different undergraduate research projects. He then moved on to Michigan State University and took a position as a teaching specialist concentrating on undergraduate classroom instruction. Scott finally settled at York College of Pennsylvania. He has been at York College for over ten years and feels as if he has found a place where the focus on teaching and students aligns well with his background and interests.Dr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took
International University Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International University. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught a number of courses on design, sociotechnical contexts, education, and learning. He conducts research on equity and culture in engineering education and supports undergraduate and graduate student researchers through the Equity Research Group. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student engagement with undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) in an introductory computer programming courseAbstractDespite
; ● practice telling their personal story about their GCSP experiences and leveraging GCSP accomplishments in job searches/graduate school applications; ● connect with the GCSP community; ● communicate GCSP progress to GCSP faculty and revise plan for remaining semesters; ● become more aware of GCSP graduation requirements and processes; ● make progress toward GCSP graduation requirements; ● become more aware of opportunities to engage in the ASU GCSP and international GCSP Network communities as an alumnus; and ● learn about opportunities to continue their work in their GCSP theme after graduation.Each of these two courses was designed to be assignment-based and does not include lecturevideos or materials. More
-year experiences [4], [5], usually in the form ofcourses which bring students together with faculty or staff on a regular and recurring basis, arehigh impact practices – that is, practices that “educational research suggests increased rates ofstudent retention and student engagement” [3]. The best of these first-year experiences focus ondeveloping habits of critical inquiry, writing, information literacy, and team-based learning [5].Surveying faculty, alumni, and employersThe Task Force surveyed and received responses from 133 faculty, 516 recent alumni, and 46employers to determine what technical proficiencies and professional proficiencies they believedwere most important for contemporary engineering graduates. While a detailed accounting of
. What is your definition of a successful interdisciplinary initiative? 3. What do you consider to be the key factors for success in a interdisciplinary initiative? Do these change over time (i.e., short, medium and long term). 4. How do you measure success within your institute, and what metrics do you use to track progress and evaluate the impact? 5. How important are industry partnerships and collaborations for the success of your institute? 6. What are the best practices for attracting research funding, specifically multidisciplinary grants? 7. How do you attract top talent, both internally and externally, to participate in the efforts of the multidisciplinary institute? 8. How do you develop and design
State University of New YorkJacqueline Handley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jacqueline Handley is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue. Her background is in Material Science and Engineering, with an emphasis on Biomaterials Design. She is interested in, broadly, how best bridge engineering prac ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #41430Dr. A Lynn Stephens, The Concord Consortium Lynn Stephens is a research scientist with the Concord Consortium. Among her interests is investigating how students respond to innovative technologies and
Program for transfer students aims to mitigate someof the challenges encountered by these students during their transition to the University ofArkansas. This paper explores the benefits gained as a result of participating in the piloted peermentoring program for transfer students and the impact this extension could have on participants’academic careers.MethodologyThe FEP Peer Mentoring Program, established in 2007, has played a key role in enhancing first-year engineering students' retention, preparing them for their sophomore year, and contributingto improved graduation rates. Each first-year student in the cohort is assigned a dedicated peermentor, that is an upper-class student. The program mandates weekly meetings with thesementors and is an
Research Assistant in Dr Colleen Josephson’s j-Lab in Smart Sensing. Matthew has mentored students throughout the last four years, serving roles as a tutor and student-instructor, finding that the best way to truly learn a concept is by teaching to others. Matthew is expected to graduate in the summer of 2024 after completing his senior thesis in the development of a solar-powered sensor utilizing Visible Light Communication (VLC).Mr. Khanh Tran, University of California, Santa Cruz Khanh Tran is a 3rd year Electrical Engineering undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the vice president of the UCSC Rocket Team, serving as a technical lead, mentoring undergraduate students and designing rockets
) and a liberal arts college (Saint Mary’s College of California). Our experience shows thatthe removal of prerequisites, making the course readily available for those interested in pursuingCS, had no significant impact on student performance. Having minimal prerequisites has beneficialeffects in terms of diversifying the CS student body as well as enabling students to begin CScoursework early, often in the first semester, potentially impacting persistence, but also enablingstudents to decide, early, if CS is right for them. Programs should evaluate what prior knowledge isrequired to be successful in a CS program. The high success rate of students of various backgroundstaking CS certificates and pursuing graduate school also shows that
students, laying the groundwork for targeted interventions and curriculum enhancements.Moving forward, it would be valuable for future research to explore whether exposure to a well-designed semiconductor module influences the motivation of non-electrical engineering studentstowards semiconductors and how this exposure may impact their career intentions. Bycontinuing to investigate these areas, we can further refine educational strategies and developinitiatives to better engage students and prepare them for their involvement in the semiconductorindustry.In summary, this study contributes to the ongoing efforts to address workforce challenges in thesemiconductor industry by providing actionable insights and suggesting avenues for futureresearch and
and further strengthenedthrough reflective practices such as focus groups and/or concept maps [2], [3]. Finally, thestudents create value by designing a solution that considers needs of different populations thussupporting a better “global” solution to impact the most people.Many STEM international experiences align with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)grand challenge themes which are shown to support connections between the experience,disciplinary knowledge, multicultural awareness, and EM [2-4]. This is particularly valuable forSTEM majors, as some research indicates they lag behind their non-STEM peers in multiculturalawareness. Initially, the NAE grand challenges consisted of fourteen goals for improving lifewhich have now been
, “A Practical Strategy for Training Graduate CS Teaching Assistants to Provide Effective Feedback,” in Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1, (Turku Finland), pp. 285–291, ACM, June 2023.[10] D. Mirza, P. T. Conrad, C. Lloyd, Z. Matni, and A. Gatin, “Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in Computer Science: A Systematic Literature Review,” in Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, (Toronto ON Canada), pp. 31–40, ACM, July 2019.[11] E. Patitsas and P. Belleville, “What can we learn from quantitative teaching assistant evaluations?,” in Proceedings of the Seventeenth Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education
education; infrastructure; sustainable design; and clean, renewable energy. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-In-Progress: Application of Employee Appraisal Forms to Facilitate Assessment of Student Outcomes in the Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractA critical component of educating civil engineering students and preparing graduates to enterprofessional practice is the engineering capstone course. This paper describes a work-in-progress to evaluate the use of employee appraisal forms to facilitate self-reflection andcounseling as a metacognitive strategy in engineering education. The authors have developed a“capstone support form” that mimics an employee evaluation report support form
engineering from the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA, in 2016, and the B.S. degree in intelligent transportation engineering from Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China, in 2014. He was Graduate Teaching Assistant for ECE1013 Foundations in ECE, ECE1022 Foundations in Design, ECE4713/6713 Computer Architecture, and ECE4753/6753 Introduction to Robotics at the undergraduate level and as a guest lecturer delivered graduate-level courses, ECE 8743 Advanced Robotics and ECE8833 Computational Intelligence. He received the ECE Best Graduate Researcher Award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University in 2023. He received the Research Travel Award
2023 and recently concludedin spring 2024 semester. The preliminary impact of the proposed approach is planned to beevaluated using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods, which couldinclude, pre- and post-surveys, interviews with students, faculty, sponsors, and Expo judges, aswell as scores provided by Expo judges. These results will help educators assess the benefits ofthe approach and develop a framework to integrate effective communication teaching andpractice skills within the curriculum for engineering design courses.1. Introduction1.1 BackgroundEngineering Capstone Design courses offer immersive experiential learning opportunities,including the opportunity to practice communication across a wide range of
’ identities and motivations.” In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June 2018. https://peer.asee.org/303193. Nunnally, B., Farkas, D., 2016, UX research: practical techniques for designing better products. Boston: O’Reilly Media, Inc.4. Choe, N., Borrego, M., 2019, “Prediction of engineering identity in engineering graduate students”. IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 62 No. 3, pp. 181-187. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/86670455. Bahnson, M., Perkins, H., Tsugawa, M., Satterfield, D., Parker, M., Cass, C., and Kirn, A., 2021, “Inequity in graduate engineering identity: Disciplinary differences and opportunity structures”. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 110 No. 4, pp. 949-976. https
National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Catalyst grant. OurCatalyst grant team is comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of researchers leveraging expertisein quantitative and qualitative assessment in the social sciences, engineering, policy, and academicleadership. Our comprehensive data gathering effort seeks to assess equity in recruitment, hiring,renewal, promotion, and tenure activities at a large R1 public institution for both tenure-line andterm (contingent) faculty. We place an intersectional emphasis on this analysis, examining whetherinstitutional practices yield disparate outcomes on faculty not just along lines of gender and race,but also unique combinations thereof.The prior ASEE paper [1] focused on the data gathering effort for
. Design activity engagement within thesocial context of capstone courses can be influenced by a student's identity, but little research hasbeen done on understanding this influence.Our investigation in the overarching study is informed by the concepts of situated cognition [1]and engagement within engineering practice [2], both accounting holistically for the contextwithin which design activities are performed. Additionally, we account for frameworks definingpersonal engagement as a state in which “people employ and express themselves physically,cognitively, emotionally, and mentally during role performances” [3, p. 694] to better understandstudent engagement through a specific role within a capstone team.In this paper, we provide a better
statement.The survey also included a place for students to give any comments about the use ofcatalogs/manufacturer’s website etc. and are reproduced here. The comments are grouped underthree catagories. The first set of comments are more general, the second set of comments showhow students felt it was useful for the jobs they held after taking ME 367 – Machine Design andbefore graduating. The last set of comments show the impact students felt on their CapstoneDesign ME 448/449. “Most if not all courses should use catalogs in their projects. The concepts seem straightforward, but students need guidance when sifting through the details of each component specifically when comparing their calculations to actual parts. This practice would become
students’ potential for designing capabilities. The project could bedeveloped further as a joint project with more students from diverse technical backgrounds.Second, the project is not from a real design request. An actual client from the industry andcommunity could primarily increase students’ learning engagements and motivations. Somefundamental interactions with clients and stakeholders could encourage students to communicateeffectively and become socially aware of the environmental impact of their designs, which canbetter prepare them for the global challenges they may face after graduation. It could help toenhance students’ understanding of social issues and provide direct feedback on the value andeffectiveness of the design they create
Paper ID #42959Implementation of a Hands-On Aerospace Design Project During the COVIDPandemicProf. Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University Rani W. Sullivan is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU) and the holder of the Bill & Carolyn Cobb Endowed Chair. She has teaching and research interests in the area of solid mechanics, aircraft materials and structures, and engineering education. Her research spans structural health monitoring, composite manufacturing, and mechanical and non-destructive testing of polymer matrix composites and large-scale structures for aerospace
and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. She earned her BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University in 2010, and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (also from Purdue) in 2015. She teaches several core engineering courses, including thermodynamics, separations, unit operations lab, and zymurgy, and her research has focused on understanding best practices for teaching and learning in these courses.Dr. Joanne Beckwith Maddock, Carnegie Mellon University Joanne Beckwith Maddock is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Toledo in 2013, her
concrete, Egg ProtectionDevice, Prototyping, Civil engineering education.IntroductionSenior design and integrative design courses often represent the culmination of coursework for astudent in an engineering program. While these courses may range in methodology or scope, thecommon goal is for students to apply a range of skills to develop a design project that spans theirengineering discipline. In civil engineering programs, these projects may come directly fromprofessional practice or include experiential components to develop a preliminary design [1].With other engineering disciplines, such as mechanical or electrical, there may be requirementsto develop prototypes to iterate on their designs. The prototyping and iterations provide tangiblepoints
informed design decisions. As anapplication of collecting human-centered information, students learn about community needsassessments and evaluate the culture and community-focused content of the assessmentchecklists provided in the Sphere Handbook for humanitarian response [16]. As a follow-upassignment, students are asked to create and complete a community needs assessment on theirown, either for a location in which they live or, as best as they are able, for an internationalcommunity that is significantly different from their own.Discipline-Specific Communication & Teamwork ModulesCommunication and teamwork are acknowledged by the EOP framework to be necessary skillsfor designers to be effective advocates for sustainable practices. Students
programmes at UK universities. Before joining the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield, I worked as an educational consultant in China. Alongside research, I worked as a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) in multiple labs in the Faculty of Engineering and joined a research group of inclusive research culture in the Department of Electronic and Electric Engineering.Dr. Mohammad Zandi P.E., University of Sheffield ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in-Progress: Designing Inclusive Teamwork Activities to Improve International Master's Students’ Teamwork Skills in Chemical Engineering
. Students learn howto access companies and organizations they are interested in. The overall goals for the coursewere for students to increase their self-confidence and professional skills in order to access thehidden job market.CourseThe course was titled ‘Career Launch’ and a course description was created as follows: “The purpose of the course is to teach students how to be intentional and proactive in creating relationships with professionals, at employers of interest to each individual student, from scratch. Students will also learn outreach best practices, how to conduct an effective career conversation, how to follow-up, and how to sustain a professional relationship over time. As a result of the course
of this research: factors that impact team performance, and (to a much lesserextent) frameworks of team performance. The importance of this finding is amplified whenjuxtaposed next to the primary themes of research on teamwork education: student capabilitiesand faculty responsibilities in developing effective teamwork [3]. This discordance betweenacademia’s focus toward teamwork education and industry’s focus toward team performance isan important gap for engineering educators and researchers to address as they both move forwardin their work. If engineering team performance researchers are identifying factors that driveteam performance, yet engineering educators are not teaching the skillsets that would enhancethose drivers, then the
Paper ID #41980A Scoping Review of Tools for Teaching Particle Science Engineering & TechnologyAdrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University Adrian Nat Gentry is a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in Engineering Education. They completed their undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering from Purdue in May 2020. Adrian’s research interests include assessing student supports in cooperative education programs and the experiences and needs of nonbinary scientists. Adrian is involved with Purdue’s Engineering Education Graduate Association and the oSTEM chapter at Purdue.Langdon A. Feltner, Purdue UniversityPaul Mort, Purdue
aimed at promoting student narratives through audio-based methods.Dr. Cassandra McCall, Utah State University Cassandra McCall, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and Co-Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Transition Services at Utah State University. Her research centers the intersection identity formation, engineering culture, and disability studies. Her work has received several awards including best paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education and the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech as well as M.S. and B.S. degrees in civil engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and
ABETstudent outcomes via our program’s targeted performance indicators.IntroductionEngineering education has faced enduring criticism for being overly focused on the narrowlytechnical dimensions of engineering practice, ill preparing engineering graduates for their futurework. “Sociotechnical” approaches to engineering education have arisen as one category ofresponses to this perceived narrowness. Advocates claim sociotechnical approaches: providestudents a more robust framework for engaging professional engineering practice, enhancelearning through increased engagement, and result in more satisfying overall educationalexperiences. Faculty members in the Department of Engineering, Design & Society at theColorado School of Mines have been leaders