systematic application of inclusive teaching standards(called I-Standards) in our curriculum. The I- Standards were inspired by the approach andformat of Quality Matters, the certification system for online courses, which is adopted at theuniversity for all online classes and is supported by the university teaching center [6]. Theywere developed by a team of faculty by integrating principles of Universal Design forLearning [7], evidenced-based inclusive teaching practices and a comprehensive suite ofstudent support structures anchored by the strength-based approach. The I-standards are usedas a guide to organize the activities of the I-team, a team of instructors who attend a series ofworkshops and work together to redesign their courses.Research
education and communi- cation, and minoring in higher education administration. Her research focuses on stakeholder (employers and students) evaluation for curriculum development and revision. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WORK IN PROGRESS FROM FACE-TO-FACE TO ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: A Transition to a Learner-Centered ApproachAbstractHaving students in an online environment, either partially or fully, requires the instructor to learnnew knowledge and skills that are crucial to succeed in creating high quality online learningenvironments. In this paper, we (an engineering instructor who is learning how to teach in onlineenvironments and an
of Houston (UH) in Houston, Texas was awarded an NSF ResearchExperience for Preservice Teachers (RE-PST) site grant titled “Industries of the Future ResearchExperience for Preservice Teachers in STEM Settings.” The goal of the project is to host 10 highschool preservice teachers each summer to participate in Industries of the Future (IotF) researchfields and then convert their experience into high school curriculum. In the 2020 report of thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to the President of theUSA, PCAST has recommended a set of bold actions to help ensure continued leadership in IotF,comprising artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), advancedmanufacturing, advanced communications
worked for nine years in the manufacturing and service industry as an Industrial Engineer prior to her academic career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding competencies transfer during internships in undergraduate industrial engineering students: a case study at the [blinded]IntroductionDespite engineering programs designing curriculum with the goal of preparing students forindustry demands, there is still a disconnection between industry expectations of the workforceand the preparation of engineering graduates [1-3]. One way to prepare engineering students tomeet industry expectations is by involving them in real world experiences where they cantransfer some of the knowledge
Engineering Network) framework further influenced therefinement process and integrated entrepreneurial mindset.Fall 2020: The assignment was introduced as an extra credit and connects to a previous assignedproject, namely Assignment #5 (see Appendix 1). The students were asked to brainstorm and toreplace the problem description from Assignment 5 with a story while keeping the same pipelineconfiguration, to brainstorm an application. To help the students get started, the instructorincluded a story beginning as an example: “there is a summer camp, and the camp director plansto use water from a nearby lake for some camp activities. The lake is about 50 ft below the campwater tank.... “.Also, part of the assignment was a peer evaluation, in which all the
continuing the experiential learning pilot programs withcontinual improvement efforts and additional data gathering/analysis. Improvement efforts referspecifically to refining existing activities as well as developing new ones. One example of suchan activity under development is shown in Figure 7. This involves characterizing the powerconsumption and cooling capacity of a small thermoelectric cooler which students can thenperform an energy balance on to determine its thermodynamic efficiency. As an addinglearning/integrated curriculum aspect, the temperature measurements associated with this projectare performed via an Arduino-controlled thermocouple amplifier (MAX31855) which can beused for either single or differential thermocouple operation
Lincoln Center Summer Forum, focusing on integrating performing and visual art into elementary curriculum. In our current trying times, she is producing new plays through Zoom and co-hosting a weekly comedy show on Socially Distant Improv (Instagram Live). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31067Jimena Bermejo Jimena is a as a movement artist who has moved away from the classical ”rehearse-to-perform” paradigm of her dance training to include imperfections, to break the separation between audience and performer. She uses movement, text, and performance actions to experiment
integration within existing, traditional REU programsat three partnering institutions. This initiative aims to foster the development of an EM inundergraduate biomedical engineering students under the well-studied paradigm of REUs.As part of the program, seventeen students who participated in biomedical engineering REUprograms as traditional REU or eREU students at one of the three partnering institutions wereasked to engage in an activity where they defined EM through the creation of a concept map.Concept maps were selected as an assessment method due to their ability to directly assessstudents' perceptions of EM, as compared to indirect assessments such as self-reported surveys.These concept maps were assessed using categorical scoring with six
developing their skills and interest in the STEM fields to ensuretheir success at the post-secondary level and beyond. The fundamental principles of E-CADEMY are based on a combination of best practices from research including: a project-basedlearning (PBL) curriculum, high dosage model, cohort of like-minded peers, engagement withSTEM professionals, and family engagement [4]-[8]. This paper provides an overview of theprogram’s component, student feedback and program model future considerations.II. Program Overview Project SYNCERE has provided equitable hands-on engineering experiences for morethan 20,000 underrepresented students in grades three through twelve since 2011. The goal of theorganization’s work is to create pathways for
an extensive review of both peer-reviewedliterature and university teaching and learning websites. Literature sources spanned the last fiveto ten years of research on successful inclusive strategies that have worked in classroom settings,particularly those in engineering classroom settings [5]–[8]. Teaching and learning centerwebsites were also integral in creating the menu because they provided pedagogical advice alongwith inclusive strategies as they are considered the practicing experts on shaping and shiftingclassroom environments. Integrating relevant and culturally diverse examples into coursematerial, ensuring a physically and technically accessible classroom, activating student voicesthroughout the entirety of the class, and
engineering, K-12 engineering, and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.” c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The WISER Experience: Perceived Supports Embedded in a Living-Learning
and practice. Asix-part Arduino workshop program created by Sparkfun and previously tested and usedin K-12 educators or students workshops was integrate into the curriculum. In additionto learning and experimenting with microcontrollers, students also learned how to use asoldering iron, a milling machine, and engineering software such as the 2D and 3Dmodeling software, OnShape. They were able to use this modeling software to createparts using a laser cutter and a 3D printer. At the end of each of these engineering toolmodules, students completed an individual project, which they brought home, for a totalof four individual projects. Students were also introduced to the engineering design process. Student groups weretherefore able to use a
by way of BioBuilder Clubs or through direct integration intoa school’s biology and technology curriculum. To date, more than 60 area schools representing 21regional school districts have been offered the program. It should be noted that 48% of thetargeted population is considered high-risk by E.D. BioBuilder is also providing teacherprofessional development to support the integration of the BioSTEM curriculum in the region.Efforts are ongoing to analyze the impact of this work on the STEM trajectories of studentsparticipating in clubs, with additional analysis focused on determining whether student location(i.e., rural vs. urban) affects persistence in STEM trajectories. This project sets the stage for apipeline of students to matriculate
activities and better cater to students' needs, we organized a two-day (4 hours each day) virtual co-design workshop in April 2023, specifically involving K-12 educators. This workshop aimed to update and redesign the curriculum for upper elementary ML summer workshops with feedback from experienced educators. Five participants, all K-12 teachers specializing in STEM or gifted education, actively engaged in the collaborative design process. The overarching goals of the workshop were threefold: first, to gather reflections on the previous summer workshop from the teachers' perspective; second, to facilitate an exploration and understanding of emerging ML technology toolkits; and third, to
participants. The specific objectivesof the RET project component were to: • Provide an in-depth research experience to two STEM teachers and prepare them to translate their technical experience to their curriculum. • Increase the teachers’ awareness of the profound potential of students with ADHD in engineering and gain knowledge on more effective ways to teach to these students. • Broaden the impact of the REU project through dissemination of the teachers’ experiences.The teachers joined two different engineering research projects and worked directly with theREU students assigned to the respective projects. This allowed the teachers to observe thestudents’ unique learning styles and capabilities in a research environment. The
Character Education? A Literature Review of Four Prominent Virtues in Engineering EducationAbstractThe complexity of problems that engineers address requires knowledge, skills, and abilities thatextend beyond technical engineering expertise, including teamwork and collaboration, problem-solving, curiosity and lifelong learning, cultural awareness, and ethical decision-making. How dowe prepare engineering students to develop these essential capacities? One promising approachis to integrate character education into the undergraduate curriculum. Using an established andcommonly used taxonomy advanced by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at theUniversity of Birmingham, this paper explores the extent to which virtues are
Engineering, as an ABET Program Evaluator; and is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Education Committee. His research interests are in the broad area of cellular engineering that utilize interdisciplinary approaches towards better understanding of stem cell fate in the context of regenerative biomedical therapies. He is committed to integration of research and education, and has developed courses and programs that relate to entrepreneurship, service learning and community engagement. He is an elected Fellow of the Amer- ican Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), an elected Fellow of BMES, and Past- President of the Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE). Awards and Honors include
; robotics; the design of high-precision, integrated navigation system with high integrity; and their indoor/outdoor applications. He is a member of Institute of Navigation (ION); and a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).Dr. Yu Bai, California State University, Fullerton Dr. Yu Bai is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the California State University, Fullerton. His research has been supported by Intel and other federal agencies, such as NSF and the army research office. His research interests include machine learning, social media analysis, neuromorphic computing, FPGA design, nano-scale computing system
practice”— overthe years has come to take on a variety of meanings, with many researchers noting the term hasbeen significantly diluted over the years from its original meaning. Learning community as it isused here is simply a: “[group] of people engaged in intellectual interaction for the purpose oflearning”; a community that is a pragmatic and effective means of educating students as thesestudents get “involved in thinking, questioning, and actively seeking knowledge” (Cross, 1998,p. 9). Both faculty-to-student and peer-to-peer mentorship on academic and professional writinghave been an integral focus of these scientific learning communities, whose aims largely centeraround providing a supportive, sustainable network for both professional and
Chemistry at Pasadena City Col- lege and runs an undergraduate research program attempting to infuse active learning in conjunction with remotely accessible microscopes into K-12 and university science curriculum. He is actively involved in bring micro nanotechnology technician programs to Community College campuses being a part of the Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) Network and the Nanotechnology Profes- sional Development Partnership (NPDP) Program. Dr. Ashcroft is currently the Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Micro Nano Technology Education Center. American c Society for
. Prior to joining DU, Dr. Roney held both industry and academic positions. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Hair Dryer Design as a Synergistic Tool for Combining Thermodynamics and the Importance of Diversity in Design Team CompositionIntroductionThe past few years have shown an increasing emphasis on justice, equity, diversity, andinclusion (JEDI) within engineering curriculums [1]. This emphasis on JEDI, also referred to asdiversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), has been reinforced by changes made by the majoraccreditation body for engineering programs, ABET. In 2016, ABET proposed changes toinclude language highlighting an outcome of “creating a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment
backfill our society, and (3) the rapid agingof massive numbers within our society.This paper details the decisions attendant to the many facets of demographics, and morespecifically cultural diversity. These many facets are the premise for this first online course inthe new curriculum.The author will examine and articulate the many meaningful, cross-demographic cohortdiscussions and agreed-to topics. The curriculum, in the final analysis, was designed to heightenawareness to the many tightly integrated cultural issues of today.Doctor of Technology OverviewThe DTECH degree evolved over a six-year period beginning in 2013. During this time, therewere two paths being pursued in parallel.The first path was to identify what type of curriculum would be
Executive Leadership and Team Development, Strategy Design & Execution, Supply Chain Optimization, Change Management, System Integration and LEAN Process Improvement (technical and business), Dr. Wickliff is passionate about Organizational Wellness and the Holistic Well- ness of individuals. She is also a professional Facilitator and Motivational Speaker. Dr. Wickliff earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University where she com- bined Industrial Engineering and Organizational Development to conduct research in the area of talent management and organizational effectiveness. She also completed an executive MBA from the Univer- sity of Texas-Dallas and a BS in mechanical engineering from the
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-thermal characterization as well as the design of learner-centered experiential curriculum. She is currently working to develop an inclusion-centered first-year design program in hands on design and problem-based learning to better support students as they enter the engineering fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Fostering Inclusivity and Engagement while Learning by Doing: A New Paradigm in Engineering Education based on Student-Designed, Student-Taught CoursesIntroductionWhat if students were the teachers? Inspired by the skill-building workshops organized by ourundergraduate science and engineering clubs and our Sustainability Minor’s
Paper ID #27424Toward a Globalized Engineering Education: Comparing Dominant Imagesof Engineering Education in the United States and ChinaDr. Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines Qin Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the Ethics Across Campus Program and the Division of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines, where he is co-directing the Daniels Fund Program in Professional Ethics Education that provides support for faculty to integrate ethics into applied science and engineering curricula. Qin serves as a graduate faculty member in the Master’s Program in Natural Resources and Energy Policy at
Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills of K-16 engineering learners; and teaching engineering.Ms. Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Chanel Beebe is an Engineering Education Researcher at Purdue University where her work focusing on broadening participation in engineering
. First, the evaluation subjects in currententrepreneurial ecosystem evaluation are mainly regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, studententrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and university-basedentrepreneurial ecosystem is not included. Secondly, researchers often evaluate theentrepreneurial ecosystem from the internal and external environment or the composition ofthe ecosystem, without considering the various factors involved in the dynamic process of theentrepreneurial ecosystem. This paper makes a novel contribution by building an evaluationframework of university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem based on its essentialcharacteristics.This paper presents the evaluation system model of university-based entrepreneurialecosystem
theinstitute. The evaluation team interviewed a total of 23 volunteer participants via Zoom.Interviews ranged from 30 to 45 minutes. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribedusing Otter.ai, an artificial intelligence transcription service.The evaluation team designed and used a semi-structured interview protocol to allow for a set ofstandardized questioning across respondents, as well as understand personalized perspectives.Evaluators developed interview questions using the broader evaluation questions to gain insightinto the quality of the institute, its impact on participants’ learning and behavior, the results ofengaging in the institute, and the replicability of the training structure and curriculum. Questionswere also designed to
. The integration of research into FAU’s undergraduate curriculum provided the students with unique and high impact educational practices in computer-related technologies. Peer Mentoring - The College of Engineering and Computer Science recently established an Innovation Leadership Honors Program (ILHP) supported by the College Executive Advisory Council comprised of some twenty-five top level engineering and business executives in Florida. At the beginning of each semester, the College recruits 30 top students from the junior’ class cohort who have successfully completed general education courses and several fundamental classes in their majors. These students stay in the honors program