collaborativeand inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives”. The teamworkactivity was designed to align with the aforementioned ABET outcome. Students were requiredto watch a video about the importance of psychological safety in teams and complete reflectionquestions related to the video. The reflection prompts included: (1) Describe a setting where youwould be willing to admit mistakes when working with a team, (2) What can you do to helpestablish a team dynamic where mistakes are welcomed and recognized as part of the designprocess?, and (3) How important is psychological safely in engineering teams and why?.In an effort to further foster inclusive behaviors, students were exposed to the idea of implicitbias and were
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characteristics applied tothem on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. Questions withasterisks are reverse coded. 1. Does a thorough job 2. Can be somewhat careless* 3. Is a reliable worker 4. Tends to be disorganized* 5. Tends to be lazy* 6. Perseveres until the task is finished 7. Does things efficiently 8. Makes plans and follows through with them 9. Is easily distracted*Demographic InformationIn addition, the following demographic information was asked. 1. What is your major? (AE, ME, EE/CE/SE, Other) 2. What is your age? 3. What ethnicity do you identify with? Select all that apply
different elements when it comes to defining asuccessful learning experience, it is important that educators keep that in mind when creatingassignments and evaluating group work.Future ResearchIn the future, we aim to conduct discussions with a wider range of students to get a broaderpicture of students’ perceptions. Getting a good number of participants from both collectivist andindividualist cultures in the discussions is also a key goal we have.We also plan to talk with a diverse set of faculty present in the campus and ask them about thebasis on which they form teams and whether or not they consider the aforementioned factorswhile building a team. We would also ask them their thoughts on getting directly involved tohelp resolve team
Paper ID #25073Identifying High Impact Activities in Stimulating STEM Interests amongHigh School Students (Evaluation)Dr. Bin (Brenda) Zhou P.E., Central Connecticut State University Dr. Zhou is an Associate professor at the Engineering Department of Central Connecticut State University. Her research enthusiasm and expertise lie in quantitative analyses and modeling techniques. Recently, she has focused on issues of STEM education since planned and directed a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded outreach program: National Summer Transportation Institute.Dr. Feng Wang P.E., Texas State University I am an Associate
included demonstration to reinforce STEM topics taught during theweek at respective schools where participants came from.The FC was an interactive forum that provides STEM education and parenting or caregivinginformation to any supportive adult role model(s) who interacts with the students. The FPinvolved parents/families as a partner with the ECSU site in the planning, design andimplementation of the NASA inspired curriculum. Parents/Guardians were provided STEMskills to engage them in supporting their children’s learning at home.Program Goals and ActivitiesThe Summer Academy program engaged students through hands-on learning activities,integrated modern educational technology tools and inquiry-based learning to reinforcescience and mathematical
their program we should consider introducing more projects starting from the firstyear since these students want to see where they will apply the knowledge they gain in class rightaway. 5. Future Plans There are many options available for implementing this kind of a project. Overall, thegoal is to spread the material throughout the course as much as possible so that the workload forthe students is not intense. It is also good for students to revisit and analyze their resultsfrequently so that it stays fresh in their minds. With this in mind, it may be desirable to introducesome concepts and calculations earlier. For example, students could begin learning about vehiclespeed and acceleration concepts prior to the force chapters
emphasize relevant topics beyond the fundamentalEngineering Mechanics course such as design considerations, potential sources of failure, costreduction, and areas of improvement within the structure or mechanism. To encapsulate thesignificance of real-word engineering applications, students were asked to analyze either the cranemodel or Baltimore-bridge model as a mid-term project. For such task, students were required totake measurements from the selected model, register the type of loads designated by the instructor,and utilize the mathematical techniques from class to analyze its behavior.In terms of incorporating such physical models into lesson plans, the instructor arranged the lecturesessions by introduction, inquiry, visual model
operating bases, and wide area monitoring and control systems for power grids. He is an active senior member of the IEEE. He founded and served as chair in the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Young Professionals Committee, and currently serves in the IEEE PES Power and Energy Education Committee, IEEE PES Long Range Planning Committee, IEEE Young Professionals Committee, and has previously served as the faculty advisor to the USMA IEEE student branch.Lt. Col. Christopher Michael Korpela, U. S. Military Academy LTC Christopher Korpela is an Associate Professor and Director of the Robotics Research Center at the United States Military Academy at West Point. An honor graduate from West Point, he earned his M.S
short phase-gate presentations (~5 minute presentations) to briefly discuss theprogress in their team project and get feedback from the instructor. Those presentations were notgraded and mainly were hold to keep the class and the instructor updated about each team’sprogress and get timely feedback during the semester on their project.Following iteration reviews, retrospectives were performed at the end of each spring. During theretrospectives, the team discussed two topics: “What went well in the sprint” and “What could beimproved”. The goal of the retrospectives was to create opportunity for the teams to inspectthemselves and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next sprint. Theretrospectives were done using online
level classrooms. For example, the NEED Project offers an entire curriculum of K-12 energy education lessons and projects [1]. The KidWind Project, meanwhile, developed a setof interactive wind energy kits [2] and, in collaboration with the National Renewable EnergyLaboratory (NREL) and the U.S. Department of Energy, led the development of the annual U.S.Collegiate Wind Competition [3]. The website Sciencing has developed a tutorial for students tobuild homemade electric generators [4], and the website teacherstryscience.org has developed atutorial lesson plan around constructing a wind turbine generator [5]. The ElectricalConstruction & Maintenance magazine recently reported that a Florida high school student hasutilized these same
framework for teaching writing in thediscipline for engineering students [8]-[9]. These include pointing to technical and report writingattributes that should be emphasized, such as planning, clarity, simplicity, brevity, word choiceand more.There have also been several attempts to facilitate report writing by developing frameworks andapplications that guide and help students in preparing technical and scientific reports, both inengineering schools in the United States [10]-[11] and abroad [12].At our institution, we have an engineering department embedded in a liberal-arts generaleducation setting. Engineering students are required to take a wide core curriculum to integratetheir scientific and technical education in engineering. Still, to obtain
six groups of4 (approximately) members each. The instructor meets with each team individually and discusses theirquestions and explains to them how specific questions can be clarified and improved. Although, theentire activity from start to finish is carefully monitored by the instructor with continuous feedbackand grading of team-performance, independent team work and individual responsibility are alsoemphasized. This activity can be replicated in other CGT courses as well other disciplines. The resultssuggest that it can be an effective means to strengthen CG course pedagogy. This approach willfacilitate assessment of tactile learning methods in CGT course curriculum and help with a continuous‘Course Improvement Plan’. Ultimately this
that the lesson plan we were given was going to be fun. Our activity was to create a life jacket for a small army man. We did this by providing the students with sections of a pool noodle, scissors, and rubber bands to fasten the "life jacket" to the figures. The students designed and modified their life jackets multiple times and had an overall good time. I was able to conect with the students and they were excited to meet somebody new. Overall I had fun, though I was a bit stressed at first. 10 The activity for me was the spaghetti house, as an Student describes the engineering student in college, the students thought that it experience of meeting was very
engineers should be involved in its design or management. If they were, andtheir professional code of ethics was adequate and endorsed by the employer then the degreeof risk should be minimised provided they act as engineers and not business people as wasthe case with the Challenger disaster [7].As the discussion moves into the realm of regulatory requirements so it moves into the realmof technological literacy. It is clear from the ASH report and the Governments own expertgroup that the regulations were not fit for purpose. It also becomes clear that the failure ofEnglish society to protect the term “engineer” has contributed generally to the culture andconsequent deficiencies in the whole of the development, planning and construction
intervention. An example of this type of exclusion is a citationanalysis performed after an intervention with no baseline or other comparison. Overall, theauthors note the EIL literature frequently reports descriptive statistics, showing that data hasbeen gathered, but sometimes falls short of a full analysis that allows the researchers to drawmeaningful/well-grounded conclusions from the data. The authors plan to complete a fullanalysis of the papers identified for inclusion and publish the results in a journal article.References[1] C. Torgeson, J. Hall, and K. Lewis-Light, “Systematic reviews,” in Research Methods and Methodologies in Education, R. Coe, M. Waring, and L. V. Hedges, Eds. Los Angeles, CA: Sage, 2017, pp. 166–179.[2
power systems, in particular, electric machinery and electromagnetics. Robert has worked as a mathematical modeler for Emerson Process Management, working on electric power applications for Emerson’s Ovation Embedded Simulator. Robert also served in the United States Navy as an interior communications electrician from 1998-2002 on active duty and from 2002-2006 in the US Naval Reserves.Mr. Dekwuan Stokes, University of Pittsburgh Dekwuan is a senior electrical engineering major at University of Pittsburgh. He plans to enroll in the PhD program with a focus in power, as well as, achieve his MBA throughout the process. His career choice and long term goal is to become a professor and to start his own businesses
contacts such as faculty, student leaders, and industry professionalcontacts that they could utilize to succeed in their degree plan and later on, their career. The otherexperimental section type, Design Intervention, included a small design project and introductionto design theory, as well as Early Career Intervention. This work-in-progress sought to discoverearly data trends that indicate success of the modified introductory class. Early data suggests thatEngineering Technology (ET) students may prefer Design Intervention, and Engineering (ENGR)students may prefer ECI. Furthermore, under-represented minorities (URMs) in ENGR majorsmay prefer Design Intervention, women in ET majors seem to succeed after Design Intervention,and women in ENGR are
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-freshman undergraduate student in one of the designated student areasmentioned above.Which student did you meet? (full name, correct spelling) _____________________________________When did he/she first enroll here? ________________________________________________________Which classes is he/she taking this term? (names of classes, not numbers) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The ASCE student chapter is hoping to plan some new events this year. The club officers have requestedthat you suggest an event that you would like the ASCE to hold.Extra Credit
consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social,environmental, and economic factors” [1].Teamwork: Students work in pairs often comprised of students from two different engineeringmajors. This mix of majors is an early effort to facilitate their ability to function effectively onmultidisciplinary teams. The student survey indicates that more than 75% of students felt that theexperience improved their teamwork skills and confidence. These results support the programrequirement to assess ABET student outcome 5, “an ability to function effectively on a teamwhose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment,establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” [1].Communication
). Students use knowledge of MATLAB taught in the lectureportion of the course to design a game. Students choose one or more games from a provided listto design or invent their own. Each game carried a point value and students could exceed thepoint requirements for extra credit. Students then conducted two user interviews to determinerequirements for the game and created a team working agreement. Before coding began, studentscreated a flowchart, algorithm, or pseudocode draft. Students then coded their chosen game(s).Additionally, students created a project notebook including a project schedule, business plan,advertisement, and project pitch video. Software documentation was also prepared including auser manual. Students were given multiple class
University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. During these years, he has taught construction courses in several technical schools. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing team- work skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Analyzing Changes in the Individual Dimensions of a Behaviorally Anchored Scale for TeamworkAbstract
to allow students to directly generate diagrams and receivefeedback are also needed to more fully realize the potential of automated assessment to improvesystems thinking. Additional testing is planned with both engineering students enrolled inintroduction to engineering and non-engineers in a general education engineering literacy course.References 1. “Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering (TUEE) Phase I: Synthesizing and Integrating Industry Perspectives,” American Society for Engineering Education, 2013. http://tuee.asee.org/phase- i/report/ 2. G. Pearson and A. T. Young, Ed., Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More about Technology, Washington, DC: National Academies Press
write a proposal detailing a plan to solve an engineering challenge 3. I am confident in my ability to give a presentation to my peers on a technical subject 4. I am effective at describing non-technical topics in a written format 5. I can create videos (in contrast to traditional written homework or presentations) to answer homework questions or present ideas to others 6. I can confidently utilize computer programming to solve engineering problemsThe results for these questions are provided in Table 1. An independent t-test was used todetermine the statistical significance of improvements in the survey responses across thesemester [8]. In addition, the end
Examples LSS projects Non-LSS projects Reduction in the average time and variability for: Design of a house in a box for humanitarian aid Inter-hospital patient transfers Redesign of a truck shelving interface Emergency department (ED) and Intense Development of a linear programming model to Care Unit (ICU) patient transfers enhance the capacity planning system in a manufacturing company Pre-operative process for total joint Design of an advertising system for commercial replacements
spaceshad a positive impact on many attributes vital to engineering, such as design and analyticalabilities, design self-efficacy, communication skills, management skills, and working effectivelyas a team [6], [8], [9], [10].About the MakerspaceThe makerspace being studied is relatively new, having only opened in 2016. The space isapproximately 1700 sq. ft. and is divided into several distinct areas. The front of the room closeto the entrance has a dual-function whiteboard/table, a couch, and a 60” monitor. It is setup formeetings, training for new users, lectures, planning, and if desired, relaxing. The middle of theroom has several large tables and is designed for testing out ideas and assembling small tomedium sized projects. The area can also
strategic plan for economic development: Rural priority [Online]. Available: http://www.floridajobs.org/REDI/EFI_2006- 08_RuralStrategicPlanofWork.pdf.[32] U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2015). Rural America at a glance. 2015 edition [Online]. Available: http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/1952235/eib145.pdf.[33] D. Pahuja, M. A. Mardis, and F. R. Jones, "What is advanced manufacturing? Exploring the topography of a technical field," presented at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 126th Conference and Exposition, June 16-19, 2019, Tampa, FL, In press.[34] S. H. Oh, M. A. Mardis, and F. R. Jones, "Analyzing three competency models of advanced manufacturing," presented at the American
need for greater emphasis on leadership in engineeringeducation, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),through its Engineering Accreditation Commission, updated its accreditationcriteria for student outcomes in 2017 [1]. ABET shifted from simply stating theneed for engineers to “function on multidisciplinary teams” to a more detailedcriterion, which identifies specific aspects of leadership, including “an ability tofunction effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, createa collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” [1]. The importance of including leadership as a focus in anengineering curriculum has long been confirmed by the National Academy
engineering is a sociocultural practice thatcannot exist in isolation.Future studies and plan for action include more conversation on how to decolonize theengineering curriculum and integrating more native engineering practices in traditionalengineering classrooms. It is important to recognize that everyone has benefited from nativeengineering practices (e.g., wildlife population monitoring, ecological relationships, sustainableharvesting practices, and canoe or snowshoe artifacts that were quickly adapted by Europeansettlers), which in some instances were taken from indigenous communities by violent means orthrough genocide. Current efforts include the development of engineering curriculum thatshowcases how indigenous communities create and harness