for novice engineers is to present the results in a format following the key points of an RFP. This is a good career advice. Making it easy for reviewers to identify responsive points certainly will encourage positive responses. Developing a Hypothesis – Novice engineers will need guidance to develop meaningfulhypothesis. By definition, hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon based on previousobservations. To be valid, the hypothesis must be accurately and concisely stated. It should not be anunsubstantiated wild guess. It should be possible to validate or discredit the hypothesis. This is not a simpletask for students for whom psychrometric principles are newly learned concepts. A practicum exercise
Engineering, English,Communication, Rhetoric, Theatre, Visual Art and Design, Science and Technology Studies, andEngineering Education. Our teaching responsibilities run the gamut of transdisciplinaryinstruction, including communication, science and society, professionalism, team skills,leadership and ethics, and responsibilities as an artist-in-residence, with instruction andsupervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our research interests reflect theseactivities and our career stages span from graduate school to near retirement. We are united by acommon interest in how engineering students develop mindsets that enable effective humanisticpractice, and we share common values in supporting our students’ development of
projects can foster the inclusion of students with learning disabilities (Daniela and Lytras, 2019; Nanou and Karampatzakis, 2022). In the case of tertiary education, industrial-scale robots are used to prepare students for careers in industry by emphasizing aspects such as hardware, software, and human-machine interfaces (Nagai, 2001; Brell-Çokcan and Braumann, 2013). However, industrial-scale robots are expensive to purchase. In addition, there is usually some oversight over their usage due to time-sharing and to prevent damage, which prevents "free-play" by students. Some solutions to this include the use of miniature robots and the use of online labs (Mallik and Kapila, 2020; Stein and Lédeczi, 2021). Though these reduce the cost of the setups
people, but rather done by atask force that surveyed well over 3000 correspondents. These correspondents included 1470senior engineers and engineering managers, representing companies with as small as 1 employeeto as large as more than 46,800 employees, and having upwards of more than 30 years ofexperience. 42 responses were gathered from differing academic institutions, which resulted in aplenary, which further probed 85 department heads on questions relating to the survey. In a finaladdition, 635 responses from early career (0-10 years of experience,) were gathered to provide athird perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of engineering education [7].The survey presented 15 key skills and asked participants to determine which skills were
university. Hence, keeping the general educationcourses including Math and Science courses would better serve the purpose of this program.Summer 2019 marked the first term for curriculum development with six new courses developedand submitted for approval by multiple campuses, the College of Engineering, and the AcademicAffairs Office. For some of the existing courses, the steering committee negotiated withdepartments to offer separate sections for engineering technology students.II. Defining Program Objectives and Student OutcomesProgram educational objectives are the broad statements that describe the long-term career andprofessional goals that are envisioned for the graduates of the program to achieve. It is a commonmisunderstanding among
postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before starting her academic career at Oklahoma State University (OSU), where she was an assistant professor 2014-2020 and then a tenured associate professor until January 2021 before moving to UB. Dr. Ford Versypt leads the Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics Laboratory. She was the 2020-2021 Chair for the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division (CHED). Dr. Ford Versypt has been recognized with the NSF CAREER Award, ASEE CHED Ray W. Fahien Award and Joseph J. Martin Award, and AIChE CAST Division David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering Education. She is an Academic Trustee of Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Corporation
working on activities in teams, with instructors and tutors providingcoaching and consultation; and (4) balanced grade weighting so that 50% is based on the teamactivities, and 50% is based on individual tests.Thus, I retained testing, but for the first time ever in my career, a significant portion of the graderewarded activities other than tests, and other than analytical abstraction. Tasks such assketching, measuring, observing, and explaining can be completed by following relatively simpledirections, often providing a ‘safe’ environment to encourage activity. Results that are not‘correct’ are not severely penalized if well documented and explained, and in fact, are often usedfor starting deeper discussions. Also, the team-based structure
University of Missouri (2006), and an M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (2010), M.P.Aff in Public Affairs (2010), and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2013) from The University of Texas at Austin. She received the National Science Foundation CAREER award and the UCOWR Early Career Award for Applied Research for her research work on the energy- water nexus. She was honored with the 2015 Girl Scouts of Central Illinois Woman of Distinction Award in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, the 2018 Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, and the 2018 AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science. Dr. Stillwell has also been included on the List of Teachers Ranked as
mathematical involvement, in contrast toother courses in the career, and for the restricted applicability to industrial jobs. This criticismgenerally negatively affects the motivation of students. However, the combination with hands-onexperiments has proved to enrich the learning and motivation of students, but most colleges facesevere restrictions on the investment, maintenance, and operation of process control labs and theaddition of new requirements in the curriculum. Some alternatives have been exploring the useof simple modules for classroom demonstrations, theoretical simulations of equipment in unitoperations lab, and virtual-lab simulations.This paper describes the scope of technical training based on process model and synthesis of
engineering and construction industry lags behind other professions in theirdiversity, equity, and inclusion of women and racial-ethnic minorities [11], [12]. Researchindicates a significant factor deterring underrepresented minorities from pursuing construction-related careers is the lack of a sense of belonging. An individual’s perceived sense of belongingwithin a particular space can be influenced by the physical materials or “artifacts” within theenvironment. A study by Burgoon, et al. [11] suggest artifacts (e.g., art, signage, photographs)with exclusionary nonverbal messaging about “who is valued and who belongs” within aconstruction school may decrease students’ sense of "fitting in,” and reduce retention of womenand racial-ethnic students in
. Engineering practice for me became as much about interaction withthose individuals and collaborators as the technology itself. Leydens and Lucena present aframework in their book Engineering Justice [5] that establishes methods for integrating criteriain courses such that the human factors rampant in engineering practice are present in engineeringeducation. This was the missing link for me when I was a student preparing to apply forinternships, jobs, and try to formulate an idea in my mind concerning how a career inengineering might materialize and be fulfilling.Research approach and rationaleThe focus of the field observations in this study was the creation of knowledge through themutual understanding of the instructional faculty and students within
education framework [39]. In this project-based learning, the student's competencies and skills were significantly enhanced, which wasthought to benefit them in their future careers. Furthermore, a study about biomimicry, aninterdisciplinary design thinking approach that answers engineering issues by takinginspiration from nature, explored the understanding and perceptions of biomimicry amongundergraduate and high school students from different countries [40]. The findings revealedthat students had limited knowledge of its applications in engineering and required moreassistance in developing their ideas into prototypes using a top-down approach, also referredto as problem-driven method or indirect biomimicry that involves using biological systems
membrane, nucleus,vacuoles, and cytoplasm. The students were also taught choreography for a poem about cells,Mabie, McGill, Huerta ASEE 2023then how to program a virtual character to dance the choreography that they learned. Findingsrevealed that students’ CT skills increased significantly between the pre- and post-test andstudents were engaged in and enjoyed the learning process.Playton et al. conducted a case study focused on whether increasing student exposure to STEMintegrated with CS (STEM+C) positively impacts their attitudes, interests, engagement, andknowledge of CS careers [41]. Rural fourth graders (n=34) were given 18 contact hours over ayear with three inquiry-based STEM
instruction -- as a facilitator of learning first day of class. as opposed to an authority figure Content This section contains strategies for ❏ Have a diverse set of readings and guest embedding inclusive teaching principles speakers representing varied demographic into the content of the course. These perspectives (gender, race, ethnicity, career path, strategies are aimed at enabling all academic path.) students to feel engaged with the content
STEM persistence for underrepresented minority students attending predominantly white institutions. Journal of Career Development, (2023), 50(1), 87-103.[12] D. Chakraverty, A cultural impostor? Native American experiences of impostor phenomenon in STEM. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2022, 21(1), ar15.[13] E. O. McGee, P. K. Botchway, D. E. Naphan-Kingery, A. J. Brockman, S. Houston, & D. T. White, Racism camouflaged as impostorism and the impact on Black STEM doctoral students. Race Ethnicity and Education, (2022), 25(4), 487-507.[14] J. L. Mondisa, J. Millunchick, C. Davis & D. Koch, The University of Michigan's M-STEM academies program: Examining the social community of future engineers. In 2016 IEEE Frontiers in
been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chair for the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI), the Program Chair for the ASEE Faculty Development Division, and the Vice Chair for the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Comparison of student global perspectives pre and post-COVID for a study abroad
roles to bolster motivation toward degree completionand a career in the field, particularly, when it comes to women [8]. This finding was reinforced inthis study with many of the reflection responses codes under this theme coming from participantswho identify as women. Some of the statements of the participants are as follows: “I have always thought volunteering was an amazing way to contribute to the community.” (Student 3 – Hispanic Woman) “I always look for opportunities like this to volunteer. I feel like this is how I got connected to engineering so I should give back and do the same.” (Student 18 – African American Woman – 1st Generation) “Giving back to the community is a part of our role as human
significant group (32% scored16 or higher), to increase interest in pursuing a career in civil engineering (e.g., a graduate degreein geotechnical engineering, employment with a geotechnical engineering firm, etc.; M = 13.21,SD = 3.96; scale 4 to 20, α = .95).Furthermore, we considered assessments on student confidence and knowledge prior to thelecture, at the start of playing the game, and after playing two scenarios (Figure 4). Studentconfidence was statistically significantly different at the different time points, F(1.87, 293.04) =85.65, p < .0001, η2G = 0.26. Post-hoc analyses with a Bonferroni adjustment revealed that allthe pairwise differences between time points were statistically significantly different (p <= 0.05).Thus, students
continuous basis. • Seven of the industry students, compared to none in non-industry projects, explicitly mentioned working with the liaisons as an enjoyable experience. • Students who explicitly mentioned the sponsor: Non-industry = 2 vs Industry = 11 • Students who appreciated the “real-world experience”: Non-industry = 0 vs Industry = 6These student comments suggest that including the internal and service projects allows studentsto explore and build these relationships in the community, similar to how students in industryprojects can build career connections and “real-world” industry experience with their industrysponsor liaisons assigned to the project. Students taking the course together allows them to sharetheir experience
projects. Over the years, manyprojects had significant impact on local industry, and many students have progressed to high-level positions in their careers since graduating.In the mid-1990s, this changed as enrollment increased and more full-time students began toenter the student body. Formal class meetings with defined objectives emerged coinciding withABET’s TC2K criterion. Fewer industrial projects were available to students, and the facultystruggled to work with students to find appropriate projects. Funding of projects without industrybacking also became a new hurdle to overcome. Many of these changes occurred as ABET waschanging to outcomes based assessment as part of the TC2K paradigm shift in accreditation.After the change to TC2K, PNW’s
impact on its members persists even once they have graduated. One clubalumnus who now works for a leading rocket technology company has said, “Cyclone Rocketry was a veryintegral part in helping me obtain my current position, [...] and has fully prepared me for the type of workthat I am doing for [my current company] regularly.” When asked if Cyclone Rocketry affected their career,another alumnus, who was a member of the propulsion team and now works at one of the largest aircraftcorporations in the world, stated that Cyclone Rocketry “was the most valuable thing [...] in terms of gainingexperience to get the internships and job opportunities that I got in the aerospace company.” Figure 2. A Cyclone Rocketry weekly general
average in additive manufacturing and three-dimensionalmodeling at the start of the semester than those with STEM AP courses. Nevertheless, this gapremained statistically insignificant throughout the semester (as denoted by * in Table 7). Onehypothesis for this observation is that curriculums without STEM AP courses available had morehands-on experiential learning opportunities available, thus increasing the student’s overallcomfort via a hands-on learning approach. Another hypothesis could be that schools without APcourses may communicate career options differently than those schools with AP courses and thusstudents at these schools feel more compelled to explore hands-on opportunities. A more detailedunderstanding of the student’s secondary
academic advisor to list specialization-specific coursework intheir plan of study that closely aligns with their career goals.In addition to courses in the School of Engineering and associated programs, the MDE majoroffers a two-semester capstone project in all four areas. The capstone course encourages studentsto work on a single topic of investigation. The MDE program culminates in a presentation ofteam-based projects in the senior year. Those projects typically have industry sponsors.Program DevelopmentHistorically, students entered our School of Engineering through a direct-admit model, declaringtheir major at the time of matriculation. The school had a path for those students who did notdeclare a major, called Undecided Engineering. This
, enhancedperformance, and better preparation for the job market?The program has received positive feedback from both students and faculty members, indicatingits effectiveness in achieving these goals. Students reported increased confidence in their problem-solving abilities, gained valuable skills and knowledge applicable to their future careers. Moreover,faculty members observed improvements in student performance, acknowledged that the programprovided students with the necessary tools and resources to continue their innovation journey.Furthermore, as part of the program, each group submitted a research paper for journal publication,allowing them to contribute to the broader academic community and gain valuable experience indisseminating their findings.The
students. The finalgoal in the narrative is to become strong enough to Slay the evil dragon. Students were able toundertake 6 different quests, each with their own rewards. Upon completion of each quest,students would earn a certain number of magic crystals, which could be used to purchase magicitems from the game store. There were 5 different magic items available for purchase. Anadventurer’s leaderboard was also posted and updated throughout the semester. Tables 3 and 4provide a brief summary of the quests and magic items. Table 3. Dragon Slayer Game Quests Summary ID Quest Narrative Description Quest Type 1 Explore the map of the Visit career fair and ask employers Free exploration
education.Students want to take what they learn in the class from a textbook and “apply it in real life or seehow things in the field are altered from things in the classroom” [6]. Additionally, students buildconfidence in applying their skills in different areas within construction management that arenecessary for their careers as managers [6].In conclusion, the real contribution of this study to the “construction management” body ofknowledge shows there is little information on how educators can develop a concrete lab creatinga hands-on environment for students to understand the engineering properties necessary for theproper testing and management of concrete construction in field operations. This case studyidentifies the types of equipment, costs, and
uniqueopportunity for students to collaborate with community members and achieve the program'sshort-term and long-term goals. In this program, students were randomly assigned to teamswhich may have had an effect on their satisfaction levels based on the feedback from thestudents. Future work will focus on developing a project skill matrix to effectively assignstudents to community projects while considering factors such as project interest, career goal andteam dynamics. In addition, more work will be done on expanding the projects to othercommunity needs, related topics and regions. Multi-site data will be collected and analyzed tocompare the similarities and differences between the different project sites.ReferencesAnderson, S. G. (2002). Engaging
program while still enrolled in high school. Theprogram aims to equip students with hands-on skills necessary for successful careers asversatile engineers and technicians. Most of the courses in the certificate program areintroductory or application-oriented, such as Introduction to Drones, Drone Law and Part 107License, or Fundamentals of Land Surveying and Photogrammetry. However, one of thecourses, Introduction to Drone Aeronautics, is more focused on the theory of drone flight andcontrol. Organizing the lectures and laboratory of the course for high school students who areinterested in pursuing the certificate can be a challenge.To create the Introduction to Drone Aeronautics course, a variety of school courses and onlineresources were
curriculum thatbest suits the graduate preparing for a career such that the industry can hire knowledgeable smartgrid employees. Multiple universities have partnered on a DOE-funded project calledGrid-Ready Energy Analytics Training with Data (GREAT with Data) to solve this shortage ofqualified workforce. These universities mentioned above that have partnered together consist ofthe University of California, Riverside (UCR), University of Texas, Austin (UT), Virginia Tech(VT), Stony Brook University (SBU), and Washington State University (WSU). To meet smartgrid requirements, these five universities have adapted courses for undergraduate and graduatestudents in different categories, including machine learning, cyber security, alternative