- ducted research for Naval Reactors. He currently serves as the Walter L. Robb director of Engineering Leadership and as a Professor of Practice in SEDTAPP and Engineering Science at Penn State. Erdman has chaired the local Jaycees, Department of Social Services Advisory Council, GE Share Board, and Curling Club; and served on the Human Services Planning Council, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, and Capital Fund Drive Boards of Directors. Erdman has lectured on leadership topics at Penn State and RPI. He served as a recruiter (25 years) for GE and Lockheed Martin, on the Penn State College of Engi- neering Advisory Council, an Alumni Advisory Board, and as the President of the College of Engineering Alumni Society
human-like concepts, such as knowledge, belief, intention, and emotion21.With capacity for reasoning, planning, natural language processing and other human intelligenceabilities, intelligent agents have been deployed in many domains to assist human’s work.Education, where teachers and learners struggle to cover more material while meeting risingexpectations and standards, is a ripe arena for intelligent agents to have a large impact on thepractices therein. Following this, intelligent agents for education have been extensivelyresearched over the past three decades. Perhaps the most well established and populareducational platforms that use intelligent agents are intelligent tutoring systems (ITS, e.g.22-23).ITS are computer programs that
-2018.Role Model InterventionsSince research indicated that an important aspect of mentoring was providing inspiration [61],[23], program modifications aimed at providing more opportunities for female engineers to sharepersonal narratives were implemented. In 2016, role models demonstrating engineering-relatedactivities were added for approximately one hour during a STEM-focused public exposition priorto the main IIBI event, and in 2017, additional time (30 minutes total) was carved out of theevent schedule for networking with the role models during the planned activities. In 2017, arelated item was also added to the girls’ survey for cross-validation: “The role models inspiredme to consider a career in engineering or technology”.This need to
white andcontinuing generation students. In an education system predicated upon white, U.S., continuinggeneration students’ cultural norms, this can place FGC and URM students at a disadvantage.For instance, studies have demonstrated that FGC students “are less likely to utilize or have moredifficulty in recognizing university support resources because they have little practice in doingso” ([15], p. 823). Similarly, FGC and URM FGC students are less likely to receive assistance orsupport from family in college and career planning [16], [17]. Thus, they often lack family-related social capital important for choosing engineering as a major/career, especially if theirfamily members are not engineers. Educational norms of teaching and learning can
theindividual and social level and created both individually and socially and to find creative ways ofmerging data collection and analysis approaches. We plan to pursue this interdisciplinaryresearch agenda in future collaborations. References Cited[1] C. Cunningham, C. Lachapelle, and A. Lindgren-Streicher, "Assessing elementary school students’ conceptions of engineering and technology," in American Society of Engineering Education, Portland, OR, 2005.[2] C. Cunningham and C. Lachapelle, "Designing engineering experiences to engage all students," in Engineering in pre-college settings: Synthesizing research, policy, and
versusassumption of whether an engineer should be responsible, and plan pedagogical approaches forthe classroom.Theme 4a) Spectrum from technical-social dualism to sociotechnical integrationTechnical-social dualism is the left half of the horizontal axis in Figure 5, encompassing studentresponses in the second and third quadrants. This perspective includes student responses thatcleanly divide social dimensions of engineering problems from technical dimensions ofengineering problems, and/or students who state or imply that a clean divide is always possible.In addition to the characteristic quotes above, student quotes displaying a dualistic perspectiveinclude: “Technical considerations are the most important, than (sic) comes non technical” -F18
emerges from a completely external reward system. As one ofthe mentors pointed out to us, “Of course, you know college students they need money” (Mentor3, F18). That same mentor also explained that he would describe the afterschool program toother potential mentors as a way to give back to the community and added that “a plus is you geta little bit of money.” (Mentor 3, F18) Another mentor joked that he joined in part because thedirector of the program had told him the funding for the afterschool program would last fouryears. He quipped, I told [the director], as long as the money keeps coming in, you keep gettingthis grant, I’m going to be here. [Laughter] He told me, I remember he said in the intro, he waslike, “We’re planning for this to be
related engineering discipline, generally equivalent to one year of full time study.ME = Mentored Experience - early‐career experience under the mentorship of a civil engineer practicing at the professional level, which progresses in both complexity and level of responsibility.In response to the latter directive, the ASCE Raise the Bar Committee established and organizedthe Task Committee on Credentialing to Raise the Bar (TCCRTB), which was given thefollowing charge: “Develop a plan identifying how ASCE can best utilize an internalcredentialing program to validate fulfillment of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CE-BOK)… [9].”Three aspects of this charge statement are worthy of special note: • Use of the term “internal credentialing
% – Finance - 19% – Business Development - 19% – Sales - 17% (Careerbuilder) • Recruiters are looking for candidates with the following majors: – Business - 35% – Computer and Information Sciences - 23% – Engineering - 18% – Math and Statistics - 15% – Health Professionals and Related Clinical Sciences - 14% – Communications Technologies - 11% – Engineering Technologies - 11% – Communication and Journalism - 8% – Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Humanities - 7% – Science Technologies - 7% – Social Sciences - 6% – Biological and Biomedical Sciences - 6% – Architecture and Planning - 6% – Education - 5% (Careerbuilder) • 94% of 2017
beginningof the semester that asks the students which project they wish to serve on and if they have interestin a leadership position and why. Through this survey we determine which students would besuccessful in leading their teams and projects. We also take feedback from the studentsthemselves. If the students request a person to lead them and they meet all of our requirements,they are often promoted to that position.By the end of the course, students are expected to learn the following outcomes: • Will be able to define design requirements, • develop a work plan and objectives to complete their project, • will use engineering principles to design, build, test a product, • will develop communication skills, written and oral, to effectively
interest in helping others throughengineering: ...a good number of my classmates in ROTC were really excited about [it] because all of them kind of have that service streak in 'em, and so to think that one of their brethren was gonna go and do something cool like that in regards to helping the poor, there was a lot of them that were okay with it... pretty encouraging, in fact. One of them became a Navy SEAL...he was like ‘you could be a great officer, but there's a higher calling for you’, and I... it was true, I really felt a greater calling, for me, my skill set, to do engineering and EWB related things just because of the engineering....Karl’s post-college military service did not go as planned. Due to an injury, he was
donors—not from the school—adds a number oftechnocultural dimensions for considering these questions, including funding for upkeep, as wellas planned and unplanned obsolescence.Deborah and Jill also introduced Mindstorms by connecting it to other robotics technologies. Forexample, they both showed students a video of the DARPA funded Cheetah robot, made byiii iRobot sold off its military research and development branch in 2016. 12Boston Dynamics, alongside other examples of robots from industry, military, healthcare, and,most relevant to their case, education. During the Boston Dynamics video, students in Deborah’sclass laughed at the robot
standpoint when solving an engineering problem.We have proposed and described in this paper how modeling can be used to overcome thisbarrier, providing students a mechanism to operationalize their ethical responsibility. We havealso used modeling to demonstrate how students could have benefited from modeling to realizethat their answers to the assignment were not aligned with their ethical responsibility.Furthermore, while we have used the attribute of reliability and the topic of valuing life as anexample, we have also discussed the possible effectiveness of modeling to operationalize ethicalresponsibility to support decision-making for other engineering decisions.We plan future work to test how previous, traditional ethical training factors in the
member’s career came upmultiple times as a source of frustrated relatedness needs. Unmet relatedness needs were oftenexpressed as isolation and loneliness and often attributed to poor representation of women in ahome department or unit. The results of these interviews viewed through the lens of SDT suggesta need to support relatedness more effectively in the academic workplace, both by reducingdetrimental competitiveness and by alleviating isolation among all faculty, regardless of gender.IntroductionIn order to support the future STEM workforce, a key area of focus for research is on STEMfaculty themselves. There is a significant long-term employment need that supports strong hiringand retention plans for faculty: the Bureau of Labor and
Paper ID #26300Negotiating Identity as a Response to Shame: A Study of Shame within anExperience as a Woman in EngineeringMs. Mackenzie Claire Beckmon, Harding University I am an undergraduate psychology major anticipating graduation in December of 2019. I am a member of the Beyond Professional Identity research group based in Harding University located in Searcy, Arkansas. I plan to further my studies in psychology through attending a graduate program for school or child psychology. It is my hope that these processes can lead to a career as both a researcher and practitioner.Dr. James L. Huff, Harding University Dr
has participated in bio-inspired design for Dr. J Nagel since the Spring of 2017 to further her interests in design processes.Miss Peyton Leigh PittmanWade Knaster, James Madison University Wade Knaster is a senior engineering student at James Madison University. In his third year of study he began his research on teaching methods of bio-inspired design under the direction of Dr. Jacquelyn Nagel. When Wade is not studying or conducting research, he finds himself at the University Recreation Center as the Trips Logistical Manager for the Adventure Program. Wade plans to utilize his degree in the civil engineering field designing and analyzing America’s infrastructure. c American Society for
communication, systems thinking, design, teamwork,and project planning [3]. The traditional emphasis on developing students with theoretical andanalytical skills, and the heavy load of engineering science and mathematics courses during thefirst two years of college leads many students to concentrate more on academic performanceand not realize the importance of developing professional skills.Over the past 30 years, there have been notable curriculum shifts in engineering education tomeet the needs of industry and the standards of ABET Accreditation. According to generalcriterion #5, “students are prepared to enter the practice of engineering through a curriculumthat includes a culminating major design experience” [4]. Almost all engineering programs
with a power assist robot in harmonic motion: analysis of human features and object motions for control modification,” in Proc. of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering, 1-3 August, 2010, Kyoto, Japan, Vol.1, pp.290-295.35. S. M. M. Rahman, R. Ikeura, H. Sawai, “Analysis of weight perception, load forces, and objects’ motions in lifting objects with a power assist robot system to modify the control,” in Proc. of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering, 1-3 August, 2010, Kyoto, Japan,Vol.1, pp.261-266.36. S. M. M. Rahman, “Bioinspiration in affective motion planning of an anthropomorphic robot for affect-based human-robot collaborative manufacturing
12Mining Engineering Advanced Mine Planning 9 53% 9 Senior Design 3 43% 3 87 84 68 151 53TOTAL STUDENTS GIVING INFORMED CONSENT & COMPLETING PRE & POST SURVEYS 443In this paper we focus our analysis on particular classes rather
other known ways”. “4. Performance prediction Engineers provide sufficiently accurate technical and commercial enterprise performance predictions creating enough confidence for investors to provide the resources needed to make new products or provide new services”. “5. Due diligence By systematically checking designs and plans beforehand, and monitoring technical work for compliance with standards and specifications, engineers reduce both the real and apparent risks for investors, increasing the perceived value of an enterprise”. “6. Community value creation Engineers help enterprises co-create value in their communities through ethical behaviour, improved safety, community capacity building, identifying and conserving resources, reducing or
each other’s design products and process, while attending to how well they areaddressing the community’s problem. We hope that as students participate in the feedbackprocess, they develop conceptions of feedback and its purpose in collaborative engineeringdesign. This paper focuses on student-to-student feedback during one of the new community-connected curriculum units for third grade.The situated learning perspective informed the instructional choices we made as researchers co-facilitating the unit. We were committed to providing opportunities for students to participatemeaningfully in the practices of engineering design. This commitment to meaningfulparticipation meant that when planning for student-to-student feedback, we wanted the
examined Fall 2018 late-semesterreflections (n=4 women, n=6 men) that asked students to respond to a prompt asking: An underlying theme of the Engineering Projects classes is the opportunity to broaden and develop your skillset in engineering design and communication. During your first reflections, you described a design skill that you would like to work on during this class, how you would develop that skill, and your experiences/plan to incorporate this skill in your product development. For this last reflection, please go back to your original reflections and write about your progress this semester. Think about your personal skill development in manufacturing, electronics, programming and/or
the research necessary to identify the need. Ideas must be pragmatic, unique, and have the opportunity to succeed in the market. You are encouraged to seek other opportunities for funding to support you in your efforts. Moreover, this project would be considered a success if a plan for mass production is prepared (or stated) by project completion. 2.5. Project EvaluationThough projects may be different in thrust and goals, all projects are required to follow asystematic process that is graded as such. The teams follow a systematic design process wherebythey develop requirements, generate concepts, perform concept analysis/justification, performexperiments/testing, and recommend a final solution. Two
Abadi, California State University, Sacramento Dr. Masoud Ghodrat Abadi is an assistant professor of transportation engineering in Department of Civil Engineering at California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Abadi’s research interests lie in the areas of active transportation, traffic control, traffic safety, and engineering education. He teaches graduate and un- dergraduate classes covering topics such as: Traffic Engineering, Engineering Statistics, and Transporta- tion Planning. Dr. Abadi serves as a member of TRB Standing Committee on Transportation Education and Training (ABG20) and ITE Transportation Education Council.Dr. David S Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of
resource allocation, workforce planning, and logistics and dis- tribution. She was awarded a B.S., M.Eng, and Ph.D. all in Industrial Engineering, from the University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Her doctoral work focused on the development of the LoDI Index, which is released by the Logistics and Distribution Institute at the University of Louisville every month. The index is also featured in the FRED report and is utilized by various national corporations each month. Dr. Gerber is a member of Golden Key International Honours Society, the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers. She also serves as the faculty advisor for the UofL student chapter of IISE.Dr
, toincrease consumer engagement and motivation, tackling the tasks that computers find difficult andhard to plan and predict. Gamified elements in this research were points and leaderboards. Resultsshowed that the test participants found the interface interesting and easy to use. To increase therecycling rates, Berengueres et al. (2013) introduced a recycle emoticon bin which usesgamification elements to motivate participants. Rewarding gamified elements used in this projectincluded: emoticons and sounds; when users dropped PET bottles in the bin, they heard a coinsound and a happy face on the screen for one second. Research results showed that by using thegamification elements, collection rates increased by three times and users preferred to be
Dewey, Stanford University,” 24-Oct-2018.[20] L. Vygotsky, “Thought and word,” in Thinking and Speech, vol. 1, 1934.[21] J. Lave and E. Wenger, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, 1st edition. Cambridge England ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.[22] S. K. Gilmartin et al., “Designing a Longitudinal Study of Engineering Students’ Innovation and Engineering Interests and Plans: The Engineering Majors Survey Project. EMS 1.0 and 2.0 Technical Report.,” Stanford University Designing Education Lab, Stanford, CA, Technical Report
, and encouraging internal motivation20. As wasshown in the cluster analysis, students from each cluster could demonstrate adaptive HSBs, andcases of adaptive HSBs were found involving each of the nine resources included in the analysis.Motivating students to make the best use of their study time through adaptive help seeking hasthe potential to positively impact student performance21, while still allowing students thefreedom to study according to their personal preferences. Our next steps in planning the future ofFreeform will draw on previous HSB publications in the Blended Learning space24,39,40 as weexplore how to facilitate a more positive and adaptive learning experience. Finally, in addition to enjoying the sheer number of resources
University. His technical research focuses on the intersection of soil-structure interaction and structural/geotechnical data. He encourages students pushing them toward self-directed learning through reading, and inspiring enthusiasm for the fields of structural and geotechnical engineering. Dr. Wood aims to recover the benefits of classical-model, literature-based learning in civil engineering education.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transporta- tion infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic