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% participated in college servicebreak trip; 36% participated in service learning and another one-third performed communityservice as part of a class. Service to others is part of the departmental culture. The departmentprovides student many opportunities for service including a Civil Engineering specific servicelearning course, service-related capstone design projects, and service extracurricular groups.Again, the values of these women most likely play a very strong role in their participation, andthis department affords these women many opportunities to do so.Conclusions and Applicability to Other ProgramsThe analyses of the incoming student survey, focus group discussions, and senior exit surveyindicate that the overall culture of a program is
and the ways in which this identity is influenced by students’ academic relationships, events, and expe- riences. Dr. McCall holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures
, Construction Engineering, Construction EngineeringTechnology, etc.) by various departments and colleges (Applied Science, Engineering, Business,Management, etc.). To recognize CM as a STEM field, more specifically an engineering field, thedefinition of “engineering” by Lucas and Dobrijevic as “the application of science andmathematics to solve problems” [9] is considered. While CM students do apply science andmathematics to develop cost estimates and schedules, it should be also noted that successfulconstruction relies on the application of several other engineering concepts including statics,dynamics, structures, hydraulics, and soils analysis. Graduates of CEPs must understand how theseconcepts apply to the construction projects which are undertaken
eventually led her to a position in IT for a semiconductor IP start-up. Fast forward through coast-to-coast moves to Boston, San Diego and finally Rochester, Kathy spent many years in the fitness industry while raising her daughter, wearing every hat from personal trainer and cycling instructor to owner and director of Cycledelic Indoor Cycling Studio. Kathy draws upon these many diverse career and life experiences while directing WE@RIT. In the spring of 2020, Kathy earned her Master of Science degree in Program Design, Analysis & Manage- ment through RIT’s School of Individualized Study, combining concentrations in Project Management, Analytics and Research, & Group Leadership and Development. An unabashed
served more than 2000students since its inception.Dr. Wickliff is blessed to work daily in the area of her passion – developing young professionals – in herrole at Texas A&M University. She is the Director of the College of Engineering’s, Zachry LeadershipProgram and a Professor of Engineering Practice. At Texas A&M University, she has taught Capstone Se-nior Design and Foundations of Engineering courses, but now teaches Engineering Leadership Develop-ment courses. She has also taught Project Management and Risk Management courses for the Universityof Phoenix.Dr. Wickliff has been honored with University of Houston’s Distinguished Young Engineering AlumniAward, the Black Engineer of the Year Career Achievement Award for New Emerging
existing UW study abroad infrastructure.Learning TheoryEngineering Rome incorporates project-based experiential learning, which has shown to be atype of active learning that is crucial for the development of an appreciation for lifelong learning.Lenschow14 explains that: “Project-based learning (PBL) is winning ground in industry and at a slower rate in universities and colleges. PBL is pedagogically based on constructivist learning in a setting represented by Kolb’s learning cycle. Kolb observed that students learn in four different ways: Kolb’s idea is that the cycle shall be repeated. The cycle is best started with concrete experience, proceeding to abstraction.”14The basic classroom premise of the course involves
societal challenges; and 4)perform data collection, analysis and presentation in order to answer research questions andshare research results with a professional audience. The course also emphasized critical thinking,multidisciplinary perspectives, leadership and team-based problem solving. To achieve thecourse learning objectives, the course focused on problems associated with an aging sewersystem, generally, and the lack of local sewer infrastructure data, specifically. This course wasexperimental in that it introduced design thinking through an experiential learning project earlyin engineering students’ academic careers. Traditionally, design capstone courses are offeredtoward the end of students’ course of study after core courses and textbook
effectiveness of interdisciplinary instructional designpractices.IntroductionEngineers bear the professional responsibility to ensure that a given project benefits society bytaking into account the impact of human and social factors when making engineering decisionsand communicating technical expertise. Given the importance of such considerations [1], ABETaccreditation criteria explicitly target them as expectations for professional readiness. Inengineering and engineering technology curricula, project-based learning from freshman projectsto senior capstones and human-centered design [2] are highly effective pedagogies that areintegral to the curricula for all the students in the programs. To address societal factors inengineering design, an
, theSBP objectives were to (1) increase motivation for engineering academic study, (2) reinforcepersonal commitment among students early in their engineering academic career to aid retention,(3) increase skill in areas with relevance to the study of Engineering, and (4) ensure effectivenessof programming to achieve these objectives amongst a primarily Hispanic/Latinx studentpopulation. In order to achieve these objectives, the program then selected the followingelements for implementation in the SBP:1) Introduce key skills necessary for engineering academic study.2) Introduce engineering design activities/skills, and a guided experience in a group design project as a precursor to student’s future capstone engineering design
. Therefore, in an upper-division setting, it might be most appropriate in a project-based or capstone course. However, it could also be used in other upper-level technical coursesif students were encouraged to leverage the teachings in other project-based courses.Furthermore, this research took great efforts to create a model that could be widely applied. Itsmodular nature enables it to be easily integrated in existing courses, with required instructionalresources available in the Appendices. This facility also supports scaling the activities across abroad range of institutional settings. Finally, its use of identity as a core guiding framework maygive the instruction flexibility in being effective in a variety of settings. This is becauseregardless
third-year architecture studio and the creation of some electives. A numberof support courses could not be fully replicated in the semester curriculum. Courses such asdynamics, engineering economics, surveying, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, electricalcircuits, were listed in the three Fundamental Engineering (FE) elective courses where studentscan choose which they wish to take from a prescribed list. The is also an ARCE TechnicalElective which has a much larger list of courses from which a student can choose.The ARCE quarter program had four culminating experiences to include the three design labsand a separate senior project. The concrete/masonry lab becomes the senior capstone project andthe independent senior project is now an elective
Paper ID #20271Engineering Technology Education in the United States: Findings and Rec-ommendations from an NAE StudyMr. Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Greg Pearson is a Scholar with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in Washington, D.C. Greg currently serves as the responsible staff officer for the NSF-funded project ”The Status, Role, and Needs of Engineering Technology Education in the United States.” He is also study director for the Chevron-funded project, Guiding Implementation of K-12 Engineering in the United States. He was the study director for the NAE and National Research Council project
Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, Jun. 2015.[10] D. Kotys-Schwartz, D. Knight, and G. Pawlas, “First-year and capstone design projects: Is the bookend curriculum approach effective for skill gain?,” presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, Jun. 2010.[11] S. Sheppard and R. Jenison, “Examples of Freshman Design Education,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 248–261, 1997.[12] S. M. Lord and J. C. Chen, “Curriculum Design in the Middle Years,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 181–200.[13
varying levels of trainingcan learn to use the Design Heuristics cards within a short instructional session, and then go on tosuccessfully create their own novel and diverse concepts[20]. One study of 48 first-yearengineering students given different subsets of 12 Design Heuristics used Design Heuristics inover half of their created concepts for a portable solar oven[28]. Further, the concepts resultingfrom the application of Design Heuristics were rated by blind coders as more creative designs.Studies with more advanced engineering students showed that design teams made use of theirconcepts including Design Heuristics in senior capstone projects across various designproblems[29]. Even non-engineering students have been shown to be able to apply
students an opportunity togrow their skills over the course of their degree program. While engineering mechanics coursesare not always associated with student team projects, these courses provide the opportunity toshow students how teamwork and diversity are relevant to problem solving. And, as mechanics-oriented courses often dominate the sophomore and junior level of many engineering programs,they can be an important venue for providing continuous instruction to students about workingwith others and in teams. This paper introduces and examines the effects of a teamworkintervention in Engineering Mechanics: Statics aimed at teaching students about the importanceof diversity and inclusion in engineering with specific attention on problem solving
: These required courses in the fall (E101) and spring (E102) allow the college of maintain connectedness with students during the critical first year. College of Engineering Welcome: This event is held within the first weeks of the fall each year for all new engineering students. The goals are to promote the community of Engineering Family, reinforce success strategies, and host a noted keynote speaker [reference here]. First Year Engineering Design Day (FEDD): Associated with the fall E101 course this end-of- semester design day event is modeled after a capstone design event. FEDD is a single-day event where ~350 student teams present and compete with their semester design projects. Promotes connectedness to the college, each
librarian in the Engineering Library. He was director from 1987-2001 and 2006-2008; from 2002-2005 he went on partial research leave as Director of Collection Development for the NSF-funded National Science Digital Library Project.52 In 2009 he was appointed Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resourcesand Special Collections. He served as principal investigator on the Kinematic Models for DesignDigital Library (KMODDL)53 involving the Reuleaux Collection of 19th-century kinematicmachines. He led the Task Force to examine library-related needs for the Cornell Tech campus inNew York City
; 1) development oflanguage and cultural skills, 2) teamwork and group dynamics, 3) knowledge of internationalbusiness and engineering cultures, and 4) knowledge of variations in international engineeringeducation and practice2. Based upon this structure, several engineering programs haveresponded using various methods to address these global competencies. Georgia TechnologicalUniversity, for example, offers a Global Studies Certificate that focuses on international relationsand the global economy through language training in addition to a capstone course and 26 weeks Page 26.930.3of study abroad. Other universities, such as Florida State
-generation engineer students.Ms. Margo Cousins, University of Texas, Austin Ms. Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engi- neering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and professional development advising, capstone projects program, industry partnerships, first-year interest groups, and other special programs.Dr. Cindy D. Wilson, University of Texas, Austin Cindy Wilson is the Director of Academic Projects at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked at UT Austin since 2000. She holds a PhD in Higher Education Administration from UT Austin and an MA Degree from Teachers
proposed that actualengineering examples and reporting of case-studies should be used. Similarly Gao [10] discussedthe Task-Based-Instruction and the Project-Based-Instruction pedagogies as learner-centeredapproaches to teach technical writing, the former being based on assigned writing tasks for eachlesson, typically to a student team, while the latter utilizes a team-project for most of thesemester. He emphasized that the core or focus for either approach is not the learning of anystructure and grammar points, but instead communicating the tasks involved in technical writing,although language proficiency still helps students, as it improves student completion of the tasks.Several innovative approaches have been proposed to teach technical
Paper ID #25342Institutional Agents’ Roles in Serving Student Veterans and Implications forStudent Veterans in EngineeringDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD
minimize the effects ofnegative social identification can provide socialization opportunities to students. Additionally,establishing self-belief in engineering students can be accomplished by socialization of students;allowing them to observe one another’s goal setting and accomplishing those goals will allowthem to model their behaviors after each other. Consider long-term, independent projects thatmodel professional projects which require incremental goal setting and accomplishments; oftenthese take place in capstone or senior design projects, but introduction to these types of projectsearlier not only expose students to various types of engineering careers, but also allow them toexercise self-belief in lower-stakes opportunities.Finally, one
participant, but they will also gatherpersonal documents and observe their actions to fully understand their experience. In the caseof education, narrative analysis can be used to understand a group of students' experiences in acertain class, project, or discipline.Kellam et. al's [13] study expands on Polkinghorne's [20] narrative analysis and analysis ofnarratives by testing three data synthesis methods specific to engineering education research.The first method, thematic analysis, is focused on interpreting data to produce themes relatingto the topic of interest. In this method, the researcher's themes are embedded throughout thepresentation of the narrative, providing the reader with a clear depiction of the researcher'sinterpretation. The second
an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Educa- tion / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions, specifically on design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Prof. Eva Chi, University of New Mexico Eva Chi is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological
of K-12, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties include assessment, team development, outreach and education research for DC Col- orado’s hands-on initiatives.Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is Dean of Undergraduate Education for the School of Engineering and an associate pro- fessor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can
you choose to do?My interest in interdisciplinarity stems from my experiences as an undergraduate engineeringstudent. My senior capstone project involved working on an interdisc iplinary design projectfocused on designing and developing a vertical takeoff and lift system (VTOL). The problem wasdefined in the context of a 2040 urban rescue. There were four different disciplines involved—industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering,and aerospace engineering. Tensions arose throughout the project among the mechanical andaerospace engineers, including instances where I was left unsure of how I fit besides sharing myknowledge about anthropometric dimensions when designing with ergonomics in mind
– innovative design and entrepreneurship, engineering modeling, and global competency in engineering. She is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Dr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathalie Duval-Couetil is the Director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is responsible for the launch and devel- opment of the university’s multidisciplinary undergraduate entrepreneurship program, which has involved over 5000 students from all majors since 2005. She has established entrepreneurship capstone, global en
graduate students most of whom havecompleted an undergraduate engineering degree requiring the completion of a capstone teamdesign project. This experience can be pivotal in the transition from the role and identity of anengineering student to that of an engineer in training [20]. Metacognitive skills and experiencesfacilitate student development as students reflect on their experiences and make sense of it.Metacognitive skills and experience play a pivotal role in the liminal space where identitytransitions occur. GTAs have made a transition from undergraduate engineering student toengineer in training, engineer and/or graduate student depending on their career arc. Irrespectiveof their stage of engineering identity development, they are in the