, specializing in computational modeling of dynamic deformations in solids. His areas of technical expertise include solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, vibration, and fluid-structure interaction. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 2001. Page 23.995.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Project-Based Learning: Teaching Engineering Design Not TinkeringAbstract Engineering educators are continually faced with the challenge of supplying employerswith young engineers who possess the skills necessary to analyze and solve real industrialproblems. Industry has
.The undergraduate ME curriculum supports the capstone experience, and the capstone projectsare given high visibility in the college and the community. The capstone experience is anintegral part of the culture of the department. Ohio University is in Athens, an Appalachiancounty with little industry but plenty of individuals and groups with real needs but with limitedresources to meet those needs.Over the years, team size has been an area of experimentation, and the best team size forbalancing learning teamwork and enabling effective project work was found to be five members.Teams are formed based on diversity of skills, cognitive styles7 and natural team roles8. Studentteams partner with individuals or groups in the community that have a need
Paper ID #6352Three Training Programs for Preparing Undergraduates to Conduct ResearchDr. Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama Dr. Susan L. Burkett earned the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Univer- sity of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1985, 1987, and 1992, respectively. She joined the University of Alabama in 2008 as the Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 2005 to 2007, she served as program director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education. She has funded research projects with the National
conceptually and epistemologically during the course of their first 2 years of practice? a. How do the changes inspired in undergraduate engineering programs help or hinder engineers through their first 2 years of practice? b. How do engineers use the engineering content (laws, equations, computational skills, understanding of fundamental phenomena) they remember? 3. What conceptual and epistemological differences are there between the sociocultural contexts represented in our sample?Activities Page 23.1365.2Participant population There are two cohorts of participants. Cohort 1 has a total of
Paper ID #39193Board 121: Using Tutor-led Support to Enhance Engineering StudentWriting for AllJohanna Bodenhamer, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisDr. Robert Weissbach, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Robert Weissbach is currently chair of the department of engineering technology at IUPUI. From 1998 - 2016 he was with Penn State Behrend as a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology. His research interests are in renewable energy, energy storage, and engineering education.Ms. Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Ruth Pflueger has been
Paper ID #43874Racialized Trauma for Black, Latin, and Indigenous Engineering Students:A Systematic Literature Review.Dr. Elahe Vahidi, University of CincinnatiMark Okoth Onyango, University of Cincinnati Mark Onyango is a graduate assistant in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education (DECE) in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He earned his Master’s degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology’s School of Electronics and Information Engineering in Harbin, China and holds a Bachelor of Education (Electrical
, for instance like hidden figures and stuff. I just, I kind of realizing like these jobs, um African Americans, especially females, they’re kind of put to the back, and they’re not really like being shown or represented as much. But they most definitely like work as hard as the others and should be more represented.” This RP’s responses suggest that her understanding of AEC careers was largely shaped byinformal knowledge acquired through movies, highlighting the absence of formal education onthe topic in her school’s curriculum. This underscores a broader issue—many schools do notincorporate lessons on the contributions of women and African Americans in specific STEMfields, including
to assist internationalization of other universities in Eastern Part of Indonesia (EPI). Currently she is the co-chair of Western Australian and East Java Universities Consortium (WAEJUC) for mobility and the vice-coordinator of Special Interest Group (SIG) for mobility in Asia Technological University Network (ATU-Net). She is also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Industrial and System Engineering, with research interest in the field of life cycle management, sustainability, and system design.Prof. Masaomi Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology Prof. Masaomi Kimura received a Ph.D. degree from The University of Tokyo in 1999. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and
Paper ID #42837Investigating Supports, Barrier and Cultural Navigations During Transitionsas International Faculty MembersDr. Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University Debalina Maitra is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at ASU. Prior to her current role, Debalina Maitra was employed by CAFECS (Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science), a NSF-funded Research Practice Partnership, for almost two years. She complSeyed Hamid Reza Sanei, Penn State University, Behrend College Dr. Sanei is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State University with teaching experience expanding three universities and
Hira, Boston College Dr. Avneet Hira is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Centered Engineering Program and the Department of Teaching, Curriculum and Society (by courtesy) at Boston College. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work In Progress: Promoting Belonging in Engineering through the Creation of Youth-centered Technology-Rich SpacesIntroduction In 2024, we are not offering a novel idea when we contend that the promise ofmakerspaces to achieve inclusion across contexts has not been met [1], [2]. While suchtechnology-rich spaces still have the potential to support youth from minoritized groups to createartifacts aligned with their interests and values [3], [4
Paper ID #41689Work-in-Progress: Seizing failure as an opportunity to learn: Undergraduateengineering students’ conceptions of failure and iterationDr. Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College Dr. Sara A. Atwood is the Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Engineering at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. She holds a BA and MS in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley.Dr. Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey is a recent Engineering Education PhD graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focus is on
instill in students the ability to recognize and act uponethical responsibilities in diverse global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts [1].Existing literature on engineering ethics education reveals a multi-faceted approach, rangingfrom traditional classroom-based instruction to innovative experiential learning methods [6].Common methods for integrating ethics into the curriculum include exposing students to ethicalstandards, using case studies, and discussion activities [6]. Central to these discussions is theevaluation of ethical reasoning, wherein tools like the Engineering Ethics Reasoning Instrument(EERI) play a pivotal role [7]. The EERI, an assessment tool developed to measure engineeringstudents' ethical reasoning, includes
EmpoweringLeadership Alliance (ELA) for Computing Scholars of Tomorrow; National GEM Consortium Representative; Co-Executive Director for the ExxonMobil-Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Northeastern University.Mohamad “Hameed” MetghalchiBS Mechanical Engineering, MS Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Science Mechanical Engineering. NortheasternUniv. Chair, Mechanical & Industrial Engr.Dept. 2004-‟11; Northeastern Univ. Interim Dean, College ofEngineering 2006-‟07; Northeastern Univ. Faculty of Mechanical & Industrial Engr. 1979-Present; Dr. Metghalchihas authored books and been published on Combustion Fundamentals, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics. Dr.Metghalchi is Co-PI on NSF supported STEP-UP project; Co-PI on NSF supported S-STEM project
appointment in Engineering Education. His research interests include engineering identity, self-efficacy, and matriculation of Latine/x/a/o students to graduate school. He works with survey methods and overlaps with machine learning using quantitative methods and sequential mixed methods approaches.Dr. Janice Mej´ıa, Northwestern University Dr. Mejia is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences. She also teaches in the Design Thinking and Communication (DTC), Masters in Engineering Management (MEM), and College Prep programs. Her research interests focus on mixed methods research in engineering education, curriculum assessment and development, and engineering
, and 10 students accepted. In the first cohort, 8 students were from Track 1, and 2students from Track 2. In the second year of the Fellowship, 19 applications were received, 15offers were made, and 12 students accepted. In the second cohort, 11 students were from Track1, and 1 student from Track 2. The students came from a wide variety of disciplines, includingcivil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental science, geography,biology, physics, statistics, computer science, economics, political science, psychology,communications and journalism. Most students chose mentors whose research field closelyaligned with their majors or departments. The Fellowship coordinators attempted to prioritizematching students with
-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based active and passive learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16 students develop engineering thinking and professional skills when addressing complex socio-technical problems. He aims to apply his research to the design of better educational
as recorded videos at least a week in advance and supplemented withsynchronous videoconference problem sessions four days a week. One day per week, theinstructor and teaching assistant led two staggered 2-hour in-person lab help sessions. Thesewere simulcast to fully-remote students using a 2-way audiovisual system such that remotestudents could hear activity in the classroom and ask questions live (or via videoconferencechat). Video feeds included a whole-classroom wide-angle view, document camera focused onthe electrical circuit, and computer screen capture with voltage output graphs. The in-person labsessions were typically attended by about half to two-thirds of the class. Some began the labsduring this period and others arrived with
[6].In this paper, the changes for Civil Engineering undergraduate courses with four instructors withdifferent interventions were summarized: Soil Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (2 sections),and Statics. All four courses and large courses with high enrollment and required courses in CivilEngineering curriculum. Each course has a unique intervention: implementing hybrid mode,remote mode, teamwork activity for hybrid mode, and discussion sections for remote mode. Ineach section, the course description and considerations, implementation procedure, students’feedback are provided followed by the lesson learned.2. SOIL MECHANICS2.1. Course description and considerationsSoil Mechanics is a large class with an enrollment of over 100 students. In
Grading Conference”, an annual two-day online confer- ence focused on reforming grading as we know it across STEM fields throughout higher education, now entering its fifth year. She coordinates a large general education Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics course for over 1,400 students per year as well as teaches a wide range of mathematics courses including Calculus and Linear Algebra.Dr. Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles Emily L. Allen, Ph.D., is Dean Emerita of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University, Los Angeles. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Examining Engineering Students’ Shift in
system of highereducation. However, Creek was unique among the participants as both her parents work in STEMeducation and industry. Her father is a professor of mechanical engineering and theoretical physics at aninstitution of higher education while her mother works in the computer science industry. Creek sharedthat their expectation was for her to major in a STEM field in college. Creek wants to follow in her dad’sfootsteps and become a college professor. Creek was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and explainedthat she was transparent about her mental health experiences with peers and others as a way ofnormalizing mental health issues in STEM. She also later reflected on the possibility of her ownneurodivergence as likely in the form of
interest in engineering education. She develops materials and re- searches best practical classroom approaches for integrating computation and computational thinking in introductory CEE courses; and for promoting teamwork, communication and problem-solving in context, throughout the CEE curriculum.Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell is an Associate Professor and the Elaine F. and William J. Hall Excellence Faculty Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on creating sustainable water and energy systems in a policy-relevant context. She earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the
Paper ID #37576Cross-Institutional Mentoring Communities ProgramAdrienne Minerick (Director, The ADVANCE Initiative and Professor,Chemical Engineering) Adrienne R. Minerick is Director of ADVANCE at Michigan Tech and Professor of Chemical Engineering. She has served as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering, Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development, Dean of the School of Technology, founded the College of Computing, and most recently served as Interim Dean of the Pavlis Honors College. She has received numerous honors and awards, including the distinction of Fellow of
due to a gap in skills such as communication and problem-solving [1]. Newlygraduated and employed engineers must be ready to engage in workplace learning as self-directed learners. This preparation must come from engineering learning experiences designed tohelp students transition from instructor-led learning (as is typical of pedagogy) to more self-directed learning (as is typical of adult learning or andragogy) across the curriculum [2].However, there is much fixation on pedagogical approaches and engineering science learning,wherein students work to solve predominately close-ended problems [3]. Andragogicalapproaches focus on students becoming self-directed individuals who rely on their bank ofknowledge and apply their skills to perform
engineering student. I thought I would be something with visual or performing arts. But, when I was younger, I was a tinkerer. I liked to take things apart and find out how things worked. It didn’t always turn out well, but I still liked it. Now, as a sophomore, I’m in two engineering classes. One is statics, and the other I’m taking is engineering graphics, which is hand and computer drafting. I like the drafting one a little bit better, mainly because I’m learning different programs that are more relevant to engineering businesses. Statics is just a lot of vector analysis, and I am struggling with that. Physics 2 and statics, those two classes are really difficult for me. I suppose it’s a little bit of my mental health, and a
characteristics and uses of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles isnecessary and important in any STEM curriculum—a strong first step in teaching sourceevaluation. However, this is where many educators start and end the lesson. Limiting students tousing peer-reviewed works from academic databases is no longer sufficient. In the Digital Age, itis increasingly important that students also learn how to navigate the web in their research.STEM students are required to pull information from a wide variety of sources [1], and, as such,should be equipped with the latest source evaluation techniques to combat the misinformationand bias they will undoubtedly encounter online. Students can only benefit from being able torecognize poor-quality content in real life and
students’ accounts of engineering learning before and after the onset of remote instructions due to the Covid-19 pandemic? Research Question 2: What are the key themes in students’ accounts of their experiences learning engineering and making following the onset of remote instruction due to the Covid- 19 pandemic?While students may experience the same core curriculum, individual student experiences maydiffer. Identifying the commonalities in experiences among students allows for themes withindepartments as well as cohorts to be identified. These themes can be used to inform futureinstruction in the ongoing pandemic as well as any future situations that require shifts to onlineinstruction.4 MethodologyThe data gathered for this study was
traditional course offerings. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 31629Lecture Videos & PPTsThe instructor chose to develop online content using familiar software to focus on contentdelivery. The instructor also wanted the ability to make quick modifications to online contentfrom any computer at any time. Adopting familiar software also ensured that students were ableto access course content with ease.Lecture videos were created using the Record Presentation function in Microsoft PowerPoint.Research suggests that online lectures should be limited to 6-15 minutes in length to maintainstudent attention and support effective learning. 25 lecture
procedures forreviews changed: neither tutors nor students were present in-person, review sheets were sent tostudents in the Zoom chat, and tutors worked through homework questions on whiteboards overvideo. To ask questions, participants could unmute their microphones or post them in the chat.Through the College of Engineering (COE) Tutoring Office, students also had the option toreceive one-on-one drop-in peer tutoring for most courses taken in the first two years of theengineering curriculum. This office was staffed by undergraduate peer tutors. Prior to theCOVID-19 pandemic, peer tutoring was offered in person, which allowed students to “drop-in”during operating hours without an appointment. In Fall 2020 one-on-one tutoring was onlyoffered
. Even the simplest student design teamcan have multiple unique boundaries. The team members alone may comprise the system, or itmay be expanded to include the faculty coach and student advisors. It may also include sponsorsand suppliers, or peer teams working on the same design challenge. In this case study, a capstonedesign team with ten members was identified as the system. Capstone design projects provide anopportunity for students to apply their engineering skills to a design problem in a team setting.This capstone project serves as a culminating experience to the undergraduate curriculum [47].Senior engineering students also have been used to represent novice design engineers in casesstudy research [48].The second step is to administer the
leadership development, performance management, competency development and people analytics. She integrates her research in Engineering Education with prior background in Human Resource Management and Engineering to understand better ways to develop STEM workforce both in universities and companies.Prof. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S