engineering education that emphasize active,collaborative learning environments over passive, lecture-based instruction. Future research couldfocus on further exploring the specific aspects of the supportive environment that students foundmost beneficial and investigating how these supportive elements contribute to long-term skillretention and application in professional settings. Additionally, longitudinal studies could assesshow the supportive environment impacts students' professional development and career readinessafter graduation.ConclusionsEngineering graduates are highly prized for their skill sets; therefore, engineering curricula shouldbe based on the principles of skill development to maximize student value. The key takeaway fromskill
Paper ID #42410Credit-Hour Analysis of Undergraduate Students Using Sequence DataTushar Ojha, University of New Mexico Tushar Ojha is a graduate (PhD) student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM). His work is focused on researching and developing data driven methods that are tailored to analyzing/predicting outcomes in the higher education space. He works as a Data Scientist for the Institute of Design & Innovation (IDI), UNM.Don Hush, University of New Mexico Dr. Hush has worked as a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories, a tenure-track
notconsidered by current literature. For instance, research could involve Indigenousunderrepresented populations from the American continent to explore nuanced factors that impactcollege choice. Socioeconomic factors, representativeness, public policies, geographic location,access to pre-college education resources, or even segregation or racism from others with accessto educational resources influence in different or similar ways to marginalized populations fromthe Andes or Mesoamerica. Studying college choice among aboriginal populations may not onlybe within this continent but also expand its exploration to other locations from Africa or Oceania.The reason is that non-representative populations may be affected by similar variables, whereinternal
likelihood of last-minute, hurriedteamwork. Additionally, the entire class exhibited a perfect 100% on-time submission rate forgroup-written assignments. Finally, students found teamwork more enjoyable with this method ofsubmission. When surveyed, students' opinions of teamwork improved by an average of 1 point(on a 5-point scale). This mixed methods, IRB approved study, highlights the potential benefits ofincorporating individual portions in team assignments, paving the way for improved opinions onteamwork, promotion of accountability, and time management skills among students. Introduction This study explores a fresh approach to promote accountability and encourage individualparticipation in the
Engineering Education Cultural ArtifactsCulture is generally defined as the shared beliefs, values and artifacts of a social group. Inaddition, cultural constructs shape the beliefs and values of individuals within a group [6].Godfrey [7] [8] [9] noted engineering education culture as a distinct entity that is rarely definedin the literature. Nonetheless she cites work describing certain elements of engineering educationculture such as the positivist research paradigm common in engineering and engineeringeducation research; the premise that “propositional technical knowledge, discovered using areductionist research paradigm, is the prime source of professional knowledge necessary forpreparing students for the profession” [10]; teaching methods; the
injury [5-8]. A variety of mental conditions arealso variously included under the umbrella of ND, including anxiety and depression [5]. Someresearch explores specific conditions, while other research has included ND students under theterm ‘non-visible disabilities’ [9] The underdiagnosis of conditions like ADHD among femaleshas been documented [10-11], so individuals may identify as ND without a formal medicaldiagnosis. Mirfin-Veitch et al. [6] state that “neurodiversity is not a diagnosis, rather it is a broadterm used to encompass a wide range of specific, non-specific, hidden and/or undetermineddiagnoses” (p. ii). The framing for this study aligns with this definition.Neurodivergent students may differ from their NT peers in various
to engineering. In recent years, some scholars have proposed ways toovercome this disengagement, for example Jon Leydens and Juan Lucena’s (2018) “Engineeringfor Social Justice Criteria.” However, little research has been conducted to trace how engineeringstudents are taking up these programs.This paper builds on an NSF-funded ethnographic study of cultural practices in a Science,Technology, and Society (STS) program that serves 1st and 2nd year engineering students [6, 22-23]. That research study sought to answer: How does this program cultivate engineering students'macro-ethical reasoning about science and technology? Radoff and colleagues [6] identified foursalient ways that students described the cultural practices of the STS program: 1
DiegoMinju Kim, University of California, San DiegoZongnan Wang, University of California, San DiegoDr. Nathan Delson, eGrove Education ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Implementing Oral Exams in Engineering Classes to Positively Impact Students’ Learning 1. IntroductionAssessment is key to students’ learning and effective educational improvement [1]. This isparticularly critical in engineering, as a key objective of engineering education is teachingstudents how to apply scientific principles, how to reason about problems and how to thinkcritically. Unfortunately, prior research has shown that many students often resort to memorizingprocedures or processes, i.e., “plug and
. She explores how the integration of school safety strategies with disciplinary practices, often under zero-tolerance policies, blurs the lines between them, suggesting that both are byproducts of the school-to-prison pipeline.Dr. Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers Roberta Rincon, Ph.D., is the Director of Research and Impact for the Society of Women Engineers. She is responsible for overseeing the research activities for the organization, including collaborative research projects with external researchers and dissemination of SWE research through academic conferences, the SWE Research website, and the annual SWE State of Women in Engineering magazine issue. She is the Principal Investigator for the NSF
in addition to the financial assistance totruly support students during their transitions. The high-impact practices designed forEMPOWER to influence each of Schlossberg’s transition factors include: ● A month-long summer preparatory program to prepare students in both technical and professional skills for internship applications. EMPOWER Scholars at the two community college partners are encouraged to enroll. The summer program implemented was highlighted by Truong et al. in [20]. ● A multi-year research and mentoring program that introduces students to research experience with faculty in Engineering departments at UCSD. The students are encouraged to explore graduate studies in the BS/MS, MS, or PhD program
identitiesshould be explored, as giving students a safe space to exist in a classroom may allow them astronger connection to the major. It is easier on Zoom, as was discussed, but methods that allowstudents to engage with the classroom content anonymously in person and online should be studiedin relation to creating a stronger engineering identity, as there may be a stronger benefit and astandard to ensure students feel safe being connected.Additional research should be done on finding a standard for making an accessible human-centeredengineering education approach. Underrepresented students take well to that teaching approachbut standardizing it for all forms of underrepresented students will be helpful for the generalinclusive classroom. Additionally
improve their competitiveness in the market[3,4,5,6,7]. Whereas, the higher education institution may see the value-added source of grantto conduct their research. However, for a typical non-research U.S. senior design capstoneproject, the industry funding amount is usually low [20,22], like $5,000.00 or less per semesterproject. This may be one of the reasons why faculty is not too motivated to coach undergraduatesenior design project.For industry, it is common to charge client with $20,000 per single management consultant for aweek (not included airline ticket, rental car, hotel, and food) a decade ago. Obviously, anycapstone project student would not be eligible to work 50 hours a week, nevertheless, it dependson what value that one could
reliability, risk assessment, systems modeling, and probabilistic methods with social science approaches. She is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a 2023-2024 Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. She is a member of the NIST Center of Excellence for Community Resilience and collaborates with engineers, economists, social scientists, and planners on the development of tools to support community resilience decision-making. She has been recognized for her research at multiple international conferences with a Student Best Paper Award at ICOSSAR 2021/2022 and CERRA Student Recognition Award at ICASP 2023.Prof. Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Eun Jeong Cha is an associate professor in the
Paper ID #42551An Ecosystem Analysis of Engineering Thriving with Emergent Properties atthe Micro, Meso, and Macro LevelsDr. Julianna Gesun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Julianna Gesun, Ph.D., is currently a postdoctoral research scholar at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Her research broadly focuses on understanding and supporting the process by which engineering programs facilitate the environments for students to develop optimal functioning in undergraduate engineering programs. Her research interests intersect the fields of positive psychology, engineering education, and human development to understand
overcome any obstacles that they might havefaced. This is evident when looking for reasons why engineering students drop out. To nosurprise, there are a plethora of pitfalls an individual can make, with no recognition of theinstitutional hurdles that act as gatekeepers in perpetuating the current makeup of engineering as“pale and male” [62, p. 9]. As listed by industry and blogger articles, reasons that students dropout of engineering programs include: poor work ethic, inability to deal with failure, and lackingthe engineering mindset [63]. It is common talk among engineers that when trying to explain the dearth of women andPOC in engineering, meritocracy is used to justify by stating things such as “they aren’t cut outto be an engineer” or
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students grow. He has a masters in Civil Engineering. Before Purdue, he received an Erasmus scholarship for an exchange program at the University of Jaen, Spain. He had his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.Siddhant Sanjay Joshi, Purdue University, West Lafayette Siddhant is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette. His research interests include understanding how GenAI can facilitate better student learning in computing and engineering education.Dr. Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kirsten Davis is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores
and qualitative methods were utilized in this study. Factor Analysis (FA) was used to assess the validity of using CT scales in an HBCU environment, and to help investigate the impact of immersive technology on participants CT skill levels. The results of the FA aligned with previous research findings and provided the research team with a more refined set of CT scales for use in an HBCU environment. Semi-structured student interviews were used to gain insight into students’ perceptions and attitudes toward the incorporation of VR into an engineering curriculum, and to further explore the relationship between VR fidelity and scalability of a
to establish the Department at Wake Downtown. In addition, the Chair must lead faculty in their mission of education, research, and service. This charge includes working with faculty and the university to develop the Department’s vision, to articulate and implement a Departmental strategic plan, and to achieve the goal of creating an innovative educational environment for engineering students. The Engineering Chair and faculty will be expected to work together toward the goal of establishing ABET accreditation soon after graduating the first class of students from the program. The Chair is also charged with promoting the Department through alumni, donor, community, and industrial engagement. The Chair will be responsible for establishing a
Study Focus – ME310Stanford University’s ME310: Project-Based Engineering Design Innovation & Developmentcourse challenges students to work in teams to explore design innovation opportunities inareas of interest to partner companies from diverse industries. This year-long course sequencehas engaged graduate engineering students in industry-sponsored projects where they learn tonavigate various phases of integrated design since 1967. More on the evolution of the coursecan be found in [31]–[36].The contexts, needs and requirements of each project are open for student teams to discoverand specify for themselves. The learning journey includes iterating the processes of studyingpotential contexts, need finding, benchmarking, ideation
, and ethnic diversity. Among its 3100 undergraduate students,around 39% are recipients of Pell grants, and 29% are pursuing majors in STEM fields. Thecampus faces challenges as a significant number of students come from K-12 systems thathaven't adequately prepared them for college-level math and science. Additionally, manystudents work over 20 hours per week, often off-campus, and spend an average of 2 hours dailycommuting on public transportation.These circumstances contribute to lower retention and graduation rates, particularly affectingstudents from racial and ethnic minorities who are already underrepresented in the STEMworkforce. Notably, recent data shows that only about 45% of all majors manage to graduatewith a bachelor's degree
Table 5: Stakeholder Requirementsstrategies, the MRC lab will cultivate an educational setting that prepares graduates to makemeaningful contributions as soon as they enter the workforce.This approach to the design, of the MRC Lab reflects a multidisciplinary perspective, integrat-ing aspects of mechatronics, robotics, and control to create a dynamic environment for learningand innovation. Here, students, researchers, and practitioners can engage in practical problem-solving, collaborate across disciplines, and develop new technologies and solutions focused onrobotic dexterity and precision.Furthermore, the Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) for the MRC Lab, as detailed in Table6, are defined and related to the stakeholder requirements. They are
earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Policy and Governance at the Australian National University in Canberra, a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Carleton University in Ottawa; a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Natural Resources Organization Management from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; and Master of Arts in Environmental Security and Peace from the University for Peace in Costa Rica. For approximately a decade, Sergio worked on sustainable energy policy and finance throughout Latin America and collaborated with leading U.S. government agencies, multilateral banks, and public interest organizations involved in international clean energy policy and rural electrification, including the
directconnection to chemical engineering topics, where the majority of participants (graduate students,post-docs, and faculty) are conducting research in related areas. These case studies providedconcrete examples of analyses of research topics with social justice in mind, ideally givingparticipants a framework for similarly analyzing their own research. Additionally, by placingparticipants in case studies with topic areas distinct from that of their research, we aimed toeliminate any preconceived notions about the topic, minimize thoughts of personal relationshipor guilt during the workshop, and maximize the value to participants. We note that a fewparticipants (6/102, 6%) indicated that they would have preferred to be in case studies related totheir own
meaningful. The projects also fostered a sense of accomplishment andboosted students' confidence in their problem-solving abilities. The EM approach encouraged themto think creatively and explore innovative solutions beyond what was covered in traditionallectures. Figure 6: Students' perception © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceConclusionThis paper discussed a method to improve engineering design education for undergraduates bycombining mini-prototype projects and an Entrepreneurial Mindset. The approach and engagementstrategy provided practical ways to foster collaboration among college students while
Engineering Technologycurricula specifically needs further attention. This gap highlights the need for enhancingentrepreneurship education in this field, considering the industry's demand for graduates whoare both technically skilled and entrepreneurially minded. This research explores theintegration of entrepreneurship into an Engineering Technology (ET) program, with a focus ona sustainable building course. It employs innovative educational strategies such as micro-moments, bisociation, virtual reality, entrepreneurial tasks, and a project-based approach todevelop real-world problem-solving skills. The effectiveness of this approach was assessedthrough a quantitative and qualitative survey to understand student perceptions. Findings revealstudents
equitable development within a particular community. Theredesigned curriculum provides broader educational training to address environmentalengineering challenges, meets community identified needs, and considers the impacts of structuralracism. Collaborations between university researchers and community leaders and members ledto an expansion of community-based research in civil and environmental engineering. This projectstudies the impacts of the new curriculum on student perceptions of racism and justice and onfaculty interest and capacity for catalyzing additional curricular and co-curricular change. Initialcollaborations from the community-based research have included diverse communication tools toshare information with and about the community
shouldalso explore the program's weaknesses from the students' perspective and utilize prompts to identifyopportunities for continuous improvement.AcknowledgmentsThe authors acknowledge support from NASA Cooperative agreement 80NSSC19M0227 (NAMER),NSF Awards -2122195 (VENTURES) and -2126060 (IMMERSE), and NNSA DE-NA0004018(PAMER).References[1] Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, "Doctor's Degrees Conferred by Postsecondary institutions, By Race/Ethnicity and Field of Study: 2017-18 and 2018- 19," 2021. [Online]. Available: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2020menu_tables.asp. [Accessed 28 03 2023].[2] National Action Council For Minority in Engineering, Research & Policy, "Trends in the U.S
curiosity for exploration via scientific trials.Peer Learning and CollaborationThe longitudinal result (Table 2 and Figure 1) shows decreased collaborative learning behaviorsamong students after introducing an experiment-focused teaching method. The mean collaborationscores of the last two items in Table 2 showed a slight increase from Spring 2022 to Fall 2022,followed by a decrease over the next two semesters, reaching the lowest score in Fall 2023. Clearly,using personalized instruments does not strengthen the development of peer learning andcollaboration among the learners.Decreasing trends were observed in all three survey items related to peer explanation, group work,and discussion of course content. This suggests that the initial increase in
practical ideas and classroom units for the upcoming school year. 2. Conducting research and expanding knowledge in robotics courses. 3. Spending significant time in a lab environment to solve problems and inform curriculum development. 4. Creating engaging content for students. 5. Learning from experts on specific topics and collaboratively creating materials for their classes. 6. To experience 3-D design and delving deeper into the process and implementation. 7. Exploring logistics and supply chain automation.Among the potential avenues to improve classroom instruction, educators included the following: 1. Identifying learning objectives, planning specific learning activities, and starting with a broader perspective