this material arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the aforementioned agencies and university.REFERENCES 1. G. B. Sanders1, W. E. Larson2, K. R. Sacksteder, C. Mclemore, K. Johnson, NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Technology and Development Project Overviews, Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) Albuquerque, NM, 10-14 Feb. 2008. 2. C. Muscatello, and E. Santiago-Maldonado, Mars In Situ Resource Utilization Technology Evaluation, Commercial/Civil Next Generation Space Transportation; Human Space Exploration. AlP Conference Proc., V. 654, pp. 1116-1123, Melville, NY, 2003. 3. Steven Siceloff, Engineers Building Hard-working Mining Robot, NASA, May 22, 2016
attachment, etc. Which variables are the most important (i.e. how does the force on the deltoid change if you change a variable such as arm length versus arm weight by 10%)? What happens if you double the weight held by the arm, change the shape of the arm, etc.? What additional design criteria do you need to include motion in your prosthetic? Specifically, does the arm need to be stronger to throw a ball than it does to hold the ball? How can a model help with the design of an experiment?The comments in Table 3 reflect whether the arm model prepared students to develop their ownmodel. Table 3: Student Comments on the Arm Model Developing a model of an arm demonstrated, somewhat convincingly, that
Centers, grant number EEC 1441825. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors also would like toacknowledge the effort from Dr. Matthew Verleger, who helped conduct the project in hisclasses, Dr. James Pembridge who offered suggestions on the project design and implementation,Dr. Joseph R. Keebler who helped analyzed the survey results, and the support from theInstitution Research at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University who conducted and collected thesurvey data for this project.References[1] Janet Siegmund et al., “Understanding Understanding Source Code with Functional Magnetic Resonance
self-reflect. Students are invited to complete the assignment more than one time if they wantto demonstrate knowledge gained in previous iterations or see a broader range of the possiblescenarios.Figure 1: Screen shot of Resultant Force & Moment GeoGebra interactive available athttps://ggbm.at/GqURw4N4. Students are able to manipulate all aspects of interactive and theinteractive provides a graphical solution as to the resultant force and moment of the givenapplied forces and couple moments about the designated ‘Point’Fall 2017 data (231 respondents across two on-campus sections and 1 online section) to thisassignment was analyzed. The feedback question yielded a median value of 7 and a mean of 7.3.Anecdotally, I find that anytime
Conflictproductive and useful results. However, Absent(ofrather than simply discussing each Trusttopic, students engage in experientialactivities that allow them to discover The$Five$Dysfunctions$of$a$Team$by(Patrick(M.(Lencioniand build the elements of successfulwork teams that are associated with that function.The activities and exercises reflect the teamwork requirements illustrated by Google researchersin Project Aristotle. That is, the exercises allow - actually require - participants to enactbehaviors that Google
second experiment inwhich the bratwurst was left to cool in air as would be expected for a human corpse in a real-world situation.A similar experimental procedure was followed, except that the temperature of the air wasmeasured to remain constant at approximately 24 °C. Figure 3 shows the results of a log-linearplot of the temperature difference between the bratwurst and ambient air as a function of time,which is tracked very well by a linear-regression fit. The slope value equals to 0.031 min-1,corresponding to a value of k = 0.07 min-1, which is about a third of the rate in the waterexperiment, reflecting both, the smaller temperature differential as well as the differingconductivities of the water versus air pockets adjacent to the
policyData indicated that most of the engineers are not involved in public decision making due to theirlack of knowledge related to this discipline. 9 Participants out of 13 mentioned that introducingengineering students to public policy concepts is important. One noted remark from Engineer 10who stated “I reflect for myself, Am I qualified enough to voice my concern? Lack of education Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE North Central Section Conference 4 Copyright © 2018, American Society for Engineering Educationwhen it comes to policy making. I have to ask two to three times of how can I bring this attentionwith comparing notes of the best way to bring my attention. It may be for those who are
that, overall, student reported significant pre-and post-change on only 3 out of 10 items regarding their skills/abilities.IntroductionStudents’ disconnectedness to the presented contents in engineering courses is a challengingissue in engineering education. Even in technical elective classes which students shouldexperience practical aspects of their core classes, they cannot make a connection betweentheoretical materials presented during lectures and real world projects. Wlodkowski’s model ofeffective instruction [1] listed expertise of the presenters/instructors, relevance of content, choicein application, practice and reflection, and group work as motivating factors for adult learners.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
work in healthcare seems critical to thesuccessful deployment of educational content. Money Magazine named this profession as one ofthe top five professions no one has heard of [5]. Interestingly, every hospital engagesengineering technicians who maintain medical devices, with many actively involved in the lifecycle management of this equipment. The threat of medical device vulnerability to hackers isespecially concerning since the patient/equipment interface, if compromised, can cause harm orwithhold vital therapies.The ability for the HETM program director to adequately convey the need for this specializedacademic credential was greatly lacking as evidenced by the confusion and concern at variouslevels and areas. In reflection, several
of belonging, self-efficacy). By providing studentswith honors level academic coursework, coupled with real world skills development, such asresearch and design projects, and practical leadership experiences, WISE Honors will positionstudents to become effective agents in science and engineering communities. Future researchwill explore longitudinal impacts of program participation, and how students might be betterprepared to balance the demands of their personal and professional lives.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1647405. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the
students are much more likely to seekout tutoring. The authors believe that female students are more likely to think that they either“have what it takes” or not and this will be reflected in their grades. The data shows that femalefirst generation students are also not joining programs like TRIO (aimed specifically to help firstgeneration students), which the authors believe is a contributing factor to these students avoidingSTEM fields. The male students were more likely to be members of STEM organizations andother support programs on campus, which may be why they feel a much lower need ofmentoring. Increasing peer and faculty mentoring for our female students as well as encouragingthem to join STEM organizations may help fill some of these
students.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNos. 1664264 and 1664266. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References[1] N. A. of Engineering., “Educating the engineer of 2020 : adapting engineering education to the new century.” National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2005.[2] N. Nielsen, N. R. C. (U.S.)., and P. C. on E. on S. I. in U. S. Education., “Promising practices in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education : summary of two workshops.” National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2011
dilemmas developed in theEPSRI are based on case studies and investigations from process safety failures to provide arealistic context for the decision making process. An example of a dilemma will be discussed aspart of the presentation at the conference. Each author was responsible for creating twodilemmas. These dilemmas were then reviewed by all authors for clarity, grammar and spelling.The considerations provided are meant to reflect pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional decision making as described by Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory.8 Thistheory represents the “transformations that occur in a person's form or structure of thought,” (pg.54) and occurs through six stages.8 The first two stages are considered pre-conventional
' time.For each of the tour, students were assigned a trip report. The trip reports assignments requiredstudents to write a summary and reflection about the trip, as well as respond to specific questionslike “ what is the procedure of materials recycles?” “what did you learn from the facility tour?”These questions helped students to attend the tour with a purpose. Not only the students got thechance to visualize the concept learned from class in reality, but also they had a deeper thinkingon the topic. For example, a lot of the students expressed in the trip report “ the material recoverycenter tour was an eye-opening experience” “ the tour made me realize how much waste wecreate and everyone should practice sustainability principles in my daily
and enhancethe mathematical and statistical aspects of AM for other disciplines. Hence, students’ learningcritically depends on an inter-domain experience consisting of inventory control, engineeringmathematics, and additive manufacturing. Keywords—Abstract Mathematical Concepts; Visual and Tactile Aids; LearningOutcomesIntroduction Students have been characterized by their learning styles which affect their ability tolearn and the teaching modalities that make teaching effective [1] [2]. The Felder-Silvermanmodel describes learning styles using the dimensions of Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive,Visual/Verbal, and Sequential/Global [3]. The majority of undergraduate engineering studentswere classified as having an Active, Sensing
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is a comprehensive academic institutionthat serves a 150-mile region. In Brownsville, only one in ten jobs is related to personal healthcare assistance. According to the Labor Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, thisnumber is the greatest concentration of home health supporters in the country, suggesting fivetimes the average in Texas. These statistics reflect the greatest need for improvement in thehealthcare assistance, opening an innovative research area in smart environments for the elderlyand disabled.The Engineering Technology (ENGT) program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley(UTRGV), aims to prepare students to be professionals on diverse technology applications,within a
of a non-URM group. It would seem then that there are three possiblerecommendations from the literature regarding supportive faculty and staff: 1) Anyadministrator, regardless of race or ethnicity, can provide support to URM STEM students; 2)The involvement of URM faculty and staff leads to higher success rates for students in thesefields; and 3) Campus administrators should not only be URMs, but actually of the same race orethnicity as the students of color with whom they interact in order to make the most significantimpact (i.e., Black faculty and staff are best suited to support Black students; Hispanic facultyand staff are best suited to support Hispanic students, etc.). This poses a quandary in thescholarship that reflects similar
newmaterial. Students will eventually need reliable feedback on their performance thatallows them to move forward as learners and deepens their understanding of thesubject matter. This feedback could come from the instructor, their classmates, theirown self-reflection, or a combination of the three. (27, 28)Another important factor in the optimization process is to integrate the differentcourse components (learning goals, teaching/learning activities, feedback, andassessment), in such a way that the course becomes well-knit while the variouscomponents support and complement each other in a coherent manner, i.e., thesequencing of learning activities, feedback, and assessment should build energy,engage students, and allow learning to develop as the
and data set as well as the methods used to collect and analyze our data.The third section reviews our key findings for this stage of the research process, drawingextensively on students’ articulations of the role of ethics in their individual lives, theireducational experiences, and the profession. In the fourth section, we identify implications of ourfindings and how they offer insight into both the teaching of ethics to engineering students andthe broader challenges facing engineering educational environments having to do witheducational and disciplinary cultures. Finally, we conclude the paper by reviewing our keyfindings and reflecting on what they portend for the project, and engineering ethics teaching andresearch, moving into the
fellinto the categories of curriculum and pedagogy, developing reflective teachers, and disseminatingpolicy. For example, respondents identified faculty and graduate student seminars as an effectiveway of disseminating policy, new curriculum, and teaching pedagogy. They felt that teachingportfolio programs, or faculty participation in the development of instructional materials wouldincrease teacher introspection. Despite identifying these seminars and portfolio programs as usefulvenues for professional growth, however, only 36.5% of faculty attend a teaching workshop, and19.7% write educational materials/curricula annually. None of the professor, department chair, ordean’s responses were categorized into the “shared vision” category [10].This lack
instructor, administrators, and researchers biases the narrative in favor of the actorswho were empowered and incentivized to bring the WSM to the LPU, side-stepping theexperiences of the students who remained in the course for the duration of the semester as wellas the faculty and departmental entities who were not in favor of creating a WSM course at theLPU. The enrolled-student data is still being collected in the form of qualitative interviews andlongitudinal tracking; hence, we save analysis of that data for future work.We are reflective and aware of the tendency of classical actor-network studies to focus on thedecision-makers and those in charge, rather than those at the network margins or those powerlessto contest the processes of organizing
integrated elements of social justice and CP through differentavenues as part of our goal to establish a DLS. First, we promoted a sense of equity starting fromthe recruitment process until the final presentation. This sense of equity was reflected in ourapproach to reaching out to each student individually without demonstrating privileges to aspecific group of students. We also created a learning environment where tutors and studentscould talk to each other easily throughout the course. This open line of communication seemedto have a strong relationship to the sense of community and collaboration within the classroom.Second, students were able to take decisions in some assignments. Decisions regarding creatingteams, agreeing on due dates, scoping
results to thestatewide symposium in April, showed that her confidence and her delivery has much improved.Her self-reported “Skill in science writing” increased from 2 to 3.5; this is an area that we will beable to analyze after she concludes her research and starts creating the poster. Finally, sheexpressed her resilience to the challenges as reflected in the stable score of 4 for “Clarification ofcareer path.” She still intends to obtain a doctorate degree.Melissa has completed her analysis of Cadmium removal with corn as a bio-sorbent. As a resultof her experiments, she concluded that corn is an effective bio-sorbent for higher concentrationsof Cadmium levels, 25 - 80 µg/L, with removal efficiencies of 46% -51%, respectively.To date, she has
allof the individuals using the modules, it was mentioned as one reason for the effectiveness of themodules. This affordance is reflected in the following quote: Yes. I mean, so first off, the ability to kind of sweeten the pot a little bit by providing some income for faculty, that’s a help, right. Because, okay, we paid you, now you got to produce, right. So as opposed to the past [initiatives], we haven’t had that….Characteristics relating to the people and dynamics working on the project included autonomy andcommunity. The theme of autonomy is related to the theme of flexibility. Many respondents likedthat the modules were there if they wanted them and that the department did not force them on theinstructors. The following
-post survey was the Classroom Practice Strategies Survey (CPSS) where thefaculty listed the types of instructional strategies they used in the classroom. They listed responsessuch as lecture, active learning, and real world examples. This survey showed the changes overtime in the types of strategies that faculty used in their classrooms and indicates trends in changesin their classroom practice.A third survey was developed and used used to measure the motivation of faculty to implementthree key student-centered instruction strategies of contextualization of content (or real-worldexamples), student to student interactions, and student reflection. The survey uses expectancy-value theory and is called VECTERS (Value, Expectancy, and Cost of
post-remediationwith instructional processes and events. Through the leveraging of student achievement data,cyber-enabled adaptive team composition, and real-time monitoring to sustain instantaneousmodeling of the learner, it is likely to realize outcomes that are highly-transportable across awide range of STEM disciplines and levels to transform the efficacy of hands-on learning. Forinstance, Beck [20-22], Heffernan [23, 24], Koedinger [25], Salame [26] and others identifytradeoffs in learning outcomes with online formative assessments through immediate feedback,which is useful for allowing for reflection whereby the student use of feedback becomes a toolfor continuous growth [27-29].Related works utilizing dynamically-formed peer cohorts are
chose those five social identities. We aimedin this exercise to help displace white privilege from the center of LATTICE practices andoutputs, as well as other privileges like heteronormativity, class status, and career stages.Another purpose of this activity was to understand which identities are most important to groupmembers, how these identities intersect with our work in designing professional interventions forwomen. Additionally, this Identity Examination activity helped LATTICE team membersilluminate and reflect on the aspects of our identity that motivate our work and our engagementin this social/intellectual movement in academic engineering. Further, our professional activitiesshape and are shaped by our lived experiences. Sharing our
meeting of Engineering 2 course instructors; they chosehow to address it with their students. While the curriculum includes instruction on providingconstructive feedback in teams, the connection between that part of the curriculum may or maynot have been made explicit at the time peer-to-peer comments were introduced.4.2.1 Lack of detailLack of detail in comments reflects a lack of discrimination in students’ ratings of themselvesand each other. One student received 18 3’s of a possible 20 ratings (4 teammates rating 5dimensions). The comments provided little insight into this unremarkable behavior.Table 1 – Comments about Gwen Yield Little InformationBy Gwen By Teammate #2 By Teammate #3 By
or lessacademically successful and then asking them to reflect on their future goals has beendemonstrated to impact the goals listed [17]. Action-readiness is the process by which salientidentities prompt individual to engage with related activities, and how these activities impacttheir overall motivation [14]. Interpretation of difficulty refers to the ways in which studentsrespond to failure. In the case of identity-congruent tasks, it signals that the task and identity areimportant and require more effort. For identity-incongruent tasks, failure indicates that theidentity is unlikely or unimportant, and one should withdraw from the task.To assess dynamic construction among EDS, salient identities and relevant contexts were drawnfrom the