Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic in- terdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineer- ing, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering education, the pro- fessional formation of engineers, the role of empathy
professor. Dr. Kaipa’s research inter- ests include biologically inspired robotics, human-robot collaboration, embodied cognition, and swarm intelligence. Dr. Kaipa is a member of ASME and IEEE.Mr. Samuel J Sacks, Norfolk Public Schools After graduating from Virginia Tech with a BS in Sociology and Political Science in 2014, Mr. Sacks continued his education through Old Dominion University’s K-6 teacher education masters program. Mr. Sacks is currently teaching 4th grade social studies at the Academy for Discovery at Lakewood in Norfolk, Virginia. He lives with his girlfriend, Hillary, and their cat, Snuggles.Dr. Stacie I Ringleb, Old Dominion University Stacie Ringleb is an associate professor in the Department of
that discipline,[3] and that suchparticipation results in the development of a variety of skills related to communication,[4]leadership and ethical development,[5] and design and teamwork.[6] Such increases also havevarious professional benefits. For example, students who participate in these activities get jobsafter graduation at higher rates than those who do not.[7]But the engineering curriculum is very dense, making participation in out-of-classroom and co-curricular activities challenging. Brint and co-workers [8] found that there are two separateacademic cultures of engagement, where the arts, humanities, and social sciences focus on the“interaction, participation, and interest in ideas,” and science and engineering disciplines focuson
to grow at a faster rate than the demand for qualified graduates inother occupations. Despite the value and increasing necessity of STEM skills within today’ssociety and the 21st century workforce, substantial numbers of Americans still do not have equalaccess to postsecondary STEM education and, thus, have limited opportunities for STEM-relatedemployment and careers [4].Along with unequal access to STEM degree programs, researchers report stark differencesbetween traditional and nontraditional undergraduate enrollment and degree attainment in STEM,wherein nontraditional students consistently fare worse. Chen and Weko [5] found it was atypicalfor students who were older, financially self-supporting, or from low socio-economicbackgrounds to
. What are the barriers in the pathway for the diverse range of engineers within theprofession? Do they all define “success” in the same terms? How can the management of anengineering firm impact this with the goal to yield more recruitment and retention? In short, theSE3 report looks at a way we can broaden the impact of how engineers approach engineeringmanagement to include a consideration of diversity and inclusion, not merely because it is the“right” thing to do, but because the attraction and retention of a diverse work force allows us toemploy the best engineers from all backgrounds, leading to a more robust and talentedgeneration of engineers.History behind the report In 2016, the Structural Engineers Association of Northern
Paper ID #30063To Start or Not: Impact of Engineering Students’ Engagement inEntrepreneurship Competitive Activities on their EntrepreneurialIntentionsMiss Yaxin Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Yaxin Huang received a Bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Hohai University of China (2018), and is studying for a Master’s degree in higher education at SJTU. Her research interest includes engineering students’ international learning experiences, innovation and entrepreneurship edu- cation.Prof. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of
Paper ID #29032The Mechanics Project: A Pedagogy of Engagement for UndergraduateMechanics CoursesProf. Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Keith D. Hjelmstad is President’s Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.Amie Baisley, University of Florida Amie Baisley is a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. Her teaching and research interests are centered around the sophomore level courses that engineering students take and how changes in those courses can impact student learning and
research interests include numerical heat transfer, fluids, and magnetohydrodynamic simulations and facilitating undergraduate students to engage in similar projects. He is also focused in the implementation of engineering freshman design experiences.Mr. Joshua Rudaitis, University of Florida Mr. Joshua Rudaitis is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Florida. He is pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering and is expected to graduate in December of 2020. He is performing undergraduate research at his University, focusing on Networking and Remote Systems. His main areas of professional interest within the field of Software Engineering include Embedded Systems, Networking, and Application Development
specific courses; therefore, the technical assignments to which the contextual activities are linked differ significantly. However, the module-related tasks students are asked to complete are similar. The students typically complete a personality test to determine what role is best suited to each team member and prepare a team charter. They also write a reflection paper discussing the behaviors and emotions observed at each stage of their team’s development period, any conflicts experienced during the project life cycle, and the approach used to resolve conflicts.Relating Assessment Outcomes to KSOs The AOs are different for each e-learning module. However, all of the e-learning moduleswere designed to
, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin-guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipientof 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included3 edited books, 9 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 63 journal articles, and 164 conference pa-pers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 40 M.S., and 5 Ph.D. thesis students; 64 undergraduate research studentsand 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 500 K-12 teachers and 130 high school studentresearchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di-rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM
Paper ID #30728Poverty and Guidance: Challenges and Opportunities in MathematicsPreparation for EngineeringDr. Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University Dr. Gallagher is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with joint appointments to Mathematical Sciences and Education & Human Development. Her research interests include student cognition in mathematics, development of teacher identity among graduate teach- ing assistants, and curricular reform to foster diversity and inclusion in STEM fields. She is co-PI on an NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot, ”Statewide
designer in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. She works with faculty to design and redesign courses while following best practices in technology integration. Her research interests include learning aptitudes and facilitating class- room communication. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Interdisciplinary Project-Based Service Learning and Action Research Project with Mechanical Engineering and Speech-Language Pathology StudentsAbstractThe current paper addresses an imminent need for an action research study to systematicallyinvestigate the effectiveness of an interprofessional project-based service
stronger emotional impact on users. Malheiros and coauthors [20] present a visualtext mining tool to aid systematic reviews of research topics in the software research community.As the discussion above, it is acknowledged that the functionalities of a text mining program suchas data cleaning, data management, text analysis, and visualization have been well studied in theexisting literature. Researchers propose methods or develop computational frameworks to addressproblems in specific domains (e.g., emails, social media, construction engineering documents, etc.)with emphasis of different text mining functionalities. However, to the best of our knowledge,there is a lack of a computational framework or system for mining the textual data generated
the Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Min- eral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechani- cal and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineer- ing Students. Her research
5: Curriculum., Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria- for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2016-2017/#curriculum.[2] C. Dym, A. Agogino, O. Eris, D. Frey, and L. Leifer, “Engineering design thinking, teaching and learning,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 86, pp. 103-120, 2005.[3] R. Allen, S. Acharya, C. Jancuk and A. Shoukas, “Sharing best practices in teaching biomedical engineering design,” Annals of Biomed. Eng., vol. 41, pp. 1869-1879, 2013.[4] R. Mertz, “A capstone design course [electrical engineering],” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 40, pp. 41-45, 1997.[5] R. Miller and B. Olds, “A model curriculum for a capstone course in multidisciplinary engineering design,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 83, pp
College of Technology with a joint appointment in the College of Education at Purdue University. Hired as a part of the strategic P12 STEM initiative, he prepares Engineering/Technology candidates for teacher licensure. Dr. Mentzer’s educational efforts in pedagogical content knowledge are guided by a research theme centered in student learning of engineer- ing design thinking on the secondary level. Nathan was a former middle and high school technology educator in Montana prior to pursuing a doctoral degree. He was a National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) Fellow at Utah State University while pursuing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. After graduation he completed a one year appointment
through maker activities [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]. 2Jordan and Lande’s [17] research highlights the common technical problem-solving practicesbetween adult makers and working engineers. Given the learner-centered creative technicalproblem-solving fundamentals, they make a compelling case for making activities inundergraduate engineering education. Preliminary studies of making in undergraduateengineering education are promising as these activities may appeal to a broader diversity ofstudents [18] [19].Physical Computing Design Solutions for FarmersMain objectives of the open-ended team-based Physical Computing Design
theJoanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria demonstrated a strong link betweenpoor performance on mathematics exams and the ability to succeed on first engineeringmechanics course exams.[2] For these reasons, many universities have recognized the need tofocus on methodologies for improving mathematics and physics success rates as well as manyother practices with the goal of impacting retention and graduation rates. A literature review ofthe many different improvement methodologies tried by universities was done by Desai andStefanek at Purdue University Northwest and demonstrates the success possible usingapproaches such as changes in freshmen engineering courses, enhanced mathematics and sciencepreparation, community building
. Ford et al., “Transitioning from capstone design courses to workplaces: A study of new engineers’ first three months,” Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1993–2013, 2019.[28] D. W. Knight, C. Gewirtz, and T. M. Chowdhury, “The Impact of Capstone Design Courses on New Engineering Graduates Preparation for Teamwork : A Mixed Methods Investigation,” in Research in Engineering Education Symposium, 2019.[29] R. Komarek, D. Knight, and A. R. Bielefeldt, “Evolution of leadership behaviors during two-semester capstone design course in mechanical engineering,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., vol. 2018-June, 2018.[30] M. Feiner, The Feiner points of leadership : the fifty basic laws that will make people
engineering educators can best help them to be successful. Ourfuture research on RANGE students will explore the challenges that these students experience inbalancing the competing demands of military service and academic pursuits in engineeringeducation.References[1] J. Marcus, "Community colleges rarely graduate the veterans they recruit," The Atlantic, 21 April 2017.[2] U.S. Veterans Administration: National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, "Summary of veterans benefits: FY 2000 to FY 2016," [Online]. Available: https://www.va.gov/vetdata/utilization.asp. [Accessed 22 January 2020].[3] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Annual Benefits Report, Fiscal Year 2018," Author, Washington, DC, 2019.[4] C. A. Cate, S. Lyon, J
-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Unconscious Bias in Peer Ratings of International Students’ Contributions to First-Year Design Projects?AbstractPeer ratings are often used to help award individual grades from team projects. It is thereforeimportant to understand the extent to which these peer ratings may be influenced by unconsciousor implicit bias
use21 . Mechanical engineers have a greatresponsibility when it comes to designing a user-friendly product. The design process is the mostcrucial of all the operations carried out from raw material to finished product. The best designersin the world cannot be user friendly or product friendly at every project, hence impartingempathy in engineering students is important for unforeseen design projects in real worldenvironment.3. Research Method 3.1. Study Subject and Data CollectionThe study subjects in this study were students enrolled in the design methodologies class offeredat a private university in the spring semester. This course serves as precursor to the seniorcapstone design course. Senior design course is the only design course
balance principles by incorporating a deliberate systematicapproach. Indeed, for our students to tackle the grand challenges of this century, they must beable to understand the inherent interconnectedness of global and regional environmental systems.Introduction The environmental engineering discipline employs fundamentals of mass balance alongwith engineering design principles to develop solutions for environmental challenges. A numberof these challenges are specifically addressed as grand challenges of the 21st century such asensuring a sustainable supply of food, water, and energy to underdeveloped areas, curbingclimate change while simultaneously adapting to its impacts, eliminating waste and waste-creating practices, and creating
: Sage Publications, Inc., 2013.[20] J. W. Creswell, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, Inc., 2009.[21] I. Pietkiewicz, J. A. Smith, I. Pietkiewicz, and J. A. Smith, “A practical guide to using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in qualitative research psychology,” Czas. Psychol. Psychol. J., vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 7–14, 2014, doi: 10.14691/CPPJ.20.1.7.[22] J. Walther, S. E. Miller, and N. W. Sochacka, “A Model of Empathy in Engineering as a Core Skill, Practice Orientation, and Professional Way of Being,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 124–148, 2017, doi: 10.1002/jee.20159.[23] M. Kouprie and F. S. Visser, “A framework for
Design Education,” in Design Education Today: Technical Contexts, Programs and Best Practices, D. Schaefer, G. Coates, and C. Eckert, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 61–90.[10] A. Patel and C. Dasgupta, “Scaffolding structured reflective practices in engineering design problem solving,” in Proceedings - IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2019, 2019, pp. 287–289.[11] D. M. Balint, “Supporting information literacy development of engineering students in research-based composition courses,” in IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, 2016, vol. 10-13-April-2016, pp. 802–807.[12] K. Mercer, “Understanding Undergraduate Engineering
Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her
Paper ID #29755A SURVEY ABOUT INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT): WHAT DOES IoTMEAN TOSENIOR-LEVEL INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTSProf. Bekir Kelceoglu, Syracuse University Prof. Bekir Kelceoglu was born in Ankara, Turkey and attended Anadolu University, where he received his B.A. in Interior Architecture. Even before his graduation, he started to work as a free-lance tutor, product designer, and interior architect. In year 2006, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Ohio State University, concentrating on design development process in industrial design. His research interests are: ergonomics, design development process, and
devicessuch as cell phones, tablets, and computers to assist in finding course-related information.While homework problems from textbooks are designed to allow engineering students to practiceproblem solving, easy accessibility of solution manual has created an issue [14, 22]. Besides beingan issue of academic integrity, copying solutions rather than putting effort into learning courseconcepts and developing problem-solving skills could inhibit success [14]. In fact, problem-solving skills has been identified as a major concern for students learning MEB [19].YouTube pedagogy has students actively creating new course content, which falls under the guiseof research-based best practices commonly called active learning [23-25]. The YouTube
, rather than that students must exhibit the ability toresolve ethical quandaries. [10] Can students, given the most common modes of education inethics, develop a sense of what Edmund Burke called the “moral imagination”? And how wouldwe know if they did?The lack of consensus about best practices in ethics education, coupled with a sense ofheightened need in current times, could reasonably seem like cause for potential concern, if notalarm. But it can also be argued that a lack of consensus offers an opportunity forexperimentation and exploration. This uncertainty presents an opportunity to try alternativeapproaches, particularly approaches that emphasize creativity and interdisciplinary study. It hasbeen argued that an interdisciplinary approach
University since 2008. His primary interest is in the area of solid mechanics and manufacturing as well as the integration of best practices in engineering education. ¨ E. Okudan-Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyDr. Gul G¨ul E. Kremer received her PhD from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engi- neering of Missouri University of Science & Technology. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems. She is a senior member of IIE, a fellow of ASME, a former Fulbright scholar and NRC Faculty Fellow. Her recent research focus includes sustainable product design and enhancing creativity in engineering design