, “Reversing Course: The Troubled State of Academic Staffingand a Path Forward,”2 one finding that needs to be seriously looked at is the following one:Contingent faculty members are earning disproportionately lower wages per class than arefull-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members.In the author’s opinion, it is an extremely important issue to address due to non-availability ofwell-qualified adjunct faculty in certain areas of specialty. Although money is not the onlyreason why some part-time faculty elect to teach, yet it is essential that they be given respectablewages to invite their full engagement in the overall student development beyond the class time.Case Study IIA research university hired a highly successful project manager from a
engineering challenge. Separate modules,typically structured along the lines of the engineering design method, with needs assessment,conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed design, and implementation, present the chosensolution. Only the case itself is typically released to students. The modules are for the use of theprofessor in preparing assignments or projects based on the case. A draft teaching note isdeveloped in order to recommend one or more implementation plans in collaboration with thelead faculty member. It is updated after the 1st implementation, and published for professors useonly prior to broader distribution beyond UW.Case Study Source DevelopmentThe largest sustainable source of case study material is through the harvesting of
course a sequence of two courses over two quarters instead of justone. This paper examines the factors that make a project successful through a carefulexamination of a couple of successful ones (that had started in the Winter quarter) and a coupleof not so successful ones. The fact that some students took the initiative to start a whole quarterearlier allowed a pilot run. Faculty met regularly with the students and provided all the supportneeded. The authors came to the conclusion that the single quarter, 7-contact hour course is notsufficient and does not provide enough time to properly conduct research, design, order thenecessary parts, get the adequate training (when needed)and test the product. This course needsto be changed, starting the
Paper ID #43761Metaphors in Engineering Education Research: Prisms to Analyze the EpistemologicalSpectrumNrupaja Bhide, Purdue University Nrupaja is a PhD candidate at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in exploring diverse ways of knowing in engineering education and the role of language and metaphors in research and writing.Yash Ajay Garje, Purdue University Yash is a Ph.D. student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research aims at broadening student participation in STEM through robotics education. His research focuses on enhancing STEM
Engineering Technology (EET), andMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) have maintained continuous accreditation since 1976. In preparation for an ABET visit in the fall of 1993, the department recently undertook an extensive studyof the career patterns, occupational progress, and professional development of its graduates over the period sincethe first degrees were awarded. The survey form used for collecting data is provided in Appendix A of this report.The graduate had the option of remaining anonymous or of providing his or her name. The forms were mailed to over one-thousand alumni for whom addresses were available encompassing theentire period from 1973 through 1992. Approximately 400 alumni forms were received by the department
this project included survey responses as part of a larger validated surveymeasuring motivation and attitudes of engineering students (MAE; Benson et al., 2018; O’Haraet al., 2020). Participants were undergraduate engineering students from first year through senioryear (n = 1143; 27% identified as having 1 or more disabilities/73% no disability). Table 1below lists percentages for additional participant demographic information. The survey wasdistributed in the spring semester of 2022-2023 academic year and was administeredelectronically using Qualtrics software. A recording of instructions and link to survey weredistributed within pre-selected courses, one from each program year. Data were de-identified.DISABILITY STATUS AND BELONGINGNESS
University ofWaterloo to achieve these goals.1.1 The Engineering Ideas ClinicThe Engineering Ideas Clinic at the University of Waterloo has spent the last 7 years designingand implementing new curricular activities which provide students with opportunities to developthe skills necessary to be successful engineering designers. The Ideas Clinic was started with theintent of bringing real-world activities into the classroom. Initially, the Clinic designed smallactivities focused on specific courses [7]. These activities were small in scale and could not beexpanded beyond two to four hours, as this time had to be carved from other activities, such aslectures and tutorials. In a short span of time, these single, short activities morphed into multi
enrollment in graduate school than do men who are not racial orethnic minorities, their enrollment could be increased through programs that courted women andminorities within the undergraduate population. However, this also does not provide any insightinto returners’ decisions to enroll in graduate programs.Another study, conducted by Anderson and Swazey12, studied enrolled graduate students andthus captured a population that contained both direct-pathway students and returners. This studyaimed to attribute weights to different reasons that graduate students in STEM fields chose to Page 25.1477.3earn attend graduate school. Graduate students were
, and global awareness. Several recent articles5-12 stress the relevance andpractice of teaching these attributes (professional skills) in educating future engineers. Many ofthese attributes also go beyond the ABET a-k criteria for engineering curricula.Phase II: Implementation of Target Attributes into the CurriculumOnce the Engineer of 2020 attributes had been adopted, the next phase of the process was todevelop mechanisms within the College of Engineering to encourage curriculum innovations thataddress these attributes. A number of important mechanisms have been established within theCollege of Engineering to accomplish this goal. The original curriculum reform task force hasbeen remade into a new standing committee within the college, now
approaches appeared to be moreeffective for short-term. Control theory is a topic where examples are paramount in a student’sunderstanding of the topic. Control theory techniques are mathematically heavy and thereforelearning through visualization is likely to be a key factor. Therefore, it can be argued thatunderstanding the outcome of a control method requires some hands-on experimentation. It is not surprising that most control books have numerous examples and suggestions forprojects. Norman Nise [5] and Richard Dorf [6] texts included numerous mathematicalrepresentations of physical systems. Furthermore, both texts make extensive use of Matlab toplot and display results. Nonetheless, the need for hands-on projects is evident and
approach to engineering literacy that takes into account skills not normallyassociated with higher education both to be conducted in the presence of the development ofan active personal philosophySince the course is about independent learning (decision making), it follows that it shouldbegin with a comprehensive and practical induction to learning. Given that most of theproblems a person is likely to have to solve will require knowledge from many areas ofknowledge, exposure to where a learner might also turn for information, can beaccommodated through a stage of romance in which the learner can explore the “basics” of arange of areas of knowledge. Such studies should be designed so that learners also understandthat there are other ways of thinking
technical knowledge in my courses, I make sure they are alsodeveloping their design skills through things such as being a reviewer for their projects or theirprofessional skills through having a conversation about fundamental fluid mechanics principlesin verbal exams. It takes a lot of intention, empathy, and care. I can’t simply just prepare alecture, deliver it, and hope for the best. I actively serve as an advisor to students in deciding thebest pathway in their education and beyond. I am evaluating their self-directed learning courseswhere they dive into topics they’re passionate about. I may attend a student-life event where wevisit a local historical site and have dinner together or I may lead a student-life event where I’mteaching students
teaching methodology, as it helped them transition smoothly from a student to avaluable employee in the U.S. workforce.AcknowledgmentsThis work is partly supported by an internal KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network)curricular reimagination grant.Works Cited[1] C. H. T. Ng and S.-M. Cheah, “Chemical product engineering using CDIO enhanced with design thinking,” p. 9, 2012.[2] M. Lynch, U. Kamovich, K. K. Longva, and M. Steinert, “Combining technology and entrepreneurial education through design thinking: Students’ reflections on the learning process,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 164, p. 119689, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.06.015.[3] T. F. Edgar, B. A. Ogunnaike, J. J. Downs, K. R. Muske, and B
learning forstudents [32].The teacher’s role is crucial in directing students through the EDP by providing explicit guidanceand developing activities for solving real-world problems [3]. Teachers who attend professionaldevelopment for engineering may be more likely to change their hands-on activities fromexclusively scientific investigations to a combination of engineering design and scientificinvestigations [33], [34], and show increasingly positive attitudes toward engineering, even aftertime [35]. They are also likely to significantly increase their knowledge of the EDP and sustainthose knowledge gains beyond the end of the professional development they participated in [36].Teachers struggle with teaching engineering though, even after
give feedback and guide students towards higher learning, or they may be with peers in “jointdialogues” [20, p. 82] where two or more students co-construct learning by reflecting on the other’sperspective. The active-constructive-interactive taxonomy classifies pedagogies through their taskfeatures, the activities which learners do, and the cognitive processes they use. The three levels ofactivity describe how engaged students are with a task, depending on expectations of behavior,dialogue, and producing outputs. Another model of student engagement was proposed by Smith and colleagues [11] calledthe pedagogies of engagement model. This model is based on interactions among teams or groupsof students, and it describes the dynamics of
. In fact, the impactful yet underexplored socioculturalpractices of Black families promote positive matriculation through academic pathways and thedevelopment of STEM identities [6, 13].Future WorkWe will extend this work beyond researcher reflections to include a strategically designobservational protocol, follow-up interviews and in depth analysis. Currently, we have observedtwo of the 15 practices. In the next phase of this work, we will include other data collectionmethods such as on-site interviews with the youth as well as their family members. For sites suchas the science museum, we will dedicate time to observe specific sections of interest. We willcontinue to identify and explore different practices and settings as we begin to
is also a member of E-School for Indonesia (Esfindo) research group that has main objective to promote a wide-access Internet-based e-Infrastructure for K-12 education. His research interest includes learn- ing personalization, cognition and metacognition, multimedia content, e-Learning standardization, and distance learning. Page 24.412.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Development and Initial Validation of the Engineering Design Metacognitive Questionnaire AbstractMetacognition is the process
journals. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Education Society and IEEE Power & Energy Society. Cur- rently, Dr. Huq teaches Electronics, VLSI System Design, Advanced Solid State Device courses. Page 22.928.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integration of Nano Scale Electronics Devices into Undergraduate Course CurriculaAbstractAs deep-sub-micron and beyond technology emerges; integration of nano scale devices intoundergraduate curricula becomes more important than ever. This paper addresses issuesrelated to increasing impact of the nano electronics on
bachelors degrees in chemical engineering and Russian language. She is also a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado.Mr. Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tahsin Chowdhury is an Engineering Education Doctoral candidate who focuses on engineering in the 21st century. He is passionate about enhancing professional competencies for engineering workforce development in academia and beyond. He is trained in Industrial and Systems Engineering and has a combined 6 years experience spanning both academia as well as lean manufacturing at Fortune 500 com- panies. Tahsin’s long term goal is to bridge the engineering competency gap between industry demand and academic fulfillment
Session 3215 Student Chapters – An Adjunct to Engineering Education Tonya L. Emerson, Russell S. Mills California State University, ChicoAbstractNew engineering graduates are expected to possess an ever-expanding array of skills. Yet,classroom synthesis is not conducive to many of these proficiencies. Student professionalsocieties can help cultivate valuable interpersonal, professional and technical skills through avariety of extracurricular activities.The success of a student chapter can be as valuable as the curriculum in defining the quality ofan engineering department
Technology and Society,3. Understanding of Design,4. Abilities for a Technological World, and5. Understanding of the Designed World.From the beginning, our MESA center developed multiple activities inspired by these standardsto expand students’ technical literacy and increase their awareness of various engineering andtechnical careers. Over the years, the MESA program membership and student participationhave grown steadily. Our students have developed extended social support networks through theSTEM-focused clubs like Mexican American Engineers and Scientists-Latinos in Science andEngineering (MAES), Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans inScience (SACNAS), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and Society of Physics
students in pursuing higher education and careers in the field of engineering has become anurgent imperative. This paper will contribute to the growing body of knowledge on howGeneration Z perceives engineering and provide insights for the enhancement of futureengineering education programs.IntroductionIn 2013, the National Research Council (NRC) introduced the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS), emphasizing the integration of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). These standards highlight engineering and aim to prepare K-12 studentsfor education and careers in the 21st century [1]. According to projections by the United StatesDepartment of Labor, there is expected to be a 10.8% growth in STEM jobs from 2022 to 2032
comparing the position of small regions, called subsets, in areference image to their corresponding location in a deformed image of the same subject taken atdifferent times4. The correspondence is established by matching the gray-level pattern from theinitial subset to the pattern at the deformed location in the other image. The historicaldevelopment of DIC can be traced back to the measurement of changing ground conditions fromaerial reconnaissance photography in the 1950s-60s and the use of X-ray tomography to measurestrain fields in sand in the 1960s4,5. The evolution of digital imaging technology and computer-based image processing through the 1970s-80s allowed the development of practical DICsystems. DIC was typically used by the solid
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AcceleratedEntry Program (LEAP), a program that prepares students with non-engineering degrees, fromany geographic location, for entry into master degree programs in engineering. It was decidedthat eliminating constraints to the learning environment, such as proximity to campus, wouldmake the program or courses more attractive to potential students outside the Boston area 2.The goal of the pilot study was to redesign a specific engineering course through a challengingapplication of distance education technologies and distributed learning pedagogies, with theultimate purpose of raising the entire LEAP program to a higher level. At a time when it takes
humanistic inquiry. Protest activity generatedfrom high tech workers, (testers, engineers, coders, etc.) working for large companies, or bywhite collar employees in general have been relatively infrequent and are a recent phenomenon.This type of case additionally moves beyond ethical situations that involve single explosive andcatastrophic events that trace back through company bureaucratic hierarchies to situations thatexpose students to the systemic forces that they as engineers participate in and embed theiridentities.Examining the Amazon case, regardless of eventual outcomes is an instructive means to informand engage students about their role in society and professional responsibilities to theirorganization. As a final note on the possibilities
. K. Gardner, “The Challenges of First-Generation Doctoral Students,” New Directions for Higher Education, vol. 2013, no. 163, pp. 43–54, Sep. 2013, doi: 10.1002/he.20064. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceYaoling WangYaoling Wang works as an instructional designer for the Engineering and Computing EducationCore in the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She specializes incourse design and development, collaborating with engineering faculty and graduate students topromote excellence in teaching and learning through evidence-based practices and pedagogy.She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational