) – and for a control group (URM engineering studentsnot participating in this program). This provides the type of cross-sectional data necessary todetermine the effect of the intervention on both retention and performance. Saliently, thisexperimental approach offers important advantages over a true randomized experiment, as itavoids both denying mentors to students who want them and imposing mentors on uninterestedstudents, which has been identified as an ethical concern (Gershenfeld, 2014).In the following section, the raw data acquired to date is shown, followed by the description of a)the data analysis performed to identify statistically significant effects of the intervention onretention and performance; and b) the results of said analysis.3
,and is followed up with writing assignments. CSE 1002 Intro to CSE is open to freshmen CS andSE majors and is offered only in fall semesters. Objectives of the course are defined as:• Enhance understanding of the CS and SE academic majors,• Develop team building skills and encourage group participation,• Develop computational thinking skills,• Provide an awareness of ethical issues unique to computing,• Provide an understanding of the history of computing, and• Develop an awareness of the career opportunities available to computing majors.Experience with summer computing camps for high school and middle school students hasdemonstrated that using a robot-based curriculum helps increase confidence in the use
board became a limitation; the original strengths and benefitsof engaging with local companies were outweighed by both the commercial and educationalneed to embrace cultural and ethical differences. Furthermore, as system and productintegration extended beyond single engineering disciplines the membership of the advisoryboard had to be similarly extended. A topical and relevant example of this is the blurring ofboundaries between Computer Science and Electronic Engineering in the emergent marketfor the Internet of Things [5]; the new products consisting of a fusion of technologies fromboth disciplines. With the advent of trans-national joint degree programs betweenUniversities in separate continents, the problem is further exacerbated by the
tonew engineering freshmen. Upper class engineering students host the forum and suggeststudents read a current news article or watch a video and encourage discussion about theengineering implications or simply marvel at the engineering accomplishments. The studenthosts also suggest news articles that pose ethical challenges and video games that challenge thestudent’s ability to visualize in 3D, such as Smart Kit’s Interlocked game [16]. The Interlockedgame serves as one of many crossover points, where the tools serves two purposes within theEBC: to practice 3D Visualization and as an interaction focus in the forum. The goal of thistopic area is to help the students develop a sense of community and make learning part of theconversation before
test, p = 0.006). Respondents supported a variety of reasons that EL is a high importance component of undergraduate education, including: improving student’s career success (72%), the need for effective communication (78%), and the role of leadership in influencing the organization (81%). The strongest reason for this support was based on the professional obligation of engineers, where 85% of respondents agreed that without strong EL, the role engineers hold with respect to solving society’s greatest challenges will be diminished. One respondent took this further, stating “We have a moral and ethical responsibility to create the very best leaders....that is our very mission as post
interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Why Not Ask Students to Explain Themselves? Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical Writing1. IntroductionRecently a great deal of exciting work has been performed on concept-based instruction inchemical engineering, in particular the efforts associated with the AIChE Concept Warehouse(AIChE-CW)1,2. The AIChE-CW provides chemical engineering educators with instruments forevaluating students’ conceptual understanding of course material. Conceptual learning is notwell-served by traditional
universitygeneral education distributions requirements and engineering specific courses in economics,technical communications, and ethics. These engineering-centric courses further the dividebetween engineering and the liberal arts. It is important to break the barrier between the study of the liberal arts and the study ofengineering for the future of engineering. The issues faced by engineers in the near term andlong term future are going to require collaboration with the broader liberal arts. This is readilyseen in the 14 grand challenges of engineering unveiled by the National Academy ofEngineering16. They represented a new direction in engineering. These grand challenges were: Advance Personalized Learning Make Solar Energy
, 5-point LikertSurvey13 Financial Issues, Ethics, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, & DiversityStudent Attitudes’ Middle Attitude-Science, Attitude-Math, 5-point Likerttoward STEM School, High Attitude-Engineering, & 21st centurySurvey2 School skillsMany of the surveys extend from others that are listed. While several measure constructs that areimportant to understanding student attitudes toward computer science, none of them targetunderrepresented minority students. Furthermore, none of the surveys account for the importantconstruct of identity, specifically ethnic identity.Ethnic identity is defined as
the week, and will be quizzed on boththe lectures and the reading assignments.The two credit course, Design Practicum, is a hands-on design course with lectures and labs thatwill introduce students to relevant topics in engineering including: problem solving, team design,innovation, information technology, engineering, ethics in engineering, community engagementand social responsibility. This course will require partial departmental financial support, thus notall departments are currently committed to participating due to budget concerns. Just over halfof our engineering college is currently planning to participate, with approximately 600 studentsexpected to enroll this coming year. (Fall 2016/Spring 2016) This course is modeled after
-directed continuing professional development h an understanding of and a commitment to address professional and ethical responsibilities, including a respect for diversity i a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.ProgramCriteria j apply circuit analysis and design, computer programming, associated software, analog and digital electronics, and microcomputers, and engineering standards to the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of electrical or electronic(s) systems k apply principles of physics or chemistry to electrical/electronic(s) circuits in a rigorous mathematical environment at or above the level
generation of engineerswith ability to Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate real-world entities by integrating acomprehensive set of personal and interpersonal skills, and process, product, and systembuilding skills with disciplinary knowledge [1-3]. Essentially, CDIO is promoting "learningby doing" and "project-based education and learning", and many experts and organizationsconsider this approach as the direction for engineering education development now and in thefuture [4-5]. For example, by taking product's life from research to utilization as its carrier,CDIO aims to enable students to study engineering through a proactive, personal, precision,and organic way, to develop student's engineering capability, professional ethics, academicand
requiresteaming, creative problem solving, ethics, and written and oral communication. All of the ENGR1110 sections place significant emphasis on providing students a positive engineering designexperience and cultivating an awareness of the engineering profession. Each department teachesone or more sections of ENGR 1110 and students are encouraged to take the section offered bythe program they believe they want to major in. Total semester enrollments approximate 500students, but individual sections vary from 20 to 130 students depending on the semester anddiscipline. An overarching aim of ENGR 1110 is to increase the likelihood students will remaininterested in engineering while taking predominantly math, science, and general curriculumcourses. Research
prevalence of spatially-related tasks within thecurriculum. Breadth classes include History, Philosophy, Folklore, Ethics, Communication, andLiterature courses which are considered to be limited in spatial impact. Creative arts, anotherclass in the general breadth area, may have a higher spatial impact; however, treating the entireset of breadth courses as a single unit decreases the likelihood of spatial ability impact.Table 2: Expected concurrent courses, percentage of Statics students in each course, andassociated impact factor Class Percentage of Statics Expected Impact Factor for Students Spatial Ability Intro to Computer Programming
industries. This encourages toursto be organized for students to learn what different industries focus on and if they are interestedin that line of work. It is also an opportunity for students that participate in the tours to observeand take note of professional skills and conduct in the workplace.ResultsBefore the student can graduate with an MSPS degree, the student must complete a 250-hourinternship with a business that is related to their field of study. This internship replaces thetraditional thesis requirement. While a thesis teaches the student work ethic and proper researchskills, it lacks providing the student much needed hands-on experience he/she receives from realworld industry exposure.3 Students develop problem-solving skills that can
its complications. Students participating in thesummer program were supported by two different mechanisms: 1) The National ScienceFoundation (NSF) REU program (EEC-1157041, EEC-0852048, and EEC-0552896) whichprimarily supports students from off-campus. 2) Institutional funding that only supportedstudents from within the institution. All students were paired with an engineering faculty member from the host institution.Over the 10 weeks they performed an engineering research project focused on the study ortreatment of diabetes or its complications. In addition to research activities, undergraduates tookpart in ethics training, weekly seminars and a K-12 outreach activity. While the activities werethe same for students in both programs
Is Flat, refers "to a twenty-first centuryworld that will be very different from the one in which we were educated. To survive in a new,globally competitive world, today's children will need creativity, problem-solving abilities, apassion for learning, a dedicated work ethic and lifelong learning opportunities. Students candevelop these abilities through instruction based on Best Practice teaching strategies." [2].Best practice in graduate instruction focuses on dependable collaborations between graduateunderstudies and workforce, underpinned by staff [3]. Best practices are not always the bestdepending on timing and locations. According to DiBella (2001), "a practice that is valued in onesetting will be valued differently in another setting
entirety of theproject, presentations and technical journals for which each member could write down theircontributions were used to check progress of the system development. The technical journalsacted as documentation so that the work of each individual could be observed and be replicated.Proper management enables the group to submit all necessary work on time and illustrates thenecessity of maintaining professional work ethic. This further ensured that the group wouldremain focused and on schedule to finish the ball-and-plate system.This project requires major technical disciplines of mechatronics engineering: structure andmechanism, sensors and data acquisition, actuators and controller, and computer hardware andsoftware. Through the project
faculty and students, e) Place a greater emphasis on teaching, f) Provide numerous, well-equipped facilities, and g) Produce graduates with more knowledge on materials and processes.Nelson4 analyzed inputs from directors of ABET accredited programs to identify key technicalcompetencies for manufacturing graduates. Among 264 competencies, the highest rankedcompetencies related to quality, communication, and personal ethics. Baird7 proposed alaboratory exercise to simulate mass production environment. Although such laboratory workwas more difficult to develop as compared to the traditional teaching practice, the benefits of theformer approach were numerous since it would: a) Simulate industry practice, b) Develop specific hard-skill and
Paper ID #12276Interest-based engineering challenges phase I: Understanding students’ per-sonal, classroom, engineering, and career interestsCole H Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cole Joslyn is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include holistic approaches to humanizing engineering education (such as ethics of care, human- istic education, contemplative and reflective practices, and spirituality) and how it can shape engineering as a socially just profession in service to humanity. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a M.Ed. specializing
cross sections. They later used these profiles and cross sections todetermine the best alternative based on design constraints. d) Application of design constraintsWith this project, the students experienced early-on applications of ABET2 design constraintssuch as economic, social, political, environmental, sustainability, and ethics in addition to thetechnical Civil Engineering design criteria and methodologies. They then critically evaluatedeach alternative under these constraints. e) Recommendation of best alternative:Once the student teams analyzed the alternatives with design constraints, they presented thealternatives and defended their choice during an oral presentation before a panel ofprofessional engineers and industry
necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context”; and Criterion 3(c) – “an ability to design a system, components, or process tomeet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.” The inclusion of sustainabilityin the ABET Program Outcomes ensures that the students will be prepared to considersustainability in engineering projects when they complete a bachelor’s degree from an accreditedinstitution. The question that then arises is how to best educate these students in sustainability.As the faculty begin to incorporate concepts and principles of sustainability into
thecourse are that students should, upon their completion of the course, be able to:1.) Complete the preliminary design for an aircraft such that it satisfies assigned specifications2.) Design a system, component, or process that meets given requirements in aircraft systems3.) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems4.) Function on multi-disciplinary teams5.) Communicate and present effectively the results and consequences of their technical efforts6.) Determine what the ethical responsibilities are to themselves, to employers, and to societyThe course has a lecture component as well as the laboratory sessions. The purpose of the lectureportion of the class is to support the students’ design and fabrication activities. As a result
Paper ID #12820Tricks of the trade: Developing research fundingDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Dr. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Departments of Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include computerized assessment systems, and the use of natural-language processing to improve the quality of reviewing. He teaches courses in the area of programming, computer architecture, object-oriented design, and ethics in computing. Page 26.1607.1
first four versions of the taxonomy and all instances of epistemology ineach respective version. In the versions of the taxonomy in which epistemology does appear, itappears under different categories and with different sub-categories of its own. In version 1 itwas listed as a component of part of the engineering curriculum dedicated to social, political and Page 26.1630.5organizational studies along with topics like ethics. In version 2 it appears in 3 places, as a category under research methodologies and as two components of developmental theory (whichis a category under theoretical frameworks), epistemology and personal epistemology
ABET accreditation in Construction Management. The Accreditation Board forEngineering & Technology (ABET) requires that both Technology and Engineering programsincorporate standards and other realistic constraints into their educational programs. The designprocess for the Transitional Disaster Shelter prototype shelters included not only standards, butalso brought economic, environmental, manufacturing, ethics, safety, health, social, teamwork,and marketing issues along with it. It is hard to imagine a better way to expose students to thebroad range of issues they will face during their careers.Industry Collaboration and ResearchThe 2014 and 2015 Transitional Disaster Shelter competition helped establish and expandseveral industry
-evaluation5.In this paper, we discuss the research-based laboratory teaching exercises that were implementedin a civil and environmental engineering course. The goal of this laboratory course is tointroduce some unit operations and processes and analysis commonly applied in water andwastewater engineering. In addition, the ABET general engineering criteria also target the socialaspects of engineering education at several levels. For example, criterion 3(c), “an ability todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs,” and criterion 3(d) addresses theneed to function on multidisciplinary teams, criterion, and 3(f) social and ethical responsibilities,criterion 3(g) communication skills, and criterion 3(h) addresses global and social
Experiential Education, Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning, Washington DC: Corporation for National Service.5. Jacoby, Barbara. 1996. “Service-Learning in Today’s Higher Education.” Service Learning in Higher Education, edited by Barbara Jacoby, et al. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.6. Kolb. D. A. 1984, Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Journal of Business Ethics, 15(1): 45-57.7. McGoldrick, M. and A. Ziegert, (Eds.) 2002, Putting the Invisible Hand to Work: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Economics. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. Page 26.1367.9
. She received her M. Ed. and B.S. from Georgia State University (1979, 1981). Prof. Bernal teaches the User-Centered Design, Ethics, and Software Engineering courses at SPSU. The areas of Software Engineering, User-Centered Design and Software Engineering are the focus endeavors. She is a co-founder of the SPSU Usability Research Lab (ULAB) and is directly involved in corporate-sponsor ULAB projects. She has given numerous papers, tutorials and presentations locally and internationally on User-Centered Design, Usability and Software Engineering topics. Barbara is engaged in educational support through her company Software Education and Support (SES). She does specialized software de- velopment and evaluation as a
. Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge, UK, 1997; p 3-65.14. Hattie, J.; Timperley, H., The power of feedback. Review of educational research 2007, 77 (1), 81-112.15. Shute, V. J., Focus on formative feedback. Review of educational research 2008, 78 (1), 153-189.16. IEEE Code of Ethics. http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html.17. Muller, L., The importance of peer review. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology 2001, 56 (3), 191.18. ABET - Accreditation Criteria and Supporting Documents. http://www.abet.org/accreditation-criteria-policies- documents/; (NAE)., N. A. o. E., The engineering of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century. The National Academic Press: Washington, DC, 2004.19. McCarthy, A. M
higher proportion of women than the existingproportion of women in the engineering school as a whole. They also found that students in theminor had higher math and verbal SAT scores than the general student population in the school.Co-curricular Involvement in Engineering and Entrepreneurship Education The value and impact of co-curricular experiences in the context of engineering educationhas been a growing topic of research for several years. Co-curricular experiences have beenshown to increase student engagement 23, enhance self-directed autonomy 24, nurture leadership25and enrich ethical decision making 26. The consistent positive impact findings suggest that co-curricular entrepreneurship education also has the potential to add