. Meira’s research interests include engineering education, space exploration, and robotics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Neuroqueers in Engineering: Investigation of Engineering Education that serves those in Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ CommunitiesAbstract The intersection of neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ identities, referred to as“neuroqueer” in this work, is an emerging field of study within engineering programs at NorthAmerican universities. The broader impact of this research is to find how to best support studentswith this intersectional identity in the context of engineering education. The intent is todetermine what efforts have been made thus far in how neuroqueer
economic implications of their work.9-10 Thisrecognition has been incorporated into the educational requirements for engineering andcomputing students; for example, ABET EAC Criterion 3 outcome (h)11 and ABET CACCriterion 3 outcome G12. These broader impacts can be considered macroethical issues, wherethe profession itself has responsibilities.13 The proposed ABET EAC Criterion 3 Outcome 5 11seems to acknowledge this more holistic view of ethics: “An ability to recognize ethical andprofessional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which mustconsider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societalcontexts.” (pg. 26).There are a number of different curricular models for
Resources at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Reible holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engi- neering from the California Institute of Technology, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer, a Professional Engineer (Louisiana), and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for the ”development of widely used approaches for the management of contaminated sediments”. His research is focused on the fate, transport, and management of contaminants in the environment and the sustainable management of water resources.Dr. Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University Chongzheng Na is an associate professor at Texas Tech University. He graduated from Tsinghua Uni- versity (B.E.), Pennsylvania State University (M.S
and understand how LCs have affectedstudent retention, performance, and learning experience.IntroductionIn 1993 the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the fifth engineering education coalition,the Foundation Coalition (FC), with the vision to become a recognized catalyst in changing theculture of engineering education. Since NSF envisioned the engineering education coalitions asa vehicle to create new models of engineering education, the FC, during the first five years offunding, concentrated on creating pilot programs based on seven ideas that are informed by anumber of theories of learning and change. The key ideas are: (1) active/cooperative learning;(2) teaming; (3) technology-enabled learning (4) curriculum integration; (5
% Awareness 0.0% 98FA 99FA 00FA 01FA 02FA 03FA 04FA 05FA 06FA Figure 4. Graduation Rates in Engineering and Engineering Technology by Cohort YearAs is evident in the findings that follow, we have identified a number of items that appear toaffect the performance and retention of students. However, we recognize the limitations of theinitial data and hope to reveal patterns as they emerge in the coming semesters and years. Ourfeedback from the 2011-2012 academic year suggests that we are on track to make a significantcontribution to the retention and success of students.2.3 Focus Group ResultsPeer mentor focus groups were conducted at the end of the spring semester to assess thesuccessfulness of the
analyt- ics, creativity and innovation, and emerging technologies. He is actively pursuing the development of educational techniques and methods in construction. He has developed construction-based simulation applications and strives to bring aspects of project management into simulation applications.Dr. Raheleh Miralami, Mississippi State UniversityDr. George D. Ford, Mississippi State University Dr. George Ford P.E. is the Director of Mississippi Stateˆa C™s Building Construction Science (BCS) program. Dr. Ford has 15 years of industrial experience including corporate work, and 16 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
]. Factors impacting this are complex. At thehigh school level, minoritized and low-income students are more likely to apply to a constrained set of collegechoices compared to where their capabilities suggest they might gain admittance, less likely to enroll in a four-yearinstitution after the admissions process, and more likely to face barriers to entry due to a lack of equitable access toguidance and information about how to negotiate the application and enrollment process [4]. At the college level,this issue is often further explained by high college dropout rates and lack of enrollment in STEM majors, but theabsence of parental participation in university education and underlining educational disadvantages could also play arole [5]. Overall
invest in and benefit fromteam-based involvement in service-learning. Humanitarian engineering programs and projectsbuild on the basics of service-learning concepts but expand and deepen them to address basichuman needs in the most marginalized populations. Both service-learning programs and HEP haveshown marked positive impacts on student professional formation including: professional skillslike teamwork and leadership [16], attitudes and identity as an engineer [17], and better recognitionof global and societal contexts [18]. Studies based on effectiveness of professional skills in directcorrelation with the involvement in service-learning are extensive, but tend to focus only on ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics and Control Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a GK-12 Fellows project, and a DR K-12 research project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and control system technology. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six philanthropic foundations, he has con- ducted significant K-12
Paper ID #35689A Pilot Interdisciplinary Robotic Mentorship Project to StudyEngineering Soft Skill DevelopmentDr. WenYen Huang, SUNY New Paltz WenYen (Jason) Huang, huangj18@newpaltz.edu, is Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at SUNY-New Paltz. Jason has a particular interest in utiliz- ing technology for enhancing student’s understanding and improving teacher’s instruction in the STEM classroom. He is a former high school mathematics teacher.Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Division of
Transportation 8 14% Environmental 8 14% Geotech 4 7%Recommendations for Cur r iculum Modifications:The following are proposed recommendations to the Civil Engineering curriculum:I) Cour ses r ecommended for r emoval fr om the cur r iculum: 1) Route and Construction Surveying (3): this course is not taught at any other institution as a core course. Most programs are offering only one course of surveying. In addition, many institutions are either moving away from surveying or modifying the course to include emerging technologies such as GPS and GIS in a new course called
. Typical questions include: “Whattechnology does this idea rely on?”, “When would this be available?”, and thevery important “Who would want to use our product-idea?” This methodologyhelps clarify intricate details about project ideas since these often-generalquestions can pick out inconsistencies and dependencies that might go byunchecked.A new creative technique emerges: the birth of “The Survivor Idea Challenge”Having analyzed all the ideas that were generated, we now stood atop piles ofinformation that covered most aspects of an initial engineering design: socialimpact, economic cost, similar available products, technologies required, andpossible implementation strategies. What was left was to decide upon an idea.Over the course of the idea
leave at IDEO in Palo Alto, CA, sharpening some rusty design tools. Page 11.1186.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Systematic Integration of Concept Inventories In Mechanical EngineeringAbstractGauging student knowledge accurately is a complex task that has always challenged educators.The commonly employed metrics (homework, quizzes and exams) serve as indicators of studentperformance for instructors — yet are these instruments truly assessing student knowledgegains? Concept inventories have recently emerged as tools for assessing students’ understandingof the basic
representative project plans, and information was also shared on locationsadjacent to the proposed development. The project involved new construction on a site that firstrequired demolition of an abandoned building. The project also entailed addressing a number ofhigh-level design considerations ranging from the campus architectural design requirement,Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), emergency power, fire protection, andsound proofing measures. The size of the development was left to the students’ discretion basedon the prevailing zoning requirement and experiences of a nearby comparable development.Deliverables for this assignment were similar to those of the first PBL assignment.Third-Party Skills TestingThe AIC, Level I
focus on identifying, assessing, and developing key skills, knowledge, attitudes, and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for engineers to effectively lead others, particularly other engineers and across cultures.Prof. Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andrew M. ”Mike” Erdman received his B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State and his M.S. from USC. At Rocketdyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL (Bechtel), he con- ducted research for Naval Reactors. He currently serves as the Walter L. Robb director of Engineering Leadership and as a
the decision of its participants to pursueSTEM careers and Ph.D. studies post-graduation [14]. Mogk and Tomovic reported that partakingin undergraduate research opportunities is considered an effective educational tool which enhancesthe overall undergraduate experience [22], [23]. Such tool has proven to increase the pursuit ofSTEM degrees and graduate education for every ethnic group [24], [25], [26]. Bauer and Bennettfurther reported that participating in research venues improves skills such as speaking effectively,carrying out research assignments, and acquiring and interpreting data [27].Knowing the immediate and long-term benefits research venues has on STEM education,particularly in fostering scientific and technological advancements
settings.IntroductionThe importance of developing the future transportation workforce has been recognized nationallyacross the United States1-5. There has been growing concern as to whether there will be enoughqualified and skilled professionals in the future to meet the emerging demands and challenges oftransportation systems3, 4. The impending retirement of the “baby boomer” generation posesthreat to the transportation industry 4. In 2003, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in itsSpecial Report 275 (The Workforce Challenge: Recruiting, Training and Retaining QualifiedWorkers for Transportation and Transit Agencies) indicated that by 2013, 50% of thetransportation workforce would be eligible to retire6.One key strategy that have been identified to be
. First, our participants, all of whom were persisting inengineering majors at the time of this study, expressed high levels of self-efficacy, and self-identified as someone who seizes opportunities and combats self-doubt with a fierce work ethic.We call this type of student an “active agent.” Second, emerging across all domain categorieswas a strong sense of responsibility toward kin, and community and support from theseoftentimes-nontraditional sources. In identifying and analyzing these two seeminglycontradictory characteristics – strong individual drive and interdependent, relational orientation –we hope to inform diversity advocates in engineering about the unique attributes that helpstudents from low socioeconomic standpoints persist and
its global talent pool of highpotential managers. The program was designed to enhance innovative and creative skills, and wasdelivered through face to face, online, and live virtual educational experiences.One of the key components of the program, was a series of live virtual events, delivered by Stanfordinstructors and company executives, and designed to achieve a few objectives: review the content ofeach online course completed by participants, demonstrate ways to apply the content to the company’swork environment, and promote peer discussion and group feedback on the content application. Thepaper will share some key characteristics and design principles that informed the development anddelivery of these live virtual events, some best
are many reasons that contribute to this tendency: average roughness remainsso easy to calculate, it is well understood, and vast amount of published literature explains it, andhistorical part data is based upon it. It has been seen that Ra, typically, proves too general todescribe surface’s true functional nature. Additionally, the push for complex geometry, coupledwith the emerging technological advances in establishing new limits in manufacturing tolerancesand better understanding of the tribological phenomena, implies the need for surfacecharacterization to correlate surface quality with desirable function of the surface. In turn, thesurface quality over the entire area, not just the 2D Ra parameter, dictates the performance
people external to their communities. In fact,some of the Mbyá-Guaraní have been forced to assimilate to the customs of other ethnic groupsdue to the lack of governmental support and neoliberalist practices in the region [6,7].Research has indicated that the Mbyá-Guaraní possess "extensive knowledge of the healingproperties of the forest plants" [2, p. 204]. They also practice subsistence agriculture, extractcane (tacuarembo and tacuapí) from the forest, make crafts for religious and commercialpurposes, and share information about more than 229 species of guyrá (birds), 80 species of wildplants, and 11 species of bees and wasps [2,3,5]. They are also known to possess a wealth ofresource management, extraordinary craftsmanship skills, build
only six students, or less than 6%, wereenrolled in the College of Engineering and Information Technology. This means that almost allof the student participants were pursuing non-engineering degrees. It is this fact that was mostintriguing and challenging from an engineering outreach perspective. In other words, how cannon-engineering students learn about the engineering implications of this disaster through theirservice experience?The 105 students were divided into five work groups of 21 students. Each group was assigned toa staff member who was responsible for supervising the daily work schedule and monitoring thestudents. The five staff members included the Director of the Russell House University Union,the Director of Housing and Residence
areapplied as a whole, they help students make connections and retain information [5]. In describingthe importance of contextual learning for engineers Palmer, Terenzini, Harper and Mersondiscuss the following areas where Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found value inproviding context, (1) to help learn the subject matter, (2) to motivate and engage students, (3) todevelop professional skills, and (4) to find technical solutions [6].Collaboration is seen as an essential component of the CTL system. Such collaborations can befostered between the school and businesses, non-profit organizations and the local community.When students are exposed to these partnerships and work with these groups it helps them tolearn to respect others, listen
AC 2010-1627: FACILITATING COLLABORATION OF ENGINEERING ANDARCHITECTURE STUDENTS VIA AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL-STUDYWORKSHOPMichael Symans, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Michael Symans is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where his primary focus is on the development and application of advanced technologies for seismic resistance of structures. His involvement in the Bedford Program began in earnest when he served as the School of Engineering representative on the search committee for the second Bedford Visiting Professor. Subsequently, he participated in his first Bedford Travel-Study Workshop in Spain; that
, with a focus onthe teacher and what is taught, in contrast to the student and what is learned. Historically,this approach operates in an open-loop system where teachers pour forth the same contentregardless of student needs. The emergence of student-centered classrooms and outcomesassessment in the last decade has profoundly changed the paradigm for teaching andlearning across higher education1.Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC 2000) adopted by the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET), which instituted requirements for outcomes definition andassessment, created serious confusion among engineering educators2,3. This resulted fromthe limited faculty training in educational concepts such as learning objectives, outcomes,and
Opportunity, the Director of University Planning and Analysis (the university’soffice of institutional research), and the Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Diversitywas formed and met for ten months in 2007. A retreat with an outside facilitator forced us toclarify our goals and our understanding of which goals might be drivers of change in increasingfemale faculty presence. Through this process it emerged that having women in leadershippositions and in senior faculty roles within the department changed the tone of departmentconversations and was key to hiring and retaining more women. That became the first principleof the D3 project.The grant proposal was developed by a subcommittee of the Task Force on Women Faculty,which included social
and Information Systems. Her dissertation topic was Keystroke Biometric Identification on Long-Text Input. Publications in this area include peer-reviewed journal articles, and a co-authored book chapter, in Behavioral Biometrics for Human Identification: Intelligent Applications. Dr. Villani has been actively seeking funding internally and externally to address gender disparity and broaden participation in the Computing Programs at FSC. The money raised through campus grants and other funding sources was used to provide Women Student Orientation programs, and to take students to women in computing events. Dr. Villani has been active publishing and presenting these experiences in an effort to share within the
TESTING FOR GRANGER CAUSALITY BETWEEN RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, GDP, CO2 EMISSION, AND FOSSIL FUEL PRICES IN THE USA. MustafaYasinYenice Valbona Bejleri Mustafa.yenice@udc.edu vbejleri@udc.edu University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave, NW, DC, 20008 Abstract: This paper examines the causal relationship between renewable energy consumption, GDP, CO2 emission and fossil fuel prices. Johensen cointegration method, Vector Error Correction Method, and Granger Causality are used for analysis. The data is taken from the US Energy Information Administration, and World Bank
area of scholarship pointing out its importance. Langlais (2012)emphasizes the importance of examining institutional, organizational, and contextual factors, anda recent special issue of Teaching Ethics (fall 2021) on the role of ethics centers reexamine theinstitutional factors affecting ethics education and assessment. Boyd and Newton (2011) arguethat rapidly changing features of emerging technologies requires a re-examination of institutionaladministration and policies for effective ethics education. Schultz and Steele (2023) provideinsights from business organizational models to suggest that the institutionalization of artificialintelligence (AI) ethics must attend to multiple factors such as (a) accurate identification andengagement of
Page 15.619.2producing “graduates [who are] effective in global context” is one of its three strategic goals for2009-2013.9 And as discussed in more detail below, the College’s Engineer of 2020 initiativefeatures a number of target graduate attributes with an explicit global dimension.Many kinds of strategies and programs have emerged to help prepare engineering students forglobal professional trajectories.6,10-11 At Purdue, for example, the Global Engineering Program(GEP) and Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE) give studentsopportunities to study, work, volunteer, and intern abroad, and participate in multi-nationaldesign projects.12,13 Many students receive other kinds of global education through coursework