, enhancing teaching effectiveness5-7, using specific research methods ormethodologies8,9, writing National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposals10, andnavigating the tenure and promotion process11. This paper follows these prior examples bypresenting advice for future or new faculty, especially those considering a tenure-trackappointment at an institution where they will be evaluated based on their research.This paper shares the authors’ collective experiential wisdom for what we consider to be some ofthe hidden curriculum of establishing a research presence as a pre-tenure faculty member. In sodoing, we extend the concept that students are tacitly informed about what is valuable in a givencontext10,11 to future and early career faculty. Despite
teaching methods (e.g., seminars and lectures) tomore integrated curriculums [4], [5]. Several research studies looked at the use of mixed realitytechnology as well as other tools and methods of delivery and their potential advantages, utilities,challenges, and opportunities in dissemination of construction and engineering content [6], [7],[8]. An important dimension of the construction industry is the close connection to relateddisciplines including architecture and engineering and therefore, the simulation of suchrelationships in construction education was investigated in numerous studies, revealing the valueand significance of interdisciplinary and collaborative leaning environments [9]. However,evaluation of these instructional delivery
. Demonstrate proficiency in use of quality assurance methods and quality control concepts. 6.0. Demonstrate proficiency in using tools, instruments, and testing devices. 7.0. Demonstrate basic troubleshooting skills. 8.0. Demonstrate appropriate communication skills. 9.0. Demonstrate appropriate math skills. 10.0. Demonstrate an understanding of modern business practices and strategies. 11.0. Demonstrate employability skills and identify career opportunities.The full framework including all of the specialization outcomes is available in the appendix andalso at https://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/curriculum-frameworks/2022-23-frameworks/manufacturing.stmlAdjusting Standards to Meet the Skills GapThis project emerged from
. IntroductionEngineering curricula have traditionally been developed around fundamental engineering coursesand this has resulted in programs prioritizing simple problem-solving activities over open-endedproblem-solving and integrative design learning experiences [1], [2], [3]. Although manyengineering schools have cornerstone and capstone projects that contain significant designopportunities for students in the first year and senior year, respectively [4], there is a need toscaffold student’s design skills throughout an entire curriculum [5].A critical need in curriculum development is the ability to assess student design knowledge. In theengineering education literature, there have been numerous studies that reformulated engineeringprograms or developed design
75.0% agreement fromArchitecture students and 66.7% from CM students. These findings underscore the sharedappreciation for the perceived benefits of integrating BIM with SD in both Architecture andConstruction Management education.Results and DiscussionsThe students' viewpoints on the open-answer question provide opinions on improving theprogram's curriculum and the integration of BIM with SD. Most respondents expressed positivesentiments, believing BIM is crucial to achieving effective and SD. The general tone ofcomments is positive, with descriptors such as “great,” “fun,” and “helpful” recurring frequently.Comments indicate that BIM is an efficient tool that enhances the realism and efficiency ofdesign concepts. However, some students
commitment to lifelong learning. Aligningcurriculum and instructional practices with the program's PEOs ensures that students acquire theknowledge, skills, and attributes necessary to achieve these outcomes and excel in their careers.Course IntroductionThe understudy course is sophomore level, Writing Intensive (W-intensive), a requiredengineering course. The course introduces architectural engineering as an academic program ofstudy and career choice, covering the analysis, integration, and application of the engineeringdesign process to solve problems associated with the design and operation of building systems.As a core curriculum requirement for all AREN degree-seeking students, the course also coverscommunication of solutions to technical
design with respect to disability inhuman factors engineering disciplines [13]. Dong describes challenges for integrating inclusivedesign into curriculum, namely class size limitations and user integration into course materials[14]. In this practice paper, human centered design is the design framework chosen as it allowsfor a user-first approach to engineering design, often missed in undergraduate curriculum, whileproviding a scaffolding for connecting the implications of engineering to social justice.2 Course Design2.1 Instructor Team PositionalityThe instructor team was comprised of two individuals: a faculty member and an instructionaldesigner. The faculty member is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. She primarilyteaches
this research, students willbe able to maximize their learning and become better prepared for upper-year undergraduatestudies and their careers in industry as mechanical design engineers [8].Keywords: self-efficacy, computer-aided design (CAD), three-dimensional modeling,engineering design1.0 IntroductionIn our fast-paced world, the demand for innovation indicates the need for well-trained engineers,equipped with the technical skills and confidence to design products efficiently. Computer-aideddesign (CAD) software is a modern tool that enables engineers to design complex systems,through the creation of three-dimensional (3D) models. CAD is integrated broadly intoengineering curriculums across various institutions [9]. To be accepted into an
adapting existing methodologies but requires a nuanced understanding of theconstruction industry and its educational requirements. Therefore, this paper aims to contributeto this under-explored area by presenting a detailed process of developing a case study in thecontext of implementing Target Value Design (TVD) in a construction project, thereby enrichingthe literature and offering practical insights for educators in the CEM field.TVD represents a paradigm shift in construction project management, integrating cost as afundamental design criterion rather than an afterthought [10]. At its core, TVD is rooted in LeanConstruction principles, focusing on aligning design and development with a pre-set target cost[11]. This approach fosters a
engineering careers and curriculum is well-known. ABET lists“an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” as astudent outcome in its outcomes-based assessment of engineering curricula [1]. Early careerengineers often describe effective teamwork and interpersonal skills as the most importantcompetencies in their jobs [2, 3]. The formation of teams can significantly affect how well a teamworks together, and team formation and function have been studied in engineering curriculum fordecades [4–6]. Previous research has shown that teams are more effective when instructors createthe teams considering students
Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching and Distinguished Achievement for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, Society of Petroleum Engineers-Middle East & North Africa Region. Dr. Retnanto is an active Program Evaluator (PEV) with the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing Petroleum Engineering Education Through Active Student Engagement, Hands-on Experience, and Technology Integration Mohamed Fadlelmula1, Nayef Alyafei1, Albertus Retnanto1 1 Texas A&M University at QatarAbstractThe oil and gas industry is continuously changing; therefore, it is essential for
Paper ID #43877The Virtues of Engineering Practice: An Investigation of Professional Codesof Ethics in EngineeringElizabeth M BoatmanDr. Kyle Luthy, Wake Forest University Dr. Kyle Luthy is an Assistant Professor and founding faculty member in the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Kyle has taught across the engineering curriculum and placed intentional focus on the virtue of humility. Kyle holds a Ph.D. and a MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, as well as BS degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science from Louisiana State University. As an
Paper ID #42575Board 319: Integrating Computing Throughout K-12 While Bridging theDigital DivideDr. Mike Borowczak, University of Central Florida Dr. Borowczak, currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida, has over two decades of academic and industry experience. He worked in the semiconductor, biomedical informatics, and storage/security sectors in early-stage and mature startups, medical/academic research centers, and large corporate entities before returning to the US public university system full-time in 2018. His current research interest are focused on
MechanicalEngineering, and the Center for Teaching and Learning for supporting the development and initialassessment of this class. H.S.S. thanks Professor Karen Nakamura (UC Berkeley), ProfessorGrace O’Connell (UC Berkeley), and Lecturer David L. Jaffe (Stanford University) for theirinsights, conversations, and guest lectures.References[1] Keith Ballard. Researching disability and inclusive education: participation, construction and interpretation. International journal of inclusive education, 1(3):243–256, 1997.[2] McPherson H Newell, M´onica C Resto-Fern´andez, and Michael F MacCarthy. Integrating disability studies into an engineering service-learning curriculum. 2021.[3] Anon Ymous, Katta Spiel, Os Keyes, Rua M Williams, Judith Good, Eva Hornecker
University in Japan in 2002. She is currently a Professor in the Innovative Global Program, a research-based full English degree engineering program at the College of Engineering at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. She is a Principal Investigator of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Grants 24K06133 and the Shibaura Institute of Technology Grants for Educational Reform and Research Activity in the AY2024. Her current main research interests are: 1) how including humanities courses in an engineering education curriculum can help students to gain flexibility, and an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas; and 2) systematic issues impacting the effectiveness of engineering
frequency should these educational contextsbe woven throughout an already overloaded curriculum?Community-engaged service learning has the dual goal of enriching student learning andgenerating value for communities [11] . Students that participate in community-engaged learningoften benefit from a number of additional learning opportunities, including increased criticalthinking and intercultural skills, increased communication skills, ability to engage with a varietyof stakeholders during the design process, identifying unmet user needs, integrating informationfrom many sources to gain insight and assessing and managing risk. Because of the complexitiesof students learning through projects engaged with real-world communities, faculty aresometimes
Paper ID #41414QCTaaS (Quality Cloud Teaching as a Service): An Immersive Frameworkfor Teaching Cloud Computing for Cybersecurity MajorsDr. Mahmoud K Quweider, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley M K Quweider is a Professor of Computer and Cybersecurity Sciences at the U. of Texas at UTRGV. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Multimedia and Imaging Specialty) and B.S. In Electrical Engineering, M.S. in Applied Mathematics, M.S. in Engineering Science, and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering all from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He also holds a Bachelor/Master of English and a Master of Business Administration
EACCriterion 5, stipulating expanded incorporation of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) intocurricula. While these topics have begun to enter the broader civil and environmentalengineering curriculum and have made monumental gains in coverage [1], they have less oftenbeen integrated into structural engineering. The current undergraduate structural engineeringcurriculum at our institution lacks the incorporation and facilitation of the necessary skills tosupport the entrepreneurial mindset development needed for multi-faceted disaster riskmanagement. As many structural engineers begin their practice after undergraduate education, itis critical to begin to integrate and build these skills before they enter practice [2], [3]. Therefore,we develop an
-making dilemmasuggests a pluralistic framework for structuring the chemical engineering curriculum. It adaptsconcepts and situations studied in business and social studies degrees to an engineering setting,creating an applicable, critical interdisciplinary and reflective curriculum [6-8]. The aim of thisstudy is to investigate how the integration of an entrepreneurial mindset into case-studies andcourse materials influences the perceptions of ethical dilemmas and develops critical thinkingskills in upper-level undergraduate chemical engineering students. It also identifies how thiscomplexity of the human factor and self-efficacy can be reflected in an assessment via a Likertscale survey and reflective journals.LiteratureEthics modules covered in
nonconvex programming, distributed optimization, and their applications in signal processing and communication. Additionally, Dr. Alvarado is actively engaged in engineering education, focusing on mathematics teaching and curriculum development.Sr. Jose Roberto Portillo, Universidad Galileo Roberto Portillo heads the Teaching Assistants Department of Universidad Galileo in Guatemala and is a mathematics instructor in engineering courses. He holds a Bs. in Electronics and Computer Science (from Galileo University, Guatemala) and an MSc. in Operations Research (from Galileo University, Guatemala). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in information technologies applied to education. He also has a vast teaching experience in
, and other practices well known to be in stark contrast with inclusivepedagogy and active learning. One of the largest drivers of attrition in engineering are so-called“gatekeeper” prerequisite courses that introduce math and science concepts in an out-of-context,high-stakes format.Through human-centered curricular interventions interwoven with co-curricular support we willtransform students' sense of belonging in college generally and in engineering more specifically.Our focus is on changing systems to promote student success rather than "fixing" or "weedingout" students. The traditional introduction to our engineering curriculum—and that of many ofour peer institutions—requires that students take prerequisite courses in mathematics and
Paper ID #41765An Alternative Methodical Approach and Its Effectiveness to Learn Changeof Basis Matrices in an Engineering Linear Algebra ClassMeiqin Li, University of Virginia Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Texas A&M University-College Station in 2017. Dr. Li holds a strong interest in STEM education. For example, she is interest in integrating technologies into classrooms to bolster student success, creating an inclusive and diverse learning environment, and fostering student confidence by redeveloping course curricula and assessment
and conducted a workshop titled ”Learning Machines: Computation, Ethics,and Policy”, where we designed a curriculum to provide an introduction to autonomous robotsand machine learning, with a special focus on their integration in human-robot teams. It isstructured as an immersive 3-day workshop, fostering understanding through hands-on activities,group discussions, and case studies. The course targeted professional adults, specifically USAFleaders and decision makers, who are keen to utilize AI in their workplace. We focus not only onthe technical, but also the ethical, and policy aspects of AI presented through the context ofautonomous robots and human-robot teaming.Design PrinciplesAt the core of our Learning Machines curriculum are three
manuscript introduces a lesson design in engineeringeducation to analyze and improve educational strategies, reflective practices, and instructionalmaterials.Assessment methods: This study outlines a lesson design utilizing the ArgumentationFramework to support first-year engineering students in overcoming conceptual challenges whiledeveloping engineering projects. This approach was implemented in an Engineering Technologyundergraduate course at a Midwestern university, whose curriculum covered foundational topicsin Energy Science. The task involved designing a zero-energy home using Aladdin software, asan integrated CAD/CAE platform for design and simulation. Students documented their analysis,inferences, and decisions in a design journal with
studies and design challenges. Richards andcolleagues [9] define five elements of a case study: Relevance, Motivation, Active Involvement,Consolidation/Integration, and Transfer (see Table 1). There are multiple similarities whencompared with the elements of a design challenge (see Table 2). For instance, the activeinvolvement element requires effective communication with peers to come up with viablesolutions. Given these similarities and the ability of a case study to connect to the practices ofengineers, there is an opportunity to examine the potential for this pedagogical method withinengineering education in elementary classrooms. Table 1 Case Study Elements Elements Description Relevance Cases
influences vascular smooth muscle cell glucose metabolism and studying how cell alignment can change vascular smooth muscle cell metabolism. Her current research interests focus on applying her vascular mechanobiology knowledge to vascular calcification and the related cardiovascular diseases. Additionally, Dr. Mathieu teaches multiple classes in Biomedical Engineering, Engineering and Physics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Development and Assessment of an Innovative, Student- Centered Biomechanics CourseIntroductionBiomechanics is an essential course in a biomedical engineering curriculum studying the structure,function and motion of the
their intended degree program altogether. However,ECE 301 has pre-requisite relationships to several later courses in the EE curriculum because thematerial in this course prepares students for more advanced topics. The breadth of the course andthe need to integrate many knowledge bases—including physics, geometry, calculus, andcircuits—can contribute to an inherently challenging experience. ECE 301 instructors share acommitment to wanting to support students through this course. Nonetheless, the course hasdeveloped a reputation among students as a “weed-out.” Engineering education researchers havedocumented how gateway courses can have negative effects on students’ perceptions of theirbelongingness and their ability to succeed within the
Paper ID #41914Board 91: Work in Progress: An Interdisciplinary Subject on HardwareAccelerated ComputingDr. Glenn J Bradford, University of Melbourne Glenn J. Bradford is a wireless engineering professional with experience in industry and education. From 2020 to 2023 he was a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he worked to create innovative curriculum incorporating practical, hands-on experiences to better drive student learning. He worked previously as a wireless systems engineer at both Intel Corp. and Motorola Solutions, Inc. Glenn
. Realff has disseminated this program to other institutions. She directs an NSF sponsored grant in innovation in graduate education which draws on best practices in team work to develop leaders in engineering practice. She has revamped the MSE UG lab experience and MSE curriculum with an emphasis on integrating assessment and including post-doc and graduate student development. Dr. Realff is a dedicated educator who listens to and advocates for students and has been honored for her teaching and mentoring at Georgia Tech. Her leadership and teaching excellence have been recognized through the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Atlanta Partners for Education Business School Partnership Award, CETL/AMOCO Junior
Paper ID #43795Pedagogy of Engagement: Exploring Three Methods in an Engineering Ethicsand Professionalism CourseJessica Wolf, University of British Columbia Jessica Wolf is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.Gayatri Gopalan, University of British Columbia Gayatri Gopalan is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research