), a review ofbranch specific websites (e.g. search for “Navy education benefits”) for education benefitsrevealed the most common and longstanding programs that are highlighted in this paper.History / BackgroundSince its inception in 2009, the Post-9/11 GI Bill has been a transformative investment of morethan $53 billion to support the post-secondary education of more than 1.4 million servicemembers, veterans, and their families [1]. Prior to World War 1, there was little to none in theprovision for veterans’ participation in higher education. It seems the only compensation was inthe form of pensions for some disabled veterans following the Revolutionary War. Thiscompensation continued into the next century through the Civil War [2]. However
industry is known for its high labor intensity and diverse range of job types,which require varying levels of communication skills. From the management team to engineers,superintendents, skilled workers, and front-line workers, effective communication is crucial toensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the desired quality standards.Effective collaboration between managers and workers is crucial to prevent accidents and resolveissues at the construction job site [1]. As a major contributor to the global economy, theconstruction industry faces numerous challenges such as declining productivity, workplacesafety, and labor disputes [2]. Many of these issues can be addressed through effectivemanagement and problem-solving
learning.1. IntroductionThe Stitt Scholars Program at the University of Dayton was started to create an opportunity fortransdisciplinary teams of Arts, Business, and Engineering students to collaborate withentrepreneurs and startup companies in the Dayton area. With a generous donation from Jim andCarrol Stitt (of Cutco Corporation), the first cohort was recruited to start in the fall of 2021semester. The program requires students to commit to one academic year (fall and springsemesters) of experiential learning, where they work in transdisciplinary teams with startupcompanies and entrepreneurs. The students, who are sophomores, juniors, and seniors maintaintheir regular semester schedule while engaging in the program. Each student puts in ten
activities. In this paper, we describe the structure of these programs and associatedmetrics. Early results indicate very high interest by students and employers, high retention ratesin cybersecurity careers, and gains in participation by underrepresented groups. 1. IntroductionThe cybersecurity workforce gap is large, with an estimated 1.1 million employed workers and770 thousand job openings across the country. From the employers’ perspective, the curriculumin some cybersecurity degrees should be more closely aligned with requirements of the jobmarket, enabling new employees to be productive from day one. Meanwhile, new graduatessometimes express frustration with the expectations of job descriptions for entry-level positions,which often include
graduation, and the time for the companies to hire the right employee.Introduction and backgroundIt has been a challenge to prepare engineering graduates with skills that meet the market needs.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation developed Talent Pipeline Management® (TPM) toalleviate some of those challenges by building a talent pipeline that can empower employers todrive the training programs and have configurable curriculums [1]. TPM have feedback where itcan help improve meeting the employer’s expectations and prioritize the most in-demand jobsand careers. Credential Engine, a non-profit on a mission, makes skills/opportunities/credentialstransparent. Credential Engine have cited 1.076 million credentials in the U.S [2]. However,Credential
and add value in the service and knowledge industries [1]. The contribution thatengineering science professionals are able to make in leading these processes is essential.Newly qualified engineers are expected to be able to apply knowledge in order to benefit thequality of life and well-being of communities, bearing a powerful impact on the developmentof the country, generating interactions with the environment or industry from amultidisciplinary perspective and producing new proposals. Within this context, and in risingup to these challenges, a comprehensive training of new professionals is essential and it is thetask of current engineers as well as engineering schools to incorporate this new scenario inthe training of new professionals. In
true in US agriculture [1]. Multiple trends are aligning to exacerbate this problem[2]. Farm sizes are growing, while the number of farms is decreasing [3]. The number of ‘familyfarms’, where young people are raised in conjunction with livestock and agricultural equipment,has fallen dramatically, while corporate farms have risen [3]. This has adversely affected thenumber of young people that have grown up with agricultural experiences, making recruitingpeople to work in agricultural operations more challenging and difficult [2]. This is true acrossthe globe, regardless of the overall state of the local economy [4]. Individuals with noagricultural experience are far less likely to choose an agricultural career, as they may believethat it is
for big data and artificial intelligence has led to aprogressive interest in developing students’ programming skills. A big part of artificialintelligence and big data is concerned with software development, which often relies on effectivedebugging strategies. Debugging is a process in which a failure is observed, identified, andremoved [1], and it is estimated that 35-50% of the time spent building solutions is debugging[2].Different tools and strategies are believed to help programmers debug programs. Nowadays,debugging tools exist within Integrated Developing Environments (IDEs) in addition to otherspecific scenarios (e.g., [3]–[6]). However, identifying and resolving failures in software is stillchallenging [7]. One reason for being a
Paper ID #40031Preparing for Student Success in Global Competency and AwarenessDr. Patrick Tunno, Patrick Tunno is the inaugural Director of Penn State’s Center for Global Engineering Engagement and an Associate Teaching Professor. He has overseen and continues to lead the development and expansion of diverse international initiatives. Under his leadership, the college has established an award-winning Global Engineering Fellows Program, launched Penn State’s first 3+1+1 program for international stu- dents to pursue a one-year master’s degree, and initiated new interdisciplinary faculty-led study abroad programs
majors. Historically, 2nd-year retention in LSU CoE majorshas been 67 percent and for BEE students this is now 77 percent.1. BackgroundSince 1991, the Louisiana State University Summer Scholars Program has been providingincoming, under-represented first-year students with a residential program to transition to collegeacademics and life. The Summer Scholars program is for students the summer before theirfreshmen year, and it provides participants the opportunity to take academic courses for credit,develop leadership skills, and build social and cultural connections. The structured environmentincluded scheduled homework sessions, tutoring sessions, academic counseling, and groupactivities [1]. Faced with the suspension of all in-person programs
andEngineering Education” published in the United States in the 1990s[1], STEMeducation has been formally proposed and gradually known to the public as anemerging mode of training innovative talents. As a new wave of the S&T revolutioncharacterized by digitalization, intelligence, and green innovation surges, STEMeducation plays an increasingly important role in the supply of innovative talents.STEM education focuses on real issues, adopts interdisciplinary content arrangement,and emphasizes improving students’ ability to apply multidisciplinary knowledge andstimulating creative thinking. Since STEM education is in line with the practicalneeds of societal development for talent training, it has soon attracted the attention ofgovernments worldwide
(PMP) certifications for Construction Management (CM) students. The goal isto address the challenges faced by the students, adult learners and working professionals for continuousprofessional development.Automation, Robotics and Manufacturing - ECET and MET CertificationThe technology is evolving rapidly, and smart manufacturing systems are being integrated, automated,and widely utilized in the industry [1]. In modern manufacturing facility, industrial robots are used formaterial handling, painting, assembly etc. The goal of such certifications in field of automation andmanufacturing is to address the skill gap and meet the needs of future automation and manufacturing workwithin the next 10 years [2]. The US automation and manufacturing
,performance, time management, commitment level, etc. Additionally, faculty who encouragethese practices in their courses may see better student engagement and knowledge retention.Unfortunately, these skills rarely come naturally to students, and many do not get the chance todevelop them before pursuing their undergraduate degree. Engineering courses should not onlyhelp students learn technical content but should also help them develop the skills of goal setting,expectation development, reflection, and self-assessment. This paper aims to address thefollowing two research questions: 1) What are the effects of self-efficacy, goal setting, andreflection on undergraduate engineering students? 2) What would a practical model forimplementing these
professional identity with the student and helping them in ways that didnot violate the ethical principles of engineering and teaching. The results of this interaction werethat the student made it successfully through the semester and is finishing their program in goodstanding. The final takeaways from this experience are the use of empathic mentoring, being thechange that one wishes to be in engineering education, and taking extreme ownership of one’smentoring role to develop and guide their mentees.IntroductionEngineering as a discipline has had a reputation for having a difficult curriculum where manystudents do not succeed [1]–[7]. The most recent numbers regarding engineering retention ratesfor United States universities show that approximately
and reflective journaling. Such methodscan be translated into faculty apprenticeship forms.Traditional TA training is insufficient preparation for teachingUnfortunately, a majority of engineering graduate students are not able to gain this practice.Many graduate students serve as TAs. However, this role is more often the execution of pre-designed material, solving problems within discussion sections, leading lab experiments,grading, or other activities which involve little creative control. Further, these roles often receivelittle to no formal preparatory training [1]–[3]. Some training programs exist, focusing on topicssuch as pedagogical preparation [4]–[7], accessibility training [8], [9].Faculty apprenticeship as a form of Student
theintervention has had an impact.Methods and ApproachAs stated above, this project’s goal was to assess writing in the first-year engineering design courseand to design a curricular intervention to improve student confidence in writing for subsequentcourses. We assessed writing with four methods: 1) faculty surveys, assignment reviews, studentwork reviews, and compiling resources.Faculty SurveysOne of the most significant motivators for this project is the faculty’s perception of student writing.In many meetings where we discuss student performance, faculty regularly mention variousaspects of student writing being inadequate. While the conversations are informal, they occur oftenenough that we thought it was worth a systematic analysis of faculty
environment.Dr. Martin S. Lawless, State University of New York, Maritime College Martin Lawless earned his Ph.D. in Acoustics in 2018 from the Pennsylvania State University where he investigated the brainˆa C™s auditory and reward responses to room acoustics. At the Cooper Union, he continues studying sound perception, including 1) theDr. Kathryn R. Gosselin, State University of New York, Maritime College Kathryn R. Gosselin is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Mechanical & Facilities Engineering Depart- ment at SUNY Maritime College. She has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. She joined Maritime College in 2018 and teaches upper-division courses in the thermo- fluids area
such as mechanical andcivil engineering [1]. The tools of the engineer in students’ minds are often closer to a hammer ora wrench rather than a test tube or beaker, and thus their conception of engineering is oftenlimited at best [1]. This can get further complicated by the lack of interdisciplinarity exemplifiedin the engineering classroom. When engineering instruction is scaled at the university level, thereis the potential to lose interdisciplinarity as well as too much emphasis on limited topics relevantto the field of engineering [2]. When this happens, the curriculum may revert to limiting thecurriculum to the most popular images of engineering, fields such as mechanical, civil, andcomputer engineering [1].The goal of this work is to
commonexperience of many countries, and promoted the formation of the Washington Accordand the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education. As arelatively mature means, the program accreditation system of engineering educationhas become the basic mechanism for many countries to ensure the quality ofengineering education. Currently, the global engineering education accreditationembodies diversified development trend, i.e., outcome-orientation, internationalconnection, continuous improvement, industry-university cooperation [1].Undoubtedly, there are differences amongst the engineering education accreditationsystem of different countries. Especially, the Anglo-Saxon program accreditationsystem represented by the U.S. and U.K. is rooted in
experiential component by adding empirical data collection.Part of the design process is to use theoretical modeling to inform the details within their design,specifically choosing a fan and filters. This step in the project utilizes manufacturer’s data toproduce graphs and compare velocity and volumetric flowrate to pressure to aid in the design ofthe portable air filtration prototype. They are then expected to apply this practice towards theirdesign in order to choose an appropriate fan and filter for their prototype. However, the studentsas novices focus on completion of the activity instead of understanding [1]. Based onconversations with teams, the theoretical activity is very challenging and possibly too abstract forthem to understand and apply
degree. The effectiveness of the laboratory course has been assessed using data fromcourse assessment and from students’ feedback through an exit survey. Preliminary results showa positive impact on students’ performance and students’ success. Insights from data analysiswill be used as a metric for consideration for program continuous improvement.Index Terms – First-Year Students, Retention, Success, Engineering Laboratory.1. IntroductionThe School of Engineering (SoE) at Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) in Boston, MA,consists of 8 Engineering programs. Before Fall 2022, these majors had a common first-yearcurriculum for Biological, Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Electromechanical, Generaland Mechanical Engineering with 32 total
first-year design courses that aim to connect first-year students withengineering faculty and its practice [1]. In cornerstone courses, the student body worksautonomously in teams [2], solving real problems [3, 4]. Project-based learning is one of themost used methodologies in cornerstone Engineering courses [5, 6] since they introduce studentsto their life as engineers [7]. Project-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered methodology [8]that promotes the development of various transversal skills such as effective communication [5],teamwork [9, 10], and critical thinking [11], among others.Traditionally, project-based learning courses are taught face-to-face [12]. Due to COVID-19,educational institutions abruptly changed their learning
into the lens of educationaladvancement and the effects it may have on student development and its growth. A primary goalof this paper is to outline the results of this software for education and to this end, transparencywas a primary focus in mind. Emulating biology and its emulation in computing is a topic with various developmentand disjointed educational material over the years. Although there has been attempts to unify orcatalog the results of this literature into decided outcomes, those that have not been outdated stillhave difficulty encompassing the depth of the field and keeping up with its advancements [1]-[2]. There have been a variety of analyses on the effects of different algorithms and variables tojudge the effectiveness
students to be more reflective in later courses?IntroductionThis work in progress paper assesses whether a first-year ePortfolio experience promotes betterreflection in subsequent engineering courses. While reflection is vital to promote learning,historically, reflection receives less attention in engineering education when compared to otherfields [1]. Yet, cultivating more reflective engineers yields several important benefits includingbuilding self-efficacy and empowering student agency. Through continued practice, engineeringstudents can develop a habit of reflective thinking which increases students’ ability to transferknowledge across contexts. The adoption of ePortfolios is becoming an increasingly popularstrategy to improve student learning
belonging; women in constructionIntroductionLatest figures from the National Employment Survey conducted by the Chilean NationalStatistics Institute [1] show that female participation in the labor market in the quarter fromNovember 2021 to January 2022 was 48.3%. This contrasts with particular economic sectors thathave been traditionally male-dominated, such as construction, in which female participation in2021 was a mere 9.6%. Other parts of the world report similar statistics, for example, womenaccount for just 9.9% of the construction labor force in the United States [2]. Similarly, Regis etal. [3] state that this figure exceeds no more than 10% in Brazil. A salient fact is that women'sparticipation in the labor force is at office and sales
familial and academic experiences as being their most formative [1]. Indeed, one of theeffects of the updated ABET criteria implemented in 2000 was to call increased attention toengineering ethics in the undergraduate curriculum [2]. McDonald noted that while virtuespecifically cannot be taught, and must be wanted on a personal level, the ability to make ethicaldecisions is distinct from (though related to) virtue and is a skill that can be developed [3]. In2005, Dyrud [4] emphasized the importance of ethics in engineering education, and describedhow it can affect performance both in later courses and in future careers. Harris and co-authors[5] recommended that ethics should be introduced as early as possible and as many times aspossible, both in
US Department of Veteran Affairs estimates that over 1 million veterans and familymembers have used these benefits to attend college.Student veterans continue to face myths, stereotypes, and bias on campus and in employmentdespite their growing presence on college campuses and the value they contribute to theclassroom and their post-graduation employers. Myths about student veterans are persistentamong the public and while not intentionally malicious, can impact student veteran learningoutcomes and transition experiences [1].The research reported in this paper investigates stereotypes of student veterans by using acounter-balanced survey with two populations: student veterans and non-veteran student peers.Questions from this survey sought
engineers to understand social, global, and culturalissues as they enter the workforce[1]–[4]. So much so that ABET accreditation updated their2022-2023 student outcome 2 to state “an ability to apply engineering design to producesolutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, aswell as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.”[5] This paper investigateshow a short-term (5 weeks), faculty-led, international program to Brazil, focused on sustainableenergy, encouraged the development of global competency skills in the participating engineeringstudents. Using the OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) globalcompetency framework and assessment questionnaire, to
stakeholders. The program comprises four parties: (1) the design team ofsenior engineering students who are responsible for all design decisions, analysis, andmanufacturing; (2) a faculty coach to mentor and guide the team in best practices; (3) thesponsor, who provides the scope of the design need and funding, (4) and program administrationwho coordinate course matter, grades, and events.In this project, students were hired by researchers in the field of food science to build a vacuumevaporator for a pilot plant that can also be used as a learning platform for students. Vacuumevaporators are used in the food industry to produce concentrated products of liquid foods thatare free of volatile contents, such as tomato paste, condensed milk, or
devices andtechnology in their education. The first cohort of Gen Alpha is expected in university classroomsaround 2028. Generation Z describes those born from ~1997–2009, and Generation Alpha refersto people born in or after 2010. The Gen Alpha student will be one who is truly a “digitalnative”—they will not have known a world without pervasive touchscreen devices. Colleges andUniversities must be ready for possible changes in the learning methodologies required to meetthis new generation. Use of computing devices in primary and secondary education has growntremendously through the use of one-to-one (1:1) device or technology programs. A 2017 report[13] found that more than 50% of K-12 teachers taught in 1:1 classroom environments and ameta