4.68.1academic community;5. To improve retention of students of varying cultural and mathematical backgrounds.In order to meet these broad goals, the project’s authors proposed four basic thrusts. First, theyproposed to unify mathematics and engineering in order to present mutually reinforcing concepts.Second, they proposed to create a strong mathematical foundation augmented with physics andengineering experiences. Third, they proposed to introduce computing technology. Fourth, theyproposed to create an enhanced academic atmosphere which would include small groupinteractions, mentoring, supervision, and remediation.II. Brief Overview of IPECThe IPEC program differs markedly from the traditional pre-engineering program which leadsstudents through
4.68.1academic community;5. To improve retention of students of varying cultural and mathematical backgrounds.In order to meet these broad goals, the project’s authors proposed four basic thrusts. First, theyproposed to unify mathematics and engineering in order to present mutually reinforcing concepts.Second, they proposed to create a strong mathematical foundation augmented with physics andengineering experiences. Third, they proposed to introduce computing technology. Fourth, theyproposed to create an enhanced academic atmosphere which would include small groupinteractions, mentoring, supervision, and remediation.II. Brief Overview of IPECThe IPEC program differs markedly from the traditional pre-engineering program which leadsstudents through
Community College and is interested in providing students with authentic practice of science experiences through their courses and independent study.Mr. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl is faculty and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include developing, implementing and assessing active learning instruc- tional strategies and auto-graded online homework. Eric has been a member of ASEE since 2001. He currently serves as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section and was the recipient of the 2008 Section Out- standing Teaching Award.Dr. Michael Jason Babcock, Whatcom Community College Jason Babcock is the Director of the Learning
component. The lab experiences gained may be very suitable fordemonstrating the analysis and design of combinational and sequential logic circuits, but they donot teach the students how to interface digital circuits with analog circuits or computer software.Moreover, there is no gradual path and ramp from those small and compartmentalized labexperiments to a very large open-ended senior project.2. DeVry University’s Senior Project Capstone Course SequenceThe College of Engineering and Information Sciences at DeVry University offers a sequence ofsenior project courses under its ECET (Electronics Engineering Technology/ComputerEngineering Technology) program. The senior project is a four-session course sequences (eightweeks per session) in which
exploratory format,and the definition of success changed from counting the number of certifications to focusing onstudent learning and engagement. The student instructors’ experiences as teachers have shiftedhow they act as students, as they now notice the pedagogical practices of their instructors.Ultimately, empowering students as teachers in co-curricular programs benefits both studentsand student instructors, and lessons learned are offered to implement similar programs.IntroductionCAD is an essential part of learning in engineering, but it has been shown that many graduatingengineering students lack the requisite knowledge of CAD basics [1]. At the University of PrinceEdward Island, CAD is a small component of an over-prescribed first-year
identified in the recent literature thatcan positively influence retention and success. The factor that is most often cited is instilling asense of belonging among underrepresented students, particularly when they attend a large,predominantly white and median income serving institution [28]-[36]. This sense of belonging canbe enhanced in several ways beginning with a deliberate, targeted, and specific recruitment processthat engages prospects on the individual level [37]. Once the student is on campus, success caninclude fostering positive relationships with faculty and staff mentors [11], [32], [38]-[41]. It canalso be enhanced by creating strong cohorts through participation in summer bridge programs [42]-[46], engaging in a living learning
will provide candid comments from the student engineers on their thoughtstoward the utility of the program and what they gained from it. BackgroundThe University of Wyoming instituted a new undergraduate Computer Engineering curriculum inFall 2000 in response to a nation-wide shortage of computer engineers. The hardware designportion of the curriculum consists of traditional course and laboratory work in digital design,embedded controller programming, and advanced digital design. Although this curriculumprovides a thorough technical education, other concepts need to be incorporated into thecurriculum including: competition, quality design, teamwork, systems design, interdisciplinaryprojects, and
own work and provides the instructor with a tool for grading theassignment and providing feedback35. Alternatively, rubrics may be used for evaluationpurposes to track changes in educational programs over time due to reform efforts32,36. Inengineering education, rubrics have been used widely to assess and evaluate many complexskills, including critical thinking 37 and integration of interdisciplinary knowledge21.2. Types of RubricsNo matter the intended use, rubrics are generally classified into two categories. A holistic rubricis one that requires a judge to make a single, overall judgment about the quality of studentwork38. Alternatively, an analytic rubric includes specific criteria with more than one level of
. After the students completed the assignment, they were asked to evaluate theirexperience by completing a questionnaire. The questionnaire included a variety of questions thataddressed the effectiveness of the module in practicing the programming concepts it intended tocover as well as in providing a gentle introduction to Machine Learning concepts. In addition,the questionnaire addressed students’ interest in learning more about Machine Learning.While the sample data is small at this time, student feedback from this initial use of the modulewas very positive. The module was well received by most students as was evidenced in theresults of the questionnaire. One of the obvious conclusions from the assessment results is thatusing computer games as
their web site1, consists of a broad spectrum of members from both thepublic and private sectors with an interest in the promotion of the biomedical industry. Theirexplicit intentions for contacting STCC were an effort to attempt to convince the collegeadministration (or at least start a dialogue) of the need to re-institute a biomedical technology orsimilar type of degree program and to also add a biomedical device manufacturing track to itstechnical programs. Besides the large medical/health sector industry in the college’s service area,there are presently a large number of medical device manufacturers2 in the so called “NewEngland’s Knowledge Corridor”3 that is also part of the college’s area of service. A group ofSTCC administrators and
4 Voices of our Studentsparticipants due to the size of the program at the time the study took place. We are also mindfulto protect the identity of the faculty member teaching the course.In preparation for the program launch, the faculty team reviewed the literature and studied thecurricula of similar programs. We visited the Boulder, CO Engineering PLUS program andsought expert input from a respected peer from Olin College. We engaged in a backward designapproach developing program and course outcomes [35] to frame the development of thecurricular content and assessment methods. We explained to the students that the course was a“design challenge” and that they had
a thriving program within a month. The project team aimed to replicate as many of the residential program features as possible. EPIC is more than lectures and engineering labs. An example of the virtual program schedule can be seen in Appendix II.B. Project selection and core curriculum development In early June 2020, a small team of California Polytechnic State University faculty and EPIC staff collaborated to create a new set of laboratory activities for the online EPIC summer program experience. To develop a virtual lab curriculum, there were several objectives to meet and challenges to overcome. The primary objectives were to provide a project or series of projects introducing participants to engineering over the course of
Paper ID #26256Board 86: Grad Student STEM Share: From Pilot Program to Beyond STEMDr. Carrie A. Obenland, Rice Office of STEM Engagement Dr. Obenland is the Assistant Director for Outreach and Research at the Rice Office of STEM Engage- ment. She as her PhD in Chemistry from Rice University, as well as her Masters. Her graduate work was focused on chemical education. She earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.Carolyn Nichol, Rice University Dr. Carolyn Nichol is a Faculty Fellow in Chemistry and the Director of the Rice Office of STEM En- gagement (R-STEM). R-STEM provides teacher
conferencingcapabilities and wirelessly-connectable large screen display; five more team areas, six-personcapacity each, with wirelessly-connectable large screen display; a lounge area where they canrelax and visit, as shown in Figure 5, below. The tables and chairs are all movable so the openspace can be rearranged to have larger group meetings. In fact, it is where our RSO has theirmeetings. We also have an administrative area that has three administrative offices, a printerroom, and a conference room. The administrative offices have wirelessly-connectable largescreen displays, one has video conferencing capability, and all have meeting tables for studentadvising and small meetings. Figure 5. Data Science Student Team Rooms, Team Spaces, and Lounge
. One ofthe Council’s recommendations to address this issue is to engage students with researchexperiences in the first two years. Recently there has also been an increasing awareness of theimportant role that community colleges play in educating STEM professionals, especially inbroadening participation among students from underrepresented groups. This paper presents theresults of a collaborative project between a small Hispanic-serving community college and a largeurban university to address the retention and completion problems among community collegestudents through a summer research internship program that provides opportunities for freshmenand sophomore community college students to participate in engineering research under thesupervision
Paper ID #8757Incorporating Sustainability and Green Design Concepts into the Engineer-ing and Engineering Technology Curriculum and ProgramsDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding a PHD in power engineering and the other in physics. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and re- search institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as project manager, senior engineer
forfundamental programming subjects. It includes four modules to: 1) develop a set of online learningmodules for students to pick up, learn, and master the fundamental programming materials; 2) developa student assessment module for students to observe the evaluation results of the learning process; 3)develop a course management module for instructors to manage the course materials; 4) develop asystem administration module to manager different users. More details were shown in Fig. 1. Online Learning Environment Fundamental Student Course System Programming Materials Assessment
University of Rhode Island (URI) participated inspring 2016 along with eleven other engineering schools. Since the cross-institutional evaluationis still on-going, we can only provide a small segment of the cross-institutional results. Part IIattempts to explain why those results may have come out the way they did for URI – what kind ofinternational programming inherent in the engineering curriculum at URI may differentiate it fromothers in the sample? The main set-up and design of international engineering programming at theuniversity will be described as background in front of which the NSF results ought to be examined.Within the context of part II we will furthermore present the outcome of an IDI assessment usedfor a short-term travel course in
in this course, the logistics of courseimplementation, course assessment, and lessons learned from the first offering.Course ContentOne particular challenge with this new course is the interdisciplinary nature of the area: studentscome from different undergraduate disciplines (e.g., Agronomy, Biology, MechanicalEngineering, etc.), and are enrolled in diverse graduate programs (e.g., Bioinformatics, Genetics,Mechanical Engineering, Statistics, etc.). Thus, the only prerequisite to the new course was anycalculus-based undergraduate curriculum and approval of the lead instructor. A laboratorycomponent to the course was also desired so students could extend and practice the knowledgethey receive in lecture.Iowa State University has a 15-week
explores the use of students’ own reflective practices to measure theirprogress toward program learning goals.ApproachWe developed an ePortfolio template using the Digication platform. Students were asked toreport four of their 10 mini projects using this ePortfolio tool. We then evaluated how effectivethe production of these ePortfolios was in engaging students on both cognitive and emotionallevels. To do this, we asked participants (n = 104) to complete an online questionnaire thatevaluated these engagement constructs. The completed questionnaires were evaluated usingdescriptive statistics and factor analysis.ImplicationsComprehensive ePortfolio platforms support and streamline student assessment in ways thatenrich their learning experience
Paper ID #37905Work in Progress: Effect of pre-college academic activities onthe sense of belonging of first-year engineering studentsTami Coronella (Director, Academic Administration and Student Success) Tamara Coronella, Ed.D. Director of Student Success and Engagement at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She has over 20 years of higher education experience working with graduate and undergraduate students in academic and student affairs. She also teaches and mentors students in the Masters of Higher and Postsecondary Education program at Arizona State University. Her research
- torSHPE, InternSHPE, ScholarSHPE, SHPE Academy, and professional development programs. She is passionate about helping college students form meaningful, goal-aligned connections with peers, profes- sionals, and companies. To accomplish this, she uses a data-based approach to customizing best practices to fit the individual needs and goals of students and companies. Ashleigh has worked for a variety of higher education institutions (large, public 4-year; small, private 4-year; community college) in a myriad of roles and offices. This varied experience has provided her with a first-hand understanding of the challenges and barriers college students face related to success, persis- tence, and degree completion. This
Paper ID #43390Increasing Teaching Efficacy in Engineering Graduate Students through theDevelopment and Facilitation of Summer Middle and High School STEMExperienceDr. Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a faculty member in the Engineering and Computing Education Program. She is the Associate Director STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT). She also serves as the Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate school. Her research is focused on solving problems relating to
NSF RET program,two software tools were employed: eQUEST (www.doe2.com/equest/), a building energysimulation program to simulate the amount of energy used by a designated structure, and AthenaImpact Estimator for Buildings (ATHENA, www.athenasmi.org/our-software-data/impact-estimator/), which assesses the life cycle of a building based on its materials and assemblies.Domain expertise in building design for calibrating the software tools was provided by Mr.Anthony Robinson, President of Axis Design-Build, Inc. DACE [2-3] was introduced to efficiently leverage the availability of computersimulation models. For novice researchers that are brand new to research, the DACE approachprovides a general research training framework because the
content as the basis forengineering, rather than using engineering projects to motivate the learning of science. Finally,unlike many outreach efforts, this program is not connected with particular content areas ofengineering, such as nanotechnology or electrical engineering.Developed through the collaboration of a university physicist and a high school teacher in thelate 80’s, the Modeling framework for science instruction has spread to high schools throughoutthe U. S. and internationally, largely through grass-roots teacher efforts. It is one of only twohigh school science reform efforts designated as exemplary by the U. S. Department ofEducation and has reached an estimated 7,500 teachers. Further, the cohesive Modelingcommunity has created
of Teaching Assistants in a First-yearEngineering Course During the PandemicAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper examines the synergy of the roles of TAs (teachingassistants) and IAIs (instructional assistant interns) in the remote teaching and learning of anewly redesigned level 1 Engineering course. This study asks: In what ways do the similaritiesand differences among IAIs’ and TAs’ roles and responsibilities enhance first-year students’learning experience in an online course amid the pandemic?Using the lenses of collaborative teaching and community of practice (CoP), we examined howTAs and IAIs perceived their roles as they worked together to mentor first-year students. Ananonymous and voluntary online self-assessment
). The collected survey data illustrates the students are currently reporting high levels ofSTEM identity, self-efficacy, sense of belonging, and engagement. Through visual inspection,most of the dimensions of the survey scored higher than a neutral point of 2.5, and all scoredhigher than a 3 point. Due to the small sample size, the evaluator could not run a Student's T-Test and assess if the scores were significantly higher than a neutral score. However, while thesample size was small, through visual inspection, the evaluator can determine that the program isexcelling in meeting the goal of generating an engaging, inclusive, and stimulating environment.In particular, the students found themselves increasing or maintaining the same levels of
of formative assessment opportunitiesduring the delivery of the curriculum that assess student understanding when opportunitiesremain to take corrective measures.The learning community of the classroom is examined from the community-centered platform.Student comfort to ask and answer questions of the instructor and each other is indicative of acommunity-centered environment. The previous curriculum was taught to a group of studentswho have taken much of their coursework together. Thus, it was presented to an establishedcommunity. The small group tutorial took advantage of this community to facilitate grouplearning. The tutorial is maintained in the new module.Implementing a new learning moduleThe goals for this first iteration of the new
in form of lectures and workshops (72 hours and more),end-of-course assessment, and practical training in Russia (up to 50% of attendees) and abroad(up to 30% of attendees).Using Kazan National Research Technological University (“KNRTU”) as an example, we cantalk of the fact that participation in implementing engineering personnel development programsin accordance with concentration programs has contributed to the development of the teachingstaff, as well; it allowed exploring best practices at the globally leading research and educationcenters and industry-leading enterprises, and improving educational technology. The universityteachers developed their lectures and prepared practical studies for the attendees within theProgram on the basis
explore graduate-level teaching practices inSTEM in great detail during the course of this study as a result of the limited available research”.Therefore, we felt a necessity to bring together the leaders of industry, academia, and fundingagencies to assess the needs of STEM doctoral training in a three-part National Workshop Series:Role of Industry-University Partnership in Doctoral Education. The overall goals of the Workshopwere: (1) To develop a robust understanding of the current status of the pipeline from graduatedegree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) into professionalresearch environments; and, (2) To promote innovation in U.S. academic-industry partnershiparound advanced research and graduate