to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, socialclass, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical value system, national origin, and politicalbeliefs”. Inclusion is defined as “involvement and empowerment, where the inherent worth anddignity of all people are recognized.” Equity is defined as “the state, quality, or ideal of being just,impartial, and fair” [1].Educational leaders must embody the mission and vision of their institution to frame diversityissues in the campus community. This work can occur in the engineering classroom. Missiondriven educational institutions typically prioritize initiatives and activities that support theinstitution’s mission. Historically white and predominantly white institutions (PWI
ethics and social responsibility, community engagement in engineering, and the experiences of low-income and first- generation students in engineering. She has a B.S. in electrical engineering from MIT and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.Fatemeh Khalkhal Dr. Khalkhal is an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at San Francisco State University (a primarily undergraduate and Hispanic-serving Institution). Her research experience is in developing structure-property relationships in complex fluids and polymer composites, broadening the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering, and understanding the relationship between teamwork experience and
department called “Thinking ThroughLiterature” and one in the Philosophy department called “Engaging Philosophy”). Students maytake these alongside EGR 110, but never before EGR 110. Later in their education, engineeringstudents take two additional courses (known as ‘Writing in Discipline’) to practice writing for theirprofessional contexts.Engineering faculty members teach 7-8 EGR 110 sections of approximately 30 students each(around 200 students total). The faculty and students cover all four disciplines offered at UP –Computer Science and Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. Students design and build atabletop wind turbine while learning engineering via five overarching topics: design process,hands-on skills, teamwork, ethics/impact
Neural Network (CNN) Architecture (conceptual) - Convolutional kernel (basis for CNN) - Potential Network Training Problems - Human Bias and Ethics - DL applied to photography (examples) - NMIST database of digit images 2 - Transfer Learning - MATLAB code for transfer learning; hyperparameters - Advantages of transfer learning - Overfitting in DL networks - Overview of pretrained networks - Interfacing MATLAB to other DL networks (Tensorflow, PyTorch, etc.) - Project: DL image classifier for cracker/cookie defect detector using MATLAB
ability tocommunicate orally and in writing. Advising students with psychological problems,according to personality, professional skills, standards, and work ethic, appears as one of theprimary professional skills [20]. Finally, an interview with personnel at an EcuadorUniversity shows the balance between soft, technological, and critical thinking skills inteachers for Education 4.0 [19], [21]. The "Future of Manufacturing" report mentioned thatIndustry 4.0 would be converged, connected, and collaborative in the next ten years "drivenprimarily by pressures on businesses to achieve the outcomes of improved productivity,production output, profitability/costs, competitivity, and sustainability and the circulardesign." In this sense, new roles and
engineeringbackgrounds, as well their hands-on research experience and working on a paper. However,many students felt there was not enough time in the course for research and writing. Othernegative experiences included feeling they did not understand the purpose of assignments on thecourse learning management system and other team members were not contributing. At thebeginning of the semester, assignments focused on ethics, teaming, how to do a literature reviewand document research, and other preliminary topics. Students wanted to dive right into theresearch rather than completing training and pre-research activities. Additionally, journalassignments requested that students reflect on their experiences weekly. Engineering students arenot accustomed to
-9]. In additionto individual aptitude and work ethics, researchers have identified other individual psychologicalconstructs that play an influential role in retention rates among engineers [e.g., 10]. One of thepsychological constructs that have been identified as a key factor in student persistence inengineering is motivation.Researchers have identified several types of motivational factors (e.g., sense of belonging)initiated via the expectancy-value theory of motivation [11-13]. In its simplest form, the theorypostulates that decisions to continue in activities, such as earning an engineering degree, areformed by beliefs in competency and value. Competency beliefs are defined as individualexpectations of success, and encompass one’s
during recruitment of students tothe civil engineering major.BackgroundAs the name implies, this seminar-based course introduces students to the civil engineeringprofession through discussions covering a range of topics including: the engineering designcycle, required components of a profession, Codes of Ethics, and sustainability. The course wasfirst incorporated in the curriculum during the fall semester of 2018, and it has been deliveredevery fall semester since. The course is delivered by a team of two or three instructors. The samegroup of instructors has not been in place throughout the five years. Enrollment in the course hasaveraged 42 students per semester.One of the writing assignments in CE201 requires students to write a 2–3-page
range offactors (e.g. gender, race/ethnicity, individual beliefs, salience). Some individuals may see their work as aform of spiritual service, while others may be guided by religious beliefs when making ethical decisionsin their work. We believe this study will give a glimpse into how a woman’s religious identity caninfluence their engineering identity which could lead to greater understanding of the role of religion inengineering spaces and encourage more effective support structures. MethodologyThis study was part of a larger National Science Foundation (NSF) funded qualitative, phenomenologicalresearch study which examined the engineering identity development experiences of electrical
To develop technical engineering skillsFor your own happiness For financial reasonsBecause it suited your interests Service opportunityTo become a better leader Other (please describe)For networking purposesWhat, if any, professional skills do you feel that your co-curricular activities have helpedyou to develop? (multi-select)Critical thinking Oral written communicationProblem solving Leadership skillsEngineering design TeamworkCreativity Professional ethical integrityComputer skills NetworkingTime
include creating and sustaining a cultureof diversity, equity, and a culture of inclusion through tools of self-assessment of networkactivities, the development of values and ethics, and the opportunity to share findings to serve asguidance for other research networks.The network leadership also introduced a self-reported demographic information survey for theresearch network. The anonymous survey on self-reported demographic information providesvaluable data to assess the current representation and participation of individuals from diversebackgrounds. The collected data will help identify potential disparities in access andopportunities and guide the development of targeted strategies to increase diversity and equity inthe network.Table 1
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Knowledge 3 EIPCK affects four types of teacher knowledge (domains) which were described asfollows: A. Engineering Content Knowledge refers to teachers’ knowledge of engineeringconcepts, engineering skills/practices, and engineering knowledge. The engineering conceptsinclude concepts such as constraints, systems, optimization, trade-offs, engineering analysis,functionality, and efficiency (Hynes, 2009; NRC, 2012; NGSS Lead States, 2013). engineeringskills/practices include systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, communication,persistence, and ethical consideration/conscientiousness (NAE, 2010, 2019), skills in specifyingrequirements, decomposing systems, generating
) cultivate meaningful student-faculty relationships and sense of belonging [28]–[34], and(6) reinforce academic integrity and ethical reasoning [23], [31], [39]–[44], [34].Despite the pedagogical appeal of oral exams, educators are often hesitant to adopt them as anassessment modality because of discouraging implementation challenges and concerns overimplicit bias and student stress [23], [36], [37], [71], [25], [32], [45]. Foremost among theimplementation challenges is scaling oral exams to high-enrollment classes [28], [36], [37],[45]–[47]. Providing instructional assistants (IAs) with proper assessment and implicit-biastraining programs [47], [72] and involving them in the administration of oral exams has beenproposed to address the exorbitant
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accreditation, program assessment and eval- uation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering
that hadobtained ethics clearance from the Canadian university, the site of the study. We began thesefocus group sessions by asking students to describe a course experience where they felt theylearned effectively and explain how they knew they were learning effectively. When wecompleted the fifth focus group, we found that there was much repetition from the first fourinterviews, which suggested a point of data saturation. During the interview, the researchersintentionally recapped some of what they had heard in their own words and checked with theparticipants about these interpretations. A major limitation in our data collection process was thatwe did not explicitly ask if the focus group participants felt that any of their experiences mightbe
Media Panopticon,” The Macksey Journal, vol. 1, no. 177, 2020.[14] E. Buchanan, “Ethical decision-making and internet research,” Association of Internet Researchers, 2012.[15] Datafication and empowerment: How the quantified self movement can help us be more human. Big Data & Society.[16] A. S. Franzke, A. Bechmann, M. Zimmer, C. Ess, and the Association of Internet Researchers, “Internet Research: Ethical Guidelines 3.0,” 2020.[17] J. P. Carpenter, R. Kimmons, C. R. Short, K. Clements, and M. E. Staples, “Teacher identity and crossing the professional-personal divide on twitter,” Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 81, pp. 1–12, May 2019.[18] E. Heidari, G. Salimi, and M. Mehrvarz, “The influence of online social
like get further ahead in life. And, like, is that even 34 ethical for me to, like, bend the rules in that sense, I guess. And, like, do I even want to? 35 I didn’t, by the way. I did put down Asian because I feel like it would be like deception 36 and like some like malicious almost to put down something that I don’t feel like I am. 37 But I do see like how I guess, he could, you could like twist it to look like that.As Amber recounts this event, it appears that her teacher wanted to share a strategy that he thought wouldhelp Amber get college admission. Nonetheless, the suggestion to leverage her “cultural whiteness”, asnoted by her high school teacher (line 26), in contrast to her own more complicated racial identity
demonstrate the relevance of content,provide a celebratory effect of technology on society often enacting the “ethics of materialprovisioning” in the classroom (e.g., without large-scale mineral extraction there would be noprogress) [6] . When ECD topics or projects make their way into engineering curricula, or intostudent life in the form of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) projects, they are not exempt ofthe encroachments of depoliticization. Motivated by a desire to help and seldom accompaniedby critical thinking, engineering students in these student-led projects often continue to dividethe world between the technical and social, value the former over the latter in problematicways, as when methods and assumptions made in design for industry are
standalone in-person 90-minute workshop, (2) a 60- to 90-minutemodule of a full EM training seminar, and (3) synchronous online EM training [20]. To help prepare program leaders and administrators in the research community toimplement the EM training at their institutions, the MTC developed, tested, and conducted train-the-trainer workshops for EM training facilitators [18]. By 2020, the EM curriculumencompassed ten mentoring competencies, which are (1) align expectations, (2) address equityand inclusion, (3) articulate a mentoring philosophy and plan, (4) assess understanding, (5)cultivate ethical behavior, (6) Enhancing work-life balance, (7) foster independence, (8) maintaineffective communication, (9) promote mentee professional
additional ways to foster perspective-taking. Small groupFigure 1: Our examination of how crafting and sharing stories around prompts may influenceZaki’s mode of empathy, adapted from [13, p. 178]discussions on case studies have been utilized towards this goal while also providing a space toinitiate conversations around ethical reasoning [27]. In addition, game design has beendemonstrated to encourage students to think about considerations such as the target audience,narrative, and tone [28]. Apart from learning to prototype and test designs, game creation hasbeen shown to “help players form an affective bond with another person with a differentsubjectivity than their own through their avatar and the objects in the game” [28, p. 188].Immersive
in upper-level courses.” Key topics in AE 202 are: Psychrometry, thermal comfort, solar environment, heat transfer, heatingload, fire protection, and plumbing. Given the key topics, some of the following learning objectives areavailable to frame individual topics as appropriate: • Demonstrate an understanding of the key topical principles and appropriate applications. • Describe a building system, component or construction process design and how it satisfies the specified needs and constraints. • An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments. • An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret
by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee(IREC), the semi-structured interviews were conducted in a one-to-one format via Zoomlasting for about 30 minutes which included leading and extended questions to obtain qualitydata.After informing the participants about the purpose of the study, their voluntary informedconsent form was signed before they answered the questionnaire. Their personal informationremained confidential throughout the study. The participants were asked five demographics(Fig. 1), two qualitative questions and factor ranking by importance and impact. Fig. 1. Demographic information of respondents.Overall, in the study female students aged between 18-23 participated. The responders werefrom four
perpetuate negative and unhealthy stereotypes. For example, commonsubject matter of graduate school memes include skipping sleep to perform school work, self-deprecating humor that features negative self-talk [27], and glorification of “grind culture,”which prioritizes productivity and performative work ethic at the expense of social-life, mentaland physical health, and other personal needs [30]. To this end, graduate school memes mayreproduce a culture where students believe they should be overworked and shouldn’t sleepenough to fulfill this mythic work ethic, regardless of direct external pressures to do so.Self-efficacySelf-efficacy is defined as a “[person’s] beliefs about their capabilities to exercise control overtheir own level of functioning
why of program-level curricularexperiences’ roles in evolving lifelong learning orientations.AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge the Office of the Dean in the Faculty of Applied Science andEngineering, University of Toronto, for their generous support of our research. We would alsolike to thank everyone who supported the survey development and administration and all alumniwho took the time to participate in the interviews and survey. All procedures performed instudies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of theUniversity of Toronto Office of Research Ethics. ReferencesBibliography[1] M. V. Jamieson and J. M. Shaw, “Teaching engineering for a changing
the goal of offering evidence-basedpractices for countering marginalization in engineering communication practice and research. 2. Literature review and identified gapAs a profession, engineering is dominated by teamwork. In academic contexts, engineering educatorsattempt to provide meaningful teamwork experiences for students to prepare them for the profession. Theemphasis on teamwork as a learning outcome has recently increased (ABET, 2012; Patil & Codner,2007), with team projects spanning the entire engineering curriculum from first-year courses to capstonecourses (Froyd, 2005). As a learning outcome, teaming is linked to a wide range of professional skills,including communication, ethics and lifelong learning (Borrego et al., 2013
clubs, internships or co-ops, undergraduate research, study abroad, etc. [1, 3, 18].As suggested by previous researchers, co-curricular involvement has been linked to a range ofpositive student outcomes, including: career-related professional skills acquisition andcompetencies developed, such as communication, leadership, and teamwork [3, 5, 16], academicachievement and persistence [19], ethical development [18], and cognitive development [20, 21].Students, for example, are aware of the importance of co-curricular experiences in their futureemployment [22]. In a recent study, Jackson and Bridgstock [23] investigated students’perceptions of the impact of certain activities on enhancing undergraduate graduates’employability at three Australian
fosters new epistemologies, mindsets, and ethics. This is in good agreement withSterling [10], who indicates that transforming education towards sustainability requires theevaluation of the nature and purposes of educational responses in order to recognise the valuesthat frame its orientations. Therefore, determining and evaluating the nature and purposes ofeducational responses in the civil engineering curriculum seems necessary to uncoverassumptions about views and ends of engineering education for sustainability.In addition, researchers [4] have found that curricula and learning space renewals requiretransgressing discipline-based or technical teaching strategies exclusively to the explicitcurriculum to promote educational responses in the