. We were also interested in how challenges might be overcome with moreresources and coordination. It is clear that many Nodes and Sites lack funding andexpertise necessary to do evaluation research, and the sharing of instruments andevaluation protocols could enhance evaluation and assessment activities. As I-Corpsenters a new phase of expansion, findings from this study will inform our ownevaluation work going forward, and allow us to share best practices with I-Corpseducators and administrators across the U.S. BACKGROUNDAcademic EntrepreneurshipMany institutions are actively investing in entrepreneurial ecosystems and initiatives toboost the involvement of faculty and graduate students in commercialization
. Solnosky is also a licensed Professional Engineer in PA. Ryan is also an advisor for Penn State’s National AEI Student Competition teams. His research interests include: integrated structural design methodologies and processes; Innovative methods for enhancing engineering education; and high performing wall enclosures. These three areas look towards the next generation of building engineering, including how systems are selected, configured and designed.Moses Ling (Teaching Professor) Educator © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Developing an AE Tutoring Engaging Advising & Mentoring (TEAM) Program: a Peer
assessments must be carefully integrated in course design and reveal the need for alarge scope of practice questions to enhance student learning.IntroductionAdaptive learning (AL) is a personalized learning approach that dynamically adjusts content,assessment, and feedback based on algorithms that monitor student progress, pace, orperformance. Learning analytics from AL systems enable instructors to adapt instruction basedon student needs and can identify at-risk students to provide interventions [1], [2]. ALcourseware provides students increased control and engagement, real-time feedback to developconfidence and improve grades, while increasing degree completion [3]–[5]. Notably, there isstrong potential that AL can disproportionately benefit
students with diverse characteristics in e-learning environments. Pass/fail policies should be carefully designed and implemented tominimize negative impacts on motivation. Employers should expand orientation and mentoringprograms for entry-level employees, particularly for laboratory-based tasks. Research is neededto improve the delivery of STEM laboratory e-learning experiences. Findings inform futureresearch, as well as best practices for improved institutional adaptability and resiliency. Thesewill minimize disruptions to student functioning and performance, reduce attrition, andstrengthen progression into the STEM workforce during high-risk conditions such as pandemics.With caution, findings may be extended to non-STEM and non-student
instruction with future offerings. The impact on learning and skillsdevelopment as determined through assessment of course outcomes will also be discussed.Relevant Prior Research on Senior Capstone Project ExperiencesOne of the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) published by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) states that engineering students should have the "ability toapply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration ofpublic health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economicfactors" [1]. Senior capstone courses are used as a summative assessment for this outcome becauseof the real-world problems the students face during the course series [2
“promotesability preference” [6, p. 2].The purpose of this paper is to examine the ableist structures of higher education that limit accessto engineering education. In this examination, we present ● a definition of disability and neurodivergence, ● a brief history of ableist educational structures in the U.S., and ● engineering student narratives pertaining to their experiences with disability and neurodivergence in engineering education.We then discuss pathways forward in engineering education for adapting more accessiblepedagogical practices and paradigm shifts in disability and neurodiversity research design.2. Disability and NeurodivergenceDisability is fluid and contextual rather than biological… disability, if understood as constructed
Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). Mariah is an openly disabled scientist and has a passion for creating equitable access to education for everyone. During her undergraduate studies, she developed an interest in studying mentorship of disabled individuals and initiated an ongoing research project with Dr. Halpern. In addition to her mentorship research, Mariah enjoys advocating for the disability community. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com10 Tips to Make Your Course More Accessible and Inclusive to Disabled StudentsMariah L. Arral, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAbstractAbleism is a barrier to accessible engineering education
sustainable in the long run. To better suit different types of learnersand to make the program more adaptable to settings without access to a 3D printer, the IDEASteam is creating new curriculum materials and teacher resources which focus on hand-builtconstruction and materials exploration to be made publicly available by 2023. This paperpresents findings from the past two years of this six-year research practice partnership in whichthe IDEAS Maker Program Curriculum was adapted, tested, iterated, finalized, and scaled foruse within an inclusion setting specifically designed for autistic students to learn alongsidenonautistic peers.MethodsAdapting the IDEAS Maker Program In the wake of a complete transition to remote learning in New York City
for incorporation into the NYDEC research database. This project was assessedvia a written lab report with points allotted across all five of the designed course outcomes. The first objective of this study is to empirically validate that this servicelearning/community outreach project positively impacted the designed course outcomes.Therefore, a comparison of the three CAR metrics pre-service-learning project in AY17-2 andpost-service-learning project in AY19-1 support a null hypothesis that scores are higher after theservice-learning project was included. A nonparametric Mann-Whitley-Wilcoxon Rank Sumtests accounts for differences between the sample populations between terms and can determinethe significance of change in all five of
appropriatethinking strategy for cross-disciplinary engineering technology students given the 4IR-inducedevolving workplace. A comprehensive literature review of empirical articles is also provided,which is aligned with the research questions published in scholarly journals over the past twodecades and reveals the state of scientific thinking on these topics. Preliminary results informsinstructional pedagogies on multidisciplinary engineering and cross-disciplinary engineeringtechnology programs to exploit the capabilities of the 4IR innovations.Keywords: Multi-disciplinary engineering, cross-disciplinary engineering technology, cognition,critical thinking, design thinking, STEM curriculum.1. IntroductionThe Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been
Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Evaluating Improved Program-Level Assessment and the Subsequent Influence on Associate Constructor ExamAbstractThe American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) requires all accredited constructionprograms to demonstrate a direct assessment of twenty Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs).Before graduation, many construction programs require students to take the American Institute ofConstructors (AIC) Associate Constructor (AC) exam, where SLOs will be assessed at thenational level. There has been some discussion in the literature regarding an improvement toprogram-level SLO assessment to increase the overall AC exam
Paper ID #37593“I Don’t Like Thinking About this Stuff”: Black and BrownStudent Experiences in Engineering EducationJanelle GrantStephanie Masta (Associate Professor) Member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and an Associate Professor at Purdue University. My research centers on issues of equity for Brown and Black students within educational spaces within the United States. I am also interested in academic colonialism and the relationship between settler colonial ideology and academic practices in colleges and universities. I am also highly invested in graduate student development.Alice Pawley
ourexperiences from the initial phase of implementation.Entrepreneurial MindsetEntrepreneurial mindset is a set of thought processes that help engineers to recognize opportunities tocreate value for others and have a positive impact on society. The Kern family foundation describesentrepreneurial mindset through a set of behaviors, namely the 3 C’s - Curiosity, Connections, andCreating value. We have adopted this framework in designing the education of engineering students bothto help them make greater contributions to society, and to more successfully navigate their educationalprocess. [ref: https://engineeringunleashed.com/mindset]Changing faculty and student mindset about the role of e-portfoliosFaculty often recognize the value of an e-portfolio in
highlight the experiences thatpromote engineering students’ interest and dedication to social justice[25]. Studies haveidentified field-based infrastructure projects, in which students design an infrastructure projectfor a community other than their own and travel to implement that project, such as EngineersWithout Borders (EWB), as one of the largest HE outlets for young engineers. For instance,EWB has been seen as an intermediate step for socially engaged engineers [26], and an importantcomponent of professional HE training [27]. Because these field-based infrastructure projects areone of the most prominent and accessible introductions in HE for undergraduate students, manyHE graduate programs provide mentorship and resources to these programs
is that students are the experts regarding their ownexperiences and needs, and student perspective regarding university support is underutilizedin both the research and practice discourse. In addition to the focus groups, the first authorspoke with two administrators and browsed the university’s website for information on theuniversity’s existing resources and supports for student wellbeing.The focus group protocol primarily consisted of open-ended questions, such as: 1) What are some of the challenges you faced over the past year and a half? a) How much has COVID impacted you personally? b) How much has COVID impacted you academically? c) How much has COVID impacted you financially? 2) How did [current
Paper ID #36677Using Blackboard Quiz Pools and Other Automated Gradingin Mechanical Engineering CoursesKeith Hekman (Professor) Keith Hekman is a Professor at California Baptist University where he teaches courses on AutoCAD, Excel, SOLIDWORKS, LabVIEW, Machine Design, and Vibrations. His research has been on automated grading. Prior to teaching at CBU, he taught at Calvin College and the American University in Cairo. He received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of TechnologyZiliang Zhou © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by
Carlowicz Samantha Carlowicz is a Master of Science in Engineering student with an Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering concentration at Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology of Saint Louis University (SLU). She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from SLU. She is currently a Graduate Research Assistant developing a guided risk assessment for CubeSat deployable systems. Her research interests include improving the reliability of space systems, design of complex mechanical systems, and how to improve mission success rates for novice spacecraft developers. She will begin her career as an Electronics Packaging Design and Analysis Engineer for Boeing Satellite Systems.Justin Fantroy
Systemic Educational Wellness using the Eco-STEM Educational Ecosystem Health SurveyAbstractThis work-in-progress research paper introduces the Educational Ecosystem Health Survey(EEHS), an educational survey instrument designed by the Eco-STEM team at California StateUniversity, Los Angeles, a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution. The Eco-STEMproject applies a framework of Community Cultural Wealth and explores the metaphor of ahealthy ecosystem to envision systemic change that responds to the needs and values the assetsof diverse actors, who learn together for both their individual and collective good, within theeducational “ecosystem.” As part of the project, the Eco-STEM team has developed the EEHSsurvey instrument to
. ¨ Salehi, Z. Seskir, and ˙I Tepe, “A computer science-oriented approach to introduce quantum computing to a[16] O. new audience,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 1–8, 2022.[17] S. Satanassi, E. Ercolessi, and O. Levrini, “Designing and implementing materials on quantum computing for secondary school students: The case of teleportation,” Phys Rev Phys Educ Res, vol. 18, no. 010122, 2022.[18] C. Coenen and A. Grunwald, “Responsible research and innovation (RRI) in quantum technology,” Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 19, pp. 277–294, 2017.[19] R. de Wolfe, “The potential impacts of quantum computers on society,” Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 19, pp. 271–276, 2017.[20] Engineering and Physical
number of formally educated sanitary engineers remained small. By 1899, onlytwo schools offered degrees in sanitary engineering (MIT and the University of Illinois) andthere were only 19 students enrolled in sanitary engineering programs (of 9,679 studentsengineering students nationwide) [5, 6].Advances in practice in the World War I era helped set professional standards for the discipline.For example, beginning in 1913, a group of engineers and scientists, to include Streeter, Phelps,and others, worked to understand how the presence of bacteria impacted streams and, in doingso, created the Oxygen Sag Curve model. Metcalf and Eddy’s first publication of AmericanSewerage Practice was in 1915 and, in 1923 Abel Wolman developed controlled
the ways that people interact and the role that engineering and technology play in society. To this end, she continues to promote social competencies, such as empathy, within engineering education and practice. Her research spans a variety of areas including empathy in engineering, character education, community engagement and design education. She is also passionate about helping young people find their place as valuable contributors in society and is enthusiastic about further fostering this passion in her current role, research and outreach experiences.Joseph Wiinikka-lydon (Dr.) (Wake Forest University) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
and make-up only 46.3% of the student population [4]. Therefore, it is imperative thatmore research and practice focuses on NTSE to better understand how to support them towardscompletion of an engineering degree.The ability to create proper support structures for undergraduate students relies, to a large extent,on the capacity of different stakeholders, teachers, advisors, and administrators – tosimultaneously respond to different student needs and characteristics. For nontraditional studentsin general and NTSE particularly, success in their classes is often a function of being able tomanage other elements of their lives such as finances, commitment to family, commitment tojob, and the ability to find peer support. It is only by
two years. Kelley is also a Graduate Facilitator with the Center for Socially Engaged Design and a Graduate Academic Liaison with the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning.Shanna Daly Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University. In her work, she characterizes front-end design practices across the student to practitioner continuum, develops empirically-based tools to support design best practices, and studies the impact of front- end design tools on design success. Specifically, she focuses
in STEM. He is currently Principal Investigator on an NSF CAREER funded project examining the experiences of LGBTQ students in STEM.Sidrah MG MG Watson Mother, Graduate research assistant, Post Traditional student exploring Queer & Trans student experiences in STEMLeilani ContosSarah Heller Sarah Heller is a Freshman at Montana State University - Bozeman. She is majoring in Physics with minors in Mathematics and Data Science. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com CAREER: Exploring LGBTQ Student Trajectories and Belonging in STEM Through Social Network AnalysisIntroductionEngineering
strengthen structures, analysis and testing for reinforced concrete frames under disproportionate collapse, and risk and reliability analysis of bridges and offshore structures. She is a registered professional engineer in Missouri.Fan Yu Fan Yu is a doctoral student at the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is originally from China. Fan received her MS in Elementary Education Science and a graduate certificate in Curriculum and Instructions in 2017. She worked as a K12 educational products developer for four years. Fan’s research interests include STEM education and UX design in learning technologies. She concerns about how learning technologies encourage
institutional structures of support. Identifying these factorsis critical to future growth of the STEM academic workforce and may inform policy movingforward on best practices to support women who seek to advance.Next steps in the research will focus on documenting successful strategies implemented at two-year institutions focused on developing a diverse representation of academic leaders in theSTEM higher education workforce. This includes further exploration of core questionssurrounding the factors that positively impact female academic professionals' advancement andretention in STEM-related administrative and senior-ranked positions. As institutions build moreequitable conditions for women, women have greater opportunities to move into these types
platforms.Design thinking as a semi-formal method demonstrated application efficiency. This method sets atime frame and general approaches, but at the same time does not limit participants in the choiceof specific techniques. This research continues the series of studies about the future of project-based learning using design thinking published in ASEE in 2018 and 2021 (Taratukhin, 2018,2021).This paper explores innovative educational events held in pandemic and post-pandemic times bySAP University Alliances mostly in collaboration with the University of Muenster: IdeathonChallenge 2020, Virtual Research experience – International Project (VRE-IP), Bizarre IT-IDEATHON, International Conference for Information Systems and Design (ICID). For instance,VRE-IP
Experience on Enrollment and Recruiting in Engineering Technology”, in 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2021.[8] A. M. Oliveira, “Effectively Teaching Majors And Non-Majors In Hands-On Electrical Engineering Technology Courses”, in 2013 North Midwest Section Meeting, 2021.[9] M. M. Uddin, “Best Practices in Advising Engineering Technology Students for Retention and Persistence to Graduation”, Journal of Technology, Management & Applied Engineering, vol 36, no 1, 2020.[10] G. Stefanek, N. Desai, T. Brady, and J. Guncheon, “AN INNOVATIVE BRIDGE COURSE TO ENHANCE RETENTION IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS”, Issues in Information Systems, vol 21, no 3, pp. 83–94, 2020.[11] E. M. Dell, “Supporting
financial support and an ecosystem of high-impact curricularand co-curricular activities to increase the success of academically talented students.The COF-IMPRESS-C team will leverage student-centered strategies and academic support, suchas undergraduate research, faculty/peer mentoring, and academic success sessions to enhanceacademic and personal success. The project will facilitate the recruitment, retention, andmatriculation of scholarship recipients, provide them with access to a continuum of student supportservices, resources, and opportunities for professional growth, and prepare scholarship recipientsfor graduate school or careers in computing. COF-IMPRESS-C will facilitate dual-enrollment ofstudents in the Honors College, allowing an
years working as a software engineer and consultant in MN before moving to the east coast of the US and beginning her graduate-level education. Her MA degree was in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, and her doctoral work was in Special Education at George Washington University in Washington DC. She completed additional graduate work at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore MD, which has been particularly influential to her teaching style and her philosophy as an educa- tor. The program was called The Mind, Brain, and Teaching, and it focused on applying research from the fields of cognitive science, developmental science, neurology, and neuroscience to education practices in grades K-16. Ms Stella’s research