years that focus on community outreach and service. Theseprojects include a community bike rental station, an automated greenhouse for a K-8 school, andassistive technologies for employees with disabilities. These new projects exist along with“traditional” competition-based capstone projects such as Formula FSAE.Given these two classes of multidisciplinary capstone projects, we examine the experiences ofthe students, faculty, and community partners during the transition to new service-learningcapstone projects. Specifically, we report on interviews conducted: (1) with faculty to understandtheir administrative and instructional challenges in adding service-based capstone projects, (2)with community-partners and their perceptions of working with
ofprevious decades, avoided the ills of technology, and took responsibility for improving societyfor all2. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) codified their ethics in 1912and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Society of MechanicalEngineers (ASME) soon followed in 19143,4. These codes defined the relationship of engineers tosociety, but also to their clients and employers who were to receive an engineer’s deference andgratitude. These codes have continued to evolve to an extent, but represent a minimum standardwhich engineers must achieve and have always been wrapped up in concerns of the nation andcorporations5.Engineering education in the U.S. has largely paralleled the goals of the nation. During
Education, 2024“Someone has invested in me to do this”: Supporting Low-Income Students to Persist in STEM through an NSF S-STEM grantThere have been numerous, widespread national efforts to address the challenge of a growingneed for STEM professionals. In a 2012 report, the President’s Council of Advisors on Scienceand Technology suggested that the United States needed to produce one million additionalcollege graduates in STEM fields by 2022 in order to keep up with the expected growth inSTEM positions [1]. Between 1970 and 2018, STEM occupations grew 79% [2] and areexpected to continue to grow 10.8% between 2021 and 2031 [3]. Evidence suggests that thenumber of STEM degrees is increasing, as is the diversity of those obtaining STEM
program, theMinority Engineering Transfer and Articulation (META) program (2001-2004), allowed us totake the successful components of the program, targeted only to pre-engineering students, andredesign the program, targeting more broadly to underrepresented students in all Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic (STEM) disciplines.The redesign has allowed SCCORE to become a sustainable and successful program, asevidenced by the number of students who have transferred and those who have enrolled ingraduate school. The program started with all the alliance community colleges and one hostuniversity, New Mexico State University, located in the southern part of the state. The programhas now been modified in structure to include all the
2006-1368: COMMUNITY BUILDING AND IDENTITY DEVELOPMENTTHROUGH GRADUATE COURSEWORK IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONHeidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University Heidi Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education (ENE) at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE). She is the chair of the ENE Graduate Committee and she is a member of the Teaching Academy at Purdue. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. from ABE in 1997. Her research interests include open-ended problem solving, evaluation of education technology, and first-year and graduate curriculum
feelings of marginalization, and improve under-representedstudents’ ability to see themselves as belonging in engineering.A student’s development of a robust “engineering identity” is critical to student thriving andflourishing [21]. A strong engineering identity has been shown to contribute to students’academic and personal development [22], persistence in engineering [23]-[24], and professionalsuccess [25]. In foundational work, Carlone [26],[27] described the related concept of scienceidentity as having three components: competence; performance; and recognition, as well as beingsituationally emergent, context dependent, and able to interact with other dimensions of identitysuch as race, gender, etc. As Godwin [28] notes, students developing
in students’ innovation13 and can create amismatch between how students perceive engineering as a field and how they perceive themselvesas people who engage in engineering, often resulting in a lack of belonging and ultimately,attrition13–16. As a result, a gap of understanding how to develop students with diverse andinnovative mindsets in engineering education remains.In a 2014 visit to Purdue University, Paul Eremenko, founding CEO of Airbus Group SiliconValley technology and business innovation center and former director at Google, stated, It strikes me that there are two families or reasons why [we need diversity]…One is social justice. That there should be representation commensurate with the representation of everyone
into consideration for subsequent oral exam designs and implementation. 4. Data and MethodsTo assess project outcomes evaluation methods were implemented at each stage of the projectand results were used to inform and refine oral exam designs, IA training, and evaluationinstruments. The research team collected both quantitative (interval and ratio) and qualitative(nominal and ordinal) data from several sources, including student and instructional assistantsurveys, focus groups with students and instructional assistants, and a post asynchronous trainingself-evaluation/reflection from IAs. The data used in this report was collected from Fall 2021from the 5 instructors, 29 instructional assistants, and approximately 580
. She also earned her PhD in Education - Learning Sciences and Human Development from the University of Colorado Boulder.Donna Auguste Ph.D., Auguste Research Group, LLC Dr. Donna Auguste is an electrical engineer, computer scientist, and data scientist. She is the founder and CEO of Auguste Research Group, LLC, based in Oceanside, California, USA. She currently works with sensor technology and drones, including teaching STEM concepts through coastal drone piloting and aerial/geospatial data analytics.Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Cynthia Hampton (she/her) is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Center for the Enhancement of Engi- neering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia
guidance for understanding and improving the design ofmakerspaces and similar learning environments.1. INTRODUCTIONEach year students arrive at the steps of engineering colleges eager to become engineers.University makerspaces have emerged as a space where engineering students appear increasinglydrawn. An academic makerspace is part workshop, part classroom, and part community ofpractice. It is a place where real-world challenges are married with hands-on approaches; wherestudents are encouraged to prototype and realize ideas; where design meets manufacturing; andwhere a student’s mind, hands, and heart can be integrally intertwined. Learning in makerspacesis different than learning in typical engineering labs or classrooms not merely because of
technical skills.Although these are necessary for career success and productive work, students must also developcapacities for authentic engineering practices within authentic engineering communities.Specifically, they must develop practices for engaging ill-structured, ambiguous problems, andnavigating complexity and uncertainty through careful, creative application of deep knowledgethat characterize engineering design1. And they must do so in collaboration with others,communicating successfully with diverse stakeholders in formal and informal settings2. Finally,they must cultivate the ability to reflect on the quality of their innovation and communicationefforts3.The NSF and other sponsors fund research experiences for undergraduates (REU
clear to the author that if this subject had to make an impact in studentsunderstanding and interest in the field of aeronautical engineering, it cannot be done through conventionallecture-based model. On the other hand, the fundamental theories cannot be overlooked in the interest offocusing on applications. This paper documents an endeavor to achieve a balance between those two byfollowing McLaren’s [6] suggestion that the theory informs practice but experiential and practicalknowledge can be employed as a means to understanding and interpreting that theory. The objective is toapproach a math-based Aerodynamics class from a context of application, student-centered (SCEL) andinstructor-centered experiential learning (ICEL) at the same time
funding from the National Science Foundation to examine and address inequities in higher education, specifically as they relate to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). She served the NSF ADVANCE grant initiatives as a co-Principal Investigator, working to improve practices to recruit and retain women of color in STEM and enhance institutional climate at USD. Other current research grants support pathways for veterans in higher edu- cation, and the NSF program called, ”Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Departments.” Her co-authored books include The Borderlands of Education (with Susan Lord), Mentoring Faculty of Color, and Beginning a Career in Academia: A Guide for Graduate
these tools with an accurate representationof how they will apply them in industry. Many students are not provided the environment toutilize the knowledge they acquire in engineering science courses until two years later in theirsenior design class. To assist in bridging the gap between academia and industry, our researchteam has curated and administered open-ended modeling problems (OEMPs) for engineeringscience courses to allow students to engage in collaborative knowledge creation and experience amore accurate representation of how engineers in industry solve problems.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) sets forth quality standardsfor engineering curricula to ensure that students that are enrolled in an ABET
. Some capstone design projectsare multidisciplinary with students from across multiple majors and multiple departments. Thedesign review process gives students the opportunity to learn about their project from a differentengineering perspective, consequently growing their breadth of knowledge. The University ofSouth Carolina’s Department of Mechanical Engineering studied the impact that “mechatronics”has on engineering education [2]. Victor Giurgiutiu et al. define mechatronics as an academicdiscipline that combines the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computerengineering, and information technology. They state that the goal of mechatronics is to “developin our students the right blend of technical knowledge, scientific
AC 2009-950: HOW MUCH DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND? ANENTRY-LEVEL TEST ON ELECTRICITY AND ELECTROMAGNETICSChris Smaill, University of Auckland Dr Chris Smaill holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and degrees in physics, mathematics and philosophy from the University of Auckland. For 27 years he taught physics and mathematics at high school level, most recently as Head of Physics at Rangitoto College, New Zealand's largest secondary school. This period also saw him setting and marking national examinations, training high-school teachers, and publishing several physics texts. Since the start of 2002 he has lectured in the Department of Electrical &
Paper ID #21286Development and Implementation of a MOOC Introduction to EngineeringCourseDr. Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University Dr. Benjamin Mertz received his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. He is currently a part of a lecturer team at Arizona State University that focuses on the first-year engineering experience, including developing and teaching the Introduction to Engineering course. He also teaches Thermo-Fluids and High Speed Aerodynamics for the Mechanical and Aerospace
was initiated. These undergraduate peer learningleaders played two roles in the course, (I) they were in the classroom helping students’ with theirwork, and, (II) they led optional two hour helps sessions outside of the class time. The secondform of peer learning was implemented through the inclusion of a peer discussion periodfollowing in class clicker quizzes3. The third form of peer learning had the students creatingvideo project assignments and posting them on YouTube to explain course topics to their peers.Several other more informal techniques were used to encourage peer learning, which will also bediscussed in this paper.This paper will explain some of the details of how these peer learning techniques wereimplemented. Examples and
Paper ID #15197What is the Length of a Toilet Paper Tube? A Hands-On, Team-Based Lessonin the Ethics of Data CollectionDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Linda Vanasupa has been a professor of materials engineering at the California Polytechnic State Uni- versity since 1991. She also serves as co-director of the Center for Sustainability in Engineering at Cal Poly. Her life’s work is focused on creating ways of learning, living and being that are alternatives to the industrial era solutions–alternatives that nourish ourselves, one another and the places in which we live. Her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees are in materials science and engineering from Stanford University and her B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from the Michigan Technological University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
, including conducting research related to classroom and innovative pedagogical strategies. Her own intersectionality led to her passion in promoting and researching pathways into Engineering especially for underrepre- sented minority groups.Dr. Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University Dr. Winfree is the Associate Director of the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems as Northern Arizona University. His research focuses on wearable technologies as applied to health assessment and rehabilitation. He teaches in both Electrical Engineering and Informatics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Optimizing Student-Faculty Rapport for the Engineering
multidisciplinary program in2004-5; presentations from key College programs showed that the quality of the program isreflected in the quality of the output.Lastly, in preparation for a growing integrated program, effort went into creating a database anduser interface to simplify and streamline project authoring for sponsors, project selection forstudents, project information tracking for instructors, and project administration for the program.Without such a tool, the administrative overhead of scaling the design program would have beenprohibitive. As such, the tool is designed to accommodate the potential for 400+ students,multiple departments, and 70-90 projects, supporting functions that include authoring projects,selecting projects, optimizing team
the one under investigation).In education, however, such certainty and agreement are not holistically agreed upon; hence,frameworks, assumptions, perspectives, and paradigms must be stated and their relevance andimpact on the study must be discussed. Without such explicitness, informed peer review isimpossible.Our central argument of this paper is that a great need exists for constructing a strong bridgebetween the discipline of educational research and the discipline of engineering educationresearch. This bridge needs to be bi-directional, as each discipline can provide uniqueopportunities to the other. Engineering can learn from education how to conduct educationalresearch in a more rigorous, grounded, and relevant way. Education can learn
conditions, is an important factor in engineeringstudent success and persistence. Undergraduates in transportation engineering face exceptionallydifficult technical courses comprising sophisticated mathematics, complex physics, and appliedcivil engineering mechanics, which can weaken confidence and self-belief. According to studies,learners who lack confidence in their skills to understand key ideas, use analytical toolseffectively, and apply information to real-world systems are more likely to struggle academicallyor drop out of programs before graduation [1]. As a result, developing instructional approachesthat promote self-efficacy is crucial for transportation engineering student retention andworkforce development.Self-efficacy has been found to
perform better, more readily share knowledge and engage in organizational citizenship behavior, and are less likely to leave,” Research-Technology Management, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 39-45, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.1080/08956308.2021.1863111.[20] J. Y. Lee, M. Swink, and T. Pandejpong, “The roles of worker expertise, information sharing quality, and psychological safety in manufacturing process innovation: An intellectual capital perspective,” Production and Operations Management, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 556-570, Oct. 2010, doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2010.01172.x.[21] P. Cauwelier, V. M. Ribiere, and A. Bennet, “The influence of team psychological safety on team knowledge creation: A study with French and American
unique elements fromeach cohort or an individual participant. The researcher engaged in data immersion whichrequired reading through the transcripts in entirety a minimum of two times before identifyingthemes from each cohort. Based on the themes that emerged across the cohorts, primary cyclecoding was used to categorize the transcripts line by line [14]. These elements and trends werecoded and tracked in the N’Vivo software. The categories were created as themes in N’Vivo andpaired with lines of transcript that matched with the category definition. Detail describing eachcategory is provided in the Study Findings section.5 Study FindingsIn this qualitative research study, students’ experiences as associated with the engineeringcommunity during
professional engineer, first as an R&D engineer in a Fortune 500 company, and then leading innovation and technology development efforts in a major engineering firm. She is now an Associate Professor conducting research and teaching on engineering leadership.Dr. Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto Dr. Reeve was the founding Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) (2010-2018) at the University of Toronto. After a lengthy career as a consulting engineer he made development of personal capability central to his work with engineering students, undergraduate and graduate. In 2002 he established Leaders of Tomorrow, a student leadership development program that led to the
interviews [15]. In terms of thelegitimation framework for mixed-methods research, the observations also add to the inside-outside validity of the study, which refers to “the extent to which the researcher accuratelypresents and appropriately utilizes the insider’s view and the observer’s views for purposes suchas description and explanation” [16, p. 1256]. The observations allowed us to have a betterunderstanding of how the students were describing the different course structures and the day-to-day activities that took place in the classrooms (i.e. the insider’s view).Quality considerations for the qualitative phase of this study were informed by the Q3Framework by Walther, Sochacka, and Kellam [17]. This framework includes the followingaspects
settlement of half a dozen houses named Togoru … the localcemetery is already underwater”10.Community ConsentOften, the decision to relocate an entire Fijian community, such as Vunidogoloa, had to be madeonly after total agreement among all those living in a certain village12. First, however, the Fijiancitizens had to be educated about the current and future states of the climate in their area so that theywere able to make an informed decision that had such life-changing consequences12. Althoughunanimous support was required to initiate managed retreat, the process by which the new area wasconstructed showcased inequalities in who actually had a say in the overall development12. As oneFijian citizen proclaimed, “one of the most glaring parts of it
interdisciplinary innovation lab within the College of Engineering, Design and Computing. Her research focuses on transformative experiences in engineering education. She is the past division chair of the Technological and Engineering Literacy / Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE).Tom Altman Dr. Tom Altman – Professor Tom Altman received his B.S. degrees in Computer Science and in Mathematics, and M.S. and Ph.D. (1984) in Computer Science, all from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Altman specializes in optimization algorithms, formal language theory, and complex system simulation. He joined CU Denver in 1990 and became a full professor in 1997. Dr. Altman has published a book and over 90 journal, conference, and technical