data on community impacts. These two expertswill be referred as external partners in the research.3.2 Research Methods The research described in this paper addresses the first phase of a larger project thatinvolves two phases. This project seeks to design and test innovative graduate education models.The goal of the first phase is for students to embark on a cyber-physical systems (CPS) orproduct lifecycle management (PLM) topic and in partnership with experts and faculty mentorsdevelop two online educational modules that describe an application-oriented view of CPS andPLM. In the second phase of this research, these modules will be integrated in existingundergraduate or first-year graduate courses at four different institutions (2 SUs
Paper ID #37640Identifying Students’ Connections to Advanced Topics in anIntroductory Materials Engineering CourseBreejha Quezada Breejha Sene Quezada is an Engineering Education PhD student at Purdue University.Emily Haluschak Emily M. Haluschak is a Research Assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Emily primarily works on integrated curriculum for K-2 computational thinking and post-secondary microelectronics workforce development efforts. Her research background is comprised of K-2 student problem scoping and teacher actions in response to implementation of STEM integration in
Paper ID #37685Analyzing First-Year Students’ Motivation and ExposureTowards an Advanced Topic During an Introductory CodingCourseEmily Haluschak Emily M. Haluschak is a Research Assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Emily primarily works on integrated curriculum for K-2 computational thinking and post-secondary microelectronics workforce development efforts. Her research background is comprised of K-2 student problem scoping and teacher actions in response to implementation of STEM integration in the classroom. Additionally her work in program equity evaluation as part of a
current model, students in the Class of 2022, must complete a 32-coursesequence of civil engineering courses in addition to 20 general education courses includingfoundational math, science, and history courses. There are no electives in the civil engineeringcourses. Students enrolled in the cadet program, also must take an additional 14-course sequencein leadership, physical fitness, and military principles as a part of The Citadel’s militaryenvironment. For cadets who are not contracted with a military branch, some of the militarycourses are waived.Figure 2 provides a course mapping of environmental engineering topics taught The Citadel andWest Point. To highlight similarities and differences in the programs, 12 key environmentalengineering
-related industries or engineeringeducation that employers place a large emphasis on professional skills; indeed, surveys showthat overall, employers want their newly hired engineers to walk in the door with the ability tocommunicate, lead and participate in teams, set priorities, and adapt to new situations.Engineering students as well as recent graduates also recognize that learning and beginning tomaster these skills in their undergraduate education will be key to both getting their first joband, perhaps more importantly, to advancing in their career. For instance, regarding the needfor professional skills on the job, Nicometo and colleagues reported that, in an NSF-supportedsurvey, engineers employed in small and large firms alike reported
graduate education for more than 15 years. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com GradTrack Scholars: A comprehensive online mentoring program to build community and prepare the next generation of underrepresented minority graduate students (Work in Progress)AbstractEnrollment of Black or African American and Hispanic doctoral students is low compared toother races/ethnicities in doctoral programs in the U.S, 4.3% and 8.4% respectively [1]. Previousprograms that focused on increasing representation of underrepresented minority (URM)students in graduate school show that early outreach
Paper ID #37364On the Development of Cybersecurity and ComputingCentric Professional Developments and the SubsequentImplementation of Topics in K12 Lesson Plans (RTP)Andey Robins (University of Wyoming) Andey Robins is a graduate student studying K20 computer science and cybersecurity education. They are also involved in supply chain security research and adversarial program synthesis research.Andrea Carneal Burrows (Professor)Mike Borowczak Dr. Mike Borowczak received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2013. Formerly the Loy and Edith Harris Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of
Paper ID #37535Insights Provided by Student Feedback on Integrated E-Learning Modules Covering Entrepreneurial TopicsMaria-isabel Carnasciali (Associate Professor) Maria-Isabel is currently an Assistant Provost and professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Haven. She teaches courses related to thermo-fluid systems – including Engineering Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo/Fluids Laboratory, and Applied CFD. In addition to her education research and assessment related work, she involves graduate and undergraduate students in her technical research spanning validation of CFD models for
-year students in EP. He also enjoys wilderness backpacking beyond the reach of cell phones. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Specifications Grading in General Physics and Engineering Physics CoursesAbstractSpecifications grading (“specs grading,” or “standards-based grading”) bases course assessmenton students’ meeting various course objectives, each at or above a minimum level of proficiency.While there can be a wide range of variability among courses that pursue “specs grading,” almostall share the following features: (1) all assessments are graded pass/fail; (2) students are givenmultiple
. His research interests are thermodynamics, experimental engineering, heat and mass transfer, solar energy, and energy systems including concentrating solar power and other solar issues, building energy systems, and HVAC issues in health care facilities. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com The Generalized Exergy Equation: A Development and Detailed Presentation Suitable for Advanced Undergraduates and Beginning Graduate Students Sheldon M. Jeter School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Paper ID #37442Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Next Generation DesktopLearning Modules for Chemical and Mechanical EngineeringEducationAminul Islam Khan (Mr.) Aminul Islam Khan Received his B.S. and M. S. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology where he also served as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor. Currently, Khan is a Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research including hands-on learning for STEM education, transport modeling in micro/nanoscale devices, and various inverse techniques including Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo
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
identify several potential directions for growth in the space of gender,socialization, and graduate engineering education. First, the field could benefit from additionaldiverse methodologies beyond analysis of interviews and surveys. We recommend more diversitywithin the research methods and approaches undertaken to study this topic, beyond interviews andsurveys. Since the study of socialization in this space is rather new, researchers may findphenomenological methods, or methods that are generally less constrained, to be especially useful.Socialization is a process that unfolds over time, hence longitudinal data collection techniques areideal, which many articles in the larger dataset noted [1], [2], [8]–[13]. However, less than 30% ofthe larger
academic writing in the field. I focused on onedepartment so I could understand the writing expectations embedded within the localized contextof a single department and more broadly within the field of engineering education. In thisdepartment, graduate students take foundational courses that cover several topics related toacademic writing including writing mechanics and style, constructing arguments, searching forrelevant literature, and developing theoretical frameworks. Many of these foundational coursesculminate in scaffolded writing assignments that allow students to practice writing scholarlydocuments with formative feedback from peers and instructors.Drawing from academic literacies theory, my data sources include interviews rather than
National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25284.[5] E. May and D. Strong. “Is engineering education delivering what industry requires,” Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), pp. 204-212, 2006.[6] S. Brunhaver, R. Korte, S. Barley, and S. Sheppard, “Bridging the Gaps Between Engineering Education and Practice,” in R. Freeman and H. Salzman (eds.), U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy, University of Chicago Press, 2018.[7] A. Agrawal and S. Harrington-Hurd, “Preparing next generation graduates for a global engineering workforce: Insights from tomorrow's engineers,” Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 29(4), 5-12, 2016.[8] C. Baukal
Paper ID #38278Building a Sustainable University-Wide InterdisciplinaryGraduate Program to Address DisastersMarie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design
Paper ID #37800Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in GraduateEngineering: A UK based case studyFrancesca BartramNatalie WintDavid Maxwell Rea © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Graduate Engineering: A UK based case study1.0 IntroductionThe lack of student diversity within engineering education, and indeed the engineeringprofession, has been studied extensively worldwide, with particular focus on minority ethnicstudents. The case is no different in the UK, where the retention and
, 2011. 55(2): p. 142-159.7. Talbert, P.Y., Strategies to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. Journal of Developmental Education, 2012. 36(1): p. 22.8. Zarate, M.E. and R. Burciaga, Latinos and college access: Trends and future directions. Journal of College Admission, 2010. 209: p. 24-29.9. Gofen, A., Family capital: How first‐generation higher education students break the intergenerational cycle. Family Relations, 2009. 58(1): p. 104-120.10. O’Shea, S., Avoiding the manufacture of ‘sameness’: First-in-family students, cultural capital and the higher education environment. Higher Education, 2016. 72(1): p. 59-78.11. Blackwell, E. and P. Pinder, What are the motivational factors of first-generation minority
goal was to prepare future academics/scholars, and ithas thus focused on the creation and conservation of disciplinary knowledge [1], [2]. However,the reality today is that most engineering graduate students (GSs) go on to non-academic careers[3], [4]. As educators, it should be our aim to equip GSs for success, regardless of careeraspirations, and to be more thoughtful about what ‘success’ in a particular field means. Boyerstates that, …graduate study must be broadened, encompassing not only research, but integration, application, and teaching, too. It is this vision that will assure, we believe, a new generation of scholars, one that is more intellectually vibrant and more responsive to society's shifting needs [5, pp
Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. McCollough received her bachelor’s degree in physics from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and her master’s and doctorate degrees in medical physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Teaching Assistant Team in a Graduate-Level Engineering CourseAbstract The graduate school presented in this paper is uniquely situated within an academic medical center.On-campus courses are held in close proximity to clinical space and are often taught with the help ofmedical physicians and researchers from the medical center. The
Paper ID #36928Competencies for Graduate Student Training inTransdisciplinary FEWS ResearchJill HeemstraAnna-Maria Marshall (University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign) Anna-Maria Marshall is an associate professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a co-PI on the NSF-funded INFEWS-ER Virtual Resource Center supporting transdisciplinary graduate education in food-energy-water systems; a co-PI in the EngageINFEWS RCN on research on community and stakeholder engagement; and a co-PI in the Science and Technology Center, Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability
, adult learning; [5] and pedagogy(teacher-directed learning; [5]. Such curricula aim to communicate directly to students the needfor them to take charge of their learning early in their engineering degree programs. The buildingof andragogy to inform curricula programs emphasizes a systems approach to dealing withaccelerated change and focuses higher education resources into knowledge generation viaresearch, while strengthening foundational topics to bolster critical thinking. To generate an undergraduate engineering curricula that is guided by andragogy tocomplement the pedagogy within standard course work, the College of Engineering at NewMexico State University (NMSU) created a co-curricular Engineering Education Enrichment(e3
not English. Wehave pretty different educational backgrounds in engineering when starting the graduate schoolin engineering education: one researcher entered the Ph.D. program directly after obtaining herbachelor’s degree; one joined the department as a dual program while pursuing a master’sdegree; the other one spent several years in industry before entering the department. Our researchinterests and topics are different, but we share the commonality of international identity on theresearch site. We are working with advisors at different stages in their careers. Lastly, we alsohad different levels of engagement and involvement with the student associations at bothdepartmental and institutional levels, which enriches the funds of resources of
Relevant Survey ItemsIn addition to the analysis of survey factors, interesting results were found in specific surveyitems. This is the case, for example, of students’ motivation and interest in data science and theperception of its impact on employability. While students slightly agreed that data science skillswill make them more employable (data science value avg. 5.69), their motivation to solve dataanalysis/computer science problems was neutral (computing attitudes avg. 4.75). The analysis ofstudents’ individual responses (Figure 1) shows that students generally rate the importance ofdata science in their employability higher than their motivation towards this topic. Thisdifference was found to be statistically significant (p-value of Wilcoxon
first-generation and nth-generation immigrants in the American Midwestand West.Author positionalityAuthor 1 (they/them/theirs) is a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As adis/abled graduate student interviewing other graduate students with dis/abilities, the first authorfound themselves comparing their own identity and experience to those of the participants.Although the first author has had dis/abilities since early childhood (including an autoimmunedisease and PTSD), they went undiagnosed until after the first author completed theirundergraduate education. After sustaining a TBI during their graduate studies, they had to relearnhow to learn. They realized how different their approaches to learning were before and after
educational model is based onfour pillars which are adopted from the primary elements of the Lean World Class Manufacturing(LWCM) and lean Six Sigma framework. However, the model also incorporates the elements ofthe future-ready manufacturing business, and project management. The emphasis is on reducingwaste in engineering departments, which is the main goal of the new model suggested.These elements are revisited from the perspective of higher education management, to offer newmethods that faculty and administration bodies can deploy for a much higher efficiency,effectiveness, and productivity in academia. These are to ensure higher rates of retention andgraduation, and general student success. These new methods can be incorporated in
leads multiple lines of research in engineering dynamics with applications to wearable technology for analysis of human motion in a variety of contexts ranging from warfighters to astronauts. In addition to her engineering work, she also has an interest in engineering education research. As a doctoral student, she led a project aimed at improving the undergraduate educational experience by systematically incorporating sensor technology into the curriculum as an engaged learning activity, for which she was awarded an ASME Graduate Teacher Fellowship.Nicole L Ramo Nicole is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Before this position, she served as a lecturer for Shantou
Management (Missouri S&T) and Civil Engineering (Virginia Tech) and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (The University of Texas at Austin). He has taught several courses in the civil engineering curriculum ranging from structural engineering and steel design to infrastructure systems and construction management. Each spring, he co-teaches Project Management Professional prep classes to the West Point community. His research interests include topics in structural engineering and engineering education. He serves as the Vice-Chair of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Partners in Education Committee and as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Education and Committee on Faculty
into their first-year engineering projects courses. This early exposure ofengineering students to sustainability concepts in the context of engineering may help the nextgeneration of engineers to embrace this commitment.References[1] UNESCO. 2017. Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives.UNESCO. 68 pp. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000247444[2] A.R. Bielefeldt, M. Polmear, D. Knight, N. Canny, and C. Swan, “Disciplinary variations inethics and societal impact topics taught in courses for engineering students,” Journal ofProfessional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol 145 (4), pp. 11 DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000415, 2019.[3] International Engineering Alliance, “Graduate
. Variations of the course address the engineeringstudy curriculums. Upon final review of this course module, it will be distributed at no cost tocolleges and universities worldwide.AcknowledgmentsThis work was conducted by Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the University ofTennessee – Knoxville (UT) and funded by a generous donation from Underwriters Laboratories(UL). In addition, financial assistance for travel to the ASEE conference was provided in part bythe Flora Stone Mather Center for Women at CWRU.Figure 1. Instructional Module for Standards in Engineering Education (4 Hours)Figure 2. An example assignment that provides online discussions.Table 1. Standards and Timely Topics in Engineering Standards Education (CWRU & UTModule