out of their prosthetic limb and aremore likely to use a prosthetic that is visually appealing. Two features of the prosthetic design aremyoelectric technology to detect muscle contractions and 3D printing technology in theconstruction of the hand. Each academic year, a new student team spends two semesters focusedon improving the prosthetic hand design from the previous year’s team. The student team wassmall consisting of no more than five students from the Mechanical Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, and Computer Engineering majors.This paper will detail the evolution of the interdisciplinary project from its first group of studentswho focused their efforts on researching and developing an initial prototype, due to workingremotely because
Paper ID #38130Project-Based Learning for Robot Control Theory: A Robot OperatingSystem (ROS)-Based ApproachDr. Siavash Farzan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Siavash Farzan is an Assistant Teaching Professor with the Robotics Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA. He received the Ph.D. degree in Robotics from the Geor- gia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in 2021. His research interests span the areas of robotics, manipulation, and nonlinear control, with a special focus on safety-critical control of cyber-physical sys- tems operating in unstructured and dynamic real-world
Paper ID #39947Broadening participation in engineering and STEM workforce developmentthrough unconventional community partnershipsDr. Rosalind M. Wynne, Villanova University Rosalind Wynne received her doctorate in electrical engineering from Boston University, a M.S. in elec- trical engineering from Boston University, and a B.S. in physics from Norfolk State University. She is an Associate Professor at Villanova University, Villanova, PA in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her current research interests include developing fiber optic sensors based on microstruc- tured optical fiber technology for
interests include DEI topics in graduate education, faculty hiring, and the pathway to an academic career.Ms. Kiersten Elyse FernandezDr. Christine Julien, University of Texas at Austin Christine Julien is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where she leads the Mobile and Pervasive Computing research group. She also serves as the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion forMrs. Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin Marialice Mastronardi completed her PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Educa- tion at University of Texas, Austin. She obtained a M.S. in Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan (Italy
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(24), 273-279.12. Mohagheghi, S. (2020, June). A pedagogical approach for developing an entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students. In 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access.13. Johnson, E., Budnik, M., & Tougaw, D. (2009, June). Integrating Entrepreneurship Throughout an Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum. In 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition (pp. 14-757).14. Sarkar, D. (2020, July). Engineering the Future–Communicating Across Borders Through Elevator Pitches. In 2020 First-Year Engineering Experience.15. Condon, M. & Ruth-Sahd, L. (2013). Responding to introverted and shy students: Best practice guidelines for educators and advisors
relationships with engineering can support them in navigating the dynamics ofmarginalization [7]. However, there is a lack of investigation into how engineering learningenvironments can be designed to facilitate students’ (re)negotiation with these relationships.Making, defined by Sheridan et al. [8] as a process to develop an idea and construct it into somephysical or digital form, can be a space for rich transdisciplinary engineering learning andpractice [9] [10]. Making is a form of “heterogeneous engineering” [11] - engineering thatemphasizes not only the technical aspect, but also the social, material, and political dynamics[12]. Making as heterogeneous engineering resists the marginalizing narratives that technology isthe sole important aspect of
understand students’experience of the integration of the engineering and liberal arts, which is a focus of the ASEE LEESdivision.Rationale and BackgroundIn the pursuit of promoting the integration of the liberal arts and engineering, a voice that is often missingis of the students who are actually experiencing the convergence of the two during their collegeeducation. Framing engineering as a humanistic vocation which can be a notable function of a liberal artseducation, has the potential to develop and sustain pro-social beliefs among students and also contributeto their holistic formation as individuals and professionals.There have been voices predicting that engineering will be the liberal arts of the 21st century given theincrease in technology
Paper ID #40508CAD it up - Incorporating CAD into Design Projects in First YearEngineering CoursesDr. Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University Elizabeth Starkey is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State. Her research focuses on creativity during the design process and building tools to facilitate learning and creativity in engineering design education.Dr. Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University Sarah C. Ritter, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs at the Pennsylvania State University and course chair for EDSGN 100, the
Paper ID #37390Design of a Unique Industry-Oriented Project-Based Capstone Course forEngineering Technical ManagersDr. Wei Lu, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Lu is the Assistant Director of Curriculum in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on Higher Education, instruc- tional design, community engagement & service-learning, eLearning & distance learning technology, K-12 (STEM) Education, Communications, Marketing, and Social Economics. She has been involved in several projects that collaborate with non-profit organizations like
Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. Rubaya now is a Ph.D. student at Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering and Teaching/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and resilient infrastructure, Engineering Education, and Sustainable transportation system.Mr. Mohamed Elzomor P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International
challenges with multicultural stakeholders is recognized as vitalto the EM domain for effectively operating within the global economy.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) program search engine yieldsfifteen current accredited EM undergraduate programs in the United States and its territories withanother twelve international programs [3]. ABET requires forty-five semester credit hours inEngineering Topics (ET) and another 30 semester hours of Math and Basic Sciences [3] whichcan stress a student’s ability to stay on the four-year graduation track. The study-abroad,broadening experience represents the additional layer of value for the student pursuing the EMdegree yet must be carefully administered in the context of achieving
computational thinking. Analysis of pilot data gatheredfrom five sections of a life science course in a northeastern U.S. urban high school during the2022-2023 academic academic year will inform the next iteration of the module.Background and MotivationThe thought processes associated with formulating problems and solutions such that they can beefficiently and effectively carried out by both machine (i.e., computer) and human is known ascomputational thinking (CT) [1]. While the construct of computational thinking originated incomputer science, CT practices like abstraction, pattern recognition, and modeling arerecognized to be incorporated in all science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)disciplines [2], [3] and have revolutionized how
ProjectNumber FHWA-PROJ-21-0045. The opinions expressed herein represent those of the authorsand not necessarily those of the sponsors.References[1] J. D. Bransford, R. D. Sherwood, T. S. Hasselbring, C. K. Kinzer and S. M. Williams, "Anchored Instruction: Why We Need It and How Technology Can Help," Cognition, Education, and Multimedia, vol. 12, 1990.[2] Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Research Initiatives in Support of Structural Engineering Programs, Washington, DC: Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 2020, p. 36.[3] K. Dong, S. M. Francis and B. A. Perkins, "Practitioner and Academic Surveys + Engineering Education: A Blended Observation of Student Prepardness," Proceedings American Society for Engineering
numerous teacher awards including Early Excellence in Teaching, Innovation in Teaching, and Honored Instructor. His kind nature and consideration brings connection, community, and ongoing mentorship for his students.Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin - Madison Michael is an artist and musician masquerading as an academic, honored with the opportunity to research and design educational technologies that engage the body and the mind to make learning fun and produc- tive.Arushi Renschler Pandey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arushi is a 4th year undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include how engineering students use metaphor and imagery when mechanically
-optics, including plasmonics, nanofabrication, computational modeling, photonic crystals, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An optimization model for assigning students to multidisciplinary teams by considering preferences and skillsAbstractProject-based learning has become popular and prevalent across higher education. Additionally,the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology also emphasizes the ability to function inmultidisciplinary teams. These educational practices have resulted in the implementation ofteam-based projects throughout engineering curriculums. Team formation, however, is not atrivial process and occasionally
seminarsinfluenced a student’s study skills or their use of library technology. The answer was not verymuch – in fact, they found that 22% of first year engineering students had never used the library[7]. Engineering graduate students' needs tend to be quite different from their undergraduatecounterparts. Many graduate programs assume students enter the program with foundationalinformation literacy knowledge obtained during their undergraduate programs. However, this isat odds with our understanding of theory-heavy undergraduate programs. Previous research ongraduate student populations indicates that confidence in their information literacy skills is high,but this confidence may not translate into practical skills [8]. A survey of Electrical
visible to the range of stakeholdersbeyond the students we support in the classroom to ensure its continuation.References[1] Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology. “Criteria for accrediting engineeringprograms, 2019-2020.” [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2019-2020/# [accessed February 10,2023].[2] Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology, “The value of accreditation: How ABEThelps STEM programs adapt to industry’s evolving needs,” An ABET Issue Brief, Spring 2020.[Online] Available: https://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ABET-Issue-Brief-The-Value-of-Accreditation.pdf [accessed February 10, 2023].[3] L. Landry, “Six business skills
Paper ID #37132Cultivating Sustainable Infrastructure Project Delivery throughIntegrated Design and Envision-Rating System within ConstructionEducationMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. At present, Rubaya is a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Civil and Environmental
,who, within their respective areas of competence, is responsible for executing the tasks orworks referred to in the General Law on Urbanism and Construction and the presentordinance" [3].In general, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees experiencesignificant early-stage dropout due to several factors: course failure, for example, in subjectsincluding physics and mathematics [4]; a low perceived importance of these courses forengineering [5-6]; a general perception of an excessive workload in engineering courses [7];and the modality of the course in question, including asynchronous online courses [8], amongothers.Related literature reports that remedial courses are used to address bottlenecks and students'delayed
Paper ID #37701Measuring Systems Thinking Using Stealth AssessmentIng. Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida Andrea is a doctoral student at the University of Florida specializing in Educational Technology within the Curriculum and Instruction program. She has a master’s degree in Education and ICT and a bachelor’s degree in Software Systems Engineering. Andrea has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses for the past thirteen years covering topics such as algorithms, process engineering, instructional design, and applications of technology in education. Her research interests include understanding the
and criteria for success.Grand Challenges of Engineering in Addressing Air Quality:Air quality is a critical issue facing the world today, with numerous sources of pollutioncontributing to poor air quality in many regions. This problem affects human health, theenvironment, and the economy, and it requires a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach tobe addressed effectively.1,2,3,4 Engineering has a key role to play in addressing air quality, asengineers are involved in the design, development, and implementation of technologies andsystems to improve air quality23. The grand challenges of engineering24 in addressing air quality,including the need for new technologies to measure and monitor air quality, the development ofeffective
formation of the scientific image and allows for a wide audience to understand complexideas easily. Of course, technical communication is complicated among all majors, but thisresearch focuses on engineering [1]. Generally, scientific language is not simple, so it is essentialto promote a new way of learning in education where all those topics related to science can relateto means that promote the social appropriation of knowledge. The importance of the study lies inthe fact that the use of novel pedagogy increases students' engagement with the subject andtherefore maximizes learning while teaching students to improve their communication skills [2],[3].Teaching and learning through communication technologies have become something new incurrent
during the pandemic. In addition, the interviewees noted uncertain prospect of the industry as one of the crises theywere facing. Industrial transformation and technological upgrading that threaten traditionalindustries, as well as the slowing down economy due to the Covid pandemic, caused anxietiesamong early career engineers about their job security.Crises resulted from personal strugglesThis dimension mainly illustrates the incompatibility with work that resulted from early careerengineers’ own physical and psychological reactions, including physical repulsion, grievance, andself-confusion. First, some early career engineers noted their physical repulsion at the work environment. Forexample, a process development engineer said
Paper ID #39144Pedagogical Workshops for Interdisciplinary Trading Zones with Facultyand Students: Insights from an Engineering-focused UniversityDr. Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines Elizabeth Reddy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering, Design and Society at Col- orado School of Mines. Reddy is a cultural anthropologist and science and technology studies scholar and Associate Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Science program.Courtney Van KirkMarie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines Marie is currently an Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines in the Department of
, engineering education, diffusion of innovation, panel logit model(Poster, Work in Progress) IntroductionWorkforce projections indicate that opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) fields will grow considerably in upcoming years (BLS, 2014). Engineeringfields in particular are experiencing a shortage of qualified workers in spite of being high paidpositions compared to many professions. There is a concern that this shortage is in part due to apipeline crisis within the educational field. Specifically, review of higher education retentiondata highlight that post-secondary institutions are not recruiting and graduating a sufficientnumber of high-quality students to fill STEM
Paper ID #40807WIP: Utilizing MATLAB in Combination with Lego Mindstorm EV3 Kits foraFirst-year Engineering CourseChristopher Daniel Winfrey I am an instructor and current Ph.D. candidate at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) studying computational science. I also received both Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology and Master of Science in Professional Science degrees from MTSU. My primary research focuses on the application of machine learning and simulation software to analyze traffic within the state of Tennessee, identify problematic areas, and propose intelligent solutions such as signal retiming via
Technologies (BDCAT2022). She also served as the local arrangement chair for IEEE CLUSTER 2021. She was the guest editor for Special Issue on Integration of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics, Software: Practice and Experience (Wiley Press). In addition, she has served on the technical program committee for a number of conferences, and as reviewer for various journals.Dr. Kristin Lesseig ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Integrating Internet of Things into Mechatronics to Prepare Mechanical Engineering Students for Industry 4.0AbstractThe Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can enable products to become smarter through sensingtheir environment, analyzing lots of data
the mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students.Dr. Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland College Park Received a BS in physics from MIT and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Penn- sylvania. Worked at Link¨oping University in Sweden and then Risø National Laboratory in Denmark as a research scientist before joining Santa Fe Science and Technology as the Vice President for Research
Paper ID #39593Development of Lean Six Sigma Competencies through Guided LearningSequencesDr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Dr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez is professor – consultant in the Science Department in Tecnologico de Mon- terrey, Puebla campus. He studied a PhD in Financial Science in EGADE Business School (2016), a MSc in Industrial Engineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2011), and a BEng in Industrial and Systems En- gineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2006). Dr. Sayeg-S´anchez has more than 11 years of experience in teaching statistics, mathematics, and operations research; and more
through thisreport, they can provide insight into the design of a software capstone project to aspiringengineers and soon-to-be senior engineering students.Skincare has become an increasingly popular industry with a global reach in the e-commercespace. With a saturated skincare industry, companies have developed technology to customizerecommendations but provide limited and potentially biased choices. Currently, the industrylacks an all-inclusive application that generates user-customized recommendations to allowconsumers to focus on suitable products. Hence, the project seeks to fill this gap by building aweb application that helps all users find skincare products tailored to their needs and skinconditions via a multi-part recommendation