addition to views and suggestions of: colleagues, students, graduates, andbusiness leaders in the Region.IntroductionEngineering education in the Arab Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United ArabEmirates, Qatar, and Sultanate of Oman) faces many challenges today. Changes in the externalenvironment (e.g. reduced funding, increased costs, demands by industry for well-seasonedgraduates, and rapid advances in technology) coupled with the quest for educational relevance inundergraduate engineering, are forcing colleges of engineering in the Region (the Arab GulfStates) to “rethink” engineering education and to undertake constructive steps towards reformingthe current systems. (1, 2, 3, 4)The higher education arena interacts in a complex way
the focus of the course should be. Table 1 summarizes the graded assignments in each ofthe course models, with more details provided for the most recent years of the course. The firstcourse model emphasized basic skills to help the students be successful, with less focus onenvironmental engineering. The second model focused on environmental engineering andwriting. In the third course model (2006-2009), I have focused on helping the studentsunderstand environmental engineering and the work of environmental engineers. I feel that it isimportant that the students develop an accurate understanding of the profession in order to makean informed decision about their college major. In 2009 the explicit effort to emphasizesustainability was added
. ADVISORY BOARDThe Robotics Engineering program has an Advisory Board [21] composed of industry leadersand successful alumni (none yet from the major, however). The Board does not have a formalrole in program evaluation; however, members’ informal feedback comes from having hiredgraduates and from their overall perception of the program.5. CONCLUSIONS5.1. LESSONS LEARNEDSeveral important lessons emerge from 5 years’ experience with Robotics Engineering. First,Robotics is a viable major, attracting students from a wide geographic area. Not only does itbring students in, but they graduate to successful positions. A robotics program can beaccredited by ABET, providing some additional assurance of its academic merit.A key factor in the
learners.Dr. Pavlo Antonenko Pavlo ”Pasha” Antonenko is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Florida. His interests focus on the design of technology-enhanced learning environments and rigorous mixed-method research on the effective conditions for tecDr. Swarup BhuniaChristine Wusylko, University of Florida Christine a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Florida. She draws on over 10 years of experience teaching science and technology across grade levels K-16, to produce useful and usable knowledge, which is both driven by problems of practice and is theoretically grounded. Her research and development program is centered on helping young people develop AI and STEM literacy in
instruction. Please describe any concerns you have or suggested improvements in assessment approaches.The survey design was informed by several factors. We wanted the survey to be brief and notoverburden students, so we limited it to three questions. We also sought a thick description ofstudent experience with ample opportunity for the student voice, and did not assume to know theimportant aspects of their reaction to this unprecedented situation, so we choose to have freeresponse questions.To achieve balanced representation, a random set of 50 responses from each cohort (200 total)was selected and analyzed by open coding. The code categories emerged through an iterativeanalysis process with no a priori assumptions. One of the questions was
Florida International University. My research interests are HBCU STEM education research and Black feminism to improve Black students STEM experiences. My advisor is Dr.Trina FletcherDr. Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University Christopher Carr is a leadership and policy wonk in the areas of diversity, higher education, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). His unwavering support in the work of intersectional justice has allowed him to trek a path in the difficult areas of retention in institutions of higher learning, teamwork and organizational development in the collegiate and professional sphere, and diverse representation in STEM fields. With a background in public policy, he
AC 2012-5454: ENHANCING STUDENTS’ HIGHER-ORDER SKILLS THROUGHCOMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING USING SCAFFOLDING FOR CRE-ATIVE PROBLEM SOLVINGProf. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over10-year industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Dr. Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University Jianjun Yin, Ph.D is a professor of education in the College of Education at Jackson State University. His
.10983.[6] I. Lawal and M. England, “One size does not fit all: common practices for standards collections and management,” Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, vol. 102, 2023.[7] M. Phillips, M. Fosmire, L. Turner, K. Petersheim, and J. Lu, “comparing the information needs and experiences of undergraduate students and practicing engineers,” The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 45. pp. 39-49, 2019.[8] American National Standards Institute. (2020). “United States standards strategy,” 2020. [Online]. Available: https://share.ansi.org/Shared%20Documents/Standards%20Activities/NSSC/USSS2020/USS S-2020-Edition.p[9] J. Baron, J. L. Contreras, M. Husovec, P. Larouche, and N. Thumm, “Making the rules: the
, assessment tools, and the students merge into the mandatory orientation and other year-long OFYE programming. The OFYE application asks students their Name,Gender,Preferred pronouns,Lehigh email, Cell number, Address, LIN #, T-Shirt size, Dietary restrictions, Allergies, Student status, Emergency contact Name, Emergency contact phone number, Emergency contact relationship to student. They also ask the students about any special needs / assistance they or a family member may need on move in day (which extends to us for preLUsion if a need is identified).Why start a LWE? D&I Ecosystem in 2014 ADVANCE IT Grant
use their agency to engage in broadening participation in engineering activities. Cynthia received her B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering from Kansas State University and will receive her M.S. in Management Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2019.Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is Dean of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. From 2011-16 she served was Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of
2006-472: A MATLAB TOOL FOR SPEECH PROCESSING, ANALYSIS ANDRECOGNITION: SAR-LABVeton Kepuska, Florida Tech Kepuska has joined FIT in 2003 after past 12 years of R&D experience in high-tech industry in Boston area in developing speech recognition technologies. Presented work is partially the result of the belief that cutting edge research can only be conducted with appropriate supporting software tools. In order to bring that cutting edge research to undergraduate level, the software tools have to be not only easy to use but also intuitive. Thus, presented SAR-LAB software was designed and developed with a clear goal in mind to evolve into a standard educational as well as research tool
important aspect of learning. The sessions are composed of a mix of new tocamp teachers along with those that have participated in multiple sessions. In order to ensure thatreturning teachers continue to grow in their knowledge as well as ensure that new teachers learnthe necessary basic information, new material is developed for each year, and the basic materialis presented with assistance by the returning teachers. The general aspects of engineeringeducation covered in the session are: What is Engineering?, What is Technology?, and How do ITeach Engineering? All of these elements are exemplified and reinforced through hands-onengineering activities, allowing participants to experience to a degree what their campers willexperience. The workshop
. Aggregations are not used because they result inreference properties. Any reference property should be represented as a part property at the“next level up” in the emergent hierarchy of the system and its context. This makes it clearwhich elements make up a system or subsystem and which are “outside” of it and connect to itvia clearly defined interfaces.Internal Block DiagramsInternal Block Diagrams (IBDs) are used to show the relationship between system elements.Ports, connectors, and information/item flows may all be shown on IBDs. IBDs, with varyinglevels of granularity, are some of the most detailed work products generated by the studentmodeling efforts. Item flows and information flows are then used to fully describe flows acrossconnectors.Omitted
underrepresented minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is an Associate Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Engineering. Previously, Aileen was the Associate Director for Academics in the Center for Entrepreneurship and was responsible for building the Program in Entrepreneurship for UM undergraduates, co-developing the masters level entrepreneurship program, and launching the biomedical engineering graduate design program. Aileen has received a number of awards for her teaching, including the Thomas M. Sawyer, Jr. Teaching Award, the UM ASEE Outstanding Professor Award and the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. Prior to
six critical virtual teaming factors:Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Physical Environment, Societal and Political, Technologic, andOrganizational components. The elements were re-organized and expanded upon through ourqualitative analysis to represent the ten themes in the codebook, with the associated definitions,shown in Table 3. Table 3: Codebook for Qualitative Coding Theme Definition Corresponding Example Showing recognition of personal situations/events, informal communicationFamiliarity and about non-technical
Paper ID #23162Motivational Factors of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Introduc-tory Non-technical CoursesDr. YunJeong Chang, University of Virginia Dr. YunJeong (Eunice) Chang is a Research Scientist at the University of Virginia. She earned her PhD in Learning, Design, and Technology program from the University of Georgia. Her research interests involves supporting teaching and learning in higher education and designing online or blended learner- centered learning environments within STEM context.Dr. Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology &
, think critically, and synthesize X X knowledge appropriate to their discipline Apply mathematical reasoning skills, scientific inquiry methods, X X and tools of information technology Apply ethical standards X X Recognize heritage and interpret contemporary issues. X X Appraise the essential values of a democratic society. X Operate in a global context, relate to a societal context, and X X demonstrate respect for other cultures Develop an appreciation for the arts and humanities X
were varied, and were coded by emergent themes. Ten mainemergent themes were identified; examples include whether or not they intended to stay inengineering after graduation, mention of the industry they intended or would like to go into, andexplanation of their motivations.Findings point to three main ways that students think about their career plans: by identifying aspecific company they want to work for, by identifying a specific industry they want to work for,and by seeking a job with a certain trait. Students’ motivations included wanting to help people,a desire to combine engineering with another field, an inherent love of doing engineering, anddoing engineering as a means to a secure future. Some motivations varied by gender: men
information noviceengineering students apply to their decision making processes as they engage in an engineeringdesign challenge. As such, this study answers the question: How do novice engineering studentsnegotiate and apply their various epistemic commitments to their collaborative decision making?Study ContextThe professional development program studied, a collaboration between the colleges of scienceand engineering and a teaching preparation program at our university, offers several programsfor pre-service and in-service teachers to support their use of innovative engineering curriculum.The specific course examined in this paper provides an in-depth, hands-on six-week summerworkshop for in-service teachers. Fifteen in-service teachers
Washington Philip Bell is an associate professor of Cognitive Studies in Education at the University of Washington where he directs the ethnographic and design-based research of the Everyday Science and Technology Group (http://everydaycognition.org). As a learning scientist, he has studied everyday science expertise and learning, the use of digital technologies within youth culture, children's argumentation, the design of novel learning technologies, and approaches to inquiry instruction in science. Bell has a background in human cognition and development, science education, and electrical engineering and computer science.Helen Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a
major points of this paper. The subject is dynamic andany list must be reviewed often to properly address the subject of safety for electrical personnel.The paper will discuss some of the more pertinent topics since a thorough review of all thesetopics would be beyond the bounds of any one paper.The Control Panel:Students enrolled in an Electrical Engineering Technology curriculum should be taught the basicdesign of how to construct an electrical panel. Their experience should be included in a PLCcourse or other automation course and should include practical information pertaining to thedesign and construction of the panel. While students are usually interested in programming thePLC and solving the logic associated with control of devices, the
becomes particularly crucial for academic success.Help-seeking behavior emerges as a critical strategy within the self-regulated learningframework, representing students’ ability to identify when they need assistance andeffectively obtain it [13]. This behavior is particularly relevant in engineering education,where the technical complexity of coursework often necessitates seeking guidance frompeers, mentors, or instructors. Help-seeking can be viewed as a proactive self-regulatorystrategy that successful students employ to overcome academic challenges and enhance theirlearning outcomes [14].The relationship between help-seeking behavior and academic advising is particularlysignificant in the context of peer mentoring. Research has demonstrated
. Through thesediscussions, a common vocabulary was developed among community members, and the level ofcomplexity was adjusted so that all three courses were delivering and supporting content in thesame way for students.As a result of these community coordination and knowledge-sharing practices, student ratings forthe laboratory course included statements such as “Very helpful course because we are able touse, see and better understand things that we are learning in lecture courses.” The communitymembers responsible for theoretical courses reported similar statements on their student ratings.While only in the emerging stages, and as of yet still very informal in nature, the Junior-levelFaculty Community of Practice shows the value of faculty
assignmentin a natural resources and environmental sciences course. The course was a mix of graduate andupper-level undergraduate students taught by Dr. Angela Kent. The course included a product-oriented writing assignment, a literature review of eight to ten pages. Originally the assignmenthad also included student presentations to the class, but that aspect had been absent for severalyears as the instructor had found it difficult to ensure the accuracy of the information presented.In a previous paper, we briefly discussed overall changes to the assignment that emerged from asemester-long mentorship by project team members Ryan Ware, a PhD student in writingstudies, and Dr. Julie Zilles, a research assistant professor in crop sciences [29]. In short
presently growing; (3)the leadership of the United States in postsecondary education provision is eroding; and (4)future increases in enrollments will be composed significantly of “non-traditional” students.4Each point is discussed briefly below.Ongoing growth of community collegesWhile some of the community college growth has leveled in the last two years, the nation hasseen a tremendous growth in the past 15 years in this sector. Currently, community colleges(CCs) serve more first generation college students, those who are traditionally underrepresentedin science technology, engineering and math (STEM) and others with financial needs. Accordingto the American Council of Community Colleges, full time enrollment in CCs remain stable,with
(www.vanth.org) are concerned about how their innovative efforts to integratecommunication instruction into their classes can be promulgated throughout the curriculum.To investigate these problems and gather data to help us improve the teaching of writingthroughout the curriculum, our interdisciplinary committee--faculty from engineering, writing,and the learning sciences—collaborated to: (1) systematically gather information about the writing standards that engineering faculty want to support (2) discuss the standards with faculty in relation to preferred teaching methods (3) disseminate those standards through a websiteOur primary research question was to determine whether engineering faculty within and acrossdisciplines share
articles (roughly the samenumber as for the exact phrase “women and minorities”) – some focus on educating disabledengineering students, others focus on universal, adaptive, or assistive technology design, andothers merely mention disability in a laundry list of diversity categories. LGBT is a differentstory, with less than 100 total papers, and less than 10 discuss LG (and sometimes BT) studentsoutside of diversity category lists. Only one paper deals exclusively with the topic of LGBstudent experience.13 To be clear, these numbers indicate little about how far we have come inaddressing sexism, racism, ableism, or heterosexism. It is nonetheless important to note howboth queer and disability remain categories at the margins in discussions of
, including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), all agreethat social responsibility is a vital component of an engineer's professional formation.[7]–[9]. They emphasize that social responsibility must be a guiding and transformativeexperience in the education of engineers. Social responsibility refers to an activity or actionwithin science and technology that is socially responsible if it satisfies certain ethical principles,and socially irresponsible if it does not satisfy those principles [10].” In a sense, socialresponsibility goes beyond the ethical obligation engineers have to society and the environmentby including agency towards
faculty. Theseare being addressed as on-going and future work.References[1] H. M. Vo, C. Zhu, and N. A. Diep, "The effect of blended learning on student performance at course-level in higher education: A meta-analysis," Studies in Educational Evaluation, vol. 53, pp. 17-28, June 2017.[2] C. D. Dziuban, J. L. Hartman, and P. D. Moskal, "Blended learning," Educause, Centre for Applied Research Bulletin. Vol. 2004, Issue 7, July 2004.[3] C. Dziuban, C. R. Graham, P. D. Moskal, A. Norberg, and N. Sicilia, "Blended learning: the new normal and emerging technologies," International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 3, December 2018.[4] R. F. DeMara, N. Khoshavi, S. Pyle, J. Edison, R
engineering students, (although the numbers have increased in the last few years.) Thesefigures, in and of themselves, mandate that we do more to encourage an international experienceon the part of our own undergraduate engineering students. This is particularly important sincetechnology has been a (if not the) dominant driver for development in the United States bothfrom a technological as well as financial point of view. Information Technology specifically hasdramatically shrunk our world and made it a virtual work place with telecommuting and distancelearning. Multinational companies have become the rule and not the exception. Consequently,the impact of technology is felt both in a cultural and societal sense overall, especially in thepervasive