1 Session XXXX Activities to Promote Discussions about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion among International Engineering Graduate Students Marsha Phillips, Lacy White, Mia K. Markey Biomedical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Austin AbstractInternational engineering graduate students often report that they lack knowledge about racialidentity in the US and that they feel left out of diversity conversations in higher education. Likewise
students between the fall and spring semesters of their first year.Previous studies suggest that incorporating hands-on projects early in the curriculum can increasestudent retention and engagement across a range of contexts1-9, and specifically at a small institutionwith a limited enrollment like UMHB10. With this in mind, the engineering faculty sought toimplement a hands-on project into the first-year engineering course at UMHB. This paper describesthe implementation of this project, including motivation, project selection, course redesign, andassessment. First Year Course RedesignAs mentioned in the introduction, the UMHB engineering faculty sought to implement a hands-onproject into the first-semester
self-efficacy. As a result, elementary teachersmight then be better equipped to build students’ engineering identity and encourage them toconsider engineering as a potential career option.In addition to helping students develop engineering identities, exposure to engineering inelementary school is also beneficial for developing students’ engineering habits of mind(EHoM). EHoM are internalized dispositions and ways of thinking that engineers draw uponwhen confronted with problems [4] and include things such as optimism, persistence,collaboration, creativity, systems thinking, and attention to ethical considerations [5]. TheseEHoM can be beneficial to all students, regardless of career choice, but as with all habits,EHoM take time to develop. As
Paper ID #43606Utilizing Micro-Credentials to Infuse Renewable Energy Concepts into EngineeringTechnology CurriculumDr. Khosro Shirvani, State University of New York, Farmingdale Khosro Shirvani, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College (FSC). His research areas include Tribology, Additive Manufacturing of Metals, Renewable Energy, and Engineering Education. Since 2011, He has worked on projects sponsored by The Boeing Company, the National Institute of Standards & Technology, and National Science Foundation. Over the past 8 years, he has developed and taught
Paper ID #45056Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible (in First YearEngineering) WORKSHOPDr. Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Northeastern Univeristy Nicole Batrouny is an Assistant Teaching Professor of First Year Engineering at Northeastern University. Her engineering education research interests include novice engineering education (K12- first year), reflective engineering design process, metacognition, collaboration in engineering, and decision making.Dr. Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Director of the Idea Forge—a flexible, cross-disciplinary design space
ourstudents. To do that we must Create a student focused and student-centered organization. The university, and particularly the engineering technology faculty, must adapt the numerous external requirements placed on our curriculum to best focus on the needs of the student with his/her graduation and career in mind. Include students in decision-making processes and teams. Campus decisions made that affect the students (and all decisions ultimately affect students) should be made with the Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #44024Exploring Opportunities for Innovative Professional Impact: Implementationof a Multidisciplinary CourseDr. Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Keilin Jahnke is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Innovation, Leadership, and Engineering Entrepreneurship in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Dr. Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joe Bradley is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Bioengineering in the Grainger College of Engineering, a Health Innovation Professor and the Director of Engineering Education and
., & Erdil, N. O., & Nocito-Gobel, J., & Carnasciali, M.(2018, June), “Investigating the Entrepreneurial Mindset of Engineering and Computer ScienceStudents” Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City,Utah. 10.18260/1-2--30726[21] Martine, M. M., & Mahoney, L. X., & Sunbury, C. M., & Schneider, J. A., & Hixson, C., &Bodnar, C. A. (2019, June), “Concept Maps as an Assessment Tool for Evaluating Students'Perception of Entrepreneurial Mind-set” Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--32533
approach that emphasizes expanding their knowledge beyond traditionalengineering discipline and integrating love, compassion, empathy, ethics, and abstract thinkinginto their understanding. This enables them to pose and evaluate questions of future impacts inthe consideration of a diversity of needs. Furthermore, this paper theorizes that understanding theinterconnections among nature, empathy, ethics, reason, imagination, design, and technology inbeing human leads to the development of a holistic engineering approach and holistic designthinking practice. Such an approach should be flexible and mindful enough to adapt to manyproblems. The pivotal role of flexible thinking modes, particularly emphasizing visual, critical,causal, associative, and
Paper ID #43133Empowering Change: The Role of Student Changemakers in Advancing Sustainabilitywithin Engineering EducationVictoria Matthew, Broadening Impacts Victoria is the Network Manager for the Engineering for One Planet Network, an action network committed to transforming engineering education so all engineers are equipped with the understanding, knowl- edge, and skills to ensure their work contributes to a healthy world for lifetimes to come. Victoria is also a Principal Consultant at Broadening Impacts, an organization that partners with researchers to get their knowledge out into the world. Prior to that Victoria
Paper ID #42445Exploring an Intervention to Increase Psychological Safety on Student EngineeringDesign TeamsJenn Campbell, University of Arkansas Jenn Campbell is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She studies engineering and design and is specifically interested in how engineers think, how they work on teams, and how this impacts social and environmental sustainability. Before going to grad school, Jenn worked in engineering and marketing for 9 years which sparked many of her research and teaching interests. She received her undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering and
. Booth, and T. E. Doyle, “Importance of first-year engineering design projects to self-efficacy: Do first-year students feel like engineers?,” Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), 2012.[26] “Investigating the relationship between mindfulness, stress and creativity in introductory engineering design | Design Science | Cambridge Core.” Accessed: Feb. 08, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/design-science/article/investigating-the- relationship-between-mindfulness-stress-and-creativity-in-introductory-engineering- design/3AE037A4D6E5F3C20A0475BAA2C392E7[27] “EDSGN 100 Cornerstone | The Penn State Learning Factory.” Accessed: Feb. 08, 2024. [Online]. Available
engineeringeducation, to examine the use of intuition in engineering problem solving. CTA is a class ofobservational protocols that surface tacit knowledge through engaging experts with a task(Crandall, 2006). The purpose of CTA is to capture how the mind works through three primaryaspects: knowledge elicitation, data analysis, and knowledge representation. Many methods ofCTA exist, and best practices call for a combination of CTA methods. In this study we are usingtwo methods: 1) the Critical Decision Method (CDM), which assesses individuals decisionmaking in non-routine incidents through a set of cognitive probes (Klein, 1989), and 2) theKnowledge Audit Method (KAM), which we use to guide our probing questions and identifytypes of knowledge used, or not
numberand ethnicities of graduate engineering students [11]. This study sought to better understand thedifferences between returners and direct pathway engineering students. An intriguing theme was Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 535that returner engineering graduate students have skills and habits of mind that they willinglyutilize in graduate work. Instructors can draw on these skills in a more intentional manner toincrease learning for all students.Literature ReviewCommunities of PracticeThe contributions of
in mind of DEI, and it just blossomed into a really amazing friendship. . . . You guys have such a special place in my heart.Here, Garcia highlights the “sibling bond” they formed with Bond-Trittipo, Tinoco, andElaouinate despite Bond-Trittipo “technically” being a mentor. Additionally, they spotlight thatthe common goal the group shared around improving DEI issues enabled them to form “a reallyamazing friendship” despite holding different social identities. Later in their interview, Garciadescribes the friendship as “the best thing that came out of JEDI”.Prior research has highlighted that LGBTQ+ engineering students often experience a lack ofcommunity and support within their programs [16], [36]-[37], and the experiences shared
Paper ID #43201Formula for Success for Interdisciplinary InitiativesDr. Paul Cameron Hungler P.Eng., Dr. Paul Hungler is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Ingenuity Labs at Queenˆa C™s University. Prior to starting his current position, Major (Retired) Hungler served in the Royal Canadian Airforce. His research is now focDr. Kimia Moozeh, Queen’s University Kimia Moozeh is a research associate at Queen’s university in Engineering Education. Her PhD dissertation at University of Toronto explored improving the learning outcomes of undergraduate laboratories. Her research interests are lab
Paper ID #44193A Case Study of Integrating Leadership Competencies in a Global EngineeringDesign Course: A Work in ProgressAnuli Ndubuisi, University of Toronto Anuli Ndubuisi is an educator and doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. She has over a decade of experience in the engineering profession, education, and research. Her research is at the intersection of leadership, global learning and boundary crossing in engineering education.Philip Asare, University of Toronto ©American Society for
% 10% 20% 0%30% 20% 40% 40% 50% 60% 60%80% 100% 70% 80% 90% 100% Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree Figure 1: Question 1 survey responses Also included in the technical skills expected of new graduate engineers, is the ability to test and evaluate a new design. Navigating the rules and regulations of the process of Food and Drug Administration approval can be difficult. By teaching students about this process early on, they will likely keep these restrictions in mind when developing a new technology
the path that I have been working towards. • Having mentors close to me and being exposed to like-minded people and hearing their testimonies and experiences was definitely encouraging for me and did have an impact in my confidence level to just keep moving forward. • Being in SUSTAIN really gave me hope that I could be finding different avenues toward pursuing a career that could benefit my community.This program taught valuable engineering technology skills to groups of students from allmajors. These groups gained confidence that they could be involved in the creation of atechnological solution, even though most they were not pursuing an engineering career. Studentswith a focus in engineering technology, of
Paper ID #42727The Thurman Botanical Tapestry: Integrating Engineering Design, BotanicalAesthetics, Scientific Innovation, and Pedagogical EnrichmentDr. Pavel Navitski, Oral Roberts University Dr. Pavel Navitski is Associate Professor at Oral Roberts University from 01/2020 after a stint as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Oklahoma State University, where he was researching drift detecting using sensor systems for field spraying and guest lecturing. He is originally from Belarus, where he was the head of the department of agricultural machines at the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy. The Belarusian State Agricultural
Paper ID #43913The Use of Chatbots in Engineering Including Critical Thinking and ProblemDefinitionDr. Hugh Jack P. Eng., Western Carolina University Dr. Jack is the Cass Ballenger Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology within Western Carolina University. His interests include robotics, automation, and product design.Dr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, artificial intelligence, swarm robotics, and statistical signal
psychological security and hence afforded them an emotional state where theycould focus more on academic goals and objectives rather than being engulfed by psychologicalproblems. Decrease in stress. Engineering education is characterized by stress. It is a tense field ofstudy where students might suffer from different mental health problems, including stress whichnegatively affects their ability to successfully and effectively complete their academic tasks andachieve their academic goals. In this study, many references were made to how the availability offinancial support helped reduce participants' stress and allowed them to focus more on their studieswith a clear mind. Apparently, working many hours was a source of stress that could be
(WEEF-GEDC), 23-27 Oct. 2023 2023, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/WEEF- GEDC59520.2023.10343627.[12] M. Whitwer, S. Wilson, and J. Hammer, "Engineering Student Mental Health and Help Seeking: Analysis of National Data from the Healthy Minds Study," in 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2023: IEEE, pp. 1-7.[13] S. K. Lipson, S. Zhou, B. Wagner, K. Beck, and D. Eisenberg, "Major Differences: Variations in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Mental Health and Treatment Utilization Across Academic Disciplines," Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 23-41, 2016/01/02 2016, doi: 10.1080/87568225.2016.1105657.[14] M. L. Sanchez-Pena and C. Otis, "Comparing wellbeing indicators
Paper ID #41608Board 278: Faculty and Staff Ideas and Expectations for a Culture of Wellnessin EngineeringMs. Eileen Johnson, University of Michigan Eileen Johnson received her BS and MS in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked in tissue engineering and genetic engineering throughout her education. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. After teaching an online laboratory class, she became interested in engineering education research. Her current research interests are in engineering student mental health & wellness
-C: What are the primary limitations of SNA in engineering education research?With these RQs in mind, we identified a scoping literature review as the most fittingmethodology.MethodologyTo answer our RQs, we applied a scoping literature review methodology. A scoping literaturereview offers an initial evaluation of the extent of the current literature on a specific topic andidentifies the depth of that research. Identifying the scope and depth of prior research is helpfulfor researchers to highlight gaps in existing bodies of research, determine if one or moresystematic reviews are necessary, and identify trends in the existing literature [5].The first step in our scoping review process was to conduct an initial search through GoogleScholar
state standardized tests (i.e., ILEARN, End of Grade,End of Course). We will also measure changes in empathy, ethics, and systems thinking of thestudents with assessments generated to complement the curriculum. References[1] A. Lin and J. L. Hess, "Educating civic-minded engineers: A qualitative study of first- year engineering students," in 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2020: IEEE, pp. 1-5.[2] A. Lin and J. L. Hess, "Developing a framework for civic responsibility in engineering education," in 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2021.[3] D. Hess and J. Zola, "Professional development as a tool for improving civic education," Making civics
Paper ID #45055WIP: Survey Validation to Enable Investigating Community Cultural Wealthin Engineering Students’ First Year Experiences (FYE)Dr. Adetoun Yeaman, Northeastern University Adetoun Yeaman is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. Her research interests include empathy, design education, ethics education and community engagement in engineering. She currently teaches Cornerstone of Engineering, a first-year two-semester course series that integrates computer programming, computer aided design, ethics and the engineering design process within a project
engineering students. These professionals can help students acquire copingskills. Strategies for burnout, stress, and anxiety, improving their mental health [5]. Additionally,practicing stress-reduction techniques like yoga, meditation, or mindfulness exercises can improvemental health and significantly reduce stress [6]. Maintaining mental health requires havinghealthy relationships with friends and family, and social support is crucial in this aspect [7]. Toavoid feelings of loneliness and isolation, which may have a detrimental effect on mental health,engineering students need to actively seek out chances for social contact and engagement inextracurricular activities.A SLR has been carried out to explore research on mental health in engineering
of an absorption edge and about 200 eV below& 1000 eV above the edge energy. Analysis of EXFS data yields the amount of the elementunder investigation and structural parameters such as oxidation state, near neighbor bond length,number of near neighbor atoms and disorder. The advantage of this method is minimal samplepreparation and no chemical treatments to samples. The pedagogy encourages mindful reading ofthe latest Synchrotron based research articles with faculty guidance to build a relationship to achemical engineering related education. The pedagogy of using the Synchrotron radiationstudent projects in community college has been found to broaden the prospect and buildconnections to chemical engineering related education in the
Development of a Laboratory Course in Industrial Power and Control for Electrical Engineers Leonard Hernandez1, Jacqueline G. Radding1, Taufik Taufik1, Darrick Baker2, Jason Poon1, and Ali Dehghan-Banadaki1 1 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 2 Schneider Electric, USAAbstractAs the need for more complex electrical control systems grows, qualified individuals to designand maintain these systems become essential. Consequently, industrial sectors such MEP(Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing), have experienced rapid growth and