shown that most first-year engineering programs include programming orcomputer tools courses in their first-year curriculum [1]. Many challenges occur in teachingcomputing and computer tools in first-year engineering education courses. Students’ preparationand prior experience vary significantly. Students demonstrate difficulty learning the concepts incomputing and applying those concepts to writing code in a specific language [2][3]. Forengineering students, there can be a disconnect between the learning outcomes desired byinstructors and students’ perception of the connection of writing code to their future profession.This disconnect can impact engineering students’ performance to write code. One of our majorlearning outcomes for our students
value [2]. However, while educatorscommend active learning, their teaching philosophies are still passive in a traditional writtenformat. There is considerable literature on writing a teaching philosophy; nevertheless, there arelimited attempts to develop a visual representation using emerging technologies [1]-[3]. Thisresearch hypothesizes that creating and sharing a visual teaching and assessment philosophy 1empower student success and foster an inclusive learning environment for everyone to learn andscore an “A.”Teaching Philosophy Literature1-What is a Teaching Philosophy?A teaching philosophy is a narrative that uncovers the instructor’s beliefs and valuesabout teaching and learning, often
these materials were investigated. During the concluding ceremony of theSAMS program, a mini-symposium-style final project presentation gave students the opportunityto share their results and educate their peers about their insights on the role of sustainableengineering in their respective domain.IntroductionThe development of pipelines for students to introduce them to STEM careers before college andto increase their confidence in STEM-related skills is the key for the students’ success [1-5]. In2001, the Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) program at Carnegie MellonUniversity was established to provide opportunities for rising high school seniors fromunderrepresented communities (i.e., students that belong to one or more of the
-disciplinary class at Auburn University. Thegoals of the project were 1) To create awareness about the NAE grand challenges among thefuture engineering and business students and 2) To explore the feasible solutions for the chosengrand challenges and put it in simple way that a general audience can also understand thetechnology behind these potential solutions. The students were divided in six teams (4-5 studentsin each team) to make six two-minute educational videos. Each team was divided based on theDiSC personality assessment test and had a good mix of engineering and business students. Theproject involved aspects like researching potential solutions for the grand challenges,storytelling, script writing, and video production, editing and marketing
Independent Study Presentations Solve equilibrium problems and Peer Review based on friction forcesLectureClass was held two times per week for 110 minutes each period. Lectures, in general,covered about 20 minutes of class and were planned with a minimalistic approach,focusing on the essential points. The remainder of class period was designed for in-classactivities, including problem-solving as well as hands-on lab experiments.In-Class ActivityIn-class activities were based on active-learning strategy, in which students worked on aproblem posed by the instructor –at times individually and other times in pairs or ingroups, before participating in a class-wide discussion. The motivation of
confidence andknowledge about the research process. These are two areas where interns made significant,substantial self-reported gains. Ability to conduct research in terms of understanding the processof research and how to find information that is unknown were skills interns felt they gained.They also indicated that they developed additional communication skills such as presentationskills and the ability to write technical papers.Comparison of Short Term Impacts on Research Skills Among TTE REU Students (N=43) Please rate yourself in comparison to peers in the Pre Std. Post following areas: (Rating scale of 1=Well Below Mean Deviation Mean Std. Average to 5=Well Above Average) (SD
Paper ID #41379Engagement in Practice: Innovating a Project-Based, Community EngagedCourse for Engineering Students that Fosters Ethical ThinkingProf. Tucker Krone, Washington University in St. Louis Tucker Krone joined the faculty in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis in 2017. He teaches statistics, ethics, publication writing, communication, and community engaged courses. Tucker emphasizes engineering and statistics as forces for equity and social justice. Tucker Krone’s current passion focuses on integrating community engagement, social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into
scientificresearch, living in Sweden, Swedish culture (inside and outside the lab), AI, data science, andalgorithm bias. Four of the Zoom sessions in the training series are dedicated to student-ledjournal club discussions where students present a paper published by their host lab and fieldquestions from the PI and peers. The journal club activity is designed to teach IRES students themethods, background and vocabulary that serves as the basis for their summer research project.Asynchronous coding tutorials: All students admitted to the program have previous computerprogramming experience, but additional training materials is assigned to ensure student success.Given that students work with computational techniques specific to their projects
Organizational aspects Sep - Nov Application • Writing skills: one pager research- • Choose and describe case studies Phase #1 intention + CV • Organize mentor team • Knowledge increase: Get acquainted with • Publish application information online general research location and local flood • Select 25 students to write full proposal risk related issues Dec - Jan Application • Writing skills: full research proposal
learning techniques in classroom to teach introductory programming courses with a goal to improve the retention rate in the CS department. Dr. Rahman has published a book, two book chapters and around seventy articles in peer-reviewed journals and confer- ence proceedings, such as IEEE Transaction on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, etc. and presented his works in numerous conferences and workshops, such as ICPR, CBMS, CLEF, CIVR, HISB, SPIE, BIBE, IEEE FIE, etc. His current research is focusing on Crowdsourcing and Deep learning techniques and their application in medical fields, especially for retrieval and diagnostic purposes. Pursuing continuous financial support
moremanagerial and writing tasks (Strehl & Fowler, 2019). This type of behavior was only observedin non-technical tasks.Male Perceptions of Engineering TeamsTo understand team dynamics, researchers may ask male students about their experiences andobservations on sexism in their teams. In one study, male engineering students were seven timesmore likely than female engineering students to agree that their male peers treated female peersin engineering as equals (Osborne, 2008). This suggests that male students are less likely toobserve inequality in their own contexts and in their own teams, and they likely do not believethey play a part in gendered behavior and discrimination in engineering teams. Another studyobserved a man who had described himself
opportunities. In the 2012-13 academic year the unmet need for the average Wartburg student was $18,770 the $10,000 scholarship provided by the ACES program significantly reduces this. Cohort formation provides a support structure in a community of like-minded scholars with diverse backgrounds. Creating a small community in which students feel comfortable and supported has been found to increase students’ overall satisfaction with college [1] and retention in STEM fields. Mentoring connects students with peers, faculty, and alumni who can share experiences and direct them to resources. Effective mentoring has been shown to improve academic performance [2], improve retention rates for women and
products to market from mere concept stages. He also writes columns for The Huffington Post and Medium on various K-12 and higher education topics. A marathon runner and scuba diver, he has completed 25 marathons and has run across the Grand Canyon from rim to rim to rim.Nicole Gutzke, Cal Poly Pomona Ms. Nicole Gutzke is the Outreach Liaison with Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering (CoE). As the Outreach Liaison, she is heavily involved in growing Cal Poly Pomona’s PLTW Summer Core Training Institute into a seven-week event that introduces hundreds of K-12 educators to the latest in STEM-related curriculum. As the Outreach Liaison, Nicole helps to recruit, retain, and graduate hundreds of female engineers each
increases culturalcompetence and creates a graduate experience that enhances the success of diverse andinclusive graduates and future faculty: A variety of initiatives have been identified to addressdepartment concerns: (1) Develop a mentor-mentee work/communication styles learning moduleinto the graduate program core course required for all new graduate students, (2) Host aworkshop on how to write and evaluate a job application diversity statement that will trainfaculty and graduate students, (3) Develop a peer mentoring program for graduate students, and(4) Provide conference travel funds for graduate student(s) and/or faculty member(s) toparticipant in a conference URM program/event, (4) To revisit the doctoral qualifyingexamination in
the useof effective learning strategies [23]. Therefore, identifying appropriate strategies in the classroomto alleviate anxiety and enhance mathematical achievement is crucial [25]. Classroom-Level Factors Influencing Course Performance In addition to psychosocial factors, classroom-level factors also significantly impactstudents' performance in calculus courses.Active Engagement Practices A growing body of scholarship has advocated for the adoption of active learningstrategies in higher education, especially within STEM disciplines. Active learning refers to aneducational approach where students actively participate in activities such as reading, writing,discussions, or problem-solving that promote analysis
and their peers, as well as student to faculty and faculty to faculty. Here, agency is not only decided as how students respond and act on different opportunities or lack thereof, but also understood as a capability shaped by the interaction between students and faculty, and among faculty members. The role of an instructor that seeks to center student agency, can be considered more of a coach, a moderator, or facilitator of learning experiences. Within the context of engineering education, relational agency is extended to how people work together in complex interdisciplinary environments[12], acknowledging that it is required to solve problems when there are different skill sets, expertise, and
across several engineering disciplines. Each project team was supervised by atleast a faculty advisor and a student peer mentor enrolled in the four-year university. Theresearch project outcomes of the internship, as well as the external evaluation results, haveshown that the summer research internship program delivered its objectives to have studentinterns gain valuable engineering research experience, strengthened their confidence in problemsolving, and reinforced their interest in pursuing an engineering degree. Furthermore, theprogram improved the students’ technical skillset, team collaboration, time management, andcommunication skills. The first-year development and implementation of the program, as well asits outcomes and lessons learned
to increase the annual enrollment of students in the B.S. and Area of Emphasis inCybersecurity at West Virginia University. Specifically, the enrollment has more than doubled inonly two years (from 2020 to 2022). Furthermore, the ACCESS scholarship recipients havegreater diversity than their peers enrolled in the cybersecurity field at West Virginia University.Over the last three years, the ACCESS program provided numerous co-curricular activities andstudent support services and has strengthen its partnerships with employers from the public andprivate sectors. Students’ feedback, which was provided via anonymous surveys and focusgroups discussions conducted by an external evaluation team, was overwhelmingly positive andhighlighted numerous
their preparation when eventualtransfer occurs [18], resulting in transfer students being considerably less competitive in comparison totheir peers when seeking coveted upper-division research opportunities [19].In recent years there has been a push to provide community college students with opportunities todevelop research skills through course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURES) or byconducting independent research projects [20, 21]. Due to the unexpected circumstances created by theCOVID-19 pandemic, however, the education system transitioned to a remote format that could notsupport many of these research opportunities. With fewer opportunities for community college STEMstudents to engage in undergraduate research, an open
program.When designing the remote Transfer-to-Excellence program, the administrative team had severalpriorities: First, the team hoped to provide as many interns as possible with a research internship.They also sought to provide an experience as similar as possible to the planned in-personprogram. This required that interns felt a strong sense of community with their research lab andpeer interns. As the interns were all physically isolated from their peers, mentors, and facultyhosts, the administrative team sought to ensure interns felt well supported and as connected aspossible. However, they acknowledged that interns would not be able to spend excessive time onvideo calls, due to risk of zoom fatigue or boredom [9].Twelve faculty hosts unfortunately
space as well as at least eight engineering students who used themakerspace. Researchers specifically aimed to include women and individuals fromunderrepresented groups in the sample. Student participants were recruited via individualrequests, mandatory engineering courses and/or were recommended by the makerspacemanagement.Data analysisAfter interviews were conducted, they were transcribed and coded with recommendations fromSaldaña [10], which included: 1) utilizing broad codes for the preliminary coding stage, 2)repeating codes to find patterns in the data, 3) developing broader codes and categories, 4)writing analytic memos for insights that occur, and 5) reducing codes through code mapping(i.e., reorganizing and condensing codes to create a
unusually large population of students who were homeschooledwhen they graduated from high school (about 1/5 of students university wide and 1/4 of studentscurrently enrolled in the School of Engineering and Computer Science). In this paper, I investigatethe retention rate and calculus readiness for homeschooled students entering the School ofEngineering and Computer Science as compared with their non-homeschooled peers.In this study, I hypothesized that homeschooled students might have a different likelihood tosucceed in engineering school compared to their non-homeschooled peers. The results of the datastudy support this hypothesis and suggest that homeschooled students are more likely than othersto succeed in engineering school, with retention in
instructors. These benefits caninclude increased learning gain3,4, flexibility5-15, increased interaction with peers and theinstructor6,8,9,12,13,16-22, improved professional skills20,23, and increased student engagement andpreparation9,13,25,26. Based, in part, on the potential benefits identified in previous studies, ajunior-level transportation engineering course was converted into a flipped format. This paperaims to investigate student perspectives on various components of the course. In particular, thefollowing research questions will be addressed. 1. Are students prepared to take a flipped course? 2. What are student perspectives on a flipped transportation engineering course?Course DescriptionCE 355: Principles of Transportation
worked individually. The instructors walked around the roomto check on student understanding and ask and answer questions.For both Engineering 82 and Math 45, all PowerPoint slides and tablet writing shown in thecontrol section were contained in the video watched by the inverted section. For both courses,all students completed the same problems that students in the control section completed ashomework. In Engineering 82, students in the inverted section completed specified problemsduring class meeting time (and turned them in at the end of class) and turned others in ashomework. In Math 45, students in the inverted section used in-class time to work on anyproblems from the homework assignment and turned in all of their work as homework. As a
academic potential, and the ability for transferadmission. ETS scholars could renew their scholarships for up to three semesters (approximately2 years) if they demonstrated progress toward their degrees and maintained a minimum 2.75cumulative grade point average (GPA). Students who fell below the requirements were placed ona one-semester probation period and received a counseling session with their academic facultyadvisors to discuss academic difficulties.In addition to the scholarships, ETS participants attended the Success Seminar Series along withstudents participating in the TAMU Engineering Living Learning Community (ELLC). TheELLC housed students in a common dormitory, conducted seminars, provided peer-tutoring, andfacilitated networking
responsibility? And when you have identified an issue or area, give it a short title, write it down on the paper provided and sign it. Leave some room at the bottom for others to sign [up to attend] [4].”In our event, our facilitator incorporated this prompt into their introductory comments; a more detaileddiscussion of facilitation is provided in later sections of this paper.Use of Open Space/Unconference in Engineering Education Unconferences have been used in engineering education research to bring experts together andleverage their collective expertise to achieve research goals. Examples of unconference structures inengineering education include the PEER Collaborative [6], which was designed as a vehicle for assistantprofessors
isolation on campus and other challenges related to their successful transition into theuniversity. Over the years, many strategies have been implemented in efforts to address thesechallenges. These strategies have included peer counseling, faculty, and corporate mentoring,targeted academic support programs, need-based financial assistance, centralized academicadvising, and student transition support. The projected shortcoming of students completing thedegree program create an urgent need for diversity within the field; it is critical to increase effortsto provide first-year and underrepresented students with the academic, social and transition supportneeded to promote their success.The purpose of this research is to introduce the Successful
, project-based learning but also gives students opportunities to develop the ability towork in a team to accomplish self-assigned responsibilities; give and receive peer critique; anddevelop empathy. A common reason for student interest in the course is motivation to make apositive contribution to society. Table II. Representative comments from student reflections on HuskyADAPT course “…it was wonderful to work on a project that individuals have a real need for. Many of my design experiences have involved hypothetical end products that don't necessarily benefit its potential users.” “I really enjoyed the difficulty of the challenges presented to me in this project. Most engineering challenges are very deterministic and straight forward, whereas
, services specificto veteran students, and a better understanding of military culture, and what their service meanswithin a broader campus context.Additionally, quantitative academic data from years 2021/22 through 2023/24 were analyzed toexamine DFW rates in key gateway courses, levels of remedial coursework, and academicwarning/suspension rates for veteran students versus their traditional college-age peers. Anupdated survey has been disseminated at the start of spring 2025 as a follow-up to the originalsurvey. Questions remain in line with the original iteration, and examine pathways to enrollment,awareness and satisfaction with academic and support services, engagement with campusactivities, perceptions regarding veteran friendliness, and types
amicroaggression scale than their White peers (Forrest-Bank & Jenson, 2015). As these slightinsults may be intentional or unintentional, microaggressions likely have contributed to theracial/ethnic and gender disparities in the engineering field. Within the last decade, engineeringeducators have expressed interest microaggressions and how these interactions impact thelearning environment, later workplace. Table 1 Microaggression Taxonomy, Sue et al. (2007) and Lewis and Neville (2015) Microinsult Microinvalidation Microassault Ascription of Alien in own land Assumptions about Intelligence style & beauty