undergraduate research assistants is both difficult and rewarding. Students come tothe project with different backgrounds, motivations and work ethics. While engaging inundergraduate research can be a powerful learning experience for students,1 expending resourcesto train undergraduates does not always translate to increased research output or academic creditfor faculty mentors.2–5This paper presents a three-stage, scaffolded approach to training undergraduate researchassistants, based on experiences and lessons learned in mentoring more than 50 undergraduatesin engineering research projects. This three-step methodology reduces faculty effort whilepreserving the learning experience for new undergraduate researchers, and helps faculty quicklyassess the
Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Engineering and research associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty at U-M in their scholarly endeavors. Her current research interests include studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, evalu- ating methods to improve teaching, and exploring ethical decision-making in undergraduate engineering Page 24.1120.1 students. Dr. Finelli leads a national initiative to create a taxonomy/keyword
theimportance of 172 characteristics based on the (then current) ABET 2000 Criterion 3 categories,which were also shown as averages on a 5-point scale. The summary of non-discipline-basedskills ranked as most important included data analysis proficiency, teamwork skills and Page 24.1146.11multidisciplinary communication, ability to identify problems and alternative solutions,professional and ethical issues, interpersonal skills (including written, verbal, presentation skills,and technical report writing) and computer, information, and technology literacy skills 8. Martinet al. (2005) studied recent graduates’ perceptions of how well they felt they
Paper ID #10863The CARE (Center for Academic Resources in Engineering) Program at Illi-noisProf. William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William Mischo is Head, Grainger Engineering Library Information Center and Professor, University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC). He has been a Principal Investigator on a number of digital library grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including the National Ethics Portal grant, several National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grants, and the Digital Library Initiative I grant. He has also received an Institute of Museum
) ResearchExperience for Undergraduates program under Award No. EEC‐1156747. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the Page 24.1226.14authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.References 1. Sweeney, A., Vaidyanathan, P., & Seal, S. (2006). Undergraduate research and education in nanotechnology. International Journal of Engineering Education IJEE 22(1), 157-170. 2. Sweeney, A., Vaidyanathan, P., & Seal, S. (2003). The promises and perils of nanoscience and nanotechnology: Exploring emerging social and ethical issues. Bulletin of Science and Technology, An
appreciation for international engineering cultures; gain knowledge of, and sensitivity to, cultural norms; understand the differences in problem definitions and problem solving strategies that exist between cultures; and gain an appreciation for ethical responsibilities.Before proceeding with an overview of assessment and a frank evaluation of the efficacy of thePMFC, it is important to note that few of the core and experimental components detailed aboveare truly original in form. Workbooks, blogs, instructional videos, case studies and concept-based evaluation tools, for example, all have been utilized, with varying degrees of success, ineducational contexts7-9,13-28. As such, the true novelty of the PMFC largely stems from
states that “as a community of scholars, we seek to educate students to pursueboth knowledge and wisdom, and to aspire to ethical and moral leadership within their chosen Page 24.1243.5careers, their community, and the world.”9 Courses in the humanities are included in thecurriculum across major areas so that the student engineer is more fully aware of the socialresponsibilities and better able to consider non-technical factors in the engineering decisionmaking process. While the CoE seeks to educate strong leaders and citizens, it does not, atpresent, include global learning experiences as part of its core mission. However, diversity
. (2009). Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School & in Life. Alexandra, VA: ASCD.[25] Goldman, D. (2008, August 13). America 2050: Minorities in majority. CNN Money. Retrieved fromhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/08/13/news/economy/america_2050/.[26] Palmer, R. T., Davis, R. J., Moore, III, J. L, & Hilton, A. A. (2010). A nation at risk: Increasing collegeparticipation and persistence among African American males to stimulate U.S. global competitiveness. Journal ofAfrican American Males in Education 1(2), 105-124.[27] George, M. (2010). Ethics and motivation in remedial mathematics education. Community CollegeReview, 38(1), 82-92.[28] Knowles, M. S. (1978). Andgragoy: Adult learning theory in perspective. Community College Review,5, 9-20.[29
General Motors, Cadnetix, and Motorola. His interests include engineering management, technological literacy, improving the competitiveness of American companies, and real-time embedded systems.Prof. Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University Jason Durfee is a Professor of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. He received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Profes- sional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University, he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, computational fluid dynamics, professional ethics, and
social dimensions of engineering using thelanguage of social sciences.Awareness of social impacts is the primary goal for ethical education of engineers at HMC.According to the mission statement of HMC, the college “seeks to educate engineers, scientists,and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities and the social sciencesso that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the impact oftheir work on society.”11 This mission statement suggests the dominant framework for teachingthe relation between engineering and society at HMC. In the Engineering Clinic, every team wasrequired to present the social implications of its project in a design review. Economy seemed tobe the most popular field
idea of possible selvesand identity play to examine this process.Interactive Response and InteractionsFrom our early observations of the students’ use of the portfolios, we could see that identitywork and play occur in a variety of contexts, mediated by individual reflections as well as theresponses and interactions of other individuals. These observations informed our categorizationof “Interactive Response” (IR) as a site of learning mediated by diverse interactions with bothpeople (instructors, peers, friends/family, clients) and symbolic artifacts (e.g., professional codesof ethics). In this conception of IR, we pick up on Hattie and Timperley’s broader notion offeedback as provided by multiple “agent[s]”[8] in response to a particular
having an element of peril; takes chances unconcerned with danger.”17 • Low Scorer Risk-Taking: “Cautious about unpredictable situations; unlikely to bet; avoids situations of personal risk, even those with great rewards; does not take chances regardless of whether the risks are physical, social, monetary or ethical.”17Like Kirton’s KAI, the Jackson Personality Index2 as a whole is a measure of attributes, or innatepersonality characteristics. All four descriptions shown above focus mainly on the cognitive styleconstruct (preference for structure), although there appears to be some confounding withcognitive level (i.e., implying that one type of thinking is “better” than another). There are alsosome slight indicators of
4.40 Wheel Chair Lab presentation 3.88 4.38 4.17 4.36 Professionalism and Ethics 3.73 4.50 4.52 4.08 Panel of Engineers 3.58 4.25 4.26 4.24Table 8 shows a summary of average student ratings of the usefulness of the workshops. Notethat not all of the workshops were offered during each of the years. With only a few exceptions,student ratings for most of the workshops have improved significantly from 2009. Studentratings of the field trips have shown steady improvements of the years, and have become some ofthe most highly rated activities in the institute, with the exception of the 2013 when the
ERCregarding the resulting intellectual property and its distribution.ASTDForumThe ASTD Forum[16] helps senior learning and development professionals and theirorganizations to connect, collaborate, and share their training, learning, and performanceimprovement processes, practices—including cooperative benchmarking and strategicnetworking. To promote the open and equal exchange of information and practices, members Page 24.622.12Version 1.4 March 13, 2014 Page 11DraftBusinessPlan:EngineeringtheEngineersagree to abide by ethical principles regarding confidentiality and exchange of
demonstrate non-technical student outcomes, including those pertaining to ethics,global issues, economics, and understanding of environmental and societal contexts.2When the objective is to improve student writing skills (“learning to write”), an integrated, orwriting across the curriculum (WAC) approach to teaching technical writing is consideredfavorable over the alternative of isolated, stand-alone communication courses that oftendecontextualize writing.3-4 In the integrated approach, communication instruction and practice isdistributed throughout the curriculum and embedded in technical courses, well beyond thestandard inclusion of laboratory reports in laboratory classes. Such an approach also maximallyleverages the writing process towards the
specificobjectives and skills that must be attained for engineering students. While nearly all of thecriteria could be achieved in the classroom, service learning programs more effectively addressthe following criteria5: • An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; • An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; • An ability to communicate effectively; • A broader educational goal in which they understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context; • An increase in knowledge of contemporary issues.International service learning is rapidly becoming a popular credit-bearing study abroad optionfor engineering students (6-8). This learning experience integrates a multi-faceted, real
, other researchhas demonstrated that engineering educators have historically been able to maintain somedistance from the immediate political economic context in charting a course for engineeringeducation. We would certainly encourage all engineering educators, and not just those affiliatedwith our division, to consider the broader social and ethical foundations for engineeringeducation that go beyond the most immediate political and industrial (and even professional)interests.Finally, based on a very helpful suggestion made by one of the reviewers, I leave the reader with“some challenges for personal reflection and action” that also emerge out of this story about PSI.Being less connected one to another, they are presented in bullet form. And
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, and technology knowledge and skills; and 3) promote engineering habits of mind,including systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, communication, and attentionto ethical considerations.According to OECD31, differences in young people‟s career choice can be attributed totraditional perceptions of gender roles and identities as well as the wide acceptance ofcultural values associated with particular fields of education. Therefore, high school students‟attitudes to engineering may be an important predictor of not only being adequately preparedto engineering but its pursuit. If more high school students acquire positive attitudes towardsengineering, more of them will be motivated to choose engineering as a career.An attitude is a
sustainability, carbon footprint, programming • Sustainability and carbon footprint: how much CO2 using MATLAB, ethics, basic organic does my household emit per year? Develop carbon chemistry footprint calculator 2 - Introduction to the concept of mass and energy balance Concepts of mass and energy balances and and heat transfer phenomena heat transfer phenomena, mathematics3 Laboratory experiment #1: Biofuel synthesis and Laboratory skills, data collection, team work, experimental data collection time management4 Laboratory experiment #2: Biofuel characterization Laboratory skills
as the Advisory Board for the NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education.Dr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry Shuman is senior associate dean for academic affairs and distinguished service professor of in- dustrial engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering educational experience, emphasizing assessment of learning and problem solving abilities, and studying the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. He was the principal investigator for a seven university NSF sponsored study on Models and Modeling that focused on using MEAs in engineering classrooms. Dr. Shuman is the founding editor of Advances in Engineer