definable steps in the design process to structuredteam-based learning activities.I. IntroductionA coalition of two & four year universities and industry collaborated, with NSF funding,to develop meaningful curriculum and assess its’ effectiveness. Different schools use thematerial to fit their individual needs. The curriculum and assessments are easy to use, Page 6.26.1reliable and are a proven set of materials that provide a structure that develops clearlydefined outcomes and assesses how well course objects have been achieved.TIDEE’s (Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education) curriculum model useshighly structured activities, which can be
wasenthusiastically received (Shumway et al., 2010).TEE students and faculty from Brigham Young University returned summer 2010 to the DominicanRepublic to continue their work with the MACILE group. This collaboration took the form of an officialstudy abroad program where students developed curriculum, conducted research, taught, and receivedcredit for participation. Eight BYU students and 3 faculty members participated in the program. Thestudents spent five weeks during the summer of 2010 in the Dominican Republic teaching 6th -12th gradestudents. Content areas included: energy; chemistry; bridges; rocketry; and robotics. The DR students 1
enhance the curriculum of a graduate-level engineering ethics course, Engineering Ethics and the Public, at Virginia Tech, a large land-grant, Research 1 university. The course is a three-credit elective course offered annually to engineering students. The overall course itself was originally co-conceived and co-developed by an engineer, one of the authors of this paper, and a medical ethnographer, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) [1]. The learning objectives, topics, and assignments are presented in Table 1. The course aims to address relationships between engineering, science, and society by incorporating listening exercises, personal reflections, individual
engineering (CVEN) program recently underwent acomprehensive Program (Re)Design (PRD) process in order to align the program with bothASCE’s second edition Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2) and ABET learningoutcome criteria. The integrated PRD process is detailed in an earlier paper (Brumbelow, Fowler,Morgan, & Anthony, 2014). The current paper illustrates the significance of the PRD systemapproach to inspire transformative change. Faculty who participate in the PRD process, as part ofthe program’s Curriculum Transformation Team (CTT), experience a major shift in perspectivefrom apprehension of the scope and need for the change to seeing the curriculum asinterconnected and an iterative process to enhance student learning. In addition
: Section 130: SustainableMaterials and User-centered Design in the Winter 2024 and 2025 semesters and Section 270:Next Generation Computing Hardware in the Fall 2024 semester. Snyder taught one of the threesections discussed in this paper: Section 910: Socially-Engaged Design of Nuclear EnergySystems in Fall 2024.Section 130: Sustainable Materials and User-centered DesignSection 130 has a materials science in engineering (MSE) focus, and the semester project isdesigning and manufacturing a simple tool (e.g. screwdriver, claw hammer, chisel) out of abronze alloy. Students complete these projects in teams of 3-4 people. The two lead instructorspracticed an integrated lecturing approach where the technical and technical communicationcontent wasn’t
23campuses of the California State University System. Cal Poly is primarily an undergraduateinstitution with approximately 18,500 enrolled undergraduates and 1180 faculty. 5000 studentsare enrolled in the College of Engineering which is comprised of nine departments. The largestdepartment, Mechanical Engineering, has approximately 1000 undergraduates, 60 MastersStudents and 28 full time tenure and tenure track faculty. The department awards about 200undergraduate degrees each year.Curriculum OverviewCal Poly’s Mechanical Engineering program is anchored by a comprehensive curriculum thatemphasizes fundamentals of engineering, laboratory “hands on” experiences and engineeringdesign throughout the four year program. Students are admitted into the
2006-203: A HANDS-ON, INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROGRAM ANDEDUCATIONAL MODEL TO STRENGTHEN A RADAR CURRICULUM FORBROAD DISTRIBUTIONMark Yeary, University of Oklahoma Dr. Mark Yeary is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He has many years of experience as a teaching assistant, lecturer, and assistant professor. Since January of 1993, he has taught many students in various laboratories and lecture courses, culminating in approximately 11 years of teaching experience. For the 1999-00 academic year, he received the Outstanding Professor Award, given by the Texas A&M student chapters of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu, and IBM in Austin
Paper ID #47630How faculty focused on pre-college engineering education and outreach canleverage this free digital library of engineering resources. (Pre-college Resource/CurriculuExchange)Mrs. Stephanie Weber, National Center for Women & Information Technology https://ncwit.org/profile/stephanie-weber/Dr. Lyn Ely Swackhamer, NCWIT/University of Colorado Dr. Lyn Swackhamer is the PI on the NSF funded Teach Engineering grant. Teach Engineering is a digital library of K-12 engineering education materials. Dr. Swackhamer has a PhD in education innovation with an emphasis on research and evaluation methodology. She has been the
engineering education research aims to understand more about the gap in student preparedness for the engineering workplace. He has worked closely with engineering practitioners, faculty, and students to understand more about their problem-solving behavior, beliefs around engineering knowledge, and learning more about what it means to be an engineer. Sean enjoys being active outdoors with his family and friends while climbing, mountain biking, and camping.Dr. Matthew Stephen Barner, University of Portland Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Portland Research interests include: curriculum and faculty developmentRhianna FitzgeraldJordan Farina, University of Portland ©American
Paper ID #29337Soft Skills Curriculum on a Budget: Tackling the STEM skills gap withlimited resources using online videoMelissa Gavin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gavin worked for a government research nonprofit and since obtaining her master’s degree has worked for a variety of nonprofits in various roles. Currently, she is the Program Manager for Graduate and Collaborative Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Gavin also teaches MEDIA 3010/5010 Business Communication and APC 3300 Technical and Professional Communication.Randy
Paper ID #6746A Large-scale Survey of K-12 Students about STEM: Implications for Engi-neering Curriculum Development and Outreach Efforts (Research to Prac-tice)Dr. Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University Dr. Wiebe is a professor in the Department of STEM Education at NC State University and Senior Research Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. A focus of his research and outreach work has been the integration of multimedia and multimodal teaching and learning approaches in STEM instruction. He has also worked on research and evaluation of technology integration in instructional settings in
. Page 25.451.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development of a Dynamic Curriculum for Wireless Communications: Addressing the Required Workforce for Wireless Industry and Academia Seyed A. Zekavat1,2, Cheryl Li2, Saurav Pathak1 1 University of New Haven, 2Michigan Technological UniversityAbstract – There are emerging applications for wireless communication systems. Newtechnologies are developed in this field in a rapid pace, and industry is in an increasing need ofwell trained and skilled graduates. They need these graduates to get integrated with their alreadyexisting employees without any further training or with minimal
Paper ID #35042A Case Study on How Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs Influence TheirEnactment of the Project Lead The Way Curriculum (Evaluation)Dr. Mary K. Nyaema, The University of Illinois at Chicago Mary Nyaema is an educational consultant with the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned a doc- toral education degree from University of Iowa. She has two years post doctoral experience in discipline based educational research and has taught high school science and mathematics. Her research interests include STEM Education, active learning, evidence based strategies and problem based learning.Dr. David G. Rethwisch, The
Paper ID #48064Impact of An Engineering Task on Development of Middle School Students’Engineering Design Practices (Fundamental)Dr. Natasha Wilkerson, Vivify, LLC Natasha Wilkerson is co-founder of Vivify STEM and President of the Cosmic Leap Foundation. Natasha specializes in research and development of engineering curricula and programming for K-8 grades. Natasha has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University.Joanne K Olson, Texas A&M UniversityJustin Wilkerson, Texas A&M University ©American Society for Engineering
also presented theirbeliefs about their roles as educators in engineering courses. The workshop leader was careful toaddress the concerns while centering on the practices and pedagogies of CR2, bringing attention tohow these beliefs affect teaching practices[20].Initial faculty cohort. While the workshop attendance included seven (7) faculty, the initialfaculty cohort involved in integrating CR2 includes two educators who teach introductory BECEcourses in the Spring 2025 semester. They understand how to create an environment conducive toengaging all learners using CR2 practices and will incorporate CR2 in their own creative ways.Future teaching observations. In the Spring 2025 semester, teaching observations will beconducted to focus on the
). Thesecourses complement the rich curriculum presently offered in the Department of ElectricalEngineering at PVAMU. A new high-speed (broadband) access technologies laboratory has alsobeen developed to support both instruction and research. This helps to create an academicinstructional and research infrastructure for broadband communication systems-based projects,testing and research.1. IntroductionPrairie View A & M University (PVAMU) attaches much importance to the training of studentslike many other universities to meet the needs of future technology trends. As a result of thetechnology growth shown in the area of broadband communications, PVAMU ElectricalEngineering Department has placed much emphasis on trying to develop curriculum and
of students in these courses. The curriculum is divided into two strata (Taylor,Foster, & Ratcliff, 2006)—foundation courses (Introduction to Engineering Design andPrinciples of Engineering) and specialization courses (Aerospace Engineering; BiotechnicalEngineering; Civil Engineering and Architecture; Computer Integrated Manufacturing; andDigital Electronics). The sequence of courses ends with a capstone course (Engineering Designand Development) that requires students to take their own idea from design through development.In addition, Gateway to Technology is offered in middle school in selected school districts and isintended to maintain and increase middle students’ interest in STEM fields and to encourage thestudents to take the high
Technology Students Kevin Zender, Corey Blankenship, Tyson Bethke, Nathir Rawashdeh Department of Applied Computing, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MIAbstractThis paper details the design of a levitating ball portable training system for in-depth learning ofProportional Integral Derivative (PID) control theory. This system can be incorporated into theElectrical Engineering Technology bachelor degree curriculum laboratories at our university.Based on the prevalence of PID control applications in industry, and it being a relativelyadvanced concept in traditional, theory heavy, control system courses, it is important to addressthis topic with a practical system. This has inspired the idea of designing a PID training labcourse
Paper ID #10239Graduate students help to create a discovery-based and cooperative learningexperience about clean energy for high school students (curriculum exchange)Mr. Justin Michael Hutchison, University of Illinois Justin Hutchison, M.S., is currently a doctoral student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Uni- versity of Illinois. He is treasurer of the local student chapter of American Society for Engineering Edu- cation (ASEE) and a coordinator for graduate student outreach in the Civil and Environmental Graduate Student Professional Development Program. Mr. Hutchison is a National Science Foundation Graduate
Paper ID #33775How Students Search Video Captions to Learn: An Analysis of Search Termsand Behavioral Timing DataMr. Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Zhilin Zhang is a 5-year BS-MS student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC), co-advised by Professor Lawrence Angrave and Professor Karrie Karahalios. His research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction and Learning Sciences. He studies, designs, and builds intelligent systems to support scalable and accessible teaching and learning through a computa- tional lens.Ms. Bhavya Bhavya, University of Illinois at
Paper ID #48539Natural Language Processing Models to Detect Affective Fluctuations of EngineeringFaculty and Students Responding to a Hidden Curriculum SurveyMr. Gadhaun Aslam, University of Florida Gadhaun Aslam is a PhD Candidate & Graduate Assistant in the TWISTER Lab within the Department of Engineering Education at University of Florida (UF). His research interests include extracting data from institutional websites to understand the trajectory of engineering education, exploring student learning experiences using multi-modal tools (e.g., eye tracking and physiological electrodermal sensors) and integrating
Paper ID #38671Numerical Problem Solving across the Curriculum with Python and MAT-LABUsing Interactive Coding Templates: A Workshop for Chemical EngineeringFacultyAustin N. Johns, The State University of New York, Buffalo Austin N. Johns is an active-duty captain and developmental engineer in the United States Air Force. In 2017, he earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. In 2023, he earned a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. His graduate research focused on developing computational educational resources for use in the chemical
section. New faculty members shadowed a course with the recitation lab aspart of the training. The peer leaders had to meet the eligibility criteria identified by theinvestigative team prior to selection and employment. The recitation leaders participated in twoprofessional development courses and an online training on incorporating active-learningactivities and project-based scenarios to enhance curriculum; learning styles, teachingtechniques, working with students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, improvelistening, question and study skills. The recitation leaders were also informed on the purpose ofthe PLTL exercises in relation to STEM and the broader goals of the NSF ImprovingUndergraduate STEM Education project. For example, the
Paper ID #37283Board 111: A Systematic Review of Instruments Used to Evaluate theEffectiveness of the Entering Mentoring CurriculumMs. Ha Pho, University of Massachusetts Lowell Ha Pho is the Program Director for the Public Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) Workforce De- velopment program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell). In this role, she oversees a $3.2 million federal-funded program aimed at creating and training undergraduate and graduate students in PHIT. In research, Ha is an integral member of the team, responsible for designing and implementing AMPP, a mentorship training for faculty
industrial needs. It includes curriculum redesign, project-based learning, and Curriculum Improvement the development of skills, such as teamwork and communication. Analyze how to train engineers from an ethical perspective to make Ethics and Society in Engineering Theme 4 responsible decisions. It includes the integration of ethical frameworks into Education programs and the analysis of the social impact of engineering solutions
program features andtools. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)’s Architectural Technology programappears to be the only provision with an established post-secondary curriculum covering BIMoperation in 3 of the 4 program semesters, but still lacks inter-disciplinary integration. BIMtraining provisions in Alberta are listed on Table 1. Page 26.596.7INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION COURSES OFFERED CITY BIM 101 - Introduction to BIMEdmonton Construction BIM 201 - Introduction to Revit ArchitectureAssociation BIM 201
Paper ID #22429Work in Progress: An Analysis of Correlations in Student Performance inCore Technical Courses at a Large Public Research Institution’s Electricaland Computer Engineering DepartmentMr. Christopher Robbiano, Colorado State University Chris Robbiano is currently a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Colorado State University. He received a BS degree in electrical engineering and a BS degree in physics in 2011, as well as an MS in electrical engineering in 2017 from Colorado State University. His current areas of interest are statistical signal processing and engineering education.Dr
found that English and engineering can besuccessfully integrated in a way that benefits the students in each class. By carefullyconstructing an English curriculum that deliberately uses the strategies, concepts, and ideas fromengineering, we can help students overcome the notion that subject areas are separate notebookson a shelf that never connect. Instead, they can see connections between subjects and areas ofoverlap and areas of difference. The idea that writing, for example, is dependent on audienceand occasion begins to make sense and yet they see that the strategies they use to brainstorm,invent, and draft in writing their English assignments can also help them with their engineeringprojects. Although we have been unable to do formal
Societies, and Vice Chair of IEEE Arkansas River Valley Section. He is also Chair-Elect of American Society of Engineering Education Midwest Section (Arkansas, Ok- lahoma, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska). His research interests include Internet of Things, machine learning, signal processing, optimization, and engineering education.Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education Arkansas Tech University (479) 964-0583 ext. 2452 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Investigation of Effectiveness of Project Based Learning on Students’ Skills in Engineering Modeling and
Dr. Amro El Badawy is an Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Integrating Social and Environmental Justice into the Program Educational Objectives of California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo’s Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentAbstractAfter the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, an undergraduate student coalition in the Civiland Environmental Engineering (CE/ENVE) Department at California Polytechnic UniversitySan Luis Obispo proposed that the curriculum be updated to address the topics of social andenvironmental justice and their role