practicing engineers. Thus, developing and integrating a curriculumthat instills and fosters curiosity in engineering students is essential. To assess studentdevelopment of curiosity, a direct and an indirect assessment for curiosity were integrated intothe curriculum for a first-year engineering honors program at a large midwestern university. TheFive-Dimensional Curiosity Scale (5DC), a 25-item instrument developed by Kashdan andcolleagues, was implemented as the indirect assessment. The direct assessment for curiosity wasdeveloped by the research team and tasks students to brainstorm about a topic and then write 10distinct questions about that topic. Both assessments were administered at two time points in theacademic year. A subset of data of 54
Paper ID #39622Using Senior Peer Mentoring for Experiential Learning of Core ChemicalEngineering TopicsDr. Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Castellanos is a full-time Principal Lecturer in Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineer- ing at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. She has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from Chemical Engineering Problem Solving and Experimental Design Lab and Thermo- dynamics to Biochemical Engineering and Process Engineering Economics and Design II (capstone) and graduate courses. Her research interests include
terms of student performance, studies have shown mixed results for online learningcompared to in-person learning [12]. Some studies have found that online students performed aswell or better than in-person students [13], while others have found that in-person learning isassociated with better academic performance [14]. The impact of race and financial backgroundon student success in online learning has also been explored in previous research. Studies havefound that students from lower-income backgrounds and minority students face greater challengesin online learning, such as limited access to technology and the internet [7, 11, 15]. A study has demonstrated that the abrupt transition to online education during the middleof a semester can
the Chair of IEEE Northeast Michigan Section, and vice-chair for ASEE North Central Section. He is a senior member of IEEE, founding advisor for the IEEE Student Chapter at CMU, an elected mem- ber of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society, and a senior member of IETI.Mrs. Taylor Chesson, Tennessee Technological University Taylor Chesson is an Online Instructional Design Specialist in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Tennessee Technological University. She enjoys working alongside instructors to combine traditional teaching methods with best pedagogical practices and emerging technologies. Prior to her role at Tennessee Tech, she worked as a
is often described as “horrific” and “living hell” (Godfrey & Parker, 2010, p.12). Mental health impacts of such a culture merit further study.The limited research on mental health completed specifically in engineering education used quantitativemethods (Cross & Jensen, 2018; Danowitz & Beddoes, 2020; Jensen & Cross, 2020) and shows thatengineering students experience higher rates of mental health issues like panic disorders, PTSD, anxiety,and depression compared to students in other majors regardless of identity. However, rates of mentalhealth disorders climb substantially for both white women and women of color, but also for bisexualwomen, who have panic disorder at eleven times the national average (Danowitz & Beddoes
, graduating in May 2023 and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Engineering Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Their research revolves around investigating how LGBTQ+ students resist the hos- tile culture of engineering and, more broadly, STEM. They mentor a group of LGBTQ+ undergraduate engineers and investigate the collective resistance by LGBTQ+ students through student driven organiza- tions with them. They are especially interested in rethinking ways in which DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) can be approached to be more inclusive and effective. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Modeled Professionalism, Identity Concealment, and Silence: The Role
not always the best way to gather information about the lives of peoplefrom other cultures and backgrounds." From Brayboy’s Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in Education ``Stories are not separate from theory; they make up theory and are, therefore, real and legitimate sources of data and ways of being." This key framework is important for our team when researching the experiences and current issues that Nativos face on Isla Barú.These comments foster confidence that students saw connections between CSTs and their designthinking, decision making, and outcomes.Scaffolding Contextual InformationOne factor informing students' adoption of alternative design frameworks and CSTs appears tobe the degree to which the
with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution, etc. on transportation and oper- ations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics-focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are an integral part of her service-learning logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess the impact of good supply chain practices
couldtreat their conditions. Disability justice activists continue to fight to change policy, discourse,design, and practice, ultimately encoding rights to accessibility at multiple levels, includingfederal policy that governs architecture, public space, software interface design, and medicaltechnologies [29]. Left in the wake of coronavirus, patient advocacy groups are focused ondocumenting long-COVID symptoms to show the long-term health impacts of coronavirusexposure and fight for better treatment paradigms [30].These lay experts seek not to just be end-users of medical technology, but also to createknowledge informed by their own lived experiences [31]. Health social movements seek to alignpatients with a common goal, often a future where their
product vision, prioritizing customer requirements and working cross functionally with part- ner teams (e.g., Engineering, Science, Analytics) to deliver differentiated product experiences. Amelia has a passion for experimentation and has a fifteen year background in advertising. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in English from Fordham University in New York.Shahriar SadighiRobert Pulvermacher Dr. Robert Pulvermacher is a Research Program Manager at Amazon. He is responsible for directing and supporting research streams around talent management practices and aligning research outcomes with UX, Data Science, Economist, and BIE teams. Robert previously worked as an Associate Director at Gartner and Senior Associate at
cadre of engineering education research faculty in the engineering departments and creating a graduate program. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Weekly Self-rating of Proficiency with Course Learning Objectives: Gaining Insight into Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of their LearningAbstractQuizzes, mid-term examinations, and homework are common ways
the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics Center, deputy director for research for the National Institute of Engineering Ethics, and past-division chair for the ASEE Liberal Education/Engineering and Society division.Matthew James P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Matthew James is an Associate Professor of Practice in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering.Dr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He leads the
Griffin Pitts is currently an undergraduate computer science student with the University of Florida’s Her- bert Wertheim College of Engineering. As a student, Griffin conducts research within multiple disciplines, furthering the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has been awarded by the Uni- versity of Florida’s Center for Undergraduate Research and intends on attending graduate school in his future.Sage Bachus, University of Florida Sage Bachus is a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering and Pre-Med student at the Herbert Wertheim Col- lege of Engineering, University of Florida. His main research focus is in learning analytics and developing a way to better understand the underlying
sustain students’ attention [13]. Hernandez-de-Menendez et al. [13], argue thatactive learning leads to lower failure rates and promotes skills that engineers need to besuccessful in their professions such as teamwork, communication, and collaboration. However, although active learning can improve the experiences for students withinengineering, the impact of active learning on students of color and women are mixed [e.g., 14].Studies of the general college population have demonstrated positive effects of active learning onstudents’ self-confidence and persistence toward graduate school [15]. However, for somestudents, active learning practices such as volunteering to answer a question and being called onto answer a question in class can be
professional practice. This report discusses anassignment in a graduate-level water quality engineering course meant to explicitly connectcourse content to working in a related sector. To complete the assignment, students investigateda job of their choosing and networked with someone currently in that job to inform their ultimateappraisal of whether the position is one they are still interested in. The impact of the assignmentwas assessed quantitatively (via students’ post-assignment responses on a Likert scale) andqualitatively (via open-ended questions). Students reported that the assignment was beneficial inconnecting the course to relevant professional opportunities, but they saw concrete ways toimprove the assignment for the future.Introduction
purposes. We pseudonymized student interview participants, instructor interviewparticipants, and CATME participants. Student interviewees received $10 gift cards for theirparticipation. We offered $25 gift cards to instructors in recognition of their time contributed tointerviews, but no one took us up on the offer. Students who were interviewed are identified byrace and gender here based on their self-identification.Author positionalities and rolesMasta, Dickerson, Ohland and Pawley constitute the project PI team. Margherio is the project’sexternal evaluator, and Grant is the graduate research assistant. The PI team conceived of theoriginal study motivation, focus, and general design, and acquired the funding. Masta applied forthe original IRB
https://www.breakthroughtech.orgGiven that communal goals and altruistic purposes have been described as important toaddressing a “lack of interest” in STEM for women [28], we assigned our Guild a theme with asocial impact message: “Empowering Communities.” Then, the students worked in teams toidentify problems that they wanted to tackle that fit within the broad theme provided to them.Students were charged with designing a project where they attempted to solve the problem thatthey had previously identified, using newly acquired technical skills cultivated during the week.The Guild workshop culminated in a formal group presentation where the teams presented theproblems identified and received feedback from the whole group.The schedule for the
Paper ID #40818Promoting Successful Technical Apprenticeships: Aligning Industry andEducation Needs to Improve Employment Outcomes for Community CollegeStudentsDr. Guozhen An, Queensborough Community College Guozhen An is assistant professor of the Engineering Technology Department at Queensborough Com- munity College of CUNY. He received BS in Computer Science from Jilin University in China, MA in Computer Science from Queens College CUNY, and Ph.D in Computer Science from the Graduate Center of CUNY. He worked as researcher at SONY, AOL, and CUNY, and also has many years of teaching ex- perience at Queens College, York
Statistics and incorporated into theEnvironmental Engineering Body of Knowledge are strongly related to “caring”, and a prioranalysis of the demographics as well as the salaries of environmental engineers support thepresence of a care penalty [2].The care penalty in environmental engineering may be linked to the unpriced benefits ofenvironmental engineering practice. For example, the application of standard accounting (i.e.,“prosperity”) to the capital, design, construction, and operation of a municipal sewage treatmentplant may not fully capture the “planet” aspects of treatment plant effluent being dischargedbetter than required by law. Such a planetary benefit – exceeding the requirements of regulations– would represent an unpriced benefit to
. Thisstudy was not intended as an intervention or model solution but to show the problem. Instead,this work was designed to present our experiences, encourage further research to understand thisspace better and encourage more effective training programs for graduate students withstructured, scaffolded experiences. Finally, we provided recommendations for our graduatestudent peers seeking to become faculty. This research paper will detail our classroom climate,teaching practice, and responsibilities as faculty apprentices. The following questions guided ourstudy:RQ1: What did we learn about teaching during our apprenticeships?RQ2: How did our understanding of teaching change by the end of our apprenticeship?BACKGROUNDA significant component of a
experience with Ford Motor Company’s Interactive Conceptual Design and Ap- plications lab. Dr. Moore was instrumental in developing cobots - a novel human-robot collaborative technology for applications requiring humans to work in physical contact with robots. His research in- terests include robot-based 3D printing, haptic interface design and control, and teleoperation. Through grants from NASA and NSF, Dr. Moore is preparing students for STEM-related fields and developing success strategies for undergraduate and graduate STEM majors. He is also a member of the NASA SMD Bridge Workshop Organizing Committee. Dr. Moore has published 22 papers in robotics, graduated 12 graduate students, and been awarded nearly $11.0
MOOC, combining online classes with face-to-face instructorguidance. In this paper, this is referred to as a blended MOOC or hybrid MOOC. When MOOCsare offered using hybrid formats, it can improve student outcomes and reduce costs [14]–[16].Results also show the impact of incorporating MOOCs in traditional classroom settings is almostequal or slightly better than face-to-face teaching environments [15]–[17].The key assumptions when designing a blended learning course are: Thoughtfully integratingface-to-face and online learning, fundamentally restructuring and replacing the course design,and class hours for effective student engagement [18]. Curriculum designers must exploreopportunities for blended MOOCs research on how factors like early
approaches to providing full-scale hands-on exposure throughPBL electives in small craft construction. Third and fourth-year students at USNA and first-yearstudents at USCGA, can take courses in Marine Fabrication Methods and ExperientialEngineering: Small Craft Design and Construction, respectively. In these courses the studentsbuild 10-15 ft long plywood boats, providing them with an enjoyable, motivational, practical,and educational experience in their major.The two schools have similar missions to develop officers for commissioning into the seaservices of the United States. Both schools confer on their graduates B.S. degrees in a variety ofmajors, including Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NA&ME). Each school hasapproximately 25
To-date, the students have interacted Dakota Mines. with two professional artists. MET 400 Curricula is new as this course did not This course will be offered for the exist prior to the funding of this grant first time in Fall of 2023.The senior design series offered is a two course sequence. This is directly relevant to Goal #2(increase the talent pool of STEM graduates, by involving traditionally underrepresented STEMparticipants that can help integrate art into products, primarily in the design cycle). The designteams are paired with a faculty advisor and an industrial partner to solve a problem or challengethe partner faces in their company
engineering.Step 3: Encourage Mentorship and Peer SupportIt is beneficial to encourage mentorship and peer support among the students. This was done bycreating sub-teams based on the competition requirements. This included having a social mediateam responsible for the creativity in capturing the team’s journey and connecting them with otherteams all over the world, a team for researching and determining the design on the robot lifter, ateam for creating the robot shooter design, a team for building the robot driving base and intakemechanism, and a programming team that worked with the other sub-teams to operate the robot.The students were split into the teams based on their interests and skills where they ultimatelydecided with some interventions from the
multipleperspectives. Some of the debate topics were designed to lead students to inhabit a role anddefend their decision making in that role and based on that context.Final project - analysis of a topic from a chosen branch of engineeringStudents formed pairs for the final project, which was designed to help students practice using thetools they have learned in the semester - biases, ethical frameworks, roleplaying scenarios. This Figure 5: A student made scenario on government corruption. Figure 6: A student made scenario on environmental action.final project was meant to help students practice their frameworks and bias analysis to look atwhole fields, not focusing on just one aspect of a type of disaster or issue.The
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impact, and this project, you know, impacting others in a good way. So, I think that will be the best defining moment.”DiscussionThough SPECTRA is in early practice, several important themes are already shown in dataderived from student interviews. The most compelling of these findings is how students interactwith their cohort and the overall benefits they feel they are getting from participating in theprogram. These findings correlate strongly with research done by similar transfer programs.Interacting and making connections with others is a vital part of the college experience andsomething that is particularly important for transfer students, who may have a more difficult timeforming connections than students who began at a four-year
accreditation, program assessment and eval- uation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering
understanding the impact of community-based engineering programs on student major choice for underrepresented groups in engineering, with a specific focus on Black/African American youth and inclusive program evaluation methods. Shauna is engaged in Purdue’s Engineering Education Graduate Student Association and Black Graduate Student Association.Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on improving methods of assessment in engineering learning environments and supporting engineering students.Philip Goldberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette Philip Goldberg is a First Year Engineering undergraduate