to connect researchto practice and impact engineering students. This approach involved creating scenarios andprobing questions from the composite narratives for sharing the research findings in academicand industrial educational settings. Lastly, we discuss the benefits and limitations of thismethodology, highlighting the research findings brought into focus using this methodology andcomparing and contrasting these results with those that emerged using an inductive-deductivethematic analysis approach to the data also taken in this research project.Key Words: Composite narratives, Methodology, Participant confidentiality, Research to practiceapproachesIntroductionComposite narratives are a way to combine aspects of multiple interviews into a
healthengineering (dual-level graduate and undergraduate, elective); and 3) biologicalprinciples of environmental engineering (graduate only, required course). These courseswere offered at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and through MissouriOnline distance education. The primary audience included students of environmentalengineering as well as students of civil engineering and architectural engineering andstudents of nursing. The module included an overview of community engagement,gathering community information, co-identification of a problem and a solution, andtesting the solution.While many forms of community engagement often aim to unearth problems and co-design solutions in a partnership between the researcher/scholar and
Tragedy of theCommons. Early findings show positive engagement with both the Pisces Game and SpectrumGame, with many students describing these two as particularly impactful and enjoyable. VirtuePoints yielded results that surprised many students, and there are indications that clarifying andamending the scoring system for the game may promote better understanding of how it cansupport self-reflection on virtues.IntroductionEthics education in undergraduate engineering programs has long been a source of struggle forengineering educators [1]. The need for ethics education in engineering in Canada is driven byEngineers Canada through the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board to promote adherenceto the Washington Accords and encourage high quality
studentswhile also meeting the needs of the curriculum and documenting fulfillment of the learningobjectives for ABET. A pilot version of the course was first offered in the fall 2015 semester tonineteen students who transferred into the curriculum; a revised version of the course wasoffered in fall 2016 to 56 students. Although the course provided necessary direct evidence thatthe learning outcomes were met, it was unpopular with the majority of the students. It is hopedthat the paper might stimulate a broader discourse on the role of professional issues courses,versus an infusion model for teaching these topics which is likely to be more successful. Bestpractices for implementation may emerge if individuals share both successes and failures
underrepresented groups in engineering by exploring their experiences, engaging in critical questioning, and offering support. Outside of academic studies, Jameka serves as an ambassador for her department, reviewer for ASEE, and active volunteer for a Columbus STEM non-profit See Brilliance. Jameka has been recognized by her undergraduate institution for her commitment to achieving the vision of the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program and most recently by her department for her scholarship as a graduate researcher. Jameka strives to be a well-rounded scholar and exhibit her dedication to people and scholarship.Dr. Monica Cox, The Ohio State University Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Engineering Education
Paper ID #14714Solution-based Learning (SBL): Using Systems Engineering Principles to GuideCapstone Projects in TechnologyDr. Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University Vigyan (Vigs) J. Chandra, Ph.D., serves as a professor and coordinator of the the Computer Network Security & Electronics Technology related programs offered within the department of Applied Engi- neering & Technology (AE&T at Eastern Kentucky University. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Kentucky in Electrical Engineering, and holds certifications in several computer/networking areas. He teaches
Paper ID #16152”Give Me Every Idea You Have”: Building with Improvisation in Engineer-ing EducationDr. Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) Dr. Stephanie Pulford is an instructional consultant and research scientist within University of Washing- ton’s Center for Engineering Teaching & Learning, where she has coordinated the Engineering Writing & Communication Development Program. Dr. Pulford’s professional background in engineering includes a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineer- ing as well as industry experience as
meanings, and interpretations ofthe term “active learning,” since different contributors in the field have interpreted some termsdifferently. However, by gleaming at the literature, it is possible to arrive at general consensus ofwhat appears to be widely accepted definitions, and to shed light on how common terms are usedtoday.Active Learning is generally defined as any instructional method that engages students in thelearning process. It is widely accepted that active learning requires students to take part in “pre-planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark and stimulate their learning, while in theclassroom.(6) These activities would include: reading, writing, solving problems, answeringquestions, participating in a discussion, etc
well as Malicky, Lord, and Huang’s[5] pedagogydecision matrix, can help formulate more effective service-learning projects to better meet overalllearning objectives. This leads into the focus topic of this paper: the compared results of servicelearning project optimization in an introductory chemical engineering course to better fulfilllearning objectives.The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University has a totalenrollment of approximately 605 students with 479 undergraduates participating in a 132 hourprogram. In 2006, the department received an NSF engineering educational grant, in whichservice learning was earmarked as one of the methods to enrich the overall curriculum quality[6].Service learning is an
contain global, program/curriculum-level, and project-level criteriaapplicable to engineering challenges, respectively. The iterative validation confirmed theimportance of many rubric criteria, but also revealed opportunities to add or refine criteria thatwere not adequately represented in the rubric. In addition, iterative validation supported potentialremoval or consolidation of criteria that did not seem to be broadly applicable to sustainability oracross disciplines. Since the sustainable design rubric is intended for undergraduate studentprojects, there were also categories within the frameworks deemed inappropriate for student-level projects. This paper reviews the validation process and results and presents changes to thedraft rubric
Paper ID #30723Implementation of the Question Formulation Technique as a TeachingStrategy in Renewable Energy Engineering EducationDr. Claudia Torres Garibay, Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Claudia Torres Garibay is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy department at Oregon Institute of Technology. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (2007), a M.S. in Materials Science at the Advanced Materials Research Center (Mexico, 2000), and a B.S. in Electrical and Industrial Engineering at Chihuahua Institute
the College of Engineering. The Engineering Education Transformations Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic in- terdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineer- ing, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering
, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team.Dr. Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Technological University in the summer of 2003, after two decades of various industry engineering positions in research, and product development. Dr. Fletcher earned his Bachelor of Science
solving from his father (ran a gray iron foundry), his mother (a nurse) and grandparents (dairy farmers). He has had the great good fortune to always work with amazing people, most recently professors teaching circuits and electronics from 13 HBCU ECE programs and the faculty, staff and students of the SMART LIGHTING ERC, where he is Education Director. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001 to 2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003 to 2008.Dr. Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY Dr. Dianna Newman is a research professor in the Evaluation Consortium at the University at Al- bany/SUNY. Her major areas of study are program evaluation with an emphasis in STEM related pro
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
asignificant portion of the educational content that focuses on undergraduate programs interestedin offering a course in wood design; (2) started development of modules targeting graduatestudents in cooperation with NEES related wood research educational outreach efforts; and (3)began development of a hybrid course with12-weeks of 100% online activities and a in persontwo-day weekend hands-on workshop as part of a continuing education program for practicingprofessionals. Page 25.1007.32 The ANSI manufacturing standards for this material has been adopted by the industry in 2011 and design guidelines will likely
educational exigency for motivating young Qataris to choose STEM educational pathways amid myriad options for high-‐paying government jobs that require little, if any, post-‐secondary education. To contribute to this vision, Texas A&M University at Qatar, in partnership with local industry, developed and introduced STEM enrichment programs for K–12 students and teachers through its Initiative in Engineering Leadership, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence (ELITE). ELITE has become an organizational fulcrum for marshaling campus-‐wide collaboration in support of STEM enrichment, and for developing the external partnerships necessary to fund such efforts
opportunities as well aschallenges. The VCU School of Engineering’s position is that the positive impact on thecommunities and the families within those communities far outweighs the obstacles that areencountered. In this paper, the approach towards a highly-coordinated student engagementcontinuum in an urban setting is presented, along with preliminary findings of the opportunitiesand obstacles faced by the community as well as the institution.The Student Engagement ContinuumDeveloping a sustainable, diverse pipeline of STEM students has become a national priority aspart of a broader approach for maintaining US global competitiveness [2]. A diverse STEMworkforce stimulates the economy, creates enabling technology that drive innovation (asmeasured by
persistence rates. Ms. Boyd received her B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Virginia in 2014.Miss Raeven Carmelita WatersMiss Yasmine Yunus Sikder,Ms. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash- ley received her MS in Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include access to higher education, broadening participation
school students participated in a week-long summer camp thatfocused on electrical and computer engineering (ECE) concepts and practices. The five-daysummer camp consisted of hands-on activities, tours of different laboratories in ECE disciplines,and a group project that spanned the whole week where students built circuits using theSparkFun Inventor’s kit. During the group activity, the students were organized into eightgroups, and each group was mentored by an undergraduate mentor who facilitated thecollaborative hands-on activities. The middle school students completed validated and reliablepre and post-surveys adapted from the Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey andthe Group Work Skills Questionnaire Manual. The S-STEM survey is
activities.The activities were diverse, such as; experimenting with concrete and failure in compression,assembling electronic circuits, building and programming robots, working with GlobalPositioning Systems (GPS), learning the binary numbering system and using surveyingequipment as well as several other activities. The intention of the workshop was to promote science and engineering at an early age.However many additional benefits were achieved; some of which include: 1. Introducing the participants to the college environment 2. Providing a social atmosphere of teamwork 3. Giving the participants an educational and enjoyable week during their summer break 4. Providing the parents of the participants the opportunity to visit the campus
Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NUE: NanoTRA- Texas Regional Alliance to Foster Nanotechnology Environment, Health, and Safety Awareness in Tomorrow’s Engineering and Technology LeadersABSTRACTThis Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program entitled, "NUE:NanoTRA-Texas Regional Alliance to foster 'Nanotechnology Environment, Health, and SafetyAwareness' in tomorrow's Engineering and Technology Leaders", at Texas State University-SanMarcos (Texas State) is a collaborative project with the University of Texas (UT) at Tyler todevelop introductory and advanced curricula that address the 'nanotechnology safety issues' thatinclude social, ethical, environmental, health, and safety issues of
environments; engineering design education; and mathematical thinking. Page 24.968.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Parents as Critical Influence: Insights from Five Studies (Other)AbstractBroadening participation in engineering, increasing students interest in engineering, andincreasing technological literacy are concerns that engineering programs and engineeringeducation researchers continue to address. One important group to consider in this process isparents. Parents play a number of roles in engineering education: they can
AC 2008-679: AN INVESTIGATION OF GAPS IN DESIGN PROCESS LEARNING:IS THERE A MISSING LINK BETWEEN BREADTH AND DEPTH?Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University Christine B. Masters is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at The Pennsylvania State University. She earned a PhD from Penn State in 1992. In addition to raising four children with her husband of 20 years, she has been teaching introductory mechanics courses for more than 10 years, training the department graduate teaching assistants for 7 years, coordinating the Engineering Science Honors Program undergraduate advising efforts for 5 years and currently participates in a variety of engineering
accepted academic definition is from Bringle & Hatcher [8, p. 112]: “Course-based, credit bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized serviceactivity that meets identified community needs, and reflect on the service activity in such a wayas to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, andan enhanced sense of civic responsibility”. In 1995, the Engineering Projects in CommunityService Program (EPICS) became the first service-learning program integrated intoan engineering curriculum, which provided an innovative educational experiencefor engineering undergraduates at Purdue University [9]. Service-learning has since stronglyemerged as an important complement to
University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course
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
Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Dr. White has been a faculty member at UC Davis since 2015, and he teaches process design and economics, process safety, bioseparations, and senior laboratory courses. He has helped lead the creation of the CHEM E CAD and Industrial Automation club at UC Davis, and he has sought to develop authentic, project-based learning experiences for his students in his courses. Dr. White also serves as the accreditation lead for the chemical engineering program at UC Davis. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Impact of The Design of Coffee, A General Education Chemical Engineering Course, on Students’ Decisions to Major in STEM
other things, these programs considered the inclusion of facultyprofessional development and the so-called ‘soft skills’ as a formal part of the doctoral training6 .Similarly, in the past decade, academic consortiums and national offices have supported the creation ofprograms aimed at training doctoral students in STEM disciplines, mostly for future teaching duties.Although such programs contribute to preparing students to assume academic or other professionalpositions, their ultimate goal is to improve the quality of undergraduate education7 .Some scholars have considered, designed, and documented initiatives that target engineering graduatestudents to help them successfully transition into faculty careers. Drawing from the general
engagement is essential for sustaining interest evaluation and argument deconstruction; and fostering intellectual investment—particularly in o In workplace training, critical thinking programs subjects like critical thinking, digital literacy, and should be tailored to industry-specific needs to cybersecurity. Traditional lecture-based instruction ensure relevance and practical application. often fails to capture attention or demonstrate Healthcare training might emphasize diagnostic relevance. Educators can address this by emphasizing reasoning, data protection, and ethical decision- real-world applications, interactive problem-solving