the Fall 2024 semester. There were five sections of the course offered during thatsemester, with Section 1 meeting for two hours twice a week on Monday and Wednesdaymornings and Section 5 meeting for two hours twice a week on Tuesday and Thursdayafternoons. Senior Design staff attempted to schedule the majority of task planning sessionsduring class time so as not to inconvenience students. With each session lasting one hour, we canschedule four task planning sessions during class time each week, though we also offer sessionsoutside of class time for teams who prefer to meet then. All team members must be presentduring the activity; missing the session is equivalent to missing half a class period.Students sign up for a time that works for all
to draw on current or past group experiences.The curriculum of this program is based on the alliance with Stayer Executive Educationprogram of the Mendoza College of Business, adapted to the “undergraduate executive” context.This group completed a 1 credit hour, pass/fail “Engineering Leadership Seminar” which had atotal of approximately 20 contact hours with course staff. The contact hours took place in theform of an initial retreat, guest lectures, and group coaching sessions. Details of these eventsinclude: 1. One two hour Retreat- A retreat is used as the kick-off event of the seminar. Topics of focus include: 4 C’s of Competence, Compassion, Commitment and Character. 4 Themes (Self-Awareness, Ingenuity, Heroic Goals, and
programs, butsupport all the school’s programs, including engineering, engineering technology, computingtechnology, leadership, technical communication and music technology. Even though therecruitment and retention efforts are for all programs, enrollment data from IUPUI supports thenational data that the percentage of underrepresented minorities in Engineering Technology isdouble that in Engineering. Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2019, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 335 Table 6. Percentage of Under-represented minority students currently
research and technical supportfocused on prototype development.5.1 PreparationThe summer institute included hour-long windows of time for PLC groups to consult with thedevelopment team each day. To promote productivity and a positive experience, the team neededto ensure the breakout sessions were led efficiently and captured as many details as possible abouttheir digital tool design.Digital Tool Design TemplateTo keep the discussions on track, we created a template to guide the conversation and preventcrucial details from being missed. The template was split into three sections: “HardwareConstraints”, “Digital Tool Description”, and “Storyboarding”. PLC groups were provided timeto preview the template and provide written responses ahead of the
directed toward understanding participants’ behaviors, motivations, attitudes, and opinions. Generate and order a limited set of question to guide the discussion. The success of a focus group depends highly on the quality of the questions asked. Krueger and Casey identify five categories of questions with different purposes: opening questions to introduce participants to one another and reveal their common interests; introductory questions to establish the topic in general and participants’ past experiences related to it; transition questions to move on to the key questions and the broader view of the topic; key questions to get to the heart of the study; and ending questions (1) to invite participants to state a final position or (2
of each person. Table 2 shows theaverage time spent by students on each of the modeling elements required in the term projectTable 1. Lab Demonstration Time for Different Modeling Elements. Model Element Time (min) Grid, Levels, Exterior and Interior Walls 75 Floors and Roofs 75 Doors and Windows 20 Stairs and Railings 75 Revit Schedules and QTO 75 Annotations 30 Documents Generation 30 Rendering 20
beliefs noted for each site.Socializer Belief Codes. Socializer Belief codes captured the UI General Beliefs (Figure 1)participants held about students with regard to KSAs needed to acquire jobs. Items included theparticipant’s beliefs about his or her roles in helping students acquire job offers, beliefs about jobacquisition KSAs, and general beliefs about students. These codes were then further refined withsub-codes as shown in Table 1.Next, we reviewed all coded segments for each code in Table 1. We returned to the transcribedinterviews, as necessary, to help ensure accuracy of context and meaning of words and phrases.For example, the context of when and why students should “communicate” and “network” wereverified and if the participant
experience in conjunction with the faculty mentorship is expected to significantlyovercome some of the issues associated with students expressing a lack of confidence and a lackof sense of belonging, as reported in relevant literature.7 Peer mentoring is seen as a criticalfactor in enhancing the social and academic confidence of mentees, particularly among freshmenstudents.8 Studies in the existing literature also point out overall psychological and careerbenefits of mentorship to minority students in technical areas of study.9Fig. 1 shows a layout of the mentoring structure adopted in this study. This mentoring modeldevelops a cohort of students consisting of freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior students.This vertical integration allows the
sessions, students often stopped their task to explain what they were working onto groups of prospective students, curious faculty, and even their peers. Presenting theLearning Factory and demonstrating that the engineering department’s student body isactively honing their practical skills is a huge selling point. Students hope they haveencouraged more than a few prospective students to apply to or seriously consider thisengineering department.By engaging current students in discussion about the project, more interest was generated inbuilding practical skills in addition to the theoretical knowledge gained through lecture.Other students offered suggestions to the project team and expressed interest in pursuingother large robotics projects in the
. Furthermore, the feedback loop from stakeholders ensures continuousrefinement, enhancing the program’s impact and scalability.Ultimately, this implementation of backward design highlights its potential as a transformativetool in engineering and business education, preparing students to excel in an increasinglyinterconnected and technology-driven world.Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) Honors ProgramThe Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) Honors Program is a rigorous four-year programdesigned to develop the next generation of leaders who can seamlessly operate across businessand technical domains. This program emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving, equipping students with the skills needed to address real-world
legislature charged a committee withoptimizing the plan in 2014.While strategic plans, enrollment plans and articulation agreements are significant first steps inthe evolution of effective transfer programs, they are insufficient alone. Various analyses ofarticulation agreements highlight that the primary questions raised include “should theagreements focus on the transfer of particular courses, a block of courses, or an entireprogram?”1 Four-year engineering institutions argue that engineering courses evolve withtechnology, making standard articulation of such courses problematic. Even if non-engineeringcourses are the primary focus of articulation (ex. general education courses), community collegesand four-year institutions are constantly updating
activities, demonstrations, and labtours. This instructor model allowed continuity for the students while bringing in experts for thevarious modules.Program LogisticsThe one-week camp was held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday on the UWcampus. Each day was divided into morning and afternoon sessions of approximately 2.5 hours.At the end of the day, the students reflected on what they learned and participated in small groupdiscussions. A brief schedule of the program is shown in Table 1.Throughout the camp, students were exposed to “college life” at UW. During the 1.5-hour lunchbreak, students and camp staff walked through campus to the student center and purchased lunchwith UW meal cards provided by the camp. Students were encouraged to
The Development of Concept-Space, a Digital Workspace that Mirrors How the Brain Organizes and Expands Knowledge, Reveals Positive Impacts for Learners, Teamwork and Teachers.1. IntroductionA tool that facilitates effective communication of knowledge and ideas in a way that mimics howthey are generated in the mind is likely to aid in accomplishing three key objectives: 1)enhancing learners' ability to comprehend and construct complex concepts, 2) facilitating thecreation of a shared understanding among teams, and 3) aiding teachers in assessing thecomprehension of their students and the orientation of their teams. This idea started a researcheffort in 2010 to develop such a tool [1], which crystallized in 2020 into the principles
. Participants also struggled integrating technical and social elements in theirmodules while navigating conflicting feedback and ensuring their modules were both clear forinstructors and relevant to students.Perceived Support Throughout the ProgramThe SEES cohort generally felt well-supported throughout the program. When asked on theend-of-program survey “How supported did you feel throughout the project?”, students reportedfeeling “very” supported (i.e., mean (M) = 4.70; standard deviation (SD) = 0.46 on a 5 pointLikert scale from 1 = “not supported at all” to 5 = “very supported”).In the interviews, the SEES cohort echoed this level of support with many expressingappreciation for the structure and the feedback they received from peers and mentors
assignment, as illustrated in Figure 3.In the current revision, the general course structure remained in place; one half semester ofalternating lecture and laboratory experiments, followed by a half semester spent solving thedesign problem. However, the problem-based learning approach was expanded to include thefirst half of the course. This revised course structure is shown in Figure 4. Seen in this manner,the combination of lecture topics and laboratory experiments form an integral part of the designexperience as they provide exposure to needed techniques, while remaining rooted in the contextof the problem. The complete course schedule is shown in Figure 5. Laboratory experiments andconcepts covered are provided in Table 1
connections to the semiconductor industry areincorporated—though this may require teacher support. Second, these engineering courses are oftenreserved for specific career and technical education tracks, meaning many students may miss out unlesscontent is also embedded in general education. Using Robotics and Coding Activities. Several of the VA plans emphasized robotics and coding asmechanisms for introducing semiconductor-related skills. While these can be valuable for general STEMengagement, it is important to assess whether they adequately connect to semiconductor design,manufacturing, or applications. For example, robotics can teach automation and programming but may notaddress what semiconductors are or how they function in electronics
occupations: African Americans make up less than 5% ofscientists and engineers, and Hispanics 6% [1]. We are particularly interested in the lack of pre-college engineering and design emphasis inSTEM education. Currently, there is an engineering renaissance across the country that iscapturing the imagination of young innovators. This interest includes coding, hardware andsoftware hackathons, and the bourgeoning “Maker” movement. The Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS), which are increasingly becoming part of K-12 curricula, emphasizesengineering and design principles. The NAE and NRC Center for Education established theCommittee on K-12 Engineering Education. This committee stresses that STEM educationshould include engineering design training
possibility of a whole new generation of students primed forscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Makingpractices, facilities, and integrated makerspaces have been enthusiastically embraced withinengineering education programs at high school and university levels, and are proliferatingrapidly within diverse educational settings. Perhaps surprising to many within engineering andother STEM fields, making practices are also being embraced and adapted within thehumanities,1 particularly a branch of humanistic inquiry labeled “digital humanities.”2 Ashumanists organize research practices and supporting theoretical frameworks around making,new possibilities arise for using making practices to integrate technical
components are presented anddiscussed. Feedback from students is also discussed. The experience gained may be useful tothose considering ways to develop and teach enhanced courses that meet both ABET criteria andindustry demands.IntroductionThe University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers a 4-year Bachelor of Science degree in CivilEngineering Technology. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology outlines CivilEngineering Technology Program Criteria for accreditation.(1) One of the requirements of theABET general criteria is that an Engineering Technology (ET) program must demonstrate thatgraduates have an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools oftheir disciplines. Another criterion requires graduates to
Page 26.581.8complete, the AUC group was required to complete the lab using the simulation software withAUC feedback, the KCR group was required to complete the lab using simulation with KCRfeedback, and the NFB group was required to complete the lab using simulation with nofeedback. The hands-on HON group was asked to complete the same experiment using physicalequipment in the traditional hands-on lab environment; irrespective of the class size and the levelof students’ prior technical knowledge, section assignments are illustrated in Table 1. Assigninga class arbitrarily to one of these groups avoided any biasing as far as student selection and labassignments were concerned. Computer network simulation software known as ‘Packet-Trace’from
, general, or mechanicalengineering 1.As mentioned in the abstract, this paper is organized as if it were a patent, containing claimsand subclaims. As the paper will describe “patenting” an engineering librarian at anAmerican university, the patent will follow the patents issued by the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO). The three types of patents issued by the USPTO are utility,design, and plant. The patent described for this paper is similar to a design patent, as anengineering librarian is not a new job title. More specifically, the paper is organized intoclaims that are essential components of patents issued by the United States. According to theUSPTO, “The claim or claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought
. 9 In contrast, the pilot implementation at University B in Spring 2024 and a subsequentimplementation at University A in Fall 2024 provided students with the opportunity to directlyinteract with the fully functional module (Figure 6). These gameplay sessions allowed studentsto engage actively with the virtual environment, offering a more immersive and hands-onlearning experience compared to the earlier video sessions. A summary of the pilotimplementations is provided in Table 1. Figure 6: Students participation during the pilot implementations. A uniform procedure was followed across all pilot implementations to ensureconsistency. Prior to the class intervention, students completed an online pre-survey viaQualtrics
other’scontexts developed not only technical skills but also valuable global competencies. This study isframed within the Transformative Learning Theory and considers the Washington Accord’s 11Graduate Attribute Profiles, including non-engineering competencies.1. BackgroundMezirow’s Transformative Learning Theory (TLT) (Mezirow, 2003) defined transformativelearning as the process whereby adult learners critically examine their beliefs, values, andassumptions in light of acquiring new knowledge and begin a process of personal and socialchange called reframing in “perspective” (Kumi–Yeboah & James, 2014). He also suggests thatgreater cultural or ethnic divergence fosters the development of global competencies. Problem-based Learning (PBL) is a very
skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled.(4) There are twomajor contributing factors to the widening gap – baby boomer retirements and economicexpansion. An estimated 2.7 million jobs are likely to be needed as a result of retirements of theexisting workforce, while 700,000 jobs are likely to be created due to natural business growth.(5)In addition to retirements and economic expansion, other factors contribute to the shortage ofskilled workforce, including loss of embedded knowledge due to movement of experiencedworkers, a negative image of the manufacturing industry among younger generations, lack ofSTEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills among workers, and a gradualdecline of technical
beneficial efficacy expectations.An enactive source is (1) performance accomplishments. It is based on personal masteryexperiences in a specific domain. Success raises, repeated failures lower the efficacyexpectations, especially if failures occur early in the development process. Once established, adomain specific self-efficacy can get generalized mostly to similar but also to substantiallydifferent activities. Less dependable as personal mastery experience and therefore resulting inweaker and more vulnerable self-efficacy is (2) vicarious experience by observing others’performance accomplishment. However, observing others, e.g., peers or role-models, performinga task successfully, gives an example of what can be achieved if efforts are intensified
). Phase 1 of the test bed is illustrated in Figure 3.This project demonstrates capabilities for providing a secure connection betweenSCADA systems affiliated with respective Microgrid. The model of the Microgrid atBuffalo State consists of a scaled-down set of equipment that includes generation,transmission, distribution, protection, monitoring, and control. Page 26.1503.5 Fig. 3. Phase 1 Test BedSCADA system supplied by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) has beeninstalled to facilitate connection of IEDs (such as relays, meters, sensors, etc.) for accessto the cloud servers. The SCADA system sends commands to equipment
quantum computers and software toolchain) quantum computingresources through guided lectures and tutorials. These sessions covered: - IBM Quantum Composer: A graphical tool for building quantum circuits by dragging anddropping operations 10 . Students learned how to: 1) Visualize qubit states using interactive q-spheres and histograms; 2) Generate OpenQASM or Python code automatically from their circuits;3) Customize their workspace for optimal circuit design. - Circuit Execution on Real Quantum Hardware: Participants ran their designed circuits onactual IBM quantum systems, gaining insights into: 1) The effects of device noise on quantumcomputations; 2) Differences between simulated results and those from real quantum hardware; 3)The
their career tofollow. There may be situations during their career where ethical questions arise. It is hopedthey reach an ethical conclusion.References: 1. Grannan, C., “What’s the Difference Between Morality and Ethics?”, www.brtitannica.com/story/whats- the-diffferenc-between-morality-and-eithics? Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright 2019, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 465 2. Ethics Versus Morals. www.diffen.com/diffen/ethics_vs_morals. 3. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). www.asee.org/member
technical communication. He served for 2-1/2 years as Director of Industrial and Technical Relations for the University of Dayton China Institute in Suzhou, China where he established corporate partnerships and training programs for US companies in the Suzhou Industrial Park, and developed opportunities for UD students to gain inter- national and technical experience in China. He served for twelve years as Chair of the UD Department of Engineering of Engineering Technology, where he was responsible for leadership of five baccalaureate en- gineering technology programs, and approximately 300 full and part-time students. Prior to this position, he spent fourteen years as Program Chair of Biomedical Engineering Technology
-5) Digital Software Electromagnetics Engineering Systems (7- Development (5-8) Economics 11) (4-6) (3-5) Computer Networks (3-5)Table 1. FE/EIT Prep ScheduleAs depicted above, each module comprised of approximately five hours duration on 8 Saturdaysfrom 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Each session consisted of a two hour lecture with active interaction, atwo hour in-class problem session, a half hour for review, and a half hour for lunch. Studentswere encouraged to study the weekly topics after class so as to be able to review the material inthe next session.The faculty at our