developingtheir engineering identities as influenced by their competency beliefs. Identity researchersencourage educators to include curricular practices that support students in seeing themselvesas engineers [1]–[5]. Engineering role identity has been shown to influence learning,persistence, and motivation [6]–[8], highlighting the need for identity to be developed andmaintained as part of an undergraduate engineering degree. How students think about theirability to understand and apply engineering practices has been shown to predict and support thedevelopment of these engineering identities [6], [9].Wenger and colleagues illustrated that we "produce our identities through the practices weengage in [p. 164]” and that "identity is a form of competence
implement asset-based approaches such as asset mapping.Keywords: Asset based practices; community cultural wealth; engineering designIntroductionThe design process is the foundation of the engineering profession and a cornerstone ofundergraduate engineering curricula. The design process draws on students’ strengths and skillssuch as communication, tinkering, modeling, and brainstorming, informed by their uniqueexperiences and expertise. However, social dynamics may result in women, gender minorities,and racial and ethnic minorities being relegated to clerical or social roles on teams [1]–[3],preventing full participation and benefit from technical design, experimentation, and fabricationactivities. This may result in less engagement in hands-on
through Academic Search Complete (ASC) and Web of Science. Toidentify the initial dataset, we searched within the title, abstract, or keywords for terms indicatedin Table 1 below, which resulted in n = 262 articles. Next, we narrowed down this pool of articlesto those focusing only on gender using a second search, shown below in the righthand column ofTable 1. This process limited the article pool to n = 56 articles.Table 1. ASC and Web of Science primary search Initial Search Terms Gender Search Terms • Gender 1. Engineering and socialization • Sex 2. Engineering and socialisation • Wo(men) • (Fe)male
constant and cyclic marine environment to determine thecorrosion performance of materials and coatings. The ACT chamber is light weight, table-top,fully programmable, and safe to operate in laboratory environment, and therefore, preferred overcommercially available ACT chambers.IntroductionCorrosion of metal components in infrastructure, automobiles and aircraft is estimated to cost theglobal economy $2.5T annually [1]. It is estimated that by properly applying corrosion testingand protection this preventable deterioration could be reduced by up to 35% or $875B [1].Failure to identify the root cause of corrosion, or even how a specific material corrodes can resultin ultimate failure of the material during service. This could lead to catastrophic
institutional transformations with resultantdifficulties and challenges[1]. One of the challenges detected in the past few years is theintroduction of Building Information Modeling or BIM to the AEC Industry [2, 3]. BIM is theintegration of all disciplines of the AEC industry into a cloud based three-dimensional model thatin turn decreases the time needed for a project to be completed, and creates clear communication,from the construction site to the architects and engineers. BIM has become a focal point ofeducation in the AEC industry since early 2000s [1]. CAD software has been a standard in AECeducation but did not influence the discipline with the gravity BIM has. The introduction ofthree-dimensional software with BIM produced a lot of critics from
discussed at the end.BackgroundAcademic stress can be described as the student’s interaction with environmental stressors, thestudent’s cognitive judgment in coping with those academic-related stressors and involves thepsychological or physiological response to these stressors [1-3]. Engineering students mustundergo a substantial and comprehensive curriculum during their undergraduate years—aspects ofthe curriculum are often described as being stressful. Progression through the engineeringcurriculum can be stressful because the students are expected to perform well with a significantworkload in the form of projects and other required homework. Consequently, to meet suchdemands, students may not be able to enjoy their campus life [4]. Excessive
improve water control and flood management within specific regionsof the watershed. Each project required capital investment with ongoing operational andmaintenance requirements. This paper examines the challenges project teams experiencedspecifically related to their use of engineering economics methods in making decisions during theengineering design process and formulates a series of lessons learned that may guide futureinstructors in planning community-engaged projects with their students.1 IntroductionEngineering capstone design projects are a critical part of the undergraduate engineeringcurriculum that binds the training and education received to a real-world application to preparestudents for lifelong careers as engineers. Integrating
Industry 4.0, the FourthIndustrial Revolution and COVID-19 are creating a new sense of urgency to drive collaborationbetween industry and education.In 2022, academic institutions offer three paths to prospective engineering students, whichstudents qualify for via standardized testing;Path 1) 4-year bachelor degrees with “R1” research focus: typically following on to postgraduatedegrees and careers in research or academia.Path 2) 2-year associate degree (community college): typically leading to a career based on atechnical skill or trade.Path 3) 4-year bachelor degree with industry focus: typically leading to careers in technical-based industriesThis paper presents a new approach to the “third path,” the industry-based bachelor degrees. Thenew
help of an instructional designer, course evaluations are still below the department's mean.Students continue to request more examples to practice and more interaction with the material.However, most students do not engage with the material currently provided and instead useonline resources to find answers to questions. Therefore, this work tests the theory of whetheractive online lecture videos can improve the time of engagement with the material, perceived andperformance learning outcomes, and possibly increase course evaluations.LiteratureActive Learning FrameworkThe theoretical frameworks of Behaviorism [1] and Cognitivism [2] support that learning is bestachieved when supplemented with activity [3]. Behaviorism indicates that when
viewed as a supplier of world-wide, industry-recognized, lifelong nonconforming professional certifications. Survey data from193 individuals across five geographical regions of the United States indicate that aSOLIDWORKS certification is valuable and provides benefit to the certified user. This paperpresents a novel method of data collection, provides details concerning the actual value andbenefits of certifications, and discusses areas of future research as it relates to CADcertifications.Key Words: SOLIDWORKS, Certification, Computer-aided design (CAD)IntroductionThere are more than 6,700 different industry-recognized certifications [1], 43 million Americans(16.9% of the population) hold a professional certification or license [2], and over
entrepreneurial principles.In our current model, project teams function as small start-up tech companies [1]. Faculty serveas project mentors, but the teams are self-managed. Teams call on faculty for advice andassistance with the projects, but students teams design the organization of their team, assignmember roles, and manage the week-to-week operation of their work. In particular, • teams work together to assign individual responsibilities for every member at a required team meeting each week, • students report back to each other at the next weekly team meeting, and • teams record and share team meeting minutes and peer evaluations.We label these weekly work reports and meeting minutes PME (Project Management Elements).The weekly work
researchers continue to note the value of increasing diversitywithin their programs, especially given the increasingly diverse nature of the U.S. population [1].Compared to other engineering disciplines, biomedical engineering graduate programs confer ahigh proportion of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees to women (49.9%, 45.9%, 39%,respectively) [2]. As such, our paper will focus primarily on ethnic and racial diversity amongU.S. and permanent resident applicants and students.In 2019 our program recognized a critical need to rethink how we recruited graduate students.Our graduate program was not ethnically nor racially diverse as compared to the U.S. population,and at the time, our program had conferred only 18 doctorate degrees within the
-based assessments that are available claimto assess similar skills, making it challenging to identify which fits the needs of a particulareducational context. To help address this challenge, we compared two scenario-basedassessments: the Village of Abeesee scenario [1] and the Energy Conversion Playground (ECP)design task [2], to understand concepts of systems thinking emphasized by each instrument andhow students’ scores on the assessments are related. The participants in this study were 19undergraduate engineering students enrolled in an interdisciplinary humanities-based engineeringcourse in Spring 2021. We administered both scenario-based assessments at the start and end ofthe semester to examine the change in students’ scores over time. We
increasing interest in technology across the constructionindustry including data, analytics, visualization, and document management. Informationtechnology is available for almost every aspect of construction management with tools forscheduling work and estimating projects, managing documents, and creating drawings. One ofthe larger arcs of these changes started with the transition from traditional computer-aided design(CAD) drawings (i.e., graphical entities such as dots, lines, and curves) and 3D models (i.e., 3Dbased presentations, renderings, walk-through, etc to enhance model-based visualizations) to thenew paradigm: Building Information Modeling (BIM) [1, 2, 3]. These shifts are not onlyre-shaping the design and construction industry, but also
minority engineering workforces.The objectives of this study are to: (1) identify the factors influencing AEC students’ perceptionstowards learning Safe-to-Fail; and (2) investigate students’ pedagogical preferences toincorporate the Safe-to-Fail concept in AEC curricula. To achieve these objectives, the studydeveloped a framework including a comprehensive lecture on Safe-to-Fail and its applicationsfollowed by an interactive discussion session and a survey to capture students’ experiences,expectations, and perceptions. The framework was implemented in a cross-listed SustainableApproach to Construction course in an educational institution located in a hurricane-prone state.55 AEC students who were registered in the course participated in the
describes a new open-source robotics toolbox and its implementation in an introductoryMATLAB programming course for engineers. The toolbox was designed to allow students toeasily and intuitively program small, low-cost, customizable mobile robots using MATLAB. TheMATLAB algorithms are converted to Python commands via the MATLAB ROS Toolbox. Wedescribe the motivation for selecting the software and robotics platform, examples of the labs andprojects implementing the robots, the framework of the initial version of the toolbox used in thecourse, challenges encountered, and the resulting toolbox developed after receiving data andfeedback from large scale implementation.1 IntroductionRobots have emerged as a highly popular educational tool to increase
college. Generally,this group of military students has served or are serving as enlisted servicemembers and arelikely to be first-generation or from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups that have beenhistorically underrepresented in engineering education [1] and the engineering workforce. Inaddition, both prior and current enlisted military students are widely considered to be those whohave developed/will develop key attributes, such as a strong work ethic, maturity, and leadershipskills, during their time in service that prepare them for academic success in engineeringeducation and for impact in engineering careers [2].BackgroundThe U.S. military has been a driving force in the evolution of engineering education in theUnited States since
engineering education for sustainable development. We reportour detailed results by providing insights on how these topics have evolved over time, and thesemantic similarities between topics that have similar trending patterns.IntroductionSustainable development is a critical global initiative that seeks peace and prosperity byaddressing the needs of the people and planet [1]. To achieve this broad goal, the United Nationshas defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (referred to as the UN SDGs, or simply SDGs)that delineate concrete actions to achieve a sustainable world by 2030 [2]. These goalsacknowledge that in order to end poverty and other deprivations, strategies that improve thequality of health, access to education, reduce inequality, and
, theteam has successfully cultivated and leveraged relationships and partnerships to help inform thestudy. As a result, the Project Team recognizes the importance of capturing how we develop andleverage these relationships to address project needs and produce deliverables. The formation ofthe relationships between researchers, practitioners, employers and professional organizations israrely examined and documented in technological education. Thus, this work allows us tocapture and share the theoretical and practical knowledge about how we have developed,maintained, and leveraged these partnerships with engaged leadership from our communitycollege principal investigators. In this work, we present: (1) a brief review of literature aboutteam science
abroad. Different from the dual-track system ofhigher education classification adopted by European countries such as Germany andFinland, as indicated by "Opinions on the Setup of Higher Education Institutions duringthe ‘Thirteenth Five-Year Plan’ period" released by the Chinese Ministry of Educationin 2017, China's higher education as a whole can be divided into three types: researchtype, application type and vocational skill type[1]. A considerable part of the academiccommunity also points out that Chinese universities can be roughly divided into threecategories: research universities, application universities, and vocational colleges[2-3].Among them, application universities often refer to new undergraduate colleges, whichare termed vis à
experts including the Envision Academic Committeewhich works towards enriching and supporting sustainable education. Moreover, this studyadvocates for integrating and encouraging students to obtain sustainability credentials,particularly credentialing of the ISI-Envision rating system, Envision sustainability professional(ENV SP) during sustainability education. Given the importance of infrastructure systems for afunctional community and the potential of the Envision rating system to particularly address theinfrastructure challenges to develop sustainable and equitable projects, AEC programs should notonly restrict their curricula to teach sustainable building rating systems. The outcomes of thisresearch include: 1) capture various effective
, emphasizing the importance of liaison library services [1, 5, 6, 8, and 9].Church-Duran references the value-add of liaison librarians in partnering, innovating, anddeveloping distinctive library services [5]. Creelman et al. state that “constant change andadaptation” are part of the role of liaison librarians [6]. Allee et al. and Eskridge also callattention to the centrality of liaison roles in building academic partnerships [1, 9]. Eskridgeasserts that “positive relationships are the primary deliverable for liaison librarians, meaning thatthe nuances of building positive relationships – the personality traits and interpersonal dexteritycalled “soft skills” – are some of the most important parts of the job” [9].HS-STEM and Research Division
distributed control system demonstrated a successful deployment to the punch machine.Extrapolating from this small-scale example the same structure and process has real worldapplication in automated systems.KeywordsO-PAS, IEC61499, distributed automation, 4DIAC, distributed control nodesIntroduction & BackgroundOpen process automation standards (O-PAS) have been developed in response to the automationand control industry’s interest in creating a more open and interchangeable system within theindustry. The Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) began this undertaking in late 2016 [1]with the goal of creating process automation standards for the benefit of industrial plants andfacilities. Three versions of the O-PAS have been planned and versions 1.0
), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), andthe Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) as one of thetop degrees needed for the next decade. As STEM innovation is increasingly driven by datascience, training STEM students in data science is critical to keeping our nation’s STEMindustries globally competitive. For example, in the field of industrial engineering the captureand processing of data from operational processes has become a key differentiator for industriesemploying industrial engineers. Sackey and Bester [1] indicate that standard industrialengineering functions are being reduced or transformed by the emphasis on data within theIndustry 4.0 initiative and that there is a shift to
contribute to the researchliterature with our focus on students’ experiences before they enter the program, which canshape their engineering identity development during their mentored undergraduateresearch training. We draw on a larger multi-year sequential explanatory mixed methodscase study, and focus in this manuscript on the qualitative data and analysis. Employing acase study research approach, we use individual interview and survey data to examine fiveundergraduate students’ engineering identity development as it relates to their experiencesin a ten-week mentored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summerinternship program based at a Historically Black University. In this study, we assess thefollowing research questions: (1) How do
community has grown through hosting events that provide information andresources about professional career opportunities, technical workshops, mentoring programs, andparticipation in research groups. AHIC has also initiated several long-term initiatives, such aspeer-teaching for introductory computer science courses. AHIC’s promotion of career-guidanceevents (where company representatives and alumni provide advice for currently enrolled students)proved to be an effective strategy for recruiting members. The organization has also hostedseminars and workshops educating first-year students on new computing skills and theopportunities that a computer science and computer engineering degree can provide.Figure 1: The percentage of Hispanic students in
studies and careers in the engineering field.Keywords : STEM; pre-college; extracurricular learning experiences; engineeringidentityIntroduction In recent years, engineering identity has become an important perspective forunderstanding how to retain engineering talents. Prior studies have shown that thehigher the engineering identity of students, the more likely they are to continue to studyengineering majors and engage in related jobs [1]. Generally, choosing and pursuing engineering majors is a prerequisite for studentsto enter the engineering field. However, due to the absence of engineering-relatedcourses in primary and secondary schools, most students have no real exposure toengineering experiences before entering university, which
Karla Helene Kealaonāpua Peris ka wahineAngus Kealoha Peters Jr. the man, Karla Helene Kealaonāpua Peris the womanHānau au ʻo Austin Morgan Kainoa PetersGave birth to me, Austin Morgan Kainoa PetersMy moʻokūauhau (genealogy) is the beginning of my moʻolelo (story) in the relationshipbetween my racial and academic/engineering identity. In the Kanaka ‘Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian)perspective, my moʻokūauhau does more than just track my ancestors. It ties me to the land theyare from, the experiences they had, and the lessons they learned [1]. For example, mymulticultural heritage is represented through the Portuguese, Hawaiian, Russian, Filipino, andFrench ethnicities on my mother’s side and the Portuguese, Hawaiian, Korean, and Dutchethnicities on my
unsteady aerodynamics and hydrodynamics.Venanzio Cichella © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comNavy Science and Technology Program: Pathways to Careers in the Navy and Supporting Industries1. IntroductionTechnological innovation has contributed significantly to US economic growth over the last 50years. From a national defense perspective, there is a strong demand for quality educationalSTEM programs [1] for students pursuing careers in the Navy and supporting industries. TheNavy and Marine Corps are leaders in Naval Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) education. In a framework for the civilian