. Their study found that studentsleave STEM fields due to their frustration with the quality of teaching, advising, andcurriculum.9 In the wake of Seymour and Hewitt’s seminal work and on-going national concern,the push for pedagogical and curricular reform has intensified due to its dual impact on theproduction of STEM graduates and quality of undergraduate education. The Center for theIntegration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) is one such reform effort, which seeksto improve undergraduate STEM education by targeting the professional development ofgraduate students. CIRTL aims to influence the knowledge, attitudes and behavior of these futurecollege instructors. The pipeline of future STEM faculty through graduate education at
and the support services offered by libraries (Carlson, et al,2011; Borgman et al, 2015). This changing knowledge creation environment presents librarieswith an opportunity to become more integrally involved in the research workflow and scholarlycommunication lifecycle (Tenopir, et al, 2015).A number of instructional and training programs for engineering faculty and researchers havebeen developed and implemented (Carlson et al, 2011; Johnston and Jeffrys, 2014). Many ofthese programs are built around data management plan assistance (Samuels at al, 2015; Wangand Fong, 2015; Nelson, 2015). Zilinski et al (2014) have developed a program directed atundergraduate STEM students. Many libraries have established research data services and
AC 2009-2195: DEVELOPING A STANDARD STUDENT INTERFACE FORONLINE COURSES THROUGH USABILITY STUDIESRenee Butler, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityChristina Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University Page 14.445.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Developing a Standard Student Interface for Online Courses through Usability StudiesAbstract – In recent years there has been significant growth in the popularity and offering ofonline education. Due to limited availability of instructional designers and developmentresources, faculty are often called upon to develop the content, learning strategies, and userinterface for online
communities of practice to oversee theimplementation of curricular changes that develop and reinforce a range of non-technical skillsto better equip our graduates for the discipline.The end result will be that each skill is taught and reinforced at each level of the curriculum(Figure 1). This change been motivated by the changing expectations of faculty, alumni, and theprofession at large. Faculty need graduate students with stronger communication andcomputational skills. Alumni desire clearer communication, a greater understanding of theprofession, and more system-level design experience. In addition, alumni have indicated a desirefor entrepreneurial thinking as engineering becomes more cross-disciplinary. Finally, governing,professional
Paper #1108 Session 2793 Developing and Implementing an Innovative First Year Program for 1000 Students Audeen W. Fentiman, John T. Demel, Richard J. Freuler, Robert J. Gustafson, and John A. Merrill College of Engineering, The Ohio State UniversityAbstractIn the past decade, learning experiences for first year engineering students at Ohio State haveevolved. This article provides an overview of that evolution with emphasis on the studentexperience in 2000. It will cover course topics, teaching staff, facilities, faculty development,assessment and feedback methodologies, and
studies has beensomewhat limited in engineering and technology education, particularly in two-year technicalcolleges. The SEATEC grant is funded by NSF is for the purpose of promoting case studies as ateaching tool in engineering and technology education. To accomplish this, the followingSEATEC goals have been established:1. To provide national leadership for the development and implementation of case-based instruction in technology and engineering education.2. To provide opportunities for continuous and appropriate professional development of participating faculty.3. To assess the effectiveness of the case study approach in teaching technology-related curriculum.4. To nationally disseminate information related to SEATEC activities
was a one-credit course that met once a weekfor a 52-minute period. From Fall 2004 until Spring 2009, the enrollment for GE 1000 averaged507 students for the fall semester and 40 students for the spring semester. The enrollment for GE1030 averaged 343 students for the spring semester and 91students for the fall semester.(Typically, all new freshmen take GE1000 in the fall semester and GE1030 in the springsemester while transfer students and students who failed the courses take the courses in thealternate semesters.) The old course was designed to use four interdisciplinary modules throughout thesemester. The hope was to keep the class size around 32. Each module was jointly developed bytwo or more faculty from two or more departments
Paper ID #15727Feasibility of Developing a Sustainable Multidisciplinary Senior CapstoneExperienceDr. Jacqulyn Baughman, Iowa State University Dr. Jacqulyn Baughman Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Director of Graduate Education (DOGE), BRT Graduate Program Faculty-in-Charge, ADM Biorenewables Education Labs Iowa State UniversityDr. Gretchen A. Mosher, Iowa State University Dr. Gretchen Mosher is an assistant professor in the department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engi- neering at Iowa State University. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate courses in total quality management and senior capstone
analysis are discussed. Aspects of testing the rubrics forconsistency between different faculty raters are presented, as well as a specific exampleof how inconsistencies were addressed. Finally, a considerat ion of the differencebetween course and programmatic assessment and the applicability of rubric developmentto each type is discussed.IntroductionWith the increased emphasis placed by ABET (1) on assessing learning outcomes, manyfaculty struggle to develop meaningful assessment instruments. In developing theseinstruments, the faculty members in the Chemical Engineering Department at RowanUniversity wanted to ensure that each instrument addressed the three fundamentalprogram tasks as specified by Diamond (2): · The basic competencies for
obtained her certifica- tion as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Fron- tiers of Engineering Education Symposium in 2013 and awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research Methods Faculty Apprentice Award in 2014.Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alexandra Coso Strong is an assistant professor of systems design and engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Prior to starting a faculty position at
University After earning my B.S. in Engineering Science at Penn State University (2007), I began working as an audio-video engineer/designer. I then made a career transition to teach high school physics. Having sparked my love for education, I went back to school to earn my M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering (2015) and my Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2016). My first faculty job was at Rowan University in southern New Jersey, where I had the honor of helping develop their first-year engineering and B.S. in Engineering Entrepreneurship programs. I’m now blessed to be at CCU contributing to what God’s doing through our Industrial & Systems Engineering program and university.Dr. Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman
April 4-6, 2018 2. to create a website that provides an interface There were 804 visits to the articles and case studies on the between Texas Tech and foreign students to website. In order to submit a comment on the website, you exchange ideas regarding ethics and ethical must register on the website and be approved by Drs. practices Marcy or Taraban. In Fall 2017, 50 individuals joined the 3. to recruit foreign faculty partners who teach website. Thirty-eight of the website members are students. engineering ethics in order to develop a common Thirty students in ENGR 2392 wrote an analysis for extra
Innovation Skills and Assessing Student Learning at MUSEAbstractThis paper presents the innovation and entrepreneurship education activities of MercerEngineering Entrepreneurship Education Program (MEEEP) developed and implementedthrough Kern Family Foundation grants in 2007. How Mercer University School of Engineering(MUSE) promotes entrepreneurial mindset and develop innovation-related skills amongengineering students are presented in term of curriculum development, entrepreneurship clubactivities, recruiting and involving students and faculty, assessment of entrepreneurship courses,the challenges encountered in implementing/sustaining the program and the lessons learned.The course sequence developed and implemented
and context.This suggests that in any cooperative education experience multiple modal and contextualassessment methods are needed to evaluate learning as well as learning transfer within andbetween academic knowledge and the skills developed in the work place. Moreover, Bradford etal6 reported “a solid research” finding: To develop competence in an area of inquiry, students must: (a) have a deep foundation of factual knowledge, (b) understand facts and ideas in the context of a conceptual framework, and (c) organize knowledge in ways to facilitate retrieval and application.They further emphasized that “[a]ll new learning involves transfer based on previous learning,”but that this transfer of learning across knowledge domains is
issues.The specific aims of the grant are three-fold: 1) Establish new and strengthen existing trainingprograms in biomedical engineering in sub-Saharan Africa; 2) Train biomedical engineers andmedical doctors to evaluate newly developed HIV-related and other testing and therapeuticdevices; 3) Train post graduates from business schools to scale-up development and launch newhealthcare practices. In support of these specific aims we have created four distinct annualtraining sessions: 1) week-long annual planning meetings hosted by either UNILAG or UI andfacilitated by the NU team; 2) ten-week long biomedical engineering training programs at theUniversity of Cape Town (UCT) facilitated by UCT and NU faculty ; 3) participation in two-week long Kellogg
Office employs a staff of instructional technologyconsultants who trained EET faculty in online course design, trained EET faculty in the use ofWebCT (UNC Charlotte’s Course Management Software/Delivery Platform), and providedtechnical assistance to faculty and students participating in the program. The EET facultydesigned, developed and implemented the online courses for the junior and senior EET students.This paper will discuss the process and success of UNC Charlotte’s Online EET program. Page 8.424.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright
AC 2011-892: COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OFAN INDUSTRY-DRIVEN DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGNNasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Dr. Alaraje’s research interests focuses on processor architecture, System-on-Chip design methodology, Field-Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) architecture and design methodology, Engineering Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is currently the Electrical Engineer- ing Technology program chair as well as a faculty member at Michigan Technological University, he taught and developed courses in Computer Engineering technology area at University of Cincinnati, and Michigan Technological University. Dr. Alaraje is a Fulbright scholar; he is a
the development of a novel high school engineering textbook. This developmentis unique within engineering in several different ways. First, the text is a Flexbook – an open-sourcebook developed with the support of and within the context of the CK12 Foundation; the Flexbookformat and open-source licensing allows anyone to extend and customize the book. Second, writingthe text was a collaboration between university engineering and education faculty with input fromCK12 personnel; this collaboration has led to a textbook structure that supports constructivistapproaches to learning. Third, the text conforms to a draft K–12 standard for engineering content.CK12 is a non-profit foundation launched in 2007 to reduce the cost of textbooks for the K–12
Kecskemety, The Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University and the co-Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering Programs. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences, and the research to practice cycle within first-year engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Initial Validation of Indirect
curricula provide few opportunities for students to interact with their peersin other disciplines. However, the engineering profession, and society as a whole, is becomingmore and more integrated requiring communication skills for discussing a variety of topics witha variety of audiences. Engineering students need opportunities to practice communicatingtechnical information with non-technical audiences. One way for engineering instructors tofacilitate these opportunities is to collaborate with faculty in non-technical disciplines.Developing and sustaining cross-disciplinary learning experiences requires collaboratinginstructors to model strong communication and team-working skills for their students. Theobjective of this paper is to discuss best
status ofemerging technologies and research and provide informal instruction in research methodologyand science theory appropriate to the teacher’s research experience. During the summerprogram, the teachers participate in research activities in their faculty mentor’s lab. Each facultymentor has a teacher team which consists of two math and/or science teachers. The researchactivities are tailored to the teachers’ classroom courses, and each teacher develops a module oftheir research results into an activity or project for classroom implementation.Objective 2: In support of the second objective, the E3 RET program engages in severalprofessional development activities based on the National Science Education Standards (NSES),which asserts that
development of an online course or transitioning an existing course to an onlineenvironment requires effort and skills that go beyond the development of a course in a face-to-face environment, even the development of a new course. Thus, issues of facultycompensation and instructional resources to assist faculty had to be addressed early in theprogram planning stages. Faculty compensation may take the form of course release time ordirect monetary compensation. The study by Burke5 had indicated that compensation variedfrom nothing up to $10,000 per course, with the amount dictated by simple economics.However, the study warned that lack of a commitment from the administration for additionalremuneration may lead faculty to question the effort to be
sequence was developed. ‚ Engineering is a serving profession. ‚ Design is the basis of all engineering activities. ‚ Modern engineering design requires teamwork skills. ‚ Decision-making and communications are vital components of design. ‚ Learning the process of design is best accomplished by designing solutions to real problems. ‚ Useful design techniques and models must be provided to students. ‚ Students must be responsible for the success of their project. ‚ The design sequence must be well-coordinated. ‚ Faculty workloads within the design sequence must not be burdensome. ‚ High-quality design is challenging, but this creative process is highly rewarding and FUN.Based upon these
foundation for a new three-phase entrepreneurship initiative whichwas begun in 2000 to create a robust technology entrepreneurship culture for students andfaculty. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and operation of theentrepreneurship initiatives and to discuss the lessons that were learned.1.1. Holistic View of ProgramsAs we have gained experience over the years, we have identified barriers that studentsand faculty must overcome to build successful technology ventures, and we have realizedthat to have a truly effective impact, it is necessary to have a continuum of programs andactivities that provide education and assistance to help faculty and students transformideas, concepts and technology into sustainable ventures through
Paper ID #37013Employer and Student Mismatch in Early-Career SkillDevelopmentAlyson Grace Eggleston Dr. Alyson Eggleston is a cognitive linguist specializing in the impact our speech has on the way we think and solve problems. She is the founding Director of Technical Communication at The Citadel, and has developed a project-based technical communication course that serves over 14 STEM majors and several degree programs in the social sciences. She is also acting Residential Fellow for the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching, Learning, and Distance Education, and in this role regularly mentors faculty
developed MEMS-based ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 azCo-Developing a Social Entrepreneurship Program with a Focus on EngineeringintroductionThis paper describes the processes and lessons learned through co-developing a degree programin social entrepreneurship, with a focus on engineering. We worked with students, faculty,business leaders, and funding stakeholders to develop a graduate certificate and master’s degreeprogram that (hopefully) will prepare students to leave the university with hands-on experiencein building their own businesses that have a social improvement focus. The paper, and theprocesses involved in creating this degree program
firms. Page 12.506.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of a Capstone Design Program for Undergraduate Mechanical EngineeringAbstractIn September 2004, the University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of MechanicalEngineering initiated a Capstone Design course requirement for Senior Mechanical Engineeringstudents. The course has transitioned from a three unit course typically taken in the final Springquarter of the curriculum to a two unit course taken each quarter of the academic year for a totalof six units. Students work in teams under the direction of a faculty
The Student-led Design, Development, and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary MakerspaceAbstractAs universities increasingly strive to create campus environments that encourageinterdisciplinary innovation, the maker and hacker space movement has gained significanttraction as a solution with great promise, potentially empowering students to bring their ownideas to fruition. Identifying and designing spaces that can appeal to students across campus canbe a particular challenge, especially from the perspective of faculty and administration. Facultydesign teams aided by student advisors can be seen as a logical answer to this problem, but whatof student teams leading the movement on their own campuses? As a team of
AC 2012-3716: INTERACTIVE, WEB-BASED WORKSHOPS ON EDUCA-TIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AND PROJECTSDr. Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama Russell Pimmel retired from the NSF after serving as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education for eight years. Before that, he was a faculty member at the University of Alabama, the Uni- versity of Missouri, University of North Carolina, and Ohio State University. He also has held industrial positions with Emerson Electric Co., McDonald-Douglas Co., and Battelle Research Labs.Dr. Roger K. Seals, Louisiana State University Roger K. Seals is Professor Emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, Louisiana State Univer- sity, 2005-present. He was Program
implementations, serves asanother source of accreditation materials, leverages existing work in the Network, and providesscaffolding for institutional-specific EM implementations [6]. Consequently, there have beenprior attempts to assess entrepreneurial mindset within the Network. One concerted effort startedin 2009 when an assessment committee was formed between Network faculty, Foundation staff,and representatives from TTI Performance Systems, a firm specializing in developing assessmentframeworks [7]. They identified seven learning outcomes and 23 personal and professionalcompetencies, which were assessed using a website-hosted survey taken by student participants.However, while pilot studies were conducted [8] and some initiatives were undertaken [9