has over 100 peer-reviewed articles, and 175 national and international presentations.Dr. Robert M Capraro, Texas A&M University Robert M. Capraro, is Co-Director of Aggie STEM, Director of STEM Collaborative for Teacher Pro- fessional Learning, and Professor Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University. Dr. Capraro’s expertise is applied research in school settings, program evaluation, the teacher as change agent for STEM school improvement, and STEM student achievement. He recently received the best paper award from the International Conference on Engineering Education where he and two colleagues presented their work related to the Aggie STEM project. He
to date on engineering education research on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in the classroom. 2. Prior teaching experience for some faculty may consist of their experience as teaching associates during their undergraduate or graduate education or from observing other faculty. Many faculty, especially those in research institutions (R1), may not have taken a course dedicated to teaching engineering students such as the ‘College Teaching in Engineering’ course offered at The Ohio State University. 3. Even for those faculty who have background knowledge on JEDI in the classroom, training can help grow their confidence as inclusive-minded instructors.Therefore, to initiate a change in the
Paper ID #32705Measuring Connections: Novel Methods and FindingsDr. Elise Barrella P.E., DfX Consulting LLC Dr. Elise Barrella is the founder and CEO of DfX Consulting LLC which offers engineering education and design research, planning and consulting services. She is a registered Professional Engineer and was a Founding Faculty member of the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University. She is passionate about curriculum development, scholarship and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainabil- ity, and engineering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where
Paper ID #33440Assessing and Communicating Professional Competency Development ThroughExperiential LearningDr. John H. Callewaert, University of Michigan John Callewaert is Director of Strategic Projects in the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering, University of Michigan. He previously served as a program director with the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute, Director of the University of Michigan- Flint’s Office of Research, and the Director of the Institute for Community and Environment at Colby- Sawyer College. He completed doctoral study in Resource
Session 18-2 Promoting Critical Thinking Skills Through a Capstone Course Mohamad H. Ahmadian Electronics Engineering Technology Eastern New Mexico University AbstractStudents must be taught to think critically, communicate, and work together effectively. Ifstudents are to become disciplined thinkers, they need to do a good deal of active thinking to takeownership of the content they are learning. Learning to think well requires many opportunitiesfor practice in thinking through problems and issues
Paper ID #35511Partnering with Industry to Improve First Year OutcomesMrs. Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida Since 2012, Jackie Sullivan (MSEnvE), has been an Adjunct Instructor at UCF (Orlando) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) and has instructed the first year engineering students since 2015. Ms. Sullivan worked in consulting engineering and STEM program development prior to joining UCF.Mr. Mark Easley, Texas Instruments, Inc. The TI University Program is committed to engineering student success and supporting institutions of higher learning that will train the next
Session 6-4 Innovative Design-Build Approach to Project-Based Learning Susan M. Bogus Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico Kerry J. Howe Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico AbstractAll undergraduates in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico must takea senior capstone course in the last semester before graduation. The
and industry professionals to interact in an informalsetting1,30.With this interaction in mind, there are a few more issues to consider, first and foremost beingthe likelihood of academics to be a member of a professional society in the first place. Based onprior research currently in review, academics in engineering technology tend to have a largeamount of industry experience and potential for professional society membership and continuedinteraction with their peers. Further work in this area focuses on students and their affiliationswith professional societies31, and the subsequent effect of that affiliation on their identity withinthe engineering community.Ansmann et. al.32 mentions that membership in a professional society is a powerful
Paper ID #34155Haptics in AviationDr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a Professor and Chair of Engineering Department at Utah Valley University. She re- ceived her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. all in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include gender issues in the academic sciences and engineering fields, Embedded Systems De- sign, Mobile Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Nanotechnology, Data Mining and Databases.Mr. Joshua D. Neeley, Utah Valley University Joshua Neeley is an Electronics Engineer working for the United States Air Force. He received his B.S. in
Culture in Ecuador,” presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jun. 2020. Accessed: Oct. 04, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/understanding-students-perceptions-of-dimensions-of- engineering-culture-in-ecuador[9] G. Hofstede, Culture’s consequences: The dimensions approach., 1st ed. SAGE Publications, 1980.[10] G. Hofstede, G. J. Hofstede, and M. Minkov, Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind, 2nd ed. New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill, 2005.[11] G. Hofstede, “Dimensionalizing cultures: The Hofstede model in context,” Online readings in psychology and culture, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 8, 2011.[12] M. Minkov and G. Hofstede, “Is National Culture a Meaningful Concept?: Cultural Values
than business ventures andstartups. It is about having a curious mind to identify opportunities, and generate solutions /solve problems by connecting information from various sources, aimed to create value forcustomers and society. This paper presents a gamified way to introduce EM to first-year studentsvia a simulated experience with a potential customer.Context in the courseThe core objective of the Introduction to Engineering course is for the students to learn and applythe engineering design process (EDP) in their course project. Thus, the first week is spent onexplaining various stages of this design process e.g., problem identification and definition,research, brainstorming, modeling, design finalization, prototyping, testing and
of 80, and an even greater increase inthe number of Americans over the age of 60. With this increase in the size of theAmerican elderly population, society must examine carefully ways to improve the qualityof life for this population and their caretakers. Designing products and services createdwith the specific needs of this demographic in mind is a complex, multi-disciplinarychallenge. Engineers will certainly play a role in this process, but they will need to bewell versed in a variety of disciplines.To address this issue, the University of St. Thomas sponsored a three-day, multi-disciplinary retreat, coordinated by Professors AnnMarie Thomas (Engineering) andRoxanne Prichard (Psychology). The retreat, which was open to students from
Paper ID #35250Project Management Implementation in a Capstone Design CourseProf. Mike Simard PE, Villanova University Mike is an engineering leader with over 30 years’ experience in start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. Mike possesses both a Bachelor and Masters in Mechanical Engineering, as well as an MBA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) and Certified Estimat- ing Professional (CEP). Mike has held senior positions in engineering design, project management and operations in the power generation, biomass conversion and building material industries. He has led a va
readiness, and itsultimate goal is increasing retention in this population [1], [2]. In addition to cohorting studentsin STEM courses, the GELC program requires students to co-enroll in a learning strategiescourse. The course is designed to develop self-regulatory, academic, and social-psychologicalcompetence for students through its three primary units: Habits of Professionals, Habits ofLearning, and Habits of Mind. An overarching goal of the course is to support students inbecoming successful STEM students and future engineering professionals. While the course is inits fourth iteration, the Fall 2020 semester marks the first use of the LASSI within the learningstrategies course. Our approach went beyond using the LASSI as a measure of
number is likelyhigher than 10 as the U.S. gradually responds to political instabilities, surging energy prices anda dawning public awareness of the environmental impact of unrestrained energy usage. In thefields of engineering, there is also broad agreement that job prospects for energy-literateengineers are up, and anecdotal evidence in states with growing populations (e.g. south andwestern states) suggests that employment opportunities in energy and power will remain robustin the foreseeable future.With these factors in mind, the authors began in 2006 to organize several efforts to addressenergy education at Baylor both amongst upper-level engineering students and various non-engineering populations. These include the construction of an
Paper ID #28478A New Change Model for Recruitment and Retention of UnderrepresentedGroups in STEMDr. Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University Dr. Laura Bottomley, Teaching Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Elementary Education, is also the Director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place at NC State University. She has been working in the field of engineering education for over 20 years. She is dedicated to conveying the joint messages that engineering is a set of fields that can use all types of minds and every person needs to be literate in engineering and technology. She is an ASEE
University. He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. His interests are in how undergraduate students learn, and especially, in critical thinking and how students draw meaningful con- nections in traditional college content materials.Dr. William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University Professor and Director of the Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism and Ethics Texas Tech University Lubbock, TexasDr. Ramakrishna Biswal, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Dr. Ramakrishna Biswal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the
, makerspace, and moment of time; however, there are somestrategies shared that can be permanent changes to ultimately support engineering educator’sgrowth in incorporating prototyping, projects, and makerspaces in their curriculum. Thesefaculty development lessons learned represent the important themes of service, leadership, anddiversity and inclusion for engineering and makerspace faculty and staff. Ultimately, we hopethese lessons learned provides an opportunity for faculty and makerspace staff to shift theirawareness towards the contextual aspects of equity and inclusion (Secules, 2020).ReferencesSecules, S. (2020, October 12). 'Eat Your Veggies' Research: Why I pursue qualitative research for an audience of quantitative-minded engineering
, mentioned gains from the modules and theopportunities to choose their own path through the course. These gains are expressed in terms ofachieving a deeper understanding of engineering and aligning choices to personal values andinterests. Both groups seem to gain a broad perspective of the different areas and dimensions ofengineering, as well as an understanding of the different Immersed Program opportunitiesavailable in the college. This broad perspective appears to support students who feel certainabout their interest by inspiring them to explore beyond their initial ideas and ‘remainopen-minded.’ The students who mention feeling uncertain, find in the array of modules areas ofengineering that appeal to their interests, skills and values, gaining
hadn’t hadmuch exposure to the engineering profession, in the summer after theirJunior year of High school, to get them engaged in engineering as aprofession and hopefully apply to the college in the fall of their senioryear.Our diversity center supports a board of advisors. In a conversation with 4a business-minded board member in 2014, we were offered theopportunity to reinvent our K-12 summer bridge program. Our corporatepartner was willing to fund a summer bridge program if we met his goal ofproviding engineering exposure to students who hadn’t been given thatopportunity. We set about to create a program that would meetbroadening participation desires while also
2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Rebuilding Student Communities as the return to Campus after COVID Robert F. Saunders Department of Electrical Engineering, University of ArkansasAbstractOver the last year, students, instructors and university communities have seen massivedisruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic and many of the disruptions have ramifications forthe years to come. One major disturbance is the breakdown of the student community with in theuniversity. This community supported the students and motived students to do their best work.The symptoms of this breakdown is demonstrated in the mental
Learning Through Service: Student Motivations Authors: Kristine Guzak, Ph.D. Student; Kurt Paterson, Ph.D., P.E.1. BackgroundOver the last few years, concerns have escalated among many national organizations thattechnical expertise is no longer solely sufficient for the development of futureengineers.1-5 Additionally, in the United States engineering programs continue to struggleto attract students, especially women and minorities, despite decades of strategies tochange these patterns.6-9 Independent of these challenges, students have rapidly createdextracurricular service efforts, of considerable note is the quick emergence of EngineersWithout Borders chapters at more than 200 universities within eight years.10
., Columbus, OH 4. Mehta V, Mikesell D. (2018) “Implementing Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML) in a Manufacturing Processes Course,” Proc. of Amer. Soc. of Eng. Edu., Salt Lake City, UT 5. Washuta N, Bass P. (2019) “A Complementary Approach to Implementing Entrepreneurship into a Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Course Sequence,” Proc. of Amer. Soc. of Eng. Edu., Tampa, FL 6. Yee K. (2019) “Development of an Entrepreneurial Mindset within a Three-Semester Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Course Sequence Based on the SAE Collegiate Design Series,” Proc. of Amer. Soc. of Eng. Edu., Tampa, FL 7. Peterson O, Jordan W, and Radharamanan R. (2012) “Proposed KEEN Initiative Framework for Entrepreneurial
Paper ID #34252Work-in-Progress: Computer Simulations to Deliver Inquiry-BasedLaboratory Activities in MechanicsMr. Jacob Matthew Cook, Oregon State University Jacob Cook received his Honors B.S. in Bioengineering and his Honors B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Oregon State University in Spring 2020. During his undergraduate studies he was a researcher and software developer for the Koretsky Education group, focusing on web-based JavaScript physics simulations. His primary research interests include engineering education, biomed- ical devices/instrumentation, integrated circuit design, computational
Paper ID #35073REU: A Balancing ActMs. Margo Cousins, University of Texas at Austin Ms. Cousins leads the academic advising team for Biomedical Engineering (BME) bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs since 2011. She oversees programming and advising activities aimed at improv- ing student success and professional development for all BME students. In addition to advising students individually, Ms. Cousins: teaches professional development workshops; facilitates first-year student in- terest groups; facilitates the department’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site BME
of view to the course with three objectives in mind. The first isto improve students’ awareness of the advanced MBD methodology. The second is for studentsto develop an appreciation for the MBD that will contribute to the efficient and cost-effectiveapplication development. The third is to give students the opportunity to learn modernprogramming tools enabling MBD. The following subsections present the three MBD topicsadded to the PT course, with the emphasis on the teaching approach and lab assignment design.Model-based Design ConceptWe introduced key MBD concepts that are important for an engineering practitioner to ourstudents during the first week. Five basic steps in MBD approach from requirement analysis,system design, implementation
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 impact of good supply chain practices such as coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and optimizing global supply chains on the financial health of a company. She has published her research in Journal of Business Logistics, International Jour- nal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida Dr. Chu received her
Paper ID #35290The Career Compass Professional Development ProgramProf. Frank E. Falcone P.E., Villanova University Professor Falcone is the Director of Professional Development & Experiential Education in the College of Engineering at Villanova University. His current primary focus is the leadership and management of the College’s Professional Development Program entitled CAREER COMPASS. His primary fields of technical interest and experience are in Hydraulics, Hydrology, Fluid Mechanics, Water Resources and International Water Resources Master Planning. In addition to teaching numerous technical courses, he has
ABET focusing more attention on issues that branched away from those normalpaths listed above. They include communication, ethics, lifelong learning, and contemporaryissues. All programs in order to become accredited had to address those ABET standards.Programs have gone through a number of 6-year evaluations and there are still issues that need tobe addressed. With this is mind, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MSU began toinvestigate what needs a student might have in the real world and how the department couldprovide a certain amount of preparation for those needs, including ABET requirements but alsofocusing on additional student needs.A Department’s ViewOver the past years, the department focused on one critical issue in a
theirprofessional responsibility and understand the role of engineering in a systems perspective.The focus group analysis also indicated that the impact of an intervention is partially dependenton the context in which it is embedded. Engineering educators should be mindful of the coursecharacteristics (elective or compulsory and placement in the broader degree program) andstudent characteristics (major and year of study) when considering the transferability of ESIinterventions. These factors also come into play when considering the objective or intendedimpact of the instruction. Ethics instruction can serve different learning goals such as awareness(sensitivity to ethical issues students may encounter), decision-making (ability to take ethicalactions), or