skills and an interdisciplinaryfocus, such educational experiences have deeper and more meaningful effects. Our MontclairState University NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET) grant (NSF Award Number:#2206885, IRB Number: 22-23-3003) exposed teachers to a program integrating solar weather,data science, computer science and artificial intelligence, and STEM pedagogy. The cohortcomprised nine middle- and high-school teachers with diverse academic backgrounds anddemographics from northern and central New Jersey. The teachers interacted with and wereadvised by faculty from Montclair and two other institutions, and by outside experts, to learn thebasics, develop lesson plans, and present these to and interact with a learning-intensive summercamp
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Dr. Feldman developed informatics metrics to quantify performance of clinicians when using digital diagnostic tools. He has published in Radiology, Academic Radiology, IS&T, SPIE, and RESNA. As a Latino and native Spanish speaker, born in Peru, Dr. Feldman has created markets and commercialized innovative telemedicine products in Latin America for medical device companies, including Orex Computed Radiography, Kodak Health Group, and ICRco. Dr. Feldman also served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program where he led the strategic planning and migration to EPIC Electronic Health Records system and novel meaningful use implementations
, value, andengineering identity. These constructs have been identified as critical to predicting success andcareer plans in engineering fields [5], thus were chosen as the constructs to investigate. Initialdata was gathered using the Engineering Design Expectancy Value Scale (EDVES) [6], and theresults of that survey will be used to inform the development of a focus group protocol.Together, it is hoped that these data will allow for a better understanding of the impact ofauthentic engineering experiences on novice engineers.ContextOhio Northern University (ONU) is a small, private, primarily undergraduate institution. Thereare approximately 700 students enrolled in the college of engineering and approximately 200first-year engineering students
student survey was distributed through Qualtrics. The questions were adaptedfrom previous work by the author [7]. The survey results are summarized below.Likert Scale Survey QuestionsSelect your level of agreement with the following statements:(1 - Strongly Disagree, 2 - Disagree, 3 - Neutral, 4 - Agree, 5 - Strongly Agree, DNR - Do NotRemember) A) I had previously used concept maps before taking this course. B) The concept mapping activity was a group effort. C) The use of concept maps improved my learning experience in the course. D) The concept maps were a useful resource for exam study. E) I plan to use concept maps in the future. Table 2: Average Results of Likert Scale Survey Questions
steps or ‘domains’ of academic research which wecategorized as: exploration, planning, execution, interpretation, and dissemination. The KSO-based survey had 18 questions asking students to rate their ability to perform various sub-activities within the exploration, planning, execution, interpretation, and dissemination researchdomains on a five-point likert scale (Table 1 below). A Qualtrics online survey was sent tostudents enrolled in these classes, taken before and after participating in any CURE-relatedactivities. The 18-question survey asked students to rank their perceived ability to performvarious research tasks related to the five research domains using the Likert scale: 1 - Very Poor,Poor, Fair, Good, or Very Good.Survey validation
demonstrations to showcase progress.• Respond constructively to feedback and incorporate it into project revisions.• Deliver a fully functional prototype and final product that meets or exceeds customer expectations, within agreed timelines.Project Management:• Collaborate within a team, clearly defining roles and responsibilities.• Develop and adhere to a project plan, including task allocation and scheduling.• Demonstrate leadership skills through rotating leadership roles, ensuring project continuity and team coordination.• Manage project resources effectively, staying within budget constraints.Fail-Fast Prototyping: • Generate initial ideas and rapidly develop prototypes to test concepts. • Identify and address high-risk areas
about evolving technologiesand industry trends throughout their careers. This further prepares them to successfully navigatethe workforce with an openness to new ideas and a capability to address complex problems in theindustry. These skills are essential for roles that require analysis, decision-making, andmaneuvering through complex situations. Additionally, the project enforces the students todevelop extensive management skills through hands-on experience in planning, organizing, andexecuting projects, providing valuable expertise in various professional settings.Since the project integrates several areas in electrical engineering, it therefore provides a broadunderstanding of the interplay between these fields, enabling the practical
engineering(Hispanics, African Americans, and women), are discouraged by being grouped with peers whohave coding experience or have otherwise been involved with computers before.Computer Science service classes will continue to encompass students from many diverse majors, asmore degree plans require a coding class. Coding does not always come easy for these students. Thispaper examines assignment choice in an undergraduate CS-1 course. Guided by the SelfDetermination Theory, the authors will implement assignment choice as a means for students to plana path to meet the course learning objectives. We will integrate the choices in the curriculum intoCanvas, the Learning Management System, and provide a course grade calculator to students.Students
2.06 2.56 SD 0.728 0.914 0.767 0.775 0.998 2. I plan to dedicate a lot of time to gain an understanding of thermodynamics. ME Other Sophomores Juniors Seniors Mean 1.81 2.08 2.05 1.90 1.88 SD 0.791 0.813 0.928 0.795 0.696 3. I plan to dedicate a lot of time to earn a good grade in thermodynamics. ME Other Sophomores Juniors Seniors Mean 1.57 1.96 1.86
education, with specific attention to first-generation college students, low-income and immigrant populations. He loves running, books, anime, traveling, and food, especially when he gets to do it in the company of his husband Tommy and those he meets along the way!Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and also serves as Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation in the College of Engineering. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering educa- tion can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive, and considers the
the experience of Black engineering students? Respond at poll below. PollEv.com/rarejusticeHere, we’ll open with an interactive activity. This will be an opportunity to help theaudience become familiar with the types of activities adopted by the center toinstigate thought, dialogue, reflection and vision forward. This activity and theresulting conversation will not last more than 5 minutes of the session. 2 Session Plan § Role call & kickoff activity
about common sense not simply as their own common sense, butcommon sense when it comes to living and functioning in a world where many of the peoplewho work with engineers do not have a foundation in common sense. When first thinking aboutcommon sense, the general idea would be to plan to teach students about common sense andmake it an educational adventure to teach them how they need to have common sense andpractice their ability to make good judgments with a sense of acting in a beneficial way to theirfellow humans. But in thinking about that approach, one starts to focus on the audience that weare addressing – engineers. This is not the average population. It is a group of individuals whofunction with a very specific plan of attack when it
theirexpertise in 3D modeling. Because experience builds expertise [4], the more technically relevantskills that CATIA students are exposed resulted in elevated degrees of competence andproficiency.A major reason for the curriculum update was to put a stop to the circulation of assignment answersamong students to increase student learning. We plan to continue to update the curriculum bychanging the assignment parts to maintain academic integrity as well as continuing weekly timedquizzes to better prepare students for the CATIA certification exam.We plan to continue to collect data this semester to determine if CATIA certification scorescontinue to improve. Additionally, another semester of data will help us determine if GPAs aretypically higher in the
self-evaluation and open response questions to collect quantitative and anecdotal evidence describing © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencepotential improvements to the students’ research skills and self-efficacy, mentoring relationships,and awareness and interest in careers in STEM.Mentoring activities were held during the research experience and planned for the upcomingacademic year as a part of the REM initiative. Emphasis was placed on sessions where the studentscould interact with the undergraduate and graduate student researchers in both formal and informalsettings. The program supplied lunch weekly for the HS students and the
conjunction with other teammembers’ strengths; therefore, students also hypothesize how their own strengths may help andhinder teamwork and how their team members’ strengths may help and hinder teamwork.Project teams are required to complete two projects during the semester, and Phase 2 is assignedbetween those two projects. At this point, teams have a team debrief for roughly 45 minutesduring class time where they systematically give and receive teamwork-related feedback to eachteam member. Students come to class prepared with discussion points and in the proper mindsetto have difficult and respectful discussions. Afterward, students complete an action plan wherethey identify team skills they want to improve and how to work towards that goal
Paper ID #41850Integrating Cybersecurity in BSCS/BSIT Senior Design Capstone Projects:A Case StudyDr. Radana Dvorak, Radana Dvorak has worked as a researcher, professor, dean, consultant, and program architect. Her Ph.D. CS-AI and MSc-AI from the UK, and BA from the University of Michigan. She has worked in the UK, US and the Cayman Islands. Radana spent time in the software industry, headed a VC funded company bringing her PhD work to market, served on government, university strategic planning committees, international fellowships; she was one of the key architects of the Microsoft Software System Academy - partnership
support learning and conversations about long-term investments under uncertaintyby making participants more familiar with the process of planning for extremes and climatechange impacts while minimizing risk. This work included three cohorts of students: twograduate level courses and one undergraduate level course. The students’ self-reportedquantitative and qualitative results were analyzed to determine the impact of the D4tD game inimproving student understanding of and attitudes towards uncertainty and robust decisionmaking for climate change adaptation and planning. Quantitative results implied that studentsfound it difficult to make beneficial decisions as uncertainty increased. Students seemed to bemore cautious when making collective
studies, exposing them to engineering fundamentals, and fosteringa sense of community. The benefits include smoother academic transitions, career orientation, skilldevelopment, retention, and motivation [2]. By offering a broad overview of engineeringdisciplines, the course helps students make informed decisions about their interests and careerpaths [3]. It emphasizes essential skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, and basic engineeringdesign, crucial for later success [4]. However, designing such a course poses challenges, includingbalancing content, accommodating diverse preparedness levels, resource allocation, assessmentstrategies, and scalability [5]. Effective planning, resource allocation, and innovative teachingpractices are essential
$552.17Project DemonstrationDemonstration of SeaKatz in action can be found using the following links: 1. https://youtube.com/shorts/yQRJE2krgq8 2. https://youtube.com/shorts/igAgCbwWzug 3. https://youtube.com/shorts/19D2WWNIhuE 4. https://youtube.com/shorts/V9Hfm9GV-V8V.R. Simulation EnvironmentThe V.R. application was created to provide a safe and immersive learning environment forstudents, researchers, and professionals to practice controlling the robot and completingunderwater tasks. The application can be used in various settings, including classrooms, traininglaboratories, and research facilities. If accepted, the authors plan to show the V.R. Demonstrationonsite. Figure 1 below shows a screenshot from the V.R. environment. Figure
Technology programs. He is also member of AIChE and ASEE. Currently, he serves as director for ASEE’s Engineering Technology Council (ETC).Dr. Lisa Deane Morano, University of Houston Lisa Morano is a Professor of Biology and Microbiology at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD). She is also the Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (CUAS) at UHD. Her research has focused on the bacteria found inside plan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024A Student Experiential Learning Program – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability Vassilios Tzouanas1 and Lisa Morano2 1
accessible as aprimary focus to engineering students with tight degree plan requirements within their majors.The proposed specialization is an important long-term programmatic creation effort to advancesustainability education within engineering. The department chair has supported a multi-yeareffort to support and create student-centric community-engaged learning opportunities. Thisdepartment driven (top-down) effort is also supported at college level by the Associate Dean andDirector for Academic Programs in the College of Food, Agricultural and EnvironmentalSciences.The Engineering for One Planet Mini-Grant resources were to develop General Education courseofferings within the Sustainability theme as well as technical electives that promote
kind of major-related transferable skills did you learn during the independent study/undergraduate research? Please list them below: Q.11. Please explain how independent study/undergraduate research experience influences your academic and career plans. Also, you can make suggestions that could improve participant experience in the future course offerings. Figure 1: Survey questionnaire for the studyThe data collected through the surveys were analyzed to understand the students’ perceptionsand attitudes about the independent study. The Qualtrics survey was sent to about 22 studentswho took the independent study with the authors in the last few years, only 12 that is 55%responded. The
. The self-assessment form can be found in Appendix A. In general, very few students are aware of ABETor of its student outcomes [11]. By having the students participate in the self-assessment processand reflect on their experiences, each student is able to identify outcomes which have not beenachieved and develop a plan to achieve all ABET outcomes prior to graduation. This proactiveself-assessment prompts students to identify weak points in their education and has the potentialto shape better student outcomes, filling all the ABET student outcomes and preparing studentsto be well-rounded engineers.[12]. The two senior semesters of IBL allow the students to directtheir learning and create their own learning experiences to address these
Systemic Change inEngineering Education” [10]. A planned NAE Engineering of 2050 Report describes thedirection, the referenced ASEE Mindset Report sets the path, and The Blueprint for ChangeAward develops an actionable plan to get engineering where it needs to be.The author also had opportunity to spend time with invited researcher Dr. Amy Salazar,Associate Vice Provost of Student Success at Sam Houston State University (SHSU), in multiplevenues over several days in 2023 and 2024. Dr. Salazar conducted an in-depth study on LearningLoss influences on SHSU students, faculty and staff [3]. In addition to identifying overallimpacts to her institution – such as declining performance indicators like recruitment, retentionand persistence; loss of revenue
Network Analysis (ENA)One possible strategy for analyzing the connections between these frame elements is ENA, amethod that uses coded data to find temporal connections between ideas within an individual orcommunity. Each of these codes are represented as a node in the network, and edges betweennodes represent the strength of an individual or community’s connection between those twocodes. For example, epistemic network analysis has been used to investigate how engineeringidentity emerges as students participate in a medical device company simulation [12], howstudents develop an epistemic frame when completing an urban planning simulation [13], andhow engineering values and epistemology emerge as students participate in a four-weekengineering
director, or they may have been the product of such a program. In neither case,however, is it possible for new directors to understand and learn every aspect of planning andstrategy. Even if the previous director desires to impart all that they know, it is possible that thereis knowledge or meta-knowledge that they, themselves, are unaware they possess.Another challenge is the lack of widespread understanding of the state of the art in diversity,equity, inclusion, and belonging from a practitioner standpoint. The community exists in a stateof functional dichotomy between those designated as researchers and practitioners. In addition,there are many members of the academic community who are not aware of either the currentstate of practice OR
situations, especially with communication and teamwork. Participating in co-curricular activities can be one solution for developing these required skills. uch of the existing literature displays these co-curricular programs in a positive light,Memphasizing the many benefits offered to students. Students can gain confidence in their major and beyond through hands-on learning experiences that supplement classroom instruction. tudents who engage in these programs have found higher employment rates, higher successSrates, larger profits and sales, and greater firm entry [6]. In addition, participating in innovation programs such as business plan competitions increases student discipline, industry knowledge, and business
, and Canvasas the Learning Management System (LMS). Additionally, E. Session 3: Final Preparations and Strategyparticipants learn how to interact with their IoT devices,including initial setup, connectivity, and basic programming. The final session before the marathon event allows teamsThis session ensures teams are equipped with the necessary to refine their strategies and address any remaining technicaltools and understanding for effective collaboration and project or conceptual challenges. Participants review their progress,management. Figure 3 finalize their project plans, and ensure all components are fully
with the rubric encouraged educators to internalize itsconcepts, making inclusivity a central consideration in their pedagogical planning and execution.In addition, the rubric was adaptively used in action research projects, underscoring its versatilityand applicability across various educational initiatives. Although it was not initially specified asa requirement for these projects, educators intuitively incorporated the rubric into their researchmethodologies. This spontaneous adoption highlights the rubric’s utility in structuring inquiriesinto inclusive practices, enabling educators to conduct meaningful investigations that contributeto the broader discourse on equity in STEM education.Through both its immediate application during the
in decision-making representation in decision- decision-making making Shared Funding • Undercompensating the • Provide fair & equitable • Set up a sustainable funding community partners funding to community for system for the future • No plan for long-term duration of project • Community can generate operations & • Funding is centered around value after the project has maintenance