and devise a plan of action. This isusually a lacking starting point without which nothing will change. In the following, twoexamples from two different places in the world show how peace engineering can play apositive role in eliminating the sources of conflict and in implementing a plan to dealwith the root causes that created the conflict in the first place.2.1. The War in SyriaTrying to dissect the raging war in Syria in a few lines of text will be extremely naïve.This war encompasses an enormous entanglement of political, economic, religious,cultural, historical, and societal aspects [7]. In addition, regional and global powers thathave something to gain or lose in this part of the world became deeply involved, whichadded fuel to the
that 52 percent of the supervisorsviewed the writing preparation of early career engineers as weak. This paper investigates a model for larger engineering departments that differssignificantly from the two common ones discussed above. This third model consists of a full-fledged writing course embedded within a large engineering design course that has 150 – 200students each semester. While small departments have attempted similar integrations with fewerthan 50 students [7, 8], this paper presents the second year of an experiment to do so at a largerscale with currently 75 students in the writing course and plans to scale to more than 100. Oneexample in the literature of such an effort has occurred at MIT [9]. Although this courseprovided
, international relations in the sphere of transport communications, iternational logistics and supply chain management, sustainable development and ecology.Mrs. Karalyn Clouser, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University Karalyn Clouser is a GIS and planning specialist with the Western Transportation Institute. She has expe- rience editing and managing spatial data to support transportation planning and implementation projects, and offers skills with numerous GIS tools and platforms. At WTI, she has provided GIS and planning support to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Technical Assistance Center, which assists with the de- velopment of alternative transportation on federal lands. Her experience includes
environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Dr. Christopher Zobel, Virginia Tech Christopher Zobel is the R.B. Pamplin Professor of Business Information Technology in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. His research and teaching interests center around humanitarian supply chains and quantifying disaster resilience to enable more effective operations management. Dr. Zobel is one of the co-Faculty Leads for Virginia Tech’s NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Disaster Resilience and Risk Management.Dr. Margaret Cowell, Virginia Tech Margaret Cowell, PhD is an Associate Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. She teaches courses on economic development, urban
Paper ID #25682An Integrative Education in Engineering and the Liberal Arts: An Institu-tional Case StudyDr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is chair of the Engineering Studies program and associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infras- tructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including engineering economics, sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infras- tructure management, and Lafayette’s introductory
planning to start engineering at Loyola University Chicago (LUC), the new Director decidedto integrate social justice with engineering in the curriculum. This decision seemed a naturalextension of Jesuit universities’ emphasis on social justice. LUC’s BS Engineering Scienceprogram began the following year in August, 2015.BackgroundIn his 1968 survey for ASEE, Liberal Learning for the Engineer, Sterling Olmsted counted 93engineering schools that had initiated programs in liberal studies in the last three years. By 1973,as a result of this report, almost 200 technical colleges experimented with curricula to address thesocial implications of technology. Two curricular approaches included “humanizing”engineering through interdisciplinary education and
attending class and coming prepared,complete assignments in a timely fashion, participate in class, communication, avoid makingexcuses, respectful of others’ ideas and opinions, and develop a comprehensive plan to achieveeducational goals [11]. Students must make a choice to become a part of the learningcommunity and to take time to think about their future. When discussing universities one mainlythinks of academics, however, there are other opportunities in which students can participate.What is the right mix of curricular and co-curricular activities? Kovalchuk et al. see this as the 3right question to ask and that a lack of a proper mix can adversely influence readiness whenbecoming part of the
. Lopez Roshwalb), who had extensive experience (and was concurrently) teaching within the engineering design course. In our second iteration of the pedagogy seminar for engineering design LAs, we conceptualized the course as having three primary conceptual themes: (1) Theories and strategies for teaching and learning, (2) Design thinking in engineering, and (3) Equity (see the Appendix for a list of weekly readings and links to lesson plans). As mentioned above, all LAs enrolled in this seminar were concurrently working within the same introduction to engineering design course. As a consequence all students were able to bring in concrete “problems of practice” (Horn
serves or has served on several National Academies of Science committees, the New York State Energy Planning Board, and other professional boards related to energy and environmental technology and policy. In 2010 Dr. Winebrake was awarded the RIT Trustees Scholar Award in recognition of his scholarly contributions in the energy and environmental fields. He has also received numerous other research and teaching awards during his career, including the Madison Scholar Award and the Outstanding Teacher Award while serving as a faculty member at James Madison University in Virginia. Dr. Winebrake received his PhD in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA). He also holds a B.S
sent prior REU participants a survey askingthem to provide their perceptions of these workshops and what they learned from them. (SeeAppendix.) The authors designed the survey to collect data on student perceptions of both theirsummer REU experiences and post-REU activities. The authors planned to use this data toassess the efficacy of this interdisciplinary approach in terms of teaching soft skills toengineering students.Study DesignResearch Questions and ObjectivesThe question guiding the data collection for this project was RQ: To what extent do STEM students participating in integrated summer REU program believe this approach provided them with effective training in hard and soft skills essential to contributing in the
science and engineering programs is not a new concept.According to the review done by Shuman, Besterfield-Sacre, and McGourty, there isencouraging evidence to suggest that the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) professional skills can be taught effectively [5]. Specifically, these authors highlight theimportance of incorporating real-world experiences into the engineering curriculum as the mosteffective way to integrate both professional and technical skill development into acomprehensive educational experience [5]. Though informative, students’ attitudes regardingthese methods are essential to understand as theory suggests attitudes are immediate precursorsto actual behaviors (i.e., theory of planned behavior) [6]. To date
previous to the activity (Q6). While these percentages suggest that we need tomake the connection more explicitly in the future, it was encouraging to see that students foundvalue in the activity. In fact, one student insightfully pointed this out in their comment: “Theboundary between engineering identity and personal identity could be examined more.”To address this disconnect, in future iterations of this activity, we plan to tie this personal valuesactivity to “resume values” following the engineering career fair. As first- and second-yearstudents, attending the engineering career fair pushes them to think critically about what sort offuture they are seeking as professional engineers, and how they should begin constructing theirresumes to
that transdisciplinary action research projects are “designed cyclicallyand planned incrementally to allow for unpredicted developments and foster mutual learning,”and that they aim “to define and solve a complex real-life problem sustainably”— a goal thatrequires stakeholders “to handle risks related to crossing borders between scientific and otherfields” [p. 18, emphasis added].Our project team and the wider community of practice identified a set of problems related towriting development and instruction in engineering. We brought together faculty and graduateteaching assistants from several engineering departments with those from the Center for WritingStudies. We have devoted considerable time (meeting weekly during the academic year
demonstratestheir competencies in five areas: research ability, interdisciplinary andmultidisciplinary perspectives, innovation and entrepreneurship mindset, globaland intercultural competence, and social responsibility. We envision that,ultimately, students will begin creating working portfolios in their first or secondyear to both plan and reflect, and then curate a showcase ePortfolio in their senioryear. As a pilot in the program’s first year, a small cohort of seniors was recruitedto reflect back on their four years and create showcase ePortfolios.In this paper we provide an overview of the importance of reflection andintegrative learning in higher education and the uses and efficacy of ePortfolios tofoster those processes. We explain the core
development and project management. Ms. Koechner co-founded the Khoros Group/Khoral Research and was key in the design and implementation of the Khoros software system. She is the founder of eN- ova Solutions, LLC. Ms. Koechner has traveled extensively and has a broad perspective of cultures and insights into societies. She is proactive about the environment, conservation, sustainability and human rights. She was a member of the planning and organizing committees for the www.weef-gedc2018.og world conference where the theme was ”Peace Engineering”. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 How do we frame Peace Engineering education? A complex, but
collaborative project. 5. Apply common workplace practices, tools and software in a semester long team project, including: project planning tools, team management tools, tools to generate solution alternatives, decision analysis methods, risk analysis methods, and value proposition analysis / baseline comparison. 6. Communicate, pitch, and justify your design decisions in a variety of formats. 7. Use field sketching to communicate ideas visually to colleagues and stakeholders and to develop ideas through iteration. 8. Use standardized engineering graphics conventions as applied to technical sketching and computer-aided design/solid modeling software to communicate formalized design ideas.Students are divided into 5
activities of the ambassador organization.Twelve of the eighteen program leaders cited leadership skill development as a major benefit toambassadors. In these programs, students take on a variety of leadership positions, includingcommittee leadership or other self-governance positions, as well as acting as the point of contactfor various avenues of activity including precollege visit or tour planning. Program leadersrelayed that the outcomes of leadership experience included confidence, interpersonalcommunication, problem-solving skills, and the development of professional identity.Sub-theme: Civic and community engagement. Three program leaders explicitly mentionedthat the opportunity to participate in the outreach program promoted students
to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.”One of the Student Outcomes for the 2019-2020 cycle is “(5) an ability to function effectively ona team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives ” [7]. These strategic documentsguide all engineering programs and are more than aspirational. They are meant to affect change,so implementing action to produce students with habitually effective leadership skills starts withthe faculty.BackgroundToday's students are usually very comfortable with technology, have shorter attention spans, alower threshold for boredom, resist memorization and homework and favor action to observation[8]. Learning
her Bachelor’s at WPI with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Business.Gretchen Rice, Olin College Gretchen is originally from Maine and plans to graduate from Olin College in May 2020. Outside of classes and GCSP, Gretchen is president of Olin’s A Capella group and works as a Resident Resource, a teacher’s assistant, and a tour guide.Sydney Ross, Lawrence Technological University Sydney Ross is a first-year student at Lawrence Technological University (LTU). She is majoring in Com- puter Science with a concentration in Scientific Software Development.Mr. Sebastien Zenzo Selarque, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET) Sebastien Selarque is a fifth-year Electrical Mechanical Engineering Technology student at
traits, theCollege’s writing instructor (second author) teaches a first-year online introductory course intechnical writing, Short Engineering Reports (SER). In SER, in addition to learning aboutstylistic traits that distinguish technical writing from other styles, students learn to plan, writeand revise technical memoranda. Students are expected to apply this knowledge and skills, whenthey compose the two memoranda assigned in the co-requisite engineering course, Methods ofEngineering Analysis (MEA). After the students submit the first memo to their engineeringinstructors, the SER instructor provides students feedback and assigns revision tasks. Studentsalso learn to self and peer review their memos, using an analytic “feedback” rubric that
. Their plans, actions, policymaking,reflections, and frustrations all aim to explore possible reactions to the challenges brought bythese dominant images. 1It is worth noting that the idea of dominant images is not an empirical concept. In other words,the dominant image active learning in American engineering education does not necessarily inferthat most American engineering schools and programs have adopted or developed active learningwell. Rather, dominant images often have normative value. Engineering programs and facultymay have different feelings about active learning, but active learning as a social image is relevantto their educational
description of this case, documentation, archival records, interviews,direct observations, surveys, and both physical and digital artifacts were be used for datacollection and analysis. Data collection included direct observations of participants using fieldnotes, photography, and audio/video recordings. Both physical and digital artifacts wherecollected throughout the study including planning documents, the final “demo reel” of the movieeffect, blogs, Slack conversations, Trello project boards, and student-generated photos/videosthat were shared in a course repository.AnalysisAnalysis for this work-in-progress paper focuses on findings from exit interviews and end-of-course survey. All interviews were transcribed and analyzed in NVivo 12 qualitative
resources, creating a profile, and registering student teams. Example successful Project Proposals are detailed, and students are asked to complete a resource checklist and then send all proposals to iFixit. 2) Milestone 1: Provides resources for the creation of a Troubleshooting wiki for each device, with planned repair guides linked under appropriate sections. Troubleshooting wikis provide general device information, and require students to research known common repairs as well as anticipate repairs that are likely to be needed due to the normal wear of moving parts and device design choices. 3) Milestone 2: Provides tips for the creation of a Device page that will house all device- related information
[1-8], but also widely viewed as deficient [9]. The National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) [4] and National Science Foundation (NSF) [10] have devoted resources andattention to improving the ethics education of students. This includes both microethics, orindividual responsibilities, and macroethics, addressing the “role of engineers in societalimplications about technology” and the broader societal and environmental responsibilities of theprofession [11].Although accreditation requires some degree of ESI education [7,8], the precise nature is notconstrained and seems to be largely at the discretion of individual programs and their faculty.Lattuca and Stark’s Academic Plan Model [12] describes faculty teaching choices. It is similar toother
a license was, “Do you plan to get aconcealed carry license in the future?” Students had the choice to choose from yes, no, andProcedure After recruiting participants, students were given a hard-copy of the survey and consentform. The recruitment script was presented verbally. The survey and consent form were thenadministered and collected. The process for recruiting and completing the survey and consentform lasted approximately 15 minutes. The data was then collected and analyzed using SPSSsoftware.Results Prior to the main analyses, data were screened for systematic patterns of missing data(e.g., when no value was stored for the variable within variable sets) and found that the missingvalues were found to be scattered evenly
cultural transformations in many engineering programs. We posit thatthese three issues that are wicked problems. Wicked problems are ambiguous, interrelated andrequire complex problem-scoping and solutions that are not amenable with traditional and linearstrategic planning and problem-solving orientations [2].As design thinking provides an approach to solve complex problems that occur in organizationalcultures [3], we argue that these wicked problems of engineering education cultures might bebest understood and resolved through design thinking. As Elsbach and Stigliani contend, “theeffective use of design thinking tools in organizations had a profound effect on organizationalculture” [3, p. 2279].However, not all organizational cultures support
collegial and included room for dialogue and questioning.The decision to make the course mandatory was made largely based on data from the Y1 pilot,assuming that similar outcomes would result from a scaled-up version of the course. Littleattention was given to anticipating how changing the course from optional to mandatory wouldaffect student attitudes, beliefs, or motivations in Y2, in part due to the necessity of makingcourse planning and scheduling decisions for Y2 just a few weeks after the conclusion of the Y1pilot. The unfortunate reality of making an educational pilot fit within the ongoing academiccalendar and scheduling demands of a large public institution necessitates that logistical coursedecisions regarding classroom reservations
student who is able to think sociotechnically is that they will acknowledge, accountfor, and plan for the complex interplays between social and technical dimensions of engineeringacross problem defining and solving phases. In this section, we describe literature relevant tosuch behavior.One of the ways we conceptualize sociotechnical thinking is within the engineering habits ofmind, which are defined as the values, attitudes, and skills held by engineers [9]. Prior researchin engineering education has endeavored to identify engineering habits of mind and methods forteaching them. However, there does not seem to be a clear consensus about the most promisingways to address them in the classroom. This is especially true for habits of mind related
, inspired by service learning pedagogies [25], we continually ask our students toformulate plans for future action based on their experiences. In short, we ask students: “What?So What? Now What?”MethodsTo explore student capacities for building their own self-concept, learning to develop meaningfuland rewarding relationships, and maturing their capacity for deep learning, we relied on existingwork for the development of self-authorship in the intrapersonal, interpersonal and cognitivedomains, synthesized into a rubric (see Table III).We selected four students who had completed our series of seminar courses, three of whom wereengineering majors, to trace longitudinally, comparing their reflections at the end of the programto earlier work in their
build on this semester? 5. What are your strengths in writing? What factored into your development of these strengths? 6. The start of semester reflection asked you to think about your greatest challenge regarding writing. Is that still a challenge, or has it changed? How did you tackle your writing challenges throughout the semester? 7. How do you plan to address these challenges in the spring semester? 8. What were your goal(s) for writing this semester? How did you meet them? (If not, how can you work on meeting them next semester?) 9. What are your writing goals for next semester? 10. What would you best accomplish these goals? List anything, including your own efforts and additional resources that