creative expression, and enthusiastically ready for career shaping challenges, theUniversity Honors Program can meet their needs. Students enjoy an array of academic enrichmentand co-curricular experiences that will prepare them for life beyond the baccalaureate.” As fewHonors courses are offer the students have the opportunity to earn honors credits for other selectcourses through a student faculty created contract. The section describing the activity is displayedbelow; see the appendix for a complete contract. Description of the Contract Project or Activity After consulting with the instructor, the Honors student must indicate below the additional work and/or activities that will be completed in order
International. Section A, 74, March, 2013.6. Kumar, S., Hsaio, J., 2007, "Engineers learn ‘soft skills’ the ‘hard way’: Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes," Leadership and Management in Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 18-23.7. Baytiyeh, H., 2012, "Disparity between college preparation and career demands for graduating engineers," International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1221-1231.8. Bayless, D. J., 2013, "Developing leadership skills in engineering students: Foundational approach through enhancement of self-awareness and interpersonal communication," in Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference.9. Beder, S. 1999, "Beyond technicalities
in thefree lunch program, which is often used as a proxy for family socio-economic status. Forexample, around 50% of Asian students and 29% of White students received credit for sciencecourses beyond Chemistry I, compared to only 20% of Hispanic students and 15% of Blackstudents [15]. Because stronger math and science preparation in high school greatly contributesto persistence in engineering programs, racial disparities in K-12 education likely explain muchof the attrition variance between racial/ethnic student groups. In fact, the same study on Floridianstudents found that Black and Hispanic students with higher level coursework preparation werejust as likely to persist in STEM degrees as White students [15].Last but certainly not least
in a junior-level Numerical Methods class. Previously, Arkasama has worked on projects involving Bloom’s taxonomy-based assessments, distributed energy resources, residential demand response, and building energy systems. In addition to academic research and teaching, she enjoys mentoring students in engineering disciplines within and beyond TAMU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Coding Competency and Confidence to Prepare for OpportunityThis is a Work in Progress paper.AbstractThis paper explores the effect of autograders on student coding abilities, coding confidence, andoverall learning experience in a junior-level mechanical engineering class on numerical methodswith
1.73 8.47 1.54 - breadboard by following a schematic diagram. g. I know how to measure voltage across an 7.00 2.93 8.60 1.58 - element in a parallel circuit. h. I know how to measure current across an 6.70 2.72 8.07 1.84 - element in a parallel circuit. i. I know how to apply circuit laws/Ohm’s 7.10 2.88 8.13 2.31 - law to solve for quantities such as current through an element, voltage across an element, and total resistance in a series/parallel combination circuit. j. I know how to identify an open circuit. 6.70 3.66 8.20 2.69 - k. I know how to
Kristi J. Shryock, Ph.D., is the Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Endowed Associate Profes- sor in Multidisciplinary Engineering and Affiliated Faculty in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Novel Unconventional Aerospace Applications iN Core Ed- ucational Disciplines (NUA2NCED) Lab and of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program and National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Scholars Program. She has made extensive con- tributions to the methodology of forming the engineer of the future through her work in creating strategies to recruit, retain, and graduate engineering students. The network of transformational strategies she has developed
Paper ID #28352WIP: Preparing Graduate Students to Engage in Multicultural EnvironmentsTeirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Teirra Holloman is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where she serves as a graduate research assistant. She is concurrently pursuing a MS in In- dustrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech with a focus in Management Systems.Teirra received her BS in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University. Her research interests revolve around broad- ening participation in engineering and global education
Engineering in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to improve the undergraduate engineering experience through evaluating preparation in areas, such as mathematics and physics, evaluating engineering identity and its impact on retention, incorporating non-traditional teaching methods into the classroom, and engaging her students with interactive methods. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Impact of Satellite campuses on undergraduate student experience in comparison
over 20 countries worldwide.Dr. Tara L. Cavalline, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Tara L Cavalline, P.E. is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering Technology at UNC Charlotte. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems from UNC Charlotte. She is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.Dr. Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Dr. M. Keith Thompson is currently an associate professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Dr. Thompson received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from
Justice at Temple University. Her main areas of research include critical infrastructure resilience and protection, cyber and cyber-physical security, infrastructure planning and policy, and global security and international affairs.Dr. Saroj K Biswas, Temple University Saroj Biswas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University specializing in electrical machines and power systems, multimedia tutoring, and control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has been the principle investigator of a project for the development of an intelligent tutoring shell that allows instructors create their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems
change in the university catalog tobetter align with ethics instruction offerings at other engineering programs in the USA. The class was a traditional50-minute format offered once a week on a Friday. Since the course has no prerequisite, freshmen through seniorstudents were all represented in three majors: civil and mechanical engineering and engineering technology. Onlytwo of the 33 students were freshmen, as this course is really geared to students with at least some work and lifeexperience that complement objectives stated in Appendix A.The in-seat version of the course required students to work in groups of three students of their own choosing.Students were required to work on nine homework assignments in groups. The reasoning for group
visualization. He is a founding developer of the CATME system, a free, web- based system that helps faculty assign students to teams and conduct self- and peer-evaluations. He is a co-author of the Engineering Communication Manual, an undergraduate text published in 2016 by Oxford Univ. Press. He can occasionally be found playing guitar at a local open mic.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER
, G., & Bielefeldt, A. (2017). Motivations to Leave Engineering: Through a Lens of Social Responsibility. Engineering Studies, 9(3), 222–248. https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2017.1397159 4. Hunt, M. O. (2016). African American, Hispanic, and White Beliefs about Black/White Inequality, 1977-2004: American Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/000312240707200304 5. Litchfield, K., & Javernick-Will, A. (2015). “I Am an Engineer AND”: A Mixed Methods Study of Socially Engaged Engineers. Journal of Engineering Education, 104(4), 393–416. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20102 6. Roy, J. (2018). Engineering by the Numbers. American Society for Engineering Education. Available
students’ engagement through online means. Theportable hardware provides students with the opportunities to troubleshoot and tune a controlsystem remotely.KeywordsControl laboratory kit, System modelling, PID controller, Feedback ControlsBackground and IntroductionThe automatic controls course in the mechanical engineering department at the University ofWisconsin Platteville is a three-credit hour course. Students usually take the course in their finalyear of school. The course includes both lecture and lab sections. Students work on theexperimental devices in groups during lab hours. Due to COVID, the lecture needs to be deliveredonline and students have to conduct lab from home. The size of existing experimental devices isnot portable, and the
Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022.Dr. Kurt M. Degoede, Elizabethtown College Professor of Engineering and Physics, Elizabethtown College. His research interests in biomechanics include developing clinical instruments for rehabilitation. Dr. DeGoede teaches upper-level undergraduate mechanical engineering and design courses and theDr. Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Anna Howard is a Teaching Professor at NC State University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where she has led the course redesign effort for Engineering Statics. She received her Ph.D. from the Rotorcraft Center of Excellence at Penn State University.Dr. Azize AkcayogluDr. Hadas Ritz, Cornell University
emphasize different (although related)conditions that support or thwart motivation. But, in general, supportive conditions include aperson’s feelings of autonomy, relatedness, and competence, accompanied by a sense of interestand value.Student motivation to learn new information is also tied to student engagement in the learningprocess. Similar to motivation, the term engagement has been defined in several different ways.According to Barkley, students who are engaged in the learning process “really care about whatthey’re learning; they want to learn” and they “exceed expectations and go beyond what isrequired.” These statements reflect a view of engagement that is rooted in motivation theory.Barkley also describes student engagement with statements
, ENSGSI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systèmes et de l’Innovation) atthe Université de Lorraine, France offers a first-year project-based course in mechatronics [7].Other universities include mechatronics or robotics inspired projects in other courses within theircurriculum [8]. Additionally, there are examples of robotics projects for K-16 courses [9]. Skillsand topics listed for these additional courses or projects are compared in Table 1. Table 1 - Skills and topics listed in other mechatronics education studies. Skills/Topics [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Principles of Design X X X X Computer Programming
sciencecredits [7, 8]. Consequently, students in this group are more likely to be unprepared for collegecalculus [9, 10], are disproportionately represented in the cohorts that enter college not yetcalculus-ready, and often do not persist in engineering beyond the precalculus stage[11, 12, 13, 14]. Taken together, over 60% of underrepresented minorities in the United Stateswho start in engineering programs do not finish [15]. The exploratory statistical results presentedin this paper are part of a larger sequential mixed-methods study intended to broaden participationin engineering by improving the mathematical pathways into and through engineering.As of this writing, seventeen states and the District of Columbia now require four Carnegie unitsof math
education and career path of women. Integrating women into the labor market in the UAEhas nevertheless become an important element of the country’s policy. A 2015 UAE GovernmentSummit announced initiatives aimed at promoting the role of women in STEM, particularly withthe creation of the UAE Gender Balance Council and through direct collaborations with theWomen in Engineering Committee (Margheri, 2016).Despite these efforts, Alhasani (2013) has identified cultural norms, stereotyping, and the issueof working in a male-dominated industry as fundamental challenges for women entering theengineering workplace. One respondent in Aswad, Vidican, and Samulewicz (2011) indicatedthat the “national customs and traditions of the Arab countries strongly
Museum” [20]. The time in Mexicoincludes living with host families and collaborating with students at Mexican universities ineducational and research undertakings. Fall commitments for the participants are “an onlinelearning community and writ[ing] a research proposal on the research problem identified while[the student was] in Yucatan” [20] and presenting their proposal as a research poster. Theseactivities were offered through the ELCIR project from 2015 to 2019 with marked success forparticipants by exposing them to research and international contexts early in their academiccareers [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20]. Therefore, outcomes for students similar to those reported in [11,12, 13, 14, 15] were expected for the summer 2022 IRAP cohort.2.2
retention ofhistorically URM STEM students. Plans for LSAMP institutionalization and programsustainability beyond NSF funding” were required as part of the senior-level alliance proposals.[4]. In response to its renewal submission, TAMUS LSAMP was awarded its fifth phase of NSFfunding, which started in March 2014.As a result of the NSF LSAMP program’s focus on institutionalization and sustainability ofpractices benefitting URM students, TAMUS LSAMP tasked its college partners at Texas A&MUniversity (TAMU) with proposing activities to target underrepresented minority (URM)populations within their colleges. TAMUS LSAMP provided guidance to college partners aboutseveral activities that had been shown to be effective tools for URM student retention
imperativeprograms develop a comprehensive assessment framework to ensure students are not only meetinglearning objectives in courses but integrate into the university environment on multiple measures.Therefore, this paper brings together student-learning objectives along with student-growthobjectives to produce a detailed framework to understand the development of first-yearengineering students holistically. By combining ABET outcomes one through seven, withtheoretically-grounded assessment measures of motivation and identity, along with student supportand success measures, we propose a comprehensive way to assess a first-year engineeringprogram. This framework will allow first-year engineering administrators to detail the growth anddevelopment of their
concept questions to investigate technology mediated active learning in the undergraduate chemical engineering classroom. He current in- terests involve using technology to enhance educational practices in promoting conceptual understanding. He is the primary programmer of the AIChE Concept Warehouse and his current focus is on its continued development, specifically creating and integrating Interactive Virtual Labs.Dr. Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University Cindy K. Waters is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering at NCA&T State University. Page 24.273.1 She received her B.S
invariety of geologic environments create a subsurface fracture system to enable extraction of heat:sufficient flow rates (80 kg/sec), heat exchange volume (recoverable energy) and surface area (recoveryrate) as well as minimal loss of injected fluid. Few EGS field experiments are yet to be conductedworldwide, therefore experimental evidence of EGS well productivity is not well established and heatexchange volume and longevity is lacking 10. As Fig. 5 shows the main steps for EGS, start fromlocating the site, creating the reservoir, and ending with completing and verifying circulating loop.D. Biomass (biological and chemical process)Because of its global importance, renewable energy is being examined far beyond electrical engineeringfields. In the
and tools we havedeveloped this kit will inspire those who embark on the journey of culture change.AcknowledgmentThis project was funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) IUSE/PFE: REDgrant #1730354 through NSF. The authors also thank the participants of our co-designworkshops for their valuable comments and suggestions on building our inspiration kit.References[1] Han, Y.-L., Turns, J., Cook, K., Mason, G., & Shuman, T.R., “Building a culture of“Engineering with Engineers”. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference, Baltimore, MD: ASEE 2023.[2] Y.-L. Han, K. E. Cook, T. R. Shuman, G. Mason, and J. Turns, “Engineering with Engineers:Revolutionizing Engineering Education through Industry
, cornerstone design experiences, or senior capstones. Some professional skills thatare acquired through these ABET accredited courses are: the abilities to design a technology-based product orservice, to address a real-world problem, and to communicate effectively. The forced transition to online educationdue to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the fact that higher education students need more self-regulatedlearning (SRL) skills to engage in effective time management, prioritize their tasks, watch lectures, and completeassignments. Most literature concerning self-regulated learning has not acknowledged the underpinnings of howdesign pedagogy and the studio culture can play significant roles in achieving these important skills in engineeringdesign. As
encourages participation of students inactivities that go beyond the ordinary classroom, and exercise and extend students’ experience incontemporary areas that are recognized to be critical and challenging to the engineeringprofession. To gain this experience, students engage in a variety of curricular and non-curricularactivities that are organized as part of our distinctive engineering education initiative. One of thenovelties of this initiative is the opportunity offered to students to compile the examples of theirwork in the form of portfolios. A portfolio is prepared electronically through an online processand compiles the record of a student’s accomplishments as he/she participates in variousactivities within thematic areas that are identified
andexpanding the focus beyond academia and into new geographic regions, 2) providing consultingand coaching opportunities for revenue, and 3) creating a mutually beneficial sponsorship model.The goal of the social business model is to address gender equity issues that impact theindividual, the organizations for which they work and, therefore, the regional economy.References[1] D. Bilimoria and K. K. Buch, "The search is on: Engendering faculty diversity through more effective search and recruitment," Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, vol. 42, pp. 27-32, 2010.[2] S. T. Gorman, M. C. Durmowicz, E. M. Roskes, and S. P. Slattery, "Women in the Academy: Female Leadership in STEM Education and the Evolution of a Mentoring Web," in
via online media. Gayle andMangra describe the necessity for reliable Internet, hardware and software that enable onlineteaching and learning including a reliable computer and simulation software, such as PSpice forcircuit analysis [2]. The authors also recognize the significance of cloud-based models andservices for remote simulation-based experimentation. The challenge, of course, is conductingremote experiments beyond software simulations that require physical hardware and relateddevices to complete. Hsieh worked on lab materials that incorporate a remotely-accessible 3Dprinter to conduct remote labs related to additive manufacturing [3]. The students were able tomodel and view their design remotely through a software interface with their
is to provide them with a practical,but significant challenge. Such a challenge for first semester thermodynamic students was tooptimize a refrigeration cycle by minimizing total life-cycle cost as contained in [1] and [2].Another effective way to improve student learning was to add an experiential element to theprocess. A vapor compression apparatus, see Figure 1, was used to provide this experientialelement for the class through a demonstration. Data from the apparatus were collected for two purposes. First, a heat balance betweenthe refrigerant and air sides of the heat exchangers was performed. Students were led deductivelyfrom the heat transfer rate in the conservation of energy to the measurements required tocalculate the rate