American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Developing Power Cycles Simulations for an Applied Thermodynamics CourseAbstractAs part of the rigorous curriculum for the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students,laboratory courses supply a critical part of the engineering education through hands-onobservation, measurement, data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation, technical reporting,teamwork, and others. When the access to hands-on laboratory activities was abruptly interrupteddue to COVID-19, there was an immediate need 1) to find practical computer simulations, and/or2) to develop new simulations, both in support of the theory discussed during
) only report result for the 'sweet-spot' factorsalong one or two dimensions (e.g., student educational history⸺ quizzes, assignment, andexams; demographic features⸺ sex, age, marital status, state) [1-2], (b) are carried out withdiverse and fragmented factors using dissimilar machine learners making their results difficult tocompare [3]. Towards this end, the paper exploits all the attributes (i.e., sixty-seven attributes)over ten dimensions (listed in Table 1) using five machine learning algorithms. The Objective ofthe work-in-progress (WIP) is two-fold: (i)To leverage machine learning to identify the factorsthat are the best predictor of an at-risk student(s) in a programming course and (ii) Compare theperformance of the machine learner(s
cases designed to associate and translate engineering concepts into relevant medicalknowledge. Course didactic components were posted on a Learning Management System, andstudents were expected to read and prepare arguments for each case to be discussed in class. Theframework of the course is designed to enhance systems thinking and insight on prior biomedicalknowledge and innovation, as well as measurable improvement in critical thinking skills in thefield of medicine.Nine course learning objectives were developed for the course, and at the end of the coursesuccessful students were expected to be able to: 1. Have fundamental knowledge of applied physiological system function and dysfunction. 2. Analyze physiological systems from an
informant interviews, is “an outcome-basedapproach to education that incorporates modes of instructional delivery and assessment effortsdesigned to evaluate mastery of learning by students through their demonstration of theknowledge, attitudes, values, skills, and behaviors required for the degree sought.” 3 As the futureof education continues to be examined, there has been a growing call for going beyond the roteelements of knowledge-based learning to incorporate human skills into technical curricula. Forexample, a recent contributor to Forbes discussed the necessity of CBE for the future of work, as Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference 1 Copyright © 2022, American
contexts in which machine learning operates. We report the connections theysaw and discuss the relevance of machine learning as an example of reasoning about complexengineered systems for young students and for teachers.IntroductionHumans are frequently embedded in contexts in which machines learn from their everydayactions. However, constructing explanations about the underlying causal mechanisms of amachine learning system (such as predictive text when texting a friend, or image recognition incollections of photographs) requires individuals to examine an engineered system in ways thatconsider parts of the system and the relationships among multiple parts of that system [1], [2].These reasoning abilities are germane to engineering disciplines
Department of Biomedical Engineering. Previous to that he served as Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies for the Newark College of Engineering of NJIT. His re- search in industry was in the area of pacemakers and defibrillation, and his research at Medtronic Inc led to five patents. He was a principal investigator for a three year, $1 million NSF grant entitled Medibotics: The merging of medicine, robotics and IT, and was a co-principal investigator for a $2.5 million grant on pre-engineering workforce enhancement from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, as well as a principal investigator for a Whitaker Foundation grant. His current research was in biological signal processing, related to cardiovascular
(STEM) field. Involvingundergraduate students in research will make them take more interest in studies and motivate them topursue graduate degrees. The undergraduate students at Pennsylvania State University where I teach getinvolved in research usually conducted in the summer period for an 8-week or 10-week duration. Thename of the program is “Multi-campus Research Experience for Undergraduates” (MC-REU) and it isadministered by the College of Engineering at Penn State.Similarly, there are many academic institutions in the United States that got involved with researchundertaken by undergraduate students. The goals of the undergraduate research programs are (1) topromote undergraduate students participating in research early in their academic
success in anengineering degree program [1-4]. Students with low spatial visualization skills (SVS) are morelikely to leave engineering. Since women and underrepresented groups are disproportionatelyaffected by low SVS, providing students with the opportunity to train and practice their spatialskills is vital to maintaining diversity in engineering [4-7].The Purdue Spatial Visualization Test of Rotations (PSVT:R) is a standardized test commonlyused to assess spatial ability [8]. A score of 70% or higher is considered passing. Students whoscore below 70% are identified as having low SVS and at-risk for leaving the engineeringprogram. These students are usually encouraged or required to participate in a spatial skillstraining program to improve
2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35749 Coding Camp for Middle School Girls Helps Improve Awareness of Science/Engineering Careers and Pathways Pranav A. Bhounsule* Lorena Claeys, Belinda Harmon, 842 W. Taylor St. Cynthia Lima, Emily Young University of Illinois at Chicago, 1 UTSA Circle, Chicago, IL, USA 60525 The University of Texas at San Antonio pranav@uic.edu San Antonio, TX, USA 78249AbstractAlthough jobs and career opportunities in computer science continue to grow rapidly, womenconstitute only 28% of the
presented both nationally and internationally. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36104 Work in Progress: Effectiveness of a REU SITE at Preparing Students for Graduate School La’Tonia Stiner-Jones* The Ohio State University stiner-jones.1@osu.eduAbstractThis is a follow-up to our initial study of our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)SITE program focused on preparing students to pursue graduate degrees in Biomechanics andMechanobiology (BMMB). Our
, 2023Prioritizing learning outcomes for chemical engineering laboratory coursesAbstractChemical engineering laboratory courses allow students to work hands-on with equipment theymay see in industrial positions. These courses often account for learning outcomes related toexperimentation, teamwork, and communication skills, among others. To work towardsalignment of laboratory courses with industrial needs, it is necessary to understand 1) thelearning outcomes currently addressed in laboratory courses and 2) how key stakeholdersperceive the importance of specific laboratory learning outcomes. Therefore, three surveys weredesigned based on thirteen proposed learning outcomes for engineering laboratory courses thatwere identified in the literature [1]. The
alsoshed light onto the troubles and triumphs that international and immigrant teachingprofessionals in the higher education landscape may face. It is hoped that the presentation is useful for administrators as they think about supportingatypical cases to strengthen their infrastructure, since afterall, innovation happens most amongthose pushing boundaries whilst facing challenges.pg. 18References:[1] Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2017). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, andmixed methods approaches. Sage publications.[2] Matusovich, H. M., Murzi, H., Gray, D., Chambers, B., & James, M. (2020, January). AnAutoethnography: Outcomes from Faculty Engagement in Course Development in a Large First-Year Engineering Program. ASEE
. Graduate students are often faced with a wide variety of academic,professional, and personal challenges across their academic journeys that can impact theirpersistence in their graduate programs. These challenges are often exacerbated when racializedaspects of identity are introduced/considered/threatened. Black graduate students in engineeringdeal with additional scrutiny, such as microaggressions, racism, and other racialized experiencesthroughout their journey. This results in a wide variety of psychological and behavioralresponses unique to this group, such as feelings of powerlessness, invisibility, loss of integrity,pressure to represent one’s group [1], anger, escapism, withdrawal frustration and avoidance [2].In their study of graduate
transitioned from in-personprogramming to online instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers selectedthe qualitative approach of virtual ethnography to detail the experiences of four practitioners asthey planned and implemented virtual educational programming. Each of the four practitionerswork as staff members in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and AppliedScience. The University of Cincinnati is a historically white tier 1 research institution in theMidwest. The reflections of the practitioners were documented as they transitioned programsintended for face-to-face engagement to virtual programming for faculty, staff, middle school,high school, and college students. Programming was designed for populations that
activities for grades 6-12. She has extensive knowledge in Common Core State Standards, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, and Literacy. Renee is founder of Get Lit Mathematics which infuses current events and culturally relevant pedagogy to teach math con- cepts. http://www.getlitmath.com The School District of Oconee County recognized Renee for excellence in teaching as the Code Academy Teacher of Year in 2013. While a teacher in South Carolina, Renee fa- cilitated district level workshops on literacy and comprehension in mathematics, historical connections to mathematics, and effective middle grades math and Algebra 1 practices. She is dedicated outreach and advocacy. Additionally, she served as
Methodology• Overview of qualitative research and why it is important to utilize in the study of women’s STEM careers• Description of the research participants/sample• How the qualitative research was conducted, including an overview of the interview questions• Study limitationsFindings• 4 findings will be presented with the evidence that supports the findingsRecommendations• We will present recommendations based on the 4 findingsReferences are included.Introduction Introduction to Research Study • The STEM workforce drives innovative capacity and global competitiveness [1] • Intersectional gender diversity has been shown to increase innovation [2] [3] • Women comprise 47% of the workforce but only 27% of the
. 2011 to Oct. 2014, she served as a division director in theEngineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF). She was responsible for a $135Mbudget in support of interdisciplinary research centers, research translation, innovations in engineeringeducation, special initiatives in support of military veterans, broadening participation in engineering, andworkforce development programs. Her initial appointment at NSF was in 1999 to 2001, when she servedas a program director in the Engineering Research Centers program and represented the EngineeringDirectorate on several NSF-wide committees. Before entering academia, Dr. Maldonado was a member oftechnical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories for 5 1/2 years working on optical fiber
. 7The purpose of this research is to develop a student‐focused mentoring program that can engage women in science and engineering at the University of Dayton, to help aid retention and engagement of these women. 7 Literature Review: Peer Mentors Other studies have researched impact of mentoring programs with success building a community, increasing retention rates Three main benefits of mentoring: 1) Student participation and perceptions 2) Student retention 3) Student ambassador development
et al. (2012), lecturers are concerned about a lack ofinclusion by tenure-track and tenured faculty members.3.The growth of the lecturer population calls for respectful adaptation and theinclusion of lecturers by offering opportunities similar to those of tenure-trackand tenured faculty (Kezar, 2012; Hahn & Heeren, 2016; Rideau, 2019;Sherick et al., 2020).4.Conversations with lecturers at the College of Engineering also indicated aneed. They call for the understanding of roles, responsibilities, and uniquecontributions of existing and new faculty members within the higher educationcommunity.1. To address this need, we would like to share one organizational support structure that is currently being instituted to support lecturers
;T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Bi- ological Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) social competence in engineering education and 2) innovate instructional strategies for Biological and Agricultural Engineering students. She is also a Member of the Engineering Education Faculty, Insti- tute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Food Science Graduate Faculty, and Multidisciplinary Engineering Graduate Faculty groups at Texas A&M University. American c
injustice in the U.S.IntroductionEngineering colleges and departments have been historically quiet in regard to racial and socialjustice issues, existing in the status quo, and often perpetuating a materialistic and militaristicculture rooted deeply in the history of engineering as a trade and subsequently a profession[1].Engineers are often less concerned with social issues, and rarely reflective of how their social andcultural identity impacts society and world, including engineers in academe. However, there hasbeen a shift recently in the socially and politically charged climate of the United States, particularlywithin the past decade where racially charged protests and protests against police brutality havebecome increasingly common and at the
: heterogeneity (nominal group) and inequality (graduated status) (Blau1977).Heterogeneity can be measured by “the distribution of a population among groups in terms of anominal parameter” and calculated as an index (HI) by equation (1): ∑ 𝑥𝑖2 𝐻𝐼 = 1 − (1) (∑ 𝑥𝑖 )2where 𝑥𝑖 is the number of individuals in the ith group, and the sum is taken over all the groups.The heterogeneity index starts at 0 if all the individuals belong to only one group (uniformity)and increases up to 1 as the number of groups with even numbers of members increases (i.e., ifevery individual is taken as a different singular group). This
level skills and knowledge about accessibilitybest practices. This open course builds on accessibility guidelines, resources, and training fromother institutions, including the California Community Colleges 1 and Pennsylvania StateUniversity.2With the support of $118,000 of grant funding, the Arthur Lakes Library at Mines has facilitateda successful OER program that is now saving students approximately $620,000 annually. 3Despite this success in student cost savings, the OER created under this program were notnecessarily made accessible, which is essential for making educational resources equitable. Thegrant administrators’ limited expertise and staff availability made it necessary to deploy a novelapproach to address accessibility of materials
. Ecological transitions, or changes in roles or settings throughout life, are at the heart of this approach. This framework considers both individual settings and relationships with different levels of external settings regardless of whether an individual is a direct actor in the system. Namely, four levels of systems undergird the ecological framework: 1) microsystems (settings and relationships experienced directly by the individual, e.g., families, academic programs, research groups, and peer groups), 2) mesosystems (interactions between various settings in which the individual is an active participant, e.g., research group‐academic program interactions), 3) exosystems (settings in which the individual does not actively
communication education. These initiatives would also improve the experiences and education of all students, including underrepresented students. This article contributes to discussions about the definition and usage of student resistance as a framework for education research.IntroductionThe numbers of international students attending US institutions have increased drastically overthe past several decades for multiple reasons: the students are motivated by the quality andreputation of the schools and job opportunities in the US, and the schools are interested ininternational students as quality future workers to the country and because international studentsoften pay high tuition that many domestic students are unable to pay [1
faculty representation. [1, p. 473-474]The college-wide faculty search we describe included interventions developed and implementedby the University of Colorado Boulder over the past five years [2] combined with additionalpractices known to support inclusive faculty searches. Key guidance was gleaned from theProvost’s Office [3] and publicly available information from the University of CaliforniaBerkeley College of Engineering Advancing Faculty Diversity Initiative [4-6], Emory University[7], and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities [8].One common recruitment practice designed to create a more welcoming environment forhistorically marginalized and underrepresented faculty is the use of cluster hires [7, 8]. Based onNational
share how they are learning to provide feedback that empowersstudents to connect to existing literature in an authentic manner while validating their livedexperiences. We situate these vignettes within relevant literature to problematize the nature ofliterature reviews in STEM education. Vignette#1 (SB, Third-year Phd Student): I’ve thought about this quite a bit. Am I not doing enough work to find the literature? Does what I’m seeking even exist? What will my advisors and peers think about me if I am unable to find literature that supports my claims? Why isn’t my lived experience enough to support my claims? How is it ok for me to interview a peer and justifiably put their experiences in my work but not be allowed to personally speak to what I
between the conferring of science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) bachelor’s degrees to minoritized groups at four-yearpredominantly White institutions (PWIs) and the number of STEM faculty that representminoritized groups [1], [2]. The Morrill Act of 1862 established engineering as a major atinstitutions currently known as PWIs. From the very conception of the engineering collegiateculture in 1862, minoritized groups have been ostracized and unwelcomed. Engineering as amajor was not created with Communities of Color in mind. Studies have shown that a diverseengineering faculty contributes to improving access and success of diverse students [3].Considering this, it is important to address the effects of the lack of minority