significantshift in skills not explicitly targeted by the guided-inquiry lab (equitable sharing of labor,expressing opinions in a group, and interpreting graphs).Our experience demonstrates that at-home lab activities can achieve sophisticated learningoutcomes without the use of lab equipment or customized kits.IntroductionThe instructional laboratory experience is a hallmark of the modern engineering curriculum.Engineering students typically encounter a variety of lab experiences in different contexts, oftendesigned with different outcomes in mind including reinforcement of lecture concepts, motivationto continue in or pursue a particular major, and development of skills in instrumentation, dataanalysis, teamwork, and communication [4, 5]. Feisel et. al
solve the problems under a time constraint to provide them practice forexam conditions. With these ideas in mind, AMechanics Race was created.BackgroundTo make introductory engineering courses more engaging, the author has previously reported onthe success of using pop culture and themes in the classroom [1]. One way to make an associationis by including characters and scenarios from current television shows or popular movies intoengineering content. For instance, Selby published that she had more enthusiastic responses fromstudents when she related concepts in her Environmental Engineering class to the MarvelCinematic Universe [2].The Amazing Race is a multi-Emmy Award-winning reality series on the CBS network, havingcompleted 32 seasons as of
faculty. To address an identified gap in mentor training, the EFRI-REM Mentoring Catalyst initiativewas established to 1) provide mentor training and 2) to build an EFRI-REM mentoring communitycomposed of current and future science and engineering mentors. This initiative was developed withNSF’s perceived need in mind for specific training for EFRI mentors and mentees. The overarchingmission of the EFRI-REM Mentoring Catalyst is to catalyze a core programmatic change thatpositively impacts the mentors and the student/teacher mentees in view of the importance of facultymentoring. Sustained mentoring by graduate students and postdoctoral associates also guides thedevelopment of the initiative. The goal of this manuscript is to review
throughout the curriculum offers reinforced exposureto the topic of sustainability, ingraining a holistic and considerate approach into the minds andsolutions of engineers.ASEE Publications demonstrate significantly higher numbers of publications with sustainabilityin the title in the engineering disciplines of civil/environmental engineering than mechanicalengineering. This trend is supported with AASHE STARS data. The AASHE STARS data is aself-reporting system for sustainability achievements in higher education and it provides awindow into current sustainability practices in universities.A list of 50 universities graduating the most mechanical engineers annually was cross referencedwith available STARS data from the years 2017-2020, yielding a
Paper ID #34701The (Augmented) World Is Our CampusMr. David S. Pixton, Brigham Young University David Pixton is a subject liaison at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. In this role, he is responsible for providing research training and assistance to students and faculty within the majority of engineering and technology fields offered at the university. He holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Library and Information Science. David’s current research is focused on improving learning in a library environment, including the use of augmented reality for educational purposes, and a pedagogical
Paper ID #34786The alteration in learning attitude of Engineering students due toinstruction modality change caused by COVID-19 social environmentalrestrictionsDr. Yang Zhang, Western Carolina University Dr. Yang Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University. Dr. Zhang received his B.S. in Safety Engineering at Dalian Jiaotong University in China. Then Dr. Zhang got his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Zhang’s educational focus is concentrating on Engineering Technology instruction with innovative methods.Dr. Nelson A. Granda
Paper ID #34115Fundamental Theorem Learning With Optimum Pedagogy for TechnologyIntegration in Quality Control CourseMs. McKenzie Landrum, University of Florida Ms. McKenzie Landrum is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Sys- tems Engineering at the University of Florida. Both her Bachelors in ISE and her Masters in Management come from UF and she is currently pursuing her PhD in ISE from UF. As an Instructional Assistant Profes- sor, Ms. Landrum has taught Spreadsheet-Based Decision Support Systems, Industrial Quality Control, Lean Production Systems, Introduction to Data Analytics
Paper ID #32744High School STEM Teacher Perspectives on the Importance and Obstacles toIntegrating Engineering Ethical Issues in Their CoursesJake Walker Lewis, Graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering and a master’s degree in civil engineering. Was involved with undergraduate research regarding ethics in engineering education, presented work in the form of a poster at the 2018 Zone IV ASEE Conference. Defended and published master’s thesis examining if/how ethics are being introducted in K12 STEM education in November 2019. Co-authored paper entitled ”Educating
Paper ID #33799Integrating Global Sustainability Challenges in an OrganizationalManagement CourseIng. Javiera Constanza Jofr´e, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Javiera Jofr´e is Director of the Industrial Engineering Program and the Engineering in Logistics and Transportation Program at the Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile. Also, she is an Assistant Professor and a Researcher at the School of Engineering at the Universidad Andres Bello. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Civil Engineering from the Universidad de Chile and a Master’s degree in Marketing from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. For
Paper ID #33652Lessons Learned in a Mixed-mode Teaching ExperienceDr. Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee at Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate seniors.Dr. Kristen N. Wyckoff, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleDr. Sarah J. Mobley, University of Tennessee
you get a job.” Dan finds success is developed by continually applying yourself.- “Success is not something that is learned. Certainly developed if you’re continually applying yourself… Kind of approaching your engineering studies with that attitude [of continually applying yourself] and then being goal-driven… You shouldn’t have dreams. You should have goals. It's just very much the sort of logic that I think the engineering world or the engineering profession would appreciate is always having these goals in mind.” –Dan Dan conveys how the engineering degree serves the purpose of demonstrating you're competent. For Dan engineering is the way he can make money and support his family. Further, Dan voices
Paper ID #32879Using a Deming Lens to Investigate and Solve Managerial ChallengesDr. Mustafa Shraim, Ohio University Dr. Mustafa Shraim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology & Man- agement at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He received both of his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ohio University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University in 1996. Dr. Shraim’s research interests are in the area of quality engineering. Specifically, they cover Lean / Quality methods and including incorporating experimental design to
Paper ID #32367Applying Resilience Theory to ’Bounce Forward’ from COVID-19 forEnvironmental Engineering ProgramsLt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an Associate Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA, a M.S. and Engineer Degree in Environmental Engineer- ing and Science from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a licensed PE in the
Paper ID #34882Building an Effective ABET ETAC Assessment Program from the Ground UpDr. Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University Dr. Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion Dr. Tahmina is an Assistant Professor of Practice at The Ohio State University at Marion. She teaches First Year Engineering and second year Electrical and Computer Engineering courses. Dr. Tahmina is involved in the curriculum development and ABET assessment process for the Engineering Technology program offered at the regional campuses of The Ohio State University.Ms. Kathryn Kelley, Ohio State University Kathryn Kelley serves as
Paper ID #33119Co-creating a Teaching Module on the Impacts of COVID-19 on VariousTransportation Systems and StakeholdersDr. Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Dr. Claudia Mara Dias Wilson is an Associate Professor in civil engineering at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech). She earned her Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Florida State University. Although she specialized in earthquake mitigation and the development of control algorithms for semi-active dampers to reduce seismic vibrations on buildings, her research in- terests are broad
Paper ID #34215Constructing Insights on Learning Analytic Student Activity Data from anOnline Undergraduate Construction Management CoursePaige West, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Paige West is pursuing her Master’s in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. She has a B.S. in Civil En- gineering also from Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on the utility of learning analytic data in online engineering courses. Specifically, how instructors can leverage the data to improve engagement and en- courage more interactions between the instructors, students, and content in their online courses.Dr. Frederick Paige
Paper ID #34639Course Strategy: Low Stakes Assessment Approach to Engineering Economyinstruction using Revised Bloom TaxonomyMr. Michael B. O’Connor P.E., New York University Michael O’Connor, Retired Professional Civil Engineer (Maryland and California), M.ASCE, is a mem- ber of the ASCE Committee on Developing Leaders, History and Heritage, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBoK), and Engineering Grades. Michael has been a practicing Civil Engineer with over 50 years of engineering, construction, and project management experience split equally between the pub- lic and private sectors. Programs ranged from the San
Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. OldsEd. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 29-46.[14] National Research Council (NRC), “How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, andschool,” Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2005.[15] T. A. Litzinger, L. R. Lattuca, R. G. Hadgraft, and W. C. Newstetter, “Engineeringeducation and the development of expertise,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, no. 1,pp. 123-150, 2011.[16] D. S. Brogan, W. M. McDonald, V. K. Lohani, R. L. Dymond, and A. J. Bradner,“Development and Classroom Implementation of an Environmental Data Creation and SharingTool,” Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016.[17] W. M. McDonald, V. K. Lohani, R. L. Dymond, and D. S. Brogan, “A
administrators andfaculty engage with their students and each other (Bonner et al., 2004). With this guidingframework in mind, the purpose of this qualitative research study was to use Bolman and Deal’s(1991) Four Frames model to further the understanding of how first- and second-year chemicalengineering students understand their role in a large, public research-intensive university in theMid-Atlantic United States. This study made use of the analysis of interview transcripts from tenchemical engineering students in each of their first two years of undergraduate study to addressthe following research questions: 1. How do first- and second-year chemical engineering students understand their role in their university as an organization? 2. In what
Paper ID #32274A General Structured Procedure to Solve Machine Design ProblemsDr. Joseph J. Rencis P.E., California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Dr. Joseph J. Rencis is the dean of engineering by the Clay N. Hixson Chair for Engineering Leadership, and professor of mechanical engineering at Tennessee Technological University. From 2004 to 2011, he was in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and was Department Head, inaugural 21st Century Leadership Chair in Mechanical Engineering, and professor. From 1985 to 2004, he was professor and director of Engineering Mechanics in
“educate” these workers as to the proper ways to do their work.From the perspective of Taylor, the notion of engineering is one “benevolently” doing thethinking for the worker while the worker obediently does it. Armanios then shows how thesedeleterious assumptions persist today with a Job Interests Survey. He asks the students what theyprefer in a job, and then asks them what they think blue collar workers prefer in a job. Invirtually every instance he has run the survey, while engineering students say they preferinteresting work that uses their mind, they assume, just like Taylor, that blue collar workers justcare about job security and wages. He then analyzes data from the General Social Survey [40] onjob preferences between white and blue
Paper ID #33492Far from Normal – Student struggles with health and social interactionpersist through three semesters of education during the COVID-19 pandemicDr. Ashley J. Earle, York College of Pennsylvania Ashley is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering department at York College of Pennsylvania. She received her B.S in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and B.A. in International Studies from Lafayette College. She then pursued her passion for neuromuscular disease research at Cornell University where she received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. At York, she is passionate about
Paper ID #34658Improving Climate Change Educational Outcomes for First-year StudentsThrough Multidisciplinary InstructionDr. Joe Dallas Moore, Carnegie Mellon University Joe teaches across the environmental engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University. He first taught high school science through Teach For America in Chicago Public Schools. He later earned his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University with funding from an NSF GRFP, studying the interaction between engineered nanomaterials and bacteria.Turner Cotterman, Carnegie Mellon University Turner Cotterman is a Ph.D. candidate in
engineering curricula make it no less of aworthy effort. It is important to include ethics in engineering education because engineers shapethe built and digital world as we know it. Unlike many formula-driven, technical courses, ethicalthought and action require evaluating issues whose importance may change with context [4] [8].Disappointing performance on the Ethics section of the Fundamental Engineering examdemonstrates the failure of some current engineering programs to inculcate ethical thinking inthe minds of engineering students [9]. In this section, we offer a very brief overview of someimportant works and trends in the field.When engineering courses feature ethics, they typically rely on strictly philosophical orprofessional approaches to
Paper ID #34918Make Assessment Straightforward: A Case Study on the SuccessfulImplementation of ABET Student Outcomes 1-7Dr. Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University Dr. Anthony Battistini is an Assistant Professor in the David L. Hirschfeld Department of Engineering at Angelo State University. He received his BSCE (2007) degree from Lehigh University and an MS (2009) and PhD (2014) degree from The University of Texas at Austin. His expertise is in structural design, with an emphasis in steel bridge structures and connections. Prior to his current institution, Dr. Battistini also held assistant professor positions at
[the engineers], and have different contributions in different sort of roles [including] marketing, sales. And then we went into more like a Silo Organization for efficiency's sake. We did for a few years. I always found it, well, we reverted [back]. We changed our mind like other companies do, I hear. So what didn't work was the lack of communication between departments. So we could have some efficiencies within departments, by really focusing on some technical details, but we were losing too much by doing that in terms of interaction with the other sides of the company… So the big picture was getting lost … Most people were less and less aware of what was happening outside of
Paper ID #34964Raising Algorithm Bias Awareness Among Computer Science Students ThroughLibrary and Computer Science InstructionShalini Ramachandran, Boise State University Shalini Ramachandran is a Faculty Liaison for Research Development at Boise State University. Prior to this position, she was a Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include algorithm bias, information access in higher education, and open access publishing.Dr. Steven Matthew Cutchin, Boise State University Dr. Steve Cutchin joined the faculty at Boise State University in August 2013 From 2008
Paper ID #34187Class Exercises Involving Ethical Issues Reinforce the Importance andReach of Biomedical Engineering (and the Impact of the Coronavirus onTeaching Strategy and Measures of Assessment)Dr. Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University IEEE Life Fellow, AIMBE Founding Fellow, U.N.E.S.C.O. Academician. Director, Center for Rehabilita- tion Engineering, Science, and Technology (CREST), and Shulman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. (Retired) Senior Rehab Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and
concepts in engineering education inspires engineering solutions that createmore equitable distributions of resources and enhance human capabilities [1].Education intervention aimed at developing more socially minded future engineers has beendone throughout United States universities. At the Colorado School of Mines, educatorsinvestigated the success of immersing students in the user experience as a method for teachingempathy. The program has seen a change in the way students approach problems after receivingthe immersive course, and instructors have noted better quality of student work with the program[7]. A study performed at Lafayette College examined the inclusion of morals into engineeringethics curriculum to increase the ability of
engineering-related to be relevant to their professional ethical development. None of the descriptions ofethical development during their extracurricular activities seemed very well scaffolded,presenting an opportunity to faculty mentors and advisors of these activities. This can range fromdirecting particular activities (e.g., bringing in a guest speaker to talk about ethical issues at aprofessional society meeting) to more informal facilitation of reflection via discussion. Helpingstudents to be focus their attention (perception) and be mindful (processing) may be particularlyhelpful in leveraging extracurricular experiences into rich opportunities for ethical development.While the alumni shared stories of extracurricular settings that they