Paper ID #39067Board 144: Interdisciplinary & International Research Experiences inBioinspired Science & TechnologyDr. Teddy Ivanitzki, ASEE TEDDY IVANITZKI is one of ASEE’s directors within the Fellowships and Research Opportunities (FRO) department and has more than 25 years of experience in managing the commercialization of various technologies within IT industries and has served as the CTO/CEO of multiple high-tech startups in Europe and the U.S. Prior to joining ASEE, Dr. Ivanitzki served as managing director of the Ethiopian Institute of Technology in Mekelle, Ethiopia; previously, he served as the Dean of
lecture recordings as an adjustment during the pandemic to providestudents with all possible education resources.Table 1 displays the student enrollment information from the 2019-2020 to 2022-2023 academicyear according to majors and grade levels. The course is mainly open to lower-divisionengineering students with a few upper-division students enrolled with exceptional approval.Table 1. Student majors and grade levels from 2019-2020 to 2022-2023.Survey data was collected from students enrolled in the course ranging from the 2019-2020academic year to the 2022-2023 academic year. The survey was administered to obtain thestudent’s self-rated engineering skills and abilities as part of their learning outcomes, includingtheir ability to design and
approach and assessments of the engineering programs at Hofstra University wereinformed by the literature in terms of improving mathematics placement, creating peer groups forwomen and a strong focus on team-building in the first-year program.Current Approach and Assessments in Light of the ASEE ARDP and ABET VisitThe three-year plan of action to promote diversity in the student and faculty populationssubmitted by the School of Engineering and Applied Science in November 2019 included thefollowing initiatives and their measures of success: 1. Increasing the proportion of women students from 21 % to 25% by Fall 2022. Initiative: A five-week paid summer program for women in computing and engineering named Women’s Summer Program in
collaborating with the University of ColoradoDenver (UCD) and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in the UrbanSTEM Collaboratory project since 2018. This NSF-funded project supports academically talentedstudents with demonstrated financial need from the colleges/schools of engineering at the threeinstitutions. The main goals of this project are increasing the recruitment, retention, success, andgraduation rates of students and implementing strategies contributing to student academic success,development of STEM identity, and workforce readiness.In this project, the UofM has supported more than 50 engineering and mathematics students sincethe academic year 2019-2020. This paper presents participation data, outcomes, and impacts
in Table 1.[5]Table 1. Comparison of Percent Female Graduates at UPRM and Nationally (2019) Civil Electrical Industrial Mechanical Chemical Computer CS & Eng UPRM 28% 13% 43% 17% 55% 18% 8% ASEE 25% 14% 31% 16% 36% 13% 19%Nevertheless, except for Chemical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, women are under-represented in the various engineering programs. This pattern is apparent at the graduation,admissions, and application levels. As a result, the focus of this project is on the recruitment offemale students. Results from recent studies by members of this team provide a baseline
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, USA, where he is the recipient of the Pratt Fellowship. He collaborated as an adjunct lecturer in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Escuela Su- perior Polit´ecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador, with previous positions as an analyst and consultant for telecommunications service providers. He holds certifications in fieldbus networks, wireless network administration, and ISO 9001 certified auditing. His research interests include engineering science ed- ucation, technology management, and wireless network systems. Memberships include ASEE, IAENG, IEEE TEMS, and IEEE EdSoc.Dr. Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech Jennifer Case is Head and Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia
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of 2020 report [5, p. 125], noting “The questionsof… how much specialization there should be at the undergraduate level, how to preparestudents for careers that include both technical and managerial tracks, and how to meet the needsand expectations of society all seem timeless.” This tension is echoed in a more recent 2018NAE report [6]. Bear and Skorton [7] state, “the notion that disciplinary specialization andtechnical depth are the only important prerequisites for employment turns out to be false.” Kingand Pister [8] also advocate for broadening engineering Bachelor’s degrees, and present a varietyof ideas to achieve this aim.According to data from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) [9] only asmall number of students
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the Promotion of Science Research Grants 24K06133 and the Shibaura Institute of Technology Grants for Educational Reform and Research Activity in the AY2024. Her current main research interests are: 1) how including humanities courses in an engineering education curriculum can help students to gain flexibility, and an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas; and 2) systematic issues impacting the effectiveness of engineering education, specifically in the context of project-based learnings for the engineering education. Below are her recent presentations at international conferences: ASEE 2023, WERA 2023, 2022, 2019, APAIE 2023, 2022, IIAI DSIR 2021, 2020. She obtained the Multidisciplinary
Opportunities for the Development of Empathy in Engineering through Community-based Learning Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/42082Calibration References: [24] Dunlosky, J., & Rawson, K. A. (2011). Overconfidence produces under achievement: Inaccurate self-evaluations undermine students’ learning and retention. Learning and Instruction, 22(4), 271–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.08.003 [25] Hacker, D. J., & Bol, L. (2019). Calibration and self-regulated learning: Making the connections. In J. Dunlosky & K. A. Rawson (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of Cognition and Education (pp. 647–677). Cambridge University Press
and Linear Programming" module based on the school year. The 2019 and2020 cohorts exhibited a relatively lower average in the module compared to other years. Table 2. Student Demographics and Performance Evaluations Basic Linear Algebra Solutions, Integer & Linear Simplex & Programming Programming Duality
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course with specific questions onthings we had encountered during the trip, which were only for the engineering course.Despite course design, the enrollment number is unpredictable, and the number of students couldimpact the delivery of the course content. In the Japan 2019 trip, there were seven students onthe trip, which was a tight-knit group with a lot of interactions and reflections while on the trip.The pre-trip meetings also effectively prepared the seven travel students for the visits. Also, bothinstructors on the 2019 trip had led the faculty-led trips individually before the 2019 trip, andhence the combo trip progressed well without hiccups. The Japan 2023 trip was the first trip afterthe pandemic hiatus, and eighteen students signed
. She has also developed and ran 9 faculty-led, international programs to Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy. She has won several teaching awards including ChE Sioui Award for Excellence in Teaching, COE Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award, and AIChE Innovation in ChE Education Award. She also won best paper at the Annual ASEE conference in both Design in Engineering Education Division and the Professional Interest Council 5 (PIC V) for her research in Inclusive Team-based learning. In 2023, she won the Northeastern Inaugural Global Educator Award for her impactful work developing and running international educational programs.Dr. Susan M Lord, University of San Diego Susan Lord is Professor and Chair of
of Engineering.” Darcie holds a Master of Engineering degree in Environmental Engineering (2019) and Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Engineering (2017), both from Utah State University. She is passionate about student success and support, both inside and outside of the classroom.Dr. Lauren Singelmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato Lauren Singelmann is an Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato with the Iron Range Engineering program. She has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and STEM Education through North Dakota State University. Her research interests include learning analytics and alternative assessment.Mr. Rob Sleezer, Virginia Tech Rob Sleezer earned his
LLMs to draft or writeassignments (28%) or bibliographies (14%) as ethical, and the use of an LLM to generate these isunethical according to our university’s academic integrity policy, faculty should review academicdishonesty with students and be very clear about their expectations and rules regarding LLM useon all types of academic tasks.Summary, conclusion, and future workAt the 2023 ASEE Engineering Dean’s Institute, a dean commented that, “engineers, doctors, andlawyers will not be replaced by AI. They will be replaced by engineers, doctors, and lawyers thatknow and use AI.” [23]. This would seem to be an appropriate approach moving forward both forstudents and practitioners. The students in this study were generally consistent across
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education, specifically in the context of project-based learnings for the engineering education. Below are her recent presentations at international conferences: ASEE 2023, WERA 2023, 2022, 2019, APAIE 2023, 2022, IIAI DSIR 2021, 2020. She obtained the Multidisciplinary Engineering Division’s Best Diversity Paper Award in ASEE 2023 and the Outstanding Paper Award in DSIR 2021. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Cost-Effective Research Platform for Child-Robot Interaction Studies Using a Smartphone-Based Humanoid Robot with Double Gesture ArmsAbstractBackground This research aims to develop a smartphone-based interface robot with dual gesture arms for Child-RobotInteraction (CRI
Award from the Center for Women in Technology in 2022. She earned a virtual mobility Erasmus+ grant in 2023 to continue global engineering work and connection with University of Porto and Universidad Cat´olica Portuguesa where she was invited to serve on their advisory board. This work also expands to Germany where she is creating a Global Engineering Certificate in collaboration with Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS). She also received the Northern Maryland Technology Council Leader Award in STEM education in 2019. She has written curricula and published a number of works in engineering education in both higher education, P12 and international spaces. She is a co-founder and the Director of Innovation Programs and
Distinguished Summer Faculty at SPAWAR San Diego, CA. He has over 55 publications covering areas such as adaptive and intelligent controls, robotics, an ocean wave energy converter, green technology, education, wireless sensor networks and image processing. He is a co-inventor on 3 US patents related to control systems. Dr. McLauchlan is a member of ASEE and was the 2012-2014 Chair of the Ocean and Marine Engineering Division. He is also a member of IEEE (senior member), SPIE, Eta Kappa Nu, ACES and Tau Beta Pi, and has served on the IEEE Corpus Christi Section Board in various capacities such as Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Membership Development Officer. Dr. McLauchlan has received the Dean’s Distinguished Service
program level, there aremajor and minor degree programs, such as International Design Business Management, andCreative Sustainability, a minor program in product development, tailored for undergraduatestudents. For the studied programs, we collected data from student participants in four Master’sprograms. These programs are interdisciplinary, with a focus on either engineering or design,thus we had a diverse group of student participants from both fields.Data Collection and ParticipantsStudy Site 1: A United States UniversityThis study used secondary semi-structured interview data that was collected as part of theNational Science Foundation NRT Grant supporting the IDR program. Each year of the IDRProgram’s NRT Grant (5 years in total from 2019
the study were distributed through email solicitations to ASEE regional chapters,through postings on engineering faculty focused social media sites, and through universityengineering faculty lists at four universities. The survey was conducted using the Qualtricssoftware package (Seattle, WA).The survey consisted of four categories of questions: 1. Demographics, 2. Changes in TeachingPractices, 3. Changes in Students, and 4. Changes in Faculty. Following the questions,participants were asked if they would be willing to share a syllabus from before the pandemicand one from the last year for the same or similar courses.Demographics questions focused on understanding participants’ engineering teaching experienceand the environment in which they