Paper ID #43419Engineering a Bridge Across Cultures: Insights to Support Dialogue withEngineering Professionals on Ethical and Social Design ConsiderationsMs. Tiffany Smith, NASA Tiffany Smith serves as NASA’s Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) and Director of the Office of the Chief Engineer’s Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL). Ms. Smith is responsible for managing NASA’s APPEL Knowledge Services learning and development program, providing strategic communications and continuous learning to project management and systems engineering personnel, and overseeing knowledge services across the agency in
Paper ID #43559Developing Engineering Identity Through StoryDr. Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (same school, different name). At Rose-Hulman, Michelle is leading a project to use story to help
Paper ID #42186Board 265: Enhancing the Transfer Experience through a Collaborative CohortProgram: the Culmination of a 5-year NSF S-STEM Program at a CommunityCollegeDr. Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University Dr. Dancz is the Associate Director for Instructional Innovation in the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University.Dr. Elizabeth A Adams P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Elizabeth Adams is an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. She a civil engineer with a background in infrastructure design and management, and project management. Her
is an IEEE Fellow (2005). He received the Distinguished Teaching Award at UC San Diego in 2019. He served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing, Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Transaction on Circuits & Systems, and IEEE Transaction on Image Processing. See his research publication at Google Scholar. Prof. Nguyen is passionate about teaching and mentorship, creating initiatives that prepare students for career success. During his term as ECE department chair, with the help of faculty and students, he spearheaded the Hands-on curriculum, Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP), and the Summer Internship Prep Program (SIPP). He also co-created the Project-in-a-Box (PIB) student
Engineering IdentityAbstractThis paper is a work in progress (WIP) for an NSF project that explores first-generation students(FGS) in engineering technology (ET); specifically, their academic performance, engineeringidentity development, and use of social capital all compared to continuing generation students(CGS) peers. Despite the growing number of engineering technology degrees awarded annually,there is a scarcity of research focusing on the acquisition of engineering identity, particularlyamong FG students. Overall, this project will utilize a two phase, mixed methods approach. Inthe first phase, we will quantitatively assess academic performance comparisons between firstgeneration and continuing generation engineering students and utilize the
. When initially discussing what questions should be included in the pre-survey, wecame to the conclusion that we wanted to assess how critical a participant was of informationsources. But we also recognized that asking a direct question on this topic could influence theirbehavior during the observational session. As a workaround to this issue, we decided to ask thestudent about their previous engagement with research projects and their previous exposure tolibrary instruction. We feel that these questions will help us parse out students that have moreformal experience with information literacy and source evaluation in the final dataset. Thepost-survey questions are designed to provide both quantitative and qualitative data to betterunderstand
-designingtheir curricula to support students learning how to use generative AI, it is important to attend tothe existing relationships the students have with generative AI coming out of K-12 education,and support them to develop the relationships as they become engineers.This study is based on an introductory engineering course for first-year engineering that is hands-on and project-based. Students create and document engineering designs using a LEGO-basedrobotics platform. In the fall semester of 2023, students were encouraged to use generative AI tosupport the production of their projects, and provided with tools built with generative AI to assistthem in programming. The course adopted a tinkering mentality where both the instructors andthe students
offer support for schools in which engineeringcourses can not be implemented thoroughly due to lack of engineering education professionals orresources [10, p. 21]. However, in this framework the relationship between engineering designand technology with societal impact is framed under the concept of professionalism, referring toengineering ethics. The framework goes so far to state that, “technology by itself is neutral anddoes not affect people or the environment. However, it is the way in which people develop anduse technology that determines if it is helpful or harmful” [10, p. 74]. Such a statement removesresponsibility of harm from the engineers by displacing impact onto the users. In this project, we are working to integrate youth
IEC Core MSI faculty release time andresearch expenses so that their student cohort could begin their research experience at their homeinstitution. Faculty from UCSD and the student’s home institution co-advised the students for theentire year of the project. This helped the students be prepared to make optimal use of their timeat UCSD. In addition, faculty at the IEC Core MSI schools were able to build their local researchactivities and develop collaborations with UCSD faculty. Students were encouraged to attendgraduate school and provided additional preparation by participating in an internship trainingexperience at UCSD. The two IEC Core MSI schools participating were one HBCU FAMU andone HSI UTEP. Students were also encouraged to apply
Student and Research Assistant in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. His current research interests are engineering culture and applying cognitive load theory in the engineering classroom. He is currently working on an NSF project attempting to improve dissemination of student narratives using innovative audio approaches. Gabe has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University (USU).Vanessa Tran, Utah State University Vanessa Tran is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Architecture (UAH) and a Master’s in Global Production Engineering and Management from
Logic Model, Problem-based Middle School Constructivism Outreach Program—The Results [21] learning Students Systems Thinking in Science Education and Problem Based Learning, Constructivism General K-12 Outreach toward a Sustainable Future [22] Service Learning Using Technology Based Experiences To Connect Project Based Learning, K-12
ECR: BCSER program is to build a researcher’s capacity and expertise in STEMeducation research [10]. The author’s proposal titled “An Individual InvestigatorDevelopment Plan for Building Capacity to Study Undergraduate Latinas Interest inGraduate School” was selected for funding.Project ApproachThis NSF project incorporates capacity building through the “4 steps to Growth in EngineeringEducation Research” depicted in Figure 1. These steps were designed to strengthen the author’scapacity to carry out fundamental engineering education research (EER). The proposed strategystarts with Step 1: Knowledge Building. The knowledge building step outlined opportunities togain knowledge through both formal and informal learning opportunities. As an
summer research internship open to students over the ageof 16 attending eligible high schools in Massachusetts and is located at a large state university campus.Eligibility is determined by the Massachusetts Life Science Center, the funding entity, and incudes Chapter 74Vocational Technical High Schools, high schools located in “Gateway Cities,” and high schools in cities with apopulation of at least 25% classified as low income [1]. High school students participate in projects sponsoredby Principal Investigators with daily mentorship provided by graduate students and post-doctoral candidates inthese labs.The internal program goal is to provide as many of the research internship spots to potential first-generationcollege students and
University of Maryland, College Park. He joined the university in 2017 as an assistant clinical professor and research educator for the Designing Innovation Research Stream, where he advises first-year and sophomore students on design research methodologies. Dr. Fazelpour developed two project-based courses aimed at teaching students design and design research. In 2018, he transitioned to the Department of Mechanical Engineering to teach design-related courses, including computer-aided design and machine design. Additionally, he introduced a new course focused on design for manufacturing and assembly. Dr. Fazelpour’s active engagement in professional organizations includes membership in ASME and ASEE. He has held various
, methodsand applications of GIS. It also teaches the students basics of tools and techniques for operating software. A couple of freshmen endup with internship opportunities because of this course. The students use GIS for their freshman design project and during their senioryear during their capstone design projects, specifically for generating project site maps. In addition, the GIS skillset can be helpful tothe freshmen in several of their upper-level courses such as water resources, soil mechanics, environmental engineering, geology etc.This is because the GIS database has a huge repository of real-world data such as demographics, environment, geology, hydrology,government, and infrastructures throughout the world.Historically, this course has
workshop in June 2022. A goalof this workshop was to survey the community as to what already existed in this field and to considerhow to expand electricity access education in the United States.Following the success of 2022 workshop, an expanded workshop on this topic was held in October2023. About 40 attendees, including engineering faculty members, students, and field practitionersparticipated. The two-day program of sessions included keynote speakers, moderated panels, andthemed discussions. This paper presents details of the second workshop along with feedback fromthe attendees about the workshop and how they found it beneficial.This project was funded by a grant from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)of the National
communities.Julianna R Beehn, Harding University Julianna Beehn is a student majoring in Cognitive Neuroscience at Harding University. She is on track to graduate from the Honors College with distinction in 2025.Olivia I Bell, Harding UniversityChelsei Lasha Arnold, Harding University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Faculty Members’ Experience of Professional Shame: Summary of Insights from Year ThreeAbstractIn this paper, we provide an overview of an NSF CAREER project (Award #2045392) where weseek to advance academic well-being by understanding how engineering faculty experience andreproduce experiences of professional shame. After conducting non-standardized
on curriculum development, etc.) both during their research experience and the academic year; 4. Create strong communication between the teachers, the RET Site project faculty team and the industrial advisory board during the academic year to provide the teachers with support as they refine their curriculum modules utilizing inquiry methodology; 5. Increase teacher self-efficacy related to manufacturing content knowledge and inquiry-based teaching needed to inspire their students to consider careers in advanced manufacturing; 6. Deliver workforce development specific professional development targeted to increase teachers’ knowledge of regional career opportunities in advanced manufacturing to inspire
Paper ID #42591Use of Jupyter Notebooks to increase coding across the curriculum.Dr. Carl K Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas Dr. Frederickson has taught physics at UCA for 28 years. He is the current department chair and is leading the development of new engineering degree programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Use of Jupyter Notebooks to increase coding across the curriculum.AbstractThe engineering physics program at The University of Central Arkansas includes an electronicscourse for 2nd-year students. This course uses a project-based curriculum. Students
is throughstudent satisfaction surveys [11,12]. Bye and Osen obtained student perceptions about threenewly developed lab projects [11]. Whereas Edward [12] presents the perceptions of bothstudents and instructors on the laboratory experience and its value in their course success in theSchool of Engineering at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. This paper isdifferent than [12] as the data presented here is student perception about laboratory experimentsfor each individual course obtained at the end of semester through anonymous courseevaluations.This paper presents the opinions of students about laboratory courses in nearly a dozen differentcourses related to electrical and computer engineering technology. Student perceptions
, he is a co-principal investigator of the STEP-1B CASCADE program.Prof. Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Kai Jin is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Co-PI of the MERIT project. Her research interests include Sustainable Energy, Green Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Multi Objective Decision Making and Optimization as well as Engineering Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Rapid ethnographic assessment of workshops on transdisciplinary intercultural competence,community engaged practice, and mixed research methodsABSTRACTThis paper is a rapid ethnographic assessment of six workshops on intercultural competence,community-engaged practice, and
education programs found that engineering educators often attribute engineering project failures to technical, communication, or cultural issues and overlook the oppressive systems that could contribute to a pattern of failures across projects.I nstead, students have expressed frustration with only being shown cases of failure[21]and wanting examples of success stories. HE students have expressed “just wanting to know what to do" when encountering complex ethical and ambiguous questions. Further, without clear answers, they express frustration and disengagement from discussion topics around systematic oppression[5]. Other scholarship has shown studentsdropping out of engineering spaces when
built-inmicrophones). It displays an input level meter, which is helpful for setting the input gain. It hasmechanisms for setting the input and output gain and measuring the gain of a filter. It alsoincludes an indicator that alerts the user if their DSP algorithm is taking too long and is violatingthe real-time schedule. The starter code is available for free from the author.The course assignments include exploring the demonstration algorithms and writing and testingseveral real-time DSP algorithms including mono passthrough, record and playback, generatesinusoids, finite impulse response (FIR) filters, infinite impulse response (IIR) filters, andDiscrete Fourier Transform (DFT). The course also includes a project where each student selectsan
and teaching methods.The paper presents the degree curriculum, integrated technology used, skill set taught to students,examples of project-based courses, external student training, and the future outlook and challengesfor the program. This paper will provide clear pathways for establishing similar programs atengineering schools worldwide.IntroductionSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education will play a vital role inshaping the future of technology development [1]. In an increasingly complex and technologicallydriven world, implementing STEM skills in K-12 education is crucial for fostering innovation,critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills. In addition to early preparation of studentsfor a wide
the University of Waterloo. The goal of the event was to facilitatecapstone engineering students connecting with diverse biomedical stakeholders to gain livedexperience insight and expertise to inform their final year design projects. This multi-stage eventwas intentionally designed to address known challenges with student-stakeholder interactions byincluding capstone team applications, student-stakeholder matching, a preparatory workshop,and finally the student-stakeholder conversations themselves.This paper presents a foundation for an evidence-based student-stakeholder interaction modelthat enables students to build needed skills and include stakeholders successfully in their designprocess by (1) presenting a multi-step student-stakeholder
Paper ID #44454Empowering Latin American Women Engineers: Bridging the Gender GapThrough a Network of ChangeDr. Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnologico de Monterrey Vianney Lara graduated as Mechatronics Engineer from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus and holds a PhD in Smart Materials from Loughborough University in the UK. She worked in GE Healthcare as Manufacturing Process Engineer and Advanced Projects Engineer for Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment. She joined Tecnologico de Monterrey as Program Head for the Mechatronics Engineering Program. Then, she was Academic Projects Director, Division Director, National Head
engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Scott’s research relates to accessible and inexpensive engineering equipment for laboratory education.Wendy Cagle, Western Carolina UniversityDr. Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University Andrew Ritenour is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University (WCU). In addition to teaching in the field of electrical engineering, he coordinates the senior engineering capstone program which is a multidisciplinary, two-semester course sequence with projects sponsored by industrial partners. Within this role, he focuses on industrial outreach and the teaching and assessment of professional skills. Prior to joining WCU in 2018
difficult lab course. The biomedical instrumentation lab course isrequired for all undergraduate bioengineering majors and is a technical elective for several otherengineering majors at a large public land grant university in the Midwest United States. Thecourse content has been challenging for many students. Additionally, some students noted otherchallenges in the lab, e.g., reading labels on parts, lights, and lab bench layout. The goal of thisproject is to reduce these challenges with the content, space, and supplies.In the first phase of the project, the research team used methods from Universal Design forLearning (UDL), human centered design, and entrepreneurial minded learning to evaluate thelaboratory space and course materials and generate
updated student standards, rapidly changing impacts of artificial intelligence (AI), andan increasing number of school systems requiring a CS class for graduation. In order to preparefor these changes – as well as to address the equity issues that have plagued CS since its inception– we engaged in a project designed to reimagine content and pathways for high school CSeducation. As a collaborative project, we hosted multiple events for relevant parties (includingK-12 educators and administrators, higher education faculty, industry professionals, state anddistrict CS supervisors, and CS education researchers). These events were designed tocollaboratively seek input for the creation of a series of reports recommending what a CS coursethat satisfies
Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) has aTrack 1 S-STEM project and is participating in an accelerator grant program administered by aTrack 3 project at Virginia Tech.Recruitment for S-STEM programs can be a challenge. To combat this challenge, the presentstudy is part of a larger initiative to investigate intra-institutional partnerships and share findingsbroadly to help ensure that no eligible S-STEM scholars are overlooked in future S-STEMprogram recruitment efforts. Institutional partners at WVU Tech included the S-STEM principalinvestigators, financial aid, the Student Success Center where first year advising occurs,enrollment management where admissions is housed and university relations where marketingand communications