learning and what (53%) we may do with this knowledge after graduation” “The ability to visually see the processes and how altering any given Provide ability to factor impacts the rest of the system (e.g. designing the water tower) visualize provides a greater deal of understanding than simply being shown data (17%) and still images and told what happens.” Case study activities “With a basic understanding of Fluids, yes the activities were are tedious and/or manageable, but were also time consuming. I had to do a lot of outside time consuming research for formulas that were not provided but also not
Are We Losing Our Minds (2470) Paper 1211 A Course in Difference, Power, and Discrimination For Engineering Students Kenneth J. Williamson, Stephanie Sanford Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering/ Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331AbstractOregon State University has adopted as a general education requirement that all studentsmust take a designated difference, power and discrimination (DPD) course. The DPDrequirement was created by the faculty to assist
high school graduates continue on to Baccalaureate-level (B.Eng. or B.Sc.) instruction, and for 50% of these to obtain the higher Candidate’s degree (M.Sc.) Simultaneously, an attempt to contain the costs of higher education through the rationalization of higher education, both through the legislatively mandated consolidation of the nation’s semi-professional schools (those established for teachers, technicians, nurses and others) into a single University College system, and through fiscal policies designed to force administrative restructuring within the nation’s universities. Many nationally funded, not-for-profit research institutes were also absorbed into the nation’s universities under
Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Castellanos is a full-time Senior Lecturer in Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. She has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from Chemical Engineering Problem Solving and Experimental Design Lab and Thermody- namics to Biochemical Engineering and Process Engineering Economics and Design II (capstone) and graduate courses. Her research interests include metacognition for independent learning and team-based learning, and in-class collaborations between student cohorts in engineering courses. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
video game players has found that they use language ofagency and power when describing their role and feelings while engaging in gameplay [6].FLEET’s design is intended to use some of these same game-based levers to allow students toimprove their agency in considering a STEM career and becoming a naval engineer.Data Analysis from 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 CohortsAt the end of the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, researchers collected data on twocohorts of students to ascertain FLEET’s impact to date. At this point two of the four missionswere complete, so researchers engaged in formal and informal data collection to evaluateFLEET’s impact on students and to steer future development. Formal data collection efforts usedanonymous, optional
duration of their graduate career. The continuity,technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams are intended to:• Provide the time and context necessary for students to learn and practice many different professional skills, make substantial technical contributions to the project, and experience many different roles on a large design team.• Support long-term interaction between the graduate and undergraduate students on the team. The graduate students mentor the undergraduates as they work on the design projects embedded in the graduate students’ research• Enable the completion of large-scale design projects that are of significant benefit to faculty members’ research programs
what thiscareer path would look like in practice, but I’m committed to finding out.About half way through my freshman environmental seminar, my professor, Dr. Walther, askedme if I would be interested in working on a research project in engineering education. Hedescribed a study of media representations of engineering that he was working on with hiscolleague and told me that they were looking for a student who would like to help with dataanalysis. I agreed, and attended his research group’s next meeting. I was initially intimidated byworking with professors on a research project, but I quickly became comfortable after help andencouragement from my supervisors.My participation in this research group formed the context for the present
, 88(4): 485-500. 9. Mertler, C. A., “Designing Scoring Rubrics for your Classroom.” Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2001, 7(25). 10. Prince, M., Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research. Journal of Engineering Education. 2004, 93(3):223-231. 11. Wankat, P. C., and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGrawHill Inc., New York, 1993, https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/News_and_Events/Publications/teaching_engineering/index.html Accessed January 1, 2005.JUMOKE O. LADEJI-OSIASJumoke (Kemi) Ladeji-Osias has been an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Morgan State Universitysince 2001. She received her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University in 2000. She
other than their home country [11]. This trendshows the crucial presence of the international workforce with master's and doctoral degrees invital areas for the United States economy and development.Since international graduate students are a growing population in the academic setting, it iscrucial to understand better how U.S. universities can best support this population through theirMaster’s and Doctoral Studies. The intersectional identity of “graduate student” and“international student” brings specific challenges for their adjustment and well-being to acampus environment in the US. This work in progress aims to present the design process of asurvey that assesses the factors that influence international graduate students’ well
capstone senior design course at UD.Working on a design team that has two members from Shanghai, for example, is different fromany other planned international program. It challenges students in many of the same ways thatthey will be challenged upon entering today’s workforce. Perhaps one the best aspects of this isthat it is not an activity that is presented as “now we’re going to do something international.”Instead, it is simply the reality that to be successful on a technical project, and earn the desiredgrade, they will have to navigate working on a team that is international.Basic Description of ArrangementThe University of Dayton and Shanghai Normal University are partners in a unique articulationagreement for the Bachelor of Science in
2006-397: COLLABORATING WITH INDUSTRY VIA YOUR ADVISORY BOARDDaniel Davis, University of Hartford Daniel Davis, AIA is a Professor of Architecture in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford, where he has taught for 12 years. He has more than 25 years of experience as a Design Architect and many of his projects have been published in professional journals and won design awards. He has also published a book and a number of journal articles. Davis is also an Associate with Fletcher-Thompson, Architects and Engineers where he is the Director of Design of their Hartford, CT office
AC 2008-891: THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS' LIFE EXPERIENCES ON PROGRAMRETENTION. A STUDY OF FEMALE ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN MEXICO.Carmen Villa, Texas A&M Carmen Villa is an Adult Education doctoral candidate at Texas A&M University. Carmen is a graduate assistant for Dr. Yvonna Lincoln and Dr. Carolyn Clark. Her research interests include underrepresented populations in higher education, cultural practices and their impact on education for Hispanic students.Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University Jennifer A. Sandlin is an assistant professor in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction at Arizona State University, where she teaches courses focused on consumption, learning, and
private colleges; comprehensive universities, dedicated engineering schools, andliberal arts colleges; and rely on an articulated system of education that includes communitycolleges and extends into various, non-standardized opportunities for continuing professionaldevelopment and graduate work. We can add to this the fact that we have 50 separate statesystems for higher education, significant regional variation in industrial capabilities and theirattendant workforce needs, and a variety of federal policies and programs not the least of whichis the federal commitment to scientific and engineering research. While scholars such as KenAlder (1997) have noted how institutional diversity exists even in state-centered systems ofengineering education as
organized. All REU fellows made final research presentations to all faculty and graduatementors at this ceremony. Several parents attended this ceremony. Students YouTube videos werescreened and all attendees voted for the best videos. This ceremony followed a group lunch andSite work officially ended after this ceremony.4.0 The Research ProgramInterdisciplinary research is the unique strength of our REU Site. Eleven faculty representingcivil and environmental engineering, engineering education, geosciences, biological sciences, andcrop and soil environmental sciences and their graduate students mentored the REU fellows.Figure 2 shows a word cloud of the keywords from REU fellows’ research papers in summer of2011. Each year, a Research Proceedings
. She completed her Bachelors in Computer Science in India. Her research interests are machine learning and cyber-security, and she is currently working on her thesis involving the application of machine learning techniques for Network Intrusion Detection.Rasana Manandhar, University of Wyoming Currently a Master’s student at the University of Wyoming working on Continuous Authentication Sys- tems.Madison Cooley, University of Wyoming Madison Cooley is currently an undergraduate computer science student at the University of Wyoming.Rafer Cooley, University of Wyoming Rafer Cooley is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Wyoming focusing on secure distributed systems. His interests include bio-inspired algorithms
York University in Toronto, Canada and a Bachelor of Education from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.Mr. Michael A. Carapezza, Hk Maker Lab Michael Carapezza is the Hk Maker Lab Program Coordinator. Michael graduated from Columbia Uni- versity with a B.S. in biomedical engineering in 2013, focusing on medical imaging technology. After three years working in biomedical research laboratories, Michael joined the World Science Festival where he managed their digital education initiative and produced their live science lecture series, World Science U. He joined Hk Maker Lab in 2016. Michael is passionate about science and engineering education, and feels that hands-on learning and student-driven inquiry are the best
students with mentoring has been proposed as a solution to closing the “leakypipeline” [1]. To this end, engineering programs across the country have invested significantresources in developing and implementing mentoring programs [2]. Since motivation underpinsachievement and persistence [3], it is important to understand how mentors can best support theirmentees’ development of adaptive patterns of motivation. There is a need to investigate howmentors interpret challenges that engineering students have in maintaining motivation and howmentors seek to address these challenges. We also need to understand the extent to whichmentoring approaches align with prior research on achievement motivation [4, 5]. By examiningthe convergence of practice with
Paper ID #19311Using Modular Technology as a Platform to Study Youth Approaches to En-gineering Practice (Work in Progress)Jacqueline F. Handley, University of Michigan Jacqueline Handley is a graduate student at the University of Michigan, in Science Education. Her back- ground is in Material Science and Engineering, with an emphasis on Biomaterials Design. She is inter- ested in, broadly, how best bridge engineering practice and education. More specifically, she is interested in studying how students and teachers conceptualize and engage with engineering design practices, and how to increase access to engineering.Dr
graduating out of the major did not have necessaryexperience or knowledge in robotics. Using best practices in engineering education, the course transitioned from a lecturemodel to a project-based learning model that includes three blocks over a forty-lesson semester:block 1, introductory topics; block 2, robotics design and implementation; and block 3, mazecompetition. Each laboratory includes a brief fifteen-minute introduction to a fundamentalelectrical and computer engineering concept and 3.5-hours of hands-on application. For example,after learning how the average power of a system can be controlled via pulse-width modulation,students integrate motors into the robot and connect each motor to a modern measurement tool toobserve the
information management systems, introduction to technology and graphical communica- tion as well as senior design courses. He developed two online graduate courses: rapid prototyping and product design and lean manufacturing principles for MSET program. Dr. Ertekin has over six years of industrial experience related to quality and design engineering mostly in automotive industry. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. His area of expertise is in CAD/CAM, manufacturing processes, machine design with CAE meth- ods, rapid prototyping, CNC machining and quality control. His research interest includes sensor based condition monitoring of machining
approach to research on first-generation students, reflecting a focus on what thesestudents can add to engineering rather than focusing on what they lack [10]. We pose thefollowing research question: How do two first-generation students, one a first-year and one a fourth-year, describe their journeys through engineering?By comparing the perspectives of a first-year and fourth-year student, we can identifyopportunities for better supporting our first-year, first-generation students. Identifying thespecific challenges endured by both students in their first years, and the stories of how thosechallenges were navigated, allows educators to adjust existing practices to be more supportiveand inclusive of first-generation students.MethodsIn
and proposals for further support,student entrepreneurial teams gather, evaluate and interpret both technical and marketinformation using processes that surprisingly resemble those that engineering faculty must nowlearn to assess the state of existing engineering programs and plan for continuous improvementunder ABET EC2000. Both sets of tasks involve conceptual integration at a higher level thanis usual in undergraduate engineering education, but is more commonly practiced in the liberalarts.1. Product Development as Design InstructionProviding authentic instruction and experience in design-based engineering entrepreneurship isalways a challenge. Set-piece design innovation problems may be new to individual students,but they cannot
adapt our user testing methodology to improve theusability of similar assessment tools. Our discoveries about rubric structure improvements couldbe explored further to define best practices in the design of universal rubrics. Our next stepsinclude applying what we have learned to refine the rubrics and develop accompanying trainingmaterials. The refined rubric rows will be evaluated for inter-rater reliability, trialed in focusgroups with undergraduate students, and deployed in academic courses.Background: Learning Outcomes Assessment and the DARCA ProjectThere is a need for valid and reliable tools for assessing learning outcomes in engineeringeducation. In the United States the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) defines
reviewed in design review sessions in which all teams voted onthe best submission, which then served as the standard for all teams. Upon determination of allcircuit designs, the project was equally divided among all teams. Each team was solelyresponsible for the layout, fabrication and testing of their project block.Course instructors facilitated project progression through comments on the advantages anddisadvantages of proposed approaches. Course lectures and laboratories were designed toprovide instruction in concepts relating to the project which were not covered in previouscourses. The project, a 915MHz, multi-channel FM audio transmitter and receiver, wassuccessfully constructed and operational by the required delivery date.This paper
improve quality of life. Experience with financial auditing for state Congress, government projects, and universities in the U.S. demonstrate diverse work and skills. Mission: Global diversity and inclusion in STEM fields. Presence: U.S., Latin America, Caribbean and Asia.Ms. Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Denise N. Williams is a third year Chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) as a member of Dr. Zeev Rosenzweig’s nanomaterials research group. She is currently a National Science Foundation AGEP Fellow, a Meyerhoff Graduate Fellow, and a research associate of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. Prior to her time at UMBC, Denise earned a
Michigan State University in 2000. Professor Raymer has led an NSF supported research project to develop the nation's first undergraduate curriculum in bioinformatics, and has been a finalist for the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award at Wright State University.David Reynolds, Wright State University DAVID B. REYNOLDS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1978. Professor Reynolds has conducted NSF supported research to develop human factors engineering undergraduate design projects for persons with disabilities, and has
, includeteaching fundamental, traditional topics using new methods, approaches, and strategies.Statistics is a skill that is essential for all engineering and technology professionals, but has notbeen overly emphasized over the years. Many graduates will frequently need to use these toolsonce they enter the workforce. This is especially true for those involved in research anddevelopment as well as testing and validation activities. Basic and applied statistics is key toanalyzing laboratory studies, deciphering what the data mean, and discerning trends andpatterns1. Even so, the teaching of statistics to engineers has been the subject of only a fewstudies in recent years2-4. Essential statistics topics should include independent and dependent
Program (NAFP).The paper describes NASA’s education framework and outlines the enhancement of graduatechemical engineering education in the department through enhanced elective course offerings,expanded research opportunities and networking to broaden research and employmentopportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, concluding with the critical role NASAhas in promoting and impacting engineering and science graduate education. "To inspire the next generation of explorers...as only NASA can" is the NASA educationprogram's mission. This “can-do” concept guides all NASA’s programs and activities andrequires a diverse pool of talented scientists and engineers. The NASA NAFP Fellow and theDepartment of Chemical Engineering at Howard
impact of engineering solutions on society (ABET EC2000 Criterion 3h). The ability to acquire new knowledge and capabilities on their own (ABET 9 EC2000 Criterion 3i). Knowledge of contemporary issues facing society (ABET EC2000 Criterion 10 3j). The ability to use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary 11 for engineering practice (ABET EC2000 Criterion 3k). The ability to use computers effectively as a tool in engineering practice for analysis, design, research, and communication (ABET EC2000 Criterion 12 3k). A significant exposure to a foreign culture to provide a better awareness of 13 the global context of engineering practice (ABET EC2000 Criterion 3h
has provided an opportunity for the students to createa personal definition and agenda encompassing sustainable practices, culminating in a teamproject incorporating sustainable design and development solutions, which are framed aroundsuch concepts as Human Centered Design and Integrated Project Delivery. The significance ofthis paper is to serve as a model case study presenting lessons learned from the leaders of theprogram to help others developing study-abroad programs to better understand the challenges ofbuilding a successful partnership among international universities.Future research should look at other short study abroad programs and investigate how theyfacilitate the development of professional skills across cultures. We encourage