which majority populations accumulate power that harms students underrepresented in certain contexts.Dr. Heather Lee Perkins, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign Heather graduated from the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in the spring of 2021, after completing her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She has participated in various research projects examining the intNelson O. O. Zounlom`e Nelson O. O. Zounlome, Ph.D., is the Founder, CEO, and a mental health & academic thrive consul- tant through Liberate The Block (https://liberatetheblock.com/) ˜ an agency dedicated to helping Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in higher ed thrive. Dr. Z. is
Paper ID #38076Interest-Driven Major Pathways for Mid-Program Undergraduate Engineer-ingStudentsMs. Kelsey Louise Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey Scalaro is a doctoral candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her emphasis is on undergrad- uate engineering student identity development with a dissertation focusing on how students access and interpret the recognition of their engineering identities. She seeks to leverage her B.S. and M.S. in me- chanical engineering along with her five years of aerospace industry experience to design project oriented classes that equitably support engineering identity
studies were coded and analyzed to discover any overlap inteaching needs between business and engineering faculty and how the library and librarian fitinto the narrative. Ultimately three core themes emerged: student literature research skills,project-based learning, and electronic access to materials and resources. Recommendations foradditional research and future librarian collaborations, as well as faculty outreach, are prescribed.IntroductionSubject librarians, also referred to as liaison librarians, frequently assist with library researchskills and library resource instruction in the realm of academic librarianship. Typically, thisoccurs through separate research consultations requested by students or, occasionally, faculty, orvia an
undergraduatecomputing students worked in teams to sketch and create ethics based decision making scenariosusing paper or blackboard. This scenario creation activity model was later refined and employedin different Ethics in Engineering courses as a means to increase engagement through gameplayand role playing.In 2022, this work was expanded by joining forces with engineering faculty from the Virtues andVocations initiative and the Ethics at Work project which included other computing faculty,faculty from Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and faculty from Philosophy, where thegoal was to capture an engineering wide faculty and undergraduate student sentiment about ethicscontent in engineering. A multidisciplinary team of undergraduates, led by advising
Paper ID #37681Computational Thinking Pedagogical + Framework for Early ChildhoodEducationDr. Safia Malallah, Kansas State University Safia Malallah is a postdoc in the computer science department at Kansas State University working with Vision and Data science projects. She has ten years of experience as a computer analyst and graphic de- signer. Besides, she’s passionate about developing curriculums for teaching coding, data science, AI, and engineering to young children by modeling playground environments. She tries to expand her experience by facilitating and volunteering for many STEM workshops.Lior Shamir, Kansas
human factors inthe design or evaluation of technologies or systems.One of the objectives of human factors engineering is to learn about users' goals to better designand evaluate systems and technologies by applying appropriate methods. This user-centereddesign approach is the main methodology that allows engineers to learn about users’ goals andneeds, with the aim of designing user-centered systems.The user-centered design process requires understanding users to the point of forming empathywith them and directing the design and evaluation process based on the users’ needs.Conventionally, in human factors courses, students are required to complete a course project inwhich they would be required to develop a problem statement, understand the
Allen et al. [27] that foundstudents in a CS1 course which used “many-small-programs” instead of a single large project wereless stressed, more confident, had higher performance, and had higher satisfaction. There are avariety of platforms or instant feedback solutions used for hosting short programming problemswith instantaneous feedback. These include Zylabs by Zybooks [5], Stepik [28], CodeRunner [10],CodeWorkout [29], [30], Leetcode [31], Runestone Academy [6], CodingBat [13], Codio [32],CloudCoder [20], etc. While we acknowledge that there are several open source and manyproprietary platforms for hosting coding problems, as well as research on the effectiveness of thesesystems for teachers and students [18], there is not much research on
• Hands-on use of various elicitation methods to gather requirements • Hands-on requirements analysis using various analytical methodsEMSE Senior Senior- • Teams apply systems thinking to holistically Applying,4190/4191 Capstone Fall/Spring examine a selected problem. System Analyzing Project I & II modeling, dynamics, literature reviews, (4190) methodology development and multiple decision analysis techniques are employed
engineers see how they canstay true to their beliefs and lay the groundwork for improved outcomes.An example case illustrates how an early-career engineer stood up for their values in the face ofprofessional pressures. While an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia, that studentstudied the Dominion Energy Atlantic Coast Pipeline project and met residents of in the BlueRidge Mountains of Virginia who were to be directly impacted by the project. These personalencounters made the student question the ethics of the project’s development. She rememberedthat learning experience during her first job as an engineer when she was assigned to work on aconsulting project related to that same pipeline. Aligned with GVV pillars, she drew upon
). The coastal engineering class presents an excellent opportunity to close that gap. Moststudents in the course are senior undergrads or graduate students, nearing their entry (or re-entry)into their professional careers, so the authors decided to hone in on the professional aspect ofcollaboration, as a way to move from simple team projects to what Ellis, Han, and Pardo wouldrefer to as “productive collaboration” (2018, p. 130). When developing the course interventionsdiscussed in this paper, the authors focused less on which skills needed to be taught, and more onshifting the context from undergraduate education to a setting more akin to professionalenvironments. The aforementioned gap between graduate preparation and employee readiness
/technical dualism have included revising stand-alone ethicscourses and adding more social components to previously purely technical courses, such asdesign courses [6-9].Research in this space is still identifying what to expect of students and how to support deeperengagement in sociotechnical topics. This is being investigated through, for example, analyzingstudent interviews and focus groups [10-13], in class whole-group discussion [7, 14], andstudents’ written work [15]. Here, we build on this research base by looking at small group in-class discussions.This study is part of an NSF-funded research project to implement and study integratingsociotechnical components throughout a first-year computing for engineers course. In oneiteration of the
engineering ethics.Dr. Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane Rover holds the title of University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU). She also currently serves as the alliance director for the NSF Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska IINSPIRE LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation), co-leads projects in the depart- ment funded by NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) and Scholarships in STEM (S- STEM) programs, and is a co-PI of the NSF Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society led by the University of Missouri. Her teaching and research have focused on engineering education, high impact educational practices, inclusive educational practices, broader
Paper ID #39819Board 2B: WIP: What architects should learn according to the industry inseismic countriesDiego Eduardo Torres ViteriDr. Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ MiguelAndr´es is an Assistant Professor in the Polytechnic College of Science and Engineering at Uni- versidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from USFQ, an M.Sc. in Construction Engineering and Project Management from Iowa State University as a Fulbright Scholar, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and two Graduate Certificates from Virginia Tech in Engi- neering Education and Future
their professionalnetworks, and improve soft skills such as time management and teamwork [7]. It is clear thatemployers recognize those benefits: a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges andEmployers shows a projected 22.6% increase in interns hired in 2022, by far the highest increasein at least a decade [8].Our work focuses on experiential learning in cybersecurity, a field that is experiencing rapidexpansion in the labor market and shortages of qualified professionals. Between 2013 and 2021,the number of open cybersecurity positions worldwide increased from 1 million to 3.5 million[9]. This demand for professionals is not being met: in the U.S. it is estimated that there are onlyenough qualified applicants to fill 68% of the
), a fellow of the Opportunities for Under-Represented Scholars (OURS) post-graduate institutional leadership certificate program, and an alumna of the Frontiers of Engineering Education program (FOEE) of the National Academy of En- gineering. She has been serving on the Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Capital Area Regional Network steering committee as a founding member since 2016. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.Dr. Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Briana Lowe Wellman is an associate professor and chair in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at the University of the District of Columbia. She joined
Paper ID #39903Burnout: The Cost of Masking Neurodiversity in Graduate STEM ProgramsMs. Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut Connie Mosher Syharat is a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction and a Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of two neurodiversity-centered NSF-funded projects, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF:RED) ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engi- neering Innovation” and Innovations in Graduate Education (NSF:IGE) Encouraging the Participation of Neurodiverse Students in STEM Graduate Programs to Radically Enhance the Creativity of the
class, three different evaluation methods were used, such asclassroom observation, a signature assignment, and a Motivated Strategies for LearningQuestionnaire (MSLQ) survey. The Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM(COPUS) findings indicated greater student engagement when ECP is used; the Signatureassignment results indicated improved learning outcomes for students; and the MLSQ survey,which measures students' motivation, critical thinking, curiosity, collaboration, andmetacognition, determined a positive impact of the ECP on the CS participants.Keywords –CS education, active learning, experimental centric learning, collaborative learning,project based learning, retention.IntroductionSeveral critical factors influence student
such as Germanyhave advanced the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, often referred to as Industry 4.0[1]. The intent is to integrate design, manufacturing, and consumer activities seamlessly toincrease productivity, reliability and customer satisfaction. An Industry 4.0 manufacturingsystem—also called a cyber physical production system (CPPS)—integrates Internet of Things(IoT), Internet of Services (IoS, or also called Cloud Computing) and cyber-physical system(CPS) technologies [2]. These changes will profoundly impact manufacturing work and workers.Industry 4.0 is projected to add $2.2 trillion to domestic GDP by 2025. The estimated maximumvalue of the operational transformation brought by Industry 4.0 to the global
assignments and team projects. The clustering coefficient is a measure ofthe overall connectedness of one’s network (how many of your friends know each other?), andcan be used to infer the overall interconnectedness of a student’s social network. Taken together,these analyses can describe the ways in which collaborative learning may shape a students’social networks and perceptions of social connectedness.The results of this study indicate that, in instances where students perceived that their instructorsimplemented collaborative learning more often, a student’s social network became more denselyinterconnected. Additionally, the number of friends a student chooses to work with is positivelycorrelated to how often said student works or studies in a
student societies’ activities.This study was conducted as a senior capstone project by a team of four industrial engineeringand one mechanical engineering senior students. The capstone senior project spanned twoquarters, for a total of 22 weeks, and was sponsored by the OSU Department of EH&S, advisedby an industrial engineering faculty, and assisted by a PhD student in industrial engineering. Thecapstone senior project focused on identifying the root cause of the lack of near-miss reportingamong student societies within the COE through the development of research instruments andpreliminary data collection and analysis.Qualitative Approach of Current StudyExisting studies on academic laboratory safety either focus on formal learning settings
difficulty in getting student input and feedback on the contract initially, but we have now refined it over many iterations. The contract outlines the type of grading and what is expected of the students during the course. 2. Learning logs: The students were allowed to write learning logs reflecting on their learning experiences both in and out of the classroom. Two types of logs were used. The first type was a reflection on their learning based on the homeworks or projects that they did. The second type was a learning log in lieu of attending a live lecture or watching an asynchronous lecture. Students submitted weekly logs for the asynchronous learning and biweekly logs for the homeworks or
iterative process[9]. As a final continuation, Dow attempted a similar study for physical prototypes, but theresults were largely inconclusive [10]. Dahan and Mendelson have attempted to expand the basicdichotomy (iterative vs. parallel) to include one-shot, sequential, parallel or hybrid prototypingapproaches [13]. Within this model, one-shot refers to situations where the prototype is the actualfinal design itself, sequential is synonymous with iteration, parallel describes exploration ofmultiple solutions simultaneously, and hybrid blends the sequential and parallel approaches.Dahan and Mendelson argue that a parallel approach to the prototyping process is best suited tosituations with high production costs and short project timelines [13
their title and/or description. This search included undergraduate andgraduate courses.With this information, this study compared the diverse WE tracks within CE programs offered inthe United States, Canada, and Europe to identify their strengths, gaps, weaknesses, limits, andopportunities for improvement.Survey DesignThis study utilized a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design to collect and analyze bothquantitative and qualitative data from faculty and students. The administered survey included ademographic section and a total of six questions The first question intended to identify whatinstructional tools and methods, including projects, hands-on experience, and research couldincrease students’ interest as well as enhance their learning
specific to theengineering consulting context.Engineering consulting has become an increasingly important sector for engineering graduates.In 2015, technical and engineering consulting services were projected to be the 6th fastestgrowing global industry for the period of 2014-2024 [10]. This follows a global trend in rapidgrowth of consulting in general, fueled by globalization, the externalization of work fromdownsizing of internal resources, and the intensification of knowledge-work [8], [11], [12].Today, globally, the engineering services market is a 1.6 trillion US dollar industry [13]. In theUnited States, engineering services alone generate an annual revenue of 360 billion US dollarsand employ approximately 1.3 million people [14]. In Canada
begin with end in mind.The Education of InnovatorsEngineering Accreditors and Professional SocietiesLifelong learning is a skill to practice in both the cognitive and affective domains [8]. Everyaccrediting body and professional society advocates for the development of lifelong learners[26]. As one example, the American Society of Civil Engineers Body of Knowledge argues forlifelong learning skills to develop through “undergraduate education and mentoring experiences”[7]. During college, students should engage in “independent study projects and open-endedproblems” with the goal of pushing beyond the presentations of their instructors [7]. Asprofessionals, engineers should engage with “continuing education, professional practiceexperience, and
activities up to larger-scale multi-week projects. Faculty were able to use theseimplementation guides to build connections with their courses. FLC adaptations during three-year implementationThe goal of the UNC KEEN FLC was to integrate and increase the use of EML-based strategiesto improve learning for students. However, the FLC was intended to also improve facultyinstruction with evidence-based approaches. Over the three iterations of the FLC, we adapted thecurriculum topics and approach based on our observations of the needs of the participants. We faced many challenges during the first year of the UNC KEEN FLC Program. Thecurriculum was initially designed to focus strictly on the outcomes and components of the KEENFramework. Secondly, the
consistency. 3) we comparedthe practices emphasized across the student cases. We also developed short summaries for eachof the three participants focused on their emphasized practices, including excerpts from theirtranscripts for evidence.FindingsTable 1 shows three students’ desired engineering practices obtained via interview. The findingsrevealed that a wide range of engineering practices were identified as reasons for whyparticipants pursue ME. All three participants were excited about solving problems and buildingtangible artifacts in the engineering design projects. With a strong interest in design, Participant2 and Participant 3 named real-life application and design as motivators for pursuing anengineering career. These two participants also
, and has co-authored the undergraduate textbook Intermediate Solid Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He is dedicated to engi- neering pedagogy and enriching students’ learning experiences through teaching innovations, curriculum design, and support of undergraduate student research.Prof. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is a Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning. He also co-directs a hands-on undergraduate research program called Engineers for Exploration, in which students apply their engineering knowledge to problems in
Ecosystem Health SurveyAbstractThis research paper presents preliminary results of the Educational Ecosystem Health Survey(EEHS), a survey instrument designed by the Eco-STEM team at California State University,Los Angeles, a regionally serving, very high Hispanic-enrolling Minority Serving Institution(MSI). The purpose of the instrument is to quantitatively measure the health of the STEMeducational ecosystem from the perspectives of the actors within it. The Eco-STEM team isimplementing an ongoing NSF-funded research project aiming to change the paradigm ofteaching and learning in STEM and its aligned mental models from factory-like to ecosystem-like. We hypothesize that this model of education will better
Antonio, thus showing the transferability ofthe curriculum.IntroductionThe 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines’ report on UndergraduateResearch Experiences (URE) for STEM Students: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunitiesmakes over 50 references to teams and teamwork, such as the URE’s tendency to “emphasize andexpect collaboration and teamwork” [1]. The report does not contain systematic recommendationsfor team training among its numerous contributing sources. This absence may indicate that teamtraining measures do not keep up with the increased curricular use of team projects. In fact,students are often required to work in groups without adequate preparation and guidelines for suchinterpersonal interactions [2-9