early stages of student development and progress. Her core engineering educational background is Mechanical Engineering and doctoral work is in Engineering Education, both from Purdue University.Dr. Leo H McWilliams, University of Notre DameMs. Catherine F Pieronek, University of Notre Dame Catherine F. Pieronek is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the Uni- versity of Notre Dame. She holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a JD from Notre Dame, and an MS in Aerospace engineering from UCLA. Her research focuses primarily on the reasons that affect the persistence of women in engineering, as well as on the application of Title IX to collegiate STEM programs
projects that by 2006, 50 percent of all U.S. workers will bewomen, and that 44 percent of the U.S. workforce will be employed by industries that areengaged in producing or using information technology products and services (DeVoe, 19989;Newton, 200138). This is not surprising given that information technology accounted for morethan a third of the nation’s real economic growth from 1995 to 1997 (U.S. Department ofCommerce, 199947). In addition, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that approximately137,800 new jobs in information technology (IT) occupations have been and will be producedeach year from 1996 to 2006 (U.S. Department of Commerce, 199947). Adding to this problemis the fact that these occupations are experiencing a significant
among students in terms of computer resourcesand Internet access. The current work hopes to show that not only is it possible to create andadminister hybrid or remote labs involving physical experiments successfully, but it is alsopossible to use the lessons learned when returning to completely on campus lab courses.Course details and COVID related adjustmentsThe lab course which is the focus of this paper is entitled Measurements and Analysis withThermal Science Application. It is a required junior level lab course in the MechanicalEngineering department at Northeastern University. The goal of this course is to teach studentsthe principles of design of experiments (DOE) and introduce them to sensors, data acquisition,and data analysis
implicitly addressed throughthe process that aims to include participants with both age and gender diversity.4. 2020 Co-Creating Symposium: Specific Objectives and ContentThe development of a virtual co-design workshop embodied the need for adaptation that wasbrought by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Flexibility and real-time adaptation throughoutthe event was necessary for successfully completing the workshop and building trust amongparticipants. At the same time, our co-creative event was directly addressing the need forcommunity and interaction that had been growing due to lock-down measures and physicaldistancing.4.1. ObjectivesWe established the following objectives for the 2020 Co-Creation Symposium: 1. To support community resilience
in designthinking, which were traced to the Understanding phase of the course. Ash talked about the user-centered design approach taken by her team and how having that as her mindset impacted all oftheir design decisions. Ash remarked that bringing design thinking into the course was “sopowerful” and that “this needs to be integral to how we all think and work; it’s the real world.”Gavin said that the reason that their team chose their project idea—a neuromechanical handorthosis—is that they had a user at the center of it, an idea of the parts of a successful design, theneeded skillsets, and confidence in their abilities to go the mile. Gavin explained that theirmeetings with their customer helped instill ownership in the project for the
settings are applicable in the setting of the United States Air ForceAcademy than was available by using only one source.10 For example, understanding themotivators of engagement may not allow for policy changes on the part of the USAFAadministration without knowing that the type of engagement being encouraged was having thedesired effect on officer development. Correlating both qualitative and quantitative analysis intoone set of findings can assure analysis of the appropriate motivators and the appropriateoutcomes desired for the Air Force Academy. Page 24.486.8 Although the data from the quantitative NSSE tool were originally collected
biography on Marie Curie. And she had two children, and she did not get her Ph.D. until she was 35, so that became my goal. I was going to have my Ph.D. when I was 35, and I did finish that, had my Ph.D. at 35. She had two children; I had two children when I finished my Ph.D….I sought out role models who have been successful mothers and careers, including the first woman who was prime minister in Norway, Dr. Gro Brundtland, who coined the sustainable definition – sustainability definition that everybody uses. She was I think the founder and first director of the World Health Organization, and I got to talk to her about her having five kids and what she did when she had five kids to still be successful
, assessing gains in institutional efforts to advance equity an inclusion, and the use of data science for training socially responsible engineers.Dr. Anne M. McAlister, University at Buffalo Anne M. McAlister is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Engineering Education at the Uni- versity at Buffalo. Her research focuses on engineering identity, social justice, and equity with the goal of broadening ideas about who engineers are and what they do in order to empower students to tackle the big issues in today’s world through engineering. Dr. McAlister has a PhD in Education and a MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She has a BS in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University.Nichole
). As a research area, it is grounded in certainontologies, epistemologies and methodologies (Evans et al., 2010). A widely quoted definition ofstudent development is as follows: “the application of human development concepts inpostsecondary settings so that everyone involved can master increasingly complexdevelopmental tasks, achieve self-direction, and become interdependent” (Miller and Prince,1976, p. 3). There are at least two assumptions behind the discussions about studentdevelopment. One is that student development is a positive growth process, which isconceptually different from change or growth (Sanford, 1967). The other is that studentdevelopment is conceptualized and evaluated on the basis of the changing societal conditions(McEwen
. Specifically, she focuses on divergent and convergent thinking processes in design innovations, including investigations of concept generation and development, exploring problem spaces to identify real needs and innovation opportunities, and approaches to integrate social and cultural elements of design contexts into design decisions.Charlie Michaels Charlie Michaels is the Director for Experiential Learning and a Lecturer at the University of Michigan's Center for Socially Engaged Design (C-SED). He leads C-SED’s experiential learning programs including a design fieldwork course which places students with global, cross sector partner organizations. Charlie actively works with faculty from across the university to build
more complex ways after you use it in the context of a project. have used them in the context of a project. What are they These questions will help you These questions let you show designed to gauge how well you can deeper levels of understanding assess? demonstrate individual and procedural knowledge by knowledge and skills you will strategically combining multiple need in the course, and give you a concepts and/or skills to solve chance to identify topics that may real-world coding problems. require
groups more than individualperformance or merit (refer to [23], [24]).Internships can offer a window into organizational practices like assignments, but it is not certainthat they equip students with ways to challenge inequitable assignment practice—they can belargely reinforcing mechanisms, introducing students to normative engineering workplaceprocesses (e.g., [25]). Nor is everyone selected for those internships to begin with [26]; in onerecent study, Campero [27] finds racial disparities in the screening of software engineering interncandidates that favor White applicants. There is, in short, the likelihood of informationaladvantages accrued to people already “in the know” as they enter the labor market andworkplace (refer also to [26
might encounter in engineering. It is recommended to openlydiscuss these elements, and point the students to consider participating in co-curricular groupslike the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers(SHPE), and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). These groups can help thestudents network with professionals and gain advice to prepare them for real-world conditions.It is also notable that a few students did push back on what they read. As an example, a whitemale student in reference to the NSPE article wrote: “The second piece that stood out to me inthis article was the idea of that we’re discriminating against white males in the EngineeringIndustry. I felt like this statement was
fellow and mentor for the ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) teaching workshop. Dr. Palomo believes that fostering curiosity and life-long learning skills we can make the world a better place. She believes that an inclusive and equitable learning environment is critical for students to be motivated and enjoy their learning journey.Pauline Muljana Pauline Salim Muljana is a PhD candidate in the Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) program at Old Dominion University. Her research interests center on the investigations of how a data-informed analytics approach informs instructional design to foster learning behaviors and strategies associated with successful learning. Before joining the IDT
-profit entities to guiding minority-serving institutions. As the inaugural Associate Dean for Workforce Development in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, her leadership highlights her unparalleled foresight and industry relevance. She has dedicated over a decade to engineering leadership roles in industry. Her pioneering research, backed by $9M in federal funding and resulting in over 100 refereed articles, positions her at the nexus of civil engineering education and real-world applications. In 2023, her contributions earned her the grade of Fellow Member in the American Society for Engineering Education. A fervent advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in engineering, Dr. Simmons champions
approaches, and supportingdecisions (i.e., evaluating) using knowledge gained in class. The study hypothesizes theinterventions to lead to: 1) Improved class performance on quizzes and exams covering topicswhere interventions have been applied; 2) Improved student experience in the class as gauged byfirst-hand student feedback from end-of-semester surveys; 3) Reduced reliance on solutionmanuals as measured by improvement in class performance on quizzes and exams with variedapplications of concepts covered in class; 4) Develop evaluation skills that help students applytheir knowledge from the classroom in the real world. In the long run, the authors hope that themodifications will lead to shortened graduation timeframes, increased retention of
. 12Lockwood, S., & Caswell, D., & Eggermont, M. (2010, June), The Challenge Of Consistent Grading In Real World, Open Ended Design With Multiple And Multi Disciplinary Instruction Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. 10.18260/1-2--16642.Nicometo, C., & Anderson, K., & Nathans-Kelly, T., & Courter, S., & McGlamery, T. (2010, June), “More Than Just Engineers” How Engineers Define And Value Communication Skills On The Job. Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. 10.18260/1-2--16018.Richards, B., & Milanovic, I. (2010, June), Partnership Between Engineering And Professional Writing Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference
)affected by exposure to the SET. Furthermore, scenario-based methodshave been leveraged to assess a variety of skills and knowledge relevant to engineering,including socio-technical thinking [19], understanding of complexity [20], and knowledge ofbroader context [21]. A key characteristic of scenario-based methods is their approximation ofreal-world problems [19], while a challenge posed by scenarios is the way information in thescenario is likely to shape participant responses akin to the ways problem-framing can impactdesigners’ approaches [22].Research MethodsStudy Goals. This exploratory study is part of a larger research study that aims to evaluate theimpact of SET trainings in part by analyzing what engineering students attend to in a set
examination in this study. The main identity of focus in thisstudy was gender. Throughout this study, participants are referred to by their reported genderidentities, which were “women” and “men,” rather than their given sex of “female” or “male.” Inthe literature review section, the terms “female” and “male” were used in congruence withspecific studies cited to match the terminologies they utilized.Literature ReviewUndergraduate Research REU programs provide participants with valuable experiences that supplement theirtraditional engineering coursework [5]. REU programs provide students with opportunities togain real-world, hands-on experiences working in labs with other researchers and help studentsto develop research skills and a deeper
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Studies (INES); past chair of the ASEE Liberal Education / Engineering and Society Division; and a former member of the Society for the History of Technology’s (SHOT) Executive Council. Publications include /Calculating a Natural World: Scientists, Engineers and Computers during the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research/ (MIT Press, 2006).Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY Sarah Appelhans is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University at Albany (SUNY). Her dissertation research, ”Flexible Lives on the Integrated Circuit: Gender and Belonging in Semiconductor Manufacturing”, investigates the boundaries of membership in engineering in the Northeastern United States. She is honored to be a research
applicability toprovide detailed support at each step for younger learners. Both models emphasize the iterativeprocess rather than linearly following the steps in each model. In our study, children workedthrough these steps back and forth or sometimes repeatedly to create their solutions. In a familycontext, caregivers and children took multiple approaches in collaboration to solve problems and,ideally, to design one refined solution. MethodsParticipantsSeven families with nine children participated in three to five engineering design challengeactivities in their home environments over six months.Table 1. Participants Child Age Sex Ethnicity STEM activity Caregiver
laboratories. Theseinclude: teaching proper use of sensors; comparing theoretical models with physical reality;allowing students practice in experimental design; practicing data analysis and interpretation;designing within constraints or to specifications; learning from mistakes; demonstratingcreativity and problem solving; choosing appropriate engineering tools for a problem; operatingsafely in the laboratory; presenting laboratory results orally and in writing; demonstrating theability to work in teams, presenting data honestly and objectively; and engaging their own sensesin observing and solving real-world problems [1]. Some of these objectives can be met equallywell in a virtual or remote setting as they can in a physical lab. Theoretical
skills while not leaving behind fundamental learning skills at lower levels. Students will Obj. a. begin to develop intuition about expected behavior of engineered systems, Obj. b. better understand load paths, Obj. c. refine their understanding of how engineering ethics is applied to real problems, and Obj. d. be able to better visualize the interaction of components of engineered systems. 3. Improved learning with a reasonable benefit/cost ratio for faculty: Facilitation of this learning style could significantly increase faculty time in administering a course. Minimizing the investment of faculty time in utilizing these tools while facilitating both
Page 13.542.4idea that problems have a single solution and can be solved using memorized knowledge.”Therefore, extracting students from the classroom setting and allowing them to solve complex,real-world problems together not only induces creative methods of applying abstract theories, itengenders a new awareness for practicality, constructability, and social impact15. From anacademic curriculum standpoint, service-learning projects are thereby fulfilling ABET criteria(f), (h), (i), (j), and (k).The conflicts encountered in service-learning projects provoke a higher level of thinking andproblem solving; rather than retrieving information from memory, the student must generateinnovative solutions and overcome unforeseen challenges. Project
: “My team has recently faced challenges with collaborating on a single CAD model while having varied schedules and while being in different parts of the country over the Thanksgiving break. Fusion 360’s cloud system made this challenge relatively easy to overcome by allowing us to each contribute to the model and update it in real time”The students frequently noted that it was their first experience being a part of multidisciplinarydesign team, and that this opportunity served as a beneficial learning experience. In addition, thestudents highlighted how a diversity of skills and knowledge brought from each membercomplemented one
3 Northouse (2010) – Hartmann and Jahren (2016) Ibarra (1999, 2015) – leadership as a process [13] – engineering leadership provisional selves and creating behaviours [9] opportunities [14], [15] Rottmann et al. (2015) – three engineering leadership Ashforth et al. (2007) – orientations [5] proactive behaviours of newcomers [12]By leadership conception, we mean the implicit definitions or mental models through whichindividual engineers see the world and which help them identify what is and is not leadership.We attempt to distinguish leadership conceptions that are based on leadership as a position
second was observation and calculation of the learningcurve effect for product layout work improvement. The timing of both lessons utilizing the activelearning activities immediately followed a lesson where the concepts were initially introducedvia lecture with required individual reading assignment prior to the start of that lesson.When the instructors reviewed the lesson objectives for the course, these concepts werespecifically selected as good topics to utilize student centered hands-on learning exercises sincemost students in the course have never worked in or visited a manufacturing facility. Thesehands-on learning exercises can provide a better understanding of how real-world products aremade and how they work since students are required
— Propositional knowledge 6 The lesson involved fundamental concepts of the subject. 0 1 2 3 4 7 The lesson promoted strongly coherent conceptual understanding. 0 1 2 3 4 8 The teacher had a solid grasp of the subject matter content inherent in the lesson. 0 1 2 3 4 Elements of abstraction (i.e., symbolic representations, theory building) were encouraged when it was 0 1 2 3 4 9 important to do so. 10 Connections with other content disciplines and/or real world phenomena were explored and valued. 0 1 2 3 4 CONTENT—Procedural Knowledge
the three journals ineach cluster, while total pages is the sum of pages across the three journals.Table 7. Summary of Journal Lengths by Cluster Cluster Average Length Minimum Maximum Total Pages 1 6.67 4 10 20 2 11.33 5 22 34 3 17.67 6 35 53Thus, the real differences appear to be in the maximum length of the journals, which brings upthe average and the total number of pages, while the minimum remains approximately the same.In summary, our attempts to merge the quantitative clusters with