AC 2011-826: REALISTIC OPEN-ENDED ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLV-ING AS SITES FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER TRAINING INCOURSE INSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENTAmani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amani Salim is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University, and was previously a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She receives her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Uni- versity of Minnesota Twin Cities, and her Ph.D. in BioMEMS and Microelectronics from Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. Her engineering education research focuses on prob- lem formulation within Model
Thinking in Engineering EducationAbstractThis research paper provides a case study of a large Engineering Science program, with aparticular focus on perceptions and practices related to first principles thinking from alumni,faculty and students. As part of a broader project designed to realign program goals, practicesand outcomes, this study included semi-structured interviews and focus groups, designed tounderstand how program stakeholders conceptualize first principles thinking, and how theyperceive the benefits or utility of such an approach.Through the historical analysis of the engineering curriculum, a key tension identified is thefocus on foundational mathematics and science, which is contrasted with a focus on professionalpractice and the
Paper ID #6950Unlocking Student Motivation: Development of an Engineering MotivationSurveyMr. Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech Philip Brown is a Ph.D. candidate in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. He has a B.S. from Union College and a M.S. from Duke University, both in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include informed career decisions, mixed methods research, motivation and learning theories and intervention development.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Page 23.1284.1
UCF (Orlando) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) and has instructed the first year engineering students since 2015. Ms. Sullivan worked in consulting engineerinDr. Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida Ken Christensen (christen@csee.usf.edu) is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida. Ken received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1991. HiAngela Estacion ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Shifts in Perceptions of Career Pathways: The Impact of an S-STEM Program on Lower-Income Computing Students1 Pathways into
2006-2496: A CASE STUDY OF MULTI-AGENT-BASED SIMULATION INUNDERGRADUATE MATERIALS SCIENCE EDUCATIONPaulo Blikstein, Northwestern University Doctoral student at the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling at the School of Education and Social Policy (Northwestern University).Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Director of the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL). Page 11.11.1© American
Foundation (NSF) funded FORTE (Fostering Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Engineers) Program at UWM. Jablonski is focusing her dissertation on sustainable oxidation of textile wastewater and is working to create small-scale wastewater treatment units for cottage textile industries. She trained at the National Environmental Engineering Re- search Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur, India where she worked on biodegradation of azo dye intermediates. Jablonski served as Co-chair of UWM’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders for 2 years begin- ning with its inception in 2007 and continues to help design and implement water distribution projects in Guatemala as a mentor. Jablonski was a 2012 recipient of NSF’s EAPSI fellowship in
program. She also is an instructor in executive and global MBA programs. With over 20 years of industrial work experience, and supportive of her academic roles, Mary actively leads academic outreach to industrial firms to develop in/out of classroom, project-based, active learning through identifi- cation of authentic, in-context problem scenarios and the embedded cadence of practice. Pilotte’s research interests involve understanding generation-based engineering culture, identity, and communication in the context of professional engineering practice. Expanded interests include understanding student benefits associated with in-context active learning, and the intersection of engineering education and neurodiver- sity
Nadia Sahila is a dedicated doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, specializing in research and evaluation in education. She holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction and a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Management. Currently, Nadia is a graduate research assistant with the River Hawks Scholarship Academy and a teaching assistant for the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement program, as well as the Research, Academics, and Mentoring Pathways program. Her research interests focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly in educational settings. Recent projects have explored culturally responsive education and gender equity. Nadia has presented her research at
who continue in their major year over year.4. Intervention: Faculty Learning Community and Project TimelineThe FLC is a cohort of approximately twenty faculty that draws from each department in thecollege (bioengineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, andmechanical engineering) and includes faculty in multiple positions (assistant, associate, and fullprofessors) and tracks (clinical teaching faculty, research faculty, and tenure-track/tenuredfaculty) The cohort meets once per month during the school year, totaling eight sessions peryear, with an additional retreat planned for each summer. Before each workshop session,participants are encouraged to study and reflect on a text from the Equity Toolkit, and
undergraduate research in STEM. She also collaborates with the local Community College to improve graduation and transfer rates. Lastly, she is currently the Principal Investigator of the Research-Oriented Learning Experiences Engineering program and the Latinidad STEM Mentoring Program, both funded by the National Science Foundation.Patricia Nicole Delgado, New Mexico State University I am a first-year Ph.D. student at New Mexico State University in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. I currently work on a sponsored project that supports Latinx undergraduate sophomore, junior, and senior-level students in developing research, technical, interpersonal, academic, and professional skills that are transferable in
Paper ID #41880Focus group analysis of engineering Collaborative Online International Learning(COIL+) compared to short-term study abroad programsJoshua E. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joshua E. Katz is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, DELTA program, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his research centers on collaborative learning in engineering education and other STEM disciplines. He obtained his B.S. in Technology and Engineering Education in 2019 and his M.S. in STEM Education and Leadership in 2021, both from Illinois State University
. For example, the LLC at one institution, is a living-learning community forfirst year students focused around deep learning of sustainability.30,31Education should always encompass assessment, and EfS is no exception. Assessment ofaffective outcomes poses challenges. In recent work, McCormick et al.27 developed a surveyinstrument based on Expectancy Value Theory (EVT)17 to measure students’ attitudes towardsustainable engineering. This instrument formed the foundation for this study. EVT posits thatbehaviors are chosen based on an individual’s beliefs about the value of the goal toward whichthe behavior contributes and their expectations for successfully reaching that goal. EVT has beenapplied in educational contexts, and links motivation for
Paper ID #19774Computer Simulations Developed to Improve Understanding of Thermody-namic PrinciplesDr. David G Alexander, California State University, Chico Dr. Alexander’s research interests and areas of expertise are in teaching pedagogy, capstone design, renewable energy systems, thermal sciences, vehicle system modeling and simulation, heat transfer, new product development, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He is PI and adviser of the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2016. He is also working on an undergraduate research project modeling solar cells using a thermodynamics approach and analyzing
timeand place most convenient for them. Now instructors can teach their courses with a hybridformat in which learning occurs both in class and online. These new technologies also enableinstructors to "flip" their classrooms; by moving some content online, in-class time is freed-up tofocus on the most troublesome concepts, discuss real-world applications of important topics, andincrease the hands-on nature of the curriculum.1There is growing consensus that the flipped classroom instructional model can have significantadvantages over traditional lecture-only model. Bunce et al. (2010) demonstrated that students’attention frequently wavers during lecture and they often miss important concepts.2 Flippedclassrooms help solve this problem by allowing
the benefits of active learning strategies and actually implementing them in theclassroom. For example, in a study of engineering department chairs, the awareness ofeducational innovations was 82 percent compared to only 47 percent adoption5. There are anumber of barriers to implementing these techniques in an effective manner6. Hazen et al.7found that logistical issues and cultural differences are barriers to implementation, while coursemanagement support and resources can facilitate the use of educational innovations.Beyond the goal of improved student learning, improved teaching methods may have importantimplications for student retention. For example, the Talking About Leaving study showed that themain factor that influenced students to
engineers was 8.5% [1] of the professionin the United States, Mechanical Engineering degrees rank the highest awarded at thebaccalaureate level, with only 17.6 % awarded to women [2]. One factor that aids recentgraduates in obtaining employment is experience, such as internships, co-ops, researchopportunities or participating in design and build engineering teams. Many of the design andbuild teams that engage mechanical engineering students are run through the Society ofAutomotive Engineers (SAE). These include eight collegiate design series SAE Aero Design,AutoDrive Challenge ll, Baja SAE, SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, Formula Hybrid,Formula SAE, Formula SAE Electric, and Mission Autono that provide undergraduate andgraduate students with pre
Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a DR K-12 research project, and an ITEST re- search project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and con- trol system technology. Under a Research Experience for Teachers Site, a DR K-12 project, and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six phil- anthropic foundations, he has conducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York
examples, although theycovered the same concepts. Again, students pointed to the lack of concrete examples in physicsas making it more difficult to apply what they had learned in physics to engineering. In additionto the differences between the types of problems that students were asked to point out, at leastone student strongly alluded to what he believed to be another important difference, i.e. thedifference in the culture of the two disciplines. He went on to point out that in their engineeringcourses students were often required to work on projects in small groups. Thus they developed asense of camaraderie which helped them get together to solve problems and prepare for the classin general. He contrasted this with his experiences in physics
bachelor of science in Construction Engineering from American University in Cairo. Dr. ElZomor moved to FIU from State University of New York, where he was an Assistant Professor at the college of Environmental Science and Forestry. Mohamed’s work focuses on Sustainability of the Built Environment, Engineering Education, Construc- tion Engineering, Energy Efficiency Measures and Modeling, Project Management, and Infrastructure Resilience. Dr. ElZomor has extensive professional project management experience as well as a diverse cross-disciplinary academic knowledge. Mohamed, distinct expertise supports fostering interdisciplinary research in addition to embracing innovative pedagogical approaches in STEM education. Dr
Paper ID #16996Exploring Graduate Funding: Variation Across Engineering Disciplines andRelationships to Student Engagement and SatisfactionMr. Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech Timothy Kinoshita is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include graduate education, curriculum development, faculty development, global engineering education, and education policy.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Director of Graduate Programs and Assessment in the College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of
. Student course performance data presented here will be limitedto the assessments in the lecture portion of the course.Pedagogical ApproachCourse DescriptionIn 2018, specifications grading was implemented in a 4-credit junior-level fluid mechanicslecture and laboratory course in a mechanical engineering curriculum. The course is typicallytaken in the first semester of the third year in the program. The prerequisites are courses inthermodynamics, dynamics, and differential equations. The course is a prerequisite for the heatand mass transfer course.The lecture portion of the course was organized into 8 modules based on content: fundamentalconcepts, fluid statics, elementary fluid dynamics, control volume analysis, dimensional analysis,flow in pipes
Engineers, Students [28] (2001) Engineering for The American Society of Professional Engineers, Change [29] Mechanical Engineers, the Institute Academic Engineers, Students, of Electrical and Electronics Global Development Engineers, and Engineers Without Practitioner Borders USA (2009) Engineers Without Academic Engineers at: Professional Engineers, Borders [30] École des Ponts et Chaussées Academic Engineers, Students (France, 1982); University of Waterloo (Canada, 2000
Paper ID #34502Exploring the Relationships between Acculturation Attitudes andDemographic Characteristics in Engineering WorkplacesRohini Abhyankar, Arizona State University Rohini Abhyankar is a doctoral student at Arizona State University’s Engineering Education Systems and Design program. Rohini has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Physics from the University of Delhi, India. Rohini has over ten years of industry experience in addition to extensive teaching experience. Her dissertation focus is on understanding the acculturation dynamics and
Western Illinois University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Her research interest is eliciting conceptual understanding of AC circuit concepts using active learning strategies.Prof. Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34960Clifford A. Shaffer received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park in1986. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, where he has been since
the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationautomation systems, bus systems for process automation, programming of industrial automationsystems, hardware-oriented design and remote maintenance. In the summer term 2003, nineteenstudents of electrical engineering and computer science in the third year of their study took partin this laboratory. Two or three students assigned themselves to a group. Each of the eight groupsperformed one of the eight experiments per week. The laboratory for process control is notcompulsory for the students. In their curriculum they have the choice between differentlaboratories. Although all
their self-reported learning/success. The paper also presents recommendationsfor enhancing student learning by enhancing faculty technical currency. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationI. IntroductionPurpose of the StudyThis paper presents the results of the second phase of a two part research project. The purpose ofproject was to explore faculty and students’ perceptions of the importance of faculty technicalcurrency for their self-reported learning/success. The first phase of project explored the facultyperceptions of the importance of faculty technical currency for student learning/success
way or another it should engage the studentin the perennial questions of philosophy. There are many ways of achieving this goal. There is aneed to bring together relevant practice, and there is a need to experiment. In terms of theorganization of the curriculum and the need for mixed learning communities the need fordivergent visioning is great.Acknowledgements.I am deeply indebted to Dr Alec Martin who introduced me to the works of John Macmurraywhen he was the responsible official in the UK Employment Department for our project on theanalysis of jobs done by engineers. I am very grateful to Dr‟s Alan A. Cheville and Mani Mina,and Ms Sarah Heywood for their perceptive comments on the draft of this textNotes and references[1] Koen, B. V (2003
social media literacy will bemore creative, more effective in collaborating across organizational boundaries, and rewardedwith a competitive advantage. These six dimensions provide a lens through which informationgenerated by this study can be viewed.For engineering education to remain relevant to the needs of industry, it seems logical to looktowards state-of-the-art leadership tools being deployed by General Electric, one of the world’slargest engineering companies. In addition, developing instructional activities for futureengineers should also be guided by fundamental understandings of leadership and engineering-leadership development.The theoretical framework for the instructional activities described in this study is the socialchange model
distance learning. Distance learning appealsto mature working students and their employers as it does not disrupt the working day. Bourneet. al.1 discuss the impact of online learning on continuing education of graduate engineers anddegree seeking engineering students. They recommend that engineering colleges explore,implement, and extend blended learning and the collection of data and distribution of knowledgeabout successes and failures, as well as to continue to build-out the use of technologyimplementations that increase the quality of online courses. Mulligan et. al.2 describe case Page 25.1224.2studies for teaching online Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, Motion Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical Medical Devices Design. Highly interested in Higher Education Curriculum Design, Academic Leadership, and teaching and classroom innovation. Courses taught: Intro to Engineering, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Vibrations, Intro to CAD (SolidWorks), Senior Design Project, Numerical Methods, Intro to Biomechanics.Dr. Luis U. Medina Uzcategui, Universidad Austral de Chile Dr. Medina, a Doctor in Engineering holder, currently serves as an academic at the University of Austral de Chile (UACh), specializing in instrumentation, measurement, and mechanical systems dynamics. He is also the coordinator of the Innovation