underserved groups (p. 3). The survey conducted seeks to furtheradd to the literature on university makerspace promising practices, and gain more information onthe specific university-level (student retention, diversity and access) and student-centered(student performance, engagement, and grades) impacts that university makerspaces have onengineering and engineering technology education.MethodologyIn the spring of 2016, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) distributed anonline survey (see Appendix) to engineering deans (ED) and engineering technology deans anddepartment chairs (ETDC). The survey was designed by ASEE’s Assessment, Evaluation andInstitutional Research (AEIR) department. The survey consisted primarily of a series of
-communitypartnership.1 COEUR presents best practices that “support and sustain highly effectiveundergraduate research environments.” As described in COEUR, these practices focus on (1)Campus mission and culture; (2) Administrative support; (3) Research infrastructure; (4)Professional Development opportunities; (5) Recognition; (6) External funding; (7)Dissemination; (8) Student-centered issues; (9) Curriculum; (10) Summer Research Program;(11) Assessment Activities; and (12) Strategic Planning. This paper focuses on the summerresearch program and student benefits and student outcomes with the use of the seven benefitcategories2 described by Seymour et al. in 2003 are: (i) Personal/professional; (2) Thinking andworking like a scientist; (3) Skills; (4
designprojects each year. The course capstone project is an eight week design challenge thatrequires students to collaborate with a social agency on developing solutions to currentsocial issues in Calgary and around the world.The topic of this paper centers on the potential for simultaneous and multiple levellearning events by placing design and communication skill development in the social andcultural arena. At the Schulich School of Engineering, the first year design andcommunication course partners with local and international agencies that welcome theopportunity to benefit from the creative abilities of over 700 students collaborating in 200teams and to participate in the creation of engineers who are able to see the broad societaland cultural
university-wide demographics) represented in STEM majors. Next, the research project focused on retention theories to guide the design of interventionmeasures. While several theories of retention have emerged over the last few decades, two havedominated the theory and practice of retention: 1. Tinto’s academic and social integration model 8, 9, 10 and 2. Astin’s involvement model 11, 12In a nutshell, Tinto and Astin suggest that retention and persistence to graduation occurs whenstudents successfully integrate into the institution academically and socially and when students areinvolved and connected. Involvement refers to both formal academic or intellectual pursuits aswell as co-curricular activities. Additionally, Bandura 13 ties the
, complexity, and problem solving.” Career fields in this program include civil engineering, communications and information, intelligence, logistics, program management, security, and science and engineering;11 Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP),12 in which a faculty member who is a U.S. citizen can bring a graduate student (who is also a U.S. citizen) to a DOD institution, including the institution participating in this current paper, for research during 8-10 weeks during the summer. The research interests are aligned with the interests and needs of the nine Air Force Research Laboratory Directorates, Air Force Test Center, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Air Force Institute of Technology
inAssistive Technology and Engineering (ELeVATE).Students are active participants and innovators in projects which address real-world problemswith systems-level engineering efforts, serving as a natural attractor to the discipline. Facilitatingthe programs collaboratively is in itself a best practice; it allows for an enhanced cohort, peer-to-peer mentoring, and maximization of resources for a sustainable training program designed toincrease the retention and promotion of underrepresented undergraduates in STEM disciplines.Though ELeVATE will only begin in the summer of 2011, its foundations are deep rooted in thesuccess of QoLT’s REU program which has advanced underrepresented students through theSTEM pipeline and delivered a promising model
international research team, I had the opportunity to work with senior leaders at Nazerbayev Univer- sity, KIMEP University and Kasipkor, a holding company establishing 2 new colleges (Astana) and 4 interregional centers (Atyrau, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Ekibstuz and Shymkent). My research team Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) focused on examining the technical education system that is seen as a catalyst for the country’s ambition to be an international leader in the emerging green economy. My doctoral research explores the similarities and differences of physical and virtual place making, and the extent to which the approach may impact the learning experience for students and/or the shape of online learning spaces in
State University.Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Norman Fortenberry is the founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering. CASEE is a collaborative effort dedicated to achieving excellence in engineering education--education that is effective, engaged, and efficient. CASEE pursues this goal by promoting research on, innovation in, and diffusion of effective models of engineering education. Page 13.1199.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Academic Value of
academic carieer in 2006 as a professor at Tottori University. His current research area is flow and combustion analysis in reciprocating engine, innovations in education and engineering ethics education.. He is also serving as the head of Innovation Center for Engineering Education in joint appointment. Katsuyuki Ohsawa has published over 70 papers including over 40 papers in peer reviewed journals. He received best paper awards from Society of Automotive Engineers in Japan and Japan Gas Turbine Society. He also works as a member of supporting committee in JICA for Pan-Africa University. Prof Ohsawa received Ph D Nagoya University in 1992 and started academic carieer in 2006 as a professor at Tottori University
multidisciplinaryprogram designed to produce competent engineers across all engineering disciplines. Themission of the General Engineering program is to provide students with the highest qualitytechnical and professional engineering education, with a particular emphasis in new or evolvinginterdisciplinary areas. The primary educational goal is to provide students with a rigoroustheoretical, laboratory-centered, practice-oriented, hands-on education that will allow them toimmediately participate and to excel in the complete spectrum of professional environments,industrial or academic. Graduates will have engineering, design and problem-solving skillsrequisite to develop and market competitive products and services for human benefit. With itsemphasize on a multi
Engineering from Old Dominion University and a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. His research interests include optimization using agent-based modeling techniques, response surface methodology utilizing generalized polynomial chaos, design process methodology, and engineering education pedagogy. He is currently serving as the Director of the Center for Innovation and Engineering.Dr. Luksa Luznik, United States Naval Academy Page 24.960.1Capt. Wesly AndersonDr. Steven J. Condly, United States Military Academy c American Society for
objectives, design learner-directed experiments and assesslearning (figure 1). Topics are chosen based on participating engineers’ research and experienceTwo well established lesson plan approaches are utilized: the Learning Cycles lesson approach22and Inquiry-based instruction23. Engineers practice teaching using few technical terms, real-world analogies and multi-media to ensure understanding for audiences with limited education.Engineers learn to use assessment practices such as graphic organizers to ensure families makesignificant knowledge gains24. Engineers also design a pre/post assessment in order to measuretheir effectiveness. Weekly preparation includes a reading assignment, instruction planning andreflective practice. Engineers are
Paper ID #13961What is global preparedness? Arriving at answers in collaboration with stu-dent engineers working with underserved communities globallyDr. Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University Bhavna Hariharan is a Social Science Research Associate at the Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. Her field of inquiry is Engineering Education Research (EER) with a focus on engineering design for and with underserved communities around the world. For the last nine years, she has worked on designing, implementing and managing environments for interdisciplinary
curricula with industrial needs. The proposed three-year project would focus on: a) identifying curricular activities exhibiting astrong correlation with student co-op work performance; b) designing andimplementing processes allowing the systematic use of employer assessment incurriculum design; c) evaluating the impact of changes in curricular design uponstudent work performance; d) piloting and contrasting projects in both differentacademic fields and at different colleges; and e) developing a set of best practicesto be used for further refinement and dissemination of the process. Initialcollaborators include University of Cincinnati (UC) academic units as follows:the Department of Architecture (College of Design, Architecture, Art, andPlanning