women. As such, it is vital toexplore trends over time and find new potential avenues to attract students to computing.Developing a better understanding of students’ trajectories, and potentially the variable ways theymay enter the major before obtaining their degrees, can offer avenues for recruitment. Weconducted a quantitative analysis of switching behaviors using the Multiple-Institution Databasefor Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). The theoreticalframework of intersectionality guided the inquiry as we examined patterns and disaggregatedthem by gender, race, and ethnicity. We sought to explore trends in switching behaviors for thoseentering computing, including potential variations in: 1) the major in which
animportant aspect of the engineering profession. Accreditation boards across North America havecalled for engineering educators to equip engineering graduates with leadership capabilities toallow engineers to take on a more prominent role in technological, societal and businessadvancement [1], [2]. As a result, there has been increased focus and research aroundengineering leadership, both in terms of defining what it is (for example, [3], [4]), as well asidentifying the associated skills and effective pedagogical practices for teaching it [5]–[7].Engineering educators are working on closing the gap between the leadership needs of industryand the capability of engineering graduates. However, for particular sectors such as engineeringconsulting, given
provide the reader with an overall picture of the resourcesneeded to develop AR applications for use in pedagogical settings, the design decision tradeoffs,and practical issues related to deployment. As AR technologies continually improve, they areexpected to become an integral part of the pedagogical toolset used by engineering educators toimprove the quality of education delivered to engineering students.KeywordsAugmented reality; beam; mechanics; structural analysis; technology1. IntroductionAugmented reality and virtual reality (AR and VR, respectively) are growing technologies thatallow users to visualize virtual or digital objects through a device such as a smart phone orheadset [1]. For engineering educators, the motivation to develop AR
implementation, testing details, experiences gainedand future work.1. IntroductionAutonomous vehicles have gained considerable interest in recent years due to their potential fordisruption. As they advance in capability and increase in adoption, studies have shown autonomousvehicles can reduce accidents and traffic congestion [1]. The race to achieve full autonomy isundoubtedly here and many companies are taking part in it. Although the closest purchasable fullyautonomous vehicles are those with adaptive cruise control (ACC), there are now driverless, fullyautonomous commercial vehicles on the roads in the United States. Waymo [2], a subsidiary ofGoogle entirely focused on self-driving, recently released a driverless ride-hailing service inPhoenix
University Dr. Janie McClurkin Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering De- partment at Texas A&M University in College Station. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she attended North Carolina A&T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Biological ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paper ID #38356Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) myco-toxin risk assessment and
. Systemic shortcomingsin the prior method where course outline and instructor assessment data were managed usinguncontrolled Microsoft Word documents and templates on a departmental network drive was amotivating factor to implement a new data management method. These shortcomings included:1) lack of access to the network drive by adjunct faculty members, 2) documents which wereuncontrolled and were without a formal revision record, and 3) data storage methods whichlacked future capability for efficient/timely data analysis and report automation. Once it wasdetermined that an improved method was needed, a variety of options were investigated beforethe department settled upon a solution utilizing modern software tools in the Google Suite. Full-time
identified throughthe survey and provide a set of inclusion best practices and learning objectives for inclusivitytraining for undergraduate teaching assistants.Introduction 1Undergraduate teaching assistants (UGTAs) play an important role in promoting student success.UGTAs promote student engagement, serve as peer mentors, and improve students’ perceptionof a course [1]. In engineering education, involvement of UGTAs in first-year design courses hashad positive outcomes, and the use of undergraduate teaching assistant programs continues togrow [2, 3]. Institutions thus continue to explore on effective strategies for UGTA training. MostUGTA training
, students completed a photovoice reflection for one of the assignments(manufacturing lesson on corrosion and erosion) to reflect on the manufacturing survey. In thispaper, we present the survey assignment and photovoice reflection on corrosion and erosion,specifically, as it is traditionally considered a negative surface phenomenon. Thematic analysisof the photovoice reflections show that students are motivated to explore mechanisms forincreasing system value and identifying opportunities. Ultimately, findings suggest that the useof hands-on surveying assignments to compliment the traditional teaching methods used inmanufacturing classrooms can promote an entrepreneurial mindset when studying manufacturingcontent.1. Introduction Industry 4.0
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Convergence and Divergence in Engineering Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Management, and PolicyAbstract A little over half (28 of 54) of the divisions of ASEE focus on the intersections betweenSTEM disciplines and different contexts of engineering education and practice. These 28divisions emphasize three broad areas: (1) humanistic content and goals; (2) particular groups ofstudents, faculty, practitioners, or other stakeholders; and (3) specific arenas of activity andorganizational contexts. Four of these “Engineering and. . .” divisions include engineeringleadership, entrepreneurship, management, and policy. The divisions share goals such asconnecting the technical
electron microscopy. With the establishment of the National Institute for MaterialsAdvancement, this analytical capability has expanded to include thermogravimetric analysis withmass spectrometry, a more powerful scanning electron microscope, and greater X-ray diffractioncapability. KPRC also gives PET students employment opportunities in a working labenvironment while performing bio-based materials research as undergraduates.Plastic Engineering Technology CurriculumPET program graduates will have the following skills upon program completion: (1) an ability toapply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, andtechnology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline; (2
University Milo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the Department of Education at Tufts University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Using Machine Learning to Map Student Narratives of Understanding and Promoting Linguistic JusticeIntroductionThis work-in-progress paper expands on a collaboration between engineering educationresearchers and machine learning researchers to automate the analysis of written responses toconceptually challenging questions in statics and dynamics courses [1]. Using the
, Inc. Kaitlin is currently an Academic Development Specialist at Ansys. She received her PhD at the Uni- versity of Illinois Urbana Champaign under Professor Paul Braun. Her research was split: focusing on manipulating eutectic material microstructures and engineering outreach.Abdon Pena-FranceschAlan Taub ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Sustainable Materials Design in Undergraduate Engineering Education Cecelia Kinane1, Kaitlin Tyler2, Alan Taub1,3, Abdon Pena-Francesch1,3 1 Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor; 2Ansys; 3 Materials Science and Engineering
. Her research efforts at at the Center for Engineering Education and Out- reach focus on supporting discourse and design practi ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Using the Formative Assessment Enactment Model to Characterize Instructor Moves in a Learning Assistant Supported Mechanics CourseThe LA model, developed by the University of Colorado- Boulder, has been gaining momentumin engineering departments [1]–[4]. LAs are undergraduate students who facilitate studentthinking and encourage inclusive active learning in the classroom. They participate in weeklypreparation sessions with their supervising faculty, where they provide
educationresearch, in part because it has the advantage of collecting stories and giving voice toexperiences that have perhaps been silenced in prior scholarship. For example, in recentengineering education literature, narrative methods have been used to explore subjects like howand why students choose to study engineering [1], the emotional trajectories of engineeringstudents [2], learner agency in intercultural project based learning environments [3], and theinfluence of race and gender in engineering education in the US [4]. Narrative inquiry has twodistinct advantages compared to other research techniques. First, it capitalizes on humans' naturalinclination to think and share their experiences in the form of stories, thus making data
Understand StudentProblem-Solving ApproachesMotivation and BackgroundProblem-solving is an essential skill needed in the field of engineering [1]. The ability toeffectively solve complex engineering problems can be the difference between project successand failure, but problem solving differs based on expertise. Experts are known to employdifferent problem-solving strategies compared to novices [2, 3]. Experts’ greater informationprocessing capacity [4] allows them to approach a problem in a non-systematic manner [5].Specific skills that allow experts to effectively solve a problem are the ability to mentallyrepresent a situation and the ability to employ different problem-solving approaches for differenttypes of engineering problems [6]. Expertise
from the third industrial revolution. Powerful computers that continually analyze theincoming data over the Internet are communicating with each other creating cyber-physicalsystems, the Internet of Things, and systems to drive the manufacturing sector equipped withadvanced manufacturing technologies efficiently and effectively [1]. The product developmentframework is being redesigned for a streamlined process to accommodate these technologies andincrease process automation. The importance of this trend is demonstrated by National Center forDefense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) via National Additive ManufacturingInnovation Institute - America Makes to promote the collaborative efforts between industries,academia, government agencies, etc
prior work include varying levels of prior programming experience, studentlearning skills, and defensive (rather than collaborative) climate [34], [2], [16], [3], [13]. The relationshipbetween student motivation and persistence is less clear: some work finds motivation and engagement aremajor factors associated with the success or retention of students (e.g. [16], [17], [8]), while others (e.g.[31]) do not.B. Disparate ImpactsWith persistent lack of diversity in the tech field, studies of undergraduate retention in computing musttake into account the specific experiences of students from groups historically underrepresented in thisdiscipline. Researchers observed gender differences in student behavior in undergraduate classes [1]; moresources
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Talking tech: how language variety in engineering curriculum instruction can ease delivery and engage studentsAbstractBackground: As accreditation bodies globally become more specific about faculty responsibilityconcerning creating inclusive environments, faculty need to understand and be supported in theirefforts to transform the landscape of educator approaches in engineering education. Soon, facultymust, “…demonstrate knowledge of appropriate institutional policies on diversity, equity, andinclusion, and demonstrate awareness appropriate to providing an equitable and inclusiveenvironment for its students that respects the institution’s mission.” [1, pg. 51]. This is
, coursesexisted to teach students how to identify, assess, protect, rebuild, or maintain infrastructure [1].Electrical power infrastructure – ubiquitous, complex, and essential to meeting sustainabilitygoals – is particularly essential to the infrastructure landscape, and early civil engineeringstudents broadly lack a basic understanding of the functioning of this critical element.Over the past ten years, there has been a growth of broad-based infrastructure survey courses atthe college level, especially within civil engineering programs. Early coursework oninfrastructure focused on the history behind the development of modern-day industries andengineering [2]. This evolved into infrastructure courses focused on engineering for thefundamental needs of