tool to regulate engineering practice. Given the significant impact engineeringprojects can have on public safety, the primary objective of engineering licensure is to offerassurance to the public. To ensure public safety through licensure, engineers must meet theminimum competency level set by statutory regulations for their tasks. Furthermore, they mustadhere to a professional code of conduct while carrying out responsibilities [2]. Failure ofcompliance with the stipulations may result in subsequent disciplinary processes.Engineering licensure has a long history in the United States. States began to adopt engineeringlicensure statutes in the early 1900s, and it took approximately 40 years for all states to haveengineering licensure laws in
withleadership competencies, and leadership is best learned in an authentic context. Engineeringdesign and engineering leadership competencies overlap significantly, highlighting theopportunities that exist in teaching leadership explicitly in design courses. Teaching leadershipwithin the context of design projects is a relatively low-effort high reward practice that can helpchange the culture of engineering to one that encourages engineers to think of themselves and actas leaders in order to contribute even more to addressing the unpredictable challenges of thefuture.AcknowledgementsThe research team extends appreciation to Victoria Lanaghan for detailed review of this work.They would also like to thank the Center for Leadership at the University of
Transactions on Education and Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning. He is also the upcoming Program Chair-Elect of the PCEE Division at ASEE. His current research interests include STEM+C education, specifically artificial intelligence literacy, computational thinking, and engineering.Xue Jia Xie, Singapore University of Technology and Design Xue Jia Xie (Clairea), a senior research assistant at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), is actively involved in Dr. Yeter’s Research Team, where she concentrates on STEM+C educational projects, engineering education, AI education, and computational thinking. Her work is pivotal in exploring how
PsyD from George Fox University. She has taught, supervised, and mentored PsyD students for the past 10 years. She also provides therapy through her private practice. Her research interests include teaching and mentoring, assessment and management of suicidal ideation, trauma, grief, and integration of faith, learning, and practice. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Mixed Methods, Longitudinal Evaluation of Problem-Based Learning and Inquiry-Based Activities in a Heat Transfer Course and LabAbstractThis paper describes 10 years of pre/post assessment data from a heat transfer course taughtusing problem-based learning and an
cohort students for interacting with employers at the Career Fair; and 9. Industry tours to allow students to explore potential work environments they might enter after completing their studies.The SUCCESS Scholars cohort originally consisted of 24 students chosen from a pool ofapplicants that met the requirements of the S-STEM Program (low-income, academicallytalented). The goal was to combine best practices of other S-STEM programs together to providetiered support for the students using the nine elements mentioned above. The initial focus of theeffort centered around direct academic support (elements 1, 2, and 3 above). However, asstudents progressed further into their studies, the program’s focus shifted toward
of engineering fundamentals, to enhancetheir capacity for problem solving and communication, and to develop specific engineering-related skills. Here, we describe the efforts of a team of undergraduate students in creating asilicone venous valve model and experimental flow control setup, and in demonstrating the basiccapabilities of the overall experimental system. We describe the process of designing andbuilding the venous valve models and test setup and lessons learned by the students through thisexperience. In addition to providing invaluable experience for the students involved, this projecthas provided a visual demonstration of the function of venous valves, and provides a platform forfundamental research on the effect of venous valve
a discussionof the results. The paper will conclude with the major findings from this work and identifyavenues for future improvements of the proposed undergraduate research program.Structure and goals of the research programThe undergraduate research program (UGRP) for first-generation students is designed similar toa minority training program. The program comprised three components: a lecture series, aresearch experience, and a research conference. The program aimed to increase participation ingraduate enrollment among first-generation students and to motivate them to persist in STEMfields by pursuing a graduate degree. Thus, the research question can be stated as: • What is the impact on motivation to pursue a graduate STEM degree for
constructiveand productive way. This study gives an overview of simulations and games used to assistpedagogy and efforts at improving teamwork in design courses. This information is utilized todiscuss the implementation and effect of a pedagogical board game, "Teaming Tribulations."This game is intended to simulate the arguments that might occur within a design teamdiscussion in a zero-stakes environment. In Teaming Tribulations, students are asked to create aquick design in response to a simple prompt. They then share their designs during the judgment-free "Concept Generation Phase." In the next phase of the game, "Concept Selection andDebate," they must debate with their teammates to select the best design to submit for theirfictional group project
... trained engineering educators who pursue pathways alternative to faculty also add value to the community." Hoda Ehsan: "Diversity of positions brings in different perspectives... I see roles like mine who can translate [research] into practice and have a broader impact on the communities." Sreyoshi Bhaduri: "Non-academic engineering educators... can help close the research to practice cycle, but can also conduct their own research to help advance knowledge." Katie Nelson: "Giving students and ASEE members alike the opportunity to see these paths will open the door for them to try something new." Lauren Quigley: "Working outside of academia... I have designed and implemented the kinds of lifelong learning experiences... This
SBPs examined works published from the 1980s to 2012. Itfound a wide variety across various aspects of SBPs, including program curriculum,administration, and participation; [3] it also identified a lack of adequate research focused onidentifying promising practices for SBP design and implementation. Another review examinedliterature (including non-peer-reviewed literature) that had been published about STEM SBPsbetween 1992 and 2016, with a focus on program goals. [4] The authors identified 14 differentprogram goals, falling into three major categories: academic success, psychosocial, anddepartmental. Another review, published in 2023, focused on SBPs serving Native Americanstudents [5] and focused on identifying guidance; that guidance
Consortium. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.Dr. Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn Bruce R. Maxim has worked as a software engineer, project manager, professor, author, and consultant for more than forty years. His research interests include software engineering, human computer interaction, game design, virtual reality, AIXiaohong Yuan, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Yuan is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at NCA&T. Her research interests include AI and machine learning, anomaly detection, software security, cyber identity, and cyber security education. Her research has been funded by the National Security Agency, the National Centers of Academic Excellence in
in research and innovation; (b) creating a new institutional structure thatintegrates one or more of the IotF areas and spans discovery research to product development;and (c) creating new modalities for ensuring the availability of a qualified, diverse IotFworkforce. This recommendation has guided multiple federal funding agencies, including NSF[2]. Texas House Bill 5 requires enhanced STEM content in high school curriculum as part ofthe graduation requirement [3]. Bill 5 lists four levels of high school advanced courses forgraduation: Foundation, Endorsement, Distinguished, and Performance Acknowledgements.Each level has an increasing level of course content in advanced STEM topics [4,5,6]. However,many high school teachers have not
Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Donna Walker Faculty Fellow. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She was elected to serve as a member and chair of ASME’s Design Theory and Methodology technical committee 2020-23. She is also a guest editor for IEEE’s Open Journal of Systems Engineering and associate editor for ASME’s Journal of Mechanical Design. She is the recipient of several awards, including a 2021 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering (IDETC-CIE) best paper award. Her research uses interdisciplinary collaborations to solve large-scale system problems
versions of the course were retention ofstudent success elements from UNIV 1201 and the inclusion of a collaborative designexperience.The primary goals of developing the GEEN 1201 course was to support freshmen andsophomore students in their transition to upper-level studies through development of knowledgeand skills. The desired impacts for the course were to: (1) provide a general introduction to keyskills so students have a platform on which to build as they enter discipline specific courses, (2)provide a guided experience related to design projects that are often part of upper level courses,(3) initiate patterns relevant to teamwork as engineering practice commonly involvescollaborative processes, and (4) reinforce commitment among engineering
State. He previously served as a professor and the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at The Citadel. He previously taught mechanical engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United Military Academy and his M.S. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Design of an Aerospace Industry-informed Technical Writing and Communication CourseMany engineering disciplines recognize the need for cross
development of soft-skills and attributesvalued by the student and future employers or graduate schools. Mentors will also interact withscholars at CAM activities. They will submit documentation on these activities for assessmentand tracking progress. Faculty mentors also meet annually to discuss and review their efforts.The CAM Project Management Team will also investigate the impact of these mentoring andgroup-based activities on faculty workload. It is noted that each faculty member of the CAMProject Management Team will devote 1 month of his/her 9-month annual contract to thisproject.Peer mentoring is recognized as a best-practice strategy for promoting college student success(Collier, 2017). Undergraduate mentors may provide student-relevant
enter academia after graduation are incentivized to take a research-first career, though they likely would also be in instructional positions. However, some doctoralstudents go out of their way to gain experience as course instructors. This research project aims atunderstanding engineering doctoral students’ expectations, reflections, and concerns regardingtheir future in academia. To understand engineering doctoral students’ expectations, reflections,and concerns regarding future in academia, a survey instrument was designed with questionspertaining to participants’ expectations and concerns for a career in academia, interpersonalinteractions’ influence on their teaching preparedness, and help from their PhD program inteaching preparedness
employ in the product development industry.Key practices that the instructors wanted to emphasize in the course included: research skills togain understanding of stakeholders, contexts, and constraints relevant to a problem; a focus onproblem finding & framing, rather than jumping right into a solution; developing divergentthinking to facilitate fluent and fruitful concept brainstorming; building communication skillsbeyond technical writing, to include visual communication and the importance of storytelling.This paper will share a review of literature relevant to factors surrounding a design mindset andhow a design mindset can impact design practice in the world of product development.Additionally, this paper will share benchmarking of best
Paper ID #43683Sketching Instruction in Engineering Design with an Intelligent Tutoring SoftwareDr. Hillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University Hillary E. Merzdorf is a postdoctoral researcher with the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation at Texas A&M University. Her research interests are in educational technology, spatial reasoning in engineering, and educational assessment.Ms. Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University Donna Jaison is a PhD student under Dr. Karan Watson in the Multidisciplinary Engineering Department at Texas A&M College Station. She is a Graduate research assistant at the
determinewhich style works best for each individual’s learning. This is emphasized by the fact that three ofthe five participants said they use different styles of note taking depending on the class, and allfive participants mentioned taking notes and trying practice problems as a primary form ofcognitive learning in Q2. To reiterate, if students were taught how to take notes, learningengineering concepts may be easier and lead to more students successfully completing the courseand thereby increasing the graduation rates.Q8: How do you use your existing knowledge when applying it in a new situation? What is theprocess/mental model you follow?This question relates to the third hierarchical level of the cognitive domain application, whichfocuses on an
, and A. F. Mckenna,"Development of the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA),"Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018.[2] L. B. Nilson, "Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors," 2nded. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010.[3] E.H.J. Yew and K. Goh, "Problem-Based Learning: An overview of its process and impacton learning," Health Professions Education, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 75-79, 2016. ISSN: 2452-3011.[Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpe.2016.01.004.[4] W. Mokhtar, P. Duesing, and R. Hildebrand, "Integration of Project-Based Learning (PBL)into mechanical engineering programs," International Journal of Learning, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 265-275, 2008
experience in mechanical engineering andengineering education research. All of the researchers are white women. The final author is anundergraduate student working towards a major in biomedical engineering.3.2 Data collectionThis study originated from a longitudinal case study looking at the general overlap betweenidentity and affect in the creating of engineering identity. This case study was planned to spanover students’ time in an engineering science program for four semesters; this work relies on thefirst two semesters of data only. Students in a first-semester engineering design class at a smallliberal arts university in the southern United States were given the option of participating in astudy by completing a survey and an interview. In
and computer engineering. Her pedagogical initiatives for digital transformation in education include digital and AI literacy, integration of cognitive diversity, and accessibility best practices. Dr. Marasco is active as a science communicator and outreach speaker in the local education community. She has been recognized as the 2018 ASTech Outstanding Leader of Tomorrow and received the 2016 Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Graduate Award for women in engineering. She was most recently recognized as one of Calgary’s 2019 Top 40 Under 40 recipients.Ms. Milana Hayley Grozic, University of Calgary; The University of British Columbia Ms. Milana Grozic (she/her) is a second year psychology major at The University of British
, Canada in Educational Psychology (Learning Sciences stream), and Psychology, respectively. Her research interests include using multimodal data to examine self-regulated learning across contexts and populations. She is the current Associate Editor for the International Journal of Learning and Instruction and the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education and serves on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Metacognition and Learning. She is Co-PI on the NSF-supported HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Enhancing Student Success in Engineering Curriculum through Active e-Learning and High Impact Teaching Practices (ESSEnCe). Sierra Outerbridge, M.Ed., is a graduate research
concerns compared to their non-engineering peers [32]. Furthermore, a study conducted by Lilley andLarnell (2023) on historically minoritized graduate students in STEM, including engineering, identified the impactof continuous microaggressions and social isolation on their mental health. This research highlighted the need forevidence-based support systems specifically designed for students from historically marginalized communities tomitigate the effects of intimidating academic environments [33]. Another study, focusing on the Indian context,highlighted the role of interpersonal stressors, including changes in social activities and disagreements with peers,as significant contributors to students’ stress. The study also pointed to financial
, irrespective of the field or industry they enter after graduation [4,5]. It isexpected by employers for engineers to be proficient in teamwork. They must be able to solveproblems as part of a team practicing good communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution.The collaboration method proposed in this study is similar to what is expected in the workplace.Engineers will likely be working in teams during their professional careers. They will be expectedto do their individual work ahead of time to collaborate effectively during team meetings. The I-in-Team method is designed to reflect these industry expectations to prepare engineering students forsuccess in their professions after graduation [6]. In today's organizations, effective collaboration
into conversation with NASA engineers, scientists, and managers, to discussthe long term ethical and societal implications of NASA’s human space exploration efforts fromthe Moon to Mars. Whereas some ASEE ethics division research focuses on the impact ofeducational discussions on students, ours involved practicing engineers as well as managers andpolicy analysts who shape the future of major engineering endeavors. While we will describe thiscase study in subsequent sections, we will point out some specific points of content in the reportnow, that may best serve as bridges for engaging in the engineering education literature.This paper seeks to further explore the concepts described in the workshop report, particularly asthey relate to
certificate program are transferable to the college's MechatronicEngineering program. The college, designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, places a strongemphasis on recruiting students from low-income families and underrepresented racial and ethnicgroups. The certificate program alleviates the financial burden and time commitment required forstudents to pursue education, providing them with the means to pursue advanced degrees or offersupport to family members seeking greater opportunities.The project’s objective is to establish a one-year certificate program to provide PRA technicianswith the essential skills for service industries. To ensure program graduates possess the desiredqualifications, the project (a) collaborates with its Business
Polytechnic Institute and State University Huggins is a Research Scientist in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech. She holds a master’s in public administration from the National Experimental University of T´achira in Venezuela. In addition, she has several years of experience in research and practice at graduate education level in the engineering field, with special focus on assess based perspectives, minoritized students’ socialization, and agency in graduate education. Her strengths include qualitative research study design and implementation. Her dissertation examined Latinx motivation to pursue Ph.D. in engineering, minoritized engineering doctoral students’ socialization and the impact of the
Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the 2022 College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award from Purdue University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring the Influence of Identity Development on Public Policy Career Pathways for EngineersAbstractWith emerging technologies getting in the hands of the public at ever-increasing speeds,technology policymaking has become the primary means of regulating it. This means moreindividuals capable of understanding their nuances and conveying the information to the massesare required. Ethical governance of these advancements is best