Engineering Education, 2021 Partnering Middle School Teachers, Industry, and Academia to Bring Engineering to the Science ClassroomIntroductionDespite limited success in broadening participation in engineering with rural and Appalachianyouth, there remain challenges such as misunderstandings around engineering careers,misalignments with youth’s sociocultural background, and other environmental barriers. Inaddition, middle school science teachers may be unfamiliar with engineering, may not know howto integrate engineering concepts into science lessons, or may not have the time or resources todevelop such curriculum. With good intention, the resulting attempts to broaden participationmay be single activities such as a professional
. Undergraduate research studentshave been an integral part of this curriculum development project. During this class students gainedhands-on experience operating a Nano Test Systems, atomic force microscopes (AFM), andfabricating nanocomposites based on ceramic nanoparticles.During these module students from Mechanical and Chemical Engineering were involved inapplying three dental fillers (silver, ionomer and epoxy) to cavity in human teeth using theassistance of a local dentist. Students prepared the sample (cutting, polishing) and ran severalnanoindentation tests to examine the hardness and modulus for these materials. Students also carriedout nano-fatigue tests to test the integrity of the filler/dentine interface. Upon submission the abstractof this
engineering concepts can be introduced at an early grade level. • Teachers reported that students developed a better understanding of what engineers do. • Teachers found the EiE lessons furthered objectives for science in the classroom and reinforced concepts already taught in class. • Student understanding of science concepts improved as a result of interaction with the EiE materials. • Teachers plan to integrate the EiE lessons into their existing science curriculum. • Both teachers and students felt comfortable using the engineering design process. • Students learned that there are different ways to solve problems. • Students were active learners and motivation was positively affected; they were engaged and
ranked journals (e.g. Journal of College Science Teaching), reviewed conference proposals (e.g ASEE).Miss Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ezgi Yesilyurt is a PhD student in curriculum and instruction/science education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is working as a graduate assistant in an NSF funded grant project in which she assumed major responsibilities such as data collection, data analysis, design and delivery of teacher professional development workshops in the grant project. Also, she is currently teaching science methods courses. She received her MS degree and BS degree in elementary science education. She participated European Union Projects in which she conducted series of
select from two pathways atthe community college that provide seamless transition to the four-year partner universities-Technology Studies and Engineering Science. Page 22.8.3The Technology Studies pathway is an applied major with an innovative curriculum that includesfive industry driven electives. These electives are designed to respond to workforce needs thatalign with national skill standards. The Engineering Science pathway follows a traditionalengineering curriculum with calculus-based coursework.The College of Technology’s unique infrastructure provides seamless career pathways withmultiple points of entry and exit that culminate in
her an informed perspective of how policy moves from theory to practice. Dr. Olson’s current research interests include urban teacher preparation, teacher professional development and student voice. Her most recent publication in Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching and Research Becoming A Culturally Responsive Teacher: The Impact Of Clinical Experiences In Urban Schools focuses on elementary and secondary teacher candidates’ perspectives of how their clinical experiences influence their preparedness in becoming effective culturally responsive educators.Mr. Darrin Collins, University of Illinois at Chicago Darrin Collins is a PhD candidate in the department of Math and Science Curriculum and Instruction at
design course. As a direct result ofthese curricular modifications, goal-oriented and design-focused projects have become the norm,rather than the exception. Within a year of the reform, students taking courses as part of therevised curriculum were designing projects using the very latest available integrated circuits andsoftware. As student projects increased in sophistication, a growing need for state-of-the-artSurface Mount Technology (SMT) facilities and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) etchingcapabilities was recognized. To support these projects, an SMT facility with PCB etchingcapability was developed. The use of SMT and PCB etching techniques enables students topursue much more complex and creative design projects using current, industry
integrator, as projectcoordinator or project manager. Mechatronics engineers also tend to work with applications, withsystems rather than components and with synthesis and design rather than analysis.In the perspective of globalization the skills required of the mechatronics engineer has to be validon an international market, and “international skills” ought to be included in the curriculum. Thisarticle presents experiences from different modes of integration of international skills intocapstone courses and curriculum in mechatronics at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology inStockholm, Sweden.In conclusion, international collaboration in the settings described can provide experiences ofworking in a global setting in order to prepare students for
allow students to work on projects that can be relevant tocurrent leading edge research and technology. The development, content and structure oflaboratory activities and project-based learning as part of this effort to embed renewable energyinto our curriculum are also presented. [7]Background and Curricular Context: ET curricula descriptionEngineering education moves into the twenty first century charged with an environmental agendato respond to wider changes in the society. However, the educators are regularly modifyingcurriculum content to embrace technological changes into the learning outcomes. On the otherhand, renewable energy and sustainability are highly interdisciplinary, crossing over between anumbers of research areas, which makes
systemused to make cake batter. Participants worked in teams of two to develop and implementsolutions. They worked at their own pace, receiving help as needed from the workshop leaderand an undergraduate research student. ForIndustry 4.0: two teachers and two undergraduate students worked on installing and testing anautomated station for testing 3D printed parts. Shown in Figure 6, the automated station iscontrolled by PLC and it uses high resolution camera to test the parts.3.5. Curriculum DevelopmentThe teachers attended four workshops throughout the RET program. In addition, they were givenhands-on design and development time to create their curriculum unit. Since most of theparticipants hold a master’s degree in education, the workshop series
vehicle formath and science education. Specifically, we developed a presentation model that usedengineering in context and examples of real world engineering to integrate science and matheducation while ensuring constant interaction and feedback between the teachers, fellows, and Page 22.94.3students10,11. The fellows became regular members of the classroom and were directly involvedin classroom instruction, curriculum development, student mentoring, as well as other schoolrelated activities. The teachers and students gain an appreciation for real world, engineering,applications of curricular math and science concepts while the fellows become
inadditional subject areas, as demonstrated by subject specific licensing requirements in moststates [9]. This can lead to scenarios where teachers struggle to find ways to integrate the twosubject areas, citing that the content within the two disciplines are incompatible [5]. In addition,many teachers feel that the classroom curriculum is already too crowded, and use that belief tolimit extensional activities and content [9].Finally, Cunningham and Carlsen, suggest that engineering and science practices are inherentlydifferent [10]. Engineering design considers trade-offs, an optimal solution to a problem, andfocuses on products, while scientific research focuses on identifying and describing underlyingprocesses and constructing explanations for
Paper ID #20332Engineering Notebooks for Formative Assessment (Resource Exchange)Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Douglas is an Assistant Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on methods of assessment and evaluation.Prof. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in
across the country on developing meaningful, standard-based STEM experiences for their students. Mia currently serves as the Director of Professional Development at WPI’s STEM Education Center and as PI of an IES funded grant, Seeds of STEM. In these roles she oversees the development and facilitation of STEM themed professional development programs for PreK-12 teachers and administrators and the development and testing of STEM curriculum for preschool classrooms. Dr. Dubosarsky has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Israel’s Institute of Technology and a Doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction (science education) from the University of Minnesota.Shakhnoza Kayumova, University of Massachusetts DartmouthDr
are integratedthroughout the course, which allows participants to partially fulfill graduate trainingrequirements in the responsible conduct of research. This paper discusses the development of thiscourse, which is based in part on curriculum developed as part of an ongoing training grant fromthe National Science Foundation. Eighteen graduate students from Engineering and other STEMdisciplines completed the course in Spring 2019, and we present data gathered from theseparticipants along with lessons learned and suggestions for institutions interested in adaptingthese open-source curriculum materials for their own use.IntroductionGraduate students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) gain a wealth ofdisciplinary knowledge as
curriculum and its development inRefs. [2] & [3]. The key elements of the new curriculum include 1. Vertically integrated designproject courses (VIDP) and 2. Integrated Electrical Engineering and Data Acquisition (DAQ)courses.1. Vertically integrated design project courses (VIDP). Our ME program traditionally has astrong senior design course sequence where seniors work for an entire academic year in teams onreal projects sponsored and mentored by industry. Real industry design experience, however,was missing in the first three years of the program. Hence, a separate design course sequence,where first-, second-, and third-year students come together each spring to work on designprojects mentored by practicing engineers, was added to the
Learning Opportunities. Through this grant entrepreneurial learning has been integrated into courses spanning all four years in seven ABET accredited engineering and computer science BS programs. Faculty development on entrepreneurial minded learning is a part of this effort.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is an Assistant Provost for Program Assessment and Effectiveness at the Uni- versity of New Haven, CT. She is also an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the De- partment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. She obtained her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and her Bachelors of Engineering from MIT. She has over 12 years of experience in
examinedwithin the humanities and the sciences, not engineering. While disciplinary borders andinterdisciplinary programs in the humanities and the sciences have been examined for decades,this is not the case for engineering disciplines and programs.7 In other cases, the core elements ofan interdisciplinary curriculum were discussed theoretically8, yet these discussions lacked anexplanation of how such a curriculum could be implemented. Other studies focused on only oneor two of the dimensions of interdisciplinary understanding. In a green engineering program, forinstance, concept maps were used to assess the students’ ability to integrate the differentconcepts.9 Another assessment of interdisciplinary collaborative efforts measured students’awareness
the potential toexclude those with the most need such as core discipline instructors with a Clinical or Professorof Practice that often have no research obligation, but have a large impact on undergraduates dueto their high teaching loads. Second, accreditation bodies also recognize the need for communication, and require thiselement to be included in an accredited undergraduate engineering program. An example is inABET’s requirement in Criterion 3, Outcome 3, which is “an ability to communicate effectivelywith a range of audiences”. While accreditation agencies do require communication-focusedelements to be integrated within the curriculum, such activities are typically required only onceover a four-year curriculum, which offers
other hand, #1 (multipleperspectives) and #2 (intersectionality focus of arts) provided substantial feedback andjustification for updating future PD experiences. Here, the main focus will be on updating futurePD training to provide more examples of curriculum which integrates the 3 focal areas(entrepreneurial mindset, bio-inspired design, and STEAM) with a greater variety of artsexamples.From a practical perspective, the authors encourage PD facilitators and/or curriculum designersto implement a similar qualitative-based “exit ticket” (i.e., assessment) which incorporates bothopen-ended questions and photovoice in an effort to gain deeper and richer insights fromparticipants.To learn more and apply to this professional development opportunity
standards in real-world contexts. Moreover, the study proposes an expansion ofthis approach to civil engineering and cybersecurity-related programs, emphasizing the broaderimplications for workforce preparedness and infrastructure resilience. By highlighting theimportance of standards education and offering a replicable model for curricular integration, thisstudy contributes to advancing standards literacy initiatives within higher education and drawsattention to their role in shaping the future engineering workforce.IntroductionStandards form the foundation of many technologies and processes used in daily life. They helpmanage safety, security, and risk across countless industries and activities [1]. In simple terms,they are documents that
needs.” As a result, a coalition of five tow-year technical colleges inTennessee with representatives from four-year universities, secondary schools, business andindustry, and government institutions in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama wasformed in order to plan a solution. A grant proposal, titled “Tennessee Exemplary Faculty forAdvanced Technology Education,” was prepared, submitted, and ultimately funded by NSF fortwo years at a budget of $449,594. The primary objective of which is: developing a group offaculty who will provide leadership in curriculum development in emerging technology fields,such as telecommunication, by: 1. Understanding curriculum development techniques and practices. 2. Gaining an appreciation and
curriculum. Three case studies were developed todescribe the effect of the course on four categories that emerged from the data -Reflections onPractice, Changes in Practice, Intentions to Change Practice, and Change in Knowledge.DesignThe study was a component of a graduate course in science education supported by a NSFBridging Engineering and Education grant. Created and taught by a team of faculty fromeducation and engineering, the course was a follow up to a previous “bridging” course and wasdesigned to address students’ expressed need for a greater emphasis on integrating DET into theK-12 curriculum. The class met weekly in an industrial engineering lab with access to a widerange of materials, tools, and technical assistance. The course
College of Technology (COT) is a seamless pathway program in technologyand engineering between all 12 Community Colleges and six four-year institutions.Students can complete either an A.S. degree in Technological Studies or an A.S. inengineering science. The infrastructure of the program allows flexibility of thecurriculum such that the programs can respond to industry needs with specific optionsand implement the new curriculum within 3 months. In addition, there is a statewideCOT site coordinators council that includes faculty and administrative representativefrom all of the institutions of higher education, secondary partners and business andindustry liaisons. This COT Council has been instrumental for the systemic integrationof the COT at the
, Page 11.3.10Proceedings of the 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.15 Liz Kisenwether and Jack Matson, Launching An Undergraduate Engineering Entrepreneurship Program,Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec. (2002)16 T.W.Simpson, D.J.Medeiros, S.Joshi, A.Lehtihet, R.A.Wysk, G.R.Pierce and T.A.Litzinger, IME Inc.- A NewCourse for Integrating Design, Manufacturing and Production into the Engineering Curriculum, InternationalJournal of Engineering Education, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2004, pp.17 Thomas Litzinger, Martin Trethewey, John Gardner, Integrated Design, Experimentation, Analysis and Life Skills(IDEALS) Courses, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM
Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science at the United States Military Academy began a joint three-year Teachingand Learning Initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to improve cadet development bypromoting active learning, by evolving a curriculum development process that enhances learningand growth across an integrated cadet academic experience, and to invigorate faculty teachingand scholarship by continuous development.II. Teaching and Learning Initiative PhilosophyThe basis for this initiative is the premise that learning is a function of the way we teach. Wepostulate that different styles of teaching are more effective than others depending on thesituation. As noted in Kolb’s Learning Cycle1, students
1 Equal ContributionAbstract As the engineering community grapples with integrating sustainability into its curricula,assessing how sustainability concepts are infused across various engineering disciplines remainschallenging. The senior design capstone project is pivotal in assessing students’ understanding ofengineering subjects. Thus, it acts as an effective measure of their awareness and proficiency insustainability. This study assesses the integration of sustainability in senior design capstoneprojects across six engineering programs, namely, Chemical and Paper Engineering, Civil andConstruction Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering DesignManufacturing and
Session 2525 The Methods and The Foundation Robert Knecht Colorado School of MinesA Basis for Engineering DesignThe Colorado School of Mines (CSM) surveyed alumni, industry, and engineering students inboth 1978 and 1992 about the future engineering graduate. These surveys cited three majorattributes that future graduates needed: technical literacy, verbal and written communicationskills, and design experience. Curriculum reform in engineering education is underway thatstresses the importance of teamwork, an awareness of both society’s social and economicconcerns
research agenda includes epistemological beliefs in science and evolution education. He is recently engaged in professional development activities supported by several grants targeting to increase elementary teachers’ knowledge and skills to integrate science, language arts, and engineering education within the context of Next Generation Science Standards.Miss Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ezgi Yesilyurt is a PhD student in curriculum and instruction/science education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is working as a graduate assistant and teaching science methods courses. She received her MS degree and BS degree in elementary science education. She participated European Union Projects in which
% 100% puzzles) Do you like art? Do you like music? Are games incorporated in your classes? 100% 66.6% Current Curriculum Are music and art being integrated into your math and/or science curriculums? 16.67% 0% Interest in Would you play Work. Study. Play! in Work. Study. your class? 90% 100% Play!High SchoolThis signifies an opportunity for Work. Study. Play! to be integrated into High School’s in orderto bridge this gap between STEM and the arts.Middle SchoolThis displays a disconnect between STEM and