2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference ProceedingsCharacterizing the Educational Effectiveness of STEM Demonstrations at Science- focused Events for Adult Audiences Dr. Tom Lucas* Purdue University lucas113@purdue.edu Science and its applications in engineering and technology are valuable tools to wield whileaddressing the plethora of environmental, ethical, and logistical concerns facing our modernsociety. It is not necessary for all individuals to work in a scientifically-focused industry, but arespect and understanding for the efforts of scientists is beneficial for
M (SD) Design: • Understanding of what engineers “do” in industry or as faculty members 3.07 (0.62) • Understanding of engineering as a field that often involves non-technical considerations (e.g., 3.04 (0.76) economic, political, ethical, and/or social issues) • Knowledge and understanding of the language of design in engineering 3.04 (0.76) • Knowledge and understanding of the process of design in engineering 2.96 (0.81) • Your ability to “do” design 2.85 (0.66) Problem
defined as key learning outcomes179 (KLO): (1) communication-related topics, (2) engineering economics-related topics, (3)180 engineering ethics-related topics, (4) legal aspects, (5) safety aspects, (6) design-related181 topics. The following subsection describes how this study determined and prioritized KLO. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings182 Figure 1 shows the proposed CEM template183 replicating six construction project life cycle phases184 embedded into the two-semester concept for the185 CEM Capstone course. CEM Capstone instructors186 can utilize this template to develop detailed187 capstone course plans
recognized as a critical professional skill in support ofengineering design work. As such, there are a growing number of curricular initiatives to supportthe development of engineering students' empathy as a design skill [14]. These initiatives span avariety of approaches, including stakeholder engagement in human-centered design, service-learning projects, and curriculum on ethical impacts of our engineering work [18]. However,within engineering, students identified empathy as a critical interpersonal skill for buildingrelationships in their everyday lives, yet struggled to see how empathy is involved in theirengineering work [19]. This disconnect highlights the importance of emphasizing empathy as notonly an engineering design skill, but also as a
overall obtain atenure-track position [3]. Most doctoral scientists and engineers obtain employment in theprivate sector rather than in education [4], and increasingly as entrepreneurs. A wide range ofskills and knowledge is required in order to succeed in industry, such as leadership,communication, and teamwork skills [5] as well as development of understanding of business,social, and ethical contexts within STEM [6]. Traditional graduate programs fall short ofpreparing students for multifaceted careers in the current landscape of rapidly evolvingtechnology and scientific knowledge [2]. The PAtENT model provides a framework to engageengineering doctoral students in entrepreneurship throughout their academic work and not as anaddendum to it. In
Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, 2002.[8] McGeen, M., Friauf, J., “The Evolution Of An Advanced Communication Skills Course,” Paper presented at the Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001.[9] Squires, A., Pennotti, M., Verma, D. “The Effect Of Incorporating Verbal Stimuli In The Online Education Environment: An Online Case Study,” Paper presented at the Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 2006.[10] Leitch, K. R., Dittfurth, R. B., “Online and In-seat Ethics Instruction: The View from Both Sides,” Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012.[11] Rusco, Eileen M., “What’s my communication style
/2317745859. DOI: 10.18260/p.23398.[5] H. LeBlanc et al, "Combining technical and entrepreneurial skills in an electric circuitscourse through project-based learning," in Jun 15, 2014, Available:https://search.proquest.com/docview/2317698763.[6] R. J. Voigt, R. Ives and J. M. Hagee, "Modified Studio Lab Classroom Used To TeachElectrical And Computer Engineering To Non Engineers," 2003 Annual ConferenceProceedings, . DOI: 10.18260/1-2--12139.[7] M. Tomhenry et al, "Systematic Review of Rigorous Research in Teaching IntroductoryCircuits respectively. Her current engineering edu- cation research interests include engineeringstudents' understanding of ethics and social responsibility, sociotechnical education, andassessment of engineering pedagogies
experience? RQ3: According to students, what challenges did they face over the course of a year-long research experience?MethodsThis paper uses a combination of a priori and in vivo coding on qualitative, semi-structuredinterviews with 12 participants in a long-term undergraduate research program. Appropriateinstitutional ethics approval was obtained prior to data collection.Participants and SettingThe participants of this study are 12 undergraduate students in the department of Mechanical andMaterials Engineering at a land-grant, research-intensive university in the mid-west UnitedStates. The participants, comprising of eight males and four females, were in classes betweensophomore and senior year of their engineering major and were
recruit students from other majors(eg. Business and Public Policy), all students from the first three semesters came frommechanical engineering. The main barrier is that courseloads during the junior and senior yearsare often already filled with in-major requirements. EDR was always open to all majors but withits listing as an ME course, it provides little potential curricular credit for degrees in othermajors.For the fourth offering currently underway, a new course listing with a college-wide designationhelps broaden the appeal by making it easier for non-majors to take the course. The course wasalso added to a Science Technology Ethics and Policy minor, and a GenEd designation iscurrently being pursued. The cohort from the current semester now
significant learning.entrepreneurial mindset. Please Somewhat like me • A person who has a strong work ethic; who isread each description and think Like me persistent.about how much that person is like Very much like me • A person who has the ability to learn fromyou or not like you. Select the rating failure as well as success, and move forward.that best reflects how much the • A person who is a good communicator andperson in the description is like you. wants to collaborate with others.To assess whether a student understands the characteristics and activities experienced in a STEMcourse, the
are also interested in the environment in which they will be workingand relating stories from consulting jobs helps motivate them in class6, 11. Studentquestions about “real-world” experiences can lead to discussions that could relate toprofessionalism and ethics, liability, and other non-technical issues9. Industrialexperience and professional licensure is more important in undergraduate programs thanin graduate programs1. This stems from the fact that many graduate students aremigrating toward careers in academia and research, while the undergraduate counterpartsare most often going into field engineering positions upon graduation. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference
meaningful conclusions, ML and MT algorithms are not necessarily diverse enough to beused in all situations. Furthermore, there are discussions that such applications struggle to adequately improve thequality of courses in the humanities. Many of the assessment tools have difficulty identifying highquality responses from low effort ones. In fact, open source AI chatbots can be used to trick MLgrading algorithms and remove the student from the feedback loop altogether. Thus, there arisesthe need for ML algorithms to detect ML submissions. This requires educators to invest time andenergy better diverted to course material and development to focus on the ethical ramification ofsuch problems. Lastly, many of these methods are algorithmically
large, public, midwestern R1institution. It introduces concepts and tools for engineering design process including fundamentalengineering content, project management, teamwork, and engineering ethics. Algorithmic thinkingusing multiple computational tools like LabVIEW and Python are also a significant part of coursecontent. Every fall semester, about 1300-1500 students enroll in the course distributed into 24-28sections, with an average class size of 40-72 students. At the beginning of the semester students areassigned into teams of size 3-4 based on several factors like prior experiences, knowledge, anddemographics. Using a flipped-classroom setup, the instructors administer the same in-classactivities, quizzes, homeworks, and exams across all
specific SOs will beintroduced or reinforced, and thus serve as formative assessment. Assessment in I- and R-designated courses are performed each year, while A-designated courses are assessed once everytwo years. SOs 1 through 3 are assessed in the first year, and SOs 4 through 7 are assessed in thesecond year of the two-year cycle. I-designated courses are all sophomore and first-semesterjunior level courses, while the R-designated courses are second-semester junior level courses.Those SOs that can be more challenging to assess in typical lecture courses, namely SO 2(design), SO 3 (communications), SO 4 (ethics and professional responsibility) and SO 5(teamwork), were concentrated for assessment in courses with design projects (Introduction
regardinglearning, teaching, students, themselves, the environment in which they work, and other emergenttopics in the interviews. We are following standard coding recommendations (e.g., [37]) to ensurean ethical approach to our data.Preliminary FindingsIn relation to our research questions, we asked instructors in the first interviews about theprogram’s impact on their instructional practices, perceptions, and beliefs about learning andteaching. We describe here the most relevant preliminary patterns that emerged.Conceptual and pedagogical tools appropriationIn relation to the first research question, we observed some glimpses of tool appropriation.Regarding the conceptual pedagogical tools, one of the topics that emerged from more than asingle instructor
3 [5] could potentially be achieved through a studentengaging with a makerspace. Wigner, et el., p. 132022-2023 ABET Criterion 3: Student Outcomes 1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics. 2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. 4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities
and analysis, written communication, oral communicationThe holistic review meeting concludes with mutually setting one to three developmental goalsand one to three task goals for the semester. The developmental goals are intended to helpguide decision-making when opportunities inevitably arise, so that opportunities can beevaluated against current goals and the student feels comfortable and justified in saying “no”when appropriate.Sample items included: ● Maintains a professional academic CV ● Situates research within extant literature and contextual data ● Relates research agenda to issues of diversity, equity, social justice ● Carries out research that adheres to ethical human subjects research ● Establishes a clear and
identify commonalities in their constructions andinterpretations of their experiences.This paper draws from data collected for a larger, comparative case study [10]. Data werecollected from mechanical engineering students who were taking second- and third-year coursesduring March 2020. Participants were recruited from two large, public, comprehensiveuniversities and were interviewed about their experiences taking courses during the pandemic.This study was approved by the appropriate ethics review boards prior to data collection.Participants and SettingsParticipants were 11 mechanical engineering students who, at the time of the interview, weretaking 2nd or 3rd year mechanical engineering courses in March 2020 at one of two institutions: alarge
PromptResults and DiscussionFellows have begun to show a deep understanding of the impact they can make as a STEMprofessional. For some undergraduates, it was their first opportunity to consider how their pursuitof a STEM degree related to their overall life goals. Through the legacy statement exercise, theresearch fellows are provided space to imagine a future for themselves and community members.Here is a quote taken from a computer science major that expressed a common sentiment:“I want to be a champion for my community and utilize the intersection between ethics andcomputing technology to bring about equity for them. I would want to begin a cycle of givingand inspire others to use their power and influence to bring about change too.”Fellows
Past President and Wise Woman of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. She has received career achievement awards from ICA, NCA, the Central States Communication Association, and Purdue University where she was a Distinguished University Professor in communication and engineer- ing education (by courtesy) and Endowed Chair and Director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. Her primary research areas are organizational communication, career, work-life, resilience, feminist/gender, and design. Her grants have focused on ethics, institutional transformation, and diversity-equity-inclusion-belongingness in the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Sean M
Computer Science, Mechanics and Electronics. Not onlythese three disciplines define Robotics: a number of additional ones (to name a few, MaterialsScience, Anatomy, Psychology, Medicine, Linguistics) can be extremely relevant, and makeresearch in Robotics an extremely interdisciplinary affair. Japan has one of the world’s longest traditions in the design and production of robots,which traces back Karakuri puppets used in Shinto festivals and in tea ceremonies since the14th century. A review paper by Trovato et al. [7] covers many of these developments, indifferent fields of application (humanoids, robots for rescue, ethical aspects, arts, and more).Humanoids nowadays constitutes one of the biggest branches of Robotics, and it originated inJapan
Machine/system statics A/D and D/A CAD (i.e., graphics) Mechatronic Industrial conversion system build robotics Design fundamentals Mechanical systems (e.g., Actuators Computer simulation Robotics Specialty topics - (e.g., reliability, functions, properties, (basics) robotics safety, energy, ethics, materials) liability) Feedback control Pneumatics/hydraulics Digital Control algorithm Robotics (build) Welding and (performance (e.g., properties, power systems/circuits design
discharging a battery.In the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing, the following student outcomesassess in Capstone 1 and 2 courses to support some of the program educational objectives for theABET Criterion 3 in the fall and spring semesters.1. "an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional
the minimum ABETrequirements.Criterion 3: Student Outcomes of ABET reinforce the importance of a global perspective onengineering topics. The two outcomes which explicitly demonstrate the value to internationalexperiences include [3]: - Student Outcome 2: “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.” - Student Outcome 4: “An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic
conference proceedings, 29 non-refereed publications, and 27 non-refereed presentations. He is responsible for funds as PI or Co-PI from 52 separate proposals totaling almost $6,500,000. Courses taught include under- graduate finite elements, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and engineering economics and ethics, and graduate finite elements, numerical methods, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, plasma fundamentals and gas dynamics.Dr. Carlo Salvinelli, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Salvinelli is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder where he teaches courses on humanitarian response and disaster manage- ment
Next Century attributes [8]. These students defined engineering asimproving the world, using math, science, and technology, and solving problems with theapplication of knowledge, whereas the Engineer of 2020 report defines an engineer as a goodcommunicator who is creative and ethical with the skills to work in global and multidisciplinaryteams. It goes on to discuss creativity as invention, innovation, and thinking outside the box.While communication skills to work in teams is paramount in importance, the report alsomentions the need to master the principles of business and management, along with theprinciples of leadership. Because of rapid changes in technology and the global market theEngineer of 2020 will require dynamism, agility
, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Full Paper: First-Year Computing Course with Multiple Computing Environments - Integrating Excel, Python and MATLABIntroductionComputers are a fundamental part of the engineering landscape. All engineering disciplines usecomputers and computing tools to model potential design solutions, collect and analyze data,create new parts through computer aided design and 3D printing and control a wide range ofmachinery. Computing and computer tools are a modern foundation for engineering education.Earlier studies have
, critical thinking, teamwork, and engineering ethics in order to inform and enhance student learning.Dr. Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University / Universidad EAFIT ´ Juan David Ortega Alvarez is a Collegiate Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech’s Engineering Education Department and a Visiting Professor at Universidad EAFIT (Medell´ın, Colombia). Juan holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University, an M.S. in Process Engineering and Energy Technology from Hochschule Bremerhaven (Germany), anda B.S. in Process Engineering from EAFIT. Before his full- time appointment in academia, he served as the Engineering Director at a Colombian chemical company
students to incorporate theextended track to potentially reduce the risk of injury. The third group presented its process mapof the lifesaving protocol referred to as the muster. Students demonstrated how they utilizedFMEA in designing this process as they used the data from past protocols noting where theprevious protocols failed. The fourth group demonstrated the value in using FMEA in producingrecommendations and requirements to be considered in the engineering design process. Forexample, if an owner of a ship is looking to improving the davit release system of an openlifeboat system, the engineering designer cannot ethically work on this task as these systems areno longer permitted for use on ocean-bound vessels. This last group also
this project were invaluable, as research, design, trial and error, as well astechnical writing are all important experiences within engineering [8]-[9]. This heart rate monitornot only provides scientists and researchers with more valuable information about design,prototyping and proof of concept, but also is also capable of educating the everyday person aboutthe basics of engineering as well as the importance of innovation.References [1] “Lithium-ion batteries need to be greener and more ethical.” Nature News. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01735-z. (accessed Dec. 1, 2022) [2] M. Hayati.“Thermoelectric generators act as renewable energy sources.” Science Direct. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii