among participants with variouslevels of problem solving and engineering fieldwork experience in defining being creative (or not)in solving ill-structured engineering problems. The collected data reflects that the three groups have a variety of definitions of beingcreative (or not) throughout the problem solving process. Common themes include the following:Undergraduate students focus on relating creativity to generating multiple original ideas, andgenerating ideas that are extravagant and/or out of the box. This is different from faculty memberswhich consider creativity to come from accumulated background knowledge and past experiences,and engineering practitioners which more often consider the safety- and risk-related
story, there has been action and adventure,as well as reflection and thoughtful application (of the engineering principles). Just as he reachesthe end of the lesson and is about to close with a thought-provoking question, one of the studentsin the back corner of the classroom nearest the door stands up. Ace pauses mid-sentence and staresfor one second, crestfallen that the student is about to walk out on him. While thoughts of failureand ways to improve race through his mind, a sudden “CLAP!” grabs his attention!Act V: Resolution (or Catastrophe)The clap is followed by another clap, and then another, as student after student begins to stand andapplaud his performance. While it certainly might not have been what they were expecting,students know
reverse engineering and experimental datacollection. It was decided upon that the project would be based around a 5 hp Briggs andStratton engine. In the projects students disassembled a set of engines and had discussions aboutthe material selection and engineering design choices made. Then, using an identical engine,performance measures were collected using a small engine dyno. In this paper, theimplementation of the project along with the learning outcomes from the project are presented.The results and conclusions drawn from a reflective assignment will be provided to express howstudents perceived their knowledge gained from the project specifically in the area ofengineering design and analysis.IntroductionIt is common knowledge that hands-on
staff and studentrepresentatives in a student-staff liaison meeting, several initiatives that potentially enhancedEDI were identified for further attention. These included recognising points in the curriculumwhere technical content or teaching was EDI-centric or could be modified to incorporateelements of EDI whilst ensuring examples provided are socially relevant [8], a robustrevision of the student peer-review system, and modifying or creating information-basedresources to better reflect EDI provisions e.g. the programme handbook. Finally, weconsidered engaging students to design and develop their own material for educating theirpeers about EDI.In completing Phase 1 of the project, Mason concluded: “Testimonial evidence has revealed a
questions to teammates during the in- P class programming activities Q11 The resources provided to me made it easier to perform programming tasks at a consistent C level during the in-class programming activities Q12 The resources provided to me allowed me to regularly pay attention to my teammate's C comments about their programming code during in-class programming activities Q13 The resources provided to me allowed me to maintain a similar level of engagement with C programming activities in comparison with the rest of my teammates Q14 The resources provided to me allowed my teammates and I to take time to reflect on the C solutions we
curiosity 12. Ability to assess financial value 13. Data driven decision making 14. Career plan There is no single definition of an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) but there is commonalityin the attributes and skills associated with an EM by various sources. Among the mostemphasized elements are creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, flexibility, adaptability,communication, collaboration, comfort with risk, resilience, initiative, future focus, opportunityrecognition, innovation, reflection, independence, and value focus [20-24]. The factors identifiedby the survey questions used in our study align with these elements. As explained earlier, a two-sample t-test was selected for analysis
Learning OutcomesThe student learning outcomes of our BS-Engineering and BS-Robotics programs include thefirst seven outcomes close to the ABET Student Outcomes [2] 1-7 and an additional Outcome 8addressing the Christian faith integration in science and technology. We have developed ourcurriculum maps that reflect how these student learning outcomes are introduced, developed, andmastered in different courses, as well as assessment plans for the data collection and analysis toassess each student outcome.The learning activities involving the 5-DOF robotic arm in our Engineering and Roboticscurricula will mainly contribute to Student Outcomes (SO) 1, 2, 6, 7 as listed below:SO #1 Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying
to be presented at the2023 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.[11] Brouwer, R. J., Integrating service learning into a first-year engineering course. Paperpresented at the Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Frontiers in Education,Champaign, IL, USA, 0-13 Nov. 1999.Acknowledgment This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants#1821658 and #1908743. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.
engineering educators to research more holisticstudent networks than previously studied. Results of these future studies may yield moregeneralizable and accurate conclusions about which social practices help students succeed.Acknowledgements This material is based upon work supported by the second author's National ScienceFoundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE1745048. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. References[1] A. Kozulin, Vygotsky’s Psychology: A biography of ideas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990.[2
Communication and Education Affiliate at BMSIS.org. Her primary interests are in advancing Interdisciplinary studies and serving as a STEM Education and public outreach facilitator through grant management. Ms. Carron served as the NSF Marketing Coordinator for Navajo Technical University as well as being a STEM Education and Public Outreach advocate. Prior to her positions at Navajo Tech she served as a documentary film producer for numerous women’s aviation and women’s studies films. She is an active multicultural collaboration facilitator and dog rescuer. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023DisclaimerThe views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not reflect the
Students Sense of belonging statistically increased across the first semester for cohorts 2015 and2016, remained statistically the same for cohorts 2017, 2018, and 2021, and statisticallydecreased for cohorts 2019 and 2020 (fall 2020 is the COVID-cohort). Of particular note is thatthe largest decline in sense of belonging over the course of the first semester was during the 2020COVID cohort year. This suggests that the first-semester social experience for the COVID-cohort may havebeen negatively impacted and was reflected in their reported sense of belonging. While the effectsize is small for all cohorts, the 2020 (COVID-cohort) reported the highest effect size withCohen’s d = 0.30, up to three times larger than in previous cohorts
contributed to their professional and personal development. Thedesign of the REM program—to be both inspirational and inclusive for the population of studentswho apply to be a part of CISTAR’s REM program—has been described at length already in anearlier paper [1]. Important to reiterate here, however, is that the 6-week program is specificallydesigned as a first-research experience (approximately 70% of our participants). Further, the REMstudent participants over the last two years have reflected our applicant pool as follows: an estimated80% Black/African American, 10% Hispanic/Latinx, 10% White, 50% female; and one‐third of thestudents are first-generation college. Thus, the students belong to several groups that areunderrepresented in STEM fields
-technicalskillssuchascommunicationandteamwork(Hotalingetal.,2012).However,mostengineeringcurricularemaintraditionally,focusingonscientificfoundations and technological achievements, also increasing emphasis on design (Hadgraft,2017).Approachingamoreholisticperspectivearoundglobe,institutessuchasOlinCollegeofEngineering(Olin),MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),EindhovenUniversityofTechnology(TU/e),andUniversityCollegeLondon(UCL)arereformingengineeringeducationintermsofprogramre-structuring,flexiblecurriculum designing, and pedagogies innovating to reflect challenges facing engineering in modernsociety. Olinservesasanuniquestoryofintegratedacademicexperience(Olin,2017).Thecollegeproposedthatstudents should be prepared to predict, create, and manage future technologies, rather than
to see one part of the geotechnical process, but students may still struggle to fullysynthesize the complete site characterization process. By expanding a K-12 earth science classactivity [5], college students can experience every step of a site investigation by exploring amodel site and connecting classroom model observations and manipulations by analogy to itsengineering practice counterpart. The first section of this paper describes the class activity. Thesecond section contains faculty reflections on the active learning and interaction in theclassroom. Finally, the appendices to this paper include a Directive Memo distributed to studentsat the beginning of class and an example Submission Memo for the application of the activity toa
are not explainedby a single theory [1, 8]. One solution that may help resolve these concerns about computernetwork education would be the use of computer network simulations [9]. Computer networksimulation is the imitation of real-world network communication scenarios using the software.The purpose of this simulation software is to reflect the quality of a given network designthrough the analysis of the performance of the simulation [7, 10]. Since computer networksimulation is a tool that is used regularly in the professional setting of network design andresearch, it would make sense that it would also be useful for educational purposes [9]. Thispaper aims to introduce the integration of OMNeT++, a network simulation environment
equity, diversity, inclusion, anddecolonization in the curriculum [2], [3]. In Canadian engineering education, Aikenhead et al.have explored the pragmatic implications of onboarding Indigenous topics through their conceptof “cross-cultural crossing” [4]. They argue that students' life-world subcultures aremultidimensional and may be different from the subculture of science, and so the curriculumdesign needs to account for such differences and crossings students need to make while learning.The work by Seniuk Cicek et al. has critically considered the role of Indigenizing the curriculumin the context of engineering education. Through a balanced “two-eyed seeing” approach, theauthors make the case for including and reflecting on both Indigenous and
comparedto high spatial visualizers.This research has qualitatively characterized the design process utilized by high and lowspatial visualizers from a design cognition perspective and has shed some light onunderstanding the relationship between students’ spatial skill levels and their process ofsolving a design task. These results may help to inform curricular changes that will benefitengineering students to move along a trajectory toward expert design behavior.AcknowledgmentsThis work was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF#2020785). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation
criteria for accrediting engineering and engineering technologyprograms reflect the importance of standards competence for students. Specifically, the 2023-2024 Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) criterion 5d states, “The curriculum mustinclude a culminating major engineering design experience that 1) incorporates appropriateengineering standards and multiple constraints, and 2) is based on the knowledge and skillsacquired in earlier course work.” [1] Also, the Engineering Technology AccreditationCommission (ETAC) criterion 3 states student outcomes of “an ability to conduct standard tests,measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results” (3.A.4) and “an abilityto conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments
Capacity Factor in Year 1 (%) 19.30in the Location and Resource tab. The Perez model was used to Energy Yield in Year 1 (kWh/kW) 1692.00convert the Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) and Diffuse Performance Ratio in Year 1 0.87Horizontal Irradiance (DHI) into front and rear Plane of Array(POA) irradiance. The selected module is bifacial, which means Inverter DC input power is presented in the following graph.it can receive irradiance from the rear side as well. Therefore,the albedo value of the site location is crucial to reflect the rearside irradiance from the ground. The software will use theavailable albedo value in the weather file for the simulation
pertaining to the existence of the truerelationship between dependent and independent variables is correct. Thus, the data is statisticallysignificant. In Table 1, 𝞵1 and 𝞵2 are the coefficients of the ordered probit model with the values -0.42 and -0.8. This value is the threshold that reflects the predicted cumulative probabilities atcovariate values of zero. Based on the obtained results of regression analysis, higher accessibilityof forensic engineering curriculum within the university (β= -6.35), students’ positive attitudetoward solving complex problems (β= 1.04), higher interest in forensic concepts (β= -1.21), andpractical pedagogical approach used in the course (β= 6.35) will increase students’ interest topursue a forensic engineering
family responsibilities as a major obstacle. For first generationstudents, 30% reported work responsibilities as a major obstacle and 20% reported familyresponsibilities as a major obstacle. For under-represented minorities, 7% reported workresponsibilities as a major obstacle, and 14% reported family responsibilities as a major obstacle.From these results, it is clear that first generation students in particular struggle with significantoutside demands that could impact their course performance.Only about one quarter of all students responded to the survey, so this may not be fullyrepresentative of all students. It is possible that these responses represent students who are morevested in the course and may not reflect those who are less vested
questions on the UI. Ask a maximum of 10 questions requiring The number of survey questions is at most 10 user input. [12,13]. Display a ranked list of recommended items A list of recommended products is generated based on initial user input. and displayed, and reflects the data acquired from the multiple-choice survey questions. The product type, skin type, and product highlights match the user input data in the output list. Display a maximum of 15 ranked
, various short-term mobility programs and student exchanges have been started. He is also Chair of the Mobility Special Interest Group of Asia Technological University Net- work (ATU-Net) and initiated a COIL program called Virtual Asia Exploration (VAx) by orchestrating the collaboration of six Asian universities. He is also an entrepreneur through his consulting company established in 2004, and has been rendering management consultation services to both small-medium size companies and multi-national enterprises such as global strategy planning, cross-border business entry, middle manager training, and partner development. These business achievements are reflected in his aca- demic activities through the designing of
weighting of each experience design.This work analyzes GSLC experiences to define the instructor's skill set for successfullearning. In addition, the objective is to reflect on the lessons learned and training needs offaculty enrolled in a GSLC to offer general recommendations for future programs.MethodologyThis research analyzes data from 20 GSLC experiences implemented during the last fiveyears between Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universities in Latin America and Europe,focusing on the instructor profile to identify specific skills that a professor must have for asuccessful GSLC preparation and implementation. In addition, we studied the information onprofessors, partners, course theme, teaching tools, and the percentage of students who
includes two ethnic categories that started being published with the 2019 data: AmericanIndian or Alaska Native (AIAN) and Asian populations. The published data now tracksinformation for five ethnic groups, each broken out for male, female, and total. We recognizethat a significant part of the U.S. population are people of mixed ethnicity, as does NVSS. Theofficial statement from the Office of Management and Budget is, “The category which mostclosely reflects the individual's recognition in his community should be used for purposes ofreporting on persons who are of mixed racial and/or ethnic origins” [4]. Individuals need to usetheir own judgement in choosing the appropriate demographic group, or to interpolate the databetween groups as might be
universities and research. But despite many graduates going intoindustry, the connection between university and industry in terms of graduate expectationsremains unclear. Even with skills identified, there are some significant hurdles to changing anengineering curriculum. As technologies, businesses, and economic cultures change, so tooshould the skills engineers be taught. However, these cultural shifts can be rapid and are oftentoo fast to be reflected in curriculum updates[1]. There is also the concept of balance in thecurriculum; students do require some amount of fundamental technical knowledge to apply toreal world problems. In the example of running simulation software, to truly be able to setup,run, interpret, and validate results, one must
greatly depending on conditions, the gravity of the economic andlabor impact caused by solar panel installation, and the importance of data collection and preciseinstrumentation to ensure their collected results reflected accurate recommendations.IntroductionClimate change is a prevalent global issue, as well as for the United States Coast Guard (USCG).With CO2 emissions increasing by 28 percent in just one year, there has been a notable shift inefforts toward finding a solution [1]. This is especially important for the USCG given that the 11USCG missions are heavily impacted by the environment, meaning that changes in the climatecan drastically affect the responsibility of assets across the US. With these considerations,renewable energy sources
, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.8. References[1] N. Baumer and J. Frueh, “What is Neurodiversity?,” Harvard Health, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-is-neurodiversity-202111232645. [Accessed: 15-Dec-2022].[2] S. Comberousse, “A begginer’s guide to neurodiversity,” Learning Disability Today, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.learningdabilitytoday.co.uk/abeginners-guide-o- diversity. [Accessed: 15-Dec-2022].[3] E. V. Cole and S. W. Cawthon, “Self-disclosure decisions of university students with learning disabilities,” J. Postsecond. Educ. Disabil., vol
progress on implementation and ask questions of the project team andeach other. The check-ins served to obtain implementation data and foster a learning communityamong teachers. These informal discussions were recorded and summarized within one week ofeach discussion in order to share teacher feedback related to critical components, adaptations,and challenges with the project team. At the end of the first semester of implementation,researchers conducted semi-structured, in-person interviews, lasting 45 - 60 minutes. Theseinterviews were guided by a protocol including questions and follow-up prompts aligned to eachcritical component along with questions designed to elicit reflections on factors influencingimplementation. These interviews were
semesterthat they can still be completed incrementally towards the overall project goal. One positive isthat the competition-provided training activities strongly encourage students to explain theirassumptions and engineering judgments that were made in justifying the design. Thus, studentscan still be evaluated on these elements of their reasoning about the end product that areincorporated into the competition deliverables. In the interest of minimizing duplicated or unnecessary student work, it may also beuseful to consider the various elements of the Deliverable Packages that may have some overlapwith the preliminary and intermediate design process steps. In the case of the Development Plandocument, students are asked to reflect on the