descriptions of the general strategiesthat they used in attacking ill-defined problems. We are now analyzing the transcripts of thestudent interviews to search for evidence of their development specifically related to complexproblem solving along with the expert knowledge and skills required to support it. Our focus onsolving complex problems is driven by the fact that we take this ability as the defining ability ofan expert engineer. Thus, in this analysis of the Perry data, we are seeking an indication of theprogression of our students towards expert status within their chosen engineering field.The analysis presented in this paper is the beginning of the development of a refined interviewprotocol to elicit information on how students progress
S-STEM funding has influenced educational practices in the ERE department.The lessons learned from SLS program have informed the ERE department Diversity andRetention Plan required by the new university accreditation process, whose purpose is to increaseretention of diverse students in all majors. One part of the plan that was informed by the SLSproject is the implementation of a peer mentoring program for first year engineering (ERE)students. The peer mentoring program was started due to the SLS project outcomes thatindicated the importance of peer mentoring. Assessment of the new peer mentoring program isnot yet complete. In addition, based on outcomes from the SLS project, the ERE department isencouraging the university to implement
also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16 students develop engineering thinking and professional skills when addressing complex socio-technical problems. He aims to apply his research to the design of better educational experiences.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in-Progress: Chemical Engineering Students
, Energy Business and Finance,Environmental Engineering, Information Technology and Management, and MechanicalEngineering. Most respondents of the survey indicated that their faculty advisors are extremelyinvolved (44%) or fairly involved (41%) with their chapter’s activities.Regarding the skills students expect to acquire and value the most when working with NECAstudent chapters (Figure 1), the one with the highest percentages of “extremely important”ratings include: network with industry members (59%), manage people and projects (53%), andlearn about cost-effective, energy saving solutions (53%). When “extremely important” and“fairly important” were combined, other important skills emerged: “organize business proposals”(88%) and “apply classroom
information (e.g., visual, textual, verbal), engaging students (e.g., group projects, real-world problems), and assessing their learning beyond traditional exams. Additional practices include designing accessible learning materials, facilitating diverse participation in classroom activities, and incorporating diverse authors and case studies into syllabi. • Technological Advances: Assistive technologies such as screen readers and communication devices enable students to overcome barriers and participate fully in educational programs.5.2 Inclusion as a Driver of Innovation.Inclusion benefits not only individual students but also the broader engineering field byfostering the development of future engineers
highestcognitive domain as “designing technological/engineering solutions using science concepts”20.This “requires students to solve science-based engineering or technological problems throughapplication of scientific inquiry. Within given scientific constraints, propose or critiquesolutions, analyze and interpret technological and engineering problems, use science principlesto anticipate effects of technological or engineering design, find solutions using science andengineering or technology, consider consequences and alternatives, and/or integrate andsynthesize scientific information”21, 22, 23. The report: Engineering in K-12 Education:Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects advocates for a more systematic linkagebetween engineering design
Paper ID #48815Initial Results of Chemical and Electrical & Computer Engineering MixedReality Lab Modules – Work in ProgressDr. Keisha C.A. Antoine, Prairie View A&M University (DUPE) Keisha Antoine is an Assistant Professor in the chemical engineering department at Prairie View AM University where she has worked since 2019. Prior to her foray into academia, she worked as a scientist and engineer working on glass processes and functionalization, carbon footprint and energy analyses at Corning Incorporated, a Fortune 500 technology company. Keisha also has experience in providing technical solutions through her own
Fellowshipfrom the MSU HUB for Innovation in Learning and Technology, along with support from theMSU College of Engineering and MSU Honors College. Much of the course content wasadapted from or informed by the “Entering Research” and “Entering Mentoring” curricula andmaterials developed by the National Research Mentoring Network (https://nrmnet.net) andmaintained by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research(https://cimerproject.org).References[1] M. Haddara and H. Skanes, “A reflection on cooperative education: From experience to experiential learning,” International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 67, 2007.[2] B. F. Blair, M. Millea, and J. Hammer, “The Impact of Cooperative Education on Academic
projects funded by the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program, the Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (TUBITAK), the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology, and the Istanbul Development Agency to establish the STEM Center and conduct professional development workshops for science teachers in Turkey. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Exploring the impact of first-time internships on mechanical engineering student perceptions of engineeringAbstractStudent perceptions on what engineering, and more specifically, what mechanical engineering isand what mechanical engineers do are important because these perceptions may
local instructors helps bridge the gap ineducational resources, providing rural students with a richer learning experience. The hands-onprojects have proven to be highly engaging, with students demonstrating an understanding of thepractical applications of the knowledge they acquire. 3.7 ChallengesDespite the project's successes, several challenges emerged during implementation. Connectivityissues in rural areas, weather conditions affecting school access, and logistical conflicts within thelocal schools occasionally disrupted synchronous sessions. Moreover, students were sometimesunfamiliar with technology, such as Learning Management Systems (LMS), which requiredadditional support from local instructors. 3.8 Improvements for Future
. Adams, “A scholarship of integration? The matrix of informed design,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 101, pp. 738-797, 2012.[7] K. M.Tank, M. DuPont, and A. T. Estapa, “Analysis of elements that support implementation of high‐quality engineering design within the elementary classroom,” School Science and Mathematics, vol. 120, pp. 379-390, 2020.[8] K. A. Douglas, A. Rynearson, S. Y. Yoon, and H. Diefes-Dux, “Two elementary schools’ developing potential for sustainability of engineering education,” International Journal of Technology and Design Education, vol. 26, pp. 309–334, 2016.[9] L. S. Nadelson, J. Pfiester, J. Callahan, and P. Pyke, “Who is doing the engineering, the student or the teacher? The development and
withinengineering”[5]. The Engineering Science curriculum is divided into two sections, theFoundation and the Options, each lasting two years (four academic terms). The fourFoundation terms “…provide a strong foundation in science, math, technology and design”,and include courses that cover classical mechanics, structures and materials, quantumphysics, systems biology, fluid dynamics, robotics design, thermodynamics, linear algebra, Page 14.1216.2calculus, computer programming, and electrical fundamentals[6]. Engineering Science is bynature a multidisciplinary program that enables students to work within and acrossdisciplines.In their third and fourth years
documents was reached, we created an extraction tool/templatewithin the Covidence platform to extract relevant information from the remaining papers that wouldallow us to appropriately characterize groups of troubleshooting literature. The extraction criteriaare shown in Table 1. The initial criteria identified at the outset of this study (i.e., prior to databasesearching) included engineering discipline/field, participants (who and how many), theoreticalframeworks, and data types and collection methods. As we conducted full text reviews, additionalcriteria emerged as potentially valuable and were added to the extraction template. These additionalcriteria include the type of study (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods); its focus, purpose,and
. Lab 0 consisted of a tutorial forthe students to get familiar with the use of Jupyter Notebooks and was a work-from-home task.Lab 1 introduced the ED challenge to the students (Figure 1) and presented a short YouTubevideo on robots being used to move packages in an Amazon workstation to help them gain anunderstanding of a real-life situation. Based on this information, they started framing theproblem by identifying the client, stakeholders, end-users and requirements. Then, studentsworked on a hands-on physics experiment based on the concept of 1-D motion with constantspeed. A partner shipping company is interested in making its operations more efficient using modern technology. One of their more time-consuming operations is handling the
in enabling scientists to do research work using software de- veloped with the help of NCSA as well as teaching good software principles during this process. He is interested in software deployment and scaling software deployments from small research projects to larger installations with many users.Mr. Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I’m a Computer Science grad student at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, working under the mentorship of Prof. Lawrence Angrave. Prior to this, I was working as a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research in the Technology for Emerging Markets (TEM) group.Prof. Yun Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Yun Huang is faculty in the
system technology. Under a Research Experience for Teachers Site, a DR K-12 project, and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six phil- anthropic foundations, he has conducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU Tandon’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin- guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University
highlights three major themes of ABETlearning outcomes as follows: (1) the ability to identify, formulate, and solve complexengineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics (2) theability to function effectively on a team (3) the ability to acquire and apply new knowledge asneeded, using appropriate learning strategies. The paper includes details related to theintervention and lessons learned so other engineering instructors, especially in Native Americanserving schools, can easily re-create in the classroom.1. IntroductionNative Americans are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) fields. Native Americans comprise nearly 2.9% of the population (United States Census,2020), and
99 83 management (e.g., regarding requests) or general information (e.g., university policies, emergency evacuation).Student Refers to materials published for students to get advice 2 4Support on specific topics that can help them succeed in the course. This category includes materials related to effective learning practices, among others.Materials Refers to links, documents, or content objects that 37 52 include information related to tools and topics not covered directly through the course, but that might be necessary to
’ designs • Encouraging students to make connections: o Helping to connect design failure or next steps to real world engineering and technology o Encouraging students to reference background information • Providing direct advice and guidance about next steps Refraining from offering judgment about the success or failure of the design Non- Refraining from interveningInterventions Offering general encouragement only when necessary Additionally, our previous work has attempted to model responses to design failures inthe classroom.30,31 The simple model shown in Figure 1 depicts three steps after
all levels? As weconsider the rollout of engineering standards in K-12 in many states across the country, we offerrecommendations for engineering faculty in higher education who may be called upon toparticipate in various ways in this effort.BackgroundScience and Technology Studies scholar Scott Knowles details in his book The Disaster Experts9the ways in which disasters are constructed via complex interrelationships among ideologies ofcivil defense and homeland security, the simultaneous roles of knowing and forgetting, Americancommitments to land development and federalism, and much more. Katrina was an exercise inmultiple and layered sets of missteps that made the disaster as extensive and long-lasting as itwas. Studying these in detail as
,they hold very different opinions regarding conflicts and their effects on learning. Unlikeon the literature, these different opinions were building up on the same group-learningexperience, which made this study become more interesting. During the same time, theseteam-based experiences offered us sufficient chance to observe that conflicts arose fromclashes of contradictory ideas, interests, motivations, work styles, needs, and wants. And Page 23.328.5the on-site observation updated our recognitions on the emerging of innovative ideas,conflicts, learning outcomes, etc. Informal conversations helped us to understand bothstudents and academic staff’s
University Dr. Natalie L. Shaheen is an assistant professor of blind education at Illinois State University. Dr. Sha- heen’s research focuses on equity and access for disabled students in technology-mediated K-12 learning environments.Dr. Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University Wade Goodridge is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. He holds dual B.S. degrees in Industrial Technology Education and also in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His M.S. and Ph.D. are in ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reliability Analysis of Two Parallel Tactile Mental Cutting Tests for Assessing Spatial Ability in Blind
education, including Humanistic studies into engineering education to enhance service learning, Identifying faculty-based specifications for improving instruction and enhancing student success in STEM disciplines and Developing a Collective Argumentation Framework for infusing computer programming into elementary school mathematics. • Teaching Technology to Elementary Students While Teaching Design to Engineering Majors • Connecting and Aligning Teaching, Assessment, and Project-Based Understanding for Learners in the 21st Century: Teachers Empowering All Math and Science Students • Integrating Mathematics, Science and Engineering in Middle Grades • Development of a Instructional Manual for Incorporating Engineering and
Paper ID #25884Work in Progress: First-Year Seminar Course, a Steppingstone Course toStrengthen the Engineering Programs in a Minority InstitutionDr. Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Water Resources Management, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Geo- graphic Information Systems. He is also a registered Professional Civil Engineer in Ohio, certified Profes- sional Hydrologist-Surface Water, Board Certified Environmental Engineer, and Envision Sustainability Professional.Mr
programmatic impactThe authors serve as social scientists and evaluators engaged in multiple “Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math” (S-STEM) grants provided by the NationalScience Foundation. The institutions involved are all Hispanic-Serving Institutions that offer 2-year or 4-year degrees in computer science and information technology. The premise of the grantis to provide high achieving, low income students with educational support through scholarshipfunds and specialized programming that shorten their “time-to-degree”- the number of semestersstudents take from enrollment in a program to graduation with the desired Bachelors of ScienceSTEM degree. Scholars are recruited based on their high school and/or transfer GPA and
issue, (5) feeling responsible for what one creates, and (6) the knowledge ofthe specific technology and its implications. The care for the end users. The responses of those students who attended to the needsof the users were often in line with the desired ethical decisions. This can be attributed to traits ofethics of care. In other words, these responses involved the intuitive use of components of ethicsof care. Some examples will illustrate this. In response to the trending news scenario, Laura told me that we should not “send anyfalse information because a lot of people consumes the information”. In response to the secondscenario, Sarah mentioned that a bug in the app can cause somebody harm. Answering to thethird scenario, she
students to be able to identify, formulate, and solve BAENrelated problems. These results will guide and assist in the development of future supplementaltrainings for students.The research project’s results are expected to enhance faculty, researchers, and administrators’ inthe understanding of the role their course plays in education of the students. Likewise, this willallow us to draw connections between classes and help students understand why they need toknow the information being taught.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) describes Biological andAgricultural Engineering separately. Agricultural Engineering is described as applyingengineering to agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, human or natural resources
Paper ID #25776Active Learning: Faculty Mind-sets and the Need for Faculty DevelopmentDr. Ang´elica Burbano, Universidad Icesi Angelica Burbano C. Associate Professor Universidad Icesi at Cali, Colombia. Ph.D. in Industrial Engi- neering from the University of Arkansas. MSOM from Universidad Icesi and BS in industrial engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana both in Cali, Colombia. Fulbright Scholar 2007 and a fellow AOTS, Japan 2000. She has previous experience (six years) in the food manufacturing industry (experience re- lated to inventory management and production planning and control, also information systems
interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Through real-world engineering applications, Dr. Bairaktarova’s experiential learning research spans from engineering to psychology to learning sciences, as she uncovers how individual performance is influenced by aptitudes, spatial skills, personal interests and direct manipulation of mechanical objects.Mr. Douglas Hagemeier, Boise State UniversityProf. Harish Subbaraman, Boise State University Dr
a mechanical system based on the required specifications and constraints (criterion c), • evaluate the ethical issues while practicing and solving the real-world mechanical engineering problems (criterion f), • deliver a well-organized oral presentation, including good explanations when questioned, for the design projects at the end of semester (criterion g), • evaluate the impact of engineering solutions in a global context; in their design projects or in solving the real-world mechanical engineering problems (criterion h), • track the continuing education opportunities in mechanical engineering (criterion i), • evaluate the impact of contemporary issues, such as environmental, economic, emerging technologies, etc