correlation towards engineering education.The Need for ExplorationThe usage of AI has picked up widespread popularity, causing an uproar in the tech industry in thepast decade. The need for exploration of AI in racing games stems from the potential challenges,development, and education implications associated with its integration [1]. Racing games andsimulators serve as a reliable learning environment for researchers to gather vast amounts of data.This data-driven approach can be used to optimize designs, algorithms, and frameworks that canrelate to the real world, aiding in the development of electric vehicles (EVs) and other AI-relatedprograms [10-13]. Racing games offer a controlled yet dynamic environment for refiningalgorithms. This simulation
necessary academic training to completechallenging design tasks, but they may not have developed sufficient resilience in their priorexperiences to prepare them for the challenges of the work environment. The students describedexperiencing challenging emotions like frustration and feelings of inadequacy in the workenvironment; and they may need help overcoming these feelings to continue working at thelevels that they are capable of.7 References[1] M. T. B. Drysdale, M. L. McBeath, K. Johanseen, S. Dressler and E. Zaitseva, “Psychological attributes and work-integrated learning: an international study,” Higher Education, Skills and Work- Based Learning, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 20-34, 2016.[2] CEWIL Canada, “What is Work-Integrated Learning
-design courses with instructor-centered approaches. This suggests a disconnectbetween planned, enacted, and experienced elements of curriculum and lifelong learningoutcomes [7]. More research is needed to understand how or why current and recent students’perceptions of the effectiveness of their programs and courses sometimes contradict purportedbest practices, and the implications for lifelong learning motivations and strategies.Marra et al. [30] also explored how the nature of an undergraduate engineering programimpacted alumni lifelong learning, focusing on the program’s emphasis on metacognition andreflection often facilitated through team projects. The researchers interviewed 15 recentgraduates (3-4 years post-graduation) in the United
Material into Engineering Courses and CurriculaThis mixed-methods Work-In-Progress (WIP) paper is designed to capture engineering faculty andstudents’ perceptions of the integration of the arts and engineering into engineering courses andcurricula. There is a lack of prior investigation into the subject of faculty and student perceptionand curriculum development concerning the integration of the arts and engineering. This studyintends to create a baseline understanding of how engineering faculty and students perceive theintegration of the arts and engineering and measure the interest around courses and curriculumdevelopment concerning the arts and engineering.Literature ReviewThe integration of arts into STEM education has been fairly common in
, therebyenhancing student motivation and engagement. This finding suggests that incorporating agilemethodologies like Scrum in educational settings can create an environment conducive toactive learning and student empowerment.6.5 Recommendations for Educators and Curriculum DesignersBased on these findings, educators and curriculum designers are encouraged to explore theintegration of agile methodologies like Scrum in their teaching practices. This could involveprofessional development workshops to train educators in Scrum and other agile frameworks,as well as the redesign of course structures to incorporate these methodologies. Moreover, thestudy suggests the need for educational institutions to rethink traditional feedback mechanismsand embrace more
manuscript introduces a lesson design in engineeringeducation to analyze and improve educational strategies, reflective practices, and instructionalmaterials.Assessment methods: This study outlines a lesson design utilizing the ArgumentationFramework to support first-year engineering students in overcoming conceptual challenges whiledeveloping engineering projects. This approach was implemented in an Engineering Technologyundergraduate course at a Midwestern university, whose curriculum covered foundational topicsin Energy Science. The task involved designing a zero-energy home using Aladdin software, asan integrated CAD/CAE platform for design and simulation. Students documented their analysis,inferences, and decisions in a design journal with
their intended degree program altogether. However,ECE 301 has pre-requisite relationships to several later courses in the EE curriculum because thematerial in this course prepares students for more advanced topics. The breadth of the course andthe need to integrate many knowledge bases—including physics, geometry, calculus, andcircuits—can contribute to an inherently challenging experience. ECE 301 instructors share acommitment to wanting to support students through this course. Nonetheless, the course hasdeveloped a reputation among students as a “weed-out.” Engineering education researchers havedocumented how gateway courses can have negative effects on students’ perceptions of theirbelongingness and their ability to succeed within the
. Realff has disseminated this program to other institutions. She directs an NSF sponsored grant in innovation in graduate education which draws on best practices in team work to develop leaders in engineering practice. She has revamped the MSE UG lab experience and MSE curriculum with an emphasis on integrating assessment and including post-doc and graduate student development. Dr. Realff is a dedicated educator who listens to and advocates for students and has been honored for her teaching and mentoring at Georgia Tech. Her leadership and teaching excellence have been recognized through the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Atlanta Partners for Education Business School Partnership Award, CETL/AMOCO Junior
Paper ID #44411Enhancing Knowledge Surveys with an Intellectual Humility ScaleDr. Kyle Luthy, Wake Forest University Dr. Kyle Luthy is an Assistant Professor and founding faculty member in the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Kyle has taught across the engineering curriculum and placed intentional focus on the virtue of humility. Kyle holds a Ph.D. and a MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, as well as BS degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science from Louisiana State University. As an educator, he brings professional experience as an engineer
motivations with broader societal challenges, as well as reflect upon the potentialimpact of AI technologies. We show that one activity like the PRA we designed may not besufficient to have an effect on students' sense of purpose. Therefore, more research is requiredto understand what types of activities can be introduced in an engineering curriculum toeffectively develop students' sense of purpose.Introduction Engineering is a discipline mainly concerned with the betterment of society. To getengineering students to gain awareness about their potential contribution to society, educatorsmay encourage them to reflect on which societal issues are aligned with their skills, talents,and desires. Development of such an awareness may result in
holistically formulate solutions [4].This multidisciplinary approach is particularly useful to solve the multidimensionalchallenges of our planet which requires an integration of curricula from the Arts andHumanities with STEM as opposed to a general curriculum. Scholars argue that the presentplanetary grand challenges cut across various dimensions of human experience—social,economic, environmental, political as well as moral [5]. For instance, the shift to a lesscarbon-dependent economy in the face of climate change is as much a technological problemas it is a socio-economic one since rapid, dependable, and affordable access to energy hasbeen ingrained in social life's routines and conventions. If we try to solve these issues with anarrow conception
strategies allow students to form connectionsbetween information and allow information to be stored in longer-term memory, which helpsdevelop better engineering undergraduates [20]. Having an integrated curriculum could improvetheir motivation to pursue engineering, as demonstrated by Everett et al. [2], due to the emphasisplaced on intrinsic goals and task value. Furthermore, the growth of online learning platforms,especially because of distance learning due to the necessity of the COVID-19 pandemic, surveys,and performance identifiers in a flipped classroom, could be greatly beneficial in encouraginguniversity students to self-regulate their learning and generate ‘self-efficacy’ [8].Understanding the students' learning strategies could benefit
prepare students with the necessary skill sets to be self-reliant and ready for real-world and industry challenges. Therefore, extensive solutions tobridging this gap are vital to creating a holistic engineering curriculum in which students caneffectively acquire the skills that the industry demands.Professional Formation in Engineering (PFE) CoursesAcknowledging these necessities, the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University ofSouth Florida designed a series of three courses called Professional Formation in Engineering(PFE), 1 credit hour each, to support students in learning and integrating professionalcompetencies and efficiently achieving their personal goals. These courses are designedsequentially, so elements from PFE 1 will
Paper ID #44329Appreciative Inquiry as an Intervention for Equity-Centered EngineeringEducation Research and PraxisAnn Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona Ann Shivers-McNair is associate professor and director of professional and technical writing in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the School of Information at the University of Arizona, on the lands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui.Gimantha N. Perera, North Carolina State University Gimantha Perera is a Sri Lankan born researcher and educator from NC State University. He was inspired to be an engineer by his maternal grandfather Anil, who
the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She received her B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and her M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research interests are focused on teaching and assessment for conceptual understanding, curriculum development for the middle years, and student cultural competencies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to create an Observation Protocol for Introductory Engineering CoursesIntroductionQualitative research often relies on observational data to understand complex phenomena withintheir natural contexts. Observation
-structuredness. The integration of ethics is also an ill-structured aspect of the problem, especiallysince meeting the 20% weight reduction is a stretch goal, which the instructor is aware of but thestudents are not. In resolving ill-structured aspects present and emergent in the problem, studentsnecessarily participate in actions that constitute problem framing.Like the previous problem, resolving complexity is reflected in actions of decomposing the pedal-crank system into individual components that can be analyzed as part of the redesign process.Eventually, complexity is further resolved in synthesizing changes to individual components tounderstand the impact at the system level. Procedural and structural knowledge are necessarilydeveloped and
Paper ID #43635WIP: Traditional Engineering Assessments Challenged by ChatGPT: An Evaluationof its Performance on a Fundamental Competencies ExamTrini Balart, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Trinidad Balart is a PhD student at Texas A&M University. She completed her Bachelors of Science in Computer Science engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Multidisciplinary Engineering with a focus in engineering education and the impact of AI on education. Her main research interests include Improving engineering students’ learning, innovative ways of
Paper ID #43555FIE 2023: An Aggregate and Statistical Analysis of the Results and Feedbackof the ASEE ERM Premier International Conference on Engineering EducationHillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University College of EngineeringAnna Stepanova, Texas A&M University Dr. Anna Stepanova is a researcher at the Sketch Recognition Lab at Texas A&M University. She holds a Ph.D., Master’s and Bachelor’s in geology. Anna’s research interests are in geosciences, micropaleontology and education.Dr. Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University Saira Anwar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering
are currently researching interactions in makerspaces, efficacy of a teaching software in an engineering design course, and disability in STEM. Elisa is passionate about continuing efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne Moore is currently a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech with appointments in the school of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Computing (CEISMC). She is involved with engineering education innoDr. Katherine Fu, University of Wisconsin Dr. Kate Fu is the Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From
aerospace engineering program (Likert-scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree). a. There is a conflict between my personal values and the job opportunities available in the aerospace engineering industry. b. The ethical curriculum I have received in my aerospace engineering courses so far has prepared me to engage in respectful and challenging dialogues with my peers. c. My aerospace engineering professors include discussion of complex societal issues in our class time. d. In today’s world, an engineer has no responsibility for how the technology that they develop is ultimately used. e. I am concerned that I will have to take an aerospace engineering job that does not
withinundergraduate engineering education. By undertaking a systematic literature review, this studyaims to fill this gap, providing a nuanced understanding of generative AI’s current applications,challenges, and future potential in engineering education.[4] The goal is to equip educators,policymakers, and curriculum architects with a solid foundation to innovate curricula that not onlymeet but anticipate the needs of the engineering profession in an AI-centric world [4-7].The evolving industrial landscape, increasingly defined by AI's integration into core engineeringpractices, demands a reevaluation of educational strategies. Traditional pedagogical models mustevolve to incorporate curricula that are both adaptive and anticipatory of rapid
integrating both social and technical knowledge and skills in theengineering curriculum. For example, two key ABET criteria delineate the need for students toapply their technical knowledge to develop solutions to complex world problems which affectpublic health, welfare, and consider global, cultural, social, environmental, and economicfactors. Another instance of such criteria is, “an ability to recognize ethical and professionalresponsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider theimpact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.” [5].In addition to the academic standards, industry leaders and educators alike emphasize thesignificance of equipping future engineers
these areas. For instance, our discussion of potential avenues for researchersat respective universities to analyze their curricula builds a foundation for extending our workand conducting in-depth examinations in their local contexts. Moreover, leveraging the datasetalongside structural complexity data allows for exploring historical trends. Cross-referencingstructural complexity results with curriculum overhaul plans provides an opportunity to verifythe effectiveness of such changes in improving completion rates [10], [11].It is crucial to note that the structural complexity we've referred to is unweighted structuralcomplexity, wherein the terms in which classes are taken are not considered in the calculation.By extracting curricular design
. Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida Kent Crippen is a professor of STEM education in the school of teaching and learning at the University of Florida and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Towards A Survey Instrument For Use In Proactive Advising This paper focuses on developing a survey instrument to support proactive advisingstrategies based on data analysis. Proactive advising strategies aim to identify at-risk studentsearly, as these students often delay seeking support, and engage them effectively in the supportprocess[1]. An advising curriculum can be created to provide structure for the
enhancingteamwork skills among STEM students, underscoring the importance of behavioral theory ineducational strategy development.IntroductionTeamwork in STEM education holds paramount significance as it mirrors the collaborativenature of modern professional workplaces. STEM field involves solving complex problems thatrequire multidisciplinary approaches with effective teamwork [1]. This necessity is reflected inthe curriculum of STEM education, which frequently incorporates project work and groupassignments to simulate real-world challenges. These educational strategies are not just aboutteaching technical skills; they are also about fostering an environment where students learn tocollaborate effectively, share ideas, negotiate solutions, and manage group
Boomer is a graduate student completing his master’s degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan. His focus in engineering education research has been towards bridging the gap between the undergraduate engineering curriculum and engineering industry practice.Cindy Wheaton, University of MichiganDr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His lab’s design-based research focuses on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better reflect and prepare students for the reality of ill-defined
in higher education across Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.Dr. Theresa Green, Purdue University Dr. Theresa Green is a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University with a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration, curriculum development, and improving diversity and inclusion in engineering.Dr. Jason Morphew, Purdue University Jason W. Morphew is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Science Education from the University of Nebraska and spent 11 years teaching math and science at the middle school, high school, and community college level. He earned a M.A. in
studies have pro-vided its meaning and how to implement it in the classrooms. Ennis (Ennis, 2018) pro-vided an actual meaning of critical thinking followed by a comprehensive investigationof a related program that aims to implement critical thinking across the curriculum(CTAC) called “The Alpha Conception of Critical Thinking”. Even though criticalthinking can be taught as a course, the amounts currently taught are arguably disap-pointing, so many instructors introduce it within their problem-solving and combineit with subject-matter instruction. To make appropriate incorporation of CT in teaching, some research studies sug-gested specific teaching approaches employing a critical thinking model. For instance,the proposed model by Zivkovil
] [Author], “[name deleted to maintain the integrity of the review process],” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Learning and Instruction, University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2023.[8] Harper, K. & Rhoads, K. “Work in Progress: Knowing Our First-year Students, Meeting Them Where They Are, and Supporting Them for Success.” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2023.[9] Husman, J., Cheng, K., Puruhito, K., & Fishman, E., “Understanding Engineering Students' Stress and Emotions during an Introductory Engineering course,” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2015.[10] Mirabelli, J., Kunze, A., Ge, J., Cross, K., & Jensen, K., “Work in progress: Identifying factors that
digital proficiency. accessibility issues are amplified.Conclusion and Future WorkThis mapping review shows how complex digital accessibility is in computing education. Thereview synthesized the current literature, revealing efforts to enhance the accessibility ofcomputing curricula to teach accessibility design principles with no practical implementation ofaccessible course content. The detailed analysis of the two papers by Lewthwaite et al. suggestreasons for why there is limited practical implementation, such as the absence of an accessibility-centric pedagogical culture and a standardized curriculum that integrates digital accessibilityeffectively. These gaps highlight the need for established pedagogical practices and a