Paper ID #42030Board 124: Work in Progress: A Framework to Develop Project-based Platformsto Support Engineering and Technology Education: Project DevelopmentCanvasMr. Casey Daniel Kidd, Louisiana Tech University Casey Kidd is a Project-Based Learning Professional who assists in the design and development of projects for multiple undergraduate engineering courses in the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. He is also a PhD candidate focusing on research in project-based learning. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana Tech University in the Spring of
deviate more from the pre-set pathsand she helped them see how they could do so and what were the implications. This cohort hadhigher rates of enrollment in minor degree programs that allowed them to gather skills inspecialized areas of engineering, compared to the College of Engineering average, including lateprogram enrollment. Scholars overall seemed to benefit from the proactive element as it kept theirgrades on their mind more during the semester rather than realizing they were in a bad spot toolate. The only complaint students had about this style of advising was they still had holds on theircourse registration late into their semesters which caused them stress and sometimes made courseenrollment difficult. They still wanted the advising
Do We Design for People or to Make Things?: Student Motivations, Barriers and Mindsets in an International Humanitarian Engineering Experience Reilly Sullivan, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology Libby (Elizabeth) Osgood, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering University of Prince Edward IslandAbstractService-learning has emerged as an effective pedagogy that develops participants’ cognitive andaffective competencies through working with communities and applying their education in real-world settings. In engineering, service-learning projects help participants shift their focus fromthe device or design to the people
Paper ID #42678Board 282: Finding Meaning in Makerspaces: Exploring How Gender InfluencesMakerspace Definitions Among First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Hannah Budinoff, The University of Arizona Hannah Budinoff is an Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include additive manufacturing, geometric manufacturability analysis, design for manufacturing, and engineering education.Ann Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona Ann Shivers-McNair is associate professor and director of professional and technical writing in the Department of English and affiliated
. This work is implemented in an equity-minded frame to ensure thatwe support the learning and experience of all students. Students in first-year engineering designcourses often ineffectively deploy design process phases and activities, which can limit theirlearning and negatively impact the quality of their deliverables. To further encourage students tointentionally engage in the appropriate design process phases and activities, we supplement ourcurrent instruction with a new activity that includes a modified time diary and a structuredreflection activity. This work-in-progress paper begins analyzing our data to understand the roleplayed by these activities in student learning.We analyze students’ self-assessments of learning and engineering
belongingness in early careerelectrical and computer engineering students,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 62, no.3,pp. 165-172, 2019.[23] R Core Team, “R: A language and environment for statistical computing,” Vienna, Austria:R Foundation for Statistical Computing, 2022. https://www.R-project.org/. APPENDIXTable A.1: Survey items used to measure engineering/computing identity (adapted from [12])Q16. The following questions use the term "engineer" to refer to all majors in Miami's College ofEngineering and Computing, including computer science. Please keep your major in mind whenanswering the questions. (Response categories: Strongly disagree (1); Somewhat disagree (2);Neither agree nor disagree (3
Paper ID #41107Board 75: Can Small Changes in Course Structure in Early EngineeringCoursework Have a Big Impact on Retention?Dr. Laine Schrewe Ph.D., Otterbein University Dr. Laine Schrewe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics at Otterbein University. Before transitioning to this role, Laine designed engines for Honda Research and Development for 9 years and then transitioned to education to develop a high school engineering program that she taught for 8 years. She is passionate about improving the educational experience of diverse populations in engineering programs and
Paper ID #40978Introducing the Engineering Design Process to First-Year Students with aProject Focused on Offshore Wind EnergyProf. Gordon Stewart, Roger Williams University Dr. Gordon M. Stewart, holding a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has a background in engineering education and renewable energy research. Currently serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, his teaching spans various engineering courses and disciplines and includes mentoring engineering senior design teams. Dr. Stewart’s research focuses on offshore
Paper ID #42904Board 296: Immersive Engineering Learning and Workforce Development:Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge Acquisition in a CAVEDr. Opeyemi Peter Ojajuni, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Dr. Opeyemi Ojajuni is a post-doctoral research manager at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, with expertise in computer network infrastructure, artificial intelligence, virtual reality (VR), and data science. His research focuses on applying these technologies to STEM education, particularly improving enrollment, retention, and computational thinking development. He also
Paper ID #44335Shifting Views in Changing Times: Towards a Mixed Methods Study ExaminingFaculty and Student Perceptions on Engineering EthicsProf. Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University Brad Sottile is Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering in The Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Shifting Views in Changing Times: Towards A Mixed Methods Study Examining Faculty and Student Perceptions on Engineering
during pre-college visits and on the university website. It was a stated outcome of theprevious versions of the course and became firmly entrenched in the minds of faculty andstudents [2], [3]. The coordinators deliberately left out opportunities for students to exploredifferent engineering disciplines in the redesign. The previous version of the course had becomedisjointed with a variety of topics (including the disciplinary explorations) that eroded theunifying purpose in the eyes of students. Therefore the redesign focused exclusively on the fouracademic outcomes stated previously and omitted topics that were not directly relevant to theseoutcomes. The coordinators were aware of the tension from the beginning and observed thefollowing after
exercises and case studies used in that initial year. Then because of theinitial work accomplished during that first year, we were able to approach the course design withmore of an “inverse approach,” or the well-known backward design [5] i.e., instead of designingthe course and seeing what outcomes resulted, we were able to start with the outcomes desiredand design the course to meet them.A real boost came from a well-developed example provided by Dr. Dillon from when she hadtaught engineering ethics at a previous institution and had prepared an innovative class projectwith ABET criterion achievements in mind. We were able to adapt this case study so that asstudents worked through it, they would hopefully experience learning related to all three
institutions for over a decade-and-a-half. Throughcollaboration and a shared mission to infuse an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) into undergraduateengineering education, KEEN has cultivated this shared mission with more than 55 partnerinstitutions across the United States [15]. Each of these schools are committed to supplementingthe technical skills being taught in the classroom with a mindset that focuses on fosteringcuriosity, connections, and creating value – “the 3 C’s”. The KEEN framework, as shown inTable 1, seeks to describe the beneficial student outcomes that entrepreneurially-minded learningcan bring to engineering undergraduates. Examples of these benefits include the ability torecognize opportunities to create personal, economic and societal
Paper ID #43727Board 187: A Hybrid Community of Practice Model to Prepare Pre-ServiceSTEM Teachers to Teach EngineeringDr. Betsy Chesnutt, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Betsy Chesnutt is a lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She is interested in understanding how to prepare pre-service teachers to teach engineering, as well as how to support current K-12 teachers so that they can implement engineering into K-12 classrooms more effectively. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Hybrid Community of Practice Model to Prepare Pre
Paper ID #43408Board 403: The Influence of Belongingness and Academic Support duringa Global Pandemic for Engineering Students through Participation in anS-STEM Intervention ProjectProf. George Kow Quainoo, North Park University George K. Quainoo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering at North Park University in Chicago. He received his B.S and M.S in Physics from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Prior to joining North Park University, he served at lecturer at the University of Caper Coast and as Professor
Paper ID #43113Board 416: Understanding the Experiences of Graduate Program Directors:The Intersection of Roles, Responsibilities, and Care in Engineering GraduateEducationDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Adam Kirn
Paper ID #42724WIP: ”This is What We Learned”: Sharing the Stories of Experiences ofIndigenous-Centered, Engineering & Community Practice Graduate Programat Cal Poly HumboldtDr. Qualla Jo Ketchum, Cal Poly Humboldt Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and educational research around identity, indigenizing engineering practice and teaching, and the structural issues impacting Indigenous engineers. Dr
engineeringeducation emerges from my own lived experiences and cultural background. I recognize that thecurrent educational system underserves many students, in particular marginalized individuals, andthat change is needed. I believe educators have the potential to be socio-political change agents,and that engineering faculty are important gatekeepers to stimulate improvements towardapproaching DEIB on a larger scale. Mindful of these beliefs and the resulting positionality, I willseek to avoid biases during the coding and reporting of the data.Survey Design and DevelopmentThis study seeks to develop a more robust approach to understanding faculty DEIB learning andevaluating faculty DEIB practices in graduate engineering research group/lab settings
that students have to manage their time amongst amultitude of necessary commitments simply to survive while being students. ExtracurricularDesign-Based Learning (Gerber et al., 2012) is a proven way to engage students and aligns withTinto (1993)’s theory of student departure by engaging students to bring them closer tograduation. The project developed and operated by the authors of this work intentionally designeda flexible commitment system into the project participation to be mindful of the strugglesmembers would face as engineering students. The decision to offset any lost wages byparticipating in a monetarily compensated capacity resulted in a committed core group of studentsover a full academic year. Among those students interviewed for
adaptability is if you like adapting at work because they have good something, don’t be shy about it. Tell communication skills and can easily them, because then you’ll get more acquire what they need. stuff and learn more. Open-mindedness Early-career engineer has an easy time Being adaptable is being open to adapting at work because they are open- doing other tasks that contribute to the minded and consider multiple solutions overarching goal of the organization. to a problem. Previous experiences Prior knowledge Early-career engineer has an easy time Having acquired a solid
the strengths and weaknesses of various team members including theirown, etc. [13 – 15].Communication skills included the ability to engage with different stakeholders (e.g., peers andfaculty), being able to create and present information orally and in writing and being mindful oftheir own verbal and non-verbal cues [16 - 19]. The third group of skills are largely consideredentrepreneurial and includes various skills related to making connections to a variety ofcontextual issues, being engaged in creative thinking, being curious, and striving to add value to Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #43356Working Towards GenAI Literacy: Assessing First-Year Engineering Students’Attitudes towards, Trust in, and Ethical Opinions of ChatGPTDr. Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville Campbell Rightmyer Bego, PhD, PE, studies learning and retention in undergraduate engineering programs in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering. She obtained a BS from Columbia University in Mechanical Engineering, a PE license in Mechanical Engineering from the state of New York, and an MS and PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Louisville. Her current
Paper ID #42125Borderlands First-Generation-in-Engineering Experiences-Learning with andabout Students at the Nexus of Nation, Discipline, and Higher EducationDr. Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting Dr. Sarah Hug is director of the Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting. Dr. Hug earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research and evaluation efforts focus on learning science, technology, engineering. She leads a social science and evaluation organization that focuses on inclusive excellence, broadening participation, and democratizing science.Raena Cota, New
arts, what links to engineering come to mind? In other words, whatexamples can you think of that engineering and the arts connect? ________________________________________________________________Q4 Have you ever collaborated with another faculty member from the College of Arts andArchitecture (or similar college at another university)? • Yes (1) • No (2)Q4.1 Please briefly describe the collaboration between you and a faculty member from theCollege of Arts and Architecture (or similar college at another university)? ________________________________________________________________Q5 Have you ever collaborated with a company/business on a project that involved the arts? • Yes (1) • No (2)Q6 Please briefly describe the
Paper ID #44482Work in Progress: Stigma of Mental Health Conditions and its Relationshipto Conditions’ Knowledge and Resource Awareness among Engineering StudentsMatilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Dr. Matilde S´anchez-Pe˜na is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo – SUNY where she leads the Diversity Assessment Research in Engineering to Catalyze the Advancement of Respect and Equity (DAREtoCARE) Lab. Her research focuses on developing cultures of care and well-being in engineering education spaces, assessing gains in institutional efforts
Paper ID #42783Application of Data Analysis and Visualization Tools for U.S. Renewable SolarEnergy Generation, Its Sustainability Benefits, and Teaching In EngineeringCurriculumMr. Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University Ben D Radhakrishnan is a Professor of Practice, currently a full time Faculty in the Department of Engineering, School of Technology and Engineering, National University, San Diego, California, USA. He is the Academic Program Director for MS Engineering Management program. He develops and teaches Engineering courses in different programs including engineering and business management schools. His research
Paper ID #41534Eye-Tracking Analysis of Problem-Solving Behavior in Design Tasks in UndergraduateEngineering: A Comparison of High and Low Spatial VisualizersDr. Muhammad Asghar, University of Cincinnati Muhammad Asghar is a Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the University of Cincinnati (UC). Before coming to UC, he earned a Ph.D. in engineering education, a master’s degree in clinical psychology, a master’s degree in educational psychology, and a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems engineering. Muhammad’s research interests currently focus on students’ mental
/s11111-010-0113-1McDonald, B. & Kanske, P. (2023). Gender differences in empathy, compassion, and prosocial donations, but not theory of mind in a naturalistic social task. Sci Rep, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47747-9National Research Council. (1986). Engineering education and practice in the United States: Engineering undergraduate education. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.Onal, S., Nadler, J., & O’Loughlin, M. (2017). Applying theory to real-world problems: Integrating service-learning into the industrial engineering capstone design course. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 12(2), 57–80. https
Paper ID #44115(Board 50/Work in Progress) A Systematic Review of Embedding Large LanguageModels in Engineering and Computing EducationDr. David Reeping, University of Cincinnati Dr. David Reeping is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the University of Cincinnati. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. His main research interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold
.[21] Gollwitzer, P.M., 1990. Action phases and mind-sets. Handbook of motivation and cognition:Foundations of social behavior, 2(53-92), p.2.[22] Haynie, J.M., Shepherd, D., Mosakowski, E. and Earley, P.C., 2010. A situated metacognitivemodel of the entrepreneurial mindset. Journal of business venturing, 25(2), pp.217-229.Biographical Information:Yuva Manikanta Tamineni completed his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering fromAmrita Sai Institute of Science and Technology, India. He has 3 years industrial experience in 3Dmodeling, testing and inspection of actuator assemblies, gearbox design and structural analysis ofparts. He is currently a Masters’ student and a Graduate research Assistant in the Department ofMechanical Engineering at