. The key features of theprogram are (1) a single point of entry, (2) long-term and authentic research experiences, (3)participation in a broader impact project, and (4) personal mentoring between students andfaculty. Since its inception in 2003, the program has had 251 total student participants that havepublished 225 peer reviewed publications and 75% have continued on to graduate school.1. IntroductionA recent report analyzed what made students view their undergraduate education as being worththe cost [1]. The three largest factors were the following: • “My professor cared about me as a person.” • “I had a mentor who encouraged me to pursue my goals and dreams.” • “I had at least one professor who made me excited about learning.”All
Paper ID #23286Improving Students’ Writing Skills by Integrating Prototyping Activities intheir Writing CourseDr. Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Amy Hodges is an instructional assistant professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar, where she teaches first-year writing and technical and business writing courses. She also leads the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative and coordinates the undergraduate writing courses. Currently, she is working on a project examining writing strategies used by engineers in multinational workplaces and the impact of these findings on WAC/WID programs. Her primary
need additional support [10], [11]. The lack of a structuredmethod for knowledge transfer among lab members on scientific communication skills, despitethe existence of a community of practice for other skill-sets, motivated us to promote activitiesthat filled this gap.2 Project objectives2.1 Our campus-wide learning community programOur project takes place at École de technologie supérieure, a cooperative engineering schoollocated in Montreal, which mainly comprises French-speaking students and offers most of itsprograms in this language. This school also has strong industrial ties, with the majority of itsgraduate students working on practical projects in collaboration with industrial partners. Wehave previously implemented a campus
student with mechanical specialization. With an Associate Degree in mechanical engineering from Montgomery College, MD, Mr. Ouro-Koura is interested in robotics and applications. He has been spending time in the robotics lab at the University of Maryland Eastern to learn and code different robots. He has published one paper on his experiential learning in robotics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Summer Exchange Program: A Unique Platform to Broaden Exposure and Address Several Dimensions of LearningAbstractCAUTION: Catamaran-type Autonomous Underwater-sensing Twin-propped InstrumentedOcean Navigator is an active learning and design project that has been ongoing at
Paper ID #21789Using Experiential Learning in Course Curriculum: The Case of a Core En-gineering Graphics CourseDr. Martha M. Snyder, Nova Southeastern University Martha (Marti) Snyder, Ph.D., PMP, SPHR teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in learning design and technology, design thinking, project management, and computing privacy and ethics. She also chairs doctoral student dissertations. Marti researches effective designs for teaching and learning in face-to- face, blended, online, mobile, and virtual learning environments; and issues relating to technology use among older adults. Her work crosses multiple
(STEM).Dr. Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Tamara Ball is a project-scientist working with several education and research centers at the Univer- sity of California, Santa Cruz. Her work with the Institute for Science and Engineer Educators focuses on informing efforts to redesign undergraduate STEM education to reflect workplace practice and engage stu- dents in authentic scientific inquiry and problem solving through design. Her work Sustainable Engineer- ing and Ecological Design (SEED) collaborative at has focused on developing programmatic structures to support interdisciplinary and collaborative learning spaces for sustainability studies. She is the program director for Impact Designs
Education at National University of Defense Technology. Her research focuses on translation theory and practice of C-E and E-C. In this project ”Assessing the Active Learning in Engineering Education Based on BOPPPS Model”, she is mainly assigned to take responsibility to literature review. Her education includes a B.A. in English translation from Hunan Nor- mal University and a M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.Dr. Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology ZHAO Zhao is an Associate Researcher of the Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS) at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). He holds a B.S.degree
Engineering Education” and ”Engi- neering Mechanics: Statics.” Dr. Goodridge is an engineering councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and serves on ASEE’s project board. Dr. Goodridge actively consults for projects includ- ing the development of an online curriculum style guide for Siemens software instruction, development of engineering activities for blind and visually impaired youth, and the implementation and investigation of a framework of engineering content to incorporate into P-12 engineering education.Mr. Benjamin James Call, Utah State University Benjamin Call graduated with his Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Em- phasis) in 2006 from Utah State University. After
Collaboration, Experiential Learning, and Design ThinkingGiven the national and local significance of public infrastructure decline and current policydebates over how to fund replacement and repair, we developed a course that explicitly focusedon the problems with Syracuse’s aging wastewater system [24], [25]. In order to provide contextand relevance, we used a collaborative framework to create an experiential learning project inwhich student teams collaborated with local stakeholders to explore the real world challenges ofmaintaining wastewater systems in a resource-constrained city. In addition, we integrated adesign thinking process to engage students in empathy/ethics-based methods and approaches toproblem solving.Collaborative FrameworkThe course
Effective team and group dynamics Interviewing skills Proactive career searching Junior Inclusive career paths Self-awareness Conflict resolution Resume updates Advanced presentation skills Senior Next steps in career planning Advanced leadership and management skills Project
collected however, the sample was approximately evenlydivided between men and women.Interns were recruited to participate in the interview by email invitation from the Director ofHuman Resources in the Product Development division. The purpose of the interview was tolearn more about the interns’ journey at the company, get their feedback with the intent ofimproving the internship experience, and to better understand the transition process between anacademic setting to a corporate environment. While all interns worked in product development,their internship assignments varied in level of technical focus, from projects focused onelectronics and programming to project management.The audio interviews were conducted over the phone and lasted