a significantpercentage of engineers in the U.S. were identified. These include the High-Tech, Automotive,Aerospace, and Manufacturing industries. Their perspectives were explored in this study to shedlight in the communication requirements of practicing engineers within these industries.Engineering Communication in the WorkplaceWhile initiatives to understand the communication practices of engineers in the workplace do notrepresent a new topic of scientific research, the constant evolution of communicationcompetence makes room for further exploration. Additionally, the scientific research thatcaptures what industry says about the communication skills of engineering graduates is stilllimited, especially when compared with studies describing
concentration in power engineering and smart grid.This research study aims to serve the national interest of enhancing power engineering educationand learning to meet the nation’s urgent needs for a highly qualified next-generation Smart Gridworkforce.To achieve a remarkable change in power engineering education, the research teamadopted the thematic analysis approach[14] to further understand the industry stakeholders’expectations for qualified power engineering graduates in different segments of the industry andto establish a harmony that allows defining a prioritized list of learning objectives that wouldguide the curriculum design of ECE programs. Hence, asking them directly to understand whatthe industry needs is better. Faculty and administrators
Department of Textile Engi- neering since 2005. Degree in Textile Engineering by the University of Minho. Professor at the University of Minho since 1984. PhD in Engineering –Technology and Textile Chemistry by the University of Minho in 1993. Rieter Award, 1993. Responsible for several curricular units in the integrated study cycles in Textitle Engineering and Engi- neering and Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of
Department of Textile Engi- neering since 2005. Degree in Textile Engineering by the University of Minho. Professor at the University of Minho since 1984. PhD in Engineering –Technology and Textile Chemistry by the University of Minho in 1993. Rieter Award, 1993. Responsible for several curricular units in the integrated study cycles in Textitle Engineering and Engi- neering and Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of
are effective both in cost and outcomes to recruit, retain, and graduate morestudents in the STEM disciplines9-10. There are many paths to retaining students in a universitysetting. It is imperative that researchers continue to look for the best practices, or combination ofbest practices, that lead to greater student persistence. Leaders have proposed that faculty andstudent services should create appropriate campus programming to promote student success11-16.Learning communities and a student’s psychological sense of community have played importantroles in increasing retention and student learning. Further study of sense of community and theconnection to retention in these smaller university communities is needed17 especially as theyrelate
Paper ID #26056Board 45: WIP: Epistemologies and Discourse Analysis for TransdisciplinaryCapstone Projects in a Digital Media ProgramDr. Joshua M. Cruz, Texas Tech University Joshua Cruz is an assistant professor of education at Texas Tech University. His specializations include qualitative methods (with focus on qualitative innovations and embodiment/movement studies), post- secondary transitions, and academic writing. Mixing his research with his hobbies, he currently leads several after-school martial arts programs in the Lubbock area. Prior to his appointment in Texas, he was a doctoral student at Arizona State
Systems Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Dr. Allam’s interests are in spatial visual- ization, engineering design education, diffusion of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of learning management systems for large-sample educational research studies, curriculum development, and fulfill- ing the needs of an integrated, multi-disciplinary first-year engineering educational environment through the use of active and collaborative learning, real-world application and examples, problem-based and project-based learning, classroom interaction, and multiple representations of concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Faculty Pre and Post Reflections
Education at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He is Associate Research Professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy. He has bachelors and masters degrees in Computer Science and Engineering and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. His research interests include educational research methods, communication of research, and k-16+ engineering education. Ganesh’s research is largely focused on studying the impact of k-12 and undergraduate curricula, and teaching-learning processes in both the formal and informal settings.Diana Karen Chen, Arizona State University Diana is a current undergraduate Computer Science student attending Arizona State University with spe
, iscriticized by the industry for lack of provision of practical work to address the real life or near-to-real life experiences in order to prepare the graduates for the world-of-work. Much literaturereports of this scenario. Brahadeeswaran [2012] states that “for defining the ProgramObjectives, the faculty members of the program must continuously work with localemployers, industry, Research and Development advisors, and the alumni”. It is in thiscontext, that the micro–project has been so designed, that it provides a platform to the student todevelop the ability to work in real life or near-to-real life settings, collectively or individually.It is often a common practice in the Indian engineering education system – both in UG andengineering diploma
AC 2011-659: ARE THERE DIFFERENCES IN ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY BETWEEN MINORITY AND MAJORITY STUDENTS ACROSSACADEMIC LEVELS?K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University K.L. Jordan completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2006 and 2008 respectively. During her undergraduate tenure she was an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and currently serves on the Board of Directors. She is also the President of the ASEE student chapter at Michigan Tech. As the recipient of a King-Chavez-Parks graduate fellowship, Ms. Jordan has agreed to seek an engineering faculty position upon completion of her Ph.D. degree. She is also
the three basic psychological needs are met in the workplace is needed. To that end, thisstudy builds on a previous study [29] to not only explore autonomy, competence, and relatednessbut to dive deeper into what the satisfaction and frustration of those needs look like in theacademic workplace.MethodsThree research questions emerged from the BPN framework associated with our work. Theseresearch questions were addressed qualitatively using data from interviews with faculty inphysics and engineering positions in a variety of institutions across the US.Research QuestionsResearch Question #1 (RQ1)Which of the three Basic Psychological Needs were most prevalent among faculty?To understand what to emphasize in an instrument designed to more
used evaluation methods used were retention rate, surveys, and GPA.Retention rate estimates--after one year in an ELC--ranged from 33 to 100 %, with a mean of82.6 % and median of 85. The majority of coordinators reported high retention. Those programsare likely to increase their institution’s 6-year graduation rate; however, the presence of 6 lowretention programs indicates that ELCs are not a miracle cure. Scenarios exist where ELCs donot lead to high retention.IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to identify and describe Engineering Learning Communities(ELC) at US four-year institutions in 2012. Information was solicited from the coordinators ofELCs at 149 US institutions.BackgroundThe modern day living and learning community (LLC
previous research byallowing for such direct observations.MethodsThe primary goal of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of learner interactions with alearning object through observations and testing of participants with different learning stylemodalities. The investigators also wanted to obtain feedback regarding the usability of theModule, which is currently used in senior level Control Systems courses in the Mechanical andElectrical Engineering programs at Ryerson University, Ontario, Canada.Study DesignFifteen recently graduated students, five from a Mechanical Engineering program, and ten froman Electrical Engineering program participated in this project. Participation in the study wasvoluntary and all students were asked to sign
Page 26.1676.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Using Phenomenography: Reflections on Key Considerations for Making Methodological DecisionsAbstractPhenomenography is an emerging method in the engineering education research community.Critical variations exist across studies regarding the use of phenomenography as amethodological approach. Beyond many of the documented variations, including the Swedishand Australian approaches, many nuances are not necessarily explicit in existing studies. Theauthors of this study contributed to this area of scholarship through individual reflection,collaborative discussion, and synthesis of their experiences of making methodological
beinga beacon of social mobility for low-income students due to a large portion of Pell Grant eligiblestudent enrollment and graduation rates. Considering the demographics of the student populationKitatoi’s experience of not fitting in is especially pronounced. Kitatoi had a rocky transition froma community college (i.e., semester system) to Research State University (i.e., quarter system), “Ijust feel like I don’t have enough time to do everything that I have to do in order to be reallysuccessful in these classes or even just enjoy my time at the university” [interview 1]. While she“… learned to be a good student, manage my time, study well …” [interview 1] when attendingcommunity college as a part-time student, the demands of full-time student
Education/ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgAbstractThis paper briefly discusses the motivating factors that led to formation of an active collaborativegroup of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech. This group is actively pursuing anumber of engineering education research activities and has been successful in winning twogrants from the NSF in first 12 months of their collaborative efforts. These collaborativeactivities are targeted at improving engineering pedagogy at Virginia Tech and began with aplanning grant from the NSF in September 2003. A 15-month Masters/Licensure program hasbeen developed specifically for licensing engineering graduates in Technology Education. Anumber of assessment
student belief, littleresearch has been conducted on engineering faculty in order to make these beliefs known oremphasize their impact on teaching (Faber & Benson, 2017; Montfort, Brown & Shinew, 2014;Yu & Strobel, 2012). Though some quantitative research has been done across engineering andstudies have been focused within a few specific disciplines, the epistemic beliefs and, morebroadly, practices of chemical engineering students and faculty has yet to be investigated. Thus,this study aims to begin to characterize the epistemic beliefs within the chemical engineeringacademic environment. Considering that faculty heavily influence students and spend some timereflecting on teaching practices, faculty seem to be a logical place to
AC 2010-479: TEACHING DECISION-MAKING IN ENGINEERING: A REVIEWOF TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHING APPROACHESSenay Purzer, Purdue University Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is also the Co-Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE). She received a Ph.D. and a M.A in Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University. Her creative research focuses on collaborative learning, design & decision-making, and the role of engineering self-efficacy on student achievement.Jing Chen, Purdue University Jing Chen is a graduate student in the
instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Dr. Kacey Beddoes, Kacey Beddoes received her Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech, along with graduate certificates in Women’s and Gender Studies and Engineering Education. Dr. Beddoes serves as Deputy Editor of the journal Engineering Studies. Further information can be found on her research group’s website: www.sociologyofengineering.org.Ms. Rachel Miriam Vriend Croninger, The Pennsylvania State University c American Society
Paper ID #18248WIP: Examining Micro-interventions to Improve Classroom Community inIntroductory Engineering ClassroomsMs. Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University Christine Allison Gray is a doctoral student in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University. She also serves as a graduate assistant on the Reshaping Norms project in the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences. Her research focuses on the influence of classroom climate on the devel- opment of undergraduate students’ professional engineering identity.Dr. Robin G. Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University Dr. Tuchscherer
Paper ID #32877Faculty Perceptions Of, and Approaches Towards, Engineering StudentMotivation at Hispanic-serving InstitutionsHenry Salgado, University of Texas at El Paso Henry Salgado is a graduate research assistant pursuing an MS in Engineering with a Computer Science and Engineering Education concentration at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is a former K-12 educator and has been involved in a variety of informal STEM education organizations in Texas. Henry is currently conducting engineering education research regarding Hispanic/LatinX students at Hispanic Serving Institutions.Yamile A. Urquidi Cerros
ScaffoldingBackground: The growing demand for computing skills in all science and engineering-relatedfields begs the question of how college graduates in science and engineering can be bestequipped with computational thinking and computer programming skills. Therefore,computational practices need to be integrated into the science and engineering curricula soonerand more often.Purpose: This study investigated undergraduate students pursuing biomedical and agriculturalengineering majors and the changes in their self-beliefs about programming for approachingengineering problems. Specifically, we wanted to understand if the students' self-beliefs changedas a result of implementing three two-week-long computational assignments throughout thesemester facilitated
Students”, which provided data for this study. Dr. Weatherton is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana.Stephanie Lynn Daza, University of Texas at Arlington Dr. Daza’s work focuses on research methodology, theories of difference, and globalizing trends in ed- ucational policy and practice. Her work has been published in The International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and Race Ethnicity and Education. She completed her PhD in Social and Cultural Foundations with a focus on research methodology at The Ohio State University in 2006. Prior to this, Stephanie was a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia and a high school teacher in California.Vu V. Pham, University of Texas at Arlington
Toronto since 1992. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of contributions to engineering education has been the recipient of several major awards related to teaching and teaching leadership including the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. Her research areas are energy systems and engineering education. She has developed and taught traditional courses in the field of energy systems, graduate level courses on engineering teaching and learning, and has coordinated a large innovative service learning course on engineering design and communication at the first year level
League to Tier-1 research to Tier-2 public universities that offertraditional four-year undergraduate and/or graduate engineering programs in the fields of CE,EE, and ME. Currently, 259 participants, each of whom uses ILTs for engineering courses, haveparticipated in this study. The descriptive analysis of the demographics showed that 71.4% ofthe participants were male and 28.2% were female. The majority of the participants wereCaucasian (67.6%). The participants range from freshmen to graduate students: 10 freshmen, 42sophomores, 73 juniors, 69 seniors, 55 graduate students and 10 others (some students indicatedthat they are non-traditional students, 5th-year seniors, or part-time students) in all threedisciplines. The mean (M) age was 26.17
Projects and Media Literacy in a Computer Networking CourseAbstractThis research paper examines the use of a video project for technical communication in acomputer networking course. Communication skills are of critical importance in science,technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas. However, communication is often a topic notdirectly emphasized by STEM educators in the courses they teach. One form of communicationthat is increasing in significance due to advances in digital technology is digital video. Video isnow a primary source of information, yet most people are only consumers not creators of video.In essence, they are not literate in a common form of communication.In this study, we explored the impact of
, state, local and institutional policies and practice and that result in professional competency in civil and construction engineering.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC) and CATALYST Fellow at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces
, spontaneous interest, and study also gave permission for the research team toexploration…” [3]. People who are driven by intrinsic access their grades for their computer methods course.motivation to complete a task are driven by their interest in Grades of interest included lab quiz grades whichthe subject matter and joy in participation, not by some showed participation throughout the semester as wellexternal factor or reward received through their participation. as midterm and final exam grades for the non-flippedThe Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) is one popular and flipped portions of the class.quantitative scale used to measured intrinsic motivation
solely on Black women. Yet, the dearth of empirical research studies and the lack of vigorous efforts to improve representation and engagement suggest that we need to do more. Research supports that even with a generally higher rate of interest in STEM careers among Black women than White women, Black women still represent a disproportionately smaller population of those who complete STEM degrees. Beyond graduation, the number of Black women who earn STEM degrees that enter and are retained in the STEM workforce is also disproportionately low [6]. Many STEM education efforts targeting girls and women explicitly or implicitly adopt a framework that focuses on preparing and exposing girls to STEM [4], however, these programs still fall short in
of thin films. She also contributes to the engineering education community through research related to undergraduate research programs and navigational capital needed for graduate school. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Qualitative Coding: An Approach to Assess Inter-Rater ReliabilityAbstractWhen using qualitative coding techniques, establishing inter-rater reliability (IRR) is arecognized method of ensuring the trustworthiness of the study when multiple researchers areinvolved with coding. However, the process of manually determining IRR is not always fullyexplained within manuscripts or books. This is especially true if specialized