(VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teach- ing practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and
Paper ID #48068Neuroqueers in Engineering: Investigation of Engineering Education thatserves those in Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ CommunitiesDr. Sarah Oman, Oregon State University Sarah Oman is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Oregon State University for the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering where she oversees the School’s senior design capstone program. She has been a capstone design instructor for over 10 years.Meira Griffel, Oregon State University Meira Griffel is an undergraduate researcher at Oregon State University in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
aculture of interest and analyze it by identifying the virtues highlighted within the story, thendiscussing how those virtues support engineering ethics. The purpose of this exercise was to allowstudents to demonstrate their learning and understanding gained throughout the course.3 IMPLEMENTATIONAs a pilot study, the teaching modules were implemented in the 2-quarter chemical engineering(CHE) capstone design course at a large public university in the Southwest US. Students in thecourse worked in teams of five to design a chemical engineering process. This project wasreviewed and approved by the university’s Institutional Review Board (IRB protocol number:30232). The first author is the course instructor. The control group for the study is
University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for the 7-12 grade levels. Dr. France is also heavily involved in de- veloping and facilitating the Introduction to Engineering course sequence at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder where his research focused on pre-engineering education and project-based learning.Dr. Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University Dr. DiBerardino is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University. His teaching and research interests are in first-year engineering, dynamic systems, and musculoskeletal biome- chanics. c American Society for Engineering Education
additional mathematics courses (e.g., Community College Transfer Plans 2016-2017).Once a student is accepted to the engineering major, their access to advanced content courseswithin the major is determined by their GPA (Electrical Engineering Self-Study Report). It isimportant to note that students need only be admitted to the university in order to start anelectrical, computer, or software engineering major; in other words, students do not have toapply and be admitted to both the university and the college of engineering. Throughout the electrical engineering major, the focus on specific professionalcompetencies are at the heart of the seminar and capstone courses. These competencies include:“communication, teamwork, project management
Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering leadership, engineering ethics education, critical theory, teacher leadership and social justice teacher unionism.Dr. Robin Sacks, University of Toronto Dr. Sacks is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto teaching leadership and positive psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Robin also serves as the Director of Research for the Engineering Leadership Project at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering which aims to identify how engineers lead in the workplace
to learn from accomplished profes- sors. Periodically, she works for UW-Madison as a Visiting Instructor. Her previous research explored biofilms and biological production of fuel chemicals at the Center for Biofilm Engineering.Dr. Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University Susannah C. Davis is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Chemical, Biological and Envi- ronmental Engineering at Oregon State University. She received her Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Washington, and her B.A. from Smith College. She is currently working on the NSF-funded REvolu- tionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED) project at OSU. Her research focuses on organizational learning and change
“effort to understand the way they [people] do thingsand why, their physical and emotional needs, how they think about [the] world, and what ismeaningful to them.” Other scholars have offered principles or beliefs to guide an empathicdesign methodology [7,9], wherein the principles span the entirety of the design process. Indeed,while Empathize is the first aspect of the d.School model, the team emphasizes an iterative andnon-linear design process, highlighting the role of empathy throughout one’s design process.In the context of engineering, the ways in which empathy manifests within design may varybased on the goals of a design project or the phase of the design process. This study builds on ourprior work establishing this theory with an
University ofCentral Arkansas. With 12 years of experience in education, he has taught various science courses at bothsecondary and post-secondary levels and has held multiple STEM-related positions within the ArkansasDepartment of Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Expanding a State-wide Data Science Educational Ecosystem to Meet Workforce Development NeedsAbstractThe University of Arkansas has been developing a State-wide Data Science (DS) EducationalEcosystem over the last five years. A new project, funded by a HIRED grant from the ArkansasDepartment of Higher Education, builds on this existing DS Ecosystem. The program componentsinclude: 1) DS Ecosystem Expansion
Morgan State University. He has authored and co-authored several publications with the recent one on the use of additive manufacturing in building a liquid propellant rocket engine nozzle.Dr. Seong W. Lee, Morgan State University Dr. Lee is currently Professor & Lab Director of Industrial & Systems Engineeing Deparment at Morgan State University.Dr. Lee has been actively involed in development of laboratory hands-on experimental projects using his ongoing research projects to be implemented and used in his teaching classes and capstone design projects.Dr. Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein P.E., Morgan State University Dr. Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Iowa
], faculty development [17],and e-learning [18].While there are many pedagogical approaches to promote EM, Active Learning Pedagogies(ALP) are extensively cited as an effective approach [9], [10], [18], [19]. ALPs are defined bymethods of learning in which the student is experientially involved in the learning process andinclude practices such as problem-based, discovery-based, inquiry-based, and project-basedlearning. In addition to supporting EM, empirical evidence reinforces the value of implementingactive-learning pedagogies (ALPs) in STEM classrooms – from the positive impacts on studentlearning and performance to the reduction of achievement gaps in underrepresented groups [20].ALPs have been linked to improved self-efficacy and the
Paper ID #42151Accountability, Ownership, and Satisfaction: An Innovative Approach toTeamwork in Engineering EducationSydney Kropp, University of OklahomaDr. Doyle Dodd, University of Oklahoma Industrial & Systems Engineering Capstone Coordinator ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Accountability, Ownership, and Satisfaction: An Innovative Approach to Teamwork in Engineering Education Abstract Teamwork skills are essential for engineers to be successful in their careers. Engineersoften work in teams to solve complex problems. Unfortunately
Paper ID #32717Exploring Student Responses to Utility-value Interventions inEngineering StaticsMr. Lorenzo Laxamana Ruiz, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo Lorenzo L. Ruiz is a 4th year Industrial Engineering student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Throughout his undergraduate career, he has completed internships in various fields being exposed to manufacturing operations, business systems, and continuous improvement environments. He is currently working to- wards a career in technical project management. He has served three years on the board of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers which
be.” As a result, the department for which he is the chair changedtheir approach to ethics education by integrating it into capstone design in the context of thestudent projects instead of teaching it through isolated modules. Another educatorexperienced similar pushback and stated, “once in a while, a student will raise kind of anobjection on principle that this is not engineering, ‘I’m in engineering, this is notengineering stuff that we’re doing’”. This perception is not unique to students, anotherinterviewee explained as the only educator in the department integrating ESI intoengineering classes, “it ends up being stigmatized… the person that ends up doing it, at leastin my case, ends up getting labeled not a real engineer.” To shift the
areas of interest and expertise focus on recruitment and retention, engineering identity, problem based learning and project based learning pedagogies, learning through service pedagogies, engineering design methods and pedagogies, capstone design, assessment of student learning, etc. Olga also conducts research in cardiovascular fluid mechanics and sustainable energy tech- nologies. Olga holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Page 26.1078.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Learning Through
machinery, basic electrical circuits, and linear electronics. He was also one of three faculty responsible for organizing and conducting the capstone design course for the EMET program. Ron received a baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971 and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1973.Ms. Lara L. Sharp, Springfield Technical Community College Ms. Sharp has a BS in chemical engineering, an MBA, and is currently working on a MS in Industrial engineering. She has worked in both secondary and higher education teaching and developing curriculum and is currently Program Director of Engineering Tech
recognized pre-college initiative STEM program, FreshStart, which has served more than 2500 students since its inception. Dr. Wickliff has been blessed since 2013 to work daily in the area of her passion – developing young professionals – in her exciting role at Texas A&M University. She is a Professor of Engineering Practice and Mentor to a group of STEM POSSE Scholars. At Texas A&M University, she has taught Capstone Senior Design, Foundations of Engineering courses, Statics & Dynamics, Ethics and Engineergin, and Engineering Leadership Development courses. She is also the founding director of the Zachry Leadership Program. She has also taught Project Management and Risk Management courses for the University
. Students in the BSME program complete a rigorous,project-based curriculum [7] designed to engage students in the engineering design-build-testprocess during all four years of undergraduate study. Program highlights include small classsizes, access to faculty, and an integrated study abroad option.The University of Evansville has implemented both admissions processes mentioned in theintroduction. Students entering the program directly from high school must meet admissioncriteria for ME Lower Division. After completing the required Lower Division courses with agrade of C- or better, students must apply for ME Upper Division status to complete the final twoyears of study.Lower DivisionLower Division is classified as the first two years of
University of Houston. She is founder of a nationally recognized pre-college initiative program, FreshStart, which has served more than 2000 students since its inception. Dr. Wickliff is blessed to work daily in the area of her passion – developing young professionals – in her role at Texas A&M University. She is a Professor of Engineering Practice. At Texas A&M University, she has taught Capstone Senior Design, Statics & Dynamics, Engineering Ethics, Engineering Leadership and Foundations of Engineering courses. She has also taught Project Management and Risk Management courses for the University of Phoenix. Dr. Wickliff has been honored with University of Houston’s Distinguished Young Engineering Alumni
students to communicate effectively: A metacognitive approach. International Journal of Engineering Education, 20 (2), 251–60. [7] Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2005). Definition and Selection of Competencies (DeSeCo) Project. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/41529556.pdf [8] Gömleksi˙ z, M. N. (2007). Effectiveness of cooperative learning (jigsaw II) method in teaching English as a foreign language to engineering students (Case of Firat University, Turkey). European journal of engineering education, 32(5), 613-625. [9] Paretti, Marie C., and Christine B. Burgoyne. (2005). Integrating engineering and communication: A study of capstone design courses. In Web
. His research and teaching interests include wearable computing, electronic textiles, and interdisciplinary design teams for pervasive computing. In 2006 he was selected for the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research in e-textile-based wearable computing.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and re- flective practice. Projects supported by the
Energy Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. She teaches mechanical engineering courses including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, measurement and instrumentation, and capstone design courses. Her research interest includes biomass and MSW gasification, and economic analysis of thermo-chemical conversion paths. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Inspiring girls to pursue STEM (ages three to thirteen): a recipe for a successful outreach eventAbstractTo most it would seem that the U.S. (and the world) has improved leaps and bounds in their viewof women in the workforce, yet representation of women in STEM
valuable experience;however, receiving guidance and feedback on team interactions are uncommon even though theycan significantly enhance team behaviors [2]. Additionally, design courses tend to focus on thetechnical skills needed for projects work, and rarely are students taught how to work in teams [3].Designing teamwork exercises and dedicating class time for students to practice these skills,while important, often detracts from the content specific to their disciplines [4]. Hence, there is aneed for educators to employ an easy method that allows students to practice the development ofinterpersonal or “soft” skills early on in their academic career to ensure that they are well-equipped by the time they enroll in design or capstone courses.The
programmaticintegration as vital to addressing the differences in student reception of sociotechnical problemsolving.Cote and Branzan Albu [9] performed a case study of full integration of socio-cultural impactswhich they define as student-identified topics related to technical projects in a capstone coursefor computer vision technology. The definition of socio-cultural in this context includes but isnot limited to the environment, ethics, social relations, personal development, economics,health/medicine, law, elderly, and politics [9, pg. 697]. The authors describe how both theCanadian accreditation body (CEAB) and the European Network for Accreditation ofEngineering Education (ENAEE, which serves Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Portugal, Russia,Turkey, Romania
does that future look like? What would need to change?Lesson Plan II: Reflecting on DesignIn this lesson, questions in a design journal will focus students’ attention on choices made and aproject’s causality. What-if questions at each stage of the design process should prompt studentsto reflect. This would be appropriate as part of a cornerstone or capstone design project. Theproposed questions could be tailored to specific student projects.In your design project journal, address the following questions: 1. Consider one of the conceptual design alternatives that you chose not to pursue. What are three strengths of this conceptual design? 2. In what way(s) could you consider that alternative superior to the design you have
(e.g., control of dynamicsystems, mass transfer). In this logic, students spend the majority of their time learning a longsequence of engineering “fundamentals” before they are deemed competent to engage in creativedesign problem solving in their final-year capstone projects.3 This approach is understood as“exclusionary” not in the sense of being elitist but in the more general sense of seeking to keepout that which does not belong, including those persons (or those facets of persons) not in linewith the dominant decontextualized, narrowly technical-analytic way of problem solving withinengineering. Lectures and focused problem sets remain the mainstay educational modalitieswithin university engineering education, even as wide-ranging
University, Prescott Dr. Brian Roth is an associate professor in the aerospace engineering department at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. His teaching focuses on design courses such as Intro to Engineering and Capstone Design. This informs his research interests in team formation, development, and assessment.Katrina Marie Robertson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, PrescottTrey Thomas Talko, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Small Shifts: New Methods for Improving Communication Experiences for Women in Early Engineering CoursesDr. Jonathan Adams, Embry Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDr. Elizabeth Ashley Rea, Embry
-criteria Team formation method explained in [26]. Multi-criteriateam formation will allow for diverse grouping of students i.e., with different EE tracks expe-rience and with diverse student demographics. The Lab will be an independent course withinthe undergraduate/graduate courses catalog.The MRC lab will also engage with industry partners such as (ABB in the robotic area, Rock-well International in industrial controls, and National Instruments for data acquisition and con-trol systems) these companies are major suppliers for the semiconductors industry, further-more, the proposed MRC Lab engagement with industry will come through a comprehensiveapproach that includes 1) internships and capstone projects, which will integrate industry ex-pertise
project examining how math and science motivational beliefs influence STEM students’ major choice in college. Her recent work focuses on exploring STEM students’ metacognition, entrepreneurial mindset, self-regulated learning strategies, and learning achievement.Dr. David K Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte David Pugalee is a full Professor and Director of the Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM) at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Pugalee has published works on STEM teaching and learning and on the NSF project Developing a Systemic, Scalable Model to Broaden Participation in Middle School Computer Science that focuses on computational thinking in science and mathematics. He
macro perspectives, providing faculty development that includes training in both STS and practical ethics; and revision of curriculum materials, including online resources.”16Putting primary focus on micro-ethics in the piloted engineering ethics course provides studentswith the self-awareness of their values and skills to be able to voice those values during theirsenior capstone experience two years later. It also gives students the foundation for weavingethics considerations into the deep dive of researching and writing their undergraduate theses.Course OverviewEngineering ethics courses share a common provocation: When confronted with an ethicallychallenging situation, how can engineers identify the choices and options that will