future of modern medical treatment. Advances in tissueengineering, computational protein design, and high-throughput bioanalyticaltechniques across academia and industry motivate the need to develop curriculathat provides opportunities for students to interact and design early in theirundergraduate careers. To meet this need, we created two new junior-level courses:Molecular Engineering (BME305L) and Cellular Engineering (BME306L) thatwere offered in the Fall and Spring of 2022, respectively. We have emphasizedstudent-centered experimental and laboratory practice as the backbone of thesecourses to prepare students for authentic research experiences in any industry.Molecular Engineering integrates computational and experimental learningoutcomes
Lower-Performant StudentsTo develop the model for identifying lower-performant students, we collected data from the ALPand conducted a descriptive analysis during Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters. The coursewas taught face-to-face during both semesters. The data was collected for 30 topics calledobjectives, each of which had individual lessons called nodes. The data was collected under threecategories, namely activity type, participation type, and performance type.1) Activity Type: These activities are related to ALP interactions for instruction, practice, andreview. Instruction involves covering a lesson before the due date, review involves doing alesson without any changes to the grading criteria, and practice involves redoing the
on real-world computing applications, andinstructors make significant efforts to demonstrate ties between CS and the students’ major fieldsof study.The PINC program has been quite successful at recruiting and retaining a diverse group ofstudents, including those who have historically been marginalized in computing fields. In 2018,the minor program had a total of 27 students, with 85% women and 48% students fromunderrepresented racial/ethnic groups. By 2022, the minor program has served over 400 students,with 53% women and 42% students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. Out of thosestudents, about 30 students are currently in Ph.D programs or medical schools. For moreinformation about the structure and implementation of the PINC
learn strategies for institutional investment in pursuit of NSF grant funding andincrease project team expertise in the NSF ATE proposal writing process. Participants learn toaddress many of challenges faced by community college faculty in preparing and submittingNSF grant proposals.For 2022 the proposal writing workshop remained in a virtual format. Prior to the virtualworkshop, teams were provided with questions to help them further develop the idea for theirproposals and to help them identify personnel and resources at their institutions that will beneeded for the proposal submissions. Once the questions were answered, teams met with theirmentors to discuss answers and any additional questions that arose. The 2022 virtual workshopagenda was
first-year engineering students [36].MethodsTo understand the impacts of the intervention on self-efficacy and engineering identity,contemporary industry-relevant problems were designed and introduced to the targeted course.Instruments for assessing self-efficacy and engineering identity were developed and employed.Each of these is further explained below:Contemporary Industry Problems DesignThe project team worked with six industry professionals designing a diverse topic of problems.Problems were selected from global issues such as plastic recycling, renewable energy, carbonrecycling. Mentors gain and challenges were published in a previous ASEE paper [37]. Inaddition, videos and details of the problems were also published at 2022 ASEE
, among others—unprecedentedpolitical, ethical, economical, legal, and social implications emerge. These result in newopportunities as well as risks. The MELP program will prepare the next generation of engineersversed in policy and law systems and in the way emerging technologies interact with and enterinto these and other existing systems. Students will be able to analyze and influence legislativedevelopments and policy initiatives and anticipate technology trends.Expansion of the ProgramThe MELP program was approved by the Graduate School in May 2021 and accepted its firststudents in Fall 2022. It was approved as a residential program and only offered in face to facemodality. This advanced professional program is flexible. It was designed to
testing the test was split into subtests A and B (each comprising half of theoriginal 25 TMCT items) of equal difficulty. One item was eliminated from the selection due toits excessive difficulty among preliminary testing participants. Thus two distinct TMCT formswere developed from this work.Population A total of 196 BLV participants took the TMCT from 2018-2022. 178 participants chosethe tactile graphics format answer sheets, and 18 used large print. Data on the participants'gender was not collected. Each participants’ age was not specifically requested, however allparticipants were between the ages of 14 and 65+. The pre-COVID-19 data comes from 119participants who took the TMCT between July 2018 and early March 2020 before the onset
environment as thepandemic caused the closure of community college campuses where the program was to be held.Program modalities and curriculum were modified to shift to an online experience. In Fall 2022,the program was able to return to an in-person format.CICSTART’s leadership team disseminates best practices through presentations, social media,publications, and workshops at national conferences. The four-day Summer Teachers’ Workshopbrings high school and community college educators from throughout the United States toexperience the same program that is used for the high school students. CICSTART’s outreachefforts and the national dissemination of best practices for engaging underrepresentedpopulations in technology careers has a national impact
data from the 2022-2023academic year and preliminary results from a reflection study that began in Spring 2020. Thereflection study examined the impact of the ERSP on a student's computing and engineeringidentity development based on student reflection responses. In this paper, we also discuss studentdemographics, retention rates, and changes made to the program's curriculum at UIC. Theevaluation results from the last three years of the program are also shared, which show howstudents are impacted by the program, as well as areas for improvement. Preliminary results showthat the program has positively impacted students' computing or engineering identity developmentfor at least three identity dimensions: recognition, competence, and
compatibility. Self-reported demographics (gender, race/ethnicity, collegegeneration, first year on campus) were collected during the survey and used to group respondentsduring the analysis. The study population includes all students enrolled in a first-yearengineering course for the Fall 2022 (n=215) at the University of New Mexico, a public R1,Hispanic- serving institution. The students were from the following engineering disciplines:Chemical & Biological, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer, Mechanical, andNuclear. A regression analysis is used to compare Latinas' perceptions and intentions to studentswho are well-represented (Asian or White men) in engineering. We hypothesize that theconstructs examined in this study explain
providing support for studentsgoing through difficult times in high-enrolment courses. WTAs are regular members of theteaching assistant staff, but they use an early warning system to identify potential students at riskof failure, initiate communication using supportive language, and take action by suggestingflexibilization or providing academic support for students facing challenges. WTAs have beenincorporated into 27 courses at a large school of engineering in Latin America, during 2022, andhave been positively evaluated by students. One of the main current challenges of the approach isscalability.1 MotivationStudents regularly deal with the effects of health and emotional situations faced by themselves orby family members. Aware of those
the basics of engineering design using a hands-on approach which is also engaging and fun. He is an Institute for Teaching Excellence Fellow at NJIT and the recipient of NJIT’s 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award - Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction, 2022 Newark College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and 2018 Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education AwardDr. Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish Borgaonkar works as Asst. Professor of Engineering Education at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Newark College of Engineering (NCE) located in Newark, New Jersey. He has developed and taught several engineering courses primarily in first-year engineering
their careers. Currently, the United States lacksadequate infrastructure or capacity to support the teaching of AI in the K-12 curriculum. Toaddress these challenges, we introduce the use of visual media as a key bridge technology toengage students in grades 6-8 with AI topics, through a recent NSF funded ITEST program,labeled ImageSTEAM. Specifically, we focus on the idea of a computational camera, whichrethinks the sensing interface between the physical world and intelligent machines and enablesstudents to ponder how sensors and perception fundamentally will augment science andtechnology in the future. Two workshops have been conducted, the first in summer 2021, and thesecond in summer 2022. The first workshop was delivered virtually due to
received her M.S. in User Experience from Arizona State University and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Broadening Participation and the Mission of Engineering for US All: A Case Study of Engineering in a Classroom Serving Students with Disabilities (Work in Progress) AbstractStrategic Goal 1 of the NSF 2022-2026 Strategic Plan aims to broaden the participation of the "MissingMillions" or under-served, underrepresented, and marginalized populations to fully participate in STEM.Students with disabilities represent one of these marginalized groups. In response to this NSF
Engineering at Colorado State University and her MS and PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She is active in curriculum activities at UNL at the department, college, and university levels. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engagement in Practice: Addressing Redlining in First Year Civil Engineering CoursesAbstractRedlining is the practice of systemic disinvestment of resources and services from residents of certaincommunities based on race and ethnicity. Even after the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, theeffects of redlining persist in the form of substandard infrastructure and services in areas that wereredlined. In Fall 2022
project [14], we employed a longitudinal mixed methods study design toidentify the most common and severe stressors experienced by a cohort of students at oneinstitution. Drawing from the results of Year 1 of study and a review of the literature on graduatestudent stressors, we developed in Year 2 the Stressors for Doctoral Students Questionnaire forEngineering (SDSQ-E) and administered it twice, in fall 2022 [15] and in spring 2023. TheSDSQ-E measures the severity and frequency of stressors including advisor-related stressors,class-taking stressors, research or laboratory stressors, campus life and financial stressors, andidentity-related or microaggression-related stressors. In this update to the final year of ourproject, we will present a high
knowledge from their less familiar discipline, they didn't always achieve acomprehensive practical understanding of the class outcomes. The paper also discusses the merits anddrawbacks of employing both approaches to build an interdisciplinary class. The benefits, pros, and consof having both approaches to building an interdisciplinary class are discussed. IntroductionCollaborative skills have been widely recognized as the primary skills for success in 21st-century society(National Science Foundation, 2020; Engineers Australia, 2022; Engineering Council, UK, 2020). In thefield of STEM professions, the development of these collaborative skills is critical to work effectively ininterdisciplinary
definition of neurodivergence thatemerged from our discussion of several models, primarily from Judy Singer [9], Nick Walker[10], and the 2022 Substack Developer Study [11].Figure 1. Qualtrics follow-up question to self-identification as neurodivergentAs our primary observation tool, this survey responded to questions that gauge the experiencesof self-identifying neurodivergent and neurotypical engineering and computing students. Thosewho self-identified as being neurodivergent were asked to disclose the aspects of theirneurodivergence and a question about potential skills or strengths they believe are due to theirneurodivergence. This identifying question provides the groundwork for a study ofstrengths-based approaches to supporting neurodivergent
performing students in urban areas are selected out of neighborhood schoolsSurveys• 67 surveys collected at National Society of Black Engineers conferences. • 2022 Great Lakes Regional Conference (November, 2022) • 2023 Annual Convention (April, 2023)• Preliminary findings • Students in engineering programs are exposed to Algebra by 8th Grade • Confirms established research • Nearly 70% of students who attend neighborhood schools were in some form of a magnet track • Nearly all students had access to AP coursesSurvey Prompts• Did you attend a public or private school?• Was your school considered a magnet school?• If your school is not a magnet school, were you on a specialized track?• What were the racial demographics of your
aim to develop, evaluate, and improve novelmedical innovation and training experiences for undergraduate, nursing, premedical and medicalstudents.Piloted in the summer of 2021, the program was initially offered online to 14 junior-levelstudents due physical distancing limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic. All students in theprogram were successful in identifying a research topic and matched to different laboratoriesafter the 4 weeks. Three of the students furthered their research efforts through a yearlongUndergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in which they submitted a proposal thatallowed them to receive up to $1000 in funding to develop their proposed project and present itat a symposium in the spring of 2022. In the summer
American, 15% Latinx/Hispanic, 59% female, 43% did not identify a person in their immediate family who attended college 2 undergraduate courses + 1 student service group involved in the design and programming 15 local teacher partners directly involved in the design (many more involved with implementation) 5 culminating events 600 student in-person event in summer 2022 750 student on-campus event planned for 2023
course in Fall 2022 and was again offered inFall 2023 [5]. Student enrollment for the two semesters is shown in Table 2. As an introductorycourse, the goal was to expose students to a broad range of topics in the field as it pertains toengineering and to prepare them for subsequent courses in sustainability. Pre-assessments givenin Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 showed that the students’ understanding of sustainability was © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceprimarily focused on energy and the environment. Therefore, course topics were chosen toexpand the students’ views of sustainability into other areas. The Fall 2022 course containedguest
Paper ID #43058Introducing Spectral Analysis to Undergraduate Engineering StudentsMrs. Najjiya Almallah, Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyDr. Mahmoud Al-Quzwini, Stevens Institute of Technology Najjiya Almallah, Ph.D. Najjiya Almallh is a Transportation engineer at the Structural Evaluation and Bridge management unit of the New Jersey department of Transportation. She received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2022) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and M.Sc. (2012) & B.Sc. (2007) degrees in Civil Engineering from Baghdad University, Iraq. Her current research focus is Non
, thenmonitored the progress during the Application Phase.Results and DiscussionThis section summarizes the data and results obtained from the summer enrichment programs inthe last three years.The number of students in each cohort is included in Table 2. The student participants andminority students rates were relatively low in 2021 due to covid-19 disruption and remotelearning/working in schools and universities, but were increased quickly in 2022-2023 with theteam’s recruiting effort and when the communities were back to normal operations, as shown inFigure 3. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Table 1. Student
content and presentation of feedback an instructor provides will be different from the feedback a student provides. Therefore, we sought to test the fit of this existing rubric in the first-year engineering context.III. Methods A. Sample This study is part of a larger project to examine peer feedback in an engineering PBL context. The subset of data presented here includes four course sections from one instructor over two years. Two sections from Fall 2022 were included as a control group, and two of the six sections that participated in the intervention in Fall 2023 were included. The demographics of the 87 participants from Fall 2022 and 118 participants from Fall 2023 are shown below in Tables 1 and 2. Each section contained
gives them the language to describe their engagement with this aspect of theengineering design process as well as the values by which they select their exemplar concepts.Some even include the novelty scores as ratings for a creativity objective within their decisionanalyses.[1] E. P. Douglas, D. J. Therriault, M. B. Berry, and J. A. Waisome, "Comparing Engineering Students' and Professionals' Conceptions of Ambiguity," in 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2022: IEEE, pp. 1-4.[2] J. J. Shah, N. Vargas-Hernandez, and S. M. Smith, "Metrics for measuring ideation effectiveness," Design Studies, vol. 24, pp. 111-134, 2003, doi: 10.1016/S0142- 694X(02)00034-0.[3] L. R. Murphy, S. R. Daly, and C. M
students the basics of engineering design using a hands-on approach which is also engaging and fun. He is an Institute for Teaching Excellence Fellow at NJIT and the recipient of NJIT’s 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award - Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction, 2022 Newark College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and 2018 Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award.Prof. Lucie Tchouassi, New Jersey Institute of Technology 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 FYEE 2024 - Workshop Milestones-Based Structured Active Learning Approach to Improve Student Performance in Engineering CoursesWorkshop Facilitators
the process change/perspective but perspectives and o State Appreciation for process broadened perspective; some situates one’s own critical narrative reflection of process perspective; a lot of o Reflect on importance story for engineers reflection on process o Perspective change o Peer interaction/ Process o Score for how impactful was the processReferences1. ABET. (2022). ABET. (2022). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2019 – 2020. Retrieved
2022 faculty development workshoprespectively. The first cohort consisted of 14 faculty with the proefile shown in tablee 1cohort # Total faculty Faculty Type Years of service Exeprience with Engg Edu. Research TT APT <5 >5, <10 >10 None Some experienced 1 13 3 10 5 5 3 7 3 3 2 13 8 5 4 5 4 10 1 2 Table 1: profile of participating faculty in each cohort. (TT= Tenured or tenure track, APT= Associated Professional Track (Non-tenured) faculty)To help initiate the culture change
with Stantec and T&M Associates specializing in Urban Land Redevelopment and Municipal Engineering. Sandra holds a B.S. Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering, an A. B. degree in Art History from Lafayette College and a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. She is currently perusing her doctorate degree in Education from Drexel University with a concentration in innovation and creativity. She is currently the Program Chair for ASEE Entrepreneurship and Innovation Division (2022 Conference). She also holds a Professional Engineering license in NJ.Louis Oh (Lab Manager) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022