invitingfaculty from various types of institutions, from teaching intensive universities to communitycolleges, to present at the program, we hope to address this problem and ultimately strengthenthe program. Overall, iFEAT has proven to be a great resource for female engineering candidatespreparing for the academic job search and poses a potential framework for institutions to addressthe gender gap in academia.References1. Shen, H. Inequality quantified: Mind the gender gap. Nature, 2013.2. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. 2013. Women, Minorities,and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2013. Special Report NSF 13-304. Arlington, VA.Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.3
Paper ID #12362Broadening Participation in Engineering: Making in the K-12 Classroom Fol-lowing an Interest-Based Framework (RTP, Strand 4)Miss Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette Avneet is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interests include K-12 education and first year engineering in the light of the engineering design process, and inclusion of digital fabrication labs into classrooms. Her current work at the FACE lab is on the use of classroom makerspaces for an interest-based framework of engineering design. She holds a B.E. in Aeronautical
the program. Figure 1: Locations of Wuhan University of Science and Technology (left), and Deakin University in Victoria, Australia (right).In a multi-disciplinary curriculum setting, learner-centred curricula and pedagogical practices are at theheart of international collaborative-learning programs. The vision of this project is to provide studentswith a collaborative-learning experience specializing in the theories and applications of advancedtechnology in mechanical engineering. The graduates in this collaborative program will be equippedwith the fundamental knowledge, expertise and learning capacity such that a science-literate andinnovative mind can prepare them for work in product and process
school GPA, and SAT mathscores. Further details of the interventions, study, results, and the literature review conducted upto that point can be found in the paper 1. There is evidence that subtle psychological interventionscan be self-reinforcing under certain conditions, for example, in environments with chronicevaluations (such as school), performance gains can magnify and reinforce the intervention 2.There has been additional work published on fostering a growth mindset in engineering studentpopulations in the past two years. Freeman et al. described positive outcomes, includingdevelopment of a growth mindset, from engineering students being taught in a way that developsthe six engineering Habits of Mind 3. Frary examined if a growth mindset
teachers to develop an understanding of and appreciation for funds of knowledge inrelation to engineering design learning. This research project supports teachers in integratingasset-based practices (particularly funds of knowledge) into their teaching of engineering, andaims to examine how such integration of can impact Latinx students’ and EnglishLearners/Emergent Bilinguals’ interest in, and knowledge of engineering. The project offers anopportunity to have an early impact on students’ engineering interest while also providingteachers with a broader perspective of how to develop students’ engineering habits of mind anddispositions using asset-based practices in ways that are aligned with Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS). This paper
, & M. K. Norman, “How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching,” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-470-48410-4.[4] J. D. Bransford, A. L. Brown, & R. R. Cocking, (Eds). National Research Council. 2000. How People Lean: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9853.[5] National Research Council. 2012. Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13362.[6] N. Kober, National Research Council. 2015. Reaching Students: What Research Says
education sector in general there is a growing recognition of the need for generic skillsdevelopment using online-learning and self-directed learning pedagogies [6], [7]. The aim of this work isto present a strategy designed to develop the communication skills of civil engineering students throughtheir participation in a radio podcast program and how this strategy has started social projects.With this in mind, we carried out an empirical study with undergraduate students of the program of civilengineering of the Tecnologico of Monterrey campus Puebla in Mexico. Several projects have started withlocal communities that get to know the students throughout the program and podcast. One example is the
professional engineers. This degree provides one with a strong foundation in thesciences and mathematics. In addition, it provides one with an elementary understanding of theknowledge base associated with a particular engineering discipline. But as the engineer growsprofessionally throughout his or her career, new knowledge and new skills are required. The NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) has identified some of the educational challenges that will be faced bythe engineer of 2020.3 Keeping in mind not only that the body of technological knowledge is expandingrapidly but also that the baccalaureate does adequately prepare the professional engineer for a lifetime ofpractice, it is evident that a program of lifelong professional education must be made
Paper ID #6969Feedback in Complex, Authentic, Industrially Situated Engineering Projectsusing Episodes as a Discourse Analysis Framework – Year 1Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Dr. Milo Koretsky is a professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel faculty fellow and has won awards for
Paper ID #8668A Classification Scheme for ”Introduction to Engineering” Courses: DefiningFirst-Year Courses Based on Descriptions, Outcomes and AssessmentDr. Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the Director of Engineering Education, Director of First-Year Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the TSA Boards of Directors and over 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He was awarded
. Page 8.1135.3 The view of the Information-Processing theorists that the mind is a computer cannot be ignored. It hypothesizes that the human brain has three kinds of memory: the sensoryProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exhibition2003, AmericanSociety for Engineering Education registers, the short-term memory (STM) and the long-term memory (LTM). The model describes information entering the brain as follows: anything a person senses will enter into his STM if attention was given upon reception, and if processed within 5 to 20 seconds, may enter into his LTM and remain there for a long time or maybe lost if not regularly used. Thus, the
’ experiences and learning outcomes from the module in addition to the embeddedassessment. Future findings on the assessments of these modules will provide further informationas to the implementation of such modules for institutions wishing to adopt them.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported primarily by the National Science Foundation under grant # 0850199.References:1. Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school.Washington, DC: National Academy Press.2. Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.3. Posse Foundation (2011). Retrieved on January 12, 2012 from http://www.possefoundation.org/.4. Gibbons, M. T. (2010). Engineering by the numbers
specialist and the scientist are grouped together in one career track asindividual contributors as that seems to be the common accepted definition in literature (See for Page 10.1322.1instance Landis2 and Covert4). It might be worthwhile to also keep in mind the definition from Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationSpurgeon5 who distinguishes between managers and individual contributors, which can be usedas a definitive decision maker in cases of doubt to which group an engineer belongs
, so we contacted participants individually. Furthermore, interview protocols were stillbeing refined as CSM’s academic year drew to a close. When protocols were complete, CSMhad only four weeks between Spring Break and Final Exams to schedule forty-eight interviewsone-and-one-half hours, each. When a student had to reschedule or missed an appointment, the Page 10.1074.6entire schedule was under even greater pressure.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationResearchers must be mindful of the participant’s value
assisted the teachers when necessary. AE fellows alsoconducted assessment of student attitudes, student content knowledge, and teacherperspectives. The paper will chronicle the implementation of each curricular unit andreport on teacher and student experiences.2.0 Adventure Engineering OverviewAE strives to (1) improve interest in and attitudes towards mathematics, science andengineering; (2) improve concept learning in science and math; and (3) provide a minds-on, hands-on, meaningful and enjoyable experience. The AE program involves thedevelopment and implementation of single day to four-week adventure-driven engineering-based curricular units for grades 4 through 9 science and/or math classes. Given adesignated time period and concepts
Session ERMEvolution through Evaluation: The Development & Delivery of a Multicultural Awareness Workshop for Teaching Assistants in Engineering Yogesh K. Potdar, Patricia B. Spencer/Kathryn Hollar Cornell University/Rowan UniversityAbstractThis paper will summarize the process for developing and delivering a workshop on MulticulturalAwareness for the TA Development Program in the College of Engineering at Cornell University.This workshop, delivered first in 1992, has been a key component of the TA Training programbecause of the pertinent issues around diversity in the classroom
The IEEE Virtual Museum: Using Web-based Education and a Humanistic Approach to Promote Engineering at the K-12 Level Michael Geselowitz, Kim Breitfelder IEEE History CenterAbstractThis paper examines ways that the humanities can be integrated into the science andtechnology curricula of an international audience of pre-college students. Historically,engineering curricula at the college level have ignored the humanities and liberal arts.This division has its roots in the elementary and secondary school levels where littleeffort is made to bring an understanding of one branch of learning into the context of theother. This results in an under appreciation of the engineering
Paper ID #43727Board 187: A Hybrid Community of Practice Model to Prepare Pre-ServiceSTEM Teachers to Teach EngineeringDr. Betsy Chesnutt, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Betsy Chesnutt is a lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She is interested in understanding how to prepare pre-service teachers to teach engineering, as well as how to support current K-12 teachers so that they can implement engineering into K-12 classrooms more effectively. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Hybrid Community of Practice Model to Prepare Pre
Paper ID #43408Board 403: The Influence of Belongingness and Academic Support duringa Global Pandemic for Engineering Students through Participation in anS-STEM Intervention ProjectProf. George Kow Quainoo, North Park University George K. Quainoo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering at North Park University in Chicago. He received his B.S and M.S in Physics from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Prior to joining North Park University, he served at lecturer at the University of Caper Coast and as Professor
Paper ID #43113Board 416: Understanding the Experiences of Graduate Program Directors:The Intersection of Roles, Responsibilities, and Care in Engineering GraduateEducationDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Adam Kirn
Paper ID #42724WIP: ”This is What We Learned”: Sharing the Stories of Experiences ofIndigenous-Centered, Engineering & Community Practice Graduate Programat Cal Poly HumboldtDr. Qualla Jo Ketchum, Cal Poly Humboldt Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and educational research around identity, indigenizing engineering practice and teaching, and the structural issues impacting Indigenous engineers. Dr
engineeringeducation emerges from my own lived experiences and cultural background. I recognize that thecurrent educational system underserves many students, in particular marginalized individuals, andthat change is needed. I believe educators have the potential to be socio-political change agents,and that engineering faculty are important gatekeepers to stimulate improvements towardapproaching DEIB on a larger scale. Mindful of these beliefs and the resulting positionality, I willseek to avoid biases during the coding and reporting of the data.Survey Design and DevelopmentThis study seeks to develop a more robust approach to understanding faculty DEIB learning andevaluating faculty DEIB practices in graduate engineering research group/lab settings
an avenue to help others. We would like to developa sense of caring in our students and foster the idea that as engineers they have a real opportunityto make a difference in the lives of others. With these goals in mind, we often jump into theprocess of trying to integrate service-learning projects into a classroom only to realize later thatthe extra coordination and logistics required are extensive. In contrast to service learning, aservice-oriented project will possess virtually all of the same elements but without the need toactually interact with the community thus eliminating most of the challenges of coordination.Service Projects at Engineering Universities. In recent years, many have attempted to integrateprojects with the hopes of
can be easily talked out of studying. (reverse scored)22. I get depressed sometimes and then there is no way to accomplish what I know I should be doing. (reverse scored)23. Things will probably go wrong for me sometime in the near future. (reverse scored)24. I keep changing my mind about my career goals. (reverse scored)25. I feel I will someday make a real contribution to the world if I work hard at it.26. There has been at least one instance in school where social activity impaired my academic performance. (reverse scored)27. I would like to graduate from college, but there are more important things in my life. (reverse scored)28. I plan well and I stick to my plans.Evaluation of Engineering ActivitiesThe students were asked to
system with long-term personal usage in mind. Page 9.101.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education1-Wire MicroLAN OverviewFigure 1 shows a schematic layout of a typical 1-Wire system connected to a PC. Allcommunication between the computer and the 1-Wire devices is through the DS9097U adapterconnected to the serial port. Power for the adapter electronics is derived from the Data TerminalReady (DTR) and the Request To Send (RTS) signals of the RS-232 serial port. Communicationbetween the PC and
that students have to manage their time amongst amultitude of necessary commitments simply to survive while being students. ExtracurricularDesign-Based Learning (Gerber et al., 2012) is a proven way to engage students and aligns withTinto (1993)’s theory of student departure by engaging students to bring them closer tograduation. The project developed and operated by the authors of this work intentionally designeda flexible commitment system into the project participation to be mindful of the strugglesmembers would face as engineering students. The decision to offset any lost wages byparticipating in a monetarily compensated capacity resulted in a committed core group of studentsover a full academic year. Among those students interviewed for
: TheVocabulary of Community Development as an Indicator of a Participatory Mind-set 2019 ASEE10.18260/1-2—32714[3] Hartman, E., Kiely, R., Boettcher, C., Friedrichs, J. 2018. Community-Based GlobalLearning: The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad. Sterling, VA:Stylus Press.[4] Doughty, Jeremy R. 2020. “A Narrative Study of South African Community Members’Experience With an International Service-Learning Program.”IJRSLCE[5] Dean, Jered H, and Douglas L Van Bossuyt. 2014. “Breaking the Tyranny of the Semester: APhase-Gate Sprint Approach to Teaching. IJSLEHE. December, 222–39.https://doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v0i0.5570.[6] Birzer, Cristian H., and Jaimee Hamilton. 2019. “Humanitarian Engineering EducationFieldwork and the Risk of
adaptability is if you like adapting at work because they have good something, don’t be shy about it. Tell communication skills and can easily them, because then you’ll get more acquire what they need. stuff and learn more. Open-mindedness Early-career engineer has an easy time Being adaptable is being open to adapting at work because they are open- doing other tasks that contribute to the minded and consider multiple solutions overarching goal of the organization. to a problem. Previous experiences Prior knowledge Early-career engineer has an easy time Having acquired a solid
the strengths and weaknesses of various team members including theirown, etc. [13 – 15].Communication skills included the ability to engage with different stakeholders (e.g., peers andfaculty), being able to create and present information orally and in writing and being mindful oftheir own verbal and non-verbal cues [16 - 19]. The third group of skills are largely consideredentrepreneurial and includes various skills related to making connections to a variety ofcontextual issues, being engaged in creative thinking, being curious, and striving to add value to Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education
Riley, Edward Hensel & Stuart C. Brown, “Blurring Boundariesbetween Technical Communication and Engineering: Challenges of a Multidisciplinary, Client-Based Pedagogy,”Technical Communication Quarterly Vol. 10 , Iss. 2, 2001[5] Buckley, M., Kershner, H., Schindler, K., Alphonce, C., Braswell, J., Benefits of using socially-relevant projectsin computer science and engineering education, ACM SIGCSE, v. 36, Iss. 1, pp. 482-486, 2004.[6] Mogk, D.W., and Goodwin, C., 2012, this volume, Learning in the field: Synthesis of research on thinking andlearning in the geosciences, in Kastens, K.A., and Manduca, C.A., eds., Earth and Mind II: A Synthesis of Researchon Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences: Geological Society of America Special Paper