Paper ID #42469Engineering Student Success: Implications of combined Scholarship, Academic,and Community Support InterventionsSeyedehsareh Hashemikamangar, The University of MemphisDr. Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis Dr. Stephanie Ivey is a Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering in the Herff College of Engineering at the University of Memphis. She directs the Southeast Transportation Workforce Center and the West TN STEM Hub.Craig O. Stewart, The University of Memphis Dr. Craig O. Stewart is a professor of Communication at the University of Memphis.Dr. Aaron Robinson, The University of Memphis Dr
technical writing skills in STEMdisciplines is well documented. Solutions have been proposed, implemented, and inconsistently sustained.One approach to improving disciplinary technical writing is through Writing Assignment Tutor Trainingin STEM (WATTS). WATTS is an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach in which STEM faculty workwith writing centers and generalist peer tutors to provide just-in-time assignment-specific feedback tostudents. WATTS research was funded by an NSF IUSE collaborative grant (award #s 2013467,2013496, & 2013541). In WATTS, the STEM instructor collaborates with the writing center supervisorand prepares materials for the tutor-training including assignment examples, a glossary of terms, areas ofconcern, and the
panel, interdisciplinary collaboration results inan emergent field [ABC] that requires a complete rethinking and development frominterdisciplinary fields A, B, and C. In the bottom panel, multidisciplinary collaboration, overtime, might bring A, B, and C disciplines “closer” but does not result in an emergent discipline.Note that //’s on the dashed lines denote the independence between the disciplines while the solid||’s represents the existence of commonalities between disciplines.Over time, these organic fusions induced by inter-/trans-disciplinary approaches cannot beeffectively and exhaustively categorized into any single, isolated, independent mother fields(e.g., squares A, B or C Figure 1, top left panel). The field of interdisciplinary
and active learning. It is not possible to learn these concepts bydoing only mathematical problems. It is also important for instructors to follow goodpedagogical practices including having clear learning objectives and assessments. 1. Identify possible sociotechnical collaborators 2. Identify a salient course topic that has broader social and environmental implications 3. Identify, add or update existing course learning objectives and/or ABET student outcome that this sociotechnical course topic aligns with 4. Create learning objectives for specific sociotechnical modules 5. Create modules by designing activities for homework before and/or after class session(s) as well as class session(s) that
to explain the effect of filtering in the frequency domain orwhen explaining the causes of frequency and phase distor�ons, I have no�ced that the studentslack the understanding of what are the results of the Fourier analysis and how to relate thoseresults to the amplitudes and frequencies of the harmonics cons�tu�ng the �me-domain signalanalyzed by the Fourier series/transform. As such, I have spent �me explaining these concepts,and by now, the students understand the term “frequency spectrum” or “spectrum.” However,the students s�ll do not know how to prac�cally generate the frequency spectrum of real data oruse the straigh�orward spectral analysis tools in MATLAB. 3. THE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS MODULEThis module is added a�er the ADC lecture. The
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ofsociety and engineering solutions/technologies related to each theme. They are provided withopportunities to further explore theme(s) that they are interested in through individualizedresearch-based assignments and a team project. In this course, students also learn about programrequirements and opportunities to achieve the program competencies, and develop a customizedfour-year plan for the program, i.e., they identify opportunities they would like to pursue to meeteach competency requirement and plan out when to pursue each opportunity during their fouryear journey. Due to the active learning and group based nature of this course, the first yearstudents also closely connect with their peers and the first year community in the GCSP. Moredetails
documentation, developer support,and reliability than older options, however these may not be barriers depending on the coursescope and goals. With that said, there may be courses that are better served by other softwareentirely. ROS mastery requires significant time and energy apart from that required to mas-ter robotics and other STEM concepts. However if a student aspires to a career in roboticsresearch and development, ROS mastery is likely well worth the initial investment.References [1] K. Scott and T. Foote, “2022 ROS Metrics Report,” Available at http://download.ros. org/downloads/metrics/metrics-report-2022-07.pdf (2024/02/07). [2] T. M. Santos, D. G. S. Favoreto, M. M. d. O. Carneiro, M. F. Pinto, A. R. Zachi, J. A. Gouvea, A. Manh
questions are presented in Table 4.Table 4 – Survey questions administered to participants. # Survey Questions and their Intended KSBA Model Elements SQ1 What ideas, concepts, knowledge, or facts have you learned? (K) SQ2 What skills have you developed? (S) How have some of your behaviors, habits, or practices changed, and/or what are SQ3 new ones that you have developed or adopted? (B) How have some of your attitudes or beliefs changed, and/or what are new ones SQ4 that you have developed or adopted? (A) Based on what you now know and have studied, how do you understand the idea SQ5 of Sustainability? (K) What
defined as a limit of Riemann sums. White down the limit form and then decide 𝑏on the units of ∫𝑎 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 .Fancier version: assume g(s,t) is a function of two variables, where s is measured in v units and tis measured in w units and g is measured in o units (for output) .Write down the limit and difference quotient that is used to find ∂g/∂s.What does that make the units of ∂g/∂s ? 𝑏 𝑑What would be the units for the double integral ∫𝑎 ∫𝑐 𝑔(𝑠, 𝑡)𝑑𝑠 𝑑𝑡 ?Reflection: 1. Did you remember how to obtain units on derivatives and integrals? (Please elaborate) 2. Does this exercise refresh your understanding of calculating units from Calculus I or Linear Algebra
calendar (such as a link or description of location on learning management system) is provided, this would be coded here. Calendar of important events (schedule of required readings, assignment due dates, exam dates, etc.) Dates can be identified as tentative dates and/or subject to change. Instructor Syllabus welcomes student interaction and explicitly tells students that the encourages student instructor, TA(s), and/or any part of the instructional team can be contacted for contact help or assistance. General campus Syllabus provides information about campus resources that students could go to resources for help or
leading to a better understanding and applicationof experiment-centric teaching methods.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1915614. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] R. L. Stowe, L. J. Scharlott, V. R. Ralph, N. M. Becker, and M. M. Cooper, “You Are What You Assess: The Case for Emphasizing Chemistry on Chemistry Assessments,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 98, no. 8, pp. 2490–2495, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00532.[2] D. Lombardi et al., “The Curious Construct of Active Learning,” Psychol Sci Public Interest, vol
is an urgent problem in the field of engineeringeducation.Purpose: This study took an ongoing and successful AI interdisciplinary certificationprogram as research object, and deconstructed the whole process of the program’ s design,implementation, and operation from three dimensions of vision, teaching, and support tosummarize its successful experience in the AI talents cultivation and interdisciplinaryeducation.Method: Adopting an exploratory case study methodology, we conducted semi-structuredinterviews with 5 instructors and professors involved in this program, and collected 10documented materials about the program from internal channels, official websites, andmainstream media to ensure the authenticity, richness, and completeness of the
approaches to enhancing programs and curricula.In this context, we argue that it is particularly important to conduct comparative internationalresearch to better understand how conceptualizations of interdisciplinary education are not onlydiscipline-dependent but also culturally and institutionally contingent. Such a comparative studycan help inform curricular design to foster students' understanding of global competence. As afirst step in such efforts, we used reflexive thematic analysis within a comparative case study[11], [30], [31] to identify interdisciplinary graduate students’ conceptualizations ofinterdisciplinary education at two universities, one in Finland and one the U.S. The researchquestion(s) associated with this work are the
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. Anexample of this can be seen with Zhang et al.’s [5] work looking at implementing large languagemodels into their curricula at MIT. Other researchers are successfully sharing their experienceswith this type of implementation of GenAI as well as impacts on higher education at variousinstitutions [6]. When integrated with AEI, these materials can be designed to not only educatebut also to emotionally engage students, fostering a deeper connection to the subject matter andenhancing overall learning outcomes. Texas A&M University (TAMU) has made MicrosoftCopilot, a GPT 4.0 powered chatbot available for use for both students and faculty. Additionallythey have provided guidance as to what appropriate usage should look like both for faculty
. Gen holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a specialization in control systems. His professional journey spans nearly three decades, during which he has made significant contributions to the automotive and aerospace sectors, focusing on powertrain systems and a variety of embedded controls.Dr. Stephen Andrew Gadsden, McMaster University Dr. S. Andrew Gadsden is currently the Associate Chair (Graduate Studies) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University. He is the Director of the Intelligent and Cognitive Engineering Laboratory.Dr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past twenty-one years teaching
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AI'scapability to tailor assessments to individual learning requirements and curriculum standards. Thisapproach deepens student engagement and advances educational strategies by equipping educatorswith dynamic tools that respond to the evolving educational landscape. The current studyparticularly emphasizes prompt engineering with AI, a critical element in optimizing AI’s utilityfor generating advanced, curriculum-aligned assessments. It assesses how effectively craftedprompts can guide AI to produce more relevant educational content, thereby enhancing learningexperiences. As effective prompts are developed, GPT-4’s potential to customize assessments tomeet specific student needs and address the complexities of material science theories ishighlighted
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% 0% a. b. c. d. e. a. b. c. d. e. (D) (E) Strongl y di s a gree Somewha t di s a gree Nei ther a gree nor di s a gree Somewha t a gree Strongl y a greeFigure 2. The student responses for the sub-questions of Question 2 (Table 2) for (A) CHEN 3302 (B) CHEN 4320(C) MENG 4349 (D) MENG 4312 (E) MENG 5330Next, we evaluated the responses for Q3, which gauged the students' understanding of the concepts relatedto sustainability in engineering. The descriptive statistics for each course are summarized in Table 5