relateclassroom material to real-life engineering problems [5]. An empirical investigation of itscollaborative learning activity design under the HMD VR environment is not only of researchvalue as it contributes to the knowledge on the effectiveness of HMD VR environment incollaborative learning but also expected to benefit different stakeholders in the engineeringeducation systems. Students born in the new century will start to attend universities in 2018.They are a new generation that grew up with digital media and are eager to acquire the similarexperience in the class as their daily life. This requirement urges engineering faculties toaccelerate the application of new information technologies in their instruction [6], [7]. Theresults of this study
flow is certainly a priority, but this study wantsto begin to answer questions about students’ implicit understanding of macroeconomic principlesand foundational attitudes towards long term economic prospects, natural resources, commodityprices, and optimistic or pessimistic outlooks on the future of technological development andproduct R&D.The researchers are interested in measuring students’ general attitudes towards productdevelopment and consumption. One question they ultimately want to answer is whether thoseattitudes differ between engineering students and other students. To that end, the researcherswished to present a learning module around questions of consumption and critical economicanalysis. Outcomes assessment of student
AC 2009-1879: THE BIG PICTURE: USING THE UNFORESEEN TO TEACHCRITICAL THINKINGChristy Moore, University of Texas, Austin CHRISTY MOORE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches engineering communication courses and a signature course on “Society, Technology, and the Environment.” Her pedagological and research interests include service-learning projects, engineering ethics and professional responsibility, research ethics, and strategies for advancing students' analytical and rhetorical skills. She is co-PI on an NSF project, The Foundations of Research Ethics for Engineers (FREE) and collaborated on the
: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.[13] Hess, J., Kisselburgh, L., Zoltowski, C., and Brightman, A. (2016). The development of ethical reasoning: A comparison of online versus hybrid delivery modes of ethics instruction. In: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.[14] Kisselburgh, L., Zoltowski, C., Beever, J., Hess, J., Iliadis, A., and Brightman, A. (2014). Effectively engaging engineers in ethical reasoning about emerging technologies: A cyber- enabled framework of scaffolded, integrated, and reflexive analysis of cases. In: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.[15
Paper ID #26736Student Energy Audits of Buildings Can Be Done!Dr. Victoria A. Scala, United States Military Academy Dr. Victoria Scala, PE is an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department. Her current research is in the field of building performance modeling and measurement. Previously, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Manhattan College and an Adjunct Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology as well as Project Engineer with Lowy & Donnath, Inc. of Long Island City, New York. She holds an EIT certificate in the State of New York, is a
University of Tennessee,Knoxville. Cornell Engineering offers a more in-depth program starting with an Introduction toEntrepreneurship for Engineers course at the sophomore level. The minor requires 18 credits andincludes courses on Ethics, History of Capitalism and Technology, Accounting and Finance,Ideation and Design Thinking and a capstone entrepreneurship project. An experiential learningexperience through a summer internship or coop program is encouraged but not required.The engineering entrepreneurship minor at the University of Virginia is comprised of threerequired courses and one elective. The three required courses are Business Fundamentals,Engineers as Entrepreneurs, and Entrepreneurial Finance. An elective course is also requiredwhich
Design” (SBD) program, Dr. Tucker supervises students from Penn State during the summer semester in a two-week engineering design program at the ´ Ecole Centrale de Nantes in Nantes, France. Dr. Tucker is the director of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement (D.A.T.A) Laboratory. His research interests are in formalizing system design processes under the paradigm of knowledge discovery, optimization, data mining, and informatics. His research interests include applications in complex sys- tems design and operation, product portfolio/family design, and sustainable system design optimization in the areas of engineering education, energy generation systems, consumer electronics, environment, and national
TransitionAbstractPeer mentoring has been shown to be an effective means of improving the retention of women inengineering, but few studies have explored the impact of participation on the development of theleadership abilities of undergraduate women. Transitioning to a leadership mentality as a peermentor has the potential to foster self-efficacy in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) and socially stable academic relationships that may be replicated in post-graduate study and/or the workplace. This one-year study explored the experiences of junior andsenior female students in STEM majors (N=11) serving as mentors to first-year students in theWomen in Science and Engineering Honors Program (WISE) at Stony Brook University, a largeresearch
courses and continuing his dissertation research in cyber security for industrial control systems. In his teaching, Dr. Hieb focuses on innovative and effective use of tablets, digital ink, and other technology and is currently investigating the use of the flipped classroom model and collaborative learning. His research in cyber security for industrial control systems is focused on high assurance field devices using microkernel architectures. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Predictors of First-Year Retention among Undergraduate Engineering Students Who Earned a C in their First-Semester Mathematics CourseAbstractThis Complete
Paper ID #29960Student Learning Strategies: helping or hindering their success?Nancy Nelson, University of Calgary Nancy Nelson is a Professor of Electronic Systems Engineering and a Teaching and Learning Consultant at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Applied Learning. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She is a 2020 recip- ient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, was awarded the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) gold award for Faculty Leadership in 2017, and Engineers Canada’s Medal for Distinction in Engineering
, its relevance in engineering and engineeringeducation cannot be underestimated, especially when having today´s energy andenvironmental concerns in mind.Despite the importance of the subject, it has been considered as “dry and abstract” bystudents 1. One reason might be that the subject has become more and more difficult to relateto its applications –the fundamentals principles are the same as for 150 years ago, but theapplications become more and more refined due to technological developments andinnovations. If so, it is altogether not surprising that students find engineeringthermodynamics abstract, being separated from its applications – this might be devastating forthe students’ interest and possibility to learn.An increase in student
been described as conforming to a personality type1that one does not immediately associate with reflexive habits. The typical engineer is reported tobe concerned with order and certainty and therefore to be averse to ambiguity, to have a rathernarrow range of interests, to be not given to introspection and not much interested in people. Andyet for many years now reviews of engineering and engineering education around the world2have called for engineers to rise to the challenge of a global environment characterised by rapidsocial, environmental and technological change3. That is, the modern engineer is asked to dealwith ambiguous and changing circumstances and in a social and environmental context.Like similar reviews in North America (ABET
a partnership with Pershing Middle School. Scientists andengineers from the research lab have been supporting the classrooms with speakers,demonstrations, and science fair judges since 2007. During this time, the teachers began to seethe value added by having a professional scientist or engineer working with middle schoolstudents. Three main advantages seem to emerge: Providing relevance to real world problems and technologies could be presented by scientists and engineers working in the field; thereby making the science come to life for the students Presenting experiments with “cool” equipment that is readily available to the research lab can enhance the classroom experience for the students Validating
, industry accepted CAD packages. This relationship makes it easy to use themid-level CAD package as an instructional tool toward teaching the industry standard CADpackage. The instructor is still faced, however, with the task of selecting the appropriatesoftware. This paper will describe a process for selecting an optimum package from among avariety of contenders. It will also explore the use of Parametric Technologies Corporation’s(PTC) Pro/Desktop as a stepping-stone for the use of PTC’s Pro/Engineer.IntroductionIn the past few years computers have begun to dominate the Engineering Design Graphic (EDG)curriculums. The hand drawing tools of the past are rapidly being discarded in favor of 3-D solidmodeling software. A survey of EDG professional
to computing and computer science, like theNational Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), Tapia, Grace Hopper. Andthere are venues that align directly with issues related to diverse engineers and computerscientists, like the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the American Indian Science andEngineering Society (AISES), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), theNational Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and others. In addition, there is work atdepartment head conferences, like the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department HeadsAssociation (ECEDHA) and similar. The overlap, duplication, and disconnection in diversitywork among these many bodies is unavoidable. It represents dichotomies between academia
society, servingas a conduit for innovation and societal transformation. Historically, the field of engineering hasreflected the broader societal trends with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—oftenmirroring the exclusions and disparities prevalent in the social fabric of the times [1]. For muchof its history, engineering has been a profession dominated by a homogenous group, with limitedrepresentation of women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups [2]-[10]. Thisuniformity has, at times, inadvertently influenced the direction of research priorities, the designof systems, and the implementation of technologies, potentially overlooking the needs andperspectives of a diverse population.In recent years, however, there has been
of their undergraduate career in subsequent coursework anddesign projects [2]. Although these fundamental skills are critical for engineering students, entry-level engineers are often unequipped for modern workplace design and manufacturingenvironments with their narrow skillsets and familiarity with techniques taught during theireducation. The advent of advanced additive manufacturing technologies such as direct metallaser sintering (DMLS) and powder bed fusion (PBF) allow for increasingly complex designsthat were previously difficult to manufacture [3]. To take advantage of this, new design andanalysis processes should be introduced to engineering students to provide increased familiaritywith modern workflows within the industry.This paper
information technology students and help them to becomeindependent learners. Each week, a list of challenges based on the topic covered in thatweek’s lecture were provided to students for self-assessment of their proficiency with thetopics using a rubric with three levels of proficiency (entry, intermediate, and target).Student were asked to submit their completed work using online grading system, which wasalso accessible to mentors for inline feedback on students work, and to check accuracy ofstudents’ self-assessment of the topic. Results of analysis of students' perception of approachof self-assessment of their proficiency with feedback from mentors, and high pass rate of thecourse showed that low-performance students favored the approach. The
energy systems, where she received the US Department of Energy Office of Science Outstanding Mentor Award.Joyce Dinglasan-PanlilioJutta Beneken HellerZaher KmailProf. Seung-Jin Lee, University of Washington, Tacoma Seung-Jin Lee, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wash- ington Tacoma. His research focus is on the life cycle sustainability of emerging technologies, such as transportation, biofuels, green buildings, and consumer products. His tools of research include life cycle assessment (LCA), industrial ecology, material flow analysis, energy efficiency, market diffusion models, reuse and recycling, and sustainable development. He has published in leading journals in
her PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her current research is in engineering education with a focus on curriculum development and retention of female and minority students in engineering.Diane Reichlen, University of Massachusetts Lowell Diane Reichlen is a successful engineering executive with extensive experience in motivating and inspir- ing engineers to be innovative, collaborative, and to use critical thinking skills. She has over 20 years of experience leading engineering teams in Computer Information Technology and Management. Diane American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
Women Educational Equity Award.Tracy Van Houten, University of Southern California Tracy Van Houten is the lead Systems Engineer for Jet Propulsion Laboratory's advanced concepts development team, Team X. She has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Cal Poly and is currently working on a M.S. in Astronautics and Space Technology at the University of Southern California. She was the Cal Poly SWE President from 2002-2003, and has continued her SWE involvement as the Region Collegiate Representative Coordinator on the Collegiate Interest Committee.Barbara Curry, California Polytechnic State University Barbara Curry has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, and a M.S. and
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, and construction majors, only 30.2% of students are females.Further, in information and communication technology women are just 29.4% of students [7].Multiple theories attempt to explain the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields. Oneof those is stereotype threat theory, which is widely recognized and supported by replicablescientific experiments [8]. According to Steele, women experience pressure, negativity, anddistracting thoughts about STEM because of the stereotype associating the female genderwith underperformance. Experiments consistently show that if women are reminded of thisstereotype right before math tests, they are likely to score low [9]. The perpetuation of genderstereotypes can make the already challenging process of
as a source of information for improving team performance 2,3and accounting for individual contributions to a group project 4. Peer evaluations as a source ofinformation for small self-directed group work have an appeal because the team members are inthe best position to observe the team skills of their fellow team members. Despite thisadvantage, concerns have been levied against the use of peer evaluations. Abson 5, for example,suggested that peer evaluations can be abused and have undesirable effects on individuals in thegroup. Mathews 6 studied peer assessment of small group work in a management studiesprogram. He noted patterns of response included giving all group members the same score,collusion between group members, and potential
technologies, and a well educated,globally distributed global workforce represent significant challenges to the status quo ofU.S. engineering and engineering education. Meeting these challenges requires atransformation of how engineering is taught. Strong domain knowledge and technicalexpertise no longer make a well-rounded engineer; the rapid pace of change in scienceand engineeringalso requires high levels of ingenuity and adaptivity. Learning scientistsdescribe these dual capabilities as “adaptive expertise” (AE). Adaptive experts areinnovative: they are able to creatively leverage their experience and perform well in noveland fluid situations. They are also efficient: they apply their core taxonomic knowledgeappropriately and expeditiously. Common
Improvement Objectives for Mechanical Engineering 1) Improve Delivery ‐ To encourage deeper student learning by: a. Integrating theory with practice b. Integrating concepts across courses c. Requiring fewer courses/semester to increase depth d. Enhancing lifelong learning skills 2) Enhance Content ‐ Increased student exposure to: a. New and emerging technologies b. Professional skills (societal impact, ethics, team skills, project management, global issues, economic justification) c. Computer and numerical skills d. Design methodologies and tools Following intensive discussions and two faculty retreats, a major revision of the MechanicalEngineering curriculum was approved in October
- cluding long-term international assignments in Tokyo and Paris. These roles have provided a keen appre- ciation for the cross-disciplinary aspects of an engineering career in today’s global environment, includ- ing such things as business acumen, cultural sensitivity, communications, ethics, logistics, manufacturing and technology infrastructure. James’ doctoral research involved understanding the unique challenges of First-Generation Students and designing systems and pedagogy to remove unintentional barriers. James resides in Seattle with his wife and their daughters. James is a Certified Flight Instructor, and in his free time trains pilots through the Boeing Employee Flying Association at Renton Municipal
and political critique informed by Africana Philosophy and Critical Race Theory, Lisa invites readers and interlocutors to a space of reflection through (re)presenting and (re)languaging racialized experiences. Her research interests include culturally liberative mentoring, critical race pedagogy, STEM doctoral mentoring, and race and racism in non/informal adult education.Marah Lambert Marah Lambert just completed her first year in UNC Charlotte's Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation Ph.D. program. She is working as a graduate research assistant part-time. She recently earned her Master's in Research Methods in Education from the University of Kentucky. She taught middle school math for 5 years in the
, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Rosario A. Gerhardt is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to her engineering research interests, she is also interested in improving diversity at the K-12, undergraduate, graduate and faculty level. She has been primary organizer as well as a faculty mentor for several Future Faculty Workshops. She also worked in the Office of Institute Diversity at Georgia Tech on a part-time basis from 2011-2015. She was named Senior Goizueta Faculty Chair in 2015.Dr. Jennifer Tygret, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Running head: IMPACT MENTORING
(3) three codes on the domains of inclusion, including engineering processes (i.e.,ways of thinking and acting in engineering), higher education, and the workplace. In ourinterview design, we foresee our concerted focus on “DEI” during the interview (rather thandiversity, equity, or inclusion alone) will lead to distinct and holistic operationalizations of DEI.Finally, in our prior study [13], we generated connections between ethics and DEI in theliterature. We developed three primary themes (each with three sub-themes) to captureconnections: (1) Lenses for connecting ethics and DEI; (2) Roots that inform Lenses; and (3)Engagement strategies to promote connections. We will utilize these findings, alongside Katz’[4]study findings on ten