on recurrent data collection and analysis. Drawing from situatedlearning theory’s Communities of Practice (CoP) [5], our project goal is to help students’navigate their undergraduate engineering degree and build a sense of belonging and self-efficacyin engineering by creating an integrated community of post-traditional and military students inengineering. To meet these goals, our study is guided by the following theory- and design-basedresearch questions.Theory 1. In what ways does an onboarding seminar series influence participants’ navigation of their undergraduate engineering program? 2. In what ways does an onboarding seminar series influence participants’ sense of belonging and self-efficacy in engineering?Design 3
built through the CAE exercise also opened channels for supporting one another andcollaborating on future projects addressing how to overcome the challenges that emerged withthe major themes. For instance, the challenge to better address student needs from the equitableinstruction theme inspired some of the CoP members to teach reflective learning practices tostudents through focus groups. Others are entertaining the idea of peer observation andevaluation protocols specifically addressing equitable teaching practices.Moving forward, this research study invites the need to examine each of the three themes thatemerged from the collaborative autoethnography in depth, especially considering the relatedsub-themes more closely in practice (Table 3
ofcontextualization to build foundational skills and indicate real-world relevance.II. ContextualizationPORPs aim to improve first-year student engagement by using faculty research slides tocontextualize recitation problems. Contextualization in engineering education links technicalcontent to real-world applications, helping students grasp abstract concepts while emphasizingengineering’s societal impact [17], [18]. This approach fosters technical competence andinformed decision-making in global, economic, environmental, and social contexts [18], [19].Engineering curricula often achieve this through case studies, industry examples, andinterdisciplinary projects, which highlight the connection between technical knowledge andreal-world challenges [20].While
components of the engineering curriculum—in engineering sciences, engineering design, and humanities and social science courses; that work resulted in Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018). His current research grant project explores how to foster and assess sociotechnical thinking in engineering science and design courses.Dr. Ann D. Christy P.E., The Ohio State University Ann D. Christy, PE, is a professor of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering and a professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University (OSU). She earned both her B.S. in agricultural engineering and M.S. in biomedical engineering at OSU, and her Ph.D. in environmental
principle, we cite supporting literature andfindings from our interviews with equity-oriented engineering instructors, and we provideillustrative examples of implementation in a variety of course contexts. We also highlight theinteractions of curriculum and instruction across principles. Before describing our principles of equity-centered engineering curriculum andinstruction, we provide a project overview and description of our development process.Describing our development process involves information on how we identified relevantsupporting literature for the principles and gathered examples of how to enact the principles fromengineering instructors. Following that overview, we present the six principles, including thesupporting literature
construction management, innovative project delivery systems, and construction automation and robotics. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wiscon- sin. Russell began his academic career in 1989 as an Assistant Professor in the CEE Department. Over the past 22 years, he has earned a reputation as a leader in education, research, and service to the civil en- gineering profession through championing diversity, leadership, innovation, and enhanced education for future civil engineers.He is Co-founder of the Construction Engineering and Management program at UW, Madison, one of only seven
University of Colorado Boulder. Her teaching focuses on fate and transport of contaminants, capstone design and aqueous chemistry. Dr. Bolhari is passionate about broad- ening participation in engineering through community-based participatory action research. Her research interests explore the boundaries of engineering and social science to understand evolution of resilience capacity at family and community level to sustainable practices utilizing quantitative and qualitative re- search methods.Dr. Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University Daniel I. Castaneda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Univer- sity. Daniel earned his PhD in 2016 and his Master’s in 2010, both in civil
billioncompanies spend annually on diversity programs to create opportunity and inclusion strategiesfor minority groups5,6, including black engineers. Organizations typically enter into diversityprograms for one of two reasons: legal obligation or fairness4. There are many case studies ofsuccessful organizational diversity initiatives, and multi-organization case studies aswell13,45,48,49,50,51,52,53,54. Organizational diversity efforts may manifest themselves in trainingprograms and employee feedback47; as components of performance evaluations, in the form ofinclusion projects, as social networking, as the responsibility of management, in the form ofmentoring systems, and in affinity groups45
classstructure and teaching practices allows researchers and instructors to determine how to augment aclass for a clearer and easier learning experience.There are many related articles that focus on at least one of the domains of learning for engineeringstudents; however, most have different focuses or are not directly applicable to this paper’sresearch. For example, many related studies were testing or creating a tool used to evaluate a class'sability to teach with one or more of the domains, versus testing how to better teach one or all ofthe domains or discover how students learn with each domain [8-13]. One of these studies createda teaching template for schools so they are more aware of what engineering students should learnduring their capstone
PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.Shouka Farrokh, University of British Columbia Shouka Farrokh is an undergraduate student pursuing Psychology at The University of British Columbia. She contributes as a research assistant in Engineering Education projects focusing on STEM Outreach initiatives.Dr. Katherine Lyon, University of British Columbia Katherine Lyon is Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Katherine’s research merges sociology of education
, an outcome spaceemerged with five main categories of description about the kinds of obstacles studentsencountered in regard to the hiring process in computing and industry practices: Uncertainty,interview techniques, time demands of preparation, anxiety management, and improvinginclusivity. Yet, our goal was not to focus on the issues faced, but the solutions to resolve them.As such, the perceptions of the students’ experiences guided the creation of a set ofrecommendations for students, academia, and industry, to mitigate concerns with the currentprocess and to consider avenues for improvement.1 IntroductionOver the next decade, computer and information technology occupations are projected to rise11% [1]. However, disparities in the
professional degrees. Prospective graduate students often perceive the lengthy time-to-degree and the rigid “path” for degree completion as limiting to their futures. Several discussants referenced the alternative options industry collaboration may provide, e.g., the Professional PhD, wherein graduate students would spend a more abbreviated period within the classroom and enter the field while being “co-mentored” by academe and industry to complete dissertation or research projects. ≠ Address impacts of climate issues on graduate students and education. Increasing the “visibility” of women faculty and fostering faculty-student interaction may help retain women graduate students. Developing cohorts
AC 2012-4544: INOCULATING NOVICE SOFTWARE DESIGNERS WITHEXPERT DESIGN STRATEGIESDavid R. Wright, North Carolina State University David Wright earned his Ph.D. in computer science from North Carolina State University. He is currently a Research Associate in the Computer Science Department, overseeing the day-to-day operations of four different research projects. Wright has taught a variety of undergraduate courses at NCSU and other local institutions. His research interests include software design and engineering education, focusing on ways to help students think more like engineering professionals than students, as well as developing teaching and learning tools and strategies that help keep students interested in
study created ateaching template for schools so they are more aware of what engineering students should learnduring their capstone research [15]. Another study tested the program EvalTOOLs 6 to determinehow well a class performed in connecting to each of the three domains and how it may be helpfulfor determining which domains need more development [13]. A related study tried to evaluateeach hierarchical level with an analysis of students’ grades [6]. Other studies attempted to developnew analytic tools to evaluate students learning with the cognitive domain [7], [14].Another related study focused on testing a few hierarchical levels instead of reviewing learningthrough all of the hierarchical levels of the cognitive domain [8]. One article
the program context and changes,participant selection, and the interview questions and analysis.While Engineering Science continues to promote theoretical understanding, the program hasplaced greater emphasis on design in more recent years due to accreditation requirements andother motivators. Curricular experiences of more recent graduates may differ from those ofearlier graduates who did not experience cornerstone, middle-year, or capstone design courses asopportunities to apply their theoretical knowledge or learn through different modes. There havealso been program, faculty, and university-level efforts to provide greater support for learners, sostudents in the past may have been more unsupported in navigating and adapting to the
. Although students worked in groups, they were required to hand in individual solutions, which were another component of each student’s professionalism grade. The TAs graded one capstone problem each week and gave limited written feedback. • Exit Quiz + debrief (50 mins/week). Every Friday, following the Problem Set, the students took a zero-stakes Exit Quiz on the material for the week. Although not a component of their grade, the Exit Quiz was designed to closely emulate an exam question. Following the quiz, the instructor went over the solution in class, and provided a detailed rubric for the students to grade themselves. • Exam Feedback (2 times per quarter). Summative assessment of the students was accomplished the same way as
facilitate learning elements of programming in the context of thelaboratory experiment.Integration of scientific inquiry. The physics tasks consisted of hands-on activities usingPASCO equipment and PASCO Capstone software, which are aligned with the three principlesdefined by course textbook (i.e., linear momentum, energy, and angular momentum principles),along with guided activities in Python programming.Students engaged in two ED challenges throughout the laboratory sessions. This study focusedon the first ED challenges that worked as an introduction to design experience for the students.The next section describes in detail this first design challenge.Engineering Design ChallengeStudents completed the first design challenge in labs 0 through 5
States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and obtained an M.S. from both the University of Missouri at Rolla in Geological Engineering and the University of Texas at Austin in Environmental Engineering. Most recently, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering Technologies. He also serves as a faculty advisor for the senior capstone design course and several independent research projects.Lt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an Assistant Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Geography and
Engineering and Technology (ABET) has made anexplicit statement in its criteria that engineering programs must demonstrate that their students arehave “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility”. Many engineering schoolshave developed various trails to deliver ethical contents, either through creating standing aloneethical courses, or through embedding the ethical topics in traditional engineering courses,typically capstone design. This pragmatic approach has been supported by engineeringprofessional societies such as NSPE, ASME, IEEE, etc. which historically have played a crucialrole in shaping the content of US engineering ethics education (Downey & Lucena 2004). Underthe general principle of “doing no harm”, each association
that theAero/Astro department has the most prerequisites in the University, but the four-yeargraduation rate is near the top and fewer students are dropping out. With the coming or ABET 2000, hands-on learning was reintroduced in manycourses. Combined with the integration of Junior Lab (now called Aerospace Lab), and Page 14.1218.9building, testing and flying hardware for their capstone design class, undergraduatestudents are getting the balance of the fundamentals, with the experience of working inteams. Georgia Institute of
learning contexts.Dr. Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tanya Faltens is the Educational Content Creation Manager for the Network for Computational Nanotech- nology (NCN) which created the open access nanoHUB.org cyber-platform. Her technical background is in Materials Science and Engineering (Ph.D. UCLA 2002), and she has several years’ experience in hands-on informal science education, including working at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley. While at Cal Poly Pomona, she taught the first year engineering course, mentored student capstone re- search projects, and introduced nanoHUB simulation tools into the undergraduate curriculum in materials science and engineering and electrical engineering
Industrial Engineering and an Honors Bachelor in Me- chanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. She also has a Master of Applied Science in Collab- orative Program in Engineering Education. Her thesis investigated team level factors affecting innovation in multidisciplinary capstone design course. In addition to her research in engineering education, she has been involved as a teaching assistance with more than four engineering design courses from first year to fourth year.Prof. Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto Professor Chirag Variawa is Director of First-year Curriculum at the University of Toronto, Canada. He received his Doctorate in Industrial Engineering, focusing on Language Inclusivity in
DELIBERATE LONGITUDINAL CURRICULAR INTEGRATION: TOPICAL LINKAGES AND CONCEPT REINFORCEMENT Barry L. Shoop, George A. Nowak, and Lisa A. Shay United States Military Academy, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, West Point, New York, 10996 U.S.A. email: Barry.Shoop@usma.eduAbstract. Students in many engineering programs feel that their educational experience consists of a series of isolated courses that build expertise in discrete topical areas. The only time these discrete topics are integrated is in a capstone engineering project during their senior year. Understanding how topics covered in one
Department Head of Graduate Education and co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdis- ciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her
experience enhances their analytical and collaborative skills, preparing them for thedemands of the program. The Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization (GIS) in Data-DrivenSustainable Energy Systems is the curricular component of the program. Consisting of sixcourses, the GIS includes a foundational sustainable energy course, a capstone on energyinnovation, and four elective courses selected from five thematic areas: (1) energy systemmodeling; (2) information systems; (3) energy policy, regulation, and economics; (4) energy-business modeling; and (5) energy technologies, components, and subsystems. The GIS allowstrainees to tailor their learning to align with their research interests and professional goals.2Beyond coursework, trainees participate
research projects and jobs inthe field (both on campus and off) as being factors in one’s chance of being admitted. Of all ofthese, however, grades seemed to be what most students thought was given the greatest weight inthe decision about their futures in engineering. This is not surprising, given that much of the Page 12.428.9assessments given by advisors relied heavily upon GPA. The other things, like activities played asupporting role. They were things used to bolster or prop up one’s chances, if one’s GPA was notbelieved to be strong enough.The students who were most confident in their chances, like Joe and Renee, talked very little, ifat all
) Biomaterials Science: AnIntroduction to Materials in Medicine and Dowling’s Mechanics of Materials books wereespecially useful references 28,29. Callister’s Fundamentals of Materials Science andEngineering text also contains a web based supplemental chapter 30 that is helpful as is theUniversity of Cambridge’s on-line Teaching and Learning Package (TLP) on the structure ofbone and implant materials 31. In fact, having the students complete this well-developed andinteractive TLP as a homework assignment or in-class project (if computers are available) is anexcellent way to introduce your students to biomedical materials and design. Dr. Pruitt’s Page
WorcesterPolytechnic Institute (WPI) as a part of the school’s humanities capstone program, especiallyincluding experiences around a recent showcase of LGBTQ+-themed plays at the university.Their paper began from and substantiated the same starting point as this present study: thattheater experiences at a technical university provide a space that supports a “culture ofinclusivity.” However, their study focused primarily on showing how WPI’s theater programcontributes to such a culture and focuses on implications for liberal education, while this presentone is more provocative in stance, asking how the University Dramatic Society that I study couldinform sociotechnical practice more broadly. Furthermore, the papers diverge in methodology:while DiBiasio and
engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex engineered systems.Dr. Dirk Ifenthaler, University of FreiburgProf. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Dr. Siddique is currently a professor at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of Uni- versity of Oklahoma. His research interests are in areas of product design, product platform design, and engineering education. He is the faculty advisor of the Sooner Racing Team (FSAE) and coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Program. Page 23.480.1 c American Society
Paper ID #36775Specifications Grading in General Physics and EngineeringPhysics CoursesHarold T. Evensen (Professor of Engineering Physics) Hal Evensen has been a Professor of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville since 1999, where he has led ABET accreditation efforts and served as Program Coordinator. His research interests always involve students and range from carbon nanotube electronics and nanopatterned graphene to automated control of grazing dairy herds. He enjoys teaching courses in Sensors and Electric & Magnetic Fields, and has developed a new, project-based course for first