intervention, we also identify broaderconsiderations for adapting writing and communication programs to new contexts.The Communication Lab model originated in 2012 within a single department at MIT, andsubsequently expanded to multiple implementations within the same institution, each serving adifferent department. This expansion process afforded continual opportunities to learn about themodel’s adaptability. In one case, described in a previous publication [4], departmentaladministration initially invested in parallel development of both a Comm Lab and a graduatecommunication course, but ultimately chose to sustain only the Comm Lab because it was foundto be significantly more flexible, resource-lean, and impactful than a course. Since then, theComm
practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Best Paper Award and the 2018 Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award for the IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
Center dedicated to engineering education related initiatives and research focused on building diversity and enhancing the educational experience for all engineering students. Dr. Shehab teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in ergonomics, work methods, experimental design, and statistical analysis. Her current research is with the Research Institute for STEM Education, a multi-disciplinary research group investigating factors related to equity and diversity in engineering student populations.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is a President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of Computer Science and Womens’ and Gender Studies at the University of
Engineering with a minor in Six Sigma Methodology. As a Schreyer Honors College scholar, she is writing her thesis in Engineering Education, specifically from a Learning Styles perspec- tive. Dr. Paul Lynch and Cynthia hope to create a model to implement into the classroom to increase learning and satisfaction in undergraduate Industrial Engineering Education. In the summer of 2013, Cyndy interned with the Walt Disney Company in the Workforce Management Department. As an intern, she was able to create a Variance Analysis Tool to monitor workload forecasting for the Walt Disney World resort. She returned to the Walt Disney World Resort during the summer of 2014 as a Staffing Strategies Intern.Dr. Joseph Wilck, East Carolina
Paper ID #13104Understanding the Communicative and Social Processes of Engineering Ethicsin Diverse Design TeamsDr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning development and assessment
studies on human computer interactions and the ways in which technological innovations are changing how we function in the world. Since graduation, she has founded her own business with her husband, helped to start the Diversity & Inclusion department at the U.S. Olympic Committee, and lead the offline member engagement strategy as the Director of Community & Events for Levo, a startup that provides professional resources to young women.Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines Leslie Light is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines, and the Director of the Cornerstone Design@Mines program. She received a B.S. In General Engineering, Product
). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Insights about an academic elevator pitch competition in undergraduateengineering curriculaIntroductionThe elevator pitch is an effective and efficient communication tool that entrepreneurs use toquickly sum up and forcefully present the uniquely salient aspects of their products or services,with the sole purpose of engaging with potential investors and raising capital. As such, this“soft” technique is highly desirable for engineers to master in order to rapidly, concisely andclearly convey the engineering value of their projects to prospective investors. A number ofuniversities are already working to embed elevator pitch learning opportunities into theircurricula.At Stevens Institute of
necessary to be creative can be taught and learned. Before describing specific skills,however, it is valuable to understand creativity more broadly. First, creativity is not the same asinspiration. That is, to be creative requires preparation and effort. Cropley summarized thecognitive aspects of creativity in a list: 1. Possession of a fund of general knowledge 2. Knowledge of one or more special fields 3. An active imagination 4. Ability to recognize, discover, or invent problems 5. Skill at seeing connections, overlaps, similarities, and logical implications (convergent thinking) 6. Skill at making remote associations, bisociating, accepting primary process material, forming new gestalts, etc
solutions to the ill-structured problem and reported that their creativity influencedtheir solutions and problem solving processes. Student responses also indicated that specific lifeevents such as classes that they had taken, personal experiences, and exposure to other ill-structured problems during an internship helped them develop their proposed solution. Givenstudents’ responses and overall findings, this supports creating learning environments forengineering students where they can support increasing their creativity and be more exposed tocomplex engineering problems.I. Introduction and Background Research has demonstrated that there is a gap between the problem types engineeringstudents are given in academic settings and the workplace
staff [24]. Moreover, female engineering majors inthe University of Texas System were more likely to experience sexual harassment than theirfemale counterparts in science or non-STEM fields [24].Diversity trainings are frequently implemented to promote inclusivity and reduce the occurrenceof sexual harassment with mixed results depending on the definition of training effectiveness[26] - [28]. Learning outcomes are generally classified as affective-based (measuring attitude),cognitive-based (measuring knowledge), and skill-based (measuring behavior) [29]. Diversitytrainings often have larger effects on cognitive- and skill-based outcomes relative to affective-based outcomes [28], although implicit bias training has also been shown to improve the
appropriate at the undergraduate level. Another benefit of splittingthe laboratories into two weeks is the corrective feedback for the second week. Whilechallenging the instructor for quick turn around on grading the laboratory reports, it affords anopportunity to provide students with a quality feedback which they are able then to incorporateinto the second-week work improving their overall grade and learning outcomes. Reduced dataprocessing also allows assigning small research subprojects to be included in the reports.Due to the explosive nature of combustion, safety is a paramount concern. In addition to thebasic laboratory safety rules introduced at the beginning of the semester, each laboratory manualis supplemented with experiment-specific
States Military Academy, West Point, NY. Page 13.183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Integrated Approach to Grading a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Course at the United States Military AcademyAbstract Many mechanical engineering departments offer a capstone design course that requiresundergraduate students to apply the wide array of theory and skills learned in previous courses.At the United States Military Academy, a key component of the Mechanical Engineeringprogram’s capstone design course, Mechanical System Design, is the requirement for eachstudent team to build and test a
knowledge of computation and physics: the architectus should be “aman of letters, an expert draftsman, a mathematician, familiar with scientific thought, apainstaking student of philosophy, acquainted with music, not ignorant of medicine,knowledgeable about the opinions of jurists, and familiar with astronomy and the theory of theheavens.”14 As a prototype of the Renaissance man, architectus was a prestigious position, heldin high esteem.15As inventive as Roman architects were, however, their structures were not immune from failure.Tacitus and other historians of the time detail a number of collapses, including the stadium atFidenae, considered to be the worst structural failure in history with more than 20,000 fatalitiesand thousands injured
. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e- portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. Page 24.652.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Graduate
Paper ID #9602I’m Not the Creative Type: Barriers to Student Creativity within Engineer-ing Innovation ProjectsMr. Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nicholas D. Fila is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests include design learning, en- gineering innovation and creativity, human-centered design, cross-disciplinary teamwork, and decision- making. In his spare time he enjoys songwriting
Enhancement of Engineering Education and Rock Ethics Instituteare helping in development of this new program for the teaching and study of appliedprofessional ethics as it relates to the construction education. Page 9.759.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”1. INTRODUCTIONThe preamble to the Code of Ethics for Engineers of the National Society of ProfessionalEngineers states in part: “Engineering is an important and learned profession. As members ofthis profession, engineers are
AC 2012-3868: CIVIL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE CONSULTANTS: FROMRFP TO REALITYMr. William P. Manion, University of Maine William P. Manion, M.S., P.E., is an instructor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine in Orono. He has taught courses in materials, soil mechanics, computer applications, graphics, and project management since 1998. He has also performed laboratory research, worked for a heavy earthwork construction company, captained charter boats, and managed a land development project. Al- ways interested in new effective teaching strategies, he employs many different pedagogical methods and techniques.Ms. Judith A. Hakola, University of Maine
computer logic was best done in a first engineering course.Additionally any early introduction to problem-solving, design, innovation, time and cost, andprofessionalism would be appreciated by upper-division instructors. Teaching systematicapproaches to problems and problem solving (not hacking or shotgun approaches) was to bedconsidered a bonus, though not expected at the introduction level by most faculty.One of the most oft cited desires of faculty from a student needs perspective was to get rid of badhabits learned in and carried forward from high school. These complaints consisted primarily of:• Blind dependence on calculators - using the calculator without understanding the equation• Designing solutions before understanding the problem
largest exporter of high-tech goods5,1. To stay in this position and sustain 2 economic growth, China must be able to compete through high value exports including cars,computer chips, cell phones, and other electronics5,32. Hence, the Chinese government targetsthese industries for assistance and prioritization of resources.Not only is it important for China to be viewed by other nations as high ranking, it is importantfor China to interact with powerful countries. For example, “China has made Brazil an obviouspolitical and economic priority, and its status as a fellow BRIC nation gives it further clout” 5. Inaddition to Brazil, China recognizes the
Paper ID #42752Board 202: Assessing the Design of an AR-based Physics ExploratoriumMs. Elizabeth Flynn, San Diego State University Elizabeth Flynn is a PhD student in the joint Math and Science Education Doctoral program at San Diego State University/University of California San Diego. She is interested in studying teaching and learning in undergraduate math and science as well as supporting participation and success of women in STEM.Molly Horner, San Diego State UniversityAdrian Larios, San Diego State UniversityRyan Thomas RiosIndia Elizabeth Wishart, San Diego State UniversityJanet Bowers, San Diego State UniversityDr. Dustin B
quantities and their Measures; b) Measuring instruments; c) Graphanalysis and Interpretation and d) Experiments and Physical modeling.The Physics subject aims to develop the following Physics modeling competencies and softskills of First-Year Students in engineering courses:• Being able to model phenomena, physical and chemical systems, using mathematical,statistical, computational and simulation tools, among others.• Predicting system results through models.• Checking and validating the models using appropriate techniques;Thus, based on previous academic experiences [1-8] and an active learning approach [9],[10]; [11] and [12], in the Physics laboratory, aiming to analyze the understanding of first-year engineering students regarding elastic force
importance of, and methods to teach empathy to engineering students. He is currently the Education Director for Engineers for a Sustainable World and an assistant editor for Engineering Studies.Dr. Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University Dr. Johannes Strobel is Director, Educational Outreach Programs and Associate Professor, Engineering and Education at Texas A&M. After studying philosophy and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri- Columbia. He worked at Concordia University, Montreal and has been the director of the Institute of P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University. NSF and several
University of Michigan and began his faculty position at Texas A&M in 2006.Dr. Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He is a TEES Research Professor in the Office of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, College Station. He has been an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Pro- fessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, a National
had been atthat rank for more than six years. 2008 UMaine % Women 2008 National % Women Engineering (no Eng. Tech.) 9% 12% Physical Sciences 11% 19% Computer Science 0% 17% Mathematical Sciences 13% 23% Biological/Life Sciences 34% 35% Psychology 33% 55% Social Sciences 27% 36% Source: NSF (2008
making themselves available to answer questions about fabrication or tooccasionally get a novice builder out of a jam. I frequent this space too as one of a group ofresearchers working to unravel how learning happens in makerspaces like the fabrication lab.Jesse fiddles with some clamps adjusting and readjusting until the welder cooperates with herexplaining to me how the welder needs to be grounded. She pauses her explanations as shehandily welds pieces of a bicycle frame into place. Afterwards I have so many questions. Howdid she get interested in welding? How did she learn? I know the basic training for the welder iswidely available but not many of the students use the welder. Why her? Why this?Through conversation I learn that Jesse was
ethics,environmental ethics, and computer ethics—each of which depends on multi- and cross-disciplinary interactions” [pp. 241-242]. As an inherently interdisciplinary field, engineeringethics sits uneasily in the disciplinary structures that dominate higher education. While there is 1no shortage of valid criticisms of disciplinary thinking (some of which will be discussed later inthis paper), those structures are resistant to change, and waiting for large-scale structural changeis incompatible with the sense of urgency surrounding engineering ethics.This paper presents a conceptual model of how three knowledge streams—engineering ethics
disquisition. This general description is commonly taken to apply to social sciences, humanities andphysical sciences, as well as to all engineering fields. However, the outcomes expected in thepost-degree careers of humanists, social and physical scientists, and engineers are quite different.The scientist and humanist are charged with discovery. Their task is to learn and, then, toexplain to their peers the nature of their discoveries. Quite to the contrary, the engineer isexpected to develop a command of a defined topical field and, more importantly, to apply thatknowledge in a very tangible way that benefits society -- and, then, explain both discovery andapplication to society.Core Competencies in Engineering: All engineers solve problems and
2006-636: CHEATING IN COLLEGE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ETHICALBEHAVIOR IN PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PRACTICETrevor Harding, Kettering University Dr. Trevor S. Harding is Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University where he teaches courses in engineering materials and manufacturing. Dr. Harding's research interests include wear phenomenon in orthopeadic implants, ethical development in engineering undergraduates, and pedagogical innovations in environmental education. Currently, Trevor serves on the ERM Division Board of Directors and on the Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.Cynthia Finelli, University of
1 Mathematics 9a Breadth, Environmental 2 Natural Science 9b Breadth, Structural 3 Mechanics 9c Breadth, Geotechnical 4 Experiments 9d Breadth, Transportation 5 Problem Solving 10 Communication 6a Design, Environmental 11a Public Policy 6b Design, Structural 11b Business 6c Design, Geotechnical 12 Leadership 6d Design, Transportation 13 Interdisciplinary Teams 7 Contemporary Issues 14 Self-Directed Learning
Work . . . infringes any intellectual property rights. . . .40Authors who sign such a form knowing that their work is recycled are going beyond the realm ofethics and broaching copyright infringement, if they have signed a copyright transfer agreement.In addition, they are patently lying by affirming that the work is original when, in fact, it is not.Padding resumes. At many universities, the pressure to publish is high; many committees alsofocus on quantity, rather than quality, in examining such crucial documents as promotion andtenure portfolios.41 A remarkable, and hopefully isolated, example is Nelson Tansu, who holdsan endowed chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at LehighUniversity. In his exposé of Tansu’s