig et al.’s [15] multi-year university and school district partnership useda professional development model to create Science, Engineering, and Mathematics DesignChallenges. The mathematics and science teachers perceived the challenges aligned withmathematics problem-solving skills and specific engineering practice. The major problem themathematics teachers
zero as shown in Fig. 4 (a) and will increase eventually.The pendulum will keep moving forwards and pass the varticle projection of the CoP as shown inFig. 4 (b). This is a case where the counterclockwise force is not sufficient enough to prevent fromfalling for the given parameters. (a) (b)Fig. 3. Simulation results when the pendulum does not fall. (a) Position x vs velocity x˙ of the CoM. The dot is the initial conditionwhere x0 = 0.05 m and x˙ 0 = 0.1 m/s. The solid line is |xo + x˙ o | and the dashed dotted line is the movement of the CoM for q > 0.The square is the position of u = 0.25 m. (b) The trajectory of the CoM. The dashed vertical
the profession [11], ABET has included mandatoryevaluation through Criterion 3’s Outcome 6 [12]: ability to develop and conduct appropriateexperimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. Outcome6 consists of four elements [13]: designing an experiment, conducting an experiment, analyzing data, andinterpreting data. According to Abdel-Magid [14], the last three elements can easily be addressed in atypical engineering laboratory course; however, the first element of “designing an experiment” is ratherdifficult to address in an undergraduate course. Some educators argue that it is better to have students runfewer but more open-ended experiments than many well-prescribed and guided experiments [13-15
comments showing students' perceptions oftheir knowledge, skills, or abilities with regard to the learning objectives or topics and theirexperience with the topic. The Planning dimension was applied to comments that indicatedgoal setting, actions planned to improve on their learning, and rationales for the selection ofaction(s) to achieve the goal. Within a dimension, levels were applied to indicated students'engagement in thinking, from a surface level (e.g., awareness) to a deep level (e.g., sense-making).Table 2. Metacognitive regulation dimension coding scheme [25], [28] Dimension Description Evaluating (E): Student’s comments represent an assessment of their thoughts or performance influenced by outside factors (grades, feedback
students’ desiredundergraduate major(s) while enrolled in an introductory mathematics course (Calculus I) takenat a four-year institution.Quantitative experimental data were collected from N=712 undergraduate Calculus I students ata private, highly-selective U.S. university during the fall 2020, fall 2021, and spring 2022semesters. Students took the Mathematics Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (MAPS) [6] and/orthe Short Form Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-5) Questionnaire [26] at both the start and end ofthe semester. Of the N=712 responses, N=209 were matched responses (students completed atleast one question on both the pre- and post-survey). These matched survey data anddemographic information (gender) have been used to evaluate the change in
Experiences in World War IIGiven that World War II ended only a few years before the Directory was compiled, it is notsurprising that many engineering library staff were veterans or had worked in positions thatsupported the war effort. Although men were more likely to serve in the armed forces, womenalso served in various roles.U.S. Army veterans included Harry C. Bauer, Director of Libraries at the University ofWashington from 1947-59. Bauer served from 1942-45 as a combat intelligence officer in theU.S. Army Air Forces and was awarded a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Air Medal. HowardHovelstad, Acting Director of Libraries at the University of Maryland, served from 1943-46.John S. Mehler, Librarian, University of Alaska served from 1941-46. Charles
2. Northwestern University CHEM E 520-0 Professional Development Course inChemical and Biological Engineering 1 ARDEI-related lesson and assessment plan. Assessments Lesson Week Intended Incidental Plan Activity Objective(s) Objective(s) Ongoing All Journal reflections 7 N/A /Weekly Groups of 3-4 students were given a set of 3-4 ARDEI-related terms. Why this Students provided definitions on 2 course? sticky notes and then rotated to other 2
positionality from a first-person viewpoint, enabling our voices to shine more clearly.Author 1’s Positionality:I come to this work from a place of personal interest. I have always been interested in learning,teaching, and mentoring. I had the opportunity to engage with this process of becoming aprofessor in a much more structured, scaffolded, and safely strategic environment than iscommon for engineering faculty. I have a master's in chemical engineering; thus, I feel veryconfident in my engineering identity, ability to comprehend and communicate the material, andmy familiarity with both the difficulty of the learning process and the struggles of being a studentthrough an engineering program. I was co-teaching with my master’s advisor, who also
objectives that can be phrased as‘by the end of this course; students will be able to ….’ This will help simplify decisions for theentire semester, from what activities to do during class and what homework to assign to whatkind of questions you put on your assessments, leading to a much more impactful experience foryour students [12].Provide this list of objectives in an easily accessible place for your students (such as on thecourse management system). Clearly convey to your students at the start of the course andthroughout the semester that these objectives are driving all your course decisions. Highlight atthe start of each unit, each week, or even each class which objective(s) are to be supported by theactivities and homework problems. And
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Academy, Department of the Army,DoD, or U.S. Government. Reference to any commercial product, process, or service by tradename, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise neither constitutes nor implies endorsement,recommendation, or favor.References[1] B. Esmaeili, P. J. Parker, S. D. Hart and B. K. Mayer, "Inclusion of an Introduction to Infrastructure Course in a Civil and Environmental Engineering Curriculum," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 143, no. 2, 2017.[2] D. P. Billington, "Engineering in the Modern World: A Freshman Course in Engineering," in Frontiers in Engineering Conference, 1993.[3] S. D. Hart, J. L. Klosky, J. P. Hanus, K. F. Meyer and J. A. Toth, "An Introduction to
for thecriterion of measuring self-concept among stem undergraduates but were worth studying.This systematic review sought to find the essence of the construct measured in the identifiedsurveys. This study investigated which component(s) the survey claimed to measure, and towhich construct, self-concept or self-efficacy, the component was described to represent. Thecomponents and their associated construct(s) are listed in the results. Although the search waslimited to papers assessing self-concept, the search revealed papers that measured self-efficacyusing scales that the authors described as self-concept. So, it seemed befitting to classify bothconstructs in the analysis.It is likely that these components or sub-constructs would vary for
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observedinstitutional variation.These recommendations seek to increase the resilience of engineering education by enhancing itspreparedness for natural disasters, pandemics, energy crises, wars, or other unexpectedcircumstances.References[1] G. Salmon, E-tivities, 2nd ed., Taylor and Francis, 2013. [E-book] Available:https://www.perlego.com/book/1624376/etivities-the-key-to-active-online-learning-pdf (Originalwork published 2013). [Accessed April 8, 2022].[2] D. C. E. Teng, N. S. Chen, Kinshuk, and T. Leo , “Exploring students’ learning experience inan international online research seminar in the Synchronous Cyber Classroom,” Computers &Education, 2012. 58(3), pp. 918-930. [Online]. Available:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.10.018 [Accessed April 10
applying thetool to sources. But for now, it seems like the librarians have a very good start on introducingthis tool to undergraduate engineering students.Bibliography[1] S. Blakeslee. "The CRAAP test," LOEX Quart., vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 6-7, 2004.[2] A.B. Lewis. “What does bad information look like? Using the CRAAP test for evaluatingsubstandard resources.” Issues in Sci. and Technol. Librarianship, vol. 88, 2018.https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1724/1635.[3] K. Kozak, C.M. Szeszycki & D. Snyder. “Detecting information literacy: Choose your ownadventure video series,” presented at the 2018 Amer. Soc. of Eng. Educ. Annu. Conf. and Expo.,Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 24, 2018, Paper #21834.[4] J.A. Fielding
related programming. ReferencesAlavi, M., Visentin, D.C., Thapa, D.K., Hunt, G.E., Watson, R. & Cleary, M. (2020). Chi-square for model fit in confirmatory factor analysis. JAN: Leading Global Nursing Research 76 (9), 2209-2211. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14399Bayback, M.A. & Green, S. (2010). Confirmatory factor analysis: An introduction for psychosomatic medicine researchers. Psychosomatic Medicine 72 (6), 587-597. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181de3f8aBen-Shachar M, Lüdecke D, Makowski D (2020). Effectsize: Estimation of Effect Size Indices and Standardized Parameters. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(56), 2815. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss
the ideas related to career readiness, employability, and life careers [4].According to NACE, career readiness is “a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite corecompetencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong1 This project is supported by NSF Grant #2000847. Findings, opinions, or recommendationsexpressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.career management” [4, Para. 1]. Gained through a variety of actions and activities, the eightcareer readiness competencies are: career & self-development; communication; critical thinking;equity & inclusion; leadership; professionalism; teamwork; and technology.These competencies provide a helpful
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a more detailed, andmeasure student learning student submissions.References [1] H. Ozturk and J. Spurlin, “Assessing the connectivity of an electrical and computer engineering curriculum,” in 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2006, pp. 11–245. [2] S. K. Jones and M. Mina, “Designing a curriculum that helps students create connected narratives in electrical engineering,” 2018. [3] T. Feldhausen, “Connected mechanical engineering curriculum through a fundamental learning integration platform,” Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, 2017. [4] A. G. Lim and M. Honey, “Integrated undergraduate nursing curriculum for pharmacology,” Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 163–168, 2006. [5] J. E. Froyd and M. W
that final exams (a proxy for knowledge retention), were much poorer (13-point mediandifference) for students taking the course in the middle of the pandemic. By spreading material over four exams, instead of three, and flipping a class – thereby allowingstudents access the lecture material at their convenience, we hoped for overall student improvement. Thiswas not the case. REFERENCES[1] S. Asgari, J. Trajkovic, M. Rahmani, W. Zhang, R. C. Lo, and A. Sciortino, “An observational study of engineering online education during the COVID-19 pandemic,” PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 4 April, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250041.[2] N. L. Ramo, M. Lin, E. S. Hald, and A. Huang-Saad