interests cover transportation planning, traffic engineering and management, road safety, public transportation, pavement design, and engineering education. He has more than 35 years of professional and academic experiences.Alia Gilbrecht, An-Najah National UniversityKaren Bunch FranklinShilpa Girish, Clemson University Shilpa Girish is a current Graduate Research Assistant and a Ph.D. student at the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University. Her research primarily focuses on asphalt materials and Pavement Design. She holds a master’s degree in Structural Engineering from VIT University in India and has worked as a Senior project officer at ICSR, IIT Madras in India. Shilpa is passionate about contributing
learningobjectives. When novice teachers experience "failure fatigue," they may believe that integratingengineering design is unsuitable for their students [13].Research QuestionsOur research questions were as follows: 1. To what extent was the High-Quality Engineering Guidebook used within each TaLENt fellow's Project? 2. How did the TaLENt fellows characterize their values while collaborating with their novice peers?Purpose of StudyIn 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched the Teacher Leader EngineeringNetwork, a collective impact model of 15 elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Theyaimed to create the High-Quality Engineering Guidebook [14] to increase the number of Black,Native American, Hispanic, or female students
identified throughthe survey and provide a set of inclusion best practices and learning objectives for inclusivitytraining for undergraduate teaching assistants.Introduction 1Undergraduate teaching assistants (UGTAs) play an important role in promoting student success.UGTAs promote student engagement, serve as peer mentors, and improve students’ perceptionof a course [1]. In engineering education, involvement of UGTAs in first-year design courses hashad positive outcomes, and the use of undergraduate teaching assistant programs continues togrow [2, 3]. Institutions thus continue to explore on effective strategies for UGTA training. MostUGTA training
best paper awards. Her professional activities include journal reviews for Computers & Security, Cy- bersecurity, Frontiers in Psychology, and conference reviews for HFES, AHFE, HICSS, Euro S&P, and CyberSA. She is also an advocate for the Cybersecurity Community of Practice at UTEP and a member of the Special Cyber Operations Research and Engineering (SCORE) Interagency Working Group.Yun Wan, University of Houston, Victoria Yun Wan is a Professor of Computer Information Systems in the University of Houston- Victoria. His current research includes electronic commerce and information systems in STEM education. His other research includes text analytics, decision support systems, and enterprise systems development
include experimental aerodynamics, aircraft design and engineering education.Dr. Chadia Aji, Tuskegee University Chadia Affane Aji is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Tuskegee University. Dr. Aji received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics from Auburn University and a Bachelor in Chemical En- gineering from Texas A&M University. Her research interests lie in the areas of numerical analysis, computational applied mathematics, complex analysis, and on improving students’ learning in STEM dis- ciplines. Dr. Aji is involved in retention activities at Tuskegee University. She helps designing strategies to assist incoming freshmen cope with first year mathematics classes. She developed teaching modules to
stronger advising practices: How Black males’ experiences at HPWIs advance a more caring and wholeness-promoting framework for graduate advising. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 123(10), 31-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681211059018Burt, B. A., Williams, K. L., & Palmer, G. J. M. (2019). It Takes a Village: The Role of Emic and Etic Adaptive Strengths in the Persistence of Black Men in Engineering Graduate Programs. American Educational Research Journal, 56(1), 39-74. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218789595Burt, B. A., Williams, K. L., & Smith, W. A. (2018). Into the Storm: Ecological and Sociological Impediments to Black Males’ Persistence in Engineering
Paper ID #37868Analysis of Qualifications for Entry-Level Positions in ConstructionManagementOmkar GadakhDr. Luciana Debs, Purdue University Luciana Debs, is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management in the School Construction Man- agement Technology at Purdue University. She received her PhD from Purdue University Main Campus, her MS from the Technical Research Institute of Sao Paulo. Her current research includes the technol- ogy and teaching within design and construction and the impact of Construction and Education 4.0 in undergraduate curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering
strategies to increase diversity in STEM fields: A review of the research literature,” The Journal of Negro Education, pp. 555-581, 2007.[10] S. Lord et al., “Talking about a revolution: overview of NSF RED projects,” ASEE- American Society for Engineering Education. Columbus, Ohio, 2017.[11] T. R. Forin, S. Farrell, K. Jahan, S. Lezotte, B. Sukumaran, H. Hartman, R. A. Dusseau, T. F. Bruckerhoff and S. K. Bauer, S.K., “Impacts of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in a Civil and Environmental Engineering Department” ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, pp. 1-8, 2020.[12] Best Colleges, “United States Air Force Academy,” US News and World Report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/united-states-air-force
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Center for Ad- vanced Computation and Telecommunications and formerly Associate to the Dean for Research and Grad- uate Study at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from New York University, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of NewYork, and a Ph.D. in Acoustics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation he became an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1987 he joined the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMASS Lowell as its Analog Devices Career Development
with the consensus building method canyield impactful findings for the curriculum owner, it should be noted that our crowd was limitedin size. While the current size of crowd experts (15) is greater than a typical curriculumcommittee, it will be interesting to view the results when 50+ crowd experts provide their inputsby the end of May 2023. The research also only focused on one course’s curriculum within anacademic program. It will be interesting to see how the expert crowd responds and achievesconsensus when another course’s curriculum is in question. Another limitation was of theLinkedIn Campaign Ad features. When targeting users for their crowd participation, the jobpositions for security professionals and security management were
communities.Darren Wang, Stony Brook University Darren Wang is currently a freshman at Stony Brook University pursuing a B.E. degree in biomedical engineering. He was involved in the Robotics Team of John Jay High School in Wappingers Central School District, NY, as a founding member and the club president for three years (2019 - 2022) where he designed and coordinated the Dream-Think-Create (DTC) program in collaboration with faculty and students at SUNY New Paltz. The DTC program works to increase interest and prowess in engineering among highschoolers. His recent research interests include developmental biology, biological manufac- turing, and additive manufacturing.James M. Amodio, John Jay High School, Wappingers Central
-Based Learning (RBL)” throughout the entirety of a four-year course.This is in contrast to the conventional model, which is well known for including RBL solelyin the final year of the graduation thesis project (see figure 1 below). The program begins tointroduce students to laboratory research from their first year, while providing an environment that enables them to pursue cutting-edge research, doing so directly underthe guidance of a supervisor, advisers, and graduate students. To ensure students gain the deep understanding needed for advanced research whileengaged in RBL, they will also study foundational natural science courses, requiredspecialized subjects, and other disciplines. We also encourage students to take Liberal
Paper ID #37490The Efficacy of Student-Revised Homework Assignments in an IntroductoryEngineering CourseCapt. Robert A. Hume, P.E., United States Military Academy Robert A. Hume is an Instructor of Civil Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point and an active duty Army Engineer Officer. He is a graduate of West Point (B.S. in Civil Engineering) and the University of Cambridge (MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development). His research interests include sustainable infrastructure design, energy efficiency, and engineering education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Missouri.Lt. Col. Adrian
).Graduation rates among transfer students are lower than students entering four-year programs inyear one, and the TranSCEnD program was deliberately designed to provide these students withacademic, social and financial support. Three major components were included to improvecohort-building and thereby impact success. Students admitted to the program (1) engaged in agroup summer bridge project, (2) completed a single-term success seminar, and (3) wereprovided a scholarship for continued informal engagement with the comprehensive TranSCEnDteam throughout their years at UTK. The NSF-supported project has entered the fifth and finalyear of the program and the results of the effort show positive impacts on transfer studentsuccess. Students participating
, provide feedback,and check-in on progress regarding their project. We asked them to respond to a simple monthly check-inform (i.e., short reflective prompts) available online in our Learning Management System.During summer 2022, thanks to funding from the grant, a Makerspace student staff was available to helpfaculty who wanted to come in during the summer months to practice using the equipment. No datacollection was conducted during that time.The second year of our study has been focused on implementation of the faculty project ideas, leveragingthe makerspace, into their courses. To check in on progress in the middle of the second year, one-on-onesemi-structured interviews were carried out by a trained graduate student research assistant in
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Development and Application of a Comprehensive Questionnaire Used to Evaluate the Effect of Engineering Ethics CoursesAbstract:Different countries, colleges and universities, and even majors provide students withdifferent kinds of engineering ethics courses. Practical course evaluation is conduciveto presenting students' learning effects and subsequent course improvement. In theexisting research and practice, the evaluation of engineering ethics education focusingon students' learning output has produced many positive results. On this basis, fromthe perspective of the sustainable development of the curriculum and benefiting morestudents, this study proposes
) help teachersgain a better understanding of and comfort with teaching basic CT and engineering designconcepts, 3) help teachers identify and plan cross-cutting applications of CT practices byintegrating computing concepts with authentic open-ended engineering design challenges(physical computing) to elicit higher order thinking, and 4) provide teachers with the materialsand instructional resources to begin implementing physical computing design challenges in theirclassroom. As previously mentioned, the criteria for eligible participants were intentionallydesigned to promote the planning of physical computing learning experiences that had a logicalprogression from the elementary through middle grades.The researchers purposefully selected the
education, as well as control and optimization of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power and energy systems, multi-agent systems, robotics, and biomedicine. He is a recipient of UCSB’s Center for Con- trol, Dynamical Systems, and Computation Best PhD Thesis award and a UCI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship.Miss Deniz Nikkhah, University of California, IrvineKameryn DenaroDr. Hye Rin Lee, University of Delaware Hye Rin Lee is a NSF postdoctoral fellow at the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine with a concentration in Human Development in Context. Her research interests include motivation, psychological interventions
Paper ID #39183Board 412: Thinking with Mechanical Objects: A Think-Aloud ProtocolStudy to Understand Students’ Learning of Difficult and AbstractThermodynamic ConceptsBeyza Nur Guler, Virginia Tech Beyza Nur Guler is a 1st year PhD student in Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, with a background in Structural Engineering. Her research interests include bridging the gap between theory and practice in structural engineering, neurodiversity in engineering, maker-spaces and making difficult & abstract concepts accessible to students by designing appropriate interventionsMr. Talha
impacts of urbanization.Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University Jeritt Williams is an assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches applied industrial automation and robotics.Maria Luisa Zamudio ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Stakeholder Views in Building a Sustainable Engineering Learning Ecosystem: Afterschool Green Energy, Robotics, and Automation (Work in Progress)AbstractThis research was part of the first year of a National Science Foundation funded project aimed atpromoting high school students’ interest in green energy, robotics, automation and post-secondary engineering and
thinking and practice essential for CEE systems development. Contentincludes sustainability in professional codes of ethics, and models and rating tools forsustainability, environmental impact, and social equity assessment. During this module, the 3Csof EM are discussed and then referred back to throughout the semester. In the second module, thestudents study how to apply optimization, multiple criteria and uncertainty evaluation tools. In thethird module, the students study and apply engineering economic decision analysis tools. In thefourth and final module, which occurs across the entire semester, the students research, evaluateand recommend changes to a large-scale system to enhance its sustainability and performance byapplying the tools they
spaces) [10], [11]. Forstudents, such a perspective can guide them to draw connections between their personalexperiences with AI technologies, their communities, and potential impacts on the larger societyof which they are a part. Informed by research in engineering ethics education that much of the ethics instructionwould run the risk of being only superficially effective if it does not address three categories oflearning objectives: emotional engagement (want to make ethical decisions), intellectualengagement (know how to make ethical decisions), and particular knowledge (be aware of thecurrently accepted guidelines for ethical practice) [12], [13], we curated a suite of ethicsactivities that expose students to various aspects of AI
required self-directed learning by the students, the true PBLnature of the course came in at the translation stage of the project. In the translation, studentswere tasked with identifying the constraints and design objectives specific to their chosen topic.Determination of appropriate constraints and objectives was highly individualized and requirednot only application of course content but additional research and critical thinking. Each projecttopic required consideration of different property values and process requirements. In a onesemester introductory course it was impossible to cover all attributes a student may need toaddress for any given topic. In completing a translation, therefore, students were required tograpple with ill-defined or
and a preferred course for the transportationspecialization of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering program at Cleveland StateUniversity.There is no assigned textbook for this course. The lectures have been developed based onAASHTO’s Geometric Design on Highways and Streets, TRB’s Highway Capacity Manual,ITE’s Recommended Practice for Transportation Impact Studies, and the TCRP Report 165Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual. Copies of these resources are either availableonline or through the course reserve at the Michael Schwartz library and students are encouragedto read the sections referenced in the lecture materials.All students complete the weekly assignments and receive three exams, scheduled as twomidterm exams and one
factors that may be barriers for participation in volunteering for outreachevents; and 4) Questions that qualitatively assess the participant’s previous experiences andattitudes about outreach.Survey questions (Appendix A) were developed based on the context of our research objectivesand adapted from relevant literature to appropriately investigate each of the four sections. TheUniversity of New Mexico Institutional Review Board approved this study and assigned it theIRB number 2210020153.Section 1: Background on the Survey Taker has well-developed, standard best practices. [13] Weincluded demographic information to determine if gender identity, research center affiliations,degree program name, and degree program level impacted responses
number of intended exercises.4. The experimentThe research design was quasi-experimental with a quantitative approach, where an experimentalgroup (EG) and two control groups (CGs) carried out a post-test. Time Number Average Average grade consumed to Group Teacher of Question grade per for the two solve each students exercise exercises
the first two years of its operations.These findings aim to highlight the impact and growth of this program to date, make data-drivenrecommendations for programmatic improvement, and provide best practices which can beapplied to similar programming for Hispanic and other minoritized groups in STEM andeducation more broadly.Program Description and ObjectivesSHPE’s Virtual Stem Labs (VSL) are grounded in the belief that all Hispanic pre-collegestudents can excel in STEM if they are provided access to the tools and resources that supporttheir progress toward a STEM degree regardless of where they are in their academic journey.VSL is a pre-college program that brings STEM concepts to hundreds of Hispanic and Latinx K-12 students with a variety of
(and throughout the world) could be helpful albeitwithout sacrificing technical degree requirements. As a result, inclusion of arts within thecurriculum may aid in counteracting the reduced enrollment trend and broaden participation inengineering [10], [11]. Studies indicate arts inclusion directly impacts recruitment and retentionof females and underrepresented minorities [11]. Without changes to current higher educationengineering curricula, the lackluster innovation trend in many global economies is likely tocontinue. Unfortunately, limited literature exists that showcases best practices for integratinginnovation and entrepreneurship into mid-level engineering coursework from a STEAMperspective.1.2 Current Approaches and Associated
, others on sustainability, and still others on thescalability of firms.To address these challenges, the authors of this work propose a framework for aligning institutionalculture and entrepreneurial ambitions with program design. The process of constructive alignmentwill provide a better understanding of the current practices in engineering entrepreneurshipeducation and bring clarity to the diverse approaches used in pedagogy. By developing astandardized framework, educators and funders will be better equipped to evaluate and comparedifferent programs, ultimately leading to improved outcomes for both students and educators.Keywords:Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Canadian Education, Program Design, Constructive Alignment1. Introduction:Currently
Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and a deputy editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor - Engineering Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research is focused on examining translation of engineering education research in practice, assessment and evaluation of dissemination initiatives and educational programs in engineering disciplines. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University