Paper ID #43141Addressing Societal Challenges through Graduate-level Community-engagedDesign Projects (Traditional Research Paper) ˜ George Mason UniversityDr. Samuel A Acuna, Samuel Acu˜na is a research professor in the Department of Bioengineering at George Mason University. He is a biomechanical engineer interested in rehabilitation engineering and human-centered product design. He develops new technologies to address movement disorders that develop after injury, such as stroke, amputation, or traumatic brain injury. He is particularly interested in solving engineering problems for the hospital &
given research field. • Design of an experimental plan.The endearing premise of this proposal-based qualifying exam was that writing a researchproposal is a learning tool that teaches tangible research skills which students do not gain in theirtraditional graduate coursework. This semester-long course included incremental milestones forthe student and regular feedback from the instructors. The final product of the course was a 15page NSF style research proposal and a 20-minute oral presentation on the proposal before afaculty committee selected by the course instructors. All performance evaluations wereincorporated into a final grade for the course. Of the 6 students enrolled in the course in Summer2009, three were chemical engineering
assessment and preliminary creek restoration design that relied on structural solutions (such as riprap). The tribe decided against this quick-fix approach, instead choosing to rely on the beaver as a resident ecological engineer. For STEM education researchers working with tribal communities, it is essential that the curriculum be grounded in tribal culture and values. The community's desire is that their youth be prepared to stand in two worlds: one in one in which tribal values are fully honored and on in which they apply the best practices of western STEM knowledge.ConclusionEngaging tribal communities in education is critical to validate theoretical research, whichrecommends culturally relevant STEM experiences to inspire student
, the effectiveness ofsuch projects within the context of competition is largely unexplored.Surveys of recent graduates will serve as the primary assessment tool for the effectiveness ofinterdisciplinary versus non-interdisciplinary teams and competition versus non-competitionteams. The authors will assess both the impact of student competitions on learning and theimpact of interdisciplinary teams on the learning and effectiveness of competition teams.Additional assessment tools will include competition scores and feedback received from facultymembers based on the performance of the 2020 West Point Steel Bridge Team.IntroductionIt only takes a quick look at the news over the past few years to see that the world is changing ata rapid pace
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journal, Advances in Engineering Education and she serves on the ASEE committee for Scholarly Publications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Facilitating Engineering Faculty Advising Success: Faculty Development of Graduate Advising PracticesAbstractEstablishing a positive advising relationship between faculty and doctoral students is a time-consuming and often unacknowledged effort. Previous research has primarily focused onimproving student success or faculty productivity, with little attention to the factors that promoteor hinder the adoption of student-centered advising practices. We developed a four-partworkshop series, "Facilitating Engineering Faculty Advising
on 6 disciplines of study and research:aerodynamics and fluid mechanics; aeroelasticity and structural dynamics; flight mechanics andcontrols; propulsion and combustion; structural mechanics and materials; and system design andoptimization. The school has a faculty of more than 40 tenure-track professors and enrollment ofmore than 1,300 graduate and undergraduate students. There are nearly 20 labs and researchgroups housed within the school.Selected Literature ReviewResearch libraries have provided data management services for over a decade. Many suchservices continue to provide value and to make an impact in their respective researchcommunities. In order to improve data services for research communities, librarians haveconstantly sought
and physics teacher. Her research interests are in K-12 STEM integration, primarily using engineering design to support secondary science curricula and instruction. Page 24.555.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Examination of Integrated STEM Curricula as a Means Toward Quality K-12 Engineering Education (Research-to-Practice) Strand: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum DesignFor some time now, educators and policy makers have been focused on improving botheducation and career preparedness in the fields of science, mathematics
guideresearch groups through graduate school. The participants suggested that discussions begin inboth faculty meetings and lab group meetings. Faculty meetings and department-leveldiscussions can focus on sharing best practices and some materials such as evaluation forms.Participants in the workshop suggested that departments could set up a wiki or a discussionboard where faculty can post common issues and good practices. The wiki (or a similar forum)would provide an arena for faculty to discuss and set goals, give feedback, share forms andreflect on their experiences. Research group discussions should focus more on clarifying valuesand expectations, providing feedback and reflecting on how to improve. These discussions neednot be formal in nature
classes.Multidisciplinary engineering courses could stimulate faculty and students to approach otherdepartments to conduct multidisciplinary research and conduct collaborative design projects.Multidisciplinary projects are highly encouraged by the departments and help the studentsbecome more knowledgeable and valuable in their future positions. Describing the advantagesand limitations of the mechatronics course as a multidisciplinary teaching endeavor provides acatalyst for the development of other courses.The short term goals are to evaluate the existing course content and integrate more labs anddemonstrations that could make an immediate impact on the students’ learning. For instance,student feedback has indicated the second lab with the Sumobot on the balance
shift of instructional delivery to an alternate delivery mode due tocrisis circumstances” whereas “online learning” draws upon an established body of best practicesscholarship and includes an intentional design structure that requires time for planning.Independently and with varying degrees of support from university instructional designers, manyfaculty turned to existing established best practices for online teaching and implemented whatthey could in a limited timeframe.2, 3 However, pre-pandemic online learning scholarshipsituates online learning in a particular educational space, one created for a distinct sub-set oflearners who intentionally chose to learn through an online delivery system, oftenasynchronously and self-paced.The COVID-19
by emphasing the need for Synergetic Configuration across the curriculumKey words: Synergy: Variety: Synergetic Configuration: Foundation students:Graduate Students 1. Introduction & BackgroundBased upon the pedagogically focused aspects of the RVS model of Engineering Education [1]and following an Action Research approach [2] the Great Expectations Project set out toidentify and find solutions to the issues around the ‘academic transition’ into university fortwo very different cohorts of students; those who enter university without the required pre-requisite qualifications and are therefore required to enrol upon a pre-undergraduate level‘conversion’ programme in general engineering; and students who, having graduated with aBachelor’s
. Walton-Macaulay has extensive experience in the geotechnical and materials industry prior to becoming an academician and is a licensed professional engineer. Dr. Walton-Macaulay’s has a passion to teach, to educate upcoming civil engineers in best practices and for them to look to alternative ways and new technology that will improve on current design methods. Dr. Walton-Macaulay believes that fostering diversity in teaching breeds innovation and is currently focused on engineering education research on socio-economic inequities in infrastructure.Xiaomei Wang, Brigham Young University Dr. Xiaomei Wang, a Civil Engineering Ph.D., specializes in environmental engineering. She conducts research on infrastructure
noteworthy is the appearance of a somewhatparabolic trend in the time series data, suggesting that the estimate is most inaccurate for materialpresented both far and immediately before the exam. This observation seems consistent with whatmany instructors observe in practice – namely that students perform best on questions related tomaterial that has been presented in lecture recently, assuming that adequate time has passed toallow for appropriate review and content retention. Unfortunately, this may indicate that theperiodic review functionality of ALEKS under default parameter settings is not sufficient to ensurelong-term content mastery for international students.Another interesting observation is the variation in student midterm performance as a
Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.Stephanie AbbottSarah Mukui Mutunga, Robert Morris University Page 24.691.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Impact of a 5-Week Collegiate Level Residential STEM Summer Program on Secondary School Students (Research to Practice, K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design)Abstract The foundation of modern engineering curriculums is a strong background in science,mathematics, and technology. Engineering education begins with
, Biomedical Device Design and Manufacturing, Automation and Robotics, and CAE in Manufacturing Processes fields.Mr. Keith G Moran JrMr. Christopher Steven Kremer , Robert Morris University Graduated with magna cum laude honors from Robert Morris University in 2014 with a B.S. in Me- chanical Engineering and a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering. Participated in numerous engineering projects and achieved several academic accolades during my time at Robert Morris. Currently employed for Westinghouse Electric Company, as an engineer, working primarily in the pumps and motors field.Mr. Bruce Allen Barnes Jr, Robert Morris University Projected completed as a senior undergraduate student at RMU.Justin CosgroveSamuel A Colosimo III
researchand innovation in STEM disciplines [4]. The workshop provides graduate students withcustomized strategies and guidance to effectively communicate their research findings in scholarlypublications, thereby empowering them to do so.This paper offers comprehensive information regarding the organization, execution, andevaluation of an intensive workshop designed for graduate trainees of a multi-STEM educationalprogram based on the community of practice concept and the social cognitive. A key componentof the workshop was forming a writing accountability group, an innovative strategy wherebytrainees committed to specific manuscript writing goals and provided peer support. It has beenestablished that graduate-specific professional development
long it took the given design to go from theopen position to the closed position. Speed was given an importance weighting of 20 since it isimportant to elevate as quickly as possible, but not as important to the constraints of the robot asstrength and weight are. Finally, reliability was considered as how consistent and durable thesystem is. It was only given an importance weighting of 15 since low durability can easily becompensated for by checking the system for signs of damage after every match.Since there was no baseline for the Pugh Matrix, the alternatives were compared on how wellthey fit each criterion. The alternative that fit it the best was given a 1, the worst alternative wasgiven a -1 and the final alternative was given a 0. The
Paper ID #21171Pragmatic Framework for Graduate-level Sustainability Capstone ProjectsMr. Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University Prof. Ben D Radhakrishnan is currently a full time Faculty in the School of Engineering, Technology and Media (SETM), National University, San Diego, California, USA. He is the Program Director/Lead Fac- ulty for MS Sustainability Management Program. He develops and teaches Engineering and Sustainabil- ity Management graduate level courses. Ben has taught Sustainability workshops in Los Angeles (Army) and San Diego (SDGE). His special interests and research include promoting Leadership in
attending an International Summer Energy School. 2. Teacher attitudes toward science and engineering will improve as a result of experiencing problem-based learning (PBL) and engineering design with constraint activities as learners and teachers will subsequently use design and PBL pedagogies in their classrooms. 3. Teachers will more fully appreciate relationships that tie science fundamentals to technology applications and economic development, and become more forceful and convincing advocates for sustainable energy practices and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.RET participating teachers (n=23) engaged in cutting-edge engineering research at West
were at their level or below, but struggled when the identified audience had moreadvanced training. Further, more specifically identified audiences led to stronger outcomes – forexample discerning between high school students versus juniors taking a physics class.Conducting the research was another area in which students pointed to struggles, which ifovercome, led to enriched learning outcomes. On the contrary, if students confronted a challengeand were not able to surmount it, then the learning outcomes were not achieved. To maximizeoutcome attainment, the assignment would benefit from enhanced guidance and support inconducting background research – for example, by inviting a university librarian to guest lectureon best practices in using
innovation, and the tension between design engineering and business management cognitive styles. To encourage these thinking patterns in young engineers, Mark has developed a Scenario Based Learning curriculum that attempts to blend core engineering concepts with selected business ideas. Mark is also researches empathy and mindfulness and its impact on gender participation in engineering education. He is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 consumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter &
has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene
curriculums, which consistently show that writing helps students understand coursecontent significantly better. One such study of the use of journal writing documented ameasurable improvement in student understanding of engineering material and,moreover, a measurable shift in student attitude towards the writing assignments,suggesting that the students themselves recognized a valid purpose for the writing. 7Another study also found evidence that an intensive focus on journal writing had animportant impact on student learning. Close analysis of the journal writing revealed thatstudents gained much more than practice with writing skills. Through their writtenresponses to the textbooks for their design course, students experienced a change in
Measurement from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for over 20 years. Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience conducting longitudinal research studies and is proficient in database management, experimental design, instrument development, psychometrics and statistical programming. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Impact of an Undergraduate Research Program on Students’ Attitudes toward and Pursuit of Graduate Studies – A Follow-up StudyAbstractUndergraduate research experiences have been shown to have a positive impact on
Paper ID #281032018 Best PIC V Paper: Continuing Professional Development Division: IsThere a Connection Between Classroom Practices and Attitudes TowardsStudent-Centered Learning in Engineering?Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. She is a third year student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program. Her research interests focus on higher education equity and access, particularly within STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
of the economy, that doctoralprogram was designed from its inception to raise up a new generation of scholars.However, there are many professionals who find that their lives are incompatible with thetraditional PhD’s structure and philosophy. Take, for example, a working engineer in her 40swho is earning a six-figure salary, has a family (spouse, kids, dog, and mortgage) and is eager toadvance her knowledge and career. Because we offer online master’s education options, she canpop open her laptop and take graduate-level courses in the evening after the house is settled.Once that master’s degree is in hand and she finds herself hungry for the depth and research-intensive experience of doctoral education, though, what options does she have
Virginia. Her research interests include engineering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, approaches for supporting education research-to-practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Preparing Students for a Collaborative Engineering Design Work Environment: A Study of Practicing EngineersAbstractRecent studies within design and engineering education have focused on better preparingengineering graduates to function within an industry design environment. Increased emphasis inthis area is motivated by a growing concern that graduates are entering industry with littleexperience engaging
Wighton Fellow for excellence in development and teaching of laboratory-based courses in Canadian UG engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Graduate student pedagogical impact through development and delivery of a collaborative inquiry focused high school STEM programAbstractConsidering a changing academic landscape that desires skill development beyond that oftraditional research, post-secondary STEM students now require broad opportunities to improvetheir translatable skill set. Notably, we routinely observe an increasing number of doctoralstudents focused on developing their teaching skills, given opportunities to pursue