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ordered and elegant; a neatly bounded object that represents your competency. I knew I was a competent and clever doctoral student, but still my research did not look like that neat and tidy output. My research was messy, it was emotional, and it was not an easily divisible and logical process.” (Weatherall, 2019, p. 101)I itched to do something different in how I presented my work. I even planned to do a cross-stitch representation of each chapter at one point, buying cross-stitching supplies and everything.They never made it out of the package. I was drowning, trying to fit my non-traditional work intothe traditional box of engineering research. By trying to emphasize the rational, apolitical, andmechanistic elements of
more broadly in their careers. The applicationof a “no-code” software, such as the cloud-based Citrine Platform, can help enable studentswithout a coding background to understand the role of AI and ML in engineering problemsolving. Student perceptions of the “no-code” software exercise were overwhelmingly positivebased on responses to survey questions before and after class, which indicated the approach hasmeaningful benefits for student learning.A significant portion of the case study exercise utilized in MATE 245 relied on direct instruction.Moving forward, we plan to develop guided-teaching resources so students can more easilyengage with the exercise outside of the classroom. Guided-teaching resources are intended toassist in scaling the
andcomputing faculty to complete our online baseline survey. The purpose of this survey was tocollect baseline information to inform project planning and to establish a reference point againstwhich to measure change over time as a result of the project. The survey explored facultyperspectives on Culturally Responsive Teaching Practice (developed by our external evaluatorconsultant), Psychological Safety [21], Climate for Innovation [22], and DepartmentalCommunity [23]. In addition, faculty within the Computer Engineering department were asked toshare their perspectives on the department’s vision that outlines aspirations for thetransformational undertaking.Data were retained for analysis if respondents completed at least one of the scales in
engineering and computingdepartments; and 3) posting with social media (e.g., LinkedIn and Facebook). Statistical powercalculations were used to inform our recruitment plan, and recruitment numbers were monitoredon an ongoing, twice-monthly basis.The EECT-STEM survey aimed to delve into the experiences of underrepresented minority (URM)doctoral STEM students, specifically assessing how their racialized experiences, such as minoritystatus stress resulting from discrimination and bias, influence their career aspirations. Similarly,the SIDE 1 survey explored the impact of mental health, racial activism, and minority status stresson students' likelihood of pursuing various career trajectories, with a particular emphasis onentrepreneurship. The ECDES
the approach of building out approximately 8 plug-and-play pre-planned hybrid instruction modules intended for use by FYS instructors, which should aid insolidifying participant’s views regarding the consistency and – ideally – the efficacy of theprogram, including in existing areas of deficiency such as presenting holistically informationabout engineering careers. That development work is ongoing, with a program re-evaluationplanned upon the completion of that work to assess its efficacy. It is expected that those updatedevaluation results will be further disseminated with an eye towards providing a useful model forother similarly situated institutions, partly with an eye towards mitigating some of the challengesinherent to the
Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Role of STEM Society Scholarships in Supporting the Retention and Persistence of Women in Engineering and Computer ScienceIntroductionProgress and innovation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fieldsrely heavily on their ability to promote gender equality in all aspects of society [1]. Althoughstrides have been made toward achieving gender equality, there remains a noticeable gap when itcomes to the representation of genders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) fields – women constitute less than 30% of the graduates in these fields [2
students are being exposed to a varietyof perspectives which will develop their ethical reasoning and in turn will contribute to theformation of their character.Conclusion:While it may be too early to conclude that the snail progression for ethics integration is theoptimal method for embedding ethics into our curriculum, we demonstrated that it is effective atdeveloping our students ethical reasoning and that our students recognize its importance.Further testing will occur throughout this year and years to come. We plan on conducting focusgroups to quantify the ethical reasoning of our students through different case studies andmeasure this change over time. We also look to developing a robust method for measuring virtueethics and character
during the remainder of theiracademic experience. Our faculty mentors engage with students during the weekly lunches andprovide educational support through assistance with scheduling and navigating availableresources.Lunches. The lunches were a weekly event in the engineering building, a central location wheremost students had classes. Each week, the faculty mentors planned a lunch served at no cost tothe students. Once the students arrived and made their plates, they would socialize with theirclassmates and faculty mentors, sitting at tables with six chairs. A professional developmentnugget would be delivered after 20-25 minutes of eating and socializing. The professionaldevelopment nugget would be a 10-15 minute long discussion from industry
curriculum auditing, mapping & development, climate and culture assessments for schools and workplaces, and building inclusive and sustainable environments. As longtime K-16+ educators, we struggled to find interdisciplinary place- Mother Earth based curriculums that engaged students with their environment–so we created our own. We Literacies have an Environmental Justice Education (EJE) framework that guides our work. We offer professional development around our published curriculums and help educators decolonize their own curriculum using an auditing and backward planning process (excerpt). Open Buffalo Our mission is to advance
frameworkthat recognizes the need for 1) initial and ongoing professional development for engineeringinstructors who seek to create and teach equity-centered courses, and 2) a collective effort bydepartment leaders and teams of faculty that receive ongoing support for their efforts fromconception and design of equity-centered courses and through implementation and evaluation ofthese curricular reform efforts. This holistic approach faces an important challenge, which is toaccommodate different users in different contexts while providing concrete, practical guidance.We plan to address this challenge by partnering with early adopters (departments andindividuals) to study the framework. We will study their experiences as department leaders andinstructors
phases with the first focusing on research, user needs, andmarket character. Students were tasked with brainstorming and selecting a problem relating totheir theme to base their design project on. Students developed a research plan, end user needs,market character, and sketches of their prototype. The second phase of the project was focusedon the preliminary design. Students began writing their Conference paper addressing theproblem, end users/stakeholders, social and economic value, methodology, research results,discussions, and conclusions. They also were tasked in providing a visualization of theirproposed prototype utilizing SolidWorks. The last phase of the project concentrated on thedetailed design relating to prototyping, verification
project a learning opportunity,but it also provided the opportunity to contribute to society by creating a system that can be usedto benefit the environment.” [23] The other team member wrote, “I learned a lot about teamworkin this project and how to be a better collaborator with someone else. I also learned theimportance of fully planning out ideas with collaborators to make sure that everything iscohesive and will function when put together.” [ 23]Second Project: Smart IntersectionOne computer engineering student worked on this project for one semester. The goal of thisproject was to optimize the flow of traffic and allow traffic to proceed through the intersectionwith little to no idling and detecting vehicles that illegally ran a red light
models of parts and assembly, manufacturing drawings and 3Dprinting) and constitutes 40% of the students’ overall course grade.Students also work on Team projects in the freshman design course. Five-member teamscollaborate on the ideation, sketching, planning, designing, modeling, assembly and functionalanimations of proposed large engineering structures. Students divide the overall assembly into amanageable number of subassemblies, and delegate tasks so that each member contributes toparts modeling, assembly, animation, checks for functionality, and documentation. Using a socio-technical project-based learning model, the assignment tasks students with designing asustainable product to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This
higher rates than theirpeers. Students who are likely to persist in engineering reported supportive relationships withmentors, positive near peer role models, a strong sense of community, and an intention tocomplete their engineering major. Yet, accessing these support systems is often challenging forlow-income students, who are more likely to work long hours and spend more time off campusand less likely to have adequate opportunities to interact with others in their major and seethemselves in role models and as part of that community. The COVID-19 pandemic disruptedthe higher education plans and financial viability of UCSB engineering students, especially thosefrom low-income families. In addition to increased financial hardships, these
Geography in Higher Education, 45:3,319-341[23] Nedilsky, B. V. (2013). Lessons from the learner: A phenomenological study of student engagementAvailable from ERIC. (1826531105; ED565922).[24] L Rice, J., Long, J., & Levenda, A. (2022). Against climate apartheid: Confronting the persistentlegacies of expendability for climate justice. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 5(2),625-645. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848621999286[25] Marouli, C. (2021). Sustainability Education for the Future? Challenges and Implications forEducation and Pedagogy in the 21st Century. Sustainability.[26] Howlett, C., Ferreira, J., & Blomfield, J. (2016). Teaching Sustainable Development in HigherEducation: Building Critical, Reflective Thinkers through
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pursue engineering endeavors that prioritize responsible innovation, consider diverse perspectives, and prioritize the well-being of individuals and society as a whole. I found that overall, this course has been incredibly insightful as to what challenges I should expect when I graduate and get a job. I plan to hopefully go into genetic engineering which has endless possibilities, however, after writing my research paper I now know the dangers of taking genetic engineering too far. Shelley’s cautionary tale has taught me that just because you can does not always mean you should. Victor was capable of playing God and creating human life, but he should not have. If he had thought before he
environments. 3. Idea: Relationship Between Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes • Importance: Investigating the relationship between student engagement and learning outcomes can help in designing effective educational programs. 4. Idea: Integration of Real-world Applications in Curriculum Design • Importance: Enhancing the relevance and efficacy of educational programs through the integration of theoretical knowledge with real-world applications. 5. Idea: Long-term Impact of COVID-19 on Technology Education • Importance: Understanding the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education is essential for future educational planning, especially in technology
Paper ID #41842Review of Sense of Belonging Relevant Concepts in STEM Higher EducationMrs. Xiaoye Yang, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Xiaoye yang is a Ph.D. student majoring in Research and Evaluation in Education at UMass Lowell. For over a decade, she has been involved in the language and education field holding various roles such as student, teacher, and researcher. She is a research assistant working at the center for program evaluation to conduct research on program evaluation methods as well as to offer evaluation planning, consulting, training, and services for the university, regional, and global
mistakes allows students to learn and grow, even if it causes total failure.I can accept that this 8-month project is in pieces, and I am more grateful for everything I havelearned because of it. Experiencing the entire design process as an undergrad will enable me tomake more educated decisions when I enter the workforce. I plan to present the learningexperiences between my Level 1 LOC-IV kit and Project RADARS rocket at the conference thissummer.References:[1] “Spaceport America-The World’s First Purpose-Built Commercial Spaceport,” Spaceport America Cup. https://spaceportamericacup.com/[2] “NASA Student Launch Challenge - NASA.” https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/nasa- student-launch/[3] “LOC-IV 4",” LOC Precision
and support othersin makerspaces. Our future work will focus on analyzing the current data set further. ‘Reason forusing makerspace’ is just one of the broad codes from the interview analysis, and we plan to gothrough the broad codes using CCW as a framework. This set of interviews is within oneuniversity makerspace, so future work will also include a broad range of university makerspacesincluding university makerspaces from different regions and of different sizes. This work can beused to inform ways to amplify these funds of knowledge in makerspaces.References[1] M. E. Andrews and A. Boklage, “Supporting inclusivity in STEM makerspaces through critical theory: A systematic review,” J. Eng. Educ., p. jee.20546, Jul. 2023, doi
trends. First, it appears that many of the fall semestersstart with a lower average number of correct answers and/or have smaller number of gains thanmany of the spring semesters. An explanation for this could be due to the spring semesters havingthe students that are typically on-track in their curriculum progress. Deformable Solids is typicallyscheduled in the spring semester following Statics in the fall semester for students that arefollowing the 4-year plan for the program. The Statics class in the spring includes both studentswho are behind, usually due to needing a remedial math course, and those who are ahead, usuallythose who come to college with advance placement credit. Also, the fall semester follows a longerbreak (summer) than the
using multiple local features,” Information Sciences, vol. 509, p. 257–289, Jan. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.ins.2019.09.013.[32] C. Chen, “Science mapping: A systematic review of the literature,” Journal of Data and Information Science, vol. 2, p. 1–40, Mar. 2017. doi: 10.1515/jdis-2017-0006.[33] B. Yoon, S. Lee, and G. Lee, “Development and application of a keyword-based knowledge map for effective RD planning,” Scientometrics, vol. 85, p. 803–820, Sept. 2010. doi: 10.1007/s11192-010-0294-5.[34] M. F. Manesh, M. M. Pellegrini, G. Marzi, and M. Dabic, “Knowledge management in the fourth industrial revolution: Mapping the literature and scoping future avenues,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 68, p. 1–12, Jan
culture of community allowing students to help each other and create a community of practice [30]. • This choice of structure focuses teaching efforts on the higher and middle groups in the class, leaving those with little motivation to quickly finish the course not putting in a significant effort.For us, our planned improvements to the course in its current state are to add Hardware Trojansattacking Processors as a second advanced security badge and to spend more time querying theclass early in the semester to push students deeper into intermediate and advanced badges.References [1] P. Jamieson, “Does badge-based learning buck the grading curve? an educational experiment in computer architecture,” in Proceedings of the
, and their plan for communityengagement.Data collection and analysisData were collected following institutional review board approval of our study protocol andinformed consent was collected from students. We collected team deliverables as well asdistributed a survey at the end of the design challenge intended to understand the agency studentsexperienced during the challenge [29], [30].To understand how students framed the problem of acid mine drainage, we inductively coded thepotential solutions to acid mine drainage proposed during the ideation phase deliverable of thechallenge [31]. Table 1 shows the categories and examples within those categories. Weconducted a chi square test of difference to determine if the number of suggestions varied
Programmable Logic Controllers wasone of the decisions that we made to be industry relevant in our project.Analysis of Surveys at the University of Utah and California State University San MarcosThe current educational landscape in cyber-physical systems (CPS) presents a complex yetcritical scenario, particularly in the field of electrical engineering. The appendix of this paperprovides the pie-charts of surveying Electrical engineering students at the University of Utah andCalifornia State University San Marcos regarding CPS in their engineering pathway. The chartshelped us to quantitatively measure the effect of CPS and plan the educational modules andprojects based on students' interests. In these surveys, 9 EE students from California
internationalization of SIT and its partner universities throughout the Southeast Asian region. Under his initiatives, various short-term mobility programs and student exchanges have been started. He is also Chair of the Mobility Special Interest Group of Asia Technological University Network (ATU-Net) and initiated a COIL program called Virtual Asia Exploration (VAx) by orchestrating the collaboration of six Asian universities. He is also an entrepreneur through his consulting company established in 2004, and has been rendering management consultation services to both small-medium size companies and multi-national enterprises such as global strategy planning, cross-border business entry, middle manager training, and partner
. Fig. 3: Process Flow Map of the PMP OpEx Project ModelFigure 3 has demonstrated the process flow map of the PMP project model. The faculty directorwill explore and engage with numerous industry executive sponsors (domestic, international)throughout the year. Each PMP project is initially assigned and scoped at the beginning of thesemester (August/January). Once the semester begins, the faculty director will take the PMPteam to visit the client’s facility and evaluate their process issues and their burning platform. Thekey deliverable of the 5th week is to complete the business analysis, understand the businesscase, identify the value proposition, and determine the project plan, “Gantt Chart
, allowing students to see the importance andrelevance. With first year students, assigning roles and including pre-work is suggested. Thisallows time for the students to explore the history and any other relevant character informationprior to roleplay participation. The next iteration of the empathy modules planned for Fall 2024will include more practical engineering example roleplays and less time talking about the skills,taking a more active approach. As evident from the increased strength of this relationship it does appear that students areexperiencing a shift in the way that they think about themselves as empathetic people andengineers. Given the inclusion of specific lesson days devoted to the topic, this is likely to haveplayed a major