following section, we will first describe epistemic cognition andmetacognition separately. Next, we will discuss the construct of epistemic metacognition thatlooks at epistemic cognition and metacognition in combination. This discussion is followed by asection that discusses the value of studying epistemic metacognition in the context ofengineering.Epistemic cognitionEpistemic cognition concerns how people acquire, understand, justify, change, and useknowledge. It is distinct from cognition because the focus of epistemic cognition is on theconstruction and justification of knowledge, understanding, and/or true beliefs. The study ofepistemic cognition emerged with Perry’s [10] study into the cognitive and ethical developmentof male student at
Paper ID #25974Board 15: Understanding Ambiguity in Engineering Problem SolvingDr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences,Associate Director for Research of the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the Uni- versity of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of problem-solving, cultures of inclusion in engineering, engineering ethics, and environmental justice.Dr. David J Therriault, University of Florida Dr. Therriault, an Assistant Professor joined the College of Education at University
Paper ID #26409Board 39: The In/Authentic Experiences of Black EngineersDr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Associate Director for Research of the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the Uni- versity of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of problem-solving, cultures of inclusion in engineering, engineering ethics, and environmental justice.Erica D. McCray, University of Florida Dr. Erica D. McCray is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida
goal of developing“Changemaking Engineers”. This revised canon teaches technical skills within a contextualframework that includes humanitarian, sustainable, and social justice approaches. This requires acurriculum that includes a focus on student teamwork, a greater consideration of social factors,improved communication with diverse constituents, and reflection on ethical consequences ofdecisions and solutions. This broader perspective of engineering practice will produce graduateswho can address a wider range of societal problems bringing new perspectives to traditionalareas. In this paper, we review our recent efforts towards achieving this vision, focusing on thedevelopment of curricular materialsSummary of course materials developed and
through theREU program were also made available to the participating students in this ASPIRES program.These workshops include Responsible Conduct of Research and Ethics, Research Process,Literature Review and Conducting Research, Verbal and Written Communication Skills,Learning to Give Powerful Oral and Poster Presentations, The Elevator Pitch: Advocating forYour Good Ideas, and project-specific topics, such as structural dynamics, topologyoptimization, and training tutorials for prevalent software. These workshops intend to helpstudents develop independent research ability, better present research outcomes, and effectivelypromote research findings. Since MATLAB is one of the essential tools needed for this particularresearch project, all interns
conceptual and epistemological reasoning. Lately, he has been interested in engineering design thinking, how engineering students come to understand and practice design, and how engineering students think about ethics and social responsi- bility.Hannah SaboAndrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park Andrew Elby’s work focuses on student and teacher epistemologies and how they couple to other cognitive machinery and help to drive behavior in learning environments. His academic training was in Physics and Philosophy before he turned to science (particularly physics) education research. More recently, he has started exploring engineering students’ disciplinary thinking and thinking about issues of equity and power
benefit for all those involved. “Students can enrich their academic learning andcivic ethic; faculty can find community partners provide excellent co-educators and thepartnerships can invigorate their teaching and research; agencies can access enormous resourcesto address their missions and goals, and; community members gain through services that might nototherwise be available” [13]. “It is important to carefully consider various aspects of thepartnership before embarking on a service-learning project. The following issues andrecommendations are taken or adapted from service-learning research and stakeholder input” [14].The following notes are compiled from the Service-Learning workshops and seminars at CaliforniaState University, Fresno ([13
learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service- learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines Greg currently teaches in Humanitarian Engineering at CSM. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley where he acquired a passion for using engineering to facilitate developing communities’ capacity for success. He earned his master’s degree in Structural Engineering and Risk Analysis from Stanford University. His PhD work at CU Boulder focused on how student’s
Paper ID #26687Stakeholder Perspectives on Increasing Electric Power Infrastructure IntegrityDr. Efrain O’Neill-Carrillo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Efra´ın O’Neill-Carrillo is a professor of power engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez (UPRM). He holds a Ph.D. (Arizona State), an M.S.E.E. (Purdue), and a B.S.E.E. (UPRM). His profes- sional interests include energy policy, sustainable energy, distributed generation, power quality, social and ethical implications of engineering and technology. He has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. O’Neill
activities includedliterature searches, electronic and mechanical design, selection of materials, designing andconducting experiments with human participants, computer programming, and documenting theirwork. Occasionally lab work required visits to indoor and outdoor off-campus locations. Eachstudent lived in a private bedroom and shared a living area, kitchen, and a bathroom with threeother students in the program. Students attended weekly seminars with topics including programexpectations, written and oral communication, ethics, graduate school, the experiences of peoplewith disabilities, and job search strategies. Students created and delivered presentations for localhigh school students at the end of the summer program. Students made optional
about and practice sustainability. Biele- feldt is a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service- learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, leadership, and diversity.Dr. Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University Dr. Audra Morse, P.E., is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Her professional experience is focused on water and wastewater treatment, specifically water reclamation systems, membrane filtration and the fate of personal products in treatment systems. However, she has a passion to tackle diversity and inclusion issues for students
content of the static events and technical reports were supposed to include adescription of how each Team intended to implement the automated driving system in the vehicle,with sufficient detail to satisfy the organizers and judges that the students were making a seriousengineering effort to design the autonomous vehicle. Safety and social concerns related toautonomous driving were also to be addressed, including a discussion of the ethical and moraldilemmas faced by an autonomous driver and how these decisions should be made. Any Team notdemonstrating good engineering practices or submitting a frivolous report could be disqualifiedby the organizers at any time in the competition.Teams that demonstrated satisfactory performance in the static
of engineering, science, or technology. What matters is the learningoutcome (aim).She identifies three learning aims for technological literacy that should be offered throughoutundergraduate education. They are; Teaching for Citizenship; Teaching for Living Skills andCompetencies: Teaching for Employment Competencies.Teaching for citizenship “would involve ethics, politics and philosophy and ways in whichtechnological developments can impinge upon and challenge our understanding of moralreasoning”. For example, advances in medicine are an ever present reminder of this effect.Among other matters they raise important questions about the right to die. Kielsen argues thatthese decisions are not to be left to technocrats alone but for the average
supportsystems and the existence of service-connected disability. However, these students aspire to besuccessful against all odds, have an elevated work ethic, and employ a heightened level ofleadership, teaming, and communication. These assets can be invaluable for student veterans andtheir peers as they pursue careers in engineering. Results thus indicate that student veterans’military time and training do lend themselves as useful tools in navigating the transition toundergraduate engineering and ensuring success as engineering students. The identification ofthese unique skills and challenges affords us a better chance to understand these aspects oftransition and to facilitate change that better supports future student veterans with
onthose beliefs. The program is also grounded in John Dewey’s proposition that higher education isto assist individuals in developing the skills to be effective in their preferred occupation. Thisprogram focuses on developing professional competencies such as people and projectmanagement,leadership, and ethics, as well as perseverance, stress management, and the ability toreflect and modify one’s process of learning. Treveylan’s [9] studies on “the work that engineersdo” call for more emphasis on professional skills such as communication and the ability toperform effectively on teams. Treveylan advocates for students teaching others because“education, like engineering practice, relies on special kinds of social interactions” and thatstudents
traditionalengineering coursework. Throughout the process of developing a product for commercializationand pitching this venture to potential investors, it is not difficult to imagine a wide range ofABET outcomes being addressed, in ways that traditional engineering curriculum is lacking.These exercises could align with ABET outcomes (2) an ability to apply engineering design toproduce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, andwelfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors, (3) an ability tocommunicate effectively with a range of audiences, and (4) an ability to recognize ethical andprofessional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which mustconsider
and peer feedback grades, and then the result is adjusted up ordown based on qualitative factors for each student. These qualitative factors included the qualityof student contributions to team products, CATME peer comments, input from machine shopstaff, faculty advisors, industry mentors, and direct observation by the instructor. As stated in thecourse syllabus, "In rare cases, serious behavior issues, significant ethical lapses, or non-contribution to the team may result in a zero score for the instructor evaluation."Initial Launch of TimeCards in Senior Design 2 (2016-2017 Capstone Cohort)In spring 2017, team time cards and the instructor evaluation were first implemented in SeniorDesign 2. In Senior Design 2, teams work independently to
Progress: Privilege and Diversity as Determiners of Engineering Identity and SuccessBackgroundFoundational, first-year engineering courses (sometimes referred to as cornerstone courses)typically cover introductory content in design, ethics, programming, technical drafting, andprototyping/construction, for incoming students who are majoring in a broad assortment ofengineering disciplines. For an increasing number of universities, including the one where theresearch herein takes place, all engineering majors are combined for these introductoryengineering experiences, including a wide variety of majors such as bio, chemical, civil,mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering. This mixing of students leads to great varietyin
Paper ID #25641Teaching Across Boundaries: Examining the Institutional Process of Estab-lishing Multidisciplinary CoursesMr. Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech Sam Snyder is a first year Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his Bachelors of Science in Materials Science and Engineering in 2017 from Virginia Tech. His current research interests are in engineering ethics education, social network analysis, and institutional change.Desen Sevi Ozkan, Virginia Tech Desen is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and holds a B.S. in Chemical and
and competencies they are acquiring in their programs [4].Transfer of knowledge can occur in a classroom setting when students are solving real worldproblems, however, that is not always possible. Hence, students try to find contextualized workscenarios such as internships or co-ops, where they can be involved in a real project in acompany. This particular setting provides students with an understanding of the workenvironment and also brings benefits to industry and universities [5]. On one hand, industrydemands an integral formation of individuals that are competent in technical skills in their areaof discipline, but with elements that enable them socially, ethically and professionally. On theother hand, society requires answers to its
them a STEM breadth, which builds their knowledge of the environment and hasthe potential to influence their environmental ethic [21]. We educate these students to viewchallenges from an environmental perspective. These T-professionals of other disciplines whotake the environmental engineering sequence bridge the divide among disciplines that wouldotherwise be accomplished by environmental engineers. Examples of these contemporary issuesinclude addressing urgent vapor intrusion risk at a Naval base in California [22], characterizingthe potential risk of food irrigated with hydraulic fracturing flowback water [23], or mitigatingthe impacts of sea-level rise on a major economic port, like New York City [24]. The focus ofthis study is to evaluate
provides enrichment activities geared towardcreating awareness plus developing interest and providing logistical information about graduateschool. For example, workshops include topics on developing research skills, general graduateschool information, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), research ethics andprofessionalism, and communicating research. Additional workshops are geared towardundergraduate student retention for expanding the pool of potential graduate students. Facultymentor the students in developing graduate school applications their senior year. Students arealso provided tools to help them obtain internships and undergraduate research experiences. AllSIIRE students have financial need, and scholarships are provided through an NSF
usedwas collected for a previous research project, and expected challenges of methodologicalintegrity [73] and quality of research exist. Since the researcher was also the instructor as datawas collected although for different purposes, this poses a threat to validity theoretically,procedurally, communication-wise, pragmatically, and ethically[74-76]. From preliminary application, this engineering epistemic frame shows potential forrevealing skills in interactions and conversations that are expressed differently or less frequentlycaptured on traditional paper methods. Specifically, it has the potential to capture values orepistemology that are not currently assessed in K-12 students. Another advantage of thisengineering frame is that it
experience males may have gleaned from tinkering with computers as teens [30].The first-year course also integrates discussions of societal and ethical issues related to computerscience. Larger increases in the number of bachelor’s degrees earned by women and distributionacross disciplines have remarkably changed gender diversity for a number of disciplines. Thisultimately produces some disciplines that are criticized for low participation of women andrelatively slow progress and others where an equivalent and declining participation of men garnersrelatively little attention or action. It seems possible that focusing on careers for some disciplines,and not for others, may in itself change the perception of those topics for students who
ethics, and “soft” skills such asleadership, communication skills, social awareness, etc. Figure 1 illustrates the kind of engineerswe want our graduates to be through the interdisciplinary curricula we designed for them. Figure 1. Goal of our interdisciplinary curriculaMultidisciplinary Design ProjectsThe freshman students matriculated into the JI do not declare a major until the sophomore year.In the first year, all students take an Introduction to Engineering course where they work inteams on self-proposed engineering design projects. In this course, they go through the entireengineering process from an initial idea to the design to manufacturing and finally to a workingprototype. They learn about the skills and
progress of the ankle, as well as custom exercises prescribed medically. Table 5: Criteria for Students’ Design (each criterion statement starts with the word “Student”) Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility • Is familiar with professional aspects of their discipline • Is familiar with and shows regard for professional and ethical considerations • Seeks information from sources outside of classes • Shows understanding of the need for continuing education and professional development Working knowledge of fundamentals, engineering tools, and experimental methodologies • Knows and is able to apply math
adopt the full Scrum process. Taking this into account, in the freshmancourses we only familiarize students with kanban boards, which lays a foundation for usingScrum in later design courses.ECE 101 Introduction to Electrical Engineering is the first course, which gives new engineeringstudents a chance to experience what the fields of electrical and computer engineering have tooffer. Along with introducing core engineering topics such as problem solving and ethics, thecourse also features very simple circuits-based labs, which culminate in a multi-week long finalproject. CATME is used to generate teams of four to five students each, who design andconstruct a “Rube Goldberg”-like apparatus that incorporates electrical and mechanical elementsto
-technical courses required by the eight Chinese computerscience programs. Chinese universities, similar to the U.S. universities, have a general educationrequirement that are common across majors. Usually these requirements do not include coursessuch as calculus or physics, which are considered as technical courses. These non-technicalgeneral education courses can be divided into two categories. One set of courses appear in almostall schools. For example, all our eight sample universities have a PE (Physical education)requirement and an English requirement. Seven of the eight schools require such courses asPrinciples of Marxism, Contemporary Chinese History, Fundamentals of Moral Ethics and Laws,and Military Theory. The second set of non-technical
); ethical in its conductand implications (Walther, Pawley, & Sochacka, 2015); as well as a carefully-planned researchdesign that responds to the research questions, whereby the generation of data enables theresearchers to make supported claims. Although rigor is bound up in all aspects of a study—fromits level of cultural responsiveness to communication with internal and external stakeholdersthroughout the research process—our definition of rigor is narrower than our definition ofquality. Specifically, we understand rigor to mean that a study’s claims and implications havebeen carefully supported with data, and that alternative explanations have been considered andaddressed throughout the research design.Validity and reliability have
both Mathematics instruction as well as Physics instruction during summer bridge instead of last, which is when it was taught previously. This way, students had foundational skills to learn physics concepts and apply trigonometry concepts in the process of solving physics problems. New - Engineering Humanities A mechanical engineering professor, who serves as the faculty advisor for the Engineering GoldShirt Program, taught a Humanities in Engineering class during summer bridge to encourage students to be mindful of the humanitarian impact on engineering designs and projects. Case studies included the burning tower in London and the ethical decisions made by engineers who designed the tower