instructional staff at the University of Waterloo. Currently, Chris is the Engineering Educational Developer with the Engineering Ideas Clinic, where he designs and implements real-world, hands-on design activities for undergraduate engineering students.Eugene Li (Mechatronics Engineer in Training)Michael Lenover Graduate Research AssistantWesley Blankespoor Wesley Blankespoor is a professional engineer for one of North America's largest system integrators, Brock Solutions, with 25 years of combined experience working with industrial automation systems within manufacturing and utility sectors. He received his B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering & Mechatronics from the University of Waterloo; his master electrician
University of Michigan. As a graduate student in the Burns lab, she researched dual-wavelength stereolithographic 3D printing. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Unique and Randomized Quiz Generation for Enhanced LearningAbstractAssessment of student learning is difficult in even the best of times. During the pandemic, whenmost classes pivoted to remote instruction in a span of days, administering assessments such asquizzes and exams became even more complicated. Answer sharing and web searches, things thatare relatively easy to control during an in-person exam, are next to impossible to monitor in aremote situation. Even with
student learningand development in three key areas: communication, time management and project management.Student self-assessment of their experience in the studio environment resulted in positive evaluation ofgrowth in the areas outlined above.Design Studio RequirementsOur design studio model was created with four pillars of distinction, as overviewed in Figure 2. Each ofthe pillars is required to capture the design studio practice in its breadth and craft a unique and fulfillingexperience for the participating students.Figure 2. The four pillars of the design firm capstone studio model establish consistency in the model,continuity of projects, satisfaction of clients and most importantly a student experience crafted togenerate exposure to an
reports a study that exclusively focuses on internal thrivingcompetencies. Data for this study were collected during the first phase of a three-phase datacollection process as part of a larger project to create a model of engineering thriving bygathering consensus from engineering experts [2]. We acknowledge that thriving for engineeringstudents includes a breadth of interactions between the students and their environment within thelarger engineering culture and system. From a research perspective, best practices whenconducting rank-order research caution against asking participants to rank a list of 147 factorsbecause “distinctions between individual elements become difficult for the person making theranking to maintain meaning” [5]. To scope
, 2016, 2014, 2011 and also 2010 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Summer Faculty Fel- low at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. For over 36 years, he has supported the professional development of over 300 graduate Manufacturing Engineers and over 600 CSU STEM and non-STEM student graduates who are now serving as Plant Managers, Senior Executives, Supervisors, Quality Control Engineers, etc., these graduates are all supporting Manufacturing and allied industries and businesses in the U. S and across the World. He was an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Summer 2013 Faculty Fellow at the Eglin Air Force Base in Eglin, Florida and a Summer 2018 AFIT/WPAFB Research Faculty. He
looking for”: An intersectional collaborative autoethnography exploring pathways to engineering design doctoral programsAbstractThis research paper used a collaborative autoethnographic approach to explore the two authors’respective pathways to engineering design doctoral programs. Prior work has highlighted variousways that access to engineering graduate school is inequitable. Through our collaborativeautoethnography, we investigated how existing inequities harm and impede access for studentswith multiple marginalized identities, such as the first author (KC), while simultaneouslyproviding advantages to students with more privileged identities, such as the second author (RL).As part of our collaborative autoethnography
the CURE-e. Studentsare exposed to authentic research in lower-division STEM courses that traditionally do notprovide exposure to research. Through this exposure students develop an understanding of theskills needed to perform research. A majority of students felt confident that they were learningand using STEM skills. Additional work remains to help students feel more confident indeveloping theories and apply research. However, these courses are designed for 1st and 2nd yearstudents. Developing theories and applying research are higher-order cognitive skills. Evengraduate students take time to refine these skills.Students embraced a number of entrepreneurial mindset characteristics. They felt comfortablepursing challenging projects even in
Paper ID #37621Examining the “narrow” and “expansive” socio-technicalimaginaries influencing college students’ collaborativereasoning about a design scenarioJennifer Radoff (Assistant Research Professor) Jennifer Radoff is an assistant research professor at the University of Maryland in College Park. She studies teaching and learning in K-16 STEM, with a focus on the interaction of conceptual, epistemological, and affective dynamics of learning amidst cultural and ideological landscapes. She supports educators as they work to create more equitable opportunities for students’ disciplinary engagement.Chandra Anne
of research design to investigate the PDS and inform additional considerations andalternatives for future rounds. Our motivation is to highlight areas of change in surveys such asthe PDS that can contribute to a more transparent understanding of professional development inengineering education for the students, institutions, administrators, and researchers.keywords Co-curricular, Experiential Learning, Professional Development, EDI, Motivation,Engineering Identity, Engineering EducationIntroductionIn this evidence-based practice paper, we aim to explore considerations for supporting theprofessional skill development of students in engineering education, particularly when surveysare used as the reflection and data collection intervention
equity lens to ensure research does not perpetuate marginalization and oppression experienced by minoritized engineering populations.Holly M Matusovich (Associate Professor) Dr. Holly Matusovich is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education where she has also served in key leadership positions. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and leadership related to graduate student mentoring and faculty development. She won the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty
University “Lviv Polytechnic” (Lviv, Ukraine, 1979). His research interests are in design automation, systems engineering, power systems, Smart Grid and microgrids. He teaches undergraduate courses and laboratories in power systems, electric machines, power electronics, senior design sequence, to name the few. He established state-of the art joint Buffalo State/University at Buffalo Smart Grid Laboratory, of which he is director. He served as PI and co-PI on several grants and is a recipient of SUNY Buffalo State President’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity (2012) and SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2016). He developed and revised multiple courses and
, involvinga design problem, in a junior-level Dynamics course at the University of New Mexico. The twoauthors taught the class in consecutive semesters and followed-up on the same experiment inboth classes. This effort is in-line with recent departmental emphasis on integrating design intothe engineering curriculum. The Department has recently instituted a five-course, four-yeardesign sequence in its curriculum with the hope of graduating better engineers. Another benefitto the current PBL experiment, besides emphasizing to students the integration of design intoengineering practice and education, was to give students an opportunity to use the 3D CADsoftware that they have learned in the year or two before taking Dynamics. While working on theproject
his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and his Bachelors (B.Tech.) and Masters (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.Siqing Wei Siqing Wei received B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience serving as a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year engineering courses, he has been a research assistant at CATME research group studying multicultural team dynamics and outcomes. The research interests span how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork
reservoirs, housing construction, among others. He was also a Project Management Associate for a Habitat For Humanity housing project in the USA. (ii) RESEARCH: MiguelAndrés' research focuses on (1) decision-making for the design and construction of infrastructure projects, (2) the planning of sustainable, smart and resilient cities, and (3) the development of engineers who not only have solid technical and practical knowledge, but also social understanding for, through infrastructure, address local and global challenges on humanitarian, environmental, social and equity issues. (iii) EDUCATION RESEARCH: Related to STEM education, Miguel Andrés is developing and applying contemporary pedagogies and tools for innovation and
design processbegins with understanding the needs of the stakeholders and involves them throughout the designprocess. It is iterative and advocates the use of prototypes and empirical evaluation to makedesign decisions. It also includes attention to the delivery, service, and maintenance aspects ofthe project. [17]The overall philosophy of EPICS is guided by the core values that balance student learning andpreparation for life after graduation with community partnerships and impact. EPICS isacademically a design course that is done within the context of community engagement whichoffers rich opportunities for authentic design projects and opportunities for broad learning andimpact on people, communities, and the environment. A model that
. Thismodel consists of a network of STEM-focused charter schools in urban locations across the statethat have been developed in partnership with the state’s flagship research-intensive university,purposely with its engineering technology college. The uniqueness of this model is that it hasbeen created with a goal of cultivating an environment of academic excellence and collegereadiness, specifically for minoritized youth, through experiential learning where students learnby attempting to solve authentic problems through industry-sponsored design challenges andprojects. This innovative university-school collaborative model has been implemented sinceAugust 2016, and has expanded to include 3 urban school locations as of 2021.To date, however, little
focus of faculty research. By design, the selected topics will be of interest to and motivate Mentees toward completing their AA degree so they could then enroll at FAU. c. The Briefs highlight, where applicable, the local industry that hires students and graduates in these What’s Trending in Computer Science fields. Thus the briefs also address career interest and job potential within the local area. 2. Number of Students Impacted: a. For each project, Mentors have a list of mentees from PBSC and BC with whom they regularly communicated. Each week, the Mentors have sent out one of the Informational Briefs to their
is certified as an EFL and ESL teacher as well as a School Principal. Ari’s research and language revitalization interests include Mikasuki, Salish Ql’ispe (a.k.a. Salish-Pend d’Oreille, Montana Salish, and Flathead Salish) and Safaliba. His ethnographic work documents situated practice in grassroots policy initiatives and school-based activism among the Safaliba in rural Ghana. His language documentation includes conceptual metaphors and formulaic language in Salish Ql’ispe and Safaliba. He also explores applications of task-based language teaching in the pedagogy of revitalization. His practitioner papers analyze integrated content and language instruction, academic English instruction for graduate students, and
as a Senior Research Engineer at L3 Technologies. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Developing and Assessing a Renewable Energy Design Project that Embeds Entrepreneurially Minded Learning in an Introductory Thermal Sciences CourseAbstractThis paper describes a group design project created for an introductory thermal sciences coursethat incorporates both project-based learning (PBL) and entrepreneurially minded learning(EML). According to a commonly-used framework developed by Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network, the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) is broadly categorized by curiosity,making
-conceptual, or execution errors. Recommendations areprovided for instructors to address these common errors during future delivery of the coursematerial. Some of the errors identified suggest misconceptions; a future research project will bedesigned to help identify why some misconceptions may exist.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDEngineering mechanics provides foundational concepts that students apply in advancedengineering courses. For example, structural analysis requires a strong knowledge of staticequilibrium. Confidence calculating flexural stress and strain through the depth of a cross-sectionis critical when learning structural steel and reinforced concrete design. Ideally, prerequisiteengineering mechanics concepts are mastered and retained as
study providesinsight into the role of research experiences prior to graduate school in the transitionof REU trainees into their professional career development. The findings stronglysupport that engagement of REU trainees provides thrust in their transition tograduate schools. Specifically, joint publications, interaction strength with theirREU mentors post-REU training, and professional community activities are the topthree contributing factors to the engagement.Objective and MotivationResearch Experience for Undergraduates (REU) has been a very effective way to foster students’interest in research, attract more students to pursue advanced degrees in STEM-related fields,and promote a well-trained diverse workforce in STEM-related career path
developing courses and curricula to support the educational objectives of the Purdue Systems Collaboratory. He has over 30 years’ experience in industry, academia, and government as a practitioner, consultant, and researcher in systems engineering. He has published papers on systems requirements, technology readiness assessment and forecasting, Bayes nets, applied meteorology, the impacts of nuclear power plants on employment, and model-based systems engineering, and agent-based modeling for systems of systems. He is an expert system engineering professional (ESEP), and a Fellow of INCOSE.Ali Khalid RazAdrie KoehlerWanju Huang (Clinical Assistant Professor) Dr. Wanju Huang is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Learning Design
Paper ID #38292Creating Significant Learning Experiences in an EngineeringTechnology Bridge Course: a backward design approachAdrian Villalta-cerdas Adrian Villalta-Cerdas has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Currently, he is an assistant professor of chemistry at Sam Houston State University. His research focuses on learning strategies that foster skill development and the study of effective teaching practices in chemistry at the college level.Faruk Yildiz (Professor) NA © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
. His research interests primarily include computer architecture and electronic design automation for extreme energy efficiency, ultra-low-power IoT, optimizing healthcare with machine learning and AI, and design automation for wearable electronics.Kyle Dukart (Administrative Manager) Kyle Dukart graduated with his B.A. in English and Honors from the University of North Dakota in 1997, followed by an M.A. in English in 1999 and a B.A. in Computer Science in 2002. He received (2016) his Ed.D. emphasizing Higher Education from the University of Minnesota researching the role of extracurricular experiential learning in engineering education. Currently he is the Administrative Director for the Department of Electrical
complete the Intercultural DevelopmentInventory (IDI) at the beginning of the semester, with group-level results later reported in anintercultural development workshop conducted with the entire class. Both classes also offerstudents the option of receiving an individual debrief on their IDI results for extra credit(undergraduate course) or as one of a number of assignment options (graduate course).MethodsPurpose and research questionsThe first goal of this study was to evaluate whether the undergraduate and graduate courses hadmeasurable impacts on students’ development of global competency. Here, we considered theundergraduates and graduates as a single data set. We were interested in impacts at the group andindividual level. The second goal of
address the impact of COVID-19 on engineering education. Understanding engineering students' perceptions of how COVID-19 influences engineering education will provide relevant information for educational recoveryplans and inform the way engineering curricula are designed to prepare students for unexpectedchallenges.Research ObjectivesThis research aims to: (1) Understand Liberian undergraduate engineering students' perspectives about the impact of COVID-19 on their learning experiences. (2) Examine these students’ perspectives of factors affecting the teaching or learning of engineering courses delivered via a virtual learning management system in Liberia.Research QuestionsThe following primary (and sub) research questions guide
is then directedto select up to 5 adjectives that best describe their experience. Interviews are then used toelaborate on those experiences.While both the UEQ and MPRC instruments have limited implementation in education, theapproach can be used to solicit insight into a students experience within a class, engineeringdepartment, or the broader institution.Research Design and MethodsThis study uses an explanatory sequential mixed methods research design. The study began withthe completion of a quantitative survey based on the MPRC, followed up with detailedinterviews where participants could elaborate on their experiences in the academic department.Data CollectionDuring the Spring 2021 semester, a survey assessing students' sense of belonging
camp in meeting its goals, a simple pre- and post-interventionquestionnaire was designed with the aim of better understanding some factors that influence andaffect participant perception, attitude, and motivation towards an engineering career. The resultsof this study will add to the community of education research to further the understanding of pre-college interventions and enhance future interventions in engineering summer camps forparticipants of similar background with the ultimate aim of increasing the number of low-incomeand/or first-generation students who will enroll in engineering degrees.Camp programThe allotted time for the camp was five days during regular working hours in a non-residentialformat, which is a popular format in
Corporation (currently General Vibration), a company that provides haptic solutions. In 2016 Nate co-founded eGrove Education, Inc. an educational software company focused on teaching sketching and spatial visualization skills.Elizabeth Rose Cowan Lizzy Cowan has a cognitive science background and is the user experience researcher and designer at eGrove Education, Inc. She has been developing spatial visualization and sketching products for eight years and has a deep understanding of the unique challenges students face when learning these skills. She focuses on creating an engaging and personalized learning experience for students and valuable resources for educators.Bahar Memarian Bahar Memarian is a researcher and
. The engineering focused version pioneered by KEEN definesentrepreneurship as additional qualities layered on existing skills and attitudes developed duringan engineering undergraduate education.[1] The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)model is designed for tracking improvement specifically for K-12 students.[2] The I-Corps Lassessment model was created to measure the impact of the I-Corp program in changing facultyand entrepreneurial leads viewpoints on entrepreneurship as a practice.[3] Morris et al. approachentrepreneurship through the lens of small business management and focus on the competenciesneeded to become a successful founding entrepreneur.[4] Finally, the authors’ model attempts tofocus on the integration of cognitive