EVANS is a Post Doctoral Fellow and Research Associate in the Evaluation Services center, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio, USA. Page 14.80.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A NSF-Supported S-STEM Scholarship Program for Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Ethnic and Women Students in Engineering AbstractThis paper describes a scholarship project, funded by the National Science Foundation’s S-STEM Program, to enhance recruitment of underrepresented
described co-curricular design competitions that theymentored, including the ChemE car (n=6) and the US EPA P3 competition (n=3). Here studentslearned about a fairly wide range of ESI topics directly through their design projects (90%). Awrite-in comment that described how the students learn about ESI through the ChemE carcompetitions was: “I ask the student teams to talk about the broader impacts and applications ofthe technologies they utilize in their car designs when they present their cars to other groups andthe public.” Another example is: “Students must build a car that works. They must extensivelydocument safety and mitigate risk. They do some outreach with the car at local schools. Also atheme of the competition includes sustainability
courses or liberal arts courses are mere stand-alone courses elected, at best,idiosyncratically, it is just as possible that they further contribute to the compartmentalizationand decontextualization of student learning. In every case, it is the specific mechanisms andcontext of application that makes either type of reform initiative effective. How interventionsare conceptualized plays a supporting role.Langdon Winner is perhaps best known for his seminal contribution to technology studies, “DoArtefacts Have Politics?,” where he argues that, instead of being neutral, technologiesfundamentally shape what people do, how people experience their worlds, and how people think
was first introduced in 1996, thesecriteria have been the subject of extensive discussions. In the words of Jack Lohmann2 (cited byFelder et al3), “Preparing for an ABET visit is no longer the academic equivalent of El Niño—something to be weathered every six years until things go back to normal.” Since the work ofequipping students with the attributes specified in program outcomes must be done at theindividual course level, all faculty members involved in teaching required courses must nowunderstand and be involved in the accreditation process on a continuing basis, not just in themonths preceding each visit.In this part of the world things were different. The institution, whose case study is discussed inthe present work, had just started
joining UVA. she was a research fellow at National Institutes of Health, and worked for Drexel University as assistant research professor.Ms. Xiafei Yang, University of Virginia B.S of Electrical Engineering and B.A of Physics, 2018 Graduate Student in Civil EngineeringMs. Sitong Wang, Chongqing University Sitong Wang is an undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chongqing Uni- versity, Chongqing, China. She was a visiting intern at University of Virginia from August to December in 2018. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 When Eagle and Dragon Learn Together: Engineering Ethics Education in the Era of US-China Trade
Paper ID #37871Work in Progress: Examining the KEEN 3Cs Framework Using ContentAnalysis and Expert ReviewMr. Sanjeev M. Kavale, Arizona State University Sanjeev Kavale is currently a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education Systems and Design (EESD) at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests are mindsets and their applicability in engineering, outcomes-based education, and problem / project-based learning. He is having a teaching experience of 11 years and an industry experience of 2 years prior to joining PhD.Ms. Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University Alexandra Jackson is a second year PhD student at
make tangible models, possibly in software,of the item in question 17,18,1 . Scardamalia et al. 19,20 posit that students learn most effectively whenthey engage in knowledge-building, as against knowledge-reproduction.Fig. 1 depicts the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model 7 , another framework that stresses the impor-tance of interaction among students to help them develop a thorough understanding of the topicunder study. Although CoI was originally designed primarily for analyzing on-line Cognitive Social Presence Presence EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
(HT) is a required course for students completing the mechanical engineering concentration andis taught annually in the Spring. Students typically take the course during their third-year in theengineering program. In Spring 2024, 30 students were enrolled in HT.In Spring 2009, the instructor began teaching a heat transfer course using a traditional,lecture-based pedagogy. During the following years, the instructor both heard from other facultyand witnessed how electrical engineering students were better prepared to handle the open-endproblems encountered during Senior Design projects. One electrical engineering course inparticular (ENGE 420 Embedded Systems Design, taught by Dr. Gary Spivey) seemed to be themain contributor to student
approach that involves assessing the applicability andrelevance of threat scenarios that a system can face once it is deployed in the real-worldenvironment [16]. It is a systematic approach to identifying, mapping, and mitigating design-level security problems (Soares Cruzes et al., 2018). It helps identify and describe security flaws,access points, and appropriate security requirements during the software development process toensure that the software can be made capable of mitigating possible threats [17]. Threat modelingusually takes place during the early stages of the software development lifecycle [18], [19] as ithelps fix issues during the development rather than rework the design after it has been deployed.Fundamentally, threat modeling
workforceabout circular economy practices to reduce embodied energy in the production of new materialsby substituting recovered existing materials as a resource for construction.Cappuyns and Stough (2016) highlighted that a lack of awareness and a lack of educationalprograms related to a circular economy are major barriers impeding the adoption of a circulareconomy in the Architecture, Engineering, and construction (AEC) industry [4]. The studyhighlighted that the interdisciplinary assessment project (IAP) offered at KU Leuven, Belgiumhelped students acquire knowledge about practical applications of circular economy andimproved their soft skills to manage circular economy-based goods and services. Similarly, ahigher education institution in Mexico
illustrate the concepts discussed. Educators in manufacturing programs should find thisuseful as they consider how best to augment laboratory work, student understanding of statistics,as well as to achieve proficiency with computer simulation, as this approach to laboratoryexperiences transcends injection molding specifically, and has a wide range of applicability withmany manufacturing operations.IntroductionAs evidenced by the many presentations at annual ASEE national and regional meetings,educators are constantly developing and implementing improved curricula to meet emergingchallenges in the various fields of engineering and technology. Some of these activitiesencompass developing novel subject matter. Many of these endeavors, however
have approximately 15% of all students spend asemester in a foreign country. The emphasis equates to approximately 150 students studyingabroad per year.1 The greatest percentage of these students come from the Department of ForeignLanguage, not from the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME). As a part ofthe USMA curriculum, all students not enrolled in an engineering major are required to take a 3-course core engineering sequence. This core sequence can be in a number of engineeringdisciplines: Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Environmental, Nuclear, and ComputerScience. Despite the fact that a majority of students studying abroad come from non-engineeringmajors, CME must ensure that its “non-majors” are afforded the
solving approaches employed by students, academics and practicing professionals in anattempt to determine if students are developing the necessary skills to tackle ill-structuredproblems. To accomplish this, an ill-structured problem is developed, which will later be used todetermine, based on analysis of oral and written responses of participants in semi-structuredinterviews, attributes of the gap between student, faculty, and professional approaches to ill-structured problem solving. Based on the results of this analysis, we will identify what pedagogicalapproaches may limit and help students’ abilities to develop fully-formed solutions to ill-structuredproblems.This project is currently ongoing. This work-in-progress paper will present the
physics, the thermodynamics, the electrical side… The engineering background was fundamental to what I was doing every day. I think you need to understand the theory to know why you shouldn’t turn that pump on when the outlet valve is shut… I think because I went into a very hands-on pump kicking, technical field, I think that was more applicable than I think most people probably get initially coming out. I think I used it all the time.Another participant, Maryanne, worked for the Navy as a civilian, due to her receipt of theSMART scholarship. She felt that she used some of what she learned, but not all of it, and notnearly as regularly. She stated that … a lot of the technical thermodynamics, math, heat
Application Project Group,. The situativity of knowing, learning and research. American Psychologist 53, 5–26 (1988).9 Lave, J. Cognition in Practice (Cambridge University Press, 1988).10 Newstetter, W. C., Behravesh, E., Nersessian,N.J.,Fasse, B. B. . Design Principles for Problem-Driven Learning Laboratories in Biomedical Engineering Education. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 38, 3257- 3267 (2010).11 Newstetter, W. C. Fostering Integrative Problem Solving in Biomedical Engineering: The PBL Approach. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 34, 217-225 (2006).12 Morgan, M. S., Morrison, M. ((Cambridge University Press. , Cambridge, 1999).13 Nersessian, N. J. Creating Scientific Concepts. (MIT
Paper ID #6979Student Attention in Unstructured-Use, Computer-Infused ClassroomsMahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is a Ph.D. candidate and dean’s teaching fellow in Virginia Tech’s Engineer- ing Education Department. Prior to joining the Engineering Education Department, Mohammadi-Aragh earned her B.S. in 2002 and her M.S. in 2004 in Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. Mohammadi-Aragh was a scientific visualization and virtual reality researcher for the Geosystems Re- search Institute, and outreach coordinator for Mississippi State’s Electrical and Computer Engineering
environment, and to investigateits impacts on student outcomes and learning effectiveness. Though the current focus is withmechanical engineering concepts, the approaches and results are expected to be applicable to allSTEM subjects directly or indirectly especially engineering majors such as electrical andelectronics engineering, computer science and engineering, aerospace engineering, physics,chemical engineering, civil engineering, intelligent systems and robotics, etc.In this paper, an appropriate multi-DOF robotic system is integrated as an instructional tool toteach some selected representative and fundamental undergraduate mechanical engineeringconcepts separately. For each representative concept, the instructor uses the robotic platform as
Page 3.446.53 Beasley, et al., “Curriculum Development: An Integrated Approach,” Proceedings of the 25th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1995.curriculum changes might include an increased emphasis on industrial applications of thediscipline.Although the analysis of an existing curriculum must start at the course (or more detailed) levelin a bottom-up fashion, the process of curriculum change should begin at the top of the subjectmatter hierarchy in a top-down approach. To avoid turf battles, it is crucial to delay alldiscussion of individual courses, credits, prerequisites and the like until the final step of theprocess. The faculty should initially focus on the overall structure and composition of
teaching and uses active learning techniques to help students achieve an expert-like level of thinking. She guides students in bridging the gap between facts and usable knowledge to solve complex engineering problems.Prof. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is a Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning. He also co-directs a hands-on undergraduate research program called Engineers for Exploration, in which students apply their engineering knowledge to problems in exploration and conservation.Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego Minju Kim is a
member to receive the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and the ASEE Chester Carlson Award. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all
6 22 Electrical Engineering 3 11 Computer Engineering 1 4 Hydraulic Engineering 1 4 Manufacturing Engineering 1 4 Electronics Engineering 1 4 First-Generation Student Yes 9 33 No 18 67 Non-Traditional Student Yes 13 48 Demographic
Graff, LeTourneau University R. WILLIAM GRAFF is a professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University, where he taught since 1975. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Purdue University in electrical engineering. Prior to joining LeTourneau University, he was assistant professor of electrical engineering at Drexel University for six years, and at Wilkes College for two years. His professional interests include antennas, microwaves, plasma, and ethics. Email: billgraff@letu.eduB.Kyun Lee, Le Tourneau University B. KYUN LEE is a professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University, where he taught since
engineering ethics, virtue ethics has been identified as a significant and essentialethical lens to be part of engineering ethics courses and learning (Pierrakos et al., 2019; Frigo etal., 2021). A virtue ethics lens will ground our investigation herein.II. METHODSWhile most engineering societies have codes of ethics, for this investigation, we selected only asubset of the available codes. First, we selected the National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE) Code of Ethics, one of the more prominent and widely used, and representing a cross-disciplinary engineering society constituted primarily by licensed PEs. Second, we selected theCode of Ethics of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), one of the largestengineering
years as the world has become more complex. Still, it is importantto recognize the significance and utility of the study of ethics in the modern world. Ethics isgenerally defined as the study of moral issues and decisions [1]. Life is full of decisions that canaffect not just oneself, but the lives of others, and even the world. The study of ethics is aboutexamining the proper balance and application of moral principles in everyday life. Ethics shouldbe seen as a method of applying moral thinking, not an unchanging set of values [1]. In otherwords, the goal of the study of ethics is to improve one’s ability to apply experience and reason tonew situations to make the best possible decision. It is especially important for engineers to have
faculty as anAssistant Professor in Electrical Engineering. By 1923 Kirsten had been promoted to fullProfessor. By nature Kirsten was an inventor. His most famous aeronautics-related invention wasthat of the paddlewheel-like cycloidal propeller. Unlike a paddle wheel, the device’s eightblades spun about their own axes as they orbited the axis of the wheel. Kirsten spent over 20years trying to perfect the concept for use on airplanes. At one point, he teamed up with BillBoeing to further develop cycloidal propellers for both aeronautical and marine applications.Boeing put up $175,000 of his own money to start a company with Kirsten. However, theconcept eventually proved to be impractical in aeronautical applications, and the Kirsten
for Undergraduate Studies and Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor of Mathematics in the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. She is PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, 2014-2015 President of WEPAN, a member of the mathematical and statistical societies Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Stacy Doore, University of MaineDr. Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of
Paper ID #35817Analysis of barriers to graduation for transfer students in AerospaceEngineeringDr. Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University Radha Aravamudhan’s research interests include Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Community cultural wealth and their application to curriculum specifically with respect to undergraduate engineering educa- tion as well as creative Arts-Based Research and Documentary film making. She supports faculty research in the area of undergraduate STEAM teaching and learning with a focus on increasing retention and grad- uation rates of under-represented student populations in engineering.Dr
conducted to examinestudents’ ability to build specific design intent into models. Devine & Laingen outline aprocedure used in their course that students can use to self-assess their models 12. Students aregiven two self-check opportunities where they must measure a distance, one face area, and thetotal face area of the part. For the second self-check, students are required to change severaldimensions on the part before measuring. This allows the instructor to determine if the initialdimensions captured the correct design intent. Peng et al. advocate for a similar approach 18.Finally, Company, Contero & Salvado-Herranz summarize how they define the quality of a CADmodel with the following five dimensions (p. 2) 10: 1. Models are valid if
Paper ID #18270Distribution of Characteristic Ways That Students Think about the Future inLarge Enrollment Engineering ClassesMiss Catherine McGough, Clemson University Catherine McGough is currently a graduate research assistant in Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 2014. Her research interests are in undergraduate engineering student motivations and undergraduate engineer- ing problem solving skill development and strategies.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at
STEM pedagogy, design thinking, project-based learning and educational entrepreneurship.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her academic and research interests include the profes- sional formation of