become EnvisionSustainability Professionals.Design assessments/rubrics were developed for each oral presentation and written submission toevaluate student understanding. These assessments aligned ABET 1 – 7, the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals and the Envision Rating system. The UN SDG’s and the Envision RatingSystem served as a guide for the student teams to develop sustainable design solutions whichconsidered the economic, environmental and social impacts of the designs.Consideration of sustainability within the undergraduate Capstone Design is linked to ProfessionEthics for all Civil Engineers as noted in the BOK3, “strive to comply with the principles ofsustainable development in the performance of their professional duties.” Using both the
two groupsof students. The data for the first group includes the analysis of qualitative and quantitative post-test data, while the results of the second group will include a pre-test/post-test comparison tomeasure the students’ increase in cultural awareness.MotivationAs the world increasingly becomes interconnected via the Internet and other social media apps,many engineering schools are internationalizing engineering courses and curricula to preparestudents for careers across countries and cultures. These so-called “global engineers” need to beable to work in a diverse, interconnected, and rapidly changing world [1]. In the field ofstructural engineering, many large firms regularly work overseas on projects or at leastcollaborate with
active learning techniques, and it helpsstudents integrate their knowledge and skills in a hands-on experience [1, 2]. This paper studiesPBL in the context of a freshman/sophomore engineering core class. The project combineshardware and software components and it is aimed at making programming more relatable toevery-day applications for students. Student surveys have been used to quantitatively evaluate theeffectiveness of the project on different learning objectives. Our studies demonstrate that PBLfacilitates student learning both for basic concepts and for real world applications.I. IntroductionProgramming is an essential part of engineering education. One of the challenges in teachingprogramming is that students find the material very
through student responses to a survey administered at both thebeginning and end of the course. Survey results indicate that the EHMs enabled students toincrease their perception of their understanding of environmental engineering and its effect onsociety’s environmental challenges.IntroductionAs our world continues to evolve, an increase in the development of technical solutions is criticalfor meeting society’s growing needs. Today, there are many environmental and social problemsfacing our world. Zero hunger, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, Fig 1. 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations [1].sustainable cities and communities, and positive climate action are among several of the 17Sustainable
. Graduatesshould be comfortable learning new technologies and hardware, adopting technology from otherdisciplines (e.g. electrical engineering) to meet the needs of the civil engineering discipline.As an example of technology in industry, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are beingincreasingly used by civil engineers in a variety of applications [1]. UAVs are used for structuralhealth monitoring, levee assessment, earthwork quantity estimating in construction, and waterresource management [2-5]. The potential advantages of deploying UAVs in these applicationsinclude expanded data sets, more accurate field measurements, the ability to access areas that aredangerous or remote, and faster and less intrusive study methods (e.g. compared with field crewsand
of 4.14/5 for being helpful to learn the material vs. 3.05/5 for paper homework (HW), p <0.001 and effect size d = 1.11σ. On relevant exam questions that semester, students scoredsignificantly (p = 0.014) higher with an effect size of d = 0.64σ when using Circuit Tutorcompared to paper HW in one class section, with no significant difference in the other section.1. IntroductionA meta-analysis has shown that step-based tutoring, where each step of a student’s work isimmediately evaluated, is considerably more effective than answer-based tutoring (where onlythe final answer to a problem is checked) and is almost as effective as a skilled human tutor.Specifically, step-based systems caused improvements of 0.76σ, compared to 0.31σ and 0.79σ
Paper ID #31251on sabbatical leave from OSU) Books Published • Integrative Design, Building Systems for Architectsand Architectural Engineers, 2016, Cognella Academic Publishing, San Diego, California, USA, ISBN# 978-1-63487-265-2 • Recommended Practice for Daylighting Buildings, 2013 (co-author), IESNA,New York, USA, ISNB # 978-0-87995-281-5 • Design Guidelines for Sustainable Biological Stations,2010, Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, ISBN # 978-0-9843264-1-9 (onlinebook) Selected Conference Papers • Mansy, Challenging Conventional Wisdom in the Age of Computing,ASES National Solar Conference, 2018, Boulder, Colorado, August 5-8, 2018 • Mansy, Energy perfor-mance within integrative design, barriers in academia, ASES
andgraduate) work under the supervision of their faculty advisor to populate this lab with relevantIoT devices to simulate that of a smart home. This setup would allow us to simulate possiblereal-world smart home events (i.e. IoT device compromise, IoT device as a witness) which we canthen investigate to both find answers to aforementioned questions and develop efficient methodsto investigate these IoT devices. In this paper we will discuss several ways in which IoT devicesin a smart home can be compromised and also investigate these devices after the compromise todetermine what data can be recovered, how to recover the data and where this data resides.1 IntroductionInternet connected devices are constantly being introduced to the public as
Interactions in Engineering Teams: Findings from a Multi-Year Mixed Methods Study at Three InstitutionsIntroductionA key learning outcome in engineering is the ability to work in collaborative and inclusiveteams. As engineering becomes a global endeavor, this outcome gains increasing importance toundergraduate engineering education. When it comes to working in teams in this globalenvironment, research shows positive and negative findings for students working in diverseteams (i.e., race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability status). Positive findings includeincreased divergent thinking, idea generation, higher quality products, and increased productivity[1]-[3]. Negative findings highlight sustained conflict in teams, decreased
small numbers, already face heavier service loads than their majority, men peers. So,in this study we asked, “What differences have these programs made in the hiring outcomeswithin our college?”This case study describes some of the recent interventions implemented at the University ofColorado Boulder (CU Boulder) College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), apredominantly White, very high research activity doctoral institution [1]. We present thedemographic history of the college’s tenured/tenure-track faculty compared to national averagesin the United States, a discussion of changes incorporated into the tenured/tenure-track facultysearch processes over the past five years, the hiring results over the past decade, and insights
atimproving interest and literacy of BME and neuroengineering principles to high school students.The authors will also introduce the program into our current undergraduate curriculum as part ofa project that will be conducted alongside our current EEG experimental laboratory during thenext year, as it will reinforce principles learned during the existing course content and provide aBME application of the laboratory.Introduction:Advancing an interest and literacy in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)fields in high school students through summer and after school programs has been widelypopular since the 1990’s, and these programs are effective at improving retention and persistenceafter graduation [1]. These initiatives have been
guidance to returners or potential returners with a military background. In thispaper, the experiences of returners in master’s programs with military work experience arestudied.BackgroundAs there is no existing literature specifically on military returners, the background for this paperis drawn from two distinct areas: the nascent literature on engineering returners in general, andliterature on veterans as students, particularly within engineering.ReturnersWhile the first work on returners was primarily anecdotal [1], there is a growing body of morerecent work that systematically examined this population of graduate students. One such study,conducted by Strutz et al. in 2011 [2], focused on engineering returners within engineeringeducation; this
research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering students, alumni, and practicing engineers. She also conducts studies of new engineering pedagogy that help to improve student engagement and understanding. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Investigating the relationship between self-efficacy and perceived importance of communication skills among engineering studentsIntroductionCommunication skills are critical for engineers to succeed in the workforce. Research on theskills that engineering graduates use in professional practice supports this idea [1-5], with onestudy even concluding that “technical abilities are a given, [whereas
. The data presented in this paper underscores the importanceof women faculty and mentors for the success of female engineering students.BackgroundUnderrepresentation of women in engineering, despite performing well academically, is a well-established fact and has been the focus of many researchers and policy makers. While lack ofrole models is considered one of the important factors, the gender of mentoring faculty hasrecently received some attention [1] and [2]. Because of a lack of introductory courses at thehigh school level, engineering faculty have the added responsibility of not only teaching thesubject but also introducing the profession and mentoring students and developing a sense ofbelonging [3]. The effect of virtually invisible
getting...were not ruining it but we are using it. Eventually we are going to have to leave and when that time comes, we need to be ready. Otherwise, a lot of bad things are going to happen…. I think that is where I want to study the most, propulsion, and life-sustaining on another planet.” Parker, mid-year engineering studentStudents’ perceptions of their future affect them in the present in terms of their beliefs and howthey set goals [1]. These perceptions of the future affect students’ educational experiences, whichwe strive to improve , particularly for mid-year, or sophomore and junior, engineering studentswho are at a crucial point in their academic paths, whose motivations may be hardest to get toknow in their large
programs. This study focuses ondata gathered in the mid-summer survey and the focus groups, specifically, that gauged howstudents felt starting engineering college.The findings presented here aim to investigate how students feel as incoming first-yearengineering students, and what elements of their experience may relate to those feelings. If wecan better understand how students feel, we can better support and encourage them, and helpthem to develop more positive affect and to succeed more easily. The work presented here isguided by the following research questions: 1. How do incoming first-year students feel about starting engineering college? 2. How do engineering students describe their feelings about being accepted to and starting
Education, 2020 Kindergartners’ Engagement in an Epistemic Practice of Engineering: Persisting and Learning from Failure (Fundamental)IntroductionEspecially but not exclusively motivated by the Next Generation Science Standards, engineeringhas joined more traditional subjects like literacy and mathematics as a part of kindergarteneducation [1]. The inclusion of engineering in kindergarten brings numerable benefits, includingopportunities to apply creativity, learn to work in a team, engage in the hands-on practice ofmaking, explore the designed world, and practice trying and trying again to solve a problem [2,3]. It is the space between trying and trying again that is of interest in this
ASEE’s Engineering Technology Division to develop common strategies to address some of the challenges that all ET institutions faceResearch DataThe data collected at ASEE 2019 Annual Conference was gathered from 12 participants whoattended many of the engineering technology program sessions. Some of this data may speakto the nature of participants who attend the conference and not to those who are in theengineering technology space in total. Below are the questions and answers provided bythose who were interviewed. 1. What types of program do you offer (2-year or 4-year)? 4-Year BSET Program – 100% (12/12) offered this degree 2-Year Associate Program – 17% (2/12) also offered this degree Masters or PhD Program
interventions that support this development, and determinethe impact that STEM identity has on student success. Through the support of an NSF S-STEMgrant, the three universities are also providing scholarships to students engaged in the project.Here, we share the initial efforts of our tri-campus interaction and collaboration, our overarchinggoals, our systems of recruiting students, and our initial collection of preliminary data andfindings for Year 1.IntroductionThe Urban STEM Collaboratory project supports academically talented students withdemonstrated financial need from the colleges/schools of engineering and mathematicsdepartments at the University of Memphis (UofM), the University of Colorado Denver (CUDenver), and Indiana University-Purdue
offering engineering we are particularly suited tofacilitate the development of future leaders of a diverse STEM workforce. This project wasfunded by NSF DUE-S-STEM Track 2: Design & Development.Introduction The need for expanding the STEM workforce in the United States has been well articulatedby the National Academies [1-5]. These reports also identify the importance of a more diverseSTEM workforce and the challenges associated with attracting underrepresented groups toSTEM fields. The SUCCESS-LEADERS (Leading Educational and Academic Directions toEnhance Retention in STEM) project aims to develop, refine and implement practices that willadvance understanding of the factors affecting retention and career pathways of low-income, at-risk
course covers a range of biomedical topics and theirengineering solutions. The course has one week dedicated to the study of blood flow dynamicswhich is directly related to fluid mechanics.Students taking this course should have learned the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, includingpipe flow (similar to blood flow in blood vessels) but only in the traditional engineering context.The challenges for them to learn circulation system & hemodynamics, especially within a shortperiod of time, stem from: 1) a lack of understanding of the heart’s function; 2) a lack ofexposure to the context of human circulatory system and pathological/activity states; 3)minimum experience with several advanced concepts, including pulsatile flow, soft pipes, one-way
this study,which supports the results from our regression model. Interviews with three students from thesample reveal various positive impacts of ELC participation including: improved socialexperiences, access to resources and mentoring, and valuable support for the transition from highschool to college, all of which may have contributed to higher GPA for this group.IntroductionThis study examines the critical need for improving first-year student retention in Engineeringand STEM majors, which disproportionately fail to retain students of underrepresented groups[1, 2, 5, 6, 8]. The ELC is a first foray into providing additional support and resources for theseunderrepresented students in this university setting. ELC students are matriculated
learning goal/outcome. There were two versions of interviewquestions, faculty version and student version, trying to explore the same topics. The interviewquestions only varied slightly, asking both the faculty and the student to reflect on the expectedstudent experience. Each interview lasted approximately fifty minutes. And an emergingthematic analysis will inform other prongs of the research. Example interview questions arelisted below in Tables 1 and 2.Table 1: Example interview questions in Area 1: Classroom Experience Q: Can you tell me your perceptions about students’ expected learning experiences through the curriculum? Walk me through the classes students take? (faculty) (probe) What knowledge and skills are they
engineering tobetter understand why individuals choose to leave the discipline. We focus our discussion on theexperiences of Sammie, Shawn, and Natalie, three white women who identify as havingdisabilities and are no longer enrolled in CE programs. As part of a larger, longitudinal studyexamining the professional identity formation of undergraduate CE students with disabilities,semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant and analyzed using open andfocused grounded theory coding techniques. Findings revealed four overarching themes thatcapture participants’ pathways out of civil engineering: 1) experiencing conflicts with dominantCE culture; 2) encountering barriers within the CE curriculum; 3) navigating intersectingstereotypes
activities; i) to strengthenstudents’ core learning skills; ii) to create a personal space for building a support network of teachers and mentors;and iii) to engage in weekly activities to raise students’ academic achievement in the classroom and beyond. TheEduGuide program facilitates the discovery of: 1) various ways learning are connected in and outside of theclassroom; 2) How to break down one’s goals into simple steps for success; 3) Resources to help one to build his/herstrengths to accomplish one’s goals; 4) Strategies to overcome future obstacles by preparing for them now; and 5)Strong leadership skills. The program also enables students to: i) plan, look for opportunities, and measure theirprogress; ii) connect with teachers and other
encountermultiple barriers that prevent them from achieving their academic goals. Although they oftenhave good intentions to help students succeed, faculty often attribute the academic barriers to thestudents’ lack of preparation, motivation, or effort to learn. Research studies [1] showed that thisdeficit mindset of instructors negatively impacts the students’ self-efficacy and hinders theiracademic growth. A recent report from the National Academies [2] highlighted the need to createa learner-centered culture that “meets students where they are.” This raises an important yetchallenging question for faculty development: “What can be done to help transform facultyperception to achieve such cultural change?”As a Very High-enrolled Hispanic Serving
(CUST), Islamabad, Pakistan as Associate Professor. Sajjad Hussain did his masters in Wireless Communications in 2006 from Supelec, Gif-sur-Yvette and PhD in Signal Processing and Communi- cations in 2009 from University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France. His research interests include 5G self- organizing networks, industrial wireless sensor networks and machine learning for wireless communica- tions. Sajjad Hussain is a senior member IEEE and fellow Higher Education Academy.Prof. Ala Al-Fuqaha, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Ala Al-Fuqaha received Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering and Networking from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City. He is Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. His research
usage of future learning resources.This paper presents and analyzes the data from this assessment.IntroductionLifelong learning is included in Criterion 3 Student Outcomes in ABET EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC) and ABET Engineering Technology AccreditationCommission (ETAC) programs [1]. For some instructors of laboratory courses, this can be achallenging, vague, or difficult to measure student outcome because a consistent definition of“self-directed continuing professional development” or “lifelong learning” is not easily found.Some definitions focus on the learning outside formalized education with an emphasis on cultureand “creative innovation” [2]. Others define it in terms such as “independent pursuit” or“philosophy of personal
regards to the Tampa Bay Interstate Express project andelements of equitable transportation. Her narrative provided concrete examples of elements fromthe ASCE Code of Ethics Canon 1 and Canon 8. Students’ written comments provided evidenceof effectiveness and impact. In a senior professional issues course, shorter clips from multiplemembers of the ASEE community panel were shown during class as part of both the ethicsmodule and sustainability module. However, it was unclear that the seniors gained any insightsor abilities from these activities. In an elective/graduate level course focused on site remediation,clips from Sydney Brown discussing Tonawanda Coke and from a community meetingdiscussing a proposed remedy at a Superfund site were
improving undergraduate engineering degree pathways. . She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. In 2013, Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh was honored as a promising new engineering education researcher when she was selected as an ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty.Anastasia Nicole Doty, The Ohio State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Longitudinal Memos Investigating First Year Engineering PathwaysIntroductionAs of 2013, the majority of incoming engineering students (either by freshman or transfer status)progress through First-Year Engineering (FYE) courses [1]. These FYE courses are intended