the engineering major [2]. As a result,programs that expose students to engineering experiences and/or projects early in their collegestudies might have a greater chance of both enticing students to persist and interesting them inspecific sub-fields of engineering.In the paper, the authors will present a project that is motivated to explore how to improve STEMlearning outcomes and retention of engineering majors by introducing hand-on projects, whichcombining STEM learning with entrepreneurship, into the freshman engineering curriculum(MEEN 1310-Computer Based Graphics and Design I and MEEN 1320 Fundamental ofNumerical Method). This project is supported by HP Catalyst Initiative to develop a new STEM-preneur learning environment through
“humanities and social sciences.” It refers additionally to a set of goals and pedagogicalstrategies that focus on individual development as well as subject matter competence. Instead ofreferring to disciplinary categories, it relies on a broader notion of “humanistic engineering”analogous to the emerging notions of “humanistic entrepreneurship” and “humanisticmanagement” (Teehankee, 2008; Rocha and Miles, 2009). In brief, humanistic engineering treatsfinancial, social, and environmental sustainability as goals to be achieved simultaneously.Humanistic engineering education recognizes that engineering students are first and foremosthuman beings who must learn not only to calculate and design, but also to collaborate for mutualbenefit and seek meaning
covered in class. The venue for the “idea pitch” presentations was the Student PosterCompetition, part of the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (EET) which visited campus in 2009during the fourth week of the spring term. The EET was a campus-wide event sponsored by theKern Family Foundation through the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network, meant topromote key concepts of entrepreneurship into the curriculum at all levels. The postercompetition was open to all students from any major. Posters could be entered in one of thefollowing judging categories: • Ideas that improve society [for anywhere in the world]. • Ideas that improve healthcare [for any group of humans on the planet]. • Ideas that use technology to create new processes or
communication skillsduring their undergraduate experience. It may be that higher performing ELA students are not advancingtheir communication abilities as much as they could if they are placing out of UN1015. A developingtrend among first year programs is to offer classes in entrepreneurship and rapid prototyping. Yet, not allincoming first year students are ready for this content. Those students in the highest ELA performancecategory may be among the potential candidates for these advanced first year classes.ConclusionResults indicated a statistically significant difference in first year engineering students’ math and ELAACT scores, with math scores being higher. However, these same students displayed a statisticallysignificant difference in their
Board and was approved as a Quality Improvement project (IRB#232075).The survey responses to the multiple-choice questions from each class were recorded in aspreadsheet with response identifiers, course information, and answers. The Analysis of Variance(ANOVA) method was used to compare the proportion of correct answers from each BME class(2900W, 3900W, 4901W) to the objective questions in these tests. The Tukey Honest SignificantDifference (TukeyHSD) test was performed to make pairwise comparisons between individualvariables. These were computed using the stats package in R-4.3.1.Preliminary Results: Table 1 reports results from student performance on nine objectivequestions. Q3-Q7 asked students to identify sources of information to consult
. Rucha’s current research focuses on approaching challenges in teaching engineering through the lens of design thinking. Previously, Rucha contributed to instructional innovation in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue, and worked on an NSF-funded grant for studying the professional formation of engineers and enhancing diversity and inclusion within Purdue. Rucha is also actively involved in educational entrepreneurship projects and making engineering accessible to under- represented high school students in the US as well as India.Dr. Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis Jennifer Choi is currently an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biomedical Engineer- ing (BME) at UC Davis. In addition to
processmethodology that can provide a cost effective and the timely development of new products thatare particularly used in the five areas listed above. The entrepreneurial spirit is not new in theUnited States but the engineering student must be continually fortified with the understandingthat he/she can be the strongest agent in keeping their full employment for a lifetime inproductive engineering. By being the “boss” of a product development, even if themanufacturing of that product is done offshore, the engineering technology student will beproductive and enjoy a self-efficacy as a result of their entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship thatis virtually immune to globalization efforts by even the same management that employs them.TransportationThe
research interest focuses on engineering education including flipped classroom, gamification, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and the integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into engineering courses.Chad Rohrbacher (Associate Director of CTLE) Chad Rohrbacher is an Associate Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach FL. He is currently embedded in the College of Engineering. His research interest include assessment of student learning and faculty peer observation to improve teaching and learning. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com
benefits for both organizations. TU could offer a course to theirstudents in an area that was not a specific strength of its faculty. TU students had thebenefit of learning professional practice from experienced industry engineers. JZ hadclose access to top senior and graduate chemical engineering students that were potentialinterns and permanent hires. JZ also benefitted from high quality student final projectresearch reports and presentations in topic areas suggested by and of interest to theinstructors. The main area for improvement for future classes is better coordinationamong the instructors for the quantity and difficulty of homework and exam problems,better consistency on grading projects, and eliminating unnecessary duplication. Themain
) degrees in in- dustrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His education and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development.Dr. Jay R Porter P.E., Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Director for the Electronics Program. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University. His areas of interest in research and education include product development, analog/RF electronics
and the analytical, being able to structure/organize/ plan a longer term project” and “including business courses like accounting, finance, marketing with the technical classes” 10We note in Table 1 that although “entrepreneurship” is still the least frequently surfaced themeanticipated by the research team, it emerged more frequently than the quantitative results shownin Figure 4 would have suggested. Responses highlighted “creativity” as an aspect
differential effects of the instructors’ approaches.BackgroundCourse description. The course examined for this study is taught through a combination ofmethods, including directed readings, classroom discussions, activities, reflective writing, andpresentations by guest speakers. Students in both sections learn about self-management, values,centralized and decentralized organizational structures, the leadership vs. management debate,implicit bias, women in leadership, and creating a culture of participative decision-making.Guest speakers from a range of industries and levels of experience present to both sections andhave lunch with students. The students’ learning culminates in a team project.Instructor A’s section emphasizes class discussion
reviewed in one fifty-minute class period. The course material (theory and practice) is co- created by the students and the faculty. Since the control systems class consists of both aerospace and mechanical engineering students, the video challenge was to develop the video that describes the history of control systems development on a particular concept, example, cruise control in automobiles, UAV control etc.b. Quiz Bowl: This is a team activity (3-4 students in each team). This activity is utilized to reinforce the fundamental concepts of the subject material in each chapter. The activity is competitive, fun-based learning technique that gives autonomy to students. How does it work? • Each team prepare 10 $50.00 bills (their
validation, cleaning valida- tion and finally was assigned as GSK sterile area expert dealing with sterile area validation(air system, facility design, tunnel and autoclave qualification, sterile process validation, sterile cleaning validation) in addition of the quality assurance activities of products release, out of specifications handling and drug store auditing.Dr. Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University Dr Mahmoud Abdulwahed has completed BSc (Syria), MSc (Germany and Sweden), and PhD (UK) degrees in electrical, control and systems engineering. He has multidisciplinary research expertise is in e-Learning, engineering/STEM education, and leadership & entrepreneurship; He is also interested in organizational
specification development; site scheduling, work and review; and cost estimation.The course also examined the interactions between the various stakeholders in the constructionprojects including Tufts, Linbeck, various architects/engineers, and the surrounding residentialcommunities.The author and a key contact from Linbeck served as co-course coordinators and evaluators ofstudent performance. As will be described below, course instruction also involved various guestpresentations from people with different viewpoints of the construction process. No text bookwas selected for the course but a number of articles and other reference materials weredistributed during the course. Course grading was based on assignments, exams (3), a courseproject, and class
Audrey Boklage, PhD University of Texas at AustinIntroductionWhat is a makerspace?Academic makerspaces are prevalent in institutions across the world; specifically inundergraduate engineering programs. Makerspaces are informal, opt-in STEM (science,technology, engineering, mathematics) spaces and are increasingly recognized for their potentialto increase student access to and engagement with STEM (e.g., Martin, 2015, Roldan et al.,2018, Wilkczynski et al, 2019). Over the past two decades, research has highlighted the benefitsof makerspaces, including engineering specific skills, such as prototyping, supporting studentdesign projects, entrepreneurship, and innovation, (Forest et al., 2014; Wilczynski et al., 2016
, 1971). By acquiring multiple sources of information about the sameevent occurring in a social setting, researchers can integrate and triangulate these data, enhancingthe analysis’ depth and accuracy. Therefore, in this research project, the researcher engaged inextensive first-hand observation in classroom settings throughout the semester, collectedstudents’ written responses reflecting their class, and conducted open-ended interviews designedto validate our findings with students’ perspectives. Second, investigations of instructors’ pedagogical practices in naturalistic settings, versusin a laboratory or through lab-based experiments, can yield different findings (Le Compte &Goetz, 1982). Indeed, identifying instructor’s
students the intricacies of business practices and the help themunderstand the tradeoffs between different organizational goals in Supply Chain Management.In the Integrated Systems Engineering department, the undergraduate students take rigorouscourses in linear and non-linear programming as well as simulation modeling as part of theiroperations research core classes. In their junior year, they take a class where many of thesemethods can be applied called Production Planning and Facility Layout. It is this course that isthe subject of the research described in this paper.Today’s industrial systems engineering students do not just go into the traditional manufacturingsector, but also delve into many diverse fields such as healthcare, the airline
approaches to engineering education" are being well served by program assessment underEC2000. In particular, those faculty who strive to make engineering curricula more authentic by using open-endedproblems in classes and embedding inquiry-based learning in course labs and projects know that they are helpingstudents to develop knowledge and skills that variously include "(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments,as well as to analyze and interpret data; (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; (f) anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility; (g) an ability to communicate effectively; (h) the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context; (i) arecognition
Accreditation in China, and working on a research about constructing university-industry cooperation internship platform to improve the problem-solving skills of professional degree master based on PBL mode as well.Dr. Dongxiao Wang, Opto-photonics School of Beijing Institute of Technology Wang Dongxiao, associate professor, Ph.D. Opto-photonics School of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). Her research interests include the reform of engineering practice education and teaching, and the innovation and entrepreneurship education. She mainly teaches 8 experimental-related public elective courses, with an average of 800 students per year, covering 44 engineering majors in 14 schools. Besides, she instructed students to
University. Her research in- terests are in the area of Appropriate and Humanitarian Technology, particularly in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), sustainable waste management and renewable energy, humanitarian applications of 3D printing and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), social entrepreneurship and engineering education. Her current research projects are in 1) the use of fluorescence spectroscopy to assess water quality in areas of poor sanitation and disaster relief 2) floating biodigesters – a renewable energy, waste and sanitation solution for communities living on the water and the social enterprise models to bring this technology to market, 3) humanitarian UAVs for disaster relief - thermal imaging for search
Practice of Academic Advising,” Division of Undergraduate Studies Report No. 1990.1, Pennsylvania State University.[8] Moller-Wong, C. and Eide, A. (1997) “An Engineering Student Retention Study,” Journal of Engineering Education, January, pp. 7-15.[9] Padilla, M.A., G. Zhang, T.J. Anderson, and M.W. Ohland, “Drawing Valid Inferences from the Nested Structure of Engineering Education Data: Application of a Hierarchical Linear Model to the SUCCEED Longitudinal Database,” Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Ed., Portland, Oregon, June 2005.[10] Ohland, M.W., G. Zhang, S.A. Frillman, C.E. Brawner, and T.K. Miller, “The Effect of an Entrepreneurship Program on GPA and Retention,” in press, J. Eng. Ed. 93(4), October 2004.[11] Zhang, G., T.J. Anderson
sciencecommunication in the orientation sessions for the first two cohorts and worked with ouruniversity’s Graduate College to revive a half-semester course on this topic. In consultation withthe external advisory board, we also focused the first annual symposium, scheduled for April2020, to focus on communication and soft skill development.Modification with student leadership: The COVID-19 pandemic caused postponement of the firstsymposium to January 2021, conducted in a virtual format. Meanwhile, the second cohort joinedthe first one in Fall 2020 and the learning community moved mostly online (throughout the2020-21 academic year, our university was holding some face-to-face classes and activities,while many remained hybrid or virtual). We instituted working
Paper ID #33436Simple Exercises to Provide Continuity and Consistency in the ClassroomAmidst Uncertain or Shifting Delivery ModesAbigail E. Heinz, Rowan University Abigail Heinz is an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at Rowan University.Matthew Strauss, I am a recent graduate from Rowan University with a degree in Entrepreneurship Engineering, with a focus on mechanical engineering.Dr. Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk is an Assistant Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years an Instructor in the Mechanical
Research Program, with the EWB Summit being offered for the first time inJanuary 2015.The EWB Challenge targets first year students and aims to provide an introduction toengineering through a humanitarian engineering project. Each year, one partner organisationis a focus for the Challenge, with a range of topics, challenges and resources identified withthe partner. These are provided to universities to incorporate into first year classes asappropriate for their needs and context. In 2015, the EWB Challenge was used by almost 30universities in Australia reaching around 10,000 first year engineering students, about 60-70% of the total first year undergraduate engineering population in the country. The EWBChallenge has been delivered internationally
engineering”, including 20 attitudes (Table 1): “commitment, confidence, considerationof others, curiosity, entrepreneurship, fairness, high expectations, honesty, integrity, intuition,judgment, optimism, persistence, positiveness, respect, self-esteem, sensitivity, thoughtfulness,thoroughness, and tolerance.”2, p. 148 Interestingly, the attitude entrepreneurship is omitted fromthe list in Appendix O of the BOK2, p. 172; this is perhaps indicative of the difficulty in convergingon a single set of appropriate or desirable attitudes. Some of these attitudes are reflective of a“People Mind” as described by Goldberg and Somerville12, such as consideration of others.Despite the seeming certainty of the list of important attitudes that were articulated for
college-like experience that isintegral to building academic capital and a sense of belonging for students.During Camp students live in dormitories, eat in the university dining hall, go to class andlaboratory sessions each morning and afternoon, enjoy an active “social life” (under closesupervision), and get a full college experience. The main goal of the camp is to introducestudents to engineering disciplines in a way that motivates and prepares them for undergraduatemajors. Camp features highly active classroom and laboratory sessions that introduce technicaltopics not through lecture or „cook-book‟ laboratory, but through active, collaborative, andproblem-based learning approaches shown to be not only more effective at fostering
developing and teaching the Introduction to Engineering course. He also teaches Thermo-Fluids, Advanced Math Methods, High Speed Aerodynamics, and other courses for the Mechan- ical and Aerospace Engineering Department at ASU. His interests include student pathways and moti- vations into engineering and developing lab-based curriculum. Recently, he has developed an interest in non-traditional modes of content delivery including online classes and flipped classrooms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work In Progress: Incorporation of the Entrepreneurial Mindset into the Introduction to Engineering CourseAbstractThis Work In Progress paper will describe changes made
fields of practice, includinga full tenured biomedical engineering professor with a joint appointment in chemical andbiomolecular engineering, an assistant professor of teaching in biomedical engineering, and alecturer in materials science. The full professor is a serial entrepreneur, with over sixcompanies, while the assistant teaching professor is an expert in engineering design andeducation, and the lecturer is a professional working in industry. These broad skills andexpertise have allowed the professors to provide insights into entrepreneurship, academia, andindustry, which highlight the various potential career opportunities the engineering studentswill engage in upon graduation.Table 2: Course learning outcomes and corresponding ABET
entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial leadershipand related concepts (entrepreneurial mindset)’. However, there was no explicit reference tocreativity. As an exception, all four MSc programs in the Electronics and Electrical EngineeringDepartment at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have the module ‘Professional andLeadership Skills’ as the core. This module has dedicated sessions addressing creativity, inaddition to having creativity embedded throughout the teaching, learning, and assessmentprocesses; it is the focus of our study here.What is still missing from this picture? Why do so many engineers still consider creativity to be aminor topic, both in general and in terms of management/leadership? Could their perceptions ofcreativity be part of the