research, ethical issues, problem-solving skills, andinterpersonal competencies such as collaboration were among the top competencies thatemployers sought when hiring new employees in the civil engineering and constructionprofessions [21].Construction engineering students require hands-on experience to improve these competenciesnecessary for their future careers. Although College graduates often overestimate their abilities,yet employers report a lack of basic soft skills, including communication, critical thinking, andproblem-solving, among this group of potential job candidates [15]. A significant proportion ofindustry managers perceive the communication skills of engineering graduates to be inadequate[6]. Collaborative learning is a process
potential variability incomponent and material sources. This provided a chance to discuss with students how suchsetbacks should be handled, as they are bound to occur at some points in their careers. Anotherlearning point was that reliable 3D printing is not assured or automatic, and there are parametersassociated with it that must be determined, sometimes by trial and error. For example, using PLAat 20 percent infill often led to parts that did not perform well; however, 60 percent infillprovided much better performance. A more detailed analysis of the written comments that mayinclude coding is planned but has not been executed.Faculty Reflection and EvaluationA primary goal for this class is to prepare students for their senior design class
engineering programs and professionals in theengineering workforce do not accurately represent the general population. For example, despitemaking up 50 percent of the population, women represented only 24 percent of engineeringbachelor’s degrees conferred in 2021 [1]. Furthermore, although 12.1 percent of the USpopulation is Black only 4.7 percent of engineering bachelor’s degrees conferred were to Blackstudents. Research suggests that earlier exposure in K-12 programs to STEM active learningexperiences encourages greater participation in STEM amongst women and UnderrepresentedMinority (URM) students [2], [3]. As such, it is vital that K-12 districts introduce students to andinterest students in STEM fields and careers. An effective strategy
often a disconnect between academia and the real world concerning the development offuture engineers. Faculty and engineering supervisors alike, hope to prepare engineering graduatesby teaching the fundamental mechanics and theorems that underly engineering analysis and howto apply them to create successful designs. Ultimately, in the real world where graduates spendtheir careers, a mentoring model is typically used in which an engineering supervisor will oversee,advise, and correct a new engineering hire to help him/her learn the profession. However, inacademia, high-stakes, high-pressure, individual assessments are often the norm with little to nopath to redemption, leading graduating students confused on exactly how engineers are formed.With
. She directs the Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP) to Success program that aims to estab- lish successful pathways to graduate school and interdisciplinary careers for new engineering undergrad- uates. Dr. Chandra’s research interests include design of data-driven stochastic models for applications in acoustics, communication networks and predictive analytics in education, model-based systems engi- neering and communications network traffic and performance modeling. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Setting the Stage for Co-Creation: Using Workshops to ScaffoldInterdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, and Community BuildingSetting the Stage for Co-Creation
technology,’‘unfamiliarity with green buildings and materials,’ ‘inappropriate scheduling, ‘and ‘poorworkmanship’” [4]. Consequently, it is possible to question undergraduate architecturecourses and whether they are properly preparing students for their professional performance.Similarly, it is required for architecture students to develop academic skills. Academic skillshave an interdisciplinary characteristic. Nevertheless, architecture students need them due tothe nature of their career which cannot be completely classified as an art or science subject.Even though design it at the center of their focus, it is linked to plastic and technical aspects,which conform architecture. Hence, diverse study techniques must be adopted by the studentsto
intervention in entrepreneurial thinking increase the originality and quality of projects in an open-ideation forum (e.g. ENGR 350)? Instructors for the ENGR 350 course will be interviewed to assess differentiation of FLiTE-influenced projects versus those of the general student population. 3. Does the FLiTE program promote diversity in the regional technology-entrepreneurial workforce, particularly among native Appalachian students, who are typically underrepresented in STEM fields? FLiTE scholars will be interviewed over the course of the program to assess their perceptions of the program’s influence on their degree satisfaction and career path. Where possible, FLiTE program participants will be tracked post
Seattle, WA. Dr. Jarrett combines her practical experience and love of teaching to create welcoming classroom environments tailored to preparing stu- dents for their future careers and inspiring them to be lifelong learners. She is passionate about making engineering education and the engineering industry more innovative and more inclusive. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Work Developed during the ASEE Year of Impact on Racial Equity (YIRE)BackgroundThe ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) specified 2021–2022 as theYear of Impact on Racial Equity (YIRE). The inspiration and objectives for this work has
engineeringundergraduate training in a clinically relevant design experience. Students earn four credits forsuccessful completion of this course. This course prepares students for a real-world designproblem, with an emphasis on the development, evaluation, and recommendation of alternativesolutions subject to realistic constraints that include considerations of effective teamwork andtechnical communication, patents, quality controls, human factors, FDA regulation,professionalism, and ethics with an emphasis on preparing students for careers in bioengineering.Each year 85-95 students enroll in the course. Students assemble into project teams based ontechnical interests and skills.Capstone Design Course, Bioengineering 575 – Master of EngineeringThis capstone
nongovernmental organizations sothat those entities seek engineering insights when setting their global infrastructure policies [6].The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision 2030 states that “whatmechanical engineers do, and how they do it, are changing due to global issues, expansion of thediscipline’s boundaries, increased professional expectations, and technological innovation.Future engineers will need outstanding communication and people skills, business sense, a globalperspective, and an unparalleled understanding of our environment [7].” Additionally, the reportnotes that both industry supervisors and early career engineers emphasize that professional skillsshould be integrated throughout the curriculum, and broaden the skill set
with students at different stages of their college career in a variety of classes including introduction to electrical engineering, circuits, coding, and electromagnetism. As a Research Assistant, he has worked on many multidisciplinary projects that center around application and experimentation.Rachel Shannon, University of California Los Angeles Rachel Shannon completed her MS and BS in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University. She is currently a Master’s student pursuing a degree in Industrial Design. Her interests include diversity and inclusion in engineering, design, and engineering edDr. Mani Mina, University of California Los Angeles Mani Mina is with the department of Industrial Design and Electrical
information I would have to present when it was mygroups turn.” Lastly, we looked at several metrics ofhow students valued the experience ofusing the different presentation modes.Results demonstrated that students feltthat in-person presentations hadsignificantly more impact on them as anaudience member and that the mode ofpresentation was a significant factor(Fig. 4A). When evaluating time inputrequired versus perceived long-termimpact students responded that pre-recorded presentations requiredsignificantly more time (Fig. 4B,p<0.05) to complete but that in-personpresentations were significantly morevaluable for career preparation (Fig. 4C, Figure 4. Impact of presentation mode A) on student asp < 0.0001). In the future, a more
Paper ID #39195Curriculum Development in Renewable Energy and SustainabilityDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Ali Zilouchian is currently the Director of Applied Engineering Program and a Research Center Director at Keiser University. He is also the Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Founding Project Director of a HSI Title III project funded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) at FAU. His distinguished career in academia and industry has many notable accomplishments focused on research and industry partnerships, and national models
LAunchPad Summer program [10], and the FYrE@ECST [11]. TheLAunchPad Summer Program is a two-week summer program where female high school juniorsand seniors experience a gender-inclusive learning environment, with scaffolded instruction,hands-on activities to reinforce the learning, and exposure to female role models. A studyrevealed that after participating in the LAunchPad, the student's interest in pursuing anengineering or computer science career increased by 29% [12]. The FYrE@ECST is a first-yearexperience program in the ECST where first-year students receive holistic academic support andgo through a pathway to complete their Math and Science requirements during their first year. Astudy reveals that the FYrE@ECST intervention students
Paper ID #38415Teamwork Assessment in Measurement and Instrumentation CourseDr. Cyrus Habibi, University of Wisconsin - Platteville Dr. Cyrus Habibi is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Platteville. With a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dr. Habibi has dedicated his career to both research and teaching in the field of engineering. Dr. Habibi’s research interests include smart instruments and artificial intelligence, particularly in the context of time series prediction. In addition to his research, Dr. Habibi is a passionate educator
, new insights, and field recommendations. Weground our analysis in our individual and collective positionalities as well as the careful selectionof a guiding theoretical framework. We explore the use of a collaborative autoethnographyapproach and qualitative coding of the panel transcript as effective methods for analyzing paneldiscussions and capturing the information and ideas presented in peer-reviewed publications.We find the method presented especially impactful for topics related to broadening participationin engineering. Marginalized groups are still vastly underrepresented, and their perspectivesremain unvalidated within engineering and engineering education spaces. This paper is based ona panel of six early career women engineers in
Mindset One of the core values of UMBC community is to “...redefines excellence in highereducation through an inclusive culture that connects innovative teaching and learning…[10]”Students at UMBC university receive this messaging at the start of their academic career. In thisseminar class, the teaching fellows deeply discussed and reflected on their own teaching definingwhat it meant to have an inclusive and empathic classroom. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility “I appreciate the importance of diversity in the classroom. Representation of studentsyields comfort in the classroom, which creates an environment for learning.” - 4th year Male Chemical Engineer “Creating and supporting an inclusive
then submitte. Not surprisingly, sixteen students in summer 2022 and 48students in Spring 2023 successfully completed this module. This accomplishment played asmall part (1/10th) of an assessment associated with Student Outcome 7, where studers wererequired to complete 9 of 10 assigned Level One and Level Two SAChE modules tosatisfactorily demonstrate their ability to acquire and apply new knowledge.After attend two 2-hour lectures on professional ethics given by a guest lecturer, who had a 40+year chemical engineering career with several companies, most notabliy Lubrizol, the studentstook a 40 or 67 questions exam focused soley on professional ethics. The standard for thisABET direct assessment of Outcome 4 was 80%. In summer 2022, the grades
, 2023].[7] S. Majid, C.M. Eapen, E.M. Aung, and K.T. Oo, “The importance of soft skills for employability and career development: Students and employers’ perspective,” IUP Journal of -Soft Skills, Hyderabad vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 7-39, December 2019, [Online]. Available: https://www.proquest.com/openview/28f3fdc656495e20ca6045487a09f193/1?cbl=20299 89&pq-origsite=gscholar [Accessed Feb. 21, 2023].[8] K.N. Tang, “Beyond Employability: Embedding Soft Skills in Higher Education,” The Turkish Journal of Educational Technology, vol.18, no. 2, pp. 1-9, April 2019, [Online]. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1211098 [Accessed Feb. 21, 2023][9] M.E. Beier, M.H. Kim, A. Saterbak, V. Leautaud, S. Bishnoi
engineers work in fields withpressing deadlines, on projects where millions or even billions of dollars, public safety, or thelives of the end user of their designs are at stake. Engineering and computer science-basedprofessions account for just under 6% the 800+ high-stress professions reported by ONET [1].Helping students to develop strategies for performing on teams effectively in stressful situationsis essential for their successful goal achievement, productivity and team performance in theirfuture engineering careers [2], [3]. This EL work in progress design paper will introduce amodel for a non-traditional engineering leadership development activity. Specifically, this paperwill explore the incorporation of a simulated stressful situation
. L., Slack, T., & Junqueira, W. (2022a). Factors Impacting Engineering Advanced Degree Pursuit and Attainment Among Black Males. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 28(4), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2021036005Henderson, J. A., Hines, E. M., Davis, J. L., Benjamin, L. S. S., Alarcón, J. D., & Slack, T. (2022b). It’s a Vibe: understanding the graduate school experiences of Black male engineering faculty. Journal for Multicultural Education. https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-01-2022-0013Henderson, T. S., Shoemaker, K. A., & Lattuca, L. R. (2022c). Career calculus: Assessing the psychological cost of pursuing an engineering career. Journal of
concept mapping, and the development of mini projects could beincorporated into the assessment of the learning outcomes. This work is specifically relevant, asone of the major objectives of the educational process is for students to acquire theoretical andconceptual knowledge [32]. However, the educational imperative for engineering education goesbeyond this objective. Developing technical expertise also requires developing practical skillsthrough hands-on experiences. Instructional labs in engineering help translate conceptualknowledge to practical experiences that reflect real-world scenarios, which engineeringgraduates will encounter during their engineering careers. However, gaps often exist betweenthe skill sets that engineering employers
skills that would properly equip graduate TAs for success in theclassroom and their future careers. The course filled an urgent need in the Bioengineeringgraduate curriculum while the design and content of this course empowered participants toachieve the course learning objectives. Through this course, participants developed an increasedmastery of pedagogical theory and practices, including active learning, inclusive teaching, andmore. Further, through the final project, participants solidified their knowledge by applyingcourse content to their own areas of interest. In the future, we plan to evaluate both the efficacy of the course and the longer-term impacts ofcourse participants as graduate TAs within the broader bioengineering community. We
supported by the National Science Foundation GraduateResearch Fellowship Program under Grant DGE1745048. Any opinion, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflectthe views of the sponsors.References[1] K. L. Lockhart, M. K. Goddu, E. D. Smith, and F. C. Keil, “What could you really learn on your own?: Understanding the epistemic limitations of knowledge acquisition,” Child Dev, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 477–493, 2016, doi: 10.1111/cdev.12469.[2] A. Bandura, Social learning theory. Oxford, England: Prentice-Hall, 1977.[3] N. Fouad, “Career theory and practice: Learning through case studies,” Third., 2014.[4] G. Hackett and N. E. Betz, “A self-efficacy approach
) focusing on, and utilizing, the assets thatexist in communities through collaboration with teachers, schools, and community-basedorganizations and, (2) creating pathways of access to information about green technologies, post-secondary educational opportunities, and STEM careers. The STEM Learning Ecosystem model[2] makes the “dynamic interaction among individual learners, diverse settings where learningoccurs, and the community and culture in which they are embedded” (p. 5) explicit. Thatinteraction, however, does not imply universal coherence among the views, assumptions, andpriorities of all stakeholders. During the design of the afterschool curriculum, the authorsinterviewed the high school teachers who would be implementing the program
ETD 365 Industrial-Style, Multi-Disciplined Senior Project Sabah Abro and Ken Cook Lawrence Technological University1. AbstractCapstone project courses are essential platforms for students in general and engineeringdisciplines in particular. These projects are used to build up students’ required professional skillsand prepare them for their future careers in a highly competitive global market. Programscurriculum are being reviewed, upgraded, and enhanced continuously to meet current and futurerequirements of engineering careers.Industry is rapidly leaning towards a
. The authors found that white women, in particular, softened the negative impact ofsexism with white privilege, relying on their race to help them form closer relationships withfaculty. Conversely, undergraduate women of Color found that race served as a barrier torelationship building with professors, which hindered their ability to access career-relatedopportunities. However, the findings of Salazar et al. [11] also indicated that exposure toprofessors of Color facilitated relationships with racially underrepresented students, which thengave these students access to networks that supported their career goals in STEM. Finally, theauthors found that the effects of both racism and sexism were lessened when students wereengaged in research. The
went well: 1. Established a sense of belonging to the Data Science program 2. Introduction to case studies 3. Interview etiquette, resume building & STEM Career Fair prep most successful class taught What did not go well: 1. Spacing of assignments and length of time to complete the assignments 2. Too many topics from University Perspectives 3. Student interaction was lacking during class Continuous Improvement for next year: 1. We are adding a textbook Teach Yourself how to Learn by Saundra McGuire 2. Adding more case studies and information about the data science program + concentrations 3. Reevaluate how many things we utilize from University Perspectives
infor- mation science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, USA, in 2002. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut (UCONN), Storrs, CT, USA. His general research interests lie in the areas of wireless communications and signal processing. He received the 2007 ONR Young Investigator Award and the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi- neers. He was an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS from 2005 to 2007, IEEE
in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with research in protein engineering. Her current research interests include engineering career pathways as well as diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, both in engineering education and engineering workplaces.Ms. Shruti Misra, University of Washington I am a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. My research interest is broadly focused on studying innovation in university-industry partnerships. I am interesting in various ways that universities ©American Society for Engineering Education