dependent on their capacityto implement, plans for sustainability, innovation, STEM engagement best practices, more high-risk students, schools within the business vicinity, and sponsor priority [12].Post-secondary sample. In Spring of 2019, an updated APT-STEM was administered to 667students enrolled in a first semester calculus-based introductory physics course for engineers.This was done for continued validation of the instrument. However, because this was an oldergroup of students, the items were slightly reworded by the primary researcher in collaborationwith the course instructor. Also, this updated version had a total of 30-items compared to 24-items from the post-validation phase of the 2017 sample. This resulted because the items werere
Learning (CETL) events, Campus-based ASEE Best Practices discussions, conferences and webinars on active learning pedagogy, the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) workshop); 2) Adoption of research-based effective teaching techniques, use of technology, and emerging pedagogy in the observed classes (flipped class, online games and exercises, simulation software).To compare the impact of all three approaches on improvement of teaching the authors analyzedIDEA10 student evaluation of teaching scores for all observed classed using “Learning Objectives,”“Excellent Teacher,” and “Excellent Course” criteria. The impact of this joint observationapproach can be illustrated via interrelationship of the class session
AC 2011-830: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: A CRITICAL IMPERA-TIVE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS/COLLEGESMichael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Dyrenfurth is professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the Col- lege of Technology at Purdue University. He is co-PI of two FIPSE-funded Atlantis projects: DETECT exchanging undergraduates with Ireland and German and Atlantis 2009 a concurrent Master’s degree project with Ireland and Spain. He collaborates frequently with ProSTAR to deliver industry-oriented graduate programs to professionals in the field. Active in international aspects of the profession, he teaches and researches in the areas of technological
the benefits of a studio pedagogical model, provide details regardingthe intended course structure, and discuss a series of studio projects to be completed by students.Mobile Studio Design PedagogyThe studio design model is a central part of the curriculum for architectural programs, where it isused to foster creativity and develop a student’s understanding of the design process. The studiodesign model also assists students by integrating other issues such as societal impact and legalrequirements into the design process. Because the design process is core to engineering, studiodesign principles are increasingly being used in engineering curriculums8.Features of the design studio include project based assignments (studio projects) that
research experiences with GNSS.References[1] Find it with GPS!, Developed by IEEE as part of TryEngineering (www.tryengineering.org).[2] Bednarz, S. W., and R. H. Audet (1999),The status of GIS technology in teacher preparation programs, Journalof Geography, 98(2), 60-67.[3] Hartell, E. (2010), GPS-performance in technology education, In Knowledge in Technology Education: Volumeone Proceedings (pp. 171-177), Griffith University.[4] Hartell, E. (2012), GPS-Performance in Technology Education Part II, In Explorations of best practice inTechnology, Design & Engineering Education, Volume One (pp. 141-148), Griffith Institute for EducationalResearch.[5] Zecha, S. (2014), Outline of an Effective GPS Education Trail Methodology, 352-361.[6] Walters
. The project expanded in 2012 toinvolve a larger group, which resulted in more complicated logistics and longer planning. A keyto success is when everyone is invested in the outcome of student success, and the end result is anear-perfect hybrid of best practices and new ideas.Conclusion and Future WorkBy leveraging the expertise and resources of Student Affairs through joint planning andimplementation, CEAS is able to implement support services in close proximity to wherestudents live. Preliminary results of the three research pilot projects show the added value ofcollaboration to student success.Future work includes rethinking Engineering House since the community is relocating to anotherbuilding with significantly more space for fall
demonstrate Course used to contribute to possession of graduate developing graduate attribute attribute. 1. A knowledge base for engineering 2. Problem analysis 3. Investigation 4. Design 5. Use of engineering tools 6. Individual and teamwork 7. Communication skills 8. Professionalism 9. Impact of engineering on society and the environment 10. Ethics and equity 11. Economics and project management 12. Life-long learningQ34 Please briefly describe the project(s) in kinetics and reactor design course.Q35 How many exams (hour or longer but not a
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
work.The skillsets necessary for managing ill-structured problems require more than linear rationality,and as we will discuss, well-formulated requirements open all möjligheter for a design team.Requirements, whether in the workplace or in our course assignments, should not dictate aspecific solution. In fact, ill-structured problems inherently require creative exploration by thosecharged with their understanding and solution, and this implies more than one right answer.Acknowledging this should impact the learning objectives for developing engineers.Consider the two dominant metaphors for learning: learning-as-acquisition and learning-as-practice 1. We often think about learning as acquisition, gaining a thing, “putting a new tool inthe tool box
integratingengineering design and industrial practice throughout all stages of Curriculum 21.” The NSF-funded coalitionsEXCEL and SYNTHESIS also are involved with early design. Especially notable is the work at the Universityof Maryland with freshmen,1 which was recently recognized by Boeing as one of the top four educationalefforts in the country. EXCEL and SYNTHESIS research has focused primarily on incorporating design in thefreshman year. SUCCEED has focused on integrating design throughout curricula. In the first year of funding, theCenter for Engineering Practice sponsored approximately 10 early-design projects. At the end of the secondyear, these projects were grouped together into a team called the Early Design Megaproject. The purpose ofthe
Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) and is a Senior member of MLA's Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). His research interests include studying the information seeking behaviors and data practices of STEM researchers, mentoring emerging LIS professionals, and improving information literacy instruction for students in the sciences. He has published on these topics in journals such as College & Research Libraries, portal: Libraries and the academy, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, and the Journal of the Medical Library Association. His work in these areas has been recognized by the ALA Library Instruction Round Table with "Top Twenty" awards in 2018 and 2019. Previously, Alex was the
, she recently, in December 2020, graduated with a Master of Science in Project Management from The Citadel.Dr. Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel Dr. Nandan Hara Shetty is an assistant professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at The Citadel, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his BE from Dartmouth College and his MS/PhD from Columbia University, researching the performance of rain gardens and roof gardens. He also worked for 11 years as an environmental engineer on construction and research of green infrastructure for the New York City Parks Department. Nandan is highly interested in engaging students, while pursuing dialogue with cities on urban climate and water research.Dr. William J. Davis
[5]. Faculty at the University of Michigan have gone a step further todesign and implement seven “biomedical engineering in practice” modules in theirundergraduate curriculum [6]. These modules are designed to be student-centered, with most ofthe experiential learning activities occurring in the classroom. The modules led to significantlearning gains, particularly in female students. These studies show the value of incorporatingexperiential learning in the classroom with the goal of not only reinforcing course content butalso building professional engineering skills.There is a significant need for workforce development for the biopharmaceutical industry withcourses going beyond the science and emphasizing R&D skills used in process
improve their ability to succeed in a professional settingand better prepare them to enter the profession upon graduation. It has been shown thatmeaningful feedback can provide students with an understanding of how they can improve aswell as close any gap between their current level of performance and abilities and what will beexpected in professional practice [10, 22]. The assessment tool was consciously designed to beformative as regards to an individual student’s assessment. As it was not summative, we hopedto avoid the leniency bias noted in supervisor assessments of students [16, 19, 20]. To stress thedevelopmental nature of this tool, students are given a pass or fail grade on their co-opexperience, not a grade that impacts their GPA. A
. Perez, and P.R. Hottinger, Complete evidence-based practice paper: The impact of information literacy instruction on the synthesis level of first-year engineering students. Presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/34316[2] J. M. Williamson, N. Rice, C. Tenopir, J. Kaufman, C. J. Faber, and R. M. Ellestad. (2019). Best practices for engineering information literacy instruction: Perspectives of academic librarians. Presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/best-practices-for-engineering-information-literacy- instruction-perspectives-of-academic-librarians[3] R.A.M. Hensel, O. Brown
, ethnicity, gender, first-generation status, national origin). Informed by the context surrounding our inquiry, this wouldhave allowed us to observe any differences in pre-college knowledge and experience, learningoutcome achievement, and role rotations. Going forward, researchers hope to increase thesurvey response rates to more closely examine the role of minoritized identities in students’experiences across control and experimental sections.References[1] J. Peters, “Designing Inclusion into engineering education: A fresh, practical look at how diversity impacts on engineering and strategies for change,” Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK. July 2018.[2] C. Leicht-scholten, A. Weheliye, and A. Wolffram, “Institutionalization
A Multilevel Assessment Process for Student/Faculty Teams in a Project-Based Learning Environment David DiBiasio1, Natalie Mello2, and Fabio Carrera2 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and 2Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic InstituteIntroductionHigh tides, sinking buildings, 12 million tourists a year - all contribute to the problems of Venice,Italy. Canals designed to handle limited human-powered boat traffic are now inundated bypowerboats. Biological, chemical, and mechanical factors damage centuries-old walls, resultingin annual repair costs of several million euros
. In addition to providing this type of feedback, linesof communication were open to ensure Launchpad advisors are well-versed on curriculumchanges and available academic resources. In the Fall of 2023, this collaboration was taken astep further by creating a “Lunch and Learn” where advisors from both units could spendtime together in an open forum to share ideas about how we can best serve our students. Thisfirst Lunch and Learn’s objectives included sharing challenges for first-year students, bestpractices for supporting students, best practices and ideas for transitioning students from thefirst-year advisement center to the college advisors, and best communication practices. Themeeting ended with action items: to collaborate on student
educational innovation, entrepreneurial skills, and organizational well-being. With over ten years of experience, she designs and facilitates workshops on leadership, teamwork, creativity, and innovation. She is also an ambassador for the Endowment Program at Universidad Andr´es Bello and was awarded an immersive entrepreneurship experience in Boston in 2024.Prof. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as a physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.), and a Ph.D. in Physics at Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Argentina. In 2013, she obtained a three-year postdoctoral
of faculty memberwho are experts in the topic being discussed. Miller and Olds2 described a multidisciplinarycapstone project to enhance the engineering skills of graduates at the Colorado School of Mines.A two-semester design course was used for that purpose. Multidisciplinary design teams ofstudents worked with a faculty advisor for an industrial client, and solved complex open-endedproblems. The authors indicated that the approach has been successful and the industrial clientwas pleased with the quality of the final product. Although this work represents quite an old Page 15.259.2example, it definitely shows the success of using a senior
behaviorsfocused on questioning techniques [21], instructional frameworks for integration [22], the impactof disciplinary background [23], and professional development [24].A smaller portion of studies measured the impact of the intervention on changing behaviors (9%)or increasing knowledge (15%). This included measuring the performance of the final prototypemeeting design criteria [25] [26]. Others focused on measuring increased spatial thinking [27][28], changes in science and engineering practices [43], and increased understanding of scienceconcepts [29] [26] [30]. Only [31] evaluated engineering concepts.Table 1. Identifying Trends in Research Aims for Middle School Engineering Education Categories
as a small meal allowance. Each teacher has received up to$2000 for the supplies in their lesson plans. Teachers worked in teams on their respectiveresearch projects. The teams worked closely with the engineering faculty members supervisingtheir projects and graduate students. In addition a number of group activities were alsoorganized. These activities include industrial sites visit, research seminars and some professionaltraining such as CAD, machine shop and 3D printing. Besides research activities in the researchlab, the faculty member from the School of Education and Human Resources offered a project-based learning workshop each Thursday. This aims to help the RET teachers to transform whatthey have learned from the research project to
learningstrategies” 3 (p. 222). Given the goals of increasing the number of women in the engineeringfield and the importance of helping faculty to increase the success and persistence of femalestudents, this study sought to extend prior research findings on the connection between supportfactors and persistence in engineering programs and beyond to the workforce. This studyexplored this issue through two facets. The first was a review of recent empirical studies onsupport factors for increasing persistence of women in engineering programs to better identifythe most effective elements of support. The second part, a qualitative study, explored thoserelevant support factors in-depth and extended the field of study to include practicing womenengineers.Career
AC 2012-3178: ON THE COMPETENCIES OF ENGINEERING EDUCA-TORS IN THE ARAB GULF REGION: RELEVANT THOUGHTS, CUR-RENT PRACTICES, AND CHALLENGESDr. Waddah Akili, Iowa State University Waddah Akili has been in the academic arena for more than 37 years. He has held academic positions at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Penn. (1966-1969), at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (1969-1987), and at the University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar (87-00). Akili’s major field is geotechnical engineering and materials. His research work and experience include characterization of arid and semi arid soils, piled foundations, pavement design and materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include
Efficacy in Inverted Classrooms was awarded the William Everett Warner Graduate Student Research Award from Epsilon Pi Tau. Daniel is also a recipient of the Foundation for Technol- ogy and Engineering Educators/Maley Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2016). He is the author of the book Falling Down and founded the PUSH Initiative, a non-profit organization that raises funds for at-risk youth. Daniel’s current research explores the use of the flipped classroom instructional model and its impact on student and teacher efficacy.Dr. Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University Aaron C. Clark is a Professor of Technology, Design, and Engineering Education within the College of Education, as well as the Director of
Paper ID #36464Integrating Universal Design and Accessibility intoBioengineering CurriculumAlyssa Catherine Taylor (Dr.) Associate Teaching Professor in Bioengineering with a decade of teaching experience across introductory, lab, and senior design courses. Interested in topics such as curriculum innovation (e.g., universal design and accessibility), inclusive teaching strategies, incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion-related course content, technical communication, and accreditation best practices. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
and diversity in bothacademia and the workplace. The instructor attended a Society of Women Engineers (SWE)conference in 2016 and became inspired to prepare engineers for embracing diversity andunderstanding the challenges that women and underrepresented minorities face in the workplace.The instructor had been a woman engineer in industry and in academia for many years, and hadexperienced many of the same challenges discussed in the research literature. The coursedevelopment was highly supported by the Dean of the School of Engineering (SoE), theEngineering Management, Systems and Technology Department chair, the EngineeringManagement Graduate program coordinator, the SoE’s Diversity and Inclusion program, and theother department chairs
1020,1022,1023) in year 1. Students taking Calculus Iin year 1 graduated at a rate 12.4% higher than those who did not. African American studentshad the lowest graduation rate of all ethnic groups. Thus, math preparedness has a criticalcorrelation of success in graduating with an engineering degree, particularly for diverse andunderserved populations.Newman [4] discussed moving from remediation classes, especially in mathematics, to a co-requisite model of education and highlighted that the assumption that all high school students areprepared for college-level work is incorrect. This especially impacted students interested inSTEM fields. Students being ill prepared students is a national problem [5] which is furtherevidenced by reduced numbers of
focused on developing software applications to assist manufacturers design and plan operations on advanced machining lines that could be rapidly reconfigured to meet changes to a product’s design or production volume. In 2003 he joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia as junior chair of the NSERC sponsored research program in Virtual Machining. His work at this time focused on the modeling of cutter/workpiece engagement geometry to support process modeling for aerospace machining applica- tions. He is currently on the faculty of the Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington University where he is director of the Manufacturing Engineering program
; and better student experience,covering mental healthiness, a design for all learners, etc.The world needs empathetic engineers, technology stewards [11], people who are aware of thechallenges the world faces, the multitude of voices needed to tackle the challenges in the worldtoday. There are several studies showing growing challenges for graduates entering theworkforce (e.g. [14],[15], and with regards to practical and communications-related skills insoftware engineering, [19],[20]), and with the global recession from COVID-19 [16], studentsneed to come to the job market with a more well-rounded engineering education. In curricula, wehave often sidelined the graduate attributes related to the so-called “soft” skills ofcommunication