of amulti-modal device was in the mid-1970s with a system called Optacon. This system uses asmall camera to read information and convert it into tactile stimulation of a user’s finger througha vibrotactile matrix [16].The sections that follow detail and compare the newer assistive technologies that have emergedas they relate to the field of engineering and the diverse content the discipline covers. Thisengineering content can comprise diagrams and schematics (in electrical, mechanical, andarchitectural engineering), graphs and charts (in materials science and computer science), ormolecules and chemical structures (in physics and chemical engineering). These assistivetechnologies rely on auditory, tactile, and multi-modal approaches to
Paper ID #38328The Curriculum Puzzle: Developing and Integrating Materials to Localizea CurriculumNrupaja Bhide, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nrupaja is a graduate researcher at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in exploring how local knowledge can be centered in STEM curricula. ¨Ya˘gmur Onder, Purdue University, West Lafayette ¨ Ya˘gmur Onder is an undergraduate at Purdue University majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minor- ing in Global Engineering Studies. She’s involved with DeBoer Lab in Purdue’s School of Engineering Education research where her
into a mechanicalsystems design course, continued incorporation in a thermal systems design course, and performqualitative analysis on the course artifacts and student feedback.IntroductionThis work-in-progress paper describes a curricular intervention designed to incorporate varioustopics and assignments related to social justice into a thermal systems design course and amechanical systems design course, both taught in the mechanical engineering department at alarge, public institution on the west coast. Specifically, the two instructors (and paper authors)have adapted material from Dr. Donna Riley’s “Engineering Thermodynamics and 21st CenturyEnergy Problems: A Textbook Companion for Student Engagement” [1].There are myriad definitions of
Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania. He studies nanotribology, nanomechanics, and scanning probes. He is a recipient of the ASME Newkirk Award, a R&D 100 award, and a NSF CAREER Award. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, the AVS, and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. He holds 6 patents and has authored over 190 peer-reviewed publications. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.Sc. (University of Toronto, 1991) and his Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley, 1997) in Physics, and was a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia
in the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering Technical Communication Program. He regularly teaches first-year, intermediate, and senior writing courses for students in all engineering disciplines, but especially Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering. His research focuses on the interplay between identity, experience, and agency in language and literacy practices in technical and workplace communication contexts through translingual and linguistic justice frameworks. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Mechanical engineering reasoning diagram: How can modeling engineering thinking support learning in writing intensive labs?The
disabling when the environment does not support their access andparticipation, others emphasize neurodiversity as an aspect of diversity akin to gender orrace/ethnicity, and some view their neurodivergence as an integral part of their identity [6]. In thefirst view, accommodations are viewed as a means of providing access and leveling the playingfield for neurodivergent people. Both views are in sharp contrast with the medical model thatpathologizes neurodiversity and views neurodivergent individuals as deficient and seeksinterventions that aim to “fix” or “mitigate” individuals’ deficiencies. In this deficit-based view,accommodations are viewed as a mechanism to “compensate” for deficits.Prior research about neurodiversity found that it might be
-Lopez’s partnership with the PI expanded innovative programs such as megaGEMS Virtual Research camp, miniGEMS virtual after school clubs, miniGEMS virtual Spring Break camp, and the megaGEMS AEOP Apprenticeship.Dr. Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University.Dr. Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word Michael T. Frye, Ph.D. is a Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, TX. He is an Electrical Engineer who specialized in the field of nonlinear control theory. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024How to Develop a Culture
enactment of liberatory pedagogy is discussed through the perspectives of JEDIalumni.2. Literature ReviewThis section includes a review of literature focused efforts that seek to improve the experiencesof marginalized undergraduate engineering students or support them in creating change in theirlocal university or community context.2.1. Student Support ProgramsPrevious scholarship indicates that interventions offered by diversity engineering programs(DEPs) and minority engineering programs (MEPs) can improve marginalized students’undergraduate experience [1]. In particular, both faculty and peer mentorship programs forhistorically oppressed students have been identified as powerful support mechanisms inundergraduate engineering education [2
, wasexpanding the focus on system maps and the supporting activities required to do this. Figure 2shows a timeline of when different elements of the course related to system maps wereintroduced over the five-semester duration of the action research project; these are discussedbelow. Note that in one semester, spring 2022, the course was assigned to other faculty andresults are not available. The modifications made to the course over the five-semester durationof the action research project related to providing students additional perspectives on largersocietal issues related to justice are described below. While the practical mechanics of teachingrequired multiple changes to course timing, organization, and content, below we focus on thosethat were the
Paper ID #32371Engineering Students’ Experiences of Socially-mediated Exclusion andInclusion: Role of Actors and DiscoursesMs. Minha R. Ha, York University Minha is a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, whose qualitative research focuses on the socio- technical knowledge integration in engineering design practice. As an interdisciplinary researcher with formal training in Molecular Biology and Education Research, she integrates grounded theory and Critical Discourse Analysis methods in order to study the transdisciplinary aspects of responsible design. Inquiry learning and knowledge co-creation are at the heart of
Paper ID #48403Critical Analyses of the Experiences and Perspectives of Multiply-MarginalizedUndergraduate Engineering StudentsDr. Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles Corin (Corey) Bowen is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, housed in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State University - Los Angeles. Her engineering education research focuses on structural oppression in engineering systems, organizing for equitable change, and developing an agenda of Engineering for the Common Good. She teaches structural mechanics and sociotechnical topics in engineering education and
Paper ID #38106Narratives of Identity Coherence and Separation in the Figured Worlds ofUndergraduate Engineering EducationGabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University Gabriel Van Dyke is a Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. His current research interests are engineering culture and applying cognitive load theory in the engineering classroom. He is currently working on an NSF project attempting to improve dissemination of student narratives using innovative audio approaches. Gabe has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University
responded to the survey,with the majority of students being from Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering(Table 1). No students from Data Science or Naval Architecture and Marine Engineeringcompleted the survey. Two students indicated their major was not listed.Table 1. Participant’s Major in College of Engineering. Major % n Mechanical Engineering 23.29% 34 Biomedical Engineering 22.60% 33 Computer Science 9.59% 14 Chemical Engineering
Paper ID #33603Liberatory Potential of Labor Organizing in Engineering EducationJoseph Valle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Joseph ’Joey’ Valle is a Ph.D candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michi- gan - Ann Arbor. His thesis includes both technical and engineering education research components. His engineering education research focuses on understanding and seeking ways to undo oppression based harm in engineering. He holds a B.S.E in materials science and engineering from MIT and a M.S.E in materials science and engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, with a focus on
following section. This is an ongoinganalysis and the research team hopes to conduct more rigorous analysis on participants’understandings of power.Positionality StatementHere we address our positionalities as researchers, critical to reflexively acknowledging ourstance as researchers. The first author conducted the interviews, ran the co-design sessions andanalyzed the data [29]. She is a first generation Latina with a background in mechanicalengineering. These identities impacted the research because in her own education, there weretimes where she connected to the material and enjoyed her learning experiences, and other timesneither was true. The second and third authors joined the research team during the data analysisphase.The second author is
. All of the paperswere published between 2011-2019. One paper was a journal article published in theInternational Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning and seven were conference papers: sixprepared for the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference and oneprepared for the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications. Sevenstudies took place in the United States and one took place in Ecuador. The online undergraduatecourses included mechanical engineering, systems engineering, ethical decision-making inengineering and technology, technology project management, and computer engineering.Sample sizes ranged from 25-49 students. The methods employed in the eligible papers includedstructural equation
Paper ID #46810Underrepresented minority students’ portrayal of engineering and what engineersdoDr. Fatemeh Khalkhal, San Francisco State University Dr. Khalkhal is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at San Francisco State University (a primarily undergraduate and Hispanic-serving institution). Her research work in engineering education involves broadening the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering and understanding the relationship between teamwork experience and team disagreements in the formation of engineering identity among diverse students.Dr. Stephanie Claussen, San
between individual experiences and context, does not assume priorinformal or formal knowledge or experience in order to understand the material presented, andprovides an assortment of assessment methods which do not privilege one strength over another(a staple emphasis for inclusive learning). Students were asked their perceptions of theengineering curriculum, theoretical and practical content, interdisciplinary content, acceptance ofexperiential knowledge, the need for prior lab or machine experience, available assistance andsupport, and how the interests, experiences, and achievements of various groups are integratedinto the curriculum. We conducted crosstabs in SPSS to examine if there are statisticallysignificant differences among versus
performance. Zero, a sophomore student inmechanical engineering technology, and Xiomara, a junior student with a minor in mechanicalengineering respectively mentioned, “I like the people in my major a lot, not just as like, "OH,they're nice professors," but like as actual people. They're very kind, and they really do try tohelp you out as best as they can” and “The actual college of engineering classes that I havetaken, I've had nothing but great things. Like they've actually made me believe that I could do it.”Also, Gillian, a junior student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, agreed with her peers inemphasizing the key role that having supportive faculty has on students, she added, “I feelcomfortable with my professors, even if I don't know
Paper ID #36961Student Definitions of DEI in First-Year Engineering and Capstone DesignDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include DEI in STEM, lab and design course pedagogy, and information literacy.Dr. Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s first-year engineering facutly, a group of teach- ing faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a
[20]. These ideologies were materialized by creating labels for Latino/a/x students such asLimited English Proficiency (LEP), disabled, inner-city, or remedial, which placed students withthese labels as inferior, deficient, and in need of remediation or “fixing.”These deficit perspectives permeate not just elementary and secondary education, but alsomanifest in the way we create curriculum, give lectures, and prepare exams in higher education.Engineering education is not the exception. Davis and Museus [20] argue that deficit thinking isa symptom of a larger system of oppression emerging from classist and racist ideologies, as wellas being rooted as a response to the strong-hold beliefs on meritocracy, objectivity, andcolorblindness
Paper ID #47557The impact of technology on minoritized students’ agency and environmentalresponsibilityMobina BeheshtiJulia WilderAnnick M ManseauSofia Ella MigonIsabella Stuopis, Brown University Lecturer in Engineering at Brown University. Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston College in Human Centered Engineering program under mentorship of Professor Avneet Hira. Earned PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University under mentorship of Kristen Wendell. Interests: undergraduate learning, learning outside of the classroom setting, collaboration in engineering, learning assistants, makerspaces, broadening
Paper ID #42450From Their Perspective : What underrepresented students in engineeringsay about the effect of assessment and reporting practices on their level ofconfidence.Ms. Lindsay Harley, Dartmouth College Lindsay Harley, is an undergraduate student at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, pursuing a B.E. in mechanical engineering. She is passionate about making education more accessible and equitable, and her current research focuses on improving assessment and reporting practices.Dr. Vicki V. May P.E., Dartmouth College Vicki V. May, Ph.D., P.E. is an Instructional Professor of Engineering at the Thayer School
explores the integration of green materials, lifecycle assessment, and resilient engineering practices in pavement design. Through his research, he seeks to address key challenges in infrastructure sustainability while promoting long-term resilience in the face of climate change and increasing urban demandsDr. Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University Olushola Emiola-Owolabi graduated from the Advanced Studies, Leadership, and Policy at Morgan State University with a PhD. She is an engineering pedagogy specialist, researching active learning in engineering classrooms and specializing in qualitative methods research on teaching and learning – particularly in remote synchronous learning environments.Mr. Pelumi
Paper ID #39187Work In Progress: Evaluating the Cultural Context of Engineering andEngineering-Related Concept Inventory Assessment ItemsShauna N. Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Shauna is currently a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She previously worked for 10 years as a Systems Surety Engineer and 15 years as a coordinator/advisor of various pre-college en- gineering programs. Shauna earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and her MS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research interest includes
public and private sources to support her collaborative research activities, Daily’s work has been featured in USA Today, Forbes, National Public Radio, and the Chicago Tribune. Daily earned her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University – Florida State University College of Engineering, and an S.M. and Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab.Dr. Brianna Blaser, University of Washington Brianna Blaser is a counselor/coordinator at the DO-IT Center at the University of Washington where she works with the AccessEngineering program. She earned a bachelors degree in math and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in women studiesJoanna Goode, University of OregonProf
Paper ID #42714 Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2004. His research activities include Hall thrusters, gridded ion engines, diagnostics for plasma interrogation and thruster characterization, vacuum facility effects, helicon plasma sources, and plasma-material interactions. He has authored 130 journal articles and conference papers in the fields of electric propulsion and plasma physics. Dr. Walker is the director of the NASA Joint Advanced Propulsion Institute. Dr. Walker serves as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Deputy Director for Space Rockets and Advanced Propulsion and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. He is also a consultant to the
, project management methodologies, construction education, data analyt- ics, creativity and innovation, and emerging technologies. He is actively pursuing the development of educational techniques and methods in construction. He has developed construction-based simulation applications and strives to bring aspects of project management into simulation applications.Dr. Tonya W. Stone, Mississippi State University Tonya Stone is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MSU. Her research interests include multiscale materials modeling, mechanical behavior and characterization of materials, and modeling of nanomechanics/nanomaterials.Mr. George D Ford, P.E., Mississippi State University Dr. George Ford P.E. is the
Paper ID #37136Overrepresented Not-Marginalized: Unpacking the Racialization ofAsians and Asian-Americans in Engineering EducationMr. Jerry Austin Yang, Stanford University Jerry A. Yang is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Stanford University pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering and a MA in Education. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin with a certificateAnthony Lising AntonioDr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and
Paper ID #43209Promoting Belonging in Engineering through the Creation of Youth-CenteredTechnology-Rich SpacesKiana Alexa RamosDr. Isabella Stuopis, Boston College Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston College in Human Centered Engineering program under mentorship of Professor Avneet Hira. Earned PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University under mentorship of Kristen Wendell. Interests: undergraduate learning, learning outside of the classroom setting, collaboration in engineering, learning assistants, makerspaces, broadening participation in engineeringEmanuel Joseph LouimePeyton Elise CarterCaitlyn HancockDr. Avneet