students to design and analyze construction projects. Currently, Dr. Naganathan is working on research projects aimed at improving energy efficiency in existing buildings and exploring the potential of AR/VR in construction education. His dedication to fostering innovation in sustainable construction inspires the next generation of construction managers to create a more energy-efficient built environment.Jonghoon Kim, University of North Florida ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Drone-Driven Learning: Advancing Construction Education through UAV IntegrationAbstractRecent technological advancements have shifted the construction industry's view
difficulty dealing with ambiguity anduncertainty when they are faced with real-world machine design problems [2]. Anotherexperience-based skill required by engineers is to move forward amidst ambiguity anduncertainty. Liu and Brown also suggest that including active and project-based learning has thepotential to develop this experience-based skills in undergraduate students. Monterrubio andSirinterlikci implement this active learning approach into the curriculum of a Machine Designcourse by including a semester-long laboratory in which students design and construct aninjection-mold [3]. The authors found increased student engagement and high achievement ofexperience-based outcomes such as effective use of industrial and manufacturing tools such
-technological systems. Given advances in AI and the complexity of the theoretical frameworks,we were interested in learning whether generative AI could support protocol development. Wegenerated questions using the generative text model: Claude-2. These generated questions wereranked by both Claude-2 and a member of the research team, and the rankings were compared.Through this process, we found that generative models can be used to write initial interviewquestions, but the quality of the questions is not consistent. Specifically, the questions generatedwere often relevant to the project, but they were not necessarily useful because of the use ofawkward language. Despite this, the generated questions served as a helpful starting point fordeveloping a
Skills. The Introduction to the EngineeringProfession introduces students to engineering skills and ensures the transferability of the course.The Professional Skills dimension infuses career-based skills to ensure professional success andincreased employability. ESS students learn career and professional skills as early as their firstsemester at CC. Skills -- including oral and written communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork, are incorporated into the curriculum and assessed through resumewriting, mock interviews, and project-based learning. Students pitch their projects through pitchcompetitions, concept paper submissions, and presentations before professional judges. The ESSintroduces students to industry roles, project
Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), and B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. His current teaching and research interests include project planning and controls, quantitative methods in construction, and resilient and sustainable built environment.Dr. Zofia Kristina Rybkowski, Texas A&M University Zofia K. Rybkowski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Science of the School of Architecture at Texas A&M University. She holds degrees from Stanford, Brown, Harvard, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and UC Berkeley, where she earned a PhD. Her interdisciplinary background, which includes biology (MS
Paper ID #43046Enhancing Petroleum-Engineering Education through Active Student Engagement,Hands-On Experience, and Technology IntegrationDr. Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Mohamed Fadlelmula is an Instructional Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ). Fadlelmula is dedicated to teaching excellence, therefore, he has participated in several projects to improve students’ learning experience, motivation and engagement. He has received different teaching awards such as the TAMUQ Teaching Excellence Award 2022, and the College Level Distinguished
determine the best method of analysis and likely failure location(s). Whenfaced with more open-ended structural analysis problems, students frequently make incorrectassumptions about two-force members, action-reaction pairs, and internal loads that can lead toinappropriate or inaccurate analyses.Problem- and Project-Based Learning in StaticsPrior studies in undergraduate engineering education have introduced problem- and project-based learning (PBL) experiences for Statics courses that involve design challenges [1-8].Collectively, this body of research provides valuable exemplars about how PBL learningopportunities can advance students’ engineering knowledge and skills, yet there remain twosubstantial limitations. First, the prototyping component
Paper ID #41770The Journey of Establishing and Operating an Innovation Center to NurtureFuture Engineering InnovatorsDr. Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong Dr. Chun Kit Chui serves as the Director of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Innovation Wing aims to unleash students’ creativity by entrusting them to spearhead ambitious innovation and technology projects that will shape the future. The iconic facility is located at the heart of the campus, offering 2400m2 of space with state-of-the-art resources and a supportive environment to enhance hands-on
research focuses on student engagement and equity considerations in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software education. She previously worked as Project Coordinator for the Engineering Collaboration for Online and Remote Education (E-CORE/CIEL Project), a national Canadian initiative to support instructors in shifting to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice. She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). ©American Society for
with Renewable Energy TechnologiesAbstract The DESSERT (Designing Equitable and Sustainable STEM Education with RenewableTechnologies) project focuses on designing equitable STEM education modules centered onrenewable energy technologies to engage middle and high school students from underrepresentedgroups in STEM fields. Led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and undergraduate studentsfrom two universities, the project aims to inspire interest in sustainable energy-related careersamong students from diverse backgrounds. The activities emphasize hands-on learning, empathy,and STEM literacy integration. Two sets of lab activities were developed. The first set of labactivities focuses on energy storage with a classroom set of pumped
materials science, the neuroscience of learning, humanitarian engineering, and undergraduate research involvement. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Implementing Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in a First-Year Seminar CourseEntrepreneurially minded learning (EML) was implemented in a first-year seminar course at ateaching-focused public institution in the Southeast United States. Entrepreneurial mindset (EM)is characterized by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)’s 3Cs, which arecuriosity, connections, and creating value. To assist the first-year students with the developmentof EM, a 7-week long project was developed and incorporated into the course
paper details the evolution of the continuous BMG project as it evolves to engage andchallenge elementary school through university students in a collaborative and hands on nature.BMG is an interactive game that uses the player’s body pose to control the game and changes thedisplayed video, mechatronics, lighting, music, voices, and sound effects. This paper highlightsthe educational value and expected student gains for elementary, high school, and collegestudents. Additionally, the paper discusses the organizational methods used in the BMG project,which include narrative design, identification of key scenes & narrative elements, and ideation &design for the various video, mechatronics, and sound components of the game. The
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, in 2015. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong, as an Assistant Professor in 2018. His current research interests include robotics and controls, with a focus on UAV design, navigation, control, and LiDAR-based SLAM.Dr. Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong Dr. Chun Kit Chui serves as the Director of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Innovation Wing aims to unleash students’ creativity by entrusting them to spearhead ambitious innovation and technology projects that will shape the future. The iconic facility is located at the heart of the campus, offering 2400m2 of space with
Michigan developed the Social Engagement Toolkit(SET), a library of training on various topics related to socially engaged design practices. At aminority-serving institution, several workshops from the SET were implemented to support asemester-long, extra-curricular project experience for students majoring in Computer Sciencewho aimed to design software solutions to address real-world problems. SET workshops onseveral topics, including Introduction to Socially Engaged Design, Crafting Need Statements,Ecosystem Stakeholder Mapping, Interviews, User Requirements and Specifications, IdeaGeneration, and Concept Selection and Prototyping were used to provide scaffolding forstudents’ design projects and teach critical skills that are not often
was a postdoctoral fellow at Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC. She received her doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tufts University, M.S. degree from Syracuse University, and B.S. degree from Cornell University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Promoting Equitable Team Dynamics in a Senior Biomedical Engineering Design CourseIntroductionTeam-based engineering design projects are common mechanisms to promote hands-onengagement with the engineering design process. Team-based projects are often implemented inboth introductory and senior level courses in the undergraduate engineering curriculum.Navigating the complex team
: Outcomes from a Data-Driven Support StrategyIntroduction: Project DescriptionThe major goal of the project is to contribute to addressing the national need for well-educatedscientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduationof high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Baylor University.Over its five-year duration, this project has funded four-year scholarships to two cohorts of 11students each, who are pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees in the fields of Engineering,Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, DataScience and Bioinformatics. The total funding for the project is roughly one million dollarsover 5 years, and the average
Design) in the fall semester and ENGR 103 - Introduction toEngineering (which involves a hands-on engineering project and a project report) in the spring semester.To investigate the program and understand students’ experiences, qualitative analysis of students' reportswas conducted using thematic analysis via OpenChatGPT. The results revealed four themes: (1)Fundamental Processes, (2) Challenges in Execution, (3) Teamwork and Collaboration, and (4) Learningand Adaptation. These findings indicate the effectiveness of dual-credit engineering in engaging youngNative Americans in engineering and align with ABET students' learning outcomes. The paper details thepartnership, course specifics, challenges, and findings from students' perspectives.1
]. Project-based learning is one of the teachingmethodologies used in engineering education to promote teamwork [2; 3]. Cornerstone coursesare first-year engineering design courses mostly using project-based learning methodologies [4],where students work in teams to solve real-world problems [5]. During COVID-19, students hadto work remotely in teams using different platforms, such as Teams, ZOOM, and Google Drive.Today, most universities have returned to face-to-face classes. After meeting with students todiscuss their projects, the faculty team realized that despite the face-to-face classes, some teamsstill use different technologies to do their teamwork and have never met in person outside lecturetime. The faculty team has noticed a need for more
Paper ID #43311Board 351: Preparing Early Engineers Through Context, Connections, andCommunityProf. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl serves as professor and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College in northwest Washington state. His current project involves developing and piloting an integrated multidisciplinary learning community for first-year engineering. More general teaching and research interests include designing, implementing and assessing activities for first-year engineering, engineering mechanics, and scientific computing. Eric has been an active member of ASEE since
empathy, design education, ethics education and community engagement in engineering. She currently teaches Cornerstone of Engineering, a first-year two-semester course series that integrates computer programming, computer aided design, ethics and the engineering design process within a project based learning environment. She was previously an engineering education postdoctoral fellow at Wake Forest University supporting curriculum development around ethics/character education.Maria Vasilyeva, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Transfer Learning from Math to Engineering and Using Scaffolds through Hands-on Learning to Build New Engineering
, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) Department at The University of Texas at El Paso. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Computational Science Program. He has years of research experience in different projects in the field of image data mining, machine learning, deep learning, and computer simulation for industrial and healthcare applications. In addition, Dr. Rahman has taught various engineering courses in industrial and manufacturing engineering. His research area covers advanced quality technology, AI application in smart manufacturing, health care applications, computational intelligence/data analytics, and decision support systems.Nijanthan Vasudevan, Drexel University ©American Society for
empathic design pedagogies.Richard Bex, Illinois State UniversityAnthony Lorsbach ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Green STEMS Project The Green STEMS Project is a STEM for sustainability outreach program forchildren and families. The Green STEMS programs engage children and theiradults with early science and engineering concepts to build empathy around issues of sustainability. These programs are designed for informal settings, typically at community events, rather than use within classrooms.STEM & SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMMING Textures in Nature Designed for early learners. This program features two exibits and signage for parents about the sense of touch. Sensory
by students, Growth Sector, backboneorganization for the National Science Foundation INCLUDES Alliance for STEM Core Expansion(#1834628), developed paid internships to provide skills, mentorship and career exposure forcommunity college STEM students nationally. NSF, recognizing the impact of work experience,continues to emphasize paid internships as a tool for broadening participation in engineeringthrough multiple programs including the new Experiential Learning for Emerging and NovelTechnologies (EXLENT) program which invested $18.8 million in the program’s inaugural cohort,(NSF Invests $18.8M in Inaugural Cohort of ExLENT Projects, n.d.) To this end, during summer2023, Growth Sector worked with industry partners and educational
at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the College of Community Innovation and Education (CCIE). She received her doctorate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. She has received multiple awards and national grants, published many journal articles and conference works, and continues promoting STEM education and integration in traditional and non-traditional settings. She was elected ASEE PCEE Division Chair for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Computing Throughout K-12 While Bridging the Digital DivideIntroductionThis work presents two National Science Foundation-supported projects, WySLICE and WySTACK, aimedat
Practices of a Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning Engineering CourseABSTRACTThis complete paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a two-term lower-divisionengineering course, which provides a team-based experiential learning approach to allengineering majors. The course focuses on the design-build-test of a remote controlled (RC) andan autonomous system respectively across the two terms while integrating the engineering designprocess. The project is designed to engage multiple engineering majors by focusing on theengineering design process and introducing each engineering discipline to the students.Technical topics directly related to the project across different fields are instructed duringlecture. By
qian, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Gordon Qian is a senior Mechatronics Engineering Major at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Engineering. For this project, their role entailed acting as software lead focusing on the programming of the Arduino Mega in C++ and running the tests with the components alongside electrical. During periods in which programming or tests could not be completed, the organization of both responsibilities per person and items or files based on work completed was established and maintained.Alaric Hyland, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyDr. Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Dr. Shouling He holds a position of professor of Engineering and Technology
awayfrom this dynamic and empower students to name and challenge the oppression they face, theauthors of this paper collaborated to create and carry out the Justice, Equity, Diversity, andInclusion (JEDI) Ambassador Program (or "JEDI" for short). JEDI is a co-curricular programthat employs undergraduate engineering students, called "JEDIs", to engage in diversity, equity,and inclusion (DEI) projects across the domains of education research, K-12 outreach, andstudent programming with the guidance of a graduate student or university support staff mentor.JEDI was designed as a liberatory space for participants to bring their whole selves,collaboratively explore ideas, and take action against inequities they observed or experienced.The attempted
for several CEE undergraduate courses.James FieldLauren Stewart, Georgia Institute of Technology ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Work-in-Progress: Applying Aspects of Professional Settings to Student Teaming in an Engineering and Design CourseAbstractAs group-based learning and team projects continue their recent surge in engineering education,there is still significant debate on effective pedagogies associated with teaching project teams.How student teams are formed and evaluated are key decisions instructors must make, all thewhile balancing important aspects such as team diversity, alignment with learning outcomes, andthe quality of the team’s work. What is often missing from the literature
situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact ofengineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts" [1]. Separatefrom ABET accreditation requirements, we wish our graduates to make informed choices duringtheir professional activities, especially if they work in an environment in which they are asked bya direct supervisor to falsify data. Ideally, this ethics training is conducted within engineeringcourses.At Loyola University Chicago (LUC), four social justice case study projects are embedded in thecurriculum. In this study, we hypothesize that the U.S. Senate Hearing social justice case studiesare effective in teaching engineering professional responsibility for several reasons. First, the
in Communication Studies and a Ph.D. in Educational Technology. She supports faculty in their effort to improve pedagogy, course design, and interdisciplinary curricula.Dr. Doyle Dodd, University of Oklahoma Industrial & Systems Engineering Capstone Coordinator ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaming Tribulations: Using a Role-Playing Game to Improve Teaming OutcomesAbstract:This paper discusses the development and implementation of a board game intended to simulateconversations and debates or negotiations that may occur in design-based projects. One of thechallenging tasks for a design group is learning how to collaborate and debate in a