graduates, the relationship between engineering identity and persistence is critical tounderstand how students navigate pathways into engineering [7]. The importance of thisrelationship is reflected in Brickhouse, Lowery, and Schultz’s request for increased research onSTEM identity and persistence [11]. Godwin, Potvin, Hazari, and Lock echoed this concern bypointing out that student beliefs preceding engineering identity formation point to their reasonsfor choosing engineering as well as choosing to leave engineering due to conflicts andalignments between their sense of self and the field of engineering [12]. Less is known about theinfluence of identity on persistence, especially with regard to the potential strength ofengineering identity to
, Department of AutomotiveEngineering, Graz, Austria Emilia Bratschitsch is head of the Department of Vehicle Technologies (Automotive and Railway Engineering) and teaches Electrics, Electronics and Methods of Signal Processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in Medical Electronics as well as in Technical Journalism from the TU of Sofia and received her PhD from the Technical University of Graz (Austria). She gained industrial experience in automation of control systems, engineering of electronic control systems and software
workforce depends on attractinggreater numbers of scientists and engineers: the current workforce is aging at the same time thatjob skills are becoming increasingly technical3. The shortfall of women in SME fields has at leasttwo implications for this productivity. First, they represent an untapped reservoir of potentialemployees, and second, they may bring new perspectives and ideas to meeting new challenges4-6.Beyond the economic and productivity implications are social and ethical motivations. Scientificliteracy is increasingly important to health and environmental issues. But the understanding ofSME fundamentals by most Americans—particularly women due to their under-representation inSME—is inadequate to fully participate in these issues7
Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PE, LEED-AP, is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She is the 2016 recipient of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Assistant Professor and the Black Graduate Student Organization’s Lisa Tabor Award for Community Service. Using deep insights from a fourteen-year industry career and her strengths as a systems
University’s Whiting School of Engineering where he has served on the faculty since 2008 with secondary appointmeRachel E Durham, Notre Dame of Maryland University Rachel E. Durham (PhD, Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, and a Senior Fellow with the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC). With a background in sociology of education, education policy, and demography, her research focuses on graduates’ transition to adulthood, career and college readiness, community schools, and research-practice partnerships.Ms. Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University Alisha Sparks serves as the Executive
University Angela (Angie) Minichiello is a military veteran, licensed mechanical engineer, and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Her research examines issues of access, equity, and identity in the formation of engineers and a diverse, transdisciplinary 21st century engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Systematized Literature Review on Problem−Solving in STEMEducation Exploring the Impact of Task Complexity on Cognitive Factors and Student EngagementAbstractThe profound
definitely the INF students’ way of getting information aboutsocietal aspects. As students were not aware of Cambridge Analytica issues at the momentthey were all over in the news and some of them even did not know about Silicon Valley, theapproach should be strongly adapted. Teachers in the USE Basic course should much morepay attention to the different knowledge levels of the different students. Cases that are core tostudents discipline should not be expected to be known and brought in step by step in order tobe activating for students.LimitationsWe indicate some limitations of our research. Initially, the sample sizes in the survey studyare small and might not be representative to the population of the BMT, AM and INFdepartments. The students who
the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on stu- dent perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education Sympo- sium in 2013, awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research Methods Faculty Apprentice Award in 2014 and the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching Effec- tiveness and Educational Scholarship presented by American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chemical Engineering Division in 2017. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
engineeringeducation community to develop more energy harvesting applications and new curriculums forrenewable energy and energy harvesting topics. These days there is an increasing interest toharvest energy at a much smaller scale, for applications such as the ones found in manyembedded systems the power requirements are often small (less than 100 mW). Today,sustaining the power requirement for autonomous wireless and portable devices is an importantresearch and technical issue. However, this progress has not been able to keep up with thedevelopment of micro-processors, memory storage, and wireless technology applications. 2. Projects in Engineering and Technology EducationThe engineering, science, and technology field, at present, is very dynamic due to
Paper ID #19230They Choose to Attend Academic Summer Camps? A Mixed Methods StudyExploring Motivation for, and the Impact of, an Academic Summer Pre-engineering Camp upon Middle School Students in a Latino CommunityDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of curriculum and instruction in engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing
engineering learning environments.Ms. Emily A Madden, University of MichiganDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a Lecturer in Technical Communication and an Assistant Research Scientist in Engineer- ing Education at the University of Michigan. She loves serving as a ”coach” to engineering students as they engage in communicating their ideas to a range of stakeholders. She studies teamwork and team- based pedagogy, with a focus on inter-team communication and equity. She is one of the Faculty Innova- tors behind Tandem, a Center of Academic Innovation tool for supporting students working in teams. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020AbstractEngineering student project
materials. Ms. Matin has over 3 years of experience of teaching in architecture and interior design field at Azad Islamic University and Eastern Michigan University. She has been LEED Green Associate since 2016.Dr. Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University Ali Eydgahi started his career in higher education as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute in 1985. Since then, he has been with the State University of New York, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Eastern Michigan University. During 2006-2010, he was Chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, Founder and Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA
they encounter gender-based challenges inthe workplace. Ultimately, this paper demonstrates and promotes the strengths of Q methodologywithin engineering education research and provides student researchers actionable steps andknowledge to advance their research skills.IntroductionFor engineering education to continue to grow and evolve, it is important for researchers tocontinue to learn and implement new research methodologies pushing past the typical modes ofdata collection and analysis. Learning new methodologies can help researchers answer newquestions and extend our understanding of education. New methodologies afford researchers newtools and techniques which lead to new answers and insights.Methodologies are chosen by the researcher to
adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of New Mexico. His broad research interests include engineering education, as well as control and optimization of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power and energy systems, multi-agent systems, robotics, and biomedicine. He is a recipient of UCSB’s Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation Best PhD Thesis award.Prof. Alexander J. Headley, University of Memphis American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Test anxiety and its impact on diverse undergraduate engineering students during remote learningAbstractTest anxiety
and who they want to become, and it is situatedwithin their activity as they seek to jointly solve problems through physical and representationaltools. In Lave and Wenger’s terms, a theory of situated learning emphasizes the relational interdependency of agent and world, activity, meaning, cognition, learning, and knowing. It emphasizes the inherently socially negotiated Page 23.663.7 character of meaning and the interested, concerned character of the thought and action of SOLVING AUTHENTIC PROBLEMS THROUGH DESIGN PROCESSES 7 persons-in-activity [...] Given a relational
-styleresearch paper which culminates in a conference-style presentation at the end of the academicyear, at a conference organized by the First-Year Engineering Program. Students are required towrite their research papers in teams of three, so the course also places strong emphasis onteamwork and teamwork skills.This non-traditional, hybrid course serves 450+ students every year. It involves considerablecoordination between the English faculty and the engineering faculty, and allows students toexperience the importance of communication skills within the context of engineering. Studentresponses provided as part of a course assignment were used to conduct an initial evaluation ofthe course and course implementation.At the end of the spring 2024 semester
accurate way to get those numbers. Othergroups held the specific heats constant and regarded the resulting error negligible. A third, smallerselection of groups chose to look up the equation for determining specific heats based upontemperature and include that in the model. So while the generalizability might be lacking forsome, it helped students to have to decide between accuracy and ease of use. Deciding betweeneither a simple model or an accurate model is something engineers struggle with everyday.Since the numbers in Table 3 are low, it is clear that making the model generalizable was a lowpriority for most groups. The important thing is that the groups recognized the issue and placedinput areas for new data while recalculating work so the
structures and engineering pedagogy.Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California San Diego Van Den Einde is a Teaching Professor in Structural Engineering at UCSD. She incorporates education in- novations into courses (Active Learning, Project-based learning), prepares next generation faculty through TA Training, serves as advisor to student organizations, and is committed to fostering a supportive en- vironment for diverse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies for large classrooms and developing K-16 design-based curriculum in earthquake engineering and spatial visualization to support persistence.Dr. Nathan Delson, eGrove Education Nathan Delson, Ph.D. is a Senior Teaching Professor at the
conventionalmachining [1]. These skills are vital for engineers to communicate design ideas, and a basicunderstanding of manufacturing technology helps enable students to consider how a design onpaper might be turned into a physical prototype. Faculty observations and student and alumnifeedback have indicated that these skills are vital for success in classroom design projects suchas senior design, as well as for careers in industry [2]. Page 15.482.2Within the biomedical engineering curriculum at Bucknell University, a fabrication andexperimental design course is integrated into a four course design sequence where two coursescomprise the senior capstone
challenge forcourse design, content, and conduct. Engr310 must provide engineering students specifictechnical rigor defined as prerequisites for upper level courses and simultaneously provide all Page 4.587.2the other students only the subject background needed as future Air Force officers.Student interest and motivation are historically strong factors affecting student learning inEngr310. Content, administration, and student preparedness are issues regularly confronting theinstructors. Approximately one year ago, a faculty panel began to review the course todetermine alternate presentation methods. Guided, in part, by the ABET EC-2000 Criteria2
students) often neglect the unique needsof underrepresented populations. Although some strategies exist for helping minority studentssucceed in STEM, the present investigation uncovered detailed information about how Blackmale students in engineering and engineering-related fields develop important academic traitssuch as confidence and resilience. To add to the limited body of literature on Black males inSTEM, interview data from 27 Black male students majoring in engineering or engineering-related fields were analyzed through the lens of Strayhorn’s ‘buoyant believers’ framework. Theframework offers practitioners, faculty, and staff – who work with minority engineering students– guidance for addressing challenges students face and creating
Paper ID #29239Aligning the chemical engineering curriculum to a common problem-solvingstrategyProf. Nicolas Hudon, Queen’s University Dr Nicolas Hudon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s Uni- versity (Canada) since 2016. His teaching activities are mainly concerned with second-year fundamental courses. He is the recipient of the 2019 Carolyn Small Award for teaching innovation from the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering at Queen’s University.Dr. Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen’s University Dr. Meunier studied mechanical engineering and worked for twenty years as an
. Brown, and R. R. Cocking, eds., 2000, How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.9 Pellegrino, J.W., 2006, “Rethinking and redesigning curriculum, instruction and assessment: Whatcontemporary research and theory suggests.” A paper commissioned by the National Center onEducation and the Economy for the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce.10 Albanese, M. A. and S. Mitchell, 1993, “Problem-Based Learning: A Review of Literature on itsOutcomes and Implementation Issues,” Academic Medicine, Vol. 68, pp. 52-81.11 Prince, M. J. and R. M. Felder, 2006, “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions,Comparisons, and Research Bases,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol
calculus” are just acouple examples of the students expressing their struggle to see the relevance of what they arelearning. Likewise, engineering faculty are often frustrated by their students’ apathy toward reallearning. When a machine design student says, “You mean I have to remember Statics?” itbecomes clear the student didn’t see the usefulness of free-body diagrams back in Statics class.When students don’t see a connection between the concepts they learn in Statics and their futureas engineers, they are less motivated to engage and to remember what they learn. There may bemany contributing factors as to why students tend to see Statics as “series of mathematicalmanipulations”1 rather than a way to understand physical systems. Textbook
beneficialfor minority student development. In addition to the value of adding to the base of evidencesupporting the use of this model, the result of this study is significant because of the breadth ofoutcomes and the length of the period studied. The study compares the performance of programparticipants to a control group of minority students from the same cohorts and with a similarmatriculation profile in terms of age and of a predicted grade point ratio based on SAT / ACTscores, high school rank in class, and quality of high school.Black student retention and the Treisman approach to improving itHigh failure rates in introductory college mathematics courses, notably among underrepresentedstudents, have been of concern for many years.1,2 Table 1
Paper ID #7532Teaching Sustainability in an Engineering Graphics Class with Solid Model-ing ToolDr. Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, PuebloDr. Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo Jane M. Fraser is Chair of the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University, Pueblo. She was formerly on the faculty at the Ohio State University and Purdue University. She has a B.A in mathematics from Swarthmore College and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley
with the easeof access to such Gen AI tools have raised a lot of questions about ethics, authorship and academicintegrity [25], [27]. While academics are still exploring the possible applications of Gen AI in education [27], severalresearchers agreed that Gen AI literacy is essential in education [28], [29], [30]. Some educators andresearchers argue that several AI tools like the writing assistance tools may enhance the learningexperience by providing automated assistance [31]. AI has also been explored as a creative collaboratorin various fields, such as game level design and computational tools for creative writing, where it is seenas a potential source of new ideas and support for designers' goals [32], [33], [34]. Providing
offers a valuable framework for investigating various behaviors, it is importantto acknowledge its limitations in capturing the potential influence of power dynamics and otherconfounding elements. For example, power imbalances within a capstone engineering teamcould shape individuals’ behaviors in ways that extend beyond their personal beliefs, which maynot be fully captured by the RAA’s focus on individual beliefs and intentions. Similarly,contextual factors may influence behaviors in ways that are not adequately represented by theRAA. In the capstone engineering example, project complexity or time pressures could be suchfactors. To address these concerns, researchers could incorporate qualitative methods andcontextual factor measures, such as
Paper ID #39193Board 121: Using Tutor-led Support to Enhance Engineering StudentWriting for AllJohanna Bodenhamer, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisDr. Robert Weissbach, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Robert Weissbach is currently chair of the department of engineering technology at IUPUI. From 1998 - 2016 he was with Penn State Behrend as a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology. His research interests are in renewable energy, energy storage, and engineering education.Ms. Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Ruth Pflueger has been
on campus, which was not a concern pre-pandemic.Important decisions have been made about how to vary assessment measures [1] for exampleby having students give a pre-recorded, non-assessed group presentation, and to then use theconstructive feedback to prepare a live, assessed, group presentation. Similarly, we wereobliged to re-consider how best to support peer-to-peer collaboration [2] with students beingset collective goals, and meeting face-to-face on a group rotational basis once a week withcontribution and attendance being periodically monitored. Furthermore, students wereencouraged to make use of sanitised study space in the department, and to actively conversethrough TEAMS as and when appropriate. Additionally, challenges arose with