Paper ID #37552Success Factors in a Project-Based Industrial EngineeringSenior Design Capstone CourseMichael Sherwin www.mdsherwin.comAlison Linares MendozaRenee M Clark (Director of Assessment) Renee Clark is Research Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Assessment for the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She conducts education research that focuses on active learning and engineering professional development. Renee's current research includes the use of adaptive learning and systematic reflection in the
expectations for student growth in each area.Flipped classrooms in the field of engineering and technology offer unique advantages whilefacing specific challenges [2]. A major benefit of the flipped classroom is to free up time fromteaching new information for practice and examples in class with real-time reflection andfeedback on students’ understanding of course materials. Another advantage is to allow studentsto pause and rewatch instruction videos for more effectively following complicated steps andunderstanding difficult concepts. However, the initial learning through video recordings could befrustrated by the lack of immediate feedback and potential distractions outside of the classroom.Some flipped classrooms in engineering and technology also
material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grantnumber #2010696. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the participants in this study and thecontributions of our research team.References[1] McDaniel, R., "Bloom's taxonomy," Vanderbilt University, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/. [Accessed: 05-Feb-2022].[2] "Action words for Bloom's Taxonomy," Action Words for Bloom's Taxonomy | CTE - Miami University. [Online]. Available: https://www.miamioh.edu/cte/assessment/writing
and 0 in column three represent theavailability and non-availability of instructors to teach onsite, respectively. Each instructor is given a weight score 𝑤𝑖𝑡 , which quantifies the instructor t’s overallqualifications and preference to teach course i. The score 𝑤𝑖𝑡 has an integer value between 0 and3 and is a measure of interest, qualification, and preference of instructor t in teaching course i. Ascore of zero indicates the non-existence of qualification and preference for the instructor while ascore of 3 reflects the instructor’s high interest and high level of qualification to teach the class.Table 3 provides the description of the scores. The preference is to staff classes with the mostinterested and qualified instructors. Table
. The students neededto primarily present the related background, literature review, and examples related to theirassigned role first. They were allowed to make teams of similar roles to make a presentation, butthey needed to present their work in that PowerPoint presentation.After the presentations, the discussion and debate were open, and the students presented anddefended their views and position role title. Each student was required to reflect on their opinionin the debate. The students were asked to present their knowledge, be ethical and moral, and knowthe regulations and bylaws related to such roles and conditions. They were asked to find theordinary resolution and solutions as professionals.The students needed to prepare a short report
complete both an engineering degree and a social sciencedegree in college, which affects my constructivist and interpretivist worldviews on thrivingwithin the culture, norms, and values of undergraduate engineering programs. This worldviewhelps me engage in reflective exercises to acknowledge and respect other realities separate frommy constructions of them. Being explicit about my worldviews and the multiple truths that cansimultaneously exist has helped reconcile my desire to support more thriving engineeringstudents who may experience lived realities incongruent with mine. With this approach towardthe research collaboration, I hope to understand and empower people who may otherwise feelmisunderstood and disenfranchised in the engineering
with research participants, and deeply reflecting on the researchers’relationship to systems of power are several ways that researchers can promote alignment of theirmethods with asset-based frameworks and research questions (Martin et al., 2022).Table 2: Asset-Based Research Questions for Co-Curricular Professional Skill Development Institutional Support Student Services Support Curricular Support Co-curricular What institutional How can engineering What faculty actions in Activities support systems foster programs work with student the classroom encourage student involvement in affairs administrators to student engagement with
grant funding. Developing institutional structures and culture to address student needsand support students from the pre-decision-making process to degree attainment is one of thebest ways to increase the student population equitably.AcknowledgmentThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1930464. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] Members of the 2005 “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” Committee; National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering; Institute of Medicine. “Rising Above the Gathering Storm
[15] and over 45 existing Templates for Approved Transfer ModelCurriculum [16].The comparative lack of ADTs at Cal Polydemonstrates the relative de-prioritizationof California community college transfersuccess at the institution – at least to date.2This is an important part of the context ofthe partnership between its College ofEngineering and the two CommunityColleges – Allan Hancock College andCuesta College – that is described in thispaper. This de-prioritization is reflected aswell in enrollment numbers – Cal Poly’sstudent body is approximately 15% transferstudents compared to 30% across theCalifornia University System [15]. Cal Polyis also only one of two CSUs that is not aU.S. Department of Education-recognizedHispanic Serving
for ASEE and an engineering education experience that reflects more diversity and equity, as well as the societal momentum toward dismantling white supremacy and racism, it is time for a Year of Impact on Racial Equity. Many aspects of the current engineering culture have origins and practices that center whiteness and exclusivity. However, we are all caretakers of this engineering culture and can either protect exclusionary traditions or strategically design models that better meet the current diverse challenges and needs for our society. In order to improve the field’s diversity, adaptability, and competitiveness, the Year of Impact on Racial Equity is focused on making organizational change to address the culture
suspended are not included in this data because they are no longer enrolled attheir institutions.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) underGrant No. 1545667. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] B. Goldman, K. Blackwell, and S. Beach, “Academically Suspended University Students: What Percent Return? What Percent Graduate?,” J. First-Year Exp., vol. 15, no. 1, p. 10, 2003.[2] L. Lampe, M. Harris, and K. Brooks, “First-Time Academically Suspended Engineering (FASE) Undergraduate Outcomes: Two Engineering Undergraduate Programs
. Though the teacher reflected on class projects from previous years withoutAndromeda, there is no formal control group for this study. While the class agreed that usingAndromeda helped them design better products, there is no data to support causation. A large,controlled experiment is necessary to further explore the causal influence of Andromeda on K12engineering design projects.Though students were able to explore highdimensional data and improve their designs, theprojections visualized by Andromeda cannot be considered truly accurate. Webbased Andromedain its current form requires all variables to be continuous. However, in this case study, thedefinition of continuous was conflated with categorical. Thus, nominal categorical variables
cannot fully reflect overall class grade assigned.We additionally make an assumption that high completion rates indicate a lab was part of arequired homework assignment. As a result, we estimate that the most completed labs acrossclasses can give insight into which topics are most taught and emphasized in MATLAB®courses, which we describe in the discussion section below.Similarly, while we have information around university types for the classes that used the book,we do not make comparisons or generalizations around performance due to the limited numberof universities within the different classifications.DiscussionOf the available 25 labs available to instructors, we found 6 labs that were the most highlycompleted. It is assumed that the 6 labs
US population, but FB faculty are drawnfrom the world population where the ethnic groups adversely affected by systemic inequities mayor may not align with the US definitions; 2) FB faculty of Black and Hispanic backgrounds areincluded in URM, which raises the number of URM faculty but does not reflect an improvement inthe inclusion of historically underrepresented African American and Hispanic populations in theUS; 3) FB faculty of White and Asian backgrounds are not included in URM because they are notunderrepresented in STEM relative to their proportion in the US, but many are still minorities inthe education system and thus experience cultural isolation. Also, their experiences with bias are
reflection of group ownership. Faculty also reportedpersonal benefits, such as expanding their research to other disciplines [15]. Faculty reported thatteam leadership was central to their success, but also that more structured and stronger leadershipwould have been beneficial. Similarly, Culhane et al. [16] reported that faculty teaching ininterdisciplinary teams learned from working in these teams and developed new understanding ofdisciplinary context. Faculty also reported that collaborative teaching was somewhat difficultbecause of the university’s hierarchy and credit assignment system. These faculty agreed thatsupport from the university administration was essential for success [16]. Additionally, Culhaneet al. [16] found that barriers to
: OISE# 1952490-TAMU, 1952493-NDSU,and 195249-UNLV7). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations presented are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Lastly, the PIappreciates the work of The Mark USA in providing the evaluation data for this project.References1. Streiner, S., Cunningham, S.C., Huang, S., Levonisova, S., Matherly, C., Besterfield-Sacre, M.E., Shuman, L., Ragusa, G., and Kotys-Schwartz, D. (2014). Exploring engineering education in broader context: A framework of engineering global preparedness, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Indianapolis, IN, June 15-18.2. Daniel, S., Xie, F., and Kedia, B. (2014). Internationalization of
weightreduction, use of infill percentage during a 3D printing operation to save print time, and need totolerancing to ensure the effective assembly of parts. It was also noteworthy that during their finalpresentations in class, all the student groups spent time discussing food insecurity on collegecampuses. At the end of the semester, students were asked to fill out a survey to reflect on theirlearning from the class with specific questions targeted towards analyzing the roles of a classproject in the class. The results of this survey are discussed below.Student’s feedbackAt the end of the semester, students were asked to provide detailed feedback on the class structure,overall learning, and their experience with the project. The questions were
2021 will help inform theimpact of teaching practices on social cognitions and give a greater understanding on the impactof the COVID-19 transition. In the future, we will report our findings synthesizing all theresults.AcknowledgementThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1926480. Theauthors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Foundation. Theopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.References[1] R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett, “Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance,” Journal of
Education program, and this paper was written with support from NSF ATEGrants (DUE# 2000281) “Micro Nano Technology Education Center” and (DUE# 1723419)“ATE Collaborative Outreach and Engagement Project”.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References:[1] Accessed January 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/advanced-technological-education-ate[2] Accessed January 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21598/nsf21598.pdf[3] Accessed January 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs
STEM educational experiencefor their students. Future work will involve the development of a framework for course design andimplementation that may prove useful for other rural school districts seeking to launch similartypes of projects.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1949454. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine,“Rising above the gathering storm: Energizing and employing America for a brighter economicfuture
– [if I built a new component, is there a photo in my PME?]2. New Assignments - new tasks assigned for next week • Person A – [these should be individualized and specific – assignments should represent 3-6 hours of work – realizing other tasks like attending this meeting are part of the 4-6 hours/week expectation] • Person B – [if a task is a two-person job, be specific about who they will work with, Joe and I will build the test frame] • Person C – [as above use actual names not “Person C”] • Person D – [Sue and I will build the test frame] • Person E – [attending this meeting, doing the individual report, and writing reflections are not project work assignments]If you are working on a project report
models lacks thepotential of incorporating communication skills and encouraging self-reflection [3]. Thus, thesetraditional methodologies fail to associate the sought-after engineering skills with practicalapplications, which impedes the role of engineering education in preparing students for their futurecareers [4].This issue led educators to adopt project-based learning methodologies that reinforce the students’engineering skill sets and enhance their learning experience. Educators started incorporatingmodern courseware, like modular engineering demonstrators, into the engineering educationcurriculum [5] [6]. They started using modular demonstrators as pedagogical tools in coordinationwith traditional techniques to improve the students
design section covers concepts from basic circuits, transmission line, fields andwaves, and their applications courses taken in sophomore and junior year. Both undergraduate andgraduate student groups have a basic knowledge of these topics. The following subjects arediscussed to provide a deeper understanding. i. Basic EMC concepts (two classes): EMC definition; basic four coupling mechanisms; EMC problems on printed circuit boards (PCBs); EMC standards. ii. Transmission line basics for EMC (three classes): Transmission line parameters and equations; transmission line loss; transmission line on the non-ideal ground; reflection at the discontinuity (including resistive discontinuity and reactive discontinuity
Response and Feedback QuestionsPlease reflect on your haptics and visualization learning experience and answer the followingquestions. The answer scale ranges from 1-7 where 1 = not at all true of me and 7 = Very true ofme. 1. I liked learning about the AFM using haptics and visualization. (1-7 scale) 2. I would prefer to learn about the AFM using the haptics and visualization as opposed to traditional text and graphics. (1-7 scale) 3. I learned the necessary material using haptics and visualization. (1-7 scale) 4. How did using haptics and visualization you received facilitate or detract from your learning? 5. Any feedback or additional comments?Appendix E: Feedback Responses How did using haptics and visualization you
-defined problems to besolved in this project. About two months before the beginning of the project, we communicatedwith the HFB, selected agencies, and visited some agency locations. As mentioned in thepreparation stage, HFB was involved to define the scope of the project, editing necessarydocuments to reflect current initiatives and goals, provided information of their agencies. Tolisten to the community’s voice, we selected the appropriate agencies to do this project. Wescheduled communications with agencies via zoom meetings or visited some agencies to listen totheir voices. To ensure that communication remains open and consistent, we selected a managerin HFB as a communication liaison, connecting agencies, HFB, and us.Decided on data
, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Engage to Excel: ProducingOne Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics, 2012. Available:https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/fact_sheet_final.pdf.[Accessed Jan. 30, 2022].[2] STEM Center USA website. Available: https://www.stemcenterusa.com/. [Accessed Jan. 30,2022].[3] Texas Education, University of Texas at Austin website. Available:https://stemcenter.utexas.edu/. [Accessed Jan. 30, 2022].[4] University of Houston
toward data science and data analysis. The clustering of computing attitudesand data analysis attitudes together is interesting. The second factor included the items fromEPRA related to social responsibility, primarily the items from the professional connectednessrealm. The third factor included items related to data science extrinsic value perceptions(employability). The fourth factor included professional ability items from EPRA and self-ratedabilities related to computing skills. It was somewhat unexpected that students’ self ratingabilities across these very different areas clustered together but perhaps reflect overall self-confidence (and in some cases Duning-Kruger effect). The fifth factor included the majority ofthe ‘importance of
experience – Remote learning does not have any effect on the way I grade student assignments and examinationsIn total, we received responses from 338 participants, which involved 240 students and 98instructors. Figure 2 describes the distribution of students according to majors. Figure 1 showsthe statistics of our student participants. In Figure 1a, we evenly involved the students with alllevels including freshman, junior, sophomore, senior undergraduate students, and graduatestudents. As shown in Figure 1b, 66.3% of student participants are female. Our survey resultstend to reflect the opposition of STEM female students. In Figure 1c, we can see that 41.7% of Sophomore Graduate 24.2% 16.7
, enhancesengineering/STEM identity, and fosters innovation is critical. Meaningful partnerships betweenindustry and academia have the potential to both increase the talent pipeline and better preparethe workforce of the future.AcknowledgementsThis workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’sEmployment and Training Administration. The product was created by the recipient and does notnecessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department ofLabor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, withrespect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but notlimited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness
entrepreneurship competitions, is positively associated with ESE,which may have significant effects on one’s entrepreneurial career choice [6]. Thus,we propose the following hypotheses:H1: Entrepreneurship competitions have a positive influence on EI.H2: Entrepreneurial competitions have a positive influence on ESE.Entrepreneurial Self-efficacySelf-efficacy represents a person’s belief that they can successfully perform a giventask [7]. The concept of self-efficacy was introduced into the field of entrepreneurshipresearch as an important variable for predicting entrepreneurial behavior. This conceptwas redefined as ESE, which reflects the degree to which a person believes that theycan successfully start a new business venture [8]. Previous research