monitor siteconditions, identify hazards, improve logistics planning, and map assets. The data captured bythe drones can be effectively used to manage facilities using Building Information Modeling(BIM) data. Figure 4 illustrates how facility inspection can be automated using this technology. Figure 4 Automating facility inspection with drones [5]Infrastructure LiDAR ScanLiDAR and photogrammetry are two technologies commonly used in the construction industry.While photogrammetry measures distances between objects and is a cost-effective method forgeometric data assessment, LiDAR uses a laser to collect 3D point data, resulting in accurate anddense vector data. Cloud points generated by drone-based LiDAR produce higher
department, so I’m keeping those tools and resources in my back pocket right now.” In the second stage of our project, we plan to follow up with Participant A in order tounderstand if they have moved the MACH tools from a “back pocket” to the forefront in theacademic change work they are pursuing now. For Participant B, the challenge they experienced before the MACH workshop focusedon working as a graduate assistant for a course that had inherent problems, primarily withgrading. In their interview, Participant B reflected that while they could see that grading in thecourse was “not good,” their position as a GA meant that they didn’t have adequate authority tomake the changes that they saw as necessary: “I don’t feel as if I’m in a
project spanned 4 weeks and had 4 associated assignments (Table 1). Alldeliverables were team assignments (i.e. 1 per team). The project was introduced in class andteams developed a project management plan. The management plan required teams to plan outtheir communication (e.g. when would they meet, how would they communicate and sharedocuments), list project tasks (breaking into subtasks), and develop a timeline. The rest of theproject was expected to be completed outside of class time. At the end of the second week, anoutline was due from the team summarizing their research findings. The project report and videowere due at the end of the fourth week.In Fall 2023, the project also spanned 4 weeks but included 5 assignments (Table 1). The
‘simple after a while’. No other players explicitlycommented on the multi-role formulation, but generally affirmed their favor of the gamestructure and ability to learn about decision-making. This feedback in combination with ourobservations of gameplay in the multi-role format, we plan to further solidify the implementationof the multi-roles. We plan to adopt additional rules that can further encourage players to assumetheir special role. One suggestion from a game player was for teams to not be able to select toenact the same special role twice in a row. We plan to continue to investigate the multi-roleimplementation.Conclusion & Future DevelopmentWe presented the multi-role expansion of the game-based learning module for resilience
artificial intelligence tools?A survey was given to first-year mechanical engineering students at the California PolytechnicState University, San Luis Obispo. The response rate to the anonymous survey was 69%. Theresults reveal that 42% of first-year mechanical engineering students are already using generativeAI tools, with 75% planning to use generative AI tools in the future. The primary usesby students include idea generation, educational support, and writing assistance. While 61%acknowledge AI's potential for facilitating cheating, 70% believe these tools can enhancelearning when used appropriately. The prevailing view among first-year mechanical engineeringstudents is that generative AI, when employed responsibly, can enhance the learning
students gained an opportunity tobe immersed in an international, real-world experience that will be invaluable to their developmentof design analysis and critical thinking. Howe et al [4] reported the comprehensive results of a 2015capstone design survey as compared with 1994 and 2005 surveys across all engineering disciplines.They found these capstone courses were largely structured with design projects and classes run inparallel over two semesters, and typically covered a wide range of topics often geared towardprofessional preparations. The top five common topics cited frequently by the 522 respondents at256 institutions contributed to the 2015 survey were: written communications, planning andscheduling, oral communications, concept generation
, will enable students to collaborativelyexplore, make connections, generate, and evaluate design ideas. Critically, the platform will incorporate avirtual AI design mentor that relies on Design Heuristics [8], [9], an empirically-based creativity tool, toguide students through exploration of ideas. The AI mentor will “learn” from students’ design processesto better assist them. This agent will rely both on event-based design process logs (e.g., when a studentadds to a team members’ sketch or revises their problem statement) generated by the system as well as atagging typology informed by researcher analysis for distinguishing more convergent or divergentconcept generation artifacts.In conjunction with the development plan and following a design
responded to an IRB-approved follow-up survey about their learningexperiences. Reflective student feedback from both multidisciplinary trips indicated thatengineering students deepened their understanding of chosen topics in consideration of global,cultural, and societal factors, and that the non-engineering students enjoyed the visits more thanthey expected and overcame initial fears about engineering-related coursework, discoveringengineering practices in many aspects of their social lives. Overall, the students gave positivefeedback about the multidisciplinary trips and demonstrated achievement of the learningoutcomes. In the future, the authors plan to continue collaborations to further integrate the coursemodules and regularly evaluate the
. 2. Create generalized lesson plans for methods in recovery, separation, and purification of bioproducts, and a certificate in industrial cleaning, sanitization, and sterilization. 3. Develop a series of soft-skills and career readiness modules in conjunction with the Niswonger Foundation and BioBuilder. 4. Implement lessons and develop modules suited to non-traditional and non-matriculating students. 5. Prototype modules suitable for integration into a four-year degree in bioengineering or biomanufacturing. 6. Implement a nexus between our educational programs, the ETSU Research Corporation, and local and prospective industry. 7. Identify the effectiveness of the proposed scope of work on student learning
approaches such as project-based learning and flipped classroom. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024An Exploratory Analysis of an Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum using Bernstein’s Instructional DiscourseAbstractThis paper analyzes the undergraduate electrical engineering technology curriculum at anengineering technology college at a private R2 (based on Carnegie Classification) university inthe USA. The purpose of this analysis is to identify key elements of the curriculum being studiedincluding selection, sequencing, pacing of the course content, and evaluation criteria. Data forthis work include the undergraduate plan of study, course outlines, and course syllabi for
three sections that: (1) asks students to write apaper on a treatment plan including an orthopedic implant for a provided patient profile, (2) createa presentation presenting this plan to the stakeholders, and (3) determine the biomechanicalproperties that the implant and any selected materials need to satisfy. Using a pre- and post-projectsurvey from two cohorts of students, we determined the effectiveness of the assignment andgauged the extent to which students believed that their demographics influenced their motivation.Demographic-based influences are defined here as whether students believe that they are moremotivated to be successful in their major based on their race, gender, community, etc. Our datademonstrate that EML scores, which is
for Cohort 1 and Cohort 2, respectively.The grant team committed to weekly meetings to plan activities and events, develop resources,and address any concerns related to the program. This consistent commitment to weeklymeetings not only fostered team building among the grant team members but also contributed tothe long-term sustainability of the program.Scholar SupportEach year, in addition to financial assistance, the scholars receive strategically curated academicsupport and professional development resources. The level of support and resources evolve withthe changing needs of the students. Since the program's inception in the Fall of 2022, only onecohort has completed a full year of study, and the second has begun their first year
data through exploratory factor analysis allows grouping teaching into related modules. Priorstudies have focused on areas such as STEM PhD students’ perceptions of their skills in relationto their career plans and self-perceptions of graduate students’ teaching skills in regard todetermining the efficacy of a teaching workshop, but prior studies have not investigated the generalself-perceptions of engineering PhD students regarding teaching [14-15].This study is a part of a bigger project focused on understanding engineering doctoral students’perceptions of their preparedness to teach. In this study, the focus is only on the design anddevelopment of the survey instrument and validated the survey instrument by exploratory factoranalysis. In a
opportunity to build another company as acontractor, but that did not go as planned either. I decided to go back to school again for the lasttime in 2021 and have been in school since then.In the Summer of 2023, I was contacted by Dr. Jaafar, with the opportunity of undertakingundergraduate research with his mentorship. I was given the grant proposal to go over to find outif I would be interested. The proposal also provided an idea of what would be expected from me,and what the research goals were. I accepted the offer since I felt that it would be beneficial tome, especially since I intend to further my studies after graduation. I also felt that my experiencedoing research in industry would help me in this regard. I was excited to start work on
/1-2--42971ActivitiesThe project has completed its first year and is now halfway through its second. A wide variety ofactivities, key cornerstones for reaching capacity, have been executed and are in place (see Table1). The initial months of the first year were spent on planning and preparation. Implementation ofactivities began as early as the third month of the first year and continue. In addition, tuitionsupport, student ambassadors, continuous improvement research and graduation of scholars whohave been supported by the program, have occurred. A timeline for Year 1 and Year 2 activitiesand milestones is laid out in the table below. Table 1: Overview and Evaluation of Timeline and Related Activities 2to4
auxiliary-seeming courses (typicallywriting, economics, or ethics) until late into their senioritis. Our goal with these professional-formation skills is to get students to internalize them as true job skills and career skills, not tomention life skills. In today’s economy, we cannot blame students or parents if they do not focusbeyond getting that first STEM job right after graduation. We make sure it remains part of ourfocus for our students to be empowered to keep that first job, move up in that job, find better-suited jobs in the future, and serve humanity as ethical multifaceted engineers and civic-mindedjustice-oriented informed citizens.Consequently, our plan to sustain this effort has two pillars. One is to integrate professionalformation
engages students in hands-on projects,enhances their practical and project management skills, and gains valuable experiential learningexperience. It also adapts the Students as Partners (SaP) method to cultivate students' sense ofownership and responsibility in their SIGs. Academic advisors and participating studentscollaborate in various decision-making processes, including planning, funding acquisition,recruitment, training, prototyping and deployment.This practice paper offers an in-depth exploration of the SIG program hosted within the HKUInno Wing, delving into governance aspects such as the management structure, funding model,resource allocation, and development support. It showcases two exemplary SIGs as case studies:one centered on bio
coaching for and by language teachers (e.g., peer coaching, critical friending in educational contexts). Ari has planned and facilitated language and literacy workshops and lectures, as well as curriculum development, in Ghana, Israel, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA. As a private person, Ari travels to the Israeli occupied West Bank of the Jordan river where he documents Israeli settlers who engage in violence, agricultural theft, intimidation, and threats. Ari’s videos, notes, and presence support a coalition of non-government organizations working in solidarity with Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley to prevent the destruction of Palestinian villages and to prevent the
Paper ID #41406By the Book: Is Induced Travel Missing from Transportation EngineeringTextbooks?Prof. Kelcie Mechelle Ralph, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Kelcie Ralph is an Associate Professor of Transportation Planning and Policy at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. She earned her PhD at UCLA, an MPhil in Environmental Policy at Cambridge, a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from the University of Alaska. In her research, Dr. Ralph works to identify and correct common misconceptions about travel behavior and safety to improve transportation planning outcomes.Ellen
pension. Socialsecurity is the centerpiece of retirement planning for most Americans. Engineering economystudents have the tools to analyze this aspect of their futures. Engineering economy professorshave the responsibility for helping students to achieve mastery of the basics for retirementfinancial planning. The rate of return on our tax investment is demonstrated as a real example oftime value of money and personal financial planning.While the analysis is applicable to the U.S. social security system as it is defined today, ourmethodology is applicable to other defined benefit systems. The approach is also applicableinternationally, as most countries have some form of public pension system.IntroductionEngineering economy texts and courses
students avail themselves of the opportunities they encounter. Planned happenstancetheory, which may explain this phenomenon, characterized this by saying it is a means of“creating and transforming of unplanned events into opportunities for learning [8].” The theory isgermane to study abroad because inherently many of the activities are in the realm of theunknown. This includes language or communication styles, government, and cultural values, inaddition to new approaches to solutions and ways of viewing the world. Participants may simplystumble into new situations that promote learning. However, Lokkesmoe et. al. indicated thatthere is weak evidence of students developing global competence that can be traced back to whatcould be characterized as
14% of the state college (2-year colleges) students earn a bachelor’sdegree in 6 years. The recent National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) 2020-21 Report (Bobbitt, R. et al., Aug 2021) indicated that higher education lost about 191,500 transferstudents in 2020-21, three times higher that 2019-20. Interestingly, HSI universities also reporteda substantial loss in the number of transfer students,(-11.8%).III.2: Florida Trends in Enrollment and GraduationThe Florida College Access Network (FCAN), June 2020, report noted that 42% of the currentlyenrolled college students said that their plans changed including taking a semester or a year off.Other data (FCAN, April 2018) indicate that the three-year AA-degree completion rate of
program was awarded to WCU in January 2022. It isvalued at $1,495,416. The program is expected to provide scholarships and project funding tothirty-six students over its planned six-year duration. This paper outlines the program plan anddetails of activities and success metrics for the applied interventions in spring and fall 2023.2. Program ObjectivesMotivated by the financial needs of WCU’s student population along with the commercialclimate and employment needs of the surrounding region, the program takes advantage of thehost department’s strengths in project-based learning (PBL) and engagement with local industryto help foster those dimensions of the entrepreneurial mindset which are skills-based, and thusmore malleable than qualities that
coursefit the constraints of the first semester engineering course load and this course has enabledengineering students that place into precalculus to complete an on-time degree plan withouttaking summer courses. The corequisite course has been approved by the university curriculumcommittee and is a regular offering at the institution.The initial offering of the corequisite course occurred during the COVID pandemic necessitatingthe use of additional instructional technology. There was also an increase in low stakesassessments to encourage students to engage in the material. The added credits also increased theregularity of student interacting with calculus. Since the implementation of this pilot course,there have been several similar changes in
and Supportive – instructor invites students to set and reach their learning goals and supports student success through constructive feedback, mentoring, advising, and listening [10-11] • Structured and Intentional – instructor plans course well, describes course clearly, aligns learning objectives activities and assessments, instructor clearly communicates expectations and what students need to do to meet them [12-13]Multiple measures are needed to provide a clear view of effective and inclusive teaching[14]. For example, student feedback forms may provide insights form the learner but maynot provide a clear view of instructional quality. Similarly, peer feedback and self-reflection may not fully measure effective and
startedlooking into the feasibility of making the graduate engineering program more accessible. Thiswould not only allow us to meet the growing demand for engineers in West Michigan, but itwould be well aligned with our program’s student-centric focus. To prepare the students for thegraduate-level engineering work, an exhaustive list of prerequisite undergraduate classes thatstudents must take has been approved. While each applicant’s curriculum is tailored, GVSU’sSchool of Engineering developed a general plan to onboard students from a variety of non-engineering undergraduate backgrounds. Applicants are granted conditional admission to thegraduate program predicated on completing the prerequisite classes with a B or better grade.These plans allow the
within the workload expectations of the course, and balancing the workload ofcommunity partners, the instructional team, and the ability of students to connect with theirproject sponsors are all factors that come into play when evaluating whether such projects areappropriate for a course.This study focuses on describing the planning and development process of implementingcommunity-based service-learning projects into the Foundations of Engineering course at thestudy institution and outlines a plan for evaluating the impact of the projects on students’perceptions of the usefulness of course material, specifically related to those learning outcomesthat instructors have identified as historically difficult for students to appreciate. These
Warfare Center (NSWC) facility at Crane, Indiana.The DoD and many employers seek skilled engineers who are highly innovative and are strongleaders in the workplace [1], and has developed leadership competency models specifically forits civilian workforce. In 2019, the 38th Marine Commandant’s Planning Guidance emphasizedthe combination of leadership with innovation, saying “For the Marine Corps, meaningfulinnovation is not just having great thoughts and concepts rather, it is about translating greatthoughts and concepts into action.” [2]. However, many engineering and computing degreecurricula, including at this institution, require neither any leadership training nor researchexperience that enables innovation (other than the practice of design
students' intentions towardsgraduate engineering studies, as well as investigating the lived experiences of engineeringgraduate and undergraduate students at the Faculty across their intersectional identity factors.This paper specifically draws from the survey’s initial segment, including data on participants'demographics, educational backgrounds, undergraduate participants’ future graduate study plans,and graduate participants’ re-evaluation of their decisions to continue graduate studies. Over 600students participated, with 413 responses analyzed quantitatively, focusing on the first 26questions to assess decision influences. Statistical analyses, including Pearson’s Chi-SquaredTest and logistic regression, were applied to pinpoint significant
, and principles of engineering, science, and technology to solve broadly defined mathematics engineering problems appropriate to the discipline 1 Apply material from their discipline to the 1 Apply material from their discipline to the design design of a project of a project 2 Identify and acquires new knowledge as a 2 Apply an appropriate area of mathematics in the part of the problem-solving/design process planning or design of a portion of a facility, structure, system, or product 3 Apply an appropriate area