Conference Session

Internship, Co-Op, and Professional Development Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ford Motor Company ; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring How Engineering Internships and Undergraduate Research Experiences Inform and Influence College Students’ Career Decisions and Future PlansAbstractDoes engagement in high impact practices such as technical internships and undergraduateresearch influence engineering students’ career decisions and future plans? And how is learningthat comes from these high impact practices related to “school learning”? These high impacteducational practices have been shown to increase the rates of student engagement and retentionin

Conference Session

Internship, Co-Op, and Professional Development Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Gayle F. Doyle, Villanova University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

StudentsAbstractFormalized professional development programs are taking on increased importance inengineering education in response to the needs and desires of the profession. Today’s engineersare expected to be technologically competent. In addition, they must be able to lead, manage,innovate, and identify and solve problems. In response to these increasing demands on engineers,the College of Engineering at Villanova University developed a comprehensive professionaldevelopment program called Career Compass. Career Compass is a three-year mandatorybearing-credit program. There is an optional fourth-year component. This program has fourthemes: The Engineering Profession, Setting the Stage for Personal and Professional Success,Post-Graduation Career Planning, and

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

project was doneby each individual student. Students submitted a Project Management Log which they updatedthroughout the semester with meeting minutes, in-class writing activities, reflections, sketches,and other forms of documentation that they were effectively managing their team project.2.1.3 PrototypingThe most innovative aspect of the course was incorporating prototyping skills. Given that no othercourse directly taught these skills, the collaborators thought that this aspect of the study was crucialto the success of both the course and the EEP. Teams wrote a memo to the director of the EEPearly in the semester, outlining their initial plans for their prototype and requesting materials,personnel, and other resources.Teams then communicated

Conference Session

Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University ; Reuben F. Burch V, Mississippi State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

fieldsparticipated in a pilot internship program with a variety of athletics programs on campus.Following an encouraging pilot phase (based on informal interviews/testimonials), we now workto establish a formal research and assessment plan for the internship program Via surveys andinterviews with student participants as well as participants' supervisors (i.e., athleticcoaches/assistants), we seek to investigate the components of the internship and explore how theexperience impacts students career interests and self-efficacy related to pursuing a career in dataanalysis in particular as it relates to sports programs. We introduce the partners, provide anoverview of the anticipated research and assessment plan, and discuss preliminary lessons fromthe program

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha M. Snyder, Nova Southeastern University; Manuel Salinas, Nova Southeastern University; Molly J. Scanlon, Nova Southeastern University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

, principles, and guidelines will be discussed. Second, an overview of theexperiential education program at NSU and the role of faculty champions will be presented.Third, a case involving the re-design of an engineering graphics course will be shared includinghow an experiential education course qualification form and rubric were used to guide coursedesign and formative evaluation. Finally, next steps will discuss plans for continuousimprovement and refinement of the course design and formative evaluation process.Experiential Theories, Guidelines, and PrinciplesGrounded in the early works of Dewey, Lewin, and Piaget, experiential learning theory hasbecome increasingly popular in higher education. “In its simplest form, experiential learningmeans

Conference Session

Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Blake Prout, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Mohsin Mehmood; Kalah A. Cross, Morgan State University; Matt Collinge, Johns Hopkins University; Hafeez Temitope Shittu; Habilou Ouro-Koura, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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. Cross, Morgan State University Hello my name is Kalah Cross and I attend Morgan State University and plan to graduate May 2019. I am originally from St. Louis, Missouri and I came to Baltimore, Maryland to pursue my dreams of going to college. I love robotics and space science. I have always interested in learning about the stars and the creations we send out of space. One day I hope to work for a great company that will allow me to pursue my passion.Dr. Matt Collinge, Johns Hopkins University Matt Collinge received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Princeton University in 2010. He taught interdis- ciplinary science for four years as a Science Fellow at Columbia University. His celestial interests range from modern

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fu Zhongli, National University of Defense Technology; Zihan Lin, National University of Defense Technology; Tianqi Zhang, National University of Defense and Technology; Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology; Tong Wu, National University of Defense Technology; Huang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Zhang Jianing, Changsha SunVote Limited, China; Changfang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Yan Xu, Changsha SunVote Limited

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

support of active learning, current practices of information technology, and suggestions for redesigningclasses. We're trying to solve a number of relevant problems, including: What are the key components ofsuccessful deployment of active learning based on BOPPPS model? How to expand participatory teachingmethods to achieve interaction with students that is necessary for the realization of the engineering educationobjection? What plans and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalize pedagogies of engagementincluding active learning, at the department or college level?Literature Review/Background Before discussing active learning, our efforts have been devoted to distinguishing the different types ofactive learning most frequently

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Félix Langevin Harnois, École de Technologie Supérieure; Jerome Harrison, École de Technologie Supérieure; Prasun Lala, École de Technologie Supérieure; Ghizlane El Boussaidi, École de Technologie Supérieure; Christian Desrosiers, École de Technologie Supérieure; Catherine Laporte, École de Technologie Supérieure

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Groups are held on an ad hoc, by need basis (e.g. often before a particular submissiondeadline). At the time of writing, these activities have been taking place regularly for the past 11months. Most impressively, they are now being planned, organized, and led by the studentambassador and other lab members. Our team still conducts workshops, but the other activitiesare run by the students. These observations show that implementing a SC-CoP in a lab contextcan be self-sustaining.4 OutcomesIn this section, we analyze the outcomes of our projects on students’ writing habits, whilefocusing on the potential benefits that became manifest from this experience. We created asecond voluntary survey to monitor any change in the difficulties students

Conference Session

Internship, Co-Op, and Professional Development Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Barnes, Institute for Scientist and Engineer Educators; Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz; Christine R. Starr, University of California, Santa Cruz; Scott Seagroves, The College of Saint Scholastica; Kauahi Perez, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Lisa Hunter, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

by employers.The islands’ technical industries struggle to fill positions with local qualified talent, whilepersonnel hired from off-island have twice the attrition rate as local hires [2]. Currently, with theDaniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) under construction and planning for the potentialconstruction of the Thirty Meter Telescope underway, demands on Hawai‘i’s workforce are onlyincreasing. Since a majority of observatory positions are engineering and technology related,demand is highest for individuals with degrees in engineering, engineering technology, andcomputer science. Further exacerbating relations between telescopes and the community aresignificant disparities in demographics of telescope personnel. For example, women

Conference Session

Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Addison J. Litton, Utah State University ; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University; Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

effects on students the authors seek tocontinue to map student self-efficacy on a broader scale. In order to do this, they plan toconstruct an instrument to quantify the self-efficacy of undergraduate engineering studentstoward their future employment in engineering. This research will then be used to improvementoring and undergraduate research opportunities to aid more students in the development ofself-efficacy. Findings from this and previous work will enable us to find relevant and pertinentconstructs to target with a self-efficacy instrument for engineering professional practice. Sinceaccording to Bandura, “there is no all-purpose measure of self-efficacy [13],” it is important thatthe instrument be tailored specifically to one area of self

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University; Jonnell A. Robinson, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

to create a curb cut replacement plan. Engineers designaccessible transportation infrastructure and policymakers implement accessibility policies butoften these roles are performed in isolation. Co-teaching allowed us to put engineering inconversation with policy making. We also strategically assembled student teams so that eachteam was comprised of students from each of the engineering departments 1. This providedstudents the opportunity to engage with members of their cohort whom they may have littlecontact with over the course of their studies as a result of sub-discipline tracking. Importantly,course participants also collaborated with representatives from city and the county agenciescharged with managing the local sewer system and a