, University of Chicago, and City College of New York. Dr. Reid also served as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers chapter advisor at Hampton University, earning grants to assist in multiple attending local and national conferences. Dr. Reid is the current direct and principal investigator of the NSF-funded NJIT Research Experience for Undergraduates – Undergraduate Research and Innovation Experience in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapeutic Intervention. Finally, Dr. Reid is passionate about volunteering, as shown by his involvement with NYCares and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Undergraduate Research and Innovation Experience in Cancer
viewed passively as facilitators of economic development or actively asengines of economic development. Either way, there is generally no mission confusion regardingtheir first and second mission activities. However, third mission activities have gainedprominence only since the latter half of the 20th century. Consequently, as universities engage inan expanding set of third mission activities, it is not surprising that their importance andrelevance to the individual university are questioned and arguments are made about missiondilution and mission confusion. Thus, for example, a former president of Stanford Universitywarned against some types of engagement as distractions from the fundamental purpose of aresearch-intensive university[4].Third
(e.g. geologists) may be members of the GeoInstitute, they may not be members of ASCE. Since 1996, some of the geotechnical sections of local ASCE chapters have converted to GeoInstitute chapters. At the time of writing there were 19 GeoInstitute chapters and 58 geotechnical sections of local ASCE chapters.15 • The International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: the GeoInstitute is a US member society of ISSMGE. Membership to ISSMGE is complimentary for non-engineers that belong to the GeoInstitute, but engineers that belong to the GeoInstitute (and thus are members of ASCE) must pay an additional fee to join ISSMGE. The organization claims
detrimental to people and the larger environment.Another approach educators can take to encourage children to critically analyze technologycomes from the ‘critical text analysis’ (CTA) and ‘critical literacy’ traditions in literacy (i.e.,reading/writing) education.11 Advocates of CTA assert that it is imperative for individuals of allages to not only decode what they read, comprehend what they read, and consider text use andtheir purpose for reading, but also to ask questions about text positioning, i.e., to ask: ≠ How does this text position me, others, or reality? ≠ Does this text include or ignore my or others’ voice(s)? ≠ In whose interests has this text been written?12For example, elementary children have examined advertisements sent
[16] and watch portions of the ASEE watch portions of the ASEE Communitycanons from the ASCE Community Panel video [42]. Write a Panel video [42].Code of Ethics [16] that short reflection on the relationship • Discuss two or three sub-parts of theyou find interesting. between the ASCE Code of Ethics and Code that you believe relate to the(Note: Chapter is old and what the speaker was discussing: situation described with the interstatemissing 8th canon.) Write 1. Discuss two or three canons highway and local community ina short reflection on this (including specific sub-parts) that Tampa FL. Be sure to clearly identifycanon
the semester during theregularly scheduled laboratory sessions, which are otherwise used for the implementation ofcoding concepts and development of programming skills through interactive group activities andcode-writing exercises. The coding interviews provided an opportunity for each student to meetindividually with a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Instructor to discuss the core programmingconcepts of the course in the context of code that the student wrote for a previous assignment.The TAs were trained to keep the interviews as an informal discussion focused on the codingconstructs implemented in the student’s code with primary goals as follows: • To ensure each student is developing fundamental programming skills and to flag those
AC 2010-2235: CAREERWISE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE FORGRADUATE STUDENTSErika Murguia, Arizona State University Erika Murguia Blumenkranz is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering, School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. She earned her Master’s degree in Quality and Productivity Systems and her BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. Her personal research interests are focused on the dynamics of workforce protocols in manufacturing environments and supply chain management. Erika has worked as a research assistant on the CareerWISE project since October 2008 and her role has been recruiting
Curriculum Guidelines [2], the task of coveringsoftware engineering is still daunting. These guidelines define 18 Knowledge Areas three ofwhich, Software Development Fundamentals (SDF), Software Engineering (SE), and SocialIssues and Professional Practice (SP), contain knowledge that falls into the software engineeringrealm. Guideline comments identify the SE and SP knowledge areas as specific curricula areaswhere teamwork and communication soft skills will be learned and practiced. The SoftwareEngineering Knowledge Area, which at 14 pages is the longest non-cross-cutting KnowledgeArea in Computer Science 2013, identifies 60 Core topics with 69 Learning Outcomes, and 54Elective topics with 56 Learning Outcomes. It will be a difficult syllabus design
courses intheir junior and senior years. For all three groups, the greatest number of units in math andscience are taken the first quarter, which then tapers off (see Table 2). The students seem to befollowing the advice in SPri’s engineering student handbook for first year courses: The best strategy is to avoid the extremes. A first-year schedule that includes no mathematics, science, or engineering will make it very difficult to complete an engineering major in four years. Conversely, it is surely a recipe for disaster to insist on packing your first year with three quarters each of calculus, physics, and chemistry along with the mandatory Introduction to the Humanities and Program in Writing and Rhetoric
AC 2009-740: EWB^2 - ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: EDUCATIONALLY,A WORLD OF BENEFITSBeverly Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly K. Jaeger, PhD is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a select group of full-time faculty devoted to the First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University (NU). While she concentrates on first-year engineering courses and instructs across all engineering disciplines, Dr. Jaeger also teaches specialty courses in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU in Digital Simulation, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems.Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University Ethan LaRochelle is a senior electrical engineering
value on thequalifications of each potential student’s scholarship application. The criteria that wasdeveloped, in order to mathematically rank each student, was the following: Admission Index or GPA Applicants must have achieved a minimum admission index of 2.40 (or 3.0/4.0 GPA). Note that this index may change according to the admission cycle. The effect of the admission index on the application is determined by the following formula: [Admission index (or GPA) – 2.40 (or 3.00)] x 10 = points added to applicant’s total Communication Skills: The Personal Biographical Essay Each applicant is asked to write a “personal biographical essay” of no more than 300 words. This is, as much as anything else
nature of work requires cooperation for organizational and career success. Civility can be instrumental in promoting the collaboration necessary for positive synergy. • Workforce composition: the American workforce has experienced a significant increase in diversity.21 Employment today reflects large numbers of women, minorities, persons with disabilities, immigrants, and people from different generations and with different education levels. Diversity and inclusion require civility in order for people to get along with each other and have equal career opportunities. Being treated in a respectful manner is a fundamental expectation of all employees.4. Laws and Policies Against Inappropriate
backgroundinformation on the EnableOA process, the participating university and the associated accrediting agencies.EnableOAEnableOA is a web-based, software-driven outcomes assessment process that was designed to be consistentwith the nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learningiv published by the AmericanAssociation of Higher Education (AAHE), and the Program Evaluation Standardsv approved by theAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI).The EnableOA processvi, vii collects descriptions of educational experiences that instructors intend for theirstudents, and descriptions of educational experiences that students perceive they have received from theirinstructors. Instructors write the former, students write the latter. Every description
expected to be an important consideration as the electricalgeneration section is expected to move from fossil fuel to non-CO2 emitting power generation. Thecurrent fossil fuel workforce represents an opportunity (both for workers and the industry) as theseworkers may be able to transition to other energy sectors. Transitioning workers will need to understan dand appreciate fundamental concepts of nuclear technology and the overall culture of nuclear powergeneration and operations. To assure a robust future workforce pipeline, the development of generaleducational content to communicate the advantages of nuclear power and the possibility of a nuclearcareer is also an outcome within Task 4. Thirdly, our task is to include online modules, internships
1three major categories: skills and achievements (getting good grades, understanding the material,mastering fundamentals, etc.), interest and enjoyment in the content, and social support [4].The complexities of social factors and their effects on self-efficacy remain understudied. Whilethere is evidence that working in teams can increase self-efficacy [5], students’ friend groupsoutside of class and how they spend time with these friends may also affect engineeringself-efficacy. This work leverages two concepts from social network analysis to begin exploringthese factors: social capital and homophily.Social capital is defined as “the ability of actors to secure benefits under membership in socialnetworks or other social structures” [6]. For
anethnographic study he performed at a flagship university in the southern United States. AsThomas argues, the persistence of racial inequality is a lingering problem on many collegecampuses despite the increase in efforts and programs to address it. Based on his study heuncovers what he defines as a diversity regime or, “a set of meanings and practices thatinstitutionalize a benign commitment to diversity, and in doing so obscures, entrenches, and evenintensifies existing racial inequalities by failing to make fundamental changes in how power,resources, and opportunities are distributed.” pg. 141 [11].His focus lies in looking at how diversity work actually unfolds, thereby providing anunderstanding of the stumbling blocks. There are three main
(design reviews). The rationale behind the lectures wasto introduce, “just-in-time”, material relevant to the phase in which the projects were at the timeof the lecture. For instance, early in the first semester, most lectures would deal with subjectssuch as team dynamics, the design cycle, or concept generation and selection. As projects madeprogress, the lectures would attempt to follow the design cycle as best as possible. When theteams were ready to produce the first major design report, the lectures would feature a module ontechnical writing or graphics in engineering.This approach of “just-in-time” lectures worked well early during the early weeks of the course,however it is not possible to cram all project-relevant material in the first
systems issues including (where appropriate) social, safety, ergonomic, global, political, and regulatory concerns. 6. Individual evaluation – Each student is evaluated to ensure learning in steps 2 and 3 above. This evaluation is done by a test of skills learned in step 2 and the ability to write appropriate database queries for step 3. 7. Case study – Finally the team demonstrates the ability to synthesize all information learned from steps 2-5 by performing a case study. In the case study, each team member will take on a different role (production manager, engineer, accountant) to assist in collaborative learning. The case study encourages problem solving and higher level thinking skills
§ Problem solving § Communication and writing § Presentation skills § Group work • Higher education faculty considered AP® credit as problematic, a number of focus group interviewees and the experts indicated that the AP® Engineering credit would not be accepted for an introductory engineering course. • Open questions for an AP® Engineering Course were: § Should all engineering fields be represented if only one course is the option? § What design and problem solving concepts should serve as anchors for the course? § Should a digital portfolio and other assessment tools
, and the opportunity to play a part in a larger project could generate the enthusiasm and continuity the club needs. Realistically, the club is ultimately the responsibility of the students and, although a mentor can be a coach/sounding board/cheerleader, it can’t be done without student engagement.With additional planning effort, the Entrepreneurship club may yet prove to be successful andfaculty mentors will continue to provide guidance to students interested in proceeding. Localbusiness advisors to the club have suggested that students first write a mission statement todefine the club’s purpose and to potentially create a document approximating a business plan tobetter define leadership responsibilities. In addition, Pitt-Johnstown’s
number of females enrolled in theUIW Engineering Program is less than 5%. The same trend follows in several other STEMprograms offered by the neighboring educational institutions in southwest Texas. There has beennumerous studies in education that emphasize the importance of teaching and learning science inmiddle school classes.1 By having an early exposure to the fundamental aspects of science at theelementary or middle school levels, the students and their parents can make an informed decisionabout pursuing a university education in STEM.2,3 The authors’ discussions with various fundingagencies and many professionals in K-12 STEM education point to the fact that there needs to bemore emphasis given to the students and their parents regarding
Paper ID #27651Program Evaluation of a High School Summer Bridge Program in Chemistryand Engineering (Evaluation)Dr. Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union Amanda Simson was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union in August 2017. Her research focuses on using heterogeneous catalysis in applications like emissions control and alternative energy technologies. Amanda received her Ph.D. from Columbia University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering. After her PhD she worked on developing hydrogen production technologies for Watt Fuel Cell in Port Washington, NY. Dr. Simson is
problems with greater confidence. Students have also indicated that they havedeveloped concept maps for subsequent courses on their own, even though it was not requiredand instructors did not encourage these efforts. Students seem to benefit from these activities.IntroductionFaculty in engineering often suspect that prerequisite courses in science and mathematics arefocused on formulaic approaches to solving problems. This is sometimes called the "plug andchug" method where students may not understand the fundamental concepts but willsuperficially link mismatched concepts together, leading to poor performance in the prerequisitesand a weak foundation for building the core engineering topics. Sket and Glazar observed highschool chemistry students
, to help manage the workflow, staffing, and training of undergraduateTAs, and to assist the instructors in fine-tuning student projects prior to implementation.One of the challenges of teaching first-year design is that students may not have a background incoding, computer aided design (CAD), machine design, and technical writing. ME 250 only hasa pre-requisite of a basic English composition course. Many students, including direct admits andtransfers, enter the mechanical engineering program with little to no CAD and coding skills. Formost students taking ME 250, they are immediately faced with the challenge of learning newskills in an unfamiliar team-based environment.The Mechanical Engineering department at University of Illinois at Chicago
Teaching with Heart in CommunityCortney HollesCortney Holles, Ed.D. is a teaching professor at Colorado School of Mines who teaches sciencecommunication, service learning, writing, and ethics. She researches faculty-student interaction and well-being in higher education and also writes poetry and memoir.Cynthia JamesRoel SniederQin Zhu © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing Teaching with Heart: An Early ReflectionAbstract: Teaching with Heart is a project to bring faculty development workshops to STEMprofessors in higher education, focused on bringing love and compassion into the collegeclassroom to the benefit of both faculty and students. Researchers from Colorado School of
data for a planned multiple semester longer term project.This paper contains (1) motivation and goals for this work, (2) outcomes and learning objectives,(3) instructions on how to design this kind of assignment, (4) the video assignment write up, (5)the rubric for the video, (6) the rubric for peer feedback, and (7) the rubric for reflection. Thispaper focuses on the structure and instruments used during the course.About the CourseArtificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to tackle more and more of the real-world problemsaround us. EECS 4901 Special Topics: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence will introducestudents to the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI). During this course students will lookat various problems being solved
discussions at many of the section meetingsmade that clear. If one wants to pursue a pathway to rigorous research in engineering education, theresearch methodology in engineering education should be no different than the samemethodological approach used in technical engineering research: 1. define the research questionor hypothesis, 2. write a proposal or plan, 3. seek funding or other appropriate support, 4. do thework rigorously, and 5. publish the results in peer-reviewed journals. In this sense, engineeringeducation research should be considered favorably in promotion and tenure. One caveat ineducational research is that the student (human subject) is the target of study, and it makes the“experiment” more complicated. Thus, it is reasonable
, were two very different things, but they were and arevery much entwined and the discussions at many of the section meetings made that clear. If one wants to pursue a pathway to research in engineering education, the researchmethodology in engineering education should be no different than the same methodologicalapproach used in technical engineering research: 1. define the research question or hypothesis, 2.write a proposal or plan, 3. seek funding or other appropriate support, 4. do the work rigorously,and 5. publish the results in peer-reviewed journals. In this sense, engineering educationresearch should be considered favorably in promotion and tenure. One caveat in educationalresearch is that the student (human subject) is the target
, 4 Lab.CommunicationTeaching communication, as a skill, is a persistent challenge in technical education. This ishighlighted in the Engineer of 2020 report which described it as a need to “listen effectively aswell as to communicate through oral, visual, and written mechanisms.” 5 Prior to technicalstudies students have been immersed in the fundamentals of persuasive writing and socialinteraction. All technical educators build on that base to add skills for business and technicalinterfacing. At WCU the PBL sequence ensures an orderly development with the context ofengineering project work.Table 1 - Typical Communication Topic Introduction in the PBL Sequence Topic ENGR 199 ENGR 200 ENGR 350
Paper ID #28288Students Taking Action on Engineering EthicsDr. Heather E Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland Jeff Welch is a doctoral student in