wide range of courses across the computer science curriculum and supervised undergraduate and graduate research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessing the Impact of Open-Resource Access on Student Performance in Computer-Based Examinations Zulal Sevkli Computer Science and Software Engineering Miami University Oxford, OH sevkliaz@miamioh.eduAbstractThis study explored the effects of permitting digital resource access during computer-basedexams in the context of System Programming course. Two
principles, supported by the fundamentals of engineeringeducation research. Instructional faculty then formed the teams based on student preferences andother best practices for team formation [13], such as not isolating minoritized students whereverpossible.Projects were all internally supported. In other words, there were no external partners or mentorsfor the projects. Students on this project were mentored by the instructional team whose diversebackgrounds encompass instruction of several core ChE courses, research in the engineeringeducation domain, and experience in experiential learning. Additionally, this semester a graduatestudent instructor was added to the instructional team for an additional project mentor.Implementation of Experiential
Paper ID #41866Teaching Strategies that Incorporate Social Impacts in Technical Courses andEase Accreditation Metric CreationMs. Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University Ingrid Scheel is a Project Instructor at Oregon State University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She teaches Electrical and Computer Engineering fundamentals and design courses, and as a graduate student in Education is focused on curriculum design. Scheel’s industry experience includes prototype development, test article instrumentation, data acquisition, data analysis, and reporting. She contributes to the International Society for Optics
significant Research and Practice Implications for these themes.Dr. Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma Dr. Kittur is an Assistant Professor in the Gallogly College of Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design program from Arizona State University, 2022. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLE Technological University, India
participated in the SPARK-ENG project at the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (CMASTE).Dr. Marnie V Jamieson, University of Alberta Marnie V. Jamieson, M. Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng. is a Teaching Professor in Chemical Process Design in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta and holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. She is currently the William and Elizabeth Magee Chair in Chemical Engineering Design and leads the process design teaching team. Her current research focuses on engineering design and leadership, engineering culture, the engineering graduate attributes and their intersection with sustainability, learning culture, and continuous course and
Middle School Girls; fAEC-KLM Impacts AEC Self-efficacy in AfricanAmerican Middle School Girls; fAEC-KLM Impacts AEC Outcome Expectations in AfricanAmerican Middle School Girls. A. fAEC-KLM Impacts AEC Knowledge in African American Middle School GirlsThe findings of this study have significant implications for educators, policymakers, and industryleaders seeking to increase diversity in AEC fields. By examining the effectiveness of a targeted,culturally relevant intervention, this research contributes to the broader discussion on strategiesto engage underrepresented groups in STEM careers and provides insights into the design ofeffective outreach programs for young women of color. To identify the impact the fAEC-KLM has on the AEC knowledge
and its process provided students with a real-life experienceof working with multiple disciplines to execute a successful project.(3) Engineering and ConstructionThe engineering and construction portion of the competition provided vast opportunities for the studentsto implement their design knowledge into practice, research new design methods to reduce waste, andcollaborate with other engineers to integrate their designs.Water ConservationConsidering the scarcity of water in California, the Roots House maximizes water collection through a (1)greywater system, rainwater collection, and fog harps. The greywater recycling system collects wastewaterfrom bathroom sink, shower, and clothes washer and cleans it to be used for toilet flushing and
Mechatronics. These certificates are: “Industrial Robotics,” “Automation andControls in Mechatronics Systems,” and “Fluid Power in Mechatronics Systems.” All threecertificates are comprised of the core courses for MS in Mechatronics.Graduate Certificate 1: “Industrial Robotics”Many existing jobs will be automated in the next ten years, and robotics will be a major driverfor global job creation over the next five years. These trends are made clear in a study conductedby the market research firm Metra Martech, “Positive Impact of Industrial Robots onEmployment.” [2]. The EET program in the department of Applied Computing in the College ofComputing at Michigan Tech is a Certified Training and Education Site for FANUC RoboticsMaterial Handling and iR
. In fact,the findings revealed that more than half of the teachers feel unprepared to teach energy-relatedSTEM topics and have expressed a need for additional support to overcome these challenges.Identifying these needs guided us through our next initiative: the data-driven design of STEMcontent and materials on energy-related topics for K-12 classrooms. As a test run, we conductedtwo virtual camps. The first one was a Young Nebraska Scientists (YNS) Summer Camp formiddle and high school students. The second one was a session at the NanoSIMST Workshop totrain middle and high school STEM teachers. This workshop provided essential engineering andnanoscience content knowledge, practical activities, and resources, equipping teachers toeffectively
, Florida International University Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International University. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught a number of courses on design, sociotechnical contexts, education, and learning. He conducts research on equity and culture in engineering education and supports undergraduate and graduate student researchers through the Equity Research Group.Dr. Cassandra McCall, Utah State University Cassandra McCall, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and Co-Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Transition
Paper ID #40998A Perspectives-Making Approach to Biomedical Engineering Design: Entrepreneurship,Bio-Inspired Design, and ArtsDr. Adel Alhalawani, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Adel Alhalawani’s teaching interests include engineering design, biomechanics, statics and mechanics of materials, biomaterials and design of manufacturing. His research has focused on bio-glass based adhesives for orthopedic applications and dental-based adhesives.Sophia KoopDr. Thomas Omwando, Simpson University Dr. Thomas Omwando holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He is an Assistant
-driven, where actual student data and actual university curricula areutilized. Five thousand seventy-three student records from the University of New Mexico (UNM)are used for this purpose. Results demonstrate the restructuring impact on an engineering cur-riculum, particularly the computer engineering program at UNM. The effect is an improvementin the graduation rates of the students attending the revised engineering programs. These resultsare validated using a Markov Decision Processes (MDP) model. Furthermore, the findings of thispaper showcase the practical benefits of our approach and offer valuable insight for future ad-vancements in curriculum restructuring methodologies.keywords: curricular complexity, Markov decision processes
sustainability.Shanae Lekeisha Edwards, University of Texas at Dallas ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Application of Concept Maps to Measure Effectiveness of Engineering Design Learning Intervention for School TeachersAuthor 1, PhD StudentAuthor 2, PhD StudentAuthor 3, Postdoctoral AssociateAuthor 4, ProfessorUniversity Affiliation1 MOTIVATION: MEASURE STUDENT LEARNING Evaluating changes in learning and understanding is essential to educational research andinterventions [1,2]. It serves as a critical parameter to gauge the effectiveness and impact ofeducational programs [3]. This assessment is not just a valuable tool; it is often the most effectivemeans available to measure and
semester, the program was opened to all faculty at the EEdepartment (total of 25 faculty). No faculty opted out, which allowed more course options forstudents to choose from.4-Pedagogy Training of Student Observers: Volunteering students were enrolled in a learningmodule on teaching and learning best practices on the Canvas learning management system,covering topics such as backward design and assessment, observation practices, and givingconstructive feedback. All handouts and training materials were provided within that Canvasmodule. The students were required to attend a one-hour training session on how to observe andevaluate teaching effectiveness and how to provide constructive feedback to faculty members.The training session was offered
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring early-career professionals’ conceptions of “stretch assignments”: A qualitative study of recent graduates from engineering and non-engineering fields1.0 IntroductionEarly-career engineers often enter workplaces that have not been designed with equity in mind.Beliefs about techno-meritocracies reign, blurring experiences of negative stereotypes, bias, anddiscrimination. Many new engineers learn largely opaque organizational practices and unwrittenrules of advancement as they go—with some having more informational advantage than others.One such practice is a developmental, or “stretch”, assignment. We define stretch assignments asinformally allocated work
providing students with discussion questions prior tothe class session. Students discussed the highlights of a research paper in their team beforepresenting a brief summary, questions, and additional thoughts for the class to discuss. The topicscovered in these discussions spanned a wide range of topics including: (1) the impact ofadvanced technology and AI on work (AI, Robotic Process Automation, Chatbots) [7], [8], [9];(2) organizational design and its impacts on how people will work (Crowd Work, Care Work,Telework, Smart Working, Remote Work, Four Day Workweek) [10], [11], [12]; (3)demographics of workers, (4) communication and coordination (Human-machine interaction andhuman-human interaction), (5) collaboration and social interactions
Paper ID #42487Engineering Students’ Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A TypologicalApproachDr. Qin Liu, University of Toronto Dr. Qin Liu is Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include engineering students’ learning experiences, competency development, and career development; student data analytics; and scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Greg Evans P.Eng., University of Toronto GREG EVANS PhD, P.Eng, FCEA, FAAAS is the Director of the Institute
systematically identify,evaluate, and synthesize the available instruments for measuring doctoral students' mentoringrelationships with advisors or mentors. Future research and instrument development in this fieldwould be guided by a thorough grasp of the current instruments, their psychometric qualities, andthe gaps in the literature that such a review would provide. 2.0 METHODS2.1 ProtocolThe best practice guidelines and reporting items for the establishment of scoping reviewprotocols by Peters et al. [19] will be followed in the construction of the scoping reviewprocedure. The methodical and reporting quality of scoping reviews depend on a systematicapproach to searching, screening, and reporting, which is
, Samuel L Gaertner, and Kerry Kawakami. Intergroup contact: The past, present, and the future. Group processes & intergroup relations, 6(1):5–21, 2003.[24] Irving Seidman. Interviewing as qualitative research: A guide for researchers in education and the social sciences. Teachers college press, 2006.[25] Stephen Secules, Cassandra McCall, Joel Alejandro Mejia, Chanel Beebe, Adam S Masters, Matilde L. S´anchez-Pe˜na, and Martina Svyantek. Positionality practices and dimensions of impact on equity research: A collaborative inquiry and call to the community. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(1):19–43, 2021.[26] Kelly J Cross. The Experiences of African-American Males on Multiracial Student Teams in Engineering. PhD thesis
Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 13–26, 1 2002. [Online]. Available: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rvst20[36] M. Kargarmoakhar, M. Ross, Z. Hazari, S. Secules, M. A. Weiss, M. Georgiopoulos, K. Christensen, and T. Solis, “The Impact of a Community of Practice Scholarship Program on Students’ Computing Identity,” ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 9 2021. [Online]. Available: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623615[37] M. Ross, E. Litzler, and J. Lopez, “Meeting students where they are: A virtual computer science education research (cser) experience for undergraduates (reu),” in Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, ser. SIGCSE ’21. New York, NY, USA
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her substantial experience supporting students with disabilities, she has assisted faculty members in redesigning instructional content and syllabi to ensure digital accessibility. Furthermore, Elnara has conducted training sessions for instructors and textbook authors to enhance the representation of students with disabilities both in classroom settings and within textbooks. She is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Technology Leadership and Innovation program at Purdue University.Mr. Shawn Farrington, Purdue University Shawn is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University. He coordinates the core design thinking course as part of the Freshman Experience, teaches his sections, trains
research focuses on exploring and understanding engineering learning environments. He harnesses these insights to propose solutions that encourage the creation of safe and inclusive educational environments conducive to learning, professional development, and innovation. His research interests include graduate student mentorship, faculty development, mental health and well-being, teamwork and group dynamics, and the design of project-based learning classes. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An exploration of how faculty advising influences doctoral student psychological safety and the impact on work-related outcomes AbstractFaculty advisors perform a vital role in doctoral
this paper is to examine the impacts of different mindsets on the way educatorsapproach their teaching and research. Although the results from this four-person study are notgeneralizable to engineering or education faculty more broadly, gaining a better understanding ofthe problem-solving-relevant mindsets of these individuals can add greater detail andunderstanding to concepts explored in previously established literature.This paper is organized as follows. In the next section, we describe the background and literaturerelevant to our study. Next, we describe our methods for collecting and analyzing the interviewtranscript data. The Findings section describes the mindsets and themes we found in the databased on the analysis process. It is
large.Literature ReviewIn the past decade, there has been significant research aimed at assessing the teamwork skills ofSTEM students through the modification of course materials, the introduction of new techniques,and the implementation of technology-driven projects, as well as replacing traditional individualassignments with cross-disciplinary projects [7], [8]. A study on the impact of an NSF-supportedSTEM scholarship program revealed that a one-credit course focusing on teamwork significantlyimproved students' presentation skills and interpersonal confidence [9]. However, the projectwork was deemed too time-consuming for a one-hour credit course, and the issue of unevenwork distribution among team members remained unresolved. In another study, an
“complex interlinkages”, which is a cousin of systems thinking), social andemotional learning (values and attitudes), and behavioral learning (practical actions). TheEngineering for One Planet (EOP) Framework (2022), developed through the LemelsonFoundation and VentureWell, establishes nine learning outcomes, each of which includes coreand advanced outcomes (these appear to be interchangeable with competencies, despite thedistinction between competencies and outcomes articulated by Wiek et al. 2011); the EOPlearning outcomes are Systems Thinking, Environmental Literacy, Responsible Business andEconomy, Social Responsibility, Environmental Impact Assessment, Materials Selection, Design,Critical Thinking, and Communication and Teamwork. It is
studies.In addition, our review shows that the primary use of CIs in engineering education is to gaugestudents' understanding and to uncover any prevailing misconceptions. It also revealed that thepredominant use of CIs is in undergraduate education, accounting for 90% of the studiesexamined. However, there is need for studies that examine the use of CIs to examine studentconceptual understanding at graduate level as researchers have shown that students still havemisconceptions even after graduation. For example, Maries and Li [30, 31] emphasize the criticalneed to examine the impact of misconceptions at the graduate level, recognizing thatmisconceptions persist at all educational levels. Furthermore, our review highlights a significantresearch gap
in 2012, both from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University. In 2019, he received his PhD from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is currently working as an Assistant Professor. His research interests are engineering education, and in the area of optics; he specializes in developing optical fiber-based sensors for monitoring harsh environments.Dr. Irene Mena, University of Pittsburgh Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. She has experience teaching programming, design, entrepreneurship, and sustainability topics, and is the Director of the First-Year Engineering Program at the University
collection of additional information,consideration of external constraints, and thoughtful reflection on the solution process. Theseskills are recognized as crucial for future engineers in their daily professional lives. However,there are concerns from employers and researchers that undergraduate students may not beadequately prepared to address such problems upon graduation [1‒3]. To make things worse,courses in thermofluids require a robust understanding of mathematics and extensively utilizephysics to explain physical systems. Heat transfer, in particular, introduces complex subjects thatmay appear even more difficult for students studying engineering technology.There have been some attempts at addressing the students’ problem-solving abilities
for graduate school.”She chose a research internship in an institute and convinced her reluctant professor who argued“normally undergraduates don't take on research experiences because their only job is to be astudent” by countering “Well, I can do it. I can do it. And I said, like, you can hire me full-time.I'm just really into it.” She landed the internship as a fulltime research assistant without a stipendand could afford doing so since she had received a Gilman scholarship prior to departure.Yet another outcome was a student, MO, who had doubts regarding her chosen field of civilengineering for a career path prior to her year abroad. Instead, she wanted to explore teaching.MO still chose a research internship during which she discovered