Education, 2021 Culturally Responsive Engineering Education: Creativity through “Empowered to Change” in the US and “Admonished to Preserve” in Japan Author(s) InformationAbstract:Enhancing creativity is an indispensable goal of many engineering courses. However, withflourishment of global collaboration in various engineering classrooms and best educationalpractices being replicated across cultures, there are not many curriculum interventions thatoriginate from students’ diverse cultural needs. When cultural differences are ignored, studentsmay get culturally biased grades and face confusion and difficulties. For instance, the notion of“disruption” and “breakthrough” in product design innovation is
Paper ID #14759Integrating Literature and Problem-Based Learning in a First-Year Engi-neering AcademyDr. Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology Dr. McGrade is a Professor of English at Indiana Institute of Technology, where she teaches a range of classes from First-Year Composition to African American Literature. She often works closely with the College of Engineering, and has developed both an integrated model for English instruction within a Software Engineering program, and a problem-based learning curriculum for a First-Year Engineering Academy. She is also the current NSBE Chapter Advisor
Paper ID #16209Igniting Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Students: The Case forTechnology and Society Courses in Engineering CurriculaDr. Sandy Chang, University of Calgary Dr. Chang’s current research interests lie in the areas of engineering education and international develop- ment. In particular, she is interested in ways to support and enhance diversity in the engineering student population, as well as curriculum development to best prepare students to meet the needs of the green economy. As an extension, she is also exploring ways to engage students in the social side of engineering through community
AC 2008-1506: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING COURSE – STUDENTPERCEPTIONS OF CREATIVITY AND COMPARISONS OF CREATIVEPROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIESAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, and serves as chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee.Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at
descriptions of effective and challenging aspects of self-directedlearning. The framework is used as a tool to identify key factors that contribute to students’ SDLexperiences, and as a mechanism for highlighting issues that bear consideration in the design,implementation, or evaluation of courses and curricula. The study was conducted at Franklin W.Olin College of Engineering (Olin College), which provides a particularly interestingenvironment in which to explore these questions, both because the curriculum places a heavyemphasis on self-directed experiences, and because the college has a nominally gender-balancedpopulation.Table II. Framework for self-directed learning based on Zimmerman and Pintrich models forself-regulated learning.19,35
using student assessment dataand pre/post student surveys on attitudes towards these hands-on, in-class, active learningexercises. This study can drive changes to course curriculum and content as well as classroominstruction as part of the department’s assessment and continuous improvement processes. Thelessons learned can be applied to other Engineering Management courses in the Department ofSystems Engineering to strengthen classroom instruction and student engagement.This paper discusses active learning exercises, the assessment methodology, and specificapplications to classroom instruction and student engagement.IntroductionAt the heart of student-centered learning is encouraging students to engage with course materialusing a variety of
students, but rather a self-selected subset. Whileliterature indicates that EL programming is more effective when integrated into the corecurriculum rather than distributed in optional activities [13], other studies reveal that changingthe engineering core curriculum can be quite difficult [6, 14, 15]. These latter studies, coupledwith the observed trend of optional EL course implementation, suggest that the self-selectivenature of students’ EL course participation will continue to be commonplace – at least in the nearterm.Given the voluntary status of many undergraduate EL courses, it may be appropriate for ELeducators to consider the cross-sectional representativeness of their course cohorts relative totheir university’s overall engineering
developing student’s emotional intelligence.Background and Literature ReviewIndustry’ calls for professional skills in engineering curriculum has opened up the debate for bestpractices for implementation in the classroom. Packed curriculum and added ABETrequirements for professional skill development poses challenges for engineering educators. Notonly do the curriculum requirements pose challenges, but also assessment techniques, which areoften in stark contrast to traditional engineering teaching and assessment styles. Assessing hardskills through coursework is a time-tested assessment method confidently utilized by engineeringfaculty. Confidence in assessment of professional skills, like leadership, has yet to find aconsistent approach [1
on global industrialmanagement, offered as part of the Industrial Engineering curriculum at a large, mid-Atlanticuniversity. The purpose of the simulation game was to adapt industrial and systems engineeringconcepts and methods to ill-structured problems. This purpose was translated to three mainobjectives. First, the game was aimed at fostering information-seeking tendencies, whereinstead of relying solely on assumptions about a problem, students would seek appropriatequestions and ask them to the game masters (instructors) and other game players (student teams)in order to reduce ambiguity and uncertainty. Second, the game was designed to fosteradaptability, where the boundaries of the solution space depended on students’ ability to act
doing. Recentresearch in these disciplines has suggested that these educational norms influence many aspectsof students’ experiences, feelings, and outcomes, including the identities that students form asstudents and as pre-professionals.The influence of Locke and the traditionalist view of education is evident in STEM fields, andengineering departments in particular: STEM subjects are known for support of meritocracy andfor grading practices based primarily on high-stakes assessments [2-4]. Foundational courses --the start of an unforgiving undergraduate workload -- serve to “weed out” students at an earlystage, and typically result in large numbers of D, F and W grades, which often leads students todrop the major [2-3; 5]. The curriculum in
challenge by integrating newclassroom methods with traditional pedagogical teaching practices, to better prepare futureengineers to meet the demand for design creativity in practice. In my own institution,Northwestern University, for the past 20 years, the education of all engineers begins in twoquarter sequence of Design Thinking & Communication (DTC) [2]. This curriculum augments thetraditional engineering educational pedagogy with the early introduction of designerly forms ofinquiry, and design practice experiences as a foundational aspect of what NorthwesternEngineering has coined “Whole Brained Engineering” education. Having entered academia 10years ago, after 30 years of industry practice, I observed that although students were
, perspective taking, representing,authoring, etc. Jurow’s (2005) work illustrates how students account for multipledimensions when engaging in a project-based mathematics curriculum premised on theobjective of designing a research station in Antarctica. In the study, Jurow documentshow students shift between, combine, and layer multiple “figured worlds,” including theworld of the immediate classroom, the disciplinary world of mathematics, and the worldof the design setting (Antarctica). Jurow’s findings indicate that students did not see thedifferent contexts of the design setting, classroom, and disciplinary mathematics as beingmutually exclusive; instead, she found that students participated in multiple “embeddedand interpenetrating figured worlds
Paper ID #11727Innovative Confidence: what engineering educators can do and say to gradu-ate more effective innovators and intrapreneursDr. Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy After engineering positions in the computer, aerospace and automotive industries, Dr. Hanifin led a re- search center focused on manufacturing technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for eleven years. He then served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Science at the University of Detroit Mercy for twenty-one years. He is now retired from full-time academic responsibilities, but continues to consult in higher education, study
should be performed. Statistical results indicate several mainthemes where research progress is needed: definitions and models of team science; disciplinarydynamics and team science; structure and context for teams; institutional support andprofessional development for teams; management and organization for teams; characteristics anddynamics of teams; and, most suggested, was ways to measure and evaluate team science.In itself an interdisciplinary field of study, SciTS literature draws from contributions ofpractitioners with experience in conducting or overseeing these interdisciplinary team projects aswell as concepts and methods from various knowledge domains exploring teams (e.g.,psychology, management, communication, public health, computer
languageeducation alongside a stringent engineering curriculum, the barrier is augmented for them.However, when hiring managers were asked about the importance of a foreign language skillwhen hiring entry-level engineers, it was ranked less important than all other globalcompetencies gained from study abroad experiences [16], [17], [18].D. Internships and Career ConsiderationsAside from the barrier of current work responsibilities cited by some students, long term careerconsiderations present a greater challenge [6], [7]. Students perceive the opportunity cost of lostearnings or limits to developing increased technical experience because of the time taken off toparticipate in a study abroad versus internship participation. This barrier is one that seems
connection.The approach emphasizes how reactions develop in response to the applied loads and inaccordance with the ways in which motion is restricted at the connection. We encourage studentsto predict the direction of reaction components, rather than following a convention of drawingreaction forces in a positive direction relative to the chosen coordinate system. This approachemphasizes the idea of constructing a free-body diagram as a conceptual reasoning process ratherthan a rote procedure.The three learning activities we describe here are part of a broader series of hands-on staticsactivities that we have been developing since 2016 [19]. This curriculum and the associated filesfor 3D printing the models are available for free download through the
frameworks for designing and assessing STEM lessons to support K-12 science teachers.Dr. JinA Yoon, Pusan National UniversityDr. Jeanna Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University Dr. Jeanna R. Wieselmann is a Research Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dal- las, TX. Her research focuses on gender equity in STEM and maintaining elementary girls’ interest in STEM through both in-school and out-of-school experiences. Dr. Wieselmann’s research has explored student participation patterns in small group STEM activities. She is interested in STEM schools, inte- grated STEM curriculum development, and teacher professional development to support gender-equitable teaching practices. c
, • Prepare graduate students with a realistic viewpoint of faculty or industry experiences in their chosen field, and • Utilize mentors’ expertise for the professional and personal development of STEM graduate students.The breadth of the goals of the program speaks to the breadth of issues dealt with within thementoring relationships and in the programmatic information from the mentoring program staff.Through the mentoring program, students are matched with a faculty or industry mentor, asappropriate, who can help them with their stated professional and personal needs. The programuses an updated version of the Curriculum for Training Mentors and Mentees in Science andEngineering24 to help participants establish and facilitate
, or engineering degree. It has been found through instructionalexperience that most working professionals, even in these fields, have historically not beenadequately exposed to the concepts covered in this course. This situation could change in thefuture through sharing these concepts among university professors. At this time, application ofthese concepts or case studies into an engineering curriculum could be done at either anintroductory or advanced level, depending on the prior knowledge of the students.Pre-reading assignments given to the students include the following materials: ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories2; Beginner’s Guide to Measurement3; and
, Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Faculty Director for the Mesa State College-University of Colorado Mechan- ical Engineering Partnership program and an instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She received B.S. and M..S degrees in mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in mechanical rngineering from the University of Colorado, Boul- der. Kotys-Schwartz has focused her research in engineering epistemology, engineering student learning, retention, and diversity. She is currently investigating the use of oral discourse method for conceptual development in engineering, the impact of a four-year hands-on design curriculum in engineering, the
the students in the class come from professional disciplines (engineering &management) we purposely wanted to expose them to a different discipline’s methods forideation. Professor Meiser presented how artists explore their environment and other artisticexhibits to find inspiration for artistic ideas. He then described various methods that he uses tocapture and compile his thoughts, from mind maps to notes in his Moleskine notebook tobrowsing through a vast personal collection of images on his computer to simply being hyper-aware of the physical world around him. He collects all this disparate information and then usesit to inspire sketches of potential future sculptures. Exposing the students to this type of ideationprocess was both
Using a Vertically Integrated Team Design Project to Promote Learning and an Engineering Community of Practice Sandra Spickard Prettyman, Helen Qammar and Edward Evans Department of Foundations and Leadership/Department of Chemical Engineering University of Akron, Akron OH 44325Recent curriculum reforms in engineering education have focused on implementing thescholarship on pedagogy into the engineering classroom experience. For example, the paradigmshifts toward learner-centered versus teacher-centered delivery modes have been well establishedin many departments. In addition, department level curriculum reforms have begun to designintegration of concepts and skills
engineers needs toemphasize competency in the solving of open-ended engineering design problems. This theme isevident in the growing level of collaboration among accrediting agencies, industry, and federalfunding agencies to support research on the assessment of student learning and to encourageexcellence in curriculum and pedagogy that provide an exposure to engineering practice 1-3.Also, the implementation of the new ABET EC 2000 criteria4 makes it necessary for engineeringprograms to identify, assess, and demonstrate evidence of design competency. These changes inaccreditation have expanded a goal of assessing student learning outcomes to making judgmentsabout curricula and instructional practices with an aim towards continual
model remained updated. Recalculating Page 22.1519.11the internal energy, U, required the students to do more research into different methods ofcalculating internal energy other than simply looking the values up.Effective prototypeAn important objective to confirm is whether or not the students are learning the concepts. Thisobjective is important because MEAs are only useful tools if they are helping the students to learn,not preventing them from learning. The concepts in this MEA are intended to help students withcommon problematic areas in the thermodynamic curriculum. Table 4 shows the percentage ofstudents that included the following
) Learning style is a combination of affective, cognitive, environmental, and physiological responses that characterize how a person learns.5) Individual information processing is fundamental to a learning style and can be strengthened over time with intervention.6) Learning style is a complex construct for which a comprehensive understanding is evolving.7) Learners are empowered by a knowledge of their own and others’ learning styles.8) Effective curriculum and instruction are learning-style based and personalized to address and honor diversity.9) Effective teachers continually monitor activities to ensure compatibility of instruction and evaluation with each individual’s learning style strengths.10) Teaching individuals through their
structures for their studentsgoing forward. Centers for teaching and learning on university campuses could includeinterpersonal practices as they prepare faculty to support identity in their curriculum and classes.While identity may be supported through specific features like testing, assignments, projects, andclassroom setup, there may be other things to consider in training faculty to develop engineeringidentities through recognition. By mobilizing faculty in seeing students as engineers andengineering people through recognition as respect, students may be better supported in joiningthe community of engineering and seeing themselves as engineers.7 Limitations and Future Work Although this work exploring participants experiences of faculty
Paper ID #41880Focus group analysis of engineering Collaborative Online International Learning(COIL+) compared to short-term study abroad programsJoshua E. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joshua E. Katz is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, DELTA program, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his research centers on collaborative learning in engineering education and other STEM disciplines. He obtained his B.S. in Technology and Engineering Education in 2019 and his M.S. in STEM Education and Leadership in 2021, both from Illinois State University
appropriatecross-sectional area for their link.In response to the question, “Did you draw on knowledge from other classes to completethis project?”, 31 out of 33 respondents indicated that they did. The most common skill thatstudents reported using from another class was computer-aided modeling in SolidWorks, askill that most students were learning concurrently with Statics. Some students alsohighlighted the use of programming skills in MATLAB. The MATLAB-focused coursenormally occurs a little later in the curriculum, and so fewer than half of the students hadthe requisite knowledge to use MATLAB for their projects. Still, it is encouraging thatthose with MATLAB experience recognized it as a useful tool for repeating geometry andforce calculations for
has maintained a research interest in learning effectiveness in engineering dur- ing his years at BYU and at his previous posts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Washington State University. He and his student co-author won the ASEE Best Zone Paper in 2008 for their work on computer-based instruction for engineering education in the developing world. Dr. Hotchkiss also conducts research in stream restoration with an emphasis on upstream fish passage through culverts. He serves as the president of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, part of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a registered professional engineer and holds a specialty licensing certificate from the American Academy of
Paper ID #40886Community Cultural Wealth from an Engineering and Science EducationDepartmentMr. Tim Ransom, Clemson University Doctoral candidate with the Engineering and Science Education Department at Clemson University re- searching computer science education.Randi Sims, Clemson University Randi is a current Ph.D. student in the department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson Uni- versity. Her research interests center around undergraduate research experiences using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Her career goals are to work as an evaluator or consultant on education- ally based research