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Paper ID #38136Work in Progress: Exploring Leadership Orientations in theClassroomEmily Moore (Dr) Dr. Emily Moore is the Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto. Before becoming a professor in 2018, Emily spent more than twenty years as a professional engineer in industry, first with the Xerox Research Centre of Canada and then with Hatch Ltd. Emily's teaching and research interests include engineering leadership, systems thinking, and equity in engineering education and practice.Cindy Rottmann (Associate Director Research) Cindy Rottmann is the
rising junior and senior high school girls notidentifying engineering as a possible path. The target group was chosen deliberately: Too oftengirls with the promise and interest unknowingly narrow their options because they have notreceived the necessary support (1), encouragement or basic information. MTM is designed toreach them at a pivotal time to reinforce their interest and participation in math and science andto encourage them to continue to take the coursework necessary to succeed in an engineeringdiscipline. The camp also provides undergraduate and graduate women with leadershipopportunities as they role model positive behavior for campers.In brief, the camp is typical of many such offerings, designed as a comprehensive
traditional role of teaching and administering a modest graduate research program. At Trine University, a small private school in Angola, Indiana, he focused on undergraduate education while teaching ten different courses ranging from introductory freshman courses to senior capstone. Scott also served as an advisor to many different undergraduate research projects. He then moved on to Michigan State University and took a position as a teaching specialist concentrating on undergraduate classroom instruction. Scott finally settled at York College of Pennsylvania. He has been at York College for over ten years and feels as if he has found a place where the focus on teaching and students aligns well with his background and
Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.Furthermore, we have successfully cast engineering design problems as complex engineeringprojects. The most substantial research findings are currently being documented in a manuscript,and it will be submitted to a relevant, major journal such as The Engineering Economist for a peerreview in the very near future.3. MethodologyIn Spring 2017 and Fall 2017, the structure of the aforementioned elementary teaching moduletaught in IE 305 is as follows. The module consists of 4 class periods (50 minutes per period).Period 1. A pre-test, traditional net present value approach, new questions under uncertainty such as flexible design.Period 2. Using Min [9] (for Periods 2-4
the course topics, which must also be squeezed into an already full coursecurriculum. Finally, it has always been a priority of professors at Georgia Tech to introducesome applications to develop the "practical" skills of the students. The ABET 2000 Criterion 31recognizes the importance of this as a goal2.One weakness in many engineering syllabi is that most of the "practical" applications are left tothe senior Capstone Design courses. Thus, the student gains the false impression that design iswhere all of the "exciting" and "practical" work is performed. This false impression can havetwo major impacts. First, the student may not interview well in areas other than design. Inaddition, this can lead to a large pool of students designating their
both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in computer technology and a D.Eng. in computer science and information management with a concentration in knowledge dis- covery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interests are in the areas of software engineering and development (verification and validation) and enter- prise resource planning. He also has interest in learning objectives-based education material design and development. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals,” 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall. He is a life member of Nepal Engineering Association and is also a member
topics includedetailing all of the above structural components. The instructor starts typically with abrief theoretical background. The application of this theoretical introduction is usuallyfollowed by solving real or close to real life applications like designing a beam, a columnbase plate, or a footing. In many cases, design aids are available for students to performthis task. This may include tables, charts or computer programs.A common practice among instructors is to assign a project at the end of these courses.The essential function of such a project is to integrate what the students learn in bits andpieces throughout the term into one big task at its end. The main objective of this projectassignment is to make the learning process more
semiconductor devices, electronics, and renewable energy and his research areas include solar cells, battery monitoring systems and electric vehicles.James O’Brien, Villanova University Prof. O’Brien is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the Coordinator for the New Freshman Program.Gerard Jones, Villanova University Dr. Jones is Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he has taught courses in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, computational fluid mechanics, and solar thermal analysis. Currently, he serves as associate dean for the 900-student undergraduate engineering program. His recent service-learning work on analysis and design of
and has given presentations at national and international conferences. She served as Section Coordinator for the Twin Cities Section (1988-1989) and has been a Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Eastern Division (1994), Measurement Science and Technology (1995 to 1997), Publications (2001), Operations (2002-2004) and now Learning & Development (2005-present) where she is involved in developing long term objectives in metrology Education and Training. She has received the following awards for her work in metrology • NCSLI Best Paper Award (co-author), Applied Category (2007)• Arthur S. Flemming Award (2004); • Algie Lance “Best Paper” Award (tied
students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a 2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2021 Journal of Civil Engineering Education Best Technical Paper, the 2021 Chemical
AC 2010-1019: EDUCATING FUTURE ENGINEERS: ROLE OF COMMUNITYCOLLEGESFrankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University Frankie Santos Laanan is associate professor and director of the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. His research focuses on the role of community colleges in serving as a pathway for women and minorities in STEM.Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University Dimitra Jackson is a doctoral student and research associate in the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. Her research interests focuses on underrepresented students in STEM fields.Soko Starobin, Iowa State University Soko Starobin is assistant professor
better understanding of therelationship between CSE, beliefs about creativity, and the lived experiences of undergraduatewomen engineering majors will lead to strategies for educational reform that will benefit allstudents, increase pathways for female students into the engineering major, and contribute to thesuccess of women engineering. Methodology and Instrument A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was used for this study [30]. This two-phase methodology was best suited to this research because synthesis of the quantitative surveywith the themes discovered from the qualitative data analysis lead to answers to the researchquestions. In this sequential explanatory design, the quantitative survey
Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 345One of the most unique aspects of STEM on the Road is that it was conceived and initiated as astudent and faculty-led effort rather than a recruitment and retention event initiated by theadministration. While not intentionally designed as a recruitment and retention program, theSotR project has nonetheless provided for many of the foundational aspects that researchers haveshown are key for any R&R activity. Vincent Tinto, in his classic work on retention, identifiedone of the keys to effective retention as building a strong sense of inclusive educational andsocial community [5]. The SotR
increasing numbers and “a clear need andcall for critical global competencies, they remain lacking in college graduates and the workforce[11].” At the same time, study abroad programs are trending shorter. At the writing of this paper,64.9 % of students enroll in study abroad programs shorter than 8 weeks in duration [10].Historically, an entire semester abroad had been the convention for decades. This invites thequestion of whether and how practitioners can develop these requisite global competencies asshorter sojourns abroad undergird the paradigm.The extent to which participants acquire global competency during study abroad continues toelude researchers despite their best efforts. Assessment is a multidimensional challenge,complicated by limited
project from last year.This speaks to the long-term nature of HSE projects. Such project longevity is a key factor intruly engaging students in real-world STEM applications and it carries the inherent benefit ofproviding the time needed for students to fact find and to establish a deep research approach tothe project, two aspects of problem solving that have been described as “vital stages in thecreative process.”6 Long-term efforts on a continuing project also offer the opportunity forstudents to fail, often, in their design attempts to solve STEM problems and to try anew, again,learning with each attempt. Frequent failure has been strongly linked to creativity andinnovativeness in the workplace and, ultimately, to very successful people.7
and the overallgrade of the student which serves as a factor to determine student’s success in a classroom.First year engineering curriculum includes two semester course sequence: Fundamentals ofEngineering I (offered in the first semester) and Fundamentals of Engineering II (offered in thesecond semester). Data is presented from the first semester course offered at the regional campusof a large, research institution. Fundamentals of Engineering I course include the followingsections as three main components of the coursework. a) Introduction to data analysis tool suchas Microsoft Excel, b) Computer programming in MATLAB, and c) Design project. Teamworkand collaboration are heavily weighted for the assessment of student performance in the
in addition to the financial assistance totruly support students during their transitions. The high-impact practices designed forEMPOWER to influence each of Schlossberg’s transition factors include: ● A month-long summer preparatory program to prepare students in both technical and professional skills for internship applications. EMPOWER Scholars at the two community college partners are encouraged to enroll. The summer program implemented was highlighted by Truong et al. in [20]. ● A multi-year research and mentoring program that introduces students to research experience with faculty in Engineering departments at UCSD. The students are encouraged to explore graduate studies in the BS/MS, MS, or PhD program
driver was employed toregulate two DC motors. In [6], a sun-tracking system was designed by using an AtMega 328pmicrocontroller, an array of photo resistive sensors, a double H-Bridge driver, and two gearedmotors. In [7], a sun-tracker system was developed by utilizing an Arduino UNOmicrocontroller. The control program activated the servo motor in the direction of the maximumsunlight intensity detected by a pair of light dependent resistor (LDR) sensors. In [8], a sun-tracking system was designed by using a deep recurrent neural network with long-term short-term units. The prediction algorithm could predict the best solar path for each day of the yearbased on location. In [9], a dual-axis sun-tracking system was designed by using a fusion
workedtogether as part of the video and then the students take a break and work through individualproblems. This “hands-on”, learning by doing approach is one that is very popular withstudents since it is in tune with the way students learn best. It is also in tune with the ethos ofRMIT University as an institution producing practically focused, work ready graduates, aspreviously discussed.Videos, which have now been produced for use in conjunction with several different lectureand laboratory classes, are accessed via Blackboard, which is part of RMIT’s Learning Hub.They are thus a practical and readily accessible learning tool as well as an innovative one.Since these videos are comprehensive in their coverage and segmented into appropriatelearning
presentation of the team’s workRole of the team facilitatorsA total of 7 facilitators worked with 3 to 6 teams. Facilitators were either engineering faculty (2),graduate engineering students (2), or professional engineers with at least 5 years’ experience (3).Two of the facilitators were in Lebanon, the rest were US-based. Facilitators met for 1 hour onceper week to coordinate activities and share best practices. The role of the facilitator was two-fold: to help the communication among the team, and to act as a technical mentor aiding the teamin the completion of their design project.Data CollectionThe purpose of this assessment project is to determine if a short-term, multinational, virtual teamexperience will enable students to work effectively as a
engineering curriculum. It will alsoillustrate the companion role that problems and projects play in the student learning experience.Overview There are several real constraints assigned to the task of transforming a college freshmaninto a proficient engineer. Time, talent, and tender certainly top the list. Even if talent andtender were eliminated, for example, by momentarily considering the best student body at a well-endowed engineering college taught by the best faculty possible, time would still be a formidableissue in itself. An engineering curriculum must use its courses to move its students frompotentially algebra illiterate high school graduates through a reasonable introduction of thevarious engineering disciplines and finally into
Paper ID #9573Does Engineering Attract or Repel Female Students Who Passionately Wantto Help People?Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architec- tural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been on the faculty since 1996. She serves as the ABET Assessment Coordinator for the Department. Professor Bielefeldt teaches introduc- tory courses for first year engineering students, senior capstone design, and environmental engineering specialty courses. She conducts engineering education
these use cases and their functionality in existingMEP courses to benefit from digital twins and create a new teaching environment in addition totraditional hands-on teaching. More than 50 students participated in the two semesters and engagedin active learning.ConclusionThe results of this demonstration indicated digital twins are an effective tool to assist withdeveloping teaching resources. This course design enabled students to form multi-disciplinaryteams to build the resources. The results of this yearlong effort show the potential of digital twinsto develop best practices in using digital twins for synchronous remote teaching to facilitateundergraduate students’ tangible learning of a variety of topics under a range of real and
administrators, who were concerned about the status of womenfaculty at North Dakota State University, prepared a proposal for the NSFADVANCEInstitutional Transformation grant1. The group, called FORWARD (Focus on Resources forWomen’s Advancement, Recruitment/Retention, and Development), sought to develop anunderstanding of the climate for women faculty at North Dakota State University. In order toincrease the participation of women at all faculty ranks, by changing institutional culture andpractices, this ad hoc committee collected and analyzed institutional data and conducted severalsurveys to document the present climate and understand institutional barriers to women’ssuccess. The committee researched relevant literature and best practices developed
appointments to the students on a regular basis maybe idea worth following. 14References1.Wilder, J. R., 1981, “Academic Advisement: An Untapped Resource,” Peabody Journal of Education, 58(4), pp. 188–192.2. Noaman, A. Y., and Ahmed, F. F., 2015, “A New Framework for E Academic Advising,” Procedia Computer Science, 65, pp. 358–367.3. Hu, X., 2020, “Building an Equalized Technology-Mediated Advising Structure: Academic Advising at Community Colleges in the Post-COVID-19 Era,” Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 44(10–12), pp. 914–920.4.Carreon, A. D. V., and Manansala, M. M., 2021, “Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Students Attending Online Classes during This Covid-19 Pandemic
., “Early predictors of career development: A 10-year follow-up study”, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 1, 2007, 61-77.[7] Budny, D., Paul, C. A., & Newborg, B. B., “Impact of peer mentoring on freshmen engineering students”, Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 11, 5/6, 2010, 9. AUTHOR INFORMATIONBilly Baker Community Director, Elon University,Bbaker20@elon.eduDeanna Calder Graduate Apprentice, Baylor University,Deanna_Calder@baylor.eduMegan Harper Graduate Apprentice, Baylor University,Megan_Harper@baylor.eduZack Jackson Graduate Apprentice, Baylor University,Zack_Jackson@baylor.eduEmily Sandvall Associate Director for UndergraduatePrograms – Engineering and Computer Science
maintaining a sense of fairness across all student groups.Research questions and corresponding precedents regarding the state-of-the-artThe following research questions (RQ) were established for evaluating existing literaturepertaining to the current study. • RQ1. What are the best practices for adding or enhancing the level of involvement of external industry mentors into the civil and environmental engineering capstone, in regard to project type, targeted deliverables, meeting structures, student group structures, and other factors? • RQ2. What are the best measurements to evaluate student experience outcomes of enhancing the level of involvement of external industry mentors into the capstone that are not
dynamic mechanical systems is becoming more important. Recentresearch and development has resulted in a class of materials popularly known as ShapeMemory Alloys (SMAs). In many cases these materials may replace complex controlsdevices presently used in the industry. It was desired to design and fabricate anelectronically operated SMA demonstration and display case to increase engineeringstudents’ awareness of the existence of SMAs and to promote graduate research in thisarea.Shape Memory Alloy is the name applied to that group of metallic materials thatdemonstrate the ability to return to some previously defined shape or size when subjectedto the appropriate thermal procedure. Generally, these materials can be plasticallydeformed at some
-level design solution using appropriate design methods and tools. (4) Document the finished product or process according to standard practice. Page 25.230.4Additionally, the department identified senior design reports for the assessment of its secondcriterion related to Engineering Impact: Outcome: Explain the impact of engineering solutions on the economy, environment, political landscape, and society; apply the principles of sustainability to the design of engineering systems. Criterion: (2) Incorporate sustainability principles in the design of a civil engineering project.As described later herein