Engineering CoursesAbstract Traditional chemical engineering curriculum focus on the math, science and engineeringfundamentals culminating in a senior year process design course. These courses are excellentpreparation for most chemical engineering jobs, but they typically omit very practical skills suchas curiosity, connections and creating value. The lack of these fundamentals of the entrepreneurialmindset puts chemical engineers at a disadvantage in today’s workplace. The faculty at VillanovaUniversity have made the effort to focus on EML (entrepreneurial minded learning) by creatingmodules that can be implemented in already existing courses. These modules all vary in time,scale, and application, but have the same goal: to introduce chemical
toooften face in U.S. classrooms. It posits that Laura engaged in activities that have similarities toengineering habits of mind and dispositions, yet her knowledge can potentially beunacknowledged or honored in engineering classrooms. At the core of this problem is the lack ofvalidation of the material realities of the adolescent. Often, the narratives of people of color areomitted from the engineering curriculum; thus, continuously reproducing social inequalities andacademic hierarchies. In engineering, particularly, the material realities of students of color–which are perceived as non-sophisticated epistemologies–are replaced by dominant discourses.The embodied knowledge, practices and forms of expression of Latinx youth have a place in
comments as the interview begins. She does not speak about her careerawareness easily, but does indicate that she might like being an engineer: “Because I like building stuff. I like building stuff…like when I got a crank car at Christmas”When she is asked if there is any reason she might have thought she couldn’t be a scientist,engineer, or mathematician, she agrees that this might have been at a time when she thought thatshe might not be able to pursue a science career, but she reports that it wasn’t the camp that changedher mind. It was herself. “Well, when I wasn't very good at math, but the camp did not change my mind. That was like pretty much the only reason I went to the camp because it was – because it was Science
“effective method of inquiry” [2]. With this in mind, science education is moving toward givingstudents an experiential learning opportunity rather than just relying on memorization fromtextbooks. Although theoretically beneficial, the NGSS represent a conceptual shift from scienceinstruction to interdisciplinary knowledge, particularly that of engineering. The NationalResearch Council [3] reports that, “[f]or science teachers to embrace their role as teachers ofscience communication and of practices of acquiring, evaluating, and integrating informationfrom multiple sources and multiple forms of presentation, their preparation as teachers will needto be strong in these areas” [4]. Unfortunately, these standards did not provide
Paper ID #23942Promoting the STEM Pipeline and Enhancing STEM Career Awareness ThroughParticipation in Authentic Research Activities (RTP, Diversity)Dr. Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University Bugrahan Yalvac is an associate professor of science and engineering education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his Ph.D. in science education at the Pennsylvania State University in 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a learning scientist for the VaNTH Engineering Research Center at Northwestern University for three years. Yalvac’s
Paper ID #22319Social Network Analysis: Peer Support and Peer Management in Multidisci-plinary, Vertically Integrated TeamsJ. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Director, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program, Georgia Institute of Technology; Doc- toral student in Education at Georgia State University, with a concentration in Research, Measurement and Statistics; Master of Education in Education Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.Dr. Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute
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
design skills and concepts[2]. It not only helps them tomake connections between the classroom and the real world, but instructs them in vital skillssuch as problem solving, critical thinking, communication, and team building[3], [4]. Theseengineering “habits of mind” become part of a student’s mental toolkit, teaching them skillsnecessary to solve problems and derive meaning from their world[5]. These tools are beneficialto them regardless of chosen professions, and teaches them to function intelligently andthoughtfully in a modern technological society[4].In addition to becoming technologically literate and educated in the engineering habits of mind,youth must also see engineering as a viable career option. There is a growing body of
Paper ID #21522Encouraging a Growth Mindset in Engineering StudentsDr. Megan Frary, Boise State University Dr. Megan Frary is an Associate Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University. She is also a Faculty Associate for the Center for Teaching and Learning where she coordinates the Graduate Certificate in College Teaching. In the past four years, Dr. Frary has implemented a fully flipped classroom in two of her undergraduate Materials Science and Engineering courses, allowing students to be more actively engaged with course materials during her class sessions. Her recent
Paper ID #21409Integration of Global Competencies in the Engineering CurriculumMr. Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati Eugene Rutz is Academic Director in the College of Engineering & Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati. Responsibilities include oversight of eLearning initiatives, working with high schools on engineering coursework, and academic oversight of the Master of Engineering program. Eugene serves as co-PI on an NSF sponsored Math and Science partnership grant and PI on other grants that examine the intersection of instructional technology and learning. Eugene also teaches professional skills
Paper ID #22168Work-in-Progress: Engineering Identity across the Mechanical EngineeringMajorDr. Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University Kathleen Cook, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Seattle University. Dr. Cook received her doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Washington, with a minor in quantitative methods and emphases in cognitive and educational psychology. Her research has included classroom learning, person perception, health perceptions, and jury decision making.Dr. Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University Yen-Lin Han is an Assistant Professor in the department
standards were based, includes obtaining, evaluating, andcommunicating information as one of the eight science and engineering practices [3]. Anothercomprehensive report relating to pre-college engineering education, Engineering in K-12Education, lists communication of one of the six key engineering “habits of mind” [4]. Authors[5] also support communication as an important facet of pre-college engineering education. Ofthe nine indicators in the Framework for Quality K-12 Engineering Education, communicationrelated to engineering was found to be one of the five indicators essential to adequate quality ofan engineering education curriculum, partially because it is needed to help students develop theirunderstanding of engineering. Communication in
Paper ID #23669Implementing the Wright State Model First-Year Engineering MathematicsCourse in a Startup School of EngineeringDr. Lynn A Albers, Campbell University Dr. Lynn Albers is an Assistant Professor in the newly formed School of Engineering at Campbell Uni- versity. A proponent of Hands-On Activities in the classroom and during out-of-school time programs, she believes that they complement any teaching style thereby reaching all learning styles. She earned her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University specializing in thermal sci- ences where her dissertation research spanned three
student uses an understanding of constantsupplied power to the heater system to assume constant energy transfer into the process fluid.The student reasons through the physical system in his/her mind, a useful tool for practicingengineers. Engineering world codes tended to persist longer in the broader dialogue as it callsupon a deep understanding of processes. The school world example stands in contrast to thisphysical system reasoning. Representativeness resulted in students forming an idea of what thesolution should look like early in the problem-solving process. The example in Table 1 mentionsΔT log mean, a common solution to undergraduate heat transfer problems. School world codestended to be short and require less dialogue. Hybrid world
Paper ID #22414From ’Empathic Design’ to ’Empathic Engineering’: Toward a Genealogy ofEmpathy in Engineering EducationDr. Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University Xiaofeng Tang is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in engineering ethics at Penn State University. He received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 From “Empathic Design” to “Empathic Engineering”: Toward a Genealogy of
Paper ID #23347Patient Centered Design in Undergraduate Biomedical EngineeringDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests are in the fields of
” now whichmeans they’ll never stop being engineers, even during breaks. Figure 16: Spring break in the sun with Dynamics book nearby.In-class DiscussionsAs previously mentioned, many of these cartoons were created to help facilitate asking Socraticquestions. It is not uncommon for students to freeze when a question posed by the instructorseems to be asking them to “read my mind”. An example question in Fluid Mechanics is “whydo you think sound travels faster in water than air?” They’ll commonly answer, “because wateris denser,” but a preferred response is to identify the differences in vapor and liquid stiffnessesand make a connection to compressibility. By prompting them with hints to the answer withmention of the c-clamp
Paper ID #24028Engineering/Design Frictions: Exploring Competing Knowledge Systems viaEfforts to Integrate Design Principles into Engineering EducationDr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Dean for Curricular Transitions, Associate Professor in Science and Technol- ogy Studies, and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Engineering/Design Frictions: Exploring Competing Knowledge Systems via Efforts to Integrate Design Principles into Engineering EducationIntroductionHuman-centered design
Paper ID #23201An Engineering Technology Course in Additive ManufacturingProf. Christopher David LeBlanc, University of New Hampshire Christopher D. LeBlanc is currently the Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor for the Engineering Technology program at the University of New Hampshire Manchester campus. Prior to his faculty ap- pointment he spent 16 years at International Business Machines (IBM) as an Analog Mixed Signal design engineer.Dr. Donald J. Plante, University of New Hampshire Donald J. Plante is a lecturer of Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire. His main area of research is in fractal
the socially responsible engineering modelas a profession [5]. Toba said engineering needed new minds that would combine science andhuman values to solve problems that technology might cause. Toba also stated that engineeringwas viewed negatively as a profession by the young people of the day and to change thisperception, engineering needed to focus on social issues. In one of her presentations at ASEEconference and ECEDHA meeting, Leah H. Jamieson, past president of IEEE, presented dataabout the public perceptions of engineering which showed that engineering is viewed as aprofession that creates economic growth but is not sensitive to social, environmental, andquality of life issues. While the data did not show a negative public perception
Paper ID #22362Video Tutorials in Mathematics Education for Engineering StudentsMs. Franziska Dorothea Wehner, Technische Universit¨at Darmstadt Franziska D. Wehner graduated from Heidelberg University with a M.Sc. in Psychology in 2014. She is currently a research associate in the Institute for Psychology at Technische Universit¨at Darmstadt. Her research interests focus on the evaluation and improvement of higher education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Video Tutorials in Mathematics Education for Engineering StudentsIntroductionEngineering
HumanitiesAll experiments were designed with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals andglobal connection in mind. For example, the jar test experiment encourages students to considercreative methods of purifying water. Additional activities and supplementary material weredeveloped to further engrain the connection between engineering and the humanities.3.1 Semester ProjectWhile students explore solutions to global problems through the algae experiments, they will beasked to think about how these solutions can work for countries around the world. At thebeginning of the curriculum, students will be broken into small groups and each group will beassigned a country. Students will be responsible for researching demographic, political, andeconomic
it was definitelystrange to change my mind.” But in her new major, “I really, really like what I am in now andsince I started my new major it’s been doing a lot more science and less computers which wasnever my favorite. …I decided I’m going to law school…” She stated that via environmentallaw she “can make a bigger impact.” She also discussed the she would be graduating a semesterearly (after 3.5 years of college), since her new major required fewer credits. She noted that shewas looking forward to getting to pick her classes in the final semester.Persisting in Original Engineering DisciplinesA large contributor to Tanya’s persistence in EnvE may have been her early mentoringrelationship with an environmental engineering faculty member. The
Paper ID #23558Assessment of a Global Engineering Outreach CourseDr. Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University Dr. Randy S. Lewis is professor at Brigham Young University (BYU). He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from BYU and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively. He currently serves as chair of the Education and Accreditation Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and as an ABET commissioner for accrediting engineering programs. He previously served in several national positions of AIChE. His research interests include biomaterials development, engineering
design, 4) increasedinterest in pursuing an engineering career, and 5) improved technological literacy [4]. With thesegoals in mind, the objective of this study was to examine how a newly developed instructionalmodel, known as Argument Driven Engineering (ADE), is related to changes in middle schoolstudents’ attitudes toward engineering and participation in engineering careers. This study ofengineering attitudes is important both for developing effective curriculum and pedagogy forengineering in science classrooms, and also for addressing nation-wide problems with diverserepresentation and participation in engineering degree programs and occupations.In 2012 the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued a reportprojecting
thecharacteristics of the stated goal that the group is focused on meeting. But a key element ofprofessional leadership is the alignment of the upstream values inherent in the goal with those ofthe participants who sit downstream; that is, engineering projects being designed with eventualimpacts in mind. Value is a social and emotional construct and as such has been an arena thatengineers may have seen as outside their remit. It is understandable that individuals who buildexpertise in the rational, objective material world feel unprepared to deal with the subjective,emotional world of value, and indeed this is what Rottmann et al. [10] report in their sample ofworking engineers. Two of the programs include language on the impact of the engineering workon
Paper ID #22297Implications of Contextual Empathic Design for Engineering EducationMr. Benedikt von Unold, Stanford University Benedikt studied Medical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In 2017, he joined the Designing Education Lab at Stanford University to learn more about the integration of user backgrounds in design. He was involved in various entrepreneurial activities and worked as a student in small, medium and large companies. The creation of innovation was both an essential part in his studies as it was in his jobs.Ms. Annette Isabel B¨ohmer, Laboratory for
Paper ID #21858Inner Engineering: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study Evaluating the Useof Contemplative Practices to Promote Resilience Among Freshman Engi-neering StudentsMr. Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University Mark Huerta is a second year PhD student in the Engineering Education Systems & Design (EESD) pro- gram at Arizona State University. His primary research interest is integrating the ideas behind mindfulness among engineering students to promote resilience, self-regulated learning, and creativity. Mark is also the Chairman and Director of Programs of a non-profit called 33 Buckets, which empowers rural communi
Paper ID #21265Student Evaluation of Teaching in an Engineering Class and Comparison ofResults Based on Instructor GenderMr. Byron Hempel, University of Arizona Byron Hempel is a PhD graduate student at the University of Arizona, having received his B.S. in Chem- istry at the University of Kentucky and Masters in the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment at the University of Arizona. Working under Dr. Paul Blowers, Byron is focusing on improving the classroom environment in higher education by working in the flipped classroom. He is a University Fellow, a Mindful Ambassador, and Chair of the Graduate Student
Paper ID #22887WIP An Interview Study of Faculty, Course Assistant, and Student Insightwithin Teaching and Learning Assistant Programs for Undergraduate Engi-neering CoursesHern´an Gallegos, Tufts University Hern´an Gallegos is currently a junior at Tufts University. He is studying Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Engineering Education. His academic interests lie in trying to aid students to understand engineering concepts and how they can enhance their learning through various resources. With this in mind, he is working within the Engineering Learning Systems lab under Professor Kristen Wendell, a Mechanical