,encountered a variety of policies aimed at limiting the spread of the virus including requiredmasking, mandatory COVID testing, social distancing, de-densification of classrooms andhousing, and greatly curtailed extra-curricular activities [20]. While many large universities hadoptions for in-person classes, remote learning and modifications to attendance policies werewidespread [20].In addition, college students who were already enrolled before the pandemic also had to consideraltering their academic course-taking in the wake of online/remote learning [21]. In a study ofurban low-income college students conducted in the summer of 2020, researchers found thatmany enrolled college students considered dropping classes and changing graduation plans
engineering design practices andthinking within earlier stages of learning [11]. The second is focused on the unique role thatcaregivers play in the learning and development of children. Caregivers' understanding of STEMconcepts, perceptions of their children’s STEM abilities, as well as their attitude and behaviortoward STEM in general, can all impact a child’s engagement and interest in STEM [12].Out-of-School (OST) STEM ActivityWhile a great deal of research has focused on school-based parental involvement in STEMlearning, other research suggests that parents are more involved in out-of-school time orhome-based STEM activities [1]. Due to the wide array of OST and free-choice activities that areavailable to children and their families, the
Paper ID #42733Faculty Perspectives on Undergraduate Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence(GAI) Assistance: A Work-in-ProgressMichaela Harper, Utah State University Michaela Harper is a graduate student at Utah State University specializing in engineering education with a background in Environmental Studies, focusing on STEM and non-traditional education. Her interest predominantly lies in understanding the underlying nature of things, bringing an exploratory and explanatory approach to her research, including the impacts of disruptive technology on engineering, a field popularly deemed as ”tech-savvy.”Dr. Cassandra
- certain components (e.g., organization, objectives, integration, activities & assessment, questions, and catch) of K-12 teacher created lessons plans varied dras- tically. In particular, lesson plan organization, integration, and questions each had a significant number of submissions which were evaluated as "struggling" [45%, 46%, 41%] through interesting integration, objectives, activities & assessment, and catch all saw submissions which were evaluated as "excellent" [43%, 48%, 43%, 48%]. The relation- ship between existing K-12 policies and expectations surfaces within these results and in combination with other findings leads to implications for the translation of current research practices
almostuniversally a lack of understanding and appreciation of the senior faculty’s depth andbreadth of practical experience, which usually more than make-up for any perceived (bythe NEE or new administrators) minor deficiencies of state-of-the-art knowledge, a littleof which the NEE may have from his/her intensive but focused graduate program. NEEalso do not usually realize that the rules of the game are a bit different for senior facultywho have already gone over the promotion and tenure mountaintop, and are high on thepecking order, both the formal and informal ones.In addition to NEE complaining that the senior faculty’s technical knowledge is a littledated (which may be partially true), they also criticize the senior faculty’s perceived lackof urgency
and change practice Attracts a larger and more diverse cross section of university student participants Qualifies for significant research funding for university (NSF, NIH, DOD, Department of Ed, Foundations) Increases satisfaction and retention of undergraduate participants Promotes intra and inter university collaborations Addresses national priority to increase STEM pipeline Builds research base on effective teaching and learning best practices K-20 Positively impacts graduate school interest and enrollment Appealing to broad and diverse cross section of faculty Attracts and increases industry and alumni support Often sustained by graduates when they start career The Role of Colleges of Engineering in K-12 STEM
will be designed based upon socialconstructionist theories using communicative prospective 11, which will reveal how femalestudents create, negotiate and shift their identities while selecting, studying and practicing inSTEM field. Research questions include: a) what do they think about graduate education; b)what does pursuing career in STEM field mean to female?; c) what messages are enunciate aboutSTEM discipline, and how does these messages differ at different points in a female’s life?; d)what were the initial factor(s) compelling females to choose STEM as field of study?; e) whatfeatures of STEM discipline seems enticing or dispiriting to females from pursuing educationand practice in these area?; f) what kind of guidance, mentoring, and
EPICS.Mrs. Pamela Dexter, Purdue University, West Lafayette Pamela Dexter graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s of arts degree in education and worked as the Gifted & Talented Program Coordinator and teacher for a local school corporation. Dexter was also the Director of Marketing and Resource Development for Lafayette Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc., before joining Purdue University’s EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) program. Dexter has been the EPICS High School Program Coordinator since inception of the program in 2006. Dexter is dedicated to the national dissemination of engineering service-learning design education in schools across the U.S. and abroad. These efforts blend the
broader understandings of student success in engineering. Justin completed their Ph.D. in Engineering Education (’22) and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (’21) at Purdue University, and two B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (’17). Atop their education, Justin is a previous NSF Graduate Research Fellow and has won over a dozen awards for research, service, and activism related to marginalized communities, including the 2020 ASEE ERM Division Best Diversity Paper for their work on test anxiety. As a previous homeless and food-insecure student, Justin is eager to challenge and change engineering engineering education to be a pathway for socioeconomic
Paper ID #30254Employment of Active Learning Pedagogy Throughout a Makerspace-Based,First-Year Introduction to Engineering CourseMr. Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville Nicholas Hawkins is a Graduate Teaching Assistance in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at the University of Louisville. A PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he received both his B.S. and M. Eng. from the University of Louisville in the same field. His research interests include power electronics and controls, as well as engineering education for first-year students.Dr. James E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis
Paper ID #24423Mapping Entrepreneurial Minded Learning with the Longitudinal Model ofMotivation and Identity in First-Year EngineeringMs. Renee Desing, Ohio State University Renee Desing is currently a graduate student at the Ohio State University in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Ms. Desing holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Most recently, Ms. Desing worked as a managing consultant for IBM Public Sector Advanced Analytics.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State
assessment; evidence- based teaching practices and curricular innovations applied to misconceptions; and engineering education policy. His research explores the nature of global competency development by assessing how interna- tional experiences improve the global perspectives of engineering students. His dissertation investigates how best to design and operationalize effective global programming strategies within engineering curric- ula.Dr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She conducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering and also research about
howcommuters use the financial assistance that they receive and its impact on the progress they maketowards completing their degrees; (c) identifying the support practices and interventions thatenhance the academic success of commuter students from among the many that are provided byuniversities and colleges; and (d) identifying the challenges that commuters face with jugglingresponsibilities and obligations from home, work, and school.Rationale and Approach of the ProjectThe objectives of this project are to (a) increase graduation rates of the STEM cohorts; (b) buildthe foundation for a sustainable institutional structure and support STEM scholars and otherstudents; (c) carry out research designed to advance understanding of the factors, practices
characteristics of effective PD identified in the literature include:(i) sufficient duration; (ii) focus on subject matter; (iii) hands-on activities; (iv) attention toproblems of practice; and (v) institutional support for implementation. It is further suggested thatteacher learning is best promoted by a set of complementary approaches, such as summer PD andonline discussions as follow up [24].Traditionally, the focus of teacher PD programs has been on preparing teachers to follow, ratherthan to create or adapt, innovative, research-based curriculum materials [25]. However, whenteachers do not understand the underlying model of the expert-designed curricula provided tothem, they tend to pick and choose elements of the new curriculum to fit their
medicalnanotechnology device for disease detection and complete a microfluidics lab on a chipexperiment. Students read journal articles and used newfound knowledge from these articles toinform their designs throughout the project. Much like the robot design/build project, thestakeholder needs and tasks for the alternative were well-defined. The research-based project forthe 2022-2023 academic year was redesigned to be more open ended and to expand the themesof the course. Specifically, it asked students to identify an opportunity and problem within thethemes of either medical nanotechnology or sustainability. The course still focused on researchand reading journal articles but also expanded assignments to consider value creation, needs, andthe impact of their
diverse, interdisciplinary teams [26]–[29] and as part of theleader-mentor-learner triad [30]–[32]. As with all EF training, these leadership skills will bepresented using a variety of role-playing and discussion exercises to allow participants toimmediately practice new skills in the context of engineering research and practice.In addition to the materials being developed by Tau Beta Pi and Michigan State Universitythrough the NSF-funded project, the EF facilitators are lending their professional expertise to thedevelopment of additional curriculum modules. For example, a module on Design Thinking isbeing developed based on work done at The Pennsylvania State University. The development ofthis module responds to the recent growth in popularity
Course, University of Dayton, Fall2016.Swart, A.J., “Does it matter which comes first in a curriculum for engineering students—Theoryor practice?,” Int. J. Elect. Eng. Educ., vol. 47, pp. 189–199, 2010.Swart, A.J., “Theory versus practical in a curriculum for engineering students—A case study,”presented at the AFRICON, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009.The VARK modalities. http://vark-learn.com/introduction-to-vark/the-vark-modalities, 2017.The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), 26. Business Scenarios,http://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-doc/arch/ 2011.Yin, R.K., Case study Research—Design and Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: SAGE, 2009.
Paper ID #38663Board 35: Assessing Students’ Perspectives and Attitudes Toward SocialJustice and Compassion in Civil Engineering (Work in Progress) ˜ Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)Mr. Cristi´an Eduardo Vargas-Ord´onez, Cristian Vargas-Ord´on˜ ez is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include arts and engineering integration for epistemic justice and multicultural engineering edu- cation. He has experience in teaching and designing curricula for various educational programs, including first-year engineering and underrepresented pre
begin to paint a morecomprehensive picture of obstacles to retention. Do these same factors vary byinstitutional type?To more fully understand the institutional context for discouraging and encouraging Page 14.23.2factors for SME retention, Seymour and Hewitt designed a multi-institutionalethnographic study of three private and four public universities in four differentgeographical areas.10 Institutions were selected on the basis of their private or publicfunding, their mission, the level of prestige accorded their research activities, and the sizeand composition of their graduate and undergraduate populations with a concentration oninstitutions
are space systems, robust fault tolerant control, nonlinear control, adaptive control, small spacecraft design, high performance spacecraft components, mechatronics, real-time health monitoring, and diagnostic methodology.Dr. Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. Dr. Swartwout is co-director of the Space Systems Research Laboratory. His research and teaching interests focus on systems engineering and design. Page 26.1454.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship Modules across Aerospace
happen. Individual departments in science, mathematics, and social science will retain ownership of their respective courses, as it is most important for students to hear and work with professors from these diverse fields. Problems of the 21st-century will best be solved by multidisciplinary teams with different points of view and approaches, all contributing to the optimal solution. • A set of modules of instruction, in electronic, interactive form, for both self-study and in- class use, will be developed in key skill areas essential for the practice of engineering: problem solving and design, technical communication, professional development, measurement systems, and computing, all with a balance between theory and
awarded quite a few prestigious academic scholarships for his academic and research excellence, including, the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Scholarship (2023) at Concordia for his doctoral studies, the PEIYOU Scholarship - First Class (2020) at Shandong University of Finance and Economics, China during his masters, and Merit Scholarship (2013) during his bachelors at East West University, Bangladesh. Mr. Sakib works as a peer-reviewer for reputed international conferences and journals on topics like machine learning, engineering design and different disciplines of computer science.Dr. Yong Zeng, Concordia University Yong Zeng is a Full Professor at the Concordia Institute for
interest inengineering. Not only do makerspaces offer chances for young students to engage in engineeringendeavors in creative ways, but makerspaces have shown great potential in addressing broadergoals of education, such as the augmentation of first-year engineering student retention. Much ofthe research on makerspace impacts and practices have focused on K-12 and informal education.Little is known about how a well-designed, makerspace-based engineering course can addressbarriers to first-year students’ persistence in engineering, such as the interest in engineering barrierfocused on in this paper.Research also suggest that the makerspace movement provides a beneficial opportunity forstudent development of interests and identity. The structure of
Civil EngineeringDr. Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University Dr. Jennifer Ogle is a Professor in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University, and a 2005 graduate of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her research portfolio focuses on transportation infrastructure design, safety, accessibility, and management. She is currently the facilitator for the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Depart- ments (RED) grant at Clemson, and is leading three transformation efforts related to culture, curriculum, and community to achieve adaptability, innovation, and shared vision. Alongside her research, Dr. Ogle has been active in the development of engaged
GEDCenvisions the enhanced capabilities of engineering deans to transform their schools in support oftheir societies in a globalized world. In keeping with its vision, the GEDC will provide a forumfor cooperation, and for discussion of experiences, challenges, and best practices in leading anengineering school. He is a Fellow ofInstitution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), UK; Institution of Engineers Singapore (FIES);Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM), UK; and American Institute for Medicaland Biological Engineering (FAIMBE), USA. He received several awards and honors includingLee Kuan Yew Fellowship, NUS Outstanding University Researcher Award, JSPS, ASME BestPaper Award, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, and ASEAN
within the schema of practical procedural problems as knowledgeencapsulation. The application in a capstone class is to provide the student with repeatedpractical problems to encourage expertise development in the realm of practical engineeringproblems. It should be pointed out that the relationship between PBL and knowledgeencapsulation is an untested hypothesis based on previous research, but remains encouraging.Table 1. ABET 2004-2005 Program Outcomes6 identified by the department as primary outcomes of the capstone classes. ABET Description of Criteria: Designation The 21st century civil engineer must demonstrate: an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science
basic premisebehind this project area is that students will quickly forget long tedious lists of boring lab safetyrules, however anyone who has ever experienced a real laboratory accident will remember thatexperience ( and hopefully learn from it ) for a much longer time. Simulated accidents areobviously not as memorable as true experiences, however they should still be more memorableand have a more long-lasting impact than simple written rules.Part of the research goal for this project area was to experiment with different developmentplatforms, in order to determine how to best implement educational virtual reality. It was alsodesired to address lab safety issues that were common across a broad spectrum of laboratoryenvironments, and not
successful teaching strategy.It can be used in a virtual environment or regular college classroom settings. Active learningteaching approaches have been found to improve student learning, raise retention rates, and closethe achievement gap between various student populations in college science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses [4]. Beyond the subject of electrical engineering,active learning pedagogies have been applied extensively in industrial engineering [5-7].For STEM students, in particular, who learn best in courses with hands-on laboratories, aneffective online instructional practice uses a variety of active learning pedagogies as shown inFigure 1. There is a considerable level of discontent with online engineering
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with end-to-endinstruction on the analysis and design steps generally followed in the development of an electricdrive system. An electric drive system includes generation, power electronic drive or powerprocessing unit (PPU), motor, and load components. By end-to-end instruction we mean teachthe student to design an electric drive system, with appropriate understanding of the role thatgeneration and end-use (motor plus load) affects the design of the PPU.This objective correlates well with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), Accrediting Engineering Programs, criterion 3 (Program Outcomes and Assessment),item (c), which states “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have anability to design a system