form of thesesand dissertations. Although these genres of writing have significant differences, they have acommonality in that they all utilize discipline-specific conventions, which are typically learnedinformally “along the way”. Students are expected to use their writing to demonstrate anunderstanding of the technical topic at hand and document their research results. This comes withthe added expectation that their writing provides sufficient detail so that the work can beevaluated and replicated by others. As students progress through their academic careers, manyrealize that the writing process can improve their understanding of a topic, as what might seemclear in their minds must be logically organized and presented on the page. This
thematic analysis of thefeedback received. We are also analyzing student responses on non-technical, professionalskill developments such as teamwork, problem solving, communication, etc., and theresults will be shared in a full paper. Furthermore, SolidWorks and 3D printing quiz will bedelivered pre-lab as well as post-lab to gauge students’ true knowledge gain from the lab.Finally, long-term follow-up will be essential to evaluate whether this lab not only enhancedstudents' sense of identity as engineers and influenced their post-graduation career choicesbut also determine the benefits of continued instruction in SolidWorks and 3D printingduring junior year compared to intermittent delivery in the sophomore and senior years.References:1. (2016
solving the problem and can learn skills that can then be used when approachingother open-ended problems. Eventually, this curiosity and decision-making can lead to engineerswho are more willing to think how to create the most value in their designs. 13The primary goal behind the redesign of the design project in this second-semesterThermodynamics course was to encourage students to explore options and learn more about howdifferent factors impact a Rankine cycle design. To better prepare students for work in theirpost-graduate careers, the project was framed in such a way that they needed to considereconomic factors when deciding if a proposed modification to the original design made sense inpractice. It was also desired to address some of the
biomedical engineering and engineering education research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 RAPID: K-12 Teacher Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Tool Use in the ClassroomIntroductionThe “AI Revolution” is accelerating, with new tools released daily. These powerful AI tools areused in far-reaching applications, ranging from personal assistants to creative engines, and arebeing developed and used across a wide range of industries, including education. The social
students’ confidence in their career choices, competitiveness in the labor market, and ability to work in diverse environments.Each dimension was assessed using a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (CompletelyDisagree) to 5 (Completely Agree).The instrument used in this study also included dimensions related to communityengagement, perceptions of service-based learning (SBL) compared to traditional courses,and empowerment and leadership. These dimensions captured key aspects of the impact ofSBL. The Community Engagement (QSC) dimension assessed students’ intentions toparticipate in future service activities, their perception of their ability to make a positiveimpact in the community, and their valuation of the importance of social
only technical knowledge and skills but also creativity,critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills essential in the engineering profession and inother careers. The ECIIA project advances the mission and research of e4usa™ by serving all students inengineering education. Two lessons from the first two units of the e4usa™ curriculum are beingdeveloped within a VR environment. The lessons are based on Unit 1: Engineering is Everywhere, whichexamines the fundamental nature of engineering and its role in everyday life, and Unit 2: Engineering isCreative, where students progress from group work to collaborative teamwork to address globalengineering challenges. ECIIA focuses on hands-on activities and lessons related to
and self-assessed research skills.An additional benefit we observed was that both instructors and students enjoyed using themodules and instructors noticed their students’ increased confidence in their understanding of thematerial and interest in pursuing a career in STEM fields. We see the integration of thesemodules into the undergraduate science and engineering curriculum as a positive step towardsthe larger goal of expanding the pool of quantum- and research-literate workers needed for the21st-century STEM workforce.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under awardDUE-2120545. We acknowledge the help and support of Dr. Ruth Stark and Hsin Wang at theCUNY Institute for Macromolecular
called “PeerMentoring/Learning, Teaching Assistants, and Career Mentorship,” which included three paperson peer mentorship [5,6,10].Within this atmosphere of enrollment pressures and promotion of student success, previouswork was carried out at Anderson University, a small enrollment-driven institution, to develop apeer mentorship program for first-year engineering students [2]. This work adapted lessonslearned from other, much larger engineering programs into a cohesive peer mentorship programin this smaller context [11,12,13,14,15]. The results of this previous work indicated promising © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedingsresults in short
professional career? Should there be legalramifications for violating the codes? Should there be professional consequences for violations? The learning materials also provide essentials to business ethics. While engineers are boundto follow their professional codes of ethics, engineers ultimately provide a service to businesses,as well as working for a business in the form of a firm or other type of business entity. B. Social ResponsibilityFor the next topic area, “social responsibility,” which is the second Canvas module, I choselearning outcomes that would provide students with a general background on how businesses arebuilt and structured traditionally as well as alternatives to those traditional models. This sectionwill discuss
. The purpose of thiscohort-based engineering faculty professional development is to further incentivize faculty tocreate curricular change by providing the opportunity to receive funding but also generatescholarly products that will be recognized in their career advancement (or P&T). The firstsection (2.1) summarizes the Curriculum Development component of the professionaldevelopment experience. The second section (2.2) summarizes the Scholarship of Teaching andLearning (SOTL) Virtual Writing Group (VWG) component of the professional developmentexperience.2.1 Curriculum Development For the curriculum development, faculty participants completed training on how bio-inspired design and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts
structural systems. He has developed research projects in the area of structural deterioration of reinforced concrete bridges and in the development of damage detection techniques in structural systems based on Non Destructive Evaluation. He actively collaborated in the creation and development of the Monitoring Center for Intelligent Bridges and Structures, leading the analysis and structural evaluation of the systems. In the academic field, he has worked as a professor in the Civil Engi- neering career, in the area of structural engineering at the Instituto Tecnol´ogico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Campus Quer´etaro. He has directed research projects for undergraduate and master’s degree students. He has
Code.org, only 53% of public high schools teachfundamental computer science topics, and only 37 states implemented at least five policies tomake computer science a mandatory part of their education systems at K-12 space [15]. Such alack in high schools may create a void or lack of interest in studying programming for collegestudents [16]. While some CS-major students had extensive programming and computingknowledge, others, such as non-CS-major students, may have never been exposed to the same[17]. Considering this limitation and void, many universities began offering programmingcourses to students in a computer science program as well as students who are not part of any oftheir computer science programs to meet future career options demand [18
Senior Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering StudentParker D. Landon, Boston University I completed two Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Engineering and Space Physics at Embry-Riddle Aero- nautical University in May 2022 and co-authored 4 peer-reviewed publications during my undergraduate career. I plan to complete a Ph.D. at Boston University in Physics, focusing on Accelerator Physics. I am a recipient of the Clare Boothe Luce and Fermilab ASPIRE Fellowships. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 (Work in Progress) Implementing the QFT to Incite Curiosity and Connections in an Introductory Electrical Circuits Course for non-EE MajorsAbstractIt
classifications where I learned the different types and uses for differentships in the world and the US. As someone who started with no knowledge on this industry, Ifelt I finished the course with a better concept of the shipbuilding industry… Apart from learningabout ship organization internationally, I learned about some tools that I had seen in theory incourses previously taken. This course showed how these tools are used to schedule, manufacture,and supervise shipbuilding. Overall, I felt this course to be helpful in both, providing a goodcontext of shipbuilding for anyone interested in pursuing careers related to it and in explaininghow management tools are used to prepare anyone interested in pursuing other managementcareers.” Although anecdotal in
studies.Data CollectionAn entry semi-structured interview protocol was developed for this study and probed at issuessurrounding student's interest in research, expectations from research, experiences gatheredduring the research, and intended career path upon graduation. The students were specificallyasked what they hoped to gain from participating in the research projects that they were engagedin. Interview questions that are relevant to the analysis done in this paper are included in Table 1.The 30-minute interviews were conducted via Zoom or in-person, depending on the choice ofparticipants, within the first 4-weeks of the students’ research experience. Interview data wererecorded with the permission of the participants and transcribed via a
to study) 29% 15% Organizational skills (keeping track of homework, complaints 17% 15% about using ecampus, all different programs they need to use, finding what they need to complete work) Juggling other responsibilities (job, sports, team, fraternities, 10% 23% etc.) Extenuating family circumstances 0 3%Example excerpts from each topic analyzed in the reflective essays are provided below:TIME MANAGEMENT: “I have honestly struggled with time management throughout mywhole school career. It’s just hard to find time to hang out with my newly made friends andcomplete all my school work with time to spare
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 inMustafa Aljabery, Oregon State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A qualitative exploration of resource-related barriers associated with EBIP implementation in STEM courses1. Introduction:Pedagogical research has demonstrated a growing awareness of Evidence Based InstructionalPractices (EBIP) in engineering education. An EBIP is commonly defined as a novel educationaltool which redirects instructor efforts towards strategies which result in a demonstrable
his life as an entrepreneur, the guest speaker emphasized the constant need to be curious and to always make connections, to be innovative, and to create value throughout own’s career. He continued his lecture talking about Robert Kern’s and EML as a new way of thinking and doing, mentioning that it is not just about improving one's skills, but it is about a mindset. The guest speaker finished his lecture talking and encouraging the students to adapt to the future by investing in themselves, by being an intrapreneur, and a lifelong learner. He advised the students to start by identifying what is needed and identifying the gaps in their workplaces. The lecture ended with a Q&A session. The multitude of questions the
student feedback indicate the course is successful in providingan enjoyable overview of structural engineering. IntroductionUndergraduate engineering education at Lehigh University is configured to allow freshmen toexperience a variety of fields prior to making a decision on which path to pursue for theiracademic career. All freshmen are accepted to the College of Engineering as undecided with aspecified area of interest. To assist with the decision making process the students are required totake an engineering design class in addition to the standard math, science and humanity courses.The class is taught to half of the students, approximately 150, in the Fall semester and theremaining half in the Spring
number of manufacturing andprocessing industries are involved in the delivery of the program. The workshops aredesigned to introduce students to college life, involve them in hands-on activities, andencourage them to pursue science and engineering careers. Our goal is to make theactivities undertaken by this project an integral part of the recruiting and training effortsand expand them to reach a larger geographical area and a higher number ofunderrepresented students. The paper will describe the program and present the results ofsummer 2003 workshops. IntroductionThe current US workforce is comprised of 77% White, 4% Asian, and 19% Minority.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National
-confidence, high school preparation, interest and career goals, and race andgender,” which they believed were interrelated [3]. Of these studies, twenty-eight indicated thathigh school preparation was a factor. The studies revealed a host of high school pedagogicalreason for attrition, including inadequate mathematics (calculus) preparation, low performance inscience classes, including physics, social sciences, and chemistry, overall high school GPA, andhigh school class rank. Some studies indicate that women and racial minorities may have lessaccess to high quality educational resources and opportunities during their high school years,which could impact their level of preparation for engineering programs in postsecondaryeducation. A significant
research methods that allow for deep investigations of constructs such as epistemic thinking, identity, and agency. Dr. Faber has a B.S. in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. Among other awards for her research, she was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2022 to study epistemic negotiations on interdisciplinary engineering education research teams. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The impact of pre-service teachers’ perceptions of engineering on their self- efficacy with teaching engineeringAbstractAlthough engineering is becoming
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considerationswhen working towards developing solutions to problems. In addition, a theme discussed was thatcreative solutions may be considered to be not as effective and/or realistic, and may be more risky.The data and results of this project provide insights for educators in the engineering field toincorporate domain of knowledge or experience that would help to support college engineeringstudents' engineering problem-solving, and to help students work toward solutions that are bothcreative and that will work.Introduction and Rationale Individuals choose to pursue a degree in higher education to establish a foundation for theirfuture careers. Therefore, the design of engineering curriculum at the college level needs to providestudents with the
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future careers in engineering. Students did most of their projectwork in our fabrication lab equipped with a laser cutter, a CNC machine, several UltiMaker 3Dprinters, and some power tools. They also had access to our circuits lab equipped with solderingstations, fume hoods, and circuit measurement and testing instruments. The faculty mentors gavea few short tutorials on how to use the equipment and topics related to the projects. Most of thetime was dedicated to hands-on project-based learning. Students also presented their iterativedesigns every other week to the entire SEI group, and showcased their projects to the public withposters and demonstrations at the school-hosted exposition of summer programs.The development of a 5 Degrees-of
does not prepare engineering students forfurther coursework and careers in engineering. At our engineering school, we offer a traditionalthree-semester calculus sequence with 3 different starting points. Depending on their priormathematical background, students have the option to begin their first semester with Calculus I,Calculus II, or Multivariable Calculus. In 2016, a two-semester honor’s engineering mathsequence was developed for the students with the strongest math background who wouldtypically begin with Multivariable Calculus in their first semester. The sequence enhances thetraditional calculus curriculum by addressing gaps in Calculus I and II skills, providing a morein-depth exploration of Multivariable Calculus topics, and
collocates student supportservices such as tutoring, academic advising, student career development, disability support, theWriting Center, University of Arizona’s Science, Engineering and Math Scholars Program,health and wellness center, and Serenity Space (supporting spiritual wellness) with spacesdesigned to facilitate collaborative, hands-on learning that promotes engagement withtechnology. The idea of a Student Success District (SDS) began to form when the nationalhistoric landmark Bear Down Gym (BDG) that sat between the Engineering and Science Libraryand Main Library was going to be renovated to include some student support services. UAL’sDean Sutton mentioned to colleagues in BDG that there were plans also underway for partialrenovations of
Paper ID #35634Increasing Academic Success for Underrepresented Minority PhD GraduateSTEM Students Through Self-Advocacy EducationProf. Carmen M Lilley, The University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on syntheses of low
negativeconsequences, such as being accused of bias or jeopardizing their careers [3]. Another relevant article by Cokley et al. emphasized the importance of addressing theintersectional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice on the mental health of BlackAmericans and the need for culturally responsive interventions that address this population'sunique experiences and needs [4]. Thirdly, Tai et al. provide an update on the disproportionate consequence of COVID-19 onethnical and racial minority groups in the United States. They discuss the underlying factorscontributing to these disparities, including systemic racism, social determinants of health, andunequal access to healthcare [5]. Lastly, to contextualize these