potential contributionsto the typology of effective teaching strategies. The study is anchored by a research question:what student-centered teaching approaches do exemplary engineering instructors employ topromote knowledge-building in their courses, and how do these approaches align with theirbeliefs about teaching?Data CollectionTo address the research question, the study employed the participatory action research (PAR)methodology, which prioritizes the invaluable input and expertise of participants. The PARapproach is best suited for this study because it actively improves social practices [10], involvingparticipants in designing data collection, reflecting on data, and testing identified practices intheir own contexts. A diverse group of
ASEE and represents ASEE on the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS. He was inducted into the ASEE Hall of Fame in 2023. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A novel research design: Using multilevel discrete-time survival analysis to investigate the effect of Calculus I on engineering student persistenceAbstractThe persistence of engineering students through graduation continues to be a concern in highereducation. Previous studies have highlighted a link between students’ performance inintroductory mathematics courses and graduation rates. Focusing on a crucial foundationalcourse within the
Paper ID #42645Case Study: A Comparative Analysis of Teaching Modalities in ThermodynamicsDr. Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jennifer Mott is an Assistant in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Her research interests include Thermal Comfort, using Team Based Learning in engineering courses and improving teaching for engineers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Case Study: A Comparative Analysis of Teaching Modalities in Thermodynamics 2AbstractIn the dynamic landscape of engineering education
Paper ID #41899Interactive and Web-based Animation Modules and Case Studies for AutomatedSystem DesignDr. Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution and a member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. His research interests include automation, robotics, cyber-manufacturing and Industry 4.0; optical/infrared imaging and instrumentation; micro/nano manufacturing; and design of technology for engineering education. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at
develop a community withpeers in the same field.Two faculty members, who are active STEM education researchers, have instituted a newseminar series specifically for these students that is designed to realign the course withengineering education topics, continuously improve the Ph.D. curriculum, and assist students ontheir Ph.D. paths. The group of faculty and students began meeting every other week to discusstopics specifically related to STEM education and the needs of graduate school in lieu ofattending the general engineering seminars. This new seminar series covers multiple topicsapplicable to students in STEM education, including developing a plan of study, writing andpresenting a proposal for a dissertation, and on-campus graduate
Paper ID #41260Not for the Poor: Impacts of COVID-19 on Engineering Students from LowerSocioeconomic BackgroundsMs. Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia Nyna, born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, obtained her Bachelor’s degree in General Engineering with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering in 2022 from Wake Forest University. Following her undergraduate degree, she received her Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Immunoengineering from Johns Hopkins University. Nyna has a strong interest in increasing diversity in biomedical engineering spaces and she intends to research this by
arestudents who identify issues with courses and want to have more courses that integratesustainable practices supposed to encourage or force classes to be updated?As my role changed from undergraduate to graduate, I began to see the challenges from theprofessor's viewpoint, where in R1 institutions, research is more highly valued than teaching.Advocating for student voices on campus must come from a loud group of students who canforce or encourage these changes and show them the success of pilot cases within and outsidetheir institution. As I became involved with EOP and learned about the ASEE mini-grantprogram, I met not only professors and deans dedicated to sustainability but also saw a way tolegitimize this push in a way universities understand
two less formal approaches and expect to collecthandful representative references to understand the landscape of alternative grading workwithout aiming to exhaust all relevant papers.In the first approach, we used two keywords: “alternative grading” and “higher education” tosearch two education databases: Education Research Complete and Education ResourcesInformation Center (ERIC). In our screening process, we selected journal papers only andskipped papers that discussed the accuracy (or statistical) improvement of grading or simplyadopted new grading practices without the context of traditional grading. As a result of thissearch, we identify 28 references for the review. In the second approach, we utilize the searchresults from a recent
entering industry, and rather they should be equipped with the ability to develop life-longlearning skills that will allow them to gain the knowledge and skills required for their careers.The Theory-to-Practice gap is being studied in a variety of engineering areas, such as softwareengineering, computer science, and graduate-level engineering courses [5]-[8]. However, little to noresearch has been done to study the Theory-to-Practice gap in process safety. This study will focus on theTheory-to-Practice gap in the field of process safety, specifically on process safety judgments. Poorengineering judgment in process safety contexts has been shown to have substantial impacts on theimmediate employee, the company, and the surrounding community and
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) to design alearning module for students to conduct individualized, value-based, career exploration as theyapproach graduation. The learning module was implemented as part of Engineering inBiomedicine, a required weekly one-hour seminar course for senior students in BME, with 37students enrolled in the Summer of 23 semester.The course exposes BME students to the challenges, opportunities, and trends encountered byBME professionals, and practitioners in the “real world.” The course addresses current topics,emerging technologies, and careers in the biomedical engineering field through lectures andworkshops given by practicing professionals from medical device, research and developmentorganizations, hospitals and
outcomes and improve student engagement. The integration of AI tools has the potential to significantly impact student learning, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. This paper explores the impact of AI tools on student learning in engineering education, particularly in civil engineering. AI tools offer numerous benefits in engineering education, providing students with interactive and immersive learning experiences. These tools enable students to apply their theoretical knowledge in real-world scenarios, enhancing their understanding and problem-solving skills. A survey was distributed to engineering students in civil engineering courses to gather feedback on the effectiveness of using AI tools, allowing for
designed for this major will be reduced.ConclusionThis work investigated how students select their engineering or computer science major byexamining factors affecting their decision. Based on the survey results, the top three factorsimpacting major selection were job opportunities after graduation, personal interest, and salarylevels. Examining demographics, gender did not have a significant effect on impacting factors,but first-generation college student status did, with first-generation students ranking personalinterest and role models significantly lower than non-first-generation students. There weredifferences in impacting factors between majors, with computer science students rating jobopportunities and salary higher than all other majors
, persistence, and has beenlinked to a boost in students’ motivation to learn (Ditta, Strickland-Hughes, Cheung, & Wu,2020). Undergraduate research experience was also found to better equip students for graduateschool or careers (Sell, Naginey, & Stanton, 2017; Altman, et al., 2019). Through undergraduateresearch, students learn professional skills such as maintaining notes, identifying researchproblems, reading scientific literature, collaborating with peers in a research setting, and writingand presenting findings to an audience in their field of discipline (Carpenter & Pappenfus, 2009).Undergraduate research is said to be one of ten high impact practices shown to enhance andimprove college student performance and success (Kuh, 2008). A
-PEER, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 4, 2015.[6] W. Roldan, J. Hui, and E. M. Gerber, “University makerspaces: Opportunities to support equitable participation for women in engineering,” Int J Eng Educ, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 751– 768, 2018.[7] V. Wilczynski, “Contributions of Academic Makerspaces to Design Education,” Des. Educ. Today Tech. Contexts Programs Best Pract., pp. 91–114, 2019.[8] C. R. Forest et al., “The Invention Studio: A University Maker Space and Culture.,” Adv. Eng. Educ., vol. 4, no. 2, p. n2, 2014.[9] V. Wilczynski, J. Zinter, and L. Wilen, “Teaching engineering design in an academic makerspace: Blending theory and practice to solve client-based problems,” in 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016.[10
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documentation can be captured. His current research is focused on developing higher reliability Technical Language Models (TLMs) which are essentially knowledge-graph backed LLMs that can pinpoint where information was drawn from within a complex information environment. He also works toward improving CS education, broadening participation in computing, and incorporating ethics into CS education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Directed Question based Framework for Teaching and Learning Ethics: A tool but also a Memorable Framework that Students can take Forward into their Professional Practice Udayan Das
. Scott Bartholomew, Brigham Young UniversityMr. Scott Thorne, Purdue University Scott Thorne is a doctoral candidate at Purdue University in Technology, Leadership, and Innovation, and a Purdue Doctoral Fellow. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Technology Teacher Education in 2009, and a master’s degree in Technology, Leadership, and Innovation in 2021, both from Purdue University. His research focuses on meaningful dual credit experiences, and teaching tools and strategies for the 9-12 engineering and technology classroom. Scott has taught Engineering & Technology at the high school level in Indiana and Iowa, Design Thinking as an instructor at Purdue, and has engineering experience in
both equity-centered content and pedagogy (e.g., [20], [24]) in a range of courses. We describe the first phase of research to build a curricular and instructional changeframework to support educators who seek to revise or develop engineering courses to centerequity. Our emerging framework acknowledges that instructors – including tenure-track, contractfaculty, and graduate teaching assistants – will typically require professional development tosupport them as they design and teach these courses. We also acknowledge that for engineeringto move beyond siloed discussions of equity, academic programs need to revise multiple requiredcourses, including technical/ engineering science courses. In the following sections, we provide aproject
Jr., J. Harris, K . TAMUSLSAMP Project: 25 Years of Success - Finding and Implementing Best Practices for URMSTEM Students; American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18491[35] New York City Louis Stokes Alliance Impact Report 1992-2015 (2012 and 2015).[36] Brathwaite, Claude., “The New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority ParticipationBridge to the Doctorate: A Model for Underrepresented Students Transition to the DoctoralProgram 2008 to 2022” in the Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference, Paper ID#38766, Baltimore, June 2023.[37] Brathwaite, Claude., “Career Outcomes Tracking New York City Louis Stokes Alliance forMinority Participation Research Scholars from 1993 to 2022” in the Proceedings of the 2023ASEE
successfulproject has been a challenge for these partnerships. Asset Driven Equitable Partnerships – ADEP in Practice (WIP)From Relationships to Partnerships to Equitable Partnerships – Virginia State University (aCore IEC HBCU) and Virginia Tech (an Affiliate IEC PWI) have collaborated with varyinglevels of success for several decades. A Sloan planning grant facilitated the development of anequitable partnership. Their holistic approach: Use an equitable partnership as the vehicle forcreating the equitable pathway to graduate education with a focus in Quantum InformationScience and Engineering (QISE). Historically, PWIs have not prioritized developing equitable,long-term partnerships with HBCUs. PWIs need to learn from HBCUs how to best
Director of Graduate Education in the School of Education . She teaches courses in program evaluation and assessment, student affairs and higher education.Prof. Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Dr. Shan Jiang is currently an Associate Professor from the Materials Science and Engineering department at Iowa State University. Dr. Jiang earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduation, he furthered his study at MIT as a postdoc. Following his academic training, Dr. Jiang then worked at the Dow Chemical Company Coating Materials as a research scientist. Drawing on his industrial background, Dr. Jiang initiated the Graduate for Advancing Professional Skills
Innovation for Societal Impacts, July 2022. www.nsf.gov/ere/ereweb/advisory.jsp[9] Beyond the Academy, Edited by B.L. Keeler and C. Locke. Guidebook for the Engaged University: Best Practices for Reforming Systems of Reward, Fostering Engaged Leadership, and Promoting Action Oriented Scholarship. 2022. Available: http://beyondtheacademynetwork.org/guidebook/[10] S. Wilson, A. Aber, L. Wright, V. Ravichandran, “A review of community-engaged research approaches used to achieve environmental justice and eliminate disparities,” Chapter 23 in The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice, Eds. R. Holifield, J. Chakraborty, G. Walker, pp. 283-296, London: Routledge, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315678986[11] K. Ortiz, J. Nash
students’ global competencies within the IRiKA program? 3. How do undergraduate and graduate engineering students differ in global competency development in the context of international research experience? The first research question addresses the core of the study's motivation. It seeks to explore thedirect impact of IRiKA. This inquiry is supported by literature highlighting the importance ofinternational experiences in enhancing cross-cultural skills and global awareness in engineeringeducation [6], [25]. This question aims to empirically examine how participation in a structuredinternational program like IRiKA contributes to developing global competencies, which areincreasingly recognized as crucial for engineers in a globalized
graduate education areto (1) break the traditional "one-size-fits-all" approach to graduate STEM education by creating andvalidating a PLM that is inclusive to all students and (2) propagate our engineering education researchinto practice by generating the knowledge to extend this innovation to other STEM graduate programs.The Personalized Learning Model (PLM)Seeded by a shared vision across SSOE and guided by experts in engineering education, we are piloting,measuring, refining, and institutionalizing the PLM for STEM Graduate Education (Figure 1). Recognizingthat a program with "pointwise" personalization (i.e., a single course or professional development focus)will have a modest impact, we propose a personalized learning model that permeates
Education (ASEE), Computer Applications in Engineering Education (CAEE), International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE), Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET), and IEEE Transactions on Education. He is also serving as a reviewer for a number of conferences and journals focused on engineering education research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Inclusive Teaching Practices in Engineering: A Systematic Review of Articles from 2018 to 2023AbstractInclusive pedagogies have been used in education in different areas and times; however, theiradoption in engineering has been relatively new. Due to their effectiveness for all students and tothe
e. Develop and maintain a Design History File (DHF) for project documentation4. Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts a. Consider the impact of medical devices in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts b. Apply codes of ethics c. Describe ethical considerations in research and clinical trials d. Outline steps for ethical engineering decision-making5. Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and
. Her primary research foci include graduate student and faculty development, graduate well-being, asset-based approaches to engineering education, and mentorship of women in STEM. Her background is in advanced manufacturing and design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 WIP: Chemical Engineering Faculty Attitudes towards Evidence Based Instruction Practices and Growth MindsetJennifer S. Brown, Karen High, Mechteld V. Hillsley, Michael J. Janik, Stephanie B. VelegolIntroductionIn the Chemical Engineering (CHE) department at a large public R1 university, we are workingon changing the climate and culture of our department through a multipronged approachinvolving
, Blackstudents face a higher attrition rate compared to their peers of other races [4]. Given these starkstatistics, the retention of the Black population in graduate and undergraduate engineeringprograms becomes imperative for establishing a diverse and robust workforce [8], [10].The systemic and cultural racial biases inherent within educational institutions contribute to themarked dearth of Black students in engineering doctoral programs. Even as research begins tounravel the experiences of Black Ph.D. students in engineering – from motivations and persistenceto encounters with racial microaggressions – the disparity remains, underscoring the need fordeeper exploration. This group has additional heterogeneity [11], particularly overlooking
astudents’ sense of belonging, and how that sense of belonging subsequently influencespersistence and achievement [26], [27], [28], [29], [30],[31] . Large and ongoing efforts havebeen initiated to address specific shortcomings of academic cultures to address problems in asense of belonging for many of these identities and intersectionalities [32], [33], [34]. In additionto institutional support programs and structures, individuals who identify with visible minoritygroups will often seek to foster social networks to bolster their sense of belonging [35].There has been a recent decline in ACT and SAT scores nationwide, pointing to a pervasivedecline in math readiness in the United States [36]. Research indicates that this factorsignificantly impacts
knowledge necessary to apply BID to their design solutions. Thus, this research isnecessary to explore students’ BID ideation and their perception of BID as a result of theirengagement in the BID-integrated EDP.Research Purpose & QuestionsThis study explored students' engagement in and perception of biologically inspired design(BID) during participation in a seven-week BID engineering curriculum. The research questionsaddressed in this work are: 1) How do high school students engage in ideation during a bio-inspired engineering design challenge? 2) What impact does engaging in BID have on students’perception of its value for engineering design?MethodsResearch DesignA mixed method convergent parallel design (QUAL→quant) was employed to address