Formation of Engineers (RFE)(EEC-1824856 and EEC-1824859). The primary goal of this project is to develop and testengineering education modules that link K-12 students’ classroom learning to field tripexperiences in an interactive science museum, increasing student learning and extending the fieldtrip experiences. Each Engineering Explorations module consists of one 50-minute field tripprogram completed at an interactive science center and curriculum for three 50-minute lessons tobe implemented by the classroom teacher before (2 lessons) and after (1 lesson) the field tripprogram. Our paper will present both development and research outcomes.Development accomplishments. To date, we have developed and tested 3 field trip programswith over 5,000 K-12
from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University Jana L. Bouwma-Gearhart is an associate professor of STEM education at Oregon State University. Her research widely concerns improving education at research universities. Her earlier research explored en- hancements to faculty motivation to improve undergraduate education. Her more recent research concerns organizational change towards postsecondary STEM education improvement at
Executive Director of the biomedical engineering honor society, Alpha Eta Mu Beta.Ms. Dorothy Silverman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Defining the Frontiers of Bioengineering Education at Illinois and BeyondAbstractThe Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois is revolutionizing its curriculumby increasing its focus on teaching students about the societal needs that necessitatebioengineering solutions. In this paper, we provide an overview of the goals of our revolutionand the process by which we will create this change. We provide examples of how we arecentering our curriculum around addressing
formation needs and four-year faculty onunique needs of transfer students), missing curriculum and resources supporting careerdevelopment and professional formation of ET students, and integration of transfer studentservices focusing on connecting faculty and advisors across both institutional levels and types ofprograms. Significant gaps in the research promoting understanding of the role of ET and uniqueprofessional formation needs of these students were also confirmed.This project has been successful at helping to broaden participation in ET engineering educationthrough integrating new participants into activities (new four-year institutional stakeholders, newindustry partners, new faculty and staff directly and indirectly working with ET
as a hardware design engineer, from 1997- 2002, and by vLogix as chief hardware design engineer, from 2002-2004. Dr. Alaraje’s research interests focus on processor architecture, System-on- Chip design methodology, Field-Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) architecture and design methodol- ogy, Engineering Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is a 2013-2014 Fulbright scholarship recipient at Qatar University, where he taught courses on Embedded Systems. Additionally, Dr. Alaraje is a recipient of an NSF award for a digital logic design curriculum re- vision in collaboration with the College of Lake County in Illinois, and a NSF award in collaboration with the University of New
describes the ongoing work of the project, one yearinto NSF IUSE grants DUE-2236148 and DUE-2236227.Curricular DevelopmentThe overarching objective of our design-based research project is to investigate how amacroethical curriculum can be effectively integrated into aerospace engineering sciencecourses. In the Fall of 2023, we implemented macroethics lessons in a sophomore-levelintroduction to aerospace course and a junior-level spacecraft mechanics course at the Universityof Michigan (U-M). In the Spring of 2024, we implemented macroethics lessons into a senior-level space systems design course at U-M, a sophomore-level introduction to aerospace course atthe University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), and a senior-level propulsion course
a year of classroom implementation and data collection at the institution where thecurriculum was developed, the project team recruited math and engineering faculty from threeother colleges to pilot the models starting Fall 2020. The goal of this expansion was to increasesample sizes and diversity for statistical analysis of classroom data and to learn about theexperiences of faculty as they integrated the curriculum materials into their own courses. Theoriginal vision was for faculty to use the models in face-to-face instruction, but the transition toonline modality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid pivot during thisexpansion that we reported on previously. Faculty participants who chose to continue with theproject worked
, Montana State UniversityMrs. Elaine Marie Westbrook, Montana State University Elaine Westbrook received a B.S. in Chemistry from Kennesaw State University in 1993. After a decade in industry, she turned her attention to education and taught secondary science for the following decade. In 2014, she received a Masters in Science Education from Montana State University. She is currently a doctoral student in the Education department at Montana State and researches gender differences of informal STEM education in rural areas.Dr. Nick Lux Lux, Montana State University Dr. Nicholas Lux has is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in MSU’s Department of Education. His teaching and research interests are in the
the Engineering GoldShirt Program at CU to provide a unique access pathway to engineering for high potential, next tier students not admitted through the standard admissions process; findings are very encouraging, and the program is being adapted at several other engineering colleges. Dr. Sullivan led the 2004 launch of ASEE’s Pre- College Division, was conferred as an ASEE Fellow in 2011 and was awarded NAE’s 2008 Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education.Denise W. Carlson, University of Colorado Boulder Carlson is involved with a broad range of program implementation initiatives through the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of
advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Dr. Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis Kenneth Reid is the Associate Dean and Director of Engineering at the R. B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. He and his coauthors were awarded the Wickenden award (Journal of Engineering Education, 2014) and Best Paper award, Educational Research and Methods Division (ASEE, 2014). He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (2013) for designing the B.S. degree in Engineering Education. He is a co-PI on the ”Engineering for Us All” (e4usa) project to develop a high school engineering course ”for all”. He is active in engineering within K-12, (Technology Student Association
culturally-contextualized theory of learning and curriculum modules that will be piloted in several schools over 4 years in the Navajo Nation. These modules will be embedded into an existing engineering design program 3) Create and pilot tools to evaluate Navajo students’ experience of engineering design in the context of Navajo cultureResearch DesignThis research is guided by the following research questions and research design. Ourconstructivist grounded theory research questions are:RQ1. What are the ways in which Navajo students and Navajo professionals experience, understand, and apply engineering design in the context of their culture, community, and society?RQ2. How do culturally-contextualized
curriculum below.1. Vertically integrated design project courses (VIDP). Our program has a strong senior designcourse sequence where seniors work for an entire academic year in teams on real projectssponsored and mentored by industry. Real industry design experience, however, was missing inthe first three years of the program. Hence, a separate design course sequence, where freshmen,sophomores, and juniors come together each spring to work on authentic design projectsmentored by practicing engineers, was added to the curriculum. In this new VIDP sequence,integrated teams consisting of freshmen, sophomores and juniors learn practice skills such asdesign principles, team dynamics, project management, communication, etc., throughexperiential learning
approaches in STEM education. Dr. ElZomor has been integrating innovative and novel educational paradigms in STEM education to support student engagement, retention, and diversity.Mr. Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University Piyush Pradhananga is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). Piyush holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tribhuwan University (TU). Following his graduation in 2016, he joined a leading real estate corporation in Nepal as the site engineer working on a multi-million project. He later joined a research firm based in London where he worked as an En- gineering Graduate Researcher. Piyush is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at
Engineering department at Iowa State working in the Interdisci- plinary Research in Sustainable (IRIS) Design Lab. In 2010, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan in Design Science, with Mechanical Engineering and Psychology as her focus areas. Dr. Reid received both her BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2000 and 2004, respectively.Dr. Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12
set up in MacombCommunity College South Campus and the Division of Engineering Technology at Wayne StateUniversity, respectively. Prior to receiving this grant, MCC and WSU have implemented aplanning grant (DUE 0802135) to investigate automotive workforce needs, automotive educationcore competencies, existing automotive education curriculum/pedagogy and advancedautomotive future trends, and to select educational and industry partners. This paper describesthe rationale of creating an ATE center for advanced automotive technology, the finding of theplanning grant, the CAAT goals and objectives, and the center activities, including educationalmaterial collection and dissemination, a seed funding program, student summer academies, andfaculty
navigation experiences.Lara Hebert, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign Assistant Director of Engineering Outreach and Public Engagement at the University of Illinois. She brings to this position and this initiative expertise in teacher education and curriculum design.Dr. Meagan C Pollock, Engineer Inclusion As an engineer turned educator, through her company, Engineer Inclusion, Dr. Meagan Pollock focuses on helping others intentionally engineer inclusion™ in education and the workforce.Dr. Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois, Urbana - ChampaignDr. Luisa-maria Rosu Luisa-Maria Rosu is the Director of I-STEM (Illinois Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Education Initiative and a Research Associate in
Paper ID #21893Increasing the Spatial Intelligence of 7th Graders using the Minecraft Gam-ing PlatformDr. Nick Lux, Montana State University Dr. Nicholas Lux has is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in MSU’s Department of Education. His teaching and research interests are in the area of educational technology. He has worked in the fields of K-12 and higher education for 18 years, and currently teaches in the Montana State University Teacher Education Program. He has experience in educational technology theory and practice in K-12 contexts and teacher education, with a focus on STEM teaching and learning
resulted in aprototype of our curriculum, a quickly approaching pilot of our research design, MODS has emerged as amodified version of CLUE for front-end design and we have begun the project of envisioning a muchmore robust design mentor. In this work we have also highlighted our next steps for each of the strands ofthe project. Front-end engineering design is an underemphasized project area and can be used as means toencourage interests in and improve perceptions of STEM fields especially when grounded in socio-cultural contexts. Prior research suggests that integrating community concerns with engineering andscience can encourage women and persons from minortized groups who often place greater emphasis oncommunity impact of their work but find
advance technologically. Many scientists realize that our work must beclearly communicated to the broader public because it can directly benefit society, is frequentlypublicly funded, and policy decisions should be based on the facts and scientific consensuscontained in the scientific literature, but there is a gap between scholarly communication and thepublic understanding of science. The mission of the American Association for the Advancementof Science includes the following goals: “Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use;Promote the responsible use of science in public policy; [and] Increase public engagement withscience and technology” (AAAS website). These goals frequently collide with an unfortunatereality that currently
mechatronics courses because ituses an integrated approach using contemporary industrial motion control technology and multi-axis real world applications. Our goal is to make connections between separately taught subjectsof abstract control theory, kinematics, dynamics, electronics, programming and machine design inthe context of real world applications. Our instructional design includes active learningcomponents in the lectures and cooperative learning components for the lab modules. Table 1provides a brief listing of the curriculum modules that are under development. In the next sectionwe present details of one of the modules. Table 1. New modular curriculum Module Content 1
with schools over time as opposed tosingle interventions, we aspire to promote sustainability by continual integration within thetypical curriculum once the project comes to an end.In the first year of the project, we partnered with nine 6th grade science teachers across sevenschools, three companies focused on science and engineering, and every 6th grade student in thatyear, totaling over 500 students. Now in year two, we have expanded to include the 7th gradescience teachers and students. Though guided by the university team, curriculum is developed inconjunction with teachers and industry partners to create engineering-themed science lessonsaligned with Virginia Standards of Learning and the Next Generation Science Standards [7].Curriculum
gamification studies focus on large enrollment STEM courses like those taken bychemical engineers early in their major program, and few incorporate robust measures torigorously and systematically assess students’ behavioral, cognitive, and affective changes. Thegoal of this study is to establish effective strategies for the application of gamification in coursesthat appear early in the chemical engineering curriculum, supporting the retention of students inthe major and the graduation of chemical engineers. This was achieved through the developmentof a chemistry and chemical engineering focused dashboard that is integrated within an onlinelearning management system that includes gamification tools (i.e., leaderboard, badges, andrewards).We report the
, humanitarian practice, peace, and sustainability. We have developed thesematerials to support our Mechanical (ME), Electrical (EE), Integrated (IntE), and Industrial &Systems Engineering (ISyE) degree programs. New courses include Engineering and SocialJustice, Engineering Peace, Community-Based Participatory Apprenticeship, User-CenteredDesign, and an Integrated Approach to Electrical Engineering. Modules or other content havebeen incorporated in courses including Circuits, Materials Science, Operations Research, SixSigma - Process Improvement, and Robotics. Existing courses in the curriculum whichincorporate materials designed to help students become Changemaking Engineers byincorporating sociotechnical elements are summarized in Table 1
Reflections On Four Approaches Taken At Rensselaer,” presented at the 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2009, p. 14.1386.1-14.1386.16. Accessed: Jan. 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/sustainability-as-an-integrative-lens-for-engineering-education-initial-re flections-on-four-approaches-taken-at-rensselaer[6] J. L. Aurandt and E. C. Butler, “Sustainability Education: Approaches for Incorporating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 137, no. 2, pp. 102–106, Apr. 2011, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000049.[7] D. M. Riley, “Pushing the Boundaries of Mass and Energy: Sustainability and Social Justice
(SOPS), a term that describesthe multicomponent organic system that comprises a drug, nutraceutical, or medicineformulation.The workshop modules proposed for the 2012 Summer School will introduce faculty to theessential concepts of pharmaceutical engineering in a way that they can be easily integrated intothe undergraduate curricula at their home institution. This will be accomplished throughinteractive exercises where workshop participants will learn new concepts and then be engagedto explore ways to improve the courses they teach. We will use the approach that we havepracticed at Rowan University, to integrate concepts of new technologies into the traditionalundergraduate chemical engineering curriculum through laboratories/demonstrations, in
prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. Page 24.366.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Design for Impact: Reimagining Inquiry-‐Based Activities for Effectiveness and Ease of Faculty Adoption Standard lecture-‐based educational approaches are of limited effectiveness in repair of
Engineering Education. As a member of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC) at LaTech, Ethan’s primary research area is engineering design education with a focus on developing prototyping skills through both class-based projects and extra-curricular clubs, competitions, and activities. This includes a focus on hand-drawn sketches and how they are used as tools for generating ideas and visual communication, es- pecially when it involves the skill to generate quick and realistic sketches of an object or idea. He has also conducted research on the impact involvement in academic makerspaces has on students in engineering programs.Dr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Associate
of new curriculum associated with these activities; 2. Provide the teacher participants with new knowledge of engineering disciplines and careers, particularly those related to advanced manufacturing and materials and generate a new appreciation for the value of diverse team-based learning environments; and 3. Provide the participants with beneficial professional development activities integrated into the RET programming. During the three year program, a total of 36 in-service and pre-service teachers wereinvolved in hands-on research in advanced materials and manufacturing, curricular training, anda series of professional development activities. Each year most of the activities except for the on-site
difficulty studentshave with transferring knowledge, as well as the need to develop new teaching practices that aidstudents in developing cross-course connections and that promote the transfer of knowledgebetween different applications. For example, student difficulties in applying mathematicalconcepts such as integration to new problems have been discussed [10]. Weaving thesefundamental mathematical concepts throughout the curriculum, as well as making explicit theconnection between applications and showing example applications and their similarities toproblems encountered in other situations have been suggested as potential remedies to aidstudents in transferring this knowledge [11-14]. Within the engineering and physicscommunities, several
curriculum since the fall of 2018, as atransferable and scalable implementation. However, it is important to note the preliminarynature of this work, and the need for further course build-up and analysis. Overall, empatheticdispositions in engineering students can be cultivated by asking them to empathize in theirproblem-solving endeavors. Further, the humanities with integrated STEM problem-solving canprovide optimal gains in empathic dispositions for engineering students.Implications from this preliminary work do show promise. The simple implementation of askingstudents to empathize before or during the problem-solving process could be a simple addition tocurrent engineering curriculum and design. Further, the process of writing should be