-screen text explanations and graphics were utilized to compensate for scenesrequiring modification. Table 1 includes the planned timeline and actual timeline for the projectalong with brief notes.Table 1: Project Timeline Task Planned Actual Notes Start 01/2020 02/2020 Develop ideas for 01/2020 02/2020 videos Outline the scenes 01/2020-04/2020 02/2020-08/2020 of the videos Write scripts for 01/2020- 04/2020 03/2020-08/2020 the videos Pandemic prevented filming COVID-19
survey consistingof 25 questions was developed and distributed among Facility Management staff, who play apivotal role in campus sustainability. The survey focused on the following categories: location andtransportation, sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, indoor environmentalquality, innovation, and regional priorities. Anonymous responses from six out of eight surveyssent out were collected and analyzed.The findings highlight substantial opportunities for enhancing campus sustainability, particularlyin location and transportation, energy and atmosphere, and innovation and regional priorities.The study suggests the development of short-term and long-term plans to transition the campustoward greater sustainability. The
communication or project management, which overlook the more fundamentaldifferences around what counts as knowledge and how knowledge is generated [4], [5].Accordingly, the purpose of this project is to improve the effectiveness of engineering educationresearch (EER) groups striving to make transformative change in engineering.To meet this goal, we are using an integrated research and education plan to develop a deepunderstanding of how researchers negotiate differences in how group members think and engagein critical interactions. We are exploring how both individuals and groups approach thegeneration, application, and expression of knowledge through a multimethod research approachthat integrates an ethnographic case study [6], [7], [8] with
, students learnthe skills necessary to operate surveying equipment, identify underutilized sites for potentialimprovement, and formulate detailed plans for enhancing these areas. Additionally, thisprocedure encompasses the compilation of reports and the presentation of their work, includingconcepts of surveying and drafting skills. During the course of the project, students activelyparticipate in the process of generating ideas, employing critical thinking skills, and conductingan in-depth examination of pre-existing solutions implemented in comparable project locations.The outcomes of project-based learning in the surveying course are multifold. It not onlyprepares students for internship opportunities but also provides valuable training for
PIECES: AN INFORMAL FRAMEWORK TO ENCOURAGE MULTIFACETED ENGAGEMENT a b c d a. Aerospace Engineering Department. CU Boulder J. Rush Leeker, L. MacDonald, S. Roudbari, L. Ruane, M. Palomar b. Global Engineering, CU Boulder c. Architecture, Sustainable Planning &
challenges are addressed through structured yet dynamic social issues through multifaceted engagement. flexible interactions fostered by PALAR. Palar Process OUTCOMES AND PLAN ACT
Invitation EXAMPLE PROMPTS Prompt 1: Explore Prompt 2: Create EXAMPLE RESPONSES This is Penny's Civil Engineering Here is the beginning plans forproject. She drew a picture of our street Brady’s birdhouse. He will begin and labeled things that civil engineers collecting materials this week. helped plan. Gabby’s Birdhouse Brady’s Holiday Themed Birdhouse LESSONS LEARNED During recruitment, when families express interest in the program, I 1 recommend having a QR code for them to accept the Remind invitation
identified by the other model. The GPT-4 model tended to identifymore basic relationships, while manual analysis identified more nuanced relationships.Our results do not currently support using GPT-4 to automatically generate graphicalrepresentations of faculty’s mental models of assessments. However, using a human-in-the-loopprocess could help offset GPT-4’s limitations. In this paper, we will discuss plans for our futurework to improve upon GPT-4’s current performance.IntroductionAssessments are found in every engineering classroom and are an important part of our educationsystem [1]-[3]. Assessments play many different roles, including understanding studentimprovements in learning [4], acting as a tool to assist students with learning [5], [6
criteria adopted to assess the attainment of ABET StudentOutcome (SO) #5. Additionally, assessment results, discussions on student survey questions, andsurvey responses from recent course offerings are included in this paper as well.I IntroductionThe Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET requires engineering programs such asElectrical and Computer engineering programs to demonstrate the attainment of required studentoutcomes that prepare students for their professional careers after graduation. Among these,teamwork, as an important element, is highlighted in SO #5 as “an ability to function effectivelyon a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet
plans are as described above;however, what is typically presented to the students at each institution are web pages that containhelpful degree plans for the degrees being pursued. That is, students are generally only vaguelyaware that many different curricula exist for a degree program, and they are likely even less awareof the underlying degree requirements associated with the degree program. The key point is thatwithin each institution, degree plans have been carefully constructed so that if students followthem, they will earn their degrees. Thus, at the bottom of the Community College panel in Figure 1 Community College University AS Program
2019, our university Tecnológico de Monterrey, rolled out its new educationalmodel called Tec21 across all programs, including engineering. In this model, the semesterperiods were divided into three periods of 5 weeks each, where subjects from the previouscurriculum, which lasted 18 weeks, were condensed into a 5-week teaching period. Thisapproach was based on entirely focusing students on a thematic area (Fig.1).In the Tec21 curriculum plans [1-5], each thematic block is structured with several moduleson related themes and a challenge (linked project), which must be addressed by developingskills derived from the deployment of the modules. All challenges are linked to real-worldenvironmental problems through Educational Partners (companies
Environment at the School of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning. His research is primarily in Surveying and Geospatial Science, working with topics related to engineering problems with attention to the Transport field. Previously he was an Assistant Teaching Professor of Surveying Engineering – at Penn State University - Wilkes-Barre campus. His teaching responsibilities at Penn State were in a broad area of Geomatics encompassing the areas of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, GIS, and Geodesy. In 2010, he graduated in Cartographic Engineering, followed by a master’s degree in Cartographic Science in 2013, both from the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. During his PhD, he had the opportunity to develop
manifests differentlybased on each team member’s positionality.Second, we planned to develop a transformative learning experience for engineering facultycentered around the role Whiteness plays in engineering education to co-construct ways todevelop critical consciousness. Critical consciousness allows an individual to understand theirown world more deeply while enabling them to intervene in their own reality and take actionagainst oppressive elements [6]. Originally, the development, implementation, and assessment ofthis learning experience (Years 2-4) took the form of a faculty development program in which werecruited and grouped engineering faculty from all over the nation. Data collected from thisfaculty development program would have included
-phase research agenda and an education plan. The first phase of theresearch agenda involved developing a conceptual model of student navigation [2] to guide theforthcoming stages of the project. The second research phase consisted of conducting semistructured interviews at one institution to develop an understanding of the role of identity instudent navigation. The final phase of the research agenda, which is upcoming, involvescollecting semi structured interview data from other institutions to develop an understanding ofthe role of context in student navigation. The education plan involves disseminating researchfindings via workshops, as well as developing an SJI to increase alignment between students andpractitioners around the utility of
faced initially. However, there were no gatherings for all five pairs. As aresult, she did not have a chance to get to know the other four pairs well, and they could not plansome activities together. Such activities could build a bigger network and expand the influence ofthis program. Based on these suggestions, we plan to hold an event to allow pairs to meet eachother. One undergraduate student reported that it would be better to pair an undergraduate studentand an international doctoral student via a shared interest survey, which could assemble a groupof buddy pairs that have more shared topics and interests. This might extend their friendship longerthan what this program planned. Therefore, we propose to start the interest survey upfront
attitudes toward service learning among undergraduate engineeringstudents. An undergraduate club at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is designing a robotics kitwith similar functionality to the Lego Spike system but at approximately one-third of the cost.The kit, estimated to be fabricated for less than $130 per unit, will offer opportunities forstudents to develop coding skills in Python alongside block-coding interfaces. This innovativeapproach combines cost-effectiveness with expanded coding capabilities, addressing thedisparity in access to STEM exploration experiences among K-12 students from differentsocioeconomic backgrounds. The pilot intervention plan involves implementing these kits inafter-school STEM clubs at local middle schools
, including students, staff, faculty, and alumni • Develop a career plan, including a plan of study that will support that career plan • Develop an awareness of curricular and co-curricular opportunities • Build foundational skills for college success, including self-reflection, study skills, time management, and goal settingHistoric EffortsEngineering Orientation is a long-standing course at ONU, and has long sought to encouragestudents to engage with the college through co- and extra-curricular activities. Historically,students enrolled in engineering orientation were required to attend two professional societymeetings during the semester and report their attendance at these meetings to their faculty viaemail. However, anecdotal
, project management, process improvement, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. She serves as a co-advisor for National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at Western New England University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 GIFTS: Transforming First-Year Engineering Curriculum with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Entrepreneurial-Minded Learning Lisa K. Murray Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119 First Year Program, College of EngineeringAbstractThis Great Ideas For Teaching (and Talking With) Students (GIFTS) paper presents a plan topromote diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and
structural panels subject to blast and static loading. Additionally, Timmy has earned the Envision Sustainability Professional Credential (ENV SP) equipping him with a framework that encourages systematic changes in planning, design, and delivery of sustainable civil infrastructure.Alexander Tucker, United States Military AcademyCharles James Richardson Reeves, United States Military AcademyNicholas Ryan Parker, United States Military Academy Nicholas Parker is a Civil Engineering major at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His academic interests revolve around transportation infrastructure and entertainment venue construction. Nicholas is a manager for the Division 1 Army Women’s Softball Team and he is also a
to address poorlyventilated spaces. Guided by weekly lesson plans, students constructed and tested the 20” C-Rboxes using the "Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite" app to record g-Force data to discern vibrationvariations across different fan speeds and measured noise levels at various distances from the fanusing sound meter. Finally, students graphed the results to illustrate sound intensity overdistance. They engaged with real-world experimental data, using Excel to graph aerosolconcentrations with and without the C-R boxes to understand their efficacy in reducingparticulate matter in the air. We donated the C-R boxes from the first two years to local schoolsand community settings. During the third year of the project (Spring 2024), students
cover more ofactivity development in a later section.ASME met weekly and a group of four to five members would spend twenty minutes during themeeting to discuss activities and how to best engage middle school girls and non-binary studentsin those activities. Some weeks, there would be no time remaining for outreach planning afterASME business was discussed. It became clear to the outreach team that there was a need formore dedicated preparation time to have a successful program. After meeting with CSU’s studentleadership office, three of the ASME Outreach members began the process of creating a newregistered student organization (RSO). The minimum requirements for a new RSO were to writea Constitution for the organization, have a Faculty
among instructors [13]. These challengesnecessitate thoughtful planning, coordinated execution, and frequent assessment of studentoutcomes to ensure that team teaching remains effective.In engineering education, team teaching takes on additional layers of complexity. The technicalrigor required in engineering courses demands a blend of expert knowledge and pedagogicalunderstanding. However, teaching teams may find it challenging to coordinate professionalinteraction among skilled instructors and ensure that all perspectives are integrated seamlesslyinto the course content [14]. In addition, engineering educators may seem reluctant to share aclassroom with peers or even uncomfortable at being assessed by students and peers alike [15].Looking
the act of reflecting in a two-semester engineering design course. Reviewing an end-of-year survey on the act of reflecting aswell as the reflections themselves, this study presents student perceptions of reflections andwhether the reflections changed throughout the design process. We found that 55% ofparticipants describe reflections as useful, and 78% of participants describe the reflections asimpacting their design project, team dynamics, or personal development. Seven themes aredocumented about student perceptions of reflections, including: expansive thinking, examiningthe project more deeply, team dynamics, goal-setting, looking back at progress, planning nextsteps, and functional critiques. We also found that the number of words for
Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the progress made in the first two years of a five-year NSF ER2 (Ethical andResponsible Research) project on ethical and responsible research and practices in science andengineering undertaken at a large public university in the southwestern United States. Overallobjectives of the project include: 1) conduct a survey of incoming freshmen college students toassess their ethical research competency and self-efficacy at the beginning of their tertiaryeducation and during their senior-level capstone course; 2) evaluate the ethical researchcompetency and self-efficacy of university students and identify any significantly contributingfactors to develop an intervention plan to improve their ethical
experts.Perspectives of our Students in Computational ScienceThe current SSTEM program admitted its first cohort in fall semester of 2020. In the midst of thepandemic and being restricted to virtual meetings, the first year was focused on providingacademic and emotion support for students, and building a cohort through virtual meetings, andprofessional development. In addition to lectures/discussions about academic planning, careerexploration, time management, mental health and wellbeing, we also developed activities to helpstudents understand the opportunities and challenges in interdisciplinary careers, particularly forinterdisciplinary computational scientists. We developed two activities that year that wecontinue to use., The first was a series of three
reviewed and considered efforts toredesign first-year engineering experiences at colleges and universities across the country andidentified skills that would better prepare first-year students for success in their future coursesand careers. A major recommendation was the adoption of a new two-course sequence for first-year students. This sequence will replace the current one-unit introductory seminar course forfirst-year engineering and computer science students.A backward design process — that began with student learning outcomes and produced contentand assignments that would support these outcomes — was used by a subsequent summerworking group to develop plans for the two-course sequence. This backward course design wasfacilitated using the TiLT
alternativeenergy technology and sustainability are multi-disciplinary topics and don’t fit under any singlediscipline. Educational theories are explored to frame effective ways to present CE education inthe rapidly evolving and multi-disciplinary field. Finally, evaluating current government andbusiness environments regarding CE gives awareness of the market forces, support, and demandfor promoting education in CE. The review concludes by identifying best practices and serves asan action plan for establishing CE education pathways.I. IntroductionClean Energy and Education in the energy field must be defined to understand this paper fully.The terms clean energy and renewable energy are used interchangeably to identify sources ofenergy production that do
presented by the ABCD approach for facultydevelopment. Even though we are still in the planning stage of faculty program development andonly begun an initial step, we found that the ABCD approach’s focus on faculty assets andcommunity development provides lessons learned for our initial plan to advance engineeringethics education. While our experience of faculty development is situated in engineering ethicsand future work remains to be done to assess the impact of our projects, we suggest the ABCDapproach may be applicable to other types of faculty development programs where knowledge,skills, experience, or professional interests play an important role.BackgroundThis lessons-learned paper presents an ongoing initiative to create faculty development
internship opportunities at LBNL for high school students,and engage directly with LBNL’s employees through job shadow, career mapping and speednetworking sessions. In this paper, we will present an overview of the event organization,challenges faced during planning and execution of the event, discuss the lessons learned from thefirst Empowerment in STEM Day and suggest strategies for incorporating such events at othernational laboratories and academic institutions as part of a vital effort into recruiting andretaining more high school girls in STEM-based careers. Additionally, since this was the first in-person event hosted by LBNL’s K-12 Program after the pandemic, we will also share thestrategies implemented at the event so as to engage both
peers. Allstudents are informed they should put their EXL project efforts as experience on the resume,which has helped many get jobs prior to their graduation – and some even received job offersdirectly following the completion of their project by the industry participants themselves. TheBPI projects are run as a course elective through the student’s degree program. BPI projects arefocused on having students identify the organization’s business challenges, recommend atechnology solution to address that business challenge, and develop an implementation plan forthe recommended solution. The CySec projects operate similarly and have an additional benefit– they are funded by the CCI grants resulting in student stipends towards their project