SummerInstitute, the American Academy of Colleges and Universities Project Kaleidoscope and ourinstitutional framework of Engineering Learning (Figure 6) were key to moving forward. Inthese settings, we found supportive colleagues with similar pedagogical philosophies whovalidated our desire to change and offered many concrete ideas for achieving that change.Further, the excellent series of essays titled Transformations (Allen and Tanner, 2009) hasserved as an outstanding resource, with guideposts and specific examples of how to move one’spedagogy toward active learning. We heartily acknowledge that change is an ongoing process.While we have implemented physical design changes to the classroom and we have laid thegroundwork for student-centered learning
Professor in Educational Psychology. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech and Ph.D. in Chemical En- gineering from University of South Carolina. She completed a Fulbright Program at Ecole Centrale de Lille in France to benchmark and help create a new hybrid masters program combining medicine and en- gineering and also has led multiple curricular initiative in Bioengineering and the College of Engineering on several NSF funded projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017The Double Bind of Race and Gender: A Look into the Experiences of Women of Color in EngineeringAbstractTraditionally underserved racial/ethnic groups such as African
industry out of New Orleans for two Fortune 500 com- panies, where his responsibilities included IT disaster recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Previously, he served as an unrestricted line officer in the U.S. Navy onboard a guided missile destroyer and the second Aegis cruiser.Dr. Dante Dionne, Korean Air Dante Dionne is a Senior Innovation Technology Manager at Korean Air. The past 25+ years of his career has centered on management and professional services consulting. Where, he has specialized in lead- ing multi-national project teams in digital business transformation, mobility and innovative technology solutions. Dante received his Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus on Organizational Leadership and an MA in In
impact.The most clear-cut measures of institutionalization are those that demonstrate achievement of, orsignificant progress towards, long-term outcomes. For example, in the long term, we expect tosee significant increases in the representation, retention, and advancement of women faculty,especially women STEM faculty and women faculty of color. We also expect to observeimproved departmental climates and work environments for all faculty. However, neither theNSF nor the UD ADVANCE project leadership expects that the long-term outcomes will beachieved during the lifetime of the grant. In this context, long-term outcomes are those that cantake up to 10 years to achieve and the grant funding is only for 5 years (six, if one adds a oneyear no cost
the approaches to solving the problems but can't give each other the answers. Such mutual learning interaction between students is beneficial because students will either be required to articulate their knowledge of a subject in ways that another student can understand or will profit from getting an alternative perspective from a peer on how to approach a problem.For the author’s courses, students are provided a variety of ways to demonstrate learning of thecourse material. The HW problem sets have typically counted for around 25% of the coursegrade. All courses include a laboratory and/or project component that counts for about 25% ofthe course grade, while two exams and a cumulative final count for the remaining 50%. Sincethe LON
knowledge tended to be more/less confident about theirabilities. The post-test relation suggests an association between knowledge gain and post-testconfidence. In support of this association, a significant correlation was found between overallknowledge gain and overall post-test confidence (r = 0.40, t(25) = 2.2, p = .020). Those studentswith high/low knowledge gain tended to have higher/lower confidence after the program.Research Question 3: Was there a relation between active learning and gains in studentknowledge?Active learning was one of the response categories that emerged from the open-ended questionabout the best part of the pre-engineering program. Particular responses classified as activelearning included individual and group projects
. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan has led the multi-university TeachEngineering digital library project, now serving over 3.3M unique users (mostly teachers) annually, since its inception. She is founding co-director of the design-focused Engineering Plus degree program and CU Teach Engineering initiative in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. With the intent of transforming en- gineering to broaden participation, Sullivan spearheaded design and launch of the Engineering
gathering, and also the aspect of a friendly competition during the second phase of the project where they predict and then measure the flow for a modified geometry. 2. In the initial deployments of the exercise, the students were asked to calculate skin friction factor values from the experimental results, and then compare them with values used in the corresponding analytical calculations. This step often seemed to lead to some confusion about which friction factor value should be used for what purpose. As a result, the volume flow rate itself is now used as the basis of comparison between the theoretical calculation and the experiment. The students still need to call upon their knowledge of viscous flow
student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan Trevion Henderson is a doctoral student in the Center for Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) at the University of Michigan. He recently earned his master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University while serving as a graduate research associate with the Center for Higher Education Enterprise. Trevion also hold’s a Bachelor’s degree in
Paper ID #27494Training Modules for Improved Storage Techniques to Reduce Post-harvestLosses of Maize in Ghana, Work in ProgressMs. Hallie E Supak, Texas A&M University I am a senior undergraduate student at Texas A&M University studying Biological and Agricultural Engi- neering. I have been working with my partner and co-author Victoria Baltazar since May on this project. We are apart of the Post-Harvest Engineering and Education (PHEED) research group under the super- vision of Dr. Janie Moore PhD focusing on post-harvest loss education and improvement in African countries with a special interest in women farmers
are involved in some form of researchactivity throughout their undergraduate matriculation [1], [3]. Studies reveal that participating inundergraduate research venues is notably beneficial towards nurturing academic development andclarifying career options post-graduation [14], [15]. In a follow-up survey conducted by theNational Science Foundation (NSF), 88% of its respondents, which held undergraduate researchpositions, reported significant growth in structuring and conducting a research project, 83%expressed greater confidence in research and professional abilities, and 73% attested awareness ofa graduate school environment [3], [4], [16]. These undergraduate research opportunities,according to Hurtado et al. [2], have further facilitated
urban school district. Of these teachers, 12were math and 11 were science teachers. All teachers were from underrepresented groups.MaterialsA PC-based off-the-shelf commercial flight simulator software, and desktop joystick/throttlewere used by students to fly specially designed “missions” to collect flight data which wereplotted and analyzed using Excel. Several modules with different topics such as similar triangles,potential and kinetic energy, circumference of a circle, have been developed with theincorporation of flight simulation scenarios. Each module consists of a sample lesson with basicconcepts on the covered topic, paper-pencil activities and a flight simulator-based activity.Details of the modules are included in the project website
degreeprograms seek to develop. Much of our conversation in engineering education is about how toget our students to develop the expertise to manage works in this domain through projects,design, etc. These types of problems are increasingly amenable to AI solutions.Working in the complex domain relies on different mental rules than the simple and complexdomains. The reason for this is that problems or systems which can be characterized as complexexhibit behaviors not shared by simple and complicated system. While not an exhaustive list,complex systems exhibit the following characteristics:• Emergence: Out of the interactions between the individual elements in the systems behavior emerges at the level of the system as a whole. Such higher order
. Thus learning strategies modeledin this course influence students’ approach in their other courses, and the learning strategiescourse becomes an environment for social cognitive learning [14]. The fourth area is to applylearning in personal and group practices with an iterative cycle of quality improvement [4]. Inthis cycle, individuals identify their plan for accomplishing a project related to the learning ordevelop habitual practices to support their learning. After engaging with the project or practices,the individuals check or evaluate their effectiveness and determine appropriate actions toimprove or maintain their current effectiveness.Learners reflect on and become aware of what they are learning through periods ofcontemplation and
subject ofsustainability may be one message that provides an engineering focus that may be moreattractive to engineering, especially a focus on resource availability and social inequity. Thisfinding is consistent with results from the “Academic Pathways Study” (NSF ESI #0227558),which showed that female undergraduates saw projects in the broader context of social andenvironmental impact while males typically focused on more technical details [24]. In order todevelop engineering students prepared to address particular sustainability challenges, it isnecessary to diversify the types of outcome expectations of students in engineering. If studentswho choose engineering are not interested in solving these types of problems, the futuresolutions
several projects that address questions of academic pedagogy with a community and contemplative focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Fregados pero no Jodidos: A Case Study of Latinx RasquachismoAbstractVery little research has examined the ways that Latinx adolescents might use rasquache forms ofexpression to empower them in their engineering design activities. Even less research has beenconducted on how the assets of Latinx students contribute to the diversification of engineeringepistemologies and to form critically conscious engineers. In this paper, we present whatinvolves Rasquache forms of expression and how it can contribute to a more asset-basedapproach to the teaching
groundsdoes the accumulation of some threshold number of points constitute mastery of the topic athand? Is such a numerical marker valuable to a learner in reflecting on their progress andaccumulated knowledge? The broad answer to such questions is that points are largely arbitrary,varying wildly in meaning across institutions, courses, or even across assignments.Trends in pedagogy have shifted strongly in the direction of more experiential, authentic learningactivities such as project-based and active learning. As the nature of the classroom activity haschanged, important questions have been raised about the efficacy of traditional grading schemes.Separation has been observed between course objectives and assessment practices, and theability of the
year (153 of the total61,800 women graduating in the class of 2011 nationwide) [25], it’s no surprise that there arecurrently very few jobs available for women engineers in Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, literaturenot only shows that Saudi women are interested in engineering, but the fact that segregation isenforced in schools can be a reason why women may succeed more in engineering than in theUS or the UK [4], [36]. Some women who have recently earned engineering degrees fromoutside the country via the “Program of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques” for foreignscholarships represent the first generation of women engineers to get hired in different privatesector engineering jobs and projects. Fresh graduate Saudi women engineers
Remember Comprehend Apply Analyze Synthesize Evaluate1. Mathematics UG UG UG PG2. Natural Sciences UG UG UG PG3. Social Sciences UG UG UG4. Humanities UG UG UG5. Materials Science UG UG UG6. Engineering UG UG UG UG Mechanics7. Exper. Methods UG UG UG PG and Data Analysis8. Critical Thinking UG UG UG ME ME & Problem Solving9. Project UG UG UG ME Management10
participants have already completed approximately 20 internships andsummer research projects, most of them paid. Students interned with organizations such as theU.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, and theMystic Aquarium. Most of the research experiences were with RWU faculty, supported by avariety of grants. Several students have presented their work at academic conferences.Program assessment is conducted by the PIs and focuses on: academic performance (GPA),retention in a STEM major, progress through the major (credits accumulated), graduation, post-graduate outcomes (STEM careers or graduate study), and impact on underrepresented studentenrollments in STEM majors at RWU. Secondary metrics used for
Assistant Dean of Academic Initiatives at The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY). One of her major projects was the development and roll out of City College’s master’s program in trans- lational medicine. In addition to her leadership role at CCNY, Dr. Brown has found time to reach out to the non-technical communities and share her passion for science and engineering education. She had an academic enrichment business for middle and high school students specializing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and was a teacher at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Geor- gia. She has provided research mentorship and training to scores of undergraduate and graduate students
areas.Aside from the trivia based questions, the team also consulted online educational portals in orderto find appropriate activities to act as “final challenges” or problem solving activities for thestudents [12]. These “final challenges” were word games and math puzzles that encouragecritical thinking, teamwork, and technical problem solving. Figure 2: Board game and all components. This is the format that was presented to the middle school students.The final board game and all of its components were reviewed to ensure the finished product metboth the educational standards and project goal of a functioning game for engineeringenrichment for middle school students.Study DesignIn order to test the functionality of the game and measure its
9. Design Creativity 12. Risk and uncertainty Communication 16. Communication Collaboration 21. Teamwork 8. Problem recognition and solving Curiosity 23. Lifelong learning Initiative 22. Attitudes Persistence / grit 22. Attitudes 21. Teamwork Adaptability 22. Attitudes 13. Project management
winner. He was recently named as the Center for Digital Education’s Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers for 2016.Dr. Valentini A. Pappa, Texas A&M University Energy Institute, Texas A&MMr. Jeffrey D. Sammons, Texas A&M University Associate Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Does Student Satisfaction Equal Learning? A Differentiated Design Strategy for Course Improvement:Lessons Learned from Learning Outcomes and Grade DistributionAbstractThere has been an increasing need for qualified engineers worldwide, and yet even withexpanding engineering programs, positions remain unfilled and projects suffer from lack
rules are provided.III. Research Design The overall goal of this project is to understand how engineering educational games andapps may inherently embedelements of engineering norms ofknowing, thinking and doing thatreflect and perpetuate climates andcultures of inequality, whichpreclude or stifle the formation ofunder-represented minority womenengineers. Towards achieving thisgoal, a Mixed Method SequentialExploratory Research Design wasproposed and approved by theInstitutional Review Board at aTier 1 institution of higher Figure 1: Gender demographics of the participants in theeducation, located in the initial phase of the engineering education softwareNortheastern region of the US
infrastructure Figure 2: Sample of grouping of "stickie" notesRound 2: Online poll to request ideasof learning outcomes Process – Five members of the CIT-E community, all of whom were PIs on the NSF grant that funded the project, are members of the “management team.” This management team simplified the wording of the outcomes from Round 1 and split the original outcome 3 into two distinct outcomes (3 and 4 in the new list). Furthermore, one additional outcome was added to coincide with exercises that been successfully conducted at University Y in which students go out into the local area and inspect real infrastructure (number 8 in the list below): 1. solve open-ended infrastructure
other people's kids.” This was a way for her to integrate her whole self into work.Natasha, meanwhile, is a self-proclaimed “megalomaniac.” She knew that in order for her toremain engaged she must be challenged, “I'm the type of person, when you challenge me, yougive me something to go for, and I believe that's something that entices me, I'm going to goforward balls to the wall.” Knowing this about herself coupled with her “strong will” and“outspoken” nature, have garnered her opportunities to work on complex problems that havepushed her abilities and earned the respect of her peers, […] I came in worked on a project where I didn't know anything about coding really, and I've learned five languages to get a project done. Being guys
Paper ID #16129Engineering Students’ Self-Concept Differentiation: Investigation of Identity,Personality, and Authenticity with Implications for Program RetentionMs. Kylie Denise Stoup, James Madison University Kylie Stoup is a senior honors engineering student at James Madison University. Ms. Kylie Stoup grad- uates with a BS in Engineering in May 2016. She is in the second year of her 2-year-long engineering capstone project so far, involving the design and implementation of a greenway system in Harrisonburg. Her career interests include transportation infrastructure and city planning with a focus in social equity, as
engineering education research as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and institutional data analyst. As a psychometrician, she revised the PSVT:R for secondary and undergraduate students, developed the TESS (Teaching Engineering Self-efficacy Scale) for K-12 teachers, and rescaled the SASI (Student Attitudinal Success Inventory) for engineering students. As a program evaluator, she evaluated the effects of teacher professional development (TPD) programs on elementary teachers’ attitudes toward engineering and students’ STEM knowledge through a NSF DRK-12 project. As an institutional data analyst, she is investigating engineering students’ diverse pathways to their success.Dr. Teri Reed, Texas A&M University Teri
activities from the pilot program to be leveraged across multiple K-12 age ranges as part of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) outreach activities. To date, this program has been in place for three academic sessions of each course. Thework presented here will cover results and observations to-date, preliminary evaluations ofeffectiveness relative to standard (non-pilot) program instances, and plans for future work. Gradedistribution, pass/fail percentage, and anonymous student feedback surveys are utilized asmetrics to evaluate the impact of the pilot program’s changes for each of these courses.Description of Program The pilot program utilizes experiential learning tools in the form of hands-on projects,classroom