engineering innovation. Graduate education must be responsive to this change and mustbuild a new type model of in-service graduate professional education which reflects thesubstantial changes and characteristics of the engineering innovation process itself, and thestages of lifelong growth, professional dimensions, and leadership responsibilities associatedwith the modern practice of creative engineering in a knowledge-based, innovation-driveneconomy. Whereas traditional research-based graduate engineering education and teaching haveresulted during the last three decades as a byproduct of the linear research-driven model ofinnovation, a new model of graduate professional education has been developed which focuseson lifelong professional education for
activity in the Computer Science training curricula20. At the University of CostaRica, the Bachelor of Science’s program in Computer and Information Science offers anelective undergraduate course in software resting, and Master of Science’s program in Com-puter and Information Science offers an elective graduate course in software testing as well.Both are 4-credit-hour courses, with 64 hours of class time in a 16-week semester. The un-dergraduate and graduate versions of the courses are very similar in their core contents(since the undergraduate course is not pre-requisite for the graduate one), differing mainlyon the applied research project (only performed at graduate level), advanced topics presentedby students (topics and depth vary according
) – Indicates a Work in Progress Friday, April 1, 2011 (Morning)08:30 – 09:45 AM Concurrent Session Presentations Experiential Learning Jim Helbling, et al., Configuration Of Senior Capstone Course Using Team- 1 Teaching To Maximize Communication Skills And Minimize Team Conflict Mohammad Amin, et al., Investigation of a Masters Research Project for 13 Validation of Program's Goals and Student Learning Outcomes Jennifer Van Donk, et al., Developing a low cost prosthetic foot for the Vida Nueva 30 Clinic: A multidisciplinary senior design project Instrumentation & Lab Studies Ricardo Medina, et
that students are not able,either psychologically or physiologically, to pay attention to the material nor to retain itthroughout a traditional lecture. Their study showed that students could recall approximately70% of the content from the first 10 minutes of the lecture but only 20% from the last 10minutes.In his book “Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and UniversityTeachers”, Wilber McKeachie enumerates several techniques that can be used to capture andmaintain the students' attention, such as referring to material that is likely to be on tests, usingchanges in voice, facial expression, and movement, audiovisual aids, eye contact, and givingexamples that are linked to student interests. Yet he concludes,“all of
design-build-compete-document project. Most of the student teams design and build small autonomous robotsthat have to perform a given series of tasks. The classrooms used for these courses aretechnology enhanced such that each student has access to a computer and collaborative learningis facilitated4. In the classroom portion of the course, each faculty member has twoundergraduate Peer Mentors (teaching assistants) who help when the students are working ondaily assignments do much of the grading. When the students go to the hands-on labs, theteaching team consists of the faculty member, a graduate teaching (GTA) and two undergraduateteaching associates. The class size is limited to 36. The students work in teams of two or fourdepending on the
Center which promote innovation and entrepreneurship among engineering students and in collaborations with other colleges on campus and partnering with other institutions across the country.Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University Donna Crystal Llewellyn received her BA (major in Mathematics and minor in Economics) with High Honors from Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives at Boise State University in January 2015. Donna’s current
?," Career Outlook, U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2015.[29] Strayhorn, T. L. (2010). Undergraduate research participation and STEM graduate degreeaspirations among students of color. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010(148), 85–93. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/10.1002/ir.364[30] Bergerson, A. A. (2009). College Choice and Access to College: Moving policy, researchand practice to the 21st century. ASHE Higher Education Report, 35(4). San Francisco: WileyPeriodicals.[31] Hines, E.M., Harris, P.C., Mayes, R.D., & Moore, III, J.L. (2020). I think of college assetting a good foundation for my future: Black males navigating the college decision makingprocess. Journal for Multicultural Education, Vol. ahead-of-print No
. Examples of using robotics to teach STEM concepts abound in literature and cover theentire education spectrum from elementary to graduate school.4-6 Unfortunately, theextracurricular nature of robotics contests has not made the use of robotics more central to K-12science and math education. Moreover, the potential for explicitly exploring science and mathprinciples using robotics-based activities remains largely untapped in K-12 schools.7 Manyrobotics-focused K-12 programs are organized as outreach efforts for students’ educationalenrichment and necessitate on-site support of teachers through college-level engineeringstudents5 or volunteer engineering professionals,8 thereby making it difficult to sustain and scale-up projects. Therefore
thesubsequent sections of this paper.2. Literature ReviewDespite nationwide efforts over the last 30 years, the participation of women and marginalizedstudents in engineering and CS has increased only slightly [3]. Scholarship on underrepresentedminority students in STEM gives us insights into their experiences, challenges they face, andpotential ways of increasing their representation and improving their persistence.Following a review of literature that explores challenges that women experience when pursuingcareer in the sciences, White and Massiha discuss several general retention theories, propose aconceptual framework for persistence, and raise a number of possible research questions [4].Blackburn performs a thematic review of the literature
, rather than listening passively to a lecture. If students informally assist one another inthis process, the technique is deemed to be collaborative learning [2]. PBL builds on ACL byintroducing engaging real-world problems for students to solve as part of a group [2]. A newtwist on PBL is the inclusion of student skills associated with an entrepreneurial mindset, such asintegrating information from many sources to gain insight and/or identifying unexpectedopportunities to create value. The resulting EML activities emphasize “discovery, opportunityidentification, and value creation with attention given to effectual thinking over causal(predictive) thinking” [3].Atman et al. [4] reported on the Academic Pathways Study to address research questions
ScienceFoundation, National Academy of Engineering, American Society for Engineering Education,and the United States government, among others.After a substantial review process that took several years and several committees of high rankingmembers from academia and industry, the National Academy of Engineering in its EducatingThe Engineer of 2020 report1 recommended in 2005 that engineering education establishmentsseek to achieve the following: 1. Pursue a student-centered approach to undergraduate engineering education. 2. Increase the value in engineering education research to better understand how students learn. 3. Develop new standards for faculty qualifications. 4. Help promote engineering and technological literacy among the
libraries can be so fortunate, and must put in extra effort to make their 3D printingservice a successful initiative. Pryor 28 described the University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Lovejoy Library’s 3D printing service as a “mixed bag” because of theexpressed excitement from both students and faculty, but relatively low usage numbers. Heposited the reasons could have included a lack of access to 3D modeling software or familiaritywith the creation of 3D models, patrons simply being unaware of 3D model repositories withready to print objects on the web, or the campus community had yet to grasp how 3D printingtechnology can be useful in scholarship, research and other creative activities. Zuberbier, et al 7shared a similar story of high interest
. in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Dr. Jessica R TerBush, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jessica received her B.S.E, M.S.E., and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After graduation, she worked as a post-doc for approximately three years at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. She then spent three years working as a Senior Research Specialist at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, where she trained users on the focused ion beam (FIB), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). In 2016, she moved to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
discussed the curriculum content of the workshop through his orher own disciplinary filter; therefore, students were able to consider a multiplicity ofperspectives and understandings as presented by the faculty team. We believe that thisset a climate of intellectual openness and honesty during the workshop sessions; modeledrisk-taking and interdisciplinary thinking and doing; and invited students to move beyondtheir own academic comfort zones and supported them in their explorations.3. The engineering education workshop was required for all the graduate studentspursuing the EdM and MAT degrees at Smith. The workshop was a part of their firstsemester in the graduate program. The required nature of the workshop and its placementduring the beginning
future research could not only impact the ways inwhich multidisciplinary teaming is taught and assessed, but also the ways in which studentstransition into industry and work within organizations that demand multidisciplinary teamingskills.1 E.M. Olson, O.C. Walker, R.W. Reukert, and J.M. Bonner. “Patterns of cooperation during new productdevelopment among marketing, operations and R&D: implications for project performance,” The Journal ofProduct Innovation Management, 18, 258-271(2001).2 M. Klein. “Managing Knowledge drives key decisions,” National Underwriter, 103, 17-19 (1999).3 B. Olds and R. Miller, “An Assessment Matrix for Evaluating Engineering Programs,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, 173-178 (1998).4 R.G. Quinn, “Drexel’s E 4
continued at Franciscan University.Ms. Megan Elizabeth Mericle Megan Mericle is a PhD student in Writing Studies. She is a member of a research team focused on writing in STEM, where she works with faculty to develop and implement learning objectives for writing in undergraduate science and engineering courses. In heJessica Raley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jessica Raley is the outreach coordinator for the Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe (ICASU) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also the adviser for the P.O.I.N.T. VR program.Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Zilles is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at
EngineersAbstract Hands-on learning experiences and interactive learning environments can be effective inteaching K-12 students. Design, in essence, is an interactive, hands-on experience. Engineeringdesign can be taught in the classroom using innovative hands-on projects, such as designing andbuilding serve to teach design, promote creativity, and provide opportunities for hands-onproblem solving, in addition to giving students experience working in cooperative teams. In turn,these experiences could encourage students to consider future careers in engineering and science. This paper explores findings from data collected during the authors’ recent experienceteaching a group of fifteen 4th – 6th grade students enrolled in a 6-week Saturday
tobenefit from the advantages of university faculty, personnel, students and graduates in bothconsulting and employee positions. Establishing a university managed technology-basedbusiness incubator at a regional university requires a strategic vision that integrates theuniversities core competencies, academic and research missions, senior administration concerns,capital and building campaigns and economic development concerns of the surroundingcommunities. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for building the strategic vision,developing the necessary infrastructure and mitigating risks when establishing the incubator. Inaddition, a discussion of lessons learned through the establishment of our university managedtechnology-based incubator at
student outreach, recruitment, retention, and strategies that aim to increase graduation rates andreduce achievement gaps for women, under-represented minority students, and students from under-resourced communities.About ASEE Zone IV: Founded in 1893, ASEE is a non-profit multidisciplinary organization that promotesexcellence in instruction, research, public service, and practice to further engineering and technologyeducation. Zone IV, the largest of ASEE's regional groups, includes three sections: Pacific Southwest (Arizona,California, Hawaii, and Nevada), Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, andCanada-Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan), and Rocky Mountain (Colorado, South Dakota, Utah,and Wyoming).Program
novice to expert level experience throughthe interactions among three components of learning (i.e., interest, knowledge, and strategicprocessing) across three developmental stages, which are acclimation, competency, andproficiency. The MDL is the foundation for gauging students’ interest toward teamwork in thispaper. Further information on the MDL-based assessment framework is available in our earlierwork.3In this paper, our primary goal is to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of using interest as anadditional construct to track student development in teamwork KSA. We introduce severalquestionnaire items to measure students’ interest in teamwork. These questionnaire items canalso be used in a broader instrument for assessing teamwork KSA
, including grades in pastclasses or overall GPA. Predictive performance can be used to create teams with students ofsimilar GPAs or scores from prior semesters. Teams are formed by ranking students based onacademic performance and the grouping the top students in the first team, then the next groupingin the second team, and so on[3]. Teams can also be formed randomly, with student teams beingbuilt off random selection from the student list for the course[4]. Finally, teams can be formed byself-selection, in which students form their own teams without guidance from an instructor[5][4].It is important to understand the links between team performance and individualperformance/experience as well as design project success. Cooperation among team
the pre-term training program for GTAs, there are regular biweeklymeetings between the entire instruction team and weekly meetings between personnel in a givenclass. These meetings contain a broad array of topics, including studio design and delivery;effectiveness and assessment; and uniform delivery, formatting, and grading. One intention is toalign the design and delivery amongst classes and between classes. In this way, we hope to createa consistent expectation among students in a studio, lowering the cognitive demand that wouldbe used in interpreting different formats and allowing strong student focus. Such alignment alsoallows more coordinated and effective graduate student training. Another intention is to create alearning community
Paper ID #14025Active Learning and Engagement in Mechanics of SolidsProf. Keri Ryan, University of Nevada, Reno Keri Ryan is an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno. She has taught core courses in mechanics to engineering students for 8 years, and has led the charge to bring innovative teaching methods to this course at University of Nevada, Reno. Besides teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, she maintains an active research program in earthquake engineering.Dr. Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of
Engineering, California State University at Fresno, CA. His research interests include digital photogrammetry, feature tracking, and sensor calibration and integration.Karen Willis, Fresno City College Karen Willis has been a teaching mathematics at the two-year community college level for 6 years, as well as 3 years at the university level. Karen has several years of experience in tutorial coordinating and tutor training, as well as participating as a faculty mentor for engineering scholars. She loves to foster collaboration in the classroom between students so they can learn to work and grow together. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
research interest includes small angle scattering (SAS) and the use of informarion technology systems (ITS) in physics and in education. In is on this bases that Rhyme has partnered with Mr Ben Groenewaald (Departmental Head- DEECE ) and Dr Christina Carmen (a capstone design class coordinator in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering de- partment at the University of Alabama in Huntsville(UAH)) on this ALLiance for International Excellence among the future Space workforce (ALLIES). Rhyme has been involved in this international STEM out- reach programme for three years now, coordinating CPUT students’ involvement in the ALLICE STEM tool development with UAH students.Ms. Aysha Abrahams, Cape Peninsula University of
and, thus, each member will be able to enter their part of the VE relatedwork electronically, which will be available for other team members to view. Thus, it willfacilitate active and collaborative education/research interactions.The development of steel design codes and specifications, that are mostly used in teaching thesubject matter, have lead to a step-by-step procedures been presented in the classroom thatcultivates an attitude of “simply following the rules.” In many cases, students rarely get a chanceto see the bigger picture and see how the structural components fit together. In teachingundergraduate Steel Design course, parametric case studies can be presented addressing “whatif” types of questions. For example, what happens if the
innovation, and because Ahmedabad, Gujarat in specific is theleading powerhouse of technology and infrastructure-building within India. Ahmedabad is the fastestgrowing city in India and the third fastest growing city in the world.For the second iteration of the workshop, thirty participants were carefully chosen from among thesenior engineering education faculty of nine universities within the state of Gujarat. This version ofthe workshop was sponsored by Gujarat Technological University in cooperation with the authors’home university in the south central United States. For the second version, we retained the two goalsfrom the first version and also added a third goal:C. Evaluate Experiential Learning and (Meta)Competencies. We explored issues and
theMissouri University of Science and Technology. Details of these course have beenpublished previously, including: 1. science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) diplomacy [5], 2. public health engineering [6], or 3. biological principles of environmental engineering [7].The original impetus for the selection of raising awareness of antibiotic resistance wasthe involvement of the author in the Diplomacy Lab program offered by the United StatesDepartment of State [8]. “DipLab” provides a platform to “course source” the “wickedproblems” identified by America’s diplomatic corps. Students, working under thesupervision of a faculty mentor and in collaboration with representatives from theDepartment of State, explore the full
sponsoring student design projects. Without pre-existingrelationships, educators must identify and contact members of equivalent engineering units attheir institution to explore possibilities for sponsorship and collaborative work.Engineering educators and practicing engineers have different missions and goals. This isimportant to remember when developing design project sponsorships with any firm. PESengineers provide educational experiences as part of their mission, which makes design projectdevelopment easier. PES staff is aware of student and course limitations. PES engineers work inconjunction with engineering and technology faculty who specialize in power systems to developchallenging projects that meet the needs of both parties. These
database and query processing The database is written in Java and SQLite. Using Java and html, we interact with thedatabase using a locally hosted web interface that serves as the GUI. For LS written byindividual students, the tables include one for the assignment, one for the student, and one tablefor the LS. We show the attributes that are stored in each of these tables in Figure 5. Eachstatement that is written must be unique to be placed in the database. This was done to ensurethat students were writing a new statement for each assignment to reflect on their learning. For1 We are keen to share this software with faculty interested in collaborating with us on writing papers andpursuing funded research opportunities