effectively articulatedtheir data stewardship practices at a Spring 2025 undergraduate research conference.Courses for Undergraduate ResearchersAdditionally, to augment the data stewardship practices of undergraduate researchers,we developed and taught stand-alone courses for undergraduate researchers as well as workshopsfor research mentors.One new course “Understanding Your Research Data” was offered in Spring 2024 & 2025. Thiscourse applies research data life cycle ethical management principles to students’ currentundergraduate research experience. It entails proper research data planning, collection, description,organization, management, visualization, preservation, communication, and ethical use. Studentswill be able to produce research data
workshop grantwas motivated by observations that PI teams often found these data aspects to be challenging tocomplete and that they undervalued how this data can inform their proposals. The workshopswere not intended as comprehensive S-STEM proposal development support across all proposalcomponents.The virtual workshop series addressed challenges from both project development and practicalperspectives, with the goal of enhancing participants’ ability to effectively use institutional datain their S-STEM proposals. The intended outcomes for the workshop participants include: 1) articulating awareness of how institutional/student data can be used to inform their project plans and S-STEM program goals; 2) developing a plan for using
Hyperlink and early solutions Purpose & Audience: The purpose of this project was to develop five adaptable lesson plans that introduce key learning objectives from design thinking in the context of engineering design. The primary intended audience is faculty who teach ED (especially in mechanical or interdisciplinary introductory ED courses) but who may not have much experience with DT or Human-Centered Design. The five lessons can be used as a cohesive sequence, or any one lesson can be adapted and used independently. The lessons all use the same example product design 2challenge, but this too might be changed to meet
this facility. Currently, thesmart manufacturing laboratory is in the planning stages, and there is a lack of relevantexamples to guide faculty in incorporating these technologies into their courses, resultingin slow adoption. This project seeks to develop interdisciplinary examples to effectivelyincorporate smart manufacturing into existing courses and maximize the utilization of theSmart Labs across SoET.To support this initiative, two faculty members have conducted several seminars in twoconsecutive semesters to help the faculties. Participants will receive innovative teachingmaterials aligned with various instructional modalities. They will also be guided inadapting lab modules to include smart manufacturing equipment. Additionally
onboarding program heldprior to the start of their graduate programs. The MRSEC’s Forward Fellows (FF) program,launched in 2024, funded students who were admitted to graduate programs in departmentsaffiliated with the MRSEC. These students engaged in mentored research for one month prior totheir official matriculation date and participated in both professional development andcommunity building activities.A few months prior to launching the FF program, the planning committee gathered input fromfaculty, staff and current graduate students from eligible departments to determine how to designan impactful program that fits the diverse departmental and student needs. The input from thedepartments led the committee to implement a rolling application
[1]. In healthcare, virtual reality simulations enable medicalstudents to rehearse surgical procedures, thereby improving their skills in a low-risk, controlledsetting [2]. This technology has been employed in therapeutic contexts, where immersivesimulations assist patients in surmounting phobias and fears [3]. Rizzo et al. [4] investigated virtualreality as a mechanism for military training, specifically in combat simulation and stress-induceddecision-making, concluding that virtual reality facilitates effective, immersive training thatimproves readiness and situational awareness without real-world hazards. In architecture andconstruction, virtual reality allows designers and clients to digitally examine building plans,offering insights
and Education: A Review of Current Trends and Future DirectionsAbstractThe construction sector has experienced significant technological advancements in recent years,with Building Information Modeling (BIM) playing a crucial role in enhancing project efficiencyand collaboration. This study investigates the integration of Virtual Reality (VR) in construction,emphasizing its potential to revolutionize various aspects of the building process, includingdesign, planning, project management, and stakeholder collaboration. VR empowersstakeholders by enabling informed decision-making, issue detection, and operationaloptimization through real-time visualization and simulation in immersive 3D environments.Meanwhile, BIM provides a
, behavioral regulation, and emotional regulation. The team effectiveness and teamregulation was scored on a scale from 1 to 3 on the rubrics, reflecting the extent to whichstudents demonstrated these attributes. For the intercultural goals setting, a rubric was used withcategories for goal setting, progress and reflection, and application and future planning, scoredon a 1 to 4 scale. After the reflections were scored, we calculated the descriptive statistics forteam effectiveness (TE), team regulation (TR) and intercultural competence (IC). Mean standarddeviation and median for each of the three was calculated. The median score for team regulationwas used to group the high and low categories. Further a matrix was created for teameffectiveness and
RobotAbstractThe abundance of connections between art and engineering are opportunities to engageartistically inclined students who may not think of themselves as interested in robotics, and toinspire engineering-inclined students to express themselves artistically. This work presents a toolkit and lesson plan for a hands-on introductory robotics activity centering how art and engineeringinfluence each other. The Artistic Non-Inertial Tracer (ANT) is a three-link robot made oforigami, which contacts the ground through markers that trace patterns as it slithers around. Thedesign is capable of forward, turning, backward, and diagonal motion. Using origami for the bodyhighlights the influence of art on engineering, and the gait traces are a visually
, goals, and student needs. Some ofthe advising models documented in the literature include the following: (a) learning-centeredadvising approach (focused on connecting purpose of education with curriculum and degree),(b) engagement approach (focused on relationship building between student and advisor), (c)developmental advising approach (focused on student development and growth), (d)prescriptive academic advising approach (focused on checklists towards degree completion), (e)proactive advising approach (focused on students initiating advising meetings and advisorstacking those identified as at academic risk), (f) appreciative advising approach (focused oncreating positive interactions to support growth and academic planning), (g) flipped
-driven activities. However, identifyingappropriate intervention points and enacting lasting curricular change can be challenging. Thisinteractive session guides participants from insight to implementation by combining two keyareas: (1) identifying where the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) can be embedded in existing FYEcourses, and (2) developing a strategic plan to support adoption and stakeholder buy-in.Drawing on outcomes from the EMIFY project and theChange Maker’s Toolkit1, this workshopwalks participants through identifying EM opportunities using a community-developedframework (Figure 1) and design heuristic, then transitions to change planning activities thatbuild stakeholder support and implementation readiness
specific tools they coulduse to mitigate such stress (e.g., connecting with others, self-care), which led directly topreviously created content on time management skills.ImplementationWe initially piloted this change as an asynchronous session where students were expected to readlearning pages and complete typical time management assignments such as a time tracker andreflection. The stress toolkit was mentioned throughout the semester and asked about in areflection at the end of semester. The next implementation explicitly incorporated the toolkit intoin-class lecture and several assignments throughout the semester including an assignment todevelop the toolkit, reflections on how they plan to mitigate stress during exams, and a workshopon coping
grants.project design and execution Singing-Dancing Toy Modification ScheduleBeginning in 2022, BME added two Week 1: Structure of the Design Report Week 2: Background/ Problem Definition/Document toy operationservice-learning projects, one to the Week 3: Learn basic lab skills and safety protocolssophomore lab and one to junior lab, Week 4: Plan and circuit diagramspecifically to incorporate more Week 5: Work timeindustry-style design report writing. Week 6: Design evaluation and recommendations
disciplines has been achallenge. The Closing the Gaps initiative in Texas was launched in October 2000. This planaimed to close educational gaps within Texas and between Texas and other states by focusing onstudent participation, success, excellence, and research. In this paper we explore a series ofinterventions in a range of engineering and computer science degrees at the University of NorthTexas. The University of North Texas College of Engineering supports admission of all studentsinto the degree of their choice. We explore the enrollment patterns from the pre-pandemic, post-pandemic, new HSI designation, a resulting NSF grant and planning for implementation of theTexas Senate Bill 17 in 2023. We employ an asset framework through creating a range
students’ perceptions of what affected their application to a specific engineeringmajor and how these perceptions related to their motivation to persist in engineering. Previousresearch has examined how students learn about, select, and apply to engineering majors acrossvarious universities and disciplines, but not all students get into their first-choice major,disrupting their academic plan. Understanding how this disruption affects student motivation isimportant in the continued work in attracting a diverse range of students to engineering andcreating an inclusive and supportive environment to promote student success, retention, andgraduation. An academic plan disruption, such as not being admitted into their major or programof choice, may
progress made in implementing FYE2.0 to date and discusses plans for the future.1.0 BackgroundFirst-year engineering programs (FYE) are a common way for students to be introduced to theengineering profession. [1]. FYE programs typically include one or two introductory courses on avariety of topics. The content of FYE courses can include any combination of topics such as design,communication, professional skills (e.g., teamwork, leadership), and engineering specifictechnology/tools (e.g., MATLAB, CAD) [2]. Fostering interactions between first-year studentsand faculty/upper division engineering students have been shown to aid in the retention ofengineering students. The goals of FYE programs are typically: • Provide FYE students with
situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Characterizing Design Activity engagement: Summary of Insights from Year Three – NSF RFEAbstract:In this paper, we aim to highlight how understanding the factors influencing civil and mechanicalengineering students’ engagement in capstone design activities can affect course planning andtranslate to increased student engagement with capstone design activities. We build uponfindings from previous studies as well as current work funded through the NSF RFE programexploring engineering students' engagement and motivation in capstone design activities.Introduction:Capstone design courses
of frustrations experienced by children—difficulties in solutionplanning, material handling, achieving desired outcomes, and time constraints—as well ascaregivers’ frustrations that stemmed from planning and collaborating during the makingchallenge with the child. Findings highlight different strategies that caregivers used to mitigatetheir frustrations, such as providing suggestions, assistance, and emotional support, which helpedmaintain the child’s engagement and motivation to complete the engineering challenge. Ourfindings provide insights on how to effectively design online engineering programs that guideand support rural families to develop positive attitudes toward engineering.IntroductionSTEM programs offered by public libraries hold
Erten-Unal, Old Dominion University Mujde Erten-Unal is a Professor and the Graduate Program Director in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Old Dominion University. She has a Master of Engineering in Environmental & Planning Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Science and Technology University of Missouri-Rolla. She has worked in industry as a project engineer before joining ODU. Her research interests include adaptive design to climate change and sea level rise (SLR), sustainable development, pollution prevention and wastewater treatment. She has been involved in trans-disciplinary collaboration among students from ODU civil engineering and Hampton University architecture
project along with the plan for the second and third year of the project, with thegoal of having a completely modularized first-year engineering course structure by the start ofthe third year.Background:A First Year Engineering (FYE) 1.0 program is one of the more popular models used byinstitutions of higher education around the U.S. for introducing students to the field ofengineering and facilitating the transition into their chosen discipline [1]. The primarycomponent of most of these programs is an introductory engineering course or sequence thatcontains a variety of topics important for general engineering practice and matriculation in anengineering degree program, such as design, communication (i.e., written, oral, and visual),global
Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transportation infrastructure planning and design, infrastructTess Doeffinger, The CitadelDr. Anthony Songer, Boise State University Tony Songer is known internationally for seminal research investigating the use of design-build as an alternative delivery system. His most recent research interest is in leadership in construction, particularly the need for integrating technical competen ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Web-based Pre-Class Reading ResponsesAbstractPre-class reading responses were introduced in several courses to address students' lack
manufacturing a product that willallow faculty to better communicate changes to office hours to their students. We went throughmany stages of development in order to gather information on our stakeholders, identify designmetrics and constraints, create possible designs for our device, and choose the best design. Webelieve that our group has developed a product that can help improve the daily lives of facultyand students in university. Currently we are still finishing the development of the product by implementing costsaving measures of the housing of the device. We plan to have three message board devices to becompleted that will allow us to complete various test plans. The future test plans include adurability test where we will research the
Paper ID #46064BOARD # 214: Project Drider - Teaching Students about the Dangers ofTicks the Fun Way (Work in Progress)Joshua Dahl, University of Nevada, Reno Joshua Dahl is currently a student at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is pursuing a Masters with an emphasis Computer Science and Engineering but more specifically Compiler Design and Developer Experience. When he graduates he is planning on pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science where he hopes to continue to make contributions to both the fields of Computer Graphics and Programming Languages.Erik Marsh, University of Nevada, RenoLandon Wright, University of IdahoQuinn
. Part 0: Project Planning: Students begin by creating aGantt chart outlining project tasks, timelines, and dependencies. Part 1: Requirement Analysis:Next, students study the MRTD specification 2 and project requirements, identifying ambiguitiessuch as unclear performance metrics. Part 2: Implementation and Unit Testing: students developand test the encoding and decoding algorithms. They adopt test-driven design, mocking forhardware and database components, and apply mutation testing to gauge how thoroughly their testsuite detects potential errors. Part 3: Performance Measurement: The students then measured howefficiently their algorithms handle large inputs containing 10,000 MRTD records, one encodedand one decoded. They record execution times
STEM education. Teachers were recruitedfrom diverse school districts and regions, provided with room, board, and a stipend, and engagedin research, training, and curriculum development activities. They received instruction on anddiscussed topics of ethics, with an emphasis on science, technology, and engineering, developedlesson plans, and created posters showcasing their integration strategies. The participants alsointeracted with other E3 groups to explore best practices in engineering education. This paperdescribes the teacher selection process, program structure, and key outcomes, including ongoingdiscussions to assess the integration of ethics into their curricula. Lessons learned from thisexperience will inform future efforts to enhance
program or from an undergraduate to a graduate program, by providing multiple curricular pathways and developing new bridge courses. ● Ensuring successful completion of S-STEM scholar's academic degrees by developing a holistic S-STEM scholar recruitment plan with academic support, faculty mentoring, learning communities, and various enrichment programs towards successful completion.Offering Multiple Curricular Pathways for Higher Degree Attainment: The singularlydistinctive feature of this project is the development of a multi-tier curriculum plan, whichextends from recruitment to new A.A.S- CIT A.A.S- METpathways for selected scholars fromAssociate Degree level to a Master's
use of their own metacognitive skillsthrough self-reporting and intends to expand on instructor-guided future implementation ofpedagogical interventions that support student’s metacognitive skills.Theoretical Framework This study is grounded in the theoretical framework presented in Fostering Metacognitionto Support Student Learning and Performance [4], which defines metacognition as an individual'sawareness and understanding of their own cognitive processes. Metacognition is conceptualized intwo interrelated domains: (1) metacognitive knowledge, which encompasses declarative,procedural, and conditional knowledge, and (2) metacognitive regulation, which involves theprocesses of planning, monitoring, and evaluating one’s cognitive
activity were broken into 4 milestones throughout the semester which include: 1) Sketch and Initial Plan for Design (25 pt Homework) 2) 3D Model of Design (25 pt Homework) 3) Initial 3D printed item (25 pt Homework) 4) Final object with painted detail (100 pt Project Deliverable)They are first asked to submit an initial plan for their design. This plan had to include: (1) A sketchof the design that shows three views including an isometric view, (2) dimensions must be providedon the sketch, and (3) Plan for materials used for completed object such as: which parts will be 3Dprinted and how details will be added. This was then reviewed by the professor who providedexpert feedback related to suggestions in how to 3D model it, and any
educational experiences that meet the needs of all learners.Self-reflection is an often-cited yet underutilized reflective practice. This is due, in large part, tothe challenges inherent to making “reflection from within” a regular part of the teaching practice.For some, self-reflection is the first method to be abandoned when planning, instruction, andassessment tasks demand increasing time and effort to move the course forward. After all, thenext lesson, activity, exam cannot be delayed while an instructor stops to think about theiridentity, goals, and interactions with students. But then again, can any of these experiences befully realized as effective and impactful learning opportunities for all students in the absenceself-reflection?Another
high ethical standards and some ethical standards and standards and responsibility. responsibility. responsibility.Student Outcome 5: an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives. Performance Indicator Excellent Average Below Average Contributes significantly