facultyAbstract In engineering, most contingent faculty positions are held by minoritized groups such asbut not limited to Black, Indigenous, People of Color of all intersecting identities (BIPOCx)representing a missed opportunity to broaden participation. Since many of these professionalsdirectly support minoritized students in fundamental undergraduate courses, it is imperative tounderstand how to professionally develop and mentor these faculty. As part of a National ScienceFoundation Broadening Participation hub called Raíces Institute for Transformative Advocacy(RITA), the authors seek to facilitate a mentoring hub to train, mentor, and equip BIPOCxcontingent faculty to form their own grassroots transformative advocacy plans for
’ solutions. In 2022, we heldworkshops in March and October, with 32 and 47 participants, respectively, which includedstudents from 9 different institutions spanning five states and territories.Throughout critical points in the program, students evaluated their learning and provided surveyfeedback. The program organizers also performed a direct assessment of the student projects.From these data, we found that student learning progressed throughout the workshop. We plan tocontinue hosting these workshops and believe they positively impact student development andchange perspectives in engineering design, allowing them to understand culture’s influence onengineering design better.MethodsApproval: This study was carried out with Institutional Review
excerpts of studentresponses.In addition to reporting on the research question itself, this paper will serve as a process guide foranalysis of a small set of qualitative data in the context of chemical engineering education. Theintent is to make thematic analysis more accessible for faculty who might otherwise not considerthis approach in pedagogical work.IntroductionLaboratory courses are often the first, and sometimes only, place where undergraduate ChemicalEngineering students encounter real Chemical Engineering equipment and work in a large-scalelaboratory environment. Beyond technical and sensory experience, capstone laboratory alsoaffords students the ability to practice other critical skills, such as safety, experimental planning
to traditional laboratory experiences. The LEGOclock project from the earlier lab-based course and the hovercraft project as part of the newlyintroduced project-based learning were introduced to the first-year engineering students.Upon completing these projects, a survey was administered to investigate whether studentsintended to continue pursuing Mechanical Engineering or plan to change their major. Four yearsof survey were compared for analysis; in these four years, an approximate average of 87% ofstudents in mechanical engineering decided to stay in the program. However, the retention ratedidn't meet the high expectations compared to previous years before the implementation ofproject-based learning. The remaining 13% chose to change their
) labs.All courses include hands-on activities of either pre-defined projects or open-ended students’chosen projects. To further align the SAFE mission with the degree plans, we decided to integrateour project-based learning with service and community-engaged learning. The goal is thatstudents would find true value in their technical and academic studies by putting them intopractice through community service.We started by approaching nonprofit organizations from within our community. The lack offinancial support for many nonprofit organizations induced several technologies and performancegaps which in turn can result in ineffective management and communication, an uninspired donorbase, and a lack of data-driven decision-making [9, 10]. For these
subjects at an early age [7]. Around a third of peopleworking in STEM careers attribute underrepresentation to not believing in their own ability tosucceed in these fields (34%), the lack of Black and Hispanic role models in these fields (32%),and discrimination in recruitment, hiring and promotions (32%) [7]. The SUPERCHARGEproject’s primary focus on STEM education attempts to addresses, at a state level, the acute lackof representation of low-income and Students of Color in STEM programs nationwide [8].Project Organization The SUPERCHARGE project is organized as a four-year program spanning from July2022 to June 2026. The project is currently in the midst of Year 1 (July 2022 – June 2023),which is designated as a planning, development
fromStanford University to Hampton University students. The course description is as the following:AA 274A: Principles of Robot Autonomy I (AA 174A, CS 237A, EE 160A, EE 260A)Basic principles for endowing mobile autonomous robots with perception, planning, and decision-making capabilities. Algorithmic approaches for robot perception, localization, and simultaneouslocalization and mapping; control of non-linear systems, learning-based control, and robot motionplanning; introduction to methodologies for reasoning under uncertainty, e.g., (partiallyobservable) Markov decision processes. Extensive use of the Robot Operating System (ROS) fordemonstrations and hands-on activities.Prerequisites: CS 106A or equivalent, CME 100 or equivalent (for linear
, and overall social stability.Southern Command, the Department of Defense’s Combatant Command responsible forrelationships with military leaders across the Caribbean, Central and South America investsannually in various programs that require military engineers to design, plan, and build projectsthat were requested by partner nations and approved by the commanding general. Theseprograms are critical to engineer officer and enlisted professional development. Engineer unitcommanders request these missions due to the realistic experiential training value and theproject’s alignment with deployment readiness skills. These State Department and CombatantCommander approved training projects provide engineer leaders and service members anopportunity to
exposure to standards while in school [3-5]. Through a study done in 2004, itwas revealed that standards education was not considered a priority at the institutions surveyed[6]. Nevertheless, employers expect new hires to possess knowledge of standards and theirapplications [5]. Moreover, collaboration between universities and industry is essential to ensurethat education programs are relevant and up-to-date. However, not all universities may haveestablished partnerships with industry, which can limit their ability to provide students withrelevant and practical education on standards and standardization.To bridge this gap, Georgia Southern University (GaSou) is planning and implementing acurriculum innovation to integrating engineering standards
planningcommittee grew to include partners from our campus Career Center and the Center forInnovation and Entrepreneurship. Each of these developments has expanded the scope of theseries and helped fill gaps in coverage.In total, the series has included 77 workshops covering 44 unique topics over the course of sevensemesters. The library led 33 workshops covering 11 topics while outside departments, includingthose on the planning committee, led 44 workshops covering 33 topics. Restrictions related to theCOVID-19 pandemic forced one workshop to be cancelled; otherwise, the workshops switchedto remote from fall 2020 through spring 2021 with some additional workshops transitioning toremote in spring 2022 per university recommendations on gatherings. Since
informal discussion to develop a plan for addressing each ofthe invested parties' concerns. After completing the discussion, students were asked to share theirimpressions of the experience.Outcomes of first offeringStudent Case Study PresentationThree students completed the course; two senior mechanical engineering majors and one juniorelectrical engineering major. The students worked individually to develop background material,then collaboratively presented their proposed solutions and engaged in discussion from theperspectives of their assigned roles. Students effectively gathered factual information fromprimary sources and used calculations developed in class to support their positions. They eachdemonstrated effective use of skills and
Research, 1979) and the development of more recentethical norms, this research project has been reviewed and processed by the author’s institutionalreview board (IRB). The author’s plan for this research is to utilize a mixed methods surveyapproach. Survey research has a long history in the realm of human subject research and has arelatively mature methodology associated with it (see, e.g., Sapsford, 2007). Mixed methods research involves both qualitative and quantitative data collection andanalysis (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2018). The use of quantitative data analysis in engineeringwork is long and uncontroversial given engineering’s historical commitment to philosophicalprinciples of post-positivism. More noteworthy is the use of
whether students will continue to read andtake notes in future classes, either through intrinsic motivations (they see the value) or extrinsicmotivations (they wouldn’t mind other instructors having similar assignments). Figure 2 showsstudent agreement with positive statements toward their plans for future reading and note taking.Over 80% of students (score of 3.19) plan to take notes from the reading based on their own © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023intrinsic motivation. This is a huge improvement over instructor expectations from moststudents. Students are only slightly less enthusiastic (score of 3.11) about other instructors usingStudent Note assignments. a) Plans (n =204) b
knowledge sharing to facilitate achieving profoundchange in undergraduate education. They are to achieve this by understanding and enactingtenets of anti-racism and decolonization through the four recurring stages of Participatory ActionLearning and Action Research (PALAR), plan-act-observe-reflect.This paper assesses the lessons learned from an active community engagement project fromthe initial stages of grant development to the first year of a four-year government-funded grantfrom a faculty member and two students' perspectives. The lessons learned include investingtime at the beginning of each phase to outline roles and responsibilities and make spacefor all voices.Project SummaryBy design, this project is centered on the students involved
significant undertaking that requires properplanning and commitment. The planning phase is crucial in defining the scope of the work andsecuring the necessary resources for the project. During this phase, I used the followingquestions to guide my thought process. • Why is this open textbook project important? • What features are essential and are of pedagogical significance? • What resources are required for this project in terms of time commitment, funding, and team support? • What open platforms will be used to host the book? • How to maintain the book in the post-publication stage?As of 2019-2020, there were limited OER on thermodynamics [8-10] and on relevantengineering subjects in general. The proposed open textbook aims to
the course LMS, meet with the instructor to discuss the approach to the course, student discuss the approach to the course, student challenges and issues and plan for observed lessons. challenges and issues and plan for observed lessons. Section B: Flipped Classroom Observation Section B: Classroom Observation Tool Tool This tool includes observation items in areas This tool includes observation items in eight major areas: Lesson Organization, Content related to instructor-student interactions and Knowledge & Relevance
dispositional changes in STEM self-efficacy and identity.Students completed surveys and reflections at multiple points throughout their internship,including a retrospective pre/post survey capturing dispositional shifts during the experience.The results of the internship experience on student intern participants educational andprofessional plans at the 3 sites are evaluated in this paper. Results show significant gains onitems related to professional discernment (desire to work in a STEM field, use technical skills,on open ended problems for the betterment of society) for participants at all sites. Additionally,there are differences by gender.OverviewBeginning in 2015, the College of Engineering researchers and staff at UNIVERSITYdeveloped, piloted
important.The interview protocol was designed to correspond with Experiential Learning Theory’s (ELT)learning cycle (A. Y. Kolb & Kolb, 2009; D. A. Kolb, 1984). The learning cycle is composed offour parts: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and activeexperimentation. During the cycle an individual experiences an event (concrete experience),reflects on said experience (reflective observation), congeals said reflections into abstractconcepts (abstract conceptualization), and plans on using the concepts in future situations (activeexperimentation). The theory was selected to frame how/if students are learning professionalskills experientially through their participation in engineering project teams. Since project
follows: the next section presents an overview of the powerengineering curriculum redesign and motivations behind it; section III describes the situativepedagogy strategies that have been implemented; section IV presents the evaluation tools used toassess the effectiveness of the curriculum redesign; section V then presents and compares selectresults from the control and the test groups; finally, the paper concludes in section VI with asummary and a discussion on ongoing work and future plans. II. Power Engineering Curriculum Redesign Most courses in electric power engineering have remained unaltered in decades and are failingto deliver relevant information with respect to current energy needs and industry practice [1]-[7].Traditionally
canaddress them. In this stage, research scientists can collaborate with applied scientists,economists, and data scientists depending on the action that is being taken in the productexperience. In all cases there is engineering work required to make the desired changes, integratethe product with additional features, or setup the infrastructure to pilot new experiences.These product innovations are accompanied by an evaluation plan to measure the causal effect ofthe changes or new features on the outcomes of interest. The goal of the evaluation plan istypically to determine if the customer problem has been solved, which is often the definition ofsuccess. Economists and data scientists typically lead the causal inference part of the scienceworkflow.It
initially hesitant to engage with us on this project due to the logistics of kitcirculation and concerns with how kits would fit within their existing structure of their summerreading program. To allay the library’s concerns, we worked out a plan to utilize their existingactivity registration system to sign families up and their main branch for distribution. Our teamresponded to all email inquiries from the participants, provided weekly online Q&A sessions,and restocked used materials in kits. The library maintained control over registration andcommunication with families, including all personal identifying information. Our library partnersnoted that they appreciated that we worked within their parameters of lead time for planning ofthe summer
indicate thatthe PADS has potential to measure program efficacy. In order to ensure that participating campsand after-school programs provided high quality instruction, a separate team conductedstructured observations of the Study 1 research sites. For each participating site, a trainedobserver rated two one-hour samples of sessions using the Dimensions of Success (DoS)instrument [4] that is sensitive to good engineering instruction. This team also surveyed programfacilitators to determine the overall instructional plan, and administered the Common InstrumentSuite (CIS) as a post-test to measure attitudes towards engineering among youths and facilitators[5]. This data was summarized and shared with researchers to contribute to the analysis.We are
(SU) and the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) want to expandglobal engagement opportunities for students and faculty. Additionally, the Office of GlobalEngagement and CSE aim to develop partnerships with the members of the InternationalAssociation of Jesuit Engineering Schools (IAJES). However, challenges exist for both studentsand faculty to participate in global programs. Students face multiple barriers, including potentialimpacts on time to graduation, cost, and competing summer plans, such as internships andathletics. Faculty teach heavy course loads and limited resources exist to support development ofco-curricular activities. This pilot collaborative international engineering project provided ashort-term global engagement
project focuses on engaging industry professionals to incorporate newlydeveloped experiential learning (EL) components in courses at the freshman, sophomore, juniorand senior levels (vertical integration) in the Construction Engineering and ManagementTechnology (CEMT) program at Purdue University Northwest (PNW). It is intended to includean integrated assessment and evaluation plan for continuous improvement.The EL components are designed to supplement classroom learning with real-world problemsolving, whose outcomes include professional communication, teamwork, self-guided learning,observation, and reflection. These components will also help students visualize a variety of field-based scenarios, including constraints and barriers to completing
Paper ID #37386Case Study: International Summer Research Programming ExperiencesSponsored by TAMUS LSAMPDr. Michael D. Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external evalu- ation, and as publication support. Most of his work involves STEM education and advancement projects and is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and interests of underserved populations and
alignment, vertical alignment, and cross section that are integral part of highwaydesign.HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENTHorizontal alignment of a roadway includes the straight line path and curves as seen from a plan view.Figure 1 below shows a neighborhood with new horizontal alignments (red lines). This drawing and otherassociated exercise files were taken from linkedin resource [7] available for penn state students. In the labsession(s) associated with horizontal alignment, students are taught the following in Civil 3D, • Creating alignment using objects and alignment creating tools. • Edit an alignment with grips and alignment editing tools. • Create criteria based design and use design check set.The criteria based design and design check
-term objective of the team is to complete the functionality to provideautograding of individualized datasets and test it with a beta test team consisting of studentvolunteers. Assuming successful completion of that testing, we plan to implement it “live” witha predictive analytics class in the fall semester of 2023 and then make it broadly available for useby other instructors.A major planned enhancement to the generation of individualized datasets involves expandingthe randomization beyond the residuals term to the randomization of the generative modelcoefficients.Also planned is expanded dataset functionality to include categorical response vectors,generalized linear models (primarily Poisson regression), and the incorporation of
apprenticeship allowsstudents to conduct research in various STEM related topics on a college campus under thementorship of college students. The program is geared towards underserved andunderrepresented groups that may have fewer science and engineering opportunities in their area.Every college campus has mentors that oversee the apprentices’ day to day progress on a STEMrelated research project developed by the mentors. The program sought to train the mentors torun a research project by identifying a topic, setting the parameters, and managing the project.The NMT campus mentors focused on a research topic related to robotics. These mentors hadfour weeks before the apprentices came onto the campus to plan how to assist the apprentices infinishing a
staff and families throughout the planning, implementation, and analysis phases of theREACH-ECE project and used a variety of strategies to ensure that the activities and researchmethods supported an equitable vision of STEM education, including collecting and analyzingdata in the language of participants with a bilingual and bicultural research team, using strength-based approaches to conceptualizing and supporting family engineering engagement, andensuring that community partners and families were meaningful collaborators in the researchprocess [40], [41].The primary design-based research study in REACH-ECE involved three mini-cycles of activitytesting that were focused on exploring a broad research question: How do the elements
example, Intel offers several programs forstudents to learn and solidify AI skills (Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit) anddeveloping in cloud environments (Intel® Developer Cloud) [1]. For instructors, they offer acollection of lesson plans, labs, and assessments for the same curriculums mentioned [2]. In thesecond case, the company develops core products specifically meant for assisting instructors andstudents in learning. For example, Blackboard’s core product is a learning management systemfor hosting courses and handling classroom management. In addition to publishing textbooks,Pearson has developed the Mastering platform to provide interactive assessments for variouscourses and textbooks. In both of these cases, industry has an