a mountain (locally-relevant) within given constraints. The activity provides an opportunity to design and revise asolution (open-ended) while getting first-hand experience with potential and kinetic energy (statescience standards). Materials include buckets, trash bags, masking tape, marbles, and foam pipeinsulation (low-cost, accessible materials). Industry partners discussed how the constraints,design processes, failure, and teamwork related to the project were relevant to their own work(locally relevant).As part of our sustainability and broadening participation, the team researched open sources tohouse our curriculum plans. The team developed and included information beyond thecurriculum sheets to aid teachers in using the material
State University Aminul Islam Khan PhD Candidate School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University, Pullman, WA Biosketch Khan completed his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of En- gineering and Technology (BUET) in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He worked as an Assistant Professor at mechanical engineering department, BUET for 6 years. Currently, Khan is a Ph.D. candidate at Wash- ington State University with multidisciplinary research including hands-on learning for STEM education, drug transport across blood-brain barrier, inverse techniques, deep learning and plans to pursue a teaching career upon earning his Ph.D.Olufunso Oje, Washington
the market simulation experience and learning at two points in the semester (Section A), • Surveys administered after learning the market simulation tool and at the end of the course (Section A), mainly consisting of Likert-scale questions about perceived learning, and • Final project reports in which student teams listed their top 3-5 lessons learned in the course (Sections A-C).Prior to the data collection activities, the participants signed voluntary informed consent forms topermit inclusion in the research. The research plan was approved by the Stevens Institute ofTechnology Institutional Review Board (IRB) under protocol number 2017-016 (20-R1).Summary of findingsTo address RQ1 and RQ2, the concepts appearing in the
semester, we selected 37 participants to interview based ontheir responses to several open-ended questions (e.g., please describe your educationalbackground) and demographic information. The goal of our sampling plan was to capture storiesof participants from different pathways with varying social identities and life experiences. Ourinitial plan was to obtain a demographically representative sample, however, we ended upslightly oversampling those from minoritized groups and non-traditional students to ensure thatwe were capturing variation in the life experiences of the participants. Of the 37 participants, 28also participated in the second and third interviews during the Autumn 2020 semester and Spring2021 semester, respectively.In accordance
Engineering and a Pro- fessor with the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis. She directs the U of M’s Southeast Transportation Workforce Center and the West TN STEM Hub, and is Associate Director of the Division of Transportation and Logistics in the Center for Applied Earth Sciences and Engineering Research. Her technical research includes focus on journey to school in urban areas, transportation plan- ning (particularly related to freight impacts), livability assessment in urban communities, and strategies to engage citizens in the transportation planning process. She has a strong record of STEM workforce and education research, with special emphasis on transportation workforce development
,prospective students, faculty, and employers to network and discuss project findings to date andprovide input. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Y3 Annual Meeting was held virtually and hadexcellent attendance. FLATE’s Marilyn Barger has provided keynote addresses each year. Theteam plans a final Annual Meeting in summer 2021.Regional College AcademiesThe research team devised and delivered Academies to selected faculty participants from theregional colleges. The purposes of this Academies were to: 1) gain formative and summativefeedback and validation of research approaches and findings; 2) build capacity among regionalcolleges to use the research approaches to assess their own programs; and 3) enhancedissemination of project products. Regional
ASSETS students spent a significant amount oftime in community college. The program is not for transfer students with only one semester atcommunity college or students who earned advanced community college credits while in highschool. Second, the grant specifically targets STEM transfer students who plan to pursue anon-medical STEM field. If a student mentions that they want to become a medicalprofessional (medical doctor, dentist, etc.), the student is not selected. Third, there are severalother particular cases in which we were not able to accept students. For example, if thestudent’s transfer was delayed from the fall to the spring semester or if they could notparticipate in the ASSETS bootcamp, the students were put on a waitlist.Thus far
communication and interaction to achieve year 1 projectgoals. COVID-19 prevented only two planned activities: (1) physical tours to local and regionalindustry and governmental employers (who are currently working remotely) and (2) the outreachactivities associated with the Summer Coding & Cyber camps (which were cancelled for summer2020). As the public health situation improves in 2021 and beyond, these activities are expectedto be completed in person. If the COVID-19 restrictions continue, opportunities for virtual toursto industry and governmental employers will be explored.7.0 Conclusion and Future WorkDespite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions, in year1 of the ACCESS program, the project team
research interest are student learning and persistence in higher education. Her current projects explore student motivation and success in STEM disciplines at the undergraduate and professional education levels.Mr. Harrison Douglas Lawson, Michigan State University Graduate Student at Michigan State University pursuing a M.S. in Chemical Engineering. After graduat- ing, I plan to pursue doctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University. My research focuses are biology and education. After graduating I aspire to continue working with education programs and join a university as teaching faculty.Dr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is retired as an Associate Professor and Associate Director for
ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints as an engineer.D. I have the ability to function well on multidisciplinary teams as an engineer.E. I have the ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.F. I have a good understanding of my professional and ethical responsibility as an engineer.G. I have the ability to communicate effectively (oral and written) as an engineer.H. I have the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.I. I recognize the need for and plan to engage in life-long learning as an engineer.J. I have knowledge of contemporary issues in engineering.K. I have the
Figure 1 below. To learnmore about this framework and the development process, a journal article related to this work, AFramework for Quality K-12 Engineering Education: Research and Development, was publishedin 2014 in the Journal of Pre-college Engineering Education Research. Key Indicator Description Design processes are at the center of engineering practice. Solving engineering problems is an iterativeComplete Processes of Design process involving preparing, planning and evaluating the solution. Students should understand design by (POD) participating in each of the sub
ofEducation Statistics, 2015). In addition, Texas leads the nation with over 78% (45% nationalaverage) of 4Y graduates having been enrolled at 2Y institutions (NSCRC, 2012). Despite theprevalence of these multi-institution attendance patterns, this is not a popular phenomenon amongfaculty, administrators, and policy makers, as it challenges the assumptions about curricula,planning, and academic support programs (Borden, 2004). This back-and-forth enrollment isreferred to as “student swirl”, a term first coined by de los Santos and Wright in 1990 (Borden,2004). de los Santos and Wright also coined “double-dipping” to refer to concurrent enrollment attwo institutions, but in this case, concurrent enrollment is not supported by institutional efforts
. If the treatment is not functioning as intended, theproject team will complete a third enactment, analysis, and redesign cycle. The pilot study, slatedfor Spring 2018, will consist of two sections of Statics and will be conducted using a quasi-experimental design. Student assessment data will be analyzed using analysis of covariance(ANOVA) techniques. This analysis will provide evidence of any changes in the students’interest and/or self-efficacy in the field of engineering. The authors anticipate higher scores onboth the interest and self-efficacy measures for all students, but especially those traditionallyunderrepresented in the field.The authors plan for a series of interventions aimed at building an inclusive community withinthe
(68%) have a college degree ormore, compared to just under one-third (31%) in non-STEM fields. Nearly one quarter (23%)have completed an associate’s degree or similar. Only 9% STEM works have a high schooldiploma or less (Commerce Blog, 2012). For a prospective student intends for STEM as the career plan, the analysis of the linkagebetween STEM jobs and STEM education indicated two patterns. Firstly, a STEM degree is thetypical path to a STEM job, as more than two-thirds of STEM workers with a college degreehave an undergraduate STEM degree. Secondly, STEM degree holders receive an earningspremium relative to other college graduates, whether or not they end up in a STEM job. Likewise,college graduates including non-STEM educated enjoy an
liked to build my palaces and convoluted devices which I always fantasized did wondrous things. I would always draw out plans for my projects. The organizational process I did then I can compare to the engineering process which I learned recently two years ago, in a [high school] principles of engineering class. In school I prepared for college, even when I was in 8th grade. I had the forethought to get into the highest classes available. I decided I wanted to take calculus senior year, so I took geometry in summer school in the time between 9th and 10th year. I made plans which I followed through with. The facets of my personality and experience I have will be an asset to your community. This
discussing class-specific modifications, plans to make the toolpublicly available and to scale the use of DEFT in large numbers of engineering designcourses.1. IntroductionThis poster presents preliminary results from a project aimed at providing a betterunderstanding of how engineering design is taught and learned. The overall aim of the projectis to develop a pedagogical framework to guide the development, evaluation, andimprovement of learning environments for project-based engineering design courses.Project-based design classes are increasingly common in undergraduate engineeringprograms, serving as experiential learning activities. They allow students to apply theirtheoretical knowledge to solve open-ended, ill-structured design problems [1, 2
instructor acting as client. Thetechnical toolset developed in introductory courses is brought to bear on a real software problem. Here iswhere the notion of software process – the practice of creating software products in a replicable, reliable way– can be addressed and put into action. Techniques for effective communication are obviously an importantcomponent of this agenda.One advantage of placing our instruction in this context is that Scrum explicitly acknowledges the im-portance of repeated, well-constructed communication. Many of the iconic practices of Scrum - stand-upmeetings, sprint retrospectives, planning poker - are designed to increase discussion, reflection and debate,all of which help to strengthen the software process. The message
effectiveness of problem-solvingstrategies they had applied [9]. Cook et al. implemented an intervention through providingthe learning strategies through a 50-minute lecture in general chemistry classes [10]. Donawaoffered critical thinking and cognitive tools to minority engineering students [11]. Girgisprovided scaffolding through problem-based instruction in engineering mechanic course andindicated that the one-week long intervention worked out as planned with satisfactory results[12]. The authors of this paper had adopted the scaffolding for creative problem solvingthrough question prompts for freshmen in an entry-level course - University Success 100 atthe authors’ institution. All students registered in this entry-level course were required
students would have the appropriate level of aid for their entire yeareven though the grant funds were ending December 31. This relationship was also very helpfulin removing scholarship funds from students who failed to maintain eligibility and insertingreplacement students to take their place.Inaccessibility of Funds by Transfer StudentsAt ECU there is an increasing trend of more students coming to the university after completingtwo years at a community college instead of coming in as freshmen straight out of high school.In this S-STEM program, students could only receive scholarship funding if they came to theuniversity as freshmen. A team at this university is planning to submit an S-STEM proposal tobuild on the results of this grant that will
21 Transfer 21 Career Planning/Advising 18 Internships 15 Scholarships 14 Student Education Plan (semester schedule 11 Resources on Campus tutoring, health services, MESA, financial aid, etc. 9 Other (write-in): Work/Resumes; Parenting, Life Balance; Stress 4 Management; Transferring out of state; General Pep
Scholarship program at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is afive-year project that started in fall 2012. The Project which is titled “Increasing StudentEnrollment and Achievement in Engineering and Engineering Technology” is focused onincreasing enrollment and retention of talented students in STEM undergraduate education. Theproject included two cohorts; each cohort goes through a four-year plan. In the first year, allscholarship recipients are engaged in learning communities with well-defined projects in appliedengineering such as robot building, truss design, flow visualization and aerodynamics. Thesehands-on modules are intended to assist students in making connections between math andphysics courses and their engineering applications
developing understanding of the kinds ofoptimization issues that characterize many areas of engineering with a group-based activitydesign and infrastructure.In Project Based Instruction (PBI), students experience a process of inquiry in response tochallenges or driving questions. While allowing for some student autonomy, projects arecarefully planned, managed, and assessed to ensure students learn key academic content, practice21st Century Skills, and create authentic products (Markham, Larmer, & Ravitz, 2003). TheLegacy Cycle also helps to organize learning activities into an inquiry cycle. It begins with achallenging problem so learners discover information about the problem as the need arises,provides opportunities for continual formative
is necessary for learning. Further,metacognition entails reflecting on one’s thinking, knowing about one’s knowing, and directingone’s own learning. Regular reflection plays a critical role in the construction of metacognitiveknowledge and self-regulatory skills, or planning, monitoring, and evaluating one’s own learningand knowledge. Metacognition is important because it supports the development of lifelonglearning skills needed to excel in the workforce. It provides students with strategies for whennew tasks arise, as they must be able to navigate independently after college by directing theirown learning. The literature has highlighted a lack of frequent, structured reflection andmetacognition in the engineering curriculum as well as the
theme that emerged involved the impact of training on presentation and communicationtechniques. This theme included reflections on how the participants changed their presentation orhow they communicated with the public. Some examples of this theme included participantstalking about how they planned their presentation or how their presentations andcommunications were received by the public. “I was thinking about a slide presentation. But after Monday’s training I realized that’s probably not a good idea.” – Alena “I definitely was trying to think about how to engage in a way that makes people think about their personal lives, and examples, and pull in some of those pieces.” – Kacey “So I decided to put up 4 pictures
epistemic cognition11 within an undergraduate experience, we are using situatedlearning5,6, role identity, and epistemic cognition as theoretical lenses. Situated learning providesa framework for us to investigate students’ identity development and epistemic cognition as theyintegrate into a research group, which can be recognized as a community of practice5,6. Throughlegitimate peripheral participation within their URE, students will develop their identities asresearchers and their beliefs about how knowledge is created and justified within the field. In thisinitial phase of our work, we are using situated learning to begin to understand the connectionsbetween identity and epistemic cognition within a URE.Executive SummaryOur detailed plan for
sites during the spring break.Students who participate in these opportunities often receive offers of summer internships andlater, offers of permanent employment. These activities form the basis of the support services ofthis scholarship program.Student Support Services and Programs for Scholars Building on the aforementionedactivities, we provide students who plan study at WSU with mentoring and advising support.Faculty from the Energy Systems Innovation Center (ESIC) provide mentorship to the scholarshiprecipients through regular meetings. Academic advising is provided to these students, and theyare offered the opportunity to take part in the Center’s multidisciplinary research. Through theCenter’s extensive contact with the industry, it acts
Technology.Ms. Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Gabrielle is a senior undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County studying Human-Centered Computing through the Interdisciplinary Studies Department. She’s a member of the Prototyping and Design Lab at UMBC under the mentorship of Dr. Amy Hurst, researching the potential uses of 3D printing and modeling in education. Upon graduation in May, she plans to continue pursu- ing research involving children’s interactions with technology and how technology could be designed to continue to enable children’s natural sense of creativity and sociability. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017NSF
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests in- clude workplace safety, occupational health, and fairness and mistreatment in the workplace and in STEM classrooms and programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 DIY Classroom Observations: A Toolkit for Novice Classroom ObserversAbstract“Improving Student Experiences to Increase Student Engagement” (ISE-2) was funded by theNational Science Foundation, through EEC-Engineering Diversity Activities, at Texas A&MUniversity. The grant activity focuses on a faculty development program for faculty who teachfirst- and second-year engineering courses. As part of the evaluation plan, classroomobservations were conducted by the ISE-2 team
, and the capability ofconnecting to the grid”. When the students were informed that they had to give up the location ofthe Bayview Park due to uncertainty of the master plan of that region, they dived into design forbus stops right away with enthusiasm. After selecting the bus stop right outside the Knight Club(an on-campus student coffee shop), they realized that the entire roof of the Knight Club mightbe available, so the system size was scaled bigger, for the newly-identified location. The focusshifted from “aesthetically pleasing attraction…” to “harvest renewable energy to reduce theutility bill for the Knight Club”. Students spent time and effort to search for suitable system forthe roof size and researched regulations for the site
changed on it too because, um yeah, I didn’t knowthat we had to work in teams, like I thought you’d just be like one person doing it, and it wouldjust be kind of easy to do, but it’s not, you need like a team, cause if you only have like acomputer scientist then to build a rover, just him working on it, you’d only be able to do theprogram, but then the rest of it you wouldn’t be able to do so”.3.Planning and ‘future self’: This theme emerged around camper comments regarding whatclasses they need to take in the future in order to become engineers. Typical quotes are: “So likeyou said it is going to make me take some certain classes that could help me. Like, let’s say Iwanted to get into robotics. So I would most likely take a class that’s like