Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE.Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard Layton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- nology. He received a B.S. from California State University, Northridge, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His areas of scholarship include student teaming, longitudinal studies of engi- neering undergraduates, and data visualization. His teaching practice includes formal cooperative learning and integrating communications, ethics, and teaming across the curriculum. He is a founding developer of the CATME system, a free, web-based system that helps faculty assign students to teams, conduct self
End of Program Project Presentations ParticipantsStatus meetings or professional development workshops were held every Tuesday morning.Topics that were covered during the 2014 program are provided in Table 2. At the statusmeetings, each participant reports orally what he/she has accomplished in the past week andhis/her plans for the current week. Workshops were organized to provide participantsfundamental and professional skill development through interactive exercises to better preparethem for a successful research experience and tools for graduate school. In addition, threefundamental areas - communication, investigation and documentation – were emphasized inthese workshops [8-10]. Participants were trained on ethics related
devices for a hands-oninvestigation of artificial organs; (3) to introduce fundamental engineering principles throughexperiments with artificial organs; (4) to investigate the factors affecting artificial organ perfor-mance and design criteria; and (5) to explore the complicated ethical issues regarding the techno-logical advances that blur the boundaries between machines and organisms.The development of the undergraduate modules began in year one and was performed by sum-mer interns and teams of students in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, under the supervisionof the investigators. Piloting the modules in undergraduate courses and conducting formativeassessment began in year two. In year three we will continue to use and refine the modules
ethically responsible ways. Students are involved more, and teachers control less. 3. Content is used to build a knowledge base, to develop learning skills, and to foster student self-awareness of their abilities. Teaching approaches accounts for students’ learning strategies and prior knowledge. 4. Together, students and teachers create motivating learning environments that encourage students to accept responsibility for their learning. 5. Assessments are implemented to promote learning and to develop self and peer assessment skills, not to evaluate performance primarily.In a meta-analysis of 119 studies, across grades K-20, Cornelius-White found that learner-centered variables such as incorporation of higher-order
following barriers to thisopportunity to study abroad: funding, ethical and safety issues, lack of institutional support, timeconstraints and pressure to complete their doctoral research, personal commitments, cultural andlanguage barriers, barriers toward mobility in non-European or developing countries, and theease of completing research while abroad [21]. Another study interviewed OB/Gyn medicalstudents and residents to assess their interest in participating in a global health program foradditional training in low- and middle-income countries; some common barriers by surveyparticipants were cited including scheduling conflicts and time constraints, concerns about costsand funding, a lack of contact with mentors or other contact points for the
blended online and offline learning program, previously used by the PI withnovice data scientists. The training also included a final unit on ethical issues such as privacy,bias and fairness issues in Big Data, as well as issues of implicit bias, all of which are importantin computing. Post-orientation, teachers continued to polish and learn new specializedfoundational concepts progressively within their hosting research groups as needed. They alsoparticipated in optional additional training on more advanced topics that were decided upon bythe teachers, on demand. This included Deep Learning.The faculty member heading up each research project served as the teacher’s formal supervisor,and along with designated graduate student mentors, they
in his militarydeployment, and contrasted it to his undergraduate degree. My undergrad was in math. I wasn’t necessarily out working in a math based field, it was more a people management type of field… I think that West Point tailors its undergrad education to be broad… philosophy, ethics and psychology, people motivation, things like that…Chuck also spoke of leadership, with a reference to what he had learned in the military including“leadership development and sort of management class.”DiscussionIn some ways, military returners’ experiences match those of non-military returners; as with thegeneral population of returners, the degree to which they used their undergraduate knowledge intheir employment differs, and
in order to ensure topicality and the provision of adequate resources.In addition to technical or “hard” skills, recent graduates need – but very often lack – “soft” ortransferrable skills, including communication, leadership and teamwork [22]. Therefore, in thesubsequent spring semester students will receive training on key transferrable skills in a 3 credithour 600 level seminar course designed to integrate these skills with the research-related contentcovered in the foregoing 500 level course. This seminar course will train participants incommunication, teaching, funding procurement, entrepreneurship, management, teamwork,conflict resolution, mentoring, leadership, and outreach as well as ethics and research-relatedskills. All NRT
that scored low on the participantsurveys are areas the evaluation team felt that project leadership should revisit in future iterationsof the Young Scholar programs. Those included: • Students feeling like they designed and/or implemented their own investigation under supervision • Improving onboarding process. Students were sent journal articles and slide decks • Intensifying the review and discussion of research ethics at weekly meetings • Increasing utility and importance of the weekly meetings • Creating a deeper sense of community among the Young Scholars during the weekly meetings. As mentioned in the design-change section of the overview changes were made to improve these sessions and additional
skills with 100% entrepreneurial pursuit. 3 Demonstrate understanding about innovation process (including User 100% Innovation, technical, legal, and financial aspects associated with Technical Ventures and Technical Startups). 4 Show an understanding about entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, 100% and intrapreneurship. 5 Conduct a patent search and examine and evaluate the quality of patents. 100% 6 Analyze value proposition, including economic, cultural, and ethical 92% aspects of a tech venture. 7 Use effective and appropriate communication skills (including a written 92% term project report, oral presentation, and
. A diagram outlining the stages of the research project. Selected results from highlighted elements of the diagram are discussed in this paper.Table 1 raises ethical concerns. To improve six-year graduation rates and retention to degree, thecalculated option is to focus recruiting efforts on students from low-poverty high schools andminimize enrollment by students from high-poverty high schools. This would cause harm to thepopulations we are most interested in helping in this study and we stress that these results shouldnot be used to support such a decision. Rather, these results should be used to to help stakeholdersunderstand the impact of systemic inequities on individuals so that those inequities can
ethical decision-making in un- dergraduate engineering students. Dr. Finelli leads a national initiative to create a taxonomy/keyword outline for the field of engineering education research, and she is past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of the American Society of Engineering Education.Ms. Kenyon M Richardson Kenyon Richardson is a program assistant and research assistant with the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at the University of Michigan. Currently, she is assisting with an NSF grant- funded study on faculty motivation to adopt effective classroom practices. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and is interested in the use of computer-assisted qualitative
analysis. Other seminars will be dedicated to professional development issues such as professional ethics & responsible conduct of research, how to be successful in graduate school, career path decision, and effective technical communication. Finally, selected research topics will be given by both participating faculty and other invited speakers to broaden the background of the REU students beyond their own subjects. A list of presenters and seminar topics is included in the Table below. Table 4. REU Weekly Seminar Series Presenters Topics Chiang Shih/Janice Dodge Program orientation/Lab Safety Chiang Shih Responsible
Conversion project lead with the iFoundry and on the steering committee of the College of Engineering’s Strategic Instructional Initiatives Program.Kathryn F Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignProf. Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Michael C. Loui is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and University Distinguished Teacher-Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include computational complexity theory, professional ethics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He serves as editor of the Journal of Engineering Education and as a member of the editorial boards of College Teaching and Accountability in Research. He is a Carnegie
: Comsol Training Week 2 May 26 10:00am-12:00pm Seminar: How to Conduct Research? May 28 10:00am-12:00pm Group Meeting June 03 2:00pm-5:00pm Field Trip: Visit the University of Science and Technology Beijing Week 3 June 04 9:00am-10:00pm Presentation: Research Ethics 10:00am-12:00pm Group Meeting June 11 10:00am-11:00am Seminar: Introduction to Heat Pipes Week 4 11:00am-12:00am Group Meeting (Mid-term project presentation) 2:00pm-5:00pm Field Trip: Visit Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Field Trip: Visit Fuel Cell Research
evaluation, ethical andsocietal issues, project management, team and communication skills, improved attitudes, andother professional skills. Semi-annually, as well as at the beginning and end of LTS experiences,NESLOS will be administered to engineering students as a means of measuring learning out-come and skill gains. It is anticipated that NESLOS results will provide insight into LTS drivenlearning outcomes. (5) Measures of well-being: We include survey elements that follow Keye’s FlourishingScale to provide a categorical diagnosis of “flourishing” or “languishing” mental health of thestudents 23. The instrument will be adapted for evaluating engineering students. Subjective well-being items are used to comprehensively assess students in
. Students then integrate the non-technical framework from Stages 1-3 and the technical material from Stage 4 within a problem-solving exercise. The exercises necessarily vary across courses, but they share commonelements: hands-on involvement of the student (e.g., through a laboratory or in-class exercise),analysis of real-world data or simulation (e.g., electroencephalograms during a brain-computerinterface), and reflection on ethical or practical issues raised by the data (e.g., whether the dataindicate an acceptable level of performance, given cost constraints). Instructors are urged toconnect their activities to local resources whenever possible (e.g., research laboratories or designfirms). Successful applications will not only make the GC seem
and modified degree-fulfilling credit bearingofferings. And while original administrators left, new administrators (provost, faculty/admin)arrived and created a policy environment eliminating non-credit bearing math offerings or non-degree fulfilling math courses. These policy changes incentivized formalization andsustainability of courses like corequisite calculus.Data collection to study the course’s impact on retention initially motivated faculty to endorsethe pilot. However, several noted that COVID compromised the data. After two years of piloting,with “good enough” data, the ethical commitment to meet students where they are, a long-termNSF grant encouraging the course pilot, knowing COVID had set students back and a drop inenrollments
on the analytic sample, there were nodifferences in prior academic achievement, students’ identification as low-income or a first-generation student, gender, or rates of algebra-level mathematics coursework based on whetherstudents were or were not enrolled in the introduction to engineering reasoning course. 7Using this comparison sample, we examined differences in students’ end-of-semester socialbelonging, help-seeking, engineering efficacy, and mathematics efficacy based on theirenrollment in the introduction to engineering reasoning course. Institutional review boardapproval was obtained for the study; ethical standards and principles as
Science Foundation.Bibliography[1] T. S. Kuhn, The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.[2] A. Sen, Development as Freedom. New York: First Anchor, 1999.[3] I. Robeyns, “The Capability Approach: An Interdisciplinary Introduction,” 2003.[4] M. C. Nussbaum, Creating capabilities: the human development approach. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.[5] M. Walker, “Universities and a Human Development Ethics: A Capabilities Approach to Curriculum,” Eur. J. Educ., vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 448–461, Sep. 2012.[6] P. Flores-Crespo, “Education, Employment and Human Development: Illustrations from Mexico,” J. Educ. Work, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 45–66, Feb. 2007.[7] A. Akera
Paper ID #41889Board 427: Work in Progress: ADVANCE Strategic Partnership for Alignmentof Community Engagement in STEM (SPACES)Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director of the Integrated Design Engineering (IDE) program. The IDE program offers a BS degree accredited under the general criteria of the ABET EAC and a new PhD degree in Engineering Education. Bielefeldt’s research focuses on sustainability, ethics, social responsibility, and community
3.8 1.6 2.3 3.6 1.3 Designing a research study 2.0 3.4 1.4 2.0 3.5 1.5 Finding research articles 2.6 4.4 1.8 3.3 4.9 1.6 Preparing a research presentation 2.2 3.4 1.2 2.6 4.3 1.7 Interpreting research findings 2.2 4.2 2.0 2.8 4.0 1.2 Presenting research findings 2.6 4.2 1.6 2.5 4.0 1.5 Applying to graduate school 2.6 3.4 0.8 2.6 3.6 1.0 Ethics in science 2.4 3.6 1.0
less common due to the extended thinkingrequired. It is also possible that these “visible” codes represent language that is accessible tostudents who are still learning the language of design—and that the LbE debrief may be a venuefor instruction on these types of arguments. We also noticed that the design context, holistic statements, and sets of artifacts play aprevalent role in the types of arguments made by students. For example, in a comparison sessionabout graphic design, students’ attention was expectedly turned toward aesthetic. The fewexamples where “scientific principles” emerged as a justification all related to a CO2 car project.And the comments coded as “ethics” all seemed to stem from a single controversial image. It
criteria; and (5)to explore the complicated ethical issues regarding the technological advances that blur the boundariesbetween machines and organisms. The development of the undergraduate modules began in year one and was performed by summer in-terns and teams of students in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, under the supervision of the investi-gators. Piloting the modules in undergraduate courses began in year two (the current year of the project),and they will be refined based on our formative evaluation. In the second half of year two and year three,we will continue to use the modules at Rowan while also focusing on dissemination activities such as be-ta-testing at other institutions and G6-12 teacher-training workshops.Artificial Blood
Paper ID #37688Board 276: Enhancing Early Childhood Educators’ Knowledge of ComputerScience and Engineering Concepts to Spark Young Children’s EarlyInterest in STEM CareersDr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She con- ducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering, PreK-12 STEM Education, ethics, socially assistive robotics, and also research about engineering global prepared- ness.Lilian Leung, University of Southern Callifornia Lilian Leung is a program specialist
. The fall seminar will consist of social events, lectures, and hands-on activities;final group presentations (topics selected by scholars) will enhance teamwork andcommunication skills.Table 1. PWS First Semester Course Week Topic Week 1 Introduction/Surveys Week 2 Feelings of Belonging & Mindsets Week 3 How People Learn Week 4 Communication in the College Environment Week 5 Project Introduction Week 6 Invited Guest Speaker from local industry Week 7 Metacognition & Study Skills Week 8 Workplace Fundamentals / Project Review Week 9 Mindset & Response to Failure Week 10 Research & Ethics Week 11 Registration & Semester
alienating students most motivated by the broadersocial aspects of engineering practice in light of research that suggests these aspects may bedisproportionately prioritized by women and minoritized students already underrepresented inengineering [13]–[17].Integrating broader social and technical aspects into engineering courses can be both appealingfor students and effective preparation for their future work. In a study of a senior engineeringcapstone course, Banios [18] found an increase of the amount of broader engineering practices(e.g., need analysis, ethics, risk assessment and analysis, iteration, management, and etc.) in thecapstone course resulted in positive exit comments from students. A follow-up study also provedthat the engineering
. “The roles of perceived identity compatibility and social support for women in a single-sex STEM program at a co-educational university,” Sex Roles, vol. 65, no. 9/10, pp. 725-736, 2011.[22] L. Rosenthal, B. London, S. Levy, M. Lobel and A. Herrera-Alcazar. A. “The relation between the Protestant work ethic and undergraduate women’s perceived identity compatibility in STEM majors,” Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 241-262, 2011.[23] J. E. L. Shin, S. R. Levy, and B. London, B. “Effects of Role Model Exposure on STEM and Non-STEM Student Engagement,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 46, pp. 410-427, 2016.[24] V. Tinto
will be presented in aggregate to individual ERCs toavoid rank-ordering the ERCs.Optional modules are also under development to expand insights and provide flexibility forindividual centers. The optional quantitative modules include measurements that are not amandatory requirement from NSF (e.g., engineering identity, engineering ethics) or apply only toa specific subset of the ERC population (e.g., RET experiences, mentorship experiences formentors, etc.). TEEC will also make recommendations for existing measurements on otherassessment topics to provide support and guidance to all ERCs to help meet their diversifiedevaluation requirements. All optional scales can be added to the baseline set of categories whiledisseminating the instrument to
had minimal input from the PI or program manager to not hinder the stimulatingdiscussions between the participants Seminars on twice-exceptional education, creativity, andthe creative product were included. Workshops were presented on responsible conduct ofresearch and ethics, graduate school, preparing for the GRE exam, and technical writing. Thepresentation of the seminars and workshops by experts in their respective fields were successfulin increasing the participants’ self-awareness along with expanding their knowledge ofpossibilities following undergraduate education.Role of NSF RET FellowsThe program involved two local K-12 STEM teachers joining the University of Connecticut forsix weeks during summer 2016 to work alongside the REU