the design of learner-centered experiential curriculum. She is currently working to develop an inclusion-centered first-year design program in hands on design and problem-based learning to better support students as they enter the engineering fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Building the engineering identity of the lower-division engineer: A formal modelfor informal peer-to-peer mentorship and student leadership through undergraduate student-led experiential learning.AbstractIn this academic practice proceeding, we present a model for a series of approachable, skills-based courses aimed at supporting constructive engineering identity work among learners in
disciplinary enculturation in university settings and across the lifespan. In addition to leading Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) activities at UIUC since the 1990s, Paul has participated in Writing Across Engineering and Science (WAES) since its inception.Dr. John R Gallagher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign I am an assistant professor of English at The University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignMs. Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Celia Mathews Elliott is a science writer and technical editor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been teaching technical communications to upper-level undergraduate physics majors since 2000.Prof. John S
education [1].HSI scholars have emphasized the sense of communal or family orientation among Latinxstudents in engineering and computing, attributing it to their validated experiences and academicsuccess [2], [3]. However, research and policy reports suggest that STEM programs often fail toincorporate aspects of Latinx culture, such as representations of Latinx faculty, societal issuesrelevant to Latinx communities, Spanish language, Latinx music, or art [2], [4], [5], [6]. Inparticular, Núñez et al. [2] indicated that canfianza (interpersonal and community connections),respeto (moral integrity), and familismo (family connections in Hispanic culture) in computingare crucial for Latinx computing students' success in Computing Alliance of Hispanic
not satisfy either need. • Torus Attractor: Individuals rely on routine, predictability, and structure to maintain a sense of control over their lives. They categorize and organize everything to avoid the discomfort of the unknown. • Strange Attractor: Individuals exhibit open-mindedness and adaptability, embracing the potential for change and growth. This approach allows for continuous learning and flexibility in navigating an unpredictable world.Chaos Theory of Careers also integrates the concept of spirituality into career development,recognizing five key dimensions: • Connection: Feeling a sense of belonging to something larger than oneself, whether it be community, the world, or a spiritual force
Paper ID #42024Inclusive Teaching Practices in Engineering: A Systematic Review of Articlesfrom 2018 to 2023Rajita Singh, University of Oklahoma Rajita Singh is a junior at the University of Oklahoma, where they are pursuing an English major with a minor in Psychology. Passionate about the improvement of education in all fields, they are involved in multiple projects centered on researching pedagogy. Their most recent involvement has been in engineering pedagogy, where they bring their writing skills and synthesis abilities.Dr. Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma Dr. Kittur is an Assistant Professor in the Gallogly
of service learning imply thatcompelling, quantitative evidence is crucial to convince universities of the pedagogical value ofservice learning and foster increased acceptance of this approach [4]. Student-instructorinteraction encompasses various aspects, such as the instructor delivering information, offeringsupport to students, and providing feedback on their work [6]. Access to education needs to beexpanded to accommodate practitioners seeking academic development, not solely in terms ofpractical skills, but also to embrace research as an integral component of social work as both aprofession and a discipline [7]. Over the last decade, there has been a notable surge in criticismdirected towards doctoral education, garnering national
none ofthe students would be familiar with a medication because they were not pharmacists. The studentfelt this meant the instructor did not think anyone taking that medication would be in college.Ehlinger & Ropers’ [33] findings show ways for instructors to make disabled students feel morewelcome in their courses and improve learning. Instructors can make a space for many differenttypes of students as part of making their classrooms more accessible to disabled students.Instructors should avoid conveying that they expect only certain kinds of people to be in theircourses.Universal Design (UD) is frequently recommended as an approach to integrate accommodationsinherently into courses [38], [40], [42]. UD is “[t]he design of products and
if used in sequence. These produced materials are currently usedin several courses across the curriculum at Duke University including first-year design and agraduate design course; to date, direct assessment on the modules is limited. Most createdmaterials are used during a summer internship when teams are tasked to identify problems andwrite cogent needs statements. To date, feedback has been positive, especially on the exerciseswhere students practice observing and interviewing to identify unmet needs.IntroductionAs discussed by Howe and Goldberg, design-focused education can cover topics ranging fromproject management, design constraints and requirements, prototyping, search for prior art, andidentification of customer needs [1
in higher education across Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.Dr. Theresa Green, Purdue University Dr. Theresa Green is a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University with a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration, curriculum development, and improving diversity and inclusion in engineering.Dr. Jason Morphew, Purdue University Jason W. Morphew is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Science Education from the University of Nebraska and spent 11 years teaching math and science at the middle school, high school, and community college level. He earned a M.A. in
processingwill provide a quick way to start identifying these trends and relationships between assessmentscores and student reflections.References[1] J. A. Turns, B. Sattler, K. Yasuhara, J. L. Borgford-Parnell, and C. J. Atman, “Integrating reflection into engineering education,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., 2014.[2] S. A. Ambrose, “Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum: The Ultimate Design Challenge,” in The Bridge - Linking Engineering and Society, vol. 43, no. 2, 2013, pp. 16–23.[3] IBM, “What is natural language processing (NLP)?,” 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.ibm.com/topics/natural-language-processing.[4] E. Cambria and B. White, “Jumping NLP curves: A review of natural language processing research,” IEEE Comput. Intell
undergraduate engineering degrees, newlyentering the workforce. These data were collected as part of an ongoing research project at ourlab focused on women’s leadership development. This project is separate from Study 1, buthighly synergistic with our Study 1 interview data and have the added benefit (for thisconference paper) of being collected, by design, among early-career engineers. After describingour Study 2 sample and methods in this section, we integrate quotations and themes from Study2 into our results below–with a focus on if and how the voices and experiences of women inStudy 2 aligned with, called into question, and/or expanded our Study 1 dataset. Study 2findings are reported in Section 4.4, following Study 1 findings.Participants from
autonomy, empowerment, and affinity, whichprovide an add-value to one or both parties in the mentoring relationship.Mentorship in higher education most often adheres to traditional mentoring frameworks, whichare primarily concerned with mentor-driven mentee development and can be grouped into twofactions [22]: development through assimilation into institutional culture (this may occur byincreasing mentee involvement [23], [24], [25], facilitating mentee integration [26], [27], [28], andproviding the mentee with support and challenge [29], [30]) and development through emulatingthe mentor (which occurs by the mentor serving as a role model [31], [32], [33]). Traditionalmentoring frameworks assume that student mentees can only ever be impacted in
Paper ID #43054Technical Standards in Engineering Education: Present Challenges AcrossProfessional SectorsMs. Amy Kurr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Ms. Amy Kurr is a polymer engineer with three years of experience as an electromechanical design engineer for Schneider Electric where she served as a technical product owner for electrical protective devices (e.g., shunt trips, miniature circuit breakers, panel boards, electrical cables). She holds a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve
regarding representation and faculty's acknowledgment of their role in fosteringstudent belonging, are integral components of creating an inclusive learning environment. Thismutual recognition highlights the importance of inclusivity and the impact it has on students' senseof belonging.Listening to Student VoicesUnderscored in the other themes, the last theme, Listening to Student Voices, explores beliefssurrounding the importance of making sure students feel comfortable speaking up and alsoincorporating feedback to foster an inclusive atmosphere. One student described the importanceof feeling listened to as related to feeling included. When I think of inclusive teaching, I think of making sure everyone in the classroom kind of
born to families made up of engineers and otherprofessional in closely aligned fields (e.g., scientists), no one grows up using the language andliteracy practices of engineering, exactly. These abilities are taught and learned and make up thebasis for writing pedagogy in engineering education often called writing in the disciplines orwriting across the curriculum. The underlying the academic literacy practices in engineeringidentities resides an array of linguistic practices – what Gee would call ways of saying-being-doing-feeling. Considering the cultural basis for these ways of making meaning is important inthe age of AI as students collaborate with and negotiate language with large language models.However, before considering how language
years.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University William (Bill) Oakes is the Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning, a 150th Anniversary Professor, Director of the EPICS Program, Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and a registered professional engineer. He is one of the founding faculty in the School of Engineering Education having courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering and Curriculum and Instruction. He was the first engineer to receive the U.S. Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning and a co-recipient of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. He
engineering design, collaboration in engineering, decision making in engineering teams, and elementary engineering education.Dr. Adetoun Yeaman, Northeastern University Adetoun Yeaman is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. Her research interests include 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
DEI-related construct) versus the ability toimplement inclusive teaching strategies (qualification with DEI-related construct) in theircourses. We did not ask respondents to describe where in the application package they wouldexpect to see information to inform their evaluation of these constructs; however, we expect theywould be evident to varying degrees in many common application documents, most notably theteaching statement and cover letter, and perhaps, in the curriculum vitae with evidence ofprofessional development in the area of inclusive teaching and/or awards received (e.g., teachingassistants who receive teaching awards).Quantitative data cleaning and statistical analysis were carried out using Jamovi (2021), an open-source
Paper ID #41618A Liberatory Co-Curricular Program for Engineering Students: InvestigatingImpacts and Limitations Through Alumni PerspectivesBailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University Bailey Bond-Trittipo is an engineering and computing education Ph.D. candidate within the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University. Her research interests center on employing critical theoretical frameworks and qualitative methodologies to study liberatory pedagogies in engineering education and undergraduate engineering students’ participation in
Artificial Intelligence Case Studies in a Thermodynamics CourseIntroductionWith the explosion of ChatGPT in the past year, it seems that Artificial Intelligence (AI) iseverywhere, but engineering students may not realize its application beyond writing papers. Theaim of this study was to build an AI teaching module that could be implemented into existingMechanical Engineering Curriculum. Rather than teach students how to build neural networksor large language models, the module focused on how AI is utilized in Nuclear Power Plants.The module was then implemented into a Thermodynamics II course, directly following a uniton vapor power plants. The full course outline can be found in Appendix A, Table A1. Sevencase studies from AI and Nuclear Energy
Hira, Boston College Dr. Avneet Hira is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Centered Engineering Program and the Department of Teaching, Curriculum and Society (by courtesy) at Boston College. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work In Progress: Promoting Belonging in Engineering through the Creation of Youth-centered Technology-Rich SpacesIntroduction In 2024, we are not offering a novel idea when we contend that the promise ofmakerspaces to achieve inclusion across contexts has not been met [1], [2]. While suchtechnology-rich spaces still have the potential to support youth from minoritized groups to createartifacts aligned with their interests and values [3], [4
understanding the needs of students with disabilities, with a particular focus oninclusive classroom environments that actively promote a sense of belonging. Institutions anddepartments should consider developing more robust support structures that go well beyond whatis typically considered an accessibility service. For example, creating opportunities for studentsto be mentored with peers or professionals who might share similar experiences. Perhaps one ofthe strongest interventions to support and promote sense of belonging would be curriculum andpedagogy adjustments that include more diverse perspectives, especially including those ofpeople with disabilities. For example, this could involve integrating case study examples thathighlight the
international women of color. Darvishpour Ahandani is deeply committed to improving the well-being of underrepresented groups in STEM, a mission with which she personally identifies.Dr. Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor in The Polytechnic School and the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence within The Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research aims to understand and address inequities arising from racism and sexism within STEM graduate education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Exploring the Landscape of Graduate Student Mental Health: Populations,Methods, and Terminologies - Who is Missing from the
studies have pro-vided its meaning and how to implement it in the classrooms. Ennis (Ennis, 2018) pro-vided an actual meaning of critical thinking followed by a comprehensive investigationof a related program that aims to implement critical thinking across the curriculum(CTAC) called “The Alpha Conception of Critical Thinking”. Even though criticalthinking can be taught as a course, the amounts currently taught are arguably disap-pointing, so many instructors introduce it within their problem-solving and combineit with subject-matter instruction. To make appropriate incorporation of CT in teaching, some research studies sug-gested specific teaching approaches employing a critical thinking model. For instance,the proposed model by Zivkovil
importantly, educators rely heavily on metaphors to facilitate teaching andlearning processes [35]. Martinez et al. [35] collected reflections from 50 experienced teachersand noticed that most draw on the idea of teaching and learning as a transmission of knowledge.A few consider it a constructivist endeavor or a social process. They add that integrating studiesof metaphors in instructional psychology and curriculum design can drive home the point thatmetaphors are like the blueprints of thinking about teaching and learning, and the blueprints weuse to shape the classrooms we build [35]. Studies exploring how metaphors are used forunderstanding and communicating abstract ideas are prevalent across disciplines. The nextsection will summarize the
Paper ID #41394Board 287: Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): SecondYear ProgressDr. Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University Dr. Paul Yanik is a Professor of Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University. His research interests include human-robot interactions, assistive devices, pattern recognition, machine learning, and engineering education.Dr. Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University Scott Rowe is an Assistant Professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Engineering + Technology. He joined Western Carolina University in 2021 after studies in concentrated solar power and controls
students’ existing engineering identity may bolster the belief thatengineers can be effective agents of change [4]. To promote this within our institution’sengineering department, we have developed a pilot course offering that aims to guide students inembracing their role as active participants in shaping our world by augmenting the technical andcritical thinking mindset integral to an engineering identity with tools grounded in criticalconsciousness and compassion. Developing critical consciousness translates to an increasedawareness of inequitable systems and opportunities to further freedom and prosperity, whilecompassion elicits the self-belief and care for others that drives change.Related InitiativesThere is a wide range of ongoing
intensify SDT experiences that disproportionately influence BLI students.Specifically, future studies are needed to yield an integrative model of racialized trauma relatedto the engineering educational context. This model will expand current theories and practices forunderstanding racialized trauma and will serve as a basis to better understand experiences of BLIstudents, develop measures of stress and trauma in engineering, and develop and updateengineering education pedagogy to be less traumatizing and more healing.10 AcknowledgmentsThank you to the many hands who played a role in producing this conference paper. Thank youto the PRiDE Research Group in engineering education at the University of Nevada, Reno
integrate sustainabilityinto education, particularly in manufacturing engineering and technology. It advocates for mentoringindependent studies as another approach beside developed curriculum with sustainability to foster a cultureof sustainability excellence in manufacturing engineering and technology, supporting the development ofsustainability education in both teaching and research. From sustainability principles integration, andenvironmentally friendly designs to optimizing production processes to leveraging Industry 4.0technologies, this array is seen as key to reshaping the future of manufacturing. The approach of this workfocuses on an independent research-based study to experimentally test the impact of main operationalconditions on Carbon
initiative. This work aims to understand thepotential benefits and challenges of the I-Corps and IBL integration. By examining the feedbackof students, instructors, and mentors, the study seeks to document the experience of allstakeholders in the process and to identify how this approach may enhance practical skills, fosterinnovation, and improve market readiness among engineering students. While the study presentspreliminary results at this stage, it aims to establish a foundational understanding of the potentialimplications of using the I-Corps NSF program in an engineering IBL classroom. The insightsgathered from this study can inform future curriculum development, teaching methods, and theoverall approach to engineering education, focusing on