. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Appendix B Classroom Schedule for the Intervention Topic Day Class ScheduleIntroduction/ Setup 1 • Introduce project, overview/ purpose, show clubhouse • Consent/assent forms 2 • Pre-Questionnaires • Smart Homes (architecture, trends, needs) • Brainstorming Ideas- what could my clubhouse look like? Architecture / 3 • What’s the process of creating a building from start to finish? Construction • What are blueprints? • Scaling activity • Floor Plans
(i.e., whether or not still at Penn State). Students were matched ongender, race, campus assignment, and SAT Math score (within 1 standard deviation).Results: Compared to a matched comparison sample, the Engineering Ahead students earnedstatistically higher grades in their first college math course by half a letter grade, were less likelyto drop their first math course, and earned a higher grade point average at the end of their firstyear of college.Conclusions: The significantly higher math course grades for the bridge students compared to thematched comparison students suggest that the bridge programming and cohort buildingbenefitted the students. We will continue to track Cohorts 1 to 3 as well as Cohort 4 (2019).Plans are underway to
means to be a professional (n=12), 3) developing a career plan byreflecting on experience (n=11), and 4) learning from a role model (n=8). Students withdiverging style gathered information by working with other people and talking about variousfield experiences. They used these perspectives to build a better idea of the work environmentand the type of work they are going to be doing. For example, Kaitlyn shared a story about oneof her internship experiences and how she learned about work environment through interactionwith professionals stating, “there are things and opportunities for me to kind of get out in thefield and look at something to actually see it, to measure it, those kinds of stuff. But I guessknowing that comes from talking with
experience included surveying thestudents about their feelings on diversity and engineering both before and after the activity, anin-class activity focused on design and diversity of teams, and a reflection and discussion periodabout the students’ experiences. A discussion of the successes and opportunities forimprovement within the activities is included, along with changes planned for the second trialduring the current academic year.MethodsFor the pilot run of the activities, the professors each developed an in-class project that tookplace during one class period. Each activity contained a technical aspect, a design aspect, and areflection period. Both projects chose a product to design that had an aspect which wasinfluenced by the background of
students relate to each course's learning outcomes. Theinstructors must dedicate time to planning the logistics, aligning the syllabi, and homeworkprojects. Any overlap between courses reflects real life, so faculty must embrace how thoseoverlaps can be utilized to correlate Social Media homework for the benefit of the students. Amajor concern was that one student was registered for two of the courses at the same time, yetthe faculty decided to ask the student to conduct each course's deliverable separately.Integrating such innovative technological tools that are engaging to learners not only creates asense of appreciation and belonging but also provide real connections to the world. Minoritystudents who are less aware of issues in the U.S
topredict career plans in engineering [4]. Thus, the objective of this paper is to explore howstudents describe the usefulness of a newly implemented introductory engineering design class asthey navigate their subsequent years in college.This paper seeks to answer the following research question:How useful do students perceive what they learned in an introductory engineering design coursefor their successive years in college or for what they want to do after graduation?We aim to answer this question by analyzing survey responses from students who have taken theclass since the first course implementation in the Summer 2018 semester.BackgroundIntroductory engineering courses are a common element in several engineering programs. Thereis growing
; such as when students feel comfortable raising new perspectives andchallenging tradition. Prior research recommends “strategic planning and intentionalimplementation” to increase diversity of engineering teams and the integration of such teams [7].For example, the authors of [1] strongly advise the instructors to form the teams and base theirdecisions on the characteristics of the individual students. Characteristics may include gender,experience level, students’ schedules [1], race/ethnicity, major, and ability. It may also bebeneficial for the instructors to assign and rotate team roles to prevent gender biases fromperpetuating students’ roles in teams and to facilitate inclusive teamwork [1]. Others suggestavoiding isolating minority
Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29467 Thomas Becnel is working towards his Ph.D. in the Laboratory for NanoIntegrated Systems, led by Pierre- Emmanuel Gaillardon, in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. He received the electrical engineering degree from the University of Utah, and the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from the University of Utah in 2018. His areas of research involve the design of large-scale sensor networks, low-noise capacitive CMOS sensors, and advanced low-power communication techniques. He plans to graduate with a Doctorate of
-Processing PipelineCultivate ACCESS participants interact with each other in a continuous and dynamic system wecall the ACCESS Community. The main circle of the ACCESS Community includes scholars,mentors, and ambassadors. These participants interact on a weekly basis to discuss topicsprovided to them by the Cultivate ACCESS leadership team and dive deep into their explorationof agSTEM careers and personal development. Outside of the main circle are parents andteachers. These participants do not engage as frequently with ambassadors and mentors butinteract frequently with scholars at home and during school hours. Cultivate ACCESS providessupport to these participants through resources focused on career and college planning. Parentsand teachers are
now planned near the end of the summer break.2.4 Pou Kaiāwhā MI coaches training workshopTo end the training program a 3-hour bespoke workshop was run using key experts and serviceproviders from across the campus. It was designed to ensure participants would know who to referstudents to for follow up support and also how to better understand the perspectives and lenses ofdifferent student groups. In addition, there was a crucial panel session on how to handle the storieswe hear from students who are often distressed and handling multiple complex issues.The workshop program was as follows: 1. Introduction: The intent of the Pou Kaiāwhā MI coaches program and their roles as MI coaches. 2. Cultural context: Information on cultural
to build the motor control and power distribution board for therobot. Lastly, the students learn how to program using an Arduino Uno and peripheral devicessuch as light-emitting diodes, switches, sonar sensors, and photoresistors. These skills areapplied when programming the Arduino controller on the robot.Block 2: Robotics Design and Implementation The second block is designed to reflect a large-scale engineering project and uses anincremental approach observed in the spiral model or agile software development model. Eachlaboratory is presented as a distinct requirement and product solution. Students must stick to adeadline and work through an entire development process to plan, design, develop, test, andevaluate each component
with new technologies and tools. As the summer of 2020 approached our EEdepartment pondered how to implement its fall laboratory courses appropriately without thestudents meeting in the university’s laboratories, as the university’s response to the pandemicrequired. We considered conducting the laboratories using only virtual, simulated laboratoryexperiments; although, limiting the students to simulated laboratories does not afford the studentthe opportunity to work with real hardware and to face, identify, and overcome realisticimplementation issues. The latter we believe are essential components of the intended studentlaboratory experience. So we had to come up with an alternate laboratory hardware plan andtake action in preparation for the
; how to methodically break down a problem they have never seen before; and othersuch activities. The goal of these activities was to increase students’ study skills to help thembecome more effective not only for this course but their subsequent courses. We were not able toindividually assess the effectiveness of these activities versus the problem solving activities. Theassessment plan to be able to delineate these activities is planned to be the focus of a future work.Problem Solving ActivitiesThe faculty for the course develops a weekly packet of problems that the PLTL leader facilitates intheir sessions and guides the leaders through the material. The focus is on the process of solving theproblem and the conceptual understanding acquired
%of the total yearly energy consumption by the MGH is used for heating and cooling of the facility.By implementing the plan outlined in this paper, the MGH facility would see up to 60% savingsin heating and cooling costs annually, resulting in a savings of $1,218,626 per year.KeywordsGeothermal Energy, Heating and Coooling Systems, Renewable Energy, Vertical Closed LoopSystemI. Introduction and BackgroundGeothermal SystemsA growing source of renewable energy is geothermal heating and cooling. Geothermal power isbased from the heat energy stored underneath the ground, which means that it is 100% renewableenergy. This procedure is considered clean because it works without the burning of any fossil fuelsand only requires the extraction and
) together for the three quarters of their firstyear. The students were notified of their placement in the cohort and encouraged to studytogether, but there was no enforcement or expectation to do so. Surveys are planned to gaugemarkers like GPA, change of major, sense of belonging, how much they connected with orcollaborated with their cohort. It is hoped that since this cohort requires minimal intervention orstaff support, this might be a low-cost retention tool. Figure 3 shows the design of courses thesestudents are taking together.Figure 3. A schematic of the degree program cohort scheduling pilot for 3 different majors forfirst year engineering students.Impacting other engineering students with Engineering Success CoursesBy virtue of the NSF
are conducted by phone and the committee meets in person once a year to pairthe next cohort of mentors and mentees and to plan the year’s orientation and core workshopevents. The approximate time commitment to serve on the Executive Committee is 25 hoursannually for members and about 50 hours annually for the Chair.Matching Mentoring PairsOne of the primary duties of the Executive Committee is to match the mentoring pairs. Afterlearning from several cohorts, it has worked best to gather applications using SurveyMonkeyduring the month of May, as faculty have some breathing room after finishing their springsemester. The application process has evolved from a lengthy multi-page pencil and papersolicitation to a simple 20-minute online survey
lines, one student said it was important to make personal connectionsand eliminate the isolation created by high engagement with social media, computers and videogames. It is necessary to be social in order to manage the high level of stress. It it is important toget out, explore campus opportunities, and engage in professional organization activities. Severalstudents emphasized that it is important to use time management to plan study, class and relaxationtime in order to maintain yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. Some students encourageexpanding your horizon beyond your major to learn about other areas and talking to a wide arrayof people across campus. One student encouraged finding a study group with a mixture of peers,not
). “Cultivating diversity and competency inSTEM: Challenges and remedies for removing virtual barriers to constructing diverse highereducation communities of success,” Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, vol. 11no. 1, p. A44. [Online] Oct. 15, 2012.[10] B. L. Yoder, “Engineering by the numbers,” Amer. Assoc. Engr. Ed., 2016.[11] A. Kezar and C. Sam, “Special issue: Understanding the new majority of non-tenure-trackfaculty in higher eudcation--demographics, experiences, and plan of action,” ASHE Higher Ed.Report, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 1-133, 2010.[12] National Education Association, “Update: Full-time non-tenure-track faculty,” (September1996). Available: National Education Association, http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/v2no5.pdf[13] P. M
by the Department of Education (DoE) through the MinorityScience and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP). This program aims to strengthencommunity college students’ foundation in the academic fields of science, technology,engineering and mathematics. Five community college students participated in this program in2017 and performed research in the earthquake-engineering field. The internship experienceenabled the interns to realize how trained civil engineers in the field will have to collaborate withother members on their team. Trained civil engineers will need to make weekly meetings withtheir supervisor to discuss their progress on their design and provide feedback on what they canimprove. They will need to make a detailed plan that
learningare collaborative learning, co-operative learning, and problem-based learning. Various studies,from using interactive, hands-on lessons and activities designed to teach research process toundergraduate engineering students 1 , to preparing manufacturing engineering students throughcompetitions, projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects, laboratory exercises or projectssimulating real-life scenarios 2 , have shown that active learning increases student performance inSTEM subjects.Critical thinking, identified by The U. S. Department of Labor as the raw material of a number ofkey workplace skills such as problem solving, decision making, organizational planning, and riskmanagement, is highly coveted by employers of engineering graduates
concerns. Students may have learned to recognize “A” levelmastery of the subject matter, and have a good idea of how long it will take to achieve it, but stillhave their plans interrupted by externally imposed changes in work schedules, by sick children(especially in single parent households) or other non-academic factors. These constraints are lesssevere with traditional student populations where traditionally many institutions of highereducation are founded. Going forward, our institution will need to consider that divergentconstraints are greater for the non-traditional student populations that now form the new majorityin higher education [7].According to the 2014 US Census Report, people with bachelor’s degrees in science, technology
in his mental health. He was immediately dispatched to see amedic and a student counsellor saw him that day; the decision was made almost immediatelyto grant him a year long absence. His parents were contacted and plans made for him to flyhome, which he did within three days of responding to the call to come in and talk about hisproblems. Another two British students, both from Asian communities were also experiencingacute mental health problems. Both had seen the campus medic or counselling services, butboth were unwilling to talk to their families due to the stigma attached to such problems withinBritish Asian (and wider British) culture. Additional support was put into place for suchstudents who were also advised to take a leave of
peer feedback) andtechnological (e.g., mobile device access) needs of the distance learners in their program. Infuture work, they plan to supplement personas with contextual scenarios that reflect the distancestudents’ approaches to learning. Turns, Borgford-Parnell, and Ferro [10] examined the effects ofdisseminating engineering student personas to (a) engineering curriculum stakeholders and (b)graduate students preparing to teach an undergraduate chemical engineering course. Theirfindings revealed personas to be flexible tools that were useful for prompting diverse audiences(e.g., teachers and students) to unpack biases and assumptions and reflect upon personalpractices related to learning and teaching. Turns, et al. [10] also reported that
emphasized were those directly useful for engineers in aprofessional/industry environment and included: - Focus on the Customer - Communicate with the customer, understand the customer’s needs, and negotiate achievable needs, conduct interim demonstrations, collaborate with the customer, and deliver the product on-time. - “Do what you say you will do” – Teamwork, division of labor, project planning, task execution, leadership, and responsibility. - Engineering Prototyping – Idea generation, start simple then improve, face high-risk problems first, think through each step in-detail to reduce risk - Grit and Determination – Anything that can go wrong will go wrong – push through
. Pose a research hypothesis 5. Break down a problem into sub-problems 6. Apply math and science skills to solve a research problem 7. Formulate a research plan, design experimental setup or numerical simulation 8. Conduct research, draw conclusions, and document results (figures, tables, plots, images) 9. Ability to learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones 10. Challenging/correcting mentor/peer who may have made a mistake 11. Communicate results to a diverse audience (mentor/peers/family members) 12. Report results in a written report/technical paperConsultation with research mentors as well as consideration of students’ secondary schooleducation level led to the elimination of four items (1, 3, 4, 10) and
identified? By appropriate means? Prob Descrip. Is the design plan comprehensive and well-conceived? EDS Do the engineering design specifications ensure the design will meet requirements? Ideation Are the alternatives reasonable and comprehensive? Are necessary design inputs for interfacing equipment, facilities, utilities and/or Parametric Dsgn organizations specified? Have suitable materials, parts, processes, and inspection and testing criteria been Parametric Dsgn specified? Dsgn Analysis Appropriate design methods and computer programs used? Were
, Milwaukee, WI, pp. T1H7-T1H13.[42] Trenor, J. M., Yu, S. L., Waight, C. L., Zerda, K. S., & Sha, T.-L. (2008). The relations of ethnicity to female engineering students' educational experiences and college and career plans in an ethnically diverse learning environment. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(4), 449-465.[43] Marra, R.M., Rodgers, K.A., Shen, D. & Bogue, B. (2009). Women engineering students and self-efficacy: A multi-year, multi-institution study of women engineering student self-efficacy. Journal of Engineering Education, 27-38.[44] Concannon, J. P., & Barrow, L. H. (2009). A cross-sectional study of engineering students' self-efficacy by gender, ethnicity, year, and transfer status
of the curriculum and teaching from the instructor’s perspective. Seldin11focuses on assessing plan, procedures, preconditions, and products as elements of teachingevaluation. Stevenson and Kokkinn12 propose a method of evaluation of teaching using lists ofevaluative statements. Ramsden and Dodds13 recommend the use of generalized questions inevaluation of content (what should be conveyed to the student) and structure (teaching methods).Recognizing that “[c]ommunication and collaboration with faculty are increasingly important inthe development of both curriculum-integrated and stand-alone “just in time” library tutorials,”Appelt and Pendell14 employ faculty feedback on tutorial structure, discipline-specific content,and content integration
final product was evaluated by peer teams at The Citadel. • Getting Started: Provides learner content and primers in how to use site resources, creating a profile, and registering student teams. Example successful project proposals are detailed, and students are asked to complete a resource checklist and then send all proposals to iFixit. • Milestone 1: Provides resources for the creation of a troubleshooting wiki for each device, with planned repair guides linked under appropriate sections. Troubleshooting wikis provide general device information, and require students to research known common repairs as well as anticipate repairs that are likely to be needed due to the normal wear of moving
of a design problem.Figure 1. Framework describing the potential influence of students’ learning of entrepreneurialmindset on their cognitive operations for problem framing and finally on their mentalrepresentations of a design problem. First, to investigate high school students’ mental representations of design problems, wewill collect the data through participant interviews with a design scenario getting them engagedin problem framing and then analyze the data according to the work described by Bjorklund(2012). For the participant interviews, the given design brief will describe a complex andambiguous design scenario. To evoke participants’ entrepreneurial mindset, the design scenariowill be developed in the way asking them to plan