co-runs three joint programs at undergraduate levelthat have been approved by the Ministry of Education, PRC including BE in ElectronicInformation Engineering jointly run with UB [2]. Graduates of the programs are expected tobe equipped with fundamental knowledge, expertise and relearning capacity in related areasas well as a global outlook, science literary and innovative mind, which can prepare them fora fulfilling career in engineering as a researcher, designer, manufacturer, developer oradministrator.There are several important characteristics of the program between UB and WUST: (1) theprogram focuses on a specific academic program, so both universities co-design the programsuch that fits students at WUST: (2) a collaborative program by
Paper ID #14631On Becoming an Engineer: The Essential Role of Lifelong Learning Compe-tenciesJillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba Jillian Seniuk Cicek is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education in the Department of Biosystems Engi- neering at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. She is a research assistant for the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education in the Faculty of Engineering. Her research areas include outcomes-based teaching and assessment methods and tools, student-cantered instruction (SCI), the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) graduate
continues to serve as peer reviewer for state, private grant programs and different professional journals and magazines. He is a board member of USEPA Monitoring Group, Gulf of Mexico Program. He is also a council member of Mississippi Citizen Crops, Mississippi Office of Homeland Security. Dr. Yuan is the recipient, 2002 Outstanding Mentor of the Year, The Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi.2004 recipient of Recycler of the year, presented by Mississippi Recycling Coalition. Professor Yuan is the JSU/Hinds County/MDEQ Computer Recycling Program di- rector and principle investigator, the program start from year of 2000 until now. The program received totally seven awards, the major one is USEPA Waste-Wise
found thateven in classrooms where best practices for learner-centered teaching are practiced, studentsoften ignore the intended sequence and format of experiences, instead prioritizing efficiency withdivide-and-conquer techniques that secure grades without providing a thorough learningexperience for all [7].Selected Literature on Optional WorkThe book resources described (in some detail) above provide something of a story arc: (1) activestudent engagement with shared responsibility for learning is necessary; (2) there are many toolsand resources to build into curriculum to provide opportunities for this engagement; and (3) thereare reasons why students refuse to engage with courses despite the application of best practicesto create
supportive materials(e.g., curriculum guides) designed to challenge misconceptions regarding effective teaching andprovide the skills needed to effectively implement student-centered teaching practices thatreduce passivity and allow learners to become an active participant in the learning process(Project Lead the Way, 2020). The alignment of innovative instruction, STEM communityinvolvement, and professional development cultivates a “STEM ecosystem” in which learnersare exposed to a variety of high-interest and impact learning experiences. These experiences aredesigned to provide academic preparation needed to overcome common barriers to STEMpipeline persistence (Reid & Feldhaus, 2007). Prior investigations of the overall efficacy ofPLTW have
., Conceptualizing Engagement: Contributions ofFaculty to Student Engagement in Engineering, Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), pp 339-353.Chinowsky, P., Brown, H., Szajnman, A. and Realph, A. (2006) Developing KnowledgeLandscapes through Project-Based Learning, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in EngineeringEducation and Practice, 132 (2), pp 118–124.Chowdhury, T. (2013) Impact of senior design project for the development of leadership andmanagement skills in construction management, European Journal of Engineering Education,38(4), pp 452–467.Construction Industry Institute (2012) Probabilistic Risk Management in Design and ConstructionProjects. Research Summary 280-1, Austin, TX.Drnevich, V. (2001) Evolution of the CE Capstone Design Course at
materials as they progress through theengineering curriculum. Moreover, by introducing engineering through the lens of the NAEGrand Challenges, we ought to be able to capture and motivate a broader, more diverse array ofstudents. The Elective Units are electronic in format, learner-centered and designed for on-linedelivery. These materials are thus readily translated and integrated into the freshman engineeringcurricula at most any college or university.The ENGR 102 HS component of the proposed work addresses national interest in theproduction of skilled STEM professionals (including K−12 teachers) and citizens knowledgeableabout STEM. In this innovative arrangement between the College of Engineering and highschools in Arizona, students gain an
tightening of global environmental standards, a shift from the current conventionalelectricity production has to be altered, and new innovative energy production alternatives have to beevaluated and introduced. There is no silver bullet for tackling this issue: a profound change has totake place in all areas of the electrical energy spectrum – generation, transmission and distribution.However, Distributed Generation promises to be the best all-around solution for solving increasingenergy demand, reducing peak loads, job creation, improving distribution and transmissionreliability, positive environmental impact and providing electrical power to rural areas. This paperaims to examine the integration of Distributed Generation from Renewable Energy
2Engineering (IOE) department. The camp was hosted by the Center for Ergonomics (C4E), theStirling Group, and the Interaction and Collaboration Research Lab (ICRL). The camp includedthe Center for Ergonomics and Robotics department tour, alongside four engaging activitystations designed to expose students to a variety of systems that Industrial Engineers andRoboticists encounter. Two station activities were specifically designed and developed tochallenge the students in a creative problem-solving task, and the other two were modified fromcurrent research topics. Nineteen middle school-aged students (17 female and 2 male) participated in the camp toexplore Industrial Engineering and Robotics. Though the target group was female students
2019and a history professor, Dr. Gael Graham, in 2023 featuring one engineering and one humanities-based course on the same trip. During the 2023 trip, the students from Western CarolinaUniversity visited Hiroshima University and teamed up with a class of English-speakingJapanese students, led by Dr. Russell Kabir, to engage in group activities that culminated in anengineering design exercise. The entire workshop was a highlight for both groups. Researchliterature suggests a gap in the reporting of multidisciplinary trips and their pedagogicalcomponents. Therefore, we present a process evaluation of trip implementations to examinetransferable best practices for researchers and faculty-led student practitioners. Studentssubmitted journals and
included traffic studies for town administrators, parkinglot and circulation design for a local community, and pedestrian/bicycle facility planning.Specific student research opportunities have included roundabout traffic operation, pavementmarkings, work zone safety, high occupancy toll lanes, vehicle occupancy estimates, amongmany others. A limitation of this approach is that only a portion of students, maybe 25 percent, Page 26.219.11takes advantage of this type of rich and challenging learning experience.Participation in Professional Organizations, Meetings and Forums, Providing opportunitiesfor students to develop their knowledge and skills
during the decadesleading up to the Internet era. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the field of engineering educationstarted to respond to numerous reports that there needed to be changes made to engineeringeducation. An increased emphasis on synthesis and design, open-ended problem solving,development of management and communications skills, professional development, and career-long learning were all included in this call for change. This response was in reaction to aperceived need to correct a multiple decades long emphasis on engineering science that occurredpost-World War II, tilting the engineering education field away from engineering practice andthe new realities of a global economy that demanded skill sets not emphasized at the time [8
Model and Meta-analysis,” Journal ofEducational Computing Research 11(1), 1-26, 1994.18 http://www.abet.org/images/eac_criteria_b.pdf19 Ryan, M.P. and G.G. Martens, Planning a College Course: A Guidebook for the Graduate Teaching Assistant,Ann Arbor, Mich., National Center for research to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, 1989.20 Felder, R.M., “Reaching the Second Tier—Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education,”Journal of College Science Teaching 23(5), 286-290, 1993.21 Thornton, R.K. and D.R. Sokoloff, “Learning Motion Concepts Using Real-Time Microcomputer-BasedLaboratory Tools,” Am. J. Phys., 58(9), 858-67, September, 1990.22 Brasell, H., “The effect of Real-Time Laboratory Graphing on Learning Graphic
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
Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA, in 2016, and the B.S. degree in intelligent transportation engineering from Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China, in 2014. He was Graduate Teaching Assistant for ECE1013 Foundations in ECE, ECE1022 Foundations in Design, ECE4713/6713 Computer Architecture, and ECE4753/6753 Introduction to Robotics at the undergraduate level and as a guest lecturer delivered graduate-level courses, ECE 8743 Advanced Robotics and ECE8833 Computational Intelligence. He received the ECE Best Graduate Researcher Award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University in 2023. He received the Research Travel Award from Bagley College of Engineering
in active learning classrooms reported statistically significant gains in teamworkand computer skills. The data indicate the new course design reinforces the ABET goals of en-couraging innovative practices in the classroom that enhance learning and develop skills neededin the workplace.This paper addresses several issues: (1) how do we develop measures that accurately reflectlearning objectives given the innovative teaching practices, (2) what learning outcomes are af-fected when active learning strategies are employed in the engineering classroom, and (3) howcan we use these assessments to improve teaching, learning, and assessment in future semesters?We used the data to enhance activities and assessment for classes being taught during fall
increased ability to be innovative. Our Launch Lab program strives to implement and buildupon the insights garnered from these researchers mentioned above to ensure the long-termcareer success of our students.Launch Lab OverviewThe origin of YSU’s Launch Lab can be traced back to a conversation between an Art andMechanical Engineering Technology faculty in 2008. Their discussion centered around thecollaboration between STEM and Arts faculty to bring students from different disciplinestogether to work on interdisciplinary projects. Shortly after, the group began to use the name“Co-Lab” for collaborative laboratory. The first project with two students was completed in2009, and since that time, there have been typically three to four projects
Are more likely to graduate from high school; Are more likely to transition to a four year college; Are more likely to persist in postsecondary education; Are less likely to take basic skills courses in college; Accumulate more college credits. (Broadening, p.6) [4]In addition, research suggests that early college designs, which immerse high school students in a“college for all” culture and support their progression into dual credit courses, have produceddramatic results nation-wide, beating typical outcomes for students of color and low-incomeyouth. 90% of early college students earn a high school diploma versus national rates of 66% African Americans, 69% Native Americans, and 72% Latinos. 30% of
incorporated into 15% of global manufacturingoutput totaling $2.6 trillion by 2014.3 It has also been estimated that there will be 2 million jobscreated in the areas of NSE by 2015 worldwide, including the creation of 0.8-0.9 million jobs inthe United States. In addition to the 2 million NSE jobs, there will be 5 million more jobscreated in nanotechnology-related fields. The projected impact of NSE on the economy in the21st century suggests that there exists an urgent need to educate the future work force ofscientists, engineers, and technologists, as well as the general public, about this emerging field.4As a way to educate the future work force in NSE, the National Center for Learning andTeaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT) was
institutions to make directconnections between the curricula and the practice of science and engineering.The motivation for such educational outreach programs is well known. Among the features thatsuch programs are designed to include are providing real-world exposure to the use of scienceand engineering for middle and high-school students, enhancing the technical literacy of thegeneral population, and increasing the number of U.S. citizens earning degrees in science andengineering.Two Air Force K-12 programs will be described. They are the Dayton Regional STEM CenterPartnership at the Wright Patterson AFB (WPAFB), OH, and the Air Force Research Laboratory(AFRL) La Luz Academy at the Kirtland AFB (KAFB), NM.The Dayton Regional STEM Center
to have a large number ofparticipants from many institutions contributing atthis in-person conference in this pandemic era.Our mission is to showcase the latestdevelopments in engineering education andstrengthen partnerships among engineeringeducators in the region. We are committed to bringing together the best talents fromour engineering community and fostering their growth. This is an ideal forum to interactwith engineering educators and to listen to the methods of educators in otherinstitutions as well as to listen to undergraduate and graduate students’ research. Wehope that this regional conference on engineering education will inspire and motivateour younger generation to pursue a career in engineering fields that uplift our worldand
water filtration, thus improving overall health conditions within communities and greatly enhancing experiential learning in the field. Preliminary research suggests that our designs have reduced community infant mortality rates by more than 40%, saving the lives of more than 4,000 children worldwide. This clearly emphasizes engineering service and the need for sustainable infrastructure projects that produce positive results without negatively impacting future generations.Mr. Tyler Adam Brickles, Tyler is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. While at VMI Tyler conducted research on the implementation of off grid sanitation
andeducation are designed for non-disabled and neurotypical people rather than with accessibilityfor all despite legal efforts to improve access to education. We also provide two narratives fromthe authors that describe their experiences with having a disability and being neurodivergent inengineering education. Finally, we suggest other paradigms and methodologies engineeringeducation researchers can utilize when conducting research on disability and neurodivergence inengineering. A person is disabled not by their impairments, but by the failure of their environment to accommodate their needs. - [1, p. 271]1. IntroductionAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention
to future adoption of teaching-related best-practices. The purpose of this research is to identify the self-reported activities of engineeringinstructors and how this changed over the course of three semesters during the COVID-19pandemic. Approximately 40 engineering instructors from a large Midwestern R1 Universityvoluntarily completed online surveys in during Spring 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021semesters about their engagement in teaching-related activities and the perceived normality ofthat engagement. Descriptive statistics were used to examine general trends in activityengagement for each semester and to compare activity engagement across all three semesters.Across all three semesters, instructors most often reported engaging in self
, “Comparison of learning outcomes for native and non-native speakers of the language of instruction in a flipped laboratory,” in 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2017, pp. 621–624. [5] M. E. Radu, C. Cole, M. A. Dabacan, J. Harris, and S. Sexton, “The impact of providing unlimited access to programmable boards in digital design education,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 174–183, 2011. [6] C. M. Ionescu, E. Fabregas, S. M. Cristescu, S. Dormido, and R. De Keyser, “A remote laboratory as an innovative educational tool for practicing control engineering concepts,” in Education, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 56, no. 4, 2013. [7] T. Klinger and C. Madritsch, “Collaborative learning using
research includes in-depth case studies of three programs that seek to educateengineers as liberal learners: the engineering program at Harvey Mudd College (“HMC” Page 24.1374.2hereafter), a liberal arts college for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians; the PickerEngineering Program (“Picker” hereafter) at Smith College, the only ABET accreditedengineering program in a women’s liberal arts college; and the program of Design, Innovation,and Society (“DIS” hereafter) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a program that blendsengineering, arts, and critical social studies in design learning.Data for the dissertation research project was collected
focused research remains a priority [9].Wright College, an urban Hispanic Serving open-access community college within the CityColleges of Chicago (CCC) system, understands and appreciates the opportunity and need todevelop equitable frameworks that are focused on access and excellence. In the past eight years,Wright College and CCC have adopted many of the best practices to improve student access andsuccess. Wright College prioritized equity work and inclusive excellence, by integrating diversityand equity within mission and operations [10]. These efforts set the foundation for an innovativeengineering transfer program. Through NSF-HSI funded research, Wright College found successin developing aspiring engineers and computer scientists. Diverse
supporting evidence-based outreach in science, engineering, arts, and design. She translated a decade of interdisciplinary initiatives into VT’s Innovations Pathway Minor, and has directed 11 PhD dissertations, served on 17 PhD committees, and funded and mentored 6 post-graduate scholars (5 PhD, 1 MFA). Her funded NSF projects include revolutionizing the culture of the VT ECE department, identifying practices in intentionally inclusive Maker spaces, and researching effective modes of co-creation between housing experts and remote Alaska Native communities.Annie Yong Patrick (Ms.) .© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comWork-in-Progress: Sense of Belonging Among Underrepresented
provide a sophisticated period to implement integratedenvironments for teaching/learning systems. It is in fact a way to reduce the evasion ofengineering courses, showing a glimpse of what it is to be an engineer and the wide varieties ofopportunities worldwide.COPEC - SCIENCE AND EDUCATION RESEARCH COUNCIL PERSPECTIVEThis is an organization of about 18 years of existence a multi-disciplinary organization that is aleader on advance science and its application to the development of technology serving society.It started its activities sixteen years ago and since then this organization has made a majorcontribution to the development of science and education, working to increase the best practicesin several research fields.Integration activities
participants subjectinterest. The internet serves as a useful source for information via http://www.ask.comsearch engine. The URL: http://www.pittstate.edu/services/nsfreu/ethics.html has theethics work of summer 2001 PSU/NSF-REU/RET participants.3. Impact and Significance of CUES-AMDissemination of CUES-AM and the concepts of epistecybernetics (Project CUES-AMD)is an on-going project of the PSU-CUES GROUP. Workshops on CUES-AM havealready been conducted at the “Best Assessment Practices IV”, Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology, Terra Haute, IN, April 7 – 8, 2001 (19) and “The International Society forExploring Teaching Alternatives (ISETA)” Thirty-First Annual Conference, Indianapolis,IN, October 18 – 20, 2001. Also a CUES-AM workshop will be