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
some aspects that we can do including an exit survey, a graduation exit survey, andentry surveys at the beginning of the semester to investigate snapshots of their state.Conclusion:The integration of game-based learning techniques in Bioengineering and Electrical Engineeringcore courses has a promising potential to foster student engagement and interest in STEMeducation. This in turn, will help with retention of students as well as retention of material.IRB Statement: As the data used in this paper was survey and Program Evaluation information,there is not a need for IRB approval at this stage.Appendix A:TestimonialsIncluded here below are a few of the student’s responses to the game based learning techniqueswhen applied to a typical MATLAB
Sharyn Anastasia Limas is an undergraduate student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, consistently earning a spot on the Dean’s List due to her academic excellence. Her research focuses on psychological development and semiconductors, demonstrating a keen interest in integrating technical expertise with impactful societal applications. Sharyn is also heavily involved in extracurricular and volunteer activities, leading initiatives that support the elderly, economically disadvantaged families, and environmental conservation efforts. A strong proponent of cultural immersion and skill development, she actively seeks opportunities to enhance her learning and contribute meaningfully
to 4-yearinstitutions for an ET degree (upper two-year program) and provide guidelines for theengineering education research community toward future studies. The increasing trend ofstudents moving between institutions in pursuit of engineering education has led to a profoundneed for understanding the multi-dimensional challenges they grapple with. In the realm of ET,these challenges magnify, with transfer students navigating both academic intricacies (e.g.,curriculum misalignment) and socio-cultural dynamics (e.g., integration into new academiccommunities). Recognizing the challenges in ET education, this review sheds light, particularlyon literature that provides actionable insights for ET educators. It highlights strategies forcurriculum
Paper ID #43894Language Fusion in the Lab: Unveiling the Translanguaging Strategies ofSpanish-Speaking Students in Biosystem Engineering Technology and ScienceHector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln H´ector de Jes´us Palala Mart´ınez is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum Studies and new technologies in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. H´ector teaches courses related to the integration of technology for future high school teachers as well as bilingual education, and in all his classes, he promotes justice, dignity, and human rights. Previously, he was a
.) ● Perceived limited flexibility in curriculum ● Institutional-level policies and timelines impact lower-level changes ● Value of research versus value of teaching reality ● Unspoken rules about how things are done “here”Human resources frame (focus is on the needs and skills of the people in the organization, aswell as the relationships between them): ● Collegiality & collaboration aren’t a part of a faculty member’s job description ● Lack of leadership & management training ● Lack of shared vision ● Lack of buy-in ● Lack of training on team-teaching, integrated curriculum, and effective pedagogy ● Lack of knowledge about how to navigate an organization and change it ● Lack of individual bandwidth
differentproducts and services [26],[27]. This field has experienced exponential growth over the last twodecades, driven by events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and increased financial support.Several trends dominate the biotech industry today, each with exciting developments. Theproposed track and certification program offer courses related to both medical biotechnology andindustrial biotechnology. Curriculum design has been developed by faculty with extensivebackground in this area. Courses include Introduction to Biotechnology, Genetics and GeneticsLaboratory, Molecular Biology and Lab, Industrial Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and SystemBiology and Biotechnology.IV.3.3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Track :The Artificial Intelligence track integrates
Learning Curricular Development ProjectBefore starting AY2023-2024 and implementing the new experiential learning curriculardevelopment project into the Chemical Product Design course, the instructors understood thatcertain deliverables for this project may slightly deviate from previous product designprojects. This misalignment is due to the limited market for experiential learning in the coreChE curriculum. As such, the focus, goal, or method to obtain certain deliverables may beslightly different. Table 2 as well as the following paragraph explain some of the coursedeliverables and how the experiential learning team achieved them.Table 2: Selected Course Deliverables for Chemical Product Design 1 and how an experientiallearning development team
-onprogramming experience, students develop the proficiency to apply computational tools insimulating and solving problems related to heat transfer, fluid dynamics, structural integrity, andother critical aspects of mechanical systems. The course aims to equip students with thenecessary skills to effectively utilize numerical methods and computer programming in thecontext of mechanical engineering, thereby preparing them for their future courses as well asreal-world engineering applications.This three-credit course is traditionally offered in two sections during autumn semesters, with anaverage enrollment of 100 students in each section, and in one section during spring semesters,with an average enrollment of 250 students. The course comprises two
Paper ID #44141Get in the Middle of it: A Study of Minoritized Engineering Student Experiencesin a Solid Mechanics CourseMs. Rawan Aqel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Rawan Aqel is an accomplished academic and professional in the field of civil engineering and mechanics. She earned her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a minor in Business Administration. Her passion for engineering led her to pursue further studies, and she obtained a master’s degree in civil engineering. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering and Mechanics, demonstrating her commitment to advancing the field. Rawan has a
Approach toExploring Health Equity in Biomedical Engineering SolutionsIntroductionMotivation: Health equity entails reducing health disparities to provide all people an equally highstandard of health [1]. Biomedical Engineering (BME), with further emphasis on health equitythroughout the design process, is well-positioned to produce medical innovations that improvehealth and address inequities. Specifically, medical innovators and educators are called to includeconsideration of health care access at all stages of design [2]. As such, BME educators have begunto identify ways to integrate health equity throughout undergraduate curricula ([3], [4]). Outliningbroad integration of health disparity modules within core courses may impel programs to
, university students are prepared to mentor K-12projects. Projects are conducted during the spring semester and supported by universitylaboratories in the iterative design and integration of laboratory environmental monitoring Pods.High school students engage local community members by monitoring environmental conditionsin local schools, businesses, agricultural settings, homes, and government sites. Communitymembers assist with access to experimental sites, materials, and project promotion. Communitymembers are invited to the symposium. Two mentors will travel monthly to each school in thespring semester and support projects remotely via an on-line curriculum (See Component 2). TheSCENIC projects culminate in a local symposium where students
beyond. Four essential learning areas for ENI-SE emerged: Mastery by Doing,Real-world Connectivity, Interdisciplinary Exposure, and Supportive Learning Environment.We discuss how these areas were realized in ME310 and provide examples from otherengineering courses. Furthermore, we hypothesize how features of these four areas might beadapted or adopted more broadly in the engineering curriculum. These findings not onlyhighlight the overlap between entrepreneurship and innovation in engineering education butalso offer a blueprint for integrating these key pedagogical practices into existing curriculardesigns, equipping students to become creators, drivers, and forerunners of novel ideas andchange.Keywords: Embracing New Ideas, Self-Efficacy
Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1401 North Pine Street, Rolla, MO 65409 Sarah Oerther Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, 4483 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110AbstractIncreasingly, nurses and engineers are working together in teams in the classroom, in research,and in practice to improve health for patients – including individuals, families, and communities.To support the integration of engineering and nursing, a series of three interconnected laboratorymodules were used to introduce interprofessional co-design of chemical engineering processesand devices. These modules are part of an existing graduate class teaching biological
the top (14th) ”Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs” by US News Report (2023). With this unique vision, Olga has also served as the principal investigator since 2019 on a multi-year Kern Family Foundation KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network) award titled ”Educating the Whole Engineer” to integrate important competencies such as virtues, character, entrepreneurial mindset, and leadership across the Wake Forest Engineering curriculum. She has led Wake Forest Engineering with a focus on inclusive innovation and excellence, curricular and pedagogical innovation, and creative partnerships across the humanities, social sciences, industry, entrepreneurs, etc. in order to rethink and reimagine engineering
news and challenge of globalization for engineering education is the importance of questioning and studying one’s own identity as an engineer, including the knowledge one values and the broader social commitments one takes for granted in doing engineering work. The work of building such questions into engineering education is the responsibility of all engineering educators and the entire curriculum, including the most technical of technical courses and instructors. The big hurdle to overcome is to move these questions from the periphery of engineering curricula to their core.” [2]As Seabrook et al. examine in their comparative study, embedded courses within engineeringschools that draw from the field of
-axial Kistler accelerometer, which canmeasure vibration in X, Y, and Z directions. These two types of sensors are typical for machiningdynamics, and can also be extended for other potential applications on machine tools, machinedproducts, and cutting tools as summarized in Table 1 [10]. The adoption of a dynamometer andaccelerometer enriches the curriculum in our Manufacturing Automation course. In that course,we have one chapter introducing analog sensors to students. Nevertheless, we previously focusedon low cost sensors such as thermocouple and RTD due to restriction of equipment, a dynamometercost approximately $65k to $70k, and an accelerometer costs from $700 to $2000. Now, we canconnect these sensor measurements with machining dynamics
., "Integrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship Principles into the Civil Engineering Curriculum," J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract,, vol. 141, no. 3, 2025.[6] KFF, "The Kern Family Foundation," 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.kffdn.org.[7] G. Michelsen, "Sustainable Development as a Challenge for Undergraduate Students: The Module 'Science Bears Responsibility' in the Leuphana Bachelor's Programme Commentary on "A Case Study of Teaching Social Responsibility to Doctoral Students in the Climate Sciences""," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 1505-1511, 2013.[8] G. S. a. S. Srinivasan, "Integration of Ethics, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility Components in an Undergraduate Engineering
Paper ID #42498Board 161: Engineering Community Inclusion of Individuals with Autism(ECIIA): The Commitment of Community Collaborators in Engineering Educationand Industry (Work in Progress)Dr. Jennifer Lee Kouo, The Johns Hopkins University Dr. Jennifer Kouo is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Technology in Education (CTE) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Jennifer’s areas of expertise include Universal Design for Learning, technology integration, assistive technologies, and serving students with a range of disabilities, particularly autism spectrum disorder. She is currently engaged in
and unweighted GPAs,although the differences in all cases were not significant.Given the math-intensive curriculum of our engineering technology programs, we elected toexamine the Math SAT scores. Here our first-generation students earned an average score of 565on the Math portion of the SAT compared to the score of 580 earned on average by continuing-generation peers. In this case, the lower performance of first-generation engineering technologystudents was statistically significant.What this communicated to us is that our first-generation students enter UNC Charlotte havingearned stronger GPAs while in high school than their counterparts who were not the first in theirfamilies to attend college. While the standardized test scores were lower
to as the old boys club [14].This ideology stems back to when certain behaviors, derogatory language, and interactions wereaccepted as the norm and received no backlash from society. Studies found that some of theparticipants described their professional workplaces as boys clubs as they were run by agedwhite heterosexual men who do not know how to interact with women and integrate women intothe community of a company. This lack of ability to integrate women into the culture andaccepted practices within an organization has been observed to negatively and positively impactwomen experiences in the workplace. Positively women expressed the ability for them tosurprise their supervisors with their technical abilities. On the contrary women also
generative AI. Furthermore, throughour practical experiences, we identify potential blind spots that may arise in the context ofAI-related teaching. This approach complements the story completion method discussed in[17], as we engage students in authentic scenarios in stage three of the proposed progressiveframework. Through these efforts, our aim is to refine and strengthen our framework,fostering an environment that promotes ethical awareness and responsible practices in thefield of generative AI.Guidance for using generative AI tools and building applicationsWe emphasize the importance of closely integrating ethical education with every aspect oftechnical competency training. This involves continuous efforts to define ethical guidelinesfor
mathematical modeling, process design and optimization, with the integration of machine learning and high-performance computing to innovate and improve process efficiencies.Dr. Kirti M Yenkie, Rowan University Dr. Kirti M. Yenkie is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University and has more than 13 years of experience in Process Systems Engineering area with applications focusing on environmental remediation and healthcare. Her expertise includes mathematical modeling, optimization, process design, simulation, technoeconomics and life cycle assessment. She teaches Process Control, Thermodynamics, and Process Optimization courses at Rowan University and leads the Sustainable Design and Systems
Paper ID #44292Improving Outreach Interactivity in the Virtual Environment – Evaluation ofA Computer Vision Controlled Soft Robotic Hand to Broaden Participationin BioengineeringDr. Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Holly Golecki (she/her) is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an Associate in the John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She holds an appointment at the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences. She is also a core faculty member
education system.This paper looks across three qualitative studies during the work-based experiences (WBEs) ofeleven undergraduate computer engineering and information technology systems students fromgroups traditionally underrepresented in STEM. In this paper, WBEs are defined as paidengagements for students as they work on solving real-world problems, while performing tasksand projects in partnership with an employer or community partner. Three types of WBEs arerepresented: internships (Study 1), apprenticeships (Study 2), and company employees (Study 3).All three studies used the Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR) methodology which hasbeen established in 80 studies worldwide and over a dozen peer-reviewed publications. As amethodology
culturalidentities and formal teaching experiences. This work is guided by the research question: How docultural identities influence the self-determination of international doctoral students inengineering to pursue careers in engineering education?BackgroundTeaching experiences are an integral part of the professional development of graduate students inengineering. Research on graduate students' experiences reveals that engaging in teachingpractices can influence the professional development of graduate students [5]. This engagementhas been shown to enhance communication skills [6], [7] as well as facilitate self-efficacy toteach [8], [9]. Engaging in teaching as a graduate student also contributes to buildingrelationships with faculty and peers, which
Paper ID #42723Board 157: Design of a Geospatial Skills Camp for Rural Youth (Work inProgress)Dr. Jeanette Chipps, Montana State University Jeanette Chipps is an assistant teaching professor at Montana State University and the educator professional development lead at the Science Math Resource Center.Suzanne G Taylor, Montana State UniversityDr. Nicholas Lux Lux, Montana State University Dr. Nicholas Lux has is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in MSUˆa C™s Department ˆ He has of Education. His teaching and
engineering coursecontent [14]-[15]. Researchers have also shown that the final course grades in engineeringcourses improve with the intervention of regular writing assignments [6]. The literature contains research into the effect of including regular writing assignments ina wide range of specific engineering courses [6]-[7], [10]-[17], [19]-[20], and some researchershave reported positive benefits from integrating writing faculty as team instructors in engineeringcourses [18] as well as placing writing centers directly within an individual engineeringdepartment [21]. Yet a concentration of interest among researchers appears to center on theinfluence of including regular writing assignments within engineering statics courses [6], [11],[16]-[17
Paper ID #42383Work in Progress: Evaluating the impact of student cognitive and emotionalresponses to real-time feedback on student engagement in engineering designstudiosDr. Stephanie Fuchs, Cornell University Dr. Stephanie Fuchs is an Active Learning Initiative (ALI) Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Cornell University. She received her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from Cornell University, where she focused on developing glucose-sensitive materials for electronics-free insulin delivery devices. As an ALI postdoc, her work focuses on developing and implementing engineering studio
with states and institutions to improve student success in college, particularly with Complete College America (CCA). At University of Colorado Boulder, Heidi is a Senior Research Associate in Ethnography & Evaluation Research, a center focused on STEM education. She recently was the project lead in transforming teaching evaluation practices in the College of Arts & Sciences. A fourth-generation Coloradoan and educator, she lives in Denver with her husband, two college-aged children, and rescue dog.Mr. Nick Stites, University of Colorado Boulder Nick Stites is the Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at CU Boulder and an instructor with the Integrated Design Engineering program. Dr