issues.[8] As increasing technology allows engineers to learn more about existing andemerging problems, it also provides opportunities to develop solutions like never before.[9]Consequently, engineers must be successful in idea generation[8, 10] by fully exploring solutionspaces through the generation of multiple and diverse ideas[11]. Considering a wide spectrum ofideas at the front end of the design process is important in order to consider strong aspects ofconcepts to develop while filtering out other aspects. Generating diverse ideas to consider requiresdivergent thinking,[4, 12] while engineering methods focus on converging on a single solution.While experienced designers appear to use strategies in their idea generation process[13, 14
energy?Energy is a virtual concept and provides the central unifying concept for any discussionof energetics. Energy is frequently considered limited; however, the universe of energy ispractically unlimited. The question is to find the energy in a form that is compatible withour technology. Total energy to a system represents contributions of mechanical potentialenergy, mechanical kinetic energy, thermal energy (internal), exergy, entropy, work andchemical energy, including phase changes(other forms of internal energy), electricalenergy, and possibly other energy modalities. We discuss several of these modalities ofenergy transfer in additional detail belowEnergy represents the capacity to do work. Energy is conserved and conversions to andfrom
insufficient or missing data. The final sample consisted of 81 (27 adult learners, 54 traditional)undergraduate students pursuing engineering degrees at a small, private institution in the NortheastUnited States. Within the sample, 60 participants self-reported as male, 20 as female, and oneparticipant identified as transgender. Most of the participants identified as Caucasian (70 %).Demographic differences emerged between the two engineering student groups. Traditionalengineering students ranged in age from 18 to 24 years (Mage = 20.52) compared to adultengineering students who ranged in age from 25 to 49 years (Mage = 33.78). Nontraditional studentswithin the sample presented similar characteristics as a “typical” adult learner such as
workshop conversations, and submission of a current CV. Multiplemethods, including qualitative analysis and statistical analytic approaches, were used to identifypatterns within the data collected from the workshop series. However, this paper focuses onexploring salient themes that emerged from the first workshop session, and as a result, a fulldiscussion of overall project methods is outside the scope of this paper. Table 1 provides anoverview of demographic information for participants of the first workshop. All seven of theparticipants were faculty at R1 institutions. Table 1: Faculty Participant Demographics Category No. of Participants Title Assistant
. Her current research is aimed at investigating intersectional stigma and how it affects HIV-related outcomes in Tampa Bay by applying participatory qualitative methods. Dr. Gabbidon also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Psychology including Cultural Competence, Program Evaluation, and Health Psychology.Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin has dedicated her career to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging of students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Her research is grounded in the effective implementation of STEM curricula in urban middle schools. Johnson Austin began her
+Engineering[9] Krapcho, K. J., & Furse, C. (2014, June), Lessons Learned Developing an Engaging Engineering Summer Camp Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2—20752[10] Clark, J.V., Minorities in Science and Mathematics: A Challenge for Change, Virginia Parent Information and Resource Center, 2000[11] Hartman, J. C. (2016, March), Summer Camps for Future Engineers Paper presented at 2016 EDI, San Francisco, CA. https://peer.asee.org/27391[12] Sharer, D., & Murphy, D., & Kuyath, S. (2005, June), Summer Camps In Engineering Technology Paper presented at 2005 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--15526[13]. Kuyath, S.J., Diversity in Engineering
academia and industry, including ten years of manufacturing experience at Delphi Automotive.Prof. Autar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar Kaw is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida. He is a recipient of the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Edu- cation and Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching. The award is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate education. Professor Kaw received his BE Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) India in 1981, and his degrees of Ph.D. in 1987 and M.S. in 1984, both in Engineering Mechanics from Clemson
resulted in sheep shearing robots (1975- 1993). He and his students produced the first industrial robot that could be remotely operated via the internet in 1994. He was presented with the 1993 Engelberger Science and Technology Award in Tokyo in recognition of his work, and has twice been presented with the Japan Industrial Robot Association award for best papers at ISIR conferences. These are the leading international awards for robotics research. He has also received university, national and international awards for his teaching and papers on engineering education. From 1996 till 2002 he researched landmine clearance methods and his web site is an internationally respected reference point for information on
, sustainability and appropriate technology, and engineering education reform. From 2004 to 2010 he served as a Senior Science Fellow of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting Paula Quinn is an independent evaluation consultant with Quinn Evaluation Consulting. She specializes in the field of education and has worked on projects funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, state departments of education, and private colleges and universities. She holds an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University and a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University
engineering, • qualities of effective classroom presentations, • educational pedagogy with Bloom’s taxonomy, learning objectives, and strategies, • tests and other strategies to assess student learning, • computer technology for presentations and communication, • problem-based learning, • innovative approaches to teaching to develop creative engineers, • distance learning technologies, • issues concerning climbing the academic ladder, and • diversity issues.The following sections discuss what some participants learned from EESP and implemented aschange agents in their teaching environments.Lessons Learned: Benefits and Pitfalls of the Implementation of Group Problem-solvingOne focus of EESP was on implementing group problem
use of technology to createBuilding Information Models (BIM), where students can directly appreciate the benefits ofcollaboration in a design of the built environment or infrastructure project [22], [23], todesigning activities that require complex problem solving where tools such as communicationand teamwork are essential [24]. According to several authors, the implementation of this type ofpedagogical approach has the potential to increase reflective thought, creativity, communication,and effective groupwork [1]–[3], [25], [26].To develop educational modules that encompass both majors, several factors must be consideredsuch as the application domain, development tools, educational systems, teaching devices andpedagogies, and learning
, and production facilities located throughout Europe and NorthAmerica with some larger sites located in France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Asa result, in addition to being equipped with technical knowledge, engineers must be prepared towork in a diverse collaborative setting. Some identified skills that stem from such criteriainclude: creativity, innovation, problem-solving, decision making, metacognition,communication, collaboration, information literacy, technology literacy, citizenship,responsibility, cultural awareness, etc. [2].Understanding the industry expectations and goals for its future engineers is essential inpreparing students at the undergraduate level to successfully enter the working sector equippedwith the skills
amongthe disciplines to create a sustainable, esthetically pleasing, 160 square-foot ‘Tiny House’ fortheir client, an emergency medical technician and phlebotomist. The off-grid, solar-powered, 20’L x 8’ W x 13.5’ H structure is permanently attached to a flat-bed trailer. Viewed from afar, thehouse is evocative of a miniature, ocean-going yacht sailing leisurely into port at sunset, yetsturdily equipped for unforeseen, gale-force winds. The designers operated within severe budgetconstraints, an aggressive schedule, evolving specifications, a network of volunteers, and loftysustainability goals. This design/build project illuminates the grace of great things, theenthusiasm that drives us to embark on uncharted waters in pursuit of grand challenges
’ FTP (n=118). Thequalitative portion consists of case studies (n=4) which assess connections between students’FTP and SRL use. The cluster analysis showed three clusters of student FTP’s. Interviewsshowed that clustering matched the FTP interview results, a variety of SRL strategy use amongFTP’s, and connections between FTP and SRL including perceived instrumentality and atimeline of short and/or long term goals. Future work will focus on the connection between FTPand SRL with the intent that practitioners may use this work to create programming related tothese themes to increase SRL use among undergraduate engineering students.IntroductionThe U.S. workforce is in need of a large number of well-educated science, technology,engineering and
opportunities, and make informed decisions ontheir career choice, and to gradually build an education portfolio to best market themselves for it.Two programs are offered: 1) Corporate mentoring program, which is developed between theCEAS Emerging Ethnic Engineering (E3) Program and General Electric (GE) Aviation forethnic minority engineering students. Students are assigned mentors from GE who periodicallymonitor the students’ performances till graduation. 2) Paid industrial cooperative program (Co-Op). This program places students in co-op paid jobs by the UC’s Division of ProfessionalPractice (DPP) during the sophomore, pre-junior and junior years. Mentorship is provided byDPP faculty (one for each degree program) to guide them to appropriate paid co
Paper ID #38325Exploring how Students Grapple with Agency in Open-Ended EngineeringProblemsDr. Corey T. Schimpf, University at Buffalo, SUNY Corey Schimpf is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His lab focuses on engineering design, advancing research methods, and technology innovations to support learning in complex domains. Major research strands include: (1) analyzing how expertise develops in engineering design across the continuum from novice pre-college students to prac- ticing engineers, (2) advancing engineering design research by integrating new
convergent (deeply interdisciplinary) problems to undergraduate engineers. Past research projects include studies of governance in engineering education and the influence of educational technology on engineering education.Rebecca Thomas (Adjunct Professor) Rebecca Thomas is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She holds a B.S. and M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.Stewart Thomas (Assistant Professor) (Bucknell University) Stewart Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
figure) Figure 1. Simple Hydraulic Circuitbalances the spring force, the relief valve “cracks” and flowis diverted from the cylinder to the tank. This operation issomewhat similar to that of a voltage regulator in an electrical circuit. Different types of pressure relief controlvalves are available to provide various pressure-flow characteristics. Additional information on hydraulic 3components and systems can be found in a series of handbooks by Hedges .Logic Control Systems To begin the discussion of industrial logic control systems, consider the simple hydraulic system shownin Figure 2. Pressurized hydraulic fluid is available to the simple two position
-altitude balloon flights. WALI’s founding members deliberately chose the team name andmission statement to encompass all types of high-altitude projects.More than 100 universities currently host small satellite programs and more than 50 universitieshave launched multiple satellites. At the time of this paper, 166 university-class CubeSats havebeen launched [2]. In the last decade, an industry has emerged around small satellite design, withmany startup and large companies entering the market. Many of the students who participate inuniversity small satellite teams hope to work at one of these companies upon graduation, andstudent leaders from successful teams are often highly recruited.Literature on Small-Satellite-Based Education ProgramsSwartwout
Senior Member of IEEE and AIChE.Dr. Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State UniversityDr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core
Concept mixed methods coding, the data will be analyzed for any emergent themes and/orcategories. Results from this research study could be used to inform culturally-relevantengineering lessons for schools that serve Tohono O’odham students and point to directions forfurther research.IntroductionIt has been recognized the U. S. must find ways to diversify and connect the next generation toSTEM fields (U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2005, National Science Foundation,2014). Part of the next generation includes Native Americans whom have been among the mostunderrepresented population in the fields of STEM (Stevens, Andrade, & Page, 2016). Althoughthere are programs to support NA/AN inclusion in STEM, it is imperative to first
into the university structure. It does this toexperiment with how value and relevancy are retained amidst a variety of internal and externalpressures facing higher education. In doing so, it serves to innovate within the current university,innovate the future university, and innovate workforce and community connections in Boise andbeyond [3]. In addition, Boise State launched the Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives(ISDI) in January 2015. The mission of ISDI is to create a culture of inclusive excellence inscience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) – increasing the number of womenand other underrepresented groups in these fields and facilitating the success of those alreadypursuing that pathway [4]. It does this by serving
engineering. MechanicalEngineering, in particular, is a discipline representing great potential in terms of advancingsustainable solutions to our global environmental problems. Yet, the majority of design projectsrely on fossil fuels and old technologies that will continue to add CO2 to the atmosphere. Thus,Mechanical Engineering offers a space for increased attention to sustainability.We surveyed sophomore Mechanical Engineering students in an energy systems design class togauge their views on sustainability and its importance to engineering. This represents thepreliminary phase of a multi-year project on organizational change in the MechanicalEngineering Department. Results from this study will help us develop a targeted, integratedcurriculum
systems to meet a desired need. Page 6.46.1In addition to these programmatic issues, the project had several specific educational goals(described below). In today’s rapidly changing world, the public is becoming increasinglyinterested in, and aware of, the relationship between organisms and their environment. The roleof ecology and ecosystem studies has a proven place in an engineering student’s education,particularly in the emerging discipline of ecological engineering. However, students tend to lookat organisms as isolated elements, rather than as systems. This project was designed to highlightthe links between organisms and develop a systems
the students felt it important after each stage was completed that fullset of each teams code be shared with the entire class. This would provide students withmore opportunities to read code. In future offerings of the course, team evaluations withindividual accountability will be used.Bibliography Information[1] Course website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/OOSD/F2009/index.html.[2] Kak, A. C., “Programming with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of Object Oriented Programmingwith C++ and Java”, John-Wiley, March 2003.[3] Friedman, R. and D. Fadi, “Innovation and Education in the Digital Age: Reconciling the Roles ofPedagogy, Technology, and the Business of Learning, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,November 2003.[4] Smith, K. A
results from our National Science Foundation (NSF) grantentitled Elementary Teacher Professional Learning in Equitable Engineering Pedagogies forMultilingual Students. This project works with third grade teachers of emerging multilingualstudents to integrate translanguaging practices into their classrooms as well as engineeringlessons. Preliminary results of our teachers' learning and growth as teachers of engineering canbe found in other papers [1], [2], [3]; this paper focuses on a major goal of our project, asustained professional learning experience model for elementary school teachers.IntroductionThe United States has and will continue to have an increase of English language learners, oremerging multilingual students, in elementary school
experientiallearning frameworks into makerspace programming to enhance student engagement andeducational outcomes. These findings contribute to ongoing discussions regarding experientiallearning and its implications for engineering education, reinforcing the argument thatmakerspaces play a transformative role in students’ academic and professional development.Introduction This full paper explores how makerspaces have emerged as vital components ofengineering education where hands-on, project-based learning is highly valued. Thesecollaborative environments allow students to bridge theoretical knowledge with practicalapplication, fostering creativity and problem-solving by creating physical artifacts (Halverson &Sheridan, 2014). Beyond their role in
meaningful knowledge they constructed after course completion.Implications for this work include providing information to instructors on how students viewinnovative, problem-based work and the benefits to their development as novice engineers. Thisstudy also suggests that autoethnography can serve as a valuable research method in engineeringeducation, allowing for a direct examination of students’ own experiences and perceptions.IntroductionThe student perspective provides valuable insight that can be leveraged to improve engineeringcurriculum and retention rates. [1], [2], [3]. The engineering curriculum at the university levelserves to engage students in activities that meet university requirements, as well as satisfy theAccreditation Board for
Education.Dr. Julia D. Thompson, University of San Francisco r. Julia Thompson is an Assistant Professor at University of San Francisco. She has a passion for integrat- ing the soul’s work into the engineering design process and technology. She is driven to help students, and people in general, look at technology as a pathway toward healing of earth and unjust social structure. Julia did her undergrad in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley and her PhD in engineering education at Purdue. Her research interests focus on how engineering design practices impact the relationships that engineering programs create with the community. American c Society for Engineering
Paper ID #36962Enhancing Team Communication Skills via Portable Intercultural Module ina Systems Thinking ClassDr. Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Aparajita Jaiswal is a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentor- ing, Assessment and Research (CILMAR), Purdue University. She completed her Ph.D. in 2022 from the Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University. Her research interest lies at the intersection of Intercultural learning, Sociology of learning, Human-computer interaction, and STEM Education.Dr. Tugba Karabiyik, Purdue