with an Initiative to Adopt Computer Algebra System Calculators in an Engineering Technology Degree ProgramAny ETAC of ABET accredited engineering technology program must have a documentedprocess for continuous improvement, must show that this process is used, and must show resultsfrom that process. At the baccalaureate level, ETAC of ABET accreditation criteria require thatthe curriculum include the use of differential and integral calculus. This paper presents aninitiative in the author’s department to improve student performance in the use of differential andintegral calculus. This effort also demonstrated the department’s continuous improvementprocess in action.Students are expected to learn differentiation and
risk management topics in the presented curriculumto future engineering management graduates. Based on this analysis, they will then makerecommendations on how to incorporate risk management aspects, in an integrated way, into thecurriculum of various courses in their EM program. The goal of conducting this study is to providea systemic or holistic perspective on risk management to engineering management graduates,which will more effectively prepare them to serve in scientific and engineering communities andindustries.IntroductionWith increasing complexity of engineering projects, the focus on risk and risk management is notonly increasing but it is also changing considerably. Risk management in engineering firms thatdeal with large complex
STEM and coaches a robotics team comprised of girls from 22 high schools. Shoshanah holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford, an MA in Technology Strategy from Boston University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Mr. Jeff Wood, Stanford University Goal: Make a difference in the world, through development and training of engineers to solve the most pressing problems facing the world today. ME Capstone Course and Lab Project Development Director Jeff is the ME Capstone Course and Lab Projects Development Director at Stanford, where he brings his 25-year industry experience to the role. He is responsible for the ongoing strategy, design, curriculum plan and instruction plans for capstone courses
objectives within the curriculum. They recommend BIMfind its way into multiple courses in the construction curriculum. Since this study was local toAuburn, the authors recommended expanding the study’s geographic scope and including moreindustry influence. This study did not identify the specific skills and competencies required forthis integration, a limiting factor for a school planning to implement BIM.Implementation of BIM into university curriculum requires understanding of industryexpectations of CM’s in the field BIM. Without knowing what the desired outcomes are fromindustry, academia cannot properly prepare students in this area. A method of curriculum andcourse development uses an instructional design (ID) process. The first phase of ID is
-design courses with instructor-centered approaches. This suggests a disconnectbetween planned, enacted, and experienced elements of curriculum and lifelong learningoutcomes [7]. More research is needed to understand how or why current and recent students’perceptions of the effectiveness of their programs and courses sometimes contradict purportedbest practices, and the implications for lifelong learning motivations and strategies.Marra et al. [30] also explored how the nature of an undergraduate engineering programimpacted alumni lifelong learning, focusing on the program’s emphasis on metacognition andreflection often facilitated through team projects. The researchers interviewed 15 recentgraduates (3-4 years post-graduation) in the United
], expansive learning is a theory of organizational learning thatemphasizes horizontal expertise which is “capacity to move between activity contexts and toengage in the exchange and mixing of domain-specific expertise”. In order to operationalize thehorizontal expertise development in the CTE course, a de-scaffolding approach will be used. De-scaffolding approach involves students developing expertise on a ‘in-focus’ topic while other‘out-of-focus’ topics are scaffolded, and over time ‘out-of-focus’ topic incrementally startcoming into focus as the previously ‘in-focus’ topic is scaffolded [4].2. ObjectiveThe broad objective of developing and implementing a horizontal CTE curriculum is tounderstand how an integrated horizontal learning approach in
curriculum.A key finding from our causal analysis indicates that an increase in program complexity by 20points is correlated with a decrease of 3. 74% in the likelihood of graduating within four years.Moreover, our counterfactual scenarios demonstrate that for students with specific demographicprofiles, such as males with a certain HSGPA not receiving Pell Grants, an increase in complexitycould inversely affect their graduation prospects. These nuanced discoveries underscore the impor-tance of curriculum design in alignment with student demographics and preparation, challengingeducators to balance academic rigor with the facilitation of student success. The breadth and scaleof our dataset significantly enrich the quality of our conclusions, providing
/s11948-005-0006-3.[6] N. A. Andrade and D. Tomblin, “Engineering and Sustainability: The Challenge of Integrating Social and Ethical Issues into a Technical Course,” 2018.[7] A. Benham et al., “Developing and Implementing an Aerospace Macroethics Lesson in a Required Sophomore Course,” in 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2021, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637172.[8] A. Gupta, “A Practitioner Account of Integrating Macro-ethics Discussion in an Engineering Design Class,” Jul. 2017. doi: 10.18260/1-2–27498.[9] B. Jimerson, E. Park, V. Lohani, and S. Culver, “Enhancing Engineering Ethics Curriculum by Analyzing Students’ Perception,” Jun. 2013, p. 23.530.1-23.530.15. doi: 10.18260/1-2–19544.[10] Palmer
CurriculumAbstractEnrollment figures for the construction program at Texas State University indicate an imbalancein the ratio between pre-majors and matriculated majors. The pre-major program is designed totake three semesters but contains two-thirds of the majors in the construction program. Thispaper reports on the work in progress self-study to determine the stumbling points for studentsin this pre-major program. Institutional research data will be used to identify courses in the pre-construction curriculum with the highest rates of students receiving unsatisfactory grades (D, F,or W) for credit in order to identify any courses creating an unintended gate to matriculation. Inaddition to the examination of course grades, student enrollment and retention data will
Paper ID #40688Faculty Perceptions of Key Concepts in Degree Curriculum: Identifyingthe Role of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and JusticeApril Townson, Rowan UniversityDr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as innovation and entrepreneurship.Dr. Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk is an Associate Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University
Paper ID #42881Cross-functional, Multi-organizational STEM Camp Partnership: TeachingTechnology and Human-Centered Design in a Project-Based Curriculum (Other,Diversity)Dr. Joshua D. Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering Joshua Carl is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering in 2005, and attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University where he earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2016. He primarily teaches courses in embedded systems, programming, and digital systems.Ms. Amii LaPointe
, we sought to identity engineering teachers in rural schools to teachthe curriculum we developed. However, teacher attrition became a problem. Over time, two “digitalliteracy coaches” at the school – one who was a prior history teacher and another who was a priorcareer and technical education teacher – became the primary engineering design course teachers ateach school. As they taught the engineering curriculum as an elective course, they also bothcontinued to serve their schools as digital literacy coaches.Data Collection and AnalysisFocus groups were conducted with student participants (n=8) and served as an opportunity for us toschedule conversations with multiple participants at one time in order to not take up too muchinstructional time
includes application of AI for project management, sustainability and data center energy.Mr. James Jay Jaurez, National University Dr. Jaurez is a dedicated Academic Program Director and Associate Professor in Information Technology Management at National University where he has served since 2004. Dr. Jaurez is also a FIRST Robotics Head Coach since 2014 and leads outreach in robotiNelson Altamirano, National University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Application of Data Analysis and Visualization Tools for US Renewable SolarEnergy Generation, its Sustainability Benefits, and Teaching In Engineering Curriculum Ben D Radhakrishnan, M.Tech., M.S
System CourseIntroduction Technology innovation moves at an exponential rate making it extremely difficult forengineering curriculum to educate students on all current developments. All over the nationinstructors are given a limited set of time to cover a wide variety of topics while ensuring thenext generation of professional engineers1-3. This constraint forces instructors to a disciplinebased education, sacrifices hands on experience and student engagement for textbook basednotes and passive student learning3-5. Although students are trained in a professional engineeringdiscipline, they lack the full understanding of the broader role that fundamental engineeringprinciples play in other sectors of industry3, 6. As a direct result
University of Utah wasinitially designed to recruit prospective students into the engineering majors [12]. After a fewiterations, the program has evolved to one that aims to educate the community aboutopportunities in engineering by providing hands-on activities for high school students andclassroom resources for teachers to use in the curriculum. The engineering ambassadorsthemselves have also benefited by increasing their interest in engineering, learning how to taketheir classroom concepts into teaching high school students and overall an increased retentionwithin the engineering programs.While recruiting and outreach is the main goal of many ambassador programs, the one at TexasA & M University also has student-led, peer-to-peer mentoring
Exposition, ConferenceProceedings. Columbus, Ohio: ASEE Conferences. doi: 10.18260/1-2--28298.Feister, M. K. et al. (2016) ‘Integrating ethical considerations in design’, ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Conference Proceedings. New Orleans, Louisiana: ASEE Conferences. doi: 10.18260/p.25804.Gunnarsson, C., Birch, C. and Hendricks, D. G. (2019) ‘Work in progress: Curriculum on diversity andethics: Impact in an introductory bioengineering course’, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition,Conference Proceedings. Tampa, Florida: ASEE Conferences. doi: 10.18260/1-2--32340.Hutchison, K. (2019) ‘Gender Bias in Medical Implant Design and Use: A Type of Moral AggregationProblem?’, Hypatia, 34(3), pp. 570–591. doi: 10.1111/hypa.12483.Lord, S. M. and Chen, J
. Engineeringeducation, especially in higher education, creates similar big data for both faculty and studentsrelated to learning experiences. From clicks to page and video view times, points can be awardedfor engagement or left as an opportunity for student self-evaluation. The digital platform ofinterest here is the interactive textbook with integrated online homework. While these tools aremore common in math and introductory science courses, interactive textbooks for engineeringcourses are becoming more widely available [1-5].Historically, engineering textbooks have been the antithesis of active learning with static text thatis updated about once per decade. However, interactive textbooks put onus on students tocomplete participation clicks, view animations
AeromechanicsII. AAE 20401 is an aerospace structural mechanics lab course for second-year students wherethey had the opportunity to use the Virtual Lab software. When implementing the Virtual Labs,we characterized the content, assessment, and pedagogy of the course under the BackwardCourse Design Model to identify how the Virtual Lab software could be integrated into thecoursework. After a year of getting feedback on the software from the students and investigatingthe pedagogical approaches on how to use it, we introduced a new format on the use of thevirtual lab in Fall 2019. This paper describes the latest version of the lab course with theintegration of the Virtual Lab software. The curriculum design, presented in this paper, is auseful reference for
framers from various industry companies, he found that safety is held at the same level of importance as productivity. He is also inter- ested in educational contributions and research opportunities towards integrating field-level construction knowledge in BIM models and exploring their benefits in classroom environment with feedback from jobsite project managers.Dr. Clint D. Martin, Georgia Southern University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016A Case for International Study in Construction Education and Industry PracticeIntroductionA Construction Management (CM) student at Georgia Southern University was offered a uniqueopportunity to do an internship with a
opportunities and challenges. deployment of AI.Our camp developed a custom curriculum to give the participants a learningexperience that is often curated toward college students and early careerprofessionals.We partnered with highly regarded faculty (and their graduates students) tointroduce the history of AI, how it has developed and some of the dangers ofthe increased reliance on technologyFaculty from our partner institution led workshops and discussions onunderstanding and forming ethical and moral positions.The students worked in groups to develop projects and complete assignmentsthroughout the week, with assistance of academic and industry leaders toreinforce their
Paper ID #22734Work in Progress: An Investigation of a College of Engineering Underrepre-sented Minority Students’ Perceptions of Inclusive Co-curricular Spaces andStudent Support Programs Beyond the First Year.Cherish C. Vance, Texas A&M University Cherish Vance is a doctoral student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, having also received a B.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2013. She actively participates as an Ambassador for Texas A&M’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate. Additionally, she serves on the Climate Council for
once underrepresented students joined the research group. In such process, the facultymember serves as a mentor by providing extensive technical guidance, role modeling approachesto problem solving, and advocating post-graduation career venues. These academic resources arenecessary components for securing employment post-graduation or establishing fundamentalresearch knowledge for graduate school.Post-graduation InstructionBased on the open-ended question, students shared relevant information about receiving guidancerelating to Mechanical Engineering curriculum, undergraduate resources, summer internships, andgraduate programs. One student, in particular, alluded that the faculty advisor invested time inexplaining the benefits of pursuing an
part of cornerstone (i.e. first-year) and capstone (i.e. senior-year) design courses. These design courses are often significantand memorable experiences in students’ education where they actually get to design—and maybeeven build and fly—an aerospace vehicle. While the importance of design courses in aerospaceengineering education is clear, they only make up a small part of the curriculum. After studentshave an exciting and engaging first-year design experience, students’ sophomore and junioryears are dominated by core technical subjects such as mechanics of materials, aerodynamics,propulsion, and controls. We define these non-design and non-lab courses (although they mayhave lab components) as engineering science courses. For example, at the
Engineers’ Committee on Sustainability subcommittee on Formal Engineering Education.Dr. Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao is an assistant director at the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning. She manages the center’s graduate student and postdoc development program, assists faculty with instruc- tional design and assessment for course and curriculum development. Anusha is also an adjunct assistant professor in electrical engineering at IUPUI. She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and post- doctoral training in educational psychology from Vanderbilt University. Her research focused on tracking and quantifying movement disorders using signal
Paper ID #41782GIFTS: Transforming First-Year Engineering Curriculum with Diversity, Equity,Inclusion, and Entrepreneurial-Minded LearningDr. Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University Dr. Murray is an a Assistant Professor of Practice in the First Year Program at Western New England University. She holds a BS in biomedical engineering, masters in education and a masters and a PhD in engineering management. Her research interests are in engineering education, advanced manufacturing, design for additive manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, medical manufacturing, quality and regulatory standards for medical devices
innovation integration [6]–[8], service learning [9], orentrepreneurship [4], [10], [11]. The objective of the workshop was to examine the implementation of anexploration and design (E&D) project on new interventions or strategies and provide guidance on ways toaddress potential challenges to curriculum redesign toward the adoption of service learning and socialinnovation in an engineering curriculum. In other words, the frame of inquiry of the workshop can besummarized by a design question: how might we improve student engagement in engineering education bythe adoption of service learning and social innovation learning opportunities?It is imperative to understand the differences across the varieties of existing approaches to increase
, Computer Science is drastic [3]. Furthermore, girls andwomen did not retain their STEM majors [1], [4]. The effort of promoting STEM and roboticseducation should start with early childhood education (ECE) for many reasons: reducingnegative gender stereotypes [5], encouraging women and other marginalized groups'participation in STEM, achieving social justice purposes [6], etc. In this paper, we examinepreservice teachers' perception of STEM and robotics integration in ECE. The authors’epistemological, theoretical, and methodological foundation of this research was informed by theCritical Feminism. Literature ReviewCritical Feminist TheoryCritical Feminism is an ever-evolving and malleable theoretical framework
Paper ID #26355Board 19: Impacts of Engineering Justice Curriculum: A Survey of StudentAttitudesDr. Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout Dr. Tina Lee is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Program Director for the Applied Social Science Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Dr. Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout Elizabeth Buchanan is Endowed Chair in Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Dr. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout Devin Berg is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the B.S. Mechanical
three times as difficult to fill in the nextthree years.The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has undertaken an initiative to address the skills gapin this very important area of manufacturing. This paper presents the details on the developmentof an integrated senior design and internship program that has helped to mitigate the difficult-to-fill workforce needs for the partnering industry in metrology and advanced manufacturingthrough the university and industry partnership. Many more programs of this nature are requiredto address the problem of the skills gap prevailing in the advanced manufacturing sector.The senior design project and internship are integrated with the engineering technologycurriculum to address this challenging problem
sciences in New Jersey. She joins their dedicated research on STEM teacher development and leadership. Dr. Larson continues to pursue research interests in assessments and accountability in STEM teacher education, identity and agency in STEM teacher development, and community-centered STEM curriculum and programs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Studying In-service Teacher Professional Development on Purposeful Integration of Engineering into K-12 STEM Teaching (Research to Practice)AbstractIntegrated STEM approaches in K-12 science and math instruction can be more engaging andmeaningful for students and