developing their skills and interest in the STEM fields to ensuretheir success at the post-secondary level and beyond. The fundamental principles of E-CADEMY are based on a combination of best practices from research including: a project-basedlearning (PBL) curriculum, high dosage model, cohort of like-minded peers, engagement withSTEM professionals, and family engagement [4]-[8]. This paper provides an overview of theprogram’s component, student feedback and program model future considerations.II. Program Overview Project SYNCERE has provided equitable hands-on engineering experiences for morethan 20,000 underrepresented students in grades three through twelve since 2011. The goal of theorganization’s work is to create pathways for
indicatedthat the proposed observational instrument resulted in seven distinctive main domains. Thesedomains included (1) unit-specific content knowledge, (2) engineering design process (EDP), (3)productive failure and success, (4) interdisciplinary applications, (5) questioning, (6) teamwork,and finally (7) discussion, feedback, and reflection. This study has both theoretical and practicalimplications. Theoretically, the study will contribute to the engineering education literature byextending the concept of PCK (Shulman, 1986) to the engineering education field and itstheoretical viability in the elementary school setting. Practically, it is paramount thatadministrators, professional developers, curriculum specialists, and teachers come to
School Students to STEM through Aviation and Transportation EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes the curriculum developed for a summer outreach program that used thetransportation system to introduce high school students to STEM. The curriculum includedmodules to introduce participants to the topics of aviation and air transportation, infrastructuredesign and traffic engineering, inland waterways, transit, and rail transportation. The relationshipbetween safety, design, and operations was described in each module, and the multimodal natureof the transportation system was emphasized. The curriculum included subject-based learning,experiential learning, and out-of-classroom experience. First, students were lectured on
facultydevelopment program as well as an illustration of how the model can be applied to curriculumdevelopment. Although several theories are available in the literature for curriculumdevelopment, such as [8, 9], the process used for each model is often ad hoc. Using a systematicapproach to develop a curriculum could facilitate faculty development, as far as managing anacademic curriculum is concerned. Figure 1 shows how the essential elements of the DEJI modelcan be applied directly to the parts and pieces required in curriculum development.Understanding the framework in the figure will enhance the understanding of new faculty in howa faculty development program itself utilizes a systematic approach. Essentially, the DEJI modelimpacts a systematic process
deadlines balanced? How is the problem of high student turn-around handled? The paper will discuss various solutions the Department of Astronauticshas evolved to address these challenges. The paper concludes with current programstatus and recent feedback from students involved in the project.II. DiscussionThe USAF Academy’s foray into small satellites began with a series of cadet-builtprototypes that were “launched” on high altitude balloons. These projects gave thestudents immediate, hands-on experience and allowed the Department of Astronautics togradually evolve the curriculum to accommodate increasingly more ambitious spaceprojects. This initial development culminated in the launch of FalconGold in October1997. FalconGold was a fixed, secondary
the studentsdesigned a pilgrim house. They had certain criteria and constraints and it went well. They hadcut out people that had to fit in the house, the house needed a roof and walls. Also, the houseneeded to keep the people safe from the elements. From these three activities, the class knowsthat it’s okay (and expected) if their design doesn’t work well the first time. They then try toimprove it and retest it.” (KT, RT1, Y3) Noticing the synergies among subjects in the curriculum allowed teachers to more readilyleverage engineering design beyond that which was expected by their district: “The engineeringdesign process is something that I just used in the EIE kit and that was it. I really didn't havestudents develop their own
programs, three colleges in Northern California, Cañada College, College ofMarin, and Monterey Peninsula College collaborated to develop the Creating AlternativeLearning Strategies for Transfer Engineering Programs (CALSTEP). CALSTEP is a three-yearproject funded by the National Science Foundation through the Improving Undergraduate STEMEducation (IUSE) Program, and one of its main objectives is to develop laboratory courses thatare delivered either completely online, or with limited face-to-face interaction. The onlinelaboratory courses developed include Introduction to Engineering13, Engineering Graphics14,Materials Science15, Circuits16, and MATLAB Programming. Each of the three partnerinstitutions is responsible for developing curriculum for a
University for over twenty-years. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, management and corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. Mr. Reimer conducted workshops and seminars for trade associations, chamber of commerce organizations and private companies. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit
, students learn about design thinking and methods, propose and implement solutionsto an engineering design problem, start developing their first professional networks, and learn towork in multidisciplinary engineering teams. This course currently serves approximately 200students per year, about 70% of which are in the School of Engineering. Traditionally, this hasbeen an optional class, but authors intend to make it mandatory for all engineering students as partof the general education curriculum. This will increase the number of students to approximately600 per year. Since this will be their very first engineering design experience in the PDT, studentswill work under the close supervision of senior students, TAs, or faculty. Professional
two classes in their curriculum (Investigations in Technology and StrategicManagement of Technology and Innovation) to develop their marketing andtechnology strategies. The students appreciate the fact that they are able to take risks andmake mistakes in a simulation environment where financial disasters are made with fakemoney. After utilizing this simulation program for three years, we have found that non-traditional students who have been working in an engineering field typically performbetter than the traditional graduate students who are entering their graduate programimmediately after receiving their bachelor’s degree. Our experience is that all engineeringtechnology students (regardless of when they enter the program) are weak in
Engineering Education, 2009 CHASING THE POT OF GOLDAbstractThe oil-rich countries of the Middle East are investing heavily in education, utilizingincome from oil sales to develop the human capacity to diversify their economies towardknowledge-based activities. American universities, seeking income to replace that lost bythe exodus of many international students after 911 and desiring to have moreinternational experience for their faculty and students, are responding by offeringeducation programs of various types in the region.IntroductionSeveral oil-rich countries in the Middle East, such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman,the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Qatar) have come to understand that they mustdiversify their economies
, particularlycommunity service and humanitarian engineering projects, by creating intentional linkagesbetween the formal curriculum (e.g. developing global awareness) and these informal learningexperiences (e.g. engineering-related study abroad). Such linkages may be particularly effectivein helping develop students’ contextual awareness.” As engineering entrepreneurship education takes shape and continues to leverage co-curricular experiences for learning, Lattuca et al.’s findings suggest that a more in depth analysisof entrepreneurial co-curricular experiences in the context of the Terenzini and Reason’s collegeimpact framework is warranted. There is an organizational reliance on both entrepreneurshipacademic and co-curricular programs, required
more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and has advised over 40 graduate theses.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Sarah E. Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the En- hancement of Engineering Education at Penn State University. In her current position, Dr. Zappe is re- sponsible for supporting curricular assessment and developing instructional support programs for faculty in the College of Engineering. In her research role, Dr. Zappe is interested in the integration of creativity into the engineering curriculum, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Zappe holds a doctorate in edu- cational psychology specializing in applied testing
learning and academic identity. CUREs provideauthentic learning experiences, raise the level of expectations for all students, and support thedevelopment of a community of learners – all critical for students who have been historicallyunderrepresented in STEM [11] [12] [13] [14]. These experiences support development of self-efficacy, interest and identity in STEM [12] [15], contribute to improved course outcomes [16],and generally result in higher retention and persistence for participating students [17].Place-Based Learning CommunityThe term “learning community” refers to a purposeful restructuring of curriculum to link two ormore courses from different disciplines to emphasize connections and provide coherence in thecurriculum [18]. They are a
unique group, as these individuals havemany competing priorities and demands on their time. Providing professional development forthis audience seems to be a pressing need, but we also recognize that it must be aligned well withthis audience’s competing factors (e.g., needs, time availability, modality, and similar) [25].Our ProgrammingWe developed a comprehensive program for faculty instructors to support their professionaldevelopment, including learning outcomes and spanning a range of modalities to interact withcontent. This approach includes strategic planning and implementation around leveragingcampus partnerships and engaging in multiple ways with institution-wide initiatives (e.g.,undergraduate core curriculum, community engagement, and
definitions and descriptions, an alternative workingdefinition for troubleshooting would be a type of problem solving that analyzes a faulty systemto identify the fault(s) in the system and then pursue the appropriate procedures to correct thefault(s) in a timely manner.Engineering is one of the domains where well-developed troubleshooting skills can frequentlymake a substantial impact, e.g., when an engineer finds and fixes a problem that has shut down amass transit line. Significantly, it has been observed that the engineers entering industry havepoorly developed troubleshooting skills because they gain little hands-on experience and theyunderuse test equipment in the typical U.S. undergraduate engineering curriculum [5]. Morerecently (in 2018
communication skills inengineering students. The project spans all seven ABET-accredited engineering and computerscience programs in the college and includes engineering courses across all four years of theundergraduate curriculum. The course sequences within each program that integrate technicalcommunication are depicted in the “roadmaps” available at www.newhaven.edu/engineering/PITCH/roadmaps/. A sample roadmap for the electrical engineering program isshown in Figure 1. In its approach to integrating technical communication instruction withinengineering curricula PITCH is a fully developed project modeled after earlier, less extensiveinitiatives at Michigan State University and The University of Maine.6,8,10-12 The programcontains a number of
providedwith enough training and resources to adopt new curriculum during the academic year and theseprofessional development efforts typically focus on universal learning rather than content-specificlearning.Reasons to hold faculty development workshops are presented by Edamana et al. [5]. Faculty,especially new faculty, have many demands on their time. This leads to significant expectationsand much uncertainty concerning what should be a priority for a faculty’s time demands. Thiscan lead to a number of conclusions stated below: 1. Expectations for quality with respect to teaching and research have been emphasized in a limited manner through the annual faculty evaluation/recognition awards, but consequences for
. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering is a course thatintroduces mechanical and civil engineering students to the engineering college education andprofession. The challenge-based instruction (CBI) curriculum developed for Introduction toMechanical Engineering includes challenges, lecture and handout materials, hands-on activities,and assessment tools. CBI is a form of inquiry based learning which can be thought of asteaching backwards strategy. When implementing CBI, a challenge is presented first, and thesupporting theory required to solve the challenge is presented second. CBI was built around theHow People Learn (HPL) framework for effective learning environments and is realized andanchored by the STAR Legacy Cycle, as developed and fostered by
engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Studying Education Organizational Change: Rigorous Attention To Complex Systems Via A Multi-theoretical Research ModelAbstractThe purpose of this paper is two-fold. We first explore the question how might we rigorously andcompletely study
rather than the Department of Education offered universities whowere willing to develop personal transferable skills across the university £1,000,000 to be spreadover five years to achieve that goal. The project was known as the Enterprise in HigherEducation Initiative [23]. The curriculum continues to be the subject of debate. Page 22.777.15CommentThe attempt to develop an alternative and different curriculum for engineers wishing to go intoindustry never had a chance. To equate a diploma with a degree was, in the culture that isEngland and Wales, to create a lower status animal. It came at a time when an increasing numberof students with a good
the approach used to develop the overall objectivesof the degree, the challenges of curriculum development and its structure, and how to negotiatethrough the difficult decisions required when selecting what the most critical multidisciplinaryaspects of each of the three supporting departments without the risk of academic technicalcontent dilution.Also reviewed in this paper are several other important aspects encountered in the developmentof this new degree such as benchmarking of other programs, the seeking, collection andincorporation of industry input and their partnerships, the approval of this new program throughthe university’s “new programs” approval process, the recruitment of current and new faculty tosupport the program, and
) apply advanced principles and practices, 3) creatively use technology in solvingpractical problems, and 4) manage technology systems in manufacturing. This graduate programis the result of a two-year participatory development process. Key manufacturing partners andthe department’s industrial advisory council played critical roles in identifying appropriatestudent outcomes and the resulting curriculum. There are several distinctive aspects of thisprogram including the accommodation of working students through part-time scheduling andonline delivery. The program provides students with a blend of both technical and managementcourses and culminates with an industry-based project. This paper will provide an example fordeveloping a graduate program
on a design project for adeveloping community, several alternatives were considered. Initially, it was decided that thebest approach for an engineering school of our small size (approximately 350 undergraduateengineering students) was to support students’ interest in this area by having course work in theirexisting classes support their extracurricular design project. While a new course on Engineeringfor Developing Communities was considered, it was concluded that is was not feasible to add arequired course to the curriculum because of the pressure to reduce the total credit hours so thatstudents can complete their engineering degree in four years. Also, the elimination of a requiredcourse is difficult at this time because all of the
to formulate this research.The Department of Urban Horticulture and Design has implemented multiple programs andoutdoor classrooms to incorporate instructional alignment with campus community outreach.This precedent serves as a benchmark for the course proposal and helps with the preliminaryresearch on the execution. The author had multiple preliminary meetings to initiate collaborationbetween the two departments.The Department of Architecture and Construction Management is seeking innovativeinstructional strategies to strengthen hands-on experience and embed the experiential strategiesin the curriculum. This initiative provides a stronger reason for developing a new technicalelective and incorporating Applied Learning strategies to augment
. More recently, He has mentored numerous midshipmen through independent research projects and has directed two Tri- dent Scholars, the Naval Academy’s flagship research program. He has published over 50 journal and conference articles on these topics. Dr. Barton is actively involved in curriculum development and program assessment. He chairs ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation. He serves a Commissioner for Engineering Accreditation Com- mission of ABET, Inc. and was a program evaluator for 6 six years prior to joining the commission. Dr. Barton holds a professional engineering license in the State Maryland. He is a member of the Board of Education, ASME.Dr. Kenneth S. Ball P.E., George Mason University
building an experimental setup to study thefeasibility of using electrospun carbon nanofibers as the basis for a glucose biosensor. The paperprovides an overview of the research project conducted by the teachers and describes thechallenges of translating the engineering research experience into engineering curriculumcontent for the teachers’ classrooms. The results of the engineering curriculum contentsdeveloped through this program and the observations of their implementations in teachers’classrooms during the academic year are reported and discussed.Hands-On Engineering Design Experience for TeachersThe professional development program at UTPA engages middle and high school math andscience teachers in engineering research activities that are
quality monitor.The student found higher amounts of particulates closer to the construction site and hishypothesis was supported.Education Research PlanThe education research for the (SCENIC) program will be conducted by the school of educationand is centered around a design based model that provides on-going iterative research results onthe program implementation processes, and their impact on participants. Mixed methodsincluding surveys, interviews, and observations will be implemented to investigate high schoolstudent participation and engineering identity development, and how it is supported by theprogram’s infrastructure—including curriculum, high school teachers, (SCENIC) mentors, andtools. The education research will also examine how rural
engineering curriculum," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 562-571, 2009.5. H.M. Almalki, L. Rabelo, C. Davis, H. Usmani, D. Hollister, and A. Sarmiento, "Analyzing the existing undergraduate engineering leadership skills," Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 35-39, 2016.6. ABET. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2021 – 2022.” abet.org. https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering- programs-2021-2022/ (accessed Jan. 7, 2022).7. M. F. Cox, O. Cekic, and S.G. Adams, “Developing leadership skills of undergraduate engineering students: Perspectives from engineering faculty,” Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, vol. 11, no
theoffering of products and services which meet the ever-changing demands of their respectivecustomers. To meet the needs of customers, business and industry requires a strongtechnological focus, one premised on constant innovation and improvement. To this end,business and industry firmly resides in the use-inspired and pure-applied spectrum of theengineering-technology educational curriculum continuum.From a macro view, there are five major phases to a product’s life cycle: concept exploration,demonstration and validation, full scale development, production and deployment, andoperations and support.Each of these life-cycle phases is punctuated with use-inspired and pure-applied application oftechnological understanding and advancement [2]. Failure