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University. His technical research focuses on the intersection of soil-structure interaction and structural/geotechnical data. He encourages students pushing them toward self-directed learning through reading, and inspiring enthusiasm for the fields of structural and geotechnical engineering. Dr. Wood aims to recover the benefits of classical-model, literature-based learning in civil engineering education.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transporta- tion infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic
was still a perceived imbalance[24].One account of EC 2000’s origins can be found in an early participant account of EC 2000 andits impacts [25]. In our study, we deploy insights from organizational behavior to offer a morenuanced understanding of change processes, such as the organizational inertia that both limit andchannel institutional responses. To begin with an example outside of ABET—but of anorganization that played a key role in coordinating ABET’s stakeholders—the early responses ofthe National Science Foundation are indicative of this particular phenomenon. Faced with thepurported successes of Japanese industrial policy and planning, NSF, along with other federalagencies, shifted towards more targeted funding strategies [22]. The
and or professional development activities. Establish a lifelong learning plan to support one's Self-Directed own professional development. 4 – Organize Resume evidence of sustained continuing education or professional development hours. 5 – Internalize Advocate for lifelong learning in the practice of civil engineering.Table 10. Demonstrated Abilities for CEBOK3 Outcome 19 - Professional Attitudes Affective Domain Fulfilled Level of Demonstrated Ability/Evidence of Achievement
technology nowadays,writing on a Tablet with a quality stylus could feel akin to their paper-and-pen counterpart. Formost problem-based STEM content, high quality screencast videos perceived as most useful bystudents depended not only on thorough planning of the recorded content, but upon careful post-editing with callouts. Of course, any awkward pauses, misspoken words, or other unwantedportions should be removed to craft a focused video that uses students’ time efficiently andsustains their retention. Furthermore, it is important to stress that rich annotations created byinstructors during pre- and post-editing can help grab students’ attention, significantly enhancevideo quality, result in deep impact, and make it a more fun experience. As shown
academic quality. • Demonstrate accountability. • Encourage, where appropriate, self-scrutiny and planning for change and needed improve- ment. • Employ appropriate and fair procedures in decision making. • Demonstrate ongoing review of accreditation practice. • Possess sufficient resources.This clarifies ABET’s role as one of accrediting programs through a focus on continuous im-provement, curriculum, student outcomes, skilled faculty, and adequately resourced programs.The accreditation criteria discussed above makes that clear. While compliance with federal lawsis important, it is not regarded as an indication of a commitment to continuous improvement andexcellence in education. Furthermore, since ABET accredits programs
, planning, and implementing design solutions. Theauthors found that students who participated in the creative lab demonstrated a higher confidencein continuing in engineering coursework than those who did not. As the study states, “Creativityis an important attribute for engineers practicing their profession in a global society” [12].Although students struggled with the open-ended nature of the design problems, they enjoyed thecourse and saw the value in the addition to their curriculum. Illustrating the importance of incorporating real-world engineering design problems, Odehet al. write, “Nowadays, engineering education needs to meet the requirements and needs ofbusiness and industry. This can be achieved by collaborating with the local
educator and the industry professional field those questions. In practice, theprofessional fields questions about project implementation, while the educator fields questionsabout project requirements. When students are happy with their project, they upload their WARfile to the server and the educator grades it (project grading is not automated).Live, online Q&A sessions are held one evening per week and only last about an hour.Attendance is not mandatory, but we do require students to view the recording if they cannotattend. Even though they are called Q&A sessions, we almost always have something planned. Acommon occurrence is that the educator will share his screen and will begin going through theproject on his computer. The industry
15 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Influence of End Customer Exposure on Product Design within an Epistemic Game Environment 4.Are you willing to spend over $100 on a hemodialysis membrane? 4.1. It doesn’t matter to me how much it costs. Medicare and my secondary insurance pay for all of it. COST 5.How often do you plan to specifically purchase membranes for your dialyzer? 5.1. My center just supplies them to me. But, membranes that don’t work properly definitely cost me time and effort. RELIABILITY 6.Are you
) Velocity yꞌ(t) 3) Acceleration yꞌꞌ(t)I plan to extend these relationships between two variables in a 2-dimensional space to equationsin three variables and their 3-dimensional representations.Considering three variables and three dimensional spaceIn considering the geometry of three dimensions, we will be studying surfaces and curves.Surfaces in 3-dimensional x-y-z space can be described with a single equation which in implicitform is F(x, y, z) = 0. In explicit form, the equation of a surface is z = f(x, y). The explicit formrequires the values of the two variables x and y in order to compute the value of z and locate thepoint, P(x, y, z). The explicit functional form treats the
10 codes related to theproject’s overarching research questions around identity formation, makerspaces andunderrepresented students. The codes included “experiences that shape identity,” “road of trialsin engineering,” “stories of values, knowledge, skills, practices and norms in engineering,”“stories of bias, prejudice and stereotype,” “recommendations for makerspaces,” “pathways toengineering” and “aspirations, goals, desires or plans.” These deductive codes developed as aprovisional “start list” served as the first-cycle coding [39].Though all of the codes proved useful in establishing meaning, two of the codes became thefocal points for understanding unique aspects of these students’ experiences in makerspaces:stories of values
program administration view, where Black women recruitment and retentionadministrators in STEM face marginalization and silencing, leading to limitations in decisionmaking and funding decisions at the college and university level [22]. It is common withinworking groups or meetings that relatively privileged groups take up more space inconversations and the voices of minoritized groups are not heard or represented. Onemanifestation of this aspect is the communication of viewpoints by white cisgender womenleaders, who believe they represent all diversity but only represent the experiences of whitecisgender women. It can also occur in male-dominant environments in which co-curricularprogram planning occurs (e.g., a minority engineering program). The
of their junioryear. The journal can serve as physical evidence that the student can use to keep track of all theactivities, document the history, write notes, and revisit whenever needed. It is also a way to seethe linkage between the courses [39].3.4 Future PlanThe plan of this project is to assess the impact of i) using VR technology to teach IE conceptsand ii) using VR teaching modules to integrate the IE curriculum. The assessment involves twocohorts: control and intervention groups. The authors are currently collecting data for the controlgroup. Once the VR module is fully developed, relevant data will be collected and analyzed withrespect to the control group. The assessment instruments involve self-report surveys andknowledge tests
representedballistic ball trajectories under gravity.Once students were familiar with the rocket kit components and the model-building capabilitiesof RockSim, the teacher instructed on how to select the appropriate virtual rocket motorconsistent with planned launches and how to simulate flights of the virtual rockets. Consideringthe substantial weight of LoadStar II top stages and the fact each would be carrying an altimeter(adding more eight), the most powerful motor option recommended by Estes for top-stageLoadStar II launches was used: the 18-mm-diameter Estes C6-5 rocket motor [51]. These motorsare available in Educator Bulk Packs to keep costs low. Virtual RockSim launches of simulatedunmodified LoadStar II top stages with C6-5 motors established an
protocol covered questions about the student’s post-graduation career plans and job search related activities. If the student had professionalengineering co-op or internship experiences, they were asked to describe what these experienceswere like and how they may be informing students’ career-related thinking going forward. Eachinterview was approximately 45 minutes long, conducted by phone, recorded, and transcribed.Further details about the overall study and the interview data collection process are provided in[14] and [15]. Because the current analysis focuses on experiences within engineeringorganizations, the data set includes interviews with students who reported having engineering co-op or internship experiences, only.Data Set 2The second
stage, only 34 of 251students explicitly applied at least one criterion to assess credibility, but 153 of 279 students atleast significantly used reliable sources to support their final projects.Conclusions and Future WorkThis pedagogical reflection on this pilot project reveals some important limitations. Since this isnot a research project, we did not create a control group, since doing so would deprive somestudents of the originally planned pedagogy of the course, which was central to accreditationlearning outcomes. Also, we cannot confidently explain the discrepancy between theconsiderable use of peer-reviewed sources and the limited awareness of assessing credibility inthe students’ initial reflections. This reflection also cannot discern
Foundation— connect their funding explicitly to the SDGs. (The UN itself also funds projects related to the SDGs and has released a funding strategy.) You can read more about funding for each SDG by visiting this website: Who’s Funding the SDGs. You have been tasked with providing a literature review that will accompany a grant application—one that will convince its readers that your firm has a strong grasp on the current state of research in your area and a plan for where this research is headed in the near future. Your readers need the literature review to be sufficiently brief, easy to read, and accompanied by at least one visual aid (such as a table, figure, or infographic) that helps them
welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences 4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives 6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw
in this work: historically, engineers have not agreed on foundational concerns ordefinitions of engineering. Hence, engineers do not have some form of constitution or bible thatthey can refer to provide any universal answers. To me, one of the best ways to consider current“norms,” as well as the propensity towards engineering in ethics or ethics in engineering, wouldbe to review how codes of ethics have evolved over time.As one noteworthy example, ASCE recently added a Canon 8, “Treat All Persons Fairly.”Subpart C of Canon 8 focuses on diversity: “Engineers shall consider the diversity of thecommunity, and shall endeavor in good faith to include diverse perspectives, in the planning andperformance of their professional services.” This is one
exposition, and with the content of the presentations, lesson plans, and studentworksheets provided by the participant teachers.5. ResultsCase study 1: Building a ping pong ball launcher robotAs described in the previous section, Teacher 1 provided the students of her eighth-grade mathclass with the example of the trajectory of a ping pong ball, launched from an initial height h0, asa parabola. The students were tasked with building a basic ping pong launcher robot. Thepedagogical approach utilized can be construed as a combination of discovery learning andcompetition-based learning approaches [6]. Prior literature [6] reports that it is expensive toorganize robotics competitions for students and to engage the general student body in
, Engineers: Employment, Pay, and Outlook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018, Feb. Accessed on: Jan. 28, 2020. Available: https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/article/engineers.htm.3. “Charting a Course for Success: America’s Stategy for STEM Education,” Committee on STEM Education of the National Science & Technology Council, Dec. 2018, Accessed on: Jan. 28, 2020. Available: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp- content/uploads/2018/12/STEM-Education-Strategic-Plan-2018.pdf4. M. C. Bottia, E. Stearns, R. A. Mickelson, S. Moller, and A. D. Parker, “The relationships among high school STEM learning experiences and students’ intent to declare and declaration of STEM major in college,” Teachers College Record
librarian coming to class to provide a lecture on library resources, citation management software, or general information literacy? Is there an opportunity to include other, non-traditional library resources, like patents, technical reports, or standards in your classes? Do you find that students need that information for your particular course?Conclusions and Future WorkThe authors learned a great deal from this study: first about integrating standards into anundergraduate level technical communication course for engineering students, and second aboutthe use of faculty and librarian collaboration to achieve course outcomes and improve thelearning experience of students. The authors plan to share additional insights in
everybody else”. Student A said this was very different from theexperiences of their classmates, “Yeah, definitely very tight-knit, where you know everybody inthe community. You know, I know everybody in the grade, and then the grade above, gradebelow, which is crazy talking to people now, they're not used to that.”Student E shared a similar sentiment commenting when at home, “I can go to the store and I'llrun into so many people. I have to plan for extra time whenever I'm going anywhere. I run intopeople and talk with them for a while.” Later in the interview, they shared that being on at alarge campus “it's very easy to feel like just a number in the class”. This student shared thedesire to make campus feel smaller by joining a living learning
Confidence should be conducted.More meaningful internship experiences offered earlier in a student’s university education mayalso help to improve Career Fit Confidence of all students. Future research investigating theeffects of timing and number of internship experiences on Career Fit Confidence could informprogram planning that would increase persistence. The Expertise Confidence in ML/AI shouldbe further fostered in the curriculum to increase persistence of students pursuing thosespecializations. Earlier explicit exposure to ML/AI specialization Expertise in their first twoyears of undergraduate studies may positively influence the Expertise Confidence and IntentionalPersistence of students. Again, further investigation into the university
“an abilityto apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration ofpublic health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economicfactors.” The new general criteria has added a detailed definition for Engineering Design [1]. Inthe new general criteria, SO5 replaces student outcome (d) in the old general criteria. It states “anability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.” In thenew general criteria a definition is added for term “Team” which is expressed as “a team consistsof more than one person working toward a common goal and
incentivized in severalways. It contributed to make this project a positive experience that has paved the way to similarSTEM projects on campus such as another pilot project embedded US 1100 that focuses onenhancing performance of students co-enrolled in remedial math and college level algebra. Thissummer 2020, one of the authors of this paper and a faculty in the School of Engineering will beworking also on another STEM project related to SVS. The project is a summer camp to high-school girls interested in STEM, in particular in engineering and engineering technology. TheSVS curriculum will be included as part of the camp planned activities. Finally, the authorsexpect that this experimental research strengthens the literature on SVS and helps
Polytechnic InstituteMelissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMarta TsyndraMakayla Wahaus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Makayla Wahaus received her Bachelors of Science in Sustainability Studies and Applied Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2020. After completing her senior thesis, ”Community Supported Agriculture in the NY Capital Region: Pathways, Economics, and Community”, she plans to farm with a local CSA producer while navigating to her desired career path. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perspectives on Navigating Engineering PathwaysLike many of the National Academy of Engineering’s consensus studies, the 2018 Pathwaysreport [1] tells
development of a codebook for analysis of the ethnographic interview data. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Brittany Claar, Regis University Brittany A. Claar is an undergraduate student at Regis University, studying sociology; she has recently transferred from Colorado School of Mines, where she was a Chemical Engineering student and worked as a Research