processes. Several institutions aremaking efforts to improve the orientation process in order to make the transition smooth for theincoming freshmen. Research is being conducted in all areas of higher education system to aimfor student satisfaction in the first semester. Several methodologies have been introduced toaddress the issues and concerns of admissions process such as Six Sigma, Pre-admissioneducation and developing cultural models to help navigate through the admissions process [1, 2,3]. Regarding advising, strategies are being developed to educate engineering students moreeffectively to enable students to graduate in a timely manner. Some of studies include designinga predictive model for student progression, building interest groups
5.4.Expanding Internal Maps of Learning Resources through FamiliarityBrittany’s experience in ME103D, a companion course of ME203, illustrates how her internalmap of MCoP learning resources expands by interacting with the PRL faculty member whoteaches the course. She is glad that ME103D gave her the opportunity to get to know him: Interviewer: And … why do you think having a relationship with [this PRL faculty member] is important? Brittany: Just 'cause like he runs the PRL and his office is right there every time you walk in. And I feel like it's just nice for him to at least recognize your face and like I feel like if I really had an issue and or couldn't go to any other CA, I could definitely go to [him
AC 2008-2810: EVALUATING A COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLOUTREACH PROGRAM—THE RESULTSJuanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary Juanita Jo Matkins is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the College of William and Mary. She was a K-12 teacher for 18 years, and the Virginia recipient of the 1995 Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching. She has written and published several papers and reports on various issues in teacher education, including assessment, gender and multicultural issues in science education.John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates John McLaughlin is a senior consultant in strategic planning, performance measurement, and program
, we recommended that initialimprovements be made in our freshman year. These should focus on an early introduction to theengineering field and the creation of first-year interest groups with significant faculty and peermentor interactions. The development of a new first-semester course to provide experiences inengineering practice was also recommended.This report details our findings and supports our recommendations.IntroductionFor the five freshman cohorts (1998–2002) that were considered in this study, the averagegraduation rate for LETU engineering and engineering technology students was 42%. This wassubstantially below the roughly 55% US national average graduation rate in recent years forundergraduate engineering students. In addition to
. When studying how to retain engineering students, this raises the questionof what factors influence academic success. For, if academic success can be achieved, thenumber of students defecting or being dismissed from the engineering program would decrease.Some researchers have recognized that social integration is also an important factor to academicsuccess.10, 19-21Social integration within a classroom allows peer-to-peer interaction. Students are able to buildsocial capital, which “consists of social networks, habits or cooperation and bonds of reciprocitythat serve to generate benefits for members of a community.”10 Students are willing to shareinformation within their network, issues out of the class and issues in the class. Unfortunately
Department at Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is working as a research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He received B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mansoura University in Egypt in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2003. His research interests include knowledge-based engineering systems, computer-integrated design and manufacturing, Finite Element Analysis, software development and applications as well as remote and virtual laboratories.Dr. Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of TechnologyDr. Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES
. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University, one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education and a courtesy faculty member in Mechanical Engi- neering and Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is an fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. .He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service- Learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for his work in EPICS
Adaptabilityin a projectItems for industry mentor and teammate support were adapted from existing scales validated tomeasure faculty support [51]. A summary of the close-ended (Likert-type) questions associatedwith the self-reflection instrument is provided in Tables 1 and 2. All Likert-type items weremeasured on a 4-point scale from 1: Strongly Disagree to 4: Strongly Agree. Table 2: Survey Items related to Support, Self-Efficacy, and PreparednessDescription Label Source Items adapted from Existing ScalesA6: We allowed the project to evolve as new information was made Chandler
engineering students. Traditionalists are left wondering if the new ideas are diluting students’ understanding of core engineering and scientific principles. Innovators walk a thin line between educating their students and simply training their students in the simulated “real life” design situations. Just as innovation in engineering needs well-specified parameters to define the problem and evaluate the results, educational innovations require the same. The Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM) provides a comprehensive format for designing curriculum around key components such as content, assessment, teaching strategies, learning activities, products, resources, and ascending levels of intellectual
engineering education. He previously taught at Bucknell University and Arizona State University. He also teaches NHI training courses on seismic design of foundations and geotechnical features of highway systems for the Federal Highway Administration.Craig M. Shillaber Craig M. Shillaber is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. He earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 2016, an M.S. in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 2009, and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 2008. His research interests include teaching and learning in geotechnical engineering, sustainability education in civil
Page 14.57.1 since 2006. She is scheduled to complete her Ph.D. in December of 2009. Her main research interests are the teaching and learning of fractions, algebra readiness, communication in the mathematics classroom, equity issues in mathematics education, and increasing the number of girls and minorities in the STEM fields.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Pat Jordan, Oklahoma State University PAT LAMPHERE JORDAN is an associate professor of Mathematics Education in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership in the College of Education. She joined the Oklahoma State University faculty in 1997. Although she calls south Texas home, she received her undergraduate
directly call for them. Criterion 1 mandates “an ability to identify, formulate,and solve complex engineering problems” which ABET defines as “involving wide-ranging orconflicting technical issues, having no obvious solution, addressing problems not encompassedby current standards and codes” [1]. Criterion 4 further mandates “an ability to recognize ethicaland professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments,” andcriterion 7 further calls for “an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, usingappropriate learning strategies” [1]. The ABET criteria strongly imply that engineering studentsmust understand how to research a diversity of sources, distinguish credible sources from lessreliable sources, and
engineeringstudents.INTRODUCTIONThere is a widespread shortage of engineers in the United States and it is important to developprograms that encourage the retention of students within engineering. The rapidly growingpopulation requires engineers to continually come up with new methods for housing, feeding,health care, and more. Consequently, this parallels the need for more and more engineers in allbranches. In turn, it becomes necessary to not only attract students to engineering, but to retainthem in engineering. The dropout rate of engineers in the freshmen and sophomores years issignificant12 and universities nationwide are looking at methods to keep engineering students inengineering. Retention in engineering is not only beneficial to the School of Engineering
outreach projects as program coordinator and program director. He has worked collaboratively with tribal college instructors and high school teachers. He serves as the faculty advisor for American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Student Chapter at NDSU.G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University Dr. G. Padmanabhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of North Dakota water Resources Research Institute. He served as the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department from 1999 through 2003. Dr. Padmanabhan has more than twenty five years of teaching experience in engineering. He has attended several engineering education
and test pilot for a 22 year career including completing a MS at the Naval Post-Graduate School and spending three years as an Operations Officer at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Upon retiring from the US Navy he returned to graduate school to complete a PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech where he then joined the faculty as an Assistant/Associate Professor for 15 years. Presently an Emeritus faculty member, Dr. Durham's military and academic credentials are perfectly suited for educating and mentoring aspiring flight test pilots and engineers as well as educators who wish to teach flight test
23.320.2speed increases the level of difficulty increases. There are many examples of products such asLego NXP, Parallax Scribbler, or the Make Rovera all of which are capable of slowly andmethodically following a line. Competitions do exist; most are locally organized and run by anarea academic institution. Some evolve into sumo, maze, or similar challenges.The Freescale Cup is unique in providing a platform that is standardized, but still has sufficientflexibility for variations in student design. Moreover, the competitions are international,involving undergraduates from across the globe. Freescale supports a set of web pages thatprovide background information and forums for students and faculty to exchange ideas about allaspects of the competition.3
. Page 14.611.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Explicit Teaching of Critical Thinking in ENGR 100 - “Introduction to Engineering”AbstractIn evaluating how the School of Engineering will meet the requirements of a recently launched,University wide, quality enhancement program (QEP), engineering faculty were questionedabout the role of critical thinking in their teaching and in the profession of engineering. Therewas unanimous agreement that critical thinking is an important requirement to be successful inmost engineering courses. However, there was general agreement that critical thinking was notan explicit component in course lectures, syllabi, or objectives. The assumption was
racially/ethnicallymixed group. However, those being served by MEP seek the assistance of an MEP counselor.While this observation may seem inconsequential, the greater effect that it engenders is reducingthe stigma currently attached to URM engineering students.These findings raised concerns about the program’s ability to foster the professional identity andimprove the retention of URM students; it questioned the efficacy of the clustering practice. To-date, no causal relationships exploring the impact of these strategies on student success areavailable. Despite these issues, there is value in incorporating students’ cultural experiences asan element of their academic development. Beyond this assertion, there is little recognition of theworth of
imaging, and flows around multiple bodies in tandem.Dr. Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Jae Hoon Lim is an Assistant Professor of research methods at the University of North Carolina, Char- lotte, and she teaches introductory and advanced research method courses in the College of Education. Her research interests include socio-cultural issues in mathematics education and various equity topics in STEM fields. She has served as a Lead Investigator for multiple international and comparative educa- tional research and evaluation projects. She published more than 30 articles in scholarly and professional journals world-wide and authored seven book or monograph chapters.Dr. Patricia A. Tolley P.E
-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan Joi Mondisa, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial & Operations Engineering Department and an Engineering Education Faculty Member at the University of Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. in En- gineering Education and an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University; an M.B.A. degree from Governors State University; and a B.S. degree in General Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as a professional in the areas of manufacturing, operations, technical sales, and publishing for ten years. She also served as an adjunct faculty in the Engineering Technology Program at Triton College in
addition to her scholarly work, she is co-author of the undergraduate textbook, Psychology of Women and Gender: Half the Human Experience+ (Sage, 2022). She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and is Associate Editor of the journal Stigma and Health.Dr. Joe Roy, American Society for Engineering Education Joseph Roy has over 15 years of data science and higher education expertise. He currently directs three national annual data collections at the ASEE of colleges of engineering and engineering technology that gather detailed enrollment, degrees awarded, research expenditures, faculty headcounts, faculty salary and retention data for the engineering community. He is PI of a NSF Advanced Technological
Mechanics of Materials at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). He graduated as naval architect from the Faculty of Engineering in Rijeka (Croatia) and received his MSc degree from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and his PhD from the University of Leoben (Austria). He has industrial experience in a Croatian shipyard and in the R&D dept. of an Austrian supplier of racing cars’ motor and drivetrain components. He also was a research fellow at the University of Leoben in the field of engineering ceramics. His interests include mechanical behavior of materials and in particular fracture and damage mechanics and fatigue, as well as engineering education
policies and renewable energy initiatives worldwide. New industry in thissector demands technicians, technologists and engineers with training in alternative energies.Between now and 2017, Canadian labour force requirements are expected to more than double inwind, solar photovoltaic and bioenergy, and triple in solar thermal industries.1 Globally, a 11%compound annual growth rate in renewable energy demand is predicted to persist for the nextdecade, with an attendant US$2.2 trillion investment in renewable energy power generation.2Already the global market value of green energy is nearly US$5.2 trillion.3Colleges and universities across North America are hastening to develop programs that willserve these new workers and industries. The programs
. Page 11.1392.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Using Just-In-Time Teaching in Dynamics and Mechanics of MaterialsAbstractOver the last 8 years, the physics educational community has developed a new learning strategyknown as Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT). In this approach, students are required to answer shortquestions posted on the web at least two hours before class. Questions are typically open-endedand conceptual, rather than mathematical. The instructor then reads through the student answersbefore class and tailors the classroom experience based on student understanding. For newtopics, many students will appreciate some aspects of the idea, but different students will
Paper ID #10471Embedded computing reinforces and integrates concepts across ECE curricu-lumDr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering the University of Virginia in 1978, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2006, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2011. Dr. Powell spent over 20 years in industry designing computer controlled automated systems before returning to academia in 2001. He was appointed to the faculty in 2013, and teaches courses in electric and electronic circuit analysis, electromagnetic energy conversion, embedded computing, and the 4th year
Session 2525 EXPLORING PERSONAL, HYPER-ACTIONS IN ENGINEERING ETHICS- Having your Cake and Being Able to Eat It To! Francis A. Di Bella, PE (617-373-5240, fdibella@coe.neu.edu) Assistant Professor, Northeastern University School of Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe engineering profession has been able to maintain its reputation for high professionalethics behavior. The infrequent newspaper article that does reveal a shortcoming inprofessional engineering ethics remains news worthy simply because they are rare in theprofessional world. Under
. Thisrequires the development of innovative curricula, new courses, and laboratories to educateengineering students to work in this rapidly developing industry. This paper presents thedevelopment of a multi-disciplinary course on alternative energy technology. The motivation forthe course is outlined and a detailed description of the topics covered in the course is given.Sample student projects, and students’ responses, as well as the students’ evaluations to thecourse are also presented. The course is a part of our new projected renewable energyconcentration of the Engineering Technology (ET) program at our university. The course is alsooffered as an elective for the new graduate ET program at our university.IntroductionEnvironmental concerns, the
shared 5. Explorations of options for new roles, relationships, and actions 6. Planning a course of action 7. Acquiring knowledge and skills for implementing one’s plans 8. Provisional trying of new roles 9. Building competence and self-confidence in new roles and relationships 10. A reintegration into one’s life on the basis of conditions dictated by one’s new perspective [3, p.22]For Mezirow [3-4], Merriam [5], Illeris [6] and scholars of engineering education who haveapplied these frameworks in their own work [6-10], “true transformative learning touches deeplyinto participants’ sense of identity, community, and overall worldview, rather than just depositingcontent into the surface of a learner’s awareness” [2
including the development of pre-test and post-test assessment questions. Additionally, he has a background in remote sensing, data analysis and signal processing from the University of New Hampshire.Dr. Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Dr. Vinod K Lohani is a professor in the Engineering Education Department and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the areas of sustainability, computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform engineering curriculum of an
Universidad Panamericana from 2009 to 2016. Full time professor and researcher at Engineering School from 1997 to present. Faculty Advisor for international student contests like Imag- ineCup by Microsoft and SAE Aerodesign from 2009 to present. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A A first-year design experience based on SAE Aero Design contest to support ABET learning outcomes and engineering vocation in freshmen student Felix Martinez-Rios Universidad Panamericana, Facultad de Ingeniería, México