Paper ID #27595Board 110: Elementary Students’ Disciplinary Talk in a Classroom with anExplicit Engineering Decision-making Scaffold (Work in Progress)Ms. Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. Interests: upper elementary engineering education, integrated science and engineering, collaboration in engineering, decision making in engineer- ing.Ms. Karen Miel, Tufts University Karen Miel is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University. Karen served as the Director of Research and Innovation at the science center
Paper ID #27157Balancing Student Learning and Community Relations in Software-BasedService LearningNusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh is a Continuing Lecturer in the EPICS Program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She received her Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering from Purdue Univer- sity Fort Wayne, and received her Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes
college: Creating conditions that matter”. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.. [3] S. A. Ambrose, M. W. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M. C. Lovett, & M.K. Norman, “How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching,” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. [4] National Research Council, “Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering.” Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012. [5] Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (Eds). “How People Learn. Brain, Mind, Experience and School.” Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2008. [6] N. Kober, “Reaching Students
., & Zajicek, J.M. (2005). Growing minds: The effects of a one-year school garden program on six constructs of life skills of elementary school children. HortTechnology, 15(3), 453-457.[16] Townsend, C.D., & Carter, R.I. (1983). The relationship of participation in FFA activities and leadership, citizenship, and cooperation. Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agricultural, 24(1), 20-25.[17] Hynes, M., Maxey, K. (2018). Investigating the Fit Between Students? Personal Interests and Their Perceptions of Engineering in a National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Pre-college Summer Workshop. Proceedings of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and
and dynamic. Our findings suggest that almost half of theteachers—including those new to and experienced in teaching engineering—expressed changesin how they understood the nature of the EDP. For instance, Alma, a long-time elementaryscience specialist, had taught engineering in her classroom for several years and attendedmultiple engineering professional developments. At the start of the course, however, she hadpresented a depiction of the design process as a set of linear steps. Her final representation of herdesign process with the fish feeder challenge showed how she “was jumping from one stage tothe next.” She reflected that by doing this project, she “changed my mind of how the processactually works. It can skip from one step to another
Paper ID #26708Design Decision Processes of First Grade Students during an EngineeringDesign-based STEM Unit (Fundamental)Miss Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Amanda Johnston is a PhD candidate in engineering education at Purdue University.Mr. Ruben Dario Lopez-Parra, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is a graduate research assistant at Purdue University pursuing a Ph.D. in Engi- neering Education. Previously, he worked as a Natural Science teacher in High School where he, as a scholarly teacher, constantly
Computing and Engineering Student Success) to collect data onstudents’ non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors. This survey, which is the first of its kind tobe launched on a national scale, measures 28 NCA factors that may contribute to student successincluding personality, grit, identity, mindset, motivation, stress, gratitude, mindfulness, andbelongingness. Many engineering and computing students have strong incoming academicrecords and standardized test scores that indicate potential for success in their programs;nonetheless, many struggle when they reach university. Cognitive measures like SAT/ACT areweak predictors of academic success, and NCA measures may form the constellation ofcharacteristics that offer further predictive power. In this
Paper ID #27094Board 77: Designing, launching and Assessing a multimedia online learningmodule for library orientation of first year engineering studentsMr. Gavin Paul, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Gavin Paul has been an academic librarian at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology for many years and is currently the librarian for Instructional Services. He has worked with science and technology resources and has delivered reference and instructional services in a multitude of subjects and venues using the full and ever changing resources of the university. Teaching users how to evaluate sources and find
engineering, structural engineering, surveying, transportation engineering, and water resources engineering [4]. However, this list is not authoritative for three reasons: • The seven traditional civil engineering areas were originally defined to describe the full breadth of the traditional civil engineering undergraduate curriculum [23]; they were not defined with specialty certification in mind and thus might not be entirely applicable to specialty certification. (As evidence of this issue, note that the existing ASCE board certifications in Coastal Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Port Engineering, and Navigation Engineering do not correspond to any of the seven traditional civil engineering areas.) • New
Paper ID #25271Board 46: Multiple intelligences and undergraduate engineering educationDr. William E. Lee III P.E., University of South Florida Dr. Lee is a professor in the Dept. of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering and has a strong interest in philosophy of mind and epistemology and how these influence engineering education. Recent research has included investigations of problem solving, the creative process, and how engineering/science education can be informed by the visual and performing arts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Multiple Intelligences and
FacultyInterdisciplinary Identities in Self-Managed Teams,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.100, no. 2, pp. 374–396, 2011.[20] J. G. Donald, Learning To Think: Disciplinary Perspectives. The Jossey-Bass Higher andAdult Education Series. ERIC, 2002.[21] J. S. Stark and L. R. Lattuca, Shaping the College Curriculum: Academic Plans in Action,John Wiley & Sons, 2011.[22] C. E. Coburn, L. Choi, and Mata, “‘I would go to her because her mind is math’ - NetworkFormation in the Context of a District-Based Math Reform,” in Social Network Theory andEducational Change, A. J. Daly and J. W. Little, Eds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard EducationPress, 2010.[23] V. A. Durrington, J. Repman, and T. W. Valente, “Using Social Network Analysis ToExamine the Time of Adoption of
Paper ID #26619Internet of Things Curriculum Workshop: An Interdisciplinary, Cross-InstitutionalEffort for Education in an Expanding FieldDr. Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Hal Evensen earned his doctorate in Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he performed research in the area of plasma nuclear fusion. Before joining UW-Platteville in 1999, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Washington, part of group that developed automation for biotechnology. His recent research includes carbon nanotube electronics.Dr. Molly M. Gribb P.E., University of Wisconsin
again as different majors to form multidisciplinaryteams and work on industry-sponsored projects; the Global Multidisciplinary Design Project(GMDP) extends the boundaries of capstone design projects to involve internationalcollaborations; liberal arts courses broaden students’ horizon beyond engineering fields and helpstudents to think about engineering problems from different perspectives. The JI offers minors innon-engineering fields including entrepreneurship, data science, and computer science, toprovide concentrated studies in the non-engineering fields. Through the engineering curricula,our goal is to train effective engineers with interdisciplinary experience, technical knowledge,innovative minds, a deep understanding of professional
cogently present to senior managers and team members --- was adifferentiating skill even for entry-level engineers.Feedback was sought from sophomores in the first cohort both through anonymous online surveys andthrough face-to-face discussions. They responded that what they liked most about NEET was that theywere becoming part of a professional community; this feedback though welcome, was somewhatunexpected as NEET had not been designed with that goal in mind. Sophomores appreciated the project-centric approach and the interactions NEET was starting to develop with industry.Though it is far too early to come to meaningful conclusions for the medium to longer term, the initialresponse is encouraging. Over 5% of the Class of 2020 engineering
Paper ID #24992Engineering a New Reality: Using virtual reality to cultivate inclusive mind-sets among engineering facultyClaudio Vignola, Arizona State Univ. Poly Claudio is a Bachelor and Master Engineering student at Arizona State University that enjoys human interaction and it is currently interested in having an impact on culture and society. He considers himself a practical aesthete since he has a major appreciation for arts and beauty but he also values the usefulness of things. Claudio aims for his work to be meaningful and he is passionate about having an impact on other people lives. He is currently working at
both basic sciences and engineering disciplines. Participant 5 “…I think a good tissue engineer is not purely an engineer and not purely a basic scientist. It's someone who straddles both fields or straddles multiple fields. Whether there's a camp of people that are developmental in training but see value in engineering approaches to either answering developmental questions or trying to harness developmental programs for tissue repair applications. I think that's a great example of people who care and are invested in biology but are also thinking about modulating or controlling those biologies for something translational. In my mind, people who can do that, who see value in both sides and can speak the speak of both sides
"I enjoy giving back to the Extracurriculars experiences in extracurricular 11.11% community." activitiesWhile many students attributed their experiences with poor mental health to engineering, somestudents described resources and practices they were pursuing to improve their mental health:“Developed an anxiety disorder after starting college, currently taking steps to help (seeing aprofessional, practicing mindfulness/wellbeing).”. Other positive experiences listed by studentsincluded department resources (buildings, budget, etc.), good advising, faith, mindfulness, andmeditation.DiscussionThe overall goal of the project is to
life together. I want to have a good job, and I want to have a good education to insure that that job is never challenged. So that is a big pushing force for this. (Jim) Voices of gay men as student veterans in engineering education Challenge of being gay in the military• [Don’t ask/don’t tell policy] was a big problem… in the Navy, as far as taking a stance of asking people about their personal lives because they wanted to maintain healthy minds because of suicide rates being so high and things like that. Well, that becomes a problem when you have a don’t ask/don’t tell policy, and you’re asking me about my relationship problems. Now, I can’t even tell you information about that because my
working alongside colleagues of different nationalities.I believe that if there was one aspect of the course I would improve, it would be to establish strongstandards and expectations of the group members at the beginning of the project. It is a commonphilosophy among management courses, that conflicts occur in the beginning of the formation of ateam as members stumble around to find their niche and challenge each other’s knowledge andauthority. However, it is important to understand that conflict is normal and necessary to create aninnovative group of engineers. On the contrary, keeping in mind that each person has a differentpersonality type, responds to stress and conflict differently, and perceives and communicates ideasin their own way. A
Paper ID #26311Board 121: Development of a Create-a-Lego-Engineer Activity to ExamineStudents’ Engineering IdentityDr. Kelli Paul, Indiana University Dr. Kelli Paul is a postdoctoral researcher in science education at Indiana University. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology specializing in Inquiry Methodology from Indiana University in 2006. She managed a consulting business for 10 years working on evaluations that focused primarily in the areas of education and STEM for middle and high school students, especially women and minority students. Her research interests include student engagement and interest in STEM
Paper ID #27821How was your internship? Stories about the engineering internship experi-ence from five female engineering studentsAmy Huynh, University of California, Irvine Amy Huynh is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major at the University of California, Irvine. She is interested in better understanding and supporting the experiences of female engineers in the classroom and in industry. She is involved in senior design projects for the CanSat and Design/Build/Fly competi- tions.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant professor of teaching in
Paper ID #24665Smartness in Engineering Culture: An Interdisciplinary DialogueDr. Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University Dr. Dringenberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State Uni- versity. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (Purdue ’15). Her team, Beliefs in Engineering Re- search Group (BERG) utilizes qualitative methods to explore beliefs in engineering. Her research has an overarching goal of leveraging engineering education research to shift the culture of
%).This was the same change observed for the Architecture students who thought the same aboutconstruction engineers, and all changed their mind (50% to 0%). This illustrates the idea that thecollaborative work environment reinforced in the project between different disciplines representsan attempt to reach common goals (class deliverables). Architecture students also changed theirperception, reporting an increase regarding Construction Engineers needing Civil Engineers'assistance during construction from 12% to 31%. This also shows that Architecture students areincreasing their knowledge and awareness of the advantages of the involvement of Civil Engineersin the construction process.In terms of comparing the various disciplines, Architecture and
EngineeringSimilar to theatre practitioners that use different techniques and tools to approach different theatreproduction, engineers perform a similar analysis to figure out the best practice for each system.This is also closely tied to the importance of keeping the main stakeholder in mind whendeveloping a system. In theatre it is seen when the director and everyone else involved in theproduction work towards doing justice to the playwright’s vision. In engineering it is seen whenengineers work towards trying to please the stakeholder’s vision.This course aimed at teaching the students multidisciplinary teamwork and leadership skills.Theatre practitioners, as do engineers, work closely with individuals that come from differentbackgrounds, that speak
. C. (2005). The persistence of traditional gender roles in the information technology sector: A study of female engineers in India. Information Technologies and International Development, 2(3), 29-46. 2. Corbett, C. & Hill, C. (2015). Solving the equation: The variables for women’s success in engineering and computing. Washington, DC: American Association of University Women. 3. AISHE. (2018). All India Survey on Higher Education 2017-2018. Government of India: Ministry of Human Resource Development. Department of Higher Education. New Delhi, India. 4. Aspiring Minds. (2018). Women in engineering: A comparative study of barriers across nations. 5. Chandra, V. (2014, August). What India
consider to have been ambiguous. Interviews will beanalyzed using phenomenography, leading to outcome spaces that define a hierarchy of waysthat each group experiences ambiguity. These outcome spaces will then be used to develop ataxonomy of ambiguity that can be used in future studies of engineering problem solving.Ultimately, we aim to provide better instructional materials, methods, and tool kits for teachingstudents to solve ambiguous engineering problems.IntroductionHow do engineers handle ambiguous problems? This is a common question pondered by bothacademic and professional engineers. “Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty,”said John Huston Finley [1], former President of the College of the City of New York,Commissioner of
achieve specific objectives. Discourse analysis revealed peer responses characterizedas either socially supportive or socially unsupported and demonstrated that students typicallyrelied on supportive social responses to resolve the uncertainties they encountered as theyengaged in the task. This paper focuses on exploring student perceptions of collaborativeengineering design experience and the ways in which they collaborate as they complete a novelengineering design task.The hope of curricular interventions is that, through engineering experiences, students willdevelop habits of mind than will enable them to apply the Engineering Design Process (EDP) tosolve engineering problems [2]. However, as much of the research on students use of the
both Mathematics instruction as well as Physics instruction during summer bridge instead of last, which is when it was taught previously. This way, students had foundational skills to learn physics concepts and apply trigonometry concepts in the process of solving physics problems. New - Engineering Humanities A mechanical engineering professor, who serves as the faculty advisor for the Engineering GoldShirt Program, taught a Humanities in Engineering class during summer bridge to encourage students to be mindful of the humanitarian impact on engineering designs and projects. Case studies included the burning tower in London and the ethical decisions made by engineers who designed the tower
Student Mastery of Engineering with Design Review LTC Aaron T. Hill, PhD, PE, PMP CPT Michael C. Campbell, PE United States Military Academy at West Point/Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Division 752 Thayer Road, West Point, NY, 10996, USA E-mails: aaron.hill@usma.edu, michael.campbell@usma.edu Abstract With respect to Engineering Teaching and Learning, Traditional structural engineering pedagogy has Design Review provides the essential cooperative learningconsisted
chemistry curriculum is arranging student lab teams so that each person has a turninvestigating and monitoring the safety issues specific to a lab session [2]. Other appropriatepractices that include training teaching assistants in safety protocols [3], organizing a lab spacewith safety in mind [4], or making use of a virtual lab.In civil and environmental engineering, there can be many types of lab spaces. It depends on thefaculty members’ areas of interest and program emphasis. However, various types of labs can begrouped into three major categories based on the particular hazards they contain. In laboratoriesthat involve construction, materials and machinery, students encounter hazardous physicaldevices. In environmental and biological labs