Indianapolis. Jennifer’s research interests include developing methods for active student engagement and the mechanotransduction of bone. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work in Progress: Evaluating Identified Engineering Needs through BME Student Debriefing Sessions after Clinical ImmersionBackgroundBiomedical engineering (BME) immersion programs aim to provide high-impact experiences toengineers-in-training, often to reinforce or augment engineering design skill development.Specifically, clinical immersion experiences can provide BME students a structured way torealize how engineering design theory can be applied in a practical setting [1
, University of Colorado - Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a researcher and adjunct professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on ways to encourage more students, especially women and those from nontraditional demographic groups, to pursue interests in the eld of engineering. Janet assists in recruitment and retention efforts locally, nationally, and internationally, hoping to broaden the image of engineering, science, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the
sticks withthem in their memory for the unique delivery of engineering content. As any performer would bepleased to have their performance be remembered long after the show, as an instructor, this ishighly impactful and worth the effort. This is due to both the ability to be engaging as anindividual, but also the value of the new setting and props during the delivery.Quantitatively, this exercise helped students perform better in the long term relative to the coursewithout the Boodler’s Pizzeria exercise. Students performed 5% better on the sections of themidterm dealing with similar content weeks later and 4.5% better on the cumulative final whendealing with similar content over a month later. The impact of better student outcomes andimproved
useful methods forteaching ethics, societal impact, and contemporary issues throughout the curriculum 8. A reviewdescribing creative methods for teaching and learning these skills are given by Shuman et al 9.Student focused e-learning courses 10 as well as ePortfolio approaches 11 have been useful forplacing responsibility of the student on communicating knowledge of the ABET outcomes thatare difficult to assess.Still others have attempted to address contemporary issues and other ABET outcomes bycreating soft skill modules that can be included in any course.12,13 When lumped with ethical andsocietal impact modules, assessment of the contemporary issue module showed that studentconfidence when dealing with these topics went from an average pre
and expectations of their discipline.However, with regards to professional training in engineering that was independent of thedisciplines, EC 2000’s architects defined a separate set of “student outcomes” that focusedprimarily on the professional skill sets--teamwork, communication, professional and ethicalresponsibility, designing systems that met social, political, and economic constraints, acommitment to lifelong learning, etc…--that were consistent with the “desired attributes” of anengineering graduate in the post-Cold War era. In its practical implementation, these becameCriterion 3 (student outcomes) and Criterion 4 (in the original version, now Criterion 5(curriculum)).This was an arrangement that recognized that the expansion in
change the way they view the social system of learning and teachingand their roles within that system. We would view our visit as successful if the faculty created avenue for them to continue to learn and grow as learners and teachers, with the full support of theadministration. That is, we would view a visit successful if we could be contributing to asustainable conversation – a conversation that would be advancing a change of culture. Raisingissues that are in effect, dead, a few weeks after our departure would not be a successfulexperience for us. Change by or in an individual may occur even in largely “unsuccessful”visits. We realize that hundreds of students can be affected by one faculty member’s change, andwe do not mean to minimize those
on campus, demographics, and external factors. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016. 112: p. 3451-3463. 7. Hancock, L. and S. Nuttman, Engaging higher education institutions in the challenge of sustainability: sustainable transport as a catalyst for action. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014. 62: p. 62-71. 8. Hang Song, Karen McNeal, Lauren E. Beckingham, John Solomon, and Kelly Lazar, 15 Developing a Broad Measure of Undergraduate Students' Sustainability and Renewable- Energy Knowledge and Perspectives. Submitted to the Journal of Engineering Education, 20259. Hang Song, Karen McNeal, Lauren E. Beckingham, John Solomon, and Kelly Lazar, Evaluating the Impact of
offering a minor or specialized courses, incorporatingentrepreneurial mindset (EM) elements into existing courses, running student competitions thatfocus on ideation and value creation, providing physical spaces to support EM development, andso on. At the University of New Haven, we employ both curricular and extracurricular activitiesto foster EM in students including integration of EM in specific courses in all four years ofstudents’ programs, a few competitions held throughout the academic year, a living learningcommunity with a focus on EM, and an entrepreneurial engineering certificate. These activitiesare summarized in Figure 1. Extracurricular activities are offered to all in the same manner butare optional. Through these activities
self-management skills. Proficiency in exercising metacognitiveabilities is one of the factors that distinguishes novices from experts8, and is pedagogicallyvaluable for students.16 Experts monitor their own problem solving activities as they observetheir solution process and the outcomes of their performance. 17III. MethodA. Research Questions 1. Is there any significant relationship between cognitive self-appraisal and self- management of engineering students while they were engaged in a design project? 2. Is there any significant relationship between a student’s metacognition (i.e., cognitive self-appraisal and self-management) and the level of difficulty of the design problem
. So from there on I began to seek ways of getting student’s attention because if I get student’s attention chances that they are going to understand is improved and in a way perhaps when they do the test that understanding will show.”Dr. Donaldsonm did not have the same abrupt transition as Dr. Kellyl. He had from thebeginning of his teaching career used a more active learning style. However, he is continuallytrying new approaches in his class. A recent teaching adoption for him has been using aproblem-based approach which he was motivated to think about because: “….there are some courses that you teach that you’re looking for ways to engage students you know like the materials class I teach it’s easy to get
participants are situated [6], [8]. This qualitative study centers student perspectives andasks the research question: How do student-faculty interactions impact the educationalexperiences of design students from historically excluded groups?In the present work, we present some initial findings from qualitative interviews with studentsstudying in studio-based design majors (architecture, interiors, and product design). One of thedriving motivations of our study is the fact that design pedagogy is distinct from otherengineering or general university pedagogy. Design pedagogy requires a considerable amount ofpersonalized feedback through methods such as critiques and design reviews. Because of thesefundamental differences, DEI research situated
’ growth.IntroductionUndergraduate research is a high-impact educational practice that has myriad benefits forstudents. According to the Council on Undergraduate Research, undergraduate research isdefined as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes anoriginal intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline” [1]. As stated in literature, studentswho engage in undergraduate research show improvements in thinking independently, thinkingcritically, putting ideas together, solving problems, patience analyzing and interpreting data,analyzing literature, conducting ethical research, writing, and communicating [2-10]. Studentsinvolved in undergraduate research also report outcomes that may translate to post-graduationsuccess. For
students with an emphasis on leadership and community engagement. She received her Doctorate in Education Policy and Leadership from SMU with an emphasis in Higher Education. Dr. Anderson’s research interests include college student community engagement, college honors programming, and academic programs and their relationship to student retention and attrition. She is a frequent presenter of college student well-being and the effectiveness of first-year programming at professional conferences nationwide.Dr. Kristen McAlexander, Schreiner University As a kinesiologist, Dr. McAlexander educates individuals and communities about living well and serving others. Her research interests include obesity prevention and treatment
Fall 2024 achieved a C- or higher. Figure 1 Figure 2 Percentage of Black Students with C- or Percentage of Hispanic Students with C- or Higher: Cohort 1 faculty compared to other Higher: Cohort 1 faculty compared to other STEM faculty STEM faculty Figure 3 Percentage of White Students with C- or Higher: Cohort 1 faculty compared to other STEM facultyDiscussionCompared to STEM course sections taught by non-participants, participation in the trainingprogram showed to have a positive impact on both community college faculty confidence ininclusive teaching practices and their students' achievement in STEM courses. The results areconsistent with other
in the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the Uni- versity of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of environmental equity, cultures of inclusion in engineering, the impact of engineering education research on the practice of engineering education, and qualitative methodologies.Paul G. Richardson, Independent Consultant/Engineer I studied electrical engineering at UC Irvine and Boston University. I then worked as an engineer at companies including DEC, IBM, Apple and Microsoft as a design/ design verification engineer from 1983 to 2014. Since then I have been working to transition from engineering back to being student. I am currently
. Thisforces students to (re-)enter the same harmful environments with the expectation of developingenough “grit” to “persist” [13]. These efforts place the responsibility on the most minoritized,with no focus on those from dominant identities who create/enable these environments. Creatingand sustaining more equitable and inclusive environments requires improving everyone’scultural competence (not just increasing sense of belonging and self-efficacy in those who aremost harmed).As more computing departments develop interventions to increase diversity, equity, andinclusion that target all students [2], [14], an instrument for measuring their impact beyondenrollment, retention, and graduation rates is needed. This work details the development andtesting
function on multi-disciplinary teams. (e) An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. (f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. (g) An ability to communicate effectively. (h) A broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. (i) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. (j) A knowledge of contemporary issues. (k) An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Each program should also specify whether or not these criteria are equally weighted and why,and all criteria must be met by some
authorities, faculty and undergraduate students about their perceptions of the school’sapproaches to teach ethics. Second, we designed a quantitative instrument to measure students’ability to recognize ethical and professional issues, to accept personal responsibility, to be awareof ethical codes, and to obtain learning benefits from different ethics training activities.Significant differences were found in individual ethical reasoning to identify issues by genderand socioeconomic status. Implications regarding improvement actions in the research site werediscussed. Additionally, considerations for adopting the assessment approach by otherinstitutions were also presented.Introduction Engineering solutions have a long-term impact on society, as
interests re- lated to technology and society, gender diversity and engineering education.Dr. Marja Talikka, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology My research interest concerns the effects of brief, integrated information literacy education on undergrad- uate students’ research behavior. My teaching experience consists of over 30 years of information literacy education within higher education. Over the years, the content and educational methods have changed greatly. We have moved from library user education to teaching students to understand their information need as part of their research problem. Digitalization has changed teaching methods from plain classroom teaching to using a wide variety of different tools
assisting in curriculum development and accreditation efforts. She is currently in a one-year lectureship position with Shantou University to continue this accreditation work before starting as an assistant professor of biomedical en- gineering at West Chester University (Wester Chester, PA, USA) in the fall of 2021. Her engineering education interests include student engagement strategies, student perceptions of engineering disciplines, and program accreditation.Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University In February 2021 Dr. Huang-Saad joined the Bioengineering faculty at Northeastern University and be- came the Director of Life Sciences and Engineering Programs at The Roux Institute (Portland, Maine). Dr. Huang
Paper ID #17353A Graduate Project on the Development of a Wearable Sensor Platform Pow-ered by Harvested EnergyDr. Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia Sasan Haghani, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. His research interests include the application of wireless sensor networks in biomedical and environmental domains and performance analysis of communication systems over fading channels.Daniel Albano, Northrop Grumman Corp. Daniel Albano is a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia’s Electrical Engineering
impact of clean water Students will evaluate Treatment on a global level. operation of a water filter they design. Understand the reason for the Students will evaluate infrastructure crisis in the U.S. operation efficiency of Students will compare filtration media different filters. materials and sizes used. Students will estimate removal efficiency as a function of particle size
another focus of STEP, and forms an additional target group thatwe are working with in order to improve retention rates. In addition to STEP, these effortsinclude better coordination of activities with other university programs, such as the Louis StokesAlliance for Minority Participation and freshman/parent orientation to promote student successin the target group. Increasing URM populations in CEAS through an aggressive recruitingeffort strategically targeting high schools and community colleges, and combined with improvedretention, can have an impact on this STEP program goal.Faculty learning communities were formed for monthly meetings during the academic year todiscuss reading materials (among many others) relevant to mentoring and student
. Assessment efforts developed through theREU program will be adapted to evaluate this cohort with the goal of contributing towards thebodies of literature surrounding experiential learning, veterans in STEM education, and retentionand promotion of underrepresented students in STEM.IntroductionA recent study conducted by NSF has shown that the Research Experience for Undergraduates(REU) program has a significant impact on students’ opinions of pursuing an advanced degree.1Prior to participating in a REU program, 37% of students expect that a bachelor's will be thehighest degree they will obtain as demonstrated in Figure 1. After participating in research, thatnumber decreases to 4%, suggesting that the students now believe they will obtain a MS (37
thecurriculum. At this point, we have incorporated four inquiry labs into the first required course ofthe curriculum, mass and energy balances. To assess the impact of these labs, we employed amixed-methods study with pre-surveys to gather baseline data for both students and faculty andconducted interviews and focus groups with students engaged in the inquiry labs. Specifically,this study describes initial findings on the impact of these labs on student learning, motivation,and engineering identity as well as faculty attitudes towards curriculum change and engagementwith active learning. Future work will continue to assess the impact of incorporating inquiry labsin subsequent courses on student’s and faculty’s attitudes toward these changes through
of both learning outcomes andprocesses. The learning process perspective was related to the affective, cognitive, andbehavioural domains of student engagement. Efficiency in learning and ease of access to learningresources were also identified as indicators of learning effectiveness. In particular, under themixed in-person and online instruction modes, engineering students interpreted their learningeffectiveness as a result of individual-contextual interactions. Students developed their ownperspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of in-person and online instruction based ontheir experiences during the pandemic. For some engineering students, their discipline-basedunderstandings of learning contexts in various courses shaped their
of my research, I have been given the opportunity twice to go on tenure track and declined twice. My opinion of tenure track is that it burns people out.” “No. Been there, done that.”Non-tenure track faculty identified a number of professional advantages they realized by beingoff the tenure track (Q28): “I am free to pursue my research interest in pedagogy, rather than having to maintain a high level of research in my field, which is technical communications.” “(I) can focus on teaching, educational research, interaction with students, and service valued in annual reviews.” “The unreasonable pressure of tenure is not on my shoulders.”A number of disadvantages to non-tenure track
shaping undergraduates' decisions to pursue advancedstudies is also significant. Ro et al. [8] found that leadership experiences and mathematical skillspositively influence students' intentions to seek graduate degrees, while involvement in non-engineering community services inclined them towards non-engineering fields.The availability of resources, opportunities, and support systems is crucial in shapingundergraduates' decisions to apply for graduate studies. For instance, engaging in undergraduateresearch experiences positively impacts students' attitudes toward graduate studies [8], [9], [10],[11], [12]. Thus, promoting research opportunities at the undergraduate level can increase thelikelihood of students applying for and succeeding in
, Vakil and Ayers invite STEM educators to: "Imagine the possibilities that open when being a 'STEM person' (as a programmer, student, teacher, scientist, engineer, technician, or professor) invites a world view and set of cultural, ecological, and societal storylines that are synergistic with the kinds of values, morals, and ethics associated with participation in historical resistance and freedom struggles. One can be a scientist or engineer and a community activist without irony or pause. Or a political engineer, for instance, whose curiosity and pursuit of technical knowledge and understanding is always guided by a motivation to imagine and design new technologies that resists oppression
Founder of the Journal of Foster Care. Dr. Kelly studies how STEM education and engagement can improve the educational out- comes of students at risk of not completing high school due to academic, behavioral, or social needs. Of particular interest are children in foster care and other non-parental custody arrangements.Dr. Jeremy V. Ernst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Jeremy Ernst is Professor of Technology and Associate Chancellor for Research within the World- wide Campus at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has had prior academic and administrative appointments at Virginia Tech as well as North Carolina State University. His efforts center on curriculum research and development in STEM education