Paper ID #42209REU Program Evaluation: A Valuable Tool for Studying UndergraduateSocialization in EngineeringDr. Caitlin D. Wylie, University of Virginia Caitlin D. Wylie is an associate professor of Science, Technology and Society in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.Mr. Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia Kent earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Virginia and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Science, at the University of VirginiaMr. Andy Wang, University of Virginia Andy Wang is an
engineering. Thereare practitioners who design and make decisions about events on a daily basis. Some of thejournals/conference venues where work is presented are more linked to academia, like ASEE.Within ASEE, presentations in the Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) and the Womenin Engineering Division (WIED) may overlap with presentations in the Precollege Division(PCEE) and the divisions aligned with specific disciplines.There are journal /conference venues that engage more industry, like the Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), etc. that also produce recommendations and workrelated to diversity. There are venues more tied
Paper ID #41299Work In Progress: Addressing the Great Debate on Best Control Platformsin Mechanical EngineeringDr. Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University Dr. Funke received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2017. He is currently an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Merrimack College Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is the new founding Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computational Sciences at Merrimack College (MA). Previously, she spent 13 years at the University of New Haven (CT) where her last role included four years as Assistant
Paper ID #40910Evolution of a Survey for Self-Reported Engineering Design SpaceExploration TendencyAndrew Jeremiah Lance, Francis Marion UniversityDr. Gregory Michael Mocko, Clemson University Gregory Mocko is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Clemson University. His research interests include distributed design and manufacturing of complex sys- tems, and computational approaches in engineering design, systems engineering, and creativity in con- ceptual design. His research is supported NSF, BMW Manufacturing Corporation, BMW AG, National Institute of Standards and Technology
students who already generally dislike writing assignments. Downeyarticulates that “the contemporary challenge to produce global engineers is not about how tocram more skills into the minds and bodies of engineers in the same amount of time. It is to makeengineers better problem definers and problem solvers by integrating into engineering routinesquestions about what engineers are for and what engineering is for in the first place” [5].ChatGPT is based on the generative pre-trained transformer architecture and is designed tounderstand natural language and generate human-like responses to various prompts andquestions. One concern within academic settings is that ChatGPT can write in various styles andformats including conversations, essays, poetry
Paper ID #44597Factors Impacting Retention of Mothers in Engineering Careers:Flexibility, Bias, Balance, and Benefits of Social NetworkingDr. Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently she is exploDr. Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. ©American Society
as an individual agent [18], [21], [22]. Students exist in theworld of the classroom [18], [22], build emerging engineering identity [23], and bring their priorlives and understandings with them into the problem solving process. As each of these facetsfluctuates in a student’s mind, epistemic agency may appear to move between several sources.Something does not have to be an epistemic agent to be treated as if it were one. In the late1980s, Daniel Dennett described the intentional stance: when a person interprets an inanimateobject as having wants and beliefs [24]. Through the intentional stance, students can treatproblems as epistemic agents in the problem solving process. But why might they do this? In theculture of the classroom, students
Paper ID #43904Work in Progress: Transforming the Freshman Engineering Experience throughPeer-Mentorship and Professional Competency WorkshopsTristan Hernandez, University of Texas at El Paso Tristan Hernandez is an Undergraduate Researcher for the Center for Research in Engineering and Technology Education at the University of Texas at El Paso. Tristan is pursuing a Multidisciplinary degree with concentrations in Engineering Education and Leadership, Mathematics, and Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso, with an expected graduation date of May 2024. He is a former school board member for a local school
professional [1]. With this in mind, the authors embarked on a (re)vision to anexisting multidisciplinary capstone course to develop a truly integrated approach to writing in thedisciplines [1] with the development of sociotechnical engineers in mind.This paper shares how the authors have found opportunities to meet these professional needs byintegrating a faculty member with a Ph.D. in English and background in writing pedagogy andtechnical communication as a member of the instructional team alongside the course’s existingengineering faculty. We will share the modifications made to the course, the rationale for thosechanges, and some of the preliminary data regarding student perception of the development ofboth their collaborative and technical
follow up of a reflectionsurvey tailored to the specific activity. The research team identifies how these tasks fall into oneof three categories, including why engineers should care about diversity, how to work on diverseteams, and keeping in mind the stakeholders of engineering design problems. The results of thisstudy showed that over the course of the semester, students felt they could create a moreinclusive and understanding culture when working on a diverse team of engineers. With the useof the included activities to encourage and intentionally place students of diverse backgrounds onteams, this research team was able to help students identify how to promote a healthy culturewithin a team.In conclusion, there are feasible paths to implement
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, professionalorganizations, and engineering ethics. Planned Strategies for the CAM program: CAM scholarmeetings will include career and graduate school preparedness topics every year (with theassistance of the Career and Internship Center) so that the students are prepared at all academiclevels. E-portfolios will be created with applications for internships, jobs, and graduate schoolsin mind.5. Current Academic Tutoring. In addition to general academic tutoring available through theUniversity, the CET offers tutoring specific to engineering in lower-level classes at theEngineering Tutoring Lab. Tutors are advanced upper-level students. CAM scholarship recipientswill receive tutoring as needed. Planned Strategies for the CAM program: Additional tutors willbe hired
Paper ID #42338Designing and Conducting Research Using an Ethnographic Approach toIdentify Pedagogical Practices in Engineering EducationDr. Hye Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyProf. Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology Joe Le Doux is the Executive Director for Learning and Training in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Le Doux’s research interests include narrative and inclusive pedagogies and practices. ©American Society for
Paper ID #43313Student Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence and Relevance for ProfessionalPreparation in Civil EngineeringDr. Mary Kay Camarillo P.E., University of the Pacific Mary Kay Camarillo is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. She specializes in environmental engineering and has worked on research in the areas of water reclamation, biomass energy, geothermal energy, oil and gas production, watershed modeling, environmental monitoring, and engineering education.Dr. Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific Luke Lee is Professor of Civil Engineering at
mappings, thought experiments, and learning to measure to promote conceptual restructuring,” Cognition and Instruction, vol. 25, pp. 337-398, 2007.[37] K. B. Wendell and H.-S. Lee, “Elementary students’ learning of materials science practices through instruction based on engineering design tasks,” Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 19, pp. 580-601, 2010.[38] S. Huang, K. H. Muci-Kuchler, M. D. Bedillion, M. D. Ellingsen, and C. M. Degen, “Systems thinking skills of undergraduate engineering students,” IEEE Frontiers in Education conference, El Paso, TX, 2015.[39] C. N. Lippard, M. H. Lamm, K. M. Tank, and J. Y. Choi, “Pre-engineering thinking and the engineering habits of mind in preschool classroom,” Early
instructions and applying what we have been taught.”- Machu PichuHe also stressed the unique importance of hands-on projects as a form of assessment. They providea platform for the development and application of data skills that align with the practical demandsof the engineering field. MAE students also appreciated the opportunity that experiential learningbrought as collaborative assessments allowed them to work and learn from others. Theyenthusiastically endorsed bouncing ideas off peers, valuing how it sparked new insights andunearthed blind spots invisible to a single mind. The camaraderie and support within learningcommunities also served as a powerful counterweight to the pressure of demanding projects.However, most students also harbored
contribute to lesson that problem” Persistence Commitment to the role/job “I’d like to continue working until I’ve of being an SEL; identify accomplished the projects I have in mind and with being a mentor see the change in person” Uncertainty Discomfort with variable, “So, that is one part of the job that I’m not sure inconsistent nature of the how I would lead it. It’s probably somebody else work that will probably lead it. I’ll just learn from it.” Culture of Engineering stereotype; “[connecting] is not the easiest for engineering Engineering personal or professional students, especially with
Paper ID #43247Impacts of Near-Peer Mentoring Between Graduate Students and UndergraduateTransfer Students in Engineering and ComputingShannon Conner, Clemson UniversitySkylar Hubbarth, Clemson UniversityDr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Dr. Boyer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering & Science Education in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. His work focuses on how technology supports knowledge building and transfer in a range of learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Impacts of
show students what thevarious facets of electrical engineering are.In Fig 6(b), it can be seen that students’ perception of the major increased after learning whatelectrical engineering is all about. This may be due to a misunderstanding of what electricalengineering is by those who are not familiar with it. Once students understand what can be doneusing electrical engineering, the interest in the major naturally increases.However, it should be noted that the movements in Fig 6 are very small. This is not surprising as96.6% of students went into the course with a declared major. It would be unreasonable to expectone course to change students’ minds significantly.3.1.3 Learning throughout the courseIn the second and third surveys, students
asresearchers to understand departmental transformations and their impacts. The first author is anundergraduate researcher, the second author is an engineering education scholar and the PARmentor in this study, and the third author is the principal investigator of the larger study. Byactively experiencing what they also researched, the first author used the participation to askquestions relevant to the student community. With that in mind, this research was designed toaddress the need to assess the effectiveness of the PFE courses in achieving its goals ofequipping students with professional and problem-solving competencies. We present this work-in-progress study by qualitatively investigating the experiences of current EE students andalumni who are
, learning power skills, such asteamwork, can pose a significant challenge for engineering-minded students. This often results infrustration for students and instructors alike. To address this issue, we implemented an innovativeapproach toward group lab writing in a lab class for 35 junior-level Chemical Engineeringstudents. In this study, individual contributions were worth 30% toward the group-written labreport. Students were required to complete their individual contribution submission as acompletion grade 24 hours before the group-written report was due. The group lab report wasgraded on quality and was worth the other 70%. The purpose of this initiative was twofold: 1) toenhance accountability among team members, as students’ individual grades
Paper ID #42518Exploring How Contextual Factors Influence the Implementation of MiddleSchool Engineering Curricula (Fundamental)Dr. Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jessica Gale is a Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). As a member of CEISMC’s Research and Evaluation Group, Dr. Gale’s recent work explores the development, implementation, and effectiveness of innovative STEM and STEAM curricula and programs. Dr. Gale’s research spans and often connects diverse subjects within K-12 education including: project-based
Paper ID #42710Factors Impacting the Development of Intercultural Competence in EngineeringStudents’ Long-term Study AbroadDr. Sigrid – Berka, The University of Rhode Island Sigrid Berka is the Executive Director of the International Engineering Program (IEP) at the University of Rhode Island, Professor of German and also the Director of the German and Chinese IEP, responsible for building academic programs with exchange partners abroad, corporate relations, and fundraising for the IEP. Sigrid served as Editor, with Editor-in-Chief Brent Jesiek (Purdue University), of the Journal of International Engineering Education (JIEE
rigid thinkersthan untenured faculty.Generally, faculty and staff see veterans as being more diverse than the civilian studentpopulations within engineering. The exception being the senior lecturers which may be based onthe level of courses they teach. Please note, they are also the smallest of the faculty pools withinthe study. Clearly the military prides itself on being one of the most diverse organizations in theUnited States and its practices of selecting candidates with diversity in mind for militaryacademies is currently coming under attack in U.S. courts [11]. The goal for promoting a morediverse officer pool at service academies is to provide leaders representative of the diversitynaturally observed within the enlisted ranks. Of course
Paper ID #41498Advancing Engineering Education: Linking Systems Thinking Skills to theTools through a Revised FrameworkMr. Amin Azad, University of Toronto Amin is a doctoral student at the University of Toronto’s Department of Chemical Engineering, pursuing a collaborative specialization in Engineering Education. Amin focuses on applying Systems Thinking Principles to Engineering Education and assessing its learning outcomes when solving wicked problems, especially in the field of Entrepreneurship. Amin obtained his MASc. and BASc from the University of Toronto, both in Industrial Engineering, and has worked as a
Paper ID #41292Board 303: Implementing Oral Exams in Engineering Classes to PositivelyImpact Students’ LearningDr. Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego Dr.Huihui Qi is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California San Diego.Dr. Carolyn L Sandoval, University of California, San DiegoProf. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San DiegoDr. Marko Lubarda, University of California, San DiegoDr. Alex M. Phan, University of California, San DiegoDr. Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San DiegoDr. Maziar Ghazinejad, University of California, San
Paper ID #44008Board 409: Toward Understanding Engineering Transfer Students’ Transitionsfrom Community Colleges to 4-year InstitutionsProf. Karcher Morris, University of California, San Diego Karcher Morris is an Assistant Teaching Professor at UC San Diego. Morris joined UC San Diego’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department within the Jacobs School of Engineering as an Assistant Teaching Professor in 2020.Dr. Jaclyn Duerr, University of California, San Diego Impassioned by her own transfer student experience, Dr. Jaclyn Duerr acts as an advocate and agent for student success initiatives at the university
Paper ID #42713Developing an AI and Engineering Design Hybrid-Remote Summer CampProgram for Underrepresented Students (Evaluation)Alvin Talmadge Hughes IV, University of Florida Alvin (TJ) Hughes is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering and a minor in Engineering Innovation. He has interests in additive manufacturing, materials analysis, and data analytics. He is the Data Science/AI curriculum lead for the EQuIPD grant at the University of Florida currently manages teams working on Python Professional Development for teachers interested in Data Science, as
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