graduate attributes, CSM now sought to continue itsreform by incorporating a design-across-the-curriculum program, systems courses, andintegrated humanities and social sciences programs. Assessment and continuousimprovement of the reforms were to be implemented alongside the new courses andphilosophy. Additionally, the research team sought funding to enhance the university’sOffice of Teaching Effectiveness; in requesting funding for this office, the investigatorsanticipated exploration of best pedagogical practices to implement with the reformedcurriculum.At its heart, this proposal focused on improving learning by improving teaching, with theintention that reforms at CSM could serve as the model for excellence as institutionsacross the nation
, UVA nursing students, and students from hydrology, chemistry, environmental microbiology, and nursing from UNIVEN. Engineering students receive and share an intimate, interdisciplinary, applied education with their peers from different educational and social cultures. UNIVEN faculty and students enroll and come to UVA to participate in EVSC 105 – The Ethics, Protocols, and Practice of International Research.8 South Africa Developing Sustainable Solutions for Impoverished Communities in South Africa: A Student Centered & Service Learning
the retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students.37,38,39,40,41In designing EXCEED, several models were adapted 42,43,44 including our own experiencesadministering a summer residential program. 45For example, at the University of Memphis, Russomano et al. were awarded the STEM TalentExpansion Program (STEP) grant by the National Science Foundation to decrease their attritionlevels through Best Practices. One of the practices they focused on was a summer transitionprogram, the Mathematics Bridge Bootcamp; a two-week event that provided information onSTEM courses and careers, offered opportunities for networking with STEM faculty,professionals and peers, and provided participants context and instruction for mathematicalskills
study returning graduate students in engineering master’s programs.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating those strategies to design tools and education. She teaches design and en- trepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on front-end design processes.Ms
students.Whereas an industrial relations specialist is helpful with many aspects of developing industrypartnerships (ie: bringing awareness of job opportunities to students, providing a single point ofcontact for local industry to connect to the college), it was found that the best method to increaseindustry sponsored projects was to have faculty connect directly with industry partners. Thiscreates an avenue for sharing of specialty expertise areas for problem solving. To this end,specific College of Technology faculty have been tasked with the responsibility to connectdirectly with industry and identify viable projects that students will work on under the tutelage ofa faculty expert.In addition, a new facility called the Center for Innovation and Design
AC 2012-5477: PORTFOLIOS TO PROFESSORIATE: HELPING STUDENTSINTEGRATE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES THROUGH EPORTFOLIOSDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, com- munication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include: interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the cur- riculum in statics courses; a a CAREER award to explore the use of e
have formeda collaboration to develop a new vision of engineering education called the CDIO Approach(www.cdio.org).3 CDIO is designed to deliver the knowledge and skills needed by industry. Itprovides an education stressing engineering fundamentals, set in the context of the Conceiving,Designing, Implementing, and Operating process. The goals of the CDIO approach are toeducate students who are able to: ≠ Master a deeper working knowledge of the technical fundamentals ≠ Lead in the creation and operation of new products, processes, and systems ≠ Understand the importance and strategic impact of research and technological development on societyThe CDIO approach identifies and implements 12 Standards of Effective Practice
to learn and understandmaterials in an effective manner. Many have asked what type of an individual it takes toparticipate in online learning. Social learning theories tell how new innovations can inhibitlearning or increase learning for a student16.Students in distance education settings perform as well or better on assignments, class activities,and exams when compared to on-ground students. Nevertheless, students must maintainpersistence and a clear focus to succeed in a distance-learning situation. Self-direction, a passionfor learning, and strong individual responsibility are important influences on achievement. Thereare also indications that distance education works even best for more mature, motivated, andwell-organized
kits focused on engineering design and innovation and incorporated some ofthe researched based, best practices for encouraging females in engineering as describedabove.46, 47 To complement the activity modules/kits resources were developed for teachers tohelp them to connect activities to academic content standards. The activity instructions andsupplementary materials are housed on a website so that they can be freely accessed and used byanyone wishing to engage in engineering outreach. Additionally, parent information resourceswere included on the website to empower the parents to continue the engineering conversationwith their children. This paper will focus on the outreach activities/kits.A majority of the outreach activities and kits for
set of succinct, hyperlinked Concept Engines (CEs)forms the intellectual heart of ADL, giving the learner the best of knowledge as well asinformation. The CEs are the hubs of ADL, providing natural starting points for knowledgesearches, and natural integrators of knowledge. They open exciting avenues of DL research, anda new way of integrating technical knowledge between the classroom and the research leadingedge. The beginnings of ADL are in use by students and researchers today, linking to the detailedtechnical content of over 70 courses across engineering and science, and to a superset of DLresources worldwide. Assessment of the impact of ADL is underway to determine its impact onboth graduate and undergraduate learning. The paper
2022-2023 academicyear, a pilot decision matrix will also be developed to aid faculty and instructors to furtherpromote and support the implementation of inclusive practices in engineering classrooms. Thecontinued refinement of the menu and creation of both the website and decision matrix are thenext steps in the development of an inclusive classrooms toolkit that can be used across allengineering classrooms and curriculums.Introduction and Background Minoritized and underrepresented students have historically experienced prejudice anddiscrimination within and outside of their classrooms, negatively impacting their educationaloutcomes. In 2018, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports that in terms ofcollege
at SMU. Working across the boundaries of urbanism, landscape mapping, and public engagement, Zarazaga explores ways to connect culture and community to place. Using GIS and participatory community mapping, she explores the impact of civil and environmental choices on the design of the sustainable city. Trained in architecture and urban design, her research spans education and practice, working on the integration of community research into project based learning. Her work overlaps areas of GIS mapping, global sustainable urbanism, design and cre- ativity. She undertook a Fulbright in Valpara´ıso, Chile, to investigate, and map, devices of landscape as inspirations for the orders of community space
positive impacts. This paper intends to share findings from the threecohorts of students served by the SEECRS program, and to identify how findings can be utilizedto inform similar support structures at STEM support programs going forward.MethodsThe SEECRS project relies on both formative and summative evaluations from an externalevaluator that includes student surveys and student focus groups. This paper intends to share outintermediate findings of a much larger investigation that will utilize hierarchical linear modelingto analyze the impacts of the program on three cohorts of students when compared to a peergroup not enrolled the SEECRS program. The research group, is currently collecting retention,success (GPA), graduation, and transfer data
several other organizations for a total of more than $2 million. His current research interest focuses on rural community engagement for transportation projects, road user cost, sustainable design and construction for knowledge based decision making, and engineering technology education. He also con- tributed to data analysis methods and cost effective practices of highway construction quality assurance program.Dr. Uddin is a proponent of project based learning and developed innovative teaching strategies to engage his students in solving a real-world problems and prepare them with skills and knowledge that industry requires. Dr. Uddin is a member of ASEE, ASCE, TRB and CRC. Dr. Uddin is active with ASEE engineering
, Ruud de Moor Centrum, Open University of the Netherlands.21. Wessner C.W., & Wolff, A.W. (Ed.). (2012). Rising to the Challenge: U.S. Innovation Policy for Global Economy. National Academies - Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century. Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council.22. Wilson, Z.S., Holmes, L., deGravelles, K., Sylvain, M.R., Batiste, L., Johnson, M., McGuire, S.Y., Pang, S.S., & Warner, I.M. (2011). Hierarchical mentoring: A transformative strategy for improving diversity and retention in undergraduate STEM disciplines. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 21(1), 148-156.23
globalization of science and industry to unanticipated levels. A study willbe conducted to examine innovative methods and practices undertaken by engineeringschools across the United States and to create curricular paradigms such as the GlobalEngineering College (GEC) or virtual engineering college. The findings of this studywill include the challenges these institutions face exploring and implementing theinnovative concepts that they have undertaken.IntroductionHigher education institutions across North America and Europe have started a number ofinitiatives to increase the overall effectiveness of engineering education and to preparestudents for today’s global economy. These initiatives vary in scope and range from asingle course in an engineering
knowledgesharing and collaboration among computer science researchers in virtual communities to identifyand address potential undesirable consequences of their work. By sharing best practices anddeveloping new solutions, researchers can help computer scientists use their research for societal 4good. Finally, IT #7 leverages faculty social networks to expand the impact of the research ethicstraining program, promoting a culture of responsible research across disciplines and institutions.Theoretical FrameworksSimilar to the findings in the motivation section above, there are two groups of theories ortheoretical frameworks used by these institutional
in engineering, and applying their ownwriting and communication skills.Keywords—writing; writing studio; writing centerIntroductionThe call for engineering students to develop skills as writers and communicators has becomecommonplace. Engineering programs hear from their advisory boards and professionalorganizations of the importance of improving the written communication of their graduates[1], [2]. Educating students to become engineering writers, however, cannot happen in anyone course. Given the complexities of disciplinary writing and the number of audiences astudent will be communicating with once they enter the profession, a single course in writingis not adequate for students to develop as writers. Instead, research in writing studies
Resources [10], • Additively Innovative Virtual Lecture Series [11]. Although coalition members developed a number of AM best practices [12-20] the coreof this paper is the evaluation of TTS as a unique tool for AM education. Overall, TTS is alearning approach designed to give hands-on instruction to AM instructors [3-4]. Webinars andMOOCS were also used to teach content and engage with AM educators. TTS sessions were heldbefore and during the Fall of 2019 in several states. Evaluation of the TTS was ongoingthroughout their delivery. The main coverage points of TTS-based AM learning were as follows. • Build your own printer, operate it, print some entrepreneurial parts and learn the key maintenance steps
Rogers gives EC2000 implementers collective a grade of “F,” for failing to identify alimited number of performance indicators for each outcome. Based on personal observationsfrom accreditation visits, the author shares this opinion. While this is likely the most difficultelement in creating an effective assessment plan it is also the most important because it requiresfaculty to collectively decide what are appropriate measures of student learning.Like most new undertakings, much can be learned from studying the success and failure ofothers -which approaches constitute best practices, and which assessment methods should beavoided. The good news is that it is up to faculty and administrators to develop and implementassessment plans that fit
Homework More Efficiently and Effectively." Chemical Engineering Education 53.2 (2019): 100-100.[21] A. Singh et al. "Gradescope: a fast, flexible, and fair system for scalable assessment of handwritten work." Proceedings of the fourth (2017) acm conference on learning@ scale. 2017.[22] Y. Zhang, R. Shah, and M. Chi, "Deep Learning+ Student Modeling+ Clustering: A Recipe for Effective Automatic Short Answer Grading." International Educational Data Mining Society (2016).[23] J. Sandland and P. Rodenbough. "Strategies for Assessment in Materials Science and Engineering MOOCs: Short-Answer Grading Best Practices." Open Education Global Conference. 2018.[24] A. J. Veale and T. S. Craig, "Design principles for final answer
number of positions including as Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Associate Provost, As- sociate Dean of Engineering for Graduate Studies and Research, and co-director of the Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce. His research focuses on interactive systems, especially human interaction with intelligent virtual agents, and on interaction in support of innovation. He served as General Co- chair of the ACM Conference on Universal Usability 2000, Program Chair of ACM SIG-DOC 2003 and General Chair of ACM SIG-DOC 2007, and organized SIGCHI’s series of events in Natural Language Interfaces. He has authored or co-authored over 120 refereed publications and over $16 million in funded grant proposals
-curricularmultidisciplinary design program established in 19954. Through this program, student follow afive-stage approach to an engineering design project to respond to the needs of a communitypartner such as a museum, school, community center, or another service organization4. As aresult of participation in this program, students report that they develop skills in leadership,communication, and project planning, as well as an increased resolve to pursue a degree inengineering4. Other studies of engineering co-curricular service and development projects –such as Borg and Zitomer’s research on student solar water pump projects5 or Amadei,Sandekian, and Thomas’ model for undergraduate experience in sustainable humanitarianengineering design6 – have shown positive
Department of System Engineering at the United States Military Academy, we have two ABETaccredited programs: systems engineering and engineering management. There are many types ofsystems engineering programs. The programs range from discipline systems engineering programs (e.g.,computer systems engineering) to programs that emphasize problem solving for complex technologicalsystems involving many engineering disciplines. Our department is a problem solving systemsengineering program. Our problem solving focus includes stakeholder analysis for problem definition;system design; modeling and analysis for design evaluation; decision making; and implementation usingproject management techniques. After commissioning in the Army, our graduates will serve
Department of System Engineering at the United States Military Academy, we have two ABETaccredited programs: systems engineering and engineering management. There are many types ofsystems engineering programs. The programs range from discipline systems engineering programs (e.g.,computer systems engineering) to programs that emphasize problem solving for complex technologicalsystems involving many engineering disciplines. Our department is a problem solving systemsengineering program. Our problem solving focus includes stakeholder analysis for problem definition;system design; modeling and analysis for design evaluation; decision making; and implementation usingproject management techniques. After commissioning in the Army, our graduates will serve
community and conducted research at the Highlander Center to exposeillegal dumping of hazardous wastes in their community, which had rendered their rivers un-fishable, among other negative environmental impacts. The citizens in the community beganwith no prior expertise and some without a high school education. Their research forced the stateof Tennessee to take action and end the illegal dumping. As the cleanup progressed, thecommunity members became not only citizen scientists, but also citizen engineers as theyprovided input into design processes for environmental remediation.21While the use of the word citizen is clearly problematic in the term citizen science or citizenengineering because of its connotations of national citizenship, we chose
approach to problem-solving, innovation, and value creation” [4]. The KEENframework emphasizes three primary components of the entrepreneurial mindset: curiosity,connections, and creating value. Project-based learning in which students are given a specificaudience to understand and design for is one way in which students learn to create value withtheir technical skills. Projects with simulated or real-world applications also provide students theopportunity to practice situational curiosity [5].Effective science communication is particularly necessary in the process of commercializingtechnology. When engineers create goods and services that are to have a societal impact oraddress a need, it is crucial for their success that the value of these
Research, v14 No.1, p.36-44.13. Fish, L. A. (2015). Undergraduate students computer-managed homework versus in-class performance for different testing formats. Business Education Innovation Journal, 7, 5-14.14. Nader, M., DeMara, R. F., Tatulian, A. & Chen, B. (2019). Quantitative Impact on Learning Achievement by Engaging High Integrity Testing using Lockdown Assessment for Online Delivery. 2019 ASEE SE Section Annual Conference, No. 45. This work was published and presented in March, 2019 https://cal.ucf.edu/wp- content/uploads/2020/06/ASEE-SE-2019-Nader-camera-ready-published.pdf15. Nader, M., DeMara, R. F., Tatulian, A., & Chen, B. (2021). Authenticated Testing during Blended Delivery: Impacts on
solve complex, real-world, water-related problems. Initially, the student teams are constrainedby a lack of data and must coordinate with customers for further problem definition and data.Based on research of viable remediation techniques, economic analysis, social/culturalacceptability and impact on the environment, alternative solutions are developed. Thesesolutions must include two structural and two nonstructural alternatives. Student teams developcriteria to analyze each alternative solution and then apply a Multi-Attribute Decision-makingModel to determine the best alternative. Students in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management are required to design solutions forthe treatment, storage, and/or disposal of solid and hazardous wastes
President of SCATE Inc., a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation created to promote systemic change in Advanced Technological Education and help sustain the SC ATE Center of Excellence.Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye’s research focuses on solving human-machine systems design problems and modeling human performance in technologically complex systems such as health care, aviation and man- ufacturing. He has more than 200 publications in these areas, and his research has been funded by NIH, NASA, NSF, FAA, DOE and private companies. Currently, he and his students at the Advanced Tech- nology Systems Laboratory are pursuing cutting-edge research on the role of visualization and virtual