for project management practice to enable graduates toexecute appropriate Agile techniques to plan, and deliver quality results that frequently delivervalue to customers. During the course students are introduced to Agile processes which includedeveloping user stories and story maps, estimate and plan for sprints, track project execution andreleases using burn-down charts and conduct retrospective sessions. This paper discusses how agraduate student was able to successfully apply the Agile project management principles andprocesses learned in the graduate program to an Independent Study project designed to providestudents with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and experience gained during thecurriculum to addressing and solving a real
assignment was a modification of a lesson plan developed byRePicture that can be used for any science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) course.For this assignment, students researched and wrote about a structural engineering project andthen posted their article on the RePicture website. The RePicture platform includes an instructordashboard which allowed the instructor to review and privately comment on the student’s work.Once their work was completed, the student could then publish it on RePicture.com for the worldto see. The online article the student created can be used as a sample of their writing abilities, todemonstrate their depth of knowledge about structural engineering projects to potentialemployers, and to enter contests sponsored
online and distancelearning in that it is a temporary shift under crisis conditions and is often delivered by instructorswho have not had adequate time to prepare or have formal training in online instruction.Traditional online instructors must deal with the complexity and flexibility of online coursedelivery. Instructors must consider the various and diverse combinations and permutations thatexist in the use of tools, interaction with students, pedagogical approaches, and organizationalsupport [1]. Adedoyin and Soykan [3] assert that effective online learning requires careful andadequate planning and design of instruction.Many of the complexities found within traditional online course design and delivery were alsofound during ERT. ERT required
used in different fields. Hence, without proper documentationand management of such projects, achieving overall objectives can be underpinned.To aid the successful management of complex or multi-departmental projects in fields outsidethe university, various social management frameworks and program management tools havebeen developed, employed, and reported. Aside from promoting teamwork andcommunication, smoothing decision-making and problem-solving, and enabling transparencyand accountability, PM management processes and tools are strongly related to projectsuccess [2],[3]. These tools are designed to support the successful execution of projects byproviding a range of features and functionalities that help plan, organize, and control
Paper ID #39420Preparing Students to Solve Challenges Related to a Changing ClimateDr. Mujde Erten-Unal, Old Dominion University Mujde Erten-Unal is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and director of Sustainable Development Institute at Old Dominion university. She has a Master of Engi- neering in Environmental & Planning Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Science and Technology University of Missouri-Rolla. She has worked in industry as a project engineer before joining ODU. Her research interests include adaptive design to climate change and sea level rise
strategies for instructional teams. This paper will present a developing conceptualframework that guides these activities, describe each component, present preliminary findings,and discuss potential next steps.Literature ReviewFactors that influence academic successIndividual learning consists of cognitive, metacognitive, and affective components [1] and is asocially-embedded process [2]. Cognitive learning refers to acquiring knowledge at increasinglevels of complexity, as in Bloom’s Taxonomy [3], and is measured through course assessments(e.g., exams). Metacognition refers to awareness and self-assessment of one’s own thinking andabilities [3], and regulation refers to the ability to plan and adjust behaviors accordingly based onthat knowledge [4
covered by the team project or by individual assignments.Common themes emerged, and are summarized in Table 1. Since these topics are mostfrequently covered, capstone instructors must generally feel that they are important. The topicsthemselves are not TCs, but they are a promising set of topics within which to look for TCs.Communication, elements of design process (planning/scheduling, concept generation, anddecision making), and teamwork emerged as common themes. Communication is a topic thatmany students struggle with, and good communication enables success in nearly all other aspectsof capstone design. It was identified by Capstone-to-Work researchers ([5], [6]) as a topic thatstudents struggle with at work and one where they rely on their
what has been done by librarians in the past, so that college anduniversity libraries across the country are better able to plan, implement, and assess potentialoutreach and assistive programs for veterans on their campuses, both residential and virtual.INTRODUCTIONSince World War II, there have been several “G.I. Bills” passed by Congress to provide benefitsfor veterans of America’s wars. The first, officially known as the Servicemen’s ReadjustmentAct of 1944, included low-cost mortgages and loans, a year of unemployment compensation, and(most importantly) dedicated tuition and living expenses for veterans attending college. By 1956,when the act expired, over 2.2 million veterans had successfully used the G.I. Bill to attend thecollege of
continuous im- provement methods can be applied to a wide variety of problems, including healthcare, business agility, and engineering education.Dr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Human-Machine Systems, Facilities Planning & Material Handling, and Capstone. She is the Director of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering as well as the Founding Director of the Galante Engi- neering Business Program at NU. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has also been an active member of Northeastern’s Gateway Team, a
purposes, the program has defined four competencies that providegreater specificity to Outcome #6. Competency 1 calls for students to be able to “Develop anexperimental plan to answer a specific question or test a hypothesis.” Competency 2 requiresstudents to have the ability to “Collect data appropriate to the experiment or test.” Competency 3requires students to be able to “Analyze data collected using appropriate methods.” And finally,Competency 4 requires students to “Draw appropriate inferences from analysis results toimprove processes.”To improve student achievement of these competencies, lessons in Statistical Process Controls(SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE) were designed and added to the ETME 415 – Designfor Manufacturing and Tooling
was that after participants engagedwith facilitators at the workshop, they were provided with one year of coaching by a faculty peermentor. This was an opportunity for participants to test ideas from the workshops with a supportsystem in place and guidance as needed, all in a safe way. Coaching cut across disciplines inengineering and course levels and was successful in helping many faculty implement workshopideas [2].In 2020 nine in-person workshops were planned. The plans shifted swiftly to a remote formatdue to COVID-19 and raised several research questions aligned with this transition: 1. Does the COVID shift create long-term benefits for faculty development structures? 2. Did EM assist the faculty facilitators with the COVID
capacity, he man- aged projects ranging in size from $4 million to over $115 million and was responsible for overall project execution including budget and cost controls, procurement, safety, scheduling, quality, and client satisfac- tion. Anthony received both his Ph.D. in Planning, Design and Construction and master’s degree (M.S.) in Construction Management from Michigan State University. He received his bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from Eastern Michigan University and also holds a master electrical license in the State of Michigan. Anthony is a committee member for the Transportation Research Board - Standing Committee on Project Delivery Methods, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and Ronald E
interview. In the course of theinterviews, participants were asked to rate their risk tolerance and their interest in pursuing a startupon ten-point scale. The interviews were assessed (see Coding Book, Appendix A) through recordingof categorical and numerical responses for: • Immigration generation • Parents’ education • Employment during college 4 • Switch of major • Risk tolerance • Startup interestand through thematic content analysis [14] for: • Family influence on major • Career plans • Career certainty • Reasons for pursuing or not pursuing a startupThe students in the entrepreneurially oriented engineering major and the students in the
of skills and knowledge and end with documenting and presenting their work.The project engineering design stages include literature review, problem formulation andanalysis, project planning, creating design alternatives, evaluating and selecting the best designalternative.During each of the project engineering stages, challenges are compared and analyzed. Project-related challenges were ranked the highest for all comparisons performed. The study also showedthat two out of the five student outcomes were harder to achieve and faced higher challenges.When comparing how each of the course evaluation methods helped to reduce the identifiedchallenges towards each student outcome, it was found that the project-related assignmentscontributed the
assessed thedifferences in student perceptions towards pursuing an engineering degree by grade level, race,and gender post taking part in a week-long residential academy. Results show that majority ofthe participants’ interests and knowledge of engineering increased because of taking part in theweek-long academies. More boys (84.3%) planned to take more math and science courses inhigh school than girls (60%) post completing the academies. Also, highlighted in the findingswere the representations of groups who are traditionally under-represented in the fields ofengineering. The academy tailored for girls were very successful in recruiting African Americanstudents. Overall, the week-long academies and instructors on the university campus
sup- ply chain management, data analytics, logistics, production planning, lean manufacturing systems, and the intersection between operations management and information and technology. More specifically, his research seeks to innovate and improve operational performance using data analytics and IoT technology at manufacturing and supply chain levels. He is also particularly interested in supply chain resiliency, co- ordination issues, and real-time analytics-based decision making. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Diaz worked for seven years as a process engineer and management consultant in the international consulting arena. American c Society for
EngineeringProgram at Methodist University has made it a priority to integrate writing throughout theengineering curriculum that exposes students to writing instruction each year. Althoughindividual course assignments are still used as the main avenue to practice writing, theimportance of writing for the discipline and connection between each course are stressedthroughout program. With the introduction of Methodist University’s new Quality EnhancementPlan (QEP) on writing, the Engineering Program plans to strengthen the integration of writtencommunication within the curriculum.Writing Across the CurriculumMethodist University embraces writing across the entire campus through several initiatives onwriting improvement and appreciation for students and faculty
conducted this program fully virtualwith all participants working remotely. Students were matched with faculty based on their primaryfields of interest, had to work a minimum of 20hrs per week, and were actively involved in theirhost lab routines [3]. We organized a series of workshops on research methods, scientific writing,and career planning discussed in detail in subsequent sections. The program ended with a virtualconference which gave all students the opportunity to present their work and to participate in aresearch presentation contest. We had a total of 21 participants working in 10 different labs. Theprogram was designed to address fundamental gaps in the engineering undergraduate curriculum:project-oriented coding experience, scientific
,engineering has been considered a key player to plan, design, implement, and develop solutionsto address humanitarian challenges [38]. For instance, the role of engineering and technology hasthe clear role of providing resources and conditions, such as water [39]–[41] and energy [42],[43]. In the infrastructure and management domain, engineering also plays a role in creatingsolutions that address the development of livelihood conditions [44], [45], logistics [46], [47],and communication [48]–[50]. These challenges are examples of opportunities whereengineering and technology play essential roles in translating ideas into an immediate solution inthe humanitarian context.Methodology We conducted a qualitative case study [51] to explore the LED
. The opportunity to work with faculty in aregular, ongoing basis for the duration of a course term affords instructors connections thatengage them further in their teaching assignments. It also enhances their knowledgeperspective by working with other faculty to bridge content areas5.Kidd’s study also addresses potential difficulties in recruiting faculty to teach in a learningcommunity5. The factor of time required to plan and collaborate across disciplines is ofsignificance to faculty who may already be heavily scheduled. Success of student achievementand retention may also be dependent on the enthusiasm of faculty and their ability toeffectively collaborate with faculty of other subject areas5. The authors of the paper presentedherewith
COVID-19 was here for the long run, but the summeralso gave faculty an opportunity to develop expertise in on-line delivery and to plan the contentand execution of their classes. Classes in the fall at the U of A were to be taught either remotely(neither students or instructor in the classroom), in-person (instructor and students in theclassroom with significantly reduced enrollment) or in a hybrid mode (some students in-person,some students remote, instructor in-person), with a heavy emphasis on a safe workingenvironment for all. This led to most classes being taught remotely or in a hybrid mode. Butwhat about labs? © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest
, Secondary STEM Education, K-12 Outreach, Research Experience for TeachersBackgroundThere have been recent and rapid advancements in engineering research on data analytics theoriesand methodologies, enabled and driven by smart and connected technologies, to maintain andimprove our health, infrastructure, and communities [1]. Compared to the growth in analyticsresearch, curriculum development in the K-12 and higher education environments are often muchslower and do not reflect this growth [2]. Current curricular data analytics lesson plans forsecondary schools mainly focus on the ready-to-use applications and resources such as MicrosoftAccess and Excel, while leaving out the deep understanding of the ideas and theories [3]. Othersuse infographics to
women are under-represented.INTRODUCTIONExtension Services for Undergraduate Programs (ES-UP) at the National Center for Women &Information Technology (NCWIT) employs a multi-pronged, systemic approach to increasing theenrollment and retention of women in undergraduate computing departments. ES-UP advocatesimproving the environment for all students using research-based strategies that correspond to thesix components of the NCWIT ES-UP Systemic Change Model. The components include creatinga Recruiting Strategic Plan; retaining students with Inclusive Pedagogy, Curriculum, and StudentSupport; securing appropriate Institutional Policies and Support; and finally, implementing acomprehensive Evaluation and Tracking System (See Figure 1.)Figure 1
2formal and informal education. Examples of student comments, questions, and ideas stemmingfrom the dialog are shown in Table 3. Key take away messages include: ! Students want more diversity in terms of demographics; they want to know both how well the university and college are currently doing as well as what is planned to achieve improvement. ! Students want to feel faculty are invested and interested in them; they want to be able to relate to the faculty as well as to other students. ! Students want to see a greater awareness of DEI issues within the college, including education about diversity from college faculty, as opposed to getting this education entirely from the
semester), we are now expanding this into a 4-credit SocialWorld course at UMass Amherst. Section 2 of this paper describes the first offering of the course duringSpring 2016; section 3 describes the second offering during Fall 2016, where changes were made in theschedule based on student feedback and instructor experience. Section 4 describes the logic and plan toimplement this course as a 4 credit course in the future. Section 5 offers conclusions, and references are givenin section 6. The appendices to this paper reproduce verbatim comments that students have provided abouttheir experiences in this course.2. First Course Offering: One Credit Seminar, Spring 2016 Queer Lights was initially developed in
are followed by a debrief toprovide constructive feedback for improving teaching effectiveness. TAs are required toconduct two surveys during first semester in which they are appointed. The Early SemesterSurvey (ESS) enables students to provide critical early feedback so that TAs can makeadjustments to their teaching practices. At the end of the semester, the TA version of theuniversity’s Course Instructor Survey (CIS) is conducted. This paper presents an overview of theprogram with a focus on the certification curriculum, data analyses of the effectiveness of the TACertification Program, along with lessons learned and plans for further development of theprogram.Program Motivation and ObjectivesThe development of the Engineering TA
offered by CSUCI would not be a good fit for a transfer programfor CREATE students. However, university-community college faculty discussions led toa CREATE proposal to NSF to fund the development of a BSIT degree which wouldmeet both community college transfer needs, industry demands for a prepared workforce,and possibly as an alternative for students entering the computer science degree butunable or uninterested in pursuing the higher calculus requirements. While CSUCI wasan ideal partner as a young institution open to new ideas and programs, it was stillrestricted by California State University procedures for adding a new program. A fiveyear plan was developed to use some NSF CREATE funding to write and pilot test theadditional coursework
I feel uncomfortable under conditions of uncertainty (R) Conditions I feel others are in a better position than I am to evaluate my 7 Engaging in Self- success as a student direction It is my responsibility to make sense of what I learn at and Self-evaluation 8 school 9 I prefer to have others plan my learning (R) I seldom think about my own learning and how to improve 10 it (R) 11 I feel I am a self-directed learner Setting Goals
/she fell below the required GPA. At the recommendation of an NSFProgram Officer, the 2010 proposal (and the subsequent proposals submitted by ECU) included arecovery semester that enabled a funded student to retain his/her funding as long as his/her GPAwas only below 3.0 for one semester. While it is the case that some students have had to leavetheir S-STEM program at ECU due to a low GPA, it is also true that three engineering studentsand two biology students have been able to recover after one semester below 3.0 and remain intheir respective S-STEM program.Since there are occasions when students must leave an S-STEM program, it is important for aproposal to include a “substitution plan”. This is a plan for finding a student to become a
active transportation planning of many regions. It has Bike sharing is a new green transportation solution that witnessed increased interest and traction around the worldhas been developed and adopted at various cities around the [12-17] including within the United States in the lastworld. In this paper, we present the process and results of decade because of a wide variety of dynamically changingthe design and prototypes that a group of undergraduate factors, from technology advances, to creating safer andstudents developed for a BikeShare@UH program during more sustainable transportation venues for upward mobilitySummer 2017. After presenting the detailed results of four opportunities and