2022 undergraduate enrollment at 3,287and graduate enrollment at 2,409 [24]. The College is an integral part of the larger campusentrepreneurship ecosystem, and there has been a sizable investment of space for undergraduates,graduate students, and faculty.The physical Engineering Library has been in its current location since 1957 and is a dynamic,service-oriented, and user-centered space that partners with the College of Engineering andCollege of Computing and Information Science to support their teaching, research, learning, andexperiential missions, and the broader mission of our institution. The library providescollections, services, space, and staff expertise. Since 2019, the engineering librarians have beenorganizationally aligned with
Paper ID #47471Libraries’ Role in Enabling New Engineering Research Investments: Workingwith Campus Research Administration UnitsDr. Sarah Over, Virginia Tech Dr. Sarah Over is the Engineering Collections and Research Analyst at Virginia Tech, serving as their Engineering Librarian and representative for their new Patent and Trademark Resource Center. She is also part of a team focused on research impact and intelligence to support the College of Engineering and Office of Research and Innovation at Virginia Tech. Dr. Over’s background is in aerospace and nuclear engineering, with years of experience teaching engineering
Paper ID #37787Collaborations Beyond the Library: Bibliometric Analyses to SupportEngineering Research, Innovation, and DiversityDr. Sarah Over, Virginia Tech Dr. Sarah Over is the Engineering Collections and Research Analyst at Virginia Tech, serving as their En- gineering Librarian. She is also part of a new team focused on research impact and intelligence to support the College of Engineering and Office of Research and Innovation at Virginia Tech. Dr. Over’s back- ground is in aerospace and nuclear engineering, with years of experience teaching engineering research methods and introductory coding.Ms. Connie Stovall
Paper ID #42769Engineering Research in Transition: Assessing Research Behavior while Adaptingto Access Changes in Library ResourcesHannah Rempel, Oregon State UniversityAdam Lindsley, Oregon State University Adam Lindsley is the Engineering Librarian at Oregon State University. He teaches graduate research ethics, science/information literacy for undergraduates, and library research skills for both. Research interests include information literacy, data management, photogrammetry, pedagogy, and learning technology.Taylor Ralph, Oregon State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
professional library career started in 2006 in the law firm libraries of Latham & Watkins in San Francisco, California, and Brussels, Bel- gium. Erin is a 2021-2022 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellow. She is also a graduate student in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech, where her research interests include the application of cognitive psychology techniques to the academic search domain and information literacy teaching and learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Undergraduate Students Experience Cognitive Complexity in Basic Elements of Library ResearchAbstract Google’s success in building a
College of Engineering. The badge will be embedded intothe cornerstone engineering design course required for entrance to all engineering majors at theinstitution. This will enable librarians to asynchronously teach over 1200 students per semester,giving students the basic research tools they will need to complete the required projects in thecourse as well as any assignments in future courses.Because this model is still very new, assessing its effectiveness will be extremely important, bothfor the authors and for anyone else who is interested in adopting it into their own learningenvironments. Follow-on research will be required to determine the model’s strengths andweaknesses, as well as ways to improve it and allow for true inclusiveness in
Paper ID #38906Research Data Sharing in Engineering: A Report on Faculty Practices andPreferences Prior to the Tri-Agency PolicyMs. Sarah Parker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Sarah Parker is an engineering librarian at the University of British Columbia where she also received her MLIS in 2014. She regularly promotes and contributes to open scholarship activities at UBC and incorporates her interest in open science and using open resources into her teaching. In addition to her liaison role, she aids in graduate student programming for UBC’s Research Commons and co-teaches the Science and Technology Information
Paper ID #42539Introducing Students to Research and Reproducibility with Open ScienceToolsDr. Chasz Griego, Carnegie Mellon University Chasz Griego is a Science and Engineering Librarian at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries. He started at CMU as an Open Science Postdoctoral Associate with the Open Science and Data Collaborations Program. His interests include reproducibility in computational research, Python programming for data science, and advocating open science.Cheng Zhang, Carnegie Mellon UniversityWenchao Hu, Carnegie Mellon UniversityZiyong Ma, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAndy Ouyang, Carnegie Mellon University
our sampling to ensure corpusalignment with our research question.Our goal in this study was to quantify the degree to which different engineering concepts areconsidered important to engineering educators; particularly those concepts related to uncertainty.We chose to study textbooks as a surrogate for this content: Textbooks are peer-reviewed, writtenby qualified experts, and selected by engineering faculty to teach engineering content. Theproper sampling frame for our hypothesis is the set of all textbooks used in teaching courses atABET-accredited engineering programs. Sampling from this population is challenging, as the setof textbooks in publication is far larger than the set in actual use. Therefore, we limited oursampling frame to a
likely to be cited by others both in published papers and in the university classroom [5].Citation counts have an impact on who is conducting research, who is teaching, who is gettingpromoted, and even who gets to stay in academia.Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the foundation of critical citation practice. The term was coinedin 1989 by now well renowned law professor at UCLA, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw [6], andrefers to an academic framework created to understand why even after the civil rights legislationof the 50s and 60s there still exists widespread racial inequality. At the heart of CRT is theacknowledgement that race and racism is a social construct that leads to systemic inequalitieswith Black and Indigenous people of color (BIPOC) at the
Environmental Science [4] and onprofessional medical exams [5, 6], its capacity to understand and solve mathematical wordproblems [7], ChatGPT’s performance as a “student” in college level computer engineering [8],physics [9], and digital design lab courses [10], and its performance on a college level computerscience exam [11].OpenAI's research does not specify how ChatGPT 3.5 and 4.0 performed on specific areas orquestions within the exams tested, but shows that ChatGPT 4.0 tends to outperform itspredecessor [3]. Due to the release of ChatGPT 4.0 in March 2023, independent studies vary onwhether or not they assessed ChatGPT 3.5, ChatGPT 4.0, or both. Studies also vary in theirmethodologies with some employing prompt engineering and others using
Paper ID #39034The Teaching Needs of Engineering Faculty Compared with BusinessFaculty: How the Library and Librarian Fit InMs. Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Erin Rowley is the Head of Science and Engineering Library Services at the University at Buffalo and serves as the Engineering Librarian. Her research interests include the use of technical standards in engineering education, the role of the librarian in entrepreneurial information literacy, and collaboration between business and engineering librarians in academia. ©American Society for Engineering
women inpredominantly male spaces [3]. Much has been written on women’s representation in science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM): for example, seven articles werepublished in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2023-24 with the keywords “women” or“gender” (see Appendix A for a list). However, to date few studies have addressed thisquestion from a library and information science (LIS) perspective. LIS research offers avaluable perspective to the study of engineering education, as the ability to find and useappropriate information is a key expectation for graduate engineers [4]. Librarians play acentral role in educating students in higher education on how to navigate the scholarlyinformation relevant to their discipline [5
Engineering Education (ASEE) [1]. World War II curtailed the activities of bothgroups. After the war, however, the engineering librarian communities in ACRL and ASEE grewquickly, offering new opportunities for professional development, networking, informationsharing, research, and advocacy.This paper seeks a deeper understanding of the academic engineering librarian community in the1940s and early 1950s through the analysis of data compiled from the Directory of CollegeEngineering Library Personnel [2], published in 1949 by the Engineering School LibrariesSection of ACRL and supplemented by data from other sources such as Who’s Who in LibraryService [3]. The Directory is a rich source of data that includes details such as position titles,degrees
college campuses, within their academic departments, and in degree programs [3], [4], [5],[6]. Exclusion and bias are particularly prevalent in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields, where research has found that people with dominant identities (i.e.,male, non-disabled, white, heterosexual, cisgender) disproportionally benefit from societalsupport and encouragement, financial rewards, and preferential access to educational, research,and professional opportunities [7]. In a technologically-oriented global economy, STEM fieldsoffer a growing number of employment opportunities that could be beneficial for a more diverseworkforce, who, in turn, would enrich and enhance these disciplines with their knowledge,perspectives
view something in a particular way." This coding challenge ishighlighted here for transparency, but also because the authors want to call attention to thestruggles researchers face when studying technical standards as the engineering community andpublic struggle to properly express themselves when talking about standards. The engineeringcommunity needs to improve its technical standards communication if it expects students andnew engineers to learn quickly.ResultsNinety-three percent and 89% of participants reported high-order Challenges and Importance oftechnical standards and technical standards education respectively, as listed in Table 2. Table 2provides the frequency count, N, for each high-order and low-order theme. The
Paper ID #45957Managing Evidence Synthesis Services in Engineering LibrariesMs. Anne E Rauh, Syracuse University Anne E. Rauh is the Head of Collections and Research Services at Syracuse University Libraries where she leads the collection activities, academic liaison services, open scholarship, and the university aligned research initiatives of the Libraries.Amy S. Van Epps, Harvard University Amy S. Van Epps is Director of Sciences and Engineering Services in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Libraries at Harvard University. She has extensive experience providing instruction for engineering and technology students
Paper ID #48415Toward a Critical Framework for AI Tool Selection and Adoption in AcademicResearch Contexts: Reflections from the Brown University Critical AI LearningCommunityMr. Jason Cerrato MA, MSLIS, PhD Student, Brown University Jason Cerrato (he/his) is an Instructional Librarian at Brown University (Providence, RI) and a STEM generalist supporting students and researchers across a range of disciplines. In addition, he also concurrently serves as the university library liaison to the Chemistry Department and School of Engineering. Prior to employment at Brown, Jason worked as the coordinator of Online Learning and
mechanical engineering: A guidebook for teaching and learning. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-85390-7[5] J. Murray, L.C. Paxson, S. Seo and M. Beattie, “STEM-Oriented Alliance for Research (SOAR): An educational model for interdisciplinary project-based learning”. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access. DOI:10.18260/1-2—35206[6] A. Carvalho Alvesa, F. Moreiraa, M.A. Carvalhoa, S. Oliveiraa, M.T. Malheiroa, I. Britoa, C. Pinto Leãoa and S. Teixeiraa, S. “Integrating STEM contents through PBL in an Industrial Engineering and Management first year program”. Scientific Electronic Library Online, Brazil. Production (29). 2019. Article e20180111
, and the fearless classroom model.Dr. Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Jessica Ohanian Perez is an assistant professor in Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Califor- nia State Polytechnic University, Pomona with a focus on STEM pedagogy. Jessica earned her doctorate in education, teaching, learning and culture from CGU ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Connecting students to discipline specific research in their first year: A collaboration between engineering faculty and librarians.IntroductionIn 2017, a collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering faculty members, thefirst-year coordinator for the College of
Paper ID #43349A Collaborative Approach to Implementing Design Thinking and Rapid Prototypingin a High School Engineering CampMs. Rebecca Glasgow, University of Nevada, Reno Rebecca is the Engineering and Fabrication Librarian at the University of Nevada, Reno. She supports the learning, teaching and research needs of faculty and students for the College of Engineering and a wide variety of departments that use the Makerspace. Her time with the DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library has allowed her to explore curriculum development and instructional design, which she has applied to her makerspace training programs and
Paper ID #41763Preparing Engineering Graduate Students to Engage in Scholarly CommunicationsProf. Dianna Morganti, Texas A&M University Prof. Dianna Morganti is an Instructional Associate Professor at Texas A&M University teaching research-informed writing and publication practices to PhD students throughout the College of Engineering. She brings a focus on information literacy to the critical review of scholarly communication practices in the classroom.Mrs. Angie Dunn, Texas A&M University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
department ofthe university. She has been focusing both her teaching and research projects onGenAI since it became public, having observed and witnessed both opportunitiesto enhance student learning and threats to learning. She is relatively optimisticabout the use of GenAI and believes that students can learn how to use it well.FindingsThe initial data shows evidence of several points in the ISP where the affective(feelings), cognitive (thoughts), and physical (actions) realms of experienceintersect with the student’s experiences utilizing GenAI. Through a groundedconstructivist model of coding, the interviews consistently highlighted themes thatdemonstrated an intersection of GenAI research with the six stages of the ISP.From the interviews, we
) to gather feedback on what characteristics of an undergraduateengineering technical standard training program are most desired across professional sectors inthe United States nationwide. The survey was distributed across the engineering field to students,academics, industry employees, and government employees through multiple professionalorganizations and societies. Two hundred and one individuals participated in the survey. Theresults show that the engineering field agrees that (1) technical standards should be taught in theundergraduate engineering curriculum, (2) professors teaching undergraduate engineeringcourses have an acceptable knowledge of technical standards, and (3) four-year academicengineering programs do not put sufficient
published studies in this area and explores different areaswithin the domain of college-level information literacy where developing conditional knowledge mayprovide the largest gains in information literacy education. Focus is placed on concepts of particularinterest to engineering undergraduate students. Finally, the paper provides examples of possible ways ofincorporating DBL to teach these principles and provides observations from a pilot implementation ofthese example DBL models.IntroductionIn 2015 the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) introduced the Framework forInformation Literacy for Higher Education (hereafter identified as “the Framework”) [1].Written in response to a "dynamic and often uncertain information ecosystem
Paper ID #42162Constructing Consistent Comprehensive Searches in Large Engineering Databases—Tipsand Recommendations for Literature ReviewsDr. Sarah Over, Virginia Tech Dr. Sarah Over is the Engineering Collections and Research Analyst at Virginia Tech, serving as their Engineering Librarian and representative for their new Patent and Trademark Resource Center. She is also part of a team focused on research impact and intelligence to support the College of Engineering and Office of Research and Innovation at Virginia Tech. Dr. Over’s background is in aerospace and nuclear engineering, with years of experience teaching
Paper ID #37385A Rubric-Based Assessment of Information Literacy in Graduate CourseTerm PapersDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department at North- eastern University.Jodi Bolognese, Northeastern University Jodi Bolognese is the Engineering Librarian at Northeastern University, where she serves as liaison to the College of Engineering. Previously, she worked in product management for STEM learning technologies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Rubric-Based Assessment of
Paper ID #42768Engineering Data Repositories and Open Science Compliance: A Guide forEngineering Faculty and LibrariansAdam Lindsley, Oregon State University Adam Lindsley is the Engineering Librarian at Oregon State University. He teaches graduate research ethics, science/information literacy for undergraduates, and library research skills for both. Research interests include information literacy, data management, photogrammetry, pedagogy, and learning technology.Dr. Shalini Ramachandran, Loyola Marymount University Shalini Ramachandran is the Research and Instruction Librarian for STEM at Loyola Marymount University in
joining PSU, Denise worked for Florida State University Libraries, Mississippi State University Libraries, and as a teacher.Mr. Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University Paul McMonigle is the Engineering Instruction Librarian at the Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University and is in the final year of earning a Master’s Degree in Education from Penn State. His research interests include information literacy instruction for STEM students, student engagement and outreach programs – with a special focus on military and veteran students, and the history of STEM subject libraries. Paul is a member of the 2023 American Libraries
exchanged between researchers, although they have notbeen easily searchable or available to the public until the early days of the internet.First established at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1991, the pioneering arXiv repositoryenabled the sharing of high-energy physics preprints [13]. This open access platform is nowhoused at Cornell University. arXiv paved the way for the proliferation of other preprintrepositories across disciplines over the subsequent three decades, such as bioRxiv and medRxiv[14].These repositories are excellent at featuring recently-posted articles but lack optimization forsearching with specific syntax and facet limiting, which engineering librarians are accustomed todoing.In the last five years, traditional subscription