results – at least in part – from the primarily localized focus of previous research focusing on only a single domain (e.g., one academic department, only institutional academic policies, and not institutional culture, or on faculty experiences alone), one point in time, and through the lens of primarily sociocultural and cultural-historical perspectives despite calls for systems analyses. Typical research also focuses on learning outcomes, pathways, relationships, identities, and motivations separately (i.e., not as parts of systems or as multiple interrelated aspects of development more broadly) and passively (i.e., typically from the perspectives of faculty and not students
Paper ID #40842Improving Construction Site Safety by Incident Reporting ThroughUtilizing Virtual RealityMr. Sultan Al Shafian, Kennesaw State UniversityDr. Da Hu, Kennesaw State University Dr. Da Hu joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Kennesaw State University as an Assistant Professor in Spring 2023. Before he joins KSU, he worked as a postdoctoral research asso- ciate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on developing smart and sustainable infrastructure systems through data acquisition, AI, data analytics, and
cultural background (and often asecond language for Hispanic engineers) which provides unique contributions to engineeringsolutions. Engineers who mirror the customer can offer a critical perspective; Ford MotorCompany assembled a development team of 30 female engineers to design the (1999) FordWindstar minivan for their target market: women with children. Similarly, when designing a carto meet the needs of female drivers, Volvo employed an all-female design team to make all thedevelopment decisions for the YCC (Your Concept Car).For more students to identify engineering as an educational option, the engineering professionneeds K-12 teachers who understand what engineers do as the problem solvers for society.Studies have shown that teachers can
AC 2012-5536: CAN WE MAKE STUDENTS LIFELONG LEARNERS THROUGHSOCIAL NETWORKS?Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Gonca Altuger-Genc is a full-time faculty member in the Plastics Engineering Department at UMass, Lowell.Mr. Yegin Genc, Stevens Institute of Technology Yegin Genc is a Ph.D. candidate at Stevens Institute of Technology. Page 25.280.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 CAN WE MAKE STUDENTS LIFELONG LEARNERS THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS?AbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering Education and Technology (ABET) criteriarequire
America, 2005.[6] J. Lucena, “Flexible Engineers: History, challenges, and opportunities for engineering education,” Bull. Sci. Technol. Soc., vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 419–435, Dec. 2003.[7] M. L. Dertouzos, R. K. Lester, and R. M. Solow, Made In America: Regaining the Productive Edge. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989.[8] J. Lucena, G. Downey, B. Jesiek, and S. Elber, “Competencies Beyond Countries:The Re-Organization of Engineering Education in the United States, Europe, and Latin America,” J. Eng. Educ., pp. 1–15, Oct. 2008.[9] J. Schneider, J. C. Lucena, and J. A. Leydens, “Engineering to Help: The Value of Critique in Engineering Service,” IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag., vol. Volume 28 Number 4, Winter 2009.[10] D. Riley, Engineering
meansdevelopment of a set of products or a high profile innovation that depends on focused effort andexternal controls that go away when the funding ends.4 This scientific approach to reform alsoseems to dominate undergraduate engineering education.5 An alternative to scientific methods ofevaluation is needed to address complex reform.Generally, researchers view collaboration as a positive force when dealing with complex issuesand change. There are examples of how K-12 schools have successfully negotiated complexchange through collaborative processes.3 A study of departmental culture in higher educationidentifies characteristics of departments that support effective teaching. Collaboration is wovenamong those characteristics.6 Informal collaborations are
Paper ID #18684Creating Meaningful Experiences Through Extracurricular Project-BasedExperiential LearningDr. Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dr. Dukart graduated with his B.A. in English and Honors from the University of North Dakota in 1997, followed by an M.A. in English in 1999 and a B.A. in Computer Science in 2002. He recently received (2016) his Ed.D. emphasizing Higher Education from the Department of Organizational Leadership, Pol- icy, and Development from the University of Minnesota. He has worked as an instructor and academic advisor at the University of North Dakota, the University of
Paper ID #29991Changing 3rd World Lives Through STEM Education in HondurasDr. Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari is faculty from Kennesaw State University. Previously he was faculty at Morehead State University from 2009 to 2016 and faculty at Purdue University – Indianapolis from 2016 to 2019. He has completed Ph.D. degree in civil engineering, focusing on construction management from Michigan Technological University in 2008. He has an extensive teaching background with a total of 18 years of the academic experience at five different universities. He has always been praised by students and
well. Boylan3 provides data from theAmerican College Test (ACT) high school profile that shows the percentage of students planningto major in engineering has decreased from 8.6% in 1992 to 5.3% in 2003 which magnifiesconcerns given the rising need for engineers and the aging of the current engineering workforce.Furthermore, findings from a 2010 study by the National Research Council’s Committee onExamination of the U.S. Air Force’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) Workforce Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs indicate that “as aconsequence of inadequate educational opportunities in elementary and high school, careers inscience and engineering (S&E) become beyond the reach of students who might
students andprovide a program allowing them to further explore engineering roles and experience universityprograms. The desired study outcomes for the discipline-specific lessons in E-GIRL are asfollows: identify and distinguish among various engineering disciplines, excite female studentsto pursue engineering majors and higher education, introduce participants to opportunities thedifferent engineering majors provide, and introduce key topics from six engineering disciplinesto give students a more complete understanding of engineering.Participant demographics Thirty-seven participants were accepted into E-GIRL. Participant ages ranged between 15and 17, corresponding to 9th through 11th grades in high school. The ethnic backgrounds
Paper ID #38743Board 208: Achieving Active Learning through Collaborative Online LabExperiencesProf. Julia Yoo, Lamar University Julia H. Yoo, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Teacher Leadership Program Coordinator at Lamar UniversityProf. Selahattin Sayil, Lamar University Selahattin Sayil received the M.Sc. degree from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, TN, in 2000. He is currently a Professor in Electrical Engineering aGleb Tcheslavski ©American Society for
retention, and student engagement within engineering courses.Deborah Follman, Purdue University Deborah K. Follman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2000. Her research interests include engineering education and gender equity, specifically regarding self-efficacy, issues of gender on student cooperative learning teams, and curriculum development. Page 11.335.1© American Society for Engineering
University Dr. Jeffrey Harris is an assistant professor (teaching stream) in mechanical engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada. He currently serves at the Director of Common Engineering and Science within the Lassonde School of Engineering. He has a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto and is completing a M.Ed. from York University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Development of Employability Skills in Engineering Disciplines through Co-op1. Introduction This study aims to understand the varying levels of the development of skills vital tothe success of a cooperative experience, per each engineering
-engineering-design-make-unique-mix-first- origami-engineering-class (accessed March 19, 2022)[2] D. Kögce, “Use of origami in mathematics teaching: An exemplary activity.” Asian Journal of Education and Training, 6(2), 284-296, May 2020.[3] D. Meyer & J. Meyer, “Teaching mathematical thinking through origami.” In Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science (pp. 191-204), July 1999.[4] J. O’Rourke, “How to fold it: The mathematics of linkages, origami, and polyhedra.” Cambridge University Press, 2011.[5] https://ce.gatech.edu/news/zhao-honored-institutewide-ta-year (accessed March 19, 2022)[6] E.J. Pharo, A. Davidson, K. Warr, M. Nursey-Bray, K. Beswick, E. Wapstra, & C. Jones, “Can teacher
Paper ID #12480Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changesover TimeDr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice
a desire to explore more STEM fields; 29% were able to take advantage of other opportunities through the isisHawaii One+One Program such as job shadowing, meeting their mentors and/or attending events. The program positively influenced or confirmed educational and career decisions in 57% of the students despite the low frequency of email exchanges (i.e., 63% emailed each other less than 1x/week, 25% at about once/week). Monthly topics were suggested to encourage greater exchange between mentor/mentee. Most students found their e-mentors to be friendly and helpful (88%). Some mentoring partnerships will continue their online relationships (29%) beyond the One+One Program. Some
Paper ID #25081Solar Powered Aquaponics: Modeling Real World Solutions through Engi-neering TechnologyMr. Sean Glen Wood, University of Houston, Downtown Glen earned his bachelor’s degree in Controls and Instrumentation Engineering Technology with a minor in Sustainability from the University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas, in 2018, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Glen was heavily involved in the Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability at the University, participating in multiple research projects that emphasized sustainable technologies in the urban setting. He is currently working for Shell as a member of the
mathematics than the typical student whom we admit.The hope was to help these students persist in engineering by both helping them succeed in theprerequisite courses and helping them see beyond the prerequisites by engaging them withpeople and activities at our school. Students in the program were paired, one-on-one, withstudent coaches, and it was expected that tutoring arrangements as well as social engagements(paid for through our program) would be made by the student-coach pairs. We saw mixed resultswith this arrangement. Overall the number of students who registered for the program was rathersmall (about 30 students per year). There were a few very successful student-coach pairings, inwhich the students felt very supported and engaged and
at Austin in 2016 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2022. Her areas of expertise include computational modeling of cell-based therapies and integrating social justice concepts into engineering curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 To record or not to record? Collaborating through conflictPOSITIONALITY STATEMENTWe acknowledge that the authors all vary in disability status, and those disabilities representedby the authors are far from representative of the entire community. We also represent faculty,staff, and students from a wide range of backgrounds who were initially at conflict over theissues presented. Through surveys, discussions
Paper ID #16962Enhancing Student Learning through Using and Writing EPSA ScenariosDr. Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University Prof. Edwin Schmeckpeper, P.E., Ph.D., is the chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering and Construction Management at Norwich University, the first private school in the United States to offer engineering courses. Norwich University was the model used by Senator Justin Morrill for the land-grant colleges created by the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act. Prior to joining the faculty at Norwich University, Dr. Schmeckpeper taught at a land-grant college, the University of
throughstructural or cultural shifts within the engineering community, including especially through howhidden curriculum messaging shapes the student experience, both within and beyond theircoursework. School climate is malleable and can serve as a high-impact, if often elusive, targetfor intervention. A crucial goal for effective educational reform is to identify diverse dimensionsof the learning environment that can be altered to improve student outcomes. For instance,faculty have considerable control over the tone set in their classrooms around the appropriatenessof asking for assistance, for setting assignment flexibility policies and responses, and forattending to students’ learning experiences in addition to their learning outcomes. Faculty can
Resistance to Active Learning Through Instructor Development: Project UpdateIntroduction This work-in-progress paper will provide an update on our research studying instructordevelopment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms. Theoverall aim of this study is to increase the adoption of active learning in STEM classrooms. Wedefine active learning as any time an instructor engages students in the course content in waysthat go beyond simply lecturing to their students while their students are passively taking notes(e.g., think-pair-shares, in-class group projects). Previously, active learning has been shown toimprove student retention rates, grades, and understanding of course material
Paper ID #14945Seeking New Perspectives: Engineers Experiencing Design through CreativeArtsDr. David M. Beams, University of Texas - Tyler Dr. David Beams first became interested in electrical engineering through a passion for amateur radio in high school. He earned BSEE and MS degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1974 and 1977, respectively, with two years of industrial experience separating the two. He then spent over fourteen additional years in industry before returning to graduate study, receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. In 1997, he became one of the
technoscientificdevelopments, particularly Sputnik. The mutual shaping of Soviet and US engineering problemsolving practices clearly illustrates the point that engineering is always political.Engineering education reform. Through the history of the engineering pipeline, students learnhow engineering education reform in the 1980s was a response to an image of Japan as aneconomic threat to the American nation. Students analyze how engineers in policy-makingpositions used engineering-problem solving methodology to respond to the threat and developedthe engineering pipeline to demonstrate the need to educate thousands of engineers for economiccompetitiveness. Students come to realize that K-12 federal-sponsored programs in pre
level. Richard also works for the Eastman Kodak Company as a Senior Design Engineer. Richard has received two teaching awards while at RIT. He was the recipient of the 1998 Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award and the recipient of the 2002 Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Richard is a contributing volunteer in both ABET and IEEE. Page 26.929.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Improving Technical Writing Skills through the Judicious Use of InfographicsMotivationThis paper shares the experiences and outcomes of teaching data visualization techniques withingraduate
continue to develop through their experience aswell? In order to be contributing members of a field, graduate students need to learn and developin areas beyond just the core technical competencies of their field. Opportunities for achievingthis development exist throughout their graduate studies, but students do not always recognize orunderstand how to use these opportunities. To productively steer student development, someresponsibility falls on the student’s academic advisor to guide and support the student growthprocesses. Traditionally, when considering the relationship between student and advisor,researchers have almost exclusively focused on examining the development of the student[1][2][3][4] or assessing the student’s satisfaction with
AC 2008-896: ADDRESSING FRESHMEN RETENTION THROUGH FOCUSEDADVISEMENT AND SEMINAR PROGRAMSKate Baxter, University of Southern California Kate serves as Director, Women in Engineering Programs and Director, Student Support Programs for the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.Louise Yates, University of Southern California Louise serves Associate Dean, Admission & Student Affairs for the Viterbi School of Engineering at University of Southern California. She is also responsible for a freshmen introductory course for undeclared engineering majors. Page 13.155.1
relate to focus areas of existingcourses. In our implementation, we use bioengineering/biotechnology (BME) as themultidisciplinary emerging topic area, and electrical/computer engineering (ECE) as the corecurriculum. Since our initial report two years ago, which was based on a couple of experiments,we have developed several new laboratory exercises, and more importantly followed studentswho went through the four years of integrated BME content. In this paper, we present ourimplementation and assessment details, and some surprising outcomes we have observed sinceour previous preliminary assessment. We discuss many advantages, but also some potentialpitfalls of this approach, along with lessons learned along the way. 1. Introduction Thanks
Paper ID #38060WORK IN PROGRESS: EMPOWERING STUDENTSWITH DISABILITIES THROUGH RESEARCHINVOLVEMENTSarah Corinne Rowlinson Furtney (Instructional Assistant Professor &Undergraduate Coordinator) Instructional Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of FloridaCaroline Doyle I am a recent graduate with my Bachelor's and Master's in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Florida. During my time at UF, I focused my studies on both Biomaterials and Cellular/Regenerative medicine. I have a passion for making voices
AC 2009-1793: ENHANCING MACHINE-SAFETY EDUCATION THROUGH THEUSE OF VIRTUAL MACHINERYDarrell Wallace, Youngstown State University Darrell Wallace received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Ohio State in 2006. Dr. Wallace has worked actively in a variety of manufacturing industries since 1991 and is currently an Assistant Professor at Youngstown State University in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Darrell R. Wallace, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Youngstown State University One University Plaza Youngstown, Ohio 44555 Email