different implications for the allocation ofpublic and private resources, a matter of concern in a world still characterized by scarcity inmeeting the basic needs of many. There may be widely held values concerning the environmentand sustainability that are separate from health and safety concerns. The twenty-first-centuryengineer must be aware of and competent to address these sorts of ethical and social issues—andthis imposes new demands on educational programs for engineers.11,12 As ABET recognizes incriterion 3(f), students must understand their “professional and ethical responsibility” [emphasisadded] and, in criterion 3(c), students must be able to design a project to meet “desired needswithin realistic constraints such as economic
supervision are, for many, their capstone experience. · Have a mentor. A ‘mentor’ experience; e.g., mentored internship not done for academic credit, in which students get to create their own project and then implement it under the supervision of a faculty member, provides an effective tool for learning. · Appreciate diversity. The impact of racial and ethnic diversity on their college experience has a highly positive effect; students learn from others who come from different backgrounds. · Manage time. Students who grow the most academically, and who are happiest, organize their time to include activities with faculty members, or with several other students, focused
Institute of Technology Chris Jurado is involved in the development of research activities such as collection and analysis of data and publications as part of the National Science Foundation’s Science Partnerships Program as well as in the implementation of capstone projects at the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Educa- tion (CIESE). Prior to joining CIESE he was a practicing chemical engineer on water treatments, envi- ronmental management systems and quality assurance. Chris received a BE in in Chemical Engineering from University of Guayaquil, an Environmental Technology Certificate from the Swedish International Development Agency, and a ME in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of
Paper ID #41371Board 428: Work in Progress: An Open Educational Resource to ImproveArchitectural Engineering Students Conceptual Knowledge When Writing-to-Learn:Investigation 1Dr. Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky has taught courses for Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Major Freshmen. He is the recipient of several teaching awards both within Penn State and Nationally. Ryan’s research centers on technology for teaching, capstones
to be more efficient in my time management. It reallyhelped that our advisor gave clear weekly targets and expectations.One such experience about time management sticks out above the rest: there was a week when Iwas waist-deep in work on my Capstone project. I was tasked with 3D modeling a motor box fora rotating wire system. Creating the 3D models for this design ate up most of my time that weekand I still needed to get my responsibilities done for the research. To help get my work done thatweek I had to create a schedule for myself on which times I would allocate solely for research.Creating this schedule helped me be more on track for the tasks I had been assigned that week aswell as a continued time frame that I would always put towards
biological materialsbecomes even more necessary.While the need to integrate design into the curriculum has been well recognized, efforts to injectit into the curriculum have been primarily made only at the freshman and senior levels, the latterwhere students work on capstone design projects. Sophomore and junior level courses often donot develop knowledge and abilities of students with respect to the engineering design process.However, the mechanics of materials course represents an excellent opportunity tosimultaneously develop abilities for analyzing material failure and abilities to connect failureanalysis to the engineering design process. Engineering design provides a cornerstone of theproposed approach to the redesign of the mechanics of
-coursesequence reinforcing the techniques of engineering design and project management. During thesenior year, students participate in two capstone experiences: a senior sequence of 2 or 3 coursesin their concentration area and a senior design project.We are currently collecting data on student and faculty characteristics with the intent ofcorrelating the following independent variables with the dependent variables of program (studentlearning) outcomes, specifically the achievement of the ABET established performance criteria.Independent VariablesIndependent variables are student and faculty characteristics that may affect learning outcomes.We use several well established and some newly researched instruments to identify the keycharacteristics that may
Paper ID #7130Muddiest Point Formative Feedback in Core Materials Classes with YouTube,Blackboard, Class Warm-ups and Word CloudsProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is a professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge
Antonio, thus showing the transferability ofthe curriculum.IntroductionThe 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines’ report on UndergraduateResearch Experiences (URE) for STEM Students: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunitiesmakes over 50 references to teams and teamwork, such as the URE’s tendency to “emphasize andexpect collaboration and teamwork” [1]. The report does not contain systematic recommendationsfor team training among its numerous contributing sources. This absence may indicate that teamtraining measures do not keep up with the increased curricular use of team projects. In fact,students are often required to work in groups without adequate preparation and guidelines for suchinterpersonal interactions [2-9
engineering degree programs.Undergraduate engineering curricula include engineering ethics through specialized courses andprogram-wide integration. While some engineering programs embed one stand-alone ethicscourse within a curriculum, other programs embed ethics modules across a few courses within acurriculum. Very few engineering programs weave engineering ethics across a four-yearundergraduate curriculum in a concerted and developmental way [7]. Engineering ethics taughtin stand-alone courses is usually offered within the first two years of study [4]. According toDavis [6], several engineering programs also embed ethical modules into technical writing andcommunication seminars, senior capstone projects, and introduction to engineering courses
experience is limitedto a single capstone project undertaken in their final year [13-15]. Despite the fact that engineering and scientific knowledge has grown at an astonishing rate overthe past century, engineering still only nominally requires 4 years of training (i.e., a bachelor’s degree) tobe able to enter and operate in the engineering workforce. For comparison, the number of years oftraining needed to practice law has increased from 4 to 7 and to practice medicine has increased from 3 to10 over the same time period. Given the breadth and depth of the technical knowledge students need tomaster, there are very few opportunities to incorporate additional non-technical material into mosttechnical courses, especially the engineering
application to object detection, tracking and pose estimation.Dr. Ola Batarseh, Dassault Systemes Dr. Ola Batarseh is Solution Architect Director in the Digital Transformation team at Dassault Systemes where she conducts internal projects to raise the model-based capability, competency, and capacity. She conducts regular client consulting efforts on enabling improved projects using model-based methods and analysis. She is an adjunct professor at UML where she instructs students from USAF, Raytheon, and other professionals in MBSE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Model-Based Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking Skills in Engineering
a necessity. This is especiallytrue in STEM disciplines, where students often need to work in diverse environments upongraduation. Studies have demonstrated that STEM students find it challenging to work with adiverse population. This is juxtaposed with the reality that over 50% of STEM employers preferto hire interculturally competent graduates. As such, national agencies and higher educationinstitutions have been urging STEM faculty to integrate intercultural competence into thecurriculum. Through this study, we intend to showcase the integration of interculturalcompetence concepts in a first-year cybersecurity classroom. The pedagogical framework for thecourse is project-based learning. The Intercultural Knowledge and Competence (IKC
professions. Estell is Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including formative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of
traditional curriculum (Applied statistics for research, Datascience foundations, and one DS Elective) with the aforementioned advanced undergraduate courses,streamlining the academic path for students interested in a quicker progression toward a Master’s in DataScience.As in the two-year program, 4 + 1 students undertake a comprehensive capstone project spread across twosemesters, during which they engage in extensive research, write a detailed treatise, and present theirwork, showcasing their mastery of Data Science concepts and methodologies.F. Minor and Related ClassesIn addition to the undergraduate and graduate programs, we also have developed a Data Science minor.The Data Science minor provides students with the necessary analytical skills to
professional world, as well as how faculty can be facilitated to engage students in engineering service more effectively.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architec- tural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been on the faculty since 1996. She serves as the ABET Assessment Coordinator for the Department. Professor Bielefeldt teaches introduc- tory courses for first year engineering students, senior capstone design, and environmental engineering specialty courses. She conducts engineering education research related to learning through service (LTS), social responsibility, sustainability
possible and even compelling [9, p. 4].There are numerous examples of innovative, interdisciplinary, first-year engineering courses thatalso motivated our curriculum development. Some utilize project-based learning strategies tohelp establish an understanding of the nature and limitations of engineering models [11]. Someembrace role-play as a way to demonstrate the importance of context and perspective in defining,to say nothing of solving, sociotechnical problems [12]. Yet others have an explicit focus onethics, having students grapple with real-world engineering ethics problems [13]. All of thesecourses prioritized communications and teamwork, and created opportunities for empathybuilding.3. Course overviewMaking the Modern World challenges a
supervised 91 MS projects/theses, 38 doctoral dissertations and numerous undergraduate researchers. Dr. Agogino is engaged in a number of collaborative projects with industry. Prior to joining the fac- ulty at UC Berkeley, she worked in industry for Dow Chemical, General Electric and SRI International. Her research interests include: Community-based design; Sustainable engineering, Intelligent learning systems; information retrieval and data mining; multiobjective and strategic product design; nonlinear optimization; probabilistic modeling; intelligent control and manufacturing; sensor validation, fusion and diagnostics; wireless sensor networks; multimedia and computer-aided design; design databases; design theory
Engineering and an associate pro- fessor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of sustainable materials management (SMM) strategies.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s
suited for online delivery also include: greenscreen techniques, interactive video and software tools from the internet marketing niche tocapture and engage students6.During 2016 Summer Quarter, the set of videos provide a technical foundation made up of aseries of short mini-lectures (usually lasting between 5 to 10 minutes for each video) followed bya series of short assessments to verify and validate student understanding using Google Docs.Video recordings on the use of engineering tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Labview/Multisim,PhET and Algodoo software, can serve as examples to show key concepts. The video instructioncan also include demonstrations of real-world applications. For example, in the capstone designcourses and projects, students
engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of sustainable materials management (SMM) strategies.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee
train studentsin “technical communication” have prioritized writing over speaking. Second, most approachesto communication skill development include an emphasis on either integrating writing and Page 11.625.2speaking into an introductory and/or capstone engineering course or offering a TechnicalCommunication course specifically for engineering students. Third, research in this area oftenhighlights previous attempts to incorporate or develop writing assignments using a writing-in-the-disciplines approach while relying on industry representatives and/or alumni to providediscipline-specific, genre-based knowledge. While these approaches to
engineering and automation, electricalengineering and automation, chemical engineering and technology, computer science andtechnology.In 2007, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance decided to implement the“Project of Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform in Colleges andUniversities” in order to actively explore the reform of the program evaluation system andfocus on advancing the pilot work of program accreditation in engineering technology andmedicine, in an attempt to build a accreditation system adapting to the social and professionalneeds. In December 2007, the National Engineering Education Program AccreditationSupervision and Arbitration Commission was established to further promote the improvementof engineering
Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student moti- vation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incor- porating engineering into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. Page 26.874.1 in Bioengineering from the
Paper ID #11690A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Student Perceptions and ExperiencesRelated to Global ReadinessDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working
studentsproximal36. For the smaller lecture sections and recitations of less than 30 students, theresearcher stayed in the middle or back of the room to afford a view of student activity aroundthe room. Page 26.1021.8Course activities including recitations, review sessions before each midterm, and a midtermexam were also observed by a member of the research team with accompanying fieldnote record.Artifacts, including course syllabi, homework assignments and solutions, exams and examsolutions, projects, worksheets, textbooks, etc. were collected for later analysis. In totality, over95 hours of course activities were observed during the fall 2013 semester
University in 2015.Dr. Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University Soheil FatehiBoroujeni received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018. As a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, School of Engineering Education, Soheil is working on a multi-institutional project characterizing governance processes related to change in engineering education, and pursuing other research interests in epistemology and design, among other philosophical topics in engineering education.Dr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of industrial
represent the content that is covered on the general part of thefundamentals of engineering exam and therefore, represent core content knowledge required ofmost engineering disciplines. We chose to structure the second level VCPs around course areasrather than cross-curricular pedagogical themes (e. g., project-based instruction, teaming andcooperative learning, teaching thorough design, service learning) because we believe that facultymembers would be more interested and committed to “their courses” and that communitieswould develop more naturally. We did not include the first-year course and the capstone coursebecause these typically utilize many of the research-based instructional approaches that we aretrying to get adopted in the other parts of
Professor at the University of Missouri in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She is Director of Research of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women in Student Environments (AWISE) projects, and a co-principal investigator for the National Girls Collaborative project. Dr. Marra teaches course on assessment, evaluation and the design and implementation of effective online learning experiences.Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkKatie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - ColumbiaMr. David B Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park David Knight is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education Program at Pennsylvania State
Project Leaders; (B) Student cohorts through social activities and STEM-based games; (C)A weekly seminar meeting with outside presentations of general interest, such as job-hunting,resume-writing, information about scholarships and fellowships, and the process to apply tograduate school; and (D) A Poster Session so that students present the engineering experiencesthey have gained. A poster competition was held to select the best student posters, and selectedstudents were awarded “Posters of Excellence” Certificates.In 2013, SOCHE again implemented an assessment tool in an effort to better understand theneeds of the 43 participating students. Of these students, 10 students had also participated in the2012 program (repeat participation rate of