in August 2016. In addition, he has been named as one of 14 ence in Cesk´ Jhumki Basu Scholars by the NARST’s Equity and Ethics Committee in 2014. He is the first and only individual from his native country and Texas Tech University to have received this prestigious award. Fur- thermore, he was a recipient of the Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Diversity & Equity award in 2014 and was the only graduate student to have received the award, which was granted based on outstanding activities and projects that contribute to a better understanding of equity and diversity issues within Engineering Education. Additional projects involvement include: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Project
given anorientation to university-related services, including important university locations as well aslibrary services and citation indexes. Students also participated in weekly technical activities andsessions that provided training and information on a broad range of topic areas related toconducting and engaging in research. Examples include a session on ethics in scientific research,training on effective oral and written communication and presentation of research and scientificfindings, and a panel discussion focused on careers in research 12. Students were also providedwith the opportunities to tour various laboratories and research centers at Penn State (e.g.,Materials Characterization Laboratory; Microscopy and Cytometry Facility
evolving into a developmental laboratory space to further investigation into grid-edge technology.The real-world nature of the project and its deliverable, in addition to self-reported data from theassessment instruments, satisfy criteria19 for student outcomes articulated by the AccreditationBoard for Engineering Technology for undergraduate engineering education, i.e. the ability to: a) Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering b) Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data c) Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints d) Function on multidisciplinary teams e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f) Understand professional and ethical
graduated from Calvin College in the Spring of 2015 with a B.S.E. concentrating in Mechanical Engineering. Experiences during his undergraduate years included a semester in Spain, taking classes at the Universidad de Oviedo and the Escuela Polit´ecnica de Ingenieria de Gij´on, as well as multiple internships in Manufacturing and Quality Engineering. His current work primarily investigates the effects of select emergent pedagogies upon student and instructor performance and experience at the collegiate level. Other interests include engineering ethics, engineering philosophy, and the intersecting concerns of engineering industry and higher academia.Nimit Patel, National Science Foundation Research Assistant, Discover
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like jigsaws.34 I’ve used them for problem-solving exercises (e.g., each teamlearns and teaches a method to calculate the pure component vapor pressure) and for soft-skill exercises (e.g., each team considers an ethical case study and then presents it to other teams fordeeper discussion). I can cover a lot of ground without taking a lot of time in class.Anna – The best learning activity is one that aligns well to the learning objective. One flexible,low-prep activity is the minute paper. It engages every member of the class as individuals, andyou can use their responses as the basis for
ofstudent responses and the ethical debate of how we, as researchers, were to react to theirresponses, we grouped individual reactions to stressors items into their factor components ofphysiological, emotional, and behavioral, transforming them into an individual item each. Wealso added questions centered on personal, family, peer, and institutional (university) supportbecause we posit that these types of support may mitigate negative affects due to stress.Gratitude (6 Items). The gratitude construct is a six-item single factor subscale adopted from theCollege Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (CSSWQ) [39]. We chose to only includethe gratitude subscale due to its relatively short length, validity evidence, and lack of overlapwith other
, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Under- graduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. She was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program at CU, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is currently the chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division and a member of the AAAS Committee on Sci- entific Freedom and Responsibility.She is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and
their ability to concretelyevaluate student growth [12], [13], [33]. Direct assessments are complicated by three considerations: validity, reliability, andethical limitations on truly scientific study design. Validity asks: does the assessment measurewhat it is supposed to measure? Reliability asks: can writing be consistently and quantitativelyevaluated by different evaluators? Finally, ethics forbid writing centers from executing theclassic “treatment/no treatment” experimental design: true negative controls would requiredenial of writing center access to students who want it. Due to these three constraints, “thetypical evaluation of writing programs...usually fails to obtain statistically significant results” [34].For this reason
educationalobjectives include the following: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, and; (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.A future ABET Program Outcome that will be addressed includes: (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainabilityThe project assessment goal is to accurately and comprehensively assess each educationalobjective. The assessment goal will be accomplished
question and the minormodifications we made were approved by ACT and used with their permission (seeAppendix C). The pre-test consisted of eight multiple-choice questions related to a printeddiscussion about three ethical viewpoints regarding spending one‟s earnings by giving to charity.It required students to compare and contrast both actual and implied statements to determine thebest of four possible answers for each question. Since the writing instructor monitored the test-taking, students could ask questions about words and phrases they did not understand. Page 25.815.13Consequently, this scenario
society. He also places thisunderstanding in the context of ABET criterion (b), “an ability to design and conductexperiments, analyze and interpret data” [6, p. 2], in that such ability is part of the scientificmethod, which has its foundations in the philosophy of science, and which together alsoconstitute one of the primary components of the course design for IDM and SMR.Splitt [7] interprets the demand on engineers as the “solution of problems involving humanvalues, attitudes, and behavior, as well as the interrelationships and dynamics of social, political,environmental, and economic systems on a global basis” [7, p. 182], restated in the conclusion interms of “problems involving … world cultures, religions, ethics, and economics” and
aerospace engineering departments to meet the professional technical needs of boththe airplane and space communities, to say nothing of the needs of the missile community. Moreand more topics have been added to such curricula in recent years, e.g., modern control theory,probability and statistics, management, higher level computer programming, softwarecompetency, ethics, additional topics in the social sciences and the humanities, as well as newtechnologies; which is not to say that these additions are not needed. Most current aerospaceengineering curricula have little room in which the special needs of the missile community canbe met. Ten pounds of engineering education are already stuffed into a five pound curriculumbox.Thus, the needs of the
. While studies vary in how theydefine “broader context,” they consistently emphasize that engineers should look beyondtechnical functionality to consider political, environmental, and cultural contexts that couldimpact or be impacted by a project. For example, Mazzurco and Daniel [23] analyzed 26engineering students and 16 engineering practitioners’ responses to a design task. They foundthat students and practitioners were both able to provide high-quality considerations related totechnology, but students struggled with considerations related to stakeholders and local norms,laws and ethics, and other socio-material contexts. A “culture of disengagement” in engineeringeducation may also lead students to view broader context as irrelevant to
Engineering at Georgia Tech, focuses on advancing written, visual, and verbal communication skills. Her research centers on affect theory and its application to technical communication, specifically information design. Jill studies how to enhance the effectiveness of pedagogical documents by incorporating principles from affect theory. Through her work, she aims to empower students, fostering an environment where they actively shape their communication interactions, including teamwork and ethical discussions. By integrating these principles, she goes beyond traditional methods, ensuring that students not only learn but also take an active role in shaping their communication experiences.Dr. Christie Stewart, Georgia
administration.The research protocol of using these institutional data received the approval of the university’sresearch ethics board.4.2 Data Analysis MethodsFor the purposes of the analysis, the variables in the linked data files were grouped into threecategories: (1) student experience; (2) learning outcomes; (3) demographics and background.The details about the variables are included in Appendix A. The missing values in the originaldata sets for those variables constituted a very small proportion, with 7% as the highest. Beforethe data analysis, we imputed variables in the categories of student experiences and learningoutcomes using the median values; and we did not apply any imputation to variables in thecategories of demographics and background.To
interviews to gather qualitative data, enabling acomprehensive understanding of the participants' nuanced experiences [46]. Our interviewprotocol was meticulously designed with a structured framework to ensure consistency andcomparability among responses, drawing from best practices in exploratory qualitativeresearch [48]. It aimed to explore common attributes between innovative individuals andfounders without limiting participants' responses. Ethical approval was obtained fromStanford University's Institutional Review Board, and interviews were conducted via Zoomwith consent for recording. Twenty-six hours of interview recordings were captured andtranscribed, and transcripts were anonymized to ensure confidentiality. More information onthe strategy