undergraduate training, teaching, and research assistantships at Cali- fornia Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he received a B.S. in Computer Science. Currently, Medina-Kim researches how undergraduate students negotiate commitments to social justice throughout their participation in co-curricular humanitarian engineering projects. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Towards Justice in Undergraduate Computer Science Education: Possibilities in Power, Equity, and Praxis1. IntroductionGiven assimilationist criticism of national initiatives to expand computer science education,recent computing education research has
design process, helping them solve problems. The studentsexplained how engaging in PjBL activities in the classroom boosted their confidence in using theengineering design process to solve problems they encountered in their homes. Some sampleexcerpts are:“I can solve problems, because I'm actually using it a lot more now since I'm stuck at home. Iuse a new design process, I think almost every day to try and solve a problem.”“I also think I could describe the engineering process to somebody just because we've used it somany times in this class.” “I also think that the engineering design process is more open minded,in a sense. It allows you to be more creative, because with science, there is usually a rightanswer, but with the engineering design
App. The SpatialVis App has shown positive outcomes for undergraduate engineering students and is in use inmultiple engineering courses across the nation [12, 13]. Figure 1. Spatial Vis sketching App1.2 Framework and DefinitionsThe terms spatial reasoning and spatial visualization are often incorrectly used interchangeably.Spatial reasoning involves three properties: 1) an awareness of space, such as distance anddimensions; 2) the representation of spatial information, in the mind or in maps or blueprints;and 3) the reasoning involved in interpreting this information for problem solving [6]. Thus,spatial reasoning comprises a range of spatial skills and includes skills like mental rotation,spatial orientation and
literature in Engineering and other disciplines on team teaching to betterunderstand this andragogical approach. We determined that Davis’ [1] interdisciplinary teamteaching frame and criteria for teaching evaluation provided a collective lens for examining howwe were working together and how that affects our students’ learning outcomes for all of thematerial we include as part of the course. With this lens in mind, we share the story of ourcourse’s evolution as we reflect on our personal experiences.Stories of teaching experiences provide an important resource for other faculty; simultaneously,stories provide a format for examining ongoing teaching practices for the authors. This paperoverlays stories of our current practices onto Davis’ degrees of
Paper ID #32501Analysis of Online Robotics Challenge Submissions - FundamentalMs. Sara Willner-Giwerc , Tufts University Sara Willner-Giwerc is a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at Tufts University. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a double minor in engineering education and engineering management in 2018. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, which supports her research at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) on the design of technological tools, learning experiences, and environments for supporting solution diversity
Protocolfor Engineering Design (COPED) [23], and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System [24],which are science-specific, engineering-specific, engineering design process focused, andcontent agnostic, respectively. Although these instruments provide a variety of different designsto support the development of a new observational instrument, they are ill-suited for use inclassrooms that feature STEM integration, as they do not directly address instruction or learningthat occurs at the intersection of multiple disciplines. Further, these instruments were notdesigned with an integrated STEM education framework in mind, thus missing keycharacteristics of integrated STEM. The desire and need for such as instrument motivated thework reported here, which
and engineering. These connections were not explicitly taughtin the class but were implicit through various class activities and projects. Figure 10 illustrates amind map created by a student showing the connections they were able to make betweenstorytelling and engineering. This mind map was developed as part of reflection for the finalproject. The components of storytelling as identified by the student include characters, timeline,visuals, moral/theme, and planning. The components of engineering include stakeholders,documentation, design, tools, and building. The student was able to create interestingconnections between storytelling and engineering. For example, characters in a story are like thestakeholders for engineering problem
Paper ID #33808Student Reflections on Sustainability and Empathy: The Outcomes of aSustainability Workshop in First-year Design CoursesMr. Rohan Prabhu, Pennsylvania State University Rohan Prabhu is a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State with a doctoral minor in Psychology. He holds a master’s degree in Engineering Design and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are to study designers’ use of design for additive manufacturing in their creative problem-solving process. He is also studying the development of effective educational interventions on design for additive
. 6“So, I have one student in particular that pops into mind where he eventually wants to go onto afour-year college, but his family is not in a position right now where he can afford it, so he'sdoing the {Regional Pathway} program.” 271T2, suggested that it is important for students to know whether they like engineeringbefore spending large amount of money on an engineering degree, which can influence thestudents’ financial future.“the goal of the class is not to make people engineers. It is to help you find out if you want tobe an engineer and, do you have what it takes to be an engineer? So, at the end of my first levelone class, if a student says, "Wow, I found out I really don't want to go into engineering," wellthat's a win. Here
experience in construction as a builder and design as the principal of his own residential design and con- sulting firm. Clarke has written three books and numerous articles on alternatives to standard construction methodologies. He is currently an Industry Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology where he teaches design and works to develop and teach methodologies for merging engineering and architectural workflows for low energy building design.Mr. Emil Pitz, Stevens Institute of Technology Emil Pitz is a mechanical engineering PhD student at Stevens Institute of Technology. His research focuses on stochastic failure analysis of composites
Paper ID #32392#LaHoraSTEAM (The STEAM Hour) – An Initiative to Promote STEM-STEAMLearning in Quarantine Times (Work in Progress)Mr. Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College Marcelo Caplan - Associate Professor, Department of Science and Mathematics, Columbia College Chicago. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I am involved in the outreach programs and activities of the department. I am the coordinator of three outreach programs 1) the NSF-ISE project ”Scientists for To- morrow” which goal is to promote Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning in community centers in the Chicago area, 2) the Junior
.” 12 Reece: “We all have a responsibility, like the big industries have a responsibility as well, to keep the environment and the health of everyone in mind.” Charlie: “Responsibility of the industrialist to do the right thing, protect the environment, protect the community he or she is involved with, and also some social justice would go into this as well and probably one of the responsibilities of being a good engineer and industrialist and not be corrupt.”Bailey did not give a direct definition for CSR, however they heavily associate the term with having a sociallicense to operate, which they defined as “the social permission that is granted to the company by yourgeographic neighbors to perform your
Paper ID #32692The Virtues of Teamwork: A Course Module to Cultivate the Virtuous TeamWorkerDr. Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University Dr. Michael Gross is a Founding Faculty and Associate Professor of Engineering and the David and Leila Farr Faculty Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest University. He is part of the team that is planning, developing, and delivering the brand new Engineering program, a program viewed as an opportunity to break down silos across campus and creatively think about reimagining the undergraduate engineering educational experience, integration and collaboration across
Paper ID #32896Teachers Navigating Educational Systems: Reflections on the Value ofFunds of Knowledge (Fundamental)Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frame- works and Chicano Cultural Studies to investigate and analyze existing deficit models in engineering education. Dr. Mejia’s work also examines how asset-based models impact the validation and recognition of students and communities of color as holders
Paper ID #32964The Educative Design Problem Framework: Relevance, SociotechnicalComplexity, Accessibility, and Nondeterministic High CeilingsDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments
were recruited from local CBBG educationalpartners, which all serve students from populations traditionally underrepresented in engineering.Two participants teach in a Title 1 school district in Phoenix, one teacher was transitioning backto the classroom from the Arizona Science Center, and two teachers were part of an NSF-fundedproject to develop criteria and associated metrics for K-12 engineering educators with the needsof their students in mind. The teachers themselves also represented diverse backgrounds. Four ofthe participants identified as African American, one also identified as Asian American, andanother teacher identified as Native American. Six of the participants taught at the middle schoollevel and two taught at the high school
Paper ID #32580Assessing the Impact of Transitioning Introductory Design Instruction toan Online EnvironmentMr. Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo Mr. Christopher Rennick received his B.A.Sc., Honours Electrical Engineering in 2007 and his M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 2009, both from the University of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Chris is currently a PhD student in Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Since 2010, he has been employed with the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada as teaching staff.Dr. Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo Dr. Carol Hulls, P.Eng
Paper ID #32834Emergency Transition of Intro Communication and Design Course to RemoteTeachingMr. Clay Swackhamer, University of California, Davis Clay is a PhD candidate at UC Davis working under the supervision of Dr. Gail M. Bornhorst in the department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. His research focuses on the breakdown of solid foods during gastric digestion and the development of improved in vitro models for studying digestion.Dr. Jennifer Mullin, University of California, Davis Jennifer S. Mullin is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. She has a
Paper ID #33656The Critic as Designer: How Metacognition Makes TransdisciplinarityPossibleAndrea L. Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Andrea is a first-year PhD student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include culturally relevant pedagogy, teaching and learning in ECE, and international engineering education.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director
Paper ID #34808Introducing Engineering Principles in a Diverse InterdisciplinaryVirtual Summer Camp for Underrepresented 9th - 12th Graders in RuralLouisiana (Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Mehmet Emre Bahadir, Southeastern Louisiana University Mehmet Emre Bahadir is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Technology at Southeastern Louisiana Uni- versity. His teaching and research interests are in the field of product design, industrial ecology, sustain- able manufacturing, and additive manufacturing.Dr. Ahmad Fayed, Southeastern Louisiana University Ahmad Fayed is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology, a former member
with their sexist remarks, men demonstrate a decline in theuse of sexist language and implement compensatory behaviors [17]. With this in mind, directadvocating strategies may yield the best outcomes in academic and professional settings.ConclusionsGender stereotyping and bias are persistent throughout STEM fields in both academics and industry.Our results showed that female engineering students use numerous strategies to deal with genderstereotype or bias experiences. The strategies can be classified inside two themes: Concede andAdvocate. Conceding strategies were composed of acknowledgement, avoidance and moodstrategies. On the other hand, advocating strategies were divided in direct and indirectapproaches.The kind of strategy employed was
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therefore have more of aneed for resources (i.e., counseling, mental health services). Although this need is there, areduction in the stigma surrounding mental health is still required so that engineering studentsare more open to the idea of using the resources offered at their respective universities.Research DesignIn this study, we use the lens of social identity theory to conduct an exploratory quantitativeanalysis of existing data. Data was collected by institutions of higher education using validatedinstruments organized by the Healthy Minds Network [20]. Data was accessed upon request tothe Healthy Minds Network in an anonymized format. As such, our procedures for data accesswere except an Institutional Review Board. Taking advantage of the
, participants will have the option of using any form of visuals for theirsubmissions. The following prompt will be used to solicit these images: Reflect on five impactful emotional experiences of any type that you have had as an engineering graduate student here at the [BLINDED]. Please try to capture the range of emotional experiences you’ve had. With these in mind, please select an image to represent each of those experiences. These images can be ones you have taken, ones you take or create specifically for this project, or find online. Please submit each image with a 3-5 sentence caption explaining why the image was included, and if necessary, the URL from where you found the image.These images and
Paper ID #32470The Transfer of Learning Between School and Work: A New Stance in theDebate About Engineering Graduates’ Preparedness for Career SuccessAbstractMr. Logan Andrew Perry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Mr. Perry is a PhD student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. He currently studies learning in the engineering workplace and is also working to better understand innovative new teaching strategies for engineering education.Dr
pressure to be interdisciplinary is only going toincrease with time. Companies are learning that people won’t buy products that onlycomputer scientists and engineers can understand and use. They will fail to becompetitive if they do not get on the HF bandwagon. Eventually HF training will be a jobrequirement for engineers and technologists. Training in HF leads to better designs(Bailey, 1993) and in the global competitive market, money trumps trolls. HF instructorsneed to be aware of the trolls, but keep in mind they are probably only fairy tales. Theonly acceptable course of action for the HF instructor is to be brave.ConclusionHF is liberating and crucially important. Systems engineers are not inhibited and canchoose to study any field. By its
PerformanceAbstractThe NSF-funded Studying Underlying Characteristics of Computing and Engineering StudentSuccess (SUCCESS) project is exploring how non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors relateto retention and broad definitions of success for undergraduate engineering and computingstudents. The main tool used in this study is the SUCCESS survey which provides insight into astudent’s Big5 personality traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness,Openness), Grit (Consistency of Interest), Engineering Identity (Recognition, Interest), Mindset,Mindfulness, Meaning & Purpose, Belongingness, Gratitude, Future Time Perspectives ofMotivation (Expectancy, Connectedness, Instrumentality, Value, Perceptions of Future), TestAnxiety, Time and
skills sets that contribute the growing field known as Public InterestTechnology (PIT). PIT describes a new brand of civic-minded engineering graduates who can apply high-end technology skills along with public policy to better serve the interests of the for the overall good ofsociety. Moreover, as a consortium of 21 universities and funded by the Ford Foundation and NewAmerica, the PIT University Network (PIT-UN) is committed shaping educational course a curriculum tobetter integrate technology, public policy, and social sciences.In this paper, we described the creation, implementation and first-pass assessment of mini modules designto teach Project management as the added value skill set and to indoctrinate the students to Public Sectorover a
schools from ageographic perspective?What might explain these maps?What might explain these maps?DV: Engineering enrollmentSchool SizeSurrounding SES% 4-Year GoingWhat might explain these maps?DV: Engineering enrollmentr2 = .495 Beta SigSchool Size .096 .074Surrounding SES .229 .001% 4-Year Going .456 .000What might explain these maps?DV: Engineering enrollment 4-Year Going Engineering EnrollmentWhat ideas can wegenerate forgrouping schools?What VA universities come tomind when you hear“engineering”?Where do Virginia students go toschool for engineering by region ?From what Virginia regions doengineering students at each of the mainVirginia engineering schools come?Take a guess:What comes to mind in termsof high
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