Invention Bootcamp at Portland State University. Invention Bootcamp is a four-week summer camp designed to expose high school students to the invention process and thereby stimulate their interest in attending college to prepare for a career in STEM and entrepreneurship. The camp serves 25 students that are recruited with help from Oregon MESA, and actively seeks participants from populations traditionally underrepresented in STEM. Eight undergraduate engineering and computer science students are near-peer mentors and technical problem-solvers for the camp participants. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com
and extracurricular activities wereattributes of the learning community [12]. The instructor role had evolved fromlecturer/evaluator to learning facilitator, professional development leader, career/life advisor, andpartner in life as extracurricular activities grew in diversity to spring break vacations, basketballleagues, and summer picnicking/camping. These deep relationships emerged between peers aslifelong friendships as relationships developed. What started as physical access to campus spacebecame a vibrant community whose members shared the goal of becoming practicing engineers.As can be seen in Figure 2., persistence to a degree was quite high. Through participation in thiscommunity, students learned the importance of inclusion and
Sichuan University in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2011. His research interests include high- performance computing, computer architectures, real-time systems, and wireless sensor networks. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed research papers. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Best Practices and Lessons Learned on Organizing Effective Cohort-based Undergraduate Summer Research during COVID-19 Daqing Hou, Yu Liu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
] areintroduced. We then go into the history of fossil fuel technology (both for electricity andfuel/transportation), how it has evolved over time, and how it has affected Earth's climate.The next section of the course is on alternative/renewable electricity generation technologiessuch as nuclear, geothermal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, biomass, etc. [37], comparing them tohow electricity has traditionally been generated at scale. Students are asked to discuss potentialsocial and environmental consequences of implementing these technologies and how they relateto the culture, politics, and design of the built environment in their country/region of operation.This material builds into the first group project, where students write a report and give
masters students, and published over 90 peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Multidisciplinary Engagement of Diverse Students in Computer Science Education through Research Focused on Social Media COVID-19 Misinformation1 AbstractThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted vital elements of personal and public health,society, and education. Increasingly with the viral pandemic, misinformation on health andscience issues has been disseminated online. We developed an undergraduate training programfocused on producing and presenting research to combat the
requiredcommunication from the university to the students to ensure a safe and successful transition [1,2, 3, 4]. This shift required a rethinking of infrastructure to accommodate remote instruction [2,5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Students were required to adapt their learning, networks, and how they accessedtheir peers and instructors [1, 2, 3, 6]. As a member of this community, I, the first author,personally resonate with this; working in person with others was normal. This normalcy endedwith the onset of the pandemic. Working remotely and individually required students to balancework and leisure in a way many students had not experienced previously during in-personlearning [6]. Students have noted assignments feeling like they built up faster than they did within-person
site (Polling Everywhere) was utilized for studentteams to submit responses to questions directed to them by the facilitators. For individuals whofelt more comfortable sharing thoughts anonymously, the polling platform allowed any studentsto interact in the activity at their own desired comfort level. It was imperative to the facilitatorsthat the students felt safe when: adding their perspective, posing questions back at facilitators, andchallenging responses from their peers. The workshop ended with a discussion on the majortakeaways from the module and workshop. Students were provided with a link to a follow-upsurvey where they could share their perceptions of ESJ and feedback regarding the activity
chain I really liked the gRATs, going over information with peers The cancer lectures were extremely interesting. Electron Transport Chain demonstration with proteins and electrons! The DNA technology lectures were really interesting. I liked the hands-on oxidative phosphorylation demonstration we did in class. I honestly enjoyed the TBL's, I really liked my group and I think that it was an effective way to learn about the content. My favorite activity was the optional paper assignment. I really care about the ongoing research world, and at times I thought some of the best ways to learn the MolCell content was to read research articles. It was a very fun assignment to write a mini review paper that was relevant to concepts in the class. I
amelioration; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development for nontraditional data. Her NSF CAREER award studies master’s-level departure from the engineering doctorate as a mechanism of attrition. Catherine earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Monique S. Ross (Assistant Professor) Assistant Professor, Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University, research interests include broadening participation in computing through the exploration of: 1) race, gender
hardware implementations. For example, instead ofwriting code for the communication protocol for RGB LEDs, students could write the code as“leds.turn on(ind=3, color=color.red)”, which is much easier to understand.We recognize that teaching students how to learn is more important than teaching content, so wealso wrote a technical document for all the modules we developed and instructed them on how touse them to find the information they may need. We posted the documents for the modules on awebsite, so students are able to access these documents during and after the class. Experiment planningThere are a great variety of experiments that can be done with the proposed setting. However,due to the limited time and the level of students, we chose
performance. However, it was the second language for students inboth institutions. Students were tasked to write a blog and to provide constant feedback and editinguntil producing a final product. Constant feedback and interactions confirmed that the onlinelearning activity was beneficial from a linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. Ultimately,students developed autonomy, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. Note that this study showspossibilities for non-technical COIL activities with Engineering students, particularly those whohave a passion for learning new languages.Sustainability aspects and project-based learning (PBL) components can also be incorporated intoCOIL activities. For example, a virtual exchange (VE) was developed between
Director of the online Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Program at Penn State. Her research interests include graduate-and postdoctoral-level engineering education; attrition and persistence mechanisms, metrics, policy, and amelioration; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development for nontraditional data. Her NSF CAREER award studies master’s-level departure from the engineering doctorate as a mechanism of attrition. Catherine earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. © American Society for Engineering
curriculum that she designed and taught. Her current doctoral research at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach focuses on decision-making strategies and the personal, interpersonal, and external influences on those strategies across engineering educational contexts. Outside of research, she is a teaching assistant at the university's machine shop, where she assists students with a wide range of digital fabrication tools and precision machinery. Outside of school, Nicole is interested in biking, yarn crafts, sci-fi and fantasy writing, sustainable living, social justice, and the intersections of all of these. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
-ended problem. Typically, the instructorshould develop the problem to be solved by all students. If students are allowed to choose theirown topic, this would increase intrinsic motivation, but would make it difficult for the instructorto ensure consistent knowledge between all students [13]. When PBL was applied in an undergraduate electrical engineering course, it was found toresult in significantly higher conceptual understanding compared to the traditional lecture method[14]. To ensure individual student participation, fairness, and accountability, many studiesincorporated peer evaluations [15, 16]. PBL also has positive results on student perceptions. Forexample, when PBL was implemented on an Administration Theory course, students
revision focused on devisingdifferent ways to scaffold the introduction to the project. In the revision, students are introducedto the project with the TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” by novelist Chimamanda NgoziAdichie. In the talk, Ms. Adichie explains that single stories about individuals most often lead tomisrepresentation. Next, students are asked to conduct a quick content analysis of their textbookby flipping through the pages of their textbooks while considering who is and is not representedin the images. Finally, students are asked to write their own Statics problem that reflects theiridentity. The example presented in the assignment was updated to a photo containing anexample of Statics in real life and a handwritten solution to
interests have emphasized engineering education to promote persistence and success in engineering.Carla Marie Strickland-Hughes (Assistant Professor) Dr. Strickland-Hughes is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Faculty Fellow of Assessment at the University of the Pacific. Her research expertise includes metacognition and adult memory and learning.Emily Brienza-Larsen Emily Brienza-Larsen began teaching composition and research courses in 2003. She was hired at The University of the Pacific to create and provide a new role on campus as the Collegiate Learning Instructor, in which she assessed student learning and supported student retention efforts. She is acting as the lead instructor in the developmental writing
engagementwithin the groups, each student oversaw a specific component of their group’s food printer design.Students were encouraged to utilize 3D printing resources on campus to print their designs andbuild a working prototype of their designs. After the formulation stage (by the end of six weeks),one lecture period per week was dedicated to the discussion of the class project where every grouppresented their progress update and receive appropriate feedback from their peers and the teachingteam. The final presentation was in the form of a PowerPoint presentation along with an openhouse demonstration of the prototypes. Student feedback was collected mid-semester and at thesemester end through surveys and questionnaires. The project was successful in
asset-based coaching for and by language teachers (e.g., peer coaching, critical friending in educational contexts). Ari has planned and facilitated language and literacy workshops and lectures, as well as curriculum development, in Ghana, Israel, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA.Hua Li (Professor) Dr. Hua Li is a Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His areas of expertise include renewable energy, data science, optimization, and engineering education. He has received more than $8M federal grants as PI and Co-PI, and has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers. He is currently serving as PI of NASA MUREP INCLUDES, NSF
several aspects were unclear during this initial period as one of theparticipants indicated: “since the change was rapid and we use like the board a lot since, like algorithms and programming and we had to deal with the tools that they're currently available and like they provide some similar to a board, but in order to get used to that, it's going to take some time. So, since it's like a rapid change. I had to deal with it.” (ID 58, Spring 2021, Interview 1)This participant was unclear about how to deal with the changing situation, as the mode of teachinghad to change from writing on a board during class to something different.Another common topic within uncertainty was in terms of exams. “One was the biggest
biases, white privilege, cultural appropriation, stereotypes(i.e., the “angry Black man”), racial slurs (particularly the n-word), systemic racism, the mythof reverse racism, the criminal justice system, the struggles faced by black families, interracialfamilies, ally-ship, and anti-racism [2].Faculty and students at Texas A&M University felt compelled and committed to set aside the timeto meet and discuss Emmanuel Acho’s book and the societal events that led up to the writing ofthe work. A total of sixty of these faculty and students chose to use the video conferencing clientZoom to form a book club and conduct these discussions due to the looming COVID-19 pandemic.A diverse group of facilitators in science, technology, engineering, and
Stevens, as a part of a required sequential first-year writing course, all first-year students arerequired to participate in human subjects research. Alternative assignments are available to thosewho wish to opt out of participating in research studies, although only a small percentage (~2%)of students select this option. In Spring 2022, an adaptive expertise survey developed by Fisher& Peterson [7] (see Appendix 1 for survey items) was listed as one of the research studies in thesubject pool. A total of n=208 low-income first, second, third, and fourth-year STEM studentscompleted the AE survey, where low-income is defined by the Stevens Office of Financial Aid.Participant demographics for the low-income student survey population (such as
list of codes and their workingdefinitions can be found in the Appendix. The five categories and their connections to each otherthrough the different thematic codes can be visualized in Figure 1. A key relationship is thestudent’s identity in relation to engineering, and their ability to make connections to engineeringand identifying social justice problems. This relationship is shown in Figure 2, where each bubblerepresents a team, and the size of the bubble relates to their identity in relation to engineering, asmeasured by the number of times they referenced being an engineer in their writing. Being able toidentify social justice inequalities helped students be able to make the connection betweenengineering and social justice. The informal
-secondary levels.Prof. Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology Joe Le Doux is the Executive Director for Learning and Training in the Department of Biomedical Engi- neering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Le Doux’s research interests in engineering education focus on the socio-cognitive aspects of highly interactive learning environments, inclusion and peer jus- tice, and the impact of story-driven learning and personal narratives on students’ empathy, self-concept, and identity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Cultivating Inclusivity: A Systematic Literature Review on Developing Empathy for Students in
resistance isbehavior that seeks to address social injustices within or through engineering but has no critiqueof the role of engineering in social oppression. An example is an engineering student whobelieves that the best way to help reduce the number of students leaving engineering is to offertutoring for their peers so that they can better adapt to the culture of engineering [48]. While thisstudent demonstrates social justice motivation, they engage in a superficial solution withinexisting social systems and social conventions that does not deal with structural causes of theproblem and has no critique of engineering [48]. Although tutoring supports the students beingtutored to be successful in the current system, because the student does not
Powered by www.slayte.comImpact of Instructional Methods on Student Performance, Engagement, and Knowledge Retention: A Simultaneous Comparison of a Reflective versus Direct Approach to Fluid MechanicsAbstractFrequent and formative assessments of students’ knowledge retention are known to increase theiroverall performance and engagement in the course. These are typically administered throughhomework sets, quizzes, writing assignments, etc. However, there is not a consensus on which of theseassessment methods (or combination of methods) is more effective at increasing student learning. It isimportant for students to practice the skills learned in class and to receive meaningful feedback on theirefforts. How does the manner in which they
design and thecustomers’ needs. Finally, they also could use their knowledge of the customer to recognize thepotential value they would create by developing a new product.Second year students participated in design projects in their fall and spring semesters to furtherpromote both technical and entrepreneurial skills, as well as received instruction on professionalcommunication through writing arts and public speaking lectures. The second year students wereprovided with a variety of project options and given more control over their project choice withoptions such as wind turbines, underwater remote control operated vehicles, drones for socialgood, and bioplastics. These projects all highlight similar skills including communication,design
emphasis on students using textbooks, not allstudents read their textbooks [7], regardless of their satisfaction with the material [20], and thattextbook use is often not related to student performance in the classroom [21]. Developing OERmaterials that are truly engaging to students and benefit their learning requires not just subjectknowledge, but also instructional design and educational research on student learning behaviorsand, ultimately, the smooth integration of these areas into the design and development of OERmaterials. Creating quality OER that appeals to instructors also requires expertise in a wide rangeof publishing skills, such as peer review, manuscript preparation, vetting for copyright andpermissions, copyediting, design, and
engineering principles to Civil Engineering practice analyze and solve real-world engineering 2. Communicate and collaborate effectively with challenges industry professionals, decision-makers and 2. Communicate effectively, both orally and in community members writing, and collaborate successfully in teams 3. Work in an ethical and professional manner to 3. Address the ethical, societal, and global issues positively impact society and the environment encountered in environmental engineering in a regional, national and global context 4. Think independently
research paper emphasizes the importance of students’ engagement from twoperspectives. These perspectives vary based on students’ interaction with learning activities orcontent and their interaction with the educational applications introduced in the class. This paperexamines the relationship between these two engagement perspectives, i.e., students’ engineeringcourse engagement (Course_Eng) and students’ application engagement (App_Eng) in a mobiletechnology-mediated learning environment. A CourseMIRROR mobile application wasintroduced in the first-year engineering (FYE) course, which prompted students to write theirreflection on lectures’ confusing or interesting points after each class. To collect the data onstudents’ course engagement, we
Form of Ethics Learning Objectives [22] Course Level Intervention · Identify set of personal values Graphical Instruction and · Compare and identify Information Systems assignment differences of their values with Freshmen peers’ values · Interpret role of their values in Instruction and Engineering Statics interactions with peers assignment · Explain purpose and paraphrase Dynamics