a monetary incentive, there isthe possibility that participants might not be genuine and honest with their answers. While wecleaned the data for participants who answered all the same answer and who did not completemore than two items, this limitation is still a possibility. Third, the study was not designed toseparate doctoral students from master’s students, nor research-based master’s students from “non-thesis” or “coursework-only” master’s students. While we sampled graduate students from similarinstitutions with high research productivity, there may be underlying variation in the sample thatis not immediately evident. Therefore, suggestions for future work include performing anExploratory Factor Analysis on the used data to extract new
, moresatisfied students with enhanced career potential. Beginning in AY 2009-10, the Collegebrought together faculty advisors from the eight departments to discuss best practices, establishnew academic policies, and to begin to draw all the departments towards convergence inadvising methods. It soon became clear that to reach convergence on new college-wide advisingpractices, a program with faculty support and recognition was needed. Consequently in AY2011-12, the College launched the Designated Faculty Advisors (DFA) program, for which theDean and the Provost split the funding needed to provide course released time for 16 facultyadvisors. In addition to expanding their advising repertoire, the presence of engineering facultyfrom every department lent
, 2010 A ew Engineering Taxonomy for Assessing Conceptual and Problem-Solving CompetenciesAbstractAn engineering taxonomy is being proposed in order to assess and enhance the student’sconceptual and problem-solving competencies. The taxonomy consists of the following taxa:pre-knowledge conceptual experiences; basic conceptual knowledge; applied conceptualknowledge; procedural knowledge; advanced knowledge and analytical skills; project-basedknowledge; and professional engineering knowledge and practice. A Concept and Problem-solving Inventory (CPI) has been developed in order to assess the student’s conceptual andprocedural skills. The CPI contains a set of mechanics problems designed to fit the three
. Putting theory into practice, she teaches a service-learning course at UCSC wherein interdisciplinary teams of students work in an layered apprenticeship model with community mentors to design and implement sustainable solutions to water, energy, waste, transportation and social challenges using ”green technology”. Dr. Ball has worked as a research fellow with two NSF Centers for Learning and Teaching and most recently on several NSF projects that focus the integration of engineering and social science to support the advancement of experiential learning for sustainability in higher education.Linnea Kristina Beckett, University of California - Santa Cruz Linnea Beckett is a PhD Candidate in Education at the University of
received a BSE from Princeton in 1992 and PhD from MIT in 1997. He has worked in commercial software development and run his own company. He is currently an assistant professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering department at Iowa State University, as well as Associate Director of ISU’s Virtual Reality Application Center and its Graduate Program in Human Com- puter Interaction. His research focuses on technology to advance cognition, including interface design, intelligent tutoring systems, and cognitive engineering.Dr. John Jackman, Iowa State University John Jackman is an associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests
Paper ID #33085A Two-step Model for the Interpretation of Meaningful RecognitionMiss Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey completed her Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada and then worked in the aerospace industry for a few years. She has since returned to school and is working on her Master’s in mechanical engineering alongside her Ph.D. in engineering education at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests are engineering identity and construction for undergraduate, graduate, and career engineers with an emphasis on the construct of recongition.Ms. Indira Chatterjee
professor in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department. He co- ordinates the occupational safety option of the industrial technology degree program and the occupational safety certificate program for the department. His research interests are in agricultural and workplace safety and the scholarship of teaching and learning associated with safety, engineering, and technology curricula.Prof. Mack Shelley, Iowa State University Mack Shelley is a Full Professor with joint appointment in the Departments of Statistics and Political Science. He holds the title of University Professor [”The University Professorship recognizes faculty members who have had a significant impact on their department(s) and the university
development are carried out by a team of senior faculty membersalong with subject matter experts (SMEs) from the industry using the ADDIE methodology. Articulate the Program outcomes aligned to job roles and graduate attributes (Technical & Professional skills) Identify and align the courses with Program outcomes Establish Course map with relationships between the courses Establish Course outcomes aligned to Program outcomes Design the courses using ADDIE methodology - Content, Teaching/Learning methodology, Assessment Teach/Learn and assess the Outcomes and ImproveFig. 3: Steps in the transformation process for outcome-based educationThe assessment framework for each of the courses has a definite number of
professionalcompetencies for qualifying graduates and practicing engineers, which is expressed clearly instatements extracted from publicly available documentation on their website [2]. Appendix A.1and A.2 show profiles listed by the IEA for practicing engineer, engineering technologist andtechnician detailing types of engineering knowledge and a range of problem solving activities. Theprofiles indicate a very complex process using specific PIs for assessment of these attributes inqualifying graduates. Problem solving and design for various engineering specializations or foreven certain course content is very specific process and can vary drastically depending uponcontent specific factual, conceptual and procedural knowledge. McCade has also echoed a greatamount
demonstratedthe importance of research experiences for the preparation of eventual graduate students. At thepre-graduate level, themes related to network access and the role of the institution in facilitatingintellectual experiences were important for the study participants. At the graduate level, identity-trajectory reiterated the need for careful design of the research laboratory, and the importance ofnetworks for graduate student success.Overview of literatureIdentity-trajectory, introduced by McAlpine 8,10 is a theoretical framework used to understand theprofessional development of graduate students and early career academics through threestrands11: network, intellectual and institution. Network focuses on the relationships andresponsibilities that
facilitators we were able to provide guidance andrecommend ASEE conference sessions to attend related to their interests. In consequence,participants were exposed further to engineering education practice and research, with initialideas and avenues to engage in scholarship of their practice. More broadly, this work helps focusengineering education research efforts that will have a lasting impact at HSIs, specifically byhelping direct faculty embarking on research efforts towards impactful research questions.Understanding and Addressing the Needs of StudentsAs a result of the design of the workshop, participants questioned the support needed for thestudent population at their institution, wanting to learn more about their students in order
Bernard Van Wie has been teaching for 30 years, first as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, and then as a professor at Washington State University. Over the past 15 years, he has devoted himself to developing novel teaching approaches that include components of cooperative/collaborative, hands-on, active, and problem/project-based learning (CHAPL) environments.Dr. Gary Robert Brown, Portland State UniversityDr. Olusola O. Adesope, Washington State University, Pullman Olusola O. Adesope is an Assistant Professor of educational psychology at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning sciences, and instructional design and technology. His recent
,reliabilities and concurrent construct validity. To examine concurrent construct validity, weexamined how our new survey is related to teacher motivation measure, an empirically validatedmeasure.Results from an initial administration of the survey, and their impact on designing the TATraining program at OSU were presented in a prior publication [6]. An implication for the TAtraining program development from the current results is also provided in the Discussion section.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. The next section, Background and Rationale,provides justification for TA training, insights from previous research on training GTAs, andcommon problems faced by GTAs. The Method section provides details on the surveyparticipants, the
practical and intellectually appropriateresearch design?In this paper, we consider one such idea: The prevailing stigma of research conducted on smallpopulations in research on equity. Whatever its source or however explicit (or not) its ideologicalorigins, disregard of the “small n” population as non-meaningful reproduces a marginalization ofstudents. It also casts particular human experiences as aberrant by virtue of statistical rarity. Butmost profoundly, researchers’ definition of small or large “ns” reiterates the value or necessityfor established categories (say, racial demarcations, or binaries of ability and disability), whilewe instead believe that critical reflection on categories is necessary for any address of power andprivilege. Our
26.726.4commitment for indigenous communities. She articulates “an indigenous research agenda”focused around conducting community research, tribal research, and “Insider/Outsider” research,which talks not just about the subject of study and the methods by which researchers approachthe study, but how making just choices in our collective designs has the potential to subverthistorical research practices that have their roots in colonialism. For Tuhiwai Smith and others inthis movement, justice is at the heart of their research endeavors in order to counter hegemoniccolonial narratives about indigenous and subordinated people. So, put plainly, to do otherwise isto ignore decades of critical research decrying the flaws of research done with a
with and persuade others of theirdesign choices, often balancing a variety of concerns such as political issues, economicconstraints, technological limitations and environmental concerns. This involves justifyingtradeoffs and prioritizing different aspects, a hallmark of argumentation. In addition, engineeringresearch requires significant evidence-based argumentation for new designs to be accepted andfor the adoption of innovative practices. As such, argumentation is deeply embedded into theinformal and formal practices of professional engineers.The Role of Arguments and Argumentation in Engineering EducationArgumentation theory has been used in science and mathematics education research over the pastfew decades but has been largely
? How do they move from one idea toanother? Research in psychology has shown that decision-making often relies on simplifiedcognitive heuristics. Heuristics are reasoning processes that do not guarantee the best solution,but often lead to potential solutions by providing a “short-cut” within cognitive processing1.Using a case-study framework, this research identified and categorized types of heuristicsengineers used to explore potential designs solutions. Using a think-aloud protocol, fiveengineers with varying levels of experience were asked to develop conceptual designs for asolar-powered cooking device that was inexpensive, portable, and suitable for family use.Following the think-aloud session, the engineers participated in a retrospective
framework for quantifying simulateddesign problem complexity, we present a metric of complexity, tractability 𝑻, supported by datafrom real student work on a simulated engineering design problem.TheoryEngineering Design EducationDesign is a critical part of the engineering profession [1], [2]. As a result, design is a centralfocus of engineering education in terms of teaching, learning, and assessment [3], [4]. In a recentstudy, Sheppard and others [5] interviewed faculty and students about the field of engineeringand concluded that design is the most critical component of engineering education. One facultymember asserted that “guiding students to learn ‘design thinking’ and the design process, socentral to professional practice, is the
and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames, where he has been since 2008. His research interests are in adaptive computing systems, reconfigurable hardware, embedded systems, and hardware architectures for application specific acceleration. Jones received Intel Corporation sponsored Graduate Engineering Minority (GEM) Fellowships from 1999-2000 and from 2003-2004. He received the best paper award from the IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design in 2007. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Designing a Course Together: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study of a Cross-Functional Team Course Design Project in EngineeringThis work-in-progress research paper
, formerpresident of the National Academy of Engineering, stated that diversity in the engineeringworkforce is a necessity: “My argument is essentially that the quality of engineering is affectedby diversity (or the lack of it). … Without diversity, the life experiences we bring to anengineering problem are limited. As a consequence, we may not find the best engineeringsolution. We may not find the elegant engineering solution. … To sum up, I believe thatdiversity is essential to good engineering!” 7 A number of researchers have reported that having a parent or family member who is anengineer is an influencing factor for students, particularly females, to choose engineering as acollege major. 8, 9, 10, 11 Yet, the academic and career choices of
, “Effect of peer‐led team learning (PLTL) on student achievement, attitude, and self‐concept in college general chemistry in randomized and quasi experimental designs”, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 319-346, Mar 2015.[5] A. E. Dreyfuss, and A. Fraiman, “Peer-Led Team Learning: an Active Learning Method for the 21st Century”, in Proceedings of ICERI 2015 Conference, Seville, Spain, 16th-18th November 2015.[6] I. J. Quitadamo, C. J. Brahler, and G. J. Crouch, “Peer-led team learning: A prospective method for increasing critical thinking in undergraduate science courses”, Science Educator, vol. 18, no. 1, 2009.[7] V. Roth and L. Tien, “The impact of the PLTL experience on Workshop leaders: An
on structural engineering, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the department. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Aca- demic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Development of A Holistic Cross-Disciplinary Project Course Experience as a Research Platform for the Professional Formation of EngineersAbstractAlthough engineering graduates are well prepared in the technical aspects of engineering, it iswidely acknowledged that there is a need for a greater understanding of the socio-economiccontexts in which they will practice their profession. The National Academy of Engineering(NAE) reinforces the critical role that engineers should play in addressing both problems andopportunities that are technical, social, economic, and political in nature in solving the grandchallenges. This paper provides an
Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on Smart Cities Technology with a focus on trans- portation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based curriculum, first-year engineering, and transportation. He is ac- tive in the American Society for Engineering Education and is the Webmaster for the ASEE First-Year Programs Division and
Presidential Award of Diversity and a three time winner of the Women’s Vision Award. She has presented papers at ASEE Annual Conference, the ASEE Global Colloquium, Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-Year Conference, Additive Manufacturers Users Group, and Solid Free-Form Fabrication Symposium. Her research interests center around the development and assessment of students’ spatial visualization skills, the effective integration of 3D modeling into engineering design, and the impact of c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #22470
: Putting it into practice. Berkshire, England: Open University Press, 2003.7. R. K. Yin, Case study research: Design and methods, 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.8. P. Darke, G. Shanks, and M. Broadbent, "Successfully completing case study research: Combining rigour, relevance, and pragmatism," Information Systems Journal, vol. 8, pp. 273-289, 1998.9. J. W. Creswell, Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.10. M. A. Hjalmarson, "Learning from students’ responses to MEAs," in Models and modeling in engineering education: Designing experiences for all students, J. S. Zawojewski, H. Diefes-Dux, and K
fit, drawing on best practices and published research [22,23]. After a presentation and facilitated discussion, the eleven summer REU students were askedto “write a paragraph about how you are uniquely well-suited for success in materials science. Itcan be about your skills, interest, experience, perspective, values, or anything else.” Individualinterviews followed the subsequent week, between the developmental, research preparation andconceptualization period and the latter half of the summer, focused on execution. From weeks five through ten, students were tasked with executing their projects, underthe hierarchical mentoring teams of their graduate student and faculty mentor teams, which attimes included postdocs and additional, peer
and taught in a required first-year engineering course that engages students in open-ended problem-solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implemen- tation, and assessment of model-eliciting activities with realistic engineering contexts. She is currently the Director of Teacher Professional Development for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE).Dr. Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.45.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A First Take on an Individual Data Generation Assignment for
design. Prof. Chen served as the General Chair of 2015 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, and as the Guest Editor of IEEE Trans. on Computer- Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems Special Issue on Design Quality and Design Closure: Present Issues and Future Trend”, 2005. He also served as the Guest Editor of the Microelectronics Journal on Quality Electronic Design, 2005. His research interests include VLSI circuit and system design, CAD methodology for VLSI design, and bioelectronics.Dr. Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University Tom Siller is an associate professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. He has been a faculty member at CSU for 30 years.Dr. Anthony
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