based outreach program that uses undergraduate students to mentor middle school youth. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Re-imagining a first year design course to incorporate service-learning while minimizing traditional challengesIntroductionFoundations of Engineering Lab (EGN3000L) is a 1 credit hour introduction to engineeringcourse taught to interdisciplinary first year students in the College of Engineering at theUniversity of South Florida. Traditionally, the course is taught as non-service-learning throughmultiple, unrelated design projects. The projects prior to the Fall 2017 semester were simple,exposing students to engineering design with limited
and Engineering Department). Her research interests include materials science, physical chemistry and non-conventional technologies for materials and process engineering. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Work in Progress: Fundamentals of Engineering Design (FED) for Chemical Engineering 1st Year UndergraduatesThis is a work-in-progress report on continuous improvement of our first-year chemicalengineering design / laboratory course. Such courses continue a tradition identified severaldecades ago of the importance of freshman engineering experiences [1, 2]. We present amodified structure of our traditional introductory course successfully running since 2006. Thiscourse, and
for a target populationof either high school or middle school students. The teams followed a process in order to selectthe lessons they would design, and created lab manuals and teacher guides for their targetpopulations. The students navigated through the project using Guided Inquiry by an InstructionalTeam. The Instructional Team consisting of: a Teaching Professor; a STEM Education Specialistand two PhD Candidate Students.desired outcomesPrior to the initiation of the course, the Instructional Team established a total of six (6) DesiredOutcomes. The goal was for the students to achieve substantial growth in each of the six areas bythe end of the term (10 week quarter). The focus of the six objectives were: 1. teamwork; 2.sketches, modeling
the class. In additionto using the survey for research, the data collected was also used to assign students to groups forthe semester based on shared commonalities.The survey consisted of 18 questions: 13 multiple-choice, 4 select-all-that-apply, and 1 scale.The main categories utilized in this research were demographics and students’ interests/hobbies.All students were required to take the survey as a homework grade for the class. One of thequestions in the survey gave the student the opportunity to opt out of having their response usedas a part of the research. It was clearly communicated to every student that if they chose to notparticipate in the research, it would have no impact on their grade. All student responsesremained anonymous. 95
students, It’s MathE – a middle school enrichment experience, and CU Empowering Women in Leadership and STEM conference. Her research is pedagogy in an engineering classroom and water quality. Before joining CU in August 2010, she worked for the USDA-NRCS in Oklahoma, Kentucky and Texas as a civil engineer for approximately 10 years. Her university teaching experience began in 2001 and spans multiple states and university systems from Re- search 1 to community college to private university and finally a regional university setting. She received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, and also hold a Master’s degree from University of Kentucky and B.S. from OSU.Ms. Irene
plates, etc. Amplifiers were tested foroperation. Speakers were tested for frequency response and loudness. The initial, one-timeequipment cost is $5-20 per student, depending on equipment already available, and the recurringmaterials cost is $10-15 per student. The students were enthusiastic about their designs bothbefore and after they completed their projects. This paper includes more detail about the project,examples of student designs, speaker testing results, student feedback, and future plans.IntroductionMost engineering educators recognize the effectiveness of hands-on learning and seek toimplement labs and projects into their courses, especially in the first year [1–6], as encouraged byRecommendation 4 in the National Academy of
college algebra take ENG1001, Engineering Analysis,solely or jointly by schools and colleges of engineering”. [1] followed by ENG1100, Engineering Problem Solving, in theThe University of Ottawa has been offering an first year instead of ENG1101. These students completeentrepreneurship course for several years. The class is open ENG1102 in the fall semester of their second year. This paperto any undergraduate or graduate engineering student, but focuses on a pilot study completed in ENG1102 during themost students take it in their final year. The students’ reason Fall 2017 semester.for waiting until their last year, is that that they can better During the Fall 2017 semester, students in two
professor of physics and his experiences include pedagogy, CubeSat, etc. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Assessment of working memory utilization improvement strategies for engineering and technology ESL students in the learning of physics Vazgen Shekoyan1, Weier Ye2, Sunil Dehipawala1, Raul Armendariz1, George Tremberger1, and Tak Cheung1 1 CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics Department Bayside NY 11364 2 CUNY Queensborough Community College English Department Bayside NY 11364AbstractWorking memory utilization improvement strategies in a flipped class environment, where thelowest
the start, middle, and end of the semester11.ImplementationAt Stevens Institute of Technology, the spatial skills enhancement program was piloted in 2016 asa part of E 120: Engineering Graphics, a required course for all incoming freshmen in engineering.To assess initial spatial ability, all first-year engineering students were required to take the PSVT:Rduring the first week of the semester. Students were then placed in one of three categories basedon their test scores: Spatial Novice, Spatial Intermediate, and Spatial Master. A different pointvalue was associated with each category, as shown in Table 1, with a maximum of five pointstranslating to full credit for the 5% of the semester course grade as suggested by Segil et al.10
what to do about it.” (Stake, 2010, p. 123) 31References• Lee, W. C., & Matusovich, H. M. (2016). A model of co-curricular support for undergraduate engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(3), 406–430. http://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20123• Lee, W. C., Godwin, A., & Nave, A. L. H. (2018). Development of the engineering student integration instrument: Rethinking measures of integration. Journal of Engineering Education, 107(1). http://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20184• Yosso, T. J. (2005). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth. Race Ethnicity and Education, 8(1), 69–91. http
(STEM) fields, and consequent African-Americanunderrepresentation in academia and the professional workforce. Historically black colleges anduniversities (HBCUs) play a significant role in producing African-American scientists. While in recentyears African-Americans made up only 8% of STEM baccalaureate degrees awarded [1][2],approximately 20% completed their STEM undergraduate degrees at HBCUs [1], which constitute only3% of the post-secondary institutions in the United States [3]. HBCUs have a rich history in trainingtalented students in STEM disciplines and are important sources of future African-American science andengineering doctorate recipients [4]. Between 2009 and 2013, 24% of the African-Americans who earneddoctorates in science and
critical foundational skill that has been correlated with higher-level problemsolving ability, and thus higher performance in core courses like mathematics and chemistry [1].Research indicates that the ability to visualize spatially is important to persistence in an engineeringprogram, however, this skill is never explicitly taught at the pre-college or college levels [2]. Instead,spatial ability is usually developed through life experiences, such as building with LEGO©, playing videogames, playing certain sports, and other activities.There are significant gender differences in spatial skills competence, with women and underrepresentedminorities displaying lower spatial skills ability than men [3-8]. These students often struggle andeventually
these strategies were in enhancingthe ability of engineering students to exercise spatial reasoning.The Study: Our study was conducted at Tennessee Tech University, a medium-sized, STEM-focused, level-1 doctoral granting institution located in the suburban southern region of theUnited States. The College of Engineering is the largest college at the university and the numberof undergraduate majors has grown significantly over the past five years. Data were collectedfrom all students present and enrolled in ENGR 1110: Engineering Graphics for Fall 2017. Thisis a large-enrollment, introductory course, required by four majors in the college, and studentsare encouraged to take it in their freshmen year. The pre-test included 112
available more of what restricts our ability to improveour resilience baseline under routine conditions: time (Pfluger, Butkus, Wallen and Read 2021).The overarching priorities of USMA are unchanged from pre- to post-COVID, as they areexpressed in Table 1 below. 3Table 1. USMA Mission and Leader Development Programs USMA Mission The U.S. Military Academy at West Point's mission is "to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a
researcher at Sandia National Laboratory. He served as Department Chair from 2011-2019, and currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for his department. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A DEI Task Force within a Mechanical Engineering DepartmentMotivation and BackgroundFaculty and staff can and do influence the climate of a department and achievement of students.Research shows the positive effects of choosing to implement evidence-based teaching practiceslike active learning and inclusive teaching [1], and having a growth mindset in relation to theabilities of students [2]. However, research also shows that the local
abruptlyinterrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first semester and completely moved to online inthe second semester, survey and interview data was collected on five undergraduate engineeringstudents and three mathematics teacher candidates, which offer encouraging qualitative evidenceof their soft skills development, particularly for the engineering mentors. In this paper, we willintroduce the collaborative mentorship program and the differentiating design considerations,then discuss the results with focus on 1) the journey of these engineering students as theycollaborate with mathematics teacher candidates and serve as mentors in the afterschoolprogram, and 2) the impact of the interdisciplinary model on fostering their soft skills.1. IntroductionThere
undergraduate degrees compared to the EU’s 1 milliondegrees and China’s 1.7 million degrees in 2016 (NSB, 2020). By 2025, the U.S. is projected tobe short 2 million STEM workers (National Science Foundation, 2018). A better understandingof the barriers that result in students disconnecting or dropping out of STEM fields is essentialfor increasing engagement and retention of STEM undergraduate students.There is a growing demand for skilled STEM workers in both the United States and around theworld. However, despite this growing need for a skilled STEM workforce, there is a highattrition rate among STEM undergraduate students, with 48% of students leaving their STEMfields (Chen, 2013). Leaving a STEM field may involve either changing to a non-STEM
disciplineshave shown that it is possible for remote instruction to satisfy the required learning outcomes,while sustaining academic integrity [1]. Many issues affect how to realistically and efficientlyengage students while teaching remotely. This paper will look at some of these remote learningchallenges encountered at Engineering Technology program at Queensborough CommunityCollege [QCC] of the City University of New York [CUNY]. Presented here some of thetechniques and strategies employed to overcome the difficulties of remote learning at a minorityserving institution. Some of the challenges included how to engage learners with limited orinconsistent internet access, the strategies and decisions in using synchronous versusasynchronous delivery
it is difficult for them to relatetheir math problems to RL problems [1], [2], [3]. It is not a surprise that students often believethat math is boring, difficult, and useless, which indicates why students lose interest in thesecourses, leading to underachievement [4]. An important reason why students lose interest isbecause they do not see a connection between what they learn with real science and engineeringproblems [5]. Traditional word problems without real-world context are lacking in assigning asignificant role to the problem and in developing meaning for mathematics [6], [7]. In addition,students often approach math courses with fear and anxiety [2], [3]. For instance, students whoreported higher levels of math anxiety correlated to
education in our community that increased theefficacy of communication with its ESL (English as a second language) stakeholders.Our community partner, The Children’s Center (TCC) is a small, nonprofit organization of earlychildhood education and affordable quality childcare for working families in our community [1].TCC is in Hilton Head Island, an affluent area that attracts many wealthy tourists. Thecommunity possesses a vast divide in wealth, as many members of the community work in lowpaying service, sales, and clerical professions [2]and many are in the opposite end of the wealthdivide. Consequently, many community members are unable to afford the traditionally high costof early childhood education and childcare – it is these community members
Combined REU/RET Program for Exclusive Remote Participation Due to the COVID-19 PandemicAbstract:The Smart City Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience forTeachers (RET) (SCR2) Mega-Site program, which is supported by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) (#1849454), was formed in 2018 to address the low participation and graduationrates of post-secondary students belonging to underrepresented minority groups in the engineeringfield. The participating schools in the program are all minority serving and members of aconsortium consisting of 14 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and 1 HispanicServing Institution (HSI), where Morgan State University (MSU) serves as the lead institution.The program
suggestions for futurework.The McMillan WTP is a rich source of material exposing undergraduate engineering students toevolution of an engineering system to satisfy complex and at times conflicting societal goals.Technical content, such as using water quality measures to indicate the physical, chemical, andbiological characteristics of the water suitable for drinking, is introduced in lecture format.Washington, DC has historically been plagued by poor drinking water quality. From its foundingthe city relied on wells, springs, and cisterns for drinking water [1]. Union troops stationed inWashington during the Civil War suffered from waterborne diseases. Abraham Lincoln’s son,Willie, died at age 11 of typhoid fever [2]. By the mid-nineteenth century
required for breadboarding circuits. On the last day of the program, they againpresented what they had accomplished and were asked to provide a ‘lesson learned’. Most of thelessons learned in both the first and second segment of this summer program focused on the needfor care, attention to detail and the challenges of troubleshooting a project.INTRODUCTIONThe lack of representation of African American males in the STEM educational pipeline is arecognized ongoing problem for STEM higher education [1]. Research suggests that approacheswhich improve teacher-student relationships, provide meaningful learning, and developcommunity can improve student perceptions and engagement with STEM subjects. Beat theStreets Baltimore is a program that utilizes
part of the larger ACCESS in STEM programat the institution designed to support student pathways in STEM fields. The first offering of thecourse was successful and we present an outline of the course for possible adoption by otherinstitutions.IntroductionStudents with intersection identities are less likely to graduate with STEM degrees due to systembarriers in higher education [1], [2]. To address these barriers, institutions need to take a holisticapproach and recognize the strengths that economically disadvantaged students bring– shifting toan asset-based mindset [3]. Nationally, only 20% of undergraduate engineers and computerscientist degrees are awarded to women, and only 6% are women of color [4]. Black/AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, and
deformable cables (Figures 1, 2). Figure 1. Rigid Beam Supported by Deformable Figure 2. Rigid Beam Supported by Deformable Cables (Undeformed, Drawn by Hand) Cables (Deformed, Drawn by Hand)This type of visual communication was likely drawn on any number of dry erase boards inengineering classrooms around the world. As in-class drawing is relatively time-consuming,instructors were likely to make the drawing process as efficient as possible, perhaps overlayingthe deformed geometry on top of the undeformed geometry, using a different color todifferentiate between the two ideas (Figure 2).These diagrams are both symbolic and analytical. They are drawn in a language onlycomprehensible to those that possess a certain
help Scholars fulfill their five competencies).Student Council as a Case StudyWe interviewed past and present Grand Challenge Scholars (both council and non-councilmembers) to gather feedback on the changes brought by the implementation of the studentcouncil. Of the 90 Scholars surveyed, 50% responded. The survey questions listed in Table 1were answered online, so that the responders could remain anonymous. We understand that thissurvey could be biased based on the individuals who chose to respond to these questions.Table 1. Open-ended interview questions Category Questions Prior to Changes 1. How was the Grand Challenge Scholars Program affecting you individually in 2017
transportation systems through the development of applications of statistical models on different systems such as traffic signals and freeway monitoring. He is also engaged in the modeling and quantifying of cyberattacks at transportation networks under the framework of connected and autonomous vehicles. He is currently serving as associate director at the Tier 1 University Transportation Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility. Part of different NSF and DOT funded projects.Jessica Furrer, Benedict CollegeAndress Carter-Sims, Benedict CollegeDr. Balaji Iyangar, Benedict College I teach computer science courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 20212021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section
Student Research Award and the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Distinguished Scholar Award. Dina’s dissertation proposal was selected as part of the top 3 in the 2018 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division D In-Progress Research Gala. Dina was a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship and an Honorable Mention for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program.Dr. Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines Jessica M. Smith is Associate Professor in the Engineering, Design & Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines and Co-Director of Humanitarian Engineering. She is an anthropologist with two major research areas: 1) the
operated as a center within the College of Engineering at the Ohio StateUniversity (OSU). The department formed with the mission to advance the engineeringprofession with a focus on student success through three primary approaches: (1) “developingand delivering state-of-the-art, innovative, multidisciplinary engineering courses and programs;”(2) “modeling and advocating scholarly, evidence-based teaching within the College ofEngineering;” and (3) “by integrating pedagogical discovery, practice, and dissemination throughworld-class engineering education research.” [1]. This mission encapsulated our goal to be amodel of developing scholarship on teaching and learning, performing high-quality engineeringeducation research, and informing our