Paper ID #21515Student-created Canvases as a Way to Inform Decision-making in a CapstoneDesign SequenceProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Dr. Joseph (Joe) Tranquillo is an Associate Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering, He is also co-director of the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management, co-director of the KEEN Winter Interdisciplinary Design Program, and chair of the Biomedical Engineer- ing Division of ASEE. Tranquillo has published three undergraduate textbooks and numerous engineering education publications, and has presented internationally on
candidates within the first couple of weeks of being oncampus. After meeting with the Fall 2018 1st year WISE students, a few improvement factorswere identified to improve their first semester. These factors included: 1) monthly tutoringsessions with other WISE students; 2) more Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions for their 1styear courses; 3) monthly face to face meetings with a mentor in the WISE program; and 4) moretime to work in groups that share similar course schedules. From the focus group meeting and surveys collected, 3 Why-Why diagrams were created.The purpose of these diagrams was to perform a root cause analysis on the potential problemswithin the process. The diagrams are based on the concept of “using five whys” for
she conducts research on broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computing (STEM+C). Due to her advocacy for diversifying the STEM+C space through evidence-based methods, program support, and mentoring, Dr. Waisome was appointed to serve as Special Assistant to the UF Dean of the Graduate School in the Division of Graduate Student Affairs. Dr. Waisome earned her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees and Ph.D. in civil engineering from UF. During her studies, she became passionate about issues of equity, access, and inclusion in engineering and computing and worked to develop programs and activities that supported diverse students in these disciplines.Dr. Kyla McMullen
engineering degree increasedfrom 29% in 2006 to 33% in 2015. The six-year graduation rates were 20% to 25% higher thanthe rates for students who attained a degree in four years. Retaining students in engineeringprograms remains a challenge to all engineering educators. Many institutions are increasinglyfocused on improving retention rates through various programs and services. In 2012 ASEE [3]reported strategies implemented to improve student retention rates in some engineering schools:focus on student learning through tutoring/mentoring, student programs and financial aid, studentacademic enrichment programs, student research/work experience, curriculum and classenhancements, institutional/educational research, and changes to institutional
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(e.g.independence, expectation, variance), identify and analyze discrete and continuous randomvariables, and formulate and conduct statistical analyses of observed data.One key innovation that we implemented is the introduction of real-world data-driven casestudies. We wish to expose our students to engineering problems that will help them relate thematerial taught in class with their own major. The primary enabling technology is statisticalprogramming with Python. The case studies are introduced as group assignments and aremotivated in class or discussion sessions. Students select their own groups and in the end of eachcase study, they do a peer-evaluation in order to assess the degree of in-group collaboration. Inthis way, students build valuable
environmental studies, evolution, evolutionary medicine, and research practices in science.Dr. Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Rachel McCord Ellestad is a a Senior Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Division at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Engi- neering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include the impact of metacognitive and self-regulated learning development on engineering student success, particularly in the first year.Dr. Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University After earning my B.S. in Engineering Science at Penn State University (2007), I began working as an audio-video engineer/designer. I
goal. The purpose of this study is to describe administrative and curricular practices, tolearn whether they are satisfactory to the working professional student population, and to identifyareas of improvement. Findings are expected to be of interest to online programs with similarstudent population.Application and AdmissionMonthly informational sessions are offered by the Program Director during which prospectivestudents learn about the MEM and ask questions. This serves as a recruitment activity andeducates attendees about the application process. Graduate admission at UNL goes through a 3-phase process. In phase 1 the applicant submits the online application form and uploadsdocument to Office of Graduate Studies (OGS). If the student meets
thereforepushes women to work even harder” (al-Wazir, 2016).In the UAE, the Petroleum Institute’s Women in Science and Engineering Program was createdto address a “strategic need to increase the number of Emirati women filling technical positionsin its petroleum industry” (Alhasani, 2013, p. 9). This institute represents an integratedcommunity of students and alumnae who provide each other with encouragement and support.Along with role models, social-psychological interventions and self-affirmation have beenidentified as strategies to increase female participation in STEM fields (Nnachi & Okpube,2015).Other recommendations include encouraging positive peer connections (Robnett, 2015),internships, career services, and alumni relations (Fawwaz, 2014
(12 weeks each) 16 sessions per grade Young adults with intellectual Minorities from low-income and/orPopulation: disabilities (ID) non-native English speaking families Semester 1: 6 undergrads; 6 ID 3rd Graders: Approx. 15 per session Num. of students: Semester 2: 7 undergrads; 7 ID 4th Graders: Approx. 10 per session Semester 1: 2 per sessionResearchers 2-3 per session Present: Semester 2: 3-5 per session Setting: Formal (course taken for credit) Informal (afterschool
something new; 3) shifting norms of leaders involved in entrepreneurial-minded action; and 4) developing teaching methods with a storytelling focus in engineering and science educa- tion. Founder of the Design Entrepreneuring Studio: Barbara helps teams generate creative environments. Companies that she has worked with renew their commitment to innovation. She also helps students an- swer these questions when she teaches some of these methods to engineering, design, business, medicine, and law students. Her courses use active storytelling and self-reflective observation as one form to help student and industry leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to prototyping
academic achievement and student retention, other factors such as self-concept in music and family socioeconomic status play a prominent role. 3. At the present time, success on a musical instrument cannot be predicted on the basis of student physical characteristics, possibly due to difficulty in identifying the characteristics to be measured and the lack of a appropriate measuring instrument. 4. Retention of students can be predicted with much more accuracy than student dropout. 5. The validity of predicting performance achievement after less than one school year of instruction may be questionable.[31] Todd Hoover,[23] in his paper entitled, “Performance Prediction
a refinement of strategiesthat experienced physics teachers have been teaching for decades and because it is optimized forthe types of problems traditionally found in physics textbooks. The prescriptions aim to steerstudents away from common novice approaches such as identifying the unknown and searchingfor an equation that contains it, or pattern matching based on superficial aspects of the physicalscenario.12, 15 Although details differ, the prescriptions generally consist of steps like these: 1. Using diagrams as needed, visualize and make sense of the physical situation conceptually/qualitatively. 2. Explicitly identity the relevant physics principles. 3. Using the insights from (1) and (2), write equation(s) that can be
Engineers and Scientist (AAEES), and registered as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) by the U.K. Engineering Council. He is recognized as a Diplomate of the American Academy of Sanitarians (D.AAS). His scholarship, teaching, service, and professional practice focus in the fields of environmental biotechnology and sustainable development where he specializes in promoting Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH), food and nutrition security, energy efficiency, and poverty alleviation. Oerther’s awards for teaching include the best paper award from the Environmental Engineering Division of ASEE, as well as recognition from the NSPE, the AAEES, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP). He
AC 2011-1558: THE WRIGHT STATE MODEL FOR ENGINEERING MATH-EMATICS EDUCATION: HIGHLIGHTS FROM A CCLI PHASE 3 INI-TIATIVE, VOLUME 2Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University Nathan Klingbeil is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University. He is the lead PI for Wright State’s National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for his work in engineering education, including the ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teacher Award (2004) and the CASE Ohio Professor of the Year Award (2005). He also held the university title of Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished
. 2021, doi: 10.21061/see.55.[2] D. P. Crismond and R. S. Adams, “The Informed Design Teaching and Learning Matrix.,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 738–797, Oct. 2012.[3] M. Pinxten, B. De Fraine, W. Van Den Noortgate, J. Van Damme, and D. Anumendem, “Educational choice in secondary school in Flanders: the relative impact of occupational interests on option choice,” Educ. Res. Eval., vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 541–569, Aug. 2012, doi: 10.1080/13803611.2012.702991.[4] Ü. Kőycű and M. J. De Vries, “What preconceptions and attitudes about engineering are prevalent amongst upper secondary school pupils? An international study,” Int. J. Technol. Des. Educ., vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 243–258, May 2016, doi: 10.1007/s10798-015-9305-4
typicalengineering course may not provide opportunities for students to learn and practice the diversityof practical skills they would use as practicing engineers. With the information presented herein,changes to course design and assessment can be made in communication-focused courses, andelsewhere in the curriculum, to target communication skills transferable to the workplace.Introduction and purposeAlthough the technical skills taught within engineering departments are likely similar to thosetaught within all engineering programs, professional skills are where graduates can stand outwhen entering the workforce [1-3]. Proficient communication in particular has been directlylinked to enhanced career progression [4], yet many engineering graduates lack
Murphy is the program coordinator for the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Or- angeburg Calhoun Technical College. He also teaches PLC programming, instrumentation, and engineer- ing programming courses within the department. He also serves as dean of the Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Division. With an applied science in engineering technology, he spent over 20 years in industry before accepting a position at OCtech in 2008. He is completing a Bachelor of Science in Technology Leadership through Fort Hays State University in May 2017. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Developing a Pipeline for Students from Rural High Schools into
Paper ID #37627Exploring the pathways: Using transition theory tounderstand the strategies undergraduate computing studentsleverage as transfer studentsJasmine Batten Jasmine Batten is a computer science Ph. D. student and computer science education graduate research assistant in the Knight School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) and STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. Additionally, she is a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow awarded in 2021 to support her research in broadening participation in computer science education. She received her Bachelor of
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mathematics. He has over 30 published papers and/or technical presentations while spearheading over 40 international scientific and engineering conferences/workshops as a steering committee member while assigned in Europe. Professor Santiago has experience in many engineering disciplines and missions including: control and modeling of large flexible space structures, communications system, electro-optics, high-energy lasers, missile seekers/sensors for precision guided munitions, image processing/recognition, information technologies, space, air and missile warning, mis- sile defense, and homeland defense. His interests includes: interactive multimedia for e-books, interactive video learning, and 3D/2D anima- tion
Session 2360 A Fully Articulated International Program in Manufacturing Engineering Technology Lawrence J. Fryda, Christopher Viers, Ed Espin, Frank Franklin Central Michigan UniversityAbstractThe Industrial and Engineering Technology Department (IET) at Central Michigan University(CMU) and the Mechanical Engineering Technology Division (MET) of Humber College inToronto, Canada have been working to develop a duel enrollment program which responds tointernational student needs and interests in the global marketplace. The program is designed sothat students are enrolled
International, LTD.AbstractThis research seeks to identify emerging trends, pinpoint challenges and gain data-driveninsights into the forces shaping the technical talent pipeline of Industry 4.0 in the United States,specifically Southeast Michigan which has one of the largest concentrations of engineers andtechnicians in the country. The rapid advance of digital technology has revolutionizedengineering and industry. It is dramatically shaping the technical talent landscape.Simultaneously, major cultural changes are being forced by generational transition andleadership succession.To prosper in the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, individuals and organizations will be required todevelop 21st century skill sets. The talent pipeline is failing to provide sufficient
from the same cultural background, the experiencecomplements the general technical content that the students have to go through. In interviewsconducted following the international collaboration, students acknowledge the difficulties of theexperience. Nonetheless, they also concede how this experience “opens them up” to a new standardin professional practice. Furthermore, students that went through the first experiences between NDand UC in case 1, cited the experience as an asset in their curriculum vitae.http://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Proposed-Revisions-to-EAC-Criteria-3-and-5.pdfFOREIGN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:Communication is a key competency when considering the effectiveness of teams (Sheridan, Evansand Reeve 2012). In the
Paper ID #26098Does ”Affordance” Mean ”Thing-inform”?: Case Studies in Seeing Engineer-ing Meaning Differently Through the Process of Technical ASL VocabularyCreationMel Chua, Georgia Tech Mel is an engineering education researcher who enjoys geeking out about developing languages for ar- ticulating engineering curricular cultures and their formation, open source hacker/maker communities, faculty development, and more. She occasionally draws research comics. Mel is also an electrical and computer engineer, a low-pass auditory filter, and a multimodal polyglot.Mr. Ian Smith, Project Alloy Ian is a Deaf software engineer
you may face participating in an REU? 2. How has your participation in this program changed your view on computer science/computing? 3. How has your participation in this program affected your life?5.2 Phase 2The subsequent session was dedicated to individual presentations, where each student showcasedtheir captured images. These photographs delved into the students’ experiences adapting to thenew campus environment, including aspects such as local cuisine and extracurricular activitiesoutside of REU commitments. While the initial photos were insightful for REU stakeholdersorganizing the event, they were not in alignment with the initial purpose and prompts provided toparticipants. To address this, we (the researchers
intesting the database; identifying other potential users for an initial pilot study of the database;overseeing the technical aspects of the project; be part of the Internal Consultation Team; andparticipating in the evaluation of the project. In addition, other staff will include a ProjectTechnical Coordinator, a Database Technical Expert, a Metadata/Indexing Consultant, aDocument Procurement Consultant; a Programmer, and Indexer/Data Entry staff.The project will also have an External Advisory Group. This committee will be formed bymembers from the Engineering Library Division (ELD) of the American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE), Science and Technology Section (STS) of the Association of College andResearch Libraries (ACRL), and the
experience would feel less efficacious aftercompleting the unit. Our analysis of the qualitative results below will explore these patterns andtrends to understand how students internalized their experiences during the unit. Qualitative Data Collection and AnalysisStudent InterviewsThe first author interviewed all students in the class and sent interview transcripts to an externalresearcher who removed data for those without consent and assent. Students were given a uniquenumber for their interviews and matched with quantitative data by the external researcher. Theindividual interview sessions with the students sought to explain the quantitative results byhighlighting students' experiences related to their mathematics and engineering self
internalization of certain valuesover others.IntroductionGraduate students engaging in research education are vying for admission to a community ofscholars, learning to operate within specific requirements, regulations, and expectations in eachfield of study [1]. Shifts in how doctoral students view themselves and their peers, their mentors,the field, and generated knowledge occur throughout the research education process.Simultaneously, students proceed through the process of taking on or rejecting values and valuesystems (axiology) that are proliferated and perpetuated in their professional field of study. Inaddition to messages conveyed from graduate development within engineering environments,graduate students also bring their beliefs about knowledge
Session 1360 Development and Implementation of Senior Design Projects at International Sites Holly K. Ault, Jonathan R. Barnett Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractABET 2000 criteria state that undergraduate engineering students should have “the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societalcontext”.1 For the past 25 years, WPI has addressed this need by establishing a network ofinternational centers where students complete projects focusing on socio-technological issues.More recently we