, Quanser, TektronixInitially, IEC has focused on building its network and establishing partnerships. During the ECPproject, it became evident that the primary goal of creating a sustainable network of engineeringfaculty at HBCUs to focus on ECP was the driving force behind the IEC, but with a widerimpact. The ECP network was formed through a series of in-person and online workshops andinformational meetings, and the same approach was planned for the IEC. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the organization to change its plans, resulting in a series of mini workshopsthroughout 2020 [2]. The purpose of these workshops was to explore policies, ideas, training,infrastructure, and other topics that would support effective partnerships, and to address
Puerto Rico that you would be attending with these modules, although the premise is that these units could be used in any school in Puerto Rico that could require it. [4] Before the site visit, students were lectured on how to rebuild schools, and during the visittheir professors and a graduate student explained the structural failures in the design of thebuilding. They studied the original plans and were guided to observe the correspondence betweenthe plans, the structure, and visible damages. After the tour of the school, students were asked touse the site visit experience to discuss their proposed design project and complete an exercise usingthe technique of Triple Bottom Line (TBL)’[5]. The instructions for this exercise
tasks are often outside the learning objectives of courses thatcover the mechanics, planning, and control of robotic arms. Therefore, to provide acomprehensive and engaging learning experience that can be incorporated into various formativeand summative assessments, the robotic arm needs to meet three key requirements: (1)Affordability: The robot arm should be affordable enough to enable each group of 2-3 students tohave one. (2) Portability: The robot arm should be easy to transport the robotic arm to and fromclass or study groups. (3) Untethered operation: The robot arm should be able to operate withoutthe need for wall outlets, allowing it to be used in a classroom, cafe, or park. By meeting thesethree requirements, the robotic arm will
structured such that individualteams had the opportunity to develop and execute their own research plan with aid from facultyand graduate student mentors. Students were also provided access to key community memberswith insight to local trail needs. The project culminated with a volunteer workday in whichstudents from across the campus community gathered to implement the new surface treatment,spending one day resurfacing approximately 0.2 miles of the Geo Trail adjacent to the OregonTech Klamath Falls campus. First-year students developed technical and professional skillsthrough involvement in a real-world project, but there were challenges in managing a project ofthis magnitude. Students continue to be involved in furthering understanding of the
for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365377 – Advanced Robotics and Automation), students continued labs and experiments with theRARs, exploring gear ratios, work envelopes, and vector programming in MATLAB. In the thirdquarter (EET 477 – Industrial Robotics and Automation), labs and assignments involving theRARs transitioned to an industrial 6-axis Mitsubishi robotics trainer for students to gainexperience on a system similar to what they will eventually work on in industry. Figure 3visually demonstrates the original plan of the course sequences and robotics
Sources and Services course at the School of Information in the Faculty of Arts. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Research Data Sharing in Engineering: A Report on Faculty Practices and Preferences Prior to the Tri-Agency PolicyAbstractThe Tri-Agency Council of Canada that includes the Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil of Canada (NSERC) is implementing its Research Data Management (RDM) Policy inthe Spring of 2023. The policy requires Canadian post-secondary institutions to develop anInstitutional RDM Strategy to support and guide researchers funded by one or more of the Tri-Agencies. Researchers will be required to provide a Data Management Plan (DMP) and
participating in the workshops. We initially distributed our post-experience survey to a baseline cohort of students who participated in UGR but did not completethe EM-focused workshops. To improve workshop content and better understand studentmotivations, we will collect the corresponding data from workshop participants in the future.This paper describes our project goals, planned workshop content, and baseline survey resultsavailable on undergraduate student attitudes and motivations related to participating in research.Eventually, by piloting workshops and collecting data collaboratively across five institutions thatvary in size and culture, this project will deliver a flexible set of training modules and a menu ofintervention options that other
Academy (CGA), the civil and environmental engineering faculty recognizedthe need to educate the future of our Service and have developed a Coastal Resiliency Coursethat incorporates climate science into engineering practice. Coastal Resiliency provides studentsan exposure to best practices in civil engineering, climate science, community planning andpolicy. At CGA, no one faculty member has expertise in these collective arenas however, as ateam, the combined knowledge of three faculty members, and several guest lecturers, has beenleveraged to annually teach a course that educates future Coast Guard Officers and civilengineers about the challenges ahead for coastal communities. What began as a team-taughtcourse has morphed into a successful
to meet educational goals. It is important to define achievable and reasonable rubrics that thestudents can understand and achieve successfully.The capstone course in the School of Engineering Technology, which is in the Purdue Polytechnic Instituteat Purdue University, is offered over two academic semesters. The needed skills to define, design anddevelop engineering technology solutions are introduced and developed. Planning and designingalternatives that meet cost, performance, and user-interface goals are emphasized while consideringdifferent design approaches. In addition, project planning, scheduling, and management techniques arestudied. Teamwork, global and societal concerns, and professional ethics are integrated into course
Vision, Visualization, and Navigation Toolboxes, for fast algorithm development and testing. The paper presents three projects for autonomous mobile robots on the MATLAB-ROS- Gazebo simulation platform. The first project is on sensing and perception of laser scan data and its post-processing of model-based fitting. The second project is on the path planning of an autonomous mobile robot implementing the Wavefront algorithm. The third project obtains closed-loop control of the robot’s behavior based on visual hints. These three projects cover the fundamental components of controlling an autonomous mobile robot, including sensing, perception, decision-making, and low-level motion control. We believe
the sustainable disposal of food wastes was installed in aK-12 school, and researchers assisted teachers in generating hands-on, engineering-focusedlesson plans based on the digester technology. A pre-/post-assessment was conducted for abiology lesson. Results indicate students improved in their knowledge of sustainability issuesrelated to food waste and aerobic respiration. Students also self-reported learning more aboutsustainability, engineering, and biology concepts through the lesson. Perhaps most importantly,students were excited about the hands-on learning experience provided by the digester andexpressed increased interest in engineering and STEM-related careers.I. IntroductionClimate change is a pressing societal issue and researchers
with a range of audiences • (4) an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts [2].These meaningful documents guide all engineering programs and are more than aspirational.They are strategic and designed to affect change, so implementing action to produce studentswith global awareness and competency starts with the faculty.UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University’s Strategic Plan (2016-2025) spotlighted the need forgraduates to have more global awareness and competence. Its mission statement (abbreviated)below shows global engagement
supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City & Regional Planning. She completed a B.S. Management Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica.Angela Edes KitaliAdrienne Scarcella ©American Society for Engineering Education
literature regarding the challenges EWB students face, theprofessional growth they experience due to their project participation, the knowledge, and skillsthey acquire, and their plans to continue this type of work in their future careers.This study seeks to investigate the benefits and challenges of EWB's experiential learning programfor engineering students and to examine the impact of participation in EWB projects on students'personal and professional development, including their skills, knowledge, and career aspirations.Specifically, the study seeks to answer two research questions: What are the benefits andchallenges of EWB's experiential learning program for engineering students, and how doesparticipation in EWB projects impact students
these three programs as examples of suchFoundry-guided curriculum alignments and provide insight into why these elements helped us tocreate programs that advance the integration of different perspectives into STEM curricula.Curriculum Development and the Foundry ModelAccording to Bhuttah and colleagues, “The task of curriculum development is ultimatelybuilding a relationship among content/subject matter and people like students, teachers, parentsand society” (p. 14).5 It comprises a set of learning goals, activities directed by learning theories,and experiences to help develop students’ understanding of a directed set of knowledge.5,6 Forothers, curriculum is not just a written plan or document, but rather a network of relationships orprocesses
, Preliminary Experimental Plan, and PreliminaryProject Plan. Figure 3. First-semester scheduleIn the second half of the first semester, early prototyping is emphasized as a key activity. Earlyprototyping may include simulations, experimentation with selected components, andimplementation of project functionalities that may impact project success. The goal of earlyprototyping is to engage in activities that verify the design and discover design modifications thatmay be necessary. Since it is encouraged that teams undertake risky projects, this phase provides 4 2023 ASEE Southeast Section
Meeting Schools Where They Are: Integrating Engineering OutreachCurriculum in the Classroom Without Forcing an AgendaAustin HayesAustin is a PhD student in additive manufacturing and wind energy. He is a co-founder of the Triple EInitiative and began the collaboration with STEM Launch for the Triple E Initiative. He overseesvolunteer coordination, partnership with the middle schools, and logistics of the Triple E Initiative. Hehas experience meshing classroom learning with hands-on lesson plans to engage K-12 students inSTEAM.Vani SundaramVani is a PhD student in robotics at CU Boulder. She is a cofounder of the Center for Equity inMechanical Engineering action subcommittee. She oversees outreach events, communicates withpartnering schools
success, understanding andplanning for engineering careers, and building community in the incoming engineering cohort.In the activity, students are asked to respond to the prompt ‘To what extent does what you knowat the end of engineering school dictate your future career?’ Students hold up 1-10 fingers torepresent 10-100% influence over their future career and opportunities, but clickers or any otherresponse method could be used to best suit class size or other circumstances. Classes typicallyrespond with average values between 50 and 70%, saying that the majority of future careeroptions and opportunities are dictated by knowledge and skills possessed at the time ofgraduation. The students are then asked ‘What year do you plan to retire?” After
ProgressDeliverable Package phase, inclusion of storage (i.e. batteries) was an optional part of the1 Disclaimer: Descriptions in this section are intended to provide context based upon the information provided to afaculty advisor for the 2022/2023 competition. Any interpretation of the rules, or plans for future changes to thecompetition, are at the discretion of the organizers.competition. However, design and discussion of storage was a mandatory component of thedesign for the Final Deliverable Package in the spring. The Final Deliverable Package included the following four sections:Project ProposalThis document included an executive summary, front matter about the team and overviewnarratives describing the entire proposed design for the district
use all the tools acquired in their undergraduateprograms. Simultaneously, students can contribute to one of the goals of society through researchand development of emergency housing in Puerto Rico [4] The paper presents the instructionaldesign, results, and evaluation of the Design-Build course, and finally reflects about lessons learnedand relevance of this type of interdisciplinary learning scenario.2. Methods and Results. 2.1. Method / Semester Project.The design project consisted of conceptualizing a group of emergency houses. Four smallliving units with the same floor plan, interconnected by a central open space where thepersons will be able to interact and develop a sense of community. These small units areexpected to be self
, and career traineeship inaerospace-centric fields. The streamlined process of recruitment and project-based learning incollaboration with NASA and other aerospace professionals has shown to be effective in trainingthe first cohort of undergraduate and graduate students during the first year of programimplementation.During the summer of 2022, 6 NASA interns and 6 summer Research Experiences forUndergraduate (REU) students participated in the 10-week summer program with professionaldevelopment (PD) program featuring project management, career planning, RCR training,self-reflection, and technical communication. Because research shows that STEM students citepositive mentoring experiences as the most crucial factor in their retention, we developed
starting salaries, these rarely come with defined benefit pension plans, but rather rely onemployees to navigate various investment plans for their retirement. At our school, civilengineering students take a senior seminar course that has a collection of topics to prepare themfor successful entry into and growth throughout their professional life. Among the topics in ourinitial offering of this seminar course was one seminar on the basics of financial literacy andmanagement, which proved to be very popular and highly rated as to its perceived usefulness bythe students. As a result of student feedback, the seminar was expanded to two seminar periods.This led the author to ask the questions: (1) is there a need for financial literacy education
graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students’ conceptualizations of engineering careers at national laboratoriesAbstract Within engineering education, there have been rising calls for more research on thetransitional period students face leading up to graduation (e.g., post-graduation planning) andmoving into the next phase of their career. This study seeks to complement existing research byexploring the experience of students as they seek to make sense of engineering career
execution [17].The main characteristic of this stage is that the team develops the working mechanism toeffectively guide their collaborative work with strategies and plans. Continued collaboration thenleads to the fourth stage, Performing. At this stage, all members understand the expertise,position, working style, and personality of everyone to a certain degree. In addition, the teamcould prevent or even harvest from potential conflicts with constructive conversations.Adjourning is the last stage and refers to the period of time when the team disbands or finishesthe project [11-12]. After successful team experiences, teammates share feelings of sadness,express a willingness to work more in the future, recognize and appreciate the importance ofeach
, industry or government collaboration, and/or travel.Discussion topics will also include process requirements of applying, conducting, anddocumenting the outcomes of the sabbatical.The suggested layout of the panel session is: • 5-minute introduction of panel topic and panelists • Overview of each panelist’s sabbatical activity (5 minutes each) • Brief whole group Q&A session to engage audience and panelists • Small group activities with documentation of Q&A: o What resources did you find helpful in planning your sabbatical? o What was the timeframe of planning, applying for, conducting, and documenting your sabbatical? o What were the requirements of your sabbatical
electric and autonomous vehicles, advancedbatteries, power storage, microgrids and smart grids, and carbon removal initiatives will all beenabled and made more efficient through the use of IoT applications. The present version ofSmart Phone technology, 5G, is being driven by M2M applications as contrasted with previousgenerations concerned with higher data rates. Already, plans to implement 6G smart phonetechnology by the end of this decade are taking shape and being driven by notions of how MLand AI can be used to enhance the system. Emerging Wi-Fi 7 standards are also being influencedheavily by IoT communication needs. All of these trends give rise to the flourishing of cyber-physical systems that have relevance to things like the electrical
participated in the study through an online survey.The survey was based on modified instruments from previous studies, specifically tailored toexamine academic major selection, rather than career decision-making.Survey InstrumentsThe online survey was developed leveraging 6 different survey instruments: 1) Career DecisionSelf-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDSE-SF) [7][8], 2) Career Decision Making OutcomesExpectation (CDMOE) [9], 3) Career Exploratory Plans or Intentions (CEPI) [10], 4) CareerExploratory Survey: Environmental Exploration (CES-EE) [11], 5) Career Thoughts Inventory(CTI) [12][13].The Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDSE-SF) [7][8] is a comprehensive surveyinstrument, consisting of 5 questions that use a 5-point rating scale
learningcommunity (FLC) with a local two-year institution to foster a collaborative community andsupport faculty in adopting APEX materials, which included helping them to consider, plan,apply, and reflect on effective practices for integrating computing into their courses. Buildingupon these pilot efforts, we are actively expanding adoption of the APEX program in severalways. First, we have begun holding summer and winter training workshops for faculty at severaladditional community colleges. Second, we are refining and improving the FLC experience aswe initiate new FLCs with these institutional partners. Finally, we will continue to assess theprogram’s efficacy through a research plan that evaluates student and faculty experiences,allowing us to optimize
organizations that meet specific thresholds within engineering? What have other organizations used to anoint member institutions that meet a DEI threshold in particular and how else might institutions signal or confirm reaching that bar? How does the ADRP engage with and/or obscure the deepest currents of inequity operating in engineering education? This investigation is important to understand avenues for promoting DEI within postsec- ondary engineering institutions of all kinds, to help ensure that these institutions think critically about what their own campus can/should commit to and how their pledges/plans can disrupt stubborn systems of oppression. It further provides a basis for considering
Paper ID #39500Integration of Public Policy into Civil Engineering UndergraduateCurricula: Review of Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and CourseApplicationDr. Michelle Oswald Beiler, Bucknell University Dr. Michelle Oswald Beiler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University. She has completed her Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering, a Mas- ter’s degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware, specializing in transportation planning. She received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering