into explicitknowledge. In that sense, the students in the practicum course were able to relate currentexperiences in teaching to future actions and effective application of the knowledgeobtained.In order to be able to enhance student learning, McAlpine and Weston suggest thatinstructors must be able to know how experienced professors develop knowledge andthink about teaching. Additionally, faculty who engage early in their career incollaborative reflection about their teaching practices and communicated theirexperiences with others through peer-to-peer and professional contexts demonstrated asignificant difference in their effectiveness in teaching and the impact on how studentslearn, in comparison to their peers who did not engaged in those
received her Bachelors and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering stakeholders.Dr. David A. Delaine, The Ohio State University Dr. David A. Delaine is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Department of Engineer- ing Education. Within this newly formed department he strives to creatively impact society through investigating the intersections of engineering, education, and social need through research on community engagement and collaborative
improve and expand the team’scommunication skills. An additional benefit in communication is that the students are practicingtheir communication in a different language, other than their primary one: students from theUSA are practicing their communication in Spanish, while students from Mexico practice theircommunication skills in English. This situation provides a good opportunity to learn technicalterms and integrate them into their projects: the students from the diverse programs are learningimportant terms from other disciplines, and how it is vital to associate and integrate definitions.We can find a consensus on the most suitable definition of interdisciplinary collaboration foracademic purposes, as described in [6], [7], and [8], where the
Session F2A1 A Survey of the Impact of Community-Based Computer Science Education on Undergraduate Students John D. Fernandez Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi ABSTRACTThe engagement of computer science students in community activities is a challenge in all institutions ofhigher learning. This paper describes a paradigm for civic engagement through community-basedlearning used successfully by the author. With the
scholarship of teaching. His efforts in leading the Sustainable Buildings program were recognized with the 2019 Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curriculum Design. He has also worked as a construction project engineer, consultant, and safety inspector. He believes educating the next generation of professionals will be pivotal in sustainability standard practices. Regarding engagement, Dr. Valdes-Vasquez has served as the USGBC student club’s adviser and the ASC Sustainability Team’s faculty coach since 2013. He is a CSU President’s Sustainability Commission member, among multiple other committees. In addition, he is involved with various professional organizations at the national level, including the
programs. The highly successfulResearch Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program setup by the National ScienceFoundation has been key to providing such research opportunities for countless undergraduatestudents across the U.S. in a wide range of fields that can peak the interests of students of variedbackgrounds. 9-15 One such REU site is the Automotive and Energy Research and IndustrialMentorship (AERIM) REU program at Oakland University (OU).16 First started in 2006, theprimary objective of this REU site is to each summer engage between 8 and 10 undergraduatestudents, particularly women, in rewarding automotive and energy-related research experiencesthat excite and motivate them to embark upon graduate studies and pursue careers in
challenges of different academic contexts, fostering a culture of growth andinnovation within higher education [3].In engineering education, faculty development plays a particularly critical role due to thedynamic and applied nature of the field [4, 5, 6]. It ensures that instructors stay abreast of rapidtechnological advancements, emerging industry practices, and interdisciplinary approaches,enabling them to prepare students for the evolving workforce. Programs focused on innovativepedagogies, such as project-based learning and entrepreneurially minded learning, enhancestudent engagement and equip learners with skills in creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving [7]. Faculty development also supports alignment with accreditation standards
engineering outreach, the first-year engineering experience, and incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship practice in the engineering classroom. Additionally, he has research experience in the areas of automation and control theory, and system identification. His work has been published through the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE); he is an active member of both organizations. He serves as advisor to the student entrepreneurship club and as the State Partner for the FIRST LEGO League Program—a nationally recognized program that incorporates robotics with innovation and community engagement. He holds a PhD and BS in Electrical
concluding section discussesthe student learning experiences during this project.Keywords: Design, green energy manufacturing, piezoelectric crystal, energy harvestingIntroduction This paper discusses an educational effort that incorporates green energy manufacturingconcept for a harvesting energy using piezoelectric system applied to roadways in a senior designproject at Drexel University1. A critical component of a national “green industries/ green/ energyjobs” effort is to motivate student communities and workforce to become proficient in STEM andassociated manufacturing fields and trades, thus ensuring a 21st-century workforce. This seniordesign project engages students in the implementation of an innovative method for improvingdesign and
several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama in 2017. Dr. Jordan co-developed the STEAM LabsTM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and
discrimination also led to an increase in students’ perceived stress,resulting in worsened academic performance [12]. Another study by Muñoz and Villanueva [14]focused on Latino/a STEM scholars and concluded that their experiences with discrimination putthem at risk for poor physical and mental health, like depression and anxiety, whether we look atstudents or faculty. Most professors in this field, especially in engineering, are White men [16].When students do not have role models like themselves to look up to, this can infer isolation anda negative sense of belonging as well. Group identification, which is a sense of belonging inspecific groups with commonalities, has an impact on mental health, and when these interactionsare negative, it heightens
has been expanded to include more individualsfrom the under-represented population it is helpful to consider whether there is the possibility ofa cluster hire rather than just a single hire. Through a cluster hire, where more than one under-represented minority is hired at one time, it is possible to create a community that would providethe support necessary to help success once the individual starts their position. It also helps toaddress the issues that have been noted with opportunity hires where the under-representedindividuals may not have the necessary support to achieve long term impact once they start intheir positions.Better retention and the ability to improve the number of individuals receiving promotion bothcontributed to the
perceptions relating to the aspects of the course that they liked and that should beaddressed in the future. First order themes indicate the main ideas that students took away fromthe course related to each of the main topic areas. In certain instances, first order themes arefurther broken down into second order themes to better communicate the students’ experiences.4.3 Reflections on Assignment Design with Respect to Bloom’s TaxonomyTo determine if the assigned activities required the students to engage in and practice higherorder thinking skills, the assignments were assessed based upon the Bloom’s taxonomy scale.We created a rubric with keywords6 that described each level of Bloom’s taxonomy. Threereviewers (chosen from the instructors of the
Performing Arts, a position she has held since 2001. Initially hired as Education Director in 1997, her primary responsibility is the creation of programs which link the artists on the Center’s season to various facets of the community, including Penn State University students, students in grades K-12, senior members of the community, and the community-at-large. Her primary goal is to create a mutually enriching experience for both artists and their audiences by providing the knowledge and tools necessary to fully engage in the artist’s work. Additionally, she works closely with the Center director in programming the season, with her special area of focus being family and children’s program- ming. She has served as
,provide insights on navigating challenges that stem from racism, marginalization, and bias, andinspire our faculty to think about and prepare for the many career paths in academia post tenure.We engage our guest mentor network in high impact sessions with the early career faculty once asemester and during the summer retreat. We will also utilize this network to help equip theProject ELEVATE mentors with cross-cultural communication skills and awareness of theimportance of identity, positionality, and intersectionality in shaping the experiences of the earlycareer faculty. To date, Project ELEVATE early career faculty have connected through a virtual kick-offmeeting, an annual retreat and a virtual mixer with Project ELEVATE mentors. The
NSF AGEP FCPAM will provide a framework forinstitutional change at private, highly selective research institutions that will enable all faculty tobe members of a collaborative community. Improving the experience of these faculty can lead toincreased diversity in the engineering faculty and ultimately result in graduating moreengineering students from diverse populations and increasing diversity in the engineeringworkforce. The Alliance interventions will focus on three major areas, 1) equity-focused institutionalchange designed to make structural changes that support the advancement of AGEP faculty, 2)identity-affirming mentorship that acknowledges and provides professional support to AGEPfaculty holistically, recognizing all parts of
team workings to broader social impacts, bridging microthrough macro level concerns and stakeholder interests. We are interested in how students mayfeel responsibility to HCD throughout project and design process such that they also learn how tointeract and work for broader social responsibilities. Thus, we expand on CSR by introducingTSR in embedded teams constituted within engineering programs and institutions of highereducation.In the context of teamsThe study of teams, namely those embedded in organizations, continues to receive scholarlyattention from an organizational communication perspective. Previous literature has looked atCSR and leadership, as well as how CSR initiatives are integrated and communicated by those inmanagerial
hostile workingenvironment and creating barriers to academic and research progress [3, p. 41]. Poorrelationships with advisors, including overtly racist encounters, can negatively impact students’physical and emotional health [2]. Felder [4] found that successful African American doctoralcompleters had faculty advisors who were willing to help them form professional networks andcollaboration opportunities. On the other hand, racial microaggressions from advisors led Blackmen to question their engineering identities and belongingness, which forced them to engage instrategies, such as discounting the offensive comments or rationalizing the different treatmentreceived compared with White and Asian students, in order to cope [1]. As Burt et al. note
result of the class, I became proficient in tapping mode and was able to engage on Page 23.258.6 my research samples nearly 100% of the time, a feat thought impossible before. I also learned force spectroscopy, as well as gleaned insight into how modifying AFM probes could be incredibly beneficial; both of which are now vital to my own research in nanomorphology.OutreachWe incorporated the production of an art-science exhibit into the course both as apedagogical exercise and as a means of performing outreach. Students in themicroscopy laboratory were paired with students taking an advanced photography
equity, ethics, diversity, and inclusion. She is particularly interested in understanding how these factors impact early career engineers and the transition process of engineering students into the engineering industry.Dr. Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of New Mexico Amir Hedayati is an Assistant Professor at Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program at College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico.Dr. Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University Rebecca Atadero is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University, specializing in structural engineering. She conducts research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and
is significantly above the minimum and that some form of orientation is per- formed either prior to taking the class or during the first class meeting. The performance expectations have to be clearly communicated to the incoming engineering students in order for them to be able to quickly adjust to this kind of class format. 4. An early structural system review lecture positively impacts students’ case study perfor- mance and the depth of preliminary designs. 5. Specific deadlines for architectural design and engineering design must be established and strictly enforced to avoid feast-famine work schedules. 6. Faculty must make the final determinations on which projects will proceed to the design
usingmidfieldr, an R package that provides tools for studying MIDFIELD student unit record data [5].A workshop entitled “Engaging with MIDFIELD data” was presented at the 2021 ASEEConference on July 26, 2021 [6]. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was presented in anonline format. About 15 participants registered and attended. At the beginning of the workshop,one participant reported not having installed R yet while the others had installed R, RStudio,midfieldr, and midfielddata. Participants were divided by their familiarity with R into breakoutrooms for some activities.At the conclusion of the workshop, participants were invited to complete a Likert-style survey.Eight participants responded—the distribution of their responses are shown in Figure 1
devices are being adopted in households worldwide, theymust also understand that the security of IoT devices has become a significant concern forconsumers. The proliferation of IoT platforms in the market allows hackers to create new waysto infiltrate the user’s system [22]. Hackers are now exploiting the vulnerabilities on edge devicesand gateways from the IoT platforms to gain authorized access to systems leading to attacks andloss of private information.Purpose and Significance of the WorkThe primary objective of this project is to engage students with research at an early stage in theircollege matriculation process. We realized that students were more likely to commit to workduring the summer than the regular Fall and Spring semesters. Hence
understanding is in-depth cognizance of each other's vocabulary, academic calendar, course content and scheduling, credit and grade equivalencies, and instructional culture.” (quoted from ASEE 2010 paper by this author team) • Close cooperation and the maintaining of project momentum require routine, frequent, and pervasive communications which are usefully facilitated by video-conferencing.Project Students • The project team noted with some surprise the extent of work required to recruit students for such projects. • Similarly, the volume of information required/requested by students was unexpected. They may be in more need of the security that this information provides than what they typically might let on. • The importance of contextual
system technology and hydraulic modeling capacity thepartnering institutions.Center for Water Resource Studies. The CWRS is a unit of the AppliedResearch and Technology Program (ARTP) at WKU focused on capacitydevelopment for small and rural water resource management entities. The ARTP,a student engagement and entrepreneurship stimulation initiative of WKU, servesas a catalyst for regional economic development by developing a creativeworkforce and providing technological and environmental services.University of Central Florida. The Multiscale Sustainable Systems Engineeringprogram at UCF focuses on the concept of sustainability, developing and applyingforward-looking, risk-informed, and cost effective decision-making models thatcombine social
prevention or reduction, and increased health andsafety of communities, employees, and consumers. In this age of global warming and diminishingfossil fuel stores, society is becoming increasingly aware that seemingly small decisions can havesurprisingly far-reaching implications on the environment and future generations. Accordingly,today’s engineers must approach design problems with a holistic, broad view of the impacts,environmental and otherwise, of their solutions. The notion of life cycle provides a structured,comprehensive approach for assessing the impact of an engineering solution, whether it takes theform of a product, a service, or a process. An engineering solution’s life cycle includes all of theinter-related stages of its existence
data indicates a positive impact on student attitudes and engagement with thecontent. This project is supported by NSF grant # 1912047.IntroductionVirtual reality (VR) has rapidly moved from being an expensive novelty to an easily accessibletechnology making inroads into a variety of domains including the military, scientific,entertainment and training domains. A timeline of the development of VR is given in [1], [2], [3]which traces the changes in technology from stereoscopic viewers to the current very powerfulstandalone VR headsets providing highly realistic immersive experiences. In recent years, thevisual immersion is being augmented by the ability to interact with the virtual environment usingwands or controllers and even fingers. In
goals (UN SDG). He will incorporate elements of sustainable development into his education in the fu- ture. He hopes to contribute to the transformation of the educational system in materials engineering — by increasing student engagement in lectures and motivating students to become lifelong learners. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Making Learning Fun: Implementing a Gamified Approach to Materials Science and Engineering EducationAbstract:Materials science plays a critical role in educating future engineers, where knowledge of materialsselection is essential for design and problem-solving. However, many programs rely on traditionallecture styles to convey this
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needs, objectives, constraints, and criteria.Projects must involve real people such as the owner, the engineer, the contractor, and thecommunity. In the first semester, students select a site that they can physically visit, propose aproject on that site, and conduct feasibility studies. They then develop conceptual designs,considering environmental impact, economic factors, financing, health and safety, reliability,aesthetics, ethics, and social impact to select a final design. In the second semester, studentsdevelop their final design, including detailed system descriptions, planning and scheduling,constructability, cost estimates and financing. Students must collect all the data pertinent to theproject, including community reaction, building