confident intheir ability to do well in their major.IntroductionThis paper describes the Engineering Freshmen Intensive Transition (E-FIT) program, which is aweek-long summer boot camp designed based on best practices for retaining students [1] and theBiology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) program at Louisiana State University (LSU)[2]. Studies have shown that difficulty adjusting to college life for new students can lead to lowgrades and issues with persistence in completing a degree. [3], [4]. Stress can also negativelyaffect first-year students and in some cases lead to students dropping out of college [5], [6].Furthermore, studies show that students who are academically unprepared for the rigors ofuniversity courses leave school
of I-CELER implementation and research (Year 3- 5), we willhave evidence of transformative impact of this project at student, faculty, and department levels.2.3. Cultivating and Sustaining Departmental Transformation In the intervention and research design, we adopt Jamieson and Lohmann’s [3] research topractice cycle. This project provides the potential for departmental and institutionaltransformation, specifically because (i) numerous key stakeholders of departmental andinstitutional changes are key project personnel, (ii) these stakeholders will have an explicit andintegral project role, and (iii) each will have opportunities to share best practices, perspectives,and insights. As Jamieson and Lohmann indicated, “[I]nnovation depends
relation to environments, technologies, and human lives.Dr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she seeks to innovatively integrate social justice, humani- tarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering canon. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS, and PhD), founder of The Design & Entrepreneurship Network (DEN), and Division I rower. In her spare time, Bre teaches design thinking workshops for higher education faculty
professional conferences and workshops. She has received several prestigious research and education awards including the award for Best Paper in the IEEE Signal Pro- cessing Magazine 2007 as coauthor of a paper entitled ”Particle Filtering,” the IEEE Outstanding Young Engineer Award (2009), for development and application of computational methods for sequential signal processing, the IEEE Athanasios Papoulis Award (2011), for innovative educational outreach that has in- spired high school students and college level women to study engineering, the Stony Brook University Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) Latino Faculty Recognition Award (2009), and the Chair of Excellence by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid-Banco de Santander
Paper ID #21919The Redshirt in Engineering Consortium: Progress and Early InsightsProf. Eve A. Riskin P.E., University of Washington Eve Riskin received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and her graduate degrees in EE from Stanford. Since 1990, she has been in the EE Department at the University of Washington where she is now Associate Dean of Diversity and Access in the College of Engineering, Professor of Electri- cal Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in SEM. Her research in
University for their assistance in recording and editing thepresentations and Murphy Brown, LLC whose funding provided the background for economicand environmental assessment research used in the module.References[1] "Best practices in online teaching strategies," Hanover Research Council, 2009.[2] “Gamification”, in: Merriam-Webster, [online], (n.d.). Available: http://Merriam-Webster.com [Accessed Jan 1, 2018].[3] Brian Burke, "Gartner Redefines Gamification," 2014, [online]. Available:https://blogs.gartner.com/brian_burke/2014/04/04/gartner-redefines-gamification/[4] A. Del Blanco, J. Torrente, P. Moreno-Ger, B. Fernández-Manjón, "Integrating adaptivegames in student-centered virtual learning environments," International Journal of
. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia 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 10 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 of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Gary R. Kirk, Virginia Tech School of Public &
courses have collaborated for years onthese courses. However, starting two years ago, co-author Totaro began co-teaching bothcourses. This effort has led to greater continuity between the courses and a more seamlessapproach with objectives that cross courses, including an emphasis on career development,communication skill development, and design experiences. Specific examples include: A focus on visual communication which starts in BE 1251 (CAD drawing) and continues in BE 1252 (CAD drawing of playground design concepts). CAD formatting and best practices in drawing presented in 1251 are required/carried through in 1252. The same human-centered engineering design method (Lima and Oakes, 2014) presented across
devices for lowering body core temperature in patients with major organ ischemia as caused by cardiac arrest, stroke, or traumatic brain injury, and creation of a thermal microenvironment for beds to improve the ability to sleep well. He has published more than 280 refereed papers and book chapters and written or edited seventeen books. His research has led to about three dozen patents and the formation of two medical device companies. He has been faculty advisor to the UT student organization Christian Students on Campus for more than 40 years while mentoring thousands of students therein. His teaching has been focused on courses in Biotransport and BME Senior Design, plus a university-wide course for incoming
Paper ID #23065Modernizing Capstone Project: External and Internal ApproachesProf. Karen H. Jin, University of New Hampshire Karen H. Jin has been an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in Computing Technology program at UNH Manchester since Spring 2016. She previously taught as a lecturer for over ten years in University of Windsor and Dalhousie University. Her interest in computer science education research focuses on devel- oping new empirically supported theories and practices in teaching programming, software engineering and project-based learning with industrial relevance. She received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in
,Engineering Disasters, and Technology, Society, and Values). The Civil Engineering departmentat Oregon Tech has a strong laboratory component in its curriculum with a majority ofprogrammatic courses including a laboratory. Given the motivations of these two departmentsand mutual interest of the project faculty in bridges, and Conde B. McCullough (Figure 1) inparticular, the faculty identified the potential for a field course to tour important Oregon bridges.Emphasizing those constructed to complete the Oregon coast highway, the course brings thehistory of these bridges together with their design and construction details. Changes in bridgedesign practice were discussed as an analog to the development of civil engineering moregenerally. Figure
-track searches. Most of the participants would be at aserious disadvantage when competing against post-doctoral students who had performed research inuniversity labs. Most practicing engineers do not write research papers as part of their work, they developproducts and processes and any research they do is often proprietary and therefore not published.If the composition and criteria of the search committee are not carefully designed, the department will missthe remarkable diversity available and could instead recruit candidates that would be better suited for atenure-track career. This diversity will certainly be missed if the department uses non-tenure-trackappointments as a “holding pattern” while the institution waits for a tenure-track
Knowledge,” Handb. Sci. Technol. Stud., p. 377, 2008.[20] R. Duschinsky, “Tabula Rasa and Human Nature,” Philosophy, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 509– 529, 2012.[21] S. M. Wilson and P. L. Peterson, “Theories of Learning and Teaching: What Do They Mean for Educators? Working Paper.,” Natl. Educ. Assoc. Res. Dep., 2006.[22] M. G. Jones and L. Brader-Araje, “The impact of constructivism on education: Language, discourse, and meaning,” Am. Commun. J., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1–10, 2002.[23] E. Wenger, Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.[24] C. D. Wylie, “‘I just love research’: Beliefs about what makes researchers successful,” Soc. Epistemol., 2018.[25] A. L
Bank of Chicago [now J.P. Morgan Chase], where he founded and managed the bank’s market leading professional Cash Management Consulting Group, initiated the bank’s non-credit service product man- agement organization and profit center profitability programs and was instrumental in the breakthrough EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors. Dr. Ferguson is a graduate of Notre Dame, Stanford and Purdue Universities, a special edition editor of the Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship and a member of Tau Beta Pi.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
does not have designated meeting times. The courseis delivered in a variety of formats including online videos, professional events/presentations, in-person workshops, and an organized, guided mentors program. Students earn 0.5 credit persemester for a mandatory total of three credits earned for the first three years of the CareerCompass program.The overall goals of Career Compass are to provide professional guidance and to develop a senseof personal awareness within each student such that he/she proactively searches for and finds apost-graduation career path best suited to his/her professional interests and personal aspirations.Development of the Career Compass ProgramCurrently, many technical institutions and colleges of engineering offer a
process to ensure an appropriate high-quality program. • Support for professional development. • Modern and appropriate tools and equipment to support the program of study. • Appropriate institutional support to deliver the program of study. • Recruiting faculty who value accreditation because they themselves graduated from an ac- credited program. • A commitment to best practice. • Utilization of data to know how well the program is preparing students through attainment of the student outcomes. • Focus on “student outcomes” rather than “teaching points.” • Engaging stakeholders in the accreditation and continuous improvement processes.Employers hiring graduates of an accredited program see value in the following ways
Paper ID #22860Assessing the Active Learning in Engineering Education Based on BOPPPSModelProf. Fu zhongli, National University of Defense Technology Zhongli-FU, is Associate Professor of Center for National Security and Strategic Studies(CNSSS)at Na- tional University of Defense Technology (NUDT),China. His research focuses on engineering education, including adult education and distance learning practice. He has conducted research on engineering ed- ucation as a visiting scholar in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2013. He is the member of the International Association for Continuing Engineering
currently interested in engineer- ing design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophical underpinnings of engineering education.Dr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. he is author of Engineering Education. research and development in Curriculum and Instruction.Dr. Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin Charles Larkin is an adjunct lecturer and research fellow at Trinity College Dublin. He also lectures in Global Political Economy for the Global
profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education.Dr. Tia Navelene Barnes, University of Delaware Dr. Tia Barnes is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy. She is a mixed-methods researcher with a focus on the use of culturally responsive practices in creating positive classroom and school climates across grade levels. She has published work in several journals authored a number of research articles in journals including Aggression and Violent Behavior, Journal of School Violence, Journal of Classroom Interactions
: from graduate students overcoming true or perceiveddeficiencies in the CS foundations, to undergraduates transferring from local community colleges, many of whom stillstruggle with formulating a mathematical proof of any kind. This mix of students provides unique challenges, but alsoopportunities -- for example, to revisit teaching methodologies for the "mathematical side of computer science"curricula, how to best relate theory to practice (esp. in terms of technologies and applications these diverse studentscan most readily relate to), and how to best get students of broadly varying backgrounds actively engage in classdiscussions.Keywords:Teaching Undergraduate Computer Science, Theoretical Computer Science, Computer Science Curricula
. During this time, Christina discovered a love for research, prompting her to pursue a Ph.D. She is a recipient of both a Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship and a Texas New Scholar’s Fellowship. She is a member of the National Science Teachers As- sociation, and currently serves as the STEM Education representative to the Graduate Student Assembly at UT.Dr. Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas, AustinDr. Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin Dr. Richard H. Crawford is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME
Classroom,and, the focus of this research, Game-Based Learning (GBL). GBL has been defined many ways in the literature, but for this study, it will refer to anyapproach that uses a game (digital or hard copy) developed to produce specific educational learningoutcomes. This is slightly different from the term “Serious Games” which generally only refers todigital games where entertainment is not the primary objective [2]. The interest of academics in GBL stems from the fact that youth are playing an increasingnumber of games, with 97% playing at least one hour per day [3]. Games are also designed toprovide continual entertainment resulting in an engaging learning environment [4]. Additionally,the immersive experience provided by gameplay
Paper ID #23808The Effectiveness of a Multi-year Engineering EnrichmentDr. Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology LINDA S. HIRSCH is the Assistant Director for Research, Evaluation and Program Operations for the Center for Pre-College programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Hirsch has a degree in educa- tional psychology with a specialty in Educational Statistics and Measurement from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for over 20 years. Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience conducting longitudinal research
specialists had 89,500jobs in 2016, with 10-year job outlook of 11% growth; this is better than EnvE at 53,800 jobsand 8% growth rate [33, 34]. However, there are many more degree programs and graduates inEnvSci, increasing competition for those jobs. As well, EnvE graduates can often take EnvScijobs, should they choose to do so.Thus, previous research points to a variety of factors that impact students decisions about whichcollege majors they choose to enroll in, and factors that may impact their persistence. However,it is unclear the extent to which these factors are important to the pathways of students withinitially strong interests in both environmental issues and engineering. In particular, there is alack of strong information about persistence
designs might cause harm, even when wellintentioned. And because most programs provide few opportunities for students to frame—andreframe—engineering problems from different points of view, students tend to frame engineeringproblems from only one, often dominant point of view. We argue the writing process can hold akey role in developing framing practice, as it can be threaded into core coursework to supporttechnical understanding that is contextual and open to critique.In this paper, we detail our approach to and student outcomes from a comprehensive andcollaborative writing intervention. Our approach supports students to develop as critical thinkersand writers in tandem with technical understanding. Our approach builds on past research
9[4] American Society for Engineering Education. Creating a Culture for Scholarly andSystematic Innovation in Engineering Education. (2009). See http://www.asee.org/about-us/the-organization/advisory-committees/CCSSIE/CCSSIEE_Phase1Report_June2009.pdf[5] George Kuh, (2008) “High-Impact Educational Practices – what they are, who has access tothem, and why they matter.” Seehttp://www.neasc.org/downloads/aacu_high_impact_2008_final.pdf[6] David L. Kirp, (2014). “How to Help College Students Graduate,” The New York Times-Opinion Pages. See. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/how-to-help-college-studentsgraduate.html?action=click&contentCollection=Arts&module=MostEmailed&version=Full®i[7] Henry M. Levin and Emma Garcia
interdisciplinary experience of the authors and avoid creating silos within differentsections of the course.Future WorkWe argue that CSPs are a promising area for enhancing engineering education and we lookforward to investigating these methods. Future work will focus on identifying appropriateexamples for teaching energy concepts through CSP, developing and offering the course, andmeasuring the impact of CSP on student learning. One of our major challenges will bedetermining how the examples identified in this research can best be integrated to achieve ourdesired learning outcomes. We anticipate that we will need to overcome our own biases aboutwhat counts as engineering and that by working as a group we can collectively broaden our owndefinitions of
, and has been published in 2015 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education along with his research team. Eddington has also served as a series editor, contributed to trade publications, and facilitated workshops all related to higher education administrators’ work experiences.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for
., Miller, J., Nichols-Belo, A., Ruff, S., & Parkhurst, R. (2006). The globally competent engineer: Working effectively with people who define problems differently. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(2): 107-122.[22] Parkinson, A. (2007). Engineering study abroad programs: Formats, challenges, best practices. Online Journal of Global Engineering Education, 2(2).[23] Johri, A., & Jesiek, B. K. (2014). Global and international issues in engineering education. In A. Johri & B. M. Olds (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (pp. 655-672). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.[24] Grandin, J., & Hedderich, N. (2009). Intercultural competence in engineering: Global competence for
, Sally found the experience more successful. In this project, the labor wasdivided based on skill and ability: one teammate knew how to weld and so could build the devicethey were designing, so the other two (including Sally) conducted research. Sally ended up doingthe majority of the writing as her contribution, and thus the final product was much morecohesive. She also explained that their project received a high grade because of the quality of themachine they built rather than the quality of the report; for that project, she felt that “the writingdefinitely wasn’t emphasized,” and the effect of writing on the overall grade was unclear.Both women were asked to rate their writing skills in connection with their own assessment aswell as a