studies have identified communication as one of the mostimportant transferrable employment skills – one that often influences job performance and careeradvancement (Grant and Dickson 2006; Leydens et al. 2008; Poe et al. 2010; Lopes et al. 2015;Bercich et al. 2018; Young and Ashman 2019). Despite the importance of communication skills,several studies have identified communication-related shortcomings in recent graduates, such asconvoluted writing, imprecise or inaccurate content, and an inability to meaningfully 1communicate technical conclusions (Paretti 2006; Craig et al. 2008; Mohan 2009; Conrad 2017;Fletcher et al. 2017).While most engineering curricula include some technical communication
Paper ID #31142Implementing Interactive 3-D Models in an Entry Level Engineering Courseto Enhance Students’ VisualizationDr. Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut Alexandra Hain is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut in structural engi- neering. She received her PhD in Structural Engineering in 2019 from the University of Connecticut. She has used 3D modeling and virtual reality extensively in her research and is currently working on a project to extend the benefits of both augmented and virtual reality technology to undergraduate and graduate education.Dr. Sarira Motaref P.E., University
andethics primarily from relatives and co-workers who are engineers, and rarely from technicalengineering courses. Our survey findings may support the idea that for the curriculum to beeffective students must have more practical experience, social interaction, and exposure to theengineering practice. This may be gained firsthand through internships and contact withengineering practitioners and being exposed to formal and informal expectations as well aseveryday practice.References[1] Rabb, R. and Greenburg, D. Meeting Industry Needs for Professional and TechnicalSkills With New Graduate Degrees, ASEE Conference Proceedings 2019[2] Bairaktarova, D., & Woodcock, A. (2017). Engineering student's ethical awareness andbehavior: A new motivational
as a way toengage with talented high school students and give them a first-hand look at experientiallearning. In 2018, Accelerate offered six academic programs and in 2019 offered eight programs.In 2020 Accelerate plans to offer ten academic programs, including the following:Bioengineering Immersion, Design Discovery, Engineering Innovation & Design, Innovations inHealth Professions, Experiential Entrepreneurship, WE2: Experiential Entrepreneurship forWomen, Humanity in a Digital World, Exploring Modern Physics, Sustainable Chemistry &Renewable Energy, and Law & (In)Justice. These programs are connected and led by variousschools and colleges in the university to ensure that students are learning directly from faculty.The
Tower No Longer World’s Tallest : NPR,” National Public Radio, 05-Jan-2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122258086. [Accessed: 21-Apr- 2020].[37] J. Straub, “Experiential Research Education: A Report on the First Year of an NSF- sponsored Cyber-physical System Cybersecurity Research Experience for Un- dergraduates Program Experiential Research Education: A Report on the First Year of a NSF-sponsored Cyber-physical System Cybersecurity Research Experience for Undergraduates Program,” in Proceedings of the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019.
strategies. Since the use of UORs extendsbeyond engineering programs, this study may be of interest to other academic disciplines as well.Possible future work stemming from this study includes a future iteration of the survey in whichboth the student and instructor samples would be taken in a way that produces collections ofrespondents more likely to be representative of their respective populations.References [1] T. J. Ryan, C. Janeiro, and W. E. Howard, “Perception of academic integrity among students and faculty: A comparison of the ethical gray area,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2016, doi: 10.18260/p.25878. [2] W. J. Bowers, Student dishonesty and its control in college. New York: Bureau
itdifficult to understand the angles and three-dimensional space on the paper. All the studentsresponded that it was not difficult to understand. It was great to see that the students could notunderstand why it would be a problem for anyone. The students found it so intuitive and easythat they just could not believe that this has been a difficult-to-understand concept in the past.While one could argue that the group used for analysis was small, it must be noted that trailerclasses historically perform poorer than regular classes. In the previous Spring semester (2019),the content was presented without the MBE method to a 7 person trailer class. Only 2 studentscould solve the problem correctly. Given this data, it can be seen that the MBE model
into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on stu- dent perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education Sympo- sium in 2013, awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research Methods Faculty Apprentice Award in 2014 and the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching Effec- tiveness and Educational Scholarship presented by American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chemical Engineering Division in 2017.Dr. Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Paper ID #30512Developing the Industry 4.0 WorkforceDr. Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University Arif Sirinterlikci is a University Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Depart- ment Head of Engineering at Robert Morris University. He holds BS and MS degrees, both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and his Ph.D. is in Industrial and Systems En- gineering from the Ohio State University. He has been actively involved in ASEE and SME organizations and conducted research in Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering, Biomedical Device Design and Manufacturing
course transformation in engineering.” Tampa, FL: ASEE Annual Convention, 2019. [6] S. V. Chasteen, K. K. Perkins, W. J. Code, and C. E. Wieman, “The science education initiative: an experiment in scaling up educational improvements in a research university,” Transforming institutions: undergraduate STEM education for the 21st century, pp. pp–125, 2016. [7] C. Wieman, K. Perkins, and S. Gilbert, “Transforming science education at large research universities: A case study in progressxs,” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 6–14, 2010. [8] M. K. Smith, F. H. Jones, S. L. Gilbert, and C. E. Wieman, “The classroom observation protocol for undergraduate stem (copus): A new instrument to characterize
Materials Science & Engineering, SI Edition., Cengage Learning, 2013, pp. 1–18.[2] J. P. Mercier, G. Zambelli, and W. Kurz, “Materials,” in Introduction to Materials Science, Elsevier, 2002, pp. 1–16.[3] W. D. Callister and D. G. Rethwisch, “Introduction,” in Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: An Integrated Approach, 5th ed., Wiley, 2016.[4] "Adopt-a-Material": A Case Study for Self-driven Learning Process for Undergraduate Students Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida.[5] D. R. Askeland and W. J. Wright, The Science and Engineering of Materials. Cengage Learning, 2016.[6] https://grantadesign.com/education/ces-edupack/ Figure 1: Sample
Paper ID #28743Engineering Service Learning at Children’s Museum: A Decade ofEmpowering the STEM Education PipelineDr. Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College Dan G. Dimitriu has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 20 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering program. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-year College Division of ASEE in 2002. His research interests are in engineering graphics, 3-D Visualization, fuel cells, plastics, and
Faculty Mentor of the Year.Dr. Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and Assistant Dean for Student Advancement and Program Assessment in the College of Engineering. Dr. Briedis is involved in several areas of education research including student retention and the use of technology in the classroom. She has been involved in NSF-funded research in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of ASEE, ABET
Paper ID #31500A First-Year Career Development Course: Securing and Succeeding in anEngineering JobDr. Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis Jennifer Sinclair Curtis is Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at University of California, Davis. She is a Fellow of ASEE, AAAS and AIChE. She is recipient of AIChE’s Particle Technology Forum’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award, AIChE’s Thomas-Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems, ASEE’s Chemical Engineering Lec- tureship Award, ASEE’s CACHE Award for Excellence in Computing in Chemical
grading system as compared to the conventional grading system in high school chemistry. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 10(1), 3-12.Helmke, B. P. (2019, June), Specifications Grading in an Upper-Level BME Elective Course Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/33278Lloyd, D. A. (1992). Commentary: Pass-fail grading fails to meet the grade. Academic Medicine, 67(9), 583-584.Martin, K. M., Mangum, R., and Battaglia, D., “Giving Students Choice in their Capstone Experience,” 2019 ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. https://peer.asee.org/32874Nilson, L. (2015). Specifications grading: Restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time. Stylus Publishing
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, embedded cyber-physical systems, and engineering education. He is the lead author of the textbook Introduction to Embedded Systems: Using Microcon- trollers and the MSP430 (Springer 2014). From 2013 to 2018 served as Associate Dean of engineering at UPRM. He currently directs the Engineering PEARLS program at UPRM, a College-wide NSF funded initiative, and coordinates the Rapid Systems Prototyping and the Electronic Testing and Characterization Laboratories at UPRM. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Luisa Guillemard is a psychology professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus. She has a M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Caribbean Center of
Survey to Assess K-12 Teachers’ Perceptions of Engineers and Familiarity with Teaching Design, Engineering, and Technology,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 205–216, 2006.[3] S. Yoon Yoon, M. G. Evans, and J. Strobel, “Validation of the teaching engineering self- efficacy scale for K-12 teachers: A structural equation modeling approach,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 103, no. 3, pp. 463–485, 2014.[4] T. A. Litzinger et al., “Engineering education and the development of expertise,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 123–150, 2011.[5] “PLTW Engineering (9-12),” 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.pltw.org/our- programs/pltw-engineering-curriculum. [Accessed: 22-Nov-2019].[6] C. W
Service Award, and the 2007 Faculty Advisor of the Year Award. He received the Excellence in Engineering Education Award and Faculty Advisor Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He was also nominated for the MTSU 2005 and 2009-11 Outstanding Research Award. He received two Academic Excellence awards from the Tennessee Board of Region in 2010-11. Foroudastan has also won many College of Basic and Applied Science awards. In addition to this, Foroudastan also reviews papers for journals and conference proceedings of ASEE, ASEE-SE, and ASME, and he has been a session moderator for several professional conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Experimental
modeling strategies and spatial visualization abilities in undergraduate students. He has con- ducted CAD and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing workshops for both industry and education professionals. Dr. Branoff served as President of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics from 2009-2012. In 2013 he was elected into the Academy of Fellows of the ASEE, and in 2014 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE. In April of 2015 Dr. Branoff received the Orthogonal Medal for distinguished service in graphic science from the Technology, Engineering & Design Education faculty at North Carolina State University.Dr. Kevin L Devine, Illinois State
StateUniversity, Maritime Academy IRB committee. Over three years, all students taking the coursewere invited to participate. This resulted in 106 of 112 students giving consent: Fall 2017 (32students), Fall 2018 (42 students), and Fall 2019 (32 students). The course consisted of threemajor laboratory experiments. The lab report topics were convection, airfoil, and truck drag. Asthe semester progressed, the latter two topics were not based on knowledge from prerequisitecourses. Students were provided additional information literacy instruction to help with theirsearches. The supplemental instruction was also a part of an effort to improve students’information literacy skills in this program. Each experiment included theory presentationshalfway through
impact was not realizedby those identified as “at risk” [4]. Most of the existing research on PBL addresses residential(i.e. in class) and flipped classrooms environments. As noted in the 2019 ASEE AnnualConference for the division of “Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies” the onlineinvolvement of PBL towards engineering experimentation was virtually absent [5].The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the applicability of an online engineeringexperimentation course that empowers engineering students to attain hands-on, appliedengineering experimentation experiences within their normal dwellings. This course usesinexpensive, yet reasonably accurate sensors and data acquisition systems. An objective of thecourse was to deliver students
conference papers and book chapters.Mr. Ryan Hare, Rowan University Ryan Hare received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rowan University in 2019. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University. His current research focus is applying machine learning and games to enhance student education, particularly in STEM fields. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Random Forest-Based Adaptive Narrative Game for Personalized LearningAbstractIn student education, learning styles can vary wildly from one student to the next. While studentsshould receive support tailored to their specific learning
Fellow and has been a White House invitee discussing STEM Inclusion. Dr. Lester holds professional memberships in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Dr. Sahithya Reddivari, Georgia State University Sahithya Reddivari is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Georgia State University. She teaches freshman and sophomore engineering courses including, Introduction to Engineering, Engineering De- sign and Graphics (2D and 3D modeling) and Statics. She has developed experiential learning projects for first-year engineering students through the Instructional enhancement grant awarded by the Center for
mechanical ‘engineering technology’ students: Successful implementation for students learning,” In Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 11-17, 2016.[22] A. Purwar and C. A. Scott, “An online engineering dynamics class for college sophomores: Design, implementation, and assessment,” In Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, USA, June 16-19, 2019.
California Polytech- nic State University where he teaches courses in materials selection and polymers. He has presented his research on engineering ethics to several universities and to the American Bar Association. He serves as Associate Editor of the journals Advances in Engineering Education and International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering. He has served as program chair and division chair for several divisions within ASEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Self-Efficacy and Mental Wellness Goals in Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractThe mental well-being of undergraduate students is a growing concern among
become retention issues.References[1] A. M. Williford and J. Y. Schaller, “All retention all the time: How institutional research can synthesize information and influence retention practices,” In Proceedings of the 45th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, May 2005.[2] J. Snyder and E. A. Cudney, “Retention models for STEM majors and alignment to community colleges: A review of the literature,” in Journal of STEM Education, vol. 18(3), pp. 30-39, 2017.[3] J. Snyder and E. A. Cudney, “A retention model for community college STEM students,” in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. June 2018.[4] D. Kirp, “The college dropout scandal,” The Chronicle Review, 2019, https
themestogether has been the teaching and assignment of critical reflection. The underlying principlesand practice of critical reflection have been taught by two authors and reinforced by the thirdauthor on this paper. Catherine Groves developed and delivered the original lecture materialsduring the 2017-18 academic year and Gabrielle Orbaek White adopted and delivered themduring the 2018-2019 academic year.Reynolds, a critical management scholar, provides the theoretical framework used in theinstruction of critical reflection in this program [18]. Informed by the Freirian ideal of usingreflection to inform action, Reynolds defines critical reflection as a process that should: questiontaken-for-granted assumptions; be social rather than individual; be
of engineeringknowledge, 4) knowledge production in engineering, 5) the scope of engineering, 6) models ofdesign process, 7) cultural embeddedness of engineering, 8) the internal culture of engineering,and 9) engineering and science. These features highlight unique aspects of engineering thatenable a more comprehensive understanding of what engineering is and how engineering works(Pleasants and Olson, 2019), and further emphasize how an understanding of design is embeddedin broader contexts and shaped by social interactions. Previous literature on design theory has presented design as a situated activity, describingdesign as open-ended, goal-oriented, social, and situated [34]–[36]. These inherentcharacteristics of design situations
materials and sound instructional designs.Keywords: CoOrdinated Math-Physics Assessment for Students Success (COMPASS),Differential Equations, Calculus, Progress Through CalculusIntroduction In the United States (US) and elsewhere introductory mathematics courses, specificallycalculus, often serves as a bottleneck, preventing large numbers of STEM-intending students fromadvancing in their majors [1]. The need for increasing the number of STEM graduates [2, 3, 4, 5, 6,Preprint submitted to ASEE April 24, 20207] has resulted in various programs to attract and retain students in STEM fields. Bressoud, Mesaand Rasmussen [8] identified several characteristics of successful calculus programs