school and high school girls topromote computer science and robotics. 11 His Arts and bots is a combination of crafting andcommon robotics programming that promotes collaborative “expression-focused robots”rather than competition based robotics.12In our work, co-robots are introduced as pedagogical tools to utilize engineering design as amotivator to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics through practicalhands-on activities to students. Engineering education assists development of engineering“habits of mind” including systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, effectivecommunication, and ethical considerations.13 This paper reports on the first year of a multi-year project to engage middle and high school students
area ofconcentration in an effective, ethical, and clearly communicated way. Tying all the subjects ofan engineering education together into a professional toolset, however, is difficult. ABET, the higher education accrediting body that helps set an engineering student onto theroad towards professional licensure, puts forward several criteria that help shape the student’sexperience and make it more likely they will be successful in their chosen field. Specifically,ABET General Criterion 3 (Student Outcomes) and General Criterion 5 (Curriculum) outline aneducation grounded in math, science, and engineering that is capped with an all-encompassingdesign experience.2 Crucially, this design experience helps the student make the
camp with learning blocks creates a totally immersiveand engaging environment for the learner. At the same time, these learning blocks allowfor entrepreneurial concepts to be embedded inherently. The character traits of successfulentrepreneurs, as defined by state school standards, are adaptability, creative thinking,ethical behavior, leadership, positive attitude, and risk-taking.1 These character traits willalso be focused on in terms of outcomes.Mater ials and methodsEntrepreneurship and deeper learning outcomes have been a recent focus of industry andeducation with many new studies outlining how these skill sets can substantially changethe outcomes of students. Research findings demonstrate improved student outcomes,higher levels of
, club meetings may offer a social network and connection toother more senior students in the engineering program. They can encourage students to engagewith the development of interpersonal skills and work ethic. These experiences may also broadenstudent’s perspective, with the realization that more than high grades contribute towards hiringdecisions. Motivation Construct Engagement Mean Standard Deviation Significance Senior Design 4.02 0.77 Seminar 4.07 0.61 Intrinsic Motivation 0.94 Club Meeting 4.11 0.70 Total
field in his first year as an employee of Academic Technologies. The cooperative en- vironment in Academic Technologies has improved Erik’s ethical, professional and personal involvement during the past years.Mr. Gil Paquian Jr., UTEP Academic Technologies Gilbert Paquian has always been fascinated with how things work. During his undergraduate career pur- suing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, his project-oriented work with Academic Technologies and the completion of an internship with W. Silver Incorporated, a local steel mill, were able to satisfy his curiosity learning about the inner workings of various machines, electrical components and computer software. After
data has been used in bothclinical and classroom settings 11 where the video data is used to assess numerous topics relatedto education. Obtaining video data outside of a clinical or classroom setting introduces manydifficulties in the data collection design because of camera and microphone placement 14 andbecause of potential ethical issues related to capturing video data 11, 13. These difficulties need tobe considered in the design of an experiment when capturing video data for analysis and will bediscussed.Most assessment of student learning obtained from a learning cycle in courses similar to themechanics course used in this study uses closed ended questions 8, 17, 18. Closed ended questionshave a unique solution and usually only have a
compare students’ metacognitiveresponses with those criteria that leaders in engineering and education have determined arenecessary for a sustained and successful engineering workforce. We have pulled the followingskills from the Engineer of 202014: strong analytical skills, practical ingenuity, creativity,communication, business and management, leadership, high ethical standards, professionalism,dynamism, agility, resilience, flexibility, and lifelong learning. We can see from studentresponses that EPICS has impacted their practical ingenuity, creativity, communication, businessand management, leadership, professionalism, resilience, and flexibility from the followingstudent comments (and others previously listed): ● Practical ingenuity
questions rather thanperception-based questions, the researchers felt that the risk of deception was not severe enoughto expose the survey to this potential source of error. Our survey with the slight deception hadalso passed ethics approval.Sexuality: In an early iteration of the survey, participants were asked to self-identify theirsexuality. Care was taken to design this question to be inclusive, but concerns were still raised,primarily because of the plan to have parents of the participants sign the letter of consent. In thisprocess it was reasonable to expect that parents may read a completed version of the survey. Itwas also reasonable to expect that participants in this age group may be questioning theirsexuality, but may not have yet
habits of mind.Engineering habits of mind refer to the values, attitudes, and thinking skills associated withengineering and include systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, communication,and an attention to ethical considerations. Wing (2006) also connects computational thinking toengineering thinking, as she defines computational thinking as not simply programming but theoverlap between mathematical thinking and engineering thinking. Likewise, Barr andStephenson (2011) compare computational thinking capabilities across computer science,mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts. For example, learning to implement aparticular algorithm in a computer science context would be analogous to following anexperimental
provideinsight into how nanoscale sensors might be used to map the brains functions. Discussion ofrecent advances in neurological interfaces, imaging, and interfaces not only highlight thecontinuing evolution of science and engineering but also provide a framework for discussion ofthe difference between current science fiction and future science reality and the potential societaland ethical implications of “Reverse Engineering the Brain.” In Fall 2015, much of thediscussion focused on two themes: 1) the potential benefit of healing wounded veterans and others suffering from neurological impairments, and 2) the potential risks described in therecently released movie “Terminator Genisys.”This module includes three short activities the students rotate
activity. Additionally, these activities could be expanded if basic waterquality analysis equipment is available. For example, the water could be assessed pre and postpurification so students have more quantitative data to factor into their assessment.Measurements such as turbidity, suspended solids, total dissolved solids, biochemical oxygendemand (BOD), coliforms, and nitrate could be conducted as part of the class and also serve as amethod of introducing those contaminants. Another possible option is to make this set ofexercises a multidisciplinary effort, where students taking an environmental course in sociologyor philosophy such as Population and Global Issues or Environmental Ethics complete the taskstogether and engage in debates using
current professionalgraduate students of a university industrial distribution program, through industrial distributiontrade organizations and online networking or recruitment sites.All potential participants were emailed a link to an online study hosted by Qualtrics. The surveybegan with an introduction explaining that the purpose of the study is to identify genderperceptions related to the trends, challenges, and opportunities for women interested in orcurrently engaged in a career in industrial distribution. All survey questions were anonymouswith an opt-out feature if a respondent did not choose to answer. We received IRB approval priorto running the study, and all respondents were treated ethically. Of the original 293 participants,282
of the humanitarian engineer9 “the artful drawing on science todirect the resources of nature with active compassion to meet the basic needs of all –especially the economically poor, or otherwise marginalized” it forces engineers to embracetheir social, cultural and ethical skills. Skills that may be underdeveloped, in many practicingengineers, due to their education and professional experience. This leads to a call to convergeconcepts, disciplines, and epistemologies to solve complex problems that are bound by largersocial systems and its interdependencies, i.e. leading engineers to work with variousdisciplines from agriculture, medicine, earth sciences, social sciences and education9. Thistransdisciplinary sytems approach also supports the
other three programs that were in the process of formulating their competencies, adhere to the Faculty transversal competences (professional ethics and STEM), adding only a limited number of specific competencies, relevant to their discipline.In both cases, the recommendation is that the specific elements that each career should add tothe transversal competences are explicit as learning outcomes indicators, which are ultimatelyassociated with each subject of the new curricula. These activities are currently beingdeployed among the programs of the School of Engineering, by supporting teacher with threestrategies: co-design of learning activities, elaboration of teaching guides including learningactivities that are explicitly linked
“(c) an ability to design asystem, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability”and (h) “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal, economic, environmental, and societal context”). The senior design project can serve as anexcellent culminating experience in the program of study when it focuses on research and designprojects that have practical value to consumers or to industry. For the Engineering Technology(ET) Department at Drexel University, the senior design course is a year-long educational journey(three quarters) that takes an idea generated by a
participantsPrior to the study commencement the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Research EthicsCommittee approved the study in terms of human participation. All ethical procedures wereadhered to in the recruitment and involvement of participants in the study. A purposivesample was employed comprising of forty-eight technology education students from threesecond level (high school) education institutions; secondary (n=21; 44%), vocational (n=15;31%), and community (n=12; 25%). There were no issues with apathetic participation orabsent students, thus the initial sample size (n=48) and consequent data was included in theanalysis. No cases had to be dropped. Using a nonprobability purposive sample, theparticipants had one year’s experience of second level
me to appreciate the contribution of geotechnical engineering to the broader discipline of civil engineering. 3. Observing the potential consequence of failure in geotechnical engineering problems has increased my appreciation of the societal value and importance of geotechnical engineering. 4. Observing the potential consequences of failure in geotechnical engineering problems has led me to consider the ethical implications of geotechnical engineering assumptions and decisions. 5. Solving problems with real applications in geotechnical engineering has helped me to better comprehend the technical content of the course material. 6. Solving open-ended problems in geotechnical engineering has allowed me to
: Engineering Design VII HumanitiesTG403: Senior Innovation I TG404: Senior Innovation IIII. Program Outcomes and Assessment:Graduates of this program will: • Employ sound principles and practices to design and implement software for complex engineered systems. • Assume a variety of roles on multidisciplinary engineering teams. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders in oral, written, and newly developing modes and media. • Demonstrate professionalism, including continued learning and professional activities. • Contribute to society by behaving ethically and responsibly.The achievement of these outcomes and the interpretation of results will be assessed using thestandard Stevens processes for
solution (includes system, subsystem, andcomponent design and (5) design considerations when looking at the system from manyperspectives including thoughts about ethics, economics, reliability and safety.The rubric has proved useful to assess student outcomes and account for both system-levelthinking and technical merit such as the capstone projects briefly described in the next section. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 44 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section ConferenceExamples of Student Deliverables to Assess System-Level ThinkingThe deliverables associated with the course emphasizes
promptwould also tie in other modes of evaluation and understanding.In the comprehension and evaluation mode, students performed a reading or viewed a video andsummarized key points, drew conclusions, and analyzed information. In the site analysis andevaluation mode, students were asked to visit a physical site (often a building on campus), andinterpret that site through drawings and discussion. In the professional mode, students reflectedon a wide range of professional skills, such as oral communication skills, written communicationskills, cost analysis, ethics, design priorities, decision methods, etc. Reflection prompts can alsobe categorized as exercise effectiveness. In this mode, the instructor directly asks the studentswhether or not specific
mathematical, scientific, and engineering knowledge to solve materials related problems • An ability to design and conduct experiments, characterize materials, and properly interpret data in order to understand materials behavior • An ability to select or design a materials based system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints, such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health, and safety, manufacturability and sustainability • An ability to function on teams whose members have interdependent and complimentary skills • An ability to identify, formulate and solve materials-related
green structures. At the same time, however, there was also thiscounter feeling of anti-sustainable practices, such as with the destruction of environmental andcultural resources with the building of the three gorges dam, or even sloppy constructionpractices minimizing the cost effectiveness of true life cycle integration. Many of these providedfascinating case studies for discussion on ethics, environmental practices, and of coursesustainable construction. The development of the final project included a focus on people, planet,and profit, and that experience alone was a key part of the sustainability aspects of this course.Teamwork and LeadershipStudents worked in groups throughout the entire course. The group interaction and dynamicsallowed
, conclusions, and/or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the NSF’s views.VIII. References1. Driskell, J. E. and Salas, E. (1992) Collective behavior and team performance. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 34(3), 277-288.2. Keil, M., Cule, P. E., Lyytinen, K., and Schmidt, R. C. (1998). A framework for identifying software project risks. Communications of the ACM, 41(11), 83.3. Whittaker, B. (1999) What went wrong? Unsuccessful information technology projects. Information Management and Computer Security, 7, 23-29.4. Perry, W. G. (1970). Forms of intellectual and ethical development. New York: Rinehart and Winston Inc.5. King
of informal logic.http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-informal/18. Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Henry Nardone, James Wallace. 2012. Critical Thinking: A Student'sIntroduction 5th Edition McGraw-Hill Education; 5 edition (September 5, 2012)http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thinking-Introduction-Gregory-Bassham/dp/007803831619. Michael W. Austin, Standards of Critical Thinking: Thinking Towards Truth, Jun 11, 2012https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/standards-critical-thinking20. N. G. Holmes, Carl E. Wieman, and D. A. Bonn 2015. Teaching critical thinking. PNAS 2015, Vol 112, page11199–11204 http://www.pnas.org/content/112/36/11199.abstract21. Alex Kalmikov and Katherine Dykes 2009 Wind Power Fundamentals. MIT
Paper ID #14678The Efficacy of Project Lead the Way: A Systematic Literature ReviewDr. Justin L. Hess, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Justin L. Hess received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education along with his Master’s of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue’s School of Civil Engineering. Justin is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the STEM Education Research Institute at IUPUI. Justin’s research interests include developing pedagogical strategies to improve STEM students’ ethical reasoning skills; exploring the role of empathy within design, innovation and
situations that were not the specific ones studied? What is involved in making an SOI effort significant? Did it involve contradicting something considered “true”? What is involved in making an SOI effort ethical (e.g., being mindful of how other work is represented, being mindful of inclusion/exclusion)? Challenges and What kinds of challenges did you experience? Did an SOI framing help or hinder you? advice What kinds of challenges did you experience regarding publishing or communicating your work? What help do you wish you had? What advice would you offer to others? Outcomes What was
broader community, both in the U.S. and worldwide. In addition to the assignments in this course, engineering faculty in the disciplines created linked activities in the senior project courses that allow application of these concepts to the students’ engineering disciplines. This class takes a case study approach so that students might appreciate the social, ethical and cultural perspectives of engineering. Over the course of the year, there are case studies that specifically address each student learning objective (SLO) in Areas S and V. In the pilot year (2013-2014), the GE faculty created a structure for the modules so that additional faculty members could create new case studies in the future, so that the course is
program staff and team members, morethan $500,000 in industry funding is recruited to sustain and grow the Enterprise program.The Enterprise curriculum and training experience, by careful design, offers opportunities forstudents to acquire and improve all professional attributes – beyond technical competencies - thathave been identified as essential to educating the engineers of 2020: strong analytical skills,practical ingenuity, creativity, solid communication skills, knowledge of business andmanagement principles, leadership skills, high ethical and professional standards, flexibility, andlifelong learners.4 By all definitions discussed in the NAE Phase I Report, the Enterprisecurriculum and experience is engaging, relevant, and welcoming, the
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, studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, and exploring ethical decision-making in engineering students. She also has established a national presence in engineering education; she is a fellow in the American Society of Engineering Education, is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE.Prof. Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin college of Engi- neering. Her education-related research interests include self-efficacy, design, intrinsic motivation, and gender. She speaks and consults on curricular design, student