Algona problem7. 13 Project reporting and invention recording requirements. Tips for effective writing. 14 Teams select a project topic and define the problem—continued as homework assignment.Session 3 — Idea Generation 15 Teams present problem briefing. Synthesis of optimal problem definition statements. 16 Creativity, invention, innovation. Characteristics of innovators and entrepreneurs. 17 Adaptive and innovative ideas and entrepreneurs. Innovative organizational cultures. 18 "Artist" for idea generation: principles and techniques of brainstorming. 19 Inventive-thinking exercises from TRIZ. 20 Project application: Teams brainstorm ideas for solving their defined problem
universitystudents. The SBI is a computerized, forty-six item, diagnostic/prescriptive survey thatlooks to measure: Academic Confidence – factors influencing a student’s perceived self-esteem. Short-term Study Behaviors – preparation for day-to-day routine study tasks. Long-term Study Behaviors – preparation to carrying out specific long-range tasks such as projects or writing papers.Academic preparation habits and skills, coupled with student self-esteem, are consideredto be key indicators of academic achievement. All LSSU freshmen engineering studentstook the self-diagnostic survey. The results indicate that our freshman class is definitelyaverage. The LSSU student average for all three SBI factors shown in Table 2 are
, for every meeting.Practice of Non-Technical Knowledge and Skills from Learning SessionsThe team's business manager oversaw fundraising activities and delegated a team member toengage and follow up with potential donors. Communication templates, including initial contact,follow-up, and appreciation letters, were developed for team members to use. A team memberdocumented a report for each team event, capturing event objectives, activities, attendeenumbers, volunteer/service hours dedicated to event preparation, event photos, outcomes, andfollow-up arrangements. Team members took turns writing event reports.For judge room presentations and interviews, the team collaborated on organizing event reports,refining engineering notebooks, evaluating
engineering).The literature acknowledges shortcomings in bridge program evaluations, especially with regardto long-term outcomes. 6,7 There are studies documenting the impacts of individual programs;however the results are difficult to extrapolate to others on a broad scale.8 Page 22.1047.3Washington et al. found that at-risk students who participated in bridge programs at eight Texascommunity colleges and universities enrolled in fewer credit hours of developmental coursesthan non-participants.9 Results regarding retention and performance for those students are notyet available (at the time of this writing). A University of New Mexico study showed
running out of time to solve the problems. A homework-type problem set or specific project-based activity is appropriate. Students working in groups are able to receive guidance from other students so that they are kept on focus for the problem at hand. Students benefit also from the chance to teach others during the session. All students have access to informal discussion time with the instructor, who can move from group to group answering questions and making sure that individual students are actually learning for themselves. Indeed, the peer pressure from other students is expected to help enforce an environment of mutual collaboration based on being properly prepared. Aside from the academic benefits of collaborative learning
overview resources available to librarians and researchers to quickly grasp themajor issues of this new discipline.A webliography of digital data curation resources, written by Westra et al, 3 is primarily consistsof organizational reports, and as such, gives an excellent broad overview of current issues in theentire field of digital data curation. It was written to provide easy reference to the seminal reportsin the past decade that have shaped the current practices of digital curation. It also includesreferences to listservs, standards, software and open-source journals.The Digital Curation Centre is in the process of creating a Curation Reference Manual.4 At thistime, twelve chapters are written, peer reviewed and published. Another ten are
their summer jobs and internships is a good way to share job experiencesfrom a variety of companies, to increase knowledge of the opportunities available, and to preparefor the upcoming interview season.A range of activities and resources outside the classroom should reach each student in a class atleast once over the course of a semester. Building trust can have a far-reaching effect beyond asingle class since each student will share their experience with peers and students from otherclasses. Taken together the trust a particular class has for a professor is strengthened and the timeto establish trust with the following group of students can be shortened. Mutual trust supports aclimate in the classroom necessary for effective discussions. What
parts: educative intentions, objectives, general contents that includes a contentsblock diagram, profile of the IEC program, IEC study plan, curricular map showing the coursesserving E-95-863 as well as the the courses served by E-95-863, conceptual contents, proceduralcontents, attitudinal contents, learning strategies and course activities. Some of the learningtechniques used in the course are: Interactive exposition of topics (from 16 to 20 hours persemester), Internal group activities (11 during the semester), homework done by external groups(8 during the semester), monthly projects that include report writing and oral presentations doneby external groups (3 during the semester), self-study reading assignments and discussion (14during the
communication).As part of a National Science Foundation CCLI Phase 1 grant, DUE: 0836861, three designactivities are being developed and incorporated in the first-year engineering program at MichiganTech. For this project, three groups (undergraduate, graduate and faculty) with differenteducational backgrounds developed learning modules. The student groups were selected to helpwith the development because it would give a fresh perspective on the design projects. Theundergraduate students would gain some ownership in the education of their peers. The graduatestudent would learn more about teaching through the development of a design project. Theutilization of the student groups to develop design projects would permit more design projects tobe available
Ease of Implementation of Innovative Instructional MaterialsHenderson and Dancy made some suggestions to address issues cited above to inform curriculummaterials developers of possible ways to improve implementation of innovative STEM teachingand learning strategies and materials10. They include the following. Provide easily modifiablematerials to help engage faculty in modifying or redesigning their instruction so innovativematerials are easy to use. Another suggestion is in fidelity of implementation of an innovation.For example, effective learning should not just elicit simple answers to contextualized questions,but also engage students in social construction of knowledge by peer discussion of underlyingconceptual justification of responses
technical but criticalfor the pursuit of a successful engineering career. These needed skills include: team-orientedmentality, problem solving, project planning and control, project management and writing skills,etc. The purpose of the Senior Design Project is to pull them all together and apply them towardsthe design and implementation of a project and to afford the students an opportunity to experienceteam-based design under conditions that closely resemble those that will be encountered in realworld. Students working in teams will develop and sharpen skills in team organization, timemanagement, self-discipline, and technical writing, in order to be successful in this course. Animportant goal of this course is to expose students to “hands-on
weregiven a chance to teach the module contents to students enrolled in the Upward Bound Programand then assessed each of their own and peers performances. Teacher Training 9:00am-12:00pm Course Content and Pedagogical Methodology Application Refine 1:00pm-2:30pm Incorporate Lessons from Evaluation in Teacher Training of the Subsequent Day. Conduct Module with Upward Bound Students Evaluation / Reflection 2:30pm-4:00pm Actively Evaluate Peer and Self PerformanceFigure 2: Schematic of the general
. Conduct economic analyses of the various systems proposed. 3. The ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (ABET outcome e). In particular, you will be expected to: i. Solve heat loss problems relating to building envelopes. ii. Solve problems of thermodynamic equilibrium and energy balance. iii. Solve piping and airflow distribution problems. 4. The ability to communicate effectively (ABET outcome g). In particular, you will: i. Write technical reports and memos regarding findings. ii. Make presentations of technical material to peers and colleagues. 5. The ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools
Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education usage and significantly more positive influence on their learning. It is perhaps significant that instructor enthusiasm had little or no effect on student-to-student usage; the students did not need to be reminded that peer-to-peer IM was there, only that student-professor availability existed. • Approximately 50% of Instructor A’s students communicated with him via IM during the semester. This level of IM usage is lower than that of the CE300 students (87%), as reported above. There are two possible reasons for
Paper ID #9834Scaffolded Structuring of Undergraduate Research ProjectsDr. Dirk Colbry, Michigan State UniversityDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Recruiting at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing
M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research expertise lies in characterizing graduate-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development.Dr. Kim-Doang Nguyen, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Kim-Doang Nguyen is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research interests include engineering education research, data science, machine learning, robotics, and dynamical systems. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024How Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate
findings, 10 respondents, or 91 percent, reported that they were “likely”or “very likely” to mention the Innovations course during a job interview or with colleagues (seeTable 2). Several respondents chose to write additional responses related to the questions in aprovided text box labeled “please explain.”In response to Question 4, many participants highlighted aspects of the program that they wouldor have mentioned to a potential employer or a colleague. Consider the following written responses to Question 4: “I am likely to mention the Innovations course in a job interview because it was a very unique experience. I think potential employers will appreciate my experience in working with interdisciplinary
learning.Learning by teaching is an experience-based pedagogical method which has been implementedat every level of education to increase motivation to learn, improve understanding of material,develop important non-technical skills, and encourage creativity 15 . In graduate education, it iscommon for students to have opportunities for learning by teaching, for example by holdingteaching assistant positions, presenting at international conferences, and peer mentorship withintheir research lab. Mentoring undergraduate research can impact graduate student developmentpositively for future faculty careers as they gain skills in project management, supervision, andcommunication 16 . Because graduate students are familiar with this style of learning, it could
. She has published several papers in top-tier conferences and journals in her field and has presented her research at numerous international conferences. In addition to her research, Dr. Mansouri is passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of computer and electrical engineers. She has designed and taught many courses in computer engineering, has supervised several undergraduate and graduate research projects, and served as the thesis advisor to several M.S. and Ph.D. students. Dr. Mansouri was the recipient of the ”Excellence in Graduate Education” from Syracuse University in 2008. In her free time, Dr. Mansouri enjoys exploring nature, photography, and writing short stories. She is also
to calibrate and compare their own progression through their degreeprograms to the progress of their peers. As implied by curricular flowcharts (another importantartifact), the default progression for engineering students begins in the first semester with Calc1, proceeding onwards through the math sequence and ideally completing the required coursesby the fourth semester of their undergraduate careers. Consequently, students classified as notready for Calc 1 who start at Pre-Calc in their first semesters are already “behind” their peersfrom the start of their college experiences while students who place into Calc 2 or 3 their firstsemesters are “ahead.” Feeling behind rather than ahead can be potentially detrimental to studentattitudes and
Associate Dean for Engagement and Undergraduate Education and the Reilly Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette. He was a Purdue University Faculty Scholar from 2002 to 2007, served as the Programming Chair and Chair of the ASEE Minority Division (2011-2014); and was named Fellow of AIChE (2009), won the AIChE Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering (2005), and the AIChE Minority Affairs Distinguished Service Award (2009). . He is the author of 95 peer-reviewed publications and 11 patents. He received his BS in Chemical Engineering in 1981 from Mississippi State University, and both his MS
Consultant c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Development and Teacher Perceptions of an Avatar-Based Performance Task for Elementary Teachers to Practice Post- Testing Argumentation Discussions in Engineering Design (RTP)AbstractThis work aims to help elementary teachers practice one very important discussion withinengineering design: post-testing argumentation discussions. These discussions occur after eachdesign team has created and tested their designs and considered how their designs performed andcould be improved. The discussion goal is for each team to re-consider their design performanceand improvement ideas in light of their peers’ designs, critiques, and suggestions. By
from both supportivefaculty and peers (p. 879).Professional IdentityAccording to Chickering and Reisser, a foundational component of one’s overall identity iscompetence, most relevantly captured here in one’s professional identity [19]. The Communityof Practice (COP) [20] model is a widely adopted framework in the professional identityliterature that has been useful in understanding engineering identity (e.g., [21-23]). TheCommunity of Practice model consists of members of a professional community who surround acore of practicing experts. Belonging in this community is experienced through three modalities:imagination (i.e., how can I see myself as a member?), engagement (i.e., how can I participate inthis community?), and alignment (i.e., how
Program, graduateresearch theses have a theoretical grounding leading to action, which we call researchtranslation [1], that then leads to reflection, through dialogue with peers, communities, andliterature, that then leads to refining the initial theoretical framework and so on. For Theory,STS scholarship has contributed with theories and concepts of sociotechnical systems, change,and transfer [18][19]. For Transformation, STS provides concepts of knowledge transfer to aidresearch translation [20], [21] and a sociotechnical framework that has allowed us to transformexisting concepts like global competencies into global sociotechnical competencies inhumanitarian engineers [22]. For Reflection, STS provides students with the understanding
have: 1. Develop innovative solutions to significant, real-world problems. 2. Work with others, such as team members, project sponsors, and faculty members. 3. Situate their work in the relevant social context(s). 4. Develop and deliver a clear, convincing oral presentation and 5. Write an extensive professional report. Students’ course grades are based on: 1. Professional management of their project andeffective communication with all parties. 2. Quality of deliverables‐ both in implementation andreport. 3. Timely achievement of project milestones and deliverables. 4. Professional behavior. 5.Peer and self-evaluation (see Table 1) were infused in the above grading scheme. One
, compellingly titled“ChatGPT: Bullshit Spewer or the End of Traditional Assessments in Higher Education?”, the authors discuss the threatof ChatGPT to academic professionals and provide recommendations to them in the face of the growing expansion ofpowerful natural language models. They conclude with the following: “… we believe that major changes to traditionalhigher education assessments such as essays and online exams are in order to address the existence of increasinglypowerful AI, unless universities want to be akin to driving schools that teach [horse riding]” [18]. This paper does not long consider language models that can be used to write student assignments; it is mentionedas an area of tangential concern to educators. The primary focus of
education in Pennsylvaniaincluded condensing some of the standards, aligning with the Pennsylvania Career Readinessstandards, providing connections to content and practices from other standards (e.g., PA CoreStandards: Reading and Writing in Science and Technical Areas, PA Core Standards andPractices: Math), providing clarification statements for each standard similar to the format usedin the Next Generation Science Standards [2], and providing exemplars of Pennsylvania specificcontexts in which the standards could be applied. This paper will provide an overview of theapproved T&E standards that school districts in Pennsylvania must align instruction with by the2025-2026 academic year. These standards have resulted in T&E questions being
comments you may have.” only two students responded with comments regarding their beliefs on societal impact in the healthcare industry (R1) and their appreciation for the lecture (R1 and R2). R2 in response to online format due to restrictions on in-person classes following university COVID-19 safety measures. Table 4. Concluding questions from the post-survey asking students (Q6-Q7) if they thought the topics were beneficial for engineers to learn and if they would recommend the topics to their peers. Free response resulted in two comments supporting their positive feelings towards the content.4.2 Thematic Analysis The final portion of the course required students to form groups to research, write a review
students to actively interact in class/field/lab and participate in the assigned tasks. When teamwork is required, it is measured via anonymous peer evaluations. b. Project(s) Completion [30%]: The allocated percentage is for successful completion and generation of assigned 3D model(s). If teams were employed, 5 percent points of the total allocated points are used for peer-evaluation of team members assigned to the project. c. Completion of Assessment Documents [10%]: This requires the completion of quiz(zes) for direct assessment and survey(s) for indirect assessment of the acquired knowledge. d. Poster and/or Oral Presentation [10%]: In the course, a poster related to the assigned project is generally
systems design, development, and consultation firm. She joined the faculty of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University in 1997, where she teaches a variety of engineering and computer science classes, she is the Faculty Advisor for the Women in Computer Science (WiCS), the Director of the Computer Science Fellows program, and is a KEEN Fellow. She has authored and co- authored over fifty peer-reviewed papers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The Challenge of Preparing iGen Students for Engineering and Computer ScienceAbstractA recent suicide by an engineering student began