Paper ID #38560A Process for Systematically Collecting Plan of Study Data forCurricular AnalyticsDr. David Reeping, University of Cincinnati Dr. David Reeping is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the University of Cincinnati. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. His main research interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold concepts, curricular complexity, and
Paper ID #39646Exploring Differences in Planning between Students with and withoutPrior Experience in ProgrammingRyan Parsons, Western Washington University Ryan Parsons has taught introductory Computer Science for 6 years at Whatcom Community College. He served as the Program Coordinator for the newly created Software Development program there. He has been working on his Master’s in Computer Science at Western Washington University, where his research focus has been on Computer Science Education.Qiang Hao, Western Washington University Associate professor of computer scienceDr. Lu Ding, University of South Alabama Dr. Lu
Paper ID #36791Board 334: Master’s Individual Development Plans as an Essential Tool inWorkforce DevelopmentDeborah Silver, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Deborah Silver is the Executive Director of the Professional Science Master’s Program at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. This program offers the Master of Business & Science (MBS) degree which is a combination of a science master’s with courses in business and includes many engineering disciplines. She is also a full professor in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers. From 2008-2010 she served as Associate Dean of
ETD 545 Industry Informed Curriculum Development in Engineering Technology: Solar PV Planning and Installation Mohsen Azizi New Jersey Institute of TechnologyIntroductionThe power generation industry has been gradually switching from traditional fossil generators torenewable energy systems (RESs), which are more efficient and environmentally friendly, in thepast two decades. This trend has given rise to the job market demand for a new generation ofengineers and technicians from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)fields, who are
Paper ID #38001Board 309: Impact of RET Summer Program Designs on Teachers’Technological-Content Knowledge and Lesson Plan Development OutcomesDr. Shenghua Zha, University of South AlabamaDr. Na Gong, University of South Alabama Dr. Na Gong is currently Warren Nicholson Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of South Alabama. She received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the State University of New York,Erin Bosarge, University of South Alabama ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Impact of RET Summer Program Designs on
Paper ID #37143Work-in-Progress: Developing a Research Plan for a RetrospectiveAnalysis of the Effect of Bridging Courses on Student Success inGraduate StudiesDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Dr. Matthew Cooper is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches courses in Senior Design, Unit Opera- tions, Transport Phenomena, Material & Energy Balances and Mathematical/Computational Methods. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, process safety education and conceptual learning
analytics related modules are incorporated intheir current teaching materials. Through the analysis, we seek to explore how high schooleducation in Arkansas is preparing students for next-generation workforce needs in analytics. Inaddition, we perform a descriptive statistics analysis of the learning modules created by theparticipating teachers through the AR-DATA program. We summarize the standards the teachershave used for their modules as well as the common ideas and topics of the learning modules.Through connecting the modules in different subject areas, we also analyze the possibilities ofcollaborative lesson plans that teachers in different fields can coordinate and teach together.Finally, we examine related topics in the post-secondary
. 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference: University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee Jul 30 Workshop: Building Bridges (but not with balsa wood) through Scalable Engineering Design Process LessonsWorkshop PurposeThe purpose of this workshop is to expose STEM and first-year engineering educators to a greater depthand breadth of understanding of the engineering design process (EDP) in order to strengthen their self-efficacy with teaching engineering and ability to motivate student interest in learning engineeringprinciples and to provide educators with lesson plans and supplies to implement these skills immediately.In this workshop, first-year
through boththe University-wide and CoE Strategic Plans. In The Pennsylvania State University 2020-2025Strategic Plan, the university’s goals related to equity, diversity, and inclusion include to “foster aculture of respect and inclusion that values the experiences and perspectives of faculty, staff, andstudents” [1]. In alignment with this, Goal 1 of the 2020-2025 CoE Strategic Plan is to “grow apervasive, welcoming, equitable and inclusive culture and climate throughout the College’sstudents, faculty and staff that exemplifies the Penn State values” [2]. As a foundation of this goal,the CoE developed the Equity Action Plan, which contains specific action items for engagingstakeholders in the equity action process, with the goal of deepening
implementable lesson/exercise, as well as dissemination of newlyacquired knowledge at annual teacher summit and/or online presentation. The participants alsosummarized their studies and shared their posters with other research students and teachers fromdifferent RET/REU programs. The expected outcomes of this program would be the transferringof acquired practical knowledge and skills to excite, empower, and educate students through newclass/lab activities. Funding from industry allowed additional equipment for schools and havingmore teacher participants in this program. The three-year program achieved most of the planned objectives. The program recruitedand trained a diverse cohort of participants, most teachers managed to grow their
of three-courses and anassociated Qualification Plan. The PFE courses serve as a means to inform and involve studentsin departmental and program activities. Having a sequence of courses that all EE students takeprovides an effective mechanism for getting the word out about innovations to changedepartmental culture to be more student oriented.The PFE course sequence aims to support the development of students’ identities as professionalengineers and to motivate them to persist in their degrees. Originally taken as optional electives,the PFE I–III courses became a required part of the core curriculum for EE majors Broadly, thePFE course sequence teaches ethical engineering principles, identifies areas of careeropportunities for students, and
affiliation).Before the three-day convening, teams submitted a draft version of their plans to address thechanges proposed by ABET as well as the results of an institutional inventory of their DEIresources. Throughout the workshop, teams further developed their plans and gave feedback toand received feedback from at least two other teams.In this paper (written from the perspective of the external evaluators, with contributions frommembers of the planning team), we identify common issues across institutions related to theimplementation and assessment of DEI that might be navigated collaboratively based ondocument analysis and participants’ survey responses. Specifically, we discuss the challengesand supports commonly expressed by event participants
graduate degrees from Virginia Tech, including an M.S. Civil Infrastructure Engineering, M.S. LFS Entomology, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
)represent a unique yet understudied student group that comprises substantial numbers of thosehistorically underrepresented and underserved in STEM (i.e., due to race, ethnicity, gender, socialclass, ability, orientation, etc.). The individual diversity reflected by SVSMs, as well as theirtechnical interests, leadership and teamwork skills, maturity, life experience, and self-discipline,highlight SVSM as promising candidates for helping the field of engineering meet 21st centurySTEM workforce diversity goals [1,2].Project Goals and Work PlanThe overall goal of this NSF CAREER project is to advance full participation of SVSM within higherengineering education and the engineering workforce via two complementary work streams: aresearch plan and an
) ExperientialLearning [4-6], and (d) Career Development. Findings from the review serve as bases toestablish a strategic plan for the SSC.The literature review also revealed several issues that led to the launching of this project. First-generation college students demand extra support to find their path to academic and professionalsuccess [7]. Undecided freshmen desire more educated decision before choosing the right major.Students who have been mostly isolated in their last two years of high school need intentionallyadded support in order to develop their social skills [8, 9]. In response to these needs and toincrease the value of CET student college experience in general, the collaborative team 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section
increase in the number of applications in the second year of theprogram with teacher referral and broader dissemination.We recruited ten faculty members in the College of Engineering to participate as facultymentors. They also recruited one of their graduate students to participate as student mentors.Two faculty mentors were replaced in the second year of the program due to their unavailability.An Industry Advisory Board (IAB) was formed for the program to provide guidance andfeedback on the program activities, especially those related to industry engagement, to ensure theteachers are well-informed of the workforce needs in the data analytics space, which can bereflected in their lesson plan development.Pre-Program ActivitiesWe designed a two-week
RESOURCE EXCHANGE Rachelle Pedersen Ashley Kersey LESSON DESCRIPTION Alex Sobotka Dr. Ali MostafaviOnly one in twenty mega-projects in engineering will meet both their authorized cost andschedule; the reasoning behind this requires an understanding of the interconnected conceptswithin project management (e.g., risks, change orders, project complexity).To know what shouldbe considered during the Front-End-Planning (FEP) phases of a project, students needexperiences with the various reasons why these mega-projects fail. This low stakes, low resourceactivity
to develop a strategic plan ´ Learn how you can connect with the WCEC This is how strategic planning is supposed to work...good job! [I appreciated] the connectivity with so many professionals across multiple industries and being able to work together on a Lots of time to talk through action
Paper ID #36567Survey of Online Graduate Industrial & Systems Engineering and SupplyChain Management ProgramsDr. Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Tech University Mazen is an Associate Professor in the General and Basic Engineering Department at Regional University. His research interests include: Freight modeling and logistics, facilities planning and material handling, optimization and simulation modeling, production planning and control, reverse logistics and recycling, modern manufacturing systems, microalloying and mechanical behavior, teaching statistics and increasing the data analytics content in engineering
studentswith the necessary cybersecurity knowledge to understand and analyze cyber securityvulnerabilities and threats to assess the likelihood of an attack as well as begin to understand theimpact of such an attack.The first section of the course was designed to provide a general understanding of cyber riskmanagement. In this course this starts with the DODI 8500.01 (“Cybersecurity”) definition: “Cybersecurity Risk Management. Managing cybersecurity risks is a complex, multifaceted undertaking that requires the involvement of the entire organization, from senior leaders planning and managing DoD operations, to individuals developing, implementing, and operating the IT supporting those operations. Cybersecurity risk management is a subset of
Resolution 946-22 [3]. While five years seems like ample time to make this transition, itis not. The timeline shows that the time between the announcement of the decision to thesubmission of every academic department’s plan was only sixteen months. This paper chroniclesthe conversion to semester effort during this time period for the architectural engineering(ARCE) program and suggests a formalized methodology that other programs and institutionscan use if found in the same situation. The paper attempts to focus on the process and thechallenges of this conversion more than the specific details of the ARCE curriculum. January 27, 2023 Each academic department submits its Academic Program Plan to the appropriate
. Table 1: Course Schedule Topics Week Workplace fundamentals and applications 1& 2 Teamwork skills: Management vs leadership 3 Project management skills: Overview of planning – How to do planning 4 Project management skills: critical thinking for design of experiments and 5 project management techniques – Agile Project Management Apply project management process: initiating, planning, executing, 6, 7 & 8 monitoring, and controlling, closing – Scrum, Backlog Refinement, and
years of experience working on the NE project. Lack of time to plan andimplement NE was cited as the topmost challenge for teachers. Inability to figure out books andproblems, pressure from administration, difficulties in lesson planning, group dynamics amongstudents, and safety of students while handling materials were some of the other concernsmentioned in the evaluation.Similar findings were uncovered in a survey of 70 elementary and middle school teachers doneby Coppola, S.M., Madariaga, L. and Schnedeker, M. [7]. They found that lack of time, access tomaterials and resources, and unfamiliarity with the content were major barriers that preventintegrating engineering into the classroom.Research MethodologyA list of potential barriers for NE
emphasis on the industrial control components required to maintain facility operations. Tour concludes with a discussion of the NOVA Data Center Operations program. NOVA Fab Lab Tour Tour of the digital fabrication lab and NOVA’s engineering In-person, 4 hours technology classrooms. Facilitators introduced NOVA’s degree programs formally, then conducted a group discussion of how to better reach students with opportunities. Plan of Action Participants create a plan explaining what they learned from Asynchronous, 2 hours the externship, how they will
across all fourassignments, students were predominantly engaged in the Evaluating strategy during self-evaluation, whereas they predominantly engaged in Planning and Monitoring in the reflectionactivity. Student engagement was at the low and medium levels of the three metacognitivestrategies.Keywords: junior, reflection, metacognition, qualitativeI. IntroductionLifelong learning is one of the desired employability skills in today's job market. Forinstance, consider the technologies with which engineering work. The continuous evolutionof technology that results in the replacement of existing devices with new devices poses newchallenges and opportunities for engineers [1]. Working with new devices requires newknowledge and skillsets. To keep pace
stated objectives. The open house led to the most scalable model that UMLhas now adopted with several school districts. The other programs will continue if grant fundscontinue to be sourced. The success of these programs in meeting their objectives demonstrateshow vital it is to jointly consider three factors: Results (learner outcomes), Reproducibility(adequacy of resources), and Representation (diverse and inclusive staffing and studentparticipation). The program partnership rubric was developed to help partnerships plan andevaluate their programs based on these three factors. How the rubric was used to plan these pilotprograms and determine how and/or whether to run them again is explained.Introduction In the United States, students in
led by experienced NSF ATE principal investigators from various technologydisciplines. Topics covered during the workshop included components of an NSF ATE proposal;results of prior support; rationale; goals, objectives, activities, and deliverables; one-pagesummaries; the review process; mock panels; timelines; management plans; budgets and budgetjustifications; evaluation plans; sustainability plans; dissemination plans; the Research.govsubmission platform; and resources such as ATE Central and Mentor-Connect. Participants weregiven assignments each night such as preparation for the mock panel reviews. Following the2022 cohort, the leadership team and mentors decided to keep the workshop virtual for theremainder of the grant period to
3D models allow users to interact with their objects by rotating and viewingthem from various angles. The research team hypothesized that by quickly seeing the 3Drepresentation of their 2D drawings, students will gain a deeper understanding of theinterconnections between different design components. and that understanding can improvespatial visualization skills.To illustrate the 2D to 3D conversion, consider the 2D structural plans in Figures 4 (a) and (b).These plans provide essential information about the design and structure of a building, but theycan be challenging to visualize in 3D for students. By clicking the 3D conversion button (Figure4 (c)), the SVA will generate a 3D plan as shown in Figure 4 (d).SVA DebuggingTo ensure the
conductingsimulation analyses of completion rates, this aspect of Curricular Complexity is generally toounderdeveloped to be used as a theoretical framework on its own – despite some work by Waller[10], who used the concept of grade anomaly instead of course pass-rate as a proxy forinstructional complexity.Much more promising, however, is the idea of structural complexity. This construct has theresearcher examine the curriculum itself by using network analysis to measure sequencing andinterconnectedness in a plan of study. Two intrinsic measurements are associated with eachcourse in Curricular Analytics: (1) the blocking factor, which counts how many courses areinaccessible to a student upon failing a specific course, and (2) the delay factor, the
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He taught at The United States Military Academy during his 25 year military career. After retiring form the military he has taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and The Citadel, where he was the Dean of Engineering for 10 years.Dr. Nahid Vesali, P.E., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Nahid Vesali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. She joined the program in Aug 2020. She teaches project management, technical planning ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From Need Assessment to Accreditation