’ future international engineering plans. Appendix E details these results.Within one month of returning back to the US, students were asked to provide open-endedreflections from their experiences in South Africa. Key themes from student submissions aredetailed in Table 2. Notably, 71% of students commented on the unequal access to healthcarestemming from systemic inequality in South Africa. 57% of students discussed the personalimpacts of the trip, which included identifying personal privilege, feeling inspired ortransformed, and noting the importance of first-hand experiences. 57% of students also expressedthe importance of biomedical engineering innovations for the low-resource settings that theyobserved. Approximately one third of students
ice-breaking activities, introductions,and sharing sessions to forge connections and foster a supportive atmosphere. This foundationalphase aims to cultivate camaraderie and unity among leaders, laying a solid groundwork for effectivecollaboration.Figure 2. The Tuckman’s Stage of Group Development applied in the overseas team-building program for SIG leaders in academic makerspaces and the essential 5 incentives for active engagement.Transitioning into the Storming stage, we task SIG leaders with engaging in detailed discussionsamong their respective SIG teams to create technical reports on their projects and innovations. Thisprocess instills a culture of structured planning and accountability, encouraging leaders to
experiences, and culturally developed identities.This step provided a deeper understanding of how participants’ experiences were shaped by andcontributed to their evolving social and academic identities within the host environment.The third and final coding round refined the analysis by categorizing data into challenges,opportunities, and achievements themes. This round adopted a longitudinal perspective,comparing initial, intermediate, and final interview findings to trace changes over time. Anadditional layer of analysis was included to differentiate participants who expressed intentions topursue graduate studies in the U.S. at the end of the internship from those who openly stated theydid not plan to return. This distinction revealed variations in
appropriate for theirgoals and objectives [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].In this Work in Progress report, we describe the approach currently being utilized at OSU’sDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and report on the progress to date as wellas future plans. The approach used in this report began with an initial faculty workshop that wasused to generate discussion and solicit input to better understand the perceived strengths andweaknesses of the current curriculum, as well as assessing the perceived needs of the facultyregarding curriculum redesign.Following that initial workshop, a committee of department faculty working with a professionalfrom the University Teaching Center began the process of evaluating and renewing thecurriculum. The
constraints (Clancy, 2020). PjBL naturally develops professional communication as students present their work to stakeholders and builds crucial teamwork capabilities (Aeikens, 2021). This approach aligns seamlessly with Kolb's experiential learning model, as students engage with concrete experiences through hands-on project work, practice reflection during reviews, develop abstract conceptualization through planning, and pursue active experimentation through implementation (Dukart, 2017).• Problem-Based Learning (PbBL) - Problem-based learning focuses on students collaboratively solving complex, ill-structured problems with multiple possible solutions. Originating from medical education at McMaster University in the 1960s
data collected by the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009(HSLS:09) conducted by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). This com-prehensive longitudinal quantitative study involves base and follow-up surveys throughoutsecondary and post-secondary years (the first follow-up was in 2012, the second in 2016, andpost-secondary transcripts were collected in 2017-18) [19]. The longitudinal nature of thisstudy allows us to address questions about students’ transition to and persistence withintheir post-secondary studies — our variables of interest are derived from the 2016 secondfollow-up instrument.Sampling Plan HSLS:09 utilizes two-stage sampling. In the first stage, public and privateschools were selected with stratified random
Teamwork (e.g. leading, planning, contributing) (SO5) 8.5 + 1.7 Planning & conducting testing & analysis (SO6) 8.0 + 1.5 Learning & applying new information independently (SO7) 8.6 + 1.4 Average grades for overall course performance, final project reports, and peer evaluationsfor students in Capstone 1 and Capstone 2 are shown in Table III.2 for graduating classes from2020-2024. Each class enrolled 30-40 students. In the “Sem.” column, a prefix F indicates a fallsemester, while S indicates a spring semester. There is a marked increase in course and reportgrades from Capstone 1 to Capstone 2 for nearly every class, while peer evaluation averages arein the
experiences. Civil,electrical, and mechanical engineering courses are full year experiences working on a singleproject. The chemical engineering courses also span a full year but include multiple projects.General engineering students are not required to complete a capstone course but sometimeschoose to participate in the capstone experience. The differences in structure and in assessmentbetween departments have required careful planning for interdisciplinary collaboration, asmaking a separate, interdisciplinary course was not currently feasible.Both the electrical engineering senior capstone course and the mechanical engineering seniorcapstone course allow students to choose their own teams and to develop their own projects(with faculty approval
of how important they deem elements of the eight constructs, using aLikert-type scale as follows: 1: Not important at all 2: Mostly not important 3: Neutral 4: Somewhat important 5: Extremely importantThe pre-intervention version of the survey (Form A) includes nine demographic questions and37 items asking participants to rate importance of a specific construct element (see Appendix1). The post-intervention version (Form B) includes the same 37 importance-rating items,followed by three follow-up questions for each of the eight constructs that explore studentincorporation of constructs in capstone designs (yes or no), preferred timing of educationalintervention (planning, design, or implementation), and possible challenges to
challenges related to course load and time management for students.Understating these better will help inform our recommendations in the course syllabus for overallcourse planning and optimizing streaming requirements and inform those who may be interestedin streaming in general.Ultimately, understanding students’ use of live streaming for informal learning and the associatedbenefits and challenges allows us to advocate for informal learning in formal softwaredevelopment education. Recognizing this enables us to justify the significance of informallearning as a viable avenue for both novices’ and experts’ education in the software andtechnology fields.Course Design To address our research questions, we conducted an in-situ study withundergraduate
internships or co-opprograms, which are crucial for their future careers. Optimal times to engage in internships and co-ops can conflict withstudy abroad timelines. Third, engineering students often prioritize gaining specialized skills or knowledge in their field,and they may perceive study abroad programs as less beneficial for their career development compared to other academicpursuits. Fourth, some engineering students may not be adequately informed about study abroad opportunities or may lackguidance on how to integrate these experiences into their academic plans. Finally, engineering professors, advisors, andacademic leadership may conceptualize study abroad programs as frivolous and unnecessary vacations, and deter studentsfrom participating
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careers.In this paper, the general evolution of the 2TO4 project is described, along with lessons learnedand major remaining questions. Projects involving faculty and students from multipleorganizations have challenges continuing once initial funding runs out. However, the IEC hasfrom the beginning planned to build the future of 2TO4 around its Pathways program whichhelps students find good paid internships or similar experiences sponsored by IEC IndustryPartners, which will continue to provide direct funding to students. IEC is also developingmodels that can be adopted by industry and increasing its foundation funding.Clearly new sources of funding need to be identified. However, there is another feature of thisproject that will likely play an even
education, demonstrating our ontology-based reasoner’sapplication in student-centered course planning and instructor-centered curriculum developmentand advising. In this paper, we adopt two key perspectives, as illustrated in Fig. 1: a bottom-upapproach focusing on student-centered aspects and a top-down approach addressinginstructor-centered aspects. Throughout our discussion, the term “instructor” encompasses bothinstructors and administrators who oversee coursework. Instructors Top-down approach Bottom-up approach Instructor-centered Student-centered educational perspectives
with my friends and family. 16 It is safe to save my university login credentials on my school lab computer. 17 If I do not share my password, my account will be safe. 18 It is okay to respond to spam messages or emails. 19 Saving your social security number in your phone contacts or notes is safe and easier to fetch when required. 20 Cyberbullying occurs when you talk to strangers. 21 It is safe to use an administrator account on desktops and laptops. 194 Results and DiscussionsThe findings will be based on pre-and post-surveys completed before and after mod-ule sessions. We plan to use this module in the communication system course
careful planning, open communication, and ethicalconsideration throughout the research process enabled by high levels of psychological safety andtrust among the group.ResultsEquity through communicationEquity-minded teaching involves creating environments in which students can access content ina manner that does not exclude anyone. Gaining information from the students in the manner thatthey process information or other aspects that could reduce their accessibility of the informationis important to creating and sculpting these learning environments. There are many examples ofthe use of surveys to gather this information during or before the semester to course-correct ordesign the lessons for the students (Giacobbi, 2002, Gummer, 2022, Tucker 2013
across six corecourses and one advanced technical elective in an undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME)program curriculum. Our collaborative autoethnography examines the following researchquestions (RQ):RQ1: Why do faculty revise their BME courses to incorporate health equity concepts?RQ2: How do BME faculty integrate health equity concepts into undergraduate BME courses?RQ3: What best practices can be illuminated to support further health equity-focused curricularreform?Conceptual Framework: The Academic PlanTo establish a shared vocabulary for exploration of our research questions, we leverage Lattucaand Stark’s [23] Academic Plan Model to underpin our collaborative reflections. The AcademicPlan Model is a framework for understanding
(10) 3 RQ5: Are there interaction effects (IV2 × NV1) between completion (first or replay) (IV2)and video game title (NV1) nested under video game battle type (IV1)? 𝐻𝐻05 : 𝜌𝜌(𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼2 × 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁1) = 0 (11) 𝐻𝐻15 : 𝜌𝜌(𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼2 × 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁1) ≠ 0 (12) This study is important as the findings will help engineering management and Departmentof Defense (DoD) training and evaluation community on the path forward for test planning,execution, and reporting.2
more than ten online resources on museum exhibitdevelopment, including a comprehensive guide from The Smithsonian [12]. To further enhanceopportunities for an inclusive environment, resources, like the Rhode Island School of Design’sMuseum Social Equity & Inclusion Work Plan [13], should be provided to students. Anotherresource provided in class is the Design Handbook [14], which includes sections on finding andselecting appropriate scholarly resources, and ideation. The Design Handbook, which is usedduring students’ first-year courses, allows students to connect the engineering design process innew ways with required geotechnical engineering course content. Thus skill-building from first-year courses scaffolds into the EME.After the EME
andeffective use by language models.System DevelopmentThe development of the system was carried out iteratively, following a cyclical approach of design,implementation, and evaluation. This process ensured that each system component responded tothe objectives and aligned with academic standards. During the planning stage, the conceptualarchitecture of the system was defined, which was structured into three main components: ● Frontend (React and Vite): Designed as a dynamic and accessible interface, facilitating user interaction with the system. ● Backend (FastAPI): Planned to manage system logic, process requests, and coordinate communication with the LLM. ● Integration with LLM (Ollama on AWS EC2): Developed as the processing core, in
students pursuing an associate degreecould enroll in courses they knew would transfer toward a bachelor’s degree, ultimately knowingwhich courses were remaining post-transfer across universities in a specific 4-year program. Thiseffort aimed to increase transparency and empower students categorized as “resource curators,” aterm the book [1] used to describe students who sought out multiple forms of information to findthe most reliable information to plan their course enrollment. This enabled 4-year degreeprograms to directly advise students while they pursued an associates degree at any VirginiaCommunity College (VCC). This state-wide effort was important because of the purpose society, industry and nationalleaders expect from higher
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) [1], [2]. Beyondmanufacturing, DTs are now integral to the AECFM industry, supporting real-time sensing, datavisualization, and analytics [3], [13], [5]. The integration of various advanced technologies underthe Industry 4.0 paradigm has made DT essential for modern AECFM applications [15], [16], [8].DT technologies offer dynamical simulations and data-driven insights, enabling informeddecision-making across various project phases, including design and planning, constructionmanagement, and facility operations. DT has revolutionized construction practices, leading tosignificant advancements in productivity, cost savings, and delay mitigation. According toMcKinsey & Co., implanting cutting-edge construction
staff, and lead engaging STEM focused activities. LLC Mentors are compensated with a free bed in the residence hall. The role requires 15hrs/week see Table 3. Table 3: STEM LLC Mentor Responsibilities 15 hours/week Responsibilities 2 hrs/wk Attend the LLC House Course weekly (course schedule permitting). 5 hrs/wk Hold weekly mentoring hours. 2 hrs/wk Plan, advertise, and implement one STEM-related activity per month. 1 hr/wk Communicate regularly with the LLC student community through platforms such as the LLC Canvas page, GetInvolved, GroupMe, bulletin boards, email, flyers 5 hrs/wk Complete other LLC-related tasks
.2 Literature Review2.1 Training Mode and Path of Digital Engineering Management TalentsIn the era of digital intelligence, professional talents need to adapt to the requirementsof industrial digital transformation, for which data resources as the key element, andthey must have the ability to solve problems in a “data-driven” manner [7]. Therefore,mastering and flexibly applying digital intelligence technologies such as generativeartificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing for theoretical analysis andpractical creation has become a new requirement for cultivating high-level compositeinnovative talents [8]. Based on this, academia has explored and formulated newtalent cultivation plans from multiple perspectives. Zhang Tingting et
Professional Civil Engineering Consultant's needsAbstract There is a gap between the preparation of Civil Engineering (CE) students at graduationand the needs and expectations of the professional Civil Engineering Consultant industry. Withthe American Society of Civil Engineers rating our nation’s infrastructure a C-, and the federalgovernment enacting an infrastructure plan to address the needed improvements, the success ofinfrastructure initiatives depends on a skilled workforce to design, build, construct, and maintaincritical infrastructure. This gap between engineering consultant requirements and studentpreparation impacts companies' productivity and exposes issues within engineering educationprograms. The paper will identify the
, industry skills are taught in senior-level capstoneclasses [5] and a compelling effort within engineering education is to reduce the mismatchbetween industry needs and student preparedness [1], [2]. Engineering students will be bettertrained to enter industry if more industry skills are taught starting in the first year of anundergraduate degree rather than the traditional senior-level focus to increase student’s fluencyin their professional skills. Students feel more prepared to enter the engineering industry if theyhave been taught both the technical and professional skills throughout their entire undergraduatedegree plan [2]. Therefore, it is important to study professional skills in engineering educationprograms; the earlier in the degree plan
each of the labs into its engineering applications (used to motivate studentinquiry), the math concepts it contains (which are the primary outcome of the lab), and its status(finalized, needs minor revision, or needs major revision). As a work in progress paper, weanticipate continuing to tweak each of these labs based on student and peer feedback over thecoming years; however, “finalized” is used to refer to labs we would be comfortable giving toanother instructor to implement in their own class as is. We plan to make all of the labs andassociate curriculum publicly available online once they are finalized.Table 2. Summary of Math Labs for fall 2024 and winter 2025. Labs marked with an asteriskwere also implemented during winter 2024. Quarter
human identity.Future workWe plan to ask each other the additional questions related to identity formation (2 questions), andpathway progression (4 questions) in subsequent focus groups and expand on the initial findings ofthis paper. The number of questions may evolve as we progress with the collaborativeautoethnography methodology, given that collaborative autoethnography emphasizes an iterativerather than a linear research process [15, p. 24]. Additionally, we plan on using collage and journeymaps as data elicitation methods in future focus groups. The career pathway progression focusgroups involve recalling parts of our entire lives. We plan on adding additional data streams to graspmore important elements that contributed to our identity
, Teach for Americaprovides PreK-12 lesson plans for teaching sustainability [10].Ozis et al (2022) introduced a tangram-puzzle activity in the classroom of civil andenvironmental engineering students to introduce the paradigm shift necessary to implementsustainability practices into traditional engineering design and construction [11]. Theinnovative and engaging pedagogy that nurtures “thinking outside the box” is needed for allproblem-solvers. This activity can be used to teach the concept of sustainability, thinkingoutside the box, and a paradigm shift for the affective domain [12], for students to learn thenecessary attitudes, values and motivations to implement new ways of thinking, problemsolving, and designing. Normalizing failure by
inimplementing automation and robotics technologies in the classroom and in the industry,reflecting the conservative nature of the industry. They also indicated a perceived lack of interestamong civil engineering students at that time in learning about construction automation androbotics.Current status of incorporating automation in construction educationIncorporating automation-related concepts and practices in the construction managementeducation curriculum is important for preparing future professionals to navigate the rapidlyevolving landscape of the construction industry [6]. The construction sector increasinglyembraces technological advancements in planning, design, construction, andoperation/maintenance, posing a need that students must be