;” and (3) “ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams [6, p. 2].”One semester, I was the principle investigator on a national AIA Research for Practice grant[26]. The students designed a 57,500 ft2 [5,342 m2] performing arts center. The fundamentalpremise of the grant was to make connections beyond university borders and to describe thenature of their collaborations. BIM connected three public universities and nearly 100 students.Each school played a different role in creating an architectural design response. The groupactivities followed the ASCE BOK for multidisciplinary team collaboration for roles, expertise,and project scope [8, p. 20]. The project had a sustainability component where the building hadto meet Leadership in Energy and
and Environmental Policy, and En- gineering Risk and Uncertainty. Her recent research is about gaseous emissions of reactive nitrogen from fertilized fields into the atmosphere and impacts on air quality and climate change, and implementing process and project learning in introductory fundamentals classes. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Preliminary results from implementing a data driven team project in introductory risk and uncertainty analysis class for sophomore civil and environmental engineering students1. INTRODUCTIONRapid changes in science and technology mandate that engineering education is updated to keepup pace with these changes. Computing
specifically use the inductive teaching method, project-based learning (PBL), insophomore (200-) and junior (300-) level BME laboratory courses. PBL is built around student-centered instruction, and its hallmark is a concrete end-product that has been designed throughiterative refinement. Inclusion of four, progressively more challenging design projects into thesophomore and junior year courses provides students opportunity to practice iterative refinementprior to a capstone experience. Further, the literature supports that constructivist principlesground PBL experiences in context-specific learning, active engagement, and sharing ofknowledge [8]-[10], all of which we feel are necessary for successful engineering project work.When designed well, PBL
gage how students felt the targeted skillswere enhanced through course activities. This helps to engage students as partners indevelopment of these skills and as this strategy is advanced, it provides valuable feedback to theprogram as to whether the skill set being used is the most appropriate. The impact on faculty asthey shape course experiences to integrate in awareness of the use of these skills will also bediscussed.IntroductionThe question of “What is a Workplace Skill?” and how engineering curriculums are designed todevelop these is one of great importance. The expectation by employers is that graduates willhave acquired broad exposure and significant practice of these before entering the workforce.But there is always some fluidity in
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USMA. Dr. Goerger is also the 2019-2020 President of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The Impact of Systems Thinking Skills and Proactive Personality on Academic Performance of Engineering Students AbstractAcademic performance of college students, particularly those who are in an engineering program,continues to receive attention in the literature. However, there is a lack of studies that examine thesimultaneous effects of students' systems thinking (ST) skills and proactive personality (PP) onacademic performance. The linkage between ST skills and PP has not been investigated
Paper ID #29434Teaching human-center design to engineers: continuous improvement in acornerstone courseProf. Catalina Cort´azar, P. Univ. Cat´olica de Chile Catalina Cort´azar is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at DiLab the Design initiative at the School of Engi- neering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Catalina holds a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, with concentration in Structural Design. After graduating and working at an Engineering firm in Chile, Catalina completed a master’s degree in media studies at The New School, and a MFA in Design and Technology @ Parsons The New School for Design
of moral conduct in both physical andvirtual realms include showing respect for others, being honest, etc. [24], and (c) drawing in real-world examples of ethical discussions in law enforcement currently occurring in the cyber-world.This goes well beyond “following the rules” to understanding morals and discussing theprinciples of right and wrong and how that is determined. Let us now explore the process thatwas utilized in the development of this cyber ethics course.2. MethodologyThe course was developed in two parts and was designed to give students a chance to both reflecton the social and professional impacts of computer technology by focusing on the rules and theethical issues faced in our evolving cyber world and to meet a portion of
for engineering students to become effective team leaders [5] and adapt tosolving complex problems [6]. However, research is required on how to further develop theseattributes which can be useful for both industry and academic leaders and adapt to the newindustry revolution.The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the literature to identify a morecomprehensive understanding of how teamwork has been used proposed in 4IR engineeringworkplaces and what have been the best practices reported in order to align with the changes inIndustry 4.0. Therefore, the study addresses the following research question:RQ: What aspects of teamwork have been proposed or studied in order to ensure effectiveteamwork for Industry 4.0 in
enables designers and others withinenterprise level organizations to address a wide range of complex business and social issues. Ineducation, it enables students to learn from a practical approach before they become designcandidates; and bridge a skills gap that IBM is currently witnessing exists with graduates comingfrom design related programs.Business and social solutions are derived by first understanding the problem and identifying themost impacted needs (emotionally- and efficiency-based) that a problem creates. EDTencompasses three principles: a focus on user outcomes, diverse empowered teams, and restlessreinvention [9]. These principles that mirror the DNA of Agile methodology taught to engineers –clarity of outcomes, self-directed teams
Wilson International Center for Scholars studying the 2011 Arab Uprisings, and Brigham Young University’s Political Science Department study- ing marriage and family practices of the Middle East. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from Brigham Young University where she received the Middle East Stud- ies/Arabic Student Research Award in April 2017.Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation Andrew is the founder and current Executive Director of the Digital Harbor Foundation. He also served as a senior advisor in the Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama administration and currently advises national technology education nonprofits including the Computer Science for
, practicalreal-world engineering training for their students and graduates. This is usually achieved throughstructured laboratory-based courses and project-based learning courses throughout theircurriculum. In the EET program at Kennesaw State University, the Capstone Design courseexperience was offered through a menu of project-based senior design courses that students gotto choose from based on their specific electrical areas of interest. This served the program wellfor several years but did not always offer the students a uniform design experience as thatdepended on the instructor(s) teaching those classes in a given semester. As a result, the EETfaculty concluded that in order to offer a more uniform experience to each cohort of students, itwas best
students apply design methods, they rarely practice needs finding.All Canadian undergraduate engineering students participate in a capstone project in their fourthyear. Engineering instructors at the University of Waterloo have identified a lack of opportunitiesfor students to practice their need finding skills prior to fourth year. As a result, a set of needfinding instructional activities were conducted in-class for one term. The objective of thisresearch is to conduct evidence-based program improvement by identifying the teachingpractices that improve need finding competencies in engineering graduates. More specifically, inthis ongoing study, the authors explore how students identify, select, and justify their capstoneproject problem; and
research interests include novel assessments of educational efficacy, the molecular basis of cell movement, and the mitigation of infectious diseases. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Clinician-engineer career bias and its relationship to engineering design self-efficacy among Biomedical Engineering undergraduatesBackgroundBiomedical engineering undergraduates are often drawn to clinical practice rather than to careersin engineering – 54% according to one study in 2008 [1]. An informal survey of recent careeroutcome dashboards suggests that this remains the case, though medical schools are not calledout separately in those reports. These
wereassistant professors on tenure track, assistant teaching professors, and assistant librarians. Thegroup now consists of tenured professors, associate professors, librarians, and two of theUniversity’s first teaching professors that have been promoted to the associate level.This paper will explore best practices for forming and maintaining similar peer mentor groups.Topics covered will include group composition, meeting structure, process for new membership,and group expectations. Themes that the group has grappled with include teaching strategies atvarious scales in STEM, mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, cultivatinghealthy relationships with colleagues and collaborators, navigating university politics as womenin STEM
requires reflecting on what has been done[6,7]. To achieve this, students must not only practice a substantial quantity of assignments, they mustreceive feedback and then reflect on the experience. The value of feedback is well accepted. Theauthors of [8] state that prompt feedback is essential for students to improve their models and makesolid modeling more of an engineering design task and less of an art project; while both [2] and [4]contend that without feedback to remedy their models, students develop and perpetuate poor modelingstrategies. In spite of the obvious value, traditionally there is a significant time lag between theintroduction of a concept and the receipt of feedback by the student. In some instances, weeks mayelapse before a
College Ethan Baxter is a sophomore studying for his undergrad at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College for Computer Science in the engineering department. He has been a part of multiple research opportunities on his campus since he started in summer of 2018. He is experienced in developing Simulations and Games in different software suites, and 3d printing practices. With passion for the university he has held positions in both the National Association of Computing Machinery chapter at Behrend and a position in the Game Developers Club at Behrend. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Multiplayer Physical and Virtual Reality Games for Team-based
Research Education: A Report on the First Year of a NSF-sponsored Cyber-physical System Cybersecurity Research Experience for Undergraduates Program," in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019.[15] N. V. Ivankova, J. W. Creswell and S. L. Stick, "Using Mixed-Methods Sequential Explanatory Design: From Theory to Practice," Field Methods, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 3–20, 2006.[16] S. R. Terrell, "Mixed-methods research methodologies," The Qualitative Report, 2012.[17] J. W. Creswell, Research Design.: Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed Methods Approaches, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2016.[18] O. M. Mugenda, Research methods: Quantitative and qualitative approaches, African Centre for Technology Studies, 1999.
exposure to STEM in order for outreach efforts to have an impacton students’ college trajectory. Given recent and anticipated demographic and political shifts[14], [15] we know that we are going to have to work ever harder to build the STEM talent poolfor tomorrow.Experiential EducationPCEC heavily engrains experiential education into each of our academic programs. Thecurriculum is designed to engage students in high-impact hands-on learning in which they applytheory to solve problems and then prototype and test their solutions through actual productdevelopment. State-of-the-art facilities provide both undergraduate and graduate students withaccess to a wide variety of tools such as machine tools, 3D printers, and advancedinstrumentation. For
experience in infectious disease and epidemiology, providing crucial exposure to the broader context of engineering problems and their subsequent solutions. These diverse experiences and a growing passion for improving engineering edu- cation prompted Dr. Miskio˘glu to change her career path and become a scholar of engineering education. As an educator, she is committed to challenging her students to uncover new perspectives and dig deeper into the context of the societal problems engineering is intended to solve. As a scholar, she seeks to not only contribute original theoretical research to the field, but work to bridge the theory-to-practice gap in engineering education by serving as an ambassador for empirically
, also then serving as a factor in declining retention and/or graduation rates. Researchon what to use for correct placement has indicated that a combination of level of high schoolmathematics courses taken, overall high school GPA, ACT/SAT math score, and number ofmathematics courses taken during high school shows a stronger correlation between success inthe first university mathematics course than only using a mathematics placement exam [4]. Inresponse to needing some form of placement, studies suggest using multiple measures, mostwidely that of the high school GPA and prior mathematics background in conjunction withassessment scores [5]. This research reports that combined measures have resulted in a higherpercentage of correct mathematics
Paper ID #28239Assessment of Cybersecurity Competition Teams as Experiential EducationExercisesDr. Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University Jeremy Straub is the Associate Director of the NDSU Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the North Dakota State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Scientific Computing, an M.S. and an M.B.A. and has published over 40 journal articles and over 120 full conference papers, in addition to making numerous other conference presenta- tions. Straub’s research spans the gauntlet between technology
current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, and the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learn- ing and success. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Dr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design
-related courses and does research with natural fiber composite materials. He is also interested in entrepreneurship,sustainable engineering, and appropriate technology in developing countries.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University CYNTHIA C. FRY is currently a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science at Baylor University. She worked at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center as a Senior Project Engineer, a Crew Training Manager, and the Science Operations Director for STS-46. She was an Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Navy (IRR), and worked with the Naval Maritime Intelligence Center as a Scientific/Technical Intelligence Analyst. She was the owner and chief systems engineer for Systems Engineering Services (SES), a computer
conference and American Society for Engineering Education conference.Miss Meg E West, The Ohio State University Meg E. West is an engineering education graduate student at The Ohio State University. She is a graduate teaching and research associate for the Department of Engineering Education.Dr. J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University Dr. Hylton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coordinator of the First-Year Engi- neering experience for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He previously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he conducted re- search in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Engineering
Transportation Engineers (ITE), and American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He has also been inducted into Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society, and Chi Epsilon, the Civil Engineering National Honor Society. He has carried out research in several areas, including advanced traffic signal control, construction management, and sustainability in construction and civil engineering. Michael has also worked in the engineering industry for several years, as both a design engineer and construction inspector. He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and Texas, and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction
, and trust/ trustworthiness in professional-client relationships. A licensed engineer with over 35 years experience in engineering education and practice, Dr. Lawson has provided project management and technical oversight for geotechnical, construction ma- terials, transportation, environmental, and facilities projects nationwide.Ms. Heather R. Keister PE, Freese and Nichols Heather Keister is a Senior Project Manager and FNI Associate, overseeing the firm’s Lubbock office, with experience in many aspects of civil planning, design and construction. Her background includes drainage analysis and design, transportation, infrastructure, development and public works projects, with a focus in stormwater management and
explore howstudents described their experience with the class, and what reasons were given to the utility ofthe class and address the study’s research question, “How useful students perceive what theylearned in an introductory engineering design course for their successive years in college or forwhat they want to do after graduation?”Open coding was the primary method of analysis [17] of the written-response survey question.As a starting point, the authors removed null responses from the dataset, including responses thatdid not have text content or had non-applicable content. We identified 25 (31% of the totalresponses) student responses as null responses, and they were excluded from the qualitativeanalysis. The open coding system helped to
from Auburn University in 2014. He is a contributor to the Australian Maths Trust, and member of the MASAMU international research group for mathematics.Dr. Carl Pettis Carl S. Pettis, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Al- abama State University Administrative role: Interim Associate Provost Office of Academic Affairs Alabama State UniversityDr. Uma Kannan Dr. Uma Kannan is Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems in the College of Business Administration at Alabama State University, where she has taught since 2017. She received her Ph.D. degree in Cybersecurity from Auburn University in 2017. She specialized in Cybersecurity, particularly on
Institute and State University Dr. Holly M. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. She is current the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs and the former Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and practice related to graduate student mentoring. She won the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, was nominated for a Graduate Advising Award in 2015, and won the 2018 Graduate Student Mentor Award for the College of Engineering. Dr. Matusovich has gradu- ated 10 doctoral students since starting her research program in Spring 2009. Dr. Matusovich co-hosts