. Figure 1: An overview of the development process for the FBD app.Phase 1: Design and Prototype (complete)The goal of this phase was to design an app that scaffolds the learning process associated withdrawing FBDs. This was accomplished by segmenting typical problems into small tasks withwhich students typically struggle and associating each task with a “mini game” in the app. Minigames were designed to be inclusive and feature feminized gameplay in order to appeal to thewidest possible audience.In this phase, participatory design was used because it allows all stakeholders to be part of thedesign process so that the final product reflects the entire community’s values [21]. There is astrong tradition of participatory design in interactive media
that I ran into while conducting thisproject is that the students believed the project was too much work for the amount of time theywere given, which was two weeks. After giving the project and reflecting on the results, I do notthink that the project was too much work, I believe the students were overwhelmed since it wasvastly different then the textbook particle kinematic problems they had been working on.In Mini-Project 2 the students found it interesting how dynamics principles can be used to designparts. In-class they have been learning about how to use kinematics to analyze the motion ofobjects but have not had the opportunity to look at it from the perspective of designing themotion of the object. While conducting this project I told
Antennas and Radio Channel Measurements Inside a Battery Emulator”, examines theantenna design considerations necessary for the use of wireless transmission inside a battery pack[17]. Three different types of antennae were tested for different frequency ranges. Double helix100 MHz - 600 MHz Planar helix 800 MHz - 1200 MHz Planar Inverted-F-Antenna (PIFA) 2200MHz - 2600 MHz. A simulated battery pack enclosure was constructed. The antennas were tested,and results analyzed. Some of the results from the study included low frequency fidelity, and highfrequency viability with special design consideration to overcome notching and reflection. The paper “Implementation of a wireless battery management system (WBMS)”introduces a strategy to implement
more of the things that were positiveand do them even better.Future directions include implementation of the improvements above; development of newmodules focusing on interfacing other devices (such as robots); and development of modulesfocused on industrial applications of automated systems—such as manufacturing systems—tohelp learners see the big picture of how systems are integrated.AcknowledgementsThis material was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Improving UndergraduateSTEM Education (IUSE) Program (award no. 2044449). Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography[1] Giffi
similar approach in the future. However, they all recommended starting with a simpler case first to understand the learning method, then moving forward to a more advanced tutorial as the one offered to them.• The final stage is to introduce this intervention in the classroom for all students who are taking the Kinetics and Reactor Design. A structured assessment needs to be established to assess the students' learning experience. At the moment, the intention for the structured assessment is to provide the same questionnaire (in the form of reflection questions) to two different classes. The first class will be implementing Jupyter notebook as a tool in the assignments and course project along with in-class tutorials on how
used to construct the small column,providing a small set of flooding and absorption results that confirm its performance. A list ofparts and some representative figures are included in the appendix. Although the data presentedin this paper are limited, we are confident that they reflect the viability of the system. In thespring semester of 2023, the column was used in the teaching lab and the data set was expandedfor better validation.The Absorption ColumnThe existing large-scale packed column is made of glass, spans two floors, and has an ID of 3”and a packing height of 100”. The main body of the small-scale column consists of a 2” Schedule40, transparent PVC pipe, with an ID of 2” and a packing height of approximately 16.5”. Bothcolumns are
assess the perceivedimpact of participating in such centers. The in-progress validation process has providedinsightful reflections on multiple items regarding the way the items were written, theirappropriateness, and their alignment with participants' experiences. This work improvesconsistency in how ERCs evaluate the effectiveness of their education and diversityprogramming.Next steps will involve further distribution of the instrument and increasing its use amonginterested centers to further the validity evaluation of the instrument. It is expected that thisinstrument will facilitate greater cooperation between ERCs and other large, STEM researchcenters. Our future work will continue to gather validity evidence for the use of this instrumentin
unattainable in most departments due to the limited space and cost. Vibration can bedemonstrated using computer simulation such as in [4][5]. Computer simulation is easy toimplement at low cost, but there is a limit on providing intuitive and direct understanding betterthan physical vibration systems. Moreover, simulation results cannot reflect the uncertainty anddisturbance that physical systems always include. In [6], a combination of simulation, animation,and experimentation is suggested to help students understand the theory of vibration. In [7] and[8], authors suggested that students can learn vibrations through projects. Some educationaldevices for vibration classes are also available in the market as shown Fig. 1. A downside ofthese apparatus
writing,hand tool usage, 3D modelling, 3D printing, circuitry, and programming. Other course-relatedfactors were also considered with respect to impact on situational interest, such as, engineeringdesign sub-features, personal satisfaction in proficiency, and teamwork. Participants were 314first-year, undergraduate students enrolled in the makerspace course during Spring of2022. From January 2022 to April 2022, students completed a series of surveys that promptedthem to reflect on their interest regarding specific course-related experiences and activities.Situational interest surveys were administered immediately following the completion of thefeature modules identified above, whereas the maintained interest survey was administered at theend of
theirdesigns during the judgment-free "Concept Generation Phase." In the next phase of the game,"Concept Selection and Debate," they must argue with their teammates to select the best designto submit for their fictional group project. The twist of the game is that the initial bias of students–which design they would like the team to submit– as well as their personality –the method thatthey use to argue– are both determined by randomly dealt cards. This causes the students to stepoutside of their comfort zone and internally reflect on how they argue their opinions normallyversus how others might make a similar argument. In the "Grading" phase of the game, the teamreceives a score based on if they were able to receive a majority or total consensus. The
are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.ReferencesBowman, N. A., Rockenbach, A. N., Mayhew, M. J., Riggers-Piehl, T. A., & Hudson, T. D. (2017).College students’ appreciative attitudes toward atheists. Research in Higher Education, 58, 98–118.Cross, K. J. (2016). Balancing engineering and religious identities. 46th Annual Frontiers in EducationConference, FIE 2016, October 12, 2016 - October 15, 2016, 2016-November, American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE)-Educational Research Methods (ERM) Division; IEEE ComputerSociety; IEEE Education Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2016.7757555Godwin, A. (2016). The development of a measure of
field as well as on the procedures foradopting and adapting codes to reflect new knowledge, both of which are significant to students’professional development [3]. While much existing engineering curriculum is standard or code-driven, the certificate program trains students to appreciate the importance of standards andstandardization in a way that will promote life-long use of standards in their professional careers.An additional benefit of the current work is creation of a certificate program that will be reflectedon student transcripts. Transcripted certificates and similar mico-credentialling efforts improvestudent marketability [4-6]. Often, micro-credentialling programs are designed to be integratedinto or used as a gateway to full degree
plugin remains relevant and meets the changing needs of the users.Regularly re-evaluating the plugin will help identify areas for improvement, address anylimitations, and ensure that the plugin remains effective in supporting users' work processes andproductivity.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by Texas State University Big Ideas. Anyopinions,findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the views of the Texas State University Big Ideas.ReferencesAnneberg, Lisa, Craig Hoff, and Ece Yaprak. "Use of AutoCAD in An Electrical EngineeringCurriculum." In 1997 Annual Conference, pp. 2-461. 1997.Akasah, Zainal Abidin, and Maizam Alias. "Bridging the spatial
goals, andparticipate in reflection exercises and program activities. Monthly workshops covered professionaland academic goal-setting topics, vision boarding, scholarship, study abroad, internship, andresearch information sessions.Mentees Feedback: Mentees share their experiences about feeling safe and confident as theyjourney through the rigor of academic life.Mentoring Structure, Relationship, and Mentors Feedback: The mentors serve two roles,mentoring and tutoring their mentees. The vision boarding session was well attended; studentsbonded with their mentors and freely shared their academic and personal goals. Mentors helpstudents with course registration, advising, proofreading essays, building a project, finding jobs,researching labs, or
, provide feedback,and check-in on progress regarding their project. We asked them to respond to a simple monthly check-inform (i.e., short reflective prompts) available online in our Learning Management System.During summer 2022, thanks to funding from the grant, a Makerspace student staff was available to helpfaculty who wanted to come in during the summer months to practice using the equipment. No datacollection was conducted during that time.The second year of our study has been focused on implementation of the faculty project ideas, leveragingthe makerspace, into their courses. To check in on progress in the middle of the second year, one-on-onesemi-structured interviews were carried out by a trained graduate student research assistant in
-related behaviors.Recent literature suggests active learning strategies in sustainability education can help promotestudents’ sustainability behaviors. The term active learning has been used to describe a broadrange of student- or learner-centered instructional methods. For example, Felder and Brent [11]argued that active learning is “a teaching approach that encompasses anything students might becalled on to do in class besides watching and listening to an instructor and taking notes” (p. 111).While definitions of active learning vary, most scholars agree that active learning involvesstudents’ active engagement, continuous participation, action, and reflection [12-13].For decades, scholars have called for college educators to incorporate more
design and implementation course.Given the importance of security to Software Engineering, it is imperative that the programs continue toimprove teachings in this area. This review, while thorough in some regards, was also very limited inthat it only could look at catalog entries and curricula. In evaluating programs, evaluators review a morethorough self-study which may better reflect the teaching of security within the program. This may be apessimistic view of the situation, as the catalog entries may not be entirely current due to institutionalpolicies and individual instructors may include topics that are not explicitly called out in the catalog.What is concerning, however, is that these limitations do not appear to be present for other core
Frontiers in Education (p. 208). Frontiers.Juntunen, H., Tuominen, H., Viljaranta, J., Hirvonen, R., Toom, A., & Niemivirta, M. (2022).Feeling exhausted and isolated? The connections between university students’ remote teachingand learning experiences, motivation, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19pandemic. Educational Psychology, 1-21.Khraishi, T. (2021). Teaching in the COVID-19 Era: Personal Reflections, Student Surveys andPre-COVID Comparative Data. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 9(2), 39-53.Larcombe, W., Baik, C., & Finch, S. (2022). Exploring course experiences that predictpsychological distress and mental wellbeing in Australian undergraduate and graduatecoursework students. Higher Education Research & Development
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analyzing student written responses to conceptually challenging problems. • Gather more text samples that center written responses to conceptually challenging problems from underrepresented groups to adequately train algorithms.AcknowledgmentsWe acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the NRT DGE2021874 and DUE 2135190. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] H. Auby, N. Shivagunde, A. Rumshisky, and M. D. Koretsky, “WIP: Using machine learning to automate coding of student explanations to challenging mechanics concept questions,” presented at the American Society for
demonstrates thedirect influence of prior knowledge on her problem-solving approaches. In justifying her answeron the instrument, Olivia responded, “Probably not perform calculations, that’s usually not myfirst jump to. I kind of like to physically demonstrate the system. I’m very tactile so I like to seehow something would work.” Olivia’s response reflects a level of self-awareness (recognitionthat she is tactile) as a factor that influences her problem-solving approaches.The other four participants with prior engineering experience similarly appeared influenced bytheir recent engineering experiences in their approach to the problems. Other research has shownthat students often use their lived experiences to approach problem solving [17]. All four
0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Q [mL/min] Figure 4. Pressure drop data from increasing and decreasing flow rates in a bed filled with particles and theoretical pressure drop values from increasing the flow rate.As the pump reaches its maximum power at approximately 800 mL/min, some, but not all, of theparticles are repacked at the top of the column. As shown by the exponential trend reflected asthe red line in the last third of the plot, this repacking of some of the particles results in a higherpressure drop compared to the pressure drop in the packed bed. The
technicalexpertise in photographic techniques, such as capturing atmospheric clouds. Assignments aredesigned to be student-driven, encouraging both individuals and mixed teams of undergraduatestudents from diverse majors to create images using their own techniques, and to document theirwork in written reports. The course also addresses philosophical questions such as "What makesan image scientific?" and "What makes an image art?" to encourage students to reflect on theintersection of science and art. The consensus was that an image of fluid flow can be consideredscientific if the conditions of the fluid flow and image production are known, while theinterpretation of whether an image is art is subjective.Despite the course's focus on science, images produced
., code of cooperation) to hold each member accountable.At any particular time, I knew each team member's role, so I knew what to expect from them.An outside observer would have concluded our team had an effective process to complete ourassignments.Team members arrived on time to team meetings.Team members were prepared for team meetings.My teammates displayed appropriate interpersonal skills when conflict arose.GOAL SETTINGMy team used clear, long term goals to complete tasks.My team reflected upon its goals in order to plan for future work.My team made use of incremental goals (i.e., we set short term goals) in order to completecourse assignments on time.My input was used to set our team goals.This team helped me accomplish my individual goals
able to survive in the program. We incorporated the intervention strategies in the regular course environment as part of theweekly group work participation, homework, midterm exams, and group research presentation.During the first week of the semester, we introduced the concept of growth mindset to thestudents. The students watched a talk by Dr. Carol Dweck, the psychologist who proposed themindset theory, and Khan Academy’s video on growing one’s intelligence through struggleduring the weekly group work. We encouraged the students to reflect on their own ideas aboutintelligence and the importance of having a growth mindset while studying chemicalengineering. The students then shared their thoughts with their peers. In Table 2, we
resources, access inclusion, power, opportunities, and make decisions equity representation, that affect individuals and and communities participation of Representation the presence and visibility of different diversity, students who social groups in various contexts, inclusion reflect the including workplaces, schools, and
. Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo Andrew Olewnik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the Univer- sity at Buffalo. His research includes undergraduate engineering education with focus on engineering design, problem-based learning, co-curricular involvement and its impact on professional formation, and the role of reflection practices in supporting engineering undergraduates as they transition from student to professional. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Directional Graphs to Explore the Engineering Co-curricular Navigation Profiles of Student GroupsIntroductionThe goal of this work-in-progress (WIP) paper
. Figure 4: Multiple regression model for the longitudinal study of student grades in math and science and enrollment in high-level courses.Following the pilot programThe following areas of refinement have been identified after reflection and feedback: recruitmentof schools and districts should begin around September and October to allow time for schools toapply for funding. Training should include more hands-on opportunities to work through theactivities together. Balance the ratio of male to female students in the program by working withstudent peers and female teachers for recruitment. Sustainably expand the program to morelocations by cost-sharing with schools and training local teachers to run the programs. Sustainengagement
libraries toincorporate the STEM-kits as an extension of their existing programs.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1759259 (Indiana University) and Grant No. 1759314 (Binghamton University). 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] K. Rosa, K. LibGuides: Number of Libraries in the United States: Home, 2019. Retrieved from https://libguides.ala.org/numberoflibraries[2] V.R.Lee, “Libraries Will Be Essential to the Smart and Connected Communities of the Future,” in Reconceptualizing Libraries: Perspectives
leverage this information to support efforts to diversifythe engineering field.AcknowledgementsThis study was supported by the Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA)endowment. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the BETHA endowment. Many thanks tothe Girl Scout staff members, volunteers, troop leaders, parents, and girls who made this researchpossible.References[1] Betty A. Sproule and H. F. Mathis, “Recruiting and keeping women engineering students: An agenda for action,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 745–748.[2] S. L. Blaisdell and M. Anderson-Rowland, “A Pipeline To Recruit Women Into