positive outcomes, such as grades [12], intrinsic motivation [13], persistence,engagement, and mental health [14]. Specifically in engineering, Weaver et al. [3] foundincreased belonging uncertainty correlated with decreased grades in engineering, while Judson etal. [15] found an increase in retention for engineering students in a longitudinal project designedto support their sense of belonging.In addition, sense of belonging is especially critical for minoritized students given they waysthey experience decreased belonging on many campuses [11] and in STEM disciplines [16]-[19].Geisinger and Raman [2] found that classroom and academic climate, race, and gender wereamong factors that influenced attrition in engineering. Rodriguez and Blaney [19
, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). For instance, women in STEM have been found to face microaggressions,have lower social capital, and receive lower wages than men (Committee on Increasing theNumber of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM)et al., 2020). Likewise, LGBTQ professionals in STEM were more likely to face interpersonalmarginalization and devaluation in project teams than in traditional work structures withoutproject-based teams (Cech & Waidzunas, 2022). Compared to their heterosexual and cis-gendercolleagues, LGBTQ people also experienced more career limitations and harassment (Cech &Waidzunas, 2021). These findings are consistent with prior conclusions that gender and sexualorientation-based
models Transfer functions Designing / drawing circuits Lumped circuit abstraction Passive filters Linear algebra Time-frequency Units, other minor details domain transformationsThe marks for each question were projected onto these – for example, if two marks in a questionwere allocated for performing mathematical, manipulation of circuit equations, this would beclassified as two marks under ‘Linear Algebra’. Each student paper was reassessed according tothis categorization, noting that the final mark for the exam would be the same as the originalmarking scheme was simply being reclassified and used as an ‘overall
supports ambitious problem- and place-based teaching and learning (PPBL) in a model called the “Teaching School” (TTS). Like ateaching hospital, TTS hosts an intergenerational teaming structure from preservice educatordevelopment through residency for certified teachers in the first three years of teaching. TTSextends the time that university partners can continue to educate and support early careerteachers to enact ambitious instruction. Research shows that student-centered, project- and place-based pedagogies are a vehicle for learning robust and rigorous content of STEM as well asgenerating a sense of belonging in STEM [8], [9]. Our campus centers and supports thesepedagogical approaches, trains, and supports instruction through TTS model. The
engineering education experiences, andtowards realizing the goals of the Mindset effort, we are in the process to modularize the First-Year Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, providing students with flexibility, choice, andcustomizability for their first-year experience through an NSF grant [5]. The modules we envisionwill each be 0.5-1 credit each and will cover a wide variety of topics appropriate for students in aFYE program. We expect the envisioned course modules to improve MHW among first-yearengineering students within the above constructs.This research is part of a larger project [5 - 8]. In this paper, we report on the baseline quantitativedata reported by participants in their FYE program in the Fall of 2023 about their sense
, University of AlbertaDr. Samer M. Adeeb P.Eng., University of AlbertaMohamed Magdy Elgammal, University of AlbertaDr. Clayton Pettit, University of Alberta ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Automated Grading of Engineering Statics Assignments Using Large Language Models and Computer Vision: A Work in ProgressAbstract - This project aims to develop an automated grading framework for the Statics course ata Canadian University, which serves over 1,500 students annually. Grading these complexassignments, often involving handwritten responses and diagrams, currently requires the efforts ofover 26 teaching assistants (TAs). The manual system faces challenges including gradinginconsistencies, delays
with a box fan. Through measurements of factors such as the fan-produced wind speed and turbine electricity output, students were able to calculate the efficiency of each turbine. In addition to performing design and building tasks, students were also led through computerprogramming exercises in both the Arduino and Python programming languages. The Arduinolanguage was used to program microcontrollers for a variety of small projects, including a non-contact, ultrasonic distance sensor and a laser-based object speed sensor. The Python language,meanwhile, was used primarily in the Energy Prediction (Wednesday) module, wherein studentswere given introductory training in Python then allowed to develop code that predicts the
study situated in a dynamics course reported that most students found onlinelearning comparable to in-person learning for a course in spring 2020, notably taught by aninstructor who had prior experience in online teaching [18]. However, another study conductedin a project-based learning setting found that Grade 12 students’ performance while studyingelectronics deteriorated as instruction shifted from in-person to online during the pandemic [19].Individual factors that influenced students’ learning effectiveness during the pandemic includedtheir digital literacies, learning habits and behaviours, including self-directed learningcapabilities [14, 20]. Contextual influencing factors comprised teaching methods [17], student–student and instructor
advisors and Ph.D. student advisees at UMass Lowell. Previ- ously, Ha worked for eight years as the Program Manager of DifferenceMaker, a campus-wide student entrepreneurship initiative at UMass Lowell. There, she co-created and managed the Mentor program. Ha is also an adjunct faculty member at the Manning School of Business at UMass Lowell. Prior to join- ing UMass Lowell, Ha spent ten years working for The World Bank in Vietnam. In this role, she assisted small and medium enterprises in raising financial capital and acquiring technical consulting services. Ha also managed projects focused on capacity building for industry clusters. Ha holds a B.A. in English from Vietnam National University, an MBA from UMass Lowell
Paper ID #37206Strategies for Continuous Improvement in ETAC of ABET Programs: ANovelApproachProf. Ravi C. Manimaran, Department Chair, Engineering Technology, Austin Peay State University Ravi C. Manimaran is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology, Austin Peay State University. His education includes two Master of Science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering and Electronics and Control Engineering. He has been dynamically involved in higher education leadership as a Dean, Department Chair, Project Director, and a faculty member since 1997. He has served as the PI / Co-PI of multiple
that orbital debris is an issue, butconflict starts when deciding who should do what to solve the problem [16]. The lesson wasdesigned to introduce students to the exploration of macroethics without pushing them to a‘panic zone’ in which they would disengage and shut down [17]. Future lessons will build ontheir confidence by presenting more disputed topics.A table outlining the agenda of the 80-minute macroethics lesson is provided in Appendix A.While students walked into the classroom (a large lecture hall with stadium-like seating anddesks), we presented what we called the “hook.” We projected a paragraph-long issue brief on1 The authors note that they learned post-lesson and wish to help educate others that “stakeholders” is not
STEM [4]. So, although this research project applies to all UD faculty, engineering and relatedfaculty are disproportionately involved and impacted.UD has also been investing in improving departmental climates and diversity, equity, andinclusion on campus. As part of this work, in spring 2020, UD faculty participated in theCOACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey. This survey, developed at the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education, measures faculty perceptions of various aspects of worklife. Despiteconducting the survey in spring 2020, a semester significantly disrupted by the COVID-19pandemic, UD’s survey response rate was 40%. COACHE determined that most responses werecollected before the disruption and performed a special analysis to determine
become a commonconcern in China's higher education sector, including the engineering education sector.At the same time, the reform of engineering education is also facing the problem oftilting heavily towards scientification and becoming more and more detached from"engineering" itself. The solution is to introduce the "The Idea of Large-ScaleEngineering", so that engineering education in China can return to engineering [28 .In January 2000, the Ministry of Education (MOE) approved the first batch of 670projects for undergraduate education teaching reform. The aim of the project is to adaptto the needs of China's modernization in the new century, to cultivate high-qualitytalents with innovative spirit, practical ability and entrepreneurial spirit
-year program variants, across participants of differentacademic backgrounds, and, eventually, between participants and non-participant comparisongroups. We expect to report on comparative longitudinal findings in future publications. The presentstudy, meanwhile, focuses on an initial alumni survey that was deployed to existing programgraduates across all graduation years for purposes of establishing a baseline alumni characterization.MethodsThe alumni survey conducted for this paper was hosted in Qualtrics XM online survey software.Since this survey is one component of the larger GEL longitudinal assessment, it is incorporatedinto the same Qualtrics project as all other survey components. We established one common surveylanding webpage to
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Flipping the classroom to create a student-centered learning environment in three undergraduate civil engineering coursesA flipped classroom is no longer a novel idea, but engineering education has lagged in implementing thisnon-traditional course delivery method. Traditional engineering courses are typically offered in aninstructor-centered environment which impacts everything from content delivery to student engagementand learning. A decade ago, we initiated a major project in curriculum reform that included flipping threesecond-year civil engineering courses
, use Facebook [39]. Students believe Facebook can be effectively used as an onlinelearning environment [7].Instagram: Instagram has over 800 million users, with one-third being students, making it asuitable platform for learning [40]. It offers a visually stimulating platform for sharing anddiscovering content, engaging students' attention, and promoting their creativity. Students canshowcase their work, share ideas, and connect with professionals in their field. Instagramfeatures live videos, stories, and hashtags, which can be used to host live events, tutorials, anddiscussions around specific topics or interests. Studies show that Instagram can enhance students'learning process through visual aids, improve writing skills, aid in project
design,especially during the front-end of design processes. The development of design observation skills forengineering students presents challenges, however, including the effort required to reachrepresentative observation sites and the uncertainty involved in real-world design environments.Students have often struggled to demonstrate recommended practices in sociotechnical designactivities such as observation, yet may need observation skills during design project opportunitiesincluding curricular and co-curricular design projects. In addition, skills development may beespecially challenging and critical when design environments are difficult to access, such as those insensitive or remote locations. Therefore, this study explored the efficacy
of physics, Yang, Baek, and Swanson (2020)used a project-based learning approach to integrate components of CT in eight lessons onairplane design to learn about physical forces in a class of 6th graders. The pre-post results oftheir study show that students’ CT skills improved significantly after the course. In a follow-upstudy (Yang et al., 2021), similar gains are reported in design-based projects that integrate CTbased activities into a science context (investigating life on Mars) and an engineering context(designing earthquake resistant bridges). Student thinking in both cases is scaffolded by aproblem-solving process and connections are made to CT at each point in the process.Increasingly, K-12 education has recognized the importance of
career outcomes [10]. In addition, capstone courses arenow explicitly promoting entrepreneurial versions of the course; while many capstone projects aredefined by industry partners and sponsors or sometimes academic projects, courses are now beingpiloted that specifically cater to the needs of students who want to discover and work on their ownideas [11].Entrepreneurially infused educational opportunities are also catching on with some vigor in designcourses before senior year. These cornerstone experiences were developed for first and secondyear engineering students based on the known impacts of design on self-efficacy and persistencewithin engineering through the formation of an engineering identity [5]. Existing frameworks, suchas the
enough toprepare ALL children to become wise decision-making citizens, who can evaluate the situation,find the flaw in the system and suggest ways to improve the system or redesign the system. Sincethese skills can be promoted by engineering design projects [1][4][5][6][7] providingengineering design opportunities for ALL children, regardless of their abilities and backgrounds,is necessary.Inclusive Engineering EducationHaving inclusive engineering education is not a new effort. Many researchers and educators havebeen taking actions to diversify engineering education. In a systematic literature review, Hynesand colleagues [8] reported that the word “diversity” was one of the most frequent words in theword count they conducted on studies
Thinking in Engineering EducationAbstractThis research paper provides a case study of a large Engineering Science program, with aparticular focus on perceptions and practices related to first principles thinking from alumni,faculty and students. As part of a broader project designed to realign program goals, practicesand outcomes, this study included semi-structured interviews and focus groups, designed tounderstand how program stakeholders conceptualize first principles thinking, and how theyperceive the benefits or utility of such an approach.Through the historical analysis of the engineering curriculum, a key tension identified is thefocus on foundational mathematics and science, which is contrasted with a focus on professionalpractice and the
students, and non-engineeringprofessionals [5]. Our first-year engineering students are using the results of the survey as a toolto compare and contrast how different users (i.e. differences in age, gender, education, etc.)interpret displays and controls. These comparisons are composed in short reflections by theengineering students to facilitate discussions of social, cultural, and educational design biases.Introducing the discussion of inclusivity in design can be accomplished in many ways. We areproposing the use of a compatibility survey and reflection to drive unit discussions. Some otherapproaches to this quandary include course development, gamification, and design projects. ThePicker Engineering Program at Smith College has created the
Converged Platform Power Thermal Throttling Specification that maximizes re-usability across CPU generations and computing segments. She was the recipient of 20+ Intel Corporation awards for contributions to major product and industry initiatives. She is a member of ASEE.Prof. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Pro- fessor and former Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. He has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on the project- and lab-based instruction and learning. He was awarded the best paper award by the ECE
. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students’ experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of studenDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University
. Having an understanding of what contributes to barriers to belongingness has helpedinform the scope and data analysis of this project. In summary, the three barriers to belongingdiscussed were faculty interaction with women students, negative interactions with men-identifying peers, and stereotype threat.Research Statement While the literature abounds with studies evaluating the impact of varying REU programson student participants, less attention has been placed on evaluating specifically the experiencesof women REU participants. It is important to ensure that these experiences are inclusive andcontribute to positive experiences for all students, including women students. The researchquestions for this study seek to investigate: (1) How
engagement projects, evaluation tools and tech- nology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179Prof. Marcela Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Marcela Silva is the Academic Director at the Engineering Faculty of the Andres Bello University in Campus Santiago. She works as a teacher in the Construction Engineering career and supports innovation and entrepreneurship courses. She obtained a BacheloDr. Carolina Alvarado, California State University, Chico Dr. Alvarado is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Science Education at California State University, Chico. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics and a doctorate in Physics Education from
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projects. Tasks RC, SI Offer to Help Others Newcomers seek opportunities to help and/or emotionally or technically support their coworkers and offer to help. RC Attempt Task Newcomers try to solve their work problems or assignments on their own. Independently RC Suggest Team Newcomers suggest establishing a new team or modifying the existing Modification team. TM, SI Have Good Work Newcomers try to be professional, respect coworkers, work hard, do high- Ethics quality work, and finish tasks on time. TM Self-Study
sources were part of a larger research project with the researchethics protocol approved by the Canadian university.In the survey, instructors were asked about the changes in their teaching practices and theirprofessional development activities from 2020 to 2022; their perceptions of certain teachingpractices in terms of teaching effectiveness; and their views on how to move forward. Theresponse rate of the instructor survey was 20%, based on the completed 81 responses. Of the 81instructors who completed the survey, 64% were tenure-stream faculty members, and 36% wereteaching-stream faculty members or sessional instructors. The respondents had varying lengthsof teaching experience, with 43% having taught more than 20 years, 29% having 11 to 20
engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Dr. Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Ben D. Lutz is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Design at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is the leader of the Critical Research in Engineering and Technology Education (CREATE) group at Cal Poly. His research interests include critical pedagogies; efforts for diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering, engineering design theory and practice; conceptual change and understanding; and school- to-work transitions for new engineers