require engineering education practitioners for an integrated, assets-based approach to engineering and computing identity development that draws upon identity theory andresearch, community cultural wealth as well as funds of knowledge and identity. Chicana feminism offersa framework for understanding and addressing the experiences and challenges faced by Latinaengineering and computing students. Here are practical ways engineering educators might apply Chicanafeminist principles in working with Latina engineering and computing students: • Valuing cultural heritage and identity: Encourage students to explore and celebrate their cultural heritage and identity and help them understand the ways in which their cultural experiences
, 2023 Creating and implementing a custom chatbot in engineering education Shameel Abdullah, Yasser-Al Hamidi, and Marwan Khraisheh Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A and M University at QatarAbstractThis paper investigates the development and use of a chatbot in an engineering curriculum. Thechatbot helps students find course materials, answer general inquiries, schedule meetings withprofessors and teaching assistants, and much more. Students require assistance during their timeat university. College life is stressful, and tasks such as keeping track of deadlines, schedulingmeetings, and finding resources become daunting as the semester progresses. The constant emailexchanges about general course
students to succeedin the Professional Engineering Certification. This study will focus on the obstacles Puerto Ricanengineering students and graduates have that limit their possibilities of excelling in theProfessional Engineering Examination and improvements to the curriculum to increase thelikelihood of success in the P.E. exam.Author Keywords: Social Sustainability; Professional Certification; Diversity; Inclusion.Introduction and BackgroundConstruction and engineering education must integrate the social sustainability components ofdiversity, equity, and inclusion to improve the work environment and reduce unconscious biasesin the construction industry [2]. Diversity and inclusion promote the integration of differentcultures and groups that
Paper ID #39608Do Short-Term Diversity Trainings Have Lasting Effects?Dr. Laura J. Bottomley, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Laura Bottomley is the Director of Engineering Education for the College of Engineering at NC State University. She has worked in engineering education from preK-20 for more than 30 years, starting the Engineering Place for K-12 Outreach at NC State in 1999 and the Women in Engineering Program in 1998. She has been recognized with the PAESMEM award, once as an individual and once as a part of a program award, but her students would say that her Superbowl commercial was the greater recognition
robot useful,while the AR robot scored highly in the interest portion of the MUSIC model.This study highlights the potential of AR and VR technology to motivate students in the field of robotics. Theimplementation studied was an effective proof of concept, and future iterations will include a fully immersiveprogramming interface within a virtual environment to allow collaboration over shared tasks and resources, evenwhen geographically separated. Future iterations will also incorporate accessibility and inclusivity to a greater degreeby leveraging Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to integrate the tool effectively into the curriculum of anundergraduate engineering course.Keywords: Virtual Reality, robotics, Engineering Education
(focused on research),secondary (focused on teaching and/or service), and intersectional (aligned with identities ofscholars’ choosing). This integrated model engages scholars, mentors, and members of theadministrative team in authentic dialogue to promote a culture that differs from traditionalmodels of postdoctoral mentorship and development. Initial findings show that to maximize the progression of postdoctoral scholars, it isimportant to understand and address their self-identified issues surrounding mentorship andprofessional barriers that impede their success. The target audiences of this work are institutionalprograms, individuals who work with postdoctoral scholars, and those with an interest indiversifying and retaining future URM STEM
biases,incorporating culturally relevant curriculum, and demonstrating a caring pedagogy [4], [38],[39]. Further, faculty can enhance BLI student academic integration through opportunities toparticipate in research labs, and internships relevant to careers in engineering [38]. As such,much research has been dedicated to better understanding various factors that positivelycontribute to students' sense of belonging, including experiences within the classroom.Positionality As authors, we entered this research with a commitment to better understanding andsupporting the educational experiences of BLI engineering students in higher education. Ourteam consists of White, Black, and Latinx scholars. We took a social constructivistepistemological
lack representation forNative American students [7]. This repeatedly highlights the disparity of cultural diversity in manyuniversities, and subsequently, white-collar jobs.Another problem lies in the historically Eurocentric curriculum which ignores most minorities andtheir cultures [8]. This causes a mistrust between the historically Caucasian majority and peopleof color. In an act of self-determination, Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) were established,with most hosting two-year degrees [9]. The 39 TCUs primarily serve geographically isolatedpopulations, hours away from other mainstream postsecondary institutions. Despite significantprogress and a steady rise in enrollment, TCUs have funding that limits their ability to further
students agreed or stronglyagreed that the system enabled them to identify areas for improvement in their interviewpreparation. The results from this work could be valuable for educators and administratorslooking to enhance their curriculum and integrate new technologies to improve the careertrajectory of students. We also hope to raise awareness of the effectiveness of using virtual realityas a career training approach to help students combat anxiety and gain practice usinglow-pressure interactive scenarios.1 IntroductionAs of March 2023, roughly 5.8 million individuals were seeking employment in the United States[1]. Although the hiring process can be intimidating for all applicants, it can be especiallydaunting for those new to the job market
Paper ID #39943Improving the Experiences and Retention of Black Students in STEMEducationDr. Hermine Vedogbeton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Hermine Vedogbeton is an Assistant Research Professor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her research interests include social justice, environment justice, ecosystem services, and women & the environment. She holds a Ph.D. in in Economics and a master’s in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.Crystal BrownDr. Gbetonmasse B Somasse, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Gbetonmasse Somasse is a faculty member in the Department of Social
participating students take courses and conduct research at different campuses. Bridge tothe Doctorate Scholars are also offered the opportunity to integrate an International ResearchExperience into their training during their stay in the program. Program design, best practices,and operation and comparisons to other diversity programs and national data will be presentedalong with the career outcomes of the over 100 participants. Of the 33% in engineering (of these97% completed the MS degree). To date over 50% of the NYC LSAMP Scholars havecompleted their Doctoral degrees.IntroductionThe NSF supported New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYCLSAMP) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has spearheaded
improving the classroom experience for both students and instructors. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023How much deadline flexibility on formative assessments should we be giving to our students?AbstractRecent studies have proposed new ways of providing learning experiences and measuringstudents’ achievement of learning goals, grounded on the principles of growth mindset, masterylearning, and specifications grading. In one initiative called “A’s for All (as time and interestallow)”, students are given the support to achieve the proficiency they want (not necessarily an A)as long as they are willing to put in the time and effort, thus providing students more control
how the factors in a curriculum affect students and their successin engineering by answering two research questions (RQ). (1) What, if any, demographics factorsinfluence a student’s engineering GPA? (2) How does the course level affect the performance ofstudents in demographic groups shown to be significant in RQ1? Herein, it is shown that theprogression through an academic career affects students differently based on their demographics.Male students of color are shown to be the group most negatively impacted by certain effects.This work seeks to counter the common anecdotal fallacy that academic preparedness is theprimary driver between disparities in success as it is observed that gaps widen and narrow withtime through the academic levels
Paper ID #40289What Difference Does Difference Make? A Case Study of Racial and EthnicDiversity in a Summer Intensive Research InstituteTryphenia B. Peele-Eady, Ph.D., University of New Mexico Dr. Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady is an Associate Professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico, where she specializes in African American education and ethnographic research. Her reserach focuses on the social, cultural, and linguistic contexts of teaching and learning practices, particularly in the African American community, and culturally
through the politics of family influence andelitism. These distinct pathways suggest limitations on the talents that may arrive in U.S.postdoctoral positions.The identified external factors also could be particularly instructive to U.S. primary andsecondary school teachers and administrators as they engage parents on the career aspirationsthey hold for their children, strengthen students’ love of science, and ground curriculum in localcommunity needs to foster an early interest in STEM. For example, schools could host parentacademies, offer field trips to STEM labs, fund science fairs, sponsor STEM clubs, partner withlocal higher education institutions to provide STEM camps, and connect with local agencies toenhance their STEM curriculum. U.S
settings [7]. This work-in-progresspaper will outline our strategies for transforming the MCTE track at Duke University, includingthe needs identification, initial findings of student and curricular success, infrastructure changesto support our enhanced tract, and future directions to iterate on our courses. We also present thefirst iteration of our improved MCTE track courses, learning objectives for lecture and student-centered laboratories, and feedback on further improving these core courses to reflect the dynamicchange in the biomedical engineering space.From traditional engineering courses to an enhanced MCTE track Our BME curriculum requires students to take Bio201L: Molecular Biology as aprerequisite for their initial required BME
Paper ID #39344Identifying Collaborative Problem-Solving Behaviors Using SequentialPattern MiningYiqiu Zhou, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignQianhui Liu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Qianhui (Sophie) Liu is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Edu- cation at UIUC. Her research interests are learning analytics, educational data mining, computer science education, and explainable AI.Sophia Yang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sophia Yang is a second-year Ph.D. candidate with research work focused in the areas of Computing Education, Database Systems
equity, inclusion, andoverall representation in these areas need to be addressed more. In recent years, there has been arise of college-to-company pipeline initiatives with the purpose of increasing thedisproportionately under-representation of black women in tech. However, there has only been aslight increase in the representation of black women in tech from these initiatives, which stillindicate an insufficient level of their representation in tech.The objective of this research is to examine critical factors that impact the representation ofblack women in CS. To look at such factors directly, this article discusses a case-study consistingof a series of focus groups conducted on 24 black women, who were either current CS majors orrecent
which voltage is not already given. • Write a flowchart (in Visio) for a program that would cause the LED on your Arduino (pin 13 has an integrated LED – try it out!) to blink faster if more light is received by the photoresistor and more slowly if less light is received. Ensure the flowchart is only one page and submit it as a PDF. • Develop a Python program named HW11p1_Task2_UCusername.py to accomplish the logic depicted in the flow diagram on the next page. Be sure to include good input and output statements using Pythons input and print functions, respectively.Cognitive Communication incorporates content and, in many cases, both content and reasoning.The audiences specified ranged from a family member
Paper ID #40242Data Science (Dataying) for Early ChildhoodDr. Safia A. Malallah, Kansas State University Safia Malallah is a postdoc in the computer science department at Kansas State University working with Vision and Data science projects. She has ten years of experience as a computer analyst and graphic de- signer. Besides, she’s passionate about developing curriculums for teaching coding, data science, AI, and engineering to young children by modeling playground environments. She tries to expand her experience by facilitating and volunteering for many STEM workshops.Lior Shamir, Kansas State University Associate
, and D. Shallcross, “How Much Do Engineering Students Know about Sustainable Development? The Findings of an International Survey and Possible Implications for the Engineering Curriculum,” European Journal of Engineering Education., vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1–19, Mar. 2005, https://doi.org/10.1080/03043790512331313804.9. F. Sanchez-Carracedo, F. Sabate, and K. Gibert, "A Methodology to Assess the Sustainability Competencies in Engineering Undergraduate Programs," International journal of engineering education., vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1231-1243, 2021.10. L. O. Cezarino, E.C. Abdala, M.A. Soares, and V.D.C. Fernandes, "Students' knowledge of sustainability issues in higher education," Latin American Journal of Management for
teaching and support for qualityinstruction by focusing on four dimensions (core values, core principles, inquiry & analysis, andintegration of professional learning and educational development) at multiple scales (Individual– Community – Institution – Ecosystem) within the IHEs. Figure 2 shows the vision of NLC andits four dimensions and four scales.NLC provides an integrated platform for all those evidence-based high-impact practices (HIPs)that demonstrated positive effect on students learning and sustained success. Creating andadopting open educational resources (OERs) fulfills the core values of NLC – “Inclusive andEquity-Focused” and “Learning-Centered” – and supports the HIPs including project-basedlearning (PBL), to collaborative
quality of life [3]. In this plan, the UN developed 17 Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) to address the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainabledevelopment, and provide an outline for specific objectives and targets for metrics of progressfor achievement by 2030. Engineering is one of the fields that has been highlighted as integral insuccessfully achieving the SDGs [4], and as such, sustainability must be integrated intocollegiate engineering curriculum to train the next generation of professionals to meet thesegoals and rise to the future challenges. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) validates these updates to curriculum with their student outcomes which highlight theimportance of understanding
the math sequence in pre-calculusor a higher level of math if they score well on the math placement test and culminate thesequence in differential equations. The four-year graduation plan requires students to begin inCalculus I; however, almost half are only prepared for pre-calculus and are forced to start oneclass behind in the math sequence. Even with prerequisites in the curriculum and establishedmath tutoring resources, math progress continues to be an issue and one of the main reasonsstudents discontinue the program. This paper examines why math preparation and progresscontinue to be an issue at Virginia engineering programs and evaluates what solutions exist toovercome deficiencies. For schools in Virginia and West Virginia, this study
and drafting[27]. Since, the curriculum has evolved tremendously, however research has shown thatprofessional engineers still may encounter new issues that they were not faced with while inschool [2]. Educators must carefully consider the needs of today's graduates in order to properlyprepare students for the demands of this work. Academic preparation for the profession inengineering-related fields primarily focuses on technical knowledge, leaving little room for othertypes of competencies within the tightly packed curriculum [28]. To respond to these challenges,incorporating augmented reality in an authentic learning activity has potential to help understandhow young engineers view the real world and make informed decisions that they may
prepared to conduct effectiveeducational research on engineering curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and faculty developmentamong other topics. With the recency of these programs, there is significant opportunity to learnmore about what constitutes quality within this educational context. In this work-in-progresspaper, authors explore conceptions of engineering education PhD program quality as understoodfrom the lived experiences of the program directors who facilitate their delivery. Research intothe quality of doctoral-level programs is at an all-time high due to increased attention by nationalagencies, disciplinary bodies, and higher education stakeholders. These calls result from severalfactors but are most amplified by the inextricable link
associated. Figure 1. Composition of the Collaborative Design Team.Design and ImplementationThe grant was designed to intentionally integrate undergraduate student perspectives in thedevelopment process of creating these open robotics textbooks. As such, the purpose of theCollaborative Design Team is to review the OER robotics textbook chapters produced by theauthoring team, specifically looking for places to incorporate learner-centeredness into thematerial. The undergraduate students, who review the textbook chapters using their backgroundknowledge and experiences as a lens of what works in an academic setting and what can beimproved, are the key pieces in constructing learning materials that have higher efficacy
Sustainability: The Challenge of Integrating Social and Ethical Issues into a Technical Course. 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 30402. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--30402Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) (2021)“Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2020 – 2021—ABET”. https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-foraccrediting-engineering-program s-2020-2021/Benham, A., Callas, M., Fotherby, R., Jones, M., Chadha, J., Dobbin, M., & Johnson, A. W. (2021). Developing and Implementing an Aerospace Macroethics Lesson in a Required Sophomore Course. 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109
Paper ID #36599Sharing Best Practice in Safety Between Engineering DisciplinesDr. George Prpich, University of Virginia Professional Skills and Safety are my main pedagogical interests. I use the Chemical Engineering labora- tory to implement safety training to improve safety culture, and to adapt assessment methods to enhance development of students’ professional skills. I am an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia and I hold a B.Sc. (University of Saskatchewan) and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Queen’s University). Complimenting my pedagogical research is an interest in bioprocess
skills are missing in the undergraduate engineering curriculum?Researcher Positionality/ReflexivityThe first author is an engineer by training. I have both an undergraduate degree in civilengineering and a master’s in environmental engineering. I have spent my whole life surroundedby engineers and engineering. I have, however, not spent a significant amount of time in theagricultural sector. These two facts, along with my enjoyment of learning and people, need to beconsidered during this study. I know that I value engineering and think other people should also,however I need to be objective in the questions I ask. I also know that my lack of experience inthe agricultural sector could be a hindrance in this study. However, I have aimed to be