instructor of the NDSU Pre-Engineering Education Collaboration (PEEC) during their sum- mer camps. Throughout her Ph.D. work and professional career she has focused on serving underrepre- sented populations through summer camps targeting Native American high school students, working with New American populations locally to engage them with the outdoors, and developing curriculum for sum- mer camps at regional tribal colleges. In the future, she will be working with faculty and local hospitals to develop a distance education curriculum to better meeting the needs of the NDSCS Emergency Medical Services program as they look to better serve students abroad.Ms. Megan Even, ND EPSCoRDaniel John Luecke, North Dakota State
theyprogress through the undergraduate curriculum [1-2]. This has direct implications for thediversity of engineering students and workforces. Research with civil, environmental, andmechanical engineering students also finds that student perceptions of the connection betweensocial responsibility and engineering shape their decisions to stay in their majors, and thatwomen are more likely to leave engineering when they view those connections to be lacking andencounter decontextualized technical courses and unsupportive environments [2-3]. Engineeringeducators frequently invoke research findings that women and racial/ethnic minorities are moresensitive to social justice concerns and more likely to pursue engineering careers with an explicitsense of
content knowledge. International journal of technology and designpotential for use with students is evident. Future work with undergraduate and graduate science education, 22(3), 345-360.and or engineering majors as well as with high school students is also an area of need. Additionalrevisions may be necessary for work with different populations of learners. Some differences [9] Kaya, E., Newley, A., Deniz, H., Yesilyurt, E., & Newley, P. (2017). Introducing Engineering Design to a Science Teaching Methods Course Through Educational Robotics and Exploring Changes in Views ofbetween different groups of respondents
highest priority for the organization. It was critical topropose an integral design that can suppress weed and reduce maintenance demand. This wasthe first time the students encountered an authentic problem, which is a key component of PBL[4]. In this problem-solving process, faculty from the Department of Urban Horticulture &Design played a role as the consultants who provided input on a crop plan and planting schedule.This session helped the students to determine the location of vegetation, form, and orientation ofthe structure based on the solar exposure, sun path, circulation, and accessibility of the user. Theinteraction with multiple parties provided students a broader perspective on the architect-client,architect-consultant
(2017) in whichthey stated that failure experiences are important to realize as such failures can result in unproductive anddisrupt youths’ engagement in positive youth development frameworks during summer camps.However, the main outcome of summer camp is sought to be an increased interest in the camp subject.Students’ attitudes towards a major or field are factors which maintain the potential to influence students’willingness to pursue that major in college. Several potential motivators, including interest, relevance, funand enjoyment, and hands-on learning can interact and may explain why a person pursues a particularaction. Drey (2016) explored students’ affect towards mathematics and science and their perceptions ofhands-on activities
body of literature which explores the process of measuringimpact at the service-learning level, the goal of this paper is to begin to understand theorganizational infrastructure of our K-12 STEAM outreach efforts by documenting stories fromthe graduate coordinators of a K-12 outreach program. The findings from this work help build ataxonomy of the program for potential future research which explores its impact on multipleconstituencies (undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, community, institution).MethodsApproachTo answer our research question and gather insights from past graduate coordinators of theoutreach efforts, we sent out a recruitment email to all of the past graduate student coordinators.The email described the project
analyzed.IntroductionOnline education is experiencing an explosive growth over the past decade. According to thelatest report from the Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics [1], thenumber and proportion of college and university students taking classes online grew solidly by5.7% in 2017, even as overall post-secondary enrollments fell by 0.5%. Despite the tremendousgrowth, online education still faces significant challenges. Among them, the lack of frequent andmeaningful interaction between students and faculty members has often been cited as the mainobstacle for increasing the quality of online educational experience and improving studentoutcomes and satisfaction.The flexibility and personalized learning opportunities offered by online
Institute of MIT & Harvard, Co-Chair of the MIT New Engineering Education Transformation, and Chair of the MIT Committee on Student Life. Professor Bathe obtained his Doctoral Degree from MIT working in the Departments of Mechanical, Chemical, and Biological Engineering before moving to the University of Munich to carry out his postdoctoral research. He returned to MIT in 2009 to join the faculty in the Department of Biological Engineering, where he runs an interdisciplinary research group focused on the targeted delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids and vaccines, phenotypic profiling of neuronal circuits involved in psychiatric disease, and engineering nucleic acid materials for highly parallel molecular computing
pedagogical approaches in STEM education. Dr. ElZomor has been integrating innovative and novel educational paradigms in STEM education to support student engagement, retention, and diversity.Mr. Piyush Pradhananga, Piyush Pradhananga is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). Piyush holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tribhuwan University (TU). Following his graduation in 2016, he joined a leading real estate corporation in Nepal as the site engineer working on a multi-million project. He later joined a research firm based in London where he worked as an En- gineering Graduate Researcher. Piyush is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at the Moss School of
and is good for exposing students to a more general background of ethics; however,this sacrifices the disciplinary context covered by the within-the-discipline method [30]. Theacross-the-curriculum method presents students with ethical dilemmas repetitively in multiplecourses during their engineering education; while effective, this method calls for a commitmentamong faculty members to conduct ethics discussions in their courses [30]. Lastly, an effectiveapproach of bridging engineering with societal concerns involves the use of a curriculum modelwith a range of required courses that have ethics components which highly emphasize engineeringethics and the role of engineers in society [11], [30].However, despite such efforts, it continues to be
the interventions was consistent for each offering of the course. Two of thesections were taught by a member of the research team and a third section was taught by a faculty memberwho worked closely with the research team. An additional class section (Fall 19) participated in this study asa control group (no interventions were embedded but students were asked to complete the surveys). It isimportant to note that the interventions were not embedded into all available sections of the 104 course duringthe research period due to inconsistency in staffing which resulted in slight variations of the course. Inadditional, not all faculty members who were scheduled to teach the course were interested in embedding theinterventions into their course
for manystudents. Especially as experiential learning becomes increasingly prevalent in curriculum designand further emphasized as an important educational tool, engineering technology is beginning togain traction as both a career path and a field of study, particularly among those seeking to spendless time in the classroom. For instance, in 2014, there were over 34,000 students who graduatedwith 2-year engineering technology degrees, versus 4,409 students who graduated with 2-yearengineering degrees, even though the number of graduates with 4-year engineering degreesremained substantially higher than those with 4-year engineering technology degrees [1].As this growth continues, it is increasingly evident that more research needs to be done
andelectromagnetics, and at least one engineering chemistry course. Finally, all freshman take threetwo-hour engineering courses that are designed to prepare students with a diverse set of skills aswell as to ensure that they can make the best possible decision when choosing engineeringmajors. From an extra-curricular standpoint, the students are given multiple opportunities to learnabout the different engineering disciplines and how they relate to different industry sectors. Infact, many students fall into the trap of directly relating their desire for a specific engineeringmajor to the industry sector that is really driving their interest. For example, a student may havean interest in a career with NASA so they immediately gravitate to aerospace
Paper ID #29305Implementation of a Civil Engineering High-Impact Learning Practice(HILP) Requirement in Support of ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) Out-comesDr. Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University Dr. Kelly Brumbelow is an Associate Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Director of Interdisciplinary Engineering Program Development at Texas A&M Uni- versity. He has been a faculty member at Texas A&M since 2002, where his technical specialty is water resources engineering, planning, and management. Prior to this position, he completed his undergraduate and graduate
student, faculty, and staff navigation through the ExperientialLearning Framework.We used several methods to identify current students’ experiences that could count asexperiential: the census of engineering graduating seniors, the survey of College of Engineeringfaculty, interviews with College of Engineering faculty, and the student report on experientiallearning. They revealed a broad range of experiences: curricular and co-curricular, technical andnon-technical, and short term and long term. Additionally, the student group created engagementspectra to show the diverse set of experiences in their student organizations.3Figure 2 offers an example of an engagement spectrum for Engineering Student Government. Atthe top of the spectrum are
Sciences. Dr. Ramanathan is an American citizen of Asian Indian origin. Dr. Ramanathan was Co-Director, So- cial Work Theory and Practicum in the Context of India, Office of Overseas Study and School of Social American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31920 Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI - 48824, July 1991- to August 1992, and taught students from the Midwestern States of the USA. This was a very successful program. In 2013, Dr. Ra- manathan organized an overseas study for upper class undergraduate students and two faculty members
. It is clear that each discipline has its own culture that the faculty are attuned to.They can provide more detailed perspectives on how to improve each individual student’sexperience. From the interviews done here, the divide is clear and it is a resource that can betapped for mutual benefit. Other recommendations require more data. In particular, it might be interesting forco-op programs to explore the idea of adding skill-based training modules. These could becatered to disciplines in particular, to give each student a unique experience. As the combinedfocus group showed, students learn well from one another. This might be an interestingformat to explore for reflection purposes. By increasing multi-disciplinary experiences
institutionalarrangements necessary to help students develop these skills have not yet settled into a widelyadopted standard. Many engineering programs have turned to STS to provide students withconceptual tool kits to think about engineering problems and solutions in more sophisticatedways. Some programs feature standalone courses on the sociocultural aspects of technology andengineering, often taught by faculty from outside the engineering school. Others incorporate STSmaterial into traditional engineering courses, e.g., by making ethical or societal impactassessments part of capstone projects. This work in progress paper draws on the research team’s personal experience to examinethe character of an atypical, but potentially very powerful, model: STS
length. The de-identified, verbatim transcripts werethen systematically coded and organized using an inductive and iterative process of thematicanalysis, within a collaborative team environment. The data analysis team consisted of threeengineering graduates, all with industry experience and two of whom are academics and licensedengineers, as well as two social science researchers and an engineering student. Coding of the 29transcripts was divided among team members. Team meetings were planned around the thematicanalysis of each salient professional moment that was explored in the interviews (e.g., struggles,proud moments, salient growing up experiences). At the meetings, members presented the codesthat emerged from their subset of transcripts
weremodeled after disciplinary communities of practice outlined by McDermott, Snyder, and Wenger[18]. The explicit mission of the program is to: Prepare students to succeed in their careers and to adapt to an ever-changing world by providing opportunities to engage in inclusive and collaborative communities wherein they accumulate proficiency by putting knowledge into practice. Within these communities, students, together with industry and university experts, explore knowledge of a specific topic area, identify personally meaningful problems, take initiative, design technical solutions, obtain support, implement solutions, develop mentor relationships, serve as leaders in professionalism and innovation, and showcase meaningful
collaborators in Counseling Psychology, she studies the persistence of engineering students from under-represented minority groups, including women and Latinos/as using the framework of Social Cognitive Career Theory.Dr. Hang-Shim Lee, Konkuk University Dr. Hang-Shim Lee is currently an assistant professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. She worked at Oklahoma State University for three years (2014-2017) as as a tenured track faculty. Dr. Lee received her PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia and completed her pre-doctoral intern- ship at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, and her work has been recognized by American Psychological Association. Dr
four years of premedical education in a college or university; • Earn a medical degree (MD, DO or other credential approved by an ABMS Member Board) from a qualified medical school; • Complete three to five years of full-time experience in a residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); • Provide letters of attestation from their program director and/or faculty; • Obtain an unrestricted medical license to practice medicine in the United States or Canada; and • Pass a written and, in some cases, an oral examination created and administered by an ABMS Member Board.* We emphasize this point, because in the ongoing ASCE discussion of
Economics from Western Michigan University.Dr. Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Kleinke has over 25 years of industry experience in the design and development of electro-mechanical systems. As a tenure-track faculty member and Chair of the University of Detroit Mercy Mechanical Engineering department, he has developed a program of instruction that promotes student-lead design of assistive technology products for people with disabilities. The guiding principle is that student project work is more meaningful and fulfilling when students have the opportunity to experience interaction with real live ”customers.” Dr. Kleinke is currently the Director of the Graduate Engineering Professional Programs
students affiliated with biomedical engineering programs will furtherdiscern their career path during the summer months along three main trajectories by (1) interning fora pharmaceutical or medical device company (industry); (2) participating in an undergraduate-targeted research experience (graduate/medical school); or (3) shadowing a medical professional(medical school). As such, REUs remain popular options for biomedical engineering studentsseeking to bolster their curriculum vitae for admittance to graduate and medical school. REUs havebeen shown to influence the career decisions of participating students (i.e., influencing the student’sidentity) and also positively impact the acquisition of technical and communication skills (Lopatto,2007
programming online. As ESBPhas always been in-person, the FYE Office made the decision to transform its month-longprogram to a two-week long program in July 2020. The new, shorter format will still aim to meetthe same objectives of community building, academic preparations, and career exploration.Participants will receive a shortened Chemistry, Math, Student Success Seminar, and PublicSpeaking curriculum in the morning. In the afternoons, ESBP will highlight each engineeringmajor with faculty presentation, demos by student organizations and industry connections relatedto careers for the various majors. ESBP will still follow a cohort model and the FYE Office willprovide follow-up programming when students arrive on campus in fall 2020.
].Viewing Engineering Education Through Our LensesIn order to demonstrate how each of the four lenses applies to engineering education, we haveselected the example scenario where practicing faculty within an engineering program are notadopting new educational change provided by theoretical research [5, 9, 24]. The contextualinterplay in which we apply our theoretical lenses is directly related to types of practice andinnovation to emerge [25, 26]. Further, integrating our context of practice and theoretical basis atthe outset supports the decision-making processes of individuals working in the field [5, 26].Thus, this section begins by illustrating the use of each of our four lenses in the context ofengineering education. This is followed by
, and #1840856),was launched in 2012 to stimulate expansion and improvement of technician education programsoffered by the nation’s two-year technical and community colleges. The objective was to connecttechnician educators more effectively with the unique funding opportunity offered by theNational Science Foundation through the Advanced Technological Education Program (NSF-ATE).To accomplish this objective both a paradigm shift and capacity-building must occur. Generatingproposals for external funding to advance specific academic programs, integral to the work ofuniversity professors and their graduate students, is not typical among two-year college facultywhose emphasis is on teaching. It is unusual for a faculty member to lead a grant-funded
EngineeringProf. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, home of the Iron Range, Twin Cities and Bell Engineering programs.Dr. Emilie A Siverling, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Emilie A. Siverling is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and is also a faculty member in Iron Range Engineering’s Bell Program. She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and an M.S.Ed
at UIUC, Joseph earned an MS degree in Physics from Indiana University in Bloomington and a BS in Engineering Physics at UIUC.Ms. Allyson Jo Barlow, University of Nevada, Reno Ally Barlow graduated with her Doctoral Degree in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University, where she fused her technical background with her passion for education; her doctoral research focused on the exploration of student engagement from multiple methodological standpoints. Now she works as a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Nevada Reno, expanding her knowledge of the field through work on faculty-faculty mentorship modes. Her research interests include student cognitive engagement and teacher best practices for in-class and
constraints that impede student progress (Type I/II: faculty creating project context) • Unprofessional behavior of a team member (Type II/III: interaction between student behavior and team/project context)We believe that exploration of these interactions and others, perhaps not yet identified (seeappendix), is an area for future investigation.Finally, we have started to gain insights into the teaching practices that have the opportunity toimprove successful student outcomes. Many of these teaching practices appear to be consistentwith the various focused efforts to validate specific teaching tools and methods described earlierin this paper. At this stage, however, our investigations and insights have only surfaced a set ofquestions