) manager at an engineering design firm in Chicago, where he managed multi-million projects (i.e., Wrigley Field restoration and expansion project). Dr. Alzarrad is a PMP©, CPEM©, and the Director of The Engineering Management Graduate Program at Marshall University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Sociocultural and Sociopolitical Challenges for STEM Education in the Current EraAbstract: To ensure learner engagement, the importance of integrating learners’ culture or, at thevery least, being cognizant about it while carrying out formal/informal STEM activities has beenwell recognized in the STEM literature. However, the importance of considering learners
transportation), and the number of co-ops. Therespondents were then asked to indicate, for each of their co-ops, whether it was online, hybrid,or in-person. The survey also asked the number of days that a student was required to attend in-person and how far of a drive they had as well as the industry that they worked in and anestimate on the number of people they interacted with during their work.After these questions, students were asked to indicate on a 6-point scale (Strongly Disagree,Disagree, Somewhat Disagree, Somewhat Agree, Agree, and Strongly Agree) their level ofagreement to the following prompts:• I felt that I was assigned meaningful work while in co-op.• I felt that I was able to make meaningful contributions to a project.• I was able to
(Lecture/Lab), Penn State University, Fayette, USA 6/2015 –8/2016 Chemistry Faculty (Lecture/Lab), Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, USA 5/2007–10/2016 Technical Consultancy (Project and Technology Development), Industrial 8/2005– 8/2011 University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Assistant Professor, Analytical/Materials/Inorganic Chem- istry 1/2003-7/2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Research Asso- ciate 8/1999-12/2002 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Research Assistant, Chemistry/Analytical MaterialsHasan El RifaiRana Mouhamad Jisr ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Colligative Property Experiment using the Solvent
Paper ID #39350Exploring how Different Instructional Methods Compare to Improve StudentPerformance and Satisfaction in an Online Environment.Mr. Michael Roberts, University of Florida Currently, I work as a Technology Coach for a research grant. I have research experience in numerous fields including Magnetic Barkhausen Noise (MBN) in HY80 steel, Engineering Education, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and my current senior design project involves designing a sensor to detect volatile gases in moon regolith (moon rock). long with my research experience, I have developed my programming and computational skills which have
affect student experiences [15], [16].By understanding the experiences of instructors of varying levels of involvement in the design ofthe modules and expertise in the MBSE content, this work-in-progress paper aims to providehelpful insights for other instructional designers or instructors that might teach online modules.Our team has previously designed a series of online, asynchronous modules informed by the CoIframework to respond to the industrial needs of MBSE training [17]. Our modules are designedfor learners who are interested in understanding the value, functions, and offer themopportunities to apply their learning in projects. Our guiding research question is “What are theexperiences like for instructors who used our pre-designed MBSE
, including risk and capital budgeting assessment. This course was designed to becentered around a course project which involves a mock industry scenario complete withfinancial data and strategic goals. Students will be required to work in small groups to developthree alternative strategies for smart technology implementation.Students will be exposed to various Industry 4.0 technologies through weekly lectures,supplemental readings, and discussions to inform their strategies. Each week, students will begiven a case study over a smaller mock industry scenario along with practice problems. The goalof the course is to provide students with the tools they need to demonstrate how projectinvestments in Industry 4.0 technologies can generate new business
Paper ID #39357Work-in-Progress: Hands-on group activities for large fluid mechanicsclasses in a traditional lecture hall settingDr. Fiona C. Levey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Fiona Levey is an Associate Teaching Professor the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engi- neering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She teaches materials science and thermal fluids classes and advises capstone design projects. She employs active learning and project-based learning in her curricu- lum, using varied approaches for different levels, and correlating course design and teaching techniques to learning outcomes. Dr. Levey
, stress and well-being, and Human /resource development.Lei Xie, Lei Xie is a doctoral student at Texas A&M University. He is currently majoring in Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. His research interests include conflict management, organizational learning/change, knowledge management, learning organization, and International HRD. As a second year international graduate student from the People’s Republic of China, he has been actively engaged in academic research. He is working on several book chapters and an independent research project on the subject of organization development/change and organizational learning. He earned a
study situated in a dynamics course reported that most students found onlinelearning comparable to in-person learning for a course in spring 2020, notably taught by aninstructor who had prior experience in online teaching [18]. However, another study conductedin a project-based learning setting found that Grade 12 students’ performance while studyingelectronics deteriorated as instruction shifted from in-person to online during the pandemic [19].Individual factors that influenced students’ learning effectiveness during the pandemic includedtheir digital literacies, learning habits and behaviours, including self-directed learningcapabilities [14, 20]. Contextual influencing factors comprised teaching methods [17], student–student and instructor
advisors and Ph.D. student advisees at UMass Lowell. Previ- ously, Ha worked for eight years as the Program Manager of DifferenceMaker, a campus-wide student entrepreneurship initiative at UMass Lowell. There, she co-created and managed the Mentor program. Ha is also an adjunct faculty member at the Manning School of Business at UMass Lowell. Prior to join- ing UMass Lowell, Ha spent ten years working for The World Bank in Vietnam. In this role, she assisted small and medium enterprises in raising financial capital and acquiring technical consulting services. Ha also managed projects focused on capacity building for industry clusters. Ha holds a B.A. in English from Vietnam National University, an MBA from UMass Lowell
Paper ID #37206Strategies for Continuous Improvement in ETAC of ABET Programs: ANovelApproachProf. Ravi C. Manimaran, Department Chair, Engineering Technology, Austin Peay State University Ravi C. Manimaran is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology, Austin Peay State University. His education includes two Master of Science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering and Electronics and Control Engineering. He has been dynamically involved in higher education leadership as a Dean, Department Chair, Project Director, and a faculty member since 1997. He has served as the PI / Co-PI of multiple
that orbital debris is an issue, butconflict starts when deciding who should do what to solve the problem [16]. The lesson wasdesigned to introduce students to the exploration of macroethics without pushing them to a‘panic zone’ in which they would disengage and shut down [17]. Future lessons will build ontheir confidence by presenting more disputed topics.A table outlining the agenda of the 80-minute macroethics lesson is provided in Appendix A.While students walked into the classroom (a large lecture hall with stadium-like seating anddesks), we presented what we called the “hook.” We projected a paragraph-long issue brief on1 The authors note that they learned post-lesson and wish to help educate others that “stakeholders” is not
STEM [4]. So, although this research project applies to all UD faculty, engineering and relatedfaculty are disproportionately involved and impacted.UD has also been investing in improving departmental climates and diversity, equity, andinclusion on campus. As part of this work, in spring 2020, UD faculty participated in theCOACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey. This survey, developed at the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education, measures faculty perceptions of various aspects of worklife. Despiteconducting the survey in spring 2020, a semester significantly disrupted by the COVID-19pandemic, UD’s survey response rate was 40%. COACHE determined that most responses werecollected before the disruption and performed a special analysis to determine
become a commonconcern in China's higher education sector, including the engineering education sector.At the same time, the reform of engineering education is also facing the problem oftilting heavily towards scientification and becoming more and more detached from"engineering" itself. The solution is to introduce the "The Idea of Large-ScaleEngineering", so that engineering education in China can return to engineering [28 .In January 2000, the Ministry of Education (MOE) approved the first batch of 670projects for undergraduate education teaching reform. The aim of the project is to adaptto the needs of China's modernization in the new century, to cultivate high-qualitytalents with innovative spirit, practical ability and entrepreneurial spirit
-year program variants, across participants of differentacademic backgrounds, and, eventually, between participants and non-participant comparisongroups. We expect to report on comparative longitudinal findings in future publications. The presentstudy, meanwhile, focuses on an initial alumni survey that was deployed to existing programgraduates across all graduation years for purposes of establishing a baseline alumni characterization.MethodsThe alumni survey conducted for this paper was hosted in Qualtrics XM online survey software.Since this survey is one component of the larger GEL longitudinal assessment, it is incorporatedinto the same Qualtrics project as all other survey components. We established one common surveylanding webpage to
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Flipping the classroom to create a student-centered learning environment in three undergraduate civil engineering coursesA flipped classroom is no longer a novel idea, but engineering education has lagged in implementing thisnon-traditional course delivery method. Traditional engineering courses are typically offered in aninstructor-centered environment which impacts everything from content delivery to student engagementand learning. A decade ago, we initiated a major project in curriculum reform that included flipping threesecond-year civil engineering courses
, use Facebook [39]. Students believe Facebook can be effectively used as an onlinelearning environment [7].Instagram: Instagram has over 800 million users, with one-third being students, making it asuitable platform for learning [40]. It offers a visually stimulating platform for sharing anddiscovering content, engaging students' attention, and promoting their creativity. Students canshowcase their work, share ideas, and connect with professionals in their field. Instagramfeatures live videos, stories, and hashtags, which can be used to host live events, tutorials, anddiscussions around specific topics or interests. Studies show that Instagram can enhance students'learning process through visual aids, improve writing skills, aid in project
design,especially during the front-end of design processes. The development of design observation skills forengineering students presents challenges, however, including the effort required to reachrepresentative observation sites and the uncertainty involved in real-world design environments.Students have often struggled to demonstrate recommended practices in sociotechnical designactivities such as observation, yet may need observation skills during design project opportunitiesincluding curricular and co-curricular design projects. In addition, skills development may beespecially challenging and critical when design environments are difficult to access, such as those insensitive or remote locations. Therefore, this study explored the efficacy
of physics, Yang, Baek, and Swanson (2020)used a project-based learning approach to integrate components of CT in eight lessons onairplane design to learn about physical forces in a class of 6th graders. The pre-post results oftheir study show that students’ CT skills improved significantly after the course. In a follow-upstudy (Yang et al., 2021), similar gains are reported in design-based projects that integrate CTbased activities into a science context (investigating life on Mars) and an engineering context(designing earthquake resistant bridges). Student thinking in both cases is scaffolded by aproblem-solving process and connections are made to CT at each point in the process.Increasingly, K-12 education has recognized the importance of
Converged Platform Power Thermal Throttling Specification that maximizes re-usability across CPU generations and computing segments. She was the recipient of 20+ Intel Corporation awards for contributions to major product and industry initiatives. She is a member of ASEE.Prof. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Pro- fessor and former Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. He has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on the project- and lab-based instruction and learning. He was awarded the best paper award by the ECE
. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students’ experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of studenDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University
. Having an understanding of what contributes to barriers to belongingness has helpedinform the scope and data analysis of this project. In summary, the three barriers to belongingdiscussed were faculty interaction with women students, negative interactions with men-identifying peers, and stereotype threat.Research Statement While the literature abounds with studies evaluating the impact of varying REU programson student participants, less attention has been placed on evaluating specifically the experiencesof women REU participants. It is important to ensure that these experiences are inclusive andcontribute to positive experiences for all students, including women students. The researchquestions for this study seek to investigate: (1) How
engagement projects, evaluation tools and tech- nology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179Prof. Marcela Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Marcela Silva is the Academic Director at the Engineering Faculty of the Andres Bello University in Campus Santiago. She works as a teacher in the Construction Engineering career and supports innovation and entrepreneurship courses. She obtained a BacheloDr. Carolina Alvarado, California State University, Chico Dr. Alvarado is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Science Education at California State University, Chico. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics and a doctorate in Physics Education from
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sources were part of a larger research project with the researchethics protocol approved by the Canadian university.In the survey, instructors were asked about the changes in their teaching practices and theirprofessional development activities from 2020 to 2022; their perceptions of certain teachingpractices in terms of teaching effectiveness; and their views on how to move forward. Theresponse rate of the instructor survey was 20%, based on the completed 81 responses. Of the 81instructors who completed the survey, 64% were tenure-stream faculty members, and 36% wereteaching-stream faculty members or sessional instructors. The respondents had varying lengthsof teaching experience, with 43% having taught more than 20 years, 29% having 11 to 20
computerscience. This includes the capacity to offer CS education, access to and participation in CSeducation, and experiences of those students receiving CS education. After working with CAPEfor several months across various projects, we hypothesized that we could use it to help identifygaps in equity-focused CSER given its intent and focus as a framework specifically created forK-12 CS education. Our primary research question became: How feasible is it to use the CAPEframework for identify coverage gaps in K-12 CS education research?In this paper, we present two methodologies–one for investigating the feasibility of using CAPEto identify gaps across a dataset focused on girls (specifically focusing on implementation andpracticality of using this
also a Graduate Administrative Assistant for the Bioengineering Department and assists with advising students throughout their academic careers.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelorˆa C™Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies
apply. Figure 3: Data AnalysisSkills related to CodingIn addition to “Programming Languages” section, to investigate the need for coding related skillsin more detail, we asked alumni to rate how relevant the following practices for their job are (eachon a 5-point Likert Scale): • Skill 1: “Working with big coding projects collaboratively” • Skill 2: “Managing workflows and version control” • Skill 3: “Testing and verifying code” • Skill 4: “Finding your way around complicated chunks of code”These practices can be considered to be specific to software engineers, however, in Figure S1 weshow that for approximately half of the MSE graduates
proof that they achieved the goal or on the way to achieve goal.For evidence, homework, quiz, project, midterm and final exam are the tools to evaluate students. 4Evaluation criteria or contents need to be almost same for all modalities. Table 1 summarizesHyFlex student attendance pattern for class size of 20 students. From the table it is clear majorityof the student prefer to attend in-person although online participations allowed more flexibilities.This may be happed due to nature of course.Enhance Students Learning in HyFlex Environment Students and instructor need to work together to create effective HyFlex environment. Toprepare students for these modalities instructor should provide
: Consider the flexibility and portability needs of veterans when choosing delivery methods for microcredential. Online learning, blended learning, and experiential learning methods could be considered.4) Develop assessment strategies: Create assessment strategies that effectively evaluate veterans’ knowledge and skills. This could include hands-on projects, case studies, and real-world scenarios.5) Collaborate with industry partners: Partner with industry experts, employers, and data science organizations to ensure that the microcredential aligns with the current demands of the field and meets the needs of employers.6) Evaluate and refine: Regularly assess the effectiveness of the microcredential and make improvements as needed based