andpromising trends in education is the “edutainment” concept, which combineseducational content with entertaining activities so, the participants learn while havingfun.The program proved its flexibility as it was adapted to various locations, number ofparticipants, and time intervals. The paper will present the continuation of the program,the new results, and the plans for future expansion of the program to reach a broaderrange of participants.IntroductionExtensive evidence supports the effectiveness of instructing engineering students inspatial visualization skills, leading to improved outcomes. Research, spanning from theearly 1990s onwards, has consistently shown that practicing and training in spatialvisualization enhances performance in
) Creating Innovative Sustainable Materials, 2) Digital Construction, 3) BIM and VDC, 4) Virtual Testing Lab, 5) Construction Education, and 6) Sustainability.Dr. Sandeep Langar, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Sandeep Langar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science in College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning from the CoDr. Tulio Sulbaran, The University of Texas at San Antonio He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineer from Georgia Institute of Technology with concentration in Construction Management with a minor in Computer Engineering and strong statistical background. He
student in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Her master’s research focuses on disability accommodations in engineering classrooms and will produce a research-backed facilitation for faculty to navigate relationships with their disabled students. She plans to complete her PhD research in biomedical acoustic applications. She has a B.S. in Integrated Engineering & Humanities from Lehigh University.Dr. Karina Ivette Vielma, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Karina I. Vielma is a first-generation college student who dreamed big. As the eldest of five children, Dr. Vielma became very resourceful, attributing her skills to growing up in poverty. Her parents had high expectations for
investigationalways reveals that the builders violated the approved guidelines."They don’t always build according to the approved plan, especially when it is a three-story building. There are times residential buildings are converted to six- or seven-storyshopping complexes by unscrupulous builders," the former General Manager said.CorruptionCorruption is another major factor responsible for ceaseless building collapse incidences;like compromise, this also takes place at different stages of building and from differentplayers in the building construction process. Another building developer somehowjustified the compromise. He said that for the building developers to maximize profit, theysometimes take loans from banks in a bid to assist the landlord in
at 50, 75, and 100%, where theinterrupt routine method produce latency over time in operating the motor. This experimentprovided a consideration for how a student should measure motor position if they plan to operatefor a long duration of time.MAEP Lesson PlanThe MAEP facilitates a hands-on learning experience in an introductory mechatronics labcourse. Through a series of labs designed for each motor type, students gain familiarity with themotors' functionalities and applications, empowering them to select the most suitable motor for amechatronics system. A first lab focuses on the BDC motor, where students compare differentdrive modes to operate a motor. Next, they explore operating a RC servo motor with feedback.Finally, a lab operating a
graduateresearch assistant attend most sessions as observers and commenters. The seminar met for onehour per week for 15 weeks. Among the eight (8) enrolled students, seven were members of thefirst-year sustainability engineering cohort from 2023 (5 men, 2 women); four of the membersfrom this cohort did not enroll due to schedule conflicts. The other student was an upper divisionstudent (man) not affiliated with the cohort.Some of the goals of the seminar were to raise awareness and comprehension of perspectives thatmay differ of their own, to investigate techniques for promoting JEDI in both personal andprofessional settings, and to create a personal plan for promoting JEDI. Because the audienceconsisted primarily of first-year students, no prior
establishedframeworks. These assessments helped coordinators refine their methods and enhance studentengagement. In this work in-progress that began in the Spring of 2024, we present lessonslearned to guide future programs and their evaluations, focusing on both quantitative andqualitative data collection methods.IntroductionEffectively capturing how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreachprograms shape participants’ experiences, perceptions of the program, and attitudes towardengineering requires careful considerations and use of research-based methods. This includescareful planning, attentive implementation, the selection of appropriate tools, and rigorousinterpretation of the resulting data. In this study, we explore the necessary
samples are fully frozen. The four different sampleswere analyzed simultaneously on the cold stage system with images being collected with a cameraduring the cooling process to obtain the freezing properties of the water and its suspension. Severalcalibrations were conducted with 80 droplets, 1.0 µL volume per drop. Figure 1(a) shows theschematic of the planned experiment.To ascertain whether the adopted system generated consistent data, the data produced wascompared to another similarly developed device by the environmental department at WTAMU [9].The freezing spectrum from the new cold stage system was also compared with measured datasetsfrom previous studies [4,5,6]. Figure 1(b) shows example freezing spectra (i.e., frozen fraction =frozen
positions. Dr. Kinney has significant experience in using technology to improve business practices, organizational change management, strategic planning, process improvement, and grant writing and evaluation. Prior to West Shore Community College, Dr. Kinney was the Dean for Business and Technology at Bay College in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #40983Prof. Scott A. Kuhl, Michigan Technological University Scott Kuhl is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive & Learning Sciences at Michigan
articulated clear intentions for academic and careeropportunities that integrated business components into their engineering realities. Based on thesefindings, authors were inspired to explore the conceptual development of an entrepreneurialengineering identity and its practical application to engineering degree (re)design, student academicadvisory and career planning. IntroductionThe inextricable link between innovation and commercial enterprise has provided a suitable nichefor entrepreneurship within engineering programs and industries1,2,3,4,5,6. Recent economic andsocietal trends have illuminated a need for future engineers to be equipped with business acumenand, in particular, entrepreneurial
4. Stages of the Raise Your Handfor each of their projects, such as the overhead project.dome screen and the computer vision system,which comprises cameras and pose detection software. Also, some students attempted to make acomputer visual model of what the whole exhibit would look like.In the second semester, the VIP team focused on developing higher fidelity prototypes for mostof the projects and ended the semester with demonstrations of the projects. The instructors hadexpected these demonstrations to be cohesive demonstrations by each sub team, however, theyended up being done project-by-project, in series by individuals or pairs of students. Even thoughthe exhibit plan called for desktop computers in the lab to be what controls the
professionals to enhance their knowledge and experience.This paper aims to present the ongoing and planned efforts to address the environmental issuespertinent to the transportation industry in an ABET-accredited environmental engineeringprogram in a minority teaching institution.Transportation studies at Central State UniversityIn the past decade, the ENE program at Central State University identified the transportationindustry as a niche industry for which the workforce program can produce environmentalengineers. The ENE faculty enhanced the program with transportation industry-relatedcoursework, research, and internships with the support of the Department of Transportationfunding and collaborators. The faculty implemented these activities from the
)? if they are a valued member of the team. The RPP establishes rou- Siloed Decision Making (SD): tines that promote collabo- Leadership (PI/Co-PIs) making What team norms, if any, rative decision making and decisions about planning and were developed? Are they guard against power imbal- implementation without soliciting followed? How? ances input or feedback from wider team. Are all team voices included RPP members establish Recommended RPP Improvements in collaborative decision norms of interaction that (RR): recommendations from either making? If yes, how? If no, support collaborative deci- partner on ideas to improve the part- please describe your sion making and equitable nership
Massive Online Open Course (MOOC).The intent of GVV is not to persuade people to be more ethical. Instead, it starts from thepremise that most people want to act on their values, but also want their actions to be successfuland effective. Rather than focusing on ethical analysis, the GVV curriculum focuses onimplementation and teaches students to ask themselves: “What if I were going to act on myvalues? What would I say and do? How could I be most effective?” Students learn to do this bydeveloping action plans and practicing scripts they compose.The seven principles, or “pillars,” of GVV guide students through the process of thinking aboutwhat is at stake when addressing ethically challenging situations. Figure 1 summarizes thepillars: Values
prepare students to dedicate themselves todiversity that values the richness of human society as a divine gift and to pursue justice bymaking an action-oriented response to the needs of the world.[12]” Given the uniquely holisticaims of the LUM community, the practice of reflection laying at the core of the Jesuit traditioninvigorates all corners of the university to respond to nationwide calls for social, political, andeconomic justice.At present, LUM’s strategic plan places a strong emphasis on DEI through the recruitment ofstudents and faculty from underrepresented groups and the creation of more inclusive classroomsand curricula. The university’s stated diversity aims include “awareness of the structural sources,consequences, and
research topics to aid in strategic decision making, andimpact services and reputational management.In its 2020 report, ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee summarized that majortrends include: learning analytics, the influence of machine learning and artificial intelligence ontechnology, the impact of big deals cancellations on open access and transformative publisheragreements, research data maturation and the ethical need to incorporate the GO FAIR Initiative,social justice roles including critical librarianship and critical pedagogy, incorporating increaseduse and licensing of streaming media, and finally, library space as a place for supporting studentwell-being [1]. Earlier in a 2017 environmental scan by the same team, the concept of
-week in-personworkshop designed to introduce middle school students to engineering and what engineers do aspart of an educational Summer Camp at Brookdale Community College, located in Lincroft, NJ.Other discussion highlights will include: research supporting the importance of introducingengineering to middle school students; the motivation behind the instructors’ decision to conductthe program in a summer camp setting; the significance to the program’s success of having hadengineers and continuing education professionals design and teach the program; and plans for anexpanded program during the summer of 2022, based on lessons learned.Regarding the 2021 Summer Camp program, the engineering design process was the vehicle fordemonstrating the
-classmaterial.The ICC would sit in on all classes and meet with instructor before and after class, as needed.The ICC and instructor will spend time prior to the beginning of the semester to develop acohesive plan for embarking as a team on this endeavor. It will be important for the instructorand ICC to present themselves as a team.With an increasing population of students in our program who are underrepresented in theengineering field, it is recommended that significant impact can be made by recruiting an ICCwho has experience in supporting underrepresented students in STEM areas.ICC Role in the Classroom The logistics of the freshman circuits course, as well as alltechnical courses in our program, are favorable to having an effective ICC. There is a
preparatory coding sessions between 2021 and 2022 showed mixed results.Although student perceptions of the coding sessions improved in 2022, there are several areas toimprove upon for the 2023 cohort. These improvements can be classified into a ‘curricular’ and a‘logistical’ category. Curricular improvements relate to the coding activities themselves –specifically, a clear relevance of the coding exercises to the student’s project needs to bepresented to the students when the exercises are assigned. In the past, when designing the codingexercises, the PI and host labs focused on providing students with a list of ‘typical’bioinformatics packages used by the lab instead of targeted ones based on the planned project.Moving forward, the PI will attempt
highly experienced and different in that they occupydifferent positions in the system of power within higher education (assistant teaching professorand full professor).Table 1. The instances of ungrading analyzed for this paper.Instance Title Instructor Number of Level Amount students ungradedA1 Ergonomics and Biomechanics First author 9 BS, MS, PhD 100%A2 Inclusive Design First author 37 MS 100%E1 Empirical Traditions in [redacted] Second author 8 PhD 100%E2 Capstone Design Planning
survey.Table 1Project Research Plan Phase Research Question Data Source(s) Quantitative To what extent does engineering USS + PSO surveys students’ social capital predict their opportunities for professional skill development? To what extent do students in different USS survey first-year cohorts have significantly different levels of social capital? To what extent do students in different PSO survey cohorts have different reported levels of opportunities
planning and degree pathways. ECE Discovery Studio, a requiredone-credit hour discipline-specific extended orientation course, is central to the School’s holisticapproach to student success in the absence of an institute-level general first-year engineeringprogram. All undergraduate electrical engineering (EE) and computer engineering (CmpE)majors are required to take ECE Discovery Studio, ideally within the first academic year enteringthe program regardless of matriculation pathway, which may be true first-year students, transfersfrom another university, non-traditional students returning from a stop-out, change-of-majors,career changers, and dual-degree engineering students.Given the diversity of entry points to ECE’s undergraduate program and
" (analog, EU HW2; P2-3; Q Acquisition binary) or analog signal Systems and Perform a sensor calibration and explain how that reduces Signals IKD HW8, 11; P2, 3 the uncertainty in the measurement Recognize the difference between "digital" signals and WF digital communication (e.g., serial) Thoroughly plan an experiment before conducting it, considering why, who, and how, including the variables of EU
attend (almost) every event in a series, for example, by structuring the programinto a for-credit course that meets regularly. A unique aspect of the GrOW program was that itwas led by (senior) graduate students (authors), who first-hand understood the needs of first-yeargraduate students, which yielded relatable and useful events. Therefore, the authors also suggestthat there be some involvement of students (for example, from registered graduate studentorganizations) in the planning and execution of such programs in the future.SummaryA year-long orientation program for gender minorities in the first year of graduate engineering atUIUC was developed and consisted of 7 events spread throughout the academic year. Thisprogram had three themes of
Science and Engineering (CSE) majors from eight CSEcourses at a large, research-intensive university located in the United States. Five questions about thestudent experience in the current course and their plans for the next course were embedded into largersurveys administered in each of the participating courses. In this paper, we focus on student responses tothe following survey questions: “What are barriers that might prevent you from taking the next coursein this sequence?” and “What makes you feel good about your plans to take the next course in thissequence?” Each of the participating courses serves as a prerequisite course for at least one subsequentcourse (for example: Intro to CS I is a prerequisite for Intro to CS II).We address the
mirrors a statement in factor 2 in which a participant sawthe value of having different people working together to solve a problem—they both note the benefit ofdiversity of thought. The difference between factors appears to be the way in which a generalized notionof diversity is viewed as related to demographic markers of diversity.DiscussionDiversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is ubiquitous in the current computer science higher educationclimate, yet definitions vary, as do perspectives regarding what forms of diversity are valued ineducational spaces. As DEI plans become commonplace for securing federal funding [28], understandinghow students, staff and faculty conceptualize the value of diversity will only increase in importance.The Q-sort
the semester Plan and deseign how to teach the content using active learning Development and adaptation of guidelines in each content areaFigure 1. Stages of the design process of the course to adapt it to an active learning course.In the first stage, the instructor reviews the structure, sequence, and contents of the courseto analyze the topics in which the Modified ILD could be implemented covering thelearning objectives. In the second stage the planning and designing of the course transformsthe lesson plans by incorporating an active methodology
addition to his academic and athletic endeavors, Malcolm was the treasurer of the Black Graduate Students Association of RPI where he planned and executed team events and managed the finances of the group. Prior to accepting a position as a GEM Fellow, Malcolm completed four Graduate Assistant Research As- sistant internships at Los Alamos. In addition to his Ph. D. studies, Malcolm continues to pursue available opportunities in learning by auditing courses such as Fusion Energy at Princeton Plasma Physics Labo- ratory and earning certification in courses such as, Neutron Scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Lean / Six Sigma at RPI. American c
. Additionally, she is the 2019 Teacher of the Year for the state of Indiana. Tamara holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Technology Education, both from Purdue University.Mrs. Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, Chevron Corporation Cynthia Murphy-Ortega is currently Manager of University Partnerships and Association Relations of Chevron Corporation. Her organization manages Chevron’s relationships with universities and profes- sional societies and institutes throughout the world. Cynthia joined Chevron in 1991 as an engineer with the Richmond Refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area. She held various engineering, maintenance, oper- ations, financial, business planning and process safety management positions
both from Michigan Tech. Her research program involves using complementary methods (e.g., statistical modeling and analytics, psychological assessment) to evaluate how individual differences are important and impact behaviors at a cultural, social, and behavioral level. She has served as a project evaluator in the multiple NSF funded projects. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 S-STEM Student Reflections and IDP ProcessIntroductionStudent reflections and using individual development plans (IDPs) for mentoring have been anintegral part of an NSF S-STEM project focusing on students pursuing baccalaureate degrees inEngineering