engineering professional values (specifically theresponsibilities of an engineer and their obligation to society). Potential topics to considerincluded the VW emissions scandal, the Boeing 737 Max 8 crisis, or the emergence of generativeAI. Students were also encouraged to choose their own topic (which needed to be approved bythe instructor). To gather information, students had to use at least 2 to 3 references beyondWikipedia. Although no specific infographic design tool was required, students were encouragedto use Canva, Piktochart, or simply PowerPoint. Students had 5 weeks to complete theinfographic; after 2 weeks, they were required to submit a check-in in which they stated the topicof the infographic and provided a work plan with a list of
Nolan & Louis Emily & Anna Learning Internal/Personal: Experience hosting External: Evolution of the program events, socially connecting with (how it changed over time); impact on others, learning to use makerspace student participants; student experiences tools and equipment, development of in engineering; culture of engineering communication & leadership skills Agency Planning focused: Making progress Student gocused: Supporting with projects & event planning underserved students, Promoting
information (Yue, et al., 2023). Therefore, if colleges could provide morecareer guidance for graduates, such as employment information and career curriculum,graduates are more likely to be satisfied with employment.2.3 Career Readiness Career Readiness is a crucial aspect of career selection process, encompassing theadaptation to roles from student to professional worker, training for work abilities,adjustment of personality and career, career design, and career planning, all in order tomake an informed choice and excel in career. Career readiness can be divided into broadand narrow categories. The broad sense of career readiness includes not only theemployment readiness made by the unemployed to engage in a certain occupation orobtain a certain
simulatedrobots, we also developed a novel method to give students hands-on experience on operatingphysical robots in real time.Physical robot platforms for robotics education There are several types of robots that can beused as physical robot platforms for robotics education. For mobile robots, Amsters et al. 15 usedthe Turtlebot3 mobile robot in master courses at KU Leuven. The Turtlebot3 can meet therequirements to teach concepts related to navigation, perception and motion planning as aphysical robot platform. For robotic arms, the UR5, and Kinova arms can be used as physicalrobot platforms to demonstrate robotic manipulation, grasping and perception. White et al. 16reported on the development of a robotics course intended for students in multiple
significant constraints. An agreementbetween the coordination team and the Dean of the College of Engineering was clearly written toidentify the expectations of the redesign, resources available to the team, timeline for the project,and desired deliverables. This agreement specified that the team planned to redesign andimplement specific elements each year of a three-year timeframe, not all at once. The teamnegotiated both course release for the redesign and summer salary, as significant work wasnecessary to be completed while the redesign team was off-contract. In addition to support forthe redesign team, financial support to facilitate the delivery of the course (course materials andrelated expenses) was also included. The upfront discussion of
of the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, holding the Deavenport Chair in Chemical Engineering. Interests include biotechnology for renewable energy and innovation in engineering education ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Project-based Learning in a Mul disciplinary Two-Semester First Year Experience 2 3 ABSTRACT 4 Problem-based learning not only provides a pla orm for students to learn by performing hands-on 5 projects, but also, with proper planning, it helps with development of their collabora on, 6 communica on, safety considera ons, and cri cal thinking skills. On the contrary, it involves its own set 7 of drawbacks, including the considerable me, energy, and
study approach involves deep exploration of a specific individual, group,event, or phenomenon in its real-life context [6]. Meanwhile, multiple case studies, a variation ofthis approach, also offer several advantages as a methodology. Employing a case study isespecially helpful when the researcher addresses descriptive or explanatory questions, identifiesclearly defined cases with well-established boundaries and aims to deeply explore these cases orconduct a comparative analysis across multiple instances [7]. This conference manuscript aims toprovide guidance on when to use this approach and summarize key methodological aspectsrelated to the design, planning, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of case studies.Acknowledging the importance
be run in a single laboratory period. In a physical laboratory environment, a singlejar test would take almost three hours to complete. Students were not given any explicit recommendationsfor which doses they should run, but rather needed to use engineering skills, and results of their past teststo iteratively develop an experimental plan capable of obtaining and justifying an optimal dose ofchemicals for the process.Data Collection and AnalysisData were collected in the form of audio and video recordings of students during the entire time workingon the laboratory. Audio was collected with speaker phones placed in the center of the desk. Video wasrecorded of both the computer screen running the virtual laboratory and the students as they
that demonstrates the complete problem solvingspectrum. So that's identify given information, write out more or less mathematically what you're trying tofind. Come up with the plan or and like, draw your freebody diagram. And dynamics is the most commonfirst step for a lot of problems. But really, it's figure out the correct suite of tools to apply to the problem,apply those and then justify that answer. That's the intent.While there were baseline characteristics of good assessment practices such as rubrics and scaffolding, hesaw that students’ approach to learning did not use those elements as he (and other faculty) perceivedthem. He described this as “just diving right into the problem solving and kind of missing all thescaffolding work and
relationship with your attachment provider? Future Plans What is your plan after you complete your education at Tumaini? What do you think your chances of being employed by your attachment provider are? Experience at Tumaini Do you feel you were able to apply what you learned at Tumaini to your attachment? Have you benefitted from attending Tumaini? How so?The students came from all course departments and the distribution roughly matches that of theschool as a whole. Student sampling was completed using a convenience sampling method withan emphasis on students enrolled in the literacy class. No student was denied
planning and evaluating student successstrategies. The potential of curricular analytics lies in directly linking interventions to studentsuccess outcomes, acknowledging the importance of understanding the larger educational con-text to maximize the effectiveness of interventions. We view the university as a complex systemcomprising interacting subcomponents that collectively influence the success of improvementefforts 5,6 . Each university’s system properties vary, necessitating tailored models to predict im-provements from specific reforms. In this paper, we compile recent developments in curricularanalytics, organizing them to support practical applications and further theoretical advances inthis field
not share any classes. Consequently, this author was often theonly black student in their courses. They found it much more difficult to find students who werewilling to work on assignments with them. They would often reach out to their classmates andother students would say that they “weren’t working with anyone” or “weren’t available” at thetimes this author planned to work. Those same students would later be seen working together atthe same times and locations where they were working. Another author noted having the same experience and also struggled to find students to studywith for qualifying exams. The few Black students who entered this author’s PhD program beforewarned her that the qualifying exam experience is often quite
. Devising a strategy to create fulfilling and informa-tionally identical labs for both groups proved to be a challenge that required meticulous planning,which is outlined in the following subsections.During early course design for the learning-based labs, the information that would be presentedto students was planned in advance in a master document. This master document was the sourcematerial for the informational content presented in the VR simulations and given to the non-VRstudents as a PowerPoint; see Figure 2. With this approach, students are exposed to the sameconcepts, but the concepts are delivered through different mediums. The learning-based labs Aand C provide context to the experience-based labs and therefore precede them.Modules B and
are beginning to plan how to equip students with thenecessary skills and competencies in AI. This literature review delves into AI literacy in highschool contexts. It employed Kitchenham and Charters guiding principles to plan, conduct, andreport on the status of high school AI literacy research. Following an extensive search acrossleading academic databases simply using the terms “high school” AND “artificial intelligence,”1,943 articles were initially found. Strong inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed toensure the selection of articles that only related to research primarily focused on high school AIliteracy. After rigorous screening for relevance and availability, we selected 16 articles related tohigh school AI literacy.We
skills commensurate with students’ educational levels. • To formulate a plan for skill-building and delivery in an interdisciplinary engineering curriculum, interfacing with existing courses on power and energy generation and distribution. • To instill a sense of urgency for learning and training in green energy, addressing current, new, and future challenges, and responding to the urgent impacts of global warming on human health, the environment, and overall well-being.The curriculum integrates diverse educational levels, faculty expertise, disciplinary areas, studentbackgrounds, industrial requirements, learning methodologies, and practical applications aligningwith students
framework’, ‘social medium’, and ‘participate outreach’.Figure 4d) demonstrates the bigram network related to tweets discussion online EE, where itwas observed that the education board in the central node connected with the words ‘distancelearning’, and Oklahoma State’. There are also conversations about ‘plans to keep the schoolbuilding closed’ in communication-related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional notablewords would be ‘institutional care fund’. These discussions were about the courses becomingonline and institute initiatives to cover the funds of the students who paid for campus coursesyet become online due to the consequences of COVID-19.Figure 4: Top bigrams for each group c) engineering profession, and d) distance learningFigure 4e
) organizes and hosts two popular civilengineering student competitions each year: Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge. Many collegesand universities that compete in these competitions are voluntary clubs for students ranging fromfreshman to graduate students. Their primary purpose, to win. However, winning is not the onlybenefit of these competitions. By participating, students are exposed to an open-ended,interdisciplinary problem, which requires them to think critically about a problem and formulateinnovative solutions. Moreover, it provides the students an opportunity to apply the technicalknowledge gained during their academic journey such as structural analysis, project planning,design optimization, sustainability, and cost analysis to a real-world
, hydrostatics forces,pressurized pipe flow, water distribution, open channel flow, hydrology, surface runoff, rainfall,and risk. Computer modeling and laboratory exercises are used to emphasize principles. Thecourse meets three days a week for 65 minutes each session. Several lab activities are used as in-class activities while others that require more intensive calculations and reporting are assignedoutside of class. Additional course components include homework problems, a researchpresentation, and unit tests.Adjustments were made to the schedule and assignments to improve student learning andincorporate three teaching practices as described below. Throughout the course planning, carewas taken to rearrange the student workload, not increase it. Table
student acknowledged their positivemindset in relation to their CliftonStrength of Harmony, stating, “I’ve started to focus on just trying my best and being happy with any outcome. I realize now that my strength of harmony has a lot to play in the fact that I am being more realistic and not worrying about all the little steps” (14, R2, Fall).Another student displayed an avoidant mindset in their first reflection, stating how theirDeliberative CliftonStrength has “helped [them] to assess and avoid certain risks, like badenvironments in life” and how they can “plan ahead in [their] personal life more...by assessingpotential risks” (11, R1, Spring). This student then recognized the comfort they gain fromlooking at their
studentshave both the basic knowledge and sufficient time to work on them, with feedback integratedhalfway through each checkpoint. The checkpoints are summarized in Table 1 and are describedas below:Checkpoint 1: Project Proposal: This checkpoint requires students to brainstorm through theirproject ideas, identify the main modules, better understand the functionality and operationsinvolved with each module, design some mock-ups of the main web pages and develop a plan oftheir overall project.Checkpoint 2: Front-end Design: This checkpoint requires students to design at least 3 main Checkpoint Purpose Submission Expectation Technical Skills
Figure 1, blended learning environments arecharacterized by a thoughtful combination of in-person andonline learning activities, allowing for a seamless integrationof technology into the learning process. This intentionaldesign includes the development of learning materials,instructional strategies, and assessments that align with boththe face-to-face and online components. In contrast,emergency remote teaching, as experienced during theCOVID-19 pandemic, differs from carefully planned blendedlearning environments because it often involves a reactiveresponse to unforeseen circumstances, leading to a temporaryreliance on online tools and platforms without thecomprehensive planning and instructional design associated Figure 1
. Each sketch should be accompanied by a brief written description and credit to the artist/creator. Your report should demonstrate contributions from all group members.3: Compare A typed mini-report with a description of the process used to select the best possibleDesigns and solutions among the multiple presented. Your selected designs will be used during milestoneMake 5, so the report should also include detailed documentation of your plan for parameterDecisions testing. You must also describe the planned construction process in words.4: Hand Deliver hand drawn dimensioned sketches of your team’s alpha designs that will be used inDrawings parameter testing. The hand drawings
HEI contexts is the one previously published as Work-in-process19.Methodology The SLR methodology used for this study considers the same used previously19, whichwas developed by Tranfield and colleagues in 20031. This methodology considers three differentstages with multiple phases on each. First, planning the review, where the main goal is toidentify the need for a review, the respective preparation, and the development of the reviewprotocol. The second stage of conducting a review considers the identification of research,selection of studies, their quality assessment, data extraction, and progress monitoring, to endwith the data synthesis. Finally, the third stage considers the report and recommendations, andgetting evidence into
. Thereare five well documented stages of team development (forming-storming-norming-performing-adjourning) as illustrated in Figure 1 per Tuckman [35] who indicated these phases are allnecessary and inevitable in order for a team to grow, face up to challenges, tackle problems, findsolutions, plan work, and deliver results. Over time team effectiveness increases as the team beginsto norm. We have found that integrated (where different roles are specialized but the members ofthe team interact in planned and controlled ways), diverse, and complementary teams (where teammembers are not just integrated but also complement each other) [36] are the most effective andcan achieve the performing stage more quickly. Many sources discuss the typical roles
. This approach seeks to equipfuture construction engineers with the practical skills necessary for success in their careers and tomeet the industry's demands effectively.IntroductionEducation plays a pivotal role in teaching planning. A well-structured teaching method not onlyfacilitates knowledge transfer but also encourages students to challenge their preconceptions andmotivates them to learn [1]. When it comes to engineering education, there are unique peculiaritiesdue to the specific competencies required in this field. Engineering education is characterized bya distinct design in most curriculums [2]. The aim is to cultivate interdisciplinary-minded andhighly talented practitioners possessing innovative thinking and problem-solving
DevelopmentGoals. In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution for 2030 that included SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs). These SDGs have prompted changes to the engineering field to solvethese broad issues by increasing the capabilities and capacity of engineering through theinvolvement of young, student populations. It also prompts a change in engineering education tofocus more on sustainability in the curriculum [18].One final solution is the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Strategic Plan. The NSF hassupported multiple engineering education programs, such as Engineering Research Centers(ERCs) as well as the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). The main goal of theseprograms is to support research opportunities for students in
develop an app formobile devices such as iPhones, iPads and Android devices, for instance. In those situations, andin future online development, we would allow users to establish an account to log in to the system,and the bot would “remember” the conversation with the user, and be better prepared to give morespecific information. We are also planning on developing training functionality to teach users someof the basics of “prompt engineering” to better engage with the bot.After identifying into the four major groups, the user then can ask questions at a prompt. Our initialbeta version had limited information covering 4 of the largest engineering departments on campus,but we have now expanded it to cover nearly 50 academic departments. We further
engineering practices, primarily focusing on team-basedactivities to promote professional engineering communication, along with helping students createa qualification plan to develop their undergraduate and professional goals in engineering. TheTRUE Capstone projects focus on preparing students for professional engineering problems byincorporating industry partners into the project decision process in order to identify real-worldproblems and solutions for the Capstone teams.In accordance with the RED ideology, a group of students, mentored by an engineeringeducation researcher, decided to apply Participatory Action Research (PAR) to study the role ofnew changes in the department. In this paper, we present the investigation led by one of
positions. Dr. Kinney has significant experience in using technology to improve business practices, organizational change management, strategic planning, process improvement, and grant writing and evaluation. Prior to West Shore Community College, Dr. Kinney was the Dean for Business and Technology at Bay College in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #40983Prof. Scott A. Kuhl, Michigan Technological University Scott Kuhl is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive & Learning Sciences at Michigan
students enjoyed and highly valued their experience. Teachers were supportiveand recommended expanding the program to other schools.We adapted a college-level lab experience to make it more accessible to high school students andenhanced the campus tour to provide them with a holistic view of university life. We have foundthat the key takeaway from this initiative is the ease and success of the endeavor. Our programrepresents a new contribution to pre-college engineering education by providing high schoolstudents with hands-on exposure to engineering concepts and a glimpse into life as collegestudents. Our future plans include making this an annual event, expanding it to other schools andstudent communities, and improving non-lab activities to