this paper. This paper hopes to contribute to these emerging needs and thefuture development of these crucial areas of graduate engineering education.1. IntroductionAs organized in the Cold War and perpetuated with funding from federal agencies such as theNSF, NIH, etc. [1], [2], traditional graduate student research is often limited to an academicscope--for the advancement of graduate advisors, the continuation of students’ academic careers,and/or to be published in academic journals. Yet this knowledge rarely reaches impoverishedcommunities in need of research findings and undergraduate students eager to turn graduate-levelresearch into design and service-learning projects, especially in languages and formats that canmake it accessible and
that, as a corecourse, it was not meeting the intended institutional outcomes. The question posed to thereviewers was; “What should ME 220 offer every student to help them progress in theirdevelopment towards an officer of character?” While the course should and would continue tohave a foundational statics and mechanics of material curriculum, equipping each student withadditional skills necessary for a career as an Air Force officer was also desired. After carefulconsideration of the institutional outcomes, the AEM and CT outcomes in particular, it wasapparent that intentionally introducing students to an engineering design process and giving thempractice implementing the design process to generate solutions to problems would help them
Paper ID #36634ASCE’s Response to the Pandemic: Execution of a RemoteExCEEd Teaching WorkshopKelly Salyards (Professor) Dr. Kelly Salyards is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University. With degrees in Architectural Engineering from Penn State, she began her career as a consulting structural engineer before returning to academia. Her areas of research include vibration serviceability and human-induced excitation while maintaining her dedication to engineering education. She is active with the American Society Civil Engineers (ASCE) through the
interest in computational and theoretical condensed matter and materials physics. Working under the supervision of Prof. Dallas R. Trinkle, Yang is currently doing research on modeling defects in materials, alloys and magnetism in materials using first- principles tools.Andre Schleife (Assistant Professor) André Schleife is a Blue Waters Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and his degrees in physics are from the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany (Diploma, 2006; Ph.D. 2010). He was a Directorate Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2011–2013). At UIUC, which he joined in 2013, he received the NSF CAREER award, the ONR YIP award, and was an ACS PRF Doctoral
graders, largerclasses lead to less grading time per submission. As a result, the benefit of the feedback couldvary from step-by-step critiques or a simple “x” indicating that something in the response isincorrect. The potential advantage the student may gain from quality feedback can besignificantly affected by the effort and clarity provided by the grader. Furthermore, students mayadjust their efforts, rather than understand the material itself, to adhere to a grader’s bias for amore favorable grade [5, 6]. The method of feedback is as essential as the feedback itself andassessment has proven to be a critical point in students’ academic careers [5, 12].Additionally, many students who are stressed about their grade or who do not understand
Alliance (IEA) [13] expects that graduates from WashingtonAccord programs will have “knowledge of professional ethics, responsibilities, and normsof engineering practice. Awareness of the need for diversity by reason of ethnicity, gender,age, physical ability etc. with mutual understanding and respect, and of inclusive attitudes”(WK9) and “Knowledge of the role of engineering in society… such as the professionalresponsibility of an engineer to public safety and sustainable development” (WK7).Teaching Ethics in EngineeringDespite the importance of ethics in the career of engineers and the requirement for ethicseducation in accredited undergraduate degree programs, engineering continues to struggle withthis complex educational requirement. The
and strong connections to the faculty. Those findings wereechoed by Griffin et al. [19]. Alston et al. [17] explored the experiences of Black men, US andforeign born, with mentoring at HBCUs in STEM. Alston et al. [17] found that Black menoverall were satisfied with their mentoring experiences, in terms of career preparation, eventhose with mentors whose cultural backgrounds were different than theirs which was what themajority experienced. Their participants, on the other hand, also expressed that their mentoringrelationships did not always live up to their expectations, suggesting that the lack of Black menSTEM mentors constricted developing more potentially satisfying mentorships. “Even on theHBCU campus, STEM environments do not appear
. It costs humanity more effort to limit someone’s potential than to foster it.Kevin’s Positionality Kevin identifies as a Puerto Rican, gay, male, industrial engineer from the west side ofPuerto Rico and is currently a Ph.D. student at the School of Engineering Education at PurdueUniversity, but why does this matter? Some of these intersecting identities are not a uniquecrossroads, but many more people in the world that identify as LGBTQ+ and Latinx may want topursue a career in engineering. Yet, it is rare to find research talking about these intersectingidentities. Studying small sample sizes, especially those at the intersections, has value [12].However, there was not enough literature about the intersection of the Latinx and LGBTQ
of this paper have backgrounds in engineering and experiences with seekingaccommodations in undergraduate engineering. Although some of the authors and researchers inthis work identify as neurodivergent, disabled, or have close family members who areneurodivergent or disabled, not all authors identify as having predominantly neurodivergentcharacteristics. We each share a passion for decentering the societal norms for ability particularlyaround cognitive functioning.Collaboratively, we bring expertise in identity-based motivation, career goals, wellbeing,neurodiversity, particularly autism and ADHD. Two authors contribute self-identifieddescriptions of their experiences in undergraduate engineering as a neurodivergent students,while the
had been three separate threads comprising what became the Climate &Sustainability Systems thread, namely Advanced Materials Machines, Digital Cities, andRenewable Energy Machines. Past developments in the NEET program have been publishedelsewhere [11–15]. Joining NEET is voluntary for students, and it does not fulfill any requirementstoward an engineering degree as prescribed by MIT. The NEET program is based on the following four principles: 1. Student education should focus on preparation for developing new technologies 2. Student education should prepare them to become makers and discoverers, with engineering fundamentals applicable to both research and in practical careers
, their beliefs, and graphic about EL experiences at the intersection of race and gender [25] Traits 4 Veteran EL Development Programs developing student veterans' engineering leadership [26] Academic 4 Teacher Leader Model Building STEM capacity in K-12 through developing teachers as leaders [27] Preparation Personal & 3 Women’s Oral History Gathering, preserving, and interpreting the voices and memories of women leaders' STEM social exp. careers [28] Organizational Context Internal 11 EL in Academia Explanation of
Paper ID #38347The Development of Sociotechnical Thinking in EngineeringUndergraduatesKathryn Johnson Kathryn Johnson is a Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Electrical Engineering and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. After starting her career with a research focus on wind energy control systems, first developed an interest in engineering education research in the Fall 2011 when she experienced Aalborg University's (Denmark) Problem-Based Learning philosophy. Since then, she has led two NSF grants in social justice and sociotechncial thinking in
Minnesota.Marissa H. Forbes (Research Associate) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com US-Sweden Bioinformatics IRES: Investigating Engineering Students’ Attitudes and Perspectives Throughout a 10-week International Research ProgramAbstractThe US-Sweden Clinical Bioinformatics Research Training Program is an NSF-fundedInternational Research Experience for Students (IRES) program that aims to develop a diversecohort of globally competent and engaged scientists/engineers that seek career opportunities andcollaborators throughout the world. The program consists of a six-week preparatory virtual trainingseries
technology greatly impact [students]career goals," [1] the last two authors at the University of Wyoming have increased their de-velopment and offering of Professional Developments (PD) to enable K-12 teachers to extendand broaden their abilities to bring CS to their students. These PDs include two funded byNational Science Foundation grants (DRL Grant #1923542; CNS Grant#2055621), and an-other by the National Security Agency (H98230-21-1-0122). This paper provides an overviewof the camps as well as the assessment of the PD’s effectiveness at enabling K-12 teachersto implement CS topics in to their existing lessons and/or curriculum.1.2 Wyoming CS StandardsAs a means to address the lack of policy dictating pre-collegiate engineering education
, field placement, internship,mandatory professional practicum/clinical placement, service learning, and work experience.Past research in WIL in the context of engineering education has found that students whoparticipate in WIL experiences tend to earn higher GPAs and have higher starting salaries upongraduation than their peers who did not participate in WIL [4]. Johrendt et al. [5] found thatcooperative education is “valuable in academic progress, career enhancement, and developmentof generic skills and attributes”, and that students who worked several shorter, varied work termsenabled them to better understand workplace culture, and develop professional networks. In arecent survey of papers examining design practices in WIL experiences
incorporate education and capacity building into my research and future career in water and sanitation development.Walter Alejandro Silva Sotillo (University of South Florida)Victor Ventor (University of South Florida)Ardis Hanson (Assistant Director, Research and Education, USF HealthLibraries) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comWritten Communication to Achieve Data Literacy Goals in a Probability and Statistics CourseAbstractEducational best practices indicate that engineering students learn professional communicationskills most effectively within their engineering courses. To provide for this practice anddocument its
to improve outcomes for minoritized groups in engineering using mixed-and multi-modal methods approaches. She currently is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. In 2019, she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for her NSF CAREER project on hidden curriculum in engineering. Dr. Idalis Villanueva has a B.S. degree is in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Soon after, she completed her postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health in Analytical Cell Biology in
efforts and redefine the engineering canon as sociotechnical. She has a background in environmental engineering and received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University with a research focus on the ethical and career aspects of mentoring of science and engineering graduate students and hidden curriculum in engineering.Dr. Amy Walker, University of Texas at Dallas Amy V. Walker is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the Erik Jonsson School of Computer Science and Engineering, and a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. Amy received her BA(Hons) in Natural Sciences (Experimental and Theoretical Physics) in 1995 and her PhD in Chemistry in 1998
they would enjoy pursuing a research career in the future. Students also buildskills, such as technical capabilities [1], [2] and project and time management, that can benefitthem irrespective of the career path that they take. Because of this, undergraduate researchprograms are a form of project-based and experiential learning.Significant prior work exists in these areas. Notably, prior studies have shown that students canbuild their technical skills through project and experiential learning; however, they have alsoshown a number of more general benefits such as building students’ confidence [3], [4], creativity[5] and even self-image [6].Project and experiential learning has been shown to be effective throughout STEM fields [7]–[9]and
have been heavilydirected towards evaluation of two criteria: Criterion 2- Program Educational Objectives andCriterion 3- Program Educational Outcomes. These two criteria are described in the most recentABET publication (2005-06 Engineering Criteria)1 as:Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives: Although institutions may use differentterminology, for purposes of Criterion 2, program educational objectives are broad statementsthat describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparinggraduates to achieve. Each engineering program for which an institution seeks accreditation orreaccreditation must havein place:(a) detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of the institution
University in NewJersey by the authors in oral presentation and senior seminar courses offered by the Humanitiesand Social Science department for engineers. To provide a coherent instructional design thatcan function in Face-to-face and online courses equally effectively, the ‘General, ParticularSpecific’ model1 was piloted and is now fully integrated. This scaffolding for students enhancestheir critical thinking about content and alignment with the audience when examining content tobe delivered orally to diverse groups. The students are taught to effectively communicatetechnical information as responsible experts.Introduction Communication is essential in all career paths but many STEM students discount thevalue and avoid practice rather
U.S. She arrived in Clemson University in 2017 and currently works in the Office of Global Engagement (OGE) in the Global Learning, Partnerships, and Initiative (GPLI) where she oversees and processes International Agreements in coordination with partners and campus stakeholders, as well as the logistics for different initiatives within OGE. She is also part of a select group in Clemson University who are Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), a well-recognized tool to assess intercultural development. Before coming to Clemson, Maggie was a Diplomat for Guatemala. She began her Diplomat career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Guatemala in 2006 where she served for 6 years in
Paper ID #37282Professional Shame amid Faculty-Student InteractionsJames L. Huff (Associate Professor) Dr. James Huff is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Honors College Faculty Fellow at Harding University. He conducts transdisciplinary research on identity that lies at the nexus of applied psychology and engineering education. A recipient of the NSF CAREER grant (No. 2045392) and the director of the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) lab, Dr. Huff has mentored numerous undergraduate students, doctoral students, and academic professionals from more than 10 academic disciplines in using
, students were promptedto consider the following: “Discuss why ethics and sustainability are important to civilengineering” and “How do ethics and sustainability relate to your future career goals?” Thus,sustainability was introduced in the course and reinforced.Although the SDGs were not explicitly discussed, content in the course related somewhat to:SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing (health impacts of civil engineering infrastructure andwellbeing requirement in the Code of Ethics), SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation (focus areas ofcivil engineering, ASCE Infrastructure Report Card for these areas), SDG 9 Infrastructure (focusof civil engineering), SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities (equity topic during one week includingweekly assignment), and SDG 11
, Springfield, MA 01119AbstractAdditive manufacturing (AM) is widely used in various industries and has transformed the wayproducts are designed and manufactured. Training workshops in conjunction with a partassessment framework encourage designers to use design for additive manufacturing (DfAM)considerations during the process of idea generation. In this respect, a training framework willassist researchers, educators, and students to evaluate and improve designs and encourageexploration of changes that need to be made during the design process. Successfulimplementation of DfAM considerations in engineering design classes are an important step inpreparing students for professional careers. This research investigates the effect of DfAMintegration in
, sensors and machine learning journals. Dr. Chauhan has received undergraduate and graduate engineering degree in Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering from India and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University, Canada. He is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) license holder, Canada. During his research career, he has worked at universities in India, Canada and USA at various positions. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at G. H. Patel College of Engineering & Technology, India, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Canada, Instructor at St. Lawrence College, Canada and Assistant Professor at WNE, USA. Dr. Chauhan has also worked at industries in India (Elecon Engineering Company) and Canada
is a wealth of research thathighlights the various verbal and non-verbal representations that caregivers employ to engagetheir child(ren) in STEM concepts, skills, and practices [22], [26]. In addition, recent researchhighlights the influence of caregiver STEM talk and interactions on their children’s STEMidentity and career decisions as an adult [32], [33]. These researchers found informal learningexperiences involving STEM media and clubs/camps, for example, to have less of an influence.Results from research question one builds upon this research to highlight the complex nature ofthese interactions through multiple representations and translations between representations. Forexample, gesture-language and concrete-language translations were
industry demand and academic fulfillment. A global engineer and researcher, Tahsin is an advocate and ally for better inclusion in STEM and beyond.Juan David Ortega-Alvarez (Collegiate Assistant Professor) For several years after earning my engineering degree in 2001, my professional duties included working full-time as a process engineer at a chemical company and teaching engineering courses as an adjunct instructor. In 2009 I left a seven- year long career in industry—interrupted only by my time abroad earning a master’s in engineering—to become a full- time faculty member, mostly in pursuit of one goal: professional and personal fulfillment. To be sure, the most gratifying experience I have had in my career is
for significant contributions to reach the SustainableDevelopment Goals while educating their engineering students. As an example of partnershipbetween academia, communities, industry, and individuals this model may serve as an effectiveway for universities to translate new knowledge into practice for international scenariosProject Description and ContextThe project is part of the capstone course for senior students in chemical engineering on ProcessControl. Certainly, it would be part of some other course. However, the choice for this course isbased on several advantages. It is taken by all the senior students once a year, so all of them canshare the same learning experience. Students reach this point in their career where they know