visualize, but the technical aspects of learning thesoftware were difficult at first. Students also noted the high level of construction knowledgerequired for this course. The study pointed out that students were very motivated to learn thissoftware and concluded that “properly structured BIM courses would provide industry-requiredknowledge to prepare student to successful careers in the AEC industries” 33.Members of the Associated Schools of Construction Education (ACCE) have been working onimplementing BIM into their curriculum 30. The have recommended that educators should beinvestigating how this powerful tool can enhance their curriculum. Building InformationModeling can better integrate a construction curriculum 2. During a class
by year in school.By examining many different possible models from the multiple linear regression analysis, twocandidate models were selected that can provide some insight. The first candidate model is amultiple linear regression with no interaction terms (Table 5). Student major is clearly animportant consideration. The model estimates that non-majors score about nine points lowerthan majors. Also quite significant was the year term. Earlier academic career students hadabout four points higher per year modeled scores. The gender effect is not as significant but theestimated effect is four points lower for women. The cohort coefficient is the least significant.Table 5: One candidate multiple linear regression model used to describe the
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-Marcos School ofEngineering at the University of San Diego is working to produce and disseminate a model forredefining the engineering education canon with the goal of developing “ChangemakingEngineers.” One of the strategies for achieving this goal is to infuse traditional engineeringclasses with new materials that address this changemaking theme. The goal is for students todevelop the same fundamental skills that they currently acquire, but to see better how these skillscan be applied to problems and situations that don’t appear in traditional textbooks. This greaterperspective will encourage some students to pursue non-traditional career paths, and other topractice with greater awareness of the impact of engineering on society.In Fall 2017
international experiences including study abroad, internships,volunteer work, and faculty-led study tours. Western faculty plays an active role in their student’slives, not only in the classroom but also through advising student groups, supporting individualstudent career aspirations, and mentoring programs. The Engineering & Design Department atWWU is a new department formed in 2014 out of the former Engineering Technology departmentas part of a state-funded effort to transition the engineering technology programs to accreditedengineering programs. The department offers five undergraduate-only programs withdistinguished faculty in each program; the Electrical Engineering (EE) program, theManufacturing Engineering (MfgE) program, and the Plastics
Guidelines are imperative for undergraduateeducation and the subsequent professional career. However, due to the lack of active learningtools and the dearth of engaged student learning, software engineering education may not beeffectively delivered, resulting in non-coverage by the instructors or non-retention by thestudents of the required software engineering knowledge area. A three years NSF TUES grantawarded to the authors institute in 2013 has specifically addressed these pedagogical issues. Theproject which involved partnerships in academia and industry developed 44 delivery contacthours of new Active Learning Tools, deployed to enhance knowledge delivery and retention inSoftware Verification and Validation (SV&V), specifically in these
career engineers to experienced engineering leaders. Someglobal technical organizations go to extraordinary lengths to develop working environments thathone the creative skills of their employees, while an increasing number of academic institutionsstrive to deliver curricula focused on creativity from a variety of perspectives. Despite these efforts,engineering professionals and academics continue to debate the best ways to embed and facilitatecreativity in engineering programs. In this exploratory study, we investigated how engineeringstudents perceive creativity and whether we could positively influence their acceptance ofcreativity as part of their leadership development. We analyzed a sample of graduate-levelengineering students’ perceptions
offerings. For example,Architectural Engineering was taught first by a local architect and then by our campus architect.A course on Building the High-Tech Start-up has been taught by the manager of a localtechnology incubator. And for a number of years, an Internship course was facilitated by a localengineer with a lengthy career in a prominent firm. These adjunct faculty members havebroadened and enriched the courses available not only to Engineering Studies majors but to allstudents on campus.The program is thriving, yet challenges remain. Our campus culture professes to value“integration of engineering and the liberal arts,” but as a campus, we continue to struggle with
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and the School of Architecture + Design. He is the co-director of the Virginia Tech E-textiles Lab and the associate director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His research and teaching interests include wearable computing, electronic textiles, and interdisciplinary design teams for pervasive computing. In 2006 he was selected for the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
strategies workshops (27% versus 9%), and to seek assistance from disability services (33% versus 16%). LGBTQ+ students were more likely than straight students to reach out to family members or close friends about difficulties with school (64% versus 43%), to get advice from a mentor outside of the university (64% versus 32%), to receive tutoring (43% versus 21%), to seek help from the career center (43% versus 29%), and to seek assistance from disability services (29% versus 12%).Students with disabilities were also more likely to reach out to family members or close friends about difficulties with school (69%). While students with disabilities were also more likely than other students to seek assistance from disability services (44%), the majority
Paper ID #30155Measuring Curriculum Effectiveness for Developing Principled Leaders inan Undergraduate Engineering ProgramDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel Dr. Greenburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps. During his military career he served in a variety of progressively responsible command and staff and leadership positions in Infantry, Logistics, Acquisition, and Human Resources; with
STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain more girls in STEM to make it the new norm. She has also architected SFAz’s enhanced Community College STEM Pathways Guide that has received the national STEMx seal of approval for STEM tools. She integrated the STEM Pathways Guide with the KickStarter processes for improving competitive proposal writing of Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions. Throughout her career, Ms. Pickering has written robotics software, diagnostic expert systems for space station, manufacturing equipment models, and architected complex IT systems for global collaboration that included engagement analytics. She holds a US
declared their major as S&E at enrollment, were no longerenrolled in any institution three years after their initial college enrollment [2]. These numbersindicate that students lose enthusiasm or interest in S&E somewhere between high school, whenmany are interested in an S&E career, and graduation. Further, students are aware of this, asnearly half (49%) of surveyed engineering juniors report having doubts about majoring inengineering. Retaining students until graduation is recognized as a challenge by higher learninginstitutions across the US [4]. Due to the heavy focus on content, engineering in college turnsinto a “closed club” and becomes less attractive for students to persist in [3].1.2: Predictors of PersistenceSeymour and
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Early Career Faculty Award.Wilson Oswaldo Torres, University of California, Berkeley Wilson Torres is a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in biology from Stanford University as well as a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in increasing access to healthcare through intervention design. Some of his work includes creating smartphone-based skin sensitivity measurements and clothing centered assistive
excerpts.We hypothesize that the focus of the interview excerpts on the question of departmentalbelonging excluded talk of motivations because the question asked whether a student belonged,and most students then explained why they felt that they belonged. The interview did not includeany follow-up questions about why a student had chosen to seek belonging or how much theyhad sought out opportunities to belong, which are questions that would likely elicit moremotivations-oriented responses. Nor were questions focused on students’ paths into computerscience or their potential future careers in computer science, both of which could also draw outtalk of motivations.DiscussionWe note how our diverse sample of students from HSIs of varying types influenced
from this experience? - The workshops covered information I anticipate I will use in my future academic or professional career on a 5-point scale (strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, neither agree nor disagree, somewhat agree, and strongly agree) with the list of all workshops. - What were the workshops that helped you the most for the project? Why? - What changes would you like to see to the workshops? - What kind of support would have been beneficial? - Are there particular topics that you would have liked to have seen covered more or less? - Would you recommend this experience to other students? Why or why not?One team member led the data analysis of qualitative data by reading through all
marginalized groups [6]. Engineering isone of the fastest growing career paths in the United States and will require the appropriateeducation of a diverse population to fulfill those needs [7]. As the U.S. population keepsdiversifying [8], it is critical we ensure that students from different backgrounds have the supportthey need to transition to a successful path in engineering and other STEM areas.ContextThis evidence-based innovation project is taking place at the University at Buffalo, where thefirst-year engineering seminar EAS199: Engineering Principles takes place. The inception of thecourse re-design was previously reported [11] with the intention of enhancing retention ofstudents at the first year. The overall goal is to provide a better
initiative since his freshman year, first as a student, then as an instructor for the past two years. With three years of industry experience, he offers a first hand perspective on the design subjects he teaches, including 3D design and fabrication. Currently, he is a manufacturing engineer for the company Precision Swiss Products. In his free time, Qingyuan enjoys teaching his Pomeranian, Biscuit, new tricks.Mr. Matthew Kaltman, University of California, Santa Cruz Matthew Kaltman is a senior Robotics Engineering student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Throughout his academic career he has fallen in love with low-power agricultural sensing solutions, and is continuing this passion as an Undergraduate
not only very critical for the state of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, but also for all USmanufacturing hubs [9].In June 2017 advisory panel of key business and industry representatives from across the state ofOhio were identified and invited to review the Engineering and Science Technologies andManufacturing Technologies Content Standards and advise the Ohio Department of Educationwith an objective to prepare students for careers in design, operations, manufacturing and STEM.The outcomes of the review have standardized multiple competencies that can lead to careerpathways in advanced manufacturing and robotics, including robotics operation, roboticsprogramming, computer integrated manufacturing, digital electronics and circuits
engineeringclasses in high school, but later notes that he chose to attend Lipscomb due to the HE programoffered through the Peugeot Center. Though service was not indicated as his primary reason forchoosing engineering, it seems that S17 saw the benefits of service through engineering, and thisheavily impacted his college choice. In contrast, S34 clearly stated his desire to “work on stuffthat’s gonna help people” as his reasoning for choosing engineering as a career path. He alsomentioned experiences with building things and a working knowledge of engineering from themilitary as influential as well.According to two studies, very few engineering students choose the major to help society or forsocial good at 3.3% (n=390) and 14.4% (n=97) respectively [21
% 26% 13% San Francisco State Univ. (Site 6) 1,550 25.7% 37% 45% 34% Total across sites 7896 28.2% 27.6% 34.4% 21.5%Table 1: CS population information for alliance sites, including demographic percentage of Latinx student, retentionin the major (from CSU institutional dashboards)The goal of the alliance is to improve retention of Latinx students in the first years of theircomputing career. We have introduced two styles of curricular activities both centered in sociallyresponsible computing and with the aim of providing students with an enhanced sense ofbelonging and better industry preparation yielding positive impacts on
ofengineering, preparing students for a broad spectrum of roles in research, design, anddevelopment. These programs provide a strong theoretical understanding of engineeringprinciples, allowing graduates to contribute to cutting-edge innovations and theoreticaladvancements. Ultimately, ET in both community colleges and traditional engineering programsplays a crucial role in the engineering landscape, each attracting many students with uniqueinterests and career aspirations. Whether one chooses to pursue an ET program, geared towardsapplied skills and immediate industry integration, or a traditional engineering program, focusedon comprehensive theoretical knowledge and diverse engineering applications, they will findrewarding opportunities in their
participants’ sentiments offeeling lost, particularly when attempting new tasks, and the subsequent discovery of resources toalleviate such sentiment. Participants expressed how they overcame and were transformedthrough persistence to moments of triumph when treading uncharted territory. They describedhow they were able to move through their often initial feelings of disorientation. Participant’srelationships between experiencing newness of environment and tasks in the REU to theirexperiences of solving programming problems, successful debugging, and other computingtasks.Figure 1: EventuallyThis image reflects how this building is a maze and how my computer science career is full ofunexpected turns. Some of the turns will not always get me the results
Scholarshipii. Demonstrated financial neediii. Leadership, scholastic engagement, and community engagementiv. Engagement with Penn Statev. Personal and social responsibilityvi. High achievement in high school courses 4Once selected as a finalist, students are then asked tosubmit a nomination from a mentor, counselor or teacherbased on the following prompts:i. Please describe how the nominee embodies the values of effort, integrity, ingenuity, and/or servant leadership.ii. Please describe how the nominee has contributed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community and plans to continue in these efforts at Penn State and in their future career as
inclusiveand supportive culture for Black male students. Within the organizational culture of universitiesand STEM institutions, there exists an inherent disconnect that can perpetuate the "chilly"climate by not adequately addressing the distinctive needs and experiences of these students(Burt et al., 2021). Furthermore, amid our increasingly hyper-divided socio-political landscape,the experiences of Black doctoral students are not insulated by the university boundaries. McGee(2023) delves into the career decisions of Black STEM doctoral students during the Trumppresidency, revealing how the prevalent organizational culture interacts with external politicalfactors. This interaction exacerbates the "chilly" climate, amplifying stress and
more to give.”Participants were then asked “What did you gain from your MOM experience that you can applymoving forward?” Overall, student responses indicate gains in technical or disciplinary skills,self-confidence, and intercultural communication skills. Additionally, students reported personalgrowth in character traits, such as flexibility, patience, open-mindedness, and a sense of civicresponsibility.Examples of responses included thoughtful reflections on the connections between theclassroom, field work, and future careers, as seen in the response from a student participant fromthe College of Professional Advancement who traveled to Rwanda: “In school, we are taughtwith textbooks and scenarios, but this was real-life experience. I had to
Engineering course (forfirst-year and transfer students)ENGR 1920 Introduction to Engineering is a standard one-hour course taken by all UGAengineering majors. The CMBE version of Introduction to Engineering, however, focusesspecifically on biological and biochemical engineering and endeavors to provide students withthe broadest possible look at all elements of a career in these fields. With the arrival of theTechnical Communication Lecturer, the CMBE version of Introduction to Engineering addedengineering communication in general and writing more specifically as one of its central topics.Figure 1 below shows a typical topic schedule for this course; for context, sections usually haveenrollments of 60-80 students. Figure 1. Topics for ENGR 1920
institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects, visit http://sarahlrodriguez.com/Taylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Taylor Y. Johnson is a graduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
and international elements in STEM curricula [2-6].Moreover, Kulturel-Konak found engagement in extra-curricular activities correlated withincreased interest in global awareness, which motivates students to pursue internationalexperiences that positively relate to improved skills for international careers [7]. They, therefore,recommend embedding international experience into STEM curricula.Since STEMTank is a summer pre-college access extra-curricular activity for its participating highschool students, its 2023 organizers were motivated by the above studies to add an internationalcomponent since STEM careers increasingly require global awareness and internationalcompetence. Thus, the Summer 2023 STEMTank program added an international element
. 3. I can apply the engineering design process to solve real-world problems. 4. I understand the role of engineering in society. 5. I believe that engineering contributes to everyday life. 6. The field of engineering offers solutions to important problems. 7. Engineers play a significant role in technological innovation. 8. Engineering is a field that requires creativity and problem-solving. 9. The work of engineers impacts environmental sustainability. 10. Creativity in engineering is fundamental. 11. Engineers must work collaboratively to be successful. 12. Ethical considerations are important in engineering. 13. I am aware of the broad range of careers available in engineering. Students are