the future of the mechanical engineering profession fromthe perspective a small, private undergraduate engineering institution. Also presented are somecurricular recommendations for balancing the emerging trends with practical considerationswithin the context of a traditional mechanical engineering program.IntroductionThere have been numerous highly-publicized efforts focused on planning reform ofundergraduate engineering education. These reforms are proposed in response to rapid andprofound changes in technology, student demographics, and global socioeconomic trends. Inthis paper we will summarize the findings of three important proposals for undergraduateengineering educational reform: • The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering
papers turned in per sectionwas also recorded. Since the number of assignments turned in varied between sections andwithin each section as the semester progressed, the number of assignments graded per hour wascalculated each week. The average across the entire semester for the TA assigned to EX1 wasapproximately 16.0 problems per hour, and the TA assigned to EX2 averaged approximately Page 25.1450.1224.6 problems per hour. This corresponds to a semester average of approximately 3.75 minutesper problem and 2.44 minutes per problem for each respective TA.Both of the TAs were students enrolled in a technical engineering graduate program housedwithin
, leading efforts in research and assisting product devel- opment and testing. As part of her term at WillowWood, she was a two time recipient of the prestigious Thranhardt Award for Prosthetic Research Dr. Gerschutz passion for teaching has drawn her away from industry towards the academic setting, but has left her enthusiasm for bettering the lives of others. She is currently the Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Trine University. Her focus areas of teaching include introduction to biomedical engineering, biomaterials, bioinstrumentation and dynamics.David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University David Evenhouse is a Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. He
DEI initiatives.The formation of the student DEI committee followed a democratic process. Both undergraduateand graduate students were encouraged to participate through self-nominations and peernominations, ensuring a wide outreach and participation. This process aimed to identify studentswho were not only passionate about DEI but also represented the diverse demographics of thedepartment. After a careful selection process, a seven-member student committee was formed,characterized by a diverse mix of gender and ethnicity, including one graduate student. Thisstructure was intentional to mirror the department's diversity and ensure a broad range ofviewpoints.The student DEI committee's primary role was to serve as a liaison between the student
clicker-question and collect results. If <25% correct, further lecture/example may be needed, if >80% correct, move on to next topic; if in between, have Links to known conceptests - for Peer students form groups and example the AIChE Concept Instruction / 3-10 defend their answer, then Warehouse ConcepTests minutes poll again. Give students a list of items/properties/features Example: statements that
behaviors in question – only behaviors performed voluntarily canbe described by the theory. Coercion, force, or other forms of persuasion used to incite behaviorfall outside the RAA’s purview.Moreover, the RAA also recognizes the variability in a behavior’s specificity and generality. Forinstance, a behavior could be precisely defined, specifying an action (e.g., providing feedback toall engineering team members) within a designated timeframe (e.g., the next 6 months).Alternatively, a broader formulation might encompass providing feedback to any peer while anundergraduate student. This variability prompts researchers to navigate a balance between thespecificity of a behavior and its generalizability, acknowledging that a behavior’s level of
STEM as a career path[2]. Not only does this underrepresentation of low-SES graduates impact the overall numbers ofSTEM professionals in the U.S., but it also means that those graduates are missing out on all ofthe financial and professional benefits that a job in STEM offers.To address the representation gap in STEM for low-income students, the National ScienceFoundation created the Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) grant program. NSF seeks to supportevidence-based initiatives that will support low-income STEM students financially and in othernon-financial ways. The Endeavour Program was developed as one of those initiatives, and itprovides scholarships for 80 students over their first two years in a STEM major. Knowing thatthe link between
, professional, personal, andorganizational role models who shape the experiences and expectations of many prospectivescientists and engineers. Persistent underrepresentation of women faculty, especially inleadership positions, may affect all students' critically important relationships with mentors,participation as members of research and education teams, and self-identification as potentialresearchers. Page 14.642.2Henry Luce FoundationThe Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program has two goals—to support women who are studying orteaching in the sciences and engineering and to serve as a catalyst for institutional change so that women can thrive and reach their
. 3Table 1 The segments of the BEDP module coupled with an example discussion question used withinthe in-class workshop Segments of Module Example Discussion Questions from Workshop (0) Introduction How might engineers build trust with non-traditional designers? (1) Address Community Needs and How can we responsibly develop an understanding of what communities' Amplify Voices of Color needs are? Is there a difference between the design parameters or design details (2) Project Planning prioritized by the engineer and community members in Hoo City? As a trained engineer, what roles
providing proactive advice along the way. • COACH students by imparting knowledge from their careers on similar projects that show similarities and reassurances. • LISTEN and question by acting as a catalyst simply by being there while making them think on their feet. • PROMOTE practice through providing access to materials that they need. • ACCEPT and confirm by providing experiences and feedback that help develop students' confidence and identity as practicing engineers. • MEDIATE by guiding/being the "3rd person" through difficult interpersonal, personal, and technical problems.From an AE perspective, Figure 5 shows the frequency of how many programs employ thesementoring styles [29] that are utilized
distinctive when compared with that of otheruniversities. First, the university follows a “credit” system, as opposed to a “credit hour” system,with the expectation that a one credit course is four credit hours. Students in engineering mustreceive 34 credits to graduate; equivalent to 136 credit hours. The ECE curriculum consists of 32one-credit and four half-credit courses. Engineering students take 4.0 or 4.5 credits per semester,or 16 to 18 credit hours. Second, PALACE has a strict requirement that students graduate ineight semesters in order to both ease financial constraints for students and the institution andmaintain a strong four year graduation rate. There are several aspects of this institutionalrequirement that impact the curriculum. First
item (#6, “I can perform experiments independently”) was significant withrelation to ACT score. No items were significant with relation to gender.In order to assess the potential effect of gender more closely, the differences in the means offemale and male students were also compared using t-tests. Only item #2 (“I can master thecontent in even the most challenging engineering course if I try”) showed a significant differencebetween genders, with females improving their average score by an additional 1.01 compared tomales (p = 0.023). This lack of overall difference matches with Mamaril’s results, in which therewas no significant distinction in engineering self-efficacy between men and women.16Similarly, to assess the potential effect of
happen. Individual departments in science, mathematics, and social science will retain ownership of their respective courses, as it is most important for students to hear and work with professors from these diverse fields. Problems of the 21st-century will best be solved by multidisciplinary teams with different points of view and approaches, all contributing to the optimal solution. • A set of modules of instruction, in electronic, interactive form, for both self-study and in- class use, will be developed in key skill areas essential for the practice of engineering: problem solving and design, technical communication, professional development, measurement systems, and computing, all with a balance between theory and
facultymembers who are practitioners of HIPs were acting as connectors between HIPs, outcomes, andother concepts. Faculty members were added to the knowledge graph using the text of theirbiography published on their departmental website or faculty directory to generate thecorresponding instances.The SSKG currently contains 136 individual instances. 6. Answering Questions with the Student Success Knowledge GraphTo enable question answering from the knowledge graph, the competency questions were mappedto SPARQL [23] queries. SPARQL queries enable the retrieval of data that matches a subgraph(Fig. 5) from the SSKG knowledge graph. Our first step towards question-answering in SSKGinvolved using the HERMIT reasoner [24] in Protégé and the Snap SPARQL [25
engineeringfutures seen above. In the post program interview, more than half of the students explained howthey were supported or inspired by our program engineering staff. On student says of one of theengineering primary investigators (PI) that, “He is a real inspiration”. From observations, weknow that the PI described above interacted frequently with all of the participants. Hecontributed to the mode of belonging of imagination by acting as an inspiring role model(leadership) and through the connectivity exhibited in his willingness “to give time to students”. Exposure to these leaders were intentionally designed for in the program through learningprojects like the Friday lab meetings, where the entire cohort met and students would updatetheir peer
(physics class, chemistry,workshops, instruments, tools); what hobbies they have; why they are interested in engineering asa major and as a possible future career; and how committed they are to graduating as an engineer.Using these data, it was intended to ensure there is a good mixture of majors, prior skill sets, andhobbies represented on each team. In addition, an attempt was made not to isolate a single femaleon a team. An identical design experience and familiarity questionnaire was administered to bothsections right before the design project was introduced. This questionnaire included questionsrelevant to students’ self-assessment on their 1) familiarity with camping, 2) familiarity withfolding campers, 3) their like/dislike of
mean if our blue ribbon panels thatname directions for engineering education were not a who’s who list from the NationalAcademies or the Fortune 500, but instead comprised a representation of individuals acrossAmerican society, and from around the world?With Ramin Farahmandpur,55 among other scholars of critical pedagogy, I put forward oneproposal of resistance -- for faculty to make the connections between our own labor in theacademy and global neoliberalism. If we can first understand how OBE and ABET relate to thecorporatization of the university, perhaps we will then be increasingly concerned about globalimperialism and engineering’s role in it. Perhaps we will be moved to act in solidarity withothers around the world resisting free-market
theseactivities; participants are either actors or “spect-actors,” a word coined by Boal to describeaudience members who engage in the events in any way [33]. Boal developed a number ofunique theatrical styles under the TO umbrella, each designed to produce different outcomes, andwe will describe two of these below in the context of seminar activities. A common aspect usedacross the various categories of TO, however, is the involvement of a facilitator or director. Thisperson serves as a bridge between the actors and spect-actors, but remains separate from both soas to not influence the interpretation of events. Boal refers to this role as the “Joker” in referenceto the Joker card’s neutrality (with regard to suit) in a deck of playing cards [34]. Note
, students, and staff that is increasingly more inclusive, collaborative, diverse, andcentered on student success. We are meeting this commitment in part through design andimplementation of new and revised practices for recruitment, professional development,mentoring, and advancement. But changing organizational culture is a large-scale undertaking. Inorder to build an organizational conscience for the college and secure its transformation into acommunity where all members feel welcome and engaged, “top-down” policy change must becomplemented by enlistment of change agents from every employment sector of the college. Forthis purpose, a 20-member Change Team — including a balance of tenure-track and professionalfaculty and classified staff — was
of recommendations can be found inAppendix B, and will be specified as “R#” (e.g., R17) hereafter for ease of reference.Theme: PracticeRecommendations made with regard to what happens in practice are aimed at improving theenvironment, process, and procedure for underrepresented people at three specific levels:students (K-12), students (undergraduate and graduate), and professionals (academia andindustry). Review of the recommendations found a consistency in the number of nationalreports on practice during 2000’s and 2010’s decades for each respective level. K-12 specificallysaw a spike in reports produced during this timeframe going from five reports produced in the31 years between the 1976 and 2007, to 7 reports produced in the 2010’s
of stakeholders, including students, academic advisors, departmental curriculumplanners, school administrators, and individuals responsible for staffing co-curricular facilities.In short, we see such analysis as an important input to a discussion that should occur betweenthese stakeholders regarding how to balance and optimize curricular and co-curricular learning.While this baseline analysis can be a useful starting point, we discuss a number of relevant blindspots that need further study.1.0 IntroductionMost institutions of higher education encourage their students to pursue co-curricular opportunitiesto ensure a more holistic educational experience. Co-curricular activities that include learningopportunities like student clubs
(Eqn 7)ΔGocell = -nFEocell = -237,200 J/mol reaction favoredAlthough a reaction may be thermodynamically favored, it may not proceed at a significant rate(kinetic, ohmic and/or transport limited). Clearly, the role of free energy in determiningspontaneity can be demonstrated along with its physical significance i.e. one must impart energyto electrolyze water (consuming energy) vs. the fuel cell which produces energy.The maximum available voltage from a galvanic process or the minimum decomposition voltagein electrolysis involves thermodynamic evaluation of energy differences between the initial stateof reactant and the final state (reversible potential or E). Maximum available or minimumdecomposition voltage is useful for calculating
for Engineering Education Session 1793analytical classroom, that correct design theory will yield correct design practice. However,assumption fails in the design classroom12. The theoretical approach to design provides aseries of prescriptive steps which seem to encapsulate the workings of the designer’s mind.However, the steps are only evident when the design is complete. To follow those same stepsin the next design will generally not be successful because the story and the problem behindthe design will necessarily be different. In this way, correct theory can be a threat to designeducation as the student of design tries to force a fit between the
small, that occur in a broader institutional context and with my men colleagues.Panelist #4: I was hearing from women students at my institution that they were havingdifficulties working in teams – they were assigned the role of note taker or their technicalopinion wasn’t being heard in projects. They were also getting told by their peers that theirgender was the sole reason they were receiving internships or job offers. I realized that menweren’t given the opportunity to hear and digest these stories and then learn why theseexperiences can be detrimental to their peers and the engineering field overall. I developed andimplemented an inclusive leadership course for engineering students, who identify as male,where we talk about identity, bias
at how students interpret their current situation and use those interpretations to select theirnext action. Boekaerts theorized that the quality of a student’s learning process largely depends on thestudent’s goal orientation1: mastery mode where students see school work as an opportunity tolearn new ideas and coping mode where students see school work as an opportunity todemonstrate their abilities. The goal orientations are considered modes because they are notfixed traits of an individual; as students engage in their learning environment, they work tobalance these two goals: to learn and to protect ego15. Therefore, the balance between themastery mode and the coping mode is changing and fluid. While a student can start in
; integrate hands-on learning and create a fun,uplifting experience to empower young women. WOCSEC included 6 components: EngineerSpotlight Interview; Engineering Design Challenge; E-Moment of Empowerment; Design Lab;Interactive Forum and Panel; and College Readiness.Engineer Spotlight Interview - Each morning began with an Engineer Spotlight Interview with afemale engineer of color. The engineer acted in the role of a mentor and supporter, as they sharedtheir stories of resilience and success, along with aspects of their careers, such as their currentresearch, as well as how their job impacts society [7]. The interview was an optimal method tosuccessfully engage and inspire the students to recognize the diverse and fulfilling experienceawaiting them
: socialization, gender roles andunconscious bias, and work-family balance [9], all of which are aspects of the chilly climateconcept. Britton [10] defined the chilly climate concepts in a context specific to women inacademe to include “harassment by students and colleagues, inhospitable department andclassroom climates, biases in hiring processes, inequitable allocations of work responsibilities,and policies that penalize women’s greater role in managing work/family responsibilities.”One highly studied area for faculty women has been the theme of work-family balance.Qualitative studies have found that women faculty in many STEM departments feel eitherimplicit or explicit pressure to avoid taking parental leave, tenure clock extensions, or otherfamily
and teaching, and educational equity for multicultural/multiethnic education.Mr. Todd Hynson, University of New Mexico With 16 years of experience working in the registrar/student services environment, Todd Hynson, who initially began in front-line customer service, now serves as the registrar for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. He currently is pursing a PhD in the OILS program at the University of New Mexico.Ian A. Drackert, University of New Mexico I am currently a Sr. Academic Advisor for Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies at the University of New Mexico. I am also an OILS graduate student working with a team designing an instructional training program to help increase the consistency
from 2002-2006 in the US Naval Reserves.Prof. Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh Brandon Grainger, PhD is currently an assistant professor and associate director of the Electric Power Systems laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pitts- burgh (Pitt), Swanson School of Engineering. He is also an affiliate of the Energy GRID Institute. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering with a specialization in power conversion. He also obtained his master’s degree in electrical engineering and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (with minor in electrical engineering) all from Pitt. He was also one of the first original R.K. Mellon graduate student fellows
andexpectations for the profession). Today, after the launch of EC 20002 and the Engineer of 20203,negotiations between the culture/utility function continue. Leyden and Schneider recognize EC 2000’s Criterion 3 as an important driver in thechanges in FYC programs, and as an important factor within the culture/utility debate. They notethat of the 11 abilities specified for graduating engineers, only 4 of them are primarily technical.They divide the abilities in the following ways1: Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data