holds a B.S. in Biological Engineering from the same institution, where she developed a strong interest in inclusive teaching practices and STEM outreach. Her research focuses on accessibility and the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in engineering, informed by her personal experiences with chronic illness. She has eight years of research experience in biomaterials and pharmaceuticals, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national conferences. Peterson has also served in multiple teaching assistant roles and is committed to engaging students through creative methods such as visual tools, humor, and analogies. She is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers and a
important to note thatin Year 2, the language of the end-of-module prompts (but not the problem information orlanguage) was also revised to improve the clarity which could also have an impact on studentperformance. Though it is not possible to isolate the change in performance due to each coursechange in the collected dataset of this study.Overall, the use of case-studies in ECE 121 to provide first-year students practice at recognizingand identifying ethical dilemmas was successful. Students who had the opportunity to practicethese skills demonstrated better recognition of ethical dilemmas in the end-of-module problemswhen compared to their peers in a previous course iteration who did not use them. Werecommend the continued use of these case
signs presage a widespread need for AI literacy in orderfor college graduates to compete effectively in the job marketplace. Accordingly, worldgovernments are issuing guidance in relation to Gen AI’s expected impact on higher education[4], [5].AI literacy is defined as “a set of competencies that enables individuals to critically evaluate AItechnologies; communicate and collaborate effectively with AI; and use AI as a tool online, athome, and in the workplace.” [6] Preliminary research suggests Gen AI can significantlyincrease the average productivity or workers, although workers without AI literacy will rely onAI for tasks outside its current capacity, resulting in a decrease in percentage of correct solutions[7]. A SWOT analysis (i.e
process what worked and didn’t work about their intuitive methods and consider new strategies (RQ1). • Engagement with student centered pedagogies and the impact of active learning strategies on the effectiveness of learning and retention of learning (RQ1). • The explicit recognition of metacognition and metacognitive skills in their own learning and the learning of the students they teach (RQ1). • Recognition of the value of experiential learning in a community of practice and the value of experiencing student centered and active learning pedagogies in the CoP (RQ2). • The emergence of an engineering educator identity (RQ2).Discussion, supporting interview data and data analysis of each of the five themes
.[10] Litchfield, K., & Javernick-Will, A. (2015). “I Am an Engineer AND”: A Mixed MethodsStudy of Socially Engaged Engineers. Journal of Engineering Education, 104(4), 393–416.[11] Tonso, K. L. (2006). Student Engineers and Engineer Identity: Campus Engineer Identitiesas Figured World. Cultural Studies of Science Education (Vol. 1). http://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-005-9009-2[12] Chesler, N. C., & Chesler, M. A. (2002). Gender-Informed Mentoring Strategies for WomenEngineering Scholars: On Establishing a Caring Community. Journal of Engineering Education,91(1), 49–55. http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00672.x[13] Smith, J. L., Cech, E., Metz, A., Huntoon, M., & Moyer, C. (2014). Giving Back or GivingUp: Native American
community to University of Maryland 2 | eng.umd.eduEquity-centered engineering starts with K-12 education. The GOAL Engineering Kitsseek to close the opportunity gaps in engineering education by:1. Supporting a pathway for K-12 students to engage with high quality engineeringactivities, with a current focus on middle and high school students and especiallyhistorically underrepresented and first generation students.2. Supporting local K-12 educators with integrating engineering activities, includingteacher curriculum support and connecting students and teachers to highereducation and admission pathways.3. Empowering undergraduates to engage with their local community and educators,including focusing on incorporating DEI in the design
forward operating base with low environmental impact.This project also evolved to include a disaster relief aspect, also a focus area of DoD as they areoften called upon to be early responders to disasters around the globe.The main SE learning goals that have been pursued in our project to help develop the SEframework for participating students are described below. These are aligned with the SECompetency Areas of DoD known as SPDRE-SE/PSE5, which means Systems Planning,Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) – Systems Engineering (SE) and ProgramSystems Engineer (PSE) and shown in Appendix A. This was developed for the defenseacquisition community and is one of a number of such competency models that have been
and qualitative methods were utilized in this study. Factor Analysis (FA) was used to assess the validity of using CT scales in an HBCU environment, and to help investigate the impact of immersive technology on participants CT skill levels. The results of the FA aligned with previous research findings and provided the research team with a more refined set of CT scales for use in an HBCU environment. Semi-structured student interviews were used to gain insight into students’ perceptions and attitudes toward the incorporation of VR into an engineering curriculum, and to further explore the relationship between VR fidelity and scalability of a
University of Toronto in the Construction Management Group, Department of Civil Engineering. His research work focuses on empowering communities to become engaged in the sustainable planning of cities. Sherif is one of the assistants for the Prospective Professors in Training Program which is run by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of TorontoDr. D. Grant Allen, University of Toronto D. Grant Allen, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chem- istry at the University of Toronto. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and his M.A.Sc. and B.A.Sc. (8T1) from the University of Toronto. He joined the faculty at
focus their efforts in content areas of most interest to them.In contrast, under the points-graded system, it is difficult to say exactly how many courseobjectives were fulfilled by each student, since the grade is determined by earning “enough”points across a number of assignments. A student earning a ‘B’ may have fulfilled parts ofseveral learning objectives and fulfilled none of the objectives completely. Alternatively, thatstudent may have earned more points for in-depth understanding of some learning objectiveswhile earning few points and not meeting other learning objectives. In both examples, the gradeoutcome is the same. Consequently, it is more difficult to assess student learning using grades,which may have an impact on the ability to
critically is an important skill for practicing engineers, although in 2000,employers perceived engineering graduates to be particularly poor at critical and independentthinking26. The development of critical thinking, collaborative learning, communication, andleadership skills have been recognized to be as important for a faculty member to initiate asdelivery of content 27. One thoroughly versed in the Paul-Elder framework would argue thatcritical thinking is the foundation for all of the eleven program outcomes that must be assessedfor accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ( ABET).Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain the following outcomes: (a) anability to apply knowledge of
described the educational influences and workexperiences that contributed to these learning processes [for more information see: 13].The illustrations of challenges to ensuring research quality are based on one dominant theme(role models) that emerged from the analysis. In the focus groups the students reported thatteachers and industry engineers were role models who had a significant impact on thedevelopment of their professional self-perception. These development processes resulted from acomplex interplay of the influence of teachers and engineers with other educational factors tosignificantly shape the students‟ “professional way of being” [18, p. 389].Challenges to research quality: Socially constructed realityIn investigating student learning
build and maintain a strong customer base, wherever those customers may be.” (p37)However, traditional engineering curriculum leaves little time for extra coursework. A recentstudy of 110 U.S.-based engineering programs showed that less that 20 percent “routinelypractice” any type of business or entrepreneurship activity3. In general, engineering faculty hasnot embraced the teaching of entrepreneurship; only 16.5 percent routinely engage engineeringstudents in entrepreneurship3. This stands in contrast with student attitudes; in one recent study82 percent of engineering students agreed with the statement “entrepreneurship education canbroaden my career prospects and choices.”4In this study we explore the benefits and challenges of
6ConclusionsThe results of student academic performance presented in this work provide an optimistic viewof the designed chemistry bridge course’s impact. The participants that fully engaged in thecourse were motivated and engaged with the content and the learning experiences. At ourinstitution, courses were delivered in a hybrid fashion with classes help in-person and remotelyfor most of the 2020 academic year. The bridge course participants experienced first-hand whatremote instruction was before the academic year started. Thus, they had an excellent opportunityto develop remote learning strategies, which help them benefit from this instruction method.Therefore, the summertime experience could explain the observed performance results in theGeneral
faculty and staff areengaged in expanding the possibilities from the current multicultural and multidisciplinaryprograms to cross-border collaboration. Collaboration with industries in the region provides anopportunity to deliver a better service to the bi-national community in the 150-mile-wide RGVregion.The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at UTRGV promotes cutting-edgeresearch with international impact as a path to a better life built on compassion, community, andtechnology. Every performed activity is foreseen as a promoter for economic prosperity andcommitment to the global community. With an extensive selection of undergraduate programs inthe engineering field, the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
progressive, public, land grant university in the upper greatplains, has been undergoing dramatic institutional transformation since the late nineties. Theinstitution has moved from a Carnegie-classified Research Intensive University to a ResearchExtensive University. This move accompanied new doctoral programs that advanced researchand extramural funding. Further, North Dakota State University’s efforts have resulted in recordenrollments for ten consecutive years, and the number of graduate students has nearly doubled ineight years. Research expenditures have increased 108% in only six years, significantly outpacingthe national average. According to the NSF data on academic research and developmentexpenditures, North Dakota State University is one
apply those principles in the bioengineering area aftertraining under the proposed learning methods. When necessary, we are also interested in seeinghow purposefully paring specific team players (e.g., strong to strong, strong to weak) can providetailored support among groups based on group dynamics and individual skills.The development of students’ active learning skills depends on layers of contributions from theentire neighborhood, which involves careful guidance from the instructor, intentional self-improvement, and inter-team engagement in the community. Following the proposed activelearning approach, the students are expected to feel a more substantial personal impact from theinstructor and peers, so more engaged in learning and be more
earned distinc- tion as a Phi Beta Kappa member and an American Chemical Society Scholar. Dr. Henderson completed his Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his time as a graduate student, he was a NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Graduate Fellow. Dr. Henderson has dedicated his career to increasing the number of students who are on pathways to pursue STEM careers. He believes that exposing students to STEM early will have a lasting impact on their lives and academic pursuits. He is the co-founder of the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy (SEBA). SEBA is an educational intervention aimed at exposing underrepresented fourth and fifth-grade students and their
Page 12.102.8(g) an ability to communicate effectively(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.The six letters (l) - (q) refer to the following six outcomes, which are unique abilities to be foundin every graduate of the University of Alabama B.S.I.E. program:(l) an ability to understand the human components of a system(m) an ability to apply statistical process control and continuous improvement tools(n
rectangles are desks on which computers are placed. (b) is a design ofa panopticon conceptualized by Jeremy Bentham [20].Liberative [1], [16] or engaged [21] pedagogies seek shifting of power in and outside theclassroom. The student is trusted as an equal partner in the process of learning and teaching. Thestudent experiences are valued. The responsibility of education is shared between the studentsand the instructor. The instructor facilitates learning of (individual) and among (peer) students.The shared goal is that of liberation in the sense of equity and social justice. Liberation is soughtthrough “praxis” [1] (reflective action that affects constructive changes in the world). In thisway, education becomes “practice of freedom” [21]. Practicing
course: Introduction to Engineering Description: The course introduces methods of generating and exploring creative ideas and alternatives for designing engineering systems. The course also introduces concepts in creativity, innovation, engineering fundamentals, and problem-solving methodologies. Students learn, through experience, the process of design and analysis in engineering including how to work effectively on a team. Finally, they develop skills in project management, sustainability, written, oral and graphical communication, logical thinking, and modern engineering tools (e.g., Excel, Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Visual Basic, CAD, Rapid
United States with morethan 11 thousand members. For more than 30 years, SHPE organized and hosted its premier, three-day leadership conference in the first week of August, known today as the National Institute forLeadership Advancement (NILA). As part of NILA, SHPE chapters send one of their electedrepresentatives, typically the chapter president, to be developed into a leader. After attendingNILA, the representatives, now leaders, would lead their chapter leadership and members towarda successful post-graduation transition into the STEM workforce (students) and career upward-mobility and positive impact within the Hispanic community (professionals). Throughout the first half of the past decade, NILA’s curriculum and overall design
thissection, and it was desirable to communicate these symbols to the student. For this purpose, areverse engraving containing a library of useful symbols was 3D printed and labelled with braillefor the student to review. Images of the reverse engraving are provided in Figure 4. Figure 4: Reverse engraving of several common GD&T symbols.For evaluation, the student was provided with a more traditional homework set featuring sixwritten questions, including both broad questions such as why one would assign a tighter orlooser tolerance to a part, as well as more practical questions testing the student’s ability tounderstand or correctly produce appropriate dimensioning/tolerancing labels on a part drawing.Challenges and Lessons
, beginning with satellite thermal management, leading to conduct of an experiment aboard a Space Shuttle, to now a focus on building energy infor- matics. He is the founding Director of the newly formed Energy Informatics Center at UD. He also is co-founder of a start-up company, Dropoly (dropoly.com/play) and serves in the community as Co-Chair for the Executive Advisory Committee to Dayton Regional Green. Hallinan has been received numerous awards for teaching (UD Alumni Award in Teaching, 1998, Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty Award, 2008, Pi Tau Sigma, 2002&2011, Epsilon Delta Tau Engineering Fraternity, 1993, 2003, 2008, 2010, Phi Sigma Rho, 2011) and service (Marianist Service Award, 2004, and
researchspecialists. This team will collaborate with faculty and instructors to redesign courses, implementnew technologies and assess their impact on learning while helping to build a community ofpractice in engineering education within the CoE. Working within this community of practice10will help faculty redefine their roles as partners in designing modern engineering curricula. Insupport of this, the TLS will provide a bridge to resources available across campus as well aswith the broader educational community beyond our university.Along with the need for assistance in developing new educational approaches, faculty andinstructors also expressed a desire for dynamic learning spaces that would support thesenew ways of teaching. With the Library’s increasing
graduate attributes. The accreditation units correspondto types of content and are categorized in a high level manner as following [6]: mathematics, natural sciences, engineering science, engineering design, complementary studies, and other unspecified content.The graduate attributes are also high level and can be thought of as program-level learningoutcomes. The twelve graduate attributes are as follows: 1) Knowledge base for engineering; 2) Problem analysis; 3) Investigation; 4) Design; 5) Use of engineering tools; 6) Individual and team work; 7) Communication skills; 8) Professionalism; 9) Impact of engineering on society and the environment; 10) Ethics and equity; 11) Economics and
, Solutions, and Impacts (ISI); Ethics (Ethics); Teamwork(Team); and Engineering Communication (Comm Engr). These indicators guided our contentanalysis and served as a coding rubric showing engineering content evidence. The standard wascoded only when the engineering content was met and if students were doing and involved in theengineering framework. One standard could have multiple key QEE indicators. Each researchercoded the standard separately to reach the consistency of and validate the codes with the QEEframework. Each standard document included key terms and definitions, for instance, design,solution, investigation, criteria, constraints, materials, test, failure, and model. These key termsand definitions served as guidance for the
obtain the desired outcome. From a pedagogical perspective, educators want to encourage a deep approach to learning. Felder and Brent7 also summarize recommendations found in the literature that constructively align with the adoption of a deep approach; these include clearly-stated expectations and clear feedback on progress, assessment methods that prefer conceptual understanding over memorization, teaching methods that foster active student engagement, a reasonable workload, and consistency on the encouragement of a deep approach throughout the curriculum.‚ Cognitive Levels of Activities: Catalano and Catalano3 explore the transformation of teacher-centered to student-centered engineering education. One of their
District (MUSD),Nogales School District, and other districts in Pima County, Arizona. Annually, 6 UA facultyfrom the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 4 to 6 industrial mentors, 2project evaluators, 12 to 14 teachers (ideally elementary + half math and half science secondaryteachers), 8 pre-service teachers, 2 teacher leaders, and 8 undergraduate or graduate engineeringstudents are part of the RET Site activities. These individuals impact around 2000 studentsannually. The individuals comprise 4 teams consisting of 4 teachers from the same school, 2 pre-service teachers, 2 engineering students, 1 faculty, and 1 industrial mentor. The overall objectiveis for teachers and pre-service teachers to work on environmental discovery
that a student’s explicitlydeclared degree of interest in medicine Evaluate the solution <0.001 +1.42correlated positively and significantly Document <0.001 +1.27with one domain of self-efficacy: an Communicate 0.001 +1.08ability to overcome obstacles (p=0.01). It Overcome obstacles <0.001 +1.05was nearly significantly correlated with Learn new things 0.020 +0.50an ability to learn new things (p=0.06). Incontrast, students’ explicit career bias Empathize 0.011 +0.68