opportunities in which to remove barriers for womenwithin the engineering and computing discipline by understanding their experiences and participation in the fields.I. INTRODUCTION Recent reports from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have indicated that while the number of women in Science and Engineering (S&E) related jobs continue to grow, the group remains underrepresented in the S&E workforce relative to their overall presence in the population [1]. The lack of women in STEM transcends traditional narratives on the importance of broadening participation and increasing STEM diversity because of the nuanced issues women face in a male dominated field. Issues concerning women feeling unwelcomed in STEM begin at the academic level and
-term investment in a software platform.IntroductionExperiential learning is a relatively modern technique to supplement students’ education by“[developing] a wide range of thinking strategies and perceptual skills which are not called forthby books or lectures” [1]. The benefits of this method have long-term impacts that play a crucialrole in an individual’s professional success. Most ABET-accredited higher-education programsfeature a design course intended to leverage experiential learning by pairing the culmination ofstudents’ knowledge from their undergraduate program with a simulated real-world industryenvironment [2], [3]. There are also several supplemental outlets for continuous project-basedlearning on a larger scale, such as research
thinking, problem-solving and algorithmic thinking. Dr. Mendoza-Garcia’s research interests include investigating how to nurture in students these skills. He also worked in Industry before transitioning to academia. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Redesigning a large enrollment online course using a learner-centered approach.This paper is a follow-up to my experience redesigning my online course in problem-solving CGS2531Problem-Solving Using Computer Software [1]. In that paper, the instructional developer and I describedthe design decisions to improve students' engagement. In this second paper, I am reporting what hashappened after its implementation.My
content and reflections from the instructor, TAs, and students.1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education worldwide in March 2020. Colleges anduniversities abruptly stopped in-person instruction and instead required remote teaching.Instructors’ challenges included preparing virtual lessons, learning videoconferencing software,and selecting appropriate graded assessments. At the same time, students’ learning routines weredisrupted as many returned home and were away from their peers; some students also lost thesafety net that the university provided, such as reliable food and shelter [1]. Furthermore, bothstudents and faculty were affected by limited internet connectivity and additional familyresponsibilities due to the
operation of healthcare systems. . American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Real Data and Application based Interactive Modules for Data Science Education in Engineering Kerul Suthar1, Thomas Mitchell1, Anna Hartwig1, Jin Wang1, Shiwen Mao2, Laura Parson3, Peng Zeng4, Bo Liu5, Q. Peter He1,* 1 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 2 Dept. of Electric and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 3 Dept. of Educational and Organizational Leadership, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105 4
, particularlyrelated to how they conceptualize engineers’ responsibilities to stakeholders [1]-[5] however, there has beenlimited (if any) discussion of engineering faculty’ experience of teaching CSR to students. Although CSRhas been identified as an important part of the undergraduate and graduate curriculums for the Mining,Petroleum and Geological Engineering Departments by both industry and professors, there seems to be adifference between student identification of CSR content and importance between the departments thatcould indicate a difference in teaching styles and possible effectiveness. Examining student and facultyperceptions of CSR is crucial, because discrepancies can exist between what faculty believe they areteaching and what students actually
) Shannon O’Donnell, Americas Zone Strategy Lead, Academic Programs Melanie Spare, Portfolio Development Executive, Academic Enablementumich mbse asee filed -- 2021-05-24.docx Page 1 of 27 Date Created: December 17, 2020 Date Modified: May 24, 2021 Redefining Student Preparation for Engineering Leadership Using Model-Based Systems Engineering in an Undergraduate Curriculum May 24, 2021 – FiledAbstractUS colleges and universities confer over 130,000 engineering degrees each year. However, whilegraduating students from top universities possess
neurodiverse students as well as all students with differentlearning styles and disabilities.1. IntroductionThe goal of undergraduate engineering programs is to teach how to solve problems [1] withcritical thinking and other necessary skills. Engineering programs typically have had a narrowfocus and rigid adherence to traditional instruction and assessment [2]. Blickenstaff [3] reportedthe lecture format that was adopted in most engineering courses can be detrimental in that itpotentially creates a barrier between students and instructors. Felder et al. [4] and Suresh [5]found that performance in key introductory undergraduate courses is related to engineeringpersistence. Even long after Seymour and Hewitt’s earlier study about students
withdrawal rate in the regular in-personteaching mode, an average of about 30% in the past ten consecutive semesters. Our institution, the New York City College of Technology, abruptly switched to distancelearning mode in Spring 2020 and continues to offer all courses online in Fall 2020. This paperpresents our effort to redesign the contents, applications, and assessments of this course to face thechallenges of teaching an online hands-on lab class. We also want to implement remote learningadvantages, such as the flexibility and numerous methods to deliver information, into this course.The arrangements we made to adjust to the remote learning mode include: 1) redesign of the labcontents into 12 lab experiments in four modules; 2) integrate the
the previous year willhighlight opportunities for improving virtual bootcamp delivery for preparing future engineers.I. MotivationThe Math and Engineering bootcamp was established at California State University, Chico (CSUChico) in Summer 2019 [1]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty decided to continueholding the bootcamp in Summer 2020, but in an exclusively online format for compliance withrequired safety protocols. The paper explains how the bootcamp contributed to the campusgraduation goals, the improvements that were made to the Summer 2019 bootcamp to develop anonline and more inclusive bootcamp, the challenges of delivering an online bootcamp, how weattempted to address the challenges, and how we can improve our experience in the
its roots in the autism activism of the 1990s. In recent years, theterm neurodiversity has come to represent a wide range of cognitive or neurological variationsthat are present in the human population. A large body of literature suggests that neurodivergentindividuals, including those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, orautism spectrum disorder (ASD) possess a wide range of unique strengths that are assets inengineering. These strengths include divergent thinking, risk-taking, 3-dimensional visualizationskills, pattern identification, and systems thinking [1]-[5]. Despite the potential of nontraditionalthinkers to contribute to engineering breakthroughs, recruitment and retention rates ofneurodivergent students
maneuverability. Rather than report onstudy findings, as proposed, this paper uses the opportunity of injustice within the review processto directly apply the 4Rs.IntroductionAcross the fields of engineering, higher education, and STEM education, the relative lack ofdiversity in STEM fields, particularly engineering, has been long lamented[1]. Colleges anduniversities across the United States have made efforts to diversify representation of faculty andstudents, but these efforts have not solved the issue of equitable inclusion of people frommultiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) groups in higher education generally and inengineering specifically. A number of scholars have shown that the perceived norm of anengineer is white and male and that
QuestionsThe ability to identify one’s own confusion and to ask a question that resolves it is an essentialmetacognitive skill that supports self-regulation [1]. Yet, while students receive substantialtraining in how to answer questions, little classroom time is spent training students how to askgood questions. The study presented here is from a pilot conducted in preparation for a largerstudy funded through NSF-DUE that investigates if training students to ask better questions, andgiving them practice and feedback on writing those questions, affects other important STEMlearning outcomes.One challenge in research around question-asking is defining what constitutes a good question,as there are many ways in which a question may be characterized
, 2021 Reflecting on 10 years of centralized engineering student diversity initiatives (Experience)0. AbstractThe IDEA Engineering Student Center at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs Schoolof Engineering was established in 2010 to focus on engineering student diversity and inclusioninitiatives following a series of racially charged incidents affecting our campus’ Black students.From its inception, the IDEA Center aimed to focus on 1) outreach, 2) recruitment and yield, 3)academic success and enrichment, and 4) retention and graduation for underrepresented minority(URM) students. Through the lens of nonprofit organizational lifecycles, the IDEA Centertransitioned from Idea to Start-up to Growth
practice is an important skill for computing students to master; responding toreflection prompts can aid students in developing problem solving skills. However, there is limitedempirical evidence on the effectiveness of reflective practice in Data Structures courses, in whichcomputing students are honing problem-solving skills. To fill this gap, we evaluate theeffectiveness of assigning guided reflection prompts with programming assignments in anundergraduate Data Structures course in encouraging students to articulate their problem-solvingstrategies. 219 students completed two programming assignments and were asked to respond toreflection prompts after each. Students’ responses were (1) analyzed for word and sentence countas a measure of
in STEM Entrepreneurship Jocelyn Jackson , Aileen Huang-Saad , Joi-Lynn Mondisa 1 2 1 The University of Michigan & Northeastern University 1 2AbstractIn the 1980s, businesses in the United States (U.S.) experienced an increased interest inentrepreneurship which created a significant growth in innovation through entrepreneurshipeducation and programming. This growth influenced the creation of new federal policies (e.g.,the Bayh–Dole Act) and federal government agencies’ programming (e.g., SBIR, STTR and I-Corps) that sparked
University of Virginia’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Evidence-Based Practice Paper: The Use of Virtual Design Modules in an Introduction to Engineering Course--Impact on Learning Outcomes and Engineering IdentityAbstractThe Introduction to Engineering course is taken by all first-year students in the Engineeringschool of an R1 university. The learning objectives of the course are 1) to introduce students tothe engineering design process; 2) to practice applying the design process to solve problems incollaborative teams; 3) to learn the importance of effective communications; and 4) to feelconfident in their capacity to be
as askill, one that is not necessarily connected to morally good ends or supported by other virtues.This paper suggests that teamwork is better approached as a virtue and provides evidence forhow the virtue of teamwork might be intentionally cultivated through the use of seven research-based strategies of character development. Approaching teamwork as a virtue that can helpstudents develop into engineers that support the flourishing of their team and collectively worktoward good ends, we developed a module deployed in a project-based, first-year engineeringcourse to cultivate such virtuous teamwork. The course comprised two six-week projects, and themodule intervention began between the end of Project 1 and the beginning of Project 2
platform than those that use their PC to do so [1]. To be sure, advancesin PC and smartphone hardware and software technology (memory capacity, operating systemimprovements, display and camera technology, etc.) coupled with Internet access speeds havedriven our acceptance and reliance on the Internet. But, to most consumers, the concept of mobilityhas been the key transformative technology. This mobility paradigm, implemented throughwireless technology, is most likely going to be the driving force behind the next generation ofInternet applications.Wireless is not a new technology. It has been with us for well over one hundred years. For a greatdeal of that time period, it was known as radio and was used to provide human-to-humancommunications and
critical to success.I. Theories of Education and Development in Graduate Engineering EducationThe design of our online MSME program occurred with explicit attention to evidence-basedpractice and graduate education theory. In this section, we describe the three main theories thatguide all decisions with respect to the online MSME program. In the subsequent sections, wegive more detail on the relevant contextual features of our program, focusing on the uniqueaspects that most clearly demonstrate how these three theories manifest.Community of Practice Theory: Originally conceived by Lave and Wenger [1] to describe thesocialization of professionals into their workplace communities, Community of Practice (CoP)theory centers on “legitimate peripheral
-vapor, and c) the first-law balance betweenheat, work and stored energy within closed and open systems. Instructors are faced with thepedagogical challenge of providing this wealth of information in a manner that is not only clear,but also in a form that will stick in the students’ mind. As suggested by McCarthy [1] an activelearning approach such as that afforded by simulations, especially when utilized early in thesemester provides a successful method of meeting this challenge.The property relationships, thermodynamic regions, and first-law energy balance arefoundational for all the subsequent topics in the introductory as well as advanced levels ofthermodynamics. Thus, a clear understanding of their features is both crucial and enabling
attheir beliefs about the cause of gender-based inequity in engineering. According to TaA, the typeof robust argument that is desirable for one to commit to their beliefs about the cause of complexsocial phenomena includes five distinct components: causal theory, evidence, counterargument,counterevidence, and rebuttal. By conducting interviews about gender-based inequity using TaA,we can explore 1) the ways in which individuals articulate their causal beliefs as arguments ofvarying sophistication, and 2) the ways in which individuals use evidence to commit to theirbeliefs. In this contribution, we: describe TaA as a framework, document how we used TaA in apilot study to inform our ongoing research on engineering faculty’s causal beliefs, and
activities andinformal “tinkering” activities - as they produced physical artifacts to support their inquiries, wewere also struck by their activities as they produced ”knowledge” artifacts. That is, there wereclear hallmarks of tinkering [1, 2]– playful, iterative, self-directed, unplanned yet goal-directedactivity – as students manipulated theoretical “objects” that populated their developing models,particularly for one student, Lainie.1 This led to the follow question that frames this paper: how isstudents’ engagement with theoretical objects in the design of theory similar to students’engagement with physical objects in engineering design? In particular, we will argue that theirplayful, iterative work with ideas as they construct theory is
. The bill ofmaterials and the details of remote collaboration will also be included.On the educational front, we discuss a couple of efforts that helped the students: (i) We designedan introductory training lesson to introduce Arduino to them and (ii) We utilized project-basedlearning techniques to encourage them to learn new things along the way.1. IntroductionThis paper presents a summer research project conducted by three undergraduate students in theCollege of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS) at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU).The project was part of a summer program that aimed at engaging minority and underrepresentedfreshman and sophomore students in CBAS via multidisciplinary and collaborative researchactivities. Specifically
consult- ing firm in automation and testing systems. Dr. Kennedy was the Co-founder and CEO of the start-up company, Restorative Biosciences Inc., an early-stage company that focused on developing anti-fouling, anti-inflammatory coatings, and therapeutics for ophthalmic applications. Dr. Kennedy was formerly the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for OraVu LLC., developer of the DeVA-1 Dental Vision Assistant system designed to provide microscopic live HD vision between the tooth and gum. Dr. Kennedy is currently a faculty member in the Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (TEM) Department in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University and former National Chair and Professor of Biomedical
world. Introduction Internships have long been recognized as valuable by students, employers, and career services professionals aiding job search, recruiting, and career development [1]. “For students and career services professionals, internships offer a range of benefits, including the opportunity to identify and clarify career direction, develop skills important to career readiness, and gain first-hand experience in the workplace. For employers, internships can serve as a valuable source of new hires, enabling the organization and potential hire to try each other out, thereby enhancing
Paper ID #33509To Inhibit or Invite: Collaboration from Far AwayDr. Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University Barbara A. Karanian, Ph.D. , Lecturer, formerly visiting Professor, in the School of Engineering, in the Mechanical Engineering Design Group at Stanford University. Barbara’s research focuses on four ar- eas: 1)grounding a blend of theories from social-cognitive psychology, engineering design, and art to show how cognition affects design; 2) changing the way people understand the emotion behind their work with the intent to do something new; 3) shifting norms of leaders involved in entrepreneurial-minded
classes, which often depended on employers, libraries, or testingcenters to supply proctors for individual students. This raised a great deal of concern thatcheating would undermine the integrity of exams, and thus subvert the validity of grades.Initial results seemed to bear out the concern. Jacksonville University [1] reported a sharp rise inspring-semester incidents. In the years 2015–2019, an average of 47% of the academic-integritycases were filed in the spring semester. In 2020, it was 61%, and 60% of those cases occurredafter the move to remote learning. Moreover, more of the incidents involved exams. In 2018–2019, only 7% of incidents involved exams, whereas in 2019–2020, 21% were on exams. Theonline proctoring company ProctorU reported
andemotional engagement in turn predicts students’ cognitive engagement, which is validatedagainst academic performance in coursework. The ability to measure student engagement can beused by the instructor to tailor the presentation of material in class, identify course material thatengages and disengages with students, and identify students who are engaged or disengaged andat risk of failure. Further, this approach allows quantitative comparison of teaching methods,such as lecture, flipped classrooms, classroom response systems, etc. such that an objectivemetric can be used for teaching evaluation with immediate closed-loop feedback to theinstructor.1. IntroductionStudent engagement in the classroom is necessary for the successful learning outcomes