mockpresentations also allowed for cross training between groups, as having mentor students able topresent any of the five topics increases scheduling flexibility.Provision of Clean Energy Education at Partner High SchoolsBeginning in late February 2023, mentor students will present in groups of two to three at twolocal majority-minority high schools during their general and Advanced Placementenvironmental science classes. The clean energy education will be taught in five class sessionsover one or two weeks in each school, and college mentors will serve as a lead instructorteaching subject matter, demonstrating hands-on activities that they prepared, and interacting andassisting with mentee students during in-class activity time. The high school students
published in journals, conference proceedings andpresentations at the conferences appear to be the effort of the faculty leading capstonecourses. The good news is that capstone courses continue to be scrutinized, reviewed andimproved. In the past, most publications centered around general report on capstonecourse development, implementation and improvement [3, 4] and adding industrycollaboration component to the capstone courses [5, 6]. After ABET 2K [7] release,established capstone courses added systematic assessment component [8, 9]. Recently, aninterest to introduce entrepreneurship and commercialization into capstone courses werereported and they are on the rise [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18].The course was originally taught under the
, now commands on the order of two or three class periods in introductorycircuits courses. In today’s circumstances, it would more often than not be a disservice to ourundergraduate students to demand they write machine code to access registers, learn to designwith tube amplifiers, wind all their own inductors, or reinvent the wheel for common operationsin scikit-learn, pandas, or OpenCV. All these skills are still relevant for certain professional rolesor applications, but the modern undergraduate curriculum prioritizes learning how to learn andbecoming a resourceful problem-solver over accumulating the maximal set of discrete technicalskills. If the latter were the case, becoming an electronics engineer would entail little more thanmemorizing
the Sustainability Certificate and the Master’s in Sustainable Engineering program. He is an officer at the national and regional level for the American Society of Engineering Education for the Environmental Division and the North Central Section respectively. He teaches core Sustainability courses, labs and design courses in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program, the First-Year Engineering program, and the Swanson School Study Abroad programs. He directs the Makerspace Bootcamp, Pitt Hydroponics and a variety of the Mascaro Center’s Sustain- ability Community Engagement programs including the Teach the Teacher program, Lincoln Elementary STEAM
is certified as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD). Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques in undergradu- ate classes (problem based learning, games and simulations, etc.) as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering curriculum. In addition, she is actively en- gaged in the development of a variety of informal science education approaches with the goal of exciting and teaching K-12 students about regenerative medicine and its potential.Dr. Joseph De-Chung Shih, Stanford University Dr. Joseph Shih is a Lecturer in the Department of
Paper ID #9100Works in Progress: Impact of First-Year Micro-/Nano-Technology ResearchProject Course on Future Research and Graduate/Professional School In-volvementMartin T. Spang, Ohio State University Martin T. Spang will be pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering this Fall. He recently received his BS in Biomedical Engineering with Honors Research Distinction and a minor in Entrepreneurship from The Ohio State University. He has three years of teaching experience from Ohio State’s Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program and has assisted in the design of a creativity and innovation seminar and the semester
will bepresented here.Table 1: Scheduled topics with brief descriptions of what is covered by the seminar. Week Topic Description Introducing the class to the instructor, brief description of 1 Introduction the topics covered in the course, illuminating some of the possible career pathways for mechanical engineers. Description of how, where, and why formal engineering International Beginnings of 2 education came to be with emphasis on the military origins Formal Engineering Education
industrialized nation, engineering education at virtually all USinstitutions still follows a traditional model that dates back to the middle of the 20th Centurydesigned to emphasize theoretical content reflecting a postwar embrace of science byengineering programs. A glaring exception is perhaps Olin College, which opened in fall 2002to an inaugural freshman class www.olin.edu/about_olin/olin_history.asp after creating andtesting “an innovative curriculum that infused a rigorous engineering education with businessand entrepreneurship as well as the arts, humanities and social sciences. They developed a hands-on, interdisciplinary approach that better reflects actual engineering practice.” Many feel thatthe transition from engineering applications to
“must illuminate the complex interplays between people(communities, etc.) and the technical side of engineering, that it must be explicit, that it must becontextualized, and that it generally relies on open-ended problems” [3]. The limitation of thosereports and others [4],[5] is that the results are based on surveys and reflections, rather than onactual project-producing entities.Brief project descriptionsTo date, three pilot semesters of EDR have been completed. Class sizes were kept small andsingle projects were tackled each semester.Semester 1: A commercial oyster farming product that significantly reduces time and effort forperiodic exposure of oysters to air (desiccation) to help eliminate parasites in longline oysterfarming. Oyster
. Innovation and related process skills. They will: ≠ be able to employ key creative and innovation generation procedures ≠ be able to sophistically retrieve information from databases and global sources ≠ advanced product realization and commercialization skills4. Awareness of and capability with entrepreneurship procedures. They will: ≠ become capable with entrepreneurial procedures and skills ≠ be able to secure business related information from sources around the world5. Enhanced cross cultural communication & professional effectiveness. They will: ≠ become proficient in professional communication (reading, writing and speaking/presenting) in at least two languages ≠ demonstrate effectiveness in operating in a culture/country
technical tasks. Creativity and entrepreneurship have also been statedas important skills for engineers in a global economy22. Simpson24 stated that civil engineeringjobs were the least likely to be outsourced to out of the country due to the type of work and howit is performed; in contrast, computer and electrical engineering jobs are the easiest to outsource.The large growth in infrastructure needed in rapidly developing countries provides anopportunity for rewarding civil engineering work. Many large U.S. engineering consultingcompanies do a significant amount of their business internationally. For example, CH2M Hillhas offices in 30 countries and has conducted projects in more than 116 countries(http://www.ch2m.com/corporate/worldwide
involved ina process that brings them into the world of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs should have anintense commitment and perseverance to work very hard and that is a key objective that themodel emphasises on. Just like in real life, students in this course are encouraged to be optimistsand strive for integrity and burn with a competitive desire to excel.”2The interaction in this class exceeds by far all similar experiences. The interaction time is veryopen and not bounded by the scheduled class times. It is so engaging that it drives most to theprocess of product development and ownership. This style is demonstrated by a sincere deliverywith all of the passion and many years of practical experience. This class management methoddemonstrates
workshops.Most of the platforms used in the workshops are economically viable for both students anduniversity faculty for their own teaching and labs. Several of the workshops are based on opensource platforms encouraging students and faculty to collaborate and enhance software coderepositories and knowledge bases. It also promotes the creation of open hardware prototypes forbuilding projects. The event has also included hardware and software platform donations whichstudents and faculty use to develop innovative products and create classes and teaching labsaround relevant technology. A good example of this is the mbed prototyping platform.Last year an ARM Student Design Contest was announced at the event where students wouldlater have the opportunity to
Page 24.1257.3values. Further, wicked problems have many different subsections and components.Consequently, it is unlikely that any single group or class will be able to examine more than asmall segment of a wicked problem within the course of a semester. However, having differentdisciplines and different groups discussing the same issue leads to better-informed responses anda deeper understanding of the complexity of the wicked problem as a whole. The challenge existsin bringing groups with different disciplinary lenses together in a productive fashion. Access toprofessional expertise in a variety of fields is a related challenge.Lack of ‘Real’ in Topics or ProjectsProject-based classes often produce final reports that are not implemented and
Paper ID #37258Identifying curriculum factors that facilitate lifelong learningin alumni career trajectories: Stage 1 of a sequential mixed-methods studyNikita Dawe PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education, University of TorontoAmy BiltonKimia Moozeh Kimia Moozeh is a Research Associate in Engineering Education at Queen's University, Canada and a Chemistry instructor at Durham College, Canada. She earned a B.S. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Toronto, and a PhD in Engineering Education also from University of Toronto
models over the years, the COE Library is currentlyserviced by two engineering subject librarians from FSU Libraries, an engineering deskcoordinator from FSU Libraries, and several student library workers through both FAMU andFSU. The two subject librarians are also subject librarians for multiple STEM disciplines on theFSU main campus, but they provide weekly office hours at the COE during the academic schoolyear. COE constituents receive research assistance on an as needed basis through in-personmeetings, online meetings, email, and phone calls, along with in-class instruction upon request.Without a librarian housed in the COE Library or within easy walking distance of their buildingit can become easy for faculty and staff to feel detached
recognized excellence in the academic community. ‚ The history of these institutions generally indicates that they earned their reputations for educating engineers at the undergraduate level; research emphasis ordinarily came later as the programs developed, and as scientific and technological advances dictated the need for more research within the academic community. ‚ Comprehensive doctoral programs usually have considerably larger and more comprehensive laboratory facilities. ‚ Many of comprehensive doctoral programs actively engage undergraduates involvement in research ‚ Undergraduate class sections at comprehensive doctoral institutions tend to be larger. The
teamwork required in the engineering work environment. They do not yet understandthat their chosen profession is strongly sociotechnical, involving both social and technicalaspects [2]. Many novel approaches have been developed to address these challenges, includingproblem- and project-based learning [3], entrepreneurship [4], and flipped classrooms [5]. Somestudents have also demonstrated increased success with increasing awareness of the positiveimpact engineers can have on communities [6].Merrimack College is a small, liberal arts college in the Augustinian Catholic tradition, locatedin North Andover, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston. There are approximately 3,700undergraduates at the college, and 700 master’s students, with no doctoral
Paper ID #38020Work in Progress: Impact of COVID-19 and the DigitalDivide on the Sense of Belonging for UndergraduateEngineering StudentsKasia GalloAileen Huang-saad Dr. Huang-Saad is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Northeastern University and the Director of Life Sciences and Engineering Programs at Northeastern's Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. Dr. Huang-Saad is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Biomedical Engineering Education and Division Chair for the American Society of Engineering Education’s Biomedical Engineering Division. Dr. Huang-Saad’s current research areas are entrepreneurship
andentrepreneurship training for engineering students. With the upgrading to the suit and improvingon features, its potential business value was recognized by the student. So far a few designpatents of the suit have been approved. With the entrepreneurship training and incubatingassistance provided by the university, a competitive business plan has been developed andimplemented successfully by the key student developers. During the past a few years, they havereceived $20,000 from Maryland Capital Enterprises (MCE), $40,000 from the Eastern ShoresShore Hatchery Competition, and $100,000 from Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPs). 4.2. Integrating the Exoskeleton Suit Platform in Engineering Education The development of the exoskeleton suit and the
, professional devel- opment, and educational outreach programs. She is co-PI for a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to broaden participation among minority engineering students through engagement in innovation and entrepreneurship and a co-PI for an i6 Challenge grant through the U.S. Economic Development Admin- istration (EDA) to foster regional economic development through innovation and new business start-ups. She is institutional integrator for the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering Education (PACE) at NMSU. She is also co-lead for a NSF funded Pathways to Innovation cohort at NMSU with a focus on integrating innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum through a blending of indus
State University, Long Beach (CSULB). He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining CSULB, he was the head of the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs at Penn State. Dr. Sathianathan has been actively involved in engineering education initiatives since 1994. He led several NSF funded initiative to enhance engineering education, especially focused on retention. He is the co-founder of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program and the Center for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship at Penn State. He has received the Boeing Outstanding Educator Award and Boe- ing Welliver
applied example that connects theoryto practice (e.g., application of demand forecasting by big stores to predict demand of seasonalgoods and order stock). In-class exercises will be given for students to apply the basic conceptsof production management (e.g., forecasting coffee demand based on historical sales using basicquality control charts like X bar, and R chart).4.2.2. Year 2:Year 2 of the course will focus on Tactical/Strategic Knowledge and Skills where student movefrom production to design, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Semester 1 of year 2 will focus onstudents doing end-to-end production of kits for elementary schools. In addition, students will actas consultants in designing products for local businesses for low-volume, high
0 feedback written and in class b. Rubric - 0 +++ c. Lectures: more case based +++ 0 0 d. Ass Doc Helpful in ethics - + 0 e. Teamwork: groups of 6 instead of 4 0 -- 0 f. Deep learning 0 0 +++ Qualitative data after USE Base 2018 The answers to the open questions included in the final evaluation of the course (in week 11) were analyzed. Students from all three departments found the content of the course interesting with AM
has been an active member of FIRST Lego League and Tech Challenge community for 9 years. His interests are in robotics and aerospace.Mr. Ilias M Bakri Ilias M. Bakri is currently a junior at Louis D. Brandeis High School in San Antonio, Texas. He has been an active member of the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) community for 5 years. Ilias has also been involved in the ALPHA/GT and NHS clubs, and in the Tennis team at his school. His interests are robotics and engineering.Aditya Rao Aditya Rao is a student attending the Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. He has participated in FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics for 4 years with the intentions of gaining experience in computer science and
Paper ID #43531Development and Implementation of K-12 STEM Outreach Programs in Industryand Academia: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons LearnedDr. Jennifer A. Warrner, Ball State University Jennifer Warrner is an assistant professor and internship coordinator in the Department of Construction Management and Interior Design at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.Dr. Joe Bradley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Joe Bradley is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Bioengineering in the Grainger College of Engineering, a Health Innovation Professor and the Director of Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship in the
Paper ID #33395The Impact of Brief, Detached, Mandated Verbal Participation Activitieson Student Learning Habits in an Introductory CourseAbigail 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. Mary Staehle, Rowan University Dr. Mary Staehle is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Rowan University. Before joining the faculty at Rowan, Dr. Staehle worked at the
to prepare for their post-graduate career-related goals.ResultsAfter five years, 13 out of 14 students who participated in the program so far successfullycompleted an engineering degree; and all remain in a STEM field. Two of these Scholars wentstraight into a post-baccalaureate graduate program, one in engineering entrepreneurship and theother in a pre-doctoral research training program. One Scholar took a job in an academicenvironment working as an Energy Engineer in the campus environmental assessment center.The rest work as development engineers, quality engineers, software engineers, and in otherengineering roles in industry. Two Scholars were able to use the financial support from CLEARScholars to budget for summer classes and graduate
Electrical Engineering from Norfolk State University before completing a PhD in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Cheryl A. Bodnar, Ph.D., CTDP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learn- ing techniques in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on student perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She obtained her certifica- tion as a Training and Development
interest includes blended learning, flipped classroom, gamification, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and the integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into engineering courses.Chad Rohrbacher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Comparing Weekly Reflection Surveys and a Midterm Survey: Insights on Formative Feedback in Graphical Communication EducationAbstractThe authors report on a pedagogical feedback strategy employed in a first-year engineeringgraphics course, which implemented a flipped classroom model for self-regulated learning. Classtime was reserved for activities and