engineers, as it makes them moreenthusiastic to participate in engineering and therefore helps them perform better.Four of the papers showed a marked improvement in underrepresented student’s performancewhen those students were given representation in the form of discussing or showing an engineersimilar to their identity, either in the form of online platforms with diverse avatars of engineers orguest speakers (Casey, E. et al, 2023; Gunjan Tomar & Vineeta Garg, 2021; Good, J. J. et al.,2020; Aguirre-Muñoz, Z. et al., 2021). One paper focused on giving students a space to developtheir own identity in connection to their career path through reflective journaling (Tran, K., Barreraet al., 2022). Two papers focused on giving students either a
a second language.This may impact their ability to thrive in the first semester. Lack of confidence to engage inconversations during the first semester could also affect their ability to navigate the academicexpectations as well as their willingness to explore and utilize campus resources. In this paper,first-semester international students in a graduate engineering program were asked to reflect ontheir academic experience to identify the critical success factors. An anonymous, non-scientificsurvey was designed to gather feedback from the students at the end of their first semester. Allstudents in the class were international students taking on-campus courses in the United Statesfor the first time. The following section presents a brief
reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. K. G. Wolfinbarger, R. L. Shehab, D. A. Trytten, and S. E. Walden, "The influence of engineering competition team participation on students' leadership identity development," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 925-948, 2021.2. A. B. Hargadon, "Brokering knowledge: Linking learning and innovation," Research in Organizational Behavior, vol. 24, pp. 41-85, 2002. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-3085(02)24003-4.3. A. B. Hargadon, "Firms as knowledge brokers: Lessons in pursuing continuous innovation," California Management Review, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 209-227, 1998. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.2307/41165951.4. J. Saldaña, The
computing, and utilizing a unique large scalelocation dataset. In all these cases, the instructors were not the experts but acted more as guidesto graduate student learning.To foster co-created knowledge and a shared learning process, previous versions of this coursehad students add notes to a wiki during the semester. This shared recording space allowedstudents to reflect on and build off each other’s knowledge. Expanding on this constructivistapproach, the SCHOLAR model was introduced in the “emerging technologies” course for fallof 2023, focusing on generative AI. Instead of a wiki, each student built a tutorial about someaspect of generative AI and/or its use in scholarly research. Examples included: Gradio Library Tutorial
score of zero. The lowervariability in scores also may reflect the quick decision-making required during real-time gradingof the exams, as opposed to more contemplative grading possible for a written exam. Differencesin grading between oral exams and transcripts of oral exams also was noted by Thomas andcoworkers [16].Role of Oral Exams in Environmental Engineering EducationWhen asked for their exam preference in engineering courses, respondents expressed apreference for written exams, although nearly one-third of respondents indicated they preferredan equal number of oral and written exams (All Written: 4.9%, Mostly Written/Some Oral:58.9%, Equal: 31.6%, Mostly Oral/Some Written: 4.3%, All Oral: 0.3%). These responsesindicate a desire on the
-boarding activities, researchexperience, mentor experience, program interactions, and reflect on the gains from programparticipation. This study did not include survey data on participants perceptions of the programdue to the limited number of participant responses. Based on the focus groups conducted,participants reported that this experience was highly valued and significantly increased theirmotivation for pursuing future research and careers. Participants also reported that the programallowed them to develop and refine their professional and research skills, enabling them to applyconcepts learned during their undergraduate studies to their research projects. Additionally,participants described faculty mentors as supportive, understanding, and
) before treatment5 Demographic characteristics reflect students’ district administrative records; in Maryland students may identifytheir gender as non-binary and as more than one race. Ethnicity is recorded separately from race. n 60 27 Note. Means (and standard deviations) presented. * Group difference significant, p
recruiting students.Workshop SessionsAs mentioned in the introduction, the pedagogical techniques employed in all of the workshopsare active-learning student-centered methods. Session contents are determined by the instructorsbased on what they determine is most effective to introduce their topics and disciplines. Sessionsnormally include lecture presentations followed by activities that teach the concepts throughdemonstration or experiment that the students perform themselves. The session descriptionsbelow are reflections of the 2023 workshop. A particularly important component of the programthat makes this possible is the inclusion of teaching assistants that are current undergraduatestudents. These teaching assistants, close in age to the
, and Confidence MOSFET and Effective Resistance 24 Student Enjoyment and ConfidenceResults: One of the major researchquestions we wanted to answer wasthe impact that prerecordeddemonstration videos had on thestudents’ enjoyment of their time inlecture. To assess this, at the end offour of the lectures where studentswere shown videos, we asked themto reflect on whether thedemonstration video improved theirenjoyment of the lecture. We foundthat in all four of the lectures,between 64% and 71% of thestudents indicated that they “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” that the video had improved theirenjoyment of the lecture. Furthermore, only 4% to 8% of the students reported “Disagreed” or“Strongly Disagreed” that the video had
thetargeted area.In LiDAR systems, a laser scanner emits laser beams in various directions, and a sensor detectsthe reflected light. By calculating the time taken for the laser pulses to travel to the target andback, the LiDAR system can accurately ascertain distances to objects. This technology findsextensive applications in diverse fields such as topographic mapping, forestry, autonomousvehicles, geology, urban planning, and archaeology. LiDAR is pivotal in producing highlydetailed and accurate elevation models and three-dimensional representations of landscapes orstructures.Although the technology is sophisticated, only a few smartphone manufacturers, primarily AppleInc., have integrated it into their products. LiDAR scanners are crucial in
and help students develop on paths which they see as valuable. Our view, rooted in theCapabilities Approach, is that education should equip students to lead a life they value. Providingstudents opportunities to achieve, and envision new ways of living is central to the institution,and our role as faculty is to help guide them in our chosen discipline.This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation under EEC- 2022271. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.8. References[1] Mark W. Durm, “An A is not an A is not an A: A History of Grading,” Educ. Forum, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 294
the faculty's efforts to legitimize the students’contributions impact how the students feel about themselves as researchers and how they cancontribute to the group.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumbers 2346868 and 2144698. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation. We would like to express gratitude to Team Y for participatingin this study and for their willingness to open their meetings to us and provide feedback on theinitial drafts of this paper. We would also like to thank Dr. Nicola Sochacka for her insightfulfeedback and
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interactive effects of identity on theengineering workforce that are reflective of the environments and conditions of our field. Extensions of this work in progress will explore multiple regression methods to identifysignificant identity-based interactions related to engineering career success such as salary,employment, and degree attainment. We will also investigate the impacts across different disabilitytype categories provided by the National Survey of College Graduates. A particular emphasis inour forthcoming work will be on centering the experiences of women of color with disabilities asa comparative benchmark. This intentional focus aims to disrupt prevailing notions rooted inWhite, male, able-bodied centrism that have traditionally
prior understanding offluid mechanics and heat transport concepts. A worksheet was given to each participant for useby them during the experiment. The experiment's steps were outlined in the worksheet for theparticipants to follow. The worksheet gave the participants a chance to consider and deliberateabout the ideas being covered. Afterward, each participant was given a post-test to examine howmuch they had learned during the instruction. They were then required to respond to thecognitive engagement survey. Participants received links to the online surveys administered viaQualtrics© at the end of the LCDLMs sessions. The cognitive engagement survey prompts askedparticipants to reflect on their LCDLM facilitated instructions and report how well
engagement and industry interest. The feedback received fromparticipants has been positive, highlighting the relevance and value of such a course in the field ofelectrical engineering. However, through careful consideration and reflection on the courseoutcomes, it became evident that there is an opportunity to enhance its impact further by integratingit with the principles of power system equipment design. A full course titled "Special Topics inPower System Equipment and Asset Management" is under development in either Fall 2024 orSpring 2025. This course will cover the design principles of essential power system componentssuch as transformers, overhead lines, cables, and switchgear, factors influencing their operation,failure mechanisms, and
series versus parallel connections of componentsfor circuits with medium complexity, such as the one seen in Figure 1. Utilizing the research onspaced repetition, the faculty member began drawing small circuits with commonly confusedelectrical connections and creating a poll within Microsoft Teams asking the students todetermine what was connected in series and what was connected in parallel. While this had beenthe first time the faculty taught this course virtually, it was the third term they taught the courseoverall. Reflecting on performance of past cohorts, the faculty member noticed a reduction inmistakes on reducing networks of electrical components throughout the term. Figure 1: Resistor network with medium
Grant No.2306178. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendation expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] J. Trevelyan, “Transitioning to engineering practice,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 821–837, Nov. 2019, doi: 10.1080/03043797.2019.1681631.[2] Z. S. Byrne, J. W. Weston, and K. Cave, “Development of a Scale for Measuring Students’ Attitudes Towards Learning Professional (i.e., Soft) Skills,” Res. Sci. Educ., vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1417–1433, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11165-018-9738-3.[3] R. P. Aleman and et al, “Mind the Gap: Exploring the Exploring the Perceived Gap Between Social and Technical Aspects
. Here, faculty were able to analyze the data and beginidentifying where change would be most needed, impactful, and practical.Faculty had the chance to meet internally with a trained learning community facilitator toanalyze and reflect on their own program’s data. After faculty were able to analyze their ownstudent performance and curricular complexity data, faculty had the opportunity to meet indiscipline-specific groups. For example, all participating mechanical engineering faculty at eachuniversity met to share their data and how they made sense of the data.The faculty will continue meeting internally and in discipline specific learning communities overthe course of a year. During this process faculty will be able to ask more clarifying
practice" [5, p. 11]. For example, popular K-12 engineering activities like designinga tower to hold weight or building a roller coaster to meet criteria are often repeated acrosselementary, middle, and high school grades without clear learning progressions [5]. Whileengaging, such building projects generally promote a tinkering approach to develop a workingprototype [6], [7], [8] that does not reflect the work of expert engineers [9], [10]. To support thedevelopment of more authentic engineering learning outcomes and goals in K-12 settings,previous studies have engaged engineering experts, such as professional engineers [11] andphilosophers of engineering [12]. This study builds on that work by exploring the perspectives ofengineering university
rather than reflecting on the past 9 . There any many examples in the literatureof works using this method for centering the experiences of individuals with marginalized identi-ties 10,11,12 . In order to emphasize the need for this work, we have reviewed the literature to findexamples of lived experiences similar to ours to emphasize that these are not isolated incidencesof struggle. Doctoral education begins not with admission to a university, but instead application to pro-grams within that university according to their alignment with a student’s research interests. Oncematriculated into a graduate program, young academics bring diverse life experiences that mayconflict with the typical impression of who belongs. These feelings which have
veteran combat experience and employmentexpectations do not have a civilian corollary, as indicated in Table 1. These myths or stereotypesare sourced from known veteran stereotypes of veterans [8] and do not reflect the authors’perspectives.Table 1: Veteran and civilian-coded survey items Veteran Veteran-coded Civilian Civilian-coded Item Item 1 Veterans are more likely to suffer 13 Civilians are less likely to suffer from PTSD than civilians. from PTSD than veterans. 2 Veterans are more likely to be 14 Civilians are more likely to be educated than
another group of through breakout rooms. presentations until all teams have presented to every team. Self-reflection to a prompt (1 min.), Breakout rooms for each grouping paired discussion (2 min.), group 1-2-4-all and PollEv to help facilitate large [7] discussion (4 min.), report out to large group report out. group (5 min.). Each student provides peer feedback An online survey tool (e.g., Google
review. Researchers utilized a working definition of the term “workforce development” to refer to any program that was preparing students for the workforce. Additionally, to maintain a focused scope, only peer-reviewed journals and conference papers were included. However, in the future, we plan to examine all available sources of literature. Considering the shifts in the engineering workforce practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this literature search was limited to sources published post-2020. This timeframe was chosen to accurately reflect the current state and needs of the workforce, which has increasingly adopted hybrid and remote working modalities. Microsoft Teams (Version 1.6.00.35956) and Zotero (Version 6.0.30) were
bemulti-axis and must be completed in less than four hours including machine setup and cleanup.The designs created by the students are amazing – both in creativity and in challenge. A small setof the final projects are shown in Figure 8.Changing Curriculum Outcomes and Skills DevelopmentTo meet the changes brought on by incorporating the described technologies, the course outcomesfor MFGE 332 have evolved to suit. These are shown in Table 2. Notably, outcome 1 has beenchanged from “Generate programs for CNC machining using manual part programmingtechniques” to reflect the move away from manual programming to CAM programming. Inaddition, outcome 5 has been added to reflect the increased role that inspection plays in the courseto help students
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to be on the information seeking behaviors of professional engineers ratherthan academics (Leckie et al., 1996). Some of the observations of professional engineers’information seeking behaviors clearly reflects the needs of their particular workplace settings.For example, researchers found a strong preference for professional engineers to work in teamsbecause of the increased facilitation of verbal communication, the ability to develop networksbased on trusted information, and the opportunities for richer feedback and contextualization(Fidel & Green, 2004; Freund, 2015). Professional engineers also rely on text-based documentsas information sources depending on the task and their knowledge of available sources (Freund,2015). When asking
instructor's reflection on the overall EEE 4423 course experience.Student Exit Survey: The fundamental purpose of the exit survey was to record students’perspectives on lecture content, homework assignments, overall course experience, and thechallenges they encountered during the EEE 4423 course. The survey also aimed to assess theperceived difficulty of the workload and homework assignments. In the end, students self-assessed their current level of understanding of the 9 key concepts introduced in the course.Additionally, the survey aimed to identify any barriers that might have posed challenges tounderstanding these 9 key concepts of QIS.Student Exit Interview: Following this student exit survey, a 45-minute semi-structured interviewwas conducted