conferred him the grade of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.Dr. Sajjad Hussain, University of Glasgow Sajjad Hussain is a Lecturer in Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has served previously at Electrical Engineering Department, Capital University of Science and Tech- nology (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
UniversityDr. Jean Ostrom-Blonigen, As the Project Administrator for the North Dakota (ND) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) State Office and the co-PI on our NSF and ND State awards, I work with leadership to manage the daily operations of several programs that operate to: 1) improve ND’s scientific capacity through interdisciplinary STEM research and education, 2) promote STEM workforce development, and 3) encourage economic development along STEM pathways. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31365Dr. Kelly A. Rusch, North Dakota EPSCoR and North Dakota
pedagogy for organizing theinstruction. Specifically, the semester-long project was divided into several problems.Students ultimately completed the project step by step in the process of solving theseproblems.Following the backward design process [1], the authors refined 5 learning outcomes fromABET criteria firstly and then designed a comprehensive assessment plan including directassessment and indirect assessment corresponding to each learning outcome. Lastly, theauthors designed instructional activities in class and after class assignments based on thelearning outcomes and assessment plan.The course’s signature characters include problem-based learning, driven by hands-onproblem solving and just-in-time scaffolding lectures, and portfolio-based
and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by
discussed the changes that would make them feel more welcome and includedwithin academia and their department(s) (cultural and/or infrastructural changes). They alsoprovided advice and recommendations to future queer and trans graduate students. The panelreceived overwhelmingly positive feedback, and the audience expressed their willingness andenthusiasm to learn and support queer and trans graduate students. Overall, the lessons learnedfrom the Queer and Trans Graduate Students Panel are as follows: 1) Provided an opportunity to inform about the specific obstacles that many queer and trans students experience in graduate education. 2) Contributed to the knowledge of designing, facilitating, and conducting a student experiences
religiosity and serviceutilization among college students, with a particular focus on international undergraduateengineering students in the US. It seeks to answer several research questions: 1) What is theprevalence of mental health conditions and help-seeking among international engineeringundergraduates? 2) Are there gender differences in help-seeking among international engineeringundergraduates? 3) How do help-seeking (formal and informal) tendencies vary amongengineering undergraduates with different levels of religiosity?Design/Method: The study uses a logistic regression model to analyze data from engineeringundergraduate students participating in the Healthy Minds Study (HMS) for 2021-2022 toaddress research questions. The study considers
rarely discussed in these courses. Furthermore, it is critical to look into how CE andCM students comprehend the relationships between social justice and our infrastructure systems,considering the increasing significance of these issues in our society. Comparing the awarenessof societal inequalities within resilient infrastructure systems between CE and CM students canhelp identify potential gaps in knowledge and understanding within these distinct disciplines.Therefore, this study aims to address the following research questions: (1) Which majors/groupbetween CE or CM students, demonstrates a greater awareness of societal inequalities withinresilient infrastructure systems? (2) Is there any relation between the understanding andawareness of
Transfer ShockAbstractIn this full student-led research paper, we investigate the social networks of both lateral andvertical engineering transfer students to determine how integrated they are at their currentinstitution, and how their social connectedness can affect the extent of their transfer shock.Transfer shock is a decrease in GPA that a transfer student might experience at their receivinginstitution and can affect student retention and likelihood of graduation. The research questionswe aim to answer are: 1) How do the social networks of lateral and vertical transfer studentsdiffer from one another? and 2) What is the correlation between a transfer student’s socialnetwork and their experience of transfer shock?To answer the research
stereotypes and perceptions retained by faculty and staff. Questions from thissurvey sought the level of agreement or disagreement regarding several known veteranstereotypes. Preliminary results from mixed model logistic analyses indicate that these biases orperceptions are active in non-veteran faculty and staff populations.1. BackgroundResearch on the student veteran educational experiences typically adopts an impoverishmentapproach to understanding student veteran deficits and challenges in the classroom [1]. Whilethis research posture is not malicious— it is empirically easier to study the absence of particularstudent behaviors or skills than student veteran educational and experiential assets—the result isliterature that focuses on effective
results.Logistical regression was used to evaluate the impact of academic majors.The results show that the most highly correlated variable was the Physical Fitness score of eachCadet. The article discusses different possible reasons for this relationship. Results also showmoderate to weak relationships between academic performance and any event at Cadet SummerTraining. These findings suggest that evaluations outside of a classroom environment could bemore effective at predicting future real-world success.KeywordsJob Preparation, Army, ROTC, Order of Merit List, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression 1. Introduction An age-old question is how to prepare students most effectively for post-graduation life. Inmost circumstances, it is difficult to
-division computernetworks course.IntroductionComputer Networks is an undergraduate course that is included in most curricula in thecomputing disciplines. It is listed as an element of computing knowledge 1 2 in the ACMrecommended curricula. It is usually the only course on the topic listed as a core course in mostprograms. The textbooks 3,4,5 are an indication of how broad and deep the topic is.In the last three academic years, the courses in the author’s department have had a failure rate of2%, which amounts to 16 students. These are students who would potentially be delayed in their4-year graduation timelines. Students who are underrepresented minorities have had a GPA gapof 0.28, higher than the historic average of 0.26. Active learning has
-efficacy, lack of engineering identity, and low perceived levels of careerpreparedness have all been shown to play a major role in the loss of potential engineers [1]-[3].One factor that may be contributing to this dilemma is that many engineering programs focus onteaching only technical knowledge rather than a combination of technical and professional skillsand empathetic design. Students in such programs are often left feeling unprepared to work in aprofessional business environment where they are tasked with creating effective solutions forreal customers [4]-[5]. To promote more confidence in engineering students and improvestudents’ success in engineering careers, many degree programs have explored the incorporationof entrepreneurial
motivated and had less anxiety with enhanced critical thinking.IntroductionEducators are saddled with the responsibility of ensuring every learning objective is met whilecreating an engaging student environment [1]. Educators must ensure that every experiment isdesigned with practical applications in mind and implemented in a safe environment. This aids theinstructors in facilitating critical thinking amongst the learners, ensuring that they can proffersolutions to essential questions. These guides and resources are models that support progressivelearning and peer-to-peer collaborations. Also, they can foster an inclusive learning atmosphereand encourage continuous improvement. Laboratory sessions are an integral part of the richlearning experience
, renewable energy, and the energy-water nexus.Yun-Han Weng, The Ohio State UniversityEmily T. Creamer, The Ohio State UniversityMatthew Judkins Mayhew, The Ohio State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 EmPOWERing a Sustainable Energy Future through Interconnected Curricular and Co-Curricular Pedagogies AbstractIn 2019, a National Research Traineeship (NRT) grant from the U.S. NationalScience Foundation seeded the establishment of a new model for graduateeducation at Ohio State University – a large, public, land-grant R-1 university inthe U.S. Midwest. This grant application involved faculty from eight differentcolleges within this university
; Department Information Systems IUPUI Oklahoma State University Email: smithun@iupui.edu Email: xiao.luo@okstate.eduAbstractIn this research-to-practice full paper, we describe our mentoring initiative, where we incorporatedmentoring into a freshman and a sophomore computing course in Spring 2023 and Fall 2022,respectively. Based on our previous work [1], these mentoring initiatives aimed to developstudents' sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and computing identity, as research [2, 3] shows senseof belonging and self-efficacy are the two main reasons for low enrollment and retainingunderrepresented computing students. First-year
urbaninfrastructure and equity as a subject for critical reading and writing. At Gonzaga University, amedium-size private university, a first-year seminar is designed as a multidisciplinaryexploration of infrastructure and equity. One of the primary learning outcomes of the course is todifferentiate the ways in which knowledge is constructed across multiple disciplines, soinfrastructure’s impact on society is viewed through the lens of sociology, history, public health,economics, and engineering. At the University of Colorado Boulder, a large research-intensiveuniversity, a 1-credit civil engineering seminar course touches on the topic of infrastructureequity through the lenses of engineering ethics and sustainability. In all three courses, studentscreated
thelearning of various topics and concepts introduced in a course. PLTL has been a successful peersupport intervention in traditional classroom environments in science, technology, engineeringand mathematical (STEM) education and is yet to be fully explored in an online asynchronouslearning environment [1] [2]. This National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored work under theImproving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program seeks to investigate theeffectiveness of PLTL in an online campus environment at Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity Worldwide campus.Approximately 54% of the undergraduate population of the online campus are either militaryveterans or currently serving military personnel. As a result, a larger percentage of military andveteran
enhancing engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Peru in State College: Providing Scholarswith a Global Perspective at HomeOur Story of Resilience 1 Lauren Griggs, PhD • Director, Clark Scholars Program • Director, Multicultural Engineering Program • Assistant Teaching Professor Julio Urbina, PhD • Faculty Advisor, Clark Scholars Program • Professor
. 1. IntroductionThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) was established to, among other things,ensure that: 1) all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health in theenvironment where they live, learn, and work; and 2) enforce federal laws protecting human healthand the environment. Despite this effort, low-income communities, particularly those of color, stillexperience disproportionately negative impacts from environmental contaminants when comparedto low-income white communities (Cutter, 1995; Taylor, 2000; Bullard, 2001; Maantay andMaroko, 2009) due to unequal exposures to environmental stressors such as soil, air, and waterpollution (Bullard, 2001; Wilson et al., 2008; Fan et al., 2019). Environmental justice
of professional skills in burgeoningengineers [1], [2]. Thus, there is a demand for student development processes and experiencesthat facilitate the acquisition of both technical and professional skills. For this project,professional skills, often referred to as “soft skills,” include a variety of competencies such ascommunication, teamwork, professional and ethical responsibility, and more as determined byABET and delineated in the results of this paper. Unlike technical skills, professional skills takemore time to develop and sharpen [3]. Additionally, they are not as amenable to course-basedlearning often due to their “untestable” nature. Whereas a chemistry class might be able to teachtechnical skills and then assess the outcomes by way
(ASCE) report card gave US infrastructure a C- rating [1].ASCE reports that in the U.S., a water main breaks every two minutes, 43% of U.S. roads areconsidered poor or mediocre, and overall the infrastructure Americans rely on every day is outdated and failing [1]. For civil and environmental engineers, failing infrastructure presents anopportunity to incorporate new ideas and design infrastructure better suited for the future. Tomeet this challenge, engineers need to be able to examine the past, understand what has and hasnot worked, and how to approach design to prevent future failures.Within the context of civil and environmental engineering, failure has come at a high cost to thepeople who rely on infrastructure systems that no longer work
Paper ID #41963Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship Short Course in EcuadorDr. Pritpal Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. He received a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1978, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware. He joined Villanova University in 1984 and has been faculty member there ever since. He has served as the Chair of the Middle Atlantic Section of ASEE, Zone 1 Chair, and has organized and hosted three regional ASEE conferences
Engineering Education, 2024 Industry Perspectives on Professional and Design Skills of Bioengineering Senior StudentsAbstractProfessional and design skill development is an essential part of engineering education [1], yet,according to industry feedback, many students struggle to satisfactorily develop these skillsduring their time as undergraduates [2], [3]. Despite numerous approaches to improve students’preparedness for the work environment through academia-industry collaborations (see [4]), theperceptions of industry experts on strengths and weaknesses of current senior engineeringstudents remain widely unspecified in the literature. In this work, we are using a systematicapproach and framework to examine the
thathave the biggest impact to the conventional 4th year senior design project model as shown inFigure 1. Director of Industry Relations A. Industry Partnership B. Capstone Project C. Benefits of Project D. Roles of People Industry Sponsor Student Faculty Fig. 1: Relationship Among Team for
into smaller parts, andable to explain or determine what the root cause of a problem is.Keywords: affective domain, attitudes, undergraduate engineeringIntroductionLearning is an integral part of our lives. Each one of us learns the same things differently based onour preferred way of learning. We can learn by building mental models; through feelings,emotions, attitudes; and by physical movements. Based on this, the domains of learning are broadlycategorized as cognitive (knowledge), affective (attitudes), and psychomotor (skills) [1]. Eachdomain of learning focuses on one of three ways the brain can be engaged in learning. Thecognitive domain is focused on mental processes or thinking, the affective domain focuses onfeelings, attitudes, and
requires creativity, innovation,and collaboration to resolve these issues. Higher education institutions are the ideal environmentfor cultivating these essential qualities. However, Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs) often do not prioritize the development of creativity, innovation, and collaboration intheir educational approach for students [1]. Nevertheless, in recognizing the potential impact,there exists a unique opportunity to leverage HBCUs in enhancing diversity, equity, andinclusion in STEM education as well as in the engineering industry. By placing emphasis onnurturing creativity, innovation, and collaboration within the academic environment of HBCUs,students can be better equipped to tackle environmental challenges
expected outcomes, limited support, and shortfall in contemporary technicalknowledge and hands-on competency. To establish an effective industrial collaboration, theFaculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong has established the Tam Wing FanInnovation Wing (a.k.a. the HKU Inno Wing) [1]. This center is designed to engage studentsin real-life projects, providing them with hands-on experience.We propose and implement the Inspire-Equip-Showcase (IES) framework to prepare studentsfor successful industrial collaboration. In the 2023/24 academic year, a cohort of studentsunderwent pre-collaboration training activities under IES with a focus on the theme of AI androbotics. The training covered fundamental competencies such as Robot Operating
† Angel Flores-Abad5*† 1 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2 Undergraduate Researcher 3 Associate Professor 4 Professor 5 Assistant Professor afloresabad@utep.edu * Aerospace Center ** Engineering Education and Leadership Department † Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USAAbstractAcademic intervention in underrepresented students during the early years of their engineeringprogram plays a
paradigm isexpanding to a more holistic view that also considers the socioeconomic impact of physicalfailures (i.e., community resilience). Given multi-faceted disaster impacts on society, it is alsobecoming more critical to consider and balance varying impacts among multiple stakeholders. Toprepare future civil engineers to fulfill a risk manager role, the civil engineering curriculumshould expand to also address these elements. These skill sets are also directly related tofostering the 3C’s of the KEEN Network’s Entrepreneurial Mindset for creating value,connections, and curiosity to promote entrepreneurial mindset learning [1]. This development isfurther supported by the ABET engineering education criteria expansion, specifically for
about a newconcept. In creating a mental model through the application hierarchical level, participants wouldassess similarities and differences between concepts, test ideas, and conduct further research asneeded. Within the analysis hierarchical level, participants would use mental models by breakingdown information into (1) what was given or what was known (2) additional information wasneeded and (3) steps needed to solve the problem. If participants used the synthesis hierarchicallevel to build a mental model, information would be connected to old mental models to create alarger mental model or wider understanding of a topic. Finally, when asked about use of mentalmodels within the evaluation hierarchical level, four participants had a clear