personal bias in STEM, online and in-person, in addition to faculty training on power and privilege. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as problem-based learning and culturally relevant pedagogy. Dr. Cross’ complimentary professional activities promote inclusive excellence through collaboration. She is an NSF CAREER awardee, delivered multiple distinguished lectures, and has received a national mentoring award. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by
#P116B080100A). The authors wish toexpress sincere gratitude for their financial support.Bibliography[1] Bresnahan, T., Brynjolfsson, E. & Hitt, L., 1999, “Information Technology andRecent Changes in Work Organization Increase the Demand for Skilled Labor,” in M.Blair and T. Kochan, Eds., The New Relationship: Human Capital in the AmericanCorporation, Washington, DC: Brookings[2] Zeilhofer, H. F., 2009, Rapid manufacturing technologies for tissue engineering,International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 38, Issue 5,pp: 389-399.[3] Y. Ravi Kumar* and C.S.P. Rao, T. A. J. R., 2009, Parametric modeling andsimulation of rapid prototyping, International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, Volume1, Issue 1, pp. 65-87.[4] itself., the fluid
in Engineering".The main goal of this research is to improve the retention rate of first-year engineering students,by developing a first-year engineering curriculum that can provide additional support and uniquelearning opportunities in students' entry-level classes.Introduction: Faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University ofColorado Denver (CU Denver) have developed a new engineering program for first-yearstudents. The program is titled the Engineering Learning Community (ELC) and is designed tosupport incoming freshmen engineering and pre-engineering students. In this paper the methods,results and conclusions of the first two academic years of the program are presented. The ELCprogram was
problems completing the tasks becauseof teamwork issues are assigned the most attentive mentors. We do not consider the gender ofthe mentors when assigning them to a team.Methods of Data Collection and AnalysisData for this project come from the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 academic years and includeparticipant observations of the VITDP course and student team meetings, documents generatedby faculty and students during the course, student journal responses, student attitude surveys, aProject Evaluation survey, interviews with students, and short answer questions given out inclass for students to answer. The variety of data collected provides greater capability fortriangulation and thus greater credibility in the interpretation of data. Systematic
emphasize societal relevance of the discipline.Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Materials at ASU and has been teaching and developing new content for materials science and engineering classes and laboratories. She has developed new content and contextual teaching methods from her experience as a researcher and General Manager at Honeywell Inc. She has developed new assessments to reveal and address student misconceptions in introductory materials engineering classes. She is currently working on an NSF IEECI grant to bring engineering service learning activities to middle school students.B.L
and others further raise the point thatinternational development work, including with engineers, must be done in cooperationwith, and not simply for, the recipient developing community3,4. Some argue thatfunding agencies should remove contingencies that specify procedures that areconventional in the rich world, but inappropriate for developing communities; instead,funding allocated for developing communities should allow local designation andspecifications5. In particular, technologies that are truly appropriate are generally simpleand can be understood and maintained by the local recipient community3,6.With reasonable awareness of these questions and issues, we reflected upon ourmotivations, usefulness, and impacts as members of a new EWB
experience in structural design, analysis, and construction processes. He also served in several construction legal litigations as an expert witness. Dr. Maleki’s current research agenda is the application of new technologies to improve the undergraduate construction education. Dr. Maleki has published several technical and scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He is a member of multiple scientific societies and serves as a peer reviewer for several journals. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Application of LiDAR Technology in Construction Education - Case study: Estimating CourseAbstractThis study explored the use of LiDAR
perception is prevalent among engineering professionals(Faulkner, 2007). When mapped onto a space such as a classroom or professor’s office hours orstudent group project meeting, the techno-social dualism may cause conversations and discourseto center around technical issues instead of social issues such as ethics, diversity/inclusion, andmental health as an engineering student. These forms of discourse lead to what Cech (2014) callsthe culture of disengagement, where she finds that engineering students are less concerned withpublic welfare issues as they get socialized to the profession. This is not to say that the culturalscript of primarily centering discourse around technical issues in engineering spaces dictates thekinds of conversations that
could do things without the computer before progressing to the tasks thatused it. From experiments in college classes in engineering, too many times students haveconfused simulation with data from a real experiment.Some were concerned about the push for assessment and its eventual effect on real learning.While we all seemed to have an idea of what each of us thought real learning was, we realizedthat it would be a significant task to get that described. We started by agreeing that it meant anownership of the concepts being learned. That ownership could be displayed by describing theconcepts and especially if that could be done in a new context. The group felt that learningcommunication skills should be a key element in an Introduction to
methodology was designed by Ken Vickers, this paper’s primary author, based onhis eighteen years of experience in Texas Instruments (TI) in engineering managementsupporting integrated circuit manufacturing and development. Because of Texas Instruments’policy of hiring almost exclusively from new graduates, Professor Vickers directly observed boththe strengths and weaknesses of recent BS and MS graduates from many science and engineeringprograms around the country. These observations were communicated with the faculty at theUniversity of Arkansas when Professor Vickers would come to the campus on recruiting trips forTI, and if fact matched many of the conclusions drawn by the industry workgroups already citedin this paper.One observation of particular
.Bebbington, D. (2002), Women in Science, Engineering and Technology: A Review of The Issues. Higher Education Quarterly, 56: 360-375. doi:10.1111/1468-2273.00225Bilodeau, B.L. and Renn, K.A. (2005), Analysis of LGBT identity development models and implications for practice. New Directions for Student Services, 2005: 25-39. doi:10.1002/ss.171.Borrego, M., Foster, M.J. and Froyd, J.E. (2014), Systematic Literature Reviews in Engineering Education and Other Developing Interdisciplinary Fields. J. Eng. Educ., 103: 45-76. doi:10.1002/jee.20038Boudreau, K., & DiBiasio, D., & Quinn, P., & Reidinger, Z. (2018), Exploring Inclusive Spaces for LGBTQ Engineering Students. In 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative
can’t read; it will be the one who has not learned how to learn.”23Educators and constructors almost universally believe that work experience in construction duringundergraduate years provides students with significant learning that could not be gained otherwise.Nonetheless, only about 10% of construction education schools have field internship programs53.Significant opportunities exist for universities to expand the number and value of construction internshipprograms.To provide university educators and administrators with incentives for increasing the use and the quality ofinternship programs, new understanding about the nature and benefits of experiential learning in theconstruction environment is needed. The effort needed must go beyond
called Real Colors,11 which like the MBTI requires trained administrators. It is true that the assessments do not pin down values, but they often allow an individual to consider their own preferences and begin to question their underlying values and the congruency of their values to behaviors. There are many more similar assessment tools, and they should be administered as early in the semester or new-hire process as possible. One of the classroom topics here can be conflict resolution and contract negotiations among dissimilar personality types. 5. Modeling the desired behaviors means using the faculty member as a both educator and model for values congruency. The faculty member, and later the
there is an adequatesupply of these workers for our nation’s industries. We support community and technicalcolleges by developing skill standards, designing curricula, developing teaching materials, andtraining faculty to teach new photonics courses. OP-TEC recently commissioned a survey ofover four thousand U.S. photonics employers to determine their current and projected needs fortechnicians.8 We also polled the thirty-two existing two-year photonics colleges to estimate thefuture supply of new technicians.9 These surveys unearthed a huge disparity between supply anddemand. There is a current and projected need of over 800 new photonics technicians per year,while the colleges are producing less than 300 graduates to fill these jobs.These are
STEM (ExPERTS) program. During her tenure at Drexel University, Ms. Ward has successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 600 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing and serving as the Pro- gram Manager for 8 awarded STEM education grants totaling more than $13M. She has collaborated with University offices, faculty and staff in the facilitation of recruitment strategies to increase the quality and quantity of undergraduate and graduate enrollment in STEM programs. Ms. Ward now manages the day- to-day operations of the DragonsTeach and ExPERTS programs, including supporting the development of programs of study, student and teacher recruitment, fundraising and grant
these rankthe laboratory component’s ability to contribute to the direct assessment of multiple studentoutcomes. Consistent with this, many programs seek ways to introduce such activities into theirprograms of study. As strong as these motivations are, programs may encounter the followingobstacles to creating additional laboratory components for a program of study: 1) Space constraints 2) Faculty member time constraints 3) Student scheduling constraints 4) Financial constraints on the purchase of laboratory equipmentEven if these constraints are satisfied partially or completely, there is still an opportunity costassociated with each of these constraints; a program that is able to re-purpose or build new spacefor a laboratory
Paper ID #10644Computer Engineering Program at Utah Valley UniversityDr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a professor of Computer Engineering at Utah Valley University. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. all in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include gender issues in the academic sciences and engineering fields, Embedded Systems Design, Mobile Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Databases.Dr. Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University Reza Sanati-Mehrizy is a professor of Computer Science Department at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. He
The problems inherent to gaining true self-insight are formidable, but they are notunchallenged. In professional environments, where an accurate understanding of one’s ownbehavior may increase profit margins, the self-insight problem has been partially resolved usingmultisource (or 360-degree) feedback interventions. The goal of this project is to adapt bestpractices and existing theoretical knowledge from the organizational literature to facilitate self-insight and adaptive self-development in a collegiate population of Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students. These experimental strategies are technologiesof the self,18, 19 social psychological tools whose purpose is to help individuals chart new territory
, which is consistent with trends described in the literature. However, for URMparticipants, the career-forward experience results in a small/medium positive effect that isspecific to Engineering self-efficacy, an encouraging result.The decrease in commitment to an engineering career for URM students suggests that someaspect of the curriculum is likely causing issues. Considering the positive trend for EngineeringSelf Efficacy among this group, indicative of increased confidence for doing engineering, this isan especially intriguing and concerning result, which may be related to stereotype threat whereour focus on career practices causes URM students to project negative feelings or experiencesforward into their career. These findings merit
readings and issues. In subsequent iterations, we worked todevelop a sense of camaraderie and trust among the distinct sections before bringing thesections together, and reduced the number of shared meetings in the first two weeks of thesemester. We also added individual meetings between the relevant faculty member and eachstudent in her section, developing that connection early in the semester.Team cohesion and community engagement: In our first three offerings of the course, wehosted an on-campus event at which students were paired with community partners (foodbank organizers, church and community leaders, nutrition educators, farmers’ marketorganizers, and others). Over dinner, students interviewed these community members abouttheir work
evaluation universities; accreditation of government regulated undergraduate and graduate programs; and issuance of recommendations on institutional projects for new public universities. CONEAU also processes provisional and final applications for authorization of private institutions. It is also responsible for providing recognition to private agencies for university evaluation and accreditation. CONEAU grants accreditation to undergraduate programs issuing degrees for government regulated professions, whose exercise could endanger the health, safety, rights, property or education of the country's inhabitants. The Ministry of Education, upon recommendation of the University Council, defines which
Page 22.1513.2cloud computing resource. This application cloud provides users with remote access to softwareapplications and facilitates shared use of the applications. The ultimate goal with this computingsystem is to develop virtual learning communities among a wide demographic (K-20) andgeographic range of audiences. With this cloud technology, students have access to the learningresources we have developed not only from our computer labs but also from anywhere throughthe Internet (Figure 1). We, a multidisciplinary team of three faculty members and three graduatestudents from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Instructional andPerformance Technology, developed a series of MATLAB-based simulations and
experience.This then narrows engineering leadership potential to an industry perspective, which causes astrain on engineering faculty to incorporate such in their teaching. Rottmann et al. [5] state that itmust be “accepted and implemented by a critical mass of practicing engineers for engineeringleadership to take hold.” In considering engineering education, this statement would be enhancedby including the perspectives of engineering faculty and students. Cox et al. [8] describeengineering faculty's concerns in incorporating leadership into the engineering curriculum. Theytell how an easy opportunity would be to utilize the already embedded teamwork practices ofengineering to integrate intentional leadership exercises and reflection. Another way
Paper ID #28775A Coding Scheme for Measuring Biomedical Engineering Students’ Breadthof Exposure to the DisciplineProf. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She was an inaugural faculty member of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on the development
these issues requires a cohesive frameworkthat integrates pedagogical objectives with practical considerations, including space, equipment,and faculty expertise.Another area of concern highlighted in the literature is the difficulty in systematically assessingthe impact of hands-on learning. While studies frequently report improved engagement andconceptual understanding, there is limited consensus on the metrics and methodologies thatshould be used to evaluate these outcomes [20]. As Austin and Rust [21] note, while developingstudent learning outcomes may not be difficult, determining how to measure them anddeveloping consistent rubrics across different types of experiential activities requires extensivediscussion and training. The lack of
approaches based on new insights. 9 ● Commitment to team values (CTV) – Alignment with principles of respect, care, and responsibility in research.With these guiding principles in mind, the team designed an application process thatincluded open-ended essay questions. Applicants were asked to submit responses tofive open-ended questions designed to assess their ability to think critically aboutsociotechnical issues. These questions were developed by the students. Each studenthad the opportunity to provide up to five questions that they believed to be critical inuncovering applicants’ perspectives on the guiding principles above. In groupdiscussion, we
Paper ID #12416Additive Manufacturing of Robot Components for a Capstone Senior DesignExperienceDr. Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Williams is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management, where he teaches courses in the areas of instrumentation and controls, technical program- ming, and mechanical design. He is active in the area of robotics, serving for three years as a faculty mentor for the UNC Charlotte Astrobotics team competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition.Mr. Eric J Schaus, Georgia Institude of Technology Graduated from
issues in thefollowing semester during academic advising.The project logistics were often difficult for several reasons. The number of students enrolled ineach class did not always make it possible to match freshman groups to seniors on a one-to-onebasis, leading to communication and work load problems. The difficulties of finding a commonmeeting time for a group of 4 or 5 freshman students was compounded by the addition of asenior with a very different schedule. In spite of these difficulties, both the students and thefaculty found the experience to be valuable and worth repeating.1. Geneva College Department of Engineering, ABET Self-Study Report, Geneva College, June 30, 2000.2. Bellamy, L. and McNeill, B., Faculty Workshop on "Designing
) new Engineering Criteria (EC) 2000 (www.abet.org). Through service-learning, students experience the greater sense of belonging and responsibility to a largercommunity. Other features of EC 2000 that service-learning addresses are: the ability to functionin multidisciplinary teams; an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; and anability to communicate effectively4. Service-learning projects should be selected so that acommunity need is met for groups with specific needs pertinent to the desired learningexperiences. Such groups include community organizations, public schools (K-12), or local andstate agencies. The feeling of being empowered to address issues of concern and relevance tosociety, and being responsible for the
of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Di- vision Apprentice Faculty Grant. She has also been recognized for the synergy of research and teaching as an invited participant of the 2016 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Ed- ucation Symposium and 2016 New Faculty Fellow for the Frontiers in Engineering Education Annual Conference. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2015 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017