Institute of Technology. He is the founder and Director of the Construction Engineering and Management Program. Professor Arditi’s area of expertise covers all aspects of construction project management, engineering and support. In his 40-year academic career, he conducted several funded research projects sponsored by federal and state agencies. He supervised the research work of a large number of PhD and MS students from diverse countries. Many of his former PhD students serve as professors in their respective countries, while many of his former MS students occupy respectable positions in industry all over the world. Dr. Arditi and his research associates have published over 300 research papers in refereed
appearsimple but it involves the complexity of people in consideration of a designed solution. Thisexploration of designing for the future may be extended to more technologically involved andcomplex systems too.Future WorkThis project offers many avenues to travel down for future work. For example, the group maywork with first year students rather than fourth year students. This path may produce insightsinto how students with less formal education think about and design the future.Another avenue of interest is working comparable exercises with practicing engineers who are inthe later parts of their careers. Their greater experience and generally larger knowledge basecould possibly couple together to form quite interesting thoughts on the future and
of your college career, only to have it melt in front of you.Tardive university - University was also slow in providing answers.decisions - We were getting misinformation or incomplete information from different sources on campus, I probably misinformed students multiple times because I was misinformed. There was lots of confusion on who is going to make that decision when. - University shutdown was announced Thursday or Friday of spring break. I was thinking they're not going to do anything.Divergent
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the Associate Vice Provost for Digital Learning at UT San Antonio, where he established the Office of Digital Learning that created a unit focused on innovative delivery across the entire spectrum of technology enabled learning - from in-class to online. Over his career, he has helped a few hundred faculty from varied disciplines develop hybrid and online courses. He has also taught traditional, hybrid and online courses ranging in size from 28 to 250. He is also co-developer of a Digital Academy which was a finalist for the Innovation Award by the Professional and Organizational Development Network and an Innovation Award winner. He was also named as the Center for Digital Education’s Top 30 Technologists
Paper ID #32722It’s a Context Gap, Not a Competency Gap: Understanding the Transitionfrom Capstone Design to IndustryDr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and
and testing challenges can arise, having multiple perspectives is essential to solving them.ConclusionsIn summary, the objectives of this new project-based learning approach included providing thestudents with a hands-on opportunity to understand the construction, performance, and failuremechanisms of solid and FTAO plywood shear walls. Knowledge of the construction of a shearwall provides the student with a deeper appreciation for all the working pieces that comprise thisstructural element. It also aids in their future structural engineering careers in their ability todesign walls and develop creative solutions to non-standard situations. The design of the testwall is like what they experience in the lecture portion of the class, yet
skillsets to continue workingcollaboratively in a virtual environment, and the class was more effective at including externalstakeholders in the process.However, several challenges also became apparent. The loose structure of the course, hastyadjustment of the project scope to accommodate remote work, and loss of access to informationand resources had a significant impact on the students’ experiences. Final project outcomes werelimited by circumstances, since the second semester is focused on fabrication and test. For somestudents, the experience and expectations for the more hands-on part of the project wereparticularly impacted. Added challenges associated with grieving the loss of a final semester,graduation ceremonies, and uncertain career
Directorate from West Point he has continued his research on unmanned systems under ARL’s Campaign for Maneuver as the Associate Director of Special Programs. Throughout his career he has continued to teach at a variety of colleges and universities. For the last 4 years he has been a part time instructor and collaborator with researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://me.umbc.edu/directory/). He is currently an Assistant Professor at York College PA.Prof. Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania Inci Ruzybayev is Assistant Professor in Engineering Physics at the York College of Pennsylvania. She received her Ph. D. in Physics from University of Delaware and her M. S. and B. S. in Physics Education
rooted in real problems, and offers expertise thatbenefits both the students AND the faculty members involved. In addition to added capabilityfor the military, these partnerships with the DOD give another avenue for engineers in themilitary when considering potential career paths or transitioning to the civilian sector.5. Outcomes Achieved as a Result of This Project and Partnership5. A. Achievement of ABET and ASCE BOK Outcomes This project arguably achieved all technical and professional student outcomes of ABEThighlighted earlier, but specifically achieved outcomes 1, 5, and 7 in depth. This project allowedstudents to identify problems with current blast modeling and apply foundational knowledge onmaterial behavior and mathematics to
educators at the local technical college, in orderto better support his students’ career pathways in the community.Although González and colleagues recommended that teachers visit students’ homes to learnabout their funds of knowledge,4 both teachers worked in school districts whose policiesprohibited middle school teachers from visiting students in their homes. Given this constraint,Andrew and Alex both participated in a multi-year professional development project in whichthey read articles about pedagogies for linguistically diverse students, including funds ofknowledge pedagogies and honoring and incorporating students’ home languages and linguisticrepertoires through using strategies recommended in translanguaging approaches. They alsoobserved
fields. In the first two years of college, and particularly under conditions ofuncertainty and material problems precipitated by a pandemic, STEM students face barriers toattainment of educational and career goals. First-year STEM students may not feel a sense of“belonging” in their chosen major or may not have even selected a program of study [1]. Secondyear students face a “critical juncture” as they approach transfer to a 4-year school [2]. At thispoint, many STEM students change majors or leave higher education altogether [3]. Engineeringeducation research points to feelings of isolation as contributing factors to lack of persistence inthe engineering major [4].One way to promote persistence among students who have selected STEM is to assist
and R. R. McCrae, “Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEOPersonality Inventory.,” Psychological Assessment, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 5–13, 1992.[6] D. J. Pittenger, “Measuring the MBTI…and coming up short,” Journal of Career Planningand Employment, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 48-52, 1993.[7] R. Kappe and H. van der Flier, “Using multiple and specific criteria to assess the predictivevalidity of the Big Five personality factors on academic performance,” Journal of Research inPersonality, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 142–145, 2010.[8] R. M. Felder, G. N. Felder, and E. J. Dietz, “The Effects of Personality Type on EngineeringStudent Performance and Attitudes,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 3–17,2002.[9] C. W. Hall, P. J
].Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Management (CM) education has not onlythe potential to be a graphic representation tool, but also a means to enhance student learning [2].Irrizarry et. al [2] explored how new digital tools help students overcome challenges and measuretheir effectiveness, concluding that students face a challenge in grasping certain concepts becauseof difficulty visualizing the concepts being taught.Further research discusses student perceptions of BIM application, knowledge and skilldevelopment, and possible career success attributed to CM courses. Suwal and Singh [3] focusedon students’ perception of BIM courses, BIM learning platforms, and BIM tools, suggesting thatonline BIM learning platforms are highly
, use digital media toadvance their academic careers and have been exposed to this technology for all of their lives.This Generation Z cohort, students roughly between the ages of 17-22 have particular learningstyles and it is important as engineering educators to modify our teaching methods to best meettheir needs. Kalkhurst [1] writes that GenZ students are disrupting many ingrained practices ineducation and that colleges and universities are forced to adapt at a rapid pace or becomeirrelevant. GenZ students are accomplished self-learners, can process information at a fast paceand it is important to be brief and visual to capture and hold their attention [2].Seemiller and Grace [3] highlight an important characteristic of GenZ learners: a
Program at the University of Oklahoma [1] is a four-week residentialcamp for pre-freshmen engineering students that introduces students to the University, theGallogly College of Engineering, and many of the resources available for students as they completetheir education. The students typically enroll in a mathematics course and a pre-chemistry courseand participate in a variety of team-building activities to further prepare the students as theyprepare to begin their first semester. One of the central activities of the program is aninterdisciplinary engineering design project that introduces students to the engineering designprocess as well as facilities to which all engineering students have access for their careers. In thesummer of 2020, the
knowledge acquired within the class and the putting into action ofeach of the students. As Onieva mentions, “scrum not only promotes the development of qualityprojects, but under the proper supervision of the teacher, students can achieve the skills they areexpected to acquire according to their studies” [3]Purpose of the studyThe education model of Tecnologico de Monterrey has a student-based approach that focuses onthe development of competences, which definition comprises 3 dimensions to be fulfilled by ourstudents throughout their professional studies: • Knowledge: Concepts, theory and methodologies related with the student’s career. • Applications: Real life and simulated situations that the student will face after graduation
Paper ID #32787Using Agile and Active Learning in Software Development CurriculumProf. Ben Tribelhorn, University of Portland Ben Tribelhorn teaches Computer Science at the University of Portland. His research includes machine learning for chaos in Lorenz systems, dynamic obstacle avoidance algorithms for unmanned aerial vehi- cles, improving software engineering pedagogy, and ethical concerns in artificial intelligence.Dr. Andrew M. Nuxoll, University of Portland Andrew began his career as a software engineer. Lately (since 2007) he has been teaching computer science at the University of Portland. He is an active researcher
OverviewThe overall goal of this three year project is to increase awareness and preparedness of rural andindigenous youth to pursue engineering and engineering-related careers. To reach this goal, weare working with elementary pre and in-service teachers in rural and reservation communities touse ethnographic methods to connect local funds of knowledge with classroom curriculum. Morespecifically, the first phase (current phase) is on training participating teachers, whereas thesecond phase will be on supporting their implementation of the engineering curricula. This paperdescribes the first summer professional development, which focused on two items: (1) trainingelementary teachers and pre-service teachers in ethnographic methods and photo
the role of menteecould promote relational identity development as the mentee creates a bond with their mentor,and later on the role of mentor might promote communal identity development as the mentorshifts focus to giving back to the community. The researchers plan to further explore thesepossible relationships as they relate to RQ3, particularly relating to the complexity of developingrelationships and community against the backdrop of the global pandemic. In an effort to supportmentors and mentees in their academic careers both as they participate within and beyond thecontainer of the Program, future research will begin the consideration of a systemic frameworkthat is capable of registering the relationships between more discrete
a graduation senior Industrial Engineering student at Pennsylvania State University. She has been an active mentor within the Women in Engineering Program and in the organization Undergraduate Teaching and Research Experiences in Engineering. During the Spring 2021 semester, she has helped to market the writing reports online tutorial to more Penn State engineering faculty and students. Kaitlyn is looking forward to starting her career in business operations consulting after graduation.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Stephanie Cutler has degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. She is an Assistant Research
., Kuzlu, M., Popescu, O., Badawi, A.R., Marshall, D.K., Sarp, S.,Tsouganatou, S., Katsioloudis, P.J., Vahala, L. and Wu, H., 2020. An Initial Look into theComputer Science and Cybersecurity Pathways Project for Career and Technical EducationCurricula.[15] Irgens, G.A., Dabholkar, S., Bain, C., Woods, P., Hall, K., Swanson, H., Horn, M. andWilensky, U., 2020. Modeling and Measuring High School Students’ Computational ThinkingPractices in Science. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 29(1), pp.137-161.[16] Grover, Shuchi, and Roy Pea. "Computational thinking in K–12: A review of the state of thefield." Educational researcher42.1 (2013): 38-43.[17] Brennan, Karen, and Mitchel Resnick. "New frameworks for studying and assessing thedevelopment
functional organizations. Provides a good interface with the outside customer. Promotes effective interdisciplinary task integration. Promotes an efficient use of production resources. Promotes effective project control, as programmatic concerns are assigned to a single individual. Promotes career continuity and professional growth, as each functional individual has a home after project completion. Perpetuates technology. By this, functional resources gain the benefit of a functional strength, which can be transferred to the program of the day. Functional knowledge is available for all projects on an equal basis.Disadvantages of this type of organizational structure include: Dual accountability of
challenges encourage students to think for themselves and come up with theirown ideas in the absence of the step-by-step instructions often provided in classroom settings.Above all else, the literature indicates that robotics competitions provide students with exposureto STEM fields and help increase their likelihood of pursuing a career in STEM [5,6].The widespread success of many in-person educational robotics competitions combined with theincreasing capabilities of the digital world has led to the existence of several asynchronousonline robotics competitions [7]. These competitions provide a challenge prompt, deadlines, andcriteria by which each submission will be judged. Participants work on the challenge in teams oras individuals and then
American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Ashmun Express - A Mobile-Based Study Application for STEM StudentsAbstractThere has been an increase in the usage of technology in classrooms nationwide, fromsmartboards to study applications. The dearth of the latter as a part of the curriculum for STEMstudents in higher education and particularly at a historically black university prompted twoprofessors in biology and computer science to develop a mobile application that focuses on mathapplications in a variety of biological fields.The prime objective of the mobile app - codenamed Ashmun Express - is to serve as a tool forearly career STEM majors, almost all of whom have
focused on the organometallic chemistry and electrocatalytic reduction of CO2. During his postdoctoral work at Indiana University he continued to focus on small molecule activation using molecular modeling methods under supervision of professors, Baik, Caulton and Mindiola. Jos´e started his teaching career at Lamar University in 2012 and has been part of the teaching faculty at the University of Illinois since 2014. At Illinois, Jos´e has a deep interest in interdisciplinary projects, including study abroad courses and more recently with the Illinois Global Institute.Dr. Olivia C. Coiado, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Olivia C Coiado Teaching Assistant Professor, Medical Education Facilitator Course
gender in science class,” J Res Sci Teach, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 474–488, Apr. 2015, doi: 10.1002/tea.21224.[23] S. J. Basu, “Powerful learners and critical agents: The goals of five urban Caribbean youth in a conceptual physics classroom,” Science Education, vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 252–277, 2008, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20241.[24] A. Godwin, G. Potvin, Z. Hazari, and R. Lock, “Identity, Critical Agency, and Engineering: An Affective Model for Predicting Engineering as a Career Choice,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 312–340, 2016, doi: 10.1002/jee.20118.[25] E. B. Moje and C. Lewis, “Examining opportunities to learn Literacy: the role of critical sociocultural literacy research,” in Reframing
VLSI memories.Dr. Christopher V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts Amherst C.V. Hollot received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1984 after which he joined the ECE Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he is presently Department Head. His research interests are in the theory and application of feedback control.Mr. George Bryan Polivka, Shorelight Education Bryan Polivka is currently the Senior Director for Shorelight Education, focused on instructional design and learning architecture for Field Degrees. Over the course of his career he has helped schools, universi- ties, corporations, and non- profits by providing both strategy and strategically positioned
development, earthquake engineering, diversity and inclusion in engineering programs.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmen- tal Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize prac- ticing engineers’ understandings of core engineering concepts. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Matthew Stephen Barner, Mackenzie Structural Engineer at Mackenzie Research interests include: engineering education, diffusions of innovation
with university faculty to promote and extend K20 STEM outreach in Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Wyoming. He has authored peer-reviewed articles and papers, presented at national and international conferences, and taught under- graduate/graduate courses in Computer Security, Data Mining, VLSI and pedagogy in STEM.Dr. Andrea Carneal Burrows, University of Wyoming Dr. Andrea C. Burrows is a Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at the University of Wyoming (UW) in the College of Education (CoEd).She received her doctorate degree from the Uni- versity of Cincinnati in 2011.She was awarded the UW CoEd Early Career Fellowship (2013), UW CoEd Faculty Award for Outstanding Research and Scholarship (2015), UW