solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. • SLO 5: an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. • SLO 6: an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. • SLO 7: an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.These seven SLOs were the focus of this study. Understanding how student learning outcomesare affected by virtual instruction compared to in-person is significant to all fields of study.Therefore, this
scope, structure and plan. The scope of the new project (an electric boat carrying pennies)was reduced to ensure that students could individually complete the build aspect of their projectsin their homes using materials and tools that were shipped to each student. Students wereinstructed on the details of the traditional engineering design process and the schedule of theproject was created to follow this traditional process. The program was extended to six weeks,with each student team meeting via synchronous video conferencing twice per week to work as ateam and interact with project advisors. Teams were required to submit updates on their projectas well as requests for additional materials. In a new process for the project staff, the
leadership positions, wantingfunding to develop a new initiative, and/or simply seeking to earn recognition at graduation withuniversity approved honor cords. Peer mentors are also required to participate in two full-dayleadership workshops offered each spring. After being an active mentor for two years or more,most move up to “leader” status within the organization hierarchy. Leaders are given much moreresponsibility, such as assisting with the planning of the leadership workshops and presenting atconferences. These leaders play an integral role in developing the new mentors who join theorganization, mentoring the mentors themselves. A few methods to analyze the effectiveness of the peer mentor program at LSU havebeen undertaken recently [12
the right resources 3.2 3.8 0.152 (e.g., information) are available. The team leader resolves conflicts successfully. 3.6 4.2 0.152 The team leader models appropriate team behavior. 3.2 4.6 0.026 The team leader makes sure members are aware of 3.6 4.4 0.050 any situation or changes that may affect the project or work The team leader takes the time to meet with the 2.8 3.8 0.071 members to plan the development of the project Project Team members effectively anticipate the needs of 2.2 3.8 0.028 monitoring
Paper ID #33999Using a University Campus to Expand the Understanding of Design forHuman and Non-Human Stakeholders in First-Year General EngineeringStudentsDr. Benjamin Daniel Chambers, Virginia Tech Benjamin Chambers is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with three degrees from Virginia Tech, including an MS Civil Infrastructure Engineering, MS Entomology, and a PhD in Environmental Design and Planning. His educational research interests include student creativity, and the built environment as an educational tool for
activity.” (Kerri, Ethnographic Eyes Chapter 2 reflection) “Knowing a students’ community can help you plan and deliver instruction because you will know more about a students’ background knowledge and what experiences they may or may not have had. It is also important to teach from the students' culture/view so they are able to apply what they learn in school, to what they learn at home (like how a student can connect the water sensor activity with farming/ranching at home).” (Jennifer, Ethnographic Eyes Chapter 2 reflection) “It is so important for me to understand different learning needs and to be able to provide instruction that will allow students to show me what they know in a way paper pencil
Design straints pertaining to the specific laboratory exercise. • The team documents the plan and the lab design, as well as the assessment task that is aligned with the lab’s in- struction. • The team designs the environment (the world) the player (user) will experience. Experience • Foundational elements, such as ways of navigation, key X Design actions in the experience, are defined. • Key considerations are given for the user experience, the user types, and relevant immersion elements. • The experiences for the E&M course are
including gentrification and food deserts; the impact of policies and regulations on the built environment; understanding the impact of institutional elements on projects; and modeling of public perceptions. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34350Liam Verses, University of Texas at Austin Liam Verses is pursuing a BS in Environmental Engineering and a BA in Plan II Honors at The Uni- versity of Texas at Austin. His current research focuses on macroethics in undergraduate engineering programs. His other academic interests include water and
their responses) the interactions of variousconstructs at some level of complexity. Most of the responses were categorized using the rubric at asecondary level, meaning that some but not all aspects of the criteria and rating guide were met. Forexample, a response defined technical and contextual aspects but did not acknowledge the interaction andcomplexity between components.Table 2 provides an example of the evaluator scoring and rationale for applying the rubric from theassessment tool under consideration [21].Table 2. Example evaluator rationale for the individual prompt (Prompt 3) in the systems-thinking assessment tool Prompt 3: What groups or stakeholders would you involve in planning a response
the success of the preliminary results, then we should make efforts to disseminate theseries. Plans for assessment include surveying and interviewing students at Virginia Tech, wherethe tutorial is being used in a required 1-credit writing course for junior mechanical engineers inSpring 2021. Such surveying should attempt to determine the effect that the tutorial has had onthe writing of the students. Additional survey assessment is being conducted on the effect of thevideos on student perceptions of their fixed or growth mindset with respect to engineeringcommunication [13]. Do students think they can improve their communication skills or is it aninnate ability that they cannot really change? Pre- and post-surveys will be used at the
in multiple ways. Ethical educationcan increase awareness of systematic evils in social policies and planning. A deep sense of moralautonomy with a functional value system works in harmony with higher cognitive abilities tooptimize use of resources and to take socially and economically relevant decisions. A studentcomprehends ethical decision-making by being mindful of professional identity and self-belief.The ability to take cognizance of a situation from other’s perspectives, to empathize, andexercise emotional regulation are vital steps towards developing professional knowledge andskills (see Figure 1).Figure 1. Development of Professional Identity Via Cross-Cultural Ethical Discourse Knowledge and
/colleges are in fact the profit/loss centers, and the vertical functions/disciplines are support organizations. Not fully understanding the fundamentals of change management in organizational matrix model development. Not fully understanding the science of process management. Not fully understanding the art of technical performance measurement. Ignoring the people issues of change management. Lacking the imagination to identify and plan for the risks involved. Overcoming leadership emotional immaturity during the highly emotional organizational design process.What is a Matrix Organizational Design Model?Theorists have devised many ways to partition an organization into subunits, with the intent
difficultto navigate through the app and complained about designs and other minor issues. Ultimately, theproject was temporarily halted and a new application is currently being designed and developedwith the same objectives. It will only have a different framework and personnel on theproject.The new path for the project includes switching to React Native for cross-platform mobiledevelopment and a goal to create a functional product for evaluation for final exam review.Thischange also follows best practices in app development as described by Wardynski1 and wouldserve all students with a mobile phone 1 . Future plans would include creating a Professorfunctionality that helps the professor see the efforts made by the students and assign grades basedon
students' interest and motivation in engineering are to use project-based learningto learn in a more contextualized environment and improve the sense of ownership inengineering through engineering design tasks [3]. Engineering design is a systematic anditerative process of planning, modeling, testing, and improving products and processes. Due toits complexity and open-endedness, appropriate ways of engaging students in engineering designare needed for quality teaching and learning. Further studies have found that interacting inengineering design using a design-based learning framework to let students use a CAD simulatedenvironment to work on several engineering design challenges will increase their engagement,motivation, and interest in learning
need to provide support, yet allow forfrustration, contrasts with what is often experienced during school when a teacher helps studentsfind and then rewards a correct answer. In WGG, making multiple attempts and engaging in aredesign was rewarded. The figure in Appendix A presents an example of the design challengeand assessment criteria used by youth to evaluate their design. Youth are encouraged to use theassessment criteria as they planned for their redesign.Learning Facilitators stressed that they found a connection between youth engagement and easeof use. Youth did not mind and often enjoyed complex design challenges. However, they wantedtheir learning about the challenge, using the technology and answering any questions, to beeasily done
other person who even if you are born in the US. I have met studentshere who have come here for summer programs, who have gotten their passports just becausethey were coming for the summer program. They experience afterwards is just unbelievable. It’slike someone has opened up a new world for them. So for me, the first thing everybody needs todo, and I plan to do it even for my children, is to internationalize their education.Table 1: Summary of the topics and questions discussed in each round table. Questions asked of the Panelists Sample of questions generated/discussed Roundtable One – The Uneasy Relationship Between Politics and Science Is there an uneasy relationship between When was the last time in history
bridge forMariabella to connect to engineering. In contrast, Mariabella discussed the value of working inthe more open design context, where the group took up her idea as a meaningful experience. Mariabella’s experiences offer insight into what it might take to engage more youth frommarginalized backgrounds in engineering. Designing and developing ways for youths’knowledge and experiences to not only be elicited, but also have an impact is one direction thatmay support more youth connecting with engineering. Borrowing from science education: …lesson planning for agency requires teachers not only to allow space for students to exercise control over their own commitments to knowledge, but also to imagine students as
. Students may be co-located in a classroomor in separate locations interconnected via videoconferencing. Faculty evaluators are located at aremote location and communicate via videoconferencing. During the first thirty minutes of an eval-uation, students jointly present their work uninterrupted. During the subsequent twenty minutes,faculty evaluators ask the students questions and they are given opportunities to respond. The finalten minutes are reserved for private faculty evaluator discussion and graded team assessment.During the first semester of the project course, preliminary design and prototype design evaluationsare performed. The preliminary design evaluation provides students feedback on the planned workand the project goals early in the
eliminate variables due to cultural differences and variations ininternational undergraduate education. Ultimately, 300 valid survey responses were collected.While the survey included a wide variety of questions about past experiences, motivation,learning in the classroom, decision process, and future plans, this particular study focusedexclusively on questions of confidence related to academic performance. These questions were: ● How confident did you feel prior to taking the GRE? (Very confident, Somewhat confident, Neither confident nor unconfident, Somewhat unconfident, Very unconfident) ● How confident are you that you will complete your Master’s degree? (Very confident, Somewhat confident, Neither confident nor unconfident
? ● What experiences do you plan to take advantage of during your time here to help move you towards that goal?○ Design ■ In your own words, what is “design” as it relates to engineering? ■ In your opinion, what should the role of an engineer be in the design process? ■ ■ In your opinion, is it important for an engineer to interface directly with a person they’re designing something for? Why or why not? ■ In your opinion, is it important for engineering courses to explore topics that aren’t just technical? Why or why not? ● If so, what topics or concepts come to mind? ■ What’s important for you to have in a class project? ● Creativity/freedom
top heavy and would ruin the integrity when the motors and blocks would move. Therefore, re- engineering these blocks to what would have been a great help in the process. Overall this project was helpful in learning new processes, thinking outside of the box, and problem solving. I had a great experience completing this project and have future plans to make the modular pieces self-configuring with sensors and other new technology. • Team Member #2: This project was very helpful for learning how industrial robots work. At the beginning, I spent time doing research about industrial robots which were SCARA, articulated, spherical, cylindrical, Cartesian, and parallel robot type. Each robot
possible without proper comprehension of the concepts [1, 2] and will diminishover time without proper revision and review [3]. To ensure concept retention, a typicalengineering curriculum is divided into multiple sequences of courses. Each sequence covers asubfield and reinforces core concepts over several semesters. The structural mechanics’curriculum in mechanical engineering is a sequence of four courses: Statics, Mechanics ofMaterials, Mechanical Design, and Kinematic Design. Each course is focused on core conceptsthat are prerequisites to the following course, in order for students to develop a deep knowledgethrough the sequence. Assessing student comprehension levels and identifying gaps in students’knowledge can help educators plan and
. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Appendix B Classroom Schedule for the Intervention Topic Day Class ScheduleIntroduction/ Setup 1 • Introduce project, overview/ purpose, show clubhouse • Consent/assent forms 2 • Pre-Questionnaires • Smart Homes (architecture, trends, needs) • Brainstorming Ideas- what could my clubhouse look like? Architecture / 3 • What’s the process of creating a building from start to finish? Construction • What are blueprints? • Scaling activity • Floor Plans
COVID-19 changed the face of education. At MichiganTechnological University (Michigan Tech) , planning for the Fall 2020 semester started wellbefore the end of the 2019-20 academic year. For the Fall 2020 semester, faculty at ouruniversity had the option to teach in various modalities according to what fit their personal andcourse needs. The options included online (asynchronous materials completed with time andplace flexibility), remote (synchronous, scheduled meetings that students can attend virtually), orhybrid (classes that have face-to-face meeting times, but offer students opportunities to completemost activities virtually and/or remotely). Restrictions placed on class size with physicaldistancing measures limited the number of students
) Results. Inthe first stage, students must analyze the information, propose a work plan, and make aninventory of the relevant conceptual content that will be helpful for the analysis. In the secondand third stages, students analyze the information using the tools and conceptual knowledgegained in the module to make sense of their results. Finally, students present their solutions to thechallenge, their conclusions, and recommendations in the last stage, orally or in writing. Eachmodule's class sessions consist of 8 hours dedicated to learning concepts, techniques, and skillsand 4 hours working in small teams to solve the challenge and present its solution. Below, wedescribe the challenge for each avenue.Innovation and TransformationThe challenge
interchanges of process knowledge that could be mutually useful. Our process for gathering data on systems engineering programming is described below. Gathering Initial Data and Future Plans We obtained a list of ABET accredited Systems Engineering Programs the United States from the ABET web site [9]. We started with a basic search of “Systems Engineering” and filtered other program titles through to identify programs that are related to systems engineering. For example, Industrial Engineering programs are often in the same department as Systems Engineering program. The final list included Industrial and Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering, Systems Science and Engineering and a
development of the aPriori technology, and his graduate student team won the Harvard Business Plan competition in 2003. In 2004, the company achieved $4.5M venture capital 1st round funding from Bain Capital and Sigma Partners, and has since grown to 150+ employees. Mike received his MS in 1979 and PhD in 1986 from Cranfield Institute of Technology, England, and worked for a number of years as a design engineer in the British automotive and machine tool industry, specifically Land Rover, Jaguar, and Molins Machine Tool.Dr. Brian Woodard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Woodard received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign in 2011. His Aerospace research
overall goal of the improved game system is to improve student comprehension and classroom results. Additionally, the finished system is planned to be fully automated, requiring no intervention from instructors or researchers. Assessments of the effectiveness of the game system will be shown through the following: 1. Student game performance. 2. Student performance on content tests related to the game content. 3. Student lab work performance. 4. Student surveys.1. AcknowledgementThis work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant 1913809.2. IntroductionMajor research within higher education focuses on the divide between discovery-based studentlearning and directly
, challenges and results of this virtual andhands-on hybrid experience of engineering summer camp is presented in this paper. 2. Planning and ImplementationThe purpose of the summer camp was to introduce some fundamental background related to variousengineering disciplines to middle and high school students and inspire them to become next generationengineers.2.1 Objectives of the 2020 Engineering summer campFollowing objectives align well with the mission of the university, 1) Utilize the resources of the College of Engineering to impart knowledge through hands-on projects to K-12 students, 2) Design projects to middle school and high school students with apt levels of intricacy to challenge and arise intellectual curiosity in
instruction.Online learning is not a novel phenomenon and has been a major component of higher educationfor many years across disciplines, including business, education, and criminal justice [1].However, the change that took place during Spring 2020 was not traditional online instructionbut rather an emergency transition to remote teaching. Emergency remote teaching (ERT) isdefined as “a temporary shift of instructional delivery to an alternate delivery mode due to crisiscircumstances” [2, p. 7]. Emergency remote teaching is distinct from traditional online teachingand learning, in which virtual experiences and online instruction have been planned from thebeginning [2, 3]. ERT, in comparison, is enacted in response to a crisis; it entails hastyadjustments