not undertake the ACT; M = 25.82, SD = 1.47). Two male students (constituting 16.67% ofthe first cohort; one Hispanic and the other White) withdrew from the program for diverse reasons,departing in distinct semesters of the 2021-2022 academic year. For those who persisted in theprogram until the end of the spring semester in 2023, their cumulative GPAs ranged from 2.69 to3.94 (M = 3.30, SD = .48).In the subsequent year, cohort 2 admitted 16 students (6 females, 10 males) before the fall semesterof 2022 began. The high school GPAs of these students ranged from 3.67 to 4.30 (M = 3.99, SD= .18), while their ACT composite scores ranged from 24 to 29, encompassing 14 records (twostudents did not undertake the ACT; M = 26.57, SD = 1.83). Moreover
provide resources valuable to the students’ transition tocompleting a STEM degree in addition to the lab skills learned during the research experience.Community was emphasized during this period by connecting the programs whenever possible,including connecting the 2023 CCLSRM students to the 2022 CCLSRM students and connectingthe 2023 HSLRM students to as many of the CCLSRM students as possible. The HS studentsattended weekly research meetings when possible, including the final presentation session at theend of the summer program. Professional development activities were organized for both groupsafter the academic year resumed in the fall, providing workshops, speakers and trips relating tocompleting a STEM degree and STEM career awareness. MAST
Engineering Education, 2024 A Semiconductor Knowledge and Literacy Test for High School and Community College TeachersIntroductionIn recent years, the shortage of semiconductors has grown to be a worldwide issue. The first signof shortage appeared during the COVID-19 pandemic when the extended lockdown disruptedchip production. Meanwhile, the demand for computer chips increased as more people shifted toremote working. The chip shortage also revealed our country’s dependency on foreignmanufacturing, which soon became a geopolitical issue that involved supply chain resiliency andnational security concerns [1]. As a result, the US government introduced the 2022 Chips andScience Act to boost domestic semiconductor production
education: a systematic review,” Interactive Learning Environments, vol. 30, pp. 1556–1569, July 2022. [7] M. Z. Iqbal, E. Mangina, and A. G. Campbell, “Current Challenges and Future Research Directions in Augmented Reality for Education,” Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, vol. 6, p. 75, Sept. 2022. ´ [8] A. Alvarez Mar´ın, J. Vel´azquez-Iturbide, and M. Castillo-Vergara, “The acceptance of augmented reality in engineering education: the role of technology optimism and technology innovativeness,” Interactive Learning Environments, vol. 31, pp. 3409–3421, Aug. 2023. [9] M. Nadeem, M. Lal, J. Cen, and M. Sharsheer, “AR4FSM: Mobile Augmented Reality Application in Engineering Education for Finite-State Machine
]. AI has numerous potential applications in the constructionindustry, ranging from helping with decision-making to streamlining workflows and lesseningenvironmental effects.The construction management industry aims to streamline the planning, designing, and buildingprocess as effectively as possible, and AI ought to be a part of the construction manager's toolkitif it can assist in achieving these efficiencies [4]. According to the United States of AmericaBureau of Economic Analysis report for the first quarter of 2022, the construction industry'snominal value added was 4.1 percent of the GDP and is projected to reach a Compound AnnualGrowth Rate of 5 percent from 2022-2026 [5]. The projected growth in the industry exacerbatesthe ongoing
the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She has published several pedagogical journal and conference articles. She received the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2020 and 2024, and the Teaching Incentive Program Award in 2022 at UCF.Dr. Ricardo Zaurin, University of Central Florida Dr. Zaurin is a Senior Lecturer for the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering at the University of Central Florida. His research is dedicated to High Impact Teaching and Learning Practices, Active Learning, and Experiential LearningSierra Outerbridge, University of Central Florida Sierra Outerbridge, M.Ed., is a graduate research assistant and Ph.D. student in the
/climate-233 solutions/citiespollution#:~:text=Cities%20and%20Pollution,cent%20of%20the%20Earth%2234 7s%20surface. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.235 [2] Hassfurter, Karoline. “Child Labour: Global Estimates 2020, Trends and the Road Forward.”236 UNICEF DATA, 14 Oct. 2022, data.unicef.org/resources/child-labour-2020-global-237 estimatestrends-and-the-road-forward/.238 [3] “The Evidence Is Clear: The Time for Action Is Now. We Can Halve Emissions by 2030.”239 IPCC, 4 Apr. 2022, www.ipcc.ch/2022/04/04/ipcc-ar6-wgiii-pressrelease/.240 [4] Work-in-Progress (WIP) Manuscript ID 38772 (Revised version)241 [5] Roy, M., Syharat, C., and Chrysochoou, M. (2022). “Redesigning Soil Mechanics as an242 Inclusive
runaway, high heat generation, oreven open flames. There are four mitigation strategies related to the storage of lithium batteries:1) physical containment, 2) control of the state of charge as part of the storage plan, 3) the use ofdetection equipment, and 4) storage temperature such as cold storage [15]. SAE J3235 alsoincludes different types of fire suppression and monitoring and detection technologies. TheAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) AIAA G-136-2022 is a guide tolithium battery safety for space applications, however, the author was not able to access the fulltext.Table 1. Examples of Maintenance and Operation Specific Directives from Standards Standard Directive ASTM F2840
completing the submission: too busy / no time, too muchtrouble, cannot find a good topic, very long review cycle, miscommunication (never got emails),no clue on how to revise when the first submission was declined, etc. A teacher needs to behighly self-regulated and persistent to complete this submission process. As such, a set ofinterventions was taken to improve the submission success rate starting from 2022. The actionsinclude: 1) coordinate with TeachEngineering.org about shortening the review cycle time; 2)improve communications (make sure emails are not blocked by local school districts or go into aspam folder); 3) invite the TeachEngineering director to give an introductory talk to teachers atthe beginning of the RET summer program; 4
Paper ID #41087Board 406: The Transformation of a Mathematics DepartmentProf. Tuncay Aktosun, The University of Texas at Arlington Dr. Aktosun is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research area is applied mathematics and differential equations with research interests in scattering and spectral theory, inverse problems, wave propagation, and integrable evolution equations. He is involved in various mentoring and scholarship programs benefiting students. He was the GAANN Fellowship Director in his department during 2006-2022, he has been the NSF S-STEM Scholarship Director in his
interventions to be used in the studies (Objective 2).Objective 1 - Evaluations of Student Ethical Reasoning: Prior to exposure to any ethicalinstruction, students at participating institutions completed surveys designed to quantitativelymeasure their ethical reasoning, both generally and within an engineering context. For generalmoral and ethical reasoning, students took the Defining Issues Test (DIT-2) [10]. For engineering-specific ethical reasoning, students took the Engineering Ethics Research Instrument (EERI),designed by researchers at Purdue University. [11]In the Spring 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters, both first year and senior students at a subset of theparticipating institutions took the EERI instrument. For first-year students this was
and moments will be more prevalent among low visualizers, and errors relatedto calculating the magnitude of these vectors and moments will not be correlated with SVS.MethodsAll second-year engineering students at Stevens Institute of Technology are required to take Statics& Introduction to Engineering Mechanics. Math prerequisites for the course include two semestersof calculus. Force vectors and moment of a force are covered in the first two weeks of the semester,and students are tested on these concepts in the first exam (around week 4 or 5). Two examproblems from the first exam in Fall 2022 are used in this study.In problem 1, students were asked to resolve three force vectors into components, calculate themagnitude and orientation of
by UGTAs,faculty, and the university’s Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation(OGI).Curricula for Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 were piloted ahead of fall 2021, fall 2022, and fall 2023semesters. Each session runs simultaneously, with all three cohorts of UGTAs meeting as a largebody at the end of training to share key takeaways. 2Figure 1. Scaffolded global inclusion, diversity, inclusion, belonging, equity, and access(GIDBEA) training for undergraduate training assistants.We adapted the curriculum using the Stern Cohort Leadership Program framework for inclusiveleadership, defined as, “the practice of leadership that
Engineering Curriculum ModernizationAbstractThe Schulich School of Engineering has recently undertaken staged redesign and implementationof a new software engineering curriculum. Stakeholders were asked to consider a set offormulated questions for their topic and related list of courses. Consultation comments,suggestions, and previous feedback were evaluated and incorporated into the proposal. Theproposed curriculum changes were rolled out in a staged approach. The rollout of the new secondyear curriculum started in Fall 2022 with the new third year curriculum beginning in Fall 2023.An initial survey was conducted to evaluate student feedback on course content and experience.Using a quasi-experimental post-test only design, students who experienced
the Snap programming environment tointroduce teachers to AI search of Algorithms [3]. This paper presents three case studies thatstem from AI workshops for middle school teachers. In each case study, the instructor’sbackground is given, reason for participating in the study, and adapting an AI tool to classinstruction and its impact in learning.A teacher professional development summer workshop titled ImageSTEAM was created tointroduce middle school educators to AI focusing on visual computing. A total of 22 teachers inGeorgia participated in the workshops run in three separate cohorts for 2021, 2022, and 2023.The case studies are teacher experiences and their transfer of knowledge to their classrooms. Theteachers presented in this paper are
much detail to provide in the recommendations from an [2] Indira N. Z. Day, Nadira Saab & Wilfried Admiraal (2022) Online peerAI coach to have maximum development. feedback on video presentations: type of feedback and improvement of The perception of improvement in oral communication presentation skills, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 47:2, 183-197skills is notable, with 80% of respondents reporting a positive [3] Terblanche, Nicky, Joanna Molyn, Kevin Williams, and Jeanette Maritz.impact. This suggests that
participate in such [7-9].In response to the above challenges, we have developed a novel virtual reality (VR) clinicalimmersion platform, enabling a large number of students to access healthcare spaces [10, 11].Designed for undergraduate biomedical engineering students, this innovative platform offers theopportunity to explore and address unmet clinical needs within a simulated virtual environment.To this end, the virtual reality platform allows students to visualize various medical proceduresin 360° and first-person view, enabling them to see both the full workflow of the environmentand the physician’s viewpoint. The VR platform has been integrated into a course on UnmetClinical Needs Finding, piloted during the Spring of 2022 and 2023 as an
enroll in theprogram for two summer classes, which typically count toward their elective requirements.The specific program to the Dominican Republic began in 2015 under the leadership of Dr.Michael MacCarthy to address the need for providing access to drinking water in the rural part ofDominican Republic near the town of El Cercado, see Figure 1. Since then, the program hasexpanded to not only address the need for access to drinking water (2015 to present), but also toevaluate the impact access to drinking water has had on rural communities (2022) and to addresscommunity attitudes toward people with disabilities (2023 to present). Figure 1: Service-Learning Location in Dominican RepublicFor the 2023 Dominican Republic service
. Department of Labor. (2023). Persons with a disability: Labor Force Characteristics – 2022. Retrieved from: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/disabl.pdf.8 DXC Technology. (2023). DXC Dandelion Program. Retrieved from: https://dxc.com/au/en/about-us/social- impact-practice/dxc-dandelion-programhttps://dxc.com/au/en/about-us/social-impact-practice/dxc-dandelion- program9 Zhao, J., Zhang, X., Lu, Y., Wu, X., Zhou, F., Yang, S., Wang, L., & F. Fei. (2022). Virtual reality technology enhances the cognitive and social communication of children with autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers Public Health, vol. 10, 1029392. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029392.10 Valencia, K., Rusu, C., Quiñones, D. & E. Jamet, (2019). The Impact
their transcripts. Students who selected engineering and computer sciencewere asked to indicate all the math and science courses they had taken.Upon enrollment, the students commenced their ROPES journey in the 2021 fall semester. Allcourses for ROPES students were offered online and their sections were separate than theuniversity students. They enrolled in the one-credit Introduction to Career Pathways course theOffice of Student Success facilitated. This course introduced students to various career options,instilled a college-bound disposition, and focused on skill development. Faculty from relevantdisciplines also participated by presenting on the particular specializations available for selection.In the subsequent spring semester 2022
ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 24-27, 2018.[5] M. Sarker, N. Saqib, G. Ricco, M. Hammond, J. Hilt, and J. Emery, “Work in Progress: Hands-on EngineeringMechanics with a Three-Dimensional Laboratory Unit,” 2020 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Virtual,June 21-24, 2020.[6] S. Wodin-Schwartz, K. LeChasseur, and C. A. Keller, “Hands On Learning in a Remote Introduction to StaticsClassroom Environment,” 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, Virtual, July 26-29, 2021.[7] M. Yamin, K. Ebrahimi, and K. Schull, “Multiple Interactive Hands-On Applications in Statics,” 2022 ASEEAnnual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 26-29, 2022. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference
began his PhD study in Aviation Technology and Management at Purdue University in 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Mary E Johnson. Gustavo earned an M.S. in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University and an M.S. in Aeronautical Military Sciences from Colombian Air University. He has experience as a helicopter pilot, safety manager, and undergraduate program director at the Colombian Air Force Academy. His research interests include helicopter operations, advanced air mobility, and aviation safety. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Implementation of a Semester-long, Real-World Problem Project in a Critical Systems Thinking Course
Laboratory, “About the EcoCAR EV Challenge,” Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions, 2022. https://avtcseries.org/about-the-ecocar-ev-challenge/[2] Dillon, H., & VanDeGrift, T. (2021, July), Creating an Inclusive Engineering Student Culture Through Diverse Teams: Instructor-led and Student-led Approaches Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Virtual Meeting. https://peer.asee.org/32428[3] Pucha, R., & Dunbar, T., & Yow, R. (2022, August), Role of diverse teams and socio-cultural aspects on students learning in freshman design course Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/41820[4] J. Martins, “Write Better
Year 1 Cohort of S-STEM Scholars 4 4 3 3 Hispanic/Latino White/Caucasian Males Females Figure 1. Demographics of S-STEM cohorts in Year 1 (AY 2021-2022).An online survey was conducted to gather feedback on the team's year 1 planning andimplementation efforts, as well as the ongoing support provided to the seven scholars. Thesurvey included general perceptual questions aimed at assessing the satisfaction levels ofparticipants. The results of the survey are summarized in Figure 2.Upon analysis of the survey responses, it was evident
success. However, there is along-standing lack of academic achievement data early in a student’s first term wheninterven(ons would be most effec(ve. This paper explores the further development of an EarlyAlert & Interven(on System (EAIS) that was implemented in the College of Engineering (CoE) atthe University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) during the 2022-2023 Academic Year. The goal of theprogram was to work with instructors in key first year engineering, construc(on, and compu(ngcourses to iden(fy struggling students early, and make individualized interven(ons early enoughin the term to have an impact on a student’s success and reten(on. The effects of two specificand structured interven(on programs are also reviewed. Results of this study show
tosmaller, non-selective colleges that serve a broad spectrum of students. Additionally,generational shifts could influence results from previous studies. Secondly, this initial study mayprovide direction for further exploration into course/program/college contexts that underlie thebroad institutional indicator.Additionally, this study sought to expand upon previous research that looked narrowly at anethics class intervention for undergraduate engineering majors [11]. In that work, the pre/post-DIT2 scores indicated a positive benefit to the engineering ethics course. For example, the DIT2N2-score mean increased from 26.05 (pre) to 32.39 (post) in the Spring 2022 class (N = 14, p-value of 0.074). The effectiveness of this class intervention was
is particularly crucial in countries where English is not thenative language. Furthermore, integrating technology enhances students' intercultural awareness,language learning efficiency, and overall effectiveness. The consensus among EFL teachers isclear: technology integration is a game-changer. However, for this integration to be successful,EFL teachers must possess the necessary knowledge and skills. To cater to the needs of tech-savvy digital native students who thrive on using technology for learning, EFL teachers mustwholeheartedly embrace and integrate technology into their teaching methods. It's all abouthaving a positive attitude towards technology (Huang, 2022).Since the rise of online education, managing learning and assessment
Paper ID #42580Paving Digital Infrastructure: Innovation Through an Educational VideoGame DatabaseAnthony Daniel Jones, Texas A&M University Anthony Jones is a studying engineering student and Project Lead for the LIVE Lab at Texas A&M University. His interest in research stems from wanting to learn about the research process and the opportunity of creating a tool for education. Joining the LIVE Lab in Fall of 2022, he gets lead a research team for the Database of EVGs and assist in research teams on the topic of Developing and Testing of Educational Video Games. Having presented or will present at conferences
coaches and students using engineering notebooks during the2021, 2022, and 2023 competition seasons [26], [27]. It was conducted in two phases, andinvolved a total of 8 teams, 8 coaches, and 53 students across 6 case-study sites in Perth,Western Australia. The case studies are based on extensive data collection from multiplesources, including pre- and post-season semi-structured interviews with coaches and studentteams, naturalistic semi-structured observations, and engineering notebook work samples[27], [28]. The first author used NVivo software to conduct qualitative thematic contentanalysis, systematically creating descriptive codes to analyse data across multiple sources andcases, before organising these codes into categories and descriptive
.” Paper presented at 2021ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. July 2021.https://peer.asee.org/37677[7] Garcia, M., Quiroga, J., and Ortin, F. “An Infrastructure to Deliver Synchronous RemoteProgramming Labs.” IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. (2021). VOL.14. NO.2. pp.161-172. DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2021.306329[8] Hussein, M. H.; Siew, H. O.; Al-Azawei, A.; Ibrahim, I. Australasian Journal of EducationalTechnology. (2022). Vol. 38 Issue 3, p1-21.[9] Gehringer, E. ”Teaching Interactively With Google Docs.” Paper presented at 2010 AnnualConference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. (2010). DOI: 10.18260/1-2--16352[10] Perova-Mello, N., & Brophy, S. P. “First-Year Engineering Student Perspectives Of