Paper ID #38445Student Metacognitive Reflection on a Conceptual Statics QuestionDr. Lorena S. Grundy, Tufts University Lorena received her BSE from Princeton in 2017 and PhD from UC Berkeley in 2022, both in Chem- ical Engineering. She is currently an ASEE eFellows postdoctoral fellow at Tufts University, working with Professor Milo Koretsky. Her research interests are in systemic change in engineering education, particularly as pertains to assessment of teaching.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts University Milo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the
Paper ID #38810Work in Progress: Cultivating Reflective Engineers: Does providing areflective ePortfolio experience in a first-year design course leadstudents to be more reflective in later courses?Dr. Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University Rebecca Thomas is the inaugural director for the Pathways Program at Bucknell University, where she oversees the rollout of Bucknell’s E-Portfolio initiative. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2018 and currently instructs the first-year course for ECE majors. She holds a B.S. and M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from
) fields: a strong sense of STEM identity [1],[2], scientificself-efficacy [3], a sense of belonging [4], and a psychological sense of community [5]. This isespecially true for first year and transfer students pursuing STEM undergraduate degrees. Avariety of studies have been published that go into detail about why these characteristics havesuch a significant effect on student performance and retention [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. This paperbuilds on past research focused on the intersections between reflection, metacognition, andSTEM professional skills [6]. We present Critical Self-Reflection [7] to integrate development ofthese characteristics into student research experiences to foster experiential learning. STEMstudents are not often trained to
Paper ID #37456Board 259: Early Research Scholars Program Update and Reflection StudyDr. Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois, Chicago Renata A. Revelo is a first-generation college student, who migrated from Ecuador to the United States as a teenager with her parents and sister. She is the first in her family to obtain a Ph.D. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers on students of color and
Paper ID #38803Preliminary Reflections and Assessment of the 2022 Chemical EngineeringSummer SchoolDr. Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. and Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Virginia. Her primary researcDr. Daniel Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Daniel Anastasio is an associate professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009
Rania Al-Hammoud is a lecturer and the current associate chair of undergraduate studies at the civil & environmental engineering department at university of waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a civil engineering background with research focusing on materials and the rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures. She also has passion for engineering education and has published widely in this area. She cares about the success and well-being of her students, thus always being creative with the teaching methods in the classroom. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflection on Design Teaching Before, During and After PandemicAbstractThe pandemic caught the world by
theirknowledge and interest in the field. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of this course overthree years in two areas: (1) fostering interest in civil engineering among high school students,motivating more students to pursue this path in college, and (2) training graduate students (futureengineering educators) on best practices for student engagement, knowledge transfer, and coursedesign. Many data sources are reviewed for this study, including student artifacts, instructorlessons, and pre-and post- course reflections. These longitudinal data include the period impactedby COVID-19. As such, this evaluation also considers the effects of transitioning to online-onlydelivery, in-person teaching with COVID-related restrictions, and traditional on
Paper ID #37280Pairing Self-Evaluation Activities with Self-Reflection to EngageStudents Deeply in Multiple Metacognition StrategiesAnu Singh, University of Nebraska, LincolnProf. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. She was an inaugural faculty member of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue
,qualitative and quantitative assessment methods and findings are explained, which overallindicate that students may have experienced both cognitive and affective benefits from theapproach. Finally, a discussion and conclusion offers additional details and reflections about theuse of IE and transmedia in undergraduate engineering.The Development & Delivery of EGR 340Geotechnical Engineering (EGR 340) is a technical elective offered by the Picker EngineeringProgram at Smith College. Established in 2000, the Picker Program is the first engineeringprogram at a women’s college in the United States and one of only a small number of 2engineering programs
teaching.Theoretical FrameworkA reflective teaching framework guided the framing of this article. In this adopted reflectiveframework, the instructor “focuses on themselves, their beliefs, and personalities, and how theseinform their classroom practices.” [1, p. 3]. In addition to this, the evocative theoretical approachto autoethnography in which the author carries out a systematic self-introspection and recall oftheir personal story is adopted in this study[2], [3]. Auto-ethnographers recall their livedexperience to understand and relate them [3].When writing this article, the first author reflected on her classroom experiences of whatpedagogical strategies have worked in the classroom. To further explore the first author's livedteaching experience, a team
Engineering Connect,was designed for the first-year students in an engineering department with the idea of increasingstudent success, engagement, and retention. The program was implemented into a CornerstoneEngineering Design course being offered for first-year students in the engineering department.The students were assigned to complete weekly reflections on the course Canvas space onmatters related to their learning and campus experiences as an engineering student. The inputsfrom these weekly reflections were analyzed by faculty each week and an engagement plan wasset in place with the students who were identified as needing help and guidance on courseworkand/or campus related matters. Also, the students having a successful week were
(intervention group allowing students to choose from the instructor-led activities),RQ2: What themes emerge when instructors and students are asked to reflect on the pros andcons of offering student choices in selecting course activities?The results of this study will help better TA training and help create a teaching developmentworkshop for the STEM instructors interested in adopting a student involvement strategy byoffering students choices.MethodThis mixed-method study is spread over two terms (Fall 2022 and Winter 2023).Context: To study the effects of student involvement in the choice of course activities on studentexperience, the instructors of ExpecTAtions, also the collaborators, permitted redesigning theircontent and intervention within their
Paper ID #39066Evaluating the quality of interviews with a process-based,self-reflective toolDr. Amy L. Brooks, Oregon State University Dr. Amy Brooks is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Oregon State University School of Civil and Construction Engineering and member of the Beyond Professional Identity lab at Harding University. Her current research is using interpretative phenomenological analysis to understand well-being and experiences with professional shame among engineering faculty. She is also part of a research team investigating context- specific affordances and barriers faculty face when adopting evidence-based
Reflection on Faculty DevelopmentAbstractMany engineering faculty have been involved in some form of engineering education research(EER) during their professional career. This may range from a relatively superficial participationas a collaborator on a small departmental education initiative to a larger role in a leadershipposition as a principal investigator on a multi-institutional research grant. Regardless of the levelof involvement, each engineering educator must evolve and invest substantial time to acquire alevel of EER knowledge that is commensurate with their desired degree of participation. Forthose educators who are motivated to fully immerse themselves into a potentially rewarding EERprogram with the expectation of perpetuity, their
Paper ID #37212Integration of VHDL Simulations and Written Reflections to ImproveStudent Understanding of Sequential Logic CircuitsBen Arie Tanay, Purdue Engineering EducationDr. Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh Renee Clark serves as the Director of Assessment for the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her PhD from the Department of Industrial Engineering, where she also completed her post-doctoral studies. Her research has primarily focused on the application of data analysis techniques to engineering education research studies as well as industrial accidents. She has over 20
Paper ID #36856From Engineering Students to Student Engineers: Reflections, Identity,and Positioning in Co-curricular ActivitiesDr. Zhiyi Liu, University at Buffalo Zhiyi Liu is a researcher and educator with research interests in learning and instruction. Dr. Liu was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Engineering Education at the State University of New York at Buffalo.Dr. Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Andrew Olewnik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the Univer- sity at Buffalo. His research includes undergraduate engineering
Paper ID #38248Board 63: Work in progress: Uncovering engineering students’ sentimentsfrom weekly reflections using natural language processingMr. Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)Dr. Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University Saira Anwar is an Assistant Professor at Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A &M Uni- versity. Dr. Anwar has over 13 years of teaching experience, primarily in the disciplines of engineering education, computer science and software engineering. Her research focuses on studying the unique con- tribution of different instructional strategies on students
Paper ID #39532Board 42: WIP: Reflections on teaching an engineering course throughmurder mysteriesKrishna Kumar, University of Texas at Austin Krishna Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Civil, Architecture, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Krishna completed his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2015 on multi-scale multiphase modeling of granular flows and was supervised by Professor Kenichi Soga. Krishna’s research interest spans high-performance computing, numerical modeling, and explainable AI of natural hazards. He has developed massively parallel micro-/macro-scale numerical
Paper ID #39049Board 367: Reflections from an Interdisciplinary Team Research Projectduring a 10-week NSF REU ProgramProf. Eric Markvicka, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Eric Markvicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). There, he also holds a courtesy appointment in the De- partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Computing. At UNL Dr. Markvicka directs the Smart Materials and Robotics Laboratory, an interdisciplinary research lab that is creating the next generation of wearable electronics and
Paper ID #38228Board 350: NSF S-STEM Academy of Engineering Success: Reflections on aSeven-Year JourneyDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineer- ing and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow member. Throughout her career, she has supported engineering teams as a mathematician and provided complete life-cycle manage- ment of Information Systems as a Computer Systems Analyst for the U.S. Department of Energy; taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and fundamental engineering courses
engineering education, universal design for learning, and improving first-year retention in engineering programs.C.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University CJ Witherell is a graduate student studying Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Grand Valley State University. In both academic and industrial contexts, they have explored the Design Thinking methodology—specifically researching methods to improve the brainstorming and empathizing steps. As the 2022 Wisner Engineering Fellow, they are developing a new product for Gentex Corporation in Zeeland, Michigan.Aziz Gram Sarhan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflection and Goal Setting: Methods for Improved
Paper ID #37185Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See inEngineering EducationAlexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Purdue University Library TSS ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See in Engineering EducationAbstractThe educational pathway of engineering is often fraught with obstacles and challenges. Whilestudents that participate in research labs get through with less difficulty, there can be instanceswhere students enter with both academic and personal issues. In this paper, I will specificallyhighlight one of my
Paper ID #37913Reflections on the Process of Growing into Faculty: A CollaborativeExperience in Being ApprenticesMr. Duncan H. Mullins, State University of New York, BuffaloAraOluwa Adaramola, Purdue University, West Lafayette AraOluwa Adaramola is a graduate student in the Chemical Engineering PhD Program at Purdue Univer- sity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on the Process of Growing into Faculty: A collaborative experience in being apprentices By: Duncan Mullins a
. Therefore, conveying engineering ideas, a topic that is already complex, exponentially increasedin difficulty. It took a major sense of empathy to grasp the challenge that Brazilian students were havingfully. To communicate in your non-native language all day with fluent speakers is draining, compoundedby the stress of meeting project deadlines; students must take a step back and reflect upon the struggles ofothers. Additionally, the Brazilian mentor was another interesting dynamic that must be navigated. Theywere the head point of communication for all case studies and relayed sensitive information about theCPFL’s internal struggles. Navigating these foreign relationships effectively determined the group’ssuccess. Being able to synthesize
Paper ID #38924Board 75: Work-in-Progress: Instructor and Student Reflections onFirst-year Engineering DesignDr. Kyung S Kang, Marian University Kyung Kang has served as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Marian University since 2022. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work-In-Progress: Instructor and Student Reflections on First-year Engineering DesignAbstractThis work-in-progress paper summarizes how engineering faculty tried to make the betterlearning environment for the first-year engineering students by minimizing instructorinvolvement. In the
Paper ID #38700Studying the Development of Design Thinking of Undergraduate Engineer-ingStudents in Singapore: Qualitative Reflection Analysis (Research)Dr. Eileen Fong, Nanyang Technological University Eileen Fong, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She is also currently the Associate Chair (Students) at MSE, responsible for student matters and admissions. She teaches third-year MSE undergraduates, and have received several teaching awards including the prestigious Nanyang Education Award for School (2019) and College (2021
Paper ID #36724Work in Progress: Student Reflections from a Semester-Long Place-BasedPhotovoltaic Solar Energy ProjectDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego Marissa Forbes, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of San Diego. She is co-creator and co-leader of the Water Justice Exchange, a cross-campus, inter-community initia- tive fostering synergistic research, teaching and solutions for water challenges in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Dr. Forbes earned her MS and PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in Civil (environ- mental) Engineering, and conducts research that aims
Paper ID #38335The Effect of the Application of Feedback and Reflection on an IterativeStudent Design ChallengeMrs. Andrea Atkins, University of Waterloo Andrea Atkins is a lecturer in Architectural Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previously, she was a structural designer at Blackwell Structural Engineers in Toronto.Alison McNeilDr. Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo Rania Al-Hammoud is a lecturer and the current associate chair of undergraduate studies at the civil & environmental engineering department at university of waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a civil engineering background with research focusing
Paper ID #40368Evolution of a Student Transition and Success Program: Reflections on a10 Year JourneyDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow Member. As a mathematician and computer systems analyst, she collaborated in engineering teams to support energy research before entering higher education where she taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering courses, secured over $5.5M to support STEM education research, led program
Paper ID #38062Changes to a Circuits Lab Sequence to Encourage Reflection andIntegration of Experiences Across Related Courses to Explore NewSolution Spaces to an Engineering ProblemDr. Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDr. Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Christopher D. Schmitz received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2002.Dr. Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Rebecca M. Reck is a Teaching Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign. Her