-reviewed publications. She has recently enrolled in the Human Social Dimensions PhD program in Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation and Technology in Society (Fall 2020).Ms. Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College Elaine L. Craft (Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC-retired) holds a baccalaureate de- gree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi and a MBA from the University of South Carolina with additional graduate studies in mathematics at Francis Marion University. Her experience includes working as an engineer in industry as well as teaching and administration at community col- lege and state levels. She served as Director of the South
” program. The program isstructured in a 2+2 model; students participate in a 2-year foundation curriculum that includes arange of courses across engineering disciplines, the sciences, mathematics, design andcomplementary studies. This is followed by a 2-year specialization curriculum, during whichstudents take one of 8 (at publication time) Majors. Curriculum integration and multidisciplinarythinking are emphasized as program goals.The Majors have a focus, although not exclusively, on emerging and rapidly developing areas ofspecialization within engineering. Some of the Majors that are offered within the EngineeringScience program are also offered in other institutions/programs (like Aerospace Engineering,Biomedical Engineering and Electrical &
Paper ID #34273Engaging Women Engineering Undergraduates as Peer Facilitators inParticipatory Action Research Focus GroupsDr. Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Dr. Susan Thomson Tripathy received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University in 1989. Her doctoral research was funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation grant, and utilized ethnographic fieldwork in rural Bihar, India, to analyze the politics and artistic development of a local dance form. From 1995-2007, Tripathy taught behavioral sciences at Middlesex Community College (MCC), where she was an active participant and
to build consensusaround a vision change that led to design becoming a major feature of the curriculum.Building Shared MeaningOur first goal was to explore the interests and priorities of those in the department and identifyareas of shared focus and those without. The change process started in a Fall 2013 ABET retreatwhere faculty and staff participated in two thought exercises. For the first exercise, each personwas asked to “write down the traits or behaviors you would look for if you were asked to identifya successful ... graduate five years after graduation.” Some example cards are shown in Figure 1.The second exercise asked each person to “describe the best undergraduate degree program inelectrical or computer engineering in the country
waysto Support their Scholar. As some of the scholars are first-generation college students and othershave parents unfamiliar with RIT, having information about support services available, allowsthem to assist us in encouraging their scholar to take advantage of their individualized supportnetwork. The orientation concluded with a list of other financial aid resources and time forquestions and answers. The participants expressed appreciation for the information about thescholarship program and for getting an opportunity to meet other supporters.The final initiative that we started this year was industrial networking. Due to restrictions because of thepandemic, the students were not able to tour local facilities to see engineering in action
undergraduate students [6-8, 12].A natural and efficient way of teaching renewable energy into curriculum is the project-basedapproach, shaping the course content to local industry fields. Course content and deliverymethods should be structured to meet the demands and challenges of such a dynamic,interdisciplinary and complex applied science field. Laboratory work is a critical component ofthe engineering education, and a core component of technical programs. Unfortunately, in therenewable energy case, the equipment is expensive, in terms of acquisition and maintenance,requiring adequate space and utility access. To cope with such challenges we are proposing inthe next academic year to develop a virtual renewable energy laboratory, consisting of
with a between-subject factorial design-based surveythat mainly involves an idea generation task with two different problem framings, i.e., come upwith a new idea to preserve or to change a certain situation. We elaborate on the survey study inthe next section.6. Method6.1. Participants178 Japanese and 239 American college students of engineering majors participated in our onlinesurvey. The Japanese engineering students were undergraduate and graduate students from aprivate engineering university in Tokyo, Japan, and the American students were recruited fromProlific1 based on the screening requirement of U.S. citizens and current students of engineeringmajors such as mechanical engineering, electric engineering, computer science and
, Carnegie Mellon University Andrea Francioni Rooney is the Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She serves as an academic advisor for un- dergraduate students and works closely with faculty on the undergraduate curriculum. She also teaches professional writing courses for the department.Dr. Millard L. McElwee, Exponent Millard McElwee is an engineering and tech scholar who draws upon his education and industry experi- ence in electrical utilities, offshore mooring, and large-scale transportation systems to provide innovative solutions to various energy sectors. Millard is a licensed contractor (highways, roads, and bridges) in his
individuals with theknowledge and skills necessary to develop and sustain online learning community. A newgeneration of industry needs to be equipped to function in the interdisciplinary environment typicalof sustainable technologies and virtual reality (VR). Two universities are working together todevelop a green STEM that prepares participants for careers in the emerging manufacturingindustries by enhancing their knowledge in renewable resource development. In order to optimizeresources and to utilize expertise at multiple institutions, the program are delivered through onlinelearning community, making it accessible anywhere in the world. The multidisciplinary projectinvolves several different areas of study that directly support VR-based
the College of Engineering. The Engineering Education Transformations Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic in- terdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineer- ing, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering
variety of pedagogical approaches. As a model for other engineering centersto explore, this paper also describes the cases of two high school science teachers who wereembedded in a neuroethics research group for their summer research experience. Finally,program evaluation findings show that RET participants reported increases in knowledge relatedto ethical and responsible conduct in research and knowledge of core concepts in neuroethics.Some teachers in particular reflected that learning about neuroethics was impactful to their ownprofessional learning and their students’ learning. Integrating the study of ethics into scientificresearch, as well as into science and engineering education across all levels, is imperative fordeveloping a citizenry
were provided as part of these initiatives including training foreffectively integrating the e-learning modules into courses, participation in workshops andconferences with a focus on entrepreneurial education, and involvement in organizing andfacilitating student activities. While a significant number of our engineering and computerscience faculty participated in these development opportunities, in general their enthusiasmrelated to entrepreneurial minded learning (EML) was not strong enough to sustain and furtherbroaden EML within the college. Therefore, we implemented a faculty development programaimed at fostering EM champions from different engineering and computer science disciplines,as well as a mini-grant program to stimulate faculty
Heads Association (ECEDHA), the group created a new organization,the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC), consisting of a core group of collaborators and asecond, much larger group of affiliated members from other universities, industry andprofessional societies.The overall IEC vision is to be a collaboration of Minority Serving Institutions Working as Oneto Advance the ECE Enterprise. It is organized as a virtual super department with broadly basedstrengths in education, scholarship and service. Collectively, IEC can function as the equal ofany ECE program, accomplish more and have a greater impact through access to resources andopportunities not available individually. IEC works to more fully engage MSIs in the USeducation and research
and opened opportunities forengineering students to conduct research and attend courses taught by non-engineering facultywho recognize the intersectional value of situating technical thought in a global context. Theworking group has established permanent programming to unite the social and physical sciencesand humanities in a way that produces globally minded experts who are equipped to functioneffectively and sensitively in a rapidly changing and diverse international environment.Continued evidence of impact will consist of increased faculty participation, creation ofinterdisciplinary courses, introduction of a student-facing Global STEAM blog, and facilitationof well-attended events that engage both the physical sciences and the