developed a non-invasive mid-infrared glucose sensor. She later conducted postdoctoral research in physics education at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she helped develop the first large-enrollment introductory physics course-based research experience (CURE).Dr. Campbell James McColley, Cornell University Dr. Campbell McColley is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Cornell University in the Biomedical Engineering Education Assessment and Research (BEEAR) Group. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Oregon State University, where he investigated microplastics transformations and behavior in aquatic environments. His work focuses on faculty and student
professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University and co-director of the National Effective Teaching Institute. His research examines a range of engineering education topics, including how to assess and repair student miscoProf. Dominic J Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community college between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), has served as Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In ASEE, he is chair of the
primary sources for this descriptive case study are documented artifacts within the archivaldocuments of building WFU Engineering. These artifacts include documented processes andprocedures, vision documents, annual department reports, student survey results, facilitationguides, presentations to stakeholders, accreditation documentation, program brochures, curriculardocuments, team documents, etc.This descriptive case study is presented from an emic perspective, which is an insider’sperspective to the building of WFU Engineering. The insider is the founding chair of WFUEngineering and the author of this paper, who also happens to be an engineering educationresearcher who has worked with social scientists, education researchers, assessment
for writing anddrawing, and TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio software for screen and audio recording. Additionally,the first author created a fixed set of problems for each lesson to use as classroom examples,homework practice problems, and exam problems. Knowing the relative pervasiveness ofsolutions manuals and the unfairness that can result from inequitable access, the handwrittensolutions to practice problems were made available on the Blackboard Learn TM course site to allstudents. Students are strongly encouraged to practice these problems in preparation for the exams.The first author does not collect homework for a grade, instead choosing to assess students withexams relatively frequently. Since the spring of 2009, the first author’s
topic. This meeting iscritical since this is the instructor’s best opportunity to manage the scope of the project and makesure that the project that the student can complete in time for the final presentation. A latermeeting is used to review the project design and assess the student’s progress towardscompletion. During the final presentations I usually provide feedback on next steps based on afuture work slide.Table 2 summarizes the different milestones mapped to a 15-week semester. The expectation isthat there is about 6 weeks total for the project, with a possible 4 weeks of actual development.In practice, the actual development time varies from student to student and varies from 1 week to4 weeks. 2 weeks should be enough time for a student
Paper ID #37972Applying User Experience (UX) Methods to Understand Identity Develop-mentin Doctoral Engineering StudentsDr. Kelli Cargile Cook, Texas Tech University Kelli Cargile Cook is a Professor and Founding Chair of the Professional Communication Department at Texas Tech University. Previously, she served as Professor and Director of Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech and as Associate Professor at Utah State University. Her scholarship focuses on online education, program development and assessment, and user-experience design.Fabiola Liliana Carrion-Anampa, Texas Tech University Fabiola Carrion-Anampa
reviews about applications of biomaterials for EM anddevelopment of bio-inspired materials and write two summaries, write reports and give presentations forthe designed structures made of bio-inspired materials. Finally, each student needs to finish assessment inthe form of photovoice reflection after finishing this interdisciplinary applied learning project, which asksstudents to provide feedback about how entrepreneurial mindset (EM), STEAM, and bio-inspired designand materials have been incorporated in the newly developed curriculum/courses, as well as how thisinterdisciplinary learning experience (EM, STEAM, and bio-inspired design) affect students’ ability toengage with the newly developed curriculum; what important skills (both professional
amongengineering students, including civil engineering students? and; (2) can financial literacy in civilengineering students be increased through a limited series of seminars? Can providing basicinformation on this topic make the students more comfortable about managing their futurefinances and securing a retirement that would meet their future needs? This paper will providean overview of the literature on the need for financial literacy, present a summary of the topicscovered in the seminars, and provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the seminars throughsurvey data. A survey was developed and administered as a pre-lesson gauge of comfort withmanaging basic finances and as a check on basic financial knowledge. This tool was not onlycompleted by
Table 2. Search Criteria.Once the search criteria were defined, evaluation criteria were also proposed (see Table 3), toanalyze the relevance of each publication according to its level of contribution, with 0 being a lowcontribution, 1 a medium contribution, and 2 a high contribution. All the criteria are assessed atthe researcher's discretion, except for the criteria of the journal's prestige and the authors' prestige.Regarding the prestige of the journal, journals indexed in the Q1 and Q2 quartiles have a highcontribution, and journals indexed in the Q3 and Q4 quartiles have a medium contribution, whilenon-indexed journals have a low contribution. The prestige of the authors is assessed according tothe h-index of the first author of the
using the Engineering Design Process (EDP)within the context of the accomplishments and mindset of Da Vinci. The course exploredengineering mechanics and design topics concurrent with applying physics topics in anengineering laboratory. A qualitative analysis was performed using a new reflective tool,PhotoVoice. The purpose of the assessment was to better understand the impact of the course onthe student vision, the operation of the course relative to what they have encountered in theireducational careers, and student-perceived learning outcomes. Analysis of student reflectionsrevealed themes of “Changed Perspectives,” “Engagement in the Classroom,” and“Brainstorming Benefits” when describing the impact of the course on their career visions
laboratories when integrated into classroom instruction isimportant.This study investigates learners’ perceptions of the usability, utility value, tool efficacy, andsatisfaction level of a VR laboratory integrated into an undergraduate Tissue Engineeringcourse at a public research university in the Southeastern United States. Assessment of thesevariables will inform the effective implementation of VR laboratories into BME curriculum.This study is part of a larger research agenda to leverage these VR laboratories for cellmanufacturing education for workforce development. To achieve our objectives, we ask thefollowing research questions:(1) How did learners’ perceptions of the VR lab module differ across student groups?(2) To what extent did the
their engineeringexperiences by connecting them to an activity that requires building or a person that fixes things.None of the children in these cases referenced any specific engineering activity they participatedin during the exhibit experience.CT and engineering are similar to ones done in schoolChildren expressed that CT activities that they engaged in the exhibit were like those done inschool, which required them to use a computer to complete the activity. For example, one childdiscussed an assessment tool they utilized in schools that required them to use a computer tocomplete the assessment, “I think of [a] training tool, like Starfall” (C6). Another childreferencing a computer stated, “I learned how to use it. I like to take quizzes on
designated courses, covered air pollution data from 2020-2022. The purpose wasto assess whether the pandemic lockdown played a role in reducing the concentrations of pollutantsin some of the densely populated cities in the world or not. In addition, through literature review,the student interns and the students in STEM courses wanted to see the extent of consistencyamong the findings between this research and other established studies on covid-19 and air quality. AQI CO NO2 O3 PM2.5 PM10 SO2 Health (ppm) (ppb) (ppb) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (ppb) implications Unhealthy 12.5- 361-649 165-204 55.5-150.4 255-354 186-304
course without learning communities.Surveys of these students reveal that learning communities of 5-7 students improve students’engagement in class, help them learn, and increase their sense of belonging. Student commentsindicate that imposter syndrome is lessened: it was helpful to know that others in their learningcommunity were having similar struggles with the material they were learning in class. Studentsalso report that learning communities help them learn and help them break the ice in meetingnew people in class. Students further report that the learning communities foster socialrelationships as well; they report meeting new people who they would otherwise not have met.Self-assessment shows that they feel a greater sense of belonging to
a Faculty lecturer in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she continuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also responsible for developing a process and assessing graduate attributes at the department to target areas for improvement in the curriculum. This resulted in several publications in this educational research areas. Dr. Al-Hammoud won the "Ameet and Meena Chakma award for exceptional teaching by a student” in 2014 and the "Engineering Society Teaching
Pennsylvania State University in 2004, his MSECE from Purdue University in 2006, and his PhD in Engineering Education in 2010, also from Purdue University. His research interests lie in first-year pedagogy and program assessment as well as conceptual understanding of fundamental computing concepts.Teri J Murphy (Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com State of Evaluating the Effectiveness of Teaching Development Programs for Students in EngineeringAbstractThere is a significant dearth of literature on the teaching training available to engineeringgraduate students, both as student instructors
students.Other pedagogical methods for incorporating ethical reasoning in the classroom were throughhistoric case studies, quizzes on applied ethics terminology and sustainability, and lectures ongray literature and the Responsible Conduct of Research.ResourcesWith any large curriculum reform, it is important that those most directly involved in thecurriculum change, the faculty, receive the support and resources they need. As part of theinitiative, faculty who were designing or retooling a course could as for small grants thatprovided them with $2,000-$10,000 to pay for traveling to conferences and universities to designthe course, or to pay a TA to help in the teaching and assessment of the course. In the case of thefaculty member involved with the
. 9Figure 5: Addition of Hall-Effect Flow Sensor and Microprocessor based Control and Data AcquisitionAs shown in Figure 5, the wiring of the sensors to the microprocessor and the software controlling dataacquisition were kept transparent to allow students to understand how sensors are connected andcontrolled. Students were also provided additional information behind the principles of the working ofthe Hall-Effect sensors (i.e., the voltage potential generation in an electromagnetic field and how flowratechanges affect this process within the sensor). This illustration is representative of other sensors beingadded to the laboratory. 10 Student Feedback and Assessment Interactive Dashboards Students
interpretation. Contrary tomultiple choice problems, where a student chooses from several given answers, solving textbookstyle questions, with a clear and replicable solution requires a thorough understanding of thecontent. Multiple choice problems generally do not accurately assess the student’s understandingof the content, as the student may have done the majority of the question correctly, but made anerror in their final calculation, which would be given a mark of 0. Multiple-choice problems canalso be randomly answered, giving a chance of getting the mark, without actually knowing thecontent. Textbook style questions come closest to typical real-world problems, and are thosemost often encountered on exams. The questions are more open-ended with the
Green [3]Balzer for the current and assessment interview process State University (BGSU) (USA)Melanie Dow 2009 Lean process review, which was led by the office of quality Carleton [3] initiative (OQI) to support the people in the campus University (USA) community by mainly focusing on five points, including discovering, planning, scoping, a sponsor, and team launchBrent Hurley 2009 Sustainable Future Initiative office provided training, Edinburgh Napier [3]and Steve consulting
with experience on problem-based learning,presentation, and teamwork, and reaching audiences with little technical knowledge as a criticalskill for successful careers [10]. Basic elements of the projects were early established. Theyincluded a mix of lecture and demonstrations, hands-on activities, and games to keep the audienceengaged. College students offered personal experiences to their career development, industrial andresearch experience, and provided their plans. Time for questions at the end of the presentation,surveys to assess the impact of the experience, and “leave behinds” materials for further learningor contact [10]. In addition, the basic structure of the project management was introduced. Studentsstart identifying a high school
outcomesAbstract:Capstone experiences in engineering education cumulate students learning over their academic careers,showcase their ability to engineer solutions, and serve as a crowning element in their transition to industry.To remain relevant to industry needs, capstone experiences periodically are revisited for content, delivery,and context. These decisions to re-design and update both the assessment and overall experience aresignificant and should engage both internal and external stakeholders. In multi-disciplinary programs, thereare more diverse stakeholder opinions that will often have competing interests and perspectives. Inarchitectural engineering, many capstones are inherently multi-disciplinary with the engineering of multiplebuilding systems
are as well as the way they produce using Neural Networks. This greatly reduced the enormous time and man-power input required for the estimation of the morphometric properties of seeds [6]. A study by Egbo et al(2018) on student enrollment forecasts and a case study of Federal University of Technology, Owerri – Nigeria, reveals that student enrollment provides information for decision making and budget planning. To achieve the objective of good forecasting of enrollment, a Multi- Layer Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network (MLFF ANN) and an Ordinary Least Square (OLS) models were built and performance measures of Mean Square Error (MSE); Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) were used to assess the
assessment of abilitiesand have taken a cognitive approach. One of the most influential models for problem-solving isPolya’s [3] 4-step model: 1) Understand the problem, 2) Develop a plan, 3) Carry out the plan,and 4) Look back. In psychology, Newell and Simon [4] described problem solving as aniterative process consisting of finding a path through a problem space, with each step movingfrom one mental representation of the problem to another mental representation, until a solutionwas reached. The theoretical work of Jonassen and colleagues [5] [6] has been influential inbringing together much of the current thinking on problem solving in engineering.In this paper, we refer to the cognitive processes that students apply in order to analyze, solve,and
friction within their pipes[4]. The shift in their problem statement from create a more efficient pump to reduce the need forpumping was a result of a more holistic systems approach that concept mapping can helpstimulate. Narrowly defined problem statements can constrain ideas [5], [6].The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to measure how the use of concept mapschanges engineering students’ ability to construct problem statements. Rather than concept mapsbeing a tool for assessment [7], here concept mapping was used as an approach to help studentsexpand the problem space being considered during design. The premise was concept mappingmay help engineering students create more divergent problem statements, which in turn may leadto
Paper ID #36870Innovating and modernizing a Linear Algebra class throughteaching computational skillsMariana Silva (Teaching Associate Professor) Mariana Silva is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Silva is known for her teaching innovations and educational studies in large-scale assessments and collaborative learning. She has participated in two major overhauls of large courses in the College of Engineering: she played a key role in the re-structure of the three Mechanics courses in the Mechanical Science and Engineering
perspectives, 2) find and apply internationalconservation guidelines, 3) develop teamwork and leadership skills by working on interdisciplinary teams,and 4) evaluate and assess conservation technology projects for multiple stakeholders and in the context ofthe SDGs. Students may take this course for several sequential semesters, partnering with more senior andjunior students, allowing for long-term engagement in sustainability solutions. In the first half of thesemester, we leverage more traditional pedagogical approaches, including formative assessments andin-class lectures on conservation, technology, and sustainability solutions. In the second half of thesemester, we utilize peer, instructor, and expert reviews of the projects students work on to
knowledge gap exists between what is taught in the undergraduate chemical engineeringcurriculum and what is needed in terms of knowledge, skills, and attributes for industry. ABEThas worked towards characterizing curriculum needs by specifying seven student outcomes thatwere developed by their more than 2,200 experts from academia, government and industry.While useful in curriculum assessment, these outcomes are broad and do not provide detailsabout what should be incorporated into specific courses. The National Science Foundation andthe American Institute of Chemical Engineers surveyed 507 individuals from industry andacademia to identify more specific skills needed for graduates going into industry. In addition toprocess safety and process
being a doctoral, she loves to spend time with her bichon poodle mix Cairo, family, and friends!Amanda Johnston Amanda Johnston is a lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.Kerrie A Douglas (Assistant Professor of Engineering Education) Dr. Kerrie Douglas, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue, studies how to improve the quality of classroom assessments and evaluation of online learning in a variety of engineering education contexts. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology and a M.A. in Educational Studies, with focus on school counseling. She is a co-PI on the SCALE project, leading the evaluation and assessment efforts. She recently received an NSF award to study engineering
University. His research interests are in learning and cognition, students’ engagement in their learning contexts, and the assessment of learning and engagement in engineering classrooms. He conducts studies that examine student engagement and academic resilience in engineering education. He is currently the principal investigator on two NSF-funded projects. The first project examines factors that influence academic resilience among engineering students, while the other involves the development of a diagnostic tool to identify students’ misconceptions in electrical engineering.Fred Richard Beyette (Professor and School Chair of Electrical & ComputerEngineering) © American Society for Engineering