for data analysis an interpretation, and aid in the preparation of engineering calculations and reports.Prof. Lance Manuel, The University of Texas at Austin Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental EngineeringZoe E Chen, University of Texas at AustinJoshua Epps ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Session XXXX How Can Managed Retreat Solutions be Just, Fair, Economical, and Environmentally Sustainable? Mari C. Dalton, Zoe E. Chen, Joshua E. Epps, Lance Manuel
, 2024 1 Inferring the Relative Location of Assets utilizing Received Signal Strength Indicator Value of Existing Network Architecture Michael Antonio Garcia School of Math, Science, and Engineering University of the Incarnate Word Daniél Santos Garza School of Math, Science, and Engineering University of the Incarnate Word Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Ph.D. School of Math, Science, and Engineering
1 Session XXXXRevolutionizing Engineering Education: Bridging Theory with Practice through Microfluidics and Material Characterization Saman Aria1, Pronob Das1, Timothy Devadoss1, Naruki Hiranuma2, Sanjoy Bhattacharia1, and Swastika S. Bithi1 1 College of Engineering 2 Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences West Texas A&M University AbstractThis article presents an
and Ev ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Twenty Years of Engineering at WTAMU Kenneth R. Leitch, Anitha Subburaj, Roy Issa, Erick Butler West Texas A&M University College of Engineering AbstractEngineering programs began at West Texas A&M University in 2003. Engineering firms andgovernment agencies identified a need to train and keep engineers in the greater Panhandle Regionof the state of Texas. An existing engineering technology program was joined with programs incomputer science and later mathematics along with new engineering
, diversity, equity, inclusion, andpedagogy. Included in our findings are first person insights on the impact of this form of class onlearning and professional development, course evaluation data, and lessons learned in hopes ofinforming other practitioners in the design of similar course offerings.1.0 BackgroundThere is a rich literature base for those seeking to develop inclusive STEM curricula, with acomprehensive survey of STEM programming designed to enhance inclusion provided in a recentreview paper by Palid et al [1]. For educators, there are numerous resources to help improveinstructional design, ranging from best practices developed by the National Science andTechnology Council [2] to courses and workshops hosted by organizations like the
undergraduateengineering students and turned these into 10 distinct audio narratives. Our narrative analysis focused onconstructing a cohesive, concise, and anonymized narrative that would present key content from studentinterviews in a format that would preserve some of the immediacy and emotionality of student interviewswhile improving accessibility and coherence for faculty.Findings: In this paper, we present the scripts and link to audio narratives for two student participants: 1)Sophie, a mixed race (Asian and white) white-passing woman, and 2) Enola, an Indigenous woman. Inaddition to presenting the written and audio narrative, we comment on the specific lessons we see asvaluable for engineering faculty that emerge from each of the audio
mycorrhizaas a simile of these invisible connections. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association betweenfungi and plants that cycles nutrients to improve the whole ecosystem. The Mycorrhizaframework aims to raise awareness of the effects of engineering education and work,incorporate social and environmental justice in engineering education, and move closer tohelping people freely and fully develop in a sustainable world. I. IntroductionIt is essential for people and the Ecosystem that we raise awareness of our engineeringimpact. Demanding for people to take action, Singer [1] presented an ethical decisionwhere we would see a child drowning. Most people would do their best to come up with asolution to help the child. Engineering with visible results or
bills were brought before the United Stateslegislature by state representatives and senators in all 50 states [1]. This past year has seen morespecifically anti-transgender bills than any other year, making this the most overtly anti-transgender legislative session in United States history. Legislative policy does not exist in avacuum. Transgender people in the United States are facing administrative, social, and physicalviolence as a result of policy initiatives that seek to pathologize, vilify, and disparage transgenderpeople. In 2023, transgender people in 24 states [2] have lost significant civil rights, includingthe right to change or have correct identity documentation, to access gender-affirming care, toaccess public bathrooms, to retain
groups pursuing graduatedegrees in engineering [1]. While students from historically marginalized groups remainunderrepresented in engineering graduate programs, there have been increases in enrollment ofhistorically marginalized groups, in particular women and those from racially minoritized groups(i.e., Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, and NativeHawaiian/Other Pacific Islander) [2], [3]. Despite these increased enrollments, students fromthese groups are often isolated [4], tokenized [5], and experience hostile environments [4], [6],which can negatively affect students’ retention, degree completion, time to degree, and success.Thus, there has been a push towards equity work, or creating policies and
Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center at Penn State. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Preparing for ABET Changesregarding DEI:Results of the Big Ten++ DEISummitLeonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering EducationSarah ZappeStephanie CutlerIvan Esparragoza 1. Provide an overview of the SummitThis presentation 2. Provide attendees with access to the activities that they can potentially utilize athas three goals. 3. their own institutions Provide information on the future direction of the Big Ten++ DEI SummitIn 2021, the Engineering Deans of theBig Ten+ requested that ABETincorporate DEI
Canvas. This way, I wasable to provide detailed feedback on each learning objective and break down eachconcept into smaller parts to help students identify gaps in their knowledge.The example above shows a student who took the first assessment and the first re-assessment opportunity. As shown, there is major improvement. *Intend to show thespreadsheet used to grade assessments. 15A side-by-side comparison of the grade distribution from the previous summer to thissummer is presented.Important take-away:Greater improvement in learning objectives from one assessment opportunity to thenext in Summer 2023. Note, re-assessment 1 is not included as it was not offered
learning assignments, ad the use of technology in the classroom. Boni hopes to pursue a career in academia with a focus on teaching and engineering education.Bettina K ArkhurstStuart Montgomery, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDerek Ashton Nichols, Georgia Institute of TechnologyJennifer Molnar, Georgia Institute of Technology ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Promotion of Graduate Student Well-being via Successful Navigationthrough Conflict Resolution PathwaysDr. Boni Yraguen, Bettina Arkhurst, Derek Nichols, Jennifer Molnar, Dr. Macrae Montgomery 1 Addressing advising and departmental issues can
Dr. Bilec is an associate professor in the Swanson School of Engineeringˆa C™s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Bilecˆa C™s research program focuses on the built environment, life cycle assessment, sustainable healthcare, and energy im ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Establishing and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities for Supporting Faculty Creating More Inclusive Engineering Classrooms Jessica M. Vaden1, April A. Dukes PhD 1, Amy Brooks PhD 1, Kristen Parrish PhD 2, Amy Hermundstad Nave PhD 3, Amy E. Landis PhD 3, Melissa M. Bilec PhD 1 1University
thesegoals even if time permitted.KeywordsBroadening Participation; Faculty Views; Engineering Education; Success and PersistenceIntroductionBroadening participation in STEM is an initiative of national interest in the United States. Inorder for the US to maintain its global prominence in STEM fields, as well as maintain nationalsecurity and other technological advances, the US must produce over one million more STEMprofessionals than what is currently projected [1]. Broadening participation is a term used todescribe increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields [2]. Thisincludes providing exposure, access, and opportunities in STEM for individuals fromunderrepresented groups. According to the National Science Foundation
Society for Engineering Education, 2024 EXPLORING GENDER REPRESENTATION ISSUES IN COMPUTING BY WRITING INTERACTIVE FICTION John K. Estell Stephany Coffman-WolphNote: Those photos in this file that were taken by one of the authors can be used under theCreative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0 license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ 1 METRIC: COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREES • Women account for a low share of the degrees earned in computer science: CS Bachelor’s Degrees
workshops focused on issues related to power, privilege, social justice, and social identities such as race, ability, class, gender, and sexual orientation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments while Navigating DEI Backlash Date 1 Overview Current Landscape: Recent SCOTUS ruling & State Legislation National, state, institutional, and individual Key Areas Targeted and Examples levels Strategies You Can Control for broadening how we accomplish goals for inclusion
asking this question of hundreds of educators over the last six years, the top three answers given have been:1. Communicate the amount and/or quality of what a student has learned.2. Communicate to the student whether or not they have learned enough to be successful in a subsequent class.3. Rank students for use in future opportunities such as admission for advanced degrees, professional schools, jobs, scholarships, etc.In addition to the question asked a student gets a “B” in a class – what do we want it tomean?Top three answers from previous faculty asked:● Student is likely to be successful in a subsequent course.● Student knows most of the material but not all of it or not perfectly.● Depends on who gave the B (common answer
common definitions moving forward. After each video, we will spend some time in our pair/share groups to unpack along with some self-reflexion. The guiding questions for the discussion are: ● (video 1): ■ What are some common ways white people think about race and their own racial identities? ■ What are my students’ attitudes and beliefs about whiteness? ■ What surprised you about what the person selected by you or selected by others? ■ To what extent did their comments match what you expected based on their profile picture?How do you think this kind of
years. Bycontrast, a novel alternative paradigm is emerging through a partnership of five organizations: 1)the University of Florida’s Mechanical Engineering (UF ME) Capstone Design Program, 2) theGeorgia Institute of Technology’s Mechanical Engineering (GT ME) Capstone Design Program,3) the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), 4) the Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2),and 5) the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM). This newapproach sources problems directly from Soldiers and engages university engineering students tohelp solve those problems with innovation cycles measured in weeks.The physical nexus for this collaboration is the Marne Innovation Center at Ft. Stewart, GA, whichcelebrated its grand opening in
for engineering programs. This is a main premise uponwhich engineering and other ambassador programs have been established. One of the objectivesof these programs is to develop diverse leaders by equipping and empowering university students(the ambassadors) with advanced communication and leadership training, so that they may sharetheir passion and excitement about engineering and STEM with K-12 youth, the engineers oftomorrow [1], [2].There are several STEM ambassador programs in Georgia and beyond that have trained studentsto represent the university and college at on-campus events. The student ambassador program atthe University of Georgia is a program that has students who are trained and help promote thecollege of engineering at special
course, as a gateway engineering course, is typically taken by engineeringstudents in their first year. It covers freehand sketching of 2D and 3D representation of objectsand basic CAD modeling techniques. Many students, especially students identifying as womanor gender minorities and those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, tend to struggle in thiscourse because their current educational approaches on spatial skills have not been designed forstudents with diverse backgrounds and perspectives[1] . For instance, women and genderminorities may have different experiences and perspectives that are not addressed by standardone-size-fits-all teaching methods. Female students and students from socioeconomically © American
laid the foundation to work on advancing educational technologies and pedagogical inter- ventions. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 A TensorFlow-Powered Visual Speech Recognition Model for Improving Educational Accessibility Abstract Speech Recognition is a widely practiced technology and has many applications in the academic domain and beyond. In educational research, AI-based speech recognition serves different purposes such as analysis of students’ team discussions
represented the overall interest of all the participating students. The students fillingout the form were 38 out of a total of 46 or 82.6%. The breakdown of students who stated theirpreferred topics was 17 (85%) from HBCU, 9 (100%) from high school, and 12 (70.6%) fromPWI. Over 90% of the students who filled out the form got one of their top three choices. Seetable 1 below for more information on topics and student choices. In the end, those not chosenwere Drone Use and Global Justice, AI and Written Papers ChatGPT, and Flint Michigan Water. Table 1: Ethics Case Study Topics % Student Choices No. Topic
and $300. If true testing isto be performed, then multiple units of these sensors will be needed which can increase the costsignificantly.The multidisciplinary two-semester design-and-build project was successful in simulatingmultiple real-world scenarios. It allowed students to discover aspects of engineering that go wellbeyond a textbook. None of the logistical challenges identified are too big to solve. Such projectswill continue to be implemented in the engineering curriculum at FMU.1. Introduction/BackgroundFrancis Marion University (FMU) is a liberal arts, Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI)with an enrollment of 3,752 (about 90% undergraduate students) as of Fall 2022. As of Fall2021, about 40% of the undergraduate population
, accessibilityIntroductionService learning provides students with an opportunity to apply the skills they are learning at auniversity to a real-world, hands-on community problem. Within engineering education, servicelearning can provide students with the “softer” skills such as teamwork, social awareness, andglobal impact of engineering deemed necessary by Engineering Criteria 2000 established byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [1]. According to Oakes, to bemost effective, service learning should not be an add-on volunteer experience to the curriculum,but rather an integrated experience that complements and enhances the curriculum [2]. There arefour characteristics of service learning: service, the academic connection, reciprocal partnerships,and
significant increase in cyber threatswithin the K-12 sector. There were 408 cybersecurity incidents reported publicly during COVID-19 in 2020, thus demonstrating a need for cybersecurity education. In addition to this vision, thehope to fill the national cyber workforce gap is desired.The National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) 3 framework, National Initiative forCybersecurity Education (NICE)4 details specific cyber education and training as well asdeveloping cybersecurity workforces. Recently, the Biden-Harris administration released theNational Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES)5. This national strategy’s approachstates: 1. Equip Americans with cybersecurity skills. 2. Transform cybersecurity education. 3. Expand
, study abroad pedagogy, facultydevelopment, and effective international community partnerships. Program evaluation includes aholistic assessment of the academic, service, and personal reflection aspects of the program. Thisevaluation specifically examines program effectiveness in aspects of program preparedness,global competency, and knowledge transfer.MethodologyThis study utilized a pre- and post-program survey format designed to examine the effectivenessin (1) program preparedness, (2) global competency, and (3) knowledge transfer of students whoparticipated in the MOM program. The pre- and post- program surveys were developed usingquestions from a validated instrument, the PISA Global Competence Framework, published by
, abilities, and interests of each student(see Table 1). This approach, as expounded in Tetzlaff et al. [1] dynamic framework, emphasizesadapting educational content, pace, and methodologies to individual learners. It marks adeparture from traditional, uniform educational models, aiming to provide more nuanced andeffective instruction that resonates with each student's learning style and pace. In the context ofeducational equity, Dumont and Ready [2] explore the promise of personalized learning. Theirresearch suggests that such tailored educational approaches could play a crucial role in bridginggaps in educational outcomes among diverse student populations. By acknowledging andaddressing the varying backgrounds, skills, and learning wants of
PMBOK ®Guide – Seventh Edition, a case study, a homework assignment, and an exam essay question. Themodule can be modified for a graduate-level course.KeywordsProject Management Principles, Project Engineers, Non-Technical Skills, Project Management.IntroductionThe purpose of this module is to improve the content of Week 14 of a 15-week PMGT 401Project Management Career Skills course offered at The Citadel Military College, in Charleston,South Carolina. The PMBOK ® Guide – Seventh Edition includes The Standard for ProjectManagement which identifies the 12 project management principles that guide the behaviors ofproject practitioners, which includes project engineers, across all industries and varyingorganizational sizes [1]. The guiding