26.646.3described in a recent report titled Transforming Undergraduate Engineering Education, fundedby the National Science Foundation (NSF) and published by the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE). 6Problem StatementExpanding on the issues described in the introduction, the problems faced by science andengineering (S&E) employers, whether in industry or governmental agencies, are multifacetedand combinatorial. The supply and demand of graduates currently is not in an equilibrium stage,and despite the efforts to expand STEM opportunities, the number of college students pursuingscience and engineering is stagnating. 7 Stagnation continues when unemployment is at recordlows for S&E graduates, this dynamic defies the “invisible hand
Moreover, the multi-modalinteractivity of the smartphone touchscreen facilitates intuitive interfaces that may improve userexperience as s/he interacts with a physical system through the smartphone.4 Thus, the embeddedtechnologies of smartphones have a great potential to impact the experiences of educators,researchers, and students in laboratory settings. In fact, smartphones have already been leveragedin educational settings to sense parameters of physical systems such as the rotational energy of apendulum by attaching the smartphone to a bicycle wheel and measuring the angular velocitythrough the embedded gyroscope.5 Even as this application of rigidly mounting the smartphoneto the system exploits the embedded sensing capability of these devices
engineering student self-efficacy. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1): 27-34.[8] Baker, D., Krause, S., Roberts, C. (2007). An intervention to address gender issuesin a course on design, engineering, and technology for science educators. Journal ofEngineering Education, 96(3): 213-226.[9] Grant, M. M. (2002). Getting a grip on project-based learning: Theory, cases andrecommendations. Meridian: A middle school computer technologies journal, 5(1),83.[10] Bell, S. (2010). Project-based learning for the 21st century: Skills for the future.The Clearing House. 83(2): 39-43.[11] Alfonseca, E., Carro, R. M., Martín, E., Ortigosa, A., & Paredes, P. (2006). Theimpact of learning styles on student grouping for collaborative learning: a case study.User
systems are selected, configured and designed.Prof. M K Parfitt c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Observed Best Practices for Student Driven Multi-disciplinary Team-based Architectural Engineering CapstoneABSTRACTThe design, construction, and operations of buildings fall within the architecture and engineeringdomains. Buildings are highly technical and critical systems that are engineered to performance levelsthat allow buildings to function for 100’s of years. To achieve this, buildings require engineers andmanagers to be of a learned, regulated and licensed profession. While many engineering degrees educatebuilding design, perhaps best suited for the task is
constructs in engineering, and they operate as gatekeepers forwho participates and who is recognized as “capable” in engineering education. This tool (seeFigure 1) can be used in an exercise of self-reflection around one’s own beliefs about therelationship between intelligence and smartness.An understanding of how intelligence and smartness are constructed as well as active reflection onour own view(s) of the relationship between these two constructs can help us better understandhow we are active participants in processes that either validate or invalidate students’ abilities, inour own practice as educators. This is of vital importance because of the implications that theexclusionary nature of smartness and intelligence can have for students
assignments. CAD software was accessible online to accommodate the independent coursework and to provide flexibility for students to complete these assignments. As students learned these engineering skills, the engineering design instructor lectured them about the ways in which their newly acquired skills would aid them in designing and creating their search and rescue assistants (S.A.R.A.’s). The students synthesized these skills in the engineering design process and when physically creating their final S.A.R.A.’s in their engineering design class.Figure 3: Updated Conjecture Map with Integrated Engineering Design and Spatial Visualization Figure 3 illustrates the updated conjecture map
manufacturing engineering in HVAC and Steel Mill. Trisha is currently a Lecturer in the Engineering Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Manufacturing and Mechanical System Integration at RIT.Mark Davis, Rochester Institute of TechnologyDr. Yunbo Zhang, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Yunbo Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Dr. Zhangˆa C™s research focuses on investigating computational methods for advancing design and manufacturingDr. Rui Liu, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Rui Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at
within science, technology, engineeringand mathematics (STEM). For HBCUs, their success in graduating Black students in STEM washighlighted along with the missed opportunity of advancing their efforts to assist the U. S. goalof staying competitive within the STEM workforce (National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine, 2019). For example, scholars found that HBCUs, while onlyaccounting for 3% of all post-secondary institutions in the United States, graduated 17% of allBlack students (Gasman & Nguyen, 2016). Additionally, as of 2019, 14.5% of Black graduateswere from HBCUs even though they made up less than 1% of all ABET-accredited programs(ABET, 2019; Deen, 2019; Fletcher et al., 2023). For Black women, a group representing
, invisible challenges they faceduring promotion and tenure at their respective colleges of engineering. This paper is more thanjust information-sharing, it is a raw, complex look into the stifling that happens to academicmothers of color who are devalued and exploited for their motherhood, their service, empathy,and productivity outputs in systems of higher education that was never made for them.References[1] S. Amsler and S. C. Motta, "The marketised university and the politics of motherhood," Gender and education, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 82-99, 2019, doi: 10.1080/09540253.2017.1296116.[2] M. Baker, "Gendered families, academic work and the 'motherhood penalty'," Women's studies journal, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 11-24, 2012.[3] M
advising dynamics of education while highlighting the critical rolesadvisors play in constructing the academic life and future of the international student [5]. Thishas caused a dramatic change in the composition of Ph.D. enrollments in the U.S.The importance of cultural understanding in advising international students cannot be overstated,and several studies have highlighted this fact. For instance, Vakkai et al.'s research has shownthat international students' cultural backgrounds and values cannot be ignored, and havingadvisors who are more attuned to these aspects can significantly impact an individual's academicsuccess [6]. Similarly, Liu et al.'s study highlights the need for increased attention and guidancetowards international students
feelings offailure, and redirect their energies to a positive outcome (even if it involves a change in direction).Mentors whether minoritized or otherwise must recognize, acknowledge and attempt to mitigate racialstress endured by minoritized mentees. This study can inform STEM departments how to effectivelyguide and encourage minoritized students, which can help increase their persistence and completion. ReferencesAchat, H., Kawachi, I., Levine, S., Berkey, C., Coakley, E., & Colditz, G. (1998). Social networks, stress and health-related quality of life. Quality of life research, 7, 735-750.Blake‐Beard, S., Bayne, M. L., Crosby, F. J., & Muller, C. B. (2011). Matching by race and gender in
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)program can stimulate engineering identity development among students, particularly thoseunder financial constraints [15]. The role of academic institutions in this process has also beendemonstrated in the literature by highlighting the potential of STEM enrichment programs insteering students toward graduate programs in science [16]. The literature underscores that theseprograms are not merely avenues for academic support but can significantly influence studentperformance, degree completion, and even graduate enrollment. Laanan et al. focused on thedimension of “transfer student capital” and presented a nuanced viewpoint on the experiences ofstudents transitioning from
strategies must be based in thecontext of these strategies, a one-size-fits-all approach would decontextualize the curriculum andwork against successful incorporation of social impacts into technical courses. Concurrentdevelopment of curriculum and accreditation assessment assignments will decrease overhead forcourse design and improve quality. This may be done during initial course design or at any stageof revision or improvement. Limitations to this work include a small sample size of facultyparticipants and continued program rollout.References[1] E. O. McGee, Black, Brown, bruised: How racialized Stem education stifles innovation.Harvard Education Press, 2020.[2] Y.-J. Chang, T.-Y. Wang, S.-F. Chen, and R.-H. Liao, “Student Engineers as Agents
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Our research paper examines the role of climate (e.g., interactions with others) in the skilldevelopment of engineering and physical science doctoral students. Skill development ingraduate school often occurs related to students’ primary funding mechanism, in which theymight interact with a research group or teaching team. Advisors also play a pivotal role in theengineering doctoral student experience; however, less is known about how positive mentoringinfluences skill development for engineering doctoral students. We investigated the followingresearch questions: 1) How, if at all, do interactions with advisor(s), faculty, and peers predict skill development (associated with primary funding mechanism) for engineering and physical
their perspectives on the project.“I feel like it’s valuable because it really gets you to work with those who you think you’d neverwork with. Although, working with an education student has shown me ways that an engineerlike myself would have never done. I think working with such different people is good because itshows how these two different professions can work together even though they know little tonothing about each other’s majors.”Acknowledgment This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrants #1821658 and #1908743. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science
-efficacy, statisticalanalyses were conducted on pre- and post-intervention scores. The focus of the analysis was todetermine whether significant changes occurred in self-efficacy levels after the intervention andwhether these changes differed by gender. Paired t-tests were employed to evaluate within-groupdifferences in self-efficacy over time, while independent t-tests were used to comparegender-based differences in the intervention’s effect. The following sections detail the results ofthese analyses. Gender Factor Pre-intervention Post-interventio t-statistic p-value Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) s Female CPSES 3.71 (1.41) 5.48 (1.15) 4.95 <0.05
participation of students, faculty, and staff in a visit from the public school. Overthe course of several planning meetings, the team outlined a rotation schedule that achieved 3main objectives: (1) Provide exposure to the campus infrastructure; (2) Engage in hands-onactivities related to civil and/or environmental engineering; and (3) Interact with college studentsthat may have shared their identities and experiences. Table 1 presents an overview of theschedule outlined.Table 1: Outreach Event Schedule Time Agenda Topic Speaker(s) Location CEE Chair Architectural Building 10:00 AM Welcome and Introductions
administration of the pre/post surveys and Dr. DavidDelaine for his insight on intervention design.ReferencesR.D. Austin, G.P. Pisano, “Neurodiversity as a competitive advantage: Why you should embrace it in your workforce,” Harvard Business Review. May-June issue, 2017.A. Bolhari & S. Tillema. 2022. Enhancing Engineering Students’ Innovation Self-Efficacy through Design of K-12 STEM Projects Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/40763J. Buckley, A. Trauth, S.B. Grajeda, and D. Roberts, “Gender and racial disparities in students’ self-confidence on team-based engineering design projects,” presented ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019.S. Y., Chyung, A
timepoints: beginning of Batch 1’s firstsemester (September 2022), end of Batch 1’s first semester (December 2022), and start of Batch2’s first semester (January 2023). They will be referred to as pre-survey (2022), post-survey(2022), and pre-survey (2023) in this paper, respectively. Note that the data from Batch 1includes both Engineering and Non-Engineering students, as all students were required to takethe Principles of Design course, whereas data from Batch 2 only includes Engineering students,as their survey was administered as part of the Introduction to Engineering course. Based on anintention to not overburden the students, each construct was captured using a set of three to sixquestions, hence a total of nine to thirteen Likert scale
this way, futurework will allow for development of targeted interventions aimed at improving help seeking in theundergraduate engineering student population.References[1] S. K. Lipson, E. G. Lattie, and D. Eisenberg, "Increased Rates of Mental Health Service Utilization by U.S. College Students: 10-Year Population-Level Trends (2007–2017)," Psychiatric Services, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 60-63, 2019/01/01 2018, doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201800332.[2] D. Eisenberg et al., "The Health Minds Study: 2014 Data Report," 2014.[3] D. Eisenberg, Lipson, S. K., Heinze, J., Zhou, S., Talaski, A., & Patterson, A, "The Healthy Minds Study: 2021 Winter/Spring Data Report.," 2021.[4] D. Eisenberg, M. F. Downs, E. Golberstein, and
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the programimproved from 2018-2020, several areas of improvement are still needed, such as more visibleand impactful resources for underrepresented students in engineering. Overall, we are excited tocontinue moving forward with improving and promoting DEI in engineering.References[1] National Academy of Engineering, "Introduction to the Grand Challenges for Engineering," [Online]. Available: http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges/16091.aspx. [Accessed 7 October 2021].[2] L. Hong and S. E. Page, "Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 101, no. 46, pp. 16385- 16389, 2004.[3] C. Diaz-Garcia, A. Gonzalez-Moreno and F. J
promoting institutional adaptation to climate change in Pakistan. ˜ University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkMatilde Luz S´anchez-Pena, Dr. Matilde S´anchez-Pe˜na is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo – SUNY where she leads the Diversity Assessment Research in Engineering to Catalyze the Advancement of Respect and Equity (DAREtoCARE) Lab. Her research focuses on the development of cultures of care and well-being in engineering education spaces, assessing gains in institutional efforts to advance equity and inclusion, and the use of data science for training socially responsible engineers.Mr. Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University Ahmed Ashraf Butt is
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graduate degree. In the future, I hope to obtain a masterˆa C™s deLaura E. Cruz, The Pennylvania State University Laura Cruz (Ph.D, UC Berkeley 2001) is an Associate Research Professor for Teaching & Learning Schol- arship with the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State. She previously served as the director of two Centers for Teaching and Learni ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Hands-Off: Perceptions of Biomedical Engineering Technology Internships under a Global PandemicAbstractInternships are an integral component of bio-medical engineering programs, as they providestudents with hands-on experience working in real-world settings. To fully
Accessibility and Universal De- sign for Learning. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming). He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He is the recip- ient of David S. Taylor Service to Students Award and Golden Apple Award from Boise State University. He is also the recipient of ASEE Pacific Northwest Section (PNW) Outstanding Teaching Award, ASEE Mechanical Engineering division’s Outstanding New Educator Award and several course design awards. He serves as the campus representative (ASEE) for Boise State University and as the Chair for the ASEE PNW Section. His academic research interests include innovative teaching and learning strategies
also a founder ofDaniel Lapsley, University of Notre DameDr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Dr. Kerry Meyers holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (B.S. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering) and is specifically focused on programs that influence studentˆa C™s experience, affect retention rates, and the factors that determine the overall long term succesEmily C. LaPorteKhalid Oladeji Bello, University of Louisville Khalid Bello is a PhD student at University of Louisville. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Replicating the Community-Engaged Educational Ecosystem: First Year FindingsIntroductionWith transition to the knowledge-based
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