for the learningexperience. As is the case in the real world, project teams need to consider engineering and non-engineering issues within the scope of their work. As the project is developed from beginning toend, students should be exposed to many non engineering issues to reflect real life situations.These issues include: legal, financial, political, environmental, social, scheduling, constructionphasing, future expansion, and many others. The key point is this: real world projects are notjust about engineering design.Appropriate projects should present multiple design challenges for the team, especially related toinvestigating and presenting options or alternatives to the client. For example, the project designmay generate multiple layouts
that capstone canbe seen as a “rite of passage or luminal threshold through which participants change their statusfrom student to graduate. A capstone course should be a synthesis, reflection and integration,and a bridge or a real-world preparatory experience that focuses on the post-graduation future.”Academic RequirementsIn today’s world many professors and college graduates have observed that it takes more thantechnical expertise to be a successful professional. A wide range of nontechnical skills areessential: leadership, teamwork, problem solving, decision making, critical thinking,interpersonal communication, and management. These types of skills are often referred to as“soft skills.” To help students develop both soft and technical
; however, this data does not reflect the complete impact ofthe program. The attitudes of freshmen and sophomore students and the atmosphere of theengineering buildings at night has transformed. Before the introduction of the program, duringESP only junior and senior engineering cadets could be found in the engineering buildings.Often, these students were in computer labs working on lab reports, design projects, and otherhomework assignments. Now, freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior cadets can be found inall rooms of the building. Throughout the duration of ESP, upperclassmen lead SI sessions forfreshmen and sophomore students. Interaction occurs among all students in each department.Students are focused, driven, and mastering content
scoring tools that detail the expectations and requirements for anassignment32. Specifically, rubrics are advantageous when a “judgment of quality” is required tocritique a work, which is often the case for writing samples33. More generally, rubrics are usedto judge the quality of constructs (e.g. reports, presentations, etc.) made by students duringperformance tests, which require students to exhibit high-level skills to complete an authentic(i.e. real-world) challenge34. As a result, rubrics are commonly used in the classroom as bothassessment and teaching tools to enhance student learning35. For instance, an instructor mayprovide students with a rubric to guide them in completion of a task. Reflecting on the rubrichelps students assess their
transfer group(n=3), so while it appears that this group may struggle more with lab report writing, these datacannot support this conclusively. Potential explanations abound when such small sample sizesare used. Instructor emphasis on the format and details for an early lab report can ensure this labreport is better than a later report when the emphasis may be more on the technical content andwriting conventions may not be encouraged as explicitly. Individual student experience isimportant when interpreting results from small sample sizes and points to mixed methods andother tools to ensure that strong conclusions can be made. It is recognized that later assignments,while intended to reflect the students’ best work may also be submitted at a
and expressed their willingness to make modifications when discussingthe feedback with their instructors. These context rich conversations are important to buildrapport and trust.Students were asked to provide comments to their peers and this written feedback reflected thenumerical score they received if they were doing well or could be doing something better. Someconstructive comments were: • Update the team on overall progress by keeping track of each individual’s tasks. • Have a set plan for each workday with goals and a direction for us to work towards.Some comments to reinforce positive leadership behavior included: • Improved communication between the group and listening to advice. • Very good leader - served the team
experience.Surveying in the early years of the United States reflected this fact; although there were somesurveying education programs in the country in the early 19th century (at Union College andWest Point), the primary on-ramp to a career in surveying was in the field. The desire by settlersto survey vast expanses of land west of Ohio after the Northwest Ordinance of 1785 meant on-the-job training for aspiring surveyors was plentiful [3].The demand for surveyors continued to explode as white settlers moved westward and Congresscarved out with the stroke of a pen the regular geometric state shapes that make up the Americanmap. When U.S. colleges and universities started experiencing more widespread enrollment inthe late 19th century and early 20th century
methodology section of this report.While students surveyed appear to be relatively in agreeance on the value of Project-BasedLearning, the survey results on learning in a COVID-persistent environment were somewhat lesscohesive. Results from the COVID-focused section of the survey are presented in Figure 5below. As with the Project-Based Learning portion of the survey, the numbers along the verticalaxis of the graph reflect the corresponding question number as listed in the methodology sectionof this report. Figure 4: Student Responses to Project-Based Learning Survey
Deputy Chairman of the Boar respectively of the Housing andBuilding National Research Center (HBRC) in Cairo, Egypt, for their partnership and continuoussupport of the program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. 16 APPENDIX AADVERTISING BROCHURES (2015 & 2016) 17 APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT WORK PRODUCTSA. Summary of your personal experience (1-2 pages) Times New Roman (12) Single Space Brief Description of your research, including project title(s), team and mentors Brief
picnic, a closing dinner, student skits, morning/afternoon snack breaksand lunches are important for team building, reflection, and discussion. COURSE SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Admin & Gift Admin & Gift Admin & Gift Admin & Gift Admin & Gift 8:00 Demo Classroom Making it Assessment work Class I Lab III Principles of Lab IV Design of
explored.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Division of Engineering Education andCenters of the National Science Foundation under the grant EEC-0634279 (program manager Dr.Mary Poats). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. We would like to thank Dr. Jin-song Pei, who provided the implementation resultsfrom the University of Oklahoma. We would also like to thank Dr. Jon Makar at Institute ofResearch for Construction in Canada and Mr. Tony Kojundic from the Silica Fume Association,as well as project external advisors, for their contribution and support to the project.Reference1. Kuennen, T
employment period.• In order for the faculty member to gain the most during the short summer months, they need to work on as many different projects as possible. These projects should reflect different engineering applications in the faculty member’s discipline. In some cases, the faculty member’s contribution to a project could be very minimal or simply as an observer.• Sometimes, it is not necessary for the faculty member to see the projects from the beginning to the end. If the faculty member participates in different stages of a project and participates in enough projects, collectively, he/she should have an understanding of how a project is initiated, planned, designed, and executed that would generate fruitful
, Madhavan,and Ventura.1 Interestingly, the percent of licensed faculty identified in the current studyalso maps very well to the statistics reported by Lawson12 that show that 44% of allgraduates from civil engineering programs ultimately obtain licensure. Therefore, relativeto the percent of licensed individuals, the population utilized in the current study appearsto be reflective of the reported licensure among engineering academics, as well as thecivil engineering community as a whole.Within the interviewed population the number of reported years as a licensed professionalengineer ranged from 12 to 39. Likewise, the length of time in academia ranged from 4months to 36 years. Further, the individuals that participated in this study
(recognition, understanding, andability) were difficult to apply in mapping the Body of Knowledge into existing curriculum.Thus, a subcommittee was formed to address this issue. The subcommittee completed their workin September 2005.The Second Edition of the Body of Knowledge Committee was formed at the end of 2005 todevelop the second edition of the ASCE BOK. Since the publication of the original BOKdocument in February 2004, there have been many papers written, talks presented anddiscussions held on the BOK. The purpose of the new BOK-2 committee is to review all that hastranspired and to update the BOK as necessary to reflect the new information. The expected dateof completion of this effort is February 2007
they would liketo see on (added to) the site and how it should work. Once the site was uploaded onto theMcGraw-Hill server, the USMA team began alpha-testing it and providing feedback. Thefeedback loop continues running in an effort to improve the workability of the site for the contentproviders and the administrators. Teamwork was essential throughout the development process,and the finished site reflects extensive cooperation between the publisher (McGraw-Hill), thedevelopers (Hunt and Gather, Inc.) and the content providers/editors (USMA).The procedures currently being used with the USMA will continue once the site is open to all forphysical model submission. If you provide a physical model, you must be willing to serve as areviewer for
downstream courses does not reflect as many students as captured inthe upstream data.With this caveat in mind, the data for ME 320 (Dynamics) are presented in Figure 4 and Figure5. Figure 4 shows the grade distributions for ME 682 (downstream course) as a function ofwhether students in ME 682 took ME 320 with or without UGTFs. It can be seen that theaddition of UGTFs to the ME 320 classroom in Spring 2016 correlated with a reducedpercentage of students getting a D or F in the downstream course by 5.4%, and increasedthe percentage of students earning a C (8% compared to 1.8%), but did not improve thepercentage of students scoring an A or B.This data may be further parsed by examining Figure 5, which shows grades between ME 320and ME 682 correlated
upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1741611 Encouraging Civil Engineering Retention through Community and Self-EfficacyBuilding. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] "Infrastructure Report Card." American Society of Civil Engineers. (accessed 2 Feb., 2019): https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/.[2] S. Hatch, Diversity by Design: Guide to Fostering Diversity in the Civil Engineering Workplace. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.[3] "Criteria for accrediting engineering programs 2019-2020." ABET. (accessed 2
measured in the cognitivedomain, attitudes most often are a reflection of one’s value system and, as such, outcomes relatedto attitude should be measured in the affective domain. Duczyminski [15] points out that,regardless of topic, affective outcomes are often closely related to deeper levels of thinking.Students engaged in a subject who recognize its value, can exhibit a change of attitude, andultimately achieve a consistent behavior. A number of academics have recognized the need tosupplement cognitive learning with the attainment of affective outcomes to promote deeperlearning and have incorporated specific learning strategies to accomplish this [16],[17],[18].Bielefeldt [18], for example, used project based learning and project based service
). Engineering practitioners spend more time gatheringinformation, considering alternatives, and perhaps most importantly, designing. The result ofthese differences in activity patterns are reflected in the overall quality of the design.Additionally, research in problem solving has shown that even through practice, engineeringstudents often struggle with the transfer of learned information to new situations (Venters &McNair, 2010).Consequently, research has shown that engineering graduates are ill-prepared for the workplaceand the complex open-ended problems that are typical of engineering design (Collins, 2008;Education et al., 2005). The problems engineering students solve in school are thought to requirethe same fundamental concepts that
found useful to reflect upon before attempting to adapt/developany materials for the new format. For example: 1) What types of content and learning outcomes should the students be responsible for outside of the classroom versus in the classroom? How and when will that content be delivered? 2) Should the entire class period be devoted to active learning or would the students benefit from starting with a brief (e.g. 10-15 minute) lecture first to review important or challenging concepts, prior to transitioning to activities for the remainder of the class time? 3) Will the students be tested on (e.g. online or in-class quizzes) or otherwise held accountable for pre-class content, prior to starting the in-class
giventime - representing a relatively small infusion of resources into a large, complex organization.Despite this, the outcomes have been quite significant, and have laid critical groundwork forcontinued change.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumber DUE1525775. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] N. R. Council, Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2012.[2] PCAST STEM
civilengineering profession. Creative learning activities are needed to translate outcomes frominternational learning experiences to serve the local professional market.A key broader impact of the project is the development, testing, and refinement of techniques toefficiently and effectively assess a broad definition of global learning in civil and environmentalengineering programs. The baseline study presented herein used three measures. Reflection onthe measures combined with reviewer comments indicates a direct measure of student learningremains a key missing component, but one that requires a much more significant effort.However, the use of the GCI and CQ survey has not been tested in the Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering at the
or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. The authors also wish to thank the reviewers for their comments,which were helpful in improving the final version of the paper.Bibliography[1] P. J. Parker, M. W. Roberts and M. K. Thompson, "Work in progress — Assessment and pilot delivery of an introduction to infrastructure course," in Proceedings of the 2010 Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, DC, 2010.[2] M. W. Roberts, P. J. Parker, M. K. Thompson and B. A. Barnet, "Development of an Introduction to Infrastructure Course," in Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.[3] M. R. Penn, P. J
may be part of thecompetitive edge of U.S. engineers.”Another area emphasized in the report is sustainability. It states “Engineering practices mustincorporate attention to sustainable technology, and engineers need to be educated to considerissues of sustainability in all aspects of design and manufacturing.”NAE’s subsequent publication Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting EngineeringEducation to the New Century11 produced a 58 page report supplemented with 11 additionalessays and papers. The report produced 14 recommendations as summarized below: 1. “The baccalaureate degree should be recognized as the “pre- engineering” degree or bachelor of arts in engineering degree, depending on the course content and reflecting the
clear thatincorporating futures thinking is a good approach to motivate first-year civil engineeringstudents into thinking for the future, thinking for the present, and raising awareness aboutpeople and society. It provides a good stepping-stone for civil engineering students todevelop their capacities to design for the future. Additional efforts to further and deepenstudents’ learning, however, will continue to be pursued. Bibliography1. Aktas, C. B. (2015). Reflections on interdisciplinary sustainability research with undergraduate students. Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16(3), 354-366.2. ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers. (2008). Civil engineering body of knowledge for the 21st century: Preparing the
address the complex problems faced by civilization today. It requires looking atthe world’s problems in a more holistic way and being able to interact with a wide range oftechnical and non-technical stakeholders from various disciplines and walks-of-life, rather thanremaining in traditional silos of technical expertise and schools of thought. This newepistemology of engineering education also promotes reflective and adaptive practice, systemthinking, engagement, and fieldwork. Finally, it promotes a humanization of the engineeringprofession and emphasizes that engineering is above all - and has always been - about people.Analyzing the integrated nature of the SDGsIntegrating the SDGs in engineering education requires developing a curriculum with
teaching the first-year and many of thesophomore courses each year versus the most senior faculty 6 years ago. The improved teachingquality and training on developing rapport with students has an impact on improved retentionfrom first-year to sophomore year.Special Needs. The engineering leadership has developed a unique relationship with the directorof students with special needs. The faculty attending the mini-ExCEEd teaching workshopreceive pedagogical training to vary their teaching to meet the learning styles of students (activevs. reflective, sequential vs. global, sensory vs. intuitive, verbal vs. visual). When faculty ensureeach lesson allows a student to learn some content in a preferred style, it assists each student’slevel of
Grant No.1635534. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] ASCE, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future, Second Edition. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.[2] P. A. Vesilind and A. S. Gunn, “Sustainable development and the ASCE Code of Ethics,” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., vol. 124, no. 3, pp. 72–74, 1998.[3] R. K. comments, “10 projections for the global population in 2050,” Pew Research Center, 03-Feb-2014. .[4] S. J. Davis, K. Caldeira, and H. D. Matthews, “Future CO2 Emissions and
Civil Engineering Capstone Design which exposesthe senior engineering students to real-world design challenges reflects experiences students willface as professionals, benefiting those who plan to pursue engineering careers after graduation.Exposing students to both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Envision RatingSystem aligns with both the ASCE BOK and ABET criteria requiring engineers to understandthe importance of sustainability within their designs. The Capstone Design projects examinedwithin this study are all infrastructure projects which did not address all of the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals, but they did address eight out of the seventeen. With the addition of theEnvision Rating System students learned to think beyond
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