,constitutive modeling of solids, solution strategies for biomechanics problems, finite elementtechniques and biological responses to mechanical forces. This class has 6 major learningobjectives shown in Table 1.Table 1: Course Learning Objectives 1 Describe the basic structure and mechanical properties of various human body parts. 2 Understand force and moment vector operations and the center/axis of resistance concept when applied to the human body. 3 Understand the concept of axis/center of rotation and how to plan the correct axis/center for a specific biomechanics problem. 4 Describe how different body regions respond to static and transient loads: biomechanical and physiological response. 5 Use numerical methods to obtain solutions to
Evaluation #1occurred at the same time as those offerings that did not include asset activities (Pre). As shownin Figure 2, evaluation ratings were at a similar level to ratings in the offerings prior to assetactivities (Pre), also suggesting that the additional time may have contributed synergisticallywith asset-based activities to achieve higher peer evaluation ratings.Future plans to collect additional feedback will deepen our understanding of the impact andvalue of asset-based activities on all students in our senior level team-based design course.Additionally, further studies are needed to investigate how to effectively scaffold theundergraduate curriculum with equity-minded team dynamics instruction.References[1] Choi, J. H. (2021, July), Work
number PRO-2022-237.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2221511. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] Nielsen, N., & National Research Council (U.S.). Planning Committee on Evidence onSelected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education. (2011). Promising practices inundergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education: Summary of twoworkshops. National Academies Press.[2] National Research Council. (2011). Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation:America’s Science and Technology
emotion and intuition. Thisneuro-ecological approach extends the classical cognitive design engineering framework (skills-,rules- knowledge-based) and includes personal student attributes that are important in thework/design environment. The new framework is not a predictive model of student learning,rather, it describes the neuro-ecological learning processes of students and their designenvironment.The novel pedagogy presented in this study aims to better meet the complex needs of today’sstudents as they plan and implement their senior design projects. The pedagogy incorporates thenovel concepts of affordance, emotion and intuition into traditional knowledge-, skills-, andrules-based teaching approaches to support student learning. Although
dynamicswhich are increasingly representative of practical experience in industry [12,25].Undergraduate Roles Undergraduate students’ roles in the capstone course are designed to be reflective of anentry level R&D engineer in industry. Students are expected to contribute to ideation and designearly on by reading literature, searching for existing solutions, and communicating their findingsto the rest of the team. The M.Eng. students and sponsors provide guidance, direction, and givefeedback and input to the undergraduate students to assist in refining the plans for how theproject will be carried out. The undergraduates take the lead in executing prototyping and testingproject designs. The course dictates that every 2 weeks, the
focus” and “coverage” [2] – which may be unintended resultsowing to a lack of methodological tools for PBL. Beyond supporting instructors’ planning of PBL,we envision that the materials instructors produce when using this toolkit might contribute todiscussion and the sharing of PBL materials among fellow engineering instructors. ImplementingPBL into the classroom presents an opportunity to provide rich, authentic engineering experiencesfor students, but implementation is a notoriously difficult task [3], [4]. We envision a future whereeducators collaborate in the sharing of PBL resources with their peers, thereby lowering thebarriers to adoption. The toolkit described in this paper represents an initial step toward this goal.The primary items
startup packages and definingwho, specifically, constitute “STEM” faculty. In this paper, we provide an update on the holisticdata gathering effort in which we sought to acquire and assimilate twelve quantitative data sets toassess institutional culture, recruitment and hiring, retention, and equity. Furthermore, theassembled quantitative data lays the framework for planned qualitative study through interviewsto extend quantitative findings.We intend to leverage that data in an effort to discern (1) if there are racial and gender disparitiesin recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of STEM faculty at our institution, (2) whatinstitutional practices, policies, and cultural norms create and/or reinforce these disparities, and(3) what
software engineering process (e.g., agile methods, plan-based methods); (2) the ability to conduct the software engineering process (e.g., requirementselicitation, project specification, design, implementation, validation, maintenance and evolution, 5re-use, and security analysis); and (3) an understanding of the social aspects of softwareengineering, (e.g., teamwork and ethics).The course uses project-based learning [37] to teach these learning outcomes. Students work on acourse project in small teams in teams of four that spans the entire 16-week semester1 . Theproject has two phases. Phase 1 takes 4 weeks. After Phase 1, the teams exchange projects
, Dr. Brent Ferns, Dean of Applied Sciences andTechnologies and co-PI, left the college in December 2023, and was replaced by MichelleLeidel. The NSF was petitioned to add her as a co-PI, which was approved in February 2024.The change in grant personnel, as well as other personnel turnover at SFSC, has presentedsignificant obstacles to the implementation of the grant. An example of this difficulty is that inthe grant application, the director of the college’s quality enhancement plan (QEP) was taskedwith overseeing the faculty mentorship program, including developing mentoring practices,maintaining program guidelines, and facilitate training to the program faculty on the mentorshipprogram. This training was supposed to occur before the first
(BM) closest to the subject property, visiting the property location, performingleveling, and performing GNSS for contouring purposes together with elevation reductionconsidering orthometric height instead of geometric one:Day1: Research FEMA map center information for the subject property – 2 hours (1 student)Day 2: Visit subject property to locate the DOT Benchmark (Appendix A – Figure 3) and developa plan to perform leveling from the DOT Benchmark to the entrance of the residence, and todesignate the location of two Benchmarks for future field work – 4 hours (2 students and onefaculty)Day 3: Perform leveling, set the two benchmarks on property, and use GNSS Real-TimeKinematics (RTK) for data gathering for contouring purposes – 4 hours (1
engagedstudents in various STEM disciplines (biology, biochemistry, biomedical engineering andmechanical engineering). We have observed this introductory course to be a cohort buildingexperience and anticipate a largely positive experience, with improving retention rates in not justengineering but in other STEM fields. We plan on fostering student teams with students invarious disciplines to expand the scope of capstone projects and develop design projects thatprovide solutions for authentic community challenges.REFERENCES:Klingbeil, N. W., and A. Bourne. 2013. “A National Model for Engineering MathematicsEducation: Longitudinal Impact at Wright State University.” 2013 ASEE Annual Conference &.https://peer.asee.org/a-national-model-for-engineering
study was built around three critical narratives thatwere obtained from publicly available episodes of the NPR programs Radiolab and ThisAmerican Life. Importantly, the critical narratives we selected don’t present the issues beingexplored as having one right answer. Rather, the narrators offer multiple perspectives, along witha variety of details, research, and the hallmarks of a podcast: authenticity, fast pace, sound bites,etc. [3]. The first narrative, Rhino Hunter [4], discusses current practices that are intended topreserve endangered species by selling permits to hunters to kill them. The second narrative,Hungry, Hungry People [5], describes a plan in the early 20th century to address a food shortagein the US by importing hippopotamuses
study'sexploration of everyday ingenuity and engineering interest within Connected Learning Spaces.Through collaborative efforts, the study sought to illuminate the contextual nuances shapingyouth engagement and learning experiences within community-based settings.Data Sources The data for this study were derived from virtual co-design sessions with the participants,each spanning between fifty and one hundred minutes. Detailed plans of the design sessions areprovided in Appendix A to contribute comprehensively to the field. Data sources encompassedvarious elements, including the video recordings of the planning and timeline (detailed inAppendix A) design sessions. Additionally, the study incorporated accompanying field notesrecorded by a research
, each with unique strengths and local challenges. Weuse a collective impact model, allowing each campus to contribute to the development,deployment, and continuous improvement of the curriculum. Our team is composed of computerscience educators and social scientists with expertise in evaluating inclusive STEM education andtraining faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Our evaluation plan examines bothstudent and faculty outcomes, enabling us to reflect and refine our approach. Shared leadershipand site teams are integral to sustaining the work, even amid potential academic personnelchanges.Our research is impactful in the learning sciences for several reasons. It utilizes faculty learningcommunities as a vehicle to bring change to
scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each.The breakdown per cohort of the numbers of ACCESS scholarships awarded, graduatedACCESS scholars, not renewed scholarships, and current ACCESS scholars are shown in Table1.The cohorts’ sizes had consistently increased over the four years, from 9 scholars in Year 1 to10, 13, and 18 scholars in Years 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Thus, Cohort 4 represents the largestgroup of students since the project began and is double the size of Cohort 1. The increasing sizeof the Cohorts is due to ACCESS scholars’ graduating faster than initially planned, whichopened additional funds for scholarships.1 All freshmen students in the Statler College are admitted to the common Fundamentals of Engineering Program(FEP) and must
convergence research,as an established and robust educational infrastructure within WPI. Additionally, the GlobalSchool can provide trainings on travel safety and interpersonal relations to prepare graduatestudents for their advisory roles.Stakeholders for the proposed program include the graduate students and their research advisors,the department head, the FORW-RD Program, and the faculty and staff of the Global School.These entities agreed on the merit of the preliminary graduate student experience and supportedthe endeavour. Long term commitments—supported with a sustainable financial plan—would benecessary to ensure the longevity of the proposed graduate student immersive pedagogyexperience.OverviewThe proposed graduate student experience was
outliningsignificant efforts being undertaken to bolster the program; (4) Resources detailing current personneland laboratory assets; (5) Development Efforts discussing how we are leveraging synergies with otherUAF programs, activities, and collaborations to enhance all of these; and (6) Future Efforts chartsanticipated additions UAF plans for their academic programs and outreach efforts in the near future.BackgroundAerospace Program Motivation. As mentioned earlier, the strong and consistent student demand foraerospace education opportunities, particularly over the last decade, eventually led UAF to initiate anew Aerospace Engineering bachelor’s degree program (beginning fall semester 2023). Though in itsinfancy, this program has already been well received
, and diversity in the differentdisciplines allows the projects to be more successful in achieving their goals.Pedagogical ApproachMake to Innovate began with no real framework, and initially, the program was run as one largeindependent study course. This led to several issues, with the largest concern being that studentswere not learning anything with the program. Assessment in the program’s early days was alsonot well-defined, resulting in the program’s reputation for being an “easy A” course. It was clearthat a better framework and assessment plan was needed for the program to be successful.To achieve our objectives, Make to Innovate employed an innovative and dynamic approach toteaching. We implemented a Project-Based Learning (PBL
College a better understanding of whatwas already being done in this space and the future plans that others had in mind. The list of what was learned throughout building this micro-credential is invaluable. Theopportunities this program has for faculty to build their knowledge in the field, the benefits forstudents to begin or continue to learn a new trade, and the economic impact this program can haveonce students complete it and go out to work in the field, have all come from the process ofdeveloping this program.Lessons Learned A number of lessons were learned throughout the entirety of this micro-credential buildingprocess, the first being the importance of leadership. Having a leader who not only understood thenuances from an
States. In total, we will invite 500 studentsto complete the survey from various colleges and universities. By extending the invitation toparticipate across institutions of varying sizes, we are effectively strengthening the breadth anddepth of our findings.The 28-question survey seeks to understand the decision-making process that led students topursue the engineering technology program of study and their intended plans for the future uponcompletion of the degree. Questions also ask students to consider their degree of preparedness toenter the engineering technology program and their confidence that they will ultimately succeedin completing the degree. Additional questions ask students to reflect on how they handleacademic challenges, and to
curriculumrevamp of Materials Engineering programme in our institution – from good to great.2. MethodologyWe believe that a great curriculum is not a sole responsibility of a singular academic unit ordepartment in a university. Rather, a great curriculum should take into consideration theinputs from all stakeholders. Therefore, planning and execution of our curriculum review andrevamp exercise involves four key phases, as shown in Scheme 1. Identify relevant Gather input from Analyze input and Revamp the stakeholders stakeholders survey results curriculumScheme 1. Phases of curriculum review and revamp exerciseIn the first phase, four groups of relevant stakeholders were identified, namely students
design process serves as a framework for young students to learn science.An engineering-driven STEM unit, consisting of 14 (50-minute) class periods taught in a 6th-grade science class, requires students to work in teams to implement the EDP and learn scientificprinciples needed to meet a goal. Building on the real-world premise of a freight train derailingand spilling its cargo of various minerals into a lake, students plan, design, and iterate ondecision tree processes for sorting, identifying, and recovering the spilled minerals to find theoptimum solution. As students learn about mineral properties and the value of non-renewablemineral resources from the teacher’s presentations, the information is used to support evidence-based reasoning for
increasingly emphasized thecultivation of culturally-aware and globally proficient engineers. In a world that is becomingmore interconnected, there is a growing demand for engineers who possess not only technicalexpertise, but also essential professional skills such as global awareness, effectivecommunication across diverse groups, and adaptability. International programs, comprisingstudy, internship, research, and service learning abroad, offer a means to nurture engineers with aglobal perspective. Nevertheless, engineering students often face competing priorities, such asinflexibility in curriculum and the emphasis on practical experience, which can act as barriers totheir study abroad plans. International internships offer a unique opportunity for
for? How can I best serve my professional community? – and the answers to these bigquestions have led me to pursue opportunities like becoming a program director at NSF andtaking on new administrative roles at my institution.Rachel: There was a time when I was extremely lost in my career. I did not know what I wantedto do next, but I knew I was very angry every day I went to work. Something had to change. Istarted working with a career coach and everything turned around. We explored the source of myanger, talked about ways to get out of my rut, strategized applying for new roles, planned outdifficult conversations, and started to unpack what I really wanted and needed in a career to behappy. I do not do coaching consistently, but during
Faculty assess functionality; IAB selects IEEE awards Final report (major issues, surprises, test Graded by faculty advisor plans, future work, cost overruns, etc) Project binder & notebook Graded by faculty advisor Overall conduct & performance Assessed by faculty advisor Total 100%In addition to weekly memoranda submitted to the advisor, each group writes three descriptiveself-contained project reports describing the project itself (briefly), current progress, major issuesencountered, how they were solved, and what is anticipated, etc. These reports, written at end ofcalendar months, are treated as if the reader has no prior knowledge about the
requires the use of screen reading softwarewhere the end-user must translate the LaTeX code and punctuation. Microsoft Word’s latestversion of Equation Editor is compatible with screen reading software and provides mathematicnotation in a tractable format. STEM courses rely heavily on visually-delivered information in the form of diagrams, graphs,charts, images, etc. Being able to access visual references is assumed in an engineering course, soteaching methods must be revised to deliver similar information in either a tactile, audio, oralternative method. Access plans for education technologies must be developed such as thosedescribed in Clippinger et al. [5] There have been several efforts to automatically create tactile graphics for the
and computer science. Assignments include hands-on programming challengesthat are called the “triple challenge” as they all require: 1) Mathematics, with the application of numerical methods for computation and verification of correctness (via self-check, proof, math fact, or comparison with a math tool such as MATLAB or Mathematica). 2) Programming, with iterative, dynamic and recursive methods and knowledge of complexity theory. 3) Parallel Execution, with methods of shared memory scale-up, distributed memory scale- out, and finally methods of co-processing covered (GP-GPU so far, with QPU planned as an option).While the triple challenge is what students must learn to do using programming methods andpractices
Scholarshipii. Demonstrated financial neediii. Leadership, scholastic engagement, and community engagementiv. Engagement with Penn Statev. Personal and social responsibilityvi. High achievement in high school courses 4Once selected as a finalist, students are then asked tosubmit a nomination from a mentor, counselor or teacherbased on the following prompts:i. Please describe how the nominee embodies the values of effort, integrity, ingenuity, and/or servant leadership.ii. Please describe how the nominee has contributed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community and plans to continue in these efforts at Penn State and in their future career as
––diversity in colleges and universities impact quality of life issues in the larger society. Examples include the achievement of democratic ideals, the development of an educated and involved citizenry, and the ways in which groups who are underserved in society are able to receive the services that they require.Adaptive Strategic Thinking• Take time to understand psychology behind the resistance or out right opposition to efforts.• Combine art and discipline of planning, marketing, and change management.UnderstandingOpposition andThreats to DEIPolicies (Lyer, 2022)• Benefits from the status quo• Power wielded from advantaged groups• Resource threat–losing access to outcomes and opportunities• Symbolic threat–concern about new values
can be visualized inthat setting.The research plan entails an initial phase of testing the games within the co-requisite pre-calculusMath 126E/26B courses at UNLV and CSN during the Spring and Summer semesters of 2024,followed by iterative refinements based on feedback. A pilot study of the game focusing on basicarithmetic operations and linear and quadratic functions was conducted with a smaller studentcohort during the Summer of 2023. Moreover, we have piloted/tested for usability and classroomintegration logistics in Summer 2023 in 5 pre-calculus I courses at UNLV and CSN. The resultshelped us refine the delivery mechanism of the games and Canvas application activities. We arecurrently collecting data from a larger cohort of 8 pre-calculus