impacted,either by taking required courses that include new modules developed on this project or bytaking the semester-long courses; therefore, this project will initially reach more than 500undergraduate engineering and technology students at Texas State and UT at Tyler, out of whichmore than 175 are underrepresented minority students. UT at Tyler is committed to offering theiron-line courses to a wide audience, including industry personnel and community leaders. Besidesengineering and technology students, non-engineering students who will be taking philosophycourse sections (in which nanotechnology safety modules will be introduced) will learn aboutthis important new technology
Technological Literacy (2006) and Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology (2002). In the late 1990s, Greg oversaw NAE and National Research Council reviews of technology education content standards developed by the International Technology Education Association.Dr. Daniel Peter Kuehn, The Urban Institute Daniel Kuehn is a Research Associate I in the Urban Institute’s Income and Benefits Policy Center and a doctoral student in American University’s Department of Economics. He has eight years of experience conducting and managing research on the economics of education and training, the science and engineer- ing workforce, human capital, and impact analyses of labor market programs. He has
: Maintain records of doctoral student attendance and participation in professional development and mentoring activities. Collected data should be used to assess program effectiveness and student engagement.3.2.3. Professional Achievement - Alumni Data Collection:Begin tracking doctoral graduates immediately upon graduation, as feasible: Initial Employment: Collect data on academic and non-academic employment, categorized by demographic factors. Ongoing Updates: Contact alumni at least every two years for updates, continuing for a minimum of 10 years. Social Media Engagement: Utilize platforms like LinkedIn to connect with and track alumni career progress. Alternative Tracking Methods: For non-responsive alumni, use publicly
their skills, while an equal number view these projectsas an opportunity for travel and cultural experience. These results highlight the diverse motivationsand goals of individuals participating in similar projects and how they plan to continue contributingto such initiatives.DiscussionThe survey results demonstrate the significant impact that engaging with underprivilegedcommunities on real-world projects can have on students' personal and professional development.Notably, students gained diverse skills, including leadership, problem-solving, projectmanagement, and cultural competence, and a deeper understanding of the social, cultural, andeconomic context of the communities they served, which is essential for developing sustainableprojects
case studies. Lastly, the ability to effective communicate verbally, in writing andvia presentations, as well as providing candid constructive feedback – both positive and negative– was stressed in each of the courses and became somewhat of a hallmark of the programamongst employers. Page 26.633.6Early attempts were made to assess the impact of the program. The first attempt was to utilizethe Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development which was based on student's attitude towardsknowledge. Our idea was that students in the Minor would trust more their "inner voices" andnot external authority and come to understand there were no right answers to
engagement, which will be assessedobservationally, with students in groups within the classroom. Student understanding of the useof indirect data, gathered by these materials to allow communication or description of anunknown area can be assessed by attainment for increasingly challenging activities. Individualstudents will be asked to discuss specific questions related to their interest to further define anyrelationship with respect to human-impact. Additionally, involvement and engagement bygender will be assessed observationally, particularly to determine inter-group dynamics basedupon gender.Expected Engineering Paradigms by GenderClearly, “real-world” engineering projects that increase human knowledge with varying levels ofdirect societal
electromagnetics; for example one developed forjoint use by 28 schools across the Hawaiian Islands, leading to shared resources for larger-scaleand even global learning communities for electromagnetics [1].Examples of recent innovations in electromagnetics education that involve antennas includeseveral related to radar and radio astronomy. One team developed a ground penetrating radarprototype for education that lets users control parameters such as transmitted signal waveform,frequency range, and period using a graphical interface [30]. Another devised a close rangemillimeter wave scanning radar that operates at 94 GHz, for use in a touring exhibit [31]. Yetanother group of educators offered an in-person short course in which teams of students built,used
via an open-ended questionnaire at the end of the first quarter of the program and the ten pilot participantscompleted this questionnaire. These comments are illustrative of the bond created betweenstudents and its relative impact on them. We are hopeful that this impact will increase acrossquarters in the program. Accordingly, in future quarters, the role that the program plays indeveloping a sense of community for the students will be assessed using periodic focus groupsbased upon the participating students.AcknowledgmentsThis paper is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumber DUE-1246130. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author
].The implemented, additive innovation-based intervention focused on promoting the sharing,scaling, and sustainability of pedagogical risk-taking within a community of 15 facultyparticipants with teaching-focused appointments. Participants came from different disciplineswithin an engineering school and with teaching experiences ranging from 0-20 years [3]. Theoverarching research question for this study was: How are instructors in an undergraduateengineering program impacted (positively and negatively) by participation in an additiveinnovation cycle focused on pedagogy?Participants were interviewed at the beginning, middle, and end of their participation in theprogram. Analysis of the interview transcripts has focused on changes in participants
of FE andasks the student to perturb certain parameters in the model to predict the results a priori. Thiscauses the students to make connections between the modeling techniques and the underlyingphysics. This focuses in on the “Active Experimentation” part of Kolb’s cycle. After the studentperforms the analysis, they are asked to attempt to explain the differences between the FE Page 13.610.6modeling and theoretical results. This requires students to engage in the “ReflectiveObservation” portion of Kolb’s cycle. We believe that by designing the learning experiences tocompletely transverse the Kolb cycle, we have fully engaged the students
Paper ID #34665Deep Learning for Safer School Infrastructure: An Interdisciplinary andCross-organizational CollaborationSydney Nguyen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Sydney is a research assistant of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with degrees in Architecture and Ethnic Studies, concentrating on Sustainable Environments. Her academic research explores the intersections of design, technology, digital innovation, and community engagement. She has received 30 Under 30 Cal Poly’s Most Influential Women and Thesis Research Award Recipient.Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gabriel Medina
Development: leadership, teamwork, communication, career planning • Transition Support: transfer portal, academic advisors, peer networking, supplemental resources, community engagement • Active Engagement: ambassadors, peer mentors, student organization liaisonTuition and stipend support can be up to $10,000 each, depending on student circumstances.Most of the various types of student support involve direct student engagement so students areboth receiving and providing support.The IEC is a nonprofit organization founded in 2019 to enable its core Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) programs at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to work togethercollectively to address opportunities and problems that they find difficult or
Engineering and her scientific research area focuses on neuro-rehabilitative technology. Her educational research interests include use of Tablet PCs and technology to better engage students in the classroom as well as pedagogical and advisement ap- proaches to closing the achievement gap for historically under-represented minority groups.Dr. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department at CalStateLA and president of the International Society for Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG). Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has taught 9 undergraduate courses, is the current adviser of the American Society of Civil Engineers student
domains.In addition, some questions focus on the use of innovative, non-standard curricularapproaches such as “informal e-programs,” “role models,” and “building and prototyping,”and the impact of these on I&E learning. To this list we would also add entrepreneurshipdorms, student maker spaces, student competitions, campus or school innovation centers,entrepreneurship events, student clubs, and many more.Finally, attendees posed questions about how innovative thinking might be brought to I&Eeducational research itself, asking how I&E engaged students might contribute to a researchteam and how novel data collection
distance education.A. Virtual Reality (VR)The virtual reality component, contained within learning modules, provides students with anopportunity to engage in high-impact, hands-on, authentic learning. This tool contributes newflexibility to educational experiences through immersion in real-world scenarios wherestudents manipulate multiple variables, use tools, and develop skills. Research suggests thatimplementation of this type of tool with its highly interactive and learner-centric approach hasthe ability to impact learning and retention.9,10 In this project, two groups worked on the 3Dinteractive and virtual reality application, the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing andTechnology, Florence, SC, and Clemson University's School of Computer
, West Lafayette Chang started her professional career as the Study Abroad Director at Western Kentucky University from 2001-2006, where she drove a 3X increase in overseas educational experiences, working with a predom- inately local/in-state student population that does not have a natural inclination for study abroad (many being the first in their family to attend college). This work experience has become her focus and engage- ment of under-represented population in Education Abroad, focusing on students in science and engineer- ing disciplines. Her main responsibilities include engagement of both students and faculty members at Purdue University to embrace global engineering mindsets and practice. During the
Science, integrate engineering and technology concepts andskills with elementary science lessons. EiE materials engage students in hands-on, real worldengineering experiences that can enliven science lessons and motivate students to learn conceptsby illustrating relevant applications.Proven Success in the ClassroomTeachers reported that PISA activities provided opportunities for their students to use criticalthinking skills and to do scientific inquiry. Students were active learners and their motivation Page 14.275.3was positively affected; they were engaged and excited. One vice principal of a partner schoolreported that many of her troubled
the report, including how the students needed to persuasively explain how their results and data were correct.After the first training, the following positive impacts of the WATTS method on the tutoringsession were observed: • The average length of the tutoring sessions increased, indicating a stronger desire by the student to engage with the tutor, • There was a substantial increase in the number of optional free-form comments tutors made about the students’ reports as recorded on a post-tutoring evaluation. The content of the comments addressed content issues, whereas before WATTS they were primarily about grammar and punctuation. • Qualitative feedback collected from the students via an evaluation
knowledge (content): This dimension assesses how students engage with course subject. For instance, the items address if students use multiple methods to represent the phenomena being taught or if they are reflective about their learning. Communicative interactions (culture): These items focus on the types of interactions that occur in the classroom. Specifically, it assesses if the classroom culture is inclusive and the types of communication that are facilitated in the classroom. Student/teacher relationships (culture): This final construct examines the relationship between students and teachers in the classroom. For example, if the teacher encouraged active participation and if the teacher was
-clientWindows-based computers.Student demand for Linux instruction has grown eight-fold in four years at NCA&T. In fall 2012,seats were limited to 60 students in two 30-student sections, and more students wereinvoluntarily dropped. This begs the question, "How do large classes of students learn theintricate details of the Linux operating system in a Windows-based classroom with no lab?" Theobvious answer is cloud-based Linux images, but cloud access alone is not a learningenvironment. The authors implemented a mobile virtual environment which included a newtextbook, new learning aides, and an immersive hands-on regimen. Before and after metric-basedlearning outcome assessment demonstrate no adverse impact on the quality of educationresulting from
sense of camaraderie and mutualunderstanding of the influence of financial experiences. For instance:“I found it interesting to recognize how I feel about money and see that other people felt thesame. Also, that we are all coming from a similar background.”“I loved the sense of community that I felt today just being in the same room as all my fellowLattice scholars.”“The idea of thinking about how money and the way it impacted you growing up has an effect onyour emotional well-being now.”Additionally, students articulated the impacts of the seminars on their beliefs and their desires forfuture topics and activities. They expressed interest in learning more about the practical side ofcollege life, including campus resources, study strategies
State Standards (CCSS). This unit does notinclude an engineering design challenge, but rather demonstrates the interdependence of science,engineering, and technology to solve problems with the human nervous system. The unitsupports disciplinary core ideas in life sciences (structure and function; information processing),crosscutting concepts (systems and system models; cause and effect; structure and function;stability and change), and science and engineering practices (developing and using models;engaging in argument from evidence; obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information).The PBL curriculum model enhances the NGSS by requiring student-designed evidence ofunderstanding to be used as the assessment. Furthermore, complementary Math
academic administrators and policymakers drawing from the data collectedin a multi-institutional project called “The Distributed System of Governance in Engineering Ed-ucation”. The project seeks to understand the practice of engineering education reform usingethnomethodological data collected from oral interviews at a variety of academic institutions andother organizations in engineering education.Investigations of effective strategies for ethical formation of engineering students have been con-tinuously pursued in the engineering education community. Review of the literature on this topicresults in not only identifying diverse approaches and conceptions of engineering ethics, but also aset of diverse rationales and contexts of justification for
in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico The workshop started with a presentation by the Head of EftA presenting the industry perspective on the state of science and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean. The presentation highlighted the impact on competitiveness of quality assurance in education. The panel and discussion sessions that followed included the government perspective from Mexico. Industrial perspectives were presented by representatives from Hewlett Packard, Motorola, EftA, and ISTEC (Iberoamerica and US). Panel discussions included deans and chairs [ANFEI(Mexico), ACOFI(Columbia), ASIBEI(Iberoamerica), CONFINI (Perú) Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico]. CFIA(Costa Rica) and UMAI
open-ended ques�on about what the students most enjoyable about the courseare transcribed verba�m here:For the responses as to what the students didn’t like about the course and how it could be improved,they fell into two categories: 1) Several students missed class and so it impacted the smooth func�oning of the teams; the sugges�on was made to make up the teams more carefully and kick out students who were not atending the class regularly. 2) Insufficient visits to the community to allow beter engagement with the community members. Of course, this was a legi�mate concern given the short dura�on of the course.One of the professors of food engineering who took the class, Professor Priscilla Cas�llo, sent me thefollowing
student teams positively impacted communities, particularly in non-profit sectors. One team developed a prototype digital gradebook solution to digitize paper submissions, with the goal of improving education processes in underserved regions of Africa. While the project faced challenges, it showcased SPSG’s capacity to address meaningful community needs and expose students to global challenges. • Student engagement: The SPSG framework’s emphasis on continuous formative feedback enabled iterative improvement. Regular feedback from instructors, mentors, and clients helped students refine their deliverables, fostering stronger technical competencies and professional communication. • Instructor
developed with the following goals: • studying and learning professional issues in embedded systems security; • creating lab exercises for practical applications; • evaluating the project results by professional evaluators; and • Page 24.346.3 assessing the project's effectiveness and impact in the classroom by the students. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. First, we present a general description of themodule selection procedure and their contents. Next, considerations on pedagogy are outlined,followed by a section on sample module’s description in some details. Then, a section onlessons
self-efficacy, and cultivate the leadership qualities necessary for their academic andprofessional success. By fostering these attributes, FACE seeks to ensure that students continueengagement, feel connected to the engineering field, and ultimately persist through theirengineering programs toward graduation.At the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE) at Arizona State University (ASU), one of thecentral goals of the Student Success and Engagement team is to support various co- and extra-curricular programs that enrich students’ experiences, promote community engagement, andfoster both academic and career development. These initiatives are designed with the hope ofincreasing intentional support of student persistence toward graduation
broadly.For example, Kotys-Schwartz and colleagues have identified differences between designpractices in industry and design practices in capstone classrooms 10, 11. Yet most research oncapstone courses remains focused on structure, pedagogy, assessment, and course outcomes.To meet this critical need, we draw on Wenger’s 12 concept of communities of practice to studythe experiences and perceptions of individuals as they move from capstone courses intoworkplaces. Using a multi-case approach, we seek to understand how and to what extentcapstone design courses prepare students to effectively enter communities of practice inengineering workplaces. Our study addresses 4 research questions: RQ1: What skills, practices, and attitudes fostered through the
. Interviews indicated a clear and unambiguous negative impact on faculty recruitment, retention, and overall department reputation. The action plan recommended that the department chair communicate with upper administration about the need for a new building, and explore the potential for collaborating with complementary departments on housing programs in a jointly shared building. 6. Support Staff – While faculty expressed appreciation for the hardworking staff in ECE, there was concern regarding the level of staffing, which has decreased relative to student population. The action plan recommended that the department chair increase communication with the department regarding new service delivery models, request