for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP), Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education, a 3M national Teaching Fellow, and a mOliver Pan, University of Toronto Oliver Pan is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, studying finance with a double minor in statistics and economics. He exhibits a deep enthusiasm for data analytics, driven by a curiosity to unveil analytical insights spanning multiple sectors such as financial technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Students’ Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A Typological Approach Qin Liu, Greg Evans, and Oliver
, prioritizing, and documenting the feature requests, the team reviewed theirrequests through the lenses of the three theoretical frameworks discussed earlier in this paper:Contextualized Framework, CoI, and UDL. This was to ensure that each of the requestedfeatures was necessary to support evidence-based teaching and learning in an online professionaldevelopment environment. Table 1 illustrates which frameworks connect most directly to each ofthe general sets of features the team requested. Unsurprisingly, the team found that the first-tierpriority requests, or those most elemental to an LMS, connected most strongly to the CoI andUDL frameworks as they are both very much concerned with the design and curriculum aspectsof a learning experience. It
Paper ID #41314Creation of Open-Source Course Materials for Engineering Economics Coursewith Help from a Team of Students—Lessons LearnedDr. Tamara R. Etmannski, University of British Columbia Tamara Etmannski is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. Her position is focused on teaching content and various curricula and teaching and learning initiatives connected to ’impacts in engineering’ (sustainability, leadership, economics, entrepreneurship). Her pedagogical interests include high-impact practices like active and experiential
significant resources into developing hands-on and virtual resources for educators to use[9]. As technology has improved, the development of educational videos or virtual resources hasbecome widespread. Researchers have released videos of failures, finite element and behaviorsimulations, and technical content videos [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16].In 2008, Timothy Philpot et al. released their first edition of the textbook “Mechanics ofMaterials: An Integrated Learning System [17].” Coupled with this textbook release werevisualization tools called “MecMovies” developed using Macromedia Flash 5 software [12].These videos allowed students to interact with the course content as they progressed through thecurriculum. In 2019, the Efficient
meaning and purpose.McAdams writes, “the I becomes an autobiographical author; the Me becomes the story it tells”[17].As such, in modern society, storytelling can be leveraged in a variety of ways to support socialcohesion, identity discovery, and sensemaking to positively impact even the engineeringclassroom. For example, the Academic Pathways Study found that for some engineeringstudents, an engineering career was not necessarily the expected end goal (14% definitely not,12% probably not, and 8% unsure) [18]. This data highlights that learning, even in anengineering curriculum, should be broad enough to support students headed to a variety ofcareers that may be related or adjacent to STEM fields.In fact, students’ expectations for the value of
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
abstraction.Furthermore, students anchored in high-level language (HLL) paradigms frequently misjudge thecomplexity underlying the conveniences offered by the higher abstraction [6]. Confronted by theintricate details of the ISA, students might adopt a fragmented learning strategy, focusing more onindividual instructions rather than comprehending an integrated machine model. This shallow approachdirectly contrasts with the primary objectives of assembly language courses [6].Several attempts have been reported in the literature to enable a smoother transition from HLL intoassembly. For example, [3] proposes a unique classification system for assembly instructions in a smallmicrocontroller, presented in reference tables based on functionality, allowing students to
Paper ID #41073The Mini-Mill Experience: A Self-Paced Introductory Machining Exercisefor Mechanical Engineering StudentsProf. Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware Dr. Buckley is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Delaware. She received her BS (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, and her MS (2004) and PhD (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. She is the Co-Founder and President of The Perry Initiative, an organization focused on diversifying the talent pipeline in engineering and orthopaedics.Dr. Amy Trauth, American Institutes for
Coordinator at the Engineering School in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (PUC-Chile). Gabriel received an MA in Social Sciences from Universidad de Chile and is Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile.Mr. Luis Eduardo Vargas-Vidal, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Luis Eduardo Vargas-Vidal is the for Teaching Development Coordinator at the Engineering School of the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (PUC-Chile). He is also a Spanish and Communication Professor at PUCV-Chile and obtained his master’s degree in Curriculum Development and Educational Projects from UNAB-Chile.Carolina L´opez, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Carolina L´opez is the
[11]. This process is typically focused on understandingenough to make a productive change to a situation rather than primarily seeking to understand theroot cause.The problem-solving mindset is also prevalent in engineering education, but there are critiquesthat assert the curriculum isn’t fully representative of the profession [12]. In the UK, MacLeodsuggests that engineering education is geared toward developing an academic mindset rather thanan engineering mindset [13]. He mentions that the education that engineers receive doesn’t helptheir ability to innovate because it centers around a theoretical approach where problems arewell-defined. This approach differs greatly in comparison to the engineering practice, whereengineers must often
disciplines [2]. Engineering curriculums typically well-incorporate fundamentalinstruction through required introductory applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, computerscience, and engineering design coursework. However, exposure to multiple disciplines is oftenoverlooked in the process of developing engineering curriculums [3-5]. Given that majorselection is typically done in students’ first and second years [6-11], sufficient exposure toresearch, career/internship, alumni/professional experiences, and ethical/social insights isespecially important early in college. This will enable students to better choose majors/careersthat align with their interests and aptitudes [12-13]. Engineers stand to acquire many benefitsfrom an interdisciplinary
machine learning and cognitive research). My background is in Industrial Engineering (B.Sc. at the Sharif University of Technology and ”Gold medal” of Industrial Engineering Olympiad (Iran-2021- the highest-level prize in Iran)). Now I am working as a researcher in the Erasmus project, which is funded by European Unions (1M $ European Union & 7 Iranian Universities) which focus on TEL and students as well as professors’ adoption of technology(modern Education technology). Moreover, I cooperated with Dr. Taheri to write the ”R application in Engineering statistics” (an attachment of his new book ”Engineering probability and statistics.”)Dr. Jason Morphew, Purdue University Jason W. Morphew is an Assistant Professor
curriculum design framework to develop creative, hands-on activities geared at girls in grades 11-12 in a weekend outreach STEM event called “Reachingthe Sky”. The curriculum wanted to relate to the girls daily lives and show social relevance. Theprogram used an all-female team of both higher education educators and science, engineering,and mathematics undergraduate students to create and implement a variety of activities. Thestudy found that after the outreach program participants left with additional knowledge of STEMfields and were more likely to pursue a STEM career based on questionnaires that theparticipants took upon completion of the weekend event. By focusing on a primary context anddeveloping the curriculum around it the study was
into Engineering Curricula: An InterdisciplinaryApproach to Facilitating Transfer at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,”Composition Forum, vol. 26, 2012.[8] P. Zemliansky and L. Berry, “A Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Faculty DevelopmentProgram: An Experience Report,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 60,no. 3, pp. 306-316, 2017.[9] J. Allen, “The Case Against Defining Technical Writing,” Journal of Business and TechnicalCommunication, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 68-77, 1990.[10] N. T. Buswell, B. K. Jesiek, C. D. Troy, R. R. Essig, and J. Boyd, “Engineering Instructorson Writing: Perceptions, Practices, and Needs,” in IEEE Transactions on ProfessionalCommunication, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 55-74, March 2019[11] S. St.Clair
(CATIER) at Morgan State Universit ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Breaking Barriers: Promoting Motivation, Engagement, and Learning Success among Biology Undergraduates from Minority BackgroundsAbstractThis research presents an in-depth exploration of the transformative potential of hands-onlearning (which would be used interchangeably with the term ECP-Experiment CentricPedagogy) in the domain of biology education, with a focus on student engagement andacademic achievement. Over three semesters, students enrolled in three biology courses (BIO103, BIO 201, and BIO 202) participated in a hands-on learning approach that integrated varioushands-on activities and experiments. In parallel
Paper ID #42750Board 129: Preparing Engineering Students for Designing and Managing theFuture of Work and Work SystemsDr. Priyadarshini Pennathur, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Priyadarshini R. Pennathur is an associate professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering.Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur, The University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Pennathur is a Co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Industrial Engineering, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applications and Practices in Engineering
in curriculum & instruction from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on promoting teamwork in complex engineering problem solving through collaborative task design. She currently co-leads the integration of human-centered design principles within select courses across the Grainger College of Engineering.Mr. Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign I am currently the Associate Director of Assessment and Research team at the Siebel Center for Design (SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice
Menefee [1] found that students with study abroadexperience have more employability probability and greater organizational, communication, andleadership skills. Including study abroad programs in the curriculum helps students achieveholistic learning by gaining intercultural competence and an inclusive, open, and reflectiveperspective for solving complex global problems.Due to the highly immersive experiential learning nature of the study abroad programs, they alsoprovide transformative learning opportunities to participants. However, the extent and nature oftransformative learning in various experiential learning programs differ among individuals [2][3]. The broader purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the differential impacts of
mentor would be doing the, the same things. So general supportiveness, but also coupled with a, with a spirit of transparency.”Integral Mentorship: Mentees emphasized the importance of “whole person” mentoring, whichaddresses personal and human aspects alongside professional relations. This holistic approach tomentorship extends beyond just professional knowledge; it encompasses individual development,well-being, and advancing of mentoring culture. Dawn shared an experience about beingproactive in creating a comfortable environment. “I think if you're being proactive, as you're asking questions, how they're doing? You're asking about, you know, teaching research service, if you're asking about the social parts, then I
increase the hands-on time with the workshop activities and tools. 7. Creating new Seminars on “Introduction to Active Learning” and “Creating a Civil Classroom” (i.e., to integrate DEI in the ETW curriculum) to make both of these inferred topics more transparent during the workshop. 8. Creating new Reflection-based activities in order to encourage participants to envision how their learnings could be adapted and applied in their classroom in the near-term future.CFD established an implementation plan whereby CFD committee members would proceed withthe creation of new “Base Slides” for the forthcoming Summer 2023 ETW. In anticipation ofthese workshop changes, CFD organized in December 2022 a “Town Hall Meeting
) Taxonomy Working Group.Rick Steiner, The University of Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Leveraging Active Learning Techniques to Teach Model-Based Systems EngineeringAbstractTo be successful, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) requires the coordinatedapplication of an appropriate modeling language and methodology within a suitable tool. Thelanguage, methodology and tool chosen to support MBSE depends on the specific aims of theengineers. Teaching MBSE, therefore, presents the challenge of simultaneously instructingstudents in three distinct but interdependent concepts: the application of the systems engineeringprocess, the expression of systems
advanced controlexperiments for classroom use. These experiments frequently employ LabVIEW and require asignificant financial investment by institutions to include them in the curriculum. Anotherconsideration is the time invested in learning to use another software or hardware platform.Ultimately, students may be able to operate an apparatus. Still, they may not master themethods, focusing instead on the ability to use the software and hardware provided by thevendor.Hardware Utilization and Cost-Effectiveness One of our goals was to provide a low-cost alternative to expensive control experiments thatare often unaffordable for smaller teaching colleges and. While MATLAB is widely used inacademic institutions, control experiments often are not due
: Effects of Self-Explanation and Direct Instruction,” Child Dev., vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 1–15, 2006, doi: 10.1111/j.1467- 8624.2006.00852.x.[9] M. Besterfield-Sacre, J. Gerchak, M. Lyons, L. J. Shuman, and H. Wolfe, “Scoring Concept Maps: An Integrated Rubric for Assessing Engineering Education,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 105–115, Apr. 2004, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00795.x.[10] J. M. T. Walker and P. H. King, “Concept Mapping as a Form of Student Assessment and Instruction in the Domain of Bioengineering,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 167–178, 2003, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2003.tb00755.x.[11] A. R. Kim, B. Ahn, and M. E. Nelson, “Implementation of an Inductive Learning and Teaching
Capstone course elements in detail, such as customized design for an activity(e.g. Business Case Presentation), or for other assignments (e.g. Decision Making Report), andexplore its capability of designing a complete course; then, use this AI-designed course as aprototype to develop other courses in the METM program. From trial and error, this research canproduce effective prompt templates to share with various stakeholders involved incourse/curriculum design. Looking ahead, the authors see the formation of a learning communitythat shares reusable prompts library and best practices of use cases and design experience, thus,gradually and gracefully embracing generative AI applications into the educational field for bothlearners and instructors
soil samples, a soil moisture sensor, an Arduino Uno, and a datastreamer installed on Microsoft Excel. Learners were able to conduct the experiment using thishands-on device. The instructor explained the investigations' background concepts to them. Thesamples were prepared at various moisture levels and given to the learners to use in theexperiment. Using a data streamer, they were able to read moisture content readings in real-time.Prior to testing, Arduino code had been integrated to allow for simple conversion from electricalto digital phase. In other tests, the Arduino has produced consistent results for various datagathering and streaming tasks [21]. At the end of the experiment, the learners were able toanalyze, understand, and draw
University of Florida. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for underrepresented groups.Dr. Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Darcie Christensen is a probationary Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University Mankato. She teaches for Iron Range Engineering, which is a on the Minnesota North - Mesabi Range College Campus in Virginia, MN. Dr. Christensen received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University in the Summer of 2021. The title of her Dissertation is ”A Mixed-Method Approach to Explore Student Needs for Peer Mentoring in a
, disassembled size, cost, andassembly time, as well as to proof test the structural integrity of the frame by having one or moreteam members sit on the bike. Teams that passed the proof test could participate in an optionalbike race at the end of the semester.Figure 2. Example student work for final bike frame design: CAD assembly drawing (left) andassembled prototype (right).In addition to CAD modeling, Phases 3 and 4 of the EDP required students to perform astructural analysis of their bike frame. This analysis involved students abstracting their framedesigns into two-dimensional multi-body structures that were then decomposed into multiplerigid body subcomponents (Figure 3). Students were instructed to consider failure at both “pins”(bolt assemblies
elements withinthe system, connected by lines that represent a variety of relationships. Given its usefulness inunderstanding intricate systems, it should be helpful in mapping the engineering educationprocess. A huge number of factors affect the education of new engineers. From elementaryschool to graduate school, students are exposed to STEM curriculum, experiential learning,career development, and other external factors that contribute to them becoming an engineer.Having a systemogram that compiles this information could be used by students, teachers,professors, and administrators to refine the system for everyone’s benefit. The systemogram ofthe engineering education system is shown below in Figure 6.Figure 6: Systemogram of student flow
American Council of Engineering Companies’ Senior Executives Institute, an advanced management, leadership, and public policy training program for current and emerging leaders of engineering and architectural firms. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing a Team-Based Regulatory Framework for Mobility Engineering ProfessionalsAbstractTransportation mobility has gained burgeoning attention in the past decades driven by theadvancement of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and ubiquitous InternetCommunication Technologies (ICT). As the innovation of CAVs progresses towards an upperlevel of automation, safety concerns induced by advanced autonomous vehicle
(education; engineering; public affairs; arts andsciences; food, agriculture, and environmental sciences; business; law). The OhioState EmPOWERment Program in convergent graduate training for a sustainableenergy future enrolls Ph.D. students studying any aspect of energy from degreeprograms any college in Ohio State and engages them in several curricular andco-curricular elements that are designed to dovetail with their Ph.D. degreeprogram requirements in ways that do not extend their time to graduate. TheOhio State EmPOWERment Program established at Ohio State an energy StudentCommunity of Practice and Engagement (SCOPE), a Graduate InterdisciplinarySpecialization (GIS), and an undergraduate Research in Sustainable Energy(RISE) summer research