locations around the world working in full-time co-op positions or research projectswhile simultaneously completing the final two years of a bachelor’s degree as full-time students.The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to give the background and frame the positions of bothfacilitators and professors, emphasizing their complementary roles, and (2) to analyze responsesfrom students, professors, directors, and facilitators to determine what their perception is of theinteraction and collaboration of these positions. This is because a support model like this is thefirst of its kind and is unique, not found in the same capacity elsewhere in the world of academia.Based on its history of success, similar models are beginning to be implemented at
putblished on MIT OpenCourseWare: SP.248 NEET Ways of Thinking and Defining real-world problems with the D.I.S. method.Dr. Gregory L. Long, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gregory L. Long, PhD is currently the Lead Laboratory Instructor for NEET’s Autonomous Machines thread at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has a broad range of engineering design, prototype fabrication, woodworking, and manufacturing experienceDr. M. Mehdi SalekDr. Amitava ’Babi’ Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amitava ’Babi’ Mitra linkedin.com/in/babimitra|+1-617-324-8131 | babi@mit.edu Dr. Amitava ’Babi’ Mitra is the founding Executive Director of the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program at MITSarah
society. He also places thisunderstanding in the context of ABET criterion (b), “an ability to design and conductexperiments, analyze and interpret data” [6, p. 2], in that such ability is part of the scientificmethod, which has its foundations in the philosophy of science, and which together alsoconstitute one of the primary components of the course design for IDM and SMR.Splitt [7] interprets the demand on engineers as the “solution of problems involving humanvalues, attitudes, and behavior, as well as the interrelationships and dynamics of social, political,environmental, and economic systems on a global basis” [7, p. 182], restated in the conclusion interms of “problems involving … world cultures, religions, ethics, and economics” and
that require real-time coding on whiteboards,with paper and pencil, or using a simple text editor [11, 13].Currently, multiple papers review the hard and soft skills necessary for career success, [14–19],which skills are knowledge deficiencies for recent graduates [20–25], and a few papers mentionthe hiring process broadly [11, 13, 26]. However, more work is needed to describe what hiring incomputing looks like, and what employers want from applicants. Furthermore, many reports andarticles state that there is a diversity problem in computing, but rarely do these works examinehow viable candidates are lost during the hiring process. Before we can identify biases in thesystem, it is necessary to first gather the existing work on the hiring
affordresearchers?At its heart, a “pipeline” is a physical metaphor that speaks to engineering expertise. We asengineers have affinity with the language of the metaphor, understand the real-world nuancesimplicit in friction against pipe walls, flow rate, flow profiles, and so on. We understand flowvelocity increases when the pipe diameter decreases. Yet with this expertise, we can also add Page 22.684.6some of the metaphor’s more significant limitations: ● People do not act in the same ways that fluids act; ● The difference in volumetric flow rates in a pipeline is understood through the concept of “leaking,” but leaks occur randomly (in the
with MEP and AVID participants and created support to allow for all participants' success in the lab. In addition to this, the team looked at the ages of the participants and created engaging materials. The team collaborated on creating teaching slides that accompanied each step of the project. These slides included multiple visuals to illustrate concepts, provided examples, and much much more. Examples of this can be found in figure 7 (Load the program), figure 8 (Array), figure 9 (Real Life Connections). The application of these slides allowed for all participants to understand engineering concepts at a deeper level, and supported all participants in finding success in the lab. Figure 7: Load the program
developers, with direct feedback about the use of theinformation we provide and its implementation in the “real world” of an actual search, italso creates a motivation for the search chairs to actually do something differently. Whenthe search chairs know that they will be reporting back to their peers, and sometimes eventheir dean (who often attends the beginning of session two), about what specifically theydid to increase the diversity of their pools and what their pool composition looks like—thecompetitive nature of the faculty present often takes hold and action occurs where it mightnot have if they did not have to return to the workshop to report.The post-workshop evaluation surveys provided us with less feedback on theaccountability aspect of
calculations] 3.71 [Motivation to make personal lifestyle changes to live more sustainably] 3.57 [Motivation to continue studying and researching sustainability concepts and applications] 4.00 [Motivation to seek a job or career path where you can play a role to advance sustainability] 4.00 [Feeling that you are part of a community of other students and faculty who are committed to sustainability] 4.006. As a result of your work in Creating a Sustainable World, what gains did you make in integrating andsynthesizing ideas and information? 3.77
you have,missing the ability to work with people, even those you dislike, is the difference between successand failure. Perhaps this was intended to be covered in the Teamwork skill but I think it isimportant enough to be on its own." The ability to adapt and be open-minded when it comes tochanging industry priorities, is a valued professional trait. "It’s sad to have to include this, but in the real world having some background knowledgeof office politics and the ability to manage “perception” are critically important. Therefore, asurvey class that includes the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator tests and guidance on howto deal with various types should be included. Both written and verbal communication skills andfinancial
student decided to pursue a master’s degree elsewhere due tothe lack of support and confidence in the program at Florida International University.Moreover, there seems to be a fear of companies not taking this program seriously, as onestudent expresses/claims that for certain majors, such as Civil Engineering, they are discouragedfrom pursuing a master’s degree right after their bachelor’s as students who follow that path willbe perceived as having the theoretical concepts but lacking the real-world experiences employersare looking for. There is also distress over the idea of being overqualified and having limitedexperience due to the lack of industry knowledge. This is connected to the financial andopportunity costs that several other
transformative change in the graduate program arenafrom a traditionally prevalent Master of Science program is a Professional Master of Science orTechnology program (PMS or PMT). At a college in a mid-western land grant university, the PMTgraduate degree is designed to help advance, or even change, the career path of professionals to reachtheir professional goals. The objective of PMT is to leverage the real-world experience and sharpenprofessional skills while providing the educational credentials sought after highly by industry. Thus, theProfessional Master of Technology program (PMT) at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is aninnovative interdisciplinary graduate degree program that helps working professionals and studentsexpand their
1999 [5]. The bans in New Hampshire and Idaho were passed by thestate legislature [6], [7], while the remaining bans were approved via voter referenda. AA bansare often influenced by the judiciary; the appearance of AA bans as voter initiatives oftenoccurred after high-profile court cases brought by students that were denied admission to auniversity or professional school. For instance, in 2003, the University of Michigan presidentserved as the defendant in two cases, Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, in which awhite student or students were denied application to either the University of Michigan LawSchool or for undergraduate admission [8], [9]. Three years later, a ballot initiative to ban AApractices in Michigan was passed
the objective of enhancing the creativity of design solutions toreal-world sustainability challenges. The literature indicates the need for enhanced engineeringcurricula that fosters students’ creative skills, since development of this skillset, and divergentthinking skills in particular, are often missing from engineering courses. The instructorimplemented this approach during the fall 2017 after attending Stanford’s d.school Teaching andLearning Studio, a workshop that engages higher education instructors in the design thinkingprocess and supports them in developing associated active learning exercises. Design thinking isa five-stage process that guides students in empathizing with the user’s needs, defining theproblem, brainstorming
calculus class, I had to apply calculus to real 4.71 1.590 world problems. This calculus class helped me see how math is useful. 4.79 1.847 I learned a great deal in this class. 4.86 1.512 What I've learned in calculus will be useful to me after 4.93 2.093 college. This calculus course helped me understand the basic 5.36 1.277 principles of calculus. This calculus class gave me a good understanding of
), (Learn andServe America, 2009). However, one of the earlier definitions is still widely accepted andcomprehensive: Service-learning is “a course based, credit-bearing, educational experience inwhich students (a) participate in an organized service activity that meets identified communityneeds and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding ofcourse content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civicresponsibility." (Bringle & Hatcher, 1995). Note the three elements. To be defined as service-learning the activity must be in the context of a credit-bearing course, meet a real communityneed, and involve a reflection component
studies have used the TAMto explore students’ decisions to use VLs [74-76]. Most researchers assert that the TAM is mosteffective when other variables are considered. The TAM has been expanded to better defineusefulness where, it has been found that undergraduate engineering students associate more value,i.e., usefulness from educational technologies that allow them to connect their real-worldexperiences and theoretical knowledge to their perceptions of the real world engineering profession[77-79]. For this study, elements from this model will be used to understand how students value ordo not the virtual lab as an educational tool (course content, delivery mode, instructionalenvironment) and mechanism for communication with the course instructor
? What are the main performance issues? What are the sources of these performance issues? Use graphs to explore interactively. • If this performance occurred in a real-world supply chain, what would be the impact? • Who is to blame? A typical response here is: everyone blames everyone else, but not oneself! • Which KPI did you focus on? Why? Use radar chart (e.g., Figure 13) to discuss relative perfor- mance and individuals’ partial focus on KPIs. • How can you improve supply chain performance? what would you do differently if you could play again? In most cases supply chain performance can be improved by many folds. This discussion allows participants to reflect on their decisions and their impact on the supplychain
metallography and samplepreparation.I. Objectives The objectives of these experiments are to show how the unique properties of liquid crystalslend themselves to applications involving thermal, electrical, magnetic, and optical propertiesand how they are incorporated in a variety of devices. These experiments contain all of theelements of good design, with the caveat that a novelty in structure is sometimes a part ofdesign. The students learn the process of designing materials for the world oftelecommunications, analyze those already used, and suggest possible solutions to the problemsinvolved with present technology.II. Equipment and Supplies Page
Housekeeping feature ”50 over 50: Women Who Are Changing the World.” She has extensive publishing credits, both independently and with established publishers including in TIME, Variety, Ms.Magazine.com, Rebecca Minkoff Superwoman and HuffPost. Other published works include Stat! An Action Plan for Replacing the Broken System of Recruitment and Retention of Underrepre- sented Minorities in Medicine with a New Paradigm, published by the National Academy of Medicine; the unique biographical essay books Against All Odds: Black Women in Medicine and Master Builders of the Modern World: Reimagining the Face of STEM; and the first two volumes of her Little Man children’s book series. Her body of work covers a broad range of
asimilar study, Eesley and Miller (2012) reported corresponding numbers for Stanford University,another entrepreneurial institution: Close to 40,000 active companies employing 5.4 millionpeople and generating annual revenues of $2.7 trillion.Providing an educational experience that develops the entrepreneurial minds inside and outsideof the classroom is therefore critical. Pistrui et al. (2011) have identified five characteristics of‘Entrepreneurially Minded Engineers (EMEs)’:1. ‘Opportunity Orientation – searching to identify and solve real world problems that improve people’s lives through value creation2. Technical Empowerment – view technology as an enabler used to solve problems and create value for customers in a dynamic and changing
character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. Dr. Exter currently leads an effort to evaluate a new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning.Dr. Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mark Shaurette has a MS in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Technology from Purdue University. He is currently an associate professor at Purdue University, was a 2012 Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, and has work experience that includes 30+ years of senior construction management practice as well
as Research Engineer at Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) from 1993 to 1997. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2004 and was given the WCU (World Class University) Visiting Professorship under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea in 2009. He is currently leading the NSF-supported HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Enhancing Student Success in Engineering Curriculum through Active e-Learning and High Impact Teaching Practices (ESSEnCe).Michelle Taub, University of Central Florida Michelle Taub, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Research and Core Faculty of the Faculty Cluster Initiative’s Learning Sciences Cluster at the University of
to manage both CATIA-based and SolidWorks data using thesame cloud tenant.• Repackaging of Dassault CAE Applications The 3DExperience platform is largely a repackaging of the full suite of Dassault CAx and PLM applications using cloud infrastructure. This suite encompasses the design world with CATIA, manufacturing with DELMIA, simulation with SIMULIA, Product Lifecycle Management with ENOVIA and Systems Engineering with DYMOLA. Functionality is made accessible to users through “Apps”. In the case of CATIA, these apps roughly correspond to Workbenches in V5. Dassault’s business model for 3DExperience bundles Apps together aligned with various engineering-type roles. Examples of these roles include Mechanical
Perspectives Program (GPP) Fellow, and was inducted in the Bouchet Honor Society in 2017. Sreyoshi is committed to demystifying and democratizing generative AI solutions and bridging the gap between theoretical research and practical applications using AWS technologies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Gen AI in Engineering Education Work-in-Progress: Gen AI in Engineering Education and the Da Vinci Cube Abstract As generative AI (GenAI) tools rapidly transform the engineering landscape, a crit- ical question emerges: Are current educational innovations adequately preparing en- gineers
,combining just in-time theory with hands-on applications.The most significant difference between problem-based and project-based is that the solution forproblem-based is around one unique issue, while project-based requires the student to design asolution for an open-ended question, solving a real problem and creating something tangible.Commonly, some of the topics of problem-based implementation are of academic nature andmay not resemble industry challenges [6]. Contrary, project-based learning also must have open-ended outcomes according to [8, 25].This means that the student must have initiative, projectmanagement ability, team-based capabilities, strong observational skills, and the application ofknowledge in addition to the acquisition of
energy on-site. If I could figure out how to do that in a cost effective way. And I don’t think that environmental engineering, would offer me the same opportunities to do something that was socially good like that.”Finally, Maggie was a student who had a well-developed idea of social responsibility and astrong desire to help others through engineering, though she recognizes that anyone with enoughdrive can make a difference, and engineering just was not the path for her: “I was drawn to civil engineering because I really wanted something that was very, very strong in the math and the sciences, but also had a lot of real-world applications for helping people.… The biggest thing that I can emphasize in terms of my beliefs is that your
currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Educa- tion / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions, specifically on design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Ms. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His
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involved Stanford University efforts to includeartificial intelligence into an in-house software systems that could be used for robotics. Afterthat a small start up company called Willow Garage provided essential resources extending theinitial idea advanced at Stanford. The project has continued to grow and now has contributionsfrom numerous researchers from around the world. The basic functionality of ROS facilitatesdifficult projects by building off of what others have done. The system level problems thatmight be encountered with new hardware, interrupts and other software hardware issues arehandled by ROS enabling students to focus on capabilities rather than the details of hardwareintegration. Additionally there are numerous books available
that end.” ≠ “Everything we’ve learned will be applied to our jobs, regardless of the engineering position we will have.”The first offering of the Systems Engineering (SE) Course was in the spring of 2008 in theAerospace Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin. The twenty-onestudents in their junior or senior year with a grade point average of 3.0 or better were hand-selected to participate in the pilot offering. Some of the pilot students had completed thecapstone design class in the previous semester, and often used that experience in classdiscussions. Many had applicable co-op work experience and even waiting job offers as systemsengineers with numerous leading aerospace companies. In addition, one of