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conclusion of the course. Interviews were semi-structuredwith questions focused on students sharing the experience of intercultural growth. Students wereasked to recount and interpret specific experiences of intercultural growth. Phenomenologicalhermeneutic analysis is underway with discussion to be provided at a future date.The students’ responses on the pre-trip survey indicate not only a strong desire to learn aboutdifferent cultures, but also an awareness of a lack of intercultural competence in their lives. Forexample, one student states, “I hope that this experience continues to expand my horizons andhelp[s] me develop a better worldview.” Another student states, “I like to think that I amproficient at nonverbal communication, but I now
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finding that job, including salarynegotiation and networking. They suggested that internships and co-ops s also be mandatory, asshould one-on- one counseling with a technology career counselor for every student. They alsonoted that guidance in the job hunt was available while they were students, but not offered post-graduation.Ten of the engineering technology graduates stated that they had issues with potential employersbecause they had an engineering technology degree. The comments received in support of theseanswers included large corporations don’t value engineering technology and engineering degreesthe same; some had to explain engineering technology was a “real degree.” It was noted that ifthey hadn’t interned at the company first, the
the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors wish to thank the STRIDE team and survey participants fortheir engagement with this study.References [1] M. Credé and N. R. Kuncel, “Study habits, skills, and attitudes: The third pillar supporting collegiate academic performance,” Perspectives on Psychological Science, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 425-453, 2008. [2] A. Godwin, “Unpacking Latent Diversity,” in American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, OH, 2017. [3] J. J. Lin, P. K. Imbrie, K. J. Reid, and J. Wang, “Work in progress—Modeling academic success of female and minority engineering students using the student attitudinal
industry. Dominant first year engineering programs create team-based fundamental engineering courses to develop students’ ability to work in a team. Thenumber of foreign students studying at American higher educational institutions is consistentlyincreasing and they possess unique cultures influencing the study and experience of domesticstudents. In this study, we focus on teamwork and peer assessment behaviors of multi-culturalteams as compared to domestic [U.S.] teams in a large Midwestern first year engineeringprogram. Our research question is: do teams containing one or more international student(s)have, on average, different peer rating behaviors from teams containing only domestic students?We find significant peer evaluation differences in
Paper ID #28083Physical Computing Design Project to Promote Equity and Community in anIntroductory Engineering CourseDr. Jennifer Mullin, UC Davis Jennifer S. Mullin is a faculty member in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at UC Davis. 2019 FYEE Conference : Penn State University , Pennsylvania Jul 28 WIP Paper: Physical Computing Design Project to Promote Equity and Community in an Introductory Engineering CoursePrior to matriculation, first year engineering students at UC Davis, a large public university,declare majors in one of the eight academic departments offering
extending beyond ourfirst goals of STEM exposure and engagement.References[1] S. Rogers, S. Harris, I. Fidan, and D. McNeel, “Art2STEM: Building a STEM Workforce at the Middle School Level,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2011.[2] M. Bright, “The Importance of Early, Consistent Exposure to STEM Fields,” Huffington Post, May 5, 2017. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-importance-of-early-and- consistent-exposure-to_us_5908e6b1e4b03b105b44bcdf[3] S. Oberoi, “The Economic Impact of Early Exposure to STEM Education,” Committee for Economic Development, June 21, 2016. https://www.ced.org/blog/entry/the-economic- impact-of-early-exposure-to-stem-education[4] H
experience working in engineer- ing teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years teaching mathematics, statis- tics, computer science, and freshman engineering courses in higher education institutions. Currently, she leads a team of faculty who are dedicated to providing first year engineering students with a high-quality, challenging, and engaging educational experience with the necessary advising, mentoring, and academic support to facilitate their transition to university life and to prepare them for success in their engineering discipline majors and future careers.Dr. Melissa Lynn Morris, West
., change in knowledge) often uses some proxylike course grades or performance on a particular project or exam to ascertain student knowledgechange. Utilizing course or project/exam grades may contain bias not only because there issometimes no baseline metric upon which to determine prior/exogenous knowledge, but alsobecause such grades are normally a) not anonymous to the instructor(s) and b) can be affected bythe instructor’s own grading biases.Changes in attitude toward a given topic or engineering in general is valuable knowledge, giventhe effects of student perception on graduation rate [16] and eventual employment [17] as well asless easily measured variables like satisfaction in engineering and creativity in the discipline.There are multiple
thestandard deviation values decreased at the end of the term – thereby suggesting that the scatterwas more clustered at the end of the term. Whereas, the scatter was more varied at the begging ofthe term – suggesting that the incoming students had disparate skill sets.end of term student commentsStudent end-of-term comments in written evaluations were very positive - with the studentsindicating that the greatest benefit to them came from exposure to the Instructional TeamTeaching effort, which provided effective, supportive weekly monitoring and mentoring.references[1] Ulrich, K. T., & Eppinger, S. D. (2008). “Product Design and Development”. 2004. NewYork: McGraw-Hill.
projectchanges, but also to raise their level of professional skills in expecting, coping with, accepting, managing,and even embracing uncertainty as preparation for their professional careers. These are skills andperspectives that we can also embody as faculty, to serve as examples and role models to our students.References:[1] Dutson, AJ, Todd, RH, Magleby, SP, & Sorensen, CD, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 17 (1997) pp 17-28.[2] Furnham, A & Ribchester, T. “Tolerance of Ambiguity: A review of the Concept, Its Measurement, and Applications”, Current Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1995) pp 179-199.[3] Mohammed, S, Okudan, G, &
type of discussion and the other activity to the other discussion tool. While in the Piazzaactivity, they engaged in a forum-based discussion and critiqued each others answers on Piazzafor the next 48 hours, the CONSIDER discussion phase was organized as two 24-hour rounds,where students engaged in a rounds-based discussion and posted their responses anonymously asdescribed in Section 2. Figure 3 shows an example discussion in CONSIDER. The student whosealias is S2 disagrees with S1’s initial post (indicated by the red background for that post) and pro-vides explanation for why she disagrees with S1 in the text box at the bottom of the screenshot. InPhase-3 for both conditions, students were asked to submit their final answers to the same ques
hybrid power systems and microgrids. The topics covered include the needs andbenefits of distributed generation, wind and solar energy potential assessment, models of energystorage devices, power electronic interfacing, life cycle assessment and cost analysis, and gridintegration issues. The benefit of such broad coverage is to give the students a comprehensiveview of the various RES components. Each student picks one area to explore further by studyingand presenting one or two research paper(s) to the class as well as doing an end-of-term projectdeveloping a written report and presenting the results of their work to the entire class.The objective of this course is to present and introduce the students to various renewable energytopologies and
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experience the roles of engineers throughplanning, design, experimentation, building, debugging and creating a finished prototype.Students can fully document the process to produce a written report on the project and give aconference type presentation of their results. One of the difficulties in developing a project for students is finding a device or systemthat will inspire interest and reward successful completion of the objectives. A Theremin is anideal project because of the adaptability of the circuits and the resultant instrument is a uniquedemonstration piece. The Theremin was invented in the early 1900’s by Lev Theremin1 andpatented in 1928 and marketed by RCA. It is considered the world’s first electronic instrument.The most unique
ScienceFoundation.References1. Jonassen, D.H., Toward a Design Theory of Problem Solving. Educational Technology Research and Development, 2000. 48(4): p. 63-85.2. Perrenet, J., P. Bouhuijs, and J. Smits, The suitability of problem-based learning for engineering education: theory and practice. Teaching in higher education, 2000. 5(3): p. 345-358.3. Heitmann, G., Project-oriented study and project-organized curricula: A brief review of intentions and solutions. European Journal of Engineering Education, 1996. 21(2): p. 121-131.4. Freeman, S., et al., Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014: p. 201319030.5
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complex problems, because you can only talk to yourself so much before you need someone else's input to really make a breakthrough on a problem.”Table 2 - Students’ suggestions for setting up environments to create optimal interactions Suggestion Freq. Example(s) Creating an 22 “I think that setting up an environment that doesn’t just cater to one “type” of inclusive person is the most important aspect of this. Not every person fits into the same environment, box, so why should they have to work in an environment that isn’t
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’ awareness of and preparation forcareers in instrumentation and manufacturing.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation's AdvancedTechnological Education Program under Grant #1801177. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Rationale for ProjectThe United States workforce faces a shortage in skilled workers, especially in jobs requiringindustry relevant skills but not necessarily four-year degrees. According to a report by theNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 3.4 million skilled technical jobsare expected to be unfilled by 2022 [1]. Additional
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not major, but they were necessary for theadoption of the program to an institution like UIC. These changes were incorporated to ensurethat the program met the goals and kept its critical components (i.e., ENG 294 course, dual-mentoring, and team-based structure). After the first year of the program, we plan to report onstudent outcomes and assessment data as well as provide a more detailed report of theadjustments made to ERSP at UIC.References[1] M. Barrow, S. Thomas, and C. Alvarado, “Ersp: A structured cs research program for early- college students,” in Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2016, pp. 148–153.[2] n.d., “ERSP | Instructor resources.” [Online]. Available
that the population in the United States is nolonger as diverse as it once was[5]. As people have emigrated from all parts of the world,cultural groups are represented in much different percentages than 10 years ago. Over the lastcentury much of the diversity evident in the early 1900’s has assimilated into what is referred toas a melting pot, constantly changing. However, universities do not reflect the type and level ofdiversity of the current population[2, 3]. Both of the engineering and engineering technologyprograms, despite higher levels of one underrepresented group or another, still has much higherlevels of white students. Thus the general population that was once in the minority are moving toa more balanced number as related to the