serves as Director of the Master of Engineering program in Computer Science and Engineering. She regularly mentors undergraduate and graduate research projects that have received institutional recognition and funding.William J. Rothwell, Penn State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Paper ID #48259William J. Rothwell, PhD, DBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, RODC, FLMI, CPTD Fellow is a DistinguishedProfessor at Penn State, and is a leading expert in workforce development. With 300+ publications,including 170 books, and a legacy of top-ranked programs, he has profoundly shaped the future ofvocational education
Paper ID #45819An Introduction to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Course RedesignSupports Students’ Engineering Recognition BeliefsMr. Spencer Johnathan Sabatino, Cornell University Spencer Sabatino is a PhD student at the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. Spencer’s research interests include understanding smartness beliefs and how these beliefs influence engineering identity development. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and his Master of Science in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from Miami University in 2022.Dr. Allison
ABET Accredit?, 2025). The formalseparation between these two closely-related fields, and the prevalence of ET programs atsending institutions, have specific impacts on transfer students. One of the key steps to becoming a professional engineer (P.E.) is attending an institutionaccredited by the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (National Council of Examinersfor Engineering and Surveying, 2024). Yet, the Engineering Accreditation Commission onlyaccredits engineering programs at the bachelor and master levels, making no recommendationsfor certificate programs, associate degree programs or transfer coursework (ABET,2021). Because many community and technical colleges offer associate degrees (typically anunaccredited, two-year
qualitative analysis in the initial study in Spring 2024 and the follow-up study in Fall 2024.FindingsRQ1: How do TAs acquire sociotechnical fluency in data science?The development of sociotechnical understanding is crucial for TAs, as it enables them toeffectively guide students in mastering both the technical intricacies and the broader socialimplications of various engineering disciplines, including DS. TA interviews and Data 375assignments suggest that TAs’ lived and educational experiences provided them with varyinglevels of sociotechnical fluency prior to even entering the Data 375 classroom.Identity Shapes Teaching Practices: TAs who held marginalized identities (see Table 1)frequently drew upon their
experience with real-time signal processing andmodulation techniques in GNU Radio provides invaluable insights into the dynamicsof modern communication systems, bridging theoretical knowledge with practicalapplication. For students and professionals in communications and signal processing,mastering filters and QPSK within GNU Radio’s versatile environment is indispensablefor understanding and innovating in the rapidly evolving field of wireless technology.Fig. 2 demonstrated different types of filters, including low pass, high pass, band pass,band rejects, and RRC’s simulated platform in GNU radio without SDR and theircorresponding waveforms, Fig. 2a, Fig. 2b. Fig. 2c depicted the Quadrature PhaseShift Keying (QPSK) in the context of GNU Radio with
University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, USA. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Central Florida, Masters and PhD degrees in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and spent two years at the University of Pennsylvania as a Postdoctoral Fellow before beginning her faculty appointment. Beyond Dr. Grady’s primary research in experimental mechanics, she enjoys developing hands-on activities for courses early in the engineering curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Six Statics Activities in a Shoebox KitAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to widely disseminate the
instructors, highlighting their role in fostering critical skills essential for post-graduation success. Structured opportunities for practice, including group activities, individual exercises, and a demonstration oral assessment conducted by the professor, helped students understand the value of the process. This approach not only motivated students but also empowered them to take ownership of their learning with a worked example and invest effort into mastering the oral assessment format. he detailed rubric served two purposes: (1) allowed students to fully understand evaluationTmetrics and (2) reduced
and across curricula. According to Haswell [19], there are a few keycomponents of the approach. Instructors should focus comments on more substantial writingissues rather than aggregating surface-level mistakes. The rubric needs to perform the work ofevaluation and as such, the instructor should not spend their time justifying the rubric scores intheir summative feedback. Instead, students should be encouraged by the rubric to correct theirown errors, and research has shown that students typically correct 60-70% of their own errorswhen using this system. Minimal marking helps students master "threshold errors,” those theyare close to competency on while teachers can allocate more time to reinforcing learning throughsuccessful problem-solving
described her directsupervisor (a post doc) pitting her against a senior PhD student in the lab by assigning her to givea poster on a project at a professional conference, even though it was the main project of thesenior student. Interviewee A had only been working on the project briefly for pay the summerbefore she formally started the PhD program. It was like he expected her to fail. But little did he know that I have an episodic memory. So when we ran through, I got the gist of the project. I came back with a poster. And I'm very visual, so I color coded it. …. That was my training for my masters…. And so when we went to the conference, we had a poster session. It was also kind of like a competition where they would place you first
. to develop one’s competence or master a task (mastery goal), 2. display one’s ability or competency relative to others (performance goal), 3. avoid appearing academically inadequate (performance-avoidance goal)Countless systematic and meta-analytic reviews have been published synthesizing the volume ofresearch produced using achievement goal theory and its impact on motivation, academicachievement, persistence, and other beneficial or ineffective behaviors [1]-[3], [16]-[22]. Thesereviews consistently report how endorsing a mastery goal is associated with greater motivation,the application of deeper learning strategies, and higher levels of achievement. Even so, studieshave produced mixed and sometimes contradictory findings
Educational Organization and Leadership; Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction).Dr. Ali Ansari, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Ali Ansari is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Masters and Ph.D in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Ali has been teaching for the past two years at Bucknell University in both the Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering and been focusing on student focused pedagogy centered around Game-based learning techniques.Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wayne Chang is an
individuals use to define themselves andadapt to new contexts. These dimensions provide a nuanced lens to understand how participantsactively shape their identities during their internships. Given the short-term nature of theirexperience, identity emerges as fluid and responsive, influenced by continuous interaction withunfamiliar academic and cultural systems [21].For South American students, many of whom are navigating international education for the firsttime, adapting to different academic expectations, mastering technical English, and participatingin multicultural environments becomes a complex but formative journey. Language serves asboth a hurdle and a bridge—participants rely on past learning while acquiring new skills toexpress themselves
coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1 Writing Assessment Training for Capstone Design InstructorsIntroduction Technical writing is vital for professional engineers, but engineering students oftenstruggle to master written communication [1]. To help students develop the necessary writingskills for their careers, many engineering programs implement writing intensive courses
Paper ID #46625Semiconductor and Chip Capability Index to Transform Engineering EducationJose Texier Assistant Director of ”The Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions” (LACCEI). Computer Engineer UNET (2002, Venezuela). Master of Computer Science, University of the Andes (2008, Venezuela). PhD in Computer Science from the National University of La Plata (2014, Argentina). Invited Professor and Researcher Universidad Nacional de Chilecito (2014-2023, Argentina). Ex professor UNET (2003-2015). The research areas are framed in Digital Libraries / Institutional Repositories / Open Science
requirement. This overlapin student population was a boon to cross-course collaboration between Data 102 and HCEinstructors, which we expand on below.Data 102 aims to help students master the modeling, inferential, and decision-theoretic aspects ofdata science by returning to, and expanding on, topics students learned in their prerequisites.Data 102 expands and links ideas introduced in prior classes so that students leave with robust,networked knowledge in their domain. For example, Data 102 expands upon students’ previousexposure to logistic regression in Data 100 by introducing the generalized linear model. Majortopics include binary decision making via hypothesis testing and classification, Bayesianinference with conjugate and hierarchical models
Paper ID #47296Sparking Reflexivity: Data Generation Methods and Recommendations forEliciting Complex Belief Sets in Engineering Education ResearchTahlia Aviva Altgold, The Ohio State University Tahlia Altgold is a PhD student at Ohio State University in the Department of Engineering Education. She previously received a bachelor of science in Materials Science and Engineering, a bachelor of science in Biomedical Engineering, and a master of science in Biomedical Engineering all from Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in student agency and cultural reproduction and resistance in engineering design and biomedical
humanistic ideal on whichreal progress ultimately depends. Efficiency in the mastery of materials without humaneintelligence to guide and control it is now recognized in all civilised countries as a curse” […]“every effort must be made to enforce the truth that mechanical efficiency, while essential tosuccess, is servant not master” [22]. Mann thought that this offered opportunities to historyand English by changing the content of their courses and the report illustrates this byreference to the program in English developed at MIT by Professor Frank Aydelotte, thesecond year of which, is described in detail in exhibits 4 and 5.Questions about the functions of engineers (are still relevant and related to the question whatis engineering (exhibit 4
” engineering graduates without employment experience. “Wrong outcome—not factors of n=18 Studies not investigating retention, attrition, or closely retention in engineering profession” related variables like career satisfaction. “Lack of academic rigor—lack of n=18 Popular magazine articles, articles with no citations, or scholarly structure“ not reporting any methods. “Lack of peer review—dissertation” n=35 Doctoral or Masters dissertations and theses.Although my study focuses on a systematized review of research articles, these articles includequalitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and utilize diverse methods and datasources, such as interviews, focus groups, survey
roles, including Software Architect and Lead software engineer positions before switching to full time academia. She is also a Microsoft certified professional, with an MCPD certification. Her research work is focused on evidence-based, active learning pedagogies to improve software engineering education. She has published papers specifically on Peer Instruction and Process Oriented Guided Inquiry-based Learning-like pedagogical approaches in the undergraduate software engineering classroom, both in person and virtual. She holds a Bachelors degree in Physics from the University of Madras, Chennai, India. She holds two Masters degrees - one in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and one in
“realworld” problems of engineering, but may also seek out double majors or minors in their favoritesubject(s). Some students identify as both “Tinkerers” and “Math-Science Mavens”, but Math-ScienceMavens are generally more interested in analytical problem-solving than hands-on application. Sam, for example, really enjoyed her advanced math and computer science classes: “It's kind oflike solving a puzzle. I just felt like I had a sense of accomplishment because I was pretty good at it.”What she really wanted from her engineering degree program was intellectual rigor. “I was kind of like,just give me something real.” The sense of pride that was achieved by mastering a difficult subject wasshared by many students in this category.Creative
the complex dynamics of communication within research labs, examining how graduate students experience communication mis-cues and identifying strategies to help both students and their advisors navigate and overcome these challenges. She also investigates how faculty approach their communication with graduate students, the concerns they encounter, and the guidance they provide to cultivate stronger, more effective communicators. Recognizing that effective communication is foundational to leadership and mentorship, Dr. Simmons emphasizes the role of oral communication in building agency. Her work uncovers how mastering oral communication can empower individuals to assert their ideas confidently and navigate
Paper ID #46016A Thematic Analysis of Trends in Engineering Education Conferences Congressesin Latin America and the Caribbean: An Insight into Future Innovations andDevelopments in Higher EducationJose Texier, LACCEI Assistant Director of ”The Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions” (LACCEI). Computer Engineer UNET (2002, Venezuela). Master of Computer Science, University of the Andes (2008, Venezuela). PhD in Computer Science from the National University of La Plata (2014, Argentina). Invited Professor and Researcher Universidad Nacional de Chilecito (2014-2023, Argentina). Ex professor UNET