Education in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. His work contains a unique blend of engineering education and civil engineering projects. Dr. Perry’s current work centers on understanding how students transfer their knowledge between engi- neering school and work. This is supplemented by his role in developing assessment techniques for two NSF-funded projects focused on the incorporation of virtual and mixed reality technology into civil engi- neering education. In addition, his past civil engineering research investigated the behavior of wood shear wall structures under seismic loading conditions. Dr. Perry’s expertise in both the engineering education and civil engineering domains provide him with
are potentially feasible in anoperational context, and the potential for significant overall reductions in the human markingload for this assignment.Keywords: Automated Grading, Natural Language Processing, ReflectionIntroductionAalborg University is well known for its Problem Based Learning (PBL) curriculum, with allenrolled students undertaking a semester long project course in every semester of their study.In this learning environment it is critically important that all students develop strong skills inPBL. To this end all first semester bachelor students enroll in a course on PBL skilldevelopment.A key summative assessment task for this course is an assignment where students presentreflections on their development of the competencies
attempt to comprehend code priorto activities wherein they produce their own code—the Use-Modify-Create approach.2.3 Use-Modify-Create as IBL for CS EducationUse-Modify-Create (UMC) is a CS-specific pedagogical approach introduced by Lee and colleagues in2011[14] for use with K-12 students. They proposed a three-stage model for learning to code. In the firststage, students first used instructor designed code. In the second stage, students modified existing code.Finally, after gaining the skills to code their own projects, students responded to programming problemsby creating their own code. We argue that the UMC approach constitutes three complementary cycles of IBL in introductoryCS education, where the subject of students’ inquiry are the
’ research involvement in Engineering. She is also interested in participating in collaborative efforts promoting interdisciplinary research. Lastly, she is currently the PI and Director of the Research-Oriented Learning Experience (ROLE) in Engineer- ing, a National Science Foundation-funded project, and the coordinator of a Latinx Femtoring/Mentoring program at NMSU.Nicole Delgado, New Mexico State University I am a first-year Ph.D. student at New Mexico State University in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. I currently work on a sponsored project that supports Latinx undergraduate sophomore, junior, and senior-level students in developing research, technical, interpersonal, academic, and professional
Programs led by Dr. Barr is the Director of Assessment and Evaluation of STEM Programs at Rice University. He has been an evaluator and psychometric expert on several federally funded projects in ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Design and Testing of a Quantitative Instrument to Evaluate Engineering Research Center ParticipationIntroductionThe National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) program aims toimpact society by developing research and innovation in universities across the country [1].Awards granted by this program are the highest-funded, single award from the NSF; a total of 75Research Centers have been funded since the program’s
prepare cross-disciplinary students to develop “an intuitive understanding of the physicscontrolling the relevant observations and […] an appreciation for how these observations can beused to learn something about the earth” [23].More and more, engineering graduates are also expected to apply coding and solve complex,interdisciplinary problems. Teaching engineering design is commonly accomplished throughproject-based learning [24,25]. However, the use and benefits of development boards such asArduino are still overlooked [26]. Therefore, we also recommend that a device such as ours befurther developed and validated by students in a project-oriented capstone course. Using Arduinohas been shown to effectively teach programming and strengthen
that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering education focused facility; the largest educational building in the state. His expertise in educational pedagogy, student learning, and teaching has impacted thousands of students at the universities for which he has been associated. Imbrie is nationally recognized for his work in ac- tive/collaborative learning pedagogies, teaming and student success modeling. His engineering education leadership has produced fundamental changes in the way students are educated around the world. Imbrie has been a member of ASEE since 2000 and has been
creatingprogramming for these events is the ability to adapt research for young students with a widerange of engineering backgrounds. Adding to the complexity, engineers are not trained teachers,therefore outreach events can often contain overly complex activities that do not take a student’sdexterity or comprehension skills into consideration. Understanding students’ abilities andinterests are critical to developing pre-college curricula that are engaging for a variety ofstudents. In this project, we present findings from an observational study conducted at acommunity-focused outreach event with over 200 participants. This paper is focused on a softrobot gripper activity consisting of two tendon-actuated fingers and its utility as an outreach tool.In the
students’engagement and factors they consider when making engagement decisions through a compilationof survey items from multiple co-curricular engagement surveys and frameworks [12], [13], [18].In future work of this project, findings from the pilot survey will be used to prototype the co-curricular engagement guide. To further explore engagement decisions of the student population,stakeholder interviews will be conducted and inform iterations of the engagement guide, thusimproving its usability and potential adoption as a resource.Study Context. The student population studied is an undergraduate engineering population at amid-Atlantic research institution. Majors that students can enroll in include biomedicalengineering, chemical engineering, civil and
teach 2D drawings in their AEC curriculum and then include 3Dvisualization courses in their upper-level classes. However, students still need help interpreting2D lines in AutoCAD, especially when they have poor spatial visualization skills. In addition,students often need to learn why they are taught to use different line types when drafting, suchas what the difference between a solid and dashed line from a 2D drawing represents in thephysical structure. This study aims to address the challenges in teaching 3D visualization skillsin universities by developing a plugin called Spatial Visualization for AutoCAD (SVA). Thiswork-in-progress project is testing the SVA plugin in AutoCAD to help undergraduatesimprove their spatial visualization ability
effectiveness, and global competencies He helped establish the scholarly foundation for engineering education as an academic discipline through lead authorship of the landmark 2006 JEE special reports ”The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and ”The Research Agenda for the New Dis- cipline of Engineering Education.” He has a passion for designing state-of-the-art learning spaces. While at Purdue University, Imbrie co-led the creation of the First-Year Engineering Program’s Ideas to Inno- vation (i2i) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the
including facultysupport, learning experiences, support environment, financial support, task organization,engineering practice opportunities, and task orientation.2. THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONThis work-in-progress is part of a larger project [4 - 6] relating the mental health and wellbeingof undergraduate engineering students at a Western land grant higher education institution.Positive psychology provides a theoretical foundation for this project. Most of the work in the fieldof psychology is based on the traditional understanding of mental health which is characterized bypsychological issues and their negative influencers [1]. Therefore, Asghar and Minichiello [1]propose engineering education researchers studying the mental health and wellbeing
leadership buy-in could lead to more diverse leadership teams and moreinclusive policies and practices.Rooted in values that allowed for diverse representation, equity, and a culture of inclusion, thenetwork leadership, from the onset of the project recognized and acknowledged the potentialpower dynamics at play within and outside a multiscale network structure. Thus, to set the toneof the larger network, the core team of PIs and Co-PIs were scholars from racially diversebackgrounds (South Asian, White, and Black); the extended team of senior personnel also coversa range of backgrounds – race, gender, and academic disciplines. In addition, the researchnetwork comprises members from several universities that serve historically underrepresentedgroups
providing teacher professional development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing An Assessment Toolkit for Precollege Summer Engineering Workshops (Works-in-Progress)Abstract Many universities have engineering outreach programming that expose students toengineering that include day camps, overnight camps, and multi-week programs. As the projectsoccur over hours, days, or weeks, rich content is delivered in a very abbreviated timeframe.Often only anecdotal evidence or evaluative surveys reflect what students’ experience. Thisworks-in-progress project describes the strategic plan and first stage towards development oftools for assessing engineering learning in weekly summer
FEW Nexus. Her research work has been funded by the Armand Corporation, the Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), the Engineering Informa- tion Foundation (EiF), and the National Science Foundation. She has also worked on projects to develop sustainability-related hands-on engineering activities for K-12 students through the Society of Women En- gineers: Engineers in Training (SWEET) summer program she developed in 2021. She currently serves as the co-Faculty Advisor for Mercer University’s student chapter of SWE.Prof. Cheng Zhu, Rowan University Dr. Cheng Zhu is an assistant professor of civil engineering at Rowan University. His research primar- ily concerns multi-scale geomaterial behavior under coupled
& McComb 2015). Inthis work, we provide details about a group of faculty and students that coalesced into an informalcommunity over a brief period of time. This community included formal and informal activities such asengaging in discussions in breakout rooms on Zoom, as well as attending a group dinner during an annualconference in 2022. During the program, social community elements emerged in that participants hadaccess to more experienced individuals through mentoring and engagement, and they were exposed toinformation relative to careers, graduate school, and networking opportunities.Researchers’ PositionalitiesThe project team consisted of three researchers: 1 Black man and 2 Black women. The first and secondauthors served as primary
. IntroductionEngineering curriculum frequently focuses on technical, analytical, and decision makingknowledge and skills, evident by the common focus of courses on math and physics principles[1]–[3]. Course problem sets and projects routinely focus on determining variables and solvingequations where there is one “right” answer [4]. However, engineering work is inherently bothtechnical and social [5], [6]. To address major problems of today’s world, engineering studentsneed to develop contextual and cultural competencies, ethical responsibility, and socialengagement knowledge and skills, as well as the ability to work across disciplinary boundaries[7]–[10]. Engagement in these skills, which we collectively call “comprehensive engineeringknowledge and skills”, are
as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and data analyst, with research interests in spatial ability, creativity, engineering-integrated STEM education, and meta-analysis. As a psychometrician, she has revised, developed, and validated more than 10 instruments beneficial for STEM education practice and research. She has authored/co- authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology. She has also served as a co-PI, an external evaluator, or an advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
important mechanism of cultural reproduction inengineering education is what education scholars call “the hidden curriculum”, which can bedefined as “the set of structured learning experiences or conditions that occur beyond designintent and apart from the explicit curriculum” [1]. Engineering education scholars have exploreddifferent ways the hidden curriculum manifests and impacts student experiences [2] [3], givingspecial attention to impacts on underrepresented and marginalized student groups [4] [5].This paper derives from a larger project exploring cultural reproduction in engineering with afocus on how engineering students and recent graduates think about individual and professionalethics [6]. That project has considered some of the
the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10
work on things not relevant to them, may be less likely to be interested inengineering. By extension, students may also be less likely to sign up on their own forextracurricular engineering activities such as clubs or summer camps. Early exposure to scienceand math is linked with students’ interest in engineering careers [11]. Though the survey used inthis evaluation has been used in research studies and evaluations of other K-12 outreach projects[12], those researchers have not focused on the survey’s questions about the personal factorsstudents consider when choosing a career field. In addition to early exposure, other studies havefound that students’ STEM career interests are influenced by their parents, teachers, classes, andSTEM
Paper ID #38583Attributes of Research Mindset for Early Career Engineering ResearchersMr. Sanjeev M Kavale, Arizona State University Sanjeev Kavale is currently a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education Systems and Design (EESD) at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests are mindsets and their applicability in engineering, outcomes-based education, and problem / project-based learning. He is having a teaching experience of 11 years and an industry experience of 2 years prior to joining PhD.Dr. Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University Dr. Adam Carberry is an associate professor at Arizona State University
: Fostering Interest in EngineeringAmong High School Students and Developing Future Engineering EducatorsABSTRACTThe development of the engineering workforce is a priority of engineering educators acrossdisciplines. Domestically, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that approximately 25,000new civil engineers will be needed each year of this decade. Given recent infrastructurelegislation, many more civil engineers will likely be required to design, build, and maintain theseproposed projects. Well-developed pre-college engineering curricula have been proven toincrease student enrollment in engineering majors. However, these benefits depend on effectiveclassroom technologies, tools, and techniques. This multi-year study looks at a one
many international conferences.Shebuti Rayana, SUNY, Old Westbury Shebuti Rayana is an Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the State University of New York at Old Westbury (SUNY OW). She earned her PhD from the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. Before moving to the United States for higher studies, she completed BSc from Computer Science and Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Shebuti Rayana’s research is to build a safe and secure digital world with the help of cutting- edge Data Mining techniques. During her PhD, she was involved in several projects funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research
Paper ID #39174Applying STS to Engineering Education: A Comparative Study of STS Mi-norsProf. MC Forelle, University of Virginia MC Forelle is an assistant professor, teaching track, in Engineering & Society at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Their work examines the intersection of law, technology, and culture, with particular interests in materiality, sustainability, and practices of resistance and change. Currently, they are developing a a book project that studies the technological challenges faced by users, tinkerers, and repair communities working to repair, maintain, and
paper, we share details about the equity-focused, collaborative codebook, the use of the codebook in our current RPP project, lessons learned, and recommendations for improving the process in the future.Keywords: Research practice partnership, program evaluation, team dynamics, computer scienceeducation, qualitative1 IntroductionThere are many models for partnership collaborations focused on systems change. One suchmodel is known as Research Practice Partnerships (RPPs). RPPs have been used in several fields,including education, with the goal of working collaboratively towards implementing solutions todirectly address problems of practice [2]. In the context of K-12 computer science (CS)education, problems of practice often focus on
- force demographics, technology, and organizational structures. As director of the Simmons Research Lab, she researches competency development via education and training; interactions between humans and technology; and conceptualization of leadership in engineering. Supported by more than $7.5M in federal funding and with results disseminated across more than 100 refereed publications, her research aims to develop and sustain an effective engineering workforce with specific emphasis on inclusion. She has over ten years of construction and civil engineering experience working for energy companies and as a project management consultant; nearly 20 years of experience in academia; and extensive experience leading and
learning experience [7], which we hypothesizemay be related to the increased need to self-regulate in remote environments. However, limitedresearch has explored the relationship between how students chose to participate daily and self-regulation in HyFlex learning experiences. Therefore, we used the following question to guidethis research: What is the relationship between students’ self-regulation and their choice of dailyparticipation in a HyFlex class? Methods HyFlex Course Environment and Participants Design Thinking in Technology is a required introductory level course that uses a project-based approach to prompt learners to consider real-world problems through
Paper ID #39243Transgender and Nonbinary Computing and Engineering Education: AWorkshop Experience ReportStacey SextonAmanda Menier, SageFox Consulting GroupRebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group Rebecca Zarch is an evaluator and a director of SageFox Consulting Group. She has spent almost 20 years evaluating and researching STEM education projects from K-12 through graduate programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Transgender and Nonbinary Computing and Engineering Education: A Workshop Experience ReportExisting gender diversity Broadening
GISoperations given a specific data type. The third performance task for SO-1 relates to the use oftools in STEM. Accordingly, the indicator PI-1.3 may stipulate that students demonstrate thecorrect approach on data analysis and visualization (i.e., projection, scale, etc.) to produce thebest solution for the GIS problem. The descriptions for each performance level should use anaction verb, which is measurable, and clearly states the desired quality level. This example aimsto demonstrates that simply using LMS, without exploiting its capabilities on a rigorousassessment approach, does not in itself guarantee that analysis and evaluation of test scores leadto effective and comprehensive assessment of student learning outcomes. LMS capabilities inconcert