[6].Standards-based grading (SBG) is a specific alternative grading strategy that awards gradesbased on how many learning objectives (or standards) have been met. SBG has beenimplemented in a variety of engineering courses including Signals and Systems [7], Circuits [8],Fluid Mechanics [9], Thermodynamics [10,11], and Engineering Design [12]. SBG meets thefour pillars of alternative grading by identifying a clear list of standards, providing feedback tostudents that communicates if they have met each standard or not, assigning a grade based on thenumber of standards met, and allowing students to continue to reattempt to meet each standard –rather than just getting a low grade and moving on without learning the topic [13].Previous work has
competency development of these students.Specifically, the research aims to address the following questions: 1. What impact does participation in IRiKA have on the global competencies of both undergraduate and graduate engineering students? 2. How does varying research experience in microelectronics contribute to developing students’ global competencies within the IRiKA program? 3. In what ways do undergraduate and graduate engineering students' experiences in developing global competencies differ when engaged in international research experiences?Literature ReviewNumerous investigations have highlighted the advantages of international research programs.Research indicates that for students across various majors, engaging in
problem scoping, we decided to focus the case study onenhancing students’ understanding of problem scoping in the context of a design process.Definition of goals and topical areasBased on our exploration of the competencies and needs of elementary students withinengineering, the resulting case study previewed in this WIP is based on human augmentationwhere different team member's expertise and knowledge are considered. To provide the contextfor the case study, we sought to connect to existing work on engineering practice andengineering careers. Two particular areas within those spaces were selected: (1) persuasivecommunication and (2) cross-disciplinary communication [32], [33]. Existing research hashighlighted the importance of not only
impact and repositories, scheduling, and online communications tools. would be defined as a product thatonly benefits the student personally or members of the class. In comparison, a high impactdeliverable would be defined as a product, activity, or work that has received an expert reviewand has been shared publicly. Examples of high impact deliverables, shown above in Table 2,include but are not limited to: referred conferences and/or journal manuscripts, patents, businesspitches, awards, scholarships or fellowships, invited outreach activities, or invention disclosures.Ultimately, grades were assigned to students based on the submitted evidence’s level of impact.The
respected and appreciated such asreligious or philosophical worldviews, Indigenous worldviews and values, and the impact of coloniza�onon members of these communi�es (Berryman et al., 2015; Kinloch and San Pedro, 2014). Culturallyresponsive methodologies for research with neurodivergent and disabled students (Berryman, Ford,Nevin, & SooHoo, 2015) are an example of PAR approaches that explore the poli�cal and culturalboundaries that perpetuate ableist assump�ons and biases in educa�on and workplaces that expectassimila�on and masking into the current system, rather than changing the system to accommodate theunique people within the system so they thrive (Berryman et al., 2015; Chrysochoou et al., 2022; Cuelleret al., 2022; Pesonen et al., 2020
phenomenography becauseof its capability to minimize essentialization and highlight variations within a phenomenon ofinterest or experience. Fundamentally, this method does not aim to generalize the experiences ofall African American women in engineering, but rather to explore the different ways participantsin this group experience mentoring relationships. We used student interviews to gather explicitexamples of participants’ experiences. Here we present a preliminary analysis of the data.The results yielded preliminary groupings based on variations in context, formation, and tone.These findings suggest that mentors can serve a variety of roles and engage with students inmultiple ways. Perhaps more importantly, these roles and engagement patterns can
to building a sense ofbelonging within the engineering community and help increase diversity in the workforce.Nonetheless, it is important to specify that future research should consider multiple institutionalcontexts, as this study focused on faculty at HSIs. With that in mind, we hope to continueencouraging broader dialogue to better serve students through inclusive practices and targetedfaculty development that yields long-lasting educational impacts for students of all backgrounds.Future work should also address approaches to improving the intrinsic motivation of facultymembers themselves. A similar exercise could be implemented with engineering educators as theprimary stakeholder. Finally, future research should also explore the
-regulatory skills that the teacher assumes they have. Bothsituations result in students using thinking and learning strategies on their own, but destructivefriction may result in affective responses from students that negatively impact engagement andintrinsic motivation. The teacher who intends to help students internalize self-regulatory behaviorsand to know which strategies to use when needs to be cognizant of the students’ affective andcognitive states, and constantly monitor the effect of the instructional context on the students,adjusting and adapting when needed.Ownership of one’s own learning is a goal that many instructional contexts hope to activate. Theimportance of transferring the ownership of the learning process to students is
’ knowledge andcompetencies of six ABET professional skills. We follow the notion used by Shuman et. al(2005) and divide these ABET professional skills into two groups: process skills and awarenessskills.7 Process skills include communication, functioning on multi-disciplinary teams,understanding professional and ethical responsibilities. Awareness skills include the broadeducation to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context,knowledge of contemporary issues, and recognition of the need for and the ability to engage inlifelong learning. Fourteen students in the traditional program and sixteen students in PBL wereinterviewed in late March and late April, respectively. Interview notes as well as
well as the minor. It also holds a university designation for social science andwriting-intensive credit. In the first half of the course, students define identity (including race,ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and ability) and intersectionality, understand forms ofoppression (e.g., racism, white supremacy, sexism, misogyny, misogynoir, transphobia,homophobia, classism, and ableism), examine social justice movements to eradicate theseoppressions, and identify policies that exclude/protect identities (across both society andcomputing environments). In the second half, this knowledge is used to examine how technologyreplicates/amplifies these societal issues, the impact on identities, and tech-related policies.Identity-centered approachThe
5people, had a higher percentage preference for teams of 4-5 members as well. Both sets ofrespondents did not favour groups with more than 6 members (see Figure 2). The preferencefor smaller but not too small teams indicates that team management is easier when groupnumbers are manageable. This is most likely attributed to the notion that smaller groupsallow for better communication and decrease the risk of conflicting perspectives and socialloafing, common in larger groups.As noted earlier, international students can face compounded challenges in engaging withgroup work. Therefore, it is important to explore whether residential status impacts studentpreferences. In this study, we found few areas of noticeable difference between internationaland
well as to analyze and interpret data c Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. d Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams e Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) h Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context i Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning j Knowledge of
finding in theirengineering departments, through professional societies and organizations. They explained howthey met and engaged with people who could relate to their experiences and vice versa, and theimportance of that to them. Not only did students describe the sense of community they oftenfound through these professional societies, they explained that these organizations helped themand others like them feel welcome on campus. Page 23.674.8 I would say I know I’m a part of a community of electrical engineers, but I don’t necessarily
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Teaching professional skills for students’ competitive advantage in the era of AI workplace transformation AbstractThe ever-changing workplace arena poses challenges and uncertainties for the workforce due tothe impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the human job outlook. There is rising concern thatsome jobs will disappear as certain tasks no longer require human involvement. According to thejob outlook reports and predicted trends, the employees’ competitive advantage will lie in theirability to adapt, re-skill, and master essential professional skills. To remain competitive in the jobmarket amidst the adoption of AI
cognitive and knowledge goals to address affect, including values, attitudes, andbehaviors. For example, “ESD is based on values of justice, equity, tolerance, sufficiency andresponsibility…” [8, p. 21]. Shephard [18] examined affective learning outcomes associatedwith EfS, and explored programs explicitly targeting these outcomes. Community engagement(which includes course-based service-learning and informal education via Learning ThroughService) may be particularly impactful to the affective domain [19].The third edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBOK3) [7] added affectivedomain outcome rubrics to seven of the twenty-one outcomes, including sustainability (Table 1)and all six of the professional outcomes. The CEBOK3 uses
sometimes face barriers to earning adegree. These barriers may include departmental, institutional, and national policies and thefrequency of institutional-level engagement with students [1]. One pathway includes Pre-Engineering programs, which provide essential competencies and information for students totransition to an engineering bachelor's program, considerably impacting their careers. The Pre-Engineering program helps students improve their math and science foundations, providingacademic support that can prevent them from not completing their bachelor's degree, repeatingmath subjects, or not enrolling in advanced engineering courses. School administratorsfrequently assess Pre-Engineering programs by measures such as student enrollment
example content inFigure 1). Faculty shared initial reflections on connections they had alreadyestablished with students, providing examples of course activities that exploredequity, access, and environmental responsibility.Figure 1: Example Figure from Training Session showing PollutionDisparitiesTo deepen faculty engagement, the STEEP framework was introduced.Participants engaged in an experiential activity designed to model how theframework can uncover the broader impacts of engineering decisions. Facultyworked collaboratively on a scenario, examining how issues like infrastructurechallenges disproportionately affect marginalized communities. The dayconcluded with participants brainstorming ideas for embedding the STEEPframework into their
, technology policy, and law through the eyes of policymakers.Students work on public-facing projects in interdisciplinary teams applying strategic technologypolicy, regulatory concepts, and systems thinking to realworld policy issues to assist relevantpolicymakers in their policy decision-making process.Through the application of engineering systems principles (Figure 1), the use of systems design,and an understanding of sociotechnical systems, students in the MELP program will acquire theknowledge necessary for the understanding of policy and law as a system and how law, policy,and technology converge. Students will also develop skills for the analysis of complex systemsproblems, characterized by multi-stakeholder engagements reflecting the
projects course during the past12 years to more than 400 students annually [11], is that course time must be invested early informally educating students about collaborative team behavior, and that instructors mustreinforce theoretical knowledge with real-time relevant examples as students become moreaware of the impact of their own behavior and communication approaches on team effectiveness.A focus area that helps students achieve success within a team is related to diversity — that ofunderstanding on a deeper level and through personal experience, that people employ diversestyles of working towards goals, and that no style is either right or wrong, or in fact better thanothers. This can become especially important during the early stage of team
that communication of field changes to the designershould be established frequently. Some went ahead and wrote that the construction engineersshould go one day in advance and check the preparatory works in the field confirming thechanges with special attention to the constructability of details. Many students mentioned thatshop drawing and change order review should not be performed without the participation of anexperience practitioner. Several students agreed that though in practice, the consequences of anerror may or not have a bearing on the evaluation of negligence, the design engineer and theexperienced practitioner should be in communication from the beginning to the end of theproject.A reviewer commented on the draftIn general, the
. A survey conducted by Carpenter et al.also found that the effectiveness of co-curricular experiences for students’ ethical developmentwas conditional on the quality of instruction, but such instruction was also rarely satisfactory forstudents who already had higher levels of ethical reasoning capabilities.31Regarding how community-based learning impacts students’ ethical development, Prichard citesthree approaches that have been verified as successful: 1) a specific design project within asenior design course, 2) engineering course with a service-learning component, and 3) studentinitiated organization for students across the engineering curriculum.32 Even more specifically,other studies have shown that students engaging in core
. Meekel and A. Kilby, “Student Learning through the ‘ Competition Experience ,’” no. 1984, pp. 93–101, 2017.[19] D. Budny and R. T. Gradoville, “International service learning design projects: Educating tomorrow’s engineers, serving the global community, and helping to meet ABET criterion,” Int. J. Serv. Learn. Eng. Humanit. Eng. Soc. Entrep., vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 98–117, 2011.[20] AIFS Foundation and IIE, “Study Abroad Matters Linking Higher Education to the Contemporary Workplace through International Experience,” pp. 1–25, 2018.[21] C. Farrugia and J. Sanger, “Gaining an Emplyment Edge: The Impact of Study Abroad on 21st Century Skills & Career Prospects in the United States,” Washington, DC IIE Cent
tend to be extremely clear and exciting, are wellorganized, able to present material clearly and in an engaging manner, maintain high energy, andappear to love presenting the material. It is important to note that the emphasis is on stimulatingemotions associated with intellectual activity. This includes helping students find excitement inconsidering new ideas, understanding and appreciating abstract concepts and their application inthe world around them, and participating in the process of discovery. Lowman notes that this isthe more important of the two-dimensions of his model.The second dimension, Interpersonal Rapport, deals with the interpersonal interaction occurringboth within the classroom and without between instructors and students
to expose an underrepresented group of deaf studentsto engineering disciplines in fun and creative ways. The team also decided to incorporate theNext Generation Science Standards for Engineering into this educational community as oftenschools like this otherwise rarely have the resources to focus on these standards.Fall 2015 Engineering Exploration ProgramAs many of the same students that attended the fall and spring 2014 versions of this programwere slotted to attend the most recent program, the instruction team decided a different approachwould be necessary to continue to engage repeat attendees. The 2015 Engineering Explorationprogram consisted of six weekly two-hour sessions in which various engineering challenges werepresented to the
ininquiry-based activities, POGIL fosters a deeper understanding of fundamental principleswhile simultaneously honing essential skills such as teamwork, communication, and criticalanalysis.This paper aims to explore the application of POGIL in Civil Engineering education, examiningits effectiveness in enhancing student learning outcomes, promoting engagement andcollaboration, and preparing future engineers to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. Twostudent batches of Civil Engineering (UG degree) were examined in our study. The POGILwas introduced in one batch to teach the Mechanics of solids subject which consists 48students. A traditional approach was applied to the other batch which consists 36 students.MethodologyIn this research work the
by students include effective communication, assistance in working with otherstudents, active involvement in the content, prompt feedback, time management, clearexpectations, motivation, and hands-on learning [21].Data CollectionThree rounds of mini-grants were awarded nationwide through a competitive process from 2016-19 through an institutional grant awarded to the University of New Haven by the Kern FamilyFoundation. In addition, funding from CTNext supported focused deployment at a large publicinstitution. For each round, faculty selected to receive the mini-grants were trained at a half-dayworkshop. During these workshops, the faculty were introduced to the e-learning modules, howto download and integrate them into the Learning
working on anindependent research task required relying “on my own motivation rather than being told Ishould do something.”For many students, the summer program offered a freedom from coursework and the opportunityto devote full-time effort to research. Participating in this summer research experience gavestudents the opportunity to “feel like a grad student” and engage with a community ofresearchers. The pre- and post-experience survey data provide a snapshot of students’expectations about undergraduate research, and found that they largely matched students’ actualexperiences during this summer program. Overall, the data reported here indicate thatparticipating in undergraduate research was a positive experience for the vast majority ofstudents
assignment to teach at least one individual under the age of18 about the field of biomechanical engineering through a hands-on activity. Students workedwith diverse groups and ages of young adults, with many presenting to classrooms or sportsteams. Students were given examples of activities that could be used, including designingfunctional prosthetic hands out of simple materials.Upon completion of the outreach, a What? So What? Now What? reflection paper was used toassess the impact of the experience on both the student and on the young adults. The reflectionwas guided by a series of questions provided by the instructor, with students asked to focus onthe issue of whether there is a general lack of awareness of engineering careers, especially ofnon
Paper ID #46163WIP: Exploring the Mental Health Challenges of Asian LGBTQIA+ Studentsin EngineeringWanpeng Xu, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Wanpeng Xu is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Arizona State University, where his research focuses on the experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community within engineering education and the application of artificial intelligence in engineering education. Wanpeng has five years of professional experience in marketing and advertising, specializing in utilizing big data to optimize marketing strategies and drive business decisions. His unique combination of industry
decisionmakers, but will also provide a future workforce that recognizes that its opportunity set is notconstrained by discipline.In this regard, students in either the technical or social sciences, who are interested in pursuing acareer in public service, not only need an ability to understand and communicate ideas related tomodern technology and their policy impacts, but, equally important, need to be confident in thatability. We contend, therefore, that to make an impact on the range of issues listed above,engineering students and engineers need to understand policy issues and how to engage andpositively influence policy and decision making. Simultaneously, policy students and policymakers need to understand technology and how to harness it to inform