andprofessionalism in the second semester of a student’s second year. The course is part of a set ofsweeping revisions to the undergraduate ECE program at the university. The department recentlymade significant changes to the undergraduate curriculum with support from a grant from theNational Science Foundation’s Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) program. Thevision of the this ECE RED project was to transform the program so that it would attract a morediverse group of students and prepare them for a broader range of careers than the department’sprevious program had done. In the previous program, once a student chose between the electricalengineering (EE) or computer engineering (CPE) degree, they had a fixed set of courses to takewith no choices
were widely shared, but weneeded reliable evidence that was reasonably representative of engineering education and stillmanageable. As mentioned earlier, we selected the top 10 undergraduate engineering programs atinstitutions that have doctoral programs based on the U.S. News and World Report “Rankings ofBest Undergraduate Engineering Schools”for 2022. Because there were several ties, there are 11institutions total in the top 10. #1 MIT #2 (tie) Stanford #2 (tie) University of California-Berkeley #4 (tie) California Institute of Technology #4 (tie) Georgia Institute of Technology #6 (tie) Carnegie Mellon #6 (tie) University of Illinois-Urbana-Champagne #6
an authenticenvironment for the REU students to experience the research process in a structured context, tohone skills in both poster and oral presentation, and to stimulate peer learning and exposure tothe broader set of projects.8. Program Assessment and Evaluation. The Clarkson University 2021 High PerformanceComputing (HPC) virtual REU Site was evaluated with data collected through three surveysand two focus groups. The purpose of the surveys and focus groups was to gauge the attitudes,perceptions, and reactions of the student and faculty mentor participants. More on the resultsof the program evaluation will be presented in Section V of this paper. IV. B EST P RACTICES AND L ESSONS L EARNEDOur continuous
transition from secondaryeducation to higher education by priming students to overcome academic deficiencies, develop acritical skills portfolio, learn problem-solving techniques, build a sustainable community ofmentoring support with faculty and students, and provide a template to sustain academic andprofessional success during their undergraduate education. This research-to-practice paperpresents the bootcamps’ design process steps: curricular analysis, identification of areas ofopportunities, skills inventory, and blueprinting process, as well as its initial implementation in themechanical engineering program. In this regard, the bootcamp was organized over a week spanwith hands-on engineering activities, faculty and student talks, and
Paper ID #37367UX design research for improving student experience inonline laboratoriesAmy Ragland Amy is a passionate educator who believes in accessibility and equal access to education for all. A part of the UGA Online Learning team, Amy has extensive experience in developing, designing, and supporting impactful online courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Outside of her work at UGA, Amy has experience as a library media specialist and technology instructor in K12 classrooms. As an instructor, a course developer, and a human, Amy believes that online-delivered courses remove barriers to
, engagement is thecombination of two factors: the time and effort students put into activities related to their successand the institution’s level of support for student participation in these activities. This definition isfurther expanded upon by Simmons et al. [14] to highlight the dual nature of resource availabilityin engagement. For effective engagement to take place, students must put forth the resources,namely time and effort. They must also then be supported by the university administration’sresources, including programs, facilities, and personnel. Of these two components, there iswidespread agreement regarding the former, whereas the university’s responsibilities are lessfrequently mentioned [15]. For this study, this construct is being
the students involved in this project and the co-creation of educational modules by teamsof graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, researchers, and external partners that includeexperts from industry. The PjBL approach is particularly suited for first-year graduate studentswho are embarking on a research program and acquiring research skills in distilling a problem,observing a related phenomenon, asking pertinent questions, and building experiments andmodels to describe the phenomenon. The co-creation process further promotes thecommunication skills of students as they work to both acquire needed information from facultyand external partners and write descriptive modules that are accessible to a broad audience. Section 2.0
Engineering department and the Associate Director for the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh. He serves as the Program Director for the Master’s in Sustainable Engineering, the Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability, the John C. Mascaro Faculty Fellows, and the Sustainability Global Engagement grant. He is the faculty lead for the University Honors College Food Ecosystem Scholar Community. His research lab, Sustainable Design Labs, focuses on fusing analytical chemistry, sustainability design principles and data analytics to address Water and Sustainability grand challenges. Current thrusts focus on Smarter Riversheds, Microbial Fuel cells and advanced oxidation and separation
Paper ID #36661Designing the Project-Based Learning Experience usingMotivation TheoryLauren Anne Cooper (Assistant Professor) TestDaria Kotys-Schwartz Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Director of the Idea Forge—a flexible, cross-disciplinary design space at University of Colorado Boulder. She is also the Design Center Colorado Director of Undergraduate Programs and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received B.S. and M.S degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Kotys-Schwartz
thousands of students in K-12programs, and some other audiences, in nearby communities, fostering the promotion of STEMcareers. The replication of this program in other departments and schools can provide for anextended coverage of the education system around the university.Options are available to develop these projects with professional structures to enrich the careerpotential of students, equipping them with content and techniques to bring to their jobs in industry,business, and academia.The program can be combined with NSF requirement to provide for broader impact of researchproposals, adapting content and involving faculty and graduate students.Further workTo provide an “Outreach Day” event every year to celebrate the achievements of students
butenacts integration in their program implementation. Rather than describing all benefits andchallenges of these programs, citations allow interested readers to discover more about theprograms and their specific implementations. This paper then presents various related topicsincluding reflections from faculty at other programs who have participated in earlierconversations, key points from earlier discussions, and a starting point for the engineeringeducation community to use for future consideration.Four Perspectives on Integrated EngineeringIntegrated Engineering is used as the name of a cross-department programme at UniversityCollege London (UCL), the name of an undergraduate major at Minnesota State University,Mankato (MSU) and University of
Paper ID #37563Theory to Practice: Professional Development for CulturallyResponsive Technician EducationCynthia Pickering Cynthia Pickering is a PhD Student, Research Program Manager and Process Architect at the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at Arizona State University. Cynthia has 35 years of experience working in industry with demonstrated technical leadership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology architecture / engineering, and collaboration systems research. Cynthia is currently studying Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology in the School for
include pottery, baking, and playing board games.Michelle OrtizScott Streiner (Visiting Assistant Professor, Industrial EngineeringDepartment) Scott Streiner is visiting Assistant Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department, First-Year Engineering Program and the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. From 2017-2021, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University where he taught first and second year engineering students. Scott received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, with a focus on global engineering education. His current research areas
process and results across campus demonstrated transparency and openness to the faculty.This approach combines involvement of key personnel [13] with a framework that emphasizescollaboration and transparencyBackgroundRochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is the third largest technical institution of highereducation in the United States. RIT offers a broad array of programs in its nine colleges, one ofwhich is the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Over 70% of incoming studentstypically enroll in a STEM major and undergraduates comprise over 80% of the studentpopulation. Roughly 17% of RIT students self-report as African American, Latino American orNative American (AALANA) and the ratio of men to women students is
than $9M. In addition, her STEM outreach programs and curricula have impacted hundreds of thousands of K-12 students nationwide. She is the co- founder and director of Georgia Tech’s K-12 InVenture Prize, a statewide invention competition, open to all students and teachers in Georgia. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2007, and her Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2009 and 2012. Dr. Moore received the Georgia Tech Teaching Effectiveness Award in 2018.Leslie Flynn Professor of STEM Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of IowaStephanie CouchNisha Detchprohm (Research Engineer I)W. Ethan Eagle (Lecturer)Joanna K
team is responsible for succession planning and the mentoringand professional development of all team members, including individuals who aspire toleadership roles in the organization. Team members interested in future leadership roles areencouraged to participate in a wide variety of library and campus organizational developmentopportunities and professional library association leadership development programs. Thecombination of approaches to planned leadership development, plus best practices of working ina team-based environment, allows the library to effectively manage both onboarding of newemployees and retirements and departures for other opportunities in order to be prepared for thefuture.New Position: Biomedical Engineering LibrarianOne
Paper ID #37909Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks for EngineeringEducation: A Cross-Disciplinary ReviewVignesh Subbian (Assistant Professor) Vignesh Subbian is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Systems and Industrial Engineering, member of the BIO5 Institute, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona. His professional areas of interest include medical informatics, healthcare systems engineering, and broadening participation and promoting servingness in engineering, biomedicine, and computing, particularly at land-grant and Hispanic