Paper ID #14697Exploring Interviews as Validity Evidence for the Engineering ProfessionalResponsibility AssessmentDr. Nathan E Canney, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and the role of the public in engineering decisions. Dr. Canney re- ceived bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stanford University with an emphasis
mechanical. Students entered civil engineeringto build things, environmental engineering to help the environment, and mechanical engineeringbecause they like math and science. Both civil and environmental engineering students changedtheir mind in their senior year and felt that an impact on society was the most important.13Differences seen between disciplines appear negligible for men, but can vary for women.17There have been limited findings on the details of gender differences for choosing engineering.Several studies have found women place a higher value on motivation from mentor or parentalinfluence.12,17,18 These studies have also found that men are more motivated to study engineeringby intrinsic behavior.12,17 Each of these findings provides
their experience.Summary and “Next STEPS”The reconstruction of the STEPS program was essential to recruit underrepresented students. Thenew format was well received and shows great promise. Key lessons learned in delivering thenew curriculum and key lessons learned in extending the population participating in the informalengineering outreach program will be incorporated in successive offerings of the program. Therevamped 2015 STEPS offering follows a 2014 STEPS offering in which the content anddelivery of STEPS was significantly updated to reflect current pre-college science andengineering education research. Specifically, engineering design, engineering practices,engineering habits of mind, and best practices for engineering career exploration
universally designed engineering laboratories and machine shopsinclude the availability of: ● Adjustable height lab tables or work benches ● Equipment and controls that can be reached from a seated position ● Clear, large-print, or Braille labels ● Adequate lighting or additional light sources ● Clear lines of sight between instructional and laboratory areas ● Wide aisles throughout the space that are kept clear of obstructions ● Clear safety procedures for students with mobility, vision, and hearing impairmentsEnvironmental and curricular changes with UD in mind may increase the likelihood that studentswith disabilities and students from other underrepresented groups pursue and persist inengineering. By providing examples of UD
Paper ID #9993Work-in-Progress: Developing Online Graduate Courses in Electrical Engi-neeringPetr Johanes, Stanford UniversityLarry Lagerstrom, Stanford University Larry Lagerstrom is the Director of Online Learning for the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He has eighteen years of experience teaching engineering and physics classes, including in blended and MOOC formats. He holds degrees in physics, mathematics, interdisciplinary studies, and history. Page 24.1396.1 c American
Paper ID #13291An Information Taxonomy for Remotely-Accessible Engineering InstructionalLaboratoriesMr. Steven Walter Tuttle, University of Technology Sydney Steve Tuttle was transplanted from Orange County California to Sydney Australia to chase his PhD in Software Engineering. In a parallel life, Steve builds web information systems for corporate clients, rides a kiteboard when the wind blows, juggles when it does not, and otherwise hangs out with his dog Lucie. The stuff one hears about the high quality of life in Sydney? All true!Dr. Bruce Moulton, University of Technology SydneyProf. David Lowe, The University of Sydney
Paper ID #11487Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking in Engineering Students by UtilizingIntegrated Online ModulesDr. Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven Ron Harichandran is Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering and is the PI of the grant entitled Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking in Engineering Students by Utilizing Integrated Online Modules and a Leadership Cohort. Through this grant entrepreneurial thinking will be integrated into courses spanning all four years in seven ABET accredited engineering and computer science BS programs.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel
Paper ID #11557DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRAD-UATE ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP PROGRAMDr. Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University Dr. Kyle Gipson is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University (United States) in the Department of Engineering (Madison Engineering) and the Center for Materials Science. He has taught courses per- taining to topics for first-year engineering, materials science and engineering, engineering design, systems thinking and engineering leadership. He has a PhD in Polymer, Fiber Science from Clemson University. His research background is in the synthesis of polymer
take risks in their design until a desired outcome was achieved.Constructivism and Social ConstructivismAs identified in Mendoza Diaz and Cox constructivism was the most prevalent theoreticalframework found in their review of the P-12 engineering education literature; seven publicationsused constructivism. Engineering design as a student-centered, active-learning pedagogy fits wellwithin the constructivism framework. Constructivism in an educational context which recognizesthat knowledge is constructed in the mind of the learner by the learner[16]. As described byJonassen,[17] “Constructivist learning environments: 1. Provide multiple representations of reality; 2. Represent the natural complexity of the real world through these multiple
Engineers: Designing for the future of the field. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 2008.[12] Alexander, P. A. (2003). The development of expertise: The journey from acclimation to proficiency. Educational Researcher, 32(8), 10-14.[13] Bransford, J. (Ed.). (2000). How people learn brain, mind, experience, and school (Expanded ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.[14] Byrnes, J.P., (1996). Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts, Boston, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon.[15] Alexander, P. A., & P. K. Murphy. (1999). Nurturing the seeds of transfer: A domain-specific perspective. International Journal of Education Research 31:561–76.[16] Denning, P. J. (2003
, George M. (2012) ‘What does it mean to design? A qualitative investigation of design professionals’ experiences’. Journal of Engineering Education, 101(2), pp. 187–219.34 Micari, Marina, Light, Gregory, Calkins, Susanna and Streitwieser, Bernhard (2007) ‘Assessment Beyond Performance Phenomenography in Educational Evaluation’. American Journal of Evaluation, 28(4), pp. 458–476.35 Prawat, Richard S. and Floden, Robert E. (1994) ‘Philosophical perspectives on constructivist views of learning’. Educational Psychologist, 29(1), p. 37.36 Vygotsky, Lev (1978) Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes,37 Design-Based Research Collective (2003) ‘Design-Based Research: An Emerging Paradigm for
Paper ID #15423Using Multi-Image Presentations to Enhance Continuing Engineering Edu-cationDr. Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC Charles E. Baukal, Jr. has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, an Ed.D., and Professional Engineering License. He is the Director of the John Zink Institute which offers continuing professional development for engineers and technicians. He has nearly 35 years of industrial experience and 30 years of teaching experience as an adjunct. He is the author/editor of 13 books on industrial combustion and is an inventor on 11 U.S. patents.Dr. Floyd B. Ausburn, Oklahoma State University
Generation. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(5), 051009. http://doi.org/10.1115/1.40269516. Svihla, V., Petrosino, A. J., & Diller, K. R. (2012). Learning to Design: Authenticity, Negotiation, and Innovation. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28(4), 782.7. Fila, N. D., Purzer, Ş., & Fernandez, T. M. (Under review). How engineering students characterize their innovative design experiences.8. Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in Society: The development of Higher Psychological Processes. (M. Cole, V. John-Steiner, S. Scrbner, & E. Souberman, Eds.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.9. Rogers, E.M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.10. Amabile, T. M
design lifecycle Engage in community-based educational activitiesWith these goals in mind the Capstone Experience was designed so a team of three or fourstudents would form small “consulting engineering” companies and then, over the course of twoquarters (six months), work on projects submitted by companies in the area.The student teams are mentored by an engineer or manager at the company and “managed” atour university by part-time faculty from the local industrial talent pool. The Capstone facultybrings the necessary real-world experience and soft skills, such as creating and trackingschedules that students need to execute their projects within the allotted time.In Capstone I the student team creates their development contract. It is then
Paper ID #23464Innovative Approach to Online Argumentation in Computing and Engineer-ing CoursesDr. Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University Swaroop Joshi is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering at Ohio State University. He is interested in a range of topics in Education Technology and Software Engineering, including but not limited to Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Game-Based Learning, Programming Languages, Compiler Construction and Optimization.Dr. Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University Dr. Neelam Soundarajan is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department
KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) [1]. As these efforts strengthen, approaches toassess the entrepreneurial mindset have also been developed. A popular approach is the use ofsurvey instruments. Lichtenstein and Zappe [2] reviewed 22 instruments developed to assessentrepreneurial mindset.We have developed a rigorously validated assessment instrument to explore the entrepreneurialmindset of engineering and computer science students [3], [4]. This instrument was developedbased on a framework in which an entrepreneurially minded engineer is defined as one whopossesses curiosity about our changing world, habitually makes connections to gain insight frommany sources of information, and focuses on creating value for others. The italicized words
Paper ID #21837Measuring Broader Impact of NSF-funded Project on Software EngineeringEducationDr. Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University Sushil Acharya, D.Eng. (Asian Institute of Technology) is the Assistant Provost for Research and Gradu- ate Studies. A Professor of Software Engineering, Dr. Acharya joined Robert Morris University in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Industry. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Software Security, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also
, are two-fold. First, the UTAs might serve as aspirational peers that are more relatable and approachableto the first-year engineering students. With this intention in mind, the UTAs typically circulatedthrough the classroom in the second half of the semester during “work days” when the first-yearstudents were working on the provisional patent application assignment. Further, UTAs offeredoffice hours and selected a location in the student work area. Secondarily, the UTAs took fieldnotes following semi-structured observational guidelines that described the interactions andactivities in the discussion section. The UTAs met with the research team to review the fieldnotes and deliberate on the activities every other week for the duration of the
Paper ID #23992Transitioning a Manufacturing Systems Engineering Course to Student-CenteredLearningDr. Jason M. Weaver, Brigham Young University Dr. Weaver is an Assistant Professor in Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Brigham Young Uni- versity. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Jason’s areas of expertise include additive manufacturing, data analysis, manufacturing system design, and product design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Transitioning a Manufacturing Systems Engineering Course to Student
transferable to people and settings with similar characteristics, some limitations of our study should be noted. Our study did not evaluate the experiences of majority students in the field of engineering. By consequence, and as stated in the discussion section, we do not claim the experiences analyzed in this study are limited to the URM student community. However, we recommend these results be used keeping this intended scope in mind as it is possible that these experiences are not strictly unique to the demographics and identities of our participants. Additionally, the majority (six out of eight) of our participants are underrepresented women. This intersection of oppressed identities may have influenced the experiences detailed in this study due
Session ETD 305[12]. In another study, Kitch investigated the effectiveness of JiTT and peer instruction in hisspecific discipline (civil engineering) [13]. He collected and analyzed data from 296 studentsover 4 years (8 different course offerings by 3 different instructors). He concluded that studentsfound computational problem sets as the most effective learning tool in these classes, which isexpected due to the problem-solving nature of most of the engineering courses. Interestingly,students found just-in-time teaching and peer instruction the next most effective tools. Themajority of students reported that JiTT helped them be on-schedule and more mindful in theclassroom [13].In another study that was supported by NSF (Division of
engineering competencies that are not exclusively synonymous with male, whiteor middle-class ideologies.For readers who are not classroom instructors, we believe that being mindful of how smartness isculturally constructed can help you better understand how you participate in a co-construction ofsmartness that may be exclusive, especially with respect to the cultural barriers inherent to abilitypresent for underrepresented students in engineering. In the end, we all must take responsibilitybecause we participate in the construction of smartness. It is our hope that this work can helpencourage those in both academic and non-academic settings to reflect on how they contribute tothis potential gatekeeper and how their tacit assumptions about
a computational design instructor in the Art and Design department at the California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo where she leads the Computing for the Interactive Arts minor.Dr. Aaron Keen, California Polytechnic State UniversityChristian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo c American Society for Engineering Education, 20193/3/2019 ASEE CIA paper - Google Docs A crossdisciplinary minor to engage student’s creativity and engineering skills Zoë Wood (Computer Science), Enrica Lovaglio
components,advantages and disadvantages. With the fundamental expectations of a flipped course in mind,section III explains the proposed iterative framework for developing flipped classroom courses.An example of flipping a lower division engineering course, ME 2040 - Circuit Analysis forMechanical Engineers, is used to explain the utilization of the proposed framework in SectionIV. Finally, results and discussion are given in section V. II. Fundamentals of Flipped Classroom Teaching While there has not been an official definition of flipped classroom teaching, it is commonlyexpected to have the following two components: 1) individual learning outside the classroom(also known as pre-class self-learning), and 2) active learning activities
Paper ID #30117Mentoring Among African American Women in the Engineering AcademyJocelyn LaChelle Jackson, University of Michigan Jocelyn Jackson is a doctoral student in engineering education research at the University of Michigan and national chair of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Her major work includes research in entrepreneurship, organizational leadership and behavior, and strategic planning for NSBE.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State
likethemselves; they appreciated spending several intensive days with girls who also valued learningmore about Engineering and were also planning projects to reach out to younger girls. “During the conference, all the [Ambassadors] were able to really grow close with each other.”Three Ambassadors reported that the younger girls in their projects/club were able to make newconnections with their peers. Some girls had known each other previously, but many of the girlswent to outreach clubs/programs run by the Ambassadors without knowing the otherparticipants. Ambassadors reported that they enjoyed helping younger girls to find like-minded(i.e., engineering-interested) peers. “They had never talked to each other or anything, but they made
communication activities informed by industryco-curricular partners. Central to contemporary pedagogical approaches such as problem-basedlearning and entrepreneurially minded learning is an aim to engage students in authenticexperiences which integrate technical knowledge with workplace skills connected toprofessionalism, communication, collaboration, and leadership. This aim, however, is oftendifficult to incorporate into the design of engineering curricula, which frequently separatetechnical learning from “soft skills” coursework in interpersonal, professional and technicalcommunication. Recognizing this persistent divide, this paper reports on a descriptive case study[8], [9] employing a backwards design approach to integrate professional
are analyzing the authors’ discourse, which includes their paraphrasing approach.As this analysis was done through the lens of poststructuralist feminism, the papers werereviewed with a very critical eye. It is important to keep in mind that in addition to the criticalthemes below, there is valuable information and research presented in each of the papers, whichis evidenced by their high number of citations. In the findings we focus on highlighting thecritiques observed from our analysis. However, first, we start with the discourses we foundwhere there was more of a clear balance between the techno-social dualism.1. Recognition in the importance of society in engineering designThroughout the papers, it is evident the authors are aware of the
Paper ID #30858Overcoming non-numerical challenges in an engineering numerical methodscourseDr. Ivan Detchev, University of Calgary Ivan Detchev holds a BScE (first division) from the department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. He also obtained a MSc and a PhD in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary. Dr. Detchev is currently an instructor in surveying and mapping at the University of Calgary. He is interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) related to engineering education.Dr. Elena Rangelova, University of Calgary Dr. Elena Rangelova is a senior
indicated a similar desire to impact society, but also a realization that anyengineering degree could be used to serve society. The most common reported reasons forstudents to change majors was an experience during their first year of engineering study(commonly major exploration opportunities provided through the FYE courses) that inspiredthem and/or interest in job opportunities within their selected field. It was unclear if majorcertainty was impacted by specific events, as there was no clear delineation between majorcertainty, student classifications, and specific events.The results of the surveys provided to participants in the mentored FYE design projects indicatedthat the projects were not instrumental in changing students’ minds about their