and is responsible for designing, directing, and executing culturally responsive research and evaluation projects. She manages a portfolio of multi-year, mixed methods studies focused on improving educational and career opportunities, with a focus on historically underserved groups.Dr. Mark A Weiss, Florida International University Mark Allen Weiss is an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering and Computing, and Associate Director in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami Florida. He joined FIU after receiving his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1987. His interests
their tools for the digital design study.REFERENCES[1] R. Dou, Z. Hazari, K. Dabney, G. Sonnert, and P. Sadler, “Early informal STEM experiences and STEM identity: The importance of talking science,” Sci. Educ., vol. 103, no. 3, pp. 623–637, May 2019, doi: 10.1002/sce.21499.[2] R. A. Wicklund and P. M. Gollwitzer, Symbolic Self-completion. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1982.[3] N. Cross and N. Roozenburg, “Modelling the design process in engineering and in architecture,” J. Eng. Des., vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 325–337, Jan. 1992, doi: 10.1080/09544829208914765.[4] M. Lehmann, P. Christensen, X. Du, and M. Thrane, “Problem-oriented and project-based learning (POPBL) as an innovative learning strategy
answering the questions: Whatdoes previous research indicate about the experiences of student caregivers? and How does thatknowledge apply to recruiting and retaining undergraduate engineering students?A literature review on barriers and aids to CSt’ academic outcomes in the United States, which itsauthors believe to be the first literature review of the experiences of CSt, was published in 2022. Itfound barriers at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, and policy levels that hindered CSt,concluding that the challenges that CSt face are systemic. This project expands upon their workby (1) including studies outside of the United States and over a longer time frame, (2) trackingCSt’s areas of study, (3) exploring CSt’s assets, challenges, and
evaluating specific characteristics of thementorship experience itself [7]. Other mentorship within engineering programs is designed to support career or industrymentoring, usually for upper-level students. While industry mentors focusing on technical andproject mentorship through capstone projects is sometimes considered mentorship [21,22],mentorship programs with less curricular integration often focus on broader career readiness.Industry mentors are sometimes expected to assist with helping students find internships and jobs[3] or to develop professional skills that aren’t usually taught as a part of the engineeringcurriculum [23]. Evaluation of these programs is often driven by surveys and may explore whichcareer-readiness topics are being
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will be able tosucceed in their course of study. At the same time, almost all programs are committed tobroadening educational opportunity by admitting non-traditional students and seeing themthrough to graduation. Standardized tests such as the Graduate Record Exam were conceived asa way to discover talent that would not be apparent using traditional metrics such as prioreducational background and grade-point averages. The GRE arose as a joint research project byHarvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton in 1936 [1]. The University of Wisconsin was the firstoutside school to use it, on an experimental basis, in 1938 [2]. In 1949, the GRE was acquiredby the Educational Testing Service [1]. Its latest revision, in 2011, turned it into a fully
have the potential to be a very good student, and I just have issues getting there... Yes. I also would say I have a lot of different experiences than my peers. A lot of the people I’ve met, they either know nothing about engineering or they have done engineering before, but it’s more personal projects they’ve done or clubs they’ve been into where I have a very technical skill set. I don’t mean to brag, but honestly, I can build you anything you want… I could do that to where my peers have more of this theoretical knowledge about engineering, or they can code or things like that, their skill sets are pretty different because, honestly, most 19-year-olds could not just build you about
. Before embarking on my doctoral journey, I worked as a science teacher and research assistant for several years. I made the decision to leave my teaching position to pursue a doctoral education, and I am currently serving as a research and teaching assistant for a STEM education course in my department. My research interests primarily lie in the fields of STEM education, quantitative methods, psychometrics, and large-scale data analysis. At present, I am actively engaged in a project focused on mentoring relationships between Ph.D. students and their advisors.Dr. Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Hsien-Yuan Hsu is an Assistant Professor in Research and Evaluation in the College of Education at
is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Missouri and a Project Management Professional.Capt. Robert Hume, United States Military Academy Robert A. Hume an Instructor of Civil Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point and an active duty Army Engineer Officer. He is a graduate of West Point (B.S. in Civil Engineering) and the University of Cambridge (MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development). His research interests include sustainable infrastructure design, energy efficiency, and engineering education. He is also a licensed professional engineer in Missouri.Dr. Eric B. Williamson P.E., United States Military Academy Eric Williamson, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI – Dr. Williamson
, race,gender, class year, and transfer status. The next section of the survey included a validatedself-efficacy instrument for engineering students. There are 30 of these questions and theycorrespond to a self-efficacy instrument designed by The Assessing Women and Men inEngineering Project (AWE) in partnership with the Society of Women Engineers [20]. Questionsrevolve around a student’s academic confidence level, the grades they have received, and theirfeelings of social inclusion. The answers for the questions use a Likert scale with an extra optionfor “Don’t Know”. The survey was scored on a scale of 0-6. A score of 0 indicates all "StronglyDisagree", and a score of 6 indicates all "Strongly Agree". The final section of the survey
?MethodsContextThe first and second authors each taught two in-person sections of Ordinary DifferentialEquations in Fall 2019 and Fall 2021. The course was taught traditionally in Fall 2019 and fullyimplemented as an IODE course for the first time in Fall 2021. We began developing draft lessonplans in Fall 2019, starting with materials provided by NSF Project Award #1431641: TeachingInquiry-Oriented Mathematics: Establishing Supports. The same semester, we held conversationswith faculty who teach courses for which ODE is a prerequisite to identify content that is mostessential, and who recommended problems and activities that are more specific to engineering.In Spring 2020, we held mock lessons with previous ODE students to implement and thenmodify drafts
, California, USA.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community college between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), and Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In ASEE, he is chair of the Two-Year College Division, and Vice-Chair/Community Colleges of the Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022. ©American Society for
that should be noted. Specifically, one student mentioned thedifficulty of organizing peers together for group collaboration and working on projects. Manyonline students are non-traditional students, meaning they have full-time jobs, are married, havechildren, etc. Interacting with peers in online classes is crucial. However, for non-traditionalstudents', time is an important factor as they need to manage both their personal and professionallife. “Most of the posts they are not live. You're not real time, so you have to wait for a response and. I think if we can have a real time. This I mean discussions that allow you to have a real time communication. I think that'll be better. Because then you have to wait until they
and Project Management, Lifelong Learning)Survey results when presented numerically are presented as median, interquartile range (IQR)with ‘Not at all Important’ assigned a value of 1, progressing in increments of 1, to ‘ExtremelyImportant’ assigned a value of 5. Mann-Whitney U test was used for Likert Scale questions andFisher’s exact test for binary questions with α = 0.05. Unless otherwise stated, statistical analyseswere performed as two-tailed tests. Analyzed sub-groups include self-identified gender, age, andstudent type. Due to the limited sample size, two sub-groups related to age were used with 30years used as a cut-off point to identify younger and older survey respondents. For self-identifiedgender and student type, non-binary and
engineering students'perspectives on their future professions, employment opportunities, and overall careertrajectories. It is imperative to enhance their comprehension of engineering disciplines,fostering a talent pool that aligns with the evolving demands of national growth andscientific advancement. This entails deliberately directing and motivating graduatestowards actively pursuing employment and entrepreneurial ventures within pivotalindustries, landmark projects, and other impactful domains. To achieve this, it isessential to undertake comprehensive surveys on the employment patterns of collegestudents and organize career planning competitions. Complementing these efforts, theintroduction of career planning and employment guidance courses is
Associate Dean and Director of Engineering at the R. B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. He and his coauthors were awarded the Wickenden award (Journal of Engineering Education, 2014) and Best Paper award, Educational Research and Methods Division (ASEE, 2014). He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (2013) for designing the B.S. degree in Engineering Education. He is a co-PI on the ”Engineering for Us All” (e4usa) project to develop a high school engineering course ”for all”. He is active in engineering within K-12, (Technology Student Association Board of Directors) and has written multiple texts in Engineering, Mathematics and Digital Electronics. He earned a PhD in
instrumental case studies “The multicase project is a research design for closely examining several cases linked together” (p. v) Yin [8] A multiple-case study occurs when a study may contain more than a single-case.Multiple case studies offer a valuable variation of the traditional case study methodology,allowing researchers to gather data from several cases and conduct comparative analyses toexplore variability across different contexts (Table 2). The advantage of utilizing multiple casestudy is that the greater number of cases examined and the greater diversity among them, themore compelling an interpretation is likely to be [17]. According to Yin [8], there are twoprimary types of multiple case
emphasis on Higher Education. Dr. Rola’s professional efforts focus on promoting equity, inclusion, and student success in higher education. Her research projects center on supporting traditionally underrepresented students in engineering, social justice education in predominantly White contexts, student well-being and thriving, gender inequities in STEM fields, and navigating the hidden curriculum as a first-generation student.Dr. Caitlin M. Anderson, Southern Methodist University Dr. Caitlin Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Physiology and Sport Management at Southern Methodist University. She is the Director of the Hilltop Scholars Program at SMU, an honors community for first-year college
academia and industry. He received his Ph.D. from NCA&TSU. He is currently at NCA&TSU asAssistant Professor of Computer Systems Technology Department. His current research is on power and greenenergy, electronics and control/robotics. In the last two years, he published more than 27 journal and conferencepapers and has many projects and grants in power, renewable energy and smart grid related issues. Dr. Kateeb wasrecognized as the recipient of Academic Excellent Award from CARTS International 2012 (Electronic ComponentsIndustry Association, ECIA) for one of his research papers.Khaled F AlOtaibi is currently a PhD candidate at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUSA. He received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer
addressing lab questions. Four full-time faculty createdmultimedia content and follow-up exercises for assessment of student learning outcomes. Duringthe asynchronous lab session, students are required to read the lab instructions and watch shortvideos before beginning the lab exercise or project. A pilot class simulates the online course withthe newly developed content. The flipped classroom method shows promise based on studentfeedback and comparing student learning outcomes between the pilot class and the face-to-facecourse. The feedback from student surveys is discussed as well as suggested improvements ofonline course instruction.KeywordsOnline, Flipped Classroom, Short Videos, Adaptive LearningIntroductionCTU is a private for-profit university
term; and the use of heavily weighted high-stakes tests or project assignments whereone assignment’s score can make the difference between achieving an average grade or needing torepeat a course.According to Feldman [42], traditional grading includes a component that evaluates student’sbehaviors, often including timeliness, effort, and other behavioral measures. Often these expectedbehaviors make an assumption of life outside of the classroom which indirectly anddisproportionally affects students with part-time jobs, students with family responsibilities, andother non-traditional students.In an online interview with Cornelius Minor2 , he states: “One of the first aspects of truly inclusivegrading is understanding that the assignment doesn’t
) 28.3 (4.5) 28.8 (3.6) 76 All Freshmen 21 26.8 25.8 88 All Seniors 16 26.4 25.6 83Basic Writing Skills TestFor a similar basic writing skills test, the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communicationshas used a score of 80 (out of 100) as the minimum proficiency standard for entry into theEngineering College. The basic writing skills data are presented in Table 3 for each class, listingthe percentage of each group which scored above an 80, above 70 (another possible minimumproficiency standard considered by the project team), and the average and standard deviation ofeach group. Proceedings of the
research ideas, manage projects, manage students, direct student research,develop strong classes, teach effectively, advise undergraduate students, facilitatestudent success, and serve on various committees. Typically, there is littleassistance or even formal advice given as faculty endeavor to be effective andefficient in these roles.The tenure and promotion journey is not clear to many new faculty. Frequently,not only is the path unclear, but the terms change during midcourse. Sometimesthe bar is continually raised to a point that become difficult to achieve. “Mostcampuses set expectations higher than can be attained without effectivementoring” (1) (Boice 2000, p. 247). The hiring of new faculty is costly and timeconsuming. Just as colleges
Café programs over hydraulic fracturing and the impacts of oil and gas drilling.This poster will convey the following information about Science Café OSU:• Five Years of data from campus and community Science Café OSU programs• Evaluating Science Café programs• Resources for Science Café10. Encoder Instrumentation for R2D2 Robot Caitlyn M. Renne and John G. Ciezki (US Air Force Academy, USA); Steve E. Watkins (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)Encoder instrumentation to display rotation information was developed to support a periscope camera system for an R2D2 robot project. An optical encoder measures the rotation of acamera from the rest position at -30° through +75° in 5° increments (angles measured with respect to
figures such as object-strip color22, purely kinematic principles23, or spectraldistribution24. These approaches are attractive because their features are efficient to compute, andthey have inherently manageable search spaces.C. Suggested Course ExercisesThe intents of these exercises are to reinforce specific material in the host course and to provideguided procedures for other aspects. (More comprehensive experience could be assigned forcourse projects, honors research, capstone design work, etc.) Consider exercises for the threesuggested topics, i.e. image processing, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence, as shownin Table 1. A basic processing pipeline is assumed here that uses background subtraction to findobject blobs and that
Paper ID #43787Bridging the Gap: The Impact of Social Media on Modern Engineering Education—ASystematic Literature ReviewMs. Arianna Gabriella Tobias, University of Oklahoma Arianna Tobias is a sophomore Computer Science major at the University of Oklahoma, where she is deeply engaged in undergraduate research. With a strong passion for advancing her field, Arianna focuses on projects that combine her technical skills with real-world applications. Her academic pursuits and commitment to her studies make her an emerging academic in the realm of computer science and engineering education.Dr. Javeed Kittur, University of
, students have manyhours of experience working with the specific hardware set-up used in this study. The FUN 2 courseis required for ECE majors and minors and the majority of the students are in their second-year ofstudy. Ref. [19] further details the ECE fundamentals curriculum.The troubleshooting exercise was given as an in-class assignment at the end of the semester, withstudents receiving full credit for attempting the exercise. Over the course of three course meetings,during which students were otherwise working on their semester projects, two of the course TAspulled students out individually to attempt the exercise. To explain the exercise, the TAs read thefollowing script: Today you are going to be doing a circuit troubleshooting
Dr. Bandyopadhyay’s current projects at TAMU include forecasting of residential electricity demand and implementation of Bloom’s taxonomy-based assessments in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. In addition to academic research and teaching, she is heavily involved in mentoring graduate students and first-generation undergraduate students in engineering disciplines within and beyond TAMU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Comparing the impact of individual vs. cooperative Bloom’s Taxonomy-based in-class assignments on student learning in an undergraduate Fluid Mechanics CourseAbstractThis paper explores the effect of individual and small group
often need to be convinced of the value of these skillsand often have pre-conceptions of their importance.1. IntroductionAcademics often find themselves trying to get students to accept new ideas. Sometimes this isin the form of a lecture on new content that the students haven’t seen before. At other times,this comes in the form of answering a student’s question or explaining something to a studentone-on-one. Increasingly academics are trying to get students to come across these ideasmore naturally in project-based learning environments. In all cases, however, Academics aretrying to get students to accept ideas and achieve learning outcomes.In order for an idea to be accepted, however, a lot has to go right. A student needs to beinterested