Paper ID #26440Work in Progress: ”I’m Not Your Standard Student”: Examining the Ratio-nales for Studying MDE or IDES Programs through Usability InterviewsMs. Brianna Shani Benedict, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brianna Benedict is a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Her research interest focuses on interdisci- plinary students’ identity development, belongingness in engineering, and recognition.Dr. Robin Adams
identities across the Africandiaspora. Through this lens, we hope to highlight the impact that cultural background may haveon the transfer experience. The theoretical framework guiding this study is drawn from the STEM Transfer model andposits that the persistence of Black transfer students in engineering is a longitudinal processinfluenced by the intersection of both individual and institutional factors. We draw from theSTEM transfer model, noting that the transfer process commences during a student’s communitycollege education and continues through his/her transfer and enrollment in an engineeringprogram at a four-year institution. The following factors contribute to our conceptualization ofthis process: pre-college background, community
Salt Lake City. In her role as STEM Director Kate developed the schools programs in Computer Science, Robotics and Design Thinking.Cindy Ann Lenhart, Oregon State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #26249 Cindy Lenhart is a graduate research assistant working on her Ph.D in Education at Oregon State Univer- sity. During her first year, she was selected as a Provost’s Distinguished Graduate Fellow by the Graduate School of Education. Cindy previously served as the Vice President for Community College Relations for Achieving the Dream, Inc., managing the Working
courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Dr. Liesl M Baum, Virginia Tech Dr. Liesl Baum is the Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She is a former middle school teacher and spent seven years
can be difficult to internalizeand discuss in an open forum, the course builds towards these topics, starting out withrelatively easier topics (e.g. Mindset and Bloom’s Taxonomy) and moving towards issues ofbelonging and identity by the end of the 15-week semester.An important aspect of the course is that it is incorporated into the students’ general educationrequirements and is not an extra burden of credits taken in addition to required program andgeneral education coursework. RIT requires students to take a course that addressesidentification of ethical questions, and the Metacognition course addresses the outcomes andhas assessments that examine students’ ability to identify and address ethical scientificquestions through case study
component, termed the hiddencurriculum, pertains to perspectives and processes that are both outside of, and rooted in, theformal curriculum. The hidden curriculum inadvertently conveys to students what is important inthe educational community. This paper employs a hidden curriculum perspective to explore therole and value of ethics and societal impacts (termed ESI) in engineering education. As part of alarger study on the ESI education of undergraduate and graduate students, this paper exploresESI through a hidden curriculum lens using an ex post facto design and mixed-methodsapproach. Individuals who teach engineering and computing students participated in a surveywhere they reported their own ESI education practices and their perceptions of the
-buildproject: 1) Design-Build-Test pedagogy; 2) the engineering design process; 3) comprehensivetechnical coverage of rocket systems; 4) the seven axes of engineering practice; and 5) enablingcomputer simulations and micro-sensor technology for engineering design and analysis. Thisnovel curriculum is evaluated using an indirect post-activity survey that probes students’attitudes about STEM fields and self-perceived skills and abilities.For the project, all students were given identical Estes LoadStar II model kits, commerciallyavailable in Educator Bulk Packs. The students’ challenge, framed as a class competition, was tomodify the rocket’s design to maximize flight altitude with an Estes C6-5 motor. The instructorfirst guided students through
9what that means in practice, and what role the Engineering Studies Program should play increating and sustaining that culture. Too often, the program has been understood in terms of whatit is not, and the ways it diverges from our ABET-accredited BS majors, rather than for theunique combination of disciplinary methods it combines. This was damaging to the identity ofour AB students. Worryingly, the program’s existence can sometimes permit other Collegeprograms to abdicate their own potential contributions to interdisciplinary integration. Weunderstand from both the history of engineering education, and history itself, that a single“bridge” is insufficient. The program continues to work hard to communicate effectively withprospective and
longstanding10-week undergraduate and graduate course in which each student learns manufacturingprocesses (milling, turning, welding, forming, and sand casting) through hands-on experienceand then designs and builds a product of their own imagination. The course is designed toencourage students to concurrently engage their mind, hands, and heart. They do so throughseveral streams of parallel work, including iterative design (mind), prototyping andmanufacturing process labs (hands), and the pursuit of individually identified, personallymeaningful projects (heart)1. We hypothesize that greater integration of students’ mind, hands,and heart is associated with increased engineering task self-efficacy, innovation self-efficacy,engineering identity, and
focuses on career, work-life policy, resilience, gender, and engineering design. She received ICA’s Mentorship Award and the Provost Outstanding Mentor Award at Purdue, where she was University Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair and Director of the Susan Bulke- ley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. She has worked with Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, four EPICS teams including Transforming Lives Building Global Communities (TL- BGC) in Ghana, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design and professional formation of engineers through NSF funding. [Email: pmbuzzanell@usf.edu; buzzanel@purdue.edu
and a second-year introduction to project development course. Bothuse a collaborative project-based-learning approach to teach engineering design while integratingmaking activities directly into their curriculum. Students work on an open-ended problemdirectly with a real-time client from the external community. Students in both courses arerequired to build a functional prototype by the end of the course with a $100 budget. The coursesencourage students to follow design thinking methodology, an approach to learning that focuseson developing students’ creative confidence through hands-on projects that train students onempathy, promote a bias toward action, encourage ideation and foster active problem-solving[13].Moreover, both courses integrate
activities related to interacting with stakeholders and conducting needs assessments.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating those strategies to design tools and education. She teaches design and en- trepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on front-end
- sign and Engineering). His engineering design research focuses on developing computational represen- tation and reasoning support for managing complex system design. The goal of Dr. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineer- ing education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address
engineering course in engineeringeducation is essential to prepare the students to solve industry challenges. Innovative methods inteaching, including the cross-cultural student integration, have proven effective to enhancesuccess in multidisciplinary engineering design teams.Senior design projects are essential to demonstrate engineering graduates’ industry-readiness [5].The Engineering Technology program at UTRGV offers a wide range of options from which thestudents will develop engineering skills to address engineering and technological challenges. Atthe end of the coursework, the students must complete an industry-related, research-basedcapstone project, which in specific cases involves the design and development of a functionalprototype.The
target STEM transfer student retention. Despite repeated calls for the need to expand the STEM workforce, concerning indicatorsshow that STEM baccalaureate degree acquisition is not meeting workforce needs. For instance,although engineering jobs are estimated to grow 11% in the coming years, high-school studentinterest is stagnant [7] and about one-third of first-time freshmen engineering majors leave thefield [8]. Therefore, finding successful strategies to increase the number of STEM graduates iscritical. With 50% of graduates having attended a community college previously [9], communitycolleges play a large role in the educational experiences of many college graduates in scienceand engineering fields. Vertical transfer, defined as
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
her role at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she was employed as a project engineer at SKA Consulting Engineers, Inc. in the building solutions group for 7 years. Her job responsibilities included performing forensic investigations to determine condition of building structural components; including concrete, masonry, wood and steel; preparing remedial designs; and performing construction administration. She is currently a second year PhD student in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Dr. Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Sandra Dika is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of educational research, mea
Epistemological Boundaries M534: Who’s in the Driver’s Seat of Engineering Education? (Interdivisional Town Hall Meeting) W134: Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Figure 2. Sessions, Panels, Workshops, and Distinguished Lectures By Category. U=Sunday, M=Monday, T=Tuesday, W=Wednesday. The sections that follow develop the five themes listed above and provide some examples ofparticular sessions or papers that exemplify the theme. The treatments of each theme arenecessarily selective and provide only a glimpse of the richness and nuance of the workpresented in our division. At a minimum, however, they form a rough draft of the
, to see what type of student enters STEAM programs, the support the receive in theirhomes and communities, why some graduate at higher rates than others, and problems that occurein the workplace. These surveys were developed using well respected techniques28-30 to addressthese issues, with the anticipation that further studies will be inspired from the results. Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2019, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 335Figure 1: Graduation Rates for Black and Hispanic Engineering Students at IUPUI 26Figure 2: Graduation Rates for
, the board certification process can indirectly validate achievement of the UG component of CE-BOK. This is the case because: (1) the UG component of CE-BOK is attained through the candidate’s successful completion of an ABET EAC-accredited civil engineering bachelor’s degree program; (2) the EAC-accredited bachelor’s degree is linked to the CE-BOK through ASCE’s purposeful development of CE-BOK-compliant accreditation criteria (as noted previously in this paper); and (3) the EAC-accredited bachelor’s degree is also the educational prerequisite for PE licensure. • The board certification process must directly validate achievement of the PG component of CE-BOK, through a review of the
Paper ID #27558Using Human-Centered Design to Drive Project-Based Learning in a HighSchool Summer STEM Course (Evaluation)Mr. Austin C. Wong, The Cooper Union Austin Wong is a graduate of Cooper Union with a BA and MA in Mechanical Engineering. The research he is doing pertains to the advancement of STEM education with the help of rapid prototyping at a high school and college level. He is a high school STEM teacher at Grace Church High School, and developed curriculum for the high school physics, robotics, CAD, and engineering classes he teaches and is also the director of the Design Lab at Grace Church School. He also
Communication Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 381–412, 2008.[16] P. R. Polak and M. W. Kirby, “A Model to Replace Psychiatric Hospitals,” Journal ofNervous and Mental Disease, vol. 162, no. 1, pp. 13-22, 1976.[17] H.W. Rittel & M.M. Webber, “Dilemmas in the General Theory of Planning,” PolicySciences, vol. 4, no. 2, 1973.[18] R. Buchanan, “Wicked Problems in Design Thinking,” Kepes, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 7–35, 2010.[19] L. Light and L. Mitchell, “Increasing Student Empathy Through Immersive StakeholderEngagement Experiences in First Year Design Education,” American Society for EngineeringEducation, Seattle, WA, June 2015.[20] W. Faulkner, “‘Nuts and Bolts and People’: Gender-troubled Engineering Identities,” SocialStudies of Science, vol. 37, no. 3, pp
Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Her research interest focuses on interdisci- plinary students’ identity development, belongingness in engineering, and recognition.Miss Brittany Nicole Boyd, Morgan State UniversityMr. Kevrick Watkins c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce Report – Implications for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)AbstractIn 2018, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released a reportentitled, Minority Serving Institutions: America’s Underutilized Resource for Strengthening theSTEM Workforce. The
official course pathways of a large public engineeringcollege. While prior research investigating change models in engineering education hasdiscussed the importance of developing a shared vision, utilizing the power of stories,implementing change through just and fair processes, and viewing curricular change as thecreation of alternative educational scales [4]–[7], we acknowledge that these change strategieswere neither explicitly adopted nor employed prior to making a significant policy changebetween Year 1 and Year 2 of pilot course implementation. Specifically, the status of the WSMclass at our institution changed from optional in Year 1 to mandatory in Year 2 for all studentsentering the engineering college classified as not ready for single
Paper ID #25863Participation in Small Group Engineering Design Activities at the MiddleSchool Level: An Investigation of Gender DifferencesJeanna R. Wieselmann, University of Minnesota Jeanna R. Wieselmann is a Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction and National Science Foun- dation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on gender equity in STEM and maintaining elementary girls’ interest in STEM through both in-school and out-of-school experiences. She is interested in integrated STEM curriculum development and teacher professional de- velopment to support gender-equitable
Paper ID #26593Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Capstone CoursesBenjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Tech Benjamin Goldschneider is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include multidisciplinary collabo- ration, engineering identity development, student motivation, and student competencies.Dr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She
structures, and the analysis of dynamic systems. More recently, He has mentored numerous midshipmen through independent research projects and has directed two Tri- dent Scholars, the Naval Academy’s flagship research program. He has published over 50 journal and conference articles on these topics. Dr. Barton is actively involved in curriculum development and program assessment. He chairs ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation. He serves a Commissioner for Engineering Accreditation Com- mission of ABET, Inc. and was a program evaluator for 6 six years prior to joining the commission. Dr. Barton holds a professional engineering license in the State Maryland. He is a member of the Board of Education, ASME.Dr
working prototype is the courses’ objective. Traditionally, exposure to the design process anddesign project was not seen by students until their third year. As such, one of the primarychanges made to the course after the instructor change was the addition and emphasis of thedesign process. It is for that reason a semester-long design project was added to the course. Figure 1: The Engineering Design Process [7]Additional education objectives are for the students to develop proficiency in Arduino andSolidworks. As a result, the students are required to perform a number of assignments in the twoprograms, both of which are directly used for their project. Instruction in Arduino andSolidWorks is delivered through the lab with
Education, American Evaluation Association, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and Academy of Human Resource Development.Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico Jordan O. James is a Native American Ph.D. student in the Organization, Information, and Learning Sci- ences (OILS) program as well as a lecturer at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in the Community & Regional Planning program. He has served as a graduate research assis- tant on an NSF-funded project, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments, and has been recognized as a Graduate Studies student spotlight recipient and teaching scholar. Jordan studies learning in authentic, real-world conditions utilizing
years, mentoring over 200 teams. Currently he teaches introduction to engineering, EPICS, and chemical engineering courses. He has founded 2 starts ups and has 3 patents for water purification, removal of trash from storm water, and antibacterial liquid hand soap formula. He has a passion for teaching and mentoring students, aiming to help each student achieve their goalsMr. Joshua Loughman, Arizona State University Joshua Loughman is a Lecturer for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is the Director of Development for the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program. His research interests are in engineering education, sustainable engineering, and science and technology