goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives."[44]. The hybrid mode improves remote students' learning 3 outcomes via creating a collaborative and self-learning environment. All these transferable and 4 remote working skillsets help students better prepare for their future academic and career roles 5 (Table 3). Table 3. The potential benefits for acquiring transferable and remote skillsets Skills Capstone project at senior year Future careers Collaborative Students need problem-solving skills for their Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is Problem-solving Capstone projects [45]. critical to generate efficiency
despite challenges.V. Future work Future plans for this work include conducting more interviews with eligible participants.We will also establish interrater reliability for coding interviews using a priori codes andemergent codes. Finally, our goal is to use the experiences shared by the LAs to weave togetherprofiles of the student learning experience during this time of crises.References[1] Otero, V., Pollock, S., McCray, R., & Finkelstein, N. (2006). Who is responsible forpreparing science teachers? Science, 313(5786), 445-446.[2] Otero, V., Pollock, S., & Finkelstein, N. (2010). A physics department’s role in preparingphysics teachers: The Colorado learning assistant model. American Journal of Physics, 78(11),1218-1224.[3
much as by what an individual’s end goals are, their engagement with a wider set ofexperiences, and the way these contribute to the overall process of becoming. The contingentapproach has some similarities with bricolage [39] or process of creating meaning through theresources available at hand. Levi-Strauss contrasted the bricoleur against the engineer whodevelops new tools and organizes resources according to a well thought through plan with adefined end. While the engineer’s work is precise with elements of permanence, the bricoleurcombines elements that already exist in ways they were not intended for.Another way to frame these two approaches is that methods based on necessity are causal whilethose based in contingency are teleological
andtechnologists to plan and conduct heavy maintenance and modifications, freighter conversionsand digital equipment modifications. The production of UAS aircraft is expected to increasesubstantially by 2030 [16]. Deloitte [17] expects defense to grow at 2.8%, space launch servicesto grow 15% or higher year over year, and space exploration and space investments to grow in2021 globally. While this is not a complete estimate of forecasted demand, it does show thatdemand is strong in the aerospace industry.Women and BIPOC in Aerospace. Early in developing higher learning institutions, mostprograms that required an interest in technical fields limited enrollment to men [18]. Womenwere not considered "worthy" of this kind of study as they would become
themselves. Men who are less qualified, both academically andtechnically, are hired, while some intelligent and well-prepared women go unemployedor are forced to work outside their fields of expertise. High academic achievement isviewed by Iranian women as a kind of insurance policy to make discrimination lesslikely, or at least more difficult. However, not all discrimination against women isintentional, as aptly noted by Perez [36], who extensively catalogues the ways in whichwomen are missing from data sets used for planning and decision-making. Defying family and societal norms, which deem women less capable than men,is another motivating factor for Iranian women. Discriminatory employment laws add towomen’s challenges, but even without
years. It aroused in me a tremendous interest in paleontology and, after theevent, I investigated what I could do to study fossils. I contacted a paleontologist and biologistfrom the Austral University of Chile. She motivated and guided me in all my concerns andquestions, opening the doors to the world of paleontology. So I can say that thanks to thismeeting, I managed to connect with something that I love and plan to study after finishing myfirst university degree."Students agreed that all the event activities, such as talks by outstanding researchers, science andtechnology workshops, and poster sessions on salient women in STEM in history, were excitingand tremendously motivating, considering it necessary to have these in future event
work place. In the professional Art and Engineering I'm going to be a field I will apply this setting, especially as an have alot to offer each engineer construction technique while engineer, it is crucial to other, but to wastewater treatment conducting a group think of everything meaningfully facilities and water discussion to collect all you're doing and how it incorporate one into conveyance related aspects or is going to affect not the other, you need to infrastructure when I views about my only you, but everyone work from the get out of college and I planned infrastructure who will be affected by
] In the earlystages of course planning we developed clearly defined learning outcomes that allowed usto determine the skills and competencies that students would achieve by the end of thecourse. Crafting specific and measurable learning outcomes ensured that the coursecontent aligned with and supported the learning goals of the students. The next step in the course development process was to determine how we would measurethe students’ progress and performance. The learning outcomes for the course are highly focusedon developing skills and proficiencies in engineering experimentation. We determinedthat authentic assessments would be the most appropriate means to measure students’achievement of the learning outcomes. For each of the 6 course
Paper ID #32775Are you sure about that? Introducing Uncertainty in UndergraduateEngineeringSophia V. Yates, Smith College Sophia V. Yates is a junior studying engineering sciences in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. She is interested in structural engineering and engineering education. Yates is planning on pursuing a graduate degree in STEM education after her time at Smith College.Dr. Christopher H. Conley, Smith College Chris Conley is currently a research affiliate with the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. He has served on the faculties of four institutions over the last three decades. He has
both within and acrossdesign courses. Not only can reflection support students’ meaning-making of a course’s learningobjectives [28], but reflection is a key design skill [34, 36]. This sentiment is akin to Schon’s[34] discussion on reflection-in-action versus reflection-on-action. For example, written studentreflections throughout a course can prompt students to reflect on experiences they occur (i.e., in-action). Thus, instructors should aim to craft opportunities for students to engage in criticalreflection during classroom experiences. While authentic learning opportunities (e.g., ‘real-world’ projects) often elicit reflective practice, they can be time-consuming to plan [37]. Thus,smaller, more frequent reflection exercises, such as the
interactivity between the sub-models of a unit (including their assembling and disassembling of the subparts) is also animportant feature to consider in the future. In addition, UI and development interface can beimproved to make it more user-friendly to both the stakeholders - students and instructors (toimplement their course content). A new version of the app with complete models for a samplecourse is planned to be uploaded to the android play store in the future.5 ConclusionThe work discussed in the paper provided an opportunity to learn how technology can be used toimprove the learning process in education. Unity, Vuforia, C# were used to build an AR mobileapp that can be used in teaching complex 3D models in engineering. The prototype contains a
furtheruse their perspectives for more informed intervention design.In this work in progress paper, the findings that are presented are a part of an ongoing NSFfunded project to understand how to get more Black male engineers to pursue advanced degreesin engineering and go into the engineering professoriate. Of the research questions that are a partof the ongoing work: 1) What factors influenced Black males to pursue graduate degrees inengineering? 2) What assets/strengths do Black males possess who persist or plan to continue inengineering beyond undergraduate studies? Only research question 1 will be explored in thispaper. This manuscript provides a brief review of the literature and overview of the study’smethodology. Findings are then presented
taking the Linear Algebra course or the Introduction to Proofs course present some risk whether they will obtain their bachelor’s degrees and do so in a timely manner. • The S-STEM Program Director collaborates very closely with the UTA Undergraduate Mathematics Advisor to assess each undergraduate mathematics major’s academic progress, mathematical preparation, academic resilience, expected date for obtaining the undergraduate degree, effort spent by the student on academic studies, etc. The UTA Undergraduate Mathematics Advisor knows each of the mathematics majors very well as she is directly involved in the student’s degree plan and she interacts with each student at least several times during
Requirements Certifications Databases - - OS Linux - CompTIA Linux+ Networking Co-req CE CompTIA Network+ Cloud Essentials (CE) - AWS Cloud Practitioner Cloud Infrastructure and AWS Solutions Architect - Associate Pre-req CE Services (CIS) Cloud Computing Capstone Co-req CIS -The course sequence was designed in conjunction with an AWS Educate team. The Educate staffassisted in the design of course sequencing and degree plans to leverage educational experiencein teaching cloud technologies. The core of basics of
answeredfastest (many in 20-30 minutes). Thequickest response time for a challengeproblem was 40 minutes.Finally, one can examine when studentspost questions or look for the solutions.Figure 4 shows that most question postsoccur at the outset of the exam. Theseposts were likely a planned method forpassing the exam, rather than impulsiveacts of (like the posts that occur near theend of the exam). Notably, students arelooking for answers at the outset of theexam as well, but views increase over theduration of the exam. Because of Figure 4 – Timing of students posting (red) orlimitations of the data set, it is not known if looking (green) at Chegg during the 2-hour examlooking truly increases over the exam time period for the whole
judiciouscombination of CPUs and co-processor accelerators like FPGAs or GPUs. This significantlyaccelerates arithmetic intensive workloads (like Artificial Intelligence projects), by leveragingthe power of data-level and task-level parallelism.Thirdly, we also present a couple of tried and tested approaches for delivering hardware basedelectrical and computer engineering courses in online format. These FPGA lab relatedapproaches have been successfully implemented in courses at different universities worldwide.Even as different universities plan a phased return to in-person instruction, we feel confident inasserting that these approaches will have an enduring positive role in creating a robusteducational system that can disseminate hands-on electrical
opportunity to deepen the technical knowledge in a way that was not initially planned as “I was working out of the main office, because of coronavirus cutting short my internship I was not able to be stationed at a specific job long enough to engage in an in-depth study of a particular area. On the contrary, being based out of the headquarters, I was able to study a broad spectrum of projects and areas.”• Essential skill development Like many industries, technical skills are required for the construction industry, but essential skills like interpersonal communication, time management, and problem-solving are not always as developed in students’ experiences as they need for their careers. Employers often remark about the
session with each new breakout room team, the students woulddiscuss individual working styles and plan how to work optimally with each other. The team ofinstructors served as coaches: monitoring the breakout rooms using affordances of the virtualspace to inspect student work in-progress and entering a breakout room to coach. Lectures werereserved for short framing discussions at the beginning of classes or clarifying lessons at the endof class. EA also included a single team project. Teams of two were assigned by the instructors 3through a match-making survey that asked students to indicate project topics of interest as wellas working style and
did not intend for these exam wrappers to have such knowledge gainsbut were pleasantly surprised to know that their students learned more from their exam wrappersthan what was planned. These trends show that the RKGI strongly measures learning outcomesfor intentionally designed factors, but also gives insights to other potential knowledge gains theinstructor might be inadvertently including in their reflection activities. Table 3. Sample student scores representing both high knowledge gains and low knowledge gains for different reflection activities. Factors and Item Student 1 Student 2Engineering Self In doing this reflection
highly valued the hands-on experience and both recognizedand appreciated the time and effort that was put into the creation and distribution of the kits. It should be noted that the development, assembly, distribution, and debugging of the kitswould not have been possible without a significant level of support. In addition to the cost ofthe kits themselves, several undergraduate tutors were hired to help with the kit development andassembly, and both undergraduate and graduate tutors were hired to help with the course itself. Thedevelopment process also required a significant amount of time and planning prior to the start ofthe course. Based on instructor observation and student feedback, a few kit updates are currentlybeing made for the next
Paper ID #32757Design and Implementation of Experiential Learning Modules forReinforced ConcreteDr. Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Matthew Lovell is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and he currently serves as the Interim Senior Director of Institutional Research, Plan- ning, and Assessment office. He is also serving as the director of the Making Academic Change Happen (MACH) program. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University, and he holds his PE license in Indiana. Matt is very active with respect to experimentation in the
such as the evaluation of studentattention in online lecture settings, as well as for teaching purposes such as in demonstrations orlabs, since it is easy to use and inexpensive in an educational setting. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sample size and the number of devices in this studyare greatly limited as the data collection process is prolonged, and equipment is generally notdirectly accessible to participants. Future work aims to increase the sample size, compare the EPwith more commercially available EEG headsets, and improve the data quality evaluationprocess to compare the current design in a more accurate and holistic manner. The researchersalso plan to redesign the control board such that it retains similar functionality to
studies were coded,the results were synthesized, and the quality of the results was assessed.Fig. 1. Information search strategy for a literature review adapted from Dresch et al. [24]The authors’ core organization offers its staff a wide variety of high-quality researchdatabases. Therefore, processing of the literature review started with selecting the mostcomprehensive search sources. To find applicable research literature, the search wasoriginally planned to cover the Scopus, EBSCO Academic Search Elite, and EmeraldJournals databases and the authors’ core organization’s library portal LUT Primo.The selected sources have a wide coverage of research literature and engineering science.Scopus is a comprehensive scientific, medical, technical, and
in remote areas can have access to enthusiastic educators frominstitutions of higher learning, which could enhance their opportunities in STEM. As a futuredirection for this work in the field of biomaterials, we plan to adapt our undergraduate at-homeexperiments for ceramic toughness and polymer stiffness for STEM outreach purposes. Thiswould involve simplifying the broad list of potential variables undergraduate engineeringstudents explored in their inquiry-based approach (e.g., ceramic porosity, polymer solutionconcentration) and target specific learning gains about ceramic toughness and polymer stiffness.Our long-term goal is to implement these lessons in more remote areas of the country to betterserve a wider range of underrepresented
, respectively.This study operationalized the curriculum practices of the department with two observableentities: (i) courses required by the department for degree completion (regardless of thedepartment offering it) and (ii) courses offered by the department related to major. In addition,this study only included undergraduate courses although many departments offered bothgraduate and undergraduate courses. To find courses for a particular department, we checked thelatest available four-year plan of study at each department’s website for the traditional studentsmatriculating into undergraduate engineering degrees. Here, we want to acknowledge thegrowing population of transfer students in US engineering schools. This study did not include thecurriculum
understanding with one another. When thisshared understanding is lacking, change is much harder to come by (Lyon et al., 2014).Troublingly, however, it has become evident that universities are not always aware of theirstudents’ expectations and are therefore unable to factor their voices into institutional change.Allen and Nichols (2017) highlight that while student input is frequently involved in the processof evaluating and revising teaching efforts, it is seldom included when planning and operatingother forms of student support. While Kuh et al. (1995) lay out expectations universities mighthave of their students, it remains unclear how adept the institutions’ administrators and facultyare at gauging students’ wants and needs. The work of Shank
in the automotive industry. His academic and research interests in- clude Data Analysis, Optics and Network, Communication and Information Systems, as well as education. He plans to further explore engineering education research throughout his career. Jacob Fuher has earned a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Qualitative Examination of Engineering Students’ Perception of EntrepreneurshipIntroductionThe importance of entrepreneurial training in engineering
reality technologies for learningcontexts. Therefore the authors have identified two exemplary use cases, which will beexamined by using the framework. The first use case is set at [university 1]. In this use case,groups of Bachelor students are asked to plan a shop floor of a robotics manufacturer via anaugmented reality application and afterwards maintain it in a fully immersive virtual realityenvironment. During the process of maintenance several problems occur that the studentsneed to solve. The key to success is a combination of effective communication, skilfulteamwork and a sensible division of labour. The mixed reality game was developed in 2019and 2020 and applied for the first time in 2020 in a class of 460 engineering students. Theother
meetsearly the next semester to review the results. Of the outcomes that do not reach their goals, thefaculty as a whole choose ones for closer study, and the faculty person teaching that coursedecides on corrective action to take the next time the course is taught. Such a feedback loop isour way of ensuring continuous improvement in the EET program.The twelve Program Outcomes assessed in the Capstone course are: (EET graduates have …) (b) an ability to plan, carry out, and evaluate a group project to solve a technical problem. (d) an ability to apply creativity in the design of systems, components or processes appropriate to program objectives Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference (e
- counterparts.Although not a statistically significant difference, ELC students demonstrated a Spring 2020completion rate of 91.97%, whereas non-ELC students had a Spring 2020 completion rate of87.63%. Similarly, 80.95% of ELC students had a Spring 2020 completion rate of 100%,compared with 70.44% of non-ELC students. This observation, especially when paired withdifferences in GPA and utilization of the modified grading option, provides evidence that thosewho participated in the ELC were better able to stick to their academic plan, complete theirSpring 2020 credits, and earn acceptable grades in the midst of a global pandemic than studentswho did not participate in the ELC.To summarize, the Fall 2019 ELC cohort demonstrated better academic outcomes than