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help formulate future research assessing the development ofengineering identity (1) within specific engineering disciplines, and (2) over time throughout collegiatestudy. If commonalities can be found in past experiences, influencers, etc for students with strongengineering identities, it may become possible to tailor information sessions and activities for middle andhigh school students, to assist in the development and/or realization of stronger engineering identities atan earlier age.2. Literature/BackgroundEngineering identity has been identified as a way to improve recruitment, retention, and persistence inengineering programs [1-7]. Kendall, Choe, Denton, and Borrego created a table in their engineeringidentity paper, showing many
director who is an author, all other authors are affiliated with theprogram in evaluator-type roles.FindingsLack of Stigma Associated with Non-academic Career Options In general, students reported a lack of stigma in D3EM around pursuing nonacademiccareers. The majority of participants were interested in pursuing non-academic career options,with two expressing a desire to continue down entrepreneurial pathways. For example,Participant #1 shared their plans for a data science company that helps other companies withtheir data analytics and had already discussed their intentions with professors to receive feedbackand gauge their interest. Another participant, Participant #6, had previously joined a friend’sstart-up during their undergraduate
Award. He also serves as the chair of the student owned computing (SOC) initiative in the College of Engineering. His research interests include evolutionary optimization, object-oriented simulation, simulation-based scheduling and supply chain optimization. He was the Co-Proceedings Editor for the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference and the Program Chair for the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference and acts as the technical coordinator for the conference’s management system. His email and web addresses are and .Stephen Roberts, North Carolina State University Stephen D. Roberts has been a Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at
specify what behaviors the students willhave to demonstrate. (See [8] for information on writing course-level learning outcomes.)Based upon literature on learning objectives, the objectives have appropriate characteristics forprogram-level use. The objective definitions all begin with action verbs describing the types ofbehaviors that should be involved in achieving the objective. In regard to Bloom’s taxonomy ofeducational objectives, the objectives adequately represent all six of the categories of thecognitive domain. This is especially noteworthy since, “Undergraduate instruction inengineering generally restricts itself to Levels 1-3…” 6 The appropriate distribution of theobjectives across the taxonomy further validates the list of engineering
wide monitoring coverage area. The Innovation to Flight (I2F) Student Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducedas a practical example of the service-learning paradigm, with many beneficial goals including:Enhance and develop future mission capabilities; rapid innovation, rapid and affordable access tospace for innovators; train, inspire, and motivate the next generation of aerospace engineersthrough immersion into flight by rapid design, development, and launch of new innovations.Example projects that have been considered so far with the students are weather balloons,humanmachine interfaces, solar reflectors, and origami-based mechatronic systems within 10weeks of internship. 1. Introduction Engineers are one of the most
using the full time available. In general, for UD, CE students had higher average grades on Exam 1 (both in individualproblems and overall) than CEM students, both in on-line and in-person format. The grades fromthe Midterm exam in Fall 2020 semester (online environment) are higher than those of Fall 2021(in-person) for both cohorts in all three comparing values. Many factors went into adjusting bothteaching and learning styles in the online environment. Students at both institutions had bettergrades on the problems when breakout rooms were used, suggesting that peer teaching andlearning can have a positive effect on students’ performance. The performance of students atRHIT could indicate that the exam environment might not have such a
conduct laboratories wherein theETW participants practice what they learn. The ETW, based on the ExCEEd Teaching Model, employsand promotes structured organization, engaging presentation, enthusiasm, positive rapport with students,frequent assessment of student learning, and appropriate use of technology [2,3]. Numerous papers by avariety of authors are available to outline the model and its application in a variety of modalities by avariety of instructors [1-12].Traditionally, over the course of the week, participants attend 13 seminars, three demonstration classes,and three practice class (lab) sessions with a four-person team, assistant mentor, and mentor. Mondaythrough Thursday, the workshop begins at 7:45 am and ends when the work is done
years on the teaching faculty of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, the US Army’s Command & General Staff College, and the University of Notre Dame. Jim received a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA in 1974 and a Master of Science degree from Stanford University in 1982. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Jim currently serves as the Managing Director of the division that includes Educational and Professional Activities Departments.Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers Thomas A. Lenox is Senior Managing Director for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). During his 28-year military career, Tom spent 15 years
. His research interests include hardware assurance, reverse engineering, secure embedded systems, and smart home/building security. Dr. Kornegay serves or has served on the technical program committees of several international conferences, including the IEEE Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), IEEE Secure Development Conference (SECDEV), USENIX Security 2020, the IEEE Physical Assurance and Inspection of Electronics (PAINE), and the ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI). He serves on the State of Maryland Cybersecurity Council and the National Academy of Sciences Intelligence Community Science Board Cybersecurity Committee. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including He is the
speakers Mind Maps Pretests/Post Tests Models Games Exhibits Interviews Poster Sessions Field Trips Projects Panel Discussions Problem Solving Role Reversals Peer Teaching Study Groups Observation and Tournaments and evaluation Competitions Advisory Boards Journals 1-Minute papers Experiential Learning – internships, co ops, service learning, community service Study abroad
the engineering faculty.IntroductionMany of today’s first year engineering students enter Northeastern University with memorablecommunity service experiences from their hometowns which inspire them to pursue similaropportunities in college. As a result, faculty in the First Year Engineering Program atNortheastern University developed service-oriented design projects (not direct service-learningprojects) as part of a required first-year engineering course that have a similar impact indemonstrating the connection between engineering and the community as experiential service-learning projects do.1 However, the gains associated with a hands-on direct service-learningproject were encouraging enough for faculty in this study to visit a pilot year
learning philosophy the students are given a significant amount of personalresponsibility and freedom to create their individual learning experience to the extent that theconcept might “initially be met with uncertainty and irritation” (1) by students who have neverexperienced this approach. Nevertheless, the success of student-centered learning has beendocumented extensively in the literature (14) and is generally accepted as a highly innovativeeducational approach. Page 12.550.5Students are taking on an active role in developing their own processes and products whileexploring the subject matter at hand. Typically, the depth of understanding and
program hasfurther engaged corporate entities in several lesser-commitment activities that 1) serve ourstudents and the program goals in a more narrowly targeted sense, and 2) provide opportunitiesfor additional potential sponsors to familiarize themselves with our programs and its goals, andhence begin to consider potential theme sponsorship.The following sections of this paper will further describe the goals, planning, evolution andexecution of the program with special emphasis on the sponsor partnerships. As the initialpartnership is just now completing its first year, assessment is still evolving. But early anecdotalinformation is both indicating success and informing the future direction of the initiative. Thevalue of connecting students to
-upinvestment by CAST and RIT; external funding is the life-blood of all scholarship, especially inthese times of budget restraints within the academy.Two types of grants are generally available to ET faculty: Equipment or laboratory improvementgrants and Research grants. Limited experience gained so far from the few successful grantproposals in CAST indicates that equipment or laboratory improvement grant proposals must betied or connected strongly to students, curriculum, faculty and/or industry in order to be able tosecure operating funds for the lab, otherwise, it becomes very difficult to make the grant work.Figure 1. Entry Page to the CAST Scholarship Website
students have a tendency toward visual learning, however most engineeringeducation is auditory1 or verbal in nature. Evidence for the strong visual nature of engineeringstudent learning is seen in Figure 1. Data used to construct Figure 1 was obtained by havingstudents voluntarily take an online index of learning styles questionnaire (hosted at NorthCarolina State University2). The index of learning styles questionnaire covers a multitude oflearning styles, for which the respondents reported, however only the visual and verbal style dataFigure 1. Collected learning style data from multiple introductory service courses in second year materialsengineering undergraduate courses (time span: 2005-2010). The percentage of each class as a function of
the actualconsequences of not complying with its major trends. Dublin descriptors, regarding thequalifications that signify completion of the first cycle, state that the corresponding degreeshould be awarded to students who: “1. have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in a field of study that builds uponand supersedes their general secondary education, and is typically at a level that, whilstsupported by advanced textbooks, includes some aspects that will be informed by knowledgeof the forefront of their field of study; 2. can apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professionalapproach to their work or vocation, and have competences typically demonstrated throughdevising and sustaining arguments and
. Since 2003, the ASEE has created a new K-12 division dedicated to K-12 engineeringeducation, created a guidebook for high school students called Engineering, Go for It! that hasbeen distributed to almost 1 million secondary students, created an e-newsletter that reaches10,000 secondary teachers, guidance counselors, and outreach program leaders, created theEngineeringK12 Center to gather in one place the most effective engineering education resourcesavailable to the K-12 community, and created a survey to understand what secondary teachersthink of engineering as an academic and career pathway for their students.1 Finally, ASEEbrought together leaders from industry and higher education along with K-12 teachers for aLeadership Workshop on K-12
instantiation of the course, the initial VTS mini-workshop was held during Week 10after spring break and the subsequent VTS practice sessions were longer in duration and fewer innumber, concentrated in Part B of each class period for a few weeks following the workshop.Class ParticipantsThe course was offered through the civil, environmental, & construction engineering departmentas an elective open to all graduate students of any major. To date, only engineering graduatestudents have enrolled: 12 from the 2017 pilot course and 9 from the 2019 offering.1 Of the 19students who completed both the pre- and post-course surveys, 12 were women, 7 were men, andabout half were international students. Majors were primarily environmental engineering (9
Page 2.64.11innovative way in order to grasp the complexities of the business environment. 11Students with these skills will not only do well in technical matters but will alsosucceed in the corporate world in an uncertain and changing global businessenvironment. Page 2.64.12 12 Table 1. Summary of the Four Scales of the MBTI Dimensions Measured by the Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorPreferences for focusing attention Extroversion(E)- People who prefer Introversion(I)- People who
the academy, Alestalo has worked with adults with a variety of disabilities and with children and families in both service and administrative capacities. During this time, she has devel- oped an expertise in girls and women’s issues, cultural competency, managing not-for-profit agencies, and program development and evaluation.Dr. Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University Shobha Bhatia’s areas of specialization are geotechnical and geosynthetic engineering. Her research is funded through an extensively funded research program, and she has produced more than 80 technical publications in prestigious journals and conference proceedings, along with invited participation in na- tional and international conferences and key
with 15 semi-structuredinterviews. Participants in this study consisted of the engineering undergraduate students, staff,and engineering faculty affiliated with the EPC. These participants were purposefully selecteddue to their role or status within the College of Engineering at this institution and their activeinvolvement in the EPC. A summary of the demographic information of participants and theirpseudonyms is summarized in Table 1. All participants have been given a generic participant IDto highlight our commitment to the privacy and confidentiality of participants to implementsafeguards against unwanted exposures [40]. Table 1. Case Study Participant Demographics Participant ID Role
representatives, media reporters and writers, filmmakers, and the general public. While at Caltech, she established its new university-wide Office of Educational Outreach and coordinated all research-based outreach programs. At the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor since early 2006, she continues to support university faculty, scholars, students and staff who wish to advance understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to increase public understanding and promote diversity in STEM education. Andrews is founder and former chair of the Local Educators Network in the Los Angeles region, which brings together secondary school educators to articulate
novelteaching pedagogies provides an opportunity to explicitly address systems issues such ascomponent integration, communication, and sensor networks. As motivating femaleengineers is our guiding priority, it is the goal of this course to combine the strengths of ahands-on design course with a rigorous introduction to necessary tools, intuitions, andcritical thinking that will help enable the student to grapple with many differentengineering problems both in academia and the real world.1. Introduction and backgroundOver the past ten years, several colleges and universities have experimented with usingrobotic platforms as a means to introduce students to the practice of engineering [1].Different courses choose different robotic systems, and we chose to
conversations during the panel, a shared document wascrowd-sourced, created, and shared during the panel and beyond for participants to post andrespond to questions and suggestions from other attendees. This shared document became a richsource of information for everyone. A table of resources curated from the literature findings, thesurvey responses, and the panel-generated document is included in Appendix B of this paper.ResultsA. Demographics of Respondents.A total of 62 participants completed the comprehensive survey. To capture the respondents' workenvironment types, they could select any and all of the descriptors that applied to theirinstitution. As shown in Figure 1, the options included private university, public university, smallliberal arts
which management decisions have to depend. Using case studiesas a semester-long tool to teach neuroanatomy, in which students were actively engaged in thepresentation and discussion of case studies throughout the semester, resulted in moreunderstandable and enjoyable learning experience for the students. In a study at MiddlesexCommunity College [5], case studies were used in teaching General Biology - I where 88.2% ofthe students surveyed found the cases to be useful or better for learning the course content.90.9% of the students surveyed thought the cases were useful or better in making the coursemore interesting. Case studies were applied in six courses to help students (1) understandcomplex and complicated issues and describe interrelated
of Hack Dibner. I posted it on my LinkedIn and I got contacted because of it. Student #1: Everyone asks about this project. Student #2: Yeah, everyone asks about Hack Dibner. Student #1: The exact thing was the proposal. We have done so much research we were able to explain it to them so well. Student #2: Generally, when you do a short hackathon, you just know it’s a product that solves a particular problem. You might hack a lot of things but you might not think of the financial aspects or-- you just might not think of everything, but when you’ve looked into a lot of ideas and you have developed it and you know that they’re asking for data for real applications, that’s really good
, transferable, or generic)skills (critical thinking as in design, group skills, and communication skills) in engineeringeducation in addition to the traditional technical skills. While the use of group activities withinthe context of active, student-centered learning in the basic lecture-based learning environmentprovide students the opportunity to learn key skills to an extent1,2, those skills are better learnedin the group-based learning environment3,4,5, the two main examples of which are problem-basedlearning (PBL) and project-based learning. There are, however, many uncertainties regardinghow best to teach or facilitate learning in the group-based learning environment. This paperdiscusses some of those issues and summarizes the results of a year
Although the broad goal of engineering is to generate successful solutions to problems,success’s opposite – failure – guides and informs engineering design. Henry Petroski, who haswritten extensively about engineering failure, offered: Because every successful design is the anticipation and obviation of failure, every new failure – no matter how seemingly benign – presents a further means towards a fuller understanding of how to achieve a fuller success.1There are multiple ways in which engineers respond to and consider failure as they attempt tosolve problems. In this section, which is by no means an exhaustive account of failure inengineering design, we elucidate how engineers: 1) learn from failed designs within theengineering
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