Sources and Services course at the School of Information in the Faculty of Arts. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Research Data Sharing in Engineering: A Report on Faculty Practices and Preferences Prior to the Tri-Agency PolicyAbstractThe Tri-Agency Council of Canada that includes the Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil of Canada (NSERC) is implementing its Research Data Management (RDM) Policy inthe Spring of 2023. The policy requires Canadian post-secondary institutions to develop anInstitutional RDM Strategy to support and guide researchers funded by one or more of the Tri-Agencies. Researchers will be required to provide a Data Management Plan (DMP) and
competitions. Some students enter the course with a portfolio in hand. The teacherserves as resource and mentor, as the students present weekly plans and progress for a grade.This year a third course is being piloted called Engineering Technology. Designed primarily for9th grade students, the course focuses on engineering design, project management and hands ontechnical skills, which allows them to advance to the Intro to Engineering course with a richerpreparation. Evaluation will include the effectiveness of the course, the program’s impact on thestudents, and an assessment of the student work.IntroductionThe quest to design a new engineering program, deciding where to start, establishing the runningthemes for a whole new course, or set of courses
University.Dr. Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, is an Associate Librarian in Graduate and Undergraduate Services in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. She has an Ed.D. in Academic Leadership/Higher Education and an MS degree in Applied Technology/Instructional Design. She has over 10 years of experience teaching, designing instruction, and doing qualitative research both in and outside of a library context. Her research interests focus on library and technology-based instructional planning and course design, assessment and evaluation topics, as well as online teaching and learning.Dr. Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University Dr. Roberts has been teaching structural
Paper ID #22582Using Design Challenges to Develop Empathy in First-year CoursesJordan Orion James, University of New Mexico Jordan O. James is a Native American Ph.D. learning sciences student and lecturer at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in the Community & Regional Planning program. He has served as a graduate research assistant on an NSF-funded project, Revolutionizing Engineering De- partments, and has been recognized as a Graduate Studies student spotlight recipient and teaching scholar. Jordan studies learning in authentic, real-world conditions utilizing Design Based Research
assembled in AY17 and empowered to work with collegeleadership to envision, develop, and resource infrastructure and communication needs to engageall college employees in our culture change process. The work of the Change Team has emergedas essential to advancing our goals in relation to community. We will discuss inception andevolution of the Change Team, profile five projects launched in AY18, and summarize some ofthe challenges that still remain.BackgroundThe efforts described in this paper are enabled to a great extent by the broader university-levelcontext. The most important initiatives supporting work within the College of Engineering(COE) are highlighted below. We also provide a brief overview of the college’s strategic plan,which for the
workplacelearning along three different dimensions: 1) location, 2) degree of planning, and 3) facilitatorrole. First, location can be either on- or off-the-job. This criterion helps distinguish experience-based learning (e.g., learning through doing) from classroom or training environments. Second,learning events can be structured or unstructured, where structured learning occurs within somekind of planned system. Last, the facilitator may be either active or passive. It is active if thefacilitator drives the learning experience (e.g., a software training program), but passive if thelearner needs to reach out to the facilitator to acquire new information (e.g., asking a coworker aquestion about a work task).Table 1: Initial categories of learning and
involved in managing and curating Big Data throughout its life cycle. Big Data refers tothe vast, complex datasets characterized by the 4 Vs, Volume, Variety, Velocity, and Veracity,which require specialized analysis tools and approaches.This Big Data Life-cycle Model consists of several key activities, each playing a role in handlingthe different challenges posed by large and complex datasets [23, 24]. The following are the keycomponents of the Big Data Life-cycle Model, as shown in Figure 4: • Planning Activity: This involves strategizing and outlining objectives related to handling Big Data by considering the volume, variety, velocity, and veracity of data. • Acquiring Activity: This is how data is produced, generated, and ingested
[3-5] with research conducted in Scotland and Australia serving as our primaryreferences, and examples from Canada. For instance, the General Teaching Council for Scotland[6] underlines the importance of reflection by providing opportunities for future teachers toreflect on and act to improve their own professional practice. In addition, the Australian Instituteof Teacher and School Leadership [7] requires all ITE programs to implement a teachingperformance assessment that includes a reflection of classroom teaching practice including theelements of planning, teaching, assessing, and reflecting. In Canada, the Association of CanadianDeans of Education’s General Accord [8] strongly emphasizes the importance of reflection inITE programs
quantitative data.Concurrently, qualitative data was thematically analyzed to gain insights into usage andperceptions surrounding AI.Results: The study revealed a growing trend among project management professionals inleveraging AI tools for a variety of tasks, including project planning, task assignment, tracking,and crafting emails, reports, and presentations. A strong correlation was observed betweenfamiliarity with ChatGPT and its likely usage in project management tasks. While someparticipants found AI tools convenient and efficient, they were frustrated with potentialinaccuracies and the need for specific input prompts. Overall, industry professionalsdemonstrated the usage of AI in project management, with a notable emphasis on taskautomation
leveraging technology to enhance learning experiences and broaden access to engineering education. He has experience as a practicing engineer and has taught at the university and community-college levels. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in Progress: Aligning an Engineering Hands-On Learning Program to College Strategy: Reducing Implementation Barriers to Support Faculty, Students, and Their SuccessAbstractThis Work in Progress addresses two of ELOS’ requested foci: pedagogy and best practices oflaboratory courses and hands-on laboratory instruction. We describe a redesign plan in theIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program (ITLP) at University of Colorado Boulder
is an evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.Dr. Marcia F Williams, North Carolina A&T State University Marcia F. Williams is the director of Special Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). Marcia has more than 30 years of expe- rience in organizational development, strategic planning, proposal development, and grants implementa- tion and administration. Her experience with NSF programs include former co-principal investigator and statewide project director for the North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC- LSAMP) program, co-principal investigator and administrative manager for
to $2500 foronly one research presentation, and up to $2500 for only one faculty developmentopportunity (workshop, conference attendance) per year and only with a detailedprofessional development plan established with the department head prior to the currentyear of funding. Additionally, new assistant professors could apply for one grant in eacharea, associate professors on track to achieving full professor could apply for two out of thethree grants and full professors and long-term associate professors could only apply for oneout of the three faculty development grants.Initially the full and long-term associate professors expressed concern at the loss of anexpected college-wide benefit. However, further research into benefit use noted that
B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, ASEM, and a senior member of IIE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Advanced Technological Education Project for High Value Manufacturing: Lessons LearnedAbstractProjects rarely go according to plan, but this is especially true of those that involve multipleinstitutions and have a significant degree of complexity associated with them. This work relatesthe experiences an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project around high valuemanufacturing. The project was a collaboration with a Texas A&M University and HoustonCommunity College. The project comprised three main aspects
ofcollaboration technologies. Although there has been great emphasis on developing collaborationcompetencies in the engineering curriculum, empirical evidence of successful strategies fordistributed team settings is scarce. As an attempt to fill this gap this study investigates theimpact of a scalable intervention in developing virtual collaboration skills. The intervention,based on instructional scaffolds embedded with collaboration technologies, is aimed atsupporting specific processes including planning, goal setting, clarifying goals and expectations,communication, coordination and progress monitoring. A quasi-experimental design was used toevaluate the impact of the intervention on student teamwork skills. Data from 278 graduate andundergraduate
knowledge that converts ideas into successful products or processes. As a result, many of the same skills such as exploring, mentoring, planning, organizing, scheduling,controlling, communicating, and leading could be used in both careers with minor modification.Dealing with people is always difficult and requires great skill. This is especially true whendealing with students. Many students are in a class not by choice, but simply because it is arequirement for graduation. In some cases, these students are uninterested in the subject,unmotivated, and quite simply bored. However, relating the subject matter directly to real worldindustrial and consumer applications tend to spark their interest. Actual products involvingautomotive components, robotic
plans for the future. A discussion on theconcept of a polytechnic institution, its definition, and transformative nature is included to clarifythe reasons behind this radical and somewhat unsettling approach to education reformation.IntroductionAcademic institutions of higher learning are facing many difficult challenges, includingdeclining enrollment trends, complaints about costs vs. value, curricular stagnation, and inabilityto adapt quickly to changing environments facing graduating students. Many researchers andauthors claim that the traditional educational methods and structure espoused by universities isoutdated and potentially restrictive to learners. 1, 2 The College of Technology at PurdueUniversity is dealing with these challenges
like to workon. Based on their interest, the students were subdivided into two teams: one toaddress the remediation of an acid mine drainage site and one to evaluate possiblehandling methods of flow-back water from fracking sites. The activities includedin the projects were an in depth literature review, prototype design, laboratoryassessment, economic analysis, environmental regulation evaluation, communityaction plan development and submission of a final design report. The objectivewas to assess if these activities could enable the students' to develop into aneffective interdisciplinary team and to address the potential lack of interest in coreSTEM classes. In addition to describing the students' key activities, we willdescribe issues faced
, the goals for the program are:GOAL A: Increase department diversity.The primary objective is to attract and retain traditionally underrepresented groups to engineering,especially women, and in effect, increase departmental diversity. In order to achieve this, the CECMdepartment plans to expose a wide range of groups to the civil engineering profession before theyenter Georgia Southern University by developing relationships with local high schools and communitycolleges. Additionally, the department will continue to host the “Camp Invention” summer camp, forgrades 1-6, and continue to provide faculty and students as mentors and judges for the AssociatedGeneral Contractors (AGC) Skills competition. Also critical to the achievement of the
types of research activities the teams participated in, thecontent and focus of the professional development activities, and an overview of the developedlesson plans.1. IntroductionAs an aspect of the extensive K-12 outreach and extension activities of The Engineering Place inthe College of Engineering at NC State University the authors submitted and were awarded anNSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site[1] grant. The grant concept involves stratifiedlaboratory research teams working on aspects of NAE Engineering Grand Challenge[2]-focusedproblems including: sustainability (solar/renewable energy), health (biomechanics), security(computer network security), and joy of living (personalized learning). Each research teamincludes one
. Participants employed multiple self-generated hands-on methods toestimate the volume of trash collected by molding the bags of trash into cylindrical, rectangular,and ellipsoid shapes to simplify the estimation of their volume. They then combined theirunderstanding of geometry and algebra with critical thinking to design their own methods forestimating the volume of the various types of trash collected.Participants also explored how to develop a business/financial plan for the operation of arecycling business in their community for the fictional purpose of submitting a proposal to thetribal government. The plan used profit and cost equations to analyze the trash data. Lessoncontent emphasized algebra and ratios, while instructional methods emphasized
combustion engines through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to improve fuel economy and emissions. He is currently a senior engineer in Combustion Research at Cummins Inc., where in addition to his primary role in developing future engine systems, he leads a planning team of Cummins engineers in organizing an after-school STEM Outreach Program at Girls Inc. to encourage girls to pursue STEM Careers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Development and Implementation of K-12 STEM Outreach Programs in Industry and Academia: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons LearnedIntroductionAccording to the U.S. Department of Labor (2022), the number of job openings in STEM(science
supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City & Regional Planning. She completed a B.S. Management Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica.Angela Edes KitaliAdrienne Scarcella ©American Society for Engineering Education
building systems are planned and installed independently [8]. Traditional designcan be understood as a linear process, but sequential work routines may be unable to support anyadequate design optimization efforts during individual phases, which could lead to higher projectcosts [9]. Integrative design considers and optimizes the building as an integral system for itslifespan. This can be achieved when all project actors collaborate across disciplines and agree ondecisions jointly from the beginning.The integrated design process emphasizes the iteration of design concepts early [9]. Participantscontribute their ideas and technical knowledge collectively and in the early stages. For the earlydesign phases, concepts must be worked together for all
aconcomitant need to address the varied preparation that students receive in mathematics beforeentering the university. The following paper covers approaches to DEI as a culture within theuniversity and specifically for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. To aid in thedevelopment and assessment of DEI initiatives a seven-member committee was created. Thecommittee developed a DEI Statement which is published on the Hofstra University website. Ourprevious ADRP plan of action to promote diversity in the student and faculty populationsincluded four measures: increasing the proportion of women, increasing the retention of African-American students between their first and second years, welcoming more international students,and maintaining a high
” refers to the hiring of multiple candidates within the collegeusing a single, broadly defined search criterion [1]. The cluster hire conducted in Academic Year2020-2021 was the first of its kind in the College of Engineering and Applied Science andnominally sought applicants from any rank and any discipline housed within our college.Another unique facet of the search was its being aimed at prospective faculty whose experienceand plans for teaching, research, and service aligned with creating a more inclusive academicculture of excellence in engineering and computer science. We operationalized the search to hirefaculty who could support our institution’s plan for inclusive excellence [10] by evaluatingfaculty candidates’ demonstrated knowledge
member expanding on the pre-workshop materials, then attendees shared theirperspectives in discussion groups while SDEI members served as moderators and note-takers.This paper provides a model for other student groups of the planning, structure, content, andoutcomes of an Unlearning Series. Responses from participant surveys conducted at the close ofthe summer and group reflections amongst SDEI committee leaders are also presented. Thisfeedback has been translated into lessons learned presented at the conclusion of this paper.IntroductionIntegrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics in university coursework intended toprepare future planners, designers, and builders has proven to be a challenge. Faculty membersin these fields base
a science methods class (n = 15). The paired classes collaborated inmultidisciplinary teams of 5-8 undergraduate students to plan and teach engineering lessons tolocal elementary school students. Teams completed a series of previously tested, scaffoldedactivities to guide their collaboration. Designing and delivering lessons engaged universitystudents in collaborative processes that promoted social learning, including researching andplanning, peer mentoring, teaching and receiving feedback, and reflecting and revising theirengineering lesson. The research questions examined in this pilot, mixed-methods research study include: (1)How did PSTs’ Ed+gineering experiences influence their engineering and science knowledge?;(2) How did PSTs
progressionculminates in item 10, in which students are presented with the proposal that designingsustainably is a faithful act of stewardship. 1. God created, sustains, and affirms all creation, both human and non-human, as belonging to Him. 2. God gave human beings the responsibility of stewardship. 3. God desires for people to care for the non-human creation. 4. God desires for people to care for other humans. 5. Sin leads to all humans having a broken relationship with God and damaged and exploitative relationships with each other and the rest of creation. 6. God values justice for both the guilty and innocent but has mercy for those who repent. 7. God’s plan for the future culminates in a restoration of creation, both
thecontext of the class they are instructing, which adds an additional dimension to social-emotionalrisk by changing the witness to the confusion from researchers or other instructors to theinstructor’s own students.Reflective PracticeKolb’s experiential learning theory serves as a model for how practitioners can learn and growfrom an experience through reflective practice [31]. It begins with a stage of concrete experience,which serves as the foundation for learning, and is then followed by reflective observation, inwhich the learner intentionally reflects on the concrete experience, abstract conceptualization, inwhich they generalize what they have learned, and a planning stage in which they plan for the nextconcrete experience. These steps are
literature regarding the challenges EWB students face, theprofessional growth they experience due to their project participation, the knowledge, and skillsthey acquire, and their plans to continue this type of work in their future careers.This study seeks to investigate the benefits and challenges of EWB's experiential learning programfor engineering students and to examine the impact of participation in EWB projects on students'personal and professional development, including their skills, knowledge, and career aspirations.Specifically, the study seeks to answer two research questions: What are the benefits andchallenges of EWB's experiential learning program for engineering students, and how doesparticipation in EWB projects impact students