2004, Time Magazine dubbed Dr. Edwards the ”Plumbing Professor” and listed him among the four most impor- tant ”innovators” in water from around the world. The White House awarded him a Presidential Faculty Fellowship in 1996. In 1994, 1995, 2005 and 2011 Edwards received Outstanding Paper Awards in the Journal of American Waterworks Association and he received the H.P. Eddy Medal in 1990 for best re- search publication by the Water Pollution Control Federation (currently Water Environment Federation). He was later awarded the Walter Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2003, the State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award in 2006, a MacArthur Fellowship from 2008 to 2012, the
and directives to move courses entirely online createdchaos in the higher education ecosystem and collapsed many of the support structures studentshad taken for granted, such as campus communities, study groups, and regular routines. As aresult, this research project conducted during the initial months of the pandemic reflects notmerely the challenges of working online, but rather working online under social isolation.MethodsOur study was based on utilizing semi-structured interviews from a broad spectrum of subjects.The interviews I conducted were part of a paired study design: a postdoctoral fellow to theproject, later joined by a graduate research assistant to the project, interviewed engineeringeducators, ed tech executives, and
, 2011.[3] E. M. Duffy and M. M. Cooper, “Assessing TA buy-in to expectations and alignment of actual teaching practices in a transformed general chemistry laboratory course,” Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 189–208, 2020.[4] R. Tormey, C. Hardebolle, and S. Isaac, “The Teaching Toolkit: design of a one-day pedagogical workshop for engineering graduate teaching assistants,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 378–392, 2020.[5] T. Bourelle, “Preparing Graduate Students to Teach Online: Theoretical and Pedagogical Practices,” Writ. Progr. Adm., vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 90–113, 2016.[6] F. Marbouti, K. J. Rodgers, H. Jung, A. Moon, and H. A. Diefes-Dux, “Factors that help and hinder teaching assistants
quickly gather data on the feedback practices being [9] J. W. Creswell and V. L. Plano Clark, Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage Publications, 2017. their motivation and course engagement? employed in specific courses. This data can then be logged for reference, output for comparisons, or [10] J. Fredricks, P. Blumenfeld, and A. Paris, “School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of further evaluated
Foundation Grant ”Reimagin- ing Energy: Exploring Inclusive Practices for Teaching Energy Concepts to Undergraduate Engineering Majors.” He has also co-developed a unique interdisciplinary course, Drones for Good, where engineer- ing students partner with peace studies students to design a quadcopter that will have a positive impact on society. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Mind the Gap: Exploring the perceived gap between social and technical aspects of engineering for undergraduate studentsAbstractWithin engineering education, there is a perceived distinct binary separating social and technicalthoughts. Students often
faculty: “I think maybe like a Best Practices Guide for students taking online classes would bebeneficial, how to effectively manage one’s time since I think time management is really key. It'skey in any situation, especially for incoming students, not quite knowing how is college differentthan high school. Managing their time would be giving student a lot more freedom. So, I thinkimplementing Best Practices Guide, strategies for time management, as well as setting outschedules would give them ample opportunity for breaks as it hard for students to sit in front of acomputer all day long” (Research Participant 5)Conclusion & future work In this study, multiple common themes reflected faculty perceptions of studentexperiences and
Paper ID #34324Student-Led Summer Diversity Workshops for Built-Environment MajorsDolores Herrera, Dolores Herrera is a graduate student in architectural engineering at California Polytechnic State Univer- sity, San Luis Obispo. She serves as the co-chair of the Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design; she works closely with faculty, staff, and administrators to voice student concerns regarding curriculum, departmental operations, and student success. After graduation, she seeks to practice structural engineering in the United States.Claire Marie
practices by learning from evidence-based techniques and approaches within the field. We work to help our community stay current on well-founded best practices by critically engaging with recent literature and hearing from experts within the engineering education sphere. · We grow through effort and persistence: We cultivate a growth mindset culture, seeking development and improvement in our understanding and practice of engineering pedagogy. The canon of engineering education research is always growing, so we continue to grow along with it and stay up to date via journal club and cutting-edge discussions. · Our community makes us strong: We strive to build a supportive space for students and educators alike to learn from one
Paper ID #32612First Year Engineering Student Advice for Succeeding in Online CoursesMiss Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University Amanda Singer is an Environmental Engineering master’s candidate at Michigan Technological Univer- sity. She graduated in 2019 from Michigan Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineer- ing. Her current research focuses on perceptions of first year engineering students on the engineering disciplines, service learning outcomes and online education. She will be attending Ohio State University in Fall 2021 to pursue a PhD in Engineering Education.Dr. Michelle E. Jarvie
research faculty with experience in clinical translation.3. Methods3.1 Course overview and study design At the University of Pittsburgh, a course entitled “Controlled Drug Delivery” is offered as a cross-discipline (bioengineering and chemical engineering), upper-division elective for undergraduate students, and an engineering elective for bioengineering graduate students. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to (1) state the constraints on material properties posed by the physiological environment; (2) use the fundamentals of polymers, diffusion, degradation, modeling and pharmacokinetics to solve problems specific to controlled drug delivery; and (3) demonstrate ability to search and summarize
Paper ID #34445Complexity of Engineering Disciplines as an Engineering Gate Keeper?Exploring Literature Related to Students’ Selection of and Admittanceinto Engineering MajorsTyler Milburn, The Ohio State University Tyler Milburn is currently a Ph.D. student studying Engineering Education at Ohio State University where he serves as a Graduate Teaching Associate for the first-year engineering program. He is co-advised by Dr. Krista Kecskemety and Dr. Rachel Kajfez and his research interests include understanding how students apply to engineering majors and the experiences they face when they are rejected from an engineering
let aloneteacher empathy.In engineering education, though the concept of empathy is implicitly present in engineeringthrough human-centered design and user design [19], active use of empathy as a skill to connectwith customers is not commonplace in engineering “as these terms traditionally do not mesh withthe dominant image of engineering” [20, p. 2]. Much of the research on empathy and its relatedterminology [20] is focused on teaching empathy to students and how students become moreempathetic [21]–[23]. For example, Walther et al. [21] introduced empathy modules in anundergraduate mechanical course to practice empathy as a skill and provided results of thesensitive nature and complexity of teaching empathy.While most of the research in