coordinator or the dean. For these reasons, theparticipation of part-time faculty members in the accreditation process at our university hasbeen limited.There are additional issues beyond the participation by part-time instructors involved here.Sometimes the data collected by the program could not be readily traced or connected toStudent Outcomes (SOs). It is always a struggle to maintain consistency of data whenmultiple sections are offered and taught by different instructors. The time consuming datacollection, analysis, and reporting occasionally evolve into an accreditation game instead ofbeing a process focused on continuous improvement.With enrollment hovering over 40,000, California State University Fullerton (situated inOrange County, an urban
Paper ID #29794Effects of Test Anxiety on Engineering Students’ STEM SuccessMr. Justin Charles Major, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Justin C. Major is a fourth-year Ph.D Candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fel- low in the Purdue University Engineering Education Program. As an undergraduate student at the Univer- sity of Nevada, Reno (UNR), Justin completed Bachelor’s degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education with an informal emphasis in engineering education. Through his in- volvement in the UNR PRiDE Research Lab and
entry inthe supports table.In this paper, we describe an inquiry-based approach to introducing support models and free-body diagrams of rigid bodies. In a series of collaborative learning activities, students practicereasoning through the force interactions at example connections such as a bolted flange or ahinge by considering how the support resists translation and rotation in each direction. Eachteam works with the aid of a physical model to analyze how changes in the applied loads affectthe reaction components. A second model of the isolated body provides opportunity to develop atactile feel for the reaction forces. We emphasize predicting the direction of each reactioncomponent, rather than following a standard sign convention, to provide
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undergraduates can acquire during one term of entry-level materials testing lab courses from three schools.1. IntroductionLab reports are the most common genre assigned in engineering courses. They are consideredeffective pedagogical tools to prepare students to write successfully as engineers because theyrequire students to exhibit, in their writing, basic professional forms, characteristics, andconventions associated with engineering literacy [1-3]. Through the lab reports, engineeringundergraduates need to communicate the results of scientific inquiry (related to ABET Outcome6) in a manner that the technical audience comprehends, and from which the technical audiencecan draw useful conclusions (related to ABET Outcomes 3 and 6). Before entering their
and lateral-thinking brain. In many ways,“speed-of-thought access from anywhere on the planet or even beyond”, dreamt of in the 1980sby engineers surrounded by bookshelves full of “I know it’s there somewhere” resources, hasnow become a reality. Sifting through the millions of links provided by such searches, while fareasier than once feared, still poses problems. The concern about unreliable information is real,but for the most part, people recognize the need to form independent judgments based onmultiple answers to the same question. In other words, the need for quality is still paramount,and has become even more important, but should not detract from the freedom to exploreknowledge resources. On the other hand, online journals have
from the NSF and SME-EF. He has also received several teaching awards at Texas State.Evan Humphries, Texas State University - San Marcos Evan Humphries Research Associate Department of Engineering Technology Texas State University - San MarcosEric Adams, Texas State University, San Marcos Eric Adams is a Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Jiong Hu at Texas State University and is a Masters’ candidate in the Technology Management program. While earning his Bachelors in Concrete Industry Management at Texas State University, he studied geopolymer concretes, blended cements, self- compacting concretes, and recycled aggregates. These studies continue through his Masters’ program with a strong focus in rheology
and PhD in Biology from UNM and then began as staff through grant funded programs focused on increasing success in STEM Students. Over the years she’s taught within both the K-12 and University settings, and has been involved with various mentoring and research programs, as well as stand-alone events and presentations focused on student academic success and sense of belong or Querencia. One of the main goals she has kept with her along this journey is knowing she is having a positive impact on the world around her. More specifically to her current position, it’s to help each student in the School of Engineering know they belong, they are not alone, and they matter. On her free time, Yad´eeh is an outdoor enthusiast
university: Will participation in a summer bridge program contribute to success?” Educational evaluation and policy analysis, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 70–83, 2010.[57] J. Wachen, J. Pretlow, and K. G. Dixon, “Building college readiness: Exploring the effectiveness of the UNC academic summer bridge program,” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 116–138, 2018.[58] W. C. Lee, C. S. Wade, and C. T. Amelink, “Examining the transition to engineering: A multi-case study of six diverse summer bridge program participants,” in 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2014, pp. 24–561.[59] M. Turner, C. McCallum, and J. Benson, “Beyond the bridge: Exploring the experiences of a summer
impacts our current transportation system has, not only on ourmobility and safety, but also upon the environment, disadvantaged populations and numerousother aspects of our built and human environment.This being said, it is important to explore new approaches to transportation education. Bringingtogether transportation students from various disciplines, such as engineering, planning, andpublic policy seems to enhance the learning experience and may potentially result in a more wellrounded transportation professional capable of influencing better transportation decision-making.At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and sponsored through the Gaylord Nelson Institute forEnvironmental Studies, is an interdisciplinary, graduate-level certificate
education beyond manufacturing skills6-8.Throughout the development process, experts in the department offered their opinions on notonly the manufacturing content but also other noted areas where cadets were lacking instruction.As a result, in addition to manufacturing skills, computer problem solving, computer aideddesign, technical communication and ethical decision making skills were incorporated. Whilethere are examples in the literature of manufacturing courses that include some of thesetopics9,10, ETS is unique in the broad coverage of all of these oft-neglected skills.Small class sizes of 6-8 students per class reduced the conflicts arising from limited shopequipment; the obvious disadvantage of this was the increased teaching burden on the
Paper ID #11270Improving Student Success and Retention Rates in Engineering: An Innova-tive Approach for First-Year CoursesDr. Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Steffen Peuker holds the James L. Bartlett, Jr. Assistant Professor position in the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the California State University in San Luis Obispo. He is teaching courses, includ- ing laboratories, in the HVAC&R concentration and mechanical engineering including first-year courses. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering through implementation of a
outside the classroom via a series of short videos. Class time is then available for more valuable activities such as discussions of conceptual questions, workshops, and projects. I am especially interested in promoting more open-ended problems, which better approximate engineering challenges that extend beyond the classroom environment. Thus far my favorite courses include Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Dynamics, and Design. Page 24.720.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Improving Student Interaction with Chemical Engineering Learning Tools
approach usable at the fresh-man and senior levels and for multi-level, mutidisciplinary projects. The textbook will be pub-lished by mid-June through McGraw-Hill’s College Custom Series. The paper will describe theapproach and discuss experiences with different parts of the course content. By conference time,additional feedback from senior projects in technology will be available.The integrated approach has a double focus:• Develop the required thinking skills: visualization, cognitive models, communication, team- work, and creative problem solving. Industry as well as the ABET 2000 Criteria demand that engineers have these foundational skills.• Apply the skills in the twelve steps to quality by design. The textbook provides many practical
. AcknowledgementsThis work is supported through funding by the National Science Foundation Grant No. 2113355.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ReferencesArevalo, E., Sato, B. K., Lo, S. M., & Wilton, M. (2025, April). Equitable faculty hiring: development and implementation of teaching faculty hiring rubrics. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 10, p. 1560813). Frontiers Media SA.Auerbach, C., & Silverstein, L. B. (2003). Qualitative data: An introduction to coding and analysis (Vol. 21). NYU press.Bensimon, E. M., Dowd, A. C
-reported emotions (either positive or negative) as students completed theengineering problem-setsH2: A change in student performance will not correlate to a change in electrodermal activity andself-reported emotions (either positive or negative) as students completed the engineeringproblem-setsThe aims for this study were to:1. Understand if the self-reported academic emotions from the students correlated with their recorded electrodermal activity2. Understand if the recorded electrodermal activity correlated with any of the three engineering problem-sets, in terms of performanceMethodParticipantsFor this Work-In-Progress study, seven participants, all Mechanical engineering students, wererecruited through convenience sampling at a rural
members. The group format is clearly defined.First, the group goal of maximizing all members’ learning provides a compelling commonpurpose that motivates members to roll up their sleeves and accomplish something beyond theirindividual achievements. Second, group members hold themselves and each other accountablefor doing high quality work to achieve their mutual goals. Third, group members work face-to-face to produce joint work-products. They do real work together. Members promote each Page 5.555.2other’s success through helping, sharing, assisting, explaining, and encouraging. They provideboth academic and personal support based on a commitment
a growing number of STEM roles.Marginalized populations are disproportionately absent from these fields, which NationalScience Foundation (NSF) has sought to address through the funding of programs aimed atimproving STEM students’ success [1]-[2]. Thus, Baylor University created the Engineering andComputer Science (ECS) Scholars Program—a NSF-funded program to support the success ofhigh achieving, low income (HALI) STEM students. Because student success literatureoverwhelmingly evidences the positive relationship between involvement and success [3]-[4],this study explored how HALI STEM students in the ECS Scholars Program perceive andexperience involvement and success as related to their most salient identities.Guiding Research Question(s
. Participants were then able toapproach the case studies within the context of this brief overview.Review of the Relevant TAC/ABET criteriaThe TC2K Criterion 2 states the educational outcomes of any engineering technology program3.These outcomes are statements of student performance at the time of graduation. There areeleven separate outcomes (often listed a through k). Several of the outcomes focus on technicalcompetence, but there are a number that address broader issues which, not surprisingly, manyeducators find challenging to address: e. an ability to function effectively on teams, g. an ability to communicate effectively, h. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning, i. an ability to understand
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Intelligence(AI). This category of AI, utilizing deep learning, a subset of Machine Learning (ML), excels inprocessing and generating natural language text. The ChatGPT model undergoes training onextensive datasets, empowering it to grasp the details and complexities inherent in humanlanguage. ChatGPT has a significant ability to produce high-quality text that seamlessly mirrorshuman writing. Its proficiency extends to extracting knowledge and addressing challengingacademic queries. This inherent capability enables it to tackle examination questions that mayprove elusive through conventional web searches, delivering responses that are not only accuratebut also dependable [5]. ChatGPT stands as a promising tool with versatile applications
engineer, and the thought of pursuing anengineering career was very intimidating. As I continued into graduate school and intoengineering education research, I found myself fascinated by student career pathways andprofessional formation. I conduct this work to gain a better understanding of this process andhow to help facilitate it in others so they can enter the engineering workforce as confidentengineers.Theoretical FrameworkThis study is grounded in social identity theory (SIT), which implies that membership in a group– in this context, in engineering – is constructed through comparisons of values and behaviorsthat members make between themselves and members of other groups [6], [7], [8]. Groupmembers use these comparisons to partially define
semester hours of physical education. Most of thecore curriculum is prescribed but there are three electives within the core. Civil engineeringmajors at USAFA complete an additional 45 semester hours of majors’ coursework beyond thecore curriculum. Several other references describe the USAFA civil engineering program ingreater detail [13-16]. Given the positive benefits of incorporating self-assessment into a course, and the relativesimplicity and ease of implementing KS, faculty at the US Air Force Academy initiated aScholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project on KS in 2018. Since that time, ninefaculty from the Department of Civil Engineering have incorporated KS into seven differentcourses. Results have shown that students are
information science. Her research interests include engineering education and educational assessment and evaluation. Her K-12 outreach activities involve organizing a local science fair and a hands-on workshop in nanotechnology. Her other research interests include higher education administration and comparative and international education. Page 25.290.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 CCLI: Model Eliciting Activities: Experiments and Mixed Methods to Assess Student Learning IIIAbstractAs part of a seven university CCLI Type 3 collaborative
Paper ID #37473Future of Work Issues for Florida Two Year EngineeringTechnology ProgramMarilyn Barger (Dr.) Marilyn Barger is the Senior Educational Advisor for FLATE and FloridaMakes, Inc.She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida, and holds a licensed patent. Dr. Barger is a Fellow of ASEE, with over 25 years of experience developing engineering technology and engineering curriculum for K-12 through Graduate engineering programs.Richard Gilbert (Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
critical for future careers through several topics, including servant leadership, socialcapital, conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication, and power and influence. This survey,administered during the cross-cultural communication unit, aimed to capture student perceptionsof cultural competence by inviting them to share their individual experiences. The studyanalyzed responses from n = 272 participants to the open-ended question: “What life experienceshave allowed you to strengthen your cross-cultural competence, if any?”Student responses were inductively coded by authors Fitzpatrick and Mann to identify commonexperiences. The top ten life experiences were then discussed and refined to establish aconsensus and define a codebook. Fitzpatrick
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applicable totheir professional lives. Beyond the need for mentoring, the quality of mentoring is crucial,necessitating continuous examination of the undergraduate research process and conversationsaimed at improving mentoring practices. This study explores the perception of undergraduatestudent researchers in a mechanical engineering department regarding their engagement withtheir faculty research mentors during a year-long research experience. This study uniquelysolicits students' perspectives on areas for potential improvement in their mentor-studentrelationships. The study focused on answering two research questions: (1) How do studentsdescribe their working relationship with their research mentors during a year-long undergraduateresearch
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, “Assessment for Faculty Advising: Beyond the Service Component,” NACADA Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 66–75, Jan. 2017, doi: 10.12930/NACADA-16-028.[11] E. Hart-Baldridge, “Faculty Advisor Perspectives of Academic Advising,” NACADA Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 10–22, Jun. 2020, doi: 10.12930/NACADA-18-25.[12] S. E. Brownell and K. D. Tanner, “Barriers to Faculty Pedagogical Change: Lack of Training, Time, Incentives, and…Tensions with Professional Identity?,” LSE, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 339–346, Dec. 2012, doi: 10.1187/cbe.12-09-0163.[13] M. Artiles and H. Matusovich, “Doctoral Advisor Selection in Chemical Engineering: Evaluating Two Programs through Principal-Agent Theory,” vol. 2, no. 2, Art. no. 2, Feb. 2022