practice the professionalskills they require for their careers and introducing global perspectives is a recognized method to helpstudents understand these skills in other contexts/cultures. Through comparing local and internationaldesign projects in classrooms, alongside international experiences through design based study abroadprograms and extra-curricular projects we aim to seek to understand the level and role of internationalexperiences in engineering student’s global competence. This paper will outline the current research andliterature in this area and propose a methodology to compare global competencies of students across fourdifferent learning models; a US based, non-development project on campus as part of their curriculum
., graduate teaching assistants, mixedundergraduate/graduate courses, research seminars and presentations, undergraduate researchopportunities in a graduate laboratory). Unfortunately, not all colleges have a graduate programthat provides these same opportunities. As a prime example, Wentworth Institute of Technologyis an undergraduate-centric college, without a day-time graduate program or on-campus graduatestudents. This likely puts the undergraduate students at a disadvantage, as they are not exposed toa graduate community; as well as decreasing the overall interest in graduate school, as studentseither don’t know it is an option, or don’t understand what they will be doing in graduate schooland why and when it matters for career success.A team of
describe teaching modules developed at Wayne State Universityintegrate collaborative robots into existing industrial automation curricula. This is in alignmentwith Oakland Community College and WSU’s desire to create the first industry-relevant learningprogram for the use of emerging collaborative robotics technology in advanced manufacturingsystems. The various learning program components will prepare a career-ready workforce, trainindustry professionals, and educate academicians on new technologies. Preparing futureengineers to work in highly automated production, requires proper education and training inCoBot theory and applications. Engineering and Engineering Technology at Wayne StateUniversity offer different robotics and mechatronics
perceptions of the peer review process.The study was implemented over two semesters with iterative revisions in instruction madebetween semesters based on initial findings. Results suggest that peer review can increasestudent performance, as long as reflections are used to prompt student revision, regardless of theclass delivery method or assignment type.IntroductionEarly in their careers, engineers spend 20-40% of their time writing; as they move to middlemanagement, the writing requirements increase to 50-70% of their day; finally, engineers insenior management spend 70-95% of their days writing [1]. Despite job requirements for writingthat cut across professions [2], in most disciplines writing is rarely emphasized outside of Englishcomposition
University of Denver Jeremy C. Schwartz West Virginia UniversityThis research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF): AwardNumber 1432601. The thoughts and opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those ofNSF. Inclusive Engineering Identities: Two New Surveys to Assess Engineering Students’ Inclusive Values and BehaviorsThe under-representation of women and people of color in engineering careers is not fullyexplained by their lower representation in engineering degree programs. There is also attritionfrom the profession after engineering degrees are earned. Currently, 20% of engineering degreesare awarded to women, and
UGA. She is engaged in mentoring early career faculty at her univer- sity and within the PEER National Collaborative. In 2013 she was selected to be a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Faculty Member.Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Interim Dean of Cross-Cutting Programs and Emerging Opportunities and Pro- fessor of English, at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include technical commu- nication, assessment, accreditation, and the development of change management strategies for faculty and staff. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, International Journal of En- gineering Education
National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers.Dr. Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University Dr. Lin is a Professor and Program Director of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. He received his PhD of Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1989, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Dr. Lin has expertise in automation control, machine design, CAD/CAM, CNC, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and robotics
in different context and at different levels. As aresult some of the acquired knowledge may be forgotten by the time student graduates or it maynot be placed in the context of the overall program outcomes, thus material presented may notseem to have relevance to student’s career. An effective method to address this issue is arequired capstone course that combines a number of different disciplines into a singlecomprehensive experience. In addition to required capstone experience, authors havecollaborated in development of an elective course on modeling and simulation of mechatronicsystems. The course introduces modern computer tools and techniques which integrates numberof different areas including statics, strength of materials, dynamics
Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Alexandra received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include engineering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, approaches for supporting education research-to-practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Iterating on Students’ Perceptions of Iteration in the Design Process: An Exploratory StudyAbstractExplorations of experienced designers demonstrate how these designers employ
type of role and a staff person.” Another team’s member reported that theproject management role was important but conflicted with other professional expectations: Because of how we’re spread out across the college, there wasn’t any admin we could go to, so a lot of that fell on my shoulders. While some of that was to be expected, it has been detrimental to my own research and my career, which is what being a [researcher] is supposed to be about...I caution everyone from tying up a [researcher] with too much project management.These large scale projects, with hundreds of moving parts, require significant projectmanagement. It is likely that all PIs/co-PIs have existing responsibilities; finding the
American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Highlighting and Examining the Importance of Authentic Industry Examples in a Workforce Development Certificate ProgramAbstractThe importance of authenticity has been examined in various aspects of education; this isespecially true in the area of engineering education where most graduates will matriculate toindustry. However, the importance of applied and authentic examples could be even more criticalin workforce development programs. In these cases, students are often enrolled with a goal ofusing their acquired knowledge to advance their career or move into a new role. Purelytheoretical or stylized examples would not be aligned with the educational goals of thesestudents.As part of a National
Paper ID #18951Traditional versus Hardware-driven Introductory Programming Courses: aComparison of Student Identity, Efficacy and SuccessProf. Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park Prof. Lawson has earned five degrees from the University of Maryland, including a Ph,D, in Electrical Engineering in 1985. In his professional career at College Park, where he has been a full professor since 1997, he has worked on high-power microwave devices, medical devices, and engineering education. He is an author or coauthor on 5 books and over 70 refereed journal articles and 200 conference presentations and
behavioral engagement (demonstration of interest), emotional engagement (positive reactions), and cognitive engagement (student investment in learning). Example: “I enjoy my STEM coursework.”44 2. Institutional Commitment – Previous research has indicated that institutional commitment is a strong indicator of student persistence. Example: “I am committed to completing my program of study at this institution.”45,46 3. STEM Identity and Belonging – A sense of belonging and identifying with STEM contributes to student pursuit of STEM careers. Example: “I can see myself in a STEM career.” 47 4. Encouragement – Studies attempting to get at influences that lead students to major in STEM have elucidated
Paper ID #18434Developing a National Research Agenda: A Data Collection and CommunityEngagement ModelDr. Julie P Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson Univer- sity. Her research agenda has focused on diversity and inclusion in engineering education. In particular, her NSF-funded CAREER work has investigated how social relations—operationalized as social capi- tal—influence student academic decisions and success, especially for underrepresented and underserved students. Her CAREER research supports the need for continued proactive
participantswere not actively recruited but rather were selected from those students who had alreadymatriculated. Two first-year students were chosen, along with one sophomore and one junior toprovide the opportunity for peer mentoring within the cohort. For the 2013-14 school year, eightnew first-year students and one existing sophomore were selected for participation. The final groupof six first-year students started in 2014-15. Because of attrition, three existing RWU studentswere added in 2015-16 and one more at the start of 2016-17. The numbers are summarized in Table1. In total, the STILAS program has funded 23 different students, including 9 for their entirecollege career. Table 1: Number of STILAS Participants, by Year and
% stated a preference for solving problems in class versus listening to lecture.The students overall tended to view the flipped classroom as demanding, with 71% reportingincreased effort, 80% reporting increased responsibility expected, and about half (i.e., 48%)saying they did not know how to begin solving the in-class problems. In terms of greaterlearning or career gains, approximately 30-40% reported increased value with the flippedclassroom across multiple survey questions, whereas 55% reported the discussion board wasvaluable for learning. Based on the open-ended questions, the most frequently-stated benefits offlipped instruction were 1) enhanced learning or learning processes (41% of all respondents); 2)preparation, engagement, and
in the Computer Network Systems and Security degree. Mark holds a Master’s in Career and Technical Education (Highest Distinction) from Ferris State University, and a Bachelor’s in Workforce Education and Development (Summa Cum Laude) from Southern Illinois University. Mark is a retired Chief Electronics Technician (Submarines) and served and taught as part of the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. Mark is active with SkillsUSA and has been on the National Education Team for Mechatronics since 2004.Prof. Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological
from utilitarian goals supporting career development and professionalism to moreholistic goals of citizenship and broad liberal education. Appropriate definitions andmeasures of “success” for such efforts vary, and faculty members involved in theseefforts have concerns that narrow understanding of these efforts can marginalize theseinterdisciplinary and integrative experiences. The goal of this work is to support ongoingconversations in higher education about integrative and interdisciplinary education effortsby providing a shared language and classification system for understanding these efforts.This paper presents a classification system for integrative engineering education effortsand applies it to examples from our own institutions. This
survey. Response options were oneof the following: Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), or Strongly Disagree (SD).The portion of the survey related to the Rube Goldberg projects and the compiled responses aregiven in Table 2, with the original question numbers preserved and questions grouped accordingto subject. Survey items were typically phrased with assent indicating a positive outcome. It canbe seen that students generally had positive perceptions of the project sequence. Items 4 and 6deal with students’ overall perception of the process and the broad likelihood of a positiveimpact of these activities on their future careers. These items show that the majority of studentshad a positive view of the process. Indeed, only one student
great potential to lower the cost of evaluation and training. First, the automaticgrading feature can provide immediate feedback to the student, and the instructor can moreeasily manage multiple exercises to a wide range of students to make the training process moreefficient. A more efficient evaluation process enables the early assessment of visuospatial skills,which facilitate the identification of students with potentially inadequate visuospatial skills(Yoon, 2008). Early intervention can then be introduced to train their visuospatial skills, suchthat they will not become a barrier for them to pursue their career in engineering. Moreover,early assessments can provide information to better customize the course flowcharts for students.For
Institute, John Moriarty of Purdue University,Madeline Gibson of the Michigan College of Mining & Technology, Ira Tumbleson of theNewark College of Engineering, and Johanna Tallman of UCLA continued to serve on the ESLCand occasionally attend ASEE conferences. However, the engineering librarian cohort in ASEEwas clearly getting older. Of the nine librarians who served as ESCL chair from 1942 through1960, all but one earned their library degrees and started their professional careers prior to 1939.Fortunately, a new generation of engineering librarians began joining ASEE in the late 1950sand early 1960s. Among these were several leaders who would over the course of the decaderevitalize and strengthen the engineering librarian community within
afour-year period for a cohort of ten students who began in engineering in 2013. Several of themost effective and traditional of the interventions identified most in the literature can becategorized into three areas: financial support, academic enhancement and strong learningcommunities [2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Examples include full or partial scholarship support andstipends, summer bridging programs, tutoring, mentoring, cohort building, special living housingoptions. The strongest programs were long term, with retention programming throughout,varying with maturity level of the students over the academic career. In addition to traditionalinterventions applied to underrepresented students, other interventions were examined that werenot typically
countries develop sustainably is not just a challenge for them, but a challenge for the world and for mechanical engineering as a profession.”14 ii. “The public” as “lacking information” about engineering and what engineers do, came primarily from Profession-wide Position Statements. Examples include, “By 2020, we aspire to a public that will understand and appreciate the profound impact of the influence of the engineering profession on sociocultural systems, the full spectrum of career opportunities accessible through an engineering education, and the value of an engineering education to engineers working successfully in nonengineering jobs;”12 and “Despite these efforts, the impact of engineering on our daily lives
objectives, defining purposes, deciding what is interesting, … determiningwhat to study [and] recognizing limitations of resources, expertise, materials, and access toindividuals’ time”15.Due to its concern with setting objectives, finding research questions, and allocating resources,this type of problem-solving is broader and more open-ended than even the activities likely to berequired of early-career engineers. It is more typical of the challenges faced by senior engineers,engineering management, and engineering researchers. It is also highly typical of problem-solving as encountered in the arts where the realm of purpose and the challenge of limitedresources figure at least as centrally as they do in engineering.Hence, arts problem-solving, with
educational resources that provide detailed information about best practices or facultymentors with in-depth expertise on these topics [4]. Further, because students frequently engage in designactivities outside of the classroom and at different points in their academic careers, novice design practitionerswould benefit from on-demand access to training materials and hands-on learning opportunities coupled withreal-time feedback regarding performance to practice these challenging skills.We have designed, implemented, and researched a learning block model that combines an online learningplatform with face-to-face practice and real-time evaluation. Each learning block consists of five distinctcomponents. First, students complete a ‘Prior Knowledge
expe- rience. I plan to continue on a path of lifelong learning as I hope to obtain a graduate-level education in the future. My engineering identity and career are underpinned by a hunger for knowledge and a desire to serve.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sustainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stan- ford University with an emphasis on
into other ventures (POED 5c) (carry-forward) Figure 4: Table outlining the changing questions asked in the ‘Current Status’ section of the MII surveys. In each question, linked to a particular POED, we assess student confidence in the utility of that POED in the short-term. In the second section of the survey, we ask students to rate agreement as it applies tothem individually, of ten statements tied to particular knowledge of design using the same five-point Likert scale as the first section. As in the first section of the survey, a preamble promptsthe students completing this section to consider how their knowledge may be applied in the long-term (capstone, their careers, etcetera). Unlike in the first section, however
Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections
these difficulties and survive in this maelstrom of indecisiveness anduncertainty? What is the role of the institution in assisting young faculty inovercoming the initial hurdles at the start of their journey?The paper addresses issues and concerns that beset the majority of young engineeringfaculty in the Arab Gulf Region at the start of their academic career, and argues thatthe introduction, early on, of “well thought out” professional development strategiesof engineering educators would raise their self-confidence as teachers and help inequipping them with the tools they need in disseminating knowledge in theclassroom. This does not mean that learning and teaching does not go on in Region’scolleges of engineering; I think that a great deal
reforms that help to realize the democratic possibilities of engineering.The language of peace in these reform proposals prioritizes engineers’ social responsibilities tothe safety, health, and welfare of humans and the Earth over that of war and corporate profit.21 22This approach includes everything from practical advice on career paths and how to declineworking on ethically dubious projects, to more structural critiques of engineering firms’relationships to state violence. One of the most influential efforts to scale the language of peaceinto engineering education and profession is George Catalano’s 2004 proposition to modify theABET Criterion 3, which deals primarily with student learning outcomes such as “ability todesign and conduct