]. Multiple types of game-based learninghave seen success in the classroom including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), seriousgames, and stimulations with varying degrees of success which are dependent on the material typeof engineering courses [6]. AR and VR are great instruments for visual based learning concepts,and they provide comprehensive learning experiences thereby helping students to relate it to theirintended career path. These platforms will help students with virtual experiential learning [4], [7].Games are helpful in socializing users with one another through “communication, cooperation,competition, and conflict” which are all important aspects covered in general freshmen andsophomore engineering courses that have a focus on
tofollow Juan’s path; to attend college and seek a professional career. Thus, getting married toJuan, allowed Shelly to be the first in her family to attend college. During her educational andprofessional career, she had the support and mentorship of Juan and Steve. This continuoussupport and her twenty-year teaching experience led her to form a family support group to helpclose the gap between families and school. The support group’s goal was to influence families tobecome more involved in their children’s education.We, and many others who knew Steve’s work, feel fortunate to continue Steve’s legacy inhelping families who want excellence and equity in their children’s education. We understandthat inequities still exist in our educational systems
engineeringclasses in high school, but later notes that he chose to attend Lipscomb due to the HE programoffered through the Peugeot Center. Though service was not indicated as his primary reason forchoosing engineering, it seems that S17 saw the benefits of service through engineering, and thisheavily impacted his college choice. In contrast, S34 clearly stated his desire to “work on stuffthat’s gonna help people” as his reasoning for choosing engineering as a career path. He alsomentioned experiences with building things and a working knowledge of engineering from themilitary as influential as well.According to two studies, very few engineering students choose the major to help society or forsocial good at 3.3% (n=390) and 14.4% (n=97) respectively [21
as polytechnicinstitutions. Engineering has not, however, been broadly embraced by liberal arts institutions,often being seen as being overly career-focused and not sufficiently broad in its educationalapproach. Liberal arts institutions also tend to be much smaller in size, which can make itchallenging to furnish an engineering program with the specialized facilities and equipment itrequires. Furthermore, liberal arts institutions typically have comparatively larger core curricula,which can make it challenging to design a robust engineering curriculum that is completable infour years.A few small engineering colleges exist (e.g. Harvey Mudd, Rose-Hulman, and Olin College)whose enrollment ranges from a few hundred to a couple thousand
% 26% 13% San Francisco State Univ. (Site 6) 1,550 25.7% 37% 45% 34% Total across sites 7896 28.2% 27.6% 34.4% 21.5%Table 1: CS population information for alliance sites, including demographic percentage of Latinx student, retentionin the major (from CSU institutional dashboards)The goal of the alliance is to improve retention of Latinx students in the first years of theircomputing career. We have introduced two styles of curricular activities both centered in sociallyresponsible computing and with the aim of providing students with an enhanced sense ofbelonging and better industry preparation yielding positive impacts on
. Piotrowski, K., 2018, “Adaptation of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) to the measurement of the parental identity domain,” Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Vol. 59 No. 2, pp. 157– 166. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.1241612. Godwin, A., Kirn, A., 2020, “Identity-based motivation: Connections between first-year students’ engineering role identities and future-time perspectives,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 109 No. 3, pp. 362–383. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.2032413. Hazari, Z., Sonnert, G., Sadler, P. M., Shanahan, M.-C. C., 2010, “Connecting high school physics experiences, outcome expectations, physics identity, and physics career choice: A gender study,” Journal of Research in Science
gap is not novel to engineering educationresearch and is often overcome with on-the-job training that help prepare recent graduates fortheir transition into the workplace. While most would agree that complete preparation for allengineering careers is not the intent of a student’s engineering education, it would be fair to saythat addressing this gap holds value for the major stakeholders. We define the major stakeholdersas the student, faculty, and engineering practitioners (or firm/agencies) that will employ thestudent.Students value opportunities to “practice the engineering profession” and have exposure toengineering processes through authentic projects [5]. In a recent study, students completed anengineering course on changeable and
ofengineering, preparing students for a broad spectrum of roles in research, design, anddevelopment. These programs provide a strong theoretical understanding of engineeringprinciples, allowing graduates to contribute to cutting-edge innovations and theoreticaladvancements. Ultimately, ET in both community colleges and traditional engineering programsplays a crucial role in the engineering landscape, each attracting many students with uniqueinterests and career aspirations. Whether one chooses to pursue an ET program, geared towardsapplied skills and immediate industry integration, or a traditional engineering program, focusedon comprehensive theoretical knowledge and diverse engineering applications, they will findrewarding opportunities in their
focusing solely on technical specifications orassumptions.Educators can prepare aerospace engineering students for their future careers by equipping themwith the appropriate HCD skills and mindsets to design high-performance aerospace systems thatare user-friendly, safe, and reliable. Students develop critical thinking, problem-solving,communication, collaboration, and empathy skills, which are essential to graduate to working onmultidisciplinary and multicultural teams. HCD education and experience with design thinkingcan also help students understand the latest trends and technologies in the aerospace industry andinspire them to pursue their passions and interests in this field.Learning Progressions in Engineering EducationLearning progressions
providing a tangible representation of materials and structuralconcepts, these models allowed students to interact with physical structures and gain practicalinsight into engineering principles. The use of real materials, including concrete, steel, and wood,provided an authentic experience that allowed students to understand the behavior of materialsunder real-world conditions. The process of developing these scale models involved closecollaboration between faculty members and industry professionals.IntroductionEngineering universities around the world acknowledge the importance of cultivating a foundationfor students to gain practical experience in their careers [1,2]. Over the years, teaching methodshave evolved, and so has civil engineering. In
knowledge and hands-on application, fortifying the workforce withspecialists equipped to contribute effectively to the ever-evolving landscape of AM. In doing so,they act as a catalyst for career advancement and industry innovation, aligning with the essentialmission of AM education—to create a cadre of qualified individuals capable of harnessing thetransformative potential of 3DP technology [41]. Figure 4: Tooling U-SME is one of the most popular training and certification programs in AMAM Hardware and Equipment in Educational SettingsThe presence of AM hardware and equipment within educational settings serves as a key playerin the pedagogical landscape, facilitating immersive learning experiences. Academic institutions,from technical colleges to
participants’ sentiments offeeling lost, particularly when attempting new tasks, and the subsequent discovery of resources toalleviate such sentiment. Participants expressed how they overcame and were transformedthrough persistence to moments of triumph when treading uncharted territory. They describedhow they were able to move through their often initial feelings of disorientation. Participant’srelationships between experiencing newness of environment and tasks in the REU to theirexperiences of solving programming problems, successful debugging, and other computingtasks.Figure 1: EventuallyThis image reflects how this building is a maze and how my computer science career is full ofunexpected turns. Some of the turns will not always get me the results
indicated they use ChatGPT for academic or research purposes viewedthe tool as more useful and more accurate than those who do not use ChatGPT in that context.FIGURE 1: Likert scale chart of student ChatGPT users and their perceived accuracy andusefulness of ChatGPT. n = 42.Survey -Student ResponsesWe surveyed 43 students in total and 42 reported having experience using ChatGPT. Studentswho used ChatGPT were invited to share up to four of their interactions with ChatGPT. Wecollected 49 unique ChatGPT interactions, which were organized into three categories:career/professional, class/research, and personal interest (Figure 2). Career/professional entailedquestions where students asked ChatGPT potential interview preparation questions and hadChatGPT
advance solutions on broadeningparticipation in engineering spaces, both in college and the workplace.Kaitlyn Thomas: I am a heterosexual, white woman raised by two working-class parents in adouble-income household. Both parents are first-generation college graduates from the Midwest,and they raised me and my two siblings in Orange County, California. I graduated from a private,teaching-focused university in Texas with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineeringwith an emphasis on structural engineering. I also worked for three years as a structural engineerbefore going back to school and pursuing engineering education. My education and career inengineering took place in predominantly white, male settings. Because of the privilege
, USA, October 25-26 Zhang, Z., Chang, Y.3. Leveraging Generative AI in engineering education3.1 Project-based learning in engineering educationProject-based learning (PBL) has emerged as a cornerstone of modern engineering education, of-fering students valuable opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world problems anddevelop essential skills for their future careers 32, 33. Unlike traditional lecture-based approaches,which focus primarily on transmitting information, PBL places students at the center of the learn-ing process, challenging them to collaborate, innovate, and problem-solve in authentic engineeringcontexts.At its core, PBL revolves around the idea of learning by
practices can be abstract and multifaceted. Throughcase studies, students can apply theoretical knowledge in practical settings, enhancing theircritical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Case studies have long been recognized as a valuable educational tool in engineeringdisciplines. They present students with real-life challenges, requiring them to analyze, evaluate,and devise solutions based on Systems Engineering principles. This approach promotes activelearning, encourages teamwork, and stimulates intellectual curiosity. By working through actualcases, students gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and nuances of engineeringproblems, preparing them for the practical demands of their future careers
Education, 2023Intersectionality Between Race and Gender in LSAMP-NSF STEM Program MentorshipAbstractRace and gender disparities exist in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)fields, where their intersectionality promotes the greatest achievement gap. Minority students andfaculty are less represented in these fields. In engineering, especially, a hostile climate develops ifyou are a person with disabilities and/or non-cisgender and/or non-White man; and it is highlylikely that you will be part of a minority in the field. This can lead to stress, anxiety, and feelingsof isolation and hopelessness in a person’s academic and career pursuits. We researched if raceand gender affect the relationship
Paper ID #44078Engineering Learning among Black and Latinx/e/a/o Students: ConsideringLanguage and Culture to Reengineer Learning EnvironmentsDr. Greses Perez, Tufts University Greses P´ rez is the McDonnell Family Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in the Civil and e Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts University with secondary appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Education. She received her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design with a focus on Engineering Education from Stanford University. As an Afro-Latina engineer and learning scientist, she has dedicated her career
promising findings of this research and the encouraging feedback of the student community motivated him to pursue this line of research in his NSF CAREER award in 2017. Since then, he has built a coalition within the university to expand this work through multiple NSF-funded research grants including IUSE/PFE: RED titled ”Innovation Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. Because of the importance of neurodiversity at all levels of education, he expanded his work to graduate STEM education through an NSF IGE grant. In addition, he recently received his Mid-CAREER award through which, in a radically novel approach, he will take on ambitious, transdisciplinary research integrating
Paper ID #42257Helping Undergraduates Find a Research Match Yields Stellar RetentionResultsSusan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University Susan E. Benzel, PMP Scott Scholars Program Director Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Colorado State University Susan earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University, and after a 30-year career in high-tech working for Hewlett Packard (HP)/Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), she returned to CSU in the fall of 2018 to work with both the Scott Scholars (recipients of CSU’s most prestigious engineering scholarship) as well as the first
. Findings indicate thatstudents’ interest increased and anxiety decreased over the course of the week. Additionally,students’ problem-solving and inventing skills increased. By reducing anxiety factors andincreasing confidence, educators can create a supportive atmosphere that enhances students'engagement with STEM subjects and promotes a healthy mindset toward problem-solving,innovation, and future career paths.IntroductionInvention education is vital to creating the next generation of innovators and problem-solverswho will tackle global challenges. It encompasses a diverse set of teaching methods in whichstudents actively learn through the invention process: empathy, problem identification, ideation,design, prototyping, testing, and effectively
faculty and students. There is, therefore, a need for more research to expand the literature oncurriculum interventions that promote a holistic approach that fosters curiosity, creativity,problem-solving, and faculty buy-in.In this study, we provide an interdisciplinary approach to Computer Aided Design and Modelingcurriculum that integrates an entrepreneurial mindset, bio-inspired design, and STEAM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) to provide real-world experiential learning tobetter prepare engineering students for entering the workforce. Such learning experiences willensure that students develop employability skills, a lack of which could lead to graduates missingout on rewarding careers [4]. The proposed solution will
language.Later, I was a teaching graduate assistant for "Engineering Properties of Biological Materials."The guidance of the faculty and my advisor's support have been key in teaching this course. Ialso received guidance from Hector on how to efficiently use technology tools to buildcommunity among students.Language is vital in my life. Spanish keeps me connected to my culture, and English is essentialfor my career. In the engineering lab, I use Spanish with my colleagues and English for officialinstructions. Although I face challenges with complex English technical terms, I am improvingthrough online tools like YouTube and the Merriam-Webster website. My bilingual skills arevaluable in the lab's diverse setting, enabling me to connect with various
with the Teaching Excellence Award in the Department of Computer Science for the academic years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. Furthermore, he was a shortlisted candidate for the UGC Teaching Award (Early Career Faculty Member).Dr. LEI YANG, The University of Hong Kong Lei Yang is a lecturer of Innovation Academy of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing under the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. Before that, he worked as a Research Officer at Centre of Transformative Garment Production from 2021 to 2023 and as a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong from 2018 to 2021. Dr. Yang received his Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. degree from Dalian
engineering? • was the experiment to the work of chemical engineers? Engineering identity How true or untrue is each statement below of you? (7-point Very untrue of me / Very true of me scale) • My classmates see me as an engineering person • My engineering instructors see me as an engineering person • I feel like I belong in engineering Persistence intentions (7-point Strongly disagree to Strongly agree ) I intend to • pursue a career in engineering in the future. • work in engineering for at least 3 years in the future—as a professional engineer, a graduate student, and/or researcher. Demographics • Growing up, what language or languages were spoken in your home? (Only/mostly a language or languages
devices and technologies. Thisapproach aligns with the current trend in engineering education that emphasizes the integrationof emerging technologies into the curriculum to prepare students for the demands of the modernengineering industry [7]. The integration of IoT in a mechatronics lab can provide opportunitiesfor students to develop skills in sensor data acquisition, data analysis, and control system design,which are crucial for success in mechatronics-related careers [8]. Section 2 gives an overview ofthe course, while Section 3 presents detailed information about the lab modules. Section 4explores student feedback and suggestions for potential improvements to the course. Finally,Section 5 concludes the paper. Proceedings of
in Lafayette, IN. She enjoys partnering with Purdue University to provide unique educational experiences for her students as they consider potential college and career opportunities.Kaitlyn B. Myers, Purdue University Kaitlyn B. Myers is a mathematics teacher at Jefferson High School in Lafayette, IN. Kaitlyn teaches the honors and college-prep levels of pre-calculus/trigonometry. She utilizes her past experiences in undergraduate research, graduate-level mathematics, and teaching at a collegiate level. Kaitlyn enjoyed partnering with Purdue University’s COE to provide her students a firsthand experience with the Engineering Design Process.Prof. Tamara J Moore, Purdue University Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is a
practices that advantage white men over other social groups continue to persistwithin both academia and engineering [5]. Antiquated ideologies about who belongs inengineering education often persist among faculty and students [6], particularly within PWIsettings, which can result in students of color experiencing marginalization and isolation duringtheir undergraduate careers [7], [8], [9]. Consequently, these students are often retained in theengineering pipeline at disproportionately lower rates than their white peers [1], [10]. Thecontinued underrepresentation of Black and Brown individuals among engineering bachelor’sdegree recipients in the U.S. contributes to persistent equity gaps and racial homogenizationwithin the profession [11
within the engineering social sphere of hisuniversity. He also had a positive global affect towards math, science, and engineering. Bob has a“fascination with machines and making things,” enjoys “fixing things, solving problems, [and]helping people,” and seems to be enjoying his coursework.Emily was selected as a student with a weak engineering identity by the end of the first year; sheis a Hispanic woman student athlete who described herself as middle class. By the end of theyear, Emily had one of the weakest engineering identities. During the fall semester interview, sheseemed to be enjoying engineering saying “It’s been very, very good since I’ve entered it. Andmy college career has been very interesting and I’ve enjoyed every course that
say about the course 5 years later? • Students are more comfortable working with open ended problems • Students are able to manage their own projects • Students are able to break down / frame a design problem • Students will always consider people in their future engineering solutions • “I feel confident to apply the design process to any problem” • “Capstone helped me develop critical thinking skills” • “These skills helped me get ahead in my career” What must happen for you to feel that the course has been successful? • Students will develop innovative solutions • Students will consider design constraints from multiple