, involvinga design problem, in a junior-level Dynamics course at the University of New Mexico. The twoauthors taught the class in consecutive semesters and followed-up on the same experiment inboth classes. This effort is in-line with recent departmental emphasis on integrating design intothe engineering curriculum. The Department has recently instituted a five-course, four-yeardesign sequence in its curriculum with the hope of graduating better engineers. Another benefitto the current PBL experiment, besides emphasizing to students the integration of design intoengineering practice and education, was to give students an opportunity to use the 3D CADsoftware that they have learned in the year or two before taking Dynamics. While working on theproject
, where she is a member of the Tufts Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI) and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO). curriculum and instructional supports for inclusive knowledge construction by engineering learners. Major projects emphasize community-based engineering curricula and professional development, engineering discourse studies, design notebooking, undergraduate learning assistants, and responsive teaching for engineering. Kristen is an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education. She teaches courses in design, mechanics, electronics, and engineering education. Wendell completed her PhD in science education at Tufts, her MS in aeronautics and astronautics
decisions. These findings arewell supported by employability research, where countries like Malaysia, India, and Japan haveinstituted educational policy initiatives to formalize industry partnerships as on-campusexperiences.Identifying significant response differences with regard to the definition of professional skills,the importance of communication skills, and personal preparedness provides a unique dataset toguide continued curricular improvement throughout the engineering degree path. This report ispart of a larger, mixed-methods study that seeks to close communication skill gaps in developingengineering students and create an ABET-informed approach to embedding communication skillscaffolding into a traditional 4-year engineering curriculum
: scientific and research skillsMany of the essential characteristics and competencies of transdisciplinary scientists are nodifferent than the core strengths of any successful scientist [8]. The items in this domain areimportant for transdisciplinary researchers, but are likely to be skills or knowledge developed inthe course of traditional graduate education programs. The ways in which these competenciesmay differ or need expansion for inter- or transdisciplinary research are noted.Some of the competencies related to this subdomain are:● Expertise. Developing an academic area of expertise is a desirable prerequisite for and compatible with transdisciplinary research [20] [21]. The Integrative Graduate Research and Education Traineeship
Strongly agree or agree with the statement Female Male Non binary Prefer not to sayGender should be integrated intoengineering training on a mandatory 54.2% 35.5% 0.0% 100.0%basis.All subjects in the curriculum should 60.0% 33.4% 0.0% 100.0%be taught with a gender perspectiveThere should be at least onecompulsory subject on gender 52.9% 36.2% 0.0% 100.0%equality in the curriculum.One of the questions addressed in the interview is the perception as to whether an engineeringprofessional should be trained in gender issues, or not. All interviewees
-11.19. Touretzky, D.S., et al. Accelerating K-12 computational thinking using scaffolding, staging, and abstraction. in Proceedings of ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2013. p. 609-614.20. Khanlari, A. and Mansourkiaie, F. Using robotics for STEM education in primary/elementary schools: Teachers' perceptions. in Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). 2015. Cambridge, UK: IEEE. p. 3-7.21. Grubbs, M., Robotics intrigue middle school students and build STEM skills. Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013. 72(6): p. 12.22. Kopcha, T., et al., Developing an integrative STEM curriculum for robotics education through educational design research
].Similarly, Bennis and Thomas highlight the importance of “crucible” experiences, negative eventsthat allow the leader to learn and grow four essential leadership skills: engaging others in sharedmeaning; distinctive, compelling voice; integrity; and adaptive capacity [2]. Leadership succession,however, is often relegated to status as a managerial activity intended to ensure the continuity of theproject team. In contrast, we believe that leadership succession is an important leadership skill thatteam members should cultivate. We are learning about leadership succession in the context ofNational Science Foundation Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) projects, academicchange projects that involve diverse teams over multiple years. The RED
Paper ID #36541Exploring Engineering Students’ Decision Making Prioritiesin a Digital Plant EnvironmentJeffrey Stransky Jeffrey Stransky is a PhD candidate in the Experiential Engineering Education (ExEEd) Department at Rowan University. His research interests involve studying engineering ethics and decision making and using digital games as safe teaching environments. He has published in the overlap of these topics by integrating digital games into chemical engineering curriculum to help students build an awareness of the ethical and practical implications of their decisions. Jeffrey obtained his BS and MSc
and Environmental Policy, and Engineering Risk and Uncertainty and is active with K-12 outreach. She has strong interest in engineering education. She develops materials and researches best practical classroom approaches for integrating computation and computational thinking in introductory CEE courses; and for promoting teamwork, communication and problem-solving in context, throughout the CEE curriculum.Christopher TessumEleftheria KontouHadi Meidani Hadi Meidani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California
interests include asset-based professional and technical skill development of engineers through extracurricular and co-curricular activities.Jack Bringardner Jack Bringardner is the Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He is an Industry Associate Professor and Director of the General Engineering Program. He teaches the first-year engineering course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects Program at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on the future of engineering education. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based
extremely compelling, identifying and analyzing data within current events”.Industry feedback includes the following:“Data plays an integral role in the energy sector, driving almost every facet of the industry. Withdata analytics, organizations in this critical sector can learn to get the most out of their data andbetter serve their communities through optimal energy utilization and process refinement. As acybersecurity professional at National Fuel, I see every day how data plays a key role inprotecting our infrastructure as we provide energy to our communities in Western New York andPennsylvania. MS DSA Clean Energy option at SUNY Buffalo State provides a better insight forour engineers to efficiently use methods and tools to realize these
enculturation as an engineer. The research is guided bythree fundamental research questions: 1) How does the integration of computing into the foundational engineering courses affect the formation of engineers? 2) In what ways do social identities (e.g., gender, ethnicity, first-generation status, socioeconomic status), choices (e.g., major, transfer status), and other factors impact the engineering student experience with computational thinking? 3) In what ways do computational thinking skills develop over time in engineering students?Instrument ValidationOver the past two years, the research project sought answers to questions one and two whilegathering longitudinal data for question three. The first major research result from
doctorate degree and has experience teaching undergraduate first-year engineering and mid-level biomechanics courses. Meagan is currently working with the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network partnership at OSU, integrating her interests in STEM education, entrepreneurial partnerships, and community engagement. Long term, Meagan is passionate about leveraging biotechnological advances in physiological data collection to both 1. promote factual science communication and learning and 2. to innovate community-driven engineering solutions centered around health and wellness. She values authenticity, connection with others, & integrity and prioritizes these values as an educator, bioengineer, and scientist.Krista M
assessments, active learning experiences,alignment with the course learning outcomes, and the lessons learned from previous courseiterations were all incorporated with the goal of supporting an increase in student learning.Literature ReviewThis literature review will examine this current study’s connection of student-designedassessments and student learning, through a review of scholarship on self-directed learning,student-designed assessment, and student peer-to-peer teaching.Self-Directed LearningSelf-directed learning (SDL) is an approach educators incorporate into their curriculum to teachlifelong learning skills. This pedagogical technique provides the opportunity for students to takeownership over their learning and have a significant role in
networkedenvironment, will be fully described. The firmware for the microcontroller is written inKeil’s C Integrated Development Package. Hardware and software elements arediscussed in detail as well as the challenges faced during the development of a workingmodel. Hardware topics include the DSTini chip itself, the development socket, thedevelopment board and all supporting hardware. The software elements include the KeilPackage, JavaKit and the server application programmed for the microcontroller.Applications of this type of microcontrollers include security and access control, webappliances, and many other network capable systems. The work is partially funded by aresearch grant from the Russell Chair for Manufacturing Excellence that promotesapplied
decade at Rowan University in their ECE department as well as in the power and consulting industries for over 3 decades. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Middle Atlantic Section 2022 Fall Conference Building/Testing Novel Sensor Technology in Summer Research & Independent Study Luka Baramidze, Peter Mark Jansson Bucknell UniversityAbstractPractical learning is an inherent part of the engineering curriculum. Engineering students bestlearn the course material through intensive hands-on experiences. Research and
, andmethodological dimensions of prominent critical social theories and social-justice educationalapproaches—Bourdieuian Analysis of Capital (BAC), Funds of Knowledge (FoK), Community CulturalWealth (CCW), and an emerging Veteran Critical Theory (VCT)—in light of military culture and militarystudent experience in engineering. Mutual consideration of each approach, seeking points of similarityand difference, results in an integrated social critical theory space tuned to the unique tensionsexperienced by military students in engineering. The current work will help add a critical focus to theexamination of military student experience in institutions of higher education and help address calls forasset-based, liberative approaches to research and practice for
microscopic and video-based optical techniques into engineeringeducation. A way to incorporate some of these practices is by training students in a lab setting onhow to use the instruments properly. Integrating new optical techniques into the engineeringcurriculum will allow students the ability to collect, assess, and evaluate data for a variety ofengineering applications.It was found that some significant ways to produce highly precise data for analysis can becompleted using video-based optics, microscopy, and image processing. The fundamentalmechanisms that play a role in major engineering applications can be evaluated by all engineers ifoptical techniques were to be incorporated into the curriculum. Courses such as Lab I or Lab IIcould utilize
allows every people globally to at least meet their basic needs, if it provides individuals in a given society equal opportunities to increase their quality of life, and if it provides future generations increasing opportunities.” [1]Sustainability, defined as such, is a component in each of the first-year engineering coursesstudied in this paper. The first year of college is especially impactful in that students arebeginning to form their professional identities. “The freshman year is the time to createexpectations and habits as well as interdisciplinary cognitive skills and course-specificknowledge” [2]. Thus, with the goal to successfully integrate sustainability into a student’s senseof self as an engineer, it is potentially more
, and the course introduces many new concepts, laws, definitions,and variables throughout the course. Unlike concepts in other engineering courses, these conceptsare not easy to visualize, tangible, or tactile senses in daily life. Therefore, many students werestruggling to understand the concept, or even though they understood the definitions, they haddifficulties applying these concepts to the actual engineering problems. Typically, the student hadsome difficulty in integrating the material until they arrived at the final chapters involving thepower and refrigeration cycles [3]. Therefore, the authors developed the EML-based project thatcan help students to apply their knowledge to engineering problems.Since this is a pilot study, we only
(CEL) can be defined as a type of experiential learning wherestudents collaborate with members of the broader community in support of learning goals.Service learning can also be considered a type of CEL. One stakeholder framework for CELprojects in a university setting is that they serve three main stakeholders with these being thecommunity, students and the university. CEL should provide value to the community partners byproviding a benefit to their organization which can take a variety of forms. CEL should providestudents an opportunity to apply the skills they are developing to a meaningful project. In termsof the university curriculum, CEL should provide opportunities for engagement and reflection onlearning outcomes. The reflection piece
Expanding Access to and Participation in MIDFIELD (Year 6)AbstractThe Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development(MIDFIELD) is a valuable resource enabling the study of students that includes longitudinal,whole population data for multiple institutions. Retention has been the dominant mode ofstudying student success in engineering and higher education in general. However, studying whomatriculates and who graduates does not tell the complete story of a student's path through theengineering curriculum nor should it be used as a measure of an institution. A national,longitudinal student unit-record database enables the study of engineering programs usingconsistent benchmarks and metrics. MIDFIELD has been used
practice in science and engage students in inquiry-based learning (Minner et al. 2010).In addition, a growing number of science teachers believe in the value of technologicalintegration (Howard, Chan, Caputi, 2015). Also, integrating technology in the classroom makesscience teachers feel more self-assured (Yerdelen-Damar et al. 2017). An extensive body ofresearch shows that teaching with explicit attention to models can result in substantial studentinvolvement in modeling instruction and increase their science understanding (Campbell et al.2015; Fulmer and Liang 2013; Gibson and Chase 2002; Stewart et al. 2005). In their analysis ofdefinitions of computational thinking, Weintrop et al. (2016) refer to computational models asBnon-static
government has a responsibility to represent the needs of itsconstituents.Notably, the core curriculum at the students’ university requires that every undergraduate studentenroll in two government courses, which may account for the number of participants whoidentified Lack of Government Accountability as an ethical issue in this story. Throughcoursework, students are taught that the United States Government has a duty to protect its citizens,and the awareness of that cultural principle is clearly displayed in these results. Because thesecourses increase awareness of government responsibility, students may be more sensitive tosituations when the government does not fulfill these expectations. The engineering students whowere interviewed in this study
Finite Element 1, 4Analysis to lower division engineering students and whether it can be done effectively. Asearly as 1992, Steven Howell 3 pointed out that the Finite Element Method (FEM) is typicallyintroduced in the upper level engineering courses. With the ‘integrated design software’available for the PC, it is now possible to expose freshman level students to the finite elementmethod without overwhelming them in the detailed math required to set up a model.” In the 2Spring 1999 issue of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal, William Cole stated, “Solidmodeling
Paper ID #37921A Cultural Approach to Teaching Teamwork inUndergraduate Engineering CoursesJoanna G Burchfield Dr. Joanna Burchfield is an Assistant Professor of Communication for the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. Her current research interests focus on the links between interpersonal and intercultural communication competency and undergraduate engineering students’ professional proficiencies and professional identity development. Specifically, Burchfield’s research explores how the application of an interpersonal communication based curriculum impacts undergraduate engineering
, Heather develops apps for mobile devices, leads the Prescott juggling club, and helps local high school students compete in NCL cybersecurity competitions. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Using a Pokémon Go Style Game in Introductory Computer Science Courses Heather Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Neil Jordaan, Consultant, PrescottAbstractThe objective of this research was to see if introductory level programming students wouldbenefit from using an interactive Pokémon Go style mobile application. Students are notoriousfor using their phones all
Paper ID #37457Principles for Designing Engineering Curricula Grounded inEnvironmental JusticeAmy Wilson-lopez (Associate Professor) Amy Wilson-Lopez is an associate professor at Utah State University.Jennifer Taylor Jennifer Taylor is an Assistant Director with the Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder. She directs the ITL Pre-College Engineering Education Program whose mission aims to broaden participation and build interest in engineering through hands-on learning experiences for K-12 students, especially
deterioration over time can be quantified.Background KnowledgePrior to the lab, students should review any method from Mechanics of Materials or StructuralAnalysis, for calculating beam deflections, particularly in cantilever beams. Examples ofmethods include: double integration, virtual work, conjugate beam, moment-area theorems etc.Since Structural Dynamics is usually not offered as a course in a typical undergraduate civilengineering curriculum, some basic background information must be presented and introduced tothe students as follows: Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering EducationAny object that is set
Paper ID #37158Cross Review of Collaboration in a Design-Build StudioSaeed RokooeiMohsen Garshasby (Assistant Professor) Mohsen Garshasby is an Assistant Professor in the Building Construction Science program at Mississippi State University. Dr. Garshasby is an architect, researcher, and educator who currently teaches collaborative studio(s) and integrated building systems within the College of Architecture, Art and Design at Mississippi State University.Afshin Hatami © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com