undergraduate institutions. Her background is in civil engineering with a focus on structural materials. She holds a B.S.E. degree from Princeton, and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell.Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University Jennifer E. LeBeau is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Learning and Performance Research Center at Washington State University. She holds a M.A. in higher education administration and is a candidate for a Ph.D. in the same field, with an emphasis in educational psychology.Dr. Robert E. Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering technology at Pittsburg State University, where he teaches courses in mechanics, graphics, and capstone
graduate also ought to demonstrate 1) ability to manage a project (including afamiliarity with business, market-related, and financial matters), 2) a multidisciplinary systemsperspective, 3) an understanding of and appreciation for the diversity of students, faculty, staff,colleagues, and customers, and 4) a strong work ethic. During Phase II of this project, weidentified several assessment instruments that might measure those outcomes and begansearching for instructional “best practices” thought to promote the 15 desired learningoutcomes. This paper, based on Phase III of the project, provides empirical evidence from andidentifies the gaps in higher education and engineering education journal articles that linkinstructional best practices with
on the relationship betweenclasses starting at 8:00 AM and engineering technology courses. As a result, the new analysispresented in this paper aims to shed light on the best times to schedule different engineeringtechnology courses.Methodology:This study uses statistical analysis to examine the relationship between the time of courseoffering and student performance. The study was completed at a top-tier research universityusing data from a 100 level undergraduate engineering mechanical design course. The coursewas chosen because it was taught by the same instructor with the same material for 6 consecutivesemesters with alternating start times; it was offered at 8:00AM in the Fall semester and12:30PM in the Spring semester. This study's main
A. Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)perspective of technology management. Drawing oninterdisciplinary insights from cybersecurity, policy, and Generative AI received widespread attention in recentmanagement, this study proposes an integrated framework that years, and educators have had to address its impact quickly.guide institutions for strategic AI adoption. The proposed Teachers and school administrators now face two criticalAIOEP is based on Open Educational Practices (OEP) and uses questions: Should generative AI be banned, and should schoolsFree and Open-Source Software (FOSS) as its educational adopt tools to detect its use by students? According tofoundation. With
dimension of medical preparation” that includes a “place to explore professionalpractice”, not unlike the clinical sites utilized for the preparation of physicians. Dr. JamesDuderstadt’s report2 Engineering for a Changing World recommends the establishment of“graduate professional schools of engineering that would offer practice-based degrees at thepost-baccalaureate level as the entry degree into the engineering profession,” again using thetraining of physicians as an appropriate model. He also recommends the formation of“Discovery-Innovation Institutes,” academia-industry-government partnerships for engineering,a cross between academic medical centers where education, research, and practice aresynergistically united within one unit, and corporate
Change To achieve excellence in engineering learning and instruction today’s engineersnot only need to acquire all the skills of the predecessors but have to understand manymore and in broader areas. Faculty’s weakness in engineering practice causes a sizeablebreach between the lessons taught in school and what employers and customers expectfrom graduating engineers. Engineers design and create products and processes toimprove safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professionalduties. This definition was given by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) to substantiate ethics and professionalism engineers have to have.However, in doing the first part, engineers should give paramount
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. Fredericks Volkwein on the Engineering Change study, a national study of the impact of engineering accreditation standards on student learning and engineering programs. Betty completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education at Penn State with a minor in Educational Psychology and graduate certificate in Institutional Research in May 2008. She was the recipient of graduate fellowships from both the Joseph M. Juran Center for Leadership in Quality and the Association for Institutional Research.Dan Merson, The Pennsylvania State University Page 22.430.1 c American Society for Engineering Education
, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2002, Montreal, Canada. [3] Council of Chief State School Officers, and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. "Common Core State Standards." Common Core State Standards Initiative. Web. 03 Jan. 2013. http://www.corestandards.org/. [4] National Research Council, National Science Teachers Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve. "The Next Generation Science Standards. "The Next Generation Science Standards. Web. 03 Jan. 2013. . [5] T Corbett, K., Tims, H., Turner, G., Nelson, J., Utilizing the Engineering Design Process to Create a Framework
have come to realize, engineering work is not done inisolation. Rather, the engineering needs of the future are socio-technical, relying on more thantechnical prowess and demanding the input of diverse stakeholders and expertise. In response,engineering educators have increasingly recognized both holistic engineering design techniques,like human-centered design, and professional skills development of engineering students arecritical for engineering students to learn [3]. In recent years, engineering programs andengineering education research have seen a proliferation of works focused on developingstudents’ capacity to work on teams, communicate effectively, manage projects, etc. These typesof skills and the need to address socio-technical
Assistance Center (TMAC) Paso del Norte (PdN). The main objectives of theproject were to 1) develop a SM curriculum to educate workforce in SM technologies, 2) leverageworkforce/economic development partners to maximize innovative deployment platforms and 3) utilizeindustry collaborations to research and address exemplar use cases using SM technologies in a dedicatedSM laboratory. In summary, a regional industry, government, and academia partnership was realized foraddressing the competency based needs to attract and grow a next generation, SM educated workforce,particularly across underrepresented groups (Hispanic), resulting in a technical workforce with thenecessary skill set to implement SM.2. Methodology and Technical Approach for Smart
students come to their colleges with different motivations, goals, plans, attitudes,and expectations. College study requires them to complete all their assignments to reach all thegoals with no requirement compromised. As a part of college study courses with computer labassignments usually provide instructors with a unique opportunity to motivate students to workhard to achieve their goals and to sustain their knowledge as well as to measure student learningoutcomes on this matter. Research finds it is still difficult to predict or measure how muchstudents are able to sustain their learning outcomes before their graduations. This research aimsto first ensure that all student lab activities and exercises are designed to not only for them
, communication, team and leadershipskills; life-long learning; emphasis on the social, economic and environmental impacts ofengineering; systems thinking; and design and ethics22. A review of the literature finds a goodbody of work on related subject matter in engineering, such as ethics, sustainability and “globalengineering”, but nothing that covers the breadth of STSE.In a study on teaching practices, it’s critical to examine the literature on teacher identity in thehigher education context. While “teacher identity” is a well-established area of research in the K-12 literature, research is more limited in higher education. One model of university instructoridentity “as teachers” was proposed by Robertson23. This particular model focuses on
transferability of their skills, demonstrating that the criticalthinking and problem-solving abilities honed through FSAE projects were applicable acrossdiverse engineering contexts. Such experiences underscored the enduring impact of FSAEparticipation in cultivating practical engineering skills, enhancing graduates' effectiveness intheir professional endeavors.Suggestions for ImprovementSuggestions for improvement centered around enhancing access to experienced mentors andstreamlining resources for learning Ansys software. Alumni emphasized the value of learningfrom common mistakes and pitfalls, suggesting that a repository of best practices and casestudies in which things go wrong could aid in developing students' proficiency. Additionally,there was a
undergraduate level by setting the bar high and mentoringstudents with an environment similar to realistic job or graduate research expectations. Thetarget outcome is for undergraduates to be at a master’s thesis level when they graduate withmany on-job skill sets. With manifold new teaching tools, equipment advances, softwareanalysis tools, search engines, 3-D printers, and better ways of teaching, our expectation shouldmove far beyond conventional engineering BS, FE and ABET teaching outcomes.NegativesSome negative aspects of challenging projects include: • finding capable faculty who know how to innovate and mentor students • the extra time and paperwork required to maintain a funded program • real deadlines and risk of failure • student
Session 3522 Evolving Industry Expectations for Engineers - The Impact of Global Manufacturing John R. Wagner Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson UniversityAbstract Practicing engineers need to develop a career plan to ensure that they can meet thechallenges in the evolving global workplace. The academic foundation established by anengineering degree may launch a professional career, but individuals must take a proactive rolein their professional development activities to permit career advancement. This task is becomingmore crucial as
program allows engineering students to spend an hour witheither the dean or a department head discussing what is engineering, how society benefits fromengineers, and what career options are available upon graduation. This is followed by two hoursparticipating in engineering courses. Faculty open their classrooms to the student prospects andengage them in the classroom environment. This is a sharp contrast to whatever the freshmanhost’s classes might have traditionally been engaged in (i.e., humanities, leadership, ROTC,physical education, etc.). There is minimal impact to programs to prepare for this activity.Faculty are simply contacted to ensure there will be minimal disruption to their class by havingguests observing. The goal of this activity
awayfrom this dynamic and empower students to name and challenge the oppression they face, theauthors of this paper collaborated to create and carry out the Justice, Equity, Diversity, andInclusion (JEDI) Ambassador Program (or "JEDI" for short). JEDI is a co-curricular programthat employs undergraduate engineering students, called "JEDIs", to engage in diversity, equity,and inclusion (DEI) projects across the domains of education research, K-12 outreach, andstudent programming with the guidance of a graduate student or university support staff mentor.JEDI was designed as a liberatory space for participants to bring their whole selves,collaboratively explore ideas, and take action against inequities they observed or experienced.The attempted
the educa- tional success of students. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, re-imagining traditional pedagogical practices and engaging students in intra- and intergroup dialogue.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in 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 Education 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
education and human resource development for over 30 years as high school industrial arts instructor, a training consultant to industry, and as a teacher educator at the university level. His research and consulting activities address ways to improve the quality of technical instruction. Dr. Johnson specializes in instructional design, instructional methods, and online learning. He is a primary developer of HRE Online, a web-based system that supports the delivery of the department's online graduate program. He is also the Research Director for the 33 National Center for Engineering and Technology Education and co-director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education. The focus of
past performance atthe designated graduate institutional site of retaining, graduating, and placing significantnumbers of LSAMP graduates into doctoral-degree programs. A plan for formally connecting asignificant number of newly matriculated LSAMP students, including master's degree graduates,to doctoral degree programs is expected.Successful projects must demonstrate substantive and formal connection to other NSF-fundedprograms, such as CREST, NSF research centers, Integrative Graduate Education and ResearchTraining Program (IGERT), Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education Program (GK-12),and AGEP. Successful BD projects must ensure that a substantive number of first year BD
engineering, science, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the process of designing and creating new devices and systems. Her work considers the intentional and unintentional consequences of durable struc- tures, products, architectures, and standards in engineering education, to pinpoint areas for transformative change.Dr. Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Beth A. Myers is the Director of Analytics, Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a BA in biochemistry, ME in engineering
, and develop a local community around the One Laptop Per Child vision. We view OLPC as a valuable educational platform rooted in innovative technology. Our goals include community outreach, student development, and educational research. To this end, UW OLPC has established and is expanding local, national, and international relationships. Opportunities are also available to tailor projects to member initiatives and address specific needs of existing OLPC deployments worldwide. UW's OLPC student organization exists as a dynamic epicenter for communication and coordination among the OLPC community at large."[3] The increasing amount of support for the Wisconsin OLPC project has resulted in awonderful resource for
responsibility, (g) an ability to communicate effectively, (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context, (i) a recognition of the need for, and ability to engage in, lifelong learning, (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues, (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.1Additional learning outcomes were suggested in the 2005 report from the National Academy ofEngineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (NAECASEE).2 The report mentions that the engineering education community emphasizes: (l) an ability to manage a project, including a familiarity with business
to prepare them to teach in theclassroom. This year the Fellows completed an Instructional Planning course and aTeaching Practicum with the Grant Coordinator. The course evaluations for both thesecourses indicated the Fellows felt these courses were effective in helping them developgood teaching skills and giving them exposure to best practices. For the InstructionalPlanning course, Fellows reported the following;100% The course provided useful information about best teaching practices and instructional approaches.86% Have a greater understanding of how education, research and professional activities can overlap to affect my own success.86% Helped develop authentic learning modules for middle and secondary classrooms.Fellows rated
a BEng in Computer and Communications Engineering from the American University of Beirut. Aya is a graduate research assistant with the Designing Education Lab at Stanford, led by Professor Sheri Sheppard, and her research explores the accessibility of introductory electrical engineering education. She is supported by the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship and the RAISE Doctoral Fellowship.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard teaches both undergraduate and graduate design-related classes, conducts research on fracture mechanics and finite element analysis, and on how people become engineers. From 1999 to 2008, she was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Education Division for the 2023 ASEE conferenceDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. She is also the Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a Na- tional Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder be- longing and
prevents students from exploiting their creativity and applying to it to innovative learning practices such as active learning (AL) and project- based learning (PBL) • The inability to grasp concepts can increase student drop-out rates and often times affects successful graduation and overall university enrolment.The researchers have actively these factors while designing and implementing the frameworkand hence decided on using the 3 modes. A plain desktop VR without any accessories, enhanceddVR with MS Kinect and HMD, and the CAVE-based iSpace virtual environment. The modesproposed in this study (dVR, enhanced dVR, and iSpace) are intended to be capable of thefollowing (although with varying levels of fidelity, immersion, and navigation
culturally relevant engineering education in multiple settings, focusing on the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the Case Study. For his work, his paper, ”Telling half a story: A mixed methods approach to understanding culturally relevant engineering education in Nigeria” was awarded the best DEI paper in the International Division of ASEE at the 2023 Conference. He is the Founding President of the African Engineering Education Fellows in the Diaspora, a non-governmental organization that leverages the experiences of African scholars in engineering education to inform and support engineering education policy, practice, and pedagogies in Africa. His research revolves around the professional development of STEM educators and
research aims to amplify the voices and work of students, educators, and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) overall and support continued educational innovation within engineering at these institutions. Specifi- cally, she focuses on (1) educational and professional development of graduate students and faculty, (2) critical transitions in education and career pathways, and (3) design as central to educational and global change. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Who are Graduate Program Directors and What are their Roles in Healing within Graduate Engineering EducationAbstract This Work in Progress (WIP) paper proposes a synthesis of