engineering programs. It uses findings from a pan-Canadian survey oncareer motivations and aspirations of undergraduate engineering students conducted in 2023.Background and Literature ReviewStudents struggle with career decisions throughout their undergraduate years, oftencontemplating options with no direct relationship to their undergraduate major [6]. Studies havealso found that declaring an engineering major is unrelated to plans to persist in engineeringpost-graduation, and satisfaction with an engineering major does not necessarily translate to astudent pursuing an engineering career [7] [8]. On the other hand, Masi et al. found that“although a student’s major is not always directly linked to his or her career choices, it is oftenan accurate
across all students.AzizAziz (all student names are pseudonyms) is a bioengineering major who described herself as “ona five-year plan” for graduation because she needed to retake a calculus class early in herprogram, and shared her experiences as a female in a male-dominated field. She emphasized thepositives, such as being more easily noticed and forming connections with women in STEM,including her supportive sorority. She expressed that having peers like herself fostered a sense ofbelonging, stating, “Having people who are like you, I think things like that just make you feellike you belong.” For example, Aziz reflected, “I'm gonna go sit by the one girl in the classbecause that just feels safe. I think it helps to push myself to make friends
our current courses throughparticipation in a RHIT-sponsored Sustainability Teaching Network (STN). This community ofpractice (CoP) created time and space for faculty across departments and programs to developcourse updates and provided modest financial compensation for our development work. Ignitedby this CoP, our course updates benefited from a transdisciplinary approach, as Dugan is inmechanical engineering and Chenette is in chemical engineering. This CoP also let us betteralign what we do in the classroom with industry expectations and with our institutions’ newstrategic plan, which has a theme around infusing sustainability into education [7].We embarked on this study to understand students’ learning, interest, and reception of
had not taken courses that used SBG before, so some onboarding time andpreparation were necessary. Although students expressed some confusion in the first few weeksof the semester, they adapted quickly and did not report this to be a major barrier to theirlong-term success in their courses. To improve acceptance, Fluids Instructor noted theimportance of planning and preparation: “I think with the way I set it up visually, I had to havethe course all planned out from the beginning. So I think that's one of the things from thelogistics side of thinking through things and really understanding, because I've got to havedecided what are the essential tokens up front. What am I expecting students to do? Whatnumber of tokens is going to be equivalent
-computer integration technologies, whilesimultaneously providing the researcher with valuable experience in robotics and artificial neuralnetwork based controls.An ideal prototype would demonstrate the following capabilities: • Provide the operator with the ability to construct a robot as needed from individual limbs, without requiring explicit programming of geometric parameters. • Self-adapt to changes in geometry, without user, utilizing integrated sensors to detect its own environment, identify potential obstructions, and determine safe movement ranges; and • Execute high-level commands such as object retrieval without requiring explicit path planning, demonstrating the ability to
to Engineering” course at the two-yearcollege in service of the “2+2” engineering transfer program. The course is a required part of engineeringdegrees in the state of South Carolina and is a standard course for any student planning to transfer to aBachelor of Engineering program from the two-year Trident Technical College. It must be noted that the“2+2” program is separate from the two-year engineering technology degree programs at the institution.Students enrolling in the course discussed here do so with the intention of preparing for a bachelor’sprogram and thus employing learning practices aligning with a four-year program is encouraged by theinstitution. In this initial implementation of the Framework in a two-year college setting, we
data was recorded using coordinates and analyzed for trends. Table 1: Triads and Dyads that participants will use to self-signify their own stories. Theoretical Grounding Question Triad Autonomy My actions were motivated by... Expectations of others, Self- Care, Necessity Investment/ Discipline What was valued in this story Willingness to Experiment, was... Grit and Perseverance, Planning and Efficiency Internal alignment/ Alignment The experience I shared
was distributed tostudents from an engineering technology program at a large public university in the U.S. In thenext phase of work, we plan to collect experiences of at least 500 students from differentcolleges and universities, ensuring a broad and diverse range of responses, thereby enhancing thedepth and breadth of the findings.The quantitative survey aims to explore several aspects of students’ experiences. Questions focuson understanding their decision to pursue an engineering technology degree, their future, andtheir sense of preparedness for the program. The survey also asks students about their confidencein completing the degree and their strategies for managing academic challenges. Additionally,students are asked to assess the
ABET accreditation standards. The results underscore theeffectiveness of intentional project-based curriculum design in enhancing student learning, promotingskill development, and ensuring that graduates are well prepared to meet the demands of theengineering profession. The University plans to expand and utilize this data collection tool as neededfor future courses in the program.4. Strengths of the ProgramWith an industry-aligned and outcome-focused combination of foundational courses and corecurriculum, the primary features of this new program are: 1. The three pronged (specializations) customizable curriculum supported by the robotics core offers a dedicated pathway into each specialization. 2. With established support from
severaldisciplines, including business [3-6], engineering [7-9], healthcare [10, 11], and biometrics [12].A number of institutions have been teaching systems thinking and examining its integration inthe engineering curriculum [13-16]. The tools for systems thinkers, as identified by Acaroglu, areinterconnectedness, synthesis, emergence, feedback loops, causality, and systems mapping [17].In engineering, systems thinking enables us to plan, design, and optimize complex systemseffectively, leading to more reliable and adaptable solutions and aiding in managing risks,reducing failures, and enhancing system performance. By understanding the relationshipsbetween various components, engineers can create systems that are easier to maintain andmodify.The following
helmets, select appropriate materials for bikes and helmets, applystructural engineering and mechanical systems, engage in ergonomic design thinking, andinnovative bike designs. These experiences are rooted in everyday contexts, enabling students toconnect STEM concepts with their backgrounds.Figure 1. Initial conceptual diagram representing the connection between peer interaction andlanguage resources in informal learning environments associated with learning through biking.The program, which was planned to impact 96 students in grades 9 and 10 over three years,adopts a comprehensive research design. Data collection will include observations and videorecordings of sessions, semi-structured interviews with students, mentors, and instructors, as
current situation of the cultivation of engineeringand technological talents’ intercultural communicative competence, summarizes thecurrent problems and reasons, and attempts to propose solutions.Key words: intercultural communicative competence; engineering and technologicaltalent; “Belt and Road” initiative; China1. IntroductionThe “Belt and Road” initiative① is a major initiative and strategic idea for China tobase on its own strengths and look to the world, actively plan a panoramic opening up,tap the ancient spirit of the Chinese Silk Road, and actively assume the responsibilityof a country with great power. With the continuous promotion of the “Belt and Road”initiative, China’s economic, political, cultural and other cooperation with
their awareness of the social and environmental issuesthese communities face, reinforcing their professional ethics and social responsibility.Despite the well-documented benefits of SBL, its implementation is not without challenges.Harding et al. [15] note that one of the main obstacles is resistance to change among facultyand students, who are often reluctant to move away from traditional teaching methodsperceived as more familiar or less demanding. Additionally, the planning and execution ofSBL projects require substantial time and resource investment, which can be a barrier foreducational institutions with budget constraints [12]. In financially limited contexts, the lackof technical and human resources can significantly diminish the
aggregate below. In order to preserve participantanonymity within a relatively small population, neither institutional nor demographicinformation was collected in the survey. In interviews, the three universities were evenlyrepresented with three participants from each. However, demographic data did not relate to theresearch questions and was not collected. The researchers also did not explore institutional trendswithin the small sample size. Planned future work will increase the number of institutions andindividual participants in order to validate results and analyze trends specific to institution type,STEM field, gender, and/or ethnicity.The new “collabo-gleaning” framework presented in Figure 2 below was developed to addressthe research
May 2025. After graduation, she plans to pursue her master’s degree in clinical counseling.Dr. Emma Treadway, Trinity University Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Her research interests include haptics and the role of affect in engineering education.Dr. Jessica Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Jessica Swenson is an Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo. She was
) explicitly state the need for ethical and sociallyconscious work. For example, the ASCE BOK states that “civil engineers must be able toaddress the sustainability of a project during planning and to help stakeholders understand theenvironmental, economic, and social impacts” [4, p. 40]. Further, engineers must be able toanalyze situations with conflicting professional and ethical issues in order to determine anappropriate next step [5]. Building these skills in the classroom is critical, and professors mayhave the opportunity to mentor students through the complex problems that engineers solve inpractice. A recent survey of 5,025 college students found that 55% believe professors are at leastpartially responsible for being a mentor of them while 39
volunteer their time and technical skills.As an extracurricular activity, with little formal instruction, there is the danger that withoutintentional planning, humanitarian engineering projects can disenfranchise the very communitiesthey are trying to help [16]. Students must engage with the project from a perspective of blendedboundaries that meaningfully engages with both the facts and values of a project – values whichmust be considered from the perspectives of all peoples. This view is not one traditionally heldby engineering systems, which often embrace traditional power roles, making determinations onwho is worthy of being served [11, 15].To evaluate these concepts properly, previous research has determined a significant gapadequately
demandstrategies such as setting up milestones and actively coaching the students [21]. More facedchallenges are institutional constraints such as limited budgets and new ideas requiring extensiveplanning. Lastly, most PSI research focuses on psychology and behavior analysis of students,raising concerns about the generalizability of findings to other disciplines and diverse studentpopulations [21]. Accordingly, careful planning was done in Math Launch to benefit from PSIand address identified challenges. The customized PSI tenets in Math Launch pedagogy are:1. Preparation of written materials: ALEKS was set up so it provided an explanation page before a student attempted an exercise which enhanced student understanding and helped with improving self
different profiles can influences the load capacity of astructure without necessarily changing its weight. These profiles are clamped on one side andloaded by a point load at the free end for the static experiments. Due to the different bendingstiffnesses, different deflections are achieved with the different profiles, even though theyweigh the same. To convince the participating audience, these beams should be easilyremovable for weight comparison.Another topic of the planned workshops is the deliberate shift of the natural frequencies of astructure through a suitable selection of the profiles to avoid undesirable resonances whilemaintaining the weight of the structure. This is demonstrated by carrying out modal analyseswith the same cantilever
of the itemscurrently housed in the FIT Closet. This included furniture, clothing, storage spaces, offices, andretail fixtures. This was deemed necessary to adequately plan for the space usage in the newdesign. This information was gathered by the student researchers by conducting a detailedinventory of the existing FIT Closet facility. Once the inventory was completed, the studentsrequested to gather additional information from current volunteers and shoppers. To this point,the information gathered was focused on how the current facility operated. The students wantedto learn from those individuals who regularly use the FIT Closet how it could function better.Volunteers and shoppers were asked to provide feedback regarding their experiences
data for the studywas collected. The data collected was during a software testing class, CEN4072 Fundamentals ofSoftware Testing, where the students used SEP-CyLE to complete extra credit assignments.3.1 Course ContextThe CEN4072 Fundamentals of Software Testing course may be taken by students in their ju-nior or senior years during their undergraduate degree program. Based on the course catalogdescription, the CEN4072 course covers test plan creation, test case generation, program inspec-tions, specification-based and implementation-based testing, and testing tools. The course gradeis based on three exams (two midterms, 25% each, and a final, 20%), a group project (25%), andattendance at class (5%). Students may also receive extra credit
, Electrical Power, Communication Technology, Electronics, and Computer ArchitecturePromoting Engineering Design PracticesA literature review of middle school engineering education from 2012 to 2022 found that 75% ofthe literature focused on promoting engineering practices. Among these, 95% emphasized designpractices such as problem framing, ideation, and prototyping [7]. These practices are commonlydeveloped through the design, building, and testing of physical models with instructionstructured around the engineering design process (EDP) [8]. For example, students design andbuild a soda can crusher [9] or prosthetic arm [10] through a sequence of steps, which generallyinvolve problem framing, gathering information, planning or
earnatokenforeachofthefollowingactivities,which theyinturn“paid”fortheirreassessment.Ascanbeseenfromthefollowinglist,someactivities are easier than others, requiring the students to plan accordingly. ● ompleteGetting Startedassignment. (one token) C ● CompleteIntroductionsassignment. (one token) ● CompleteAcademic Biographyassignment. (one token) ● Solveaproblemsimilartotherequestedassessment.Submitthepapersolutionshowing all steps. (maximum three tokens) CreateaMultisimsimulationofaproblemsimilartotherequestedreassessment.Submit ● the Multisim file along with a pdf
this gap througha dual approach: weekly lectures tailored to MET students, focusing on accessible tools andpractical applications, and senior projects specifically designed to apply AI/ML concepts to solveengineering problems. A comprehensive assessment plan, incorporating pre- and post-courseidentical quizzes, topic-specific quizzes, self-evaluations and reflections, demonstrated significantlearning gains. The successful completion of these AI-focused senior projects highlights theeffectiveness of this approach in equipping students with essential AI/ML skills. This innovativestrategy not only addresses the curriculum gap but also offers a scalable model for integratingemerging technologies into undergraduate engineering
endeavors [1], [2]. Educators have been finding ways of integrating EMLinto their courses such as online discussions [3] and e-modules [4] that do not require class time.The new assignments were created to encourage students to become more curious about thebroader world and hopefully retain knowledge for future courses, and they were all completedoutside of class [5].This research is the first part of a planned longitudinal study to determine the effects of thiscourse modification. Surveys and reflective statements are often used by researchers tounderstand student learning. Analysis of reflective narratives is discussed in Badenhorst, et al.[6] and Ilin [7]. For the first part of this research students were tasked with reflecting on theirown
Vehicle Technology Systems.Dr. Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through research and external evaluation, and as publication support. Most of his work is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions and he publishes regarding findings on a regular basis.Jorge Federico Gabitto, Prairie View A&M University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Initial Results of Chemical and Electrical & Computer Engineering Mixed Reality Lab Modules – Work in ProgressAbstractThis Work in Progress
to contributemeaningfully to a dynamic and interconnected world [10].Closely related, futures studies as an academic field moves beyond conventional planning toolslike forecasting and risk assessment. It embraces uncertainty and explores multiple plausiblefutures to spark imagination and address complex challenges [13, 14]. As James Dator famouslystated, “The future cannot be predicted because the future does not exist” [15].In engineering education, the use of futures literacy has primarily focused on planning and riskmanagement. While these approaches are valuable, they tend to constrain the broader,exploratory potential of futures thinking. Relying on past data and predictive accuracy canoverlook transformative shifts and obscure less
projects, by providing alternate viewpoints and that will increaseteam’s performance.5- As a new freshman Student, by asking many primitive questions from the instructor. As theresult instructor will be more prepared for the harder questions from other students.6- As a Simulator in which students can practice their project presentations.7- As a Flashcard for practicing and preparing for exam.8- For collecting Feedback regarding lectures or course.9- As a Student Advisor, by providing teaching plan, submitting course incomplete applicationform, registration, course progress, pre-requisite requirement, etc.Creating these nine options requires several best practices to ensure that they are effective,ethical, and user friendly. You can also use
of forced displacement. The pilot courses were co-developedby experts in the fields of engineering, pedagogy, demography, migration, forced displacement, andhuman rights and have thus far been offered in engineering departments at four universities across thecountry [35], [36].IV. Symposium “Issues at the Intersection of Engineering and Human Rights”PlanningThis collaboration between NAE’s CESER Program and the CHR stemmed from a shared interest inexploring the intersection of engineering and human rights, was supported by a gift from an electedmember of the NAE and was guided by a planning committee.A total of 26 panelists participated, primarily representing academia, alongside speakers from privateindustry, NGOs, and nonprofits. Their
. Introducing a faculty and alumnimentorship program would allow current scholars to benefit from the expertise and experiencesof both. We also aim to expand our industrial visits beyond the state, reaching industriesnationwide and globally. To enhance the program, we plan to provide funding for students toattend conferences and create opportunities for them to participate in hackathons.The BEST program is a small attempt to bridge the gaps faced by underrepresented students inan academic environment. There is greater work that needs to be done to eliminate or close thesegaps that are brought about by systemic negligence of this population for years together. Throughthis program we want to give students equal access to learning opportunities and