occupations engaged in developing sustainable communities,mostly in their role of creating practical solutions that enable communities to thrive.Nevertheless, research in the mid-2000s identified a need to address inadequacies in the technicaland generic skills of engineers needed to deliver sustainable communities. Generic engineeringcompetencies in this context are defined as attributes, competencies, or skills that are importantto graduates across all engineering disciplines. Communication and social skills are examples [3-4], but more broadly, the identified inadequacies represent gaps in project management andleadership skills needed to create and get buy-in for a community vision [5].Our work-in-progress explores how engineers develop awareness
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: Using Workshops to Scaffold InterdisciplinaryResearch, Collaboration, and Community BuildingAbstractCo-creation in academe can take multiple forms. In this research, the co-creation focus is oncollaboration between faculty and graduate students to develop educational modules. Thisactivity is designed to improve graduate education and prepare students for conducting graduateresearch. In previous work presented at ASEE 2022, we discussed benefits and challenges ofparticipating in the co-creation process. This current paper focuses on how we took lessons fromour first year and transformed them into a structure to better support interdisciplinary research,collaboration, and community building.We will discuss how we supported the process of co
corporations and operated her own communications consulting firm.Dr. Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re- source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. He is an active member of ASME and ASEE and has been a member of the Capstone Design Conference organizing com
AFB.Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California Patricia Chaffey has had a passion for studying and designing interaction between humans and technology since her undergraduate career at Mount Holyoke College, and continues to pursue this interest at the University of Southern California. Some of her notable work includes developing a robotic learning companion and designing a simulation to study how people interact with swarms of robots using a virtual agent as an intermediary. Patricia has received awards to support her travel to conferences and leadership workshops, which include, but are not limited to, the 2018 ELIS Expanding Horizons award, and the 2017 Computing Research Association – Women Grace Hopper
campus Katreena Thomas is a graduate student at Arizona State University in the Engineering Education Systems and Design Doctoral program. She is a member of the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes, and Cultures in Engineering (SPACE) Lab group and her research interests include broadening participation in engineer- ing, engineering leadership, and experiential learning experiences in engineering. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her M.S. in Human Systems Engineering from Arizona State University.Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Julia Brisbane is a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech and an
a steady economic growth that will warranty sustainability. In response to these facts, Tecnológico de Monterrey created the Industrial Consortium toFoster Applied Research and attracts top talent, searching for a top graduate program, and askedthe companies to first select and second retain the ones that best fit their needs. After selectingthe best candidates the companies assign them to a full time graduate program that will preparethe students to face the challenges and solve the problems that the company will assign to themthe very first day at the program. The Industrial Consortium started class activities in August2008 with thirteen students, selected by five companies. Before then, it took about one year ofnegotiations to
alsorevealing evidence of increasing efforts to promote and institutionalize multidisciplinary engineering education,including courses, capstone design experiences, and entire degree programs. Yet while lots of attention has beenpaid to multidisciplinary engineering education, few if any efforts have been made to survey the overalllandscape of multidisciplinary efforts in engineering education, including to identify effective approaches andpractices. Due to this lacking and even ill-defined picture of multidisciplinary engineering education, effectiveefforts and best practices might be overlooked by both researchers and educators. To address this gap in theliterature, a comprehensive review of multidisciplinary engineering education is needed to make
uses water drawn from the windpump to fill a lined fish pond that contains tilapia. Fish provide nutrients needed for plan growth.The water from the fish pond is circulated to a greenhouse where crops are grown and then backto the fish pond. Pumps used for water circulation, as well as aeration of the fish pond, werepowered using solar photovoltaics. The system design was the output of a senior thesis project atPrinceton collaboration with research partners in Egypt and initial plans for the Summer 2020 werefor another cohort of students to travel to Egypt to install and test the integrated aquaculture andhydroponic system in Egypt. The pandemic prohibited travel. The team debated postponing thework and ultimately decided to offer the program
University.Dr. Anica Gwenell Bowe, Oakland University Dr. Bowe is an Assistant Professor at Oakland University in Rochester Michigan. She earned a Ph.D. in Education Psychology with a focus in Quantitative Methods in Education. Her interests are in eval- uation practices for school-based initiatives, instrument development, the psycho-social development of immigrant adolescents, and education evaluation within the Caribbean.Dr. Brian K Dean, Oakland University Brian K. Dean is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oakland University. He received the B.S.E.E. for the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY, USA in 2006, the M.S.E.E. in 2008, and the Ph.D. in 2012. Dr. Dean’s research
without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.Engineering Design Process: There are 8 steps in the engineering design process: 1) define theproblem; 2) do background research; 3) specify requirements; 4) brainstorm solutions; 5) choosethe best solution; 6) do development work; 7) build a prototype; and 8) test and redesign.ASPIRE participants go through each step of the design process. During week 1, student teamsare required to define a problem that they can solve with an IOT solution and conductbackground research to create their idea. They also identify design requirements and begin tobrainstorm solutions for their IOT problem. During week 2, student teams choose their bestsolution and design, code, and build their
of Technology Transfer. This support allowed these two teams to designand prototype the product during the fall 2013 and spring 2014 semesters. These two teamsreceived multiple cash awards while competing in the State of North Carolina SocialEntrepreneurship Conference and the Ventureprise business competition. One team built acompany which is still active even after the participants graduated with their Baccalaureatedegrees. Thus far the faculty have supported four entrepreneurial teams in the capstone seniordesign courses.While the entrepreneurship course gives a chance for our students to work with a faculty on thedevelopment of a new product, linking it to the capstone senior design course strengthens thefoundation for our engineering
education and practice and has been working in the areas of innovation, leadership development, inclusion, ethics, and, faculty development leveraging design research and mixed methods approaches.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Swarthmore College Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education andDr. Helen L. Chen, Swarthmore College Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical En- gineering at Stanford University. She has been involved in several major engineering education
Crawford, Rice University As Associate Director for Science and Engineering of the Rice Office of STEM Engagement, Christina leads the K-12 Biology & Engineering professional development programming. She guides Houston area secondary science teachers in ”best practices” in educational pedagogy in this capacity. She currently has a B.S. in Biology from Texas A and M - Corpus Christi, an M.S.Ed from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. student at the University of Houston studying Urban Education.Dr. Christopher Barr, Rice University Rice University Office of Assessment and Evaluation of STEM Programs led by Dr. Barr is the Direc- tor of Assessment and Evaluation of STEM Programs at Rice University. He has been an
engineering discipline [15]-[18]. To the best of our knowledge, noprevious research has examined the differences between faculty and students regarding teachingand learning perceptions in an engineering program at a liberal art college. Therefore, this pilotstudy sets out to explore the teacher and student perceptions of sources of motivation in anintroductory engineering design course in liberal arts settings. The sources of motivation anddemotivation are evaluated by students’ learning outcomes of the course. Learning outcomesindicate that what the instructor intends for the learning in a course and how the studentdemonstrates learning in the course [19]. They are directly linked to the design and content ofcourses.Engineering Design CourseThis
. Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human ResourceDevelopment Series. Krieger Publishing Company, Krieger Drive, Malabar, FL 32950, 2000.[13] Ziegenfuss, D.H. and Lawler, P.A. Collaborative course design: changing the process,acknowledging the context, and implications for academic development. International Journalfor Academic Development, 13(3), 151-160, 2008.[14] Ziegenfuss, D.H. A phenomenographic analysis of course design in the academy. Journal ofEthnographic & Qualitative Research, 2(1), 2007.[15] Ho, A., Watkins, D., and Kelly, M. The conceptual change approach to improving teachingand learning: An evaluation of a Hong Kong staff development programme. Higher Education,42(2), 143-169, 2001.[16] Michaelsen, L.K. and Sweet, M. Team
prepared to not prepared at all. Survey responses will bemonitored over time to assess the impact of these changes and identify areas where furtherintervention may be needed. Survey feedback will be used to iteratively refine the modules andcourse learning outcomes.Appendix A: Seattle University ECE Themes of Professional Formation1. STEM Technical Skills (Scientific, Engineering, and Computational Skills) a. Design Skills i. Engineering Trade-offs and Design under Constraint 1. Global, Cultural, Social, Environmental, and Economic Constraints 2. Concern for Public Health, Safety, and Welfare ii. Sustainable and Ethical Design Practices 1. Design Informed by the Energy Budget and Carbon
differing perspectives based on thedocumented experiences of women along the Oregon and similar Overland Trails in the late1840s and early 1850s. Games were implemented using the Inform programming language,characterized by coding statements taking the form of complete sentences. This approachprovided a natural language syntax environment, making it inclusive for individuals outsidetraditional programming disciplines. To assess the course's effectiveness, pre- and post-activitysurveys with a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) focus were designed and administered. Thesubsequent statistical analysis revealed a significant positive impact, with a large effect sizedemonstrated in raising students' awareness of gender representation
unique perspectives that each author brings, in terms ofethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, and class [13], [14] also helps ensure that the datawas cross-checked amongst the team for rigor and trustworthiness of the findings.MethodsA qualitative case study design was used to explore the experiences and understanding of ethicalmentoring principles for eight graduate students and four faculty within science and engineeringusing research mentoring relationships as a developmental factor [15]. The ethical mentoringprinciples were used to inform selection of vignettes or ‘case studies’ from Johnson’s mentoringguide for higher education faculty [3]. This vignette technique was selected because it allowsparticipants explore the attitudes
].Identifying and overriding our unconscious biases can have a positive impact on interpersonalcommunication and reduce the barriers for others’ success.Why engineering education?Each profession has its own culture, and engineering education culture specifically can beresistant to learning about and addressing unconscious bias. Cech’s research identifies threepillars of engineering education culture that decrease a student’s level of engagement with publicwelfare over time [11]. The three pillars: depoliticization, social/technical dualism, andmeritocracy; affect how engineers engage with public welfare, which can be extended to apply toother social issues such as unconscious bias. To effectively raise awareness of unconscious biasand encourage
improvements in senior designproject definition, coordination and management will be recommended to help achieve theoverall international experience outcomes to any project.Hypothesis:A previous study showed that including an international component into a typical civilengineering design project provided improvements in students’ motivation, attitude andexperience when compared to a typically classroom project. The research questions for thisstudy was whether a local domestic setting project, with the same level of interaction with localcommunities, can have the same impact on students’ outcome as the international projects.IntroductionThe primary goals in offering a service learning project within the framework of a traditionalcurriculum are to
(NHERI) – NetworkCoordination Office (NCO) is a National Science Foundation funded collaborative grant thataims to coordinate research and outreach activities for the multi-disciplinary natural hazardsengineering research. As part of the NHERI-NCO, the Education and Community Outreachinitiatives include opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct research to mitigate theeffects of natural hazards. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) has been well-researched as a best practice for preparing college students for graduate studies (Willis, Krueger,& Kendrick, 2013), especially underrepresented students in engineering (Labrador & Perez,2006). Curriculum was developed specifically for the NHERI REU program to
practices and tools (SEPTs), that is, the tools and techniques for designing,implementing, and maintaining software over time. As a result, the productivity or reliability ofengineering work involving software can be hampered by problems that could have been avoidedwith the use of modern best practices in software engineering. Despite a history of research onSEPTs in computing fields (e.g., computer science and software engineering) and computationalscience fields (e.g., computational physics and bioinformatics), the use of SEPTs in engineeringfields is not well understood.To address this problem, in this paper, we present ongoing work investigating how practitionersand undergraduate students in non-computing engineering disciplines understand and
‘bio-char modified cement pastes’ research experience program at anHBCU. This program was part of a broader one-year science, technology, engineering, arts, andmathematics (STEAM) ACTIVATED! program funded through a 2018 Engineering InformationFoundation (EiF) grant. The four research questions for this qualitative study are: 1. To what extent did research experiences contribute to the engineering and technology knowledge of minority middle school girls? 2. What were the salient learning experiences of minority middle-school girls? 3. How did the various research and learning activities impact the self-efficacy of minority middle-school girls? 4. Beyond this program, what actions will minority middle-school girls take to
facilities design to research that applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facility design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among components of the indoor environment, occupants, and energy usage. Specifically, the effects of the indoor environment on occupant health and well-being and in parallel, how socially-mediated energy-saving strategies can increase awareness of energy use
statistical thinking for engineering in general andthe design component in particular.3) Estimation: A main challenge of a project design is the number of variables and theirinteractions during the design process. Often, the system stretches beyond designers’ capabilityto grasp all of the details simultaneously [1] .One strategy for coping with the many variables is:to bring the system back within the limits of human mental capacity by focusing selectively on alimited number of factors, preferably the most significant ones. Designers are usually good atestimation. They are able to size up parameters, sort them out in terms of their relativeimportance, and neglect the ones that have less impact on the project. Today’s graduates are notgood at
student ambassadors. She currently sits on the department’s Diversity and Outreach Committee and is a liaison for the department to the Office of the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for the college. In addition to her role as Undergraduate Student Services Manager, Candice is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences program in the College of Education at Clemson University.Dr. Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University Dr. Jennifer Ogle is a Professor in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University and a 2005 graduate of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her research focuses on transportation infrastructure design, safety, accessibility, and management
CISTARcampuses that developed synergy between the University Program and the Pre-College Program.Program MentorsGraduate student mentors for all of these groups were CISTAR Graduate Fellows, a group ofstudent researchers who are supported through CISTAR to understand their impact on industryand the world by participating in professional development activities and a set of definededucational experiences. Mentoring university undergraduate students and high school studentsand teachers is a critical element of the CISTAR Graduate Fellow experience.Changes Made to Programs Based on Previous EvaluationAs the programs were developed for the second year of the center a series of design changeswere made in response to evaluation results and feedback from
to building a sense ofbelonging within the engineering community and help increase diversity in the workforce.Nonetheless, it is important to specify that future research should consider multiple institutionalcontexts, as this study focused on faculty at HSIs. With that in mind, we hope to continueencouraging broader dialogue to better serve students through inclusive practices and targetedfaculty development that yields long-lasting educational impacts for students of all backgrounds.Future work should also address approaches to improving the intrinsic motivation of facultymembers themselves. A similar exercise could be implemented with engineering educators as theprimary stakeholder. Finally, future research should also explore the
Paper ID #38908Empowering Faculty Members through Mooc in Techno-Pedagogical Con-tentDr. K.S.A. Dinesh Kumar, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, India Dr. K. S. A. Dinesh Kumar, M. E., Ph.D. is presently Professor of Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR) Chennai, Government of India. He has coordinated more than 150 training programmes for National participants and 06 International programmes in the area of Technology Enabled Teaching Learning, Student Assessment and Evaluation, Instructional Design and Delivery system