, highly considered by ANU's HE leadership as a critical aspect. In fact, there is along-term partnership of ANU's minor with five or six community organizations beyond EWB.A few social enterprises have been established by alumni, which are working both domesticallyand internationally, broadening the students opportunities to undertake internships or researchprojects, including Abundant Water with programs in Lao and Timor Leste, which helps remotecommunities stop diseases by providing access to clean water, and Enable Development, whichworks with empowering people with disabilities [21].Finally, HE at ANU is not compulsory but restricted to interested students. The evidenceprovided in the benefits for a professional career and consistent
. Lang’s current research interests focus on identifying, assessing, and developing key skills, knowledge, attitudes, and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for engineers to effectively lead others, particularly other engineers and across cultures.Dr. Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Meg Handley is currently the Associate Director for Engineering Leadership Outreach at Penn State University. Previously, Meg served as the Director of the Career & Corporate Connection’s office at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Meg holds a PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on interpersonal behaviors and their impact on engineering leadership potential
fixate the project as soon as possible.Students also reported in the survey how, even though coordinating and understanding otherdisciplines' priorities was challenging, it still provided them a real-life experience of what theywould encounter in their careers. It was very interesting to monitor the evolution of the mutualperceptions of their roles during the project with students either gaining a better understanding ofeach other’s roles and priorities, or even of their own roles on the project. With the increasing useof integrated PDMs in the industry, this module presents a valuable platform for students fromdifferent
EWBprojects, with their explicit social justice mission, has already been shown to have a positive effecton students, attitudes towards community service, and career expectations [2–7]. Other work hasdocumented the effects of service learning participation on meeting ABET learning outcomes [6]and providing global engineering competencies [8, 9]. While the benefits of service learning forstudent education are enticing, there is also some evidence that participation in projects with localcommunities, in contrast to internationally-based field work, can achieve the same studentoutcomes in terms of technical and professional skills [10, 11].Integration of service learning into the curriculum also necessitates the consideration of impactson the
software tool I haven’t used before, and it might help me get a summer job. If I do, maybe I can buy my own flight home for Christmas and save my parents some money. I am excited about learning how project management works, because I had some really disorganized teams in high school and want to do better...The two student examples above are truncated; in the actual activity, each would continue tospeak for several minutes, often with pauses and hesitations. Nevertheless, the differences inapproach are apparent (sustainability, teamwork, future-oriented, new to machining vs.experience, career-oriented, reflecting on high school experiences, etc.). The combination of theOpen Sentence and the open time for each person to speak
changingconditions, and made decisions informed by constraints. Particularly, we sought to identifylearning frameworks that fit the data well and would help us improve the design and assessmentof the activity in later iterations. We found that the learning frameworks of metacognition anddiscrepancy resolution combined to explain most student activity relative to our learningobjectives, and these frameworks suggest several points of improvement for the design andassessment of the simulation game.IntroductionResearch shows a disconnect between academia and industry in terms of engineering educationand practice (Johri & Olds, 2011). In particular, early career engineers believe that “engineeringwork is much more variable and complex than most engineering
prepare these individuals to demonstrate resilience, and be life-long learners[1]. Life-long learning is critical for the development of engineering graduates who will be ableto address the Engineering Grand Challenges [2] and other wicked problems of our ever-changing world. In parallel with this mission, universities also work to address student needsrelated to retention and inclusion. To add further complexity, engineering students now pursuean ever-widening range of career paths after completing their undergraduate degree. Onecommon thread across these competing demands are the needs for engineering education toholistically develop resilient individuals who can maintain motivation, invest significant effort intheir learning, and persist in
way.These skills are not assessed by any direct measurement, but are nonetheless important forsuccess in an engineering career. They can usually only be achieved through practice andexperience.Service-learning (S-L) is both a form of experiential learning for students and a teaching tool forfaculty. Students in S-L courses partner with community-based organizations as a way to learnthe course material with a fresher and more informed perspective while meeting and servingcommunity needs. Faculty who teach S-L courses are able to integrate classroom andcommunity goals resulting in an enrichment of their course experience, lifelong communitybonds and engagement for their students, and strengthening local and global communities. In thecase of the
interpretability,although without achieving a simple structure [31] (see table 8).Table 8: Rotated Component Matrixa of the study of language attitudes among UNVundergraduate students, using Varimax rotation * Questionnaire items 1 2 3 h2 13. Learning Spanish is/could be a pleasant experience for .833 .274 me 4. I am interested in learning Spanish. .826 .701 15. Learning Spanish is useful. .814 .716 7. Being able to speak Spanish will help further my career .770 .527 8. The fact that Spanish are the largest minority group in .766
FYEstudents was studied by Dasgupta and colleagues [9]. They showed that female FYE studentswho were placed on female-majority teams felt less threatened and more positively challengedwhen working in groups than ones placed on female-minority or sex-parity teams. Additionally,it was observed that the female students assigned to female-majority teams expressed higherconfidence and enthusiasm, and they verbally participated more during the group work. Suchfindings presage increased retention numbers and career aspiration in engineering for femalestudents.In general, there are four approaches that are commonly used by instructors to formulate groups:self-enroll, random assignment, instructor-selected, and computer-aided formation. Eachapproach has
his or her proposal towin the grant, the project, or the sponsor. Considering this, games and contests become a naturalway for engineering students to engage in critical thinking, problem-solving, and information-seeking skills, which will all be of service to them in their future careers. In an earlier library contest at NYU’s Bern Dibner Library, called Project Shhh!, welearned that while students showed gains in information literacy skills and enjoyed the challengeof the competition, other factors contributed to whether students would participate in a librarycontest [4]. One of the biggest concerns was time: both the timing of the contest within thesemester, in regard to classes and exams, and the duration of the contest. In the
Technology, from Brigham Young Univer- sity. Gregg also does consulting in project management and leadership working with IPS Learning and Stanford University where he provides training for fortune 500 companies throughout the world.Prof. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Office of Global Engineering Programs, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a
, all from the University of Waterloo. Ada’s research and teaching interests include decision making under uncertainty, subjective probability, gender issues in STEM disciplines, design teaching, experiential and online learning, team processes, and expert vs. novice review in engineering design.Prof. Oscar G. Nespoli, University of Waterloo Oscar Nespoli is a Continuing Lecturer in Engineering and Mechanical Design in the Department of Me- chanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo). Oscar joined Waterloo following a 23-year career in research, engineering and management practice in industry and govern- ment. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of engineering
classroom. Finally the obvious outcome of international service learning is the students getinternational design experience. The projects make it very easy for students to expose themselvesto international design codes and standards rather than the national and local requirements. Theycan interact with more engineers around the globe, and perform engineering services whereneeded. They are also exposed to other cultures and understand the real world problems andconstraints. This opportunity easily enhances students’ personal skills, and improves their abilityand confidence in dealing with bigger problems, and therefore prepares them for theirengineering career [40].Another important benefit for students is that the international service learning
mindfulness and its impact on gender participation in engineering education. He is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 con- sumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter & Gamble Company. In 2005, he joined Intuit, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and initiated a number of consumer package goods marketing best practices, introduced the use of competitive response modeling and ”on- the-fly” A|B testing program to qualify software improvements. Mark has a BSS from
; synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories.Mr. Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University Nicholas D. Fila is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests include innovation, empathy, and engineering design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The
junior stage prior to actual project-work in the capstone course year. To support thispedagogical approach, a sophomore-level capstone course [5] aims to improve computer-lab basedexperimental skills of students on the verge of entering their senior year. Here, as in otherpublications, the importance of working in teams is instilled.By default, the concept of team-based learning [6] seems an obvious choice to groom engineeringstudents to be part of their professional careers. In addition to this, efforts have been done toincorporate a collaborative learning approach [7]. A dedicated method known as the meeting-flowapproach [8] to actively monitor progress and quality of project work shows promise in terms ofmaking students understand the
stipend ($2000) for their completed work.As charter school reform has continued to develop in New Orleans the need for improvingSTEM education and developing an introduction to engineering for all students still exists. Asrecently as August 2015, a joint report by New Schools for New Orleans and Public Impactentitled Ten Years in New Orleans: Public School Resurgence and the Path Ahead, discussed thechallenges remaining as New Orleans schools struggle with filling talent gaps in specificsubjects, grades and educator roles.26 There are notable teacher shortages in several areas forstudents requiring special education, English as a second language, career and technicaleducation as well as educators for the STEM subject areas. 26 It is suggested
involved in providing engineeringservices to communities who are in needs. Firstly, the benefit is for the community that is servedby students, and secondly, students are encouraged to connect and reflect how their educationconnects to their professional career. Through the experience students feel better about theiractions and understand the need and therefore the impact engineers have on a community. Thisencourages them to learn more about their chosen profession, and feel more confident about theirachievements. Also, students have a chance to practice and apply what they learn in class in areal project where they are exposed to the results of their design. The positive side of the servicelearning is at the end, the students are giving back to
for academicreasons, in a manner consistent with the stated academic standards and policies of the school. Inthose cases, we use the date their graduation was expected before expulsion.We examine interior metrics derived from the master dataset as follows. We used the actual orexpected graduation data, plus our data of when we were in contact with students, to establish thesemester of first contact. This parameter establishes when in their academic career they firstneeded our help. We also compile academic outcome data by cohort, in order to examine howdifferent cohorts respond to the services we provided under the two different organizationalmodels described here. We examine the data by both gender and race. Finally, we parse the databy
University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineer- ing in 2014 and was involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for over 5 years. Kristen is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, while working full time as an engineer in the Edison Engineering Development Program at GE Power & Water.Dr. Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University Paul A. DiMilla is an Associate Academic Specialist in Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Chemi- cal Engineering at Northeastern University. During his academic career at Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, and Olin College he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle
sometimes when I'm like I can't believe I suck at math, like why?” (1stinterview), “I guess career-wise maybe so I'm not very strong at math” (2nd interview), and thefollowing passage from the 3rd interview: I realized, like, one: I sucked at (ooh… gosh...). Um, you're probably gonna be sick of hearing me talk after this!... S: No no... R: 1- I suck at math. S: Ok... Page 26.1582.6 R: I don't suck, I was, was pretty weak at math. I didn't have natural. My sister has a lot more aptitude for learning math.The repetition of this theme, in both 1st and 2nd person speech, suggests that this is a
departure for making better informed decisions about the allocation of resources, educationalprogramming and support systems for first-generation Latina students in STEM professions. Thisresearch can begin discussion on the formulation of best practices about how to improveretention, achievement, undergraduate graduation rates, and career preparation of first-generationLatinas in engineering. This research may elucidates some of the reasons why Latinas chooseengineering in college and why they continue in engineering using Achievement Goal Theory(AGT) as the theoretical framework. Page 26.1291.8Research QuestionsIn this paper, we used the lens of
of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. Page 26.1304.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Reaching Out to the Masses: Building Literacy About Engineering Amongst Non-Engineering StudentsEngineering literacy gained initial
in physical science.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette enay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education. She is the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. She serves on the editorial boards of Science Education and the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Educa- tion (JPEER). She received a B.S.E with distinction in Engineering in 2009 and a B.S. degree in Physics Education in 1999. Her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are in Science Education from Arizona State University earned in 2002 and 2008, respectively
engineering disciplines, butnot very many recently that are specific to aerospace. How can engineering educationresearchers leverage research tools from other disciplines to conduct research in an aerospacecontext? Engineering education researchers apply research to link professional practice toclassroom practice in order to keep the classroom up-to-date or even anticipate the knowledgeand skills that engineers will need to be successful in their careers. Engineering educationresearchers also investigate how students learn, from preschool years all the way through lifelonglearning as adults. Because the uniqueness of the learner and context of learning influence eachother, researchers must pay attention to the learner, the content, and the
from multiple assessors directly tied to the established criteria. Studentswere then given time to reflect upon, and then address, the comments received through theconceptualization and experimentation stages of the Cycle.In closing, the development of the cornerstone project described here has had an overall positiveimpact, as students appreciated being “given a chance to solve a real world, open ended problemthrough our coding which will be useful in both our college careers and our careers later in life.”Those interested in implementing a similar project at their institution are welcomed to contact theauthors for additional information.References1. D. A. Kolb, Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development