are drawn from the university (comprisingfaculty or staff) and industry (UConn Alumni), based on their expertise on the topics. One of themost beneficial aspects of the workshop is the opportunity for group discussion, through whichparticipants, who come from a variety of engineering, cultural, and personal backgrounds, canlearn from one another and exchange ideas through games or case studies. The program also fostersnetworking opportunities across various engineering disciplines and encourages participation incommunity service projects. The JLLA’s investment in Mind Garden’s Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) wasintended to gain an understanding and assess the effectiveness of members’ participation in termsof improving their
majors and careers. Based on interviews with and surveys offourth- and fifth-grade girls participating in an engineering outreach program, we questionwhether youth are looking for career role models, and we challenge the assumption that youthwill take up an adult as a role model simply because the adult is presented as such. We questionwhat role these “models” play in the minds and lives of youth and argue that it may differ fromwhat we expect. To be clear, we are not arguing that engineering role models are not importantor not influential. Rather, we think it is important to gain a better understanding of how youth,particularly girls, view these potential engineering role models, which will allow us to optimizethe significance of these adults
Paper ID #37108Where Are We, and Where to Next? ’Neurodiversity’ in EngineeringEducation ResearchTheo Sorg, Purdue University Theo Sorg (they/them) is a third-year PhD student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. They received their Bachelor’s de- gree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University. As an undergraduate, they also received a Cooperative Education Program certificate for their work as a Pathways Intern at NASA’s John- son Space Center. Their research interests focus on challenging problematic conceptions and
PowerPoint,Collaborative Learning, and Formative Assessments. Engineering mentors found these seminarsexposed them to different teaching techniques, including ways to grab student attention, providepositive reinforcement, and be mindful of students’ ownership. They felt that the experienceeffectively improved their ability to deliver a presentation and to engage the audience, as well asgrew their confidence in public speaking. For example, one engineering mentor shared that,“Learning different teaching strategies is definitely beneficial.” Another engineering mentorprovided a specific example, that “I remember I brought up the idea of why don't we just call onstudents? But then I believe one of the other education students reminded me that some
Paper ID #37683Virtual Reality: A Learning Tool for Promoting Learners’ Engagement inEngineering TechnologyMs. Israa Azzam, Purdue University Israa joined the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University as a visiting scholar in September 2021. She conducts research on the design, modeling, simulation, and control of complex fluid power and mechanical systems. Prior to her appointment as a visiting scholar at Purdue, Israa was a graduate research and teaching assistant at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanon from 2019 to 2021. She con- ducted research on dynamic system control theory, where she
When considering bias in engineering, social bias, like racial and gender bias, typicallycome to mind. Investigation into these biases are thorough (Eddy & Brownell, 2016; Ohland et al.,2011; Williams et al., 2016) and increasing awareness of them is warranted. But considered lessfrequently is the role that cognitive biases play in engineering design (Carmichael, 2020;McDermott et al., 2020; Mohanani et al., 2020). Cognitive bias refers to the variations in thinkingand decision-making that occurs between individuals when presented with the same information.Just some examples of cognitive bias in engineering include ownership bias: the preferencetowards one ideas over the ideas of others (Toh et al., 2016; Zheng & Miller, 2019
Paper ID #37132Cultivating Sustainable Infrastructure Project Delivery throughIntegrated Design and Envision-Rating System within ConstructionEducationMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. At present, Rubaya is a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Civil and Environmental
highly intelligent and connected world of thefuture. The engineering department under examination is often hailed as a model exemplarof hybrid pedagogies. It is tempting to say that hhis achievement attests to the efficacy ofconvergent or hybrid engineering programs and affirms that these programs can offer studentsthe requisite competencies and knowledge to thrive in the fast-paced and ever-evolvingtechnology industry, on one hand. On the other hand, it seems to underscore the success ofthe government's initial initiative and reinforces the necessity of investing in science andtechnology education for the betterment of society. With two issues in mind, this paper presents a reflective exploration of hybridengineering education
Paper ID #37731Matilda: A Machine Learning Software Application to Virtually Assistwith Skincare for Visually Acute and Impaired—A Capstone Design ProjectMiss Yu Tong (Rayni) Li, University of Toronto, Canada We are a team of four computer engineering students, supervised by Professor Hamid Timorabadi, com- pleting an undergraduate capstone project. The team comprises of Abby Cheung, Carmen Hsieh, Jenny Li, and Rayni Li.Miss Abby Cheung, University of Toronto, Canada Undergrad student.Yongjie LiCarmen HsiehDr. Hamid S. Timorabadi, P.E., University of Toronto, Canada Hamid Timorabadi received his B.Sc, M.A.Sc, and Ph.D
supply chain management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Are Female Faculty Role Models to Female Students in Higher Education? A study of female faculty’s identity in computer science and engineeringDr. Qian Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Dr Qian (Sarah) Wang is a fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She is an assistant professor and the research director at the Academy of Future Education, XJTLU. Since high school, she went to study abroad and lived in the US for 20 years to pursue her bachelor’s degree, double master’s degree, and doctoral degree. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Teachers College Columbia University in social-organization psychology
numerous teacher awards including Early Excellence in Teaching, Innovation in Teaching, and Honored Instructor. His kind nature and consideration brings connection, community, and ongoing mentorship for his students.Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin - Madison Michael is an artist and musician masquerading as an academic, honored with the opportunity to research and design educational technologies that engage the body and the mind to make learning fun and produc- tive.Arushi Renschler Pandey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arushi is a 4th year undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include how engineering students use metaphor and imagery when mechanically
also hinder or undermine self-motivation, social functioning, and personal well-being. With this in mind, we believe that issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, andbelonging among individuals within college classrooms and the workplace may contribute tothese environmental factors, and hence need to be identified, explored, and resolved.In this paper, we will demonstrate how a series of workshops were designed to create satisfying,hands-on activities fostering students’ intrinsic motivation to increase their awareness and abilityto address DEI issues in engineering education, as well as in engineering workplaces. Overall,we will answer the question: Can a DEI workshop series created for high school and enteringcollege students from
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Paper ID #39915Break a [cardboard] leg!: Collaborative design of an integrated arts &engineering activity (Resource Exchange) o˜Mr. Cristian Eduardo Vargas-Ord´ nez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) o˜ Cristian Vargas-Ord´ nez is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include arts and engineering integration for epistemic justice and multicultural engineering edu- cation. He has experience in teaching and designing curricula for various educational programs, including
Paper ID #36693Story-Driven Learning in Biomedical Engineering: Quantifying Empathy inthe Context of Prompts and PerceptionsDr. Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University Stephanie Lunn is an Assistant Professor in the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and En- gineering Education (SUCCEED) and the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International Uni- versity (FIU). She also has a secondary appointment in the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS). Previously, Dr. Lunn served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at
anational-scale invention education program. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the constructvalidity and potential utility of the measure, which was found to include two subscales: Ingenuityand Solution Seeking. The scale also demonstrated adequate internal consistency reliability.Correlations between children’s perceptions of their inventive habits of mind and theiridentification with STEAM subjects were moderate and highest for science. The findings suggestthat STEAM subject identification and an inventive mindset can, but do not always, overlap.Keywords: invention education, inventive mindset, STEM identity, STEAM, K-12 education. Introduction To develop a robust engineering pipeline and
story, there has been action and adventure,as well as reflection and thoughtful application (of the engineering principles). Just as he reachesthe end of the lesson and is about to close with a thought-provoking question, one of the studentsin the back corner of the classroom nearest the door stands up. Ace pauses mid-sentence and staresfor one second, crestfallen that the student is about to walk out on him. While thoughts of failureand ways to improve race through his mind, a sudden “CLAP!” grabs his attention!Act V: Resolution (or Catastrophe)The clap is followed by another clap, and then another, as student after student begins to stand andapplaud his performance. While it certainly might not have been what they were expecting,students know
Technik Akademy, and was the elected chair of the Engineering section of the Tennessee Academy of Science in 2022 and 2017. His research interests include MEMS, Lipid Bilayer Membrane sciences, and advanced manufacturing.Dr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development.Dr. Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest MAGED B. MIKHAIL, PhD., is Associate Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Technology at Purdue University Northwest. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee
Paper ID #40317Service-Based Fellowship Program to Support First-Generation CollegeStudentsDr. Bob Schaffer, Mission College Dr. Bob Schaffer is a professor and department chair of the Engineering Department and the Mechatronic Technology Department at Mission College (Santa Clara, CA). He also teaches in the General Engineering Department at Santa Clara University. Bob is also the founder of Elevate Tutoring, a non-profit in San Jose, CA focused on empowering first-generation and low-income college students to reach their academic goals while paying it forward. ©American Society for Engineering
, LLC, a local remotepatient monitoring company. This new program was envisioned to prepare upcomingbiomedical engineering undergraduate students for the needs, technology, andopportunities in the industry of at-home remote patient monitoring.The program was created with both academic and industry outcomes in mind. Thisprogram was structured as a semester-long internship with weekly classroom meetings.While in their internship, the students worked shifts in remote monitoring, interacting withpatients and communicating with them. They also work on weekly professional reflectionsto report on their experiences. They attend two seminars throughout the whole experienceon policy, legislation, or any other business requirement. Students are required
, by graphics to conveyideas about projects, mentioning that: “engineers have ideas in their minds, but whencommunicating them (...), they can get complicated. (...) you should know how to convey theseprocesses or ideas. (If they are) working on projects, the ideas must be clear." Participant Bresponded that in the labor market, especially when dealing with a customer, engineers shouldhave technical certifications to support their participation in the industry, “a graduated engineermust have updated certifications (for example) from recognized brands. It must be considered(by the graduate) when leaving the university.”These responses show that industry members are looking for specific skills or competencies ingraduates. For example, as a young
manufacturing education in K-14 programs through outreach, professional development, curriculum reform and technician research. She earned a Ph.D. in Civil En- gineering/Environmental from the University of South Florida and served on the Engineering faculty at Hofstra University and the FSU-FAMU College of Engineering. Dr. Barger has authored over 50 papers for presentations on engineering and technology education, serves on several national advisory boards for CTE and workforce education initiatives and is a Fellow of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Dr. Barger holds a licensed patent and is a licensed Professional Engineer in
Paper ID #36883Creating an Undergraduate Multidisciplinary Design Research Team toAchieve Zero EnergyProf. Darrell D. Nickolson, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Darrell Nickolson serves as an Associate Professor at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology on the Indianapolis campus and also is a member of the design team at Curran Architecture. Professor Nickolson teachers Architectural Technology, Interior Design, and BIM coursework, and he leads students in community-based experiential learning design projects and most recently solar energy research. ©American Society for
community encourages students to engage inmaterial and build study groups. My undergraduate chemical engineering program excelled atcommunity building. Diverse groups were promoted within many of its core courses, preparingstudents for collaboration in the workforce.” - 4th year Female Chemical Engineer “This is the diversity of students, which I keep in mind when talking to students oranswering their questions. I never want to unintentionally talk down to a student of a differentbackground because of an implicit bias.” - 4th year Female Mechanical EngineerEmpathy Some of the teaching fellows even reflected empathy towards students who were inchallenging situations. Specifically one teaching fellow addressed the
, engagement and knowledge retention. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Inculcating the Entrepreneurial Mindset Using a STEAM-based Approach in a Biomedical Engineering Physiology Course Abstract The United States has fallen behind in innovation compared to countries across the world. Despite the presence of promising K-12 programs focused on teaching students innovation andentrepreneurially-minded skills, not enough is being done at the university level. Lack of fundingand trained personnel are plausible reasons. STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics) programs have shown promise in improved student learning and skills associated with
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Paper ID #39732How to Address Sustainability in a Mechanical Engineering Program —Implementation and ChallengesProf. Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Dr Zahid Qamar, Sayyad is currently working as a Professor at the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman. Recipient of several research and teaching awards, he has over 25 years of academic and reseaOmar S. Al Abri, Sultan Qaboos University, OmanMoosa Salim Al KharusiMr. Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University Sayyad Basim Qamar is a PhD student at the Materials Science & Engineering department at
in Table 4,twenty-three (23) participants from the first and second Bridge iterations transferred to topengineering programs within two (2) years. More importantly, eleven (11) First Bridge participantsare on track for bachelor’s degree completion within four (4) years. Without the ContextualizedBridge strategies, it is unlikely that these students could have successfully navigated the rigor andexpectations of the demanding engineering curriculum, especially within the four-year timeframe.Without receiving equity minded academic interventions through Bridge participation, their lowinitial math placement would most likely have prevented them from accessing selectiveengineering schools upon transfer, and they would not be completing their
Paper ID #36947Personhood at the ExtremesDr. Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University, Maryland Suzanne Keilson is a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland. Her background and degrees are in Applied Physics and her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engineer- ing, design, STEM education and assistive technologies.. She has served in the Mid-Atlantic section of ASEE for a number of years and is active in ASME and IEEE activities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Personhood at the ExtremesAbstractThis paper investigates
. Sociotechnical thinking inengineering is discussed using a range of lenses and approaches within engineering education, andI will attempt to synthesize some of the cutting-edge research.One major effort has been out of the Colorado School of Mines. Here, researchers explored a widerange of factors related to sociotechnical thinking in undergraduate engineering programs. Theyexamined the perceptions and experiences of both students and faculty regarding sociotechnicalintegration and its impact on sociotechnical habits of mind [2], [12]–[14]. This work wasconducted across a range of engineering curricular settings which included design as well asengineering science courses. One of their major research projects entails exploring student andfaculty