transforming society. “But why and how are these people persuaded by new information, ideas, beliefs and values? During the 1500-1700 innovations of many kinds were made. Some of them concerned new information about physical environment or new mathematical concepts and techniques, some contained new religious or philosophical ideas, still others considered what a ‘good society’ should be like. If there were deemed sufficiently attractive (meaning that they represented an improvement in some environments), they were “fit” in an evolutionary sense and spread through persuasion in a choice-based cultural evolution among individuals” p.44 [11].Mokyr’s assertion indicates that the availability of knowledge and
and an incumbent graduate student for the 2020-2021 year. He works on the project titled ”CAREER: Actualizing Latent Diversity: Building Innovation through Engineering Students’ Identity Development,” assisting with narrative analysis and interviews, helping to understand the identity trajectories of latently diverse students. He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Harding University with honors, where he participated in the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) research group, studying frustration in first- and second-year undergraduate engineering students. He also served as the BPI lab manager during 2017-2018. He is also a Society of Personality and Social Psychology Undergraduate Research Fellow
well-being, health, and quality oflife,” 2 forward-thinking innovators who “make a world of difference,” 3 and agents of technicalsolutions that can “ensure the sustainability of civilization and the health of its citizens, whilereducing individual and societal vulnerabilities and enhancing the joy of living in the modernworld” 4. Similarly, most engineering professional societies market themselves with statementscentered on their contribution to society like “Advancing Technology for Humanity” 5 and“ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operatessociety’s economic and social engine…” 6. The relationship between engineers and “the public”sits at the very core of engineers’ professional identity and
career-sustaining competencies at higher-order cognition, and mostimportantly, meta-competencies that will help students prepare to lead innovation by developingessential self-directed learning, career development, and lifelong learning competencies [6] thatinclude various aspects of learning management skills, e.g., information, learning, attitude,thinking, and collaboration. 2 The curriculum aiming at career sustaining competencies called for enhancing theexperiential learning by bringing in requirements from the world of engineering practice, namely,team organization, concept generation, and critical analysis of the design process. As we
engineering. During his thirty years plus at Houston Community College, he has formed collaborations across the country that have provided the opportunity for HCC students to participate in innovative research and materials programs. A significant number of these students have completed their undergraduate education, entered and finished their graduate education, and transitioned to careers. Mr. Sheinberg has Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Texas (Austin) and University of Houston and a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Houston). He serves on numerous regional, state and national committees. He is married to Beth Finefield, and they reside in Kingwood, TX.Dr
[desired].”31 Facing a STEM student shortage, itis more important than ever for the engineering discipline to open itself up to all potentialstudents. If EPBEL can be successful in creating more meaningful experiences for students, thenthere is potential to attract students that haven’t historically looked at engineering. Rather thanan image of engineering as merely a staid application of math and science, potential students willsee current students participating in a discipline of hands-on design innovating solutions for theworld. This may be especially effective for under-represented minorities and women who haveto first develop the self-concept that they belong in engineering. This study produced
engineering learning, and interpretive research methodologies in the emerging field of engineering education research. His teaching focuses on innovative approaches to introducing systems thinking and creativity into the environmental engineering program at the University of Georgia.Dr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice Pawley is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She runs the
, broader impacts associated with scientific and engineering research, and innovative curriculum design in STEM-related fields. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Earthquake Engineering Education Research Methodology for Game-Based LearningAbstractThe authors present a research paper about an innovative research and development (R&D)methodology for game-based learning to integrate engineering education and 21st centurylearning. Prior to game development, a literature review on gaming revealed a lack of systematicmethods for integrating research into design and implementation strategies of many game-basedlearning environments, much less one for
Page 12.560.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Do They Like What They Learn, Do They Learn What They Like – and What Do We Do About It?AbstractContinuous updates to first-year engineering curricula have seen the development andimplementation of a variety of new learning strategies as standard educational practices1. Trendsinvolving learning methods such as active learning, case-based learning, service learning,problem-based learning, and other teaching innovations have received positive reviews, in partfor their effectiveness and the ability of each to engage college students beyond the traditionallecture format. While novelty, variety, and student engagement have their merits in terms ofraising
review for ASEE, one reviewer wrote, “there is nothing particularly innovative orunusual about the approach presented here.” However, we have come to realize that assessingour course subject to Haws’s insightful criteria or simply comparing it to other efforts inengineering ethics instruction would omit a key fact that we ourselves almost overlooked: wedidn’t really set out to create an ethics course—at least, not just an ethics course.We also wanted students to think critically about past, present, and future technologies and theroles they (both the engineers and the technologies) play in modern society. We wanted them tolook at technology from different viewpoints and read about it in different genres. We wantedthem to apply the course
2006-1332: METHODOLOGY AND TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING HANDS-ONACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIESJulie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin JULIE LINSEY is a Ph.D. candidate in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research focus is on systematic methods and tools for innovative and efficient conceptual design with particular focus on design-by-analogy. Contact: julie@linseys.orgBrent Cobb, U.S. Air Force Academy CAPT. BRENT COBB is an instructor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his B.S. from the Air Force Academy and his M.M.E. degree from Auburn University. He previously worked for the Propulsion Directorate of the Air
and then establishingcommunication channels to share those interpretations so that the Food Engineering ProgramAssessment Committee acts on and supports interpretations to improve student learning ofintended competencies. The question underlying assessment results is what has faculty and FoodEngineering Program Assessment Committee learned about its students’ learning?Interpretations of student performance might lead to innovations in teaching in courses or inredesigning the Food Engineering curriculum. These kinds of changes will need to be recognizedand addressed at UDLAP’s highest decision-making levels to assure that our institution commitsthe appropriate finances and/or resources to enact the kinds of changes or innovations
out how General Motors Page 9.851.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationnow regrets hurrying its slow-selling 1992 Caprice to market, even though consumers hadindicated in prior tests that, among other things, the rear wheels looked too small. As Pottruck and Pearce27 remind us, customers actually drive innovation and new productdevelopment. Any company that can discover what the customer really needs, create it quickly,and then let customers know about it is going to be successful
innovation faces is the “mainstreaming phase”. Given successwith pilot programs, the institution will have proof that the program is feasible, even successfulat the present size, with the present personnel and with the present cohort structure. If thepresent size however involves uncharacteristically small class sizes and if the present personnelare the most dedicated teachers, then this does not allow the conclusion that the program will besuccessful when fully implemented. Moreover a pilot program normally does not offer “trailingsections”. This means that students who are unsuccessful in a class will leave the pilot programand be caught by the traditional curriculum. This makes for an uncharacteristic student bodystarting in the second term of
(HSI) and examine the context for student success. The future of the U.S. scientific workforce depends on graduating college students in STEMfields (Griffith, 2010; Sriram & Diaz, 2016) as they are in the forefront of innovation, drivingadvancements in sectors such as healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and information technology.Employers seek individuals with expertise in fields such as computer science, engineering, dataanalysis, and biotechnology (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020). Unfortunately, only 37% ofstudents majoring in a STEM field complete their degree (Chen & Weko, 2009). Furthermore,students who entered computer science or engineering had a lower rate of undergraduate degreecompletion than other STEM majors
Shared training, knowledge, skills, experience legitimize insider status c. e.Technical>emotional/political;Technical/evidence-based/rational Motivated by technical culture of excellence/innovation d. Sharedtraining,knowledge,skills,experiencelegitimizeinsiderstatus 2) Recognition of my competence affirms my belonging e. a.Motivatedbytechnicalcultureofexcellence/innovation Competent at/pride in/enjoy the work engineers get to do (internal) 2) Confidence&competenceatengineeringwork(recognized/respected)affirmmybelonging b. I am sought out/respected/trusted/listened to by others (external recognition of competence) a
Engineering Curriculum, or How to Build a Dog House Carl A. Erikson, Jr, Department of Engineering, Messiah CollegeI.A.4. The Design Science/Global Solutions Lab: Interdisciplinary Problem/Project-Based Research and Learning Medard GabelSession I.B. AEC 315 - Innovative experiences in local/global/community learningI.B.1. Supporting and Assessing Service Learning of Engineers Without Borders Student Chapters Joshua H. Smitha and David Brandesb Departments of aMechanical and bCivil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette CollegeI.B.2. Design of Sustainable Hand-Powered Water Pumps for Burkina Faso Timothy B. Whitmoyer, Messiah CollegeI.B.3. Educating ECE Majors for a Global Environment
Paper ID #42968Communicating Effectively with a Range of Audiences: Audience Avatars inEngineering Design EducationDr. Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Amit Jariwala is the Director of Design & Innovation for the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He develops and maintains industry partnerships to support experiential, entrepreneurial, and innovative learning experiences within the academic curriculum of the school. He is a Woodruff School Teaching Fellow and strives to enhance education by developing classes, workshops, and events focused on implementing hands-on
Curriculum, or How to Build a Dog House Carl A. Erikson, Jr, Department of Engineering, Messiah CollegeI.A.4. The Design Science/Global Solutions Lab: Interdisciplinary Problem/Project-Based Research and Learning Medard GabelSession I.B. AEC 315 - Innovative experiences in local/global/community learningI.B.1. Supporting and Assessing Service Learning of Engineers Without Borders Student Chapters Joshua H. Smitha and David Brandesb Departments of aMechanical and bCivil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette CollegeI.B.2. Design of Sustainable Hand-Powered Water Pumps for Burkina Faso Timothy B. Whitmoyer, Messiah CollegeI.B.3. Educating ECE Majors for a Global Environment William
as traditional community partners needing atechnology centric consult. Student involvement comes in the form of projects, either episodicor continuous with both communities. Byrne2 finds that “Undergraduate student participation infaculty scholarship activities can result in significant contributions and advancement of bothfundamental knowledge and product development.” Keating et al.1, describes the present time asa time to “…extend university education beyond the imparting of knowledge to include thedevelopment of innate human potential for creativity, innovation, and leadership in engineering.”This is labeled as the scholarship of engineering. This definition applies the SOES-l to industryconsults by E&T faculty as a process of
, where they reference or complicate the need for more innovation and technology forsuccessful energy transitions. Within these themes, there are nuances in the different logics that underliestudent thinking. In this paper, we surface students’ different ideological frames in a sustainable energycourse with a predominantly homogenous sample of students. Through this study, we attend to thesituated lived and learned experiences of students, which reveal insights into the ways people come toaccess different positions of learning, questioning, and decision-making in relation to their considerationsabout the many possibilities that constitute energy transitions. These insights are critical to attend to as thestudents recognize and hold competing
is another step in reviving the hands-on learning legacy of senior projectsin Poly Canyon. It aims to inspire future students by illustrating innovative lateral systemsolutions and fostering a deeper understanding of steel design, constructability, and connectiondetailing. The project blends practical application, creative problem-solving, and a commitmentto advancing structural education at Cal Poly. Figure 9. Moment Monument: (Top) During Site Work, (Bottom Left) Shop Welding, (Bottom Right) Team with Completed Product [43]Examination of Project Workflow Mirroring Engineering PracticeThe educational value of the design-build projects described previously is that the technical andprofessional demands on the students
and maintenance of large-scale infrastructure projects, will be instrumental in thetransition.In addition to the technical expertise civil engineers can bring to bear on infrastructuredevelopment, civil engineers have a responsibility to ensure that development is sustainable. TheAmerican Society of Civil Engineers “recognizes the leadership role of engineers in sustainabledevelopment, and our responsibility to provide effective and innovative solutions in addressingthe challenges of sustainability.”4 This professional responsibility starts with the undergraduatecurriculum, for engineering students in general and civil engineering students specifically. TheAmerican Society of Engineering Education “believes that engineering graduates must
business strategy company's new business strategy of sustainability and that emphasizes sustainability and innovation. You innovation. This option aligns with the sustainability have been tasked with identifying and selecting a new aspect of the strategy by reducing the company's project that aligns with this strategy. You have three environmental impact through the use of recycled potential options: a) implementing a new, more materials, and it aligns with the innovation aspect of energy-efficient manufacturing process; b) developing the strategy by introducing a new product line that a new product line made from recycled materials; or potentially distinguishes the company from c) creating a digital
females' participation in the program for four years. Even though the number offemale participants decreased from 2019 to 2022, the participating females reported they wereconfident, satisfied, and gained knowledge by the end of the program. The assessment results,however, make it clear that additional focus is required on women's experiences in the programto increase their sense of belonging in the engineering sector. The SCR2 program's transitionfrom an on-site to a hybrid serves as an example of how innovation in engineering educationmay address the problems and give insights into the tools and technologies needed for efficientcross-site communication, faculty advisor/mentor involvement, participant engagement, andmaking the most of the strong
application.We have subsequently focused on communicating these skills to instructors and otherstakeholders within and outside of the context of member training.Building on this previous work, and recognizing the critical role that work integrated learningplays in the science, technology and innovation ecosystem, Actua designed and deliveredActua’s Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program for the university and college studentinstructors of its many STEM outreach programs. The program provided instructors with avariety of opportunities to improve their skills, career readiness, and their employer connectionsand networks. The program consisted of four sets of activities, alongside the STEM outreachwork experience: (1) A set of skills-focused training