Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. As an undergraduate he studied hardware engineering, software engineering, and chemical engineering. Bill has been involved in the development of several educational software tools including the Virtual BioReactor, the Web-based Interactive Science and Engineering (WISE) Learning Tool, and the AIChE Concept Warehouse. His dissertation is focused on technology-mediated, active learning techniques and the mechanisms through which they impact student performance.Ms. Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. She currently has research focused on
is still to be done on this project. The committee is currently gathering additionalfeedback and input from a variety of program stakeholders and has begun the process ofwidening involvement and engagement within the department faculty. Part of this processincludes completing additional training in the Backward Design process for the departmentfaculty, which is targeted for completion prior to the beginning of the autumn semester of 2024.Following the training process, the committee plans to work in collaboration with the programinterest groups and individual faculty to utilize the developed program goals, student learningobjectives, and student proficiencies to develop the specific courses that will make up the
ofEducation. This grant was focused in bringing the flipped classroom pedagogy to seven gatewaySTEM courses over three years, through a collaborative partnership across the three campuses.Recent research on flipped learning has suggested that its active use in STEM courses facilitatesstudent engagement and promotes student success (Hake, 1998; Deslauriers, Schelew, &Wieman, 2011). To this end, our approach was to implement this model into high-failuregateway courses across the campuses to evaluate the impact on student learning andachievement. In addition to using this active pedagogy, we also included a multi-disciplinary,cross-campus faculty learning community (FLC) that serves as an active learning model for ourfaculty as well as provides
undergraduate course, wireless communication.This work will benefit a diverse population of students by motivating, engaging, enhancing theirlearning and skills as prescribed by the ABET. Therefore, the laboratory development is directly Page 15.1072.12aligned with the departmental and institutional priority of development, and has had animmediate local impact. The technology on which the lab development is based is cutting edge,demonstrating a viable example of adopting new technology and research to enhanceundergraduate STEM education. The platform employed for development, USRP boards, is lowcost; and the software used, GNU software radio, is free
Experience (FYE) programming is the First Year Seminarcourse taken for credit in the first year of college. Such courses have been extensively researchedand identified as a high-impact practice [1]. At many institutions, including most Canadianinstitutions, such seminars are not prevalent, so alternative models of delivery are needed.The purpose of this study is to investigate the cost and benefit of maintaining the high-impactnature of such programming while embedding into a curriculum. From the student perspective,the benefit (skills improvement, academic success, and direct academic reward) must bebalanced with the cost (time, effort, and motivation) to ensure sufficient engagement as to havean impact on student outcomes. We will present results
part by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan., vol. 42, no. 24. IFAC, 2010.[7] M. X. Rodriguez-paz, “Use of an offline video repository as a tool to improve students ’ performance in Engineering courses versus real-time long distance courses.”[8] M. X. Rodríguez-paz, J. A. González-mendivil, J. A. Zarate-Garcia, and L. O. Peña- ortega, “The positive effects on studentt performance of using social networks in courses of applied mechanics,” Proc. ASME 2018, vol. IMECE2018-, pp. 1–7, 2018.[9] G. Sayeg-Sanchez and M. X. Rodriguez-Paz, “Factors That Impact Mastery Learning in a Probability and Statistics Course,” in Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE 11th International Conference on
National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of organizations she is associated with. Learn more about Sreyoshi’s impact
needs within realistic c constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams e an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g an ability to communicate effectively the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, h economic, environmental, and societal context i a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning j a knowledge of contemporary issues an ability to use the techniques, skills, and
pretty well.Of course there were drawbacks to working together. Most of the comments in this area wererelated to trying to schedule a time to work together. For example, “We both work and have conflicting schedules.” “I kept wanting to work on it but couldn't since I had to be with my partner.”There were also comments related to what I would consider the process of learning to work witha partner. “Sometimes one person has own agenda and take the lead more often than the other.” “I felt my partner was mildly shy and wouldn't be forthcoming on his ideas.”Teachers are always looking to find ways to get student engaged. From that standpoint it wasnice to have several students say that the pair approach made programming
problems, solidify concepts, and askquestions. A focus for the challenge problems is to address potential difficulties, deepenunderstanding, build confidence, and include additional questions and problems.An independent researcher observes the peer-to-peer interactions during the class lecture throughthe VaNTH Observation System (VOS)10. The researcher observes the impact that wirelessresponse unit use has on engagement, learning, and retention.At the conclusion of the Spring 2006 semester, the data collected from this research study will bestatistically analyzed and presented. A comparative analysis of each section’s overall courseperformance, individual course outcome performance, students’ attitude toward instructionmethods, confidence in
) personal, b) professional, c) academic and d) community engagement. Each ofthese areas includes an ELI common reflection question (see Table 1) which serves as a prompt,to guide formulation of learning objectives in the intended direction. Students personalizeobjectives in each category, based on their unique project application, role and individuality. Table 1. ELI common reflection questions for each category of required learning objective. Category ELI Common Reflection Question Personal How do you expect to grow personally (e.g. in your self-awareness, your spirituality, and how you relate to others) through this experience? Professional Regardless of whether or not your ELI relates
campuses transformed into a virtual world, and faculty were forced to shiftinstruction to the virtual mode, challenging the classes with a hands-on component. With minimalknowledge and time, the rapid shift to online learning presented unique challenges • Students’ engagement in the online environment - alteration in the content and delivery to actively engaging students • Replacement of hands-on projects - redesign of hands-on projects with simulation-based activities • Community building - additional activities for peer-peer interaction • Fostering teamwork - extra efforts to motivate students to work togetherEven though the pandemic has challenged engineering education’s status quo and burdened thefaculty with
and a student research mentor, applying materials science and engineering concepts topractical, real-world challenges. At the end of the course, students completed a 58-questionsurvey to assess the impact of the CURE-E project on their self-perceived capabilities, theirconnection to the STEM community, and their interest in research and STEM fields. The resultsdemonstrate high level of student satisfaction with research teamwork on important research,strong value alignment with STEM professional. In addition, students reported increasedconfidence in their ability to learning and applying STEM skills. This projects shows the impactof scientific collaboration and hands-on research on undergraduate engineering students andindicates students gain
point that challenges evenwell run organizations (Lau 4).A survey conducted by ACE 5 shows that Americans think that global matters will increasinglychange their lives, and the higher education ought to engage in a major role of preparing studentsto be connected with international issues. The survey results show: · 63% strongly agreed that knowledge of international issues are valuable to future careers, while 25% strongly agreed that these issues impact their own careers in the coming years. · 67% strongly agreed that international issues and events would have an impact on their daily lives. · Majority pointed out that higher education ought to play a greater role in providing international education opportunities
(see Figure 1).Through each activity, the focus was building upon the rich, community-based assets studentscontribute. Activities included:● Panel with Finishing Scholars (Aspirational, Community). Our S-STEM Finishing Scholars were invited to share their aspirations and advice to be successful in college.● Keweenaw-day group trip (Navigational). Our Peer Mentor took them to a traditional campus event showcasing clubs and other extracurricular activities.● Civic engagement (Community). We hosted a session on how to register and vote with the Director of Student Leadership and Involvement and the League of Women Voters.● Prep for Career Fair (Navigational, Aspirational). We held an interactive session on prepping for the career
planning and placement through K-State at Salina Career and Employment Services office. o Engage and connect students with employers through professional associations, career fairs, and industry internships.The ELITE Program builds on the following activities already in place in the College ofTechnology and Aviation at K-State at Salina: • Articulation agreements that have been newly signed or are in process of being signed with all Community Colleges across the State of Kansas. • Introductory collaboration with Kansas PLTW School programs to introduce these students to engineering technology opportunities at K-State at Salina. • A strong set of student services and support programs
version of the course was taught to6 students in Summer 2022, and an improved version of the course was taught to 25 students inFall 2022. The topic of the course is Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability. Learning goalsfor the course included: Explain the role of life cycle assessment in the context of sustainabilityand engineering professional practice including an awareness of relevant standards, criticallyreflect on current literature, podcasts, and articles related to life cycle assessment, developmodels of existing buildings and analyze the environmental impact over the life cycle usingindustry standard software, redesign an existing building under realistic constraints to reduceenvironmental impact, professionally communicate topics
way to get involved while they are students. Theproject fosters an ethic of civic engagement among the engineering students. This engagementwith the community should enhance their engagement with learning and increase their dedicationto engineering.[13] The positive effects of integrating service-learning in the curriculum includeimproved retention and graduation rates particularly among underrepresented groups andwomen, and a stronger civic ethic among students.[14,15,16]Students, particularly women and underrepresented groups, cite the ability to make a differencein society as one of the main reasons they choose careers in science and engineering.[17]However, the impact engineers have on society is more commonly viewed from a
. Within Group Collaboration - During the first assignment, the technical reports were put together piecemeal instead of collaboratively. To resolve this, additional required scheduled meetings were added where the instructors and the graduate assistants could observe each group’s interactions and provide additional guidance and feedback.To gauge the impact of these formative changes, students in all three groups (Control Group,Experimental Group 1, and Experimental Group 2) were administered Pre- and Post-AttitudeSurveys on their views of collaborative learning. Although engagement in collaborative learningwas a focus of the formative assessment, we were also interested in investigating whether use ofthe technologies in
, CTAbstract - Universities and corporations are organized in scenarios and practice cross-functional situation-farming andhierarchies in which each division/department has its own problem-solving exercises. The goal of this exercise is to betterexpertise and associated culture that shape their goals and prepare the students for corporate environments by equipping themobjectives. While this segregation encourages focused expertise with the skills necessary to collaborate across multipleand knowledge, it often hinders collaboration across departments, divisions/departments/disciplines.leading to inefficiencies and communication breakdowns thatnegatively impact organizational success
facilitatecommunication;9 and the ability to deal with psychological stress.10-12The CoE engaged expertise from the UM’s School of Education to measure student cross-cultural awareness and gather information on barriers to participation in international programsin general. The School of Education employed a mixed method design, combining qualitativeand quantitative methods. Student interviews helped determine factors impeding undergraduateengineers from participating in international programs and resulted in the design of a survey thatis now regularly administered to assess barriers to international programs participation. Finally,the evaluation system put in place for the PGE program has now been incorporated across mostof the international programs activity in
, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability 5d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teamse) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problemsf) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilityg) an ability to communicate effectivelyh) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environment, and societal contexti) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learningj) a knowledge of contemporary issuesk) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
-termrelationship with its community partner and to successfully design and deliver products that havesignificant technical complexity and community impact. The EPICS program is implemented asa track of courses, where a team corresponds to a division or lab section of the course. Eachteam is large – 8 to 20 students – and vertically integrated – composed of freshmen, sophomores,juniors and seniors. A student may be a member of a team for up to four years, registering for 1to 2 credits each semester. When seniors graduate each year, returning students move up a yearand new students are added to the team. Many teams have developed formal training processesfor new members. The large team size, vertical integration, and credit structure enable each teamto
qualify for the National School Lunch program [3].At GU, the Office of Service Learning (OSL) plays a directrole. In addition to describing the need, OSL also funds theprojects. It should also be noted that current and previousteams have successfully engaged corporate or privatesponsors to donate both materials and expertise in supportof these projects. Thus in addition to developing someuseful networking skills, this process also serves toadvertise the service learning project to the communitywhich, in turn, provides one small way for the company toengage in community service. At Gannon, the freshman engineering cohort istypically divided across three sections. Within each section,students are assigned to multidisciplinary (i.e., mechanical
environment.4 Students individual dispositions and belief and theenvironment have impacts on students’ motivation, and the classroom environments are relatedto students’ perceptions of engaging in academic tasks and the classroom goal structure.1Students’ goal orientations are significantly related to engagement patterns and students’ goal-orientation patterns across different learning activities are consistent.9 In addition to students’supportive relationships with their peers, student cohesiveness, investigation and task orientationare the most influential factors of student motivation and teachers’ support is statisticallysignificant on both students’ learning goal orientation and task value.18 Relationships betweenteacher and students and peers
country ≠ A focus on requiring the students to learn more about culture through improving their intercultural communication competence ≠ Opportunities for professional presentation of the global learning experienceIntegration of global learning into an engineering course involves changes to the learningstrategy, taking it from a didactic/pedagogical approach to a heutogogical approach that involvesautonomous learning. Typically, students will need to learn in a team towards some substantiveand authentic goal. In the process, they must be able to communicate effectively. That, in turn,requires them to understand the perspectives of each other and themselves, improving theirintercultural communication competence. III. Engineer of
majors and collect more data in futureimplementations of the bridge course to determine its impact on the participant’s academicperformance.Overall, the engineering technology teaching team concluded that the course content andactivities effectively kept the students engaged and active during the two weeks. Thoseparticipating students got to engage with future faculty personally and know about the dynamicsand organization of their major’s department. Additionally, the students got to build the startingpoint of their social network within the university, not just with other students in their majors butacross the College of Science and Engineering Technology.ConclusionsThis paper presented the design process for a novel engineering technology
experi- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply
website being assessed by multiple groups. The websites wereassessed based on their visual impact, creativity and functionality. The students were then asked tojustify their mark by describing aspects of the website that were done very well and aspects thatneeded to be worked on for next time. Each website was assessed by four other groups so therewas a range of feedback given to the students. The writing in Stage 1 and 2 (Table 1) which was an individual task was assessed by staff to ensurethat the written communication was of a high standard. The writing was assessed on its technicalcontent, ease of understanding and referencing. Detailed feedback on their writing was given tostudents to allow improvement for the final website
. Thecamps aim to inspire underserved children to engage with STEM subjects through joyfullearning experiences. Recruitment focuses on reaching marginalized communities, with about70% of participants coming from underserved, socioeconomically- impacted, andEnglish-language learner populations. Teenage students assist in teaching, serving as near-peermentors while developing leadership, communication, and cultural awareness skills, andenhancing their own STEAM knowledge. In collaboration with local partners, the curriculumcombines identity-building lessons and community-based activities to enhance children'sSTEAM interest. Lessons, partially prepared by scientists and delivered by diverse staff, connectSTEM concepts to children's daily lives through