collaborative process to identify core topics anddevelop a common syllabus. All departments should be involved to confirm that coursecoverage is satisfactory and includes content for students to be successful in (1) careers, (2)taking professional exams like the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and (3) graduatestudy. It will be key to identify multi-disciplinary problems for students. The formulation of acourse committee emerged as a key recommendation to ensure that the course is formulatedproperly. The textbook will also need to be chosen carefully to ensure that it covers all topics oras many as possible so that limited supplemental material will be required for core topics.Course StructureOne potential challenge is that students would need to
to help students succeed academically and personally.Dr. Cassandra McCall, Utah State University Dr. Cassandra McCall is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University (USU). Her research focuses on the intersections of disability, identity formation, and culture and uses anti-ableist approaches to enhance universal access for students with disabilities in STEM, particularly in engineering. At USU, she serves as the Co-Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Transition Services. In 2024, Dr. McCall received a National Science Foundation CAREER grant to identify systemic opportunities for increasing the participation of people with disabilities in engineering. Her
assistant research professor and associate director of scholarly initiatives in the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her career as an engineering education researcher focuses on addressing complex engineering education challenges by building capacity for stakeholders at the grassroots, while also informing policy. Her research seeks to transform and democratize engineering education by exploring ways of thinking, identifying effective professional development approaches, and uncovering pedagogical techniques to enhance students’ engineering curiosity, engagement, and learning.Dr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Nadia Kellam (she/they) is Associate Professor of Engineering and the
/08/the-changing-face-of-americas-veteran-population. [Accessed 12 November 2024].[2] M. L. Anderson and J. Goodman, "From Military to Civilian Life: Applications of Schlossberg's Model for Veterans in Transition," Career Planning & Adult Development Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2014.[3] G. A. Phillips and Y. S. Lincoln, "Introducing Veteran Critical Theory," International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 656-668, 2017.[4] C. Stone, "Stereotypes of Veterans," in Stereotypes:The Incidence and Impacts of Bias, Praeger, 2020, pp. 213-223.[5] J. Chapin, M. Mendoza-Burcham and M. Pierce, "Third-Force Influences:Hollywood's War Films," The US Army War College Quarterly:Parameters
personally.Dr. Cassandra McCall, Utah State University Dr. Cassandra McCall is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University (USU). Her research focuses on the intersections of disability, identity formation, and culture and uses anti-ableist approaches to enhance universal access for students with disabilities in STEM, particularly in engineering. At USU, she serves as the Co-Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Transition Services. In 2024, Dr. McCall received a National Science Foundation CAREER grant to identify systemic opportunities for increasing the participation of people with disabilities in engineering. Her award-winning publications have been recognized by
and beyond the classroom: Research ethics and participatory pedagogies. Area, 40(4), 500-509.Boucher, J., Smith, G., & Telliel, Y. (2024). Is Resistance Futile?: Early Career Game Developers, Generative AI, and Ethical Skepticism. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).Davis, M., Hildt, E., & Laas, K. (2016). Twenty-Five Years of Ethics Across the Curriculum: An Assessment. Teaching Ethics, 16(1), 55-74.Dutta, R., Pashak, T. J., McCullough, J. D., Weaver, J. S., & Heron, M. R. (2019). From consumers to producers: Three phases in the research journey with undergraduates at a regional university. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2770.Goldberg, D. E., & Somerville, M
the inclusion of security. The structure of the change wasnot prescriptive in nature. Programs were free to add security into their program in the mannerbest deemed suitable to their environment. This could be done by modifying existing courses,course descriptions, or outcomes to address security. This could be done by requiring students totake an existing security course from another program, such as Cybersecurity, which had its ownset of accreditation criteria adopted in 2019 [16]. This could be accomplished by requiringstudents to take a selective elective in security, allowing students to choose an area mostapplicable to their future career goals and plans.To analyze how programs have incorporated security, a data set describing a random
., Hughes, C., and Kosanovich, M. (2019). “Using Career Orientationsto Map Professional Formation in Engineering Technology.” 2019 IEEE Frontiers in EducationConference (FIE), Covington, KY, USA, pp. 1-5.[13] M. D. Sullivan, C. C. de Cohen, M. J. Barna, M. K. Orr, R. A. Long and M. W. Ohland (2012).“Understanding engineering transfer students: Demographic characteristics and educationaloutcomes.” 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA, USA, 2012, pp. 1-6.[14] C-ID Transfer Model Curriculum Information,” c-id.net. https://c-id.net/tmc
part of goodengineering practice by industry, troubleshooting is often neglected in numerous professionalcontexts [6]. To ensure that the future workforce is equipped with the necessary hard and soft skillsto thrive in this evolving scenario posed by Industry 5.0, educational institutions have theresponsibility to prepare students to be career-ready and to tackle the future labor marketchallenges [7],[1].Several studies have investigated different methods to improve students’ troubleshooting skillssince teaching and/or learning of troubleshooting skill has not yet been given much attention[7],[8]. Authors in [9] conducted an experiment to study whether collaborative learning canimprove students’ troubleshooting skills compared to individual
thoughtfully with AI technologies in their future professional and personal lives.References[1] “ Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022 – 2023 | ABET.” Accessed: Sep. 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering -programs-2022-2023/ [2] H. J. Passow, “Which ABET Competencies Do Engineering Graduates Find Most Important in their Work?,”J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101,no. 1, pp. 95–118, 2012, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00043.x. [3] National Academy of Engineering,Understandingthe Educational and Career
key metric in determining students’ futureopportunities, including access to higher education, career advancement, and improved quality oflife. A longitudinal study highlighted that students’ high school GPAs strongly correlate withtheir college success and earning potential later in life [1]. Consequently, accurately predictingstudents’ academic performance is critical for implementing early interventions and ensuringbetter outcomes.Data mining, a well-established method for extracting meaningful patterns from large datasets,has gained traction in various domains such as healthcare [2], fraud detection [3], bioinformatics[4], and education [5-8]. Within the educational context, the rapid adoption of technology—through online courses, e
concentration areas within civil engineering (structures, construction, transportation, andenvironmental engineering) to work together in small groups on an active or proposed projectthat included components from all three concentration areas. The approach used is like whatstudents expect once they start their professional career. The expectation was to provide studentswith a culminating design experience that prepares students for engineering practice. Based onthe response received from students and the industrial advisory board members who evaluatedstudent performance, the approach was very effective in enhancing student learning. Thecapstone project also served as an important tool to assess ABET Student Outcomes
to educate the public about the operation of the power system. By educating the public,the grid will have customers who have a better grasp of the system and are more likely to offervital help to Duke Energy when it is needed. Furthermore, Duke Energy seeks to motivate andencourage talented young people to pursue careers with the company, recognizing thatenthusiastic young professionals will play an important role in meeting the growing demand forenergy utilities, particularly as ambitious clean energy initiatives are implemented.Therefore, as part of their effort to educate the public about the electric grid, Duke Energypartnered with the College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University(WCU) to develop an educational
biting in bats and monkeys, also using finite element modeling techniques. In 2010, he started his career teaching in all areas of mechanical engineering at the University of Southern Indiana. He loves teaching all of the basic mechanics courses, and of course his Vibrations and Finite Element Analysis courses.Mr. Bradley Lane Kicklighter P.E., University of Southern Indiana Brad holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1989) and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University (2001). His past work experience includes eleven years at Delphi (formerly Delco Electronics) as an Advanced Project Engineer, eleven years at Whirlpool Corporation as a Lead Engineer
preparedness. Institutions seeking to maximize the benefits of makerspacesshould consider integrating structured reflection practices, providing mentorship opportunities,and embedding experiential learning assessments into their programming. One of the moreinteresting findings from this study is the identification of the iterative nature of Kolb’sexperiential learning cycle. The participant currently has plans to participate in the summerinternship again in 2025, and future research will study how their next iteration of concreteexperience supports new learnings, which are built on their previous experience in themakerspace. Future research should also explore the long-term impacts of makerspaceengagement on career readiness and interdisciplinary
Paper ID #48116A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Tolerancing and Design for Manufacturing:Designing and 3D Printing Precision Puzzles and a Visor ConnectorDr. Nandita Biswas, Washington State University Dr. Nandita Biswas is an Associate Professor (Career Track) in the school of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) at Washington State University, Pullman since 2014. Before joining MME, she taught undergraduate level classes as an instructor in the department of Mathematics at the same university for 3 years. She received her M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, Pullman in 2007 and
five years, it isshown that the students have a very high evaluation of my teaching, which can be confirmed bythe following TRACE data analysis: Semesters TRACE Teaching Effectiveness 2020-Spring 4.6 2020-Summer 5.0 2020-Fall 3.8 2021-Spring 4.9 2021-Fall 5.0 2022-Spring 4.9 2022-Fall 4.5 2023-Fall 4.8 2024-Spring 4.8 2024-Fall 4.6Furthermore, graduates have reported success in applying the skills learned to: • Research career paths in academia: for graduate students, this can make them stand out when
, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). For instance, women in STEM have been found to face microaggressions,have lower social capital, and receive lower wages than men (Committee on Increasing theNumber of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM)et al., 2020). Likewise, LGBTQ professionals in STEM were more likely to face interpersonalmarginalization and devaluation in project teams than in traditional work structures withoutproject-based teams (Cech & Waidzunas, 2022). Compared to their heterosexual and cis-gendercolleagues, LGBTQ people also experienced more career limitations and harassment (Cech &Waidzunas, 2021). These findings are consistent with prior conclusions that gender and sexualorientation-based
increasing attention [28], [29] and might be significant inwomen’s persistence and post gradation career choices. While there is no formal curriculum forSTEM faculty, hidden curriculum is a relevant framework to explore the spoken and unspokenrules around how one achieves tenure and promotion [30], [31]. The hidden curriculum or realsecrets to success may contradict stated aims when faculty are hired (e.g., your job is 40%teaching, 40% research, and 20% service, but tenure rests on research) and annual evaluationcriteria. This qualitative study will help to excavate the “unwritten, unofficial, and oftenunintended, assumptions, lessons, values, beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives that are not openlyacknowledged” [27, p. 1549] and are unique to an
testament to the transformative potential of education—notonly in shaping individual careers, but also in advancing industries and influencing society atlarge.References 1. Davenport, T. H., & Ronanki, R. (2018). Artificial intelligence for the real world. Harvard Business Review, 96(1), 108–116. This article discusses how businesses implement AI successfully and emphasizes managerial decision-making, similar to the focus of the course. 2. Raj, P., & Swami, S. N. (2020). Artificial intelligence and machine learning for business: A no-nonsense guide to data-driven technologies. Springer. This book provides a managerial perspective on AI technologies, making it relevant to your course’s emphasis on non-technical AI
, N. S., & Nielsen, M. S. (2023). Targeting predictors in random forest regression. International Journal of Forecasting, 39(2), 841-868. Edwards, J. R., & Bagozzi, R. P. (2000). On the nature and direction of relationships between constructs and measures. Psychological Methods, 5(2), 155-174. Flynn, D. (2014). Baccalaureate attainment of college students at 4-year institutions as a function of student engagement behaviors: Social and academic student engagement behaviors matter. Research in Higher Education, 55(5), 467-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162- 013-9321-8 Hu, S., & Wolniak, G. C. (2013). College student engagement and early career earnings: Differences by gender, race
, encouragingconstructive feedback and collaborative refinement. The STEL practices prepare students forsuccess in STEM careers, promoting resilience and adaptability in the face of evolvingworkplace technological demands. Educators can encourage students to develop skills essentialfor technological and engineering literacy, such as appropriate communication practices, criticalthinking, effective collaboration, and the ability to adapt to challenges by integrating designnotebooks into pre-college engineering education curricula.Method This work-in-progress qualitative study explores the use of physical and digitalengineering notebooks through a convenience sample of 24 students enrolled in a technology,engineering, and design education course. The course
Maryland. Prior to his academic career, Stephen was an acoustical consultant for 5 years in both London, UK and Silicon Valley, CA. His research has focused on culture and equity in engineering education, particularly undergraduate contexts, pedagogy, and student support. Through his work he aims to use critical qualitative, video-based, participatory, and ethnographic methods to look at everyday educational settings in engineering and shift them towards equity and inclusion. He also leads the Equity Research Group where he mentors graduate and undergraduate students in pursuing critical and action-oriented research.Tekla Nicholas, Florida International University ©American Society for
repeating the activity is providedfor teachers and practitioners. This paper explores the development of the “Pack for Space”activity.IntroductionEngineering outreach activities seek to increase interest in engineering as a future career [1].Outreach activities outside of school have been shown to be effective in increasing engagementin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) [2]. Outreach activities are important asnot all schools have access to STEM coursework and after school STEM programs have beenshown to be more expensive than non-STEM programs [3]. STEM outreach involves andimpacts many different groups including the students themselves, administrators, outreachproviders, parents and guardians, universities, K-12 schools
, compared to 37.5% of all K-12 girls [12]. Stereotypes deterfemales from pursuing STEM careers, influencing behaviors and creating barriers to entry andretention [11], [13]. Expanding CS education beyond high school can increase the computingpipeline and change the path for young girls [12]. In this context, Computational thinking (CT)refers to a set of cognitive skills derived from fundamental concepts in computer science and hasincreasingly been integrated into K-12 curricula across the globe [14, 15]. Still, there is a lack ofconsensus on CT terminology, especially for young learners. Some categorize CT intodimensions like concepts, practices, and perspectives [16], [17], while others do not [18]. Viewson CT vary; some see it as algorithmic
supported the development of teachers by facilitating workshops and creating science classroom kits. She taught in bilingual, Montessori and university classrooms in Texas and in Dominican Republic. She earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC) and a M.Eng. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez (UPRM) as well as a M.Ed. degree in School Leadership from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Her current research interests are located at the intersection of science and engineering education, multilingualism and emerging technologies. Prior to starting her career in education, Greses was a project manager for engineering projects and hydrologic
Engineering Education, vol. 113, no. 1, pp. 164-194, 2024, doi: 10.1002/jee.20586.[23] J. Thompson, M. Windschitl, and M. Braaten, "Developing a theory of ambitious early- career teacher practice," American Educational Research Journal, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 574- 615, 2013.[24] M. D. Koretsky, A. C. Emberley, J. Galisky, and B. P. Self, "WIP: Instructors’ Framing of their Instructional Practice," in 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2024.[25] D. Hammer, A. Elby, R. E. Scherr, and E. F. Redish, "Resources, framing, and transfer," Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective, vol. 89, 2005.[26] A. Elby and D. Hammer, "Epistemological resources and framing: A cognitive framework for helping teachers
of Society in Technological Development, Engineering-Related Careers Dimension 3: Engineering Science: Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer & Separation, Knowledge Chemical Reactions & Catalysis, Circuit Theory Engineering Mathematics: Engineering Algebra, Geometry & Trigonometry, Statics & Probability, Engineering Calculus Engineering Technical Applications: Mechanical Design, Structural Analysis, Transportation Infrastructure, Hydraulic Systems, Geotechnics, Environmental Considerations, Chemical Applications, Process Design
facilities open to students across disciplines andequipped with digital fabrication tools like 3D printers, laser cutters, and coding platforms, inaddition to traditional hand tools. These spaces not only support the development of technicalproficiencies but also cultivate habits of inquiry and experimentation that are essential fornavigating complex and evolving design challenges.Educators and researchers have increasingly recognized makerspaces as valuable learningenvironments that scaffold intellectual growth, foster student agency, and build pathways intoSTEM careers [48]. In the context of engineering education, the act of making reinforcesadaptive and creative thinking, encourages iterative problem-solving, and supports the translationof
, projects, or career challenges. What is your plan (goal and steps) for improving or modifying your approach as described above or adding new learning strategies to address similar difficulties? Include an explanation of why you believe your plan will be effective.Each semester, expectations for writing reflections were set via a detailed rubric describing whateach metacognitive element should entail. The rubric was posted on Canvas as a document andwas pointed to in each reflection assigned. An example rubric is shown in the Appendix Table1A. Table 3 shows a short-hand version of this rubric for easy reference. For Cohort 1, thePlanning - Application element was used to assess students’ responses to the Planning alternativeresponse, which