Subsystems curriculum to include the aircraftspecifications, experimental methodology, and sample student results. Also included aresamples of student feedback on the Flight Laboratory Program as well as a brief look at otheruniversities with similar programs.IntroductionJoseph Lowman, in his text titled Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, said “Because scienceis based on empirical investigations and the application of general principles to real-worldexamples, science lectures are universally accompanied by laboratory experiences.”i This spirithas been a guiding principle in undergraduate engineering education at USMA for a long time.Like most engineering departments, the Department of C&ME at West Point utilizes concretelaboratories, wind
basis regardless of technical prowess. Earlyindicators from using the user-layer approach have been very promising and initial results showthat computer security education is effective with students from both computing and non-computing disciplines.3. Course DetailsFrom a curriculum perspective at Iowa State University, Introduction to Computer SecurityLiteracy is isolated with no course progression prior to or following it. Although the course isdual-listed (i.e. CprE/InfAs 131) – it is shared between the Computer Engineering (CprE) andInformation Assurance (InfAs) departments – it is not currently required for any curriculum nordoes it count as a technical elective for any degree. In its current form, it is a course that allowsstudents to
curriculum that fails to incorporate an anti-racistperspective, among other issues. Professional designers raised similar concerns, and in 2020founded “Where are the Black Designers?” to “support, amplify, and make space for the entirespectrum of Black creativity” [5].Student concerns expressed in 2020 centered around structural issues with education. Similarly,multiple authors in engineering education have called for research that rejects deficit models,which place a focus on deficiencies within students, and instead focus on structural problems andsolutions [6], [7]. Furthermore, limited research in engineering education addresses equity interms of curriculum [6], [7]. Such research should ask questions which critique the system inwhich
Paper ID #45548Longitudinal Examination of Gender Differences in Engineering Self-Efficacyand the Impact of COVID-19: A Six-Year StudyDr. Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University Dr. Lillian Jeznach is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University. She teaches the first year curriculum as well as courses related to environmental and water resources engineering.Dr. Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams University Dr. Maija Benitz is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University. Prior to joining RWU, she taught Physics and Math at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, after
learning, and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Toy Adaptation in a Laboratory Course: An Examination of Laboratory Interests and Career MotivationsAbstractCurricula containing accessibility topics with positive societal impact are useful in careertraining and have shown promise in engagement of students from groups historically excludedfrom and underrepresented in engineering. Toy adaptation makes toys accessible to kids withdisabilities and is a hands-on process that involves toy disassembly, circuitry assessment, andaddition of an accessible switch. Previous work incorporating toy adaptation into curriculum
P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transporta- tion infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic operations, highway safety, and geographic information systems. His research interests include: constructing spatial databases for bet- ter management of transportation infrastructure, improving transportation design, operation, safety and construction, understanding long-term effects of urban development patterns, and advancing active living within the built environment for improved public health. He teaches courses
the course. The individual lab or project kits alsoallow interdisciplinary collaborations [5][7]. Despite the pioneering exploration of usingindividual lab kits in undergraduate engineering curriculum [9], [12], [16]-[20], their usage hadbeen sporadic before the pandemic, except perhaps in the mechatronics programs. However, thelab kits used in the mechatronics programs tend to be modulized and specific for a particularcourse [15], rather than being fundamental but versatile and expandable for the students to use inmultiple courses throughout their undergraduate study.With the development of MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), some educators had exploredthe option to allow their students to do labs asynchronously and remotely. In 2015
Center forDesign Research in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford.Dr. Nanami Furue, Tokyo University of Science Nanami Furue received her Ph.D. degree from the Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University. She has been working as an Assistant Professor of the School of Management, Tokyo University of Science and teaches Product Planning and Design Thinking. She has conducted several research projects in the field of marketing, innovation and design. Her major research interest is comparison of idea generation and selection of new product development among different countries and occupations.Chunchen Xu American c Society for Engineering
curriculum. At this institution, Dynamics is taken by approximately 400 studentsannually and the failure rate has hovered around 15-20% for the past 10 years. This rate hasserious implications on program length and student retention. Numerous studies have beenconducted that are aimed at improving these common statistics in Dynamics. These studiesprovide invaluable guidance on improving teaching techniques to address the diverse needs oflearners in and outside of the lecture halls. The focal point of this study is on student assessmentsand their use to promote content mastery in Engineering Dynamics.Although often met with controversy, proponents of second chance exams believe that whendone properly, they have a significant positive impact on student
for Wright State’s engineering college: to develop a first semester course experiencethat addresses the inability of first year engineering students to successfully advance quicklyenough through the traditional calculus sequence, resulting in unacceptably high attrition [3].Like at Wright State, the Engineering Math course is centered on hands-on lab experiences,emphasizing an application-oriented, active approach to studying math topics subsequentlyapplied in core engineering courses. Taught by engineering faculty, course topics includeexamples from physics, engineering mechanics, electric circuits, and programming. A goal of thecourse is for students to demonstrate their prowess in applying mathematics knowledge, so thatthey can begin to
Paper ID #29561Ethics in Engineering or Engineering in Ethics?Mr. Grant A Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Grant Fore is a Research Associate in the STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. As a SEIRI staff member, Grant is involved in research development, qualitative and mixed methods research, and programmatic assessment and evalu- ation. His research interests include ethics and equity in STEM education, the intersubjective experience of the instructor/student encounter, secondary STEM teacher professional development
within engineering.Language. It seems important to provide first some introduction to terminology for the ASEEcommunity. The term disability is commonly used to describe both the movement for disabilityrights and the critical lens of analysis developed in Disability Studies. A key concept inDisability Studies has been a critique of medicalized narratives of disability and the emergenceof new narratives that articulate the ways in which social structures and infrastructures createdisability, limiting access of people with impairments to any number of activities from socialinteraction to participation in engineering education. The use of the term as an identity label, asin “Disabled Person” or “People with Disabilities” is contested, as some do
,and baccalaureate). In this way, the goal is to make a more systemic investigation of the benefitsand barriers for faculty to participate in undergraduate research in this specific discipline.MethodsA survey was sent to chemical engineering department chairs with the request that they distributeit to their faculty. The survey was based on an instrument developed by Jones and Davis andmodified to suit our interests in the perspective of chemical engineering faculty specifically andto inquire about their practices. [14] Our survey questions are included as an appendix. Thesurvey and its distribution were approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University ofSouth Alabama. A total of 110 responses were received.ResultsRespondentsBefore
field experiences, andreceive in-the-moment pedagogical coaching within the pedagogy course.Critical and constructive reflection on teaching practice, which we assume is needed to helpstabilize student-centered instructional approaches, is scaffolded through course assignments andin-class activities. LAs regularly reflected on (and wrote about) how course readings connect totheir to own experiences both as a student and as a peer educator within the ENES100. Throughboth field note assignments and in-class video analysis sessions, LAs were encouraged to (1)develop detailed descriptive accounts of classroom events, (2) generate multiple plausibleinterpretations of classroom events, and (3) assess the affordances of instructional moves inrelation
wellunderstood. Numerous curricular efforts involve simple machines and related physical systems,but these do not yet build toward a systematic and longer-term vision for promoting thedevelopment of reasoning about mechanisms. The research we describe here was developed inpartnership with a team of engineers and science educators who aim to support the earlydevelopment of mechanistic reasoning through a curriculum that challenges children to designkinetic toys called MechAnimations. Our research aims to characterize the intellectual resourcesavailable to children as they engage in design challenges and to describe the process by whichthese design activities may promote development of mechanistic reasoning. This paper providesan in-depth look at
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Flipping the classroom to create a student-centered learning environment in three undergraduate civil engineering coursesA flipped classroom is no longer a novel idea, but engineering education has lagged in implementing thisnon-traditional course delivery method. Traditional engineering courses are typically offered in aninstructor-centered environment which impacts everything from content delivery to student engagementand learning. A decade ago, we initiated a major project in curriculum reform that included flipping threesecond-year civil engineering courses
engineering ethics, writing in the disciplines, and the development of professional skills.Shelly Sanders, Mississippi State University Shelly is currently an instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in Mississippi State University’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering and has taught technical writing as well as various English composition and literature courses at MSU since 2005. She also tutored writing with the English department’s Writing Center from its inception in the early 2000’s until 2015. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from The University of Alabama and a master’s degree in English from Mississippi State University. ©American Society for Engineering
belonging needed to motivate them to continue toward graduation andenter the cybersecurity profession.3.0 MethodologyOne research question was investigated. To answer this research question, several specificquestions from a survey given to students in four courses that are part of the curriculum for theB.S. degree and the AoE in cybersecurity were analyzed. These courses, all required for both themajor and AoE in cybersecurity, included: CS 111, Introduction to Data Structures; CS 350,Computer System Concepts; CYBE 366, Secure Software Development; and CYBE 467,Practicing Cybersecurity: Attacks & Countermeasures. All students in these four courses,including the ACCESS scholars, were encouraged, but not required, to participate in the
Pittsburgh at Johnstown since 2016. Prior to joining University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Dr. Parks’ worked for over seven years at the Alcoa Tech- nical Center focusing on development and commercialization of sustainable wastewater treatment and solid waste reuse technologies. She also served as a member of the Alcoa Foundation Board of Directors, providing environmental expertise to support the Foundation’s focus areas of Environment, Empower- ment, and Education, as well as her experience with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for women. Prior to joining Alcoa, Dr. Parks worked for approximately seven years as a consultant to government agencies, municipalities, and industrial clients
to advance the STEM professions and also inspire young students to also see the relevance of the STEM professions. Overall, Mercy has a bright future in the research and as a STEM professional.Dr. Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Andrea N. Ofori-Boadu is an Assistant Professor of Construction and Construction Management with the Department of Built Environment within the College of Science and Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA & T). Her research interests are in bio-derived cement replacement materials, delivery of sustainable built environments, and professional identity development in STEM students
sensors into mechatronic systems, development of mechatronic systems using biomechanics such as sur- face Electromyography, and implementation of intelligent microelectronic networks for multidisciplinary applications.Dr. Eun Go, Western Illinois University Dr. Eun Go is an assistant professor in the department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University. She earned her doctoral degree in Mass Communications from the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity and her master’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida. Her research areas focus on social and psychological effects of new media technologies.Colin Ross Harbke, Western Illinois University Dr. Colin R. Harbke is currently a Professor of
in a Fluid Science Laboratory ClassAbstractTwo inquiry-based laboratory exercises are incorporated into a laboratory section of a fluidmechanics class for third year Civil Engineering and Mechanical engineering students. Thelaboratory section also involves four other conventional laboratory exercises. The inquiry-basedexercises are designed to confront student misconceptions and to develop the ability of studentsto use qualitative reasoning. Student learning gains and changes in attitude were assessed for 73of the 119 students in the class who volunteered to participate in the research project. The studygroup completed background surveys and surveys on attitudinal change during the academicterm in which the laboratory exercises were
context,and make a specific case for the importance of developing the cultural historical context ofdiversity in engineering.Our Ordinary Diversity ContextMany engineering education publications and presentations concerning diversity begin by settinga stage for one or more underrepresentation issues the paper will focus on. Providing some sortof context for thinking about diversity is important: it can inform the shrinking number ofreaders who remain completely uninformed about under-representation issues, it can clarifycertain immutable facts of the subject matter (for readers who may trust a gut intuition that doesnot correspond to reality), and it can set the stage for a shared understanding which a publicationcan build off of as it makes a
and Associate Provost in Hawaii; a College Director in Abu Dhabi, UAE; an Associate Professor and Assistant Provost in northern California; and an Assistant Professor and Director of Faculty Development in Florida. He has authored a textbook, an an- thology and published over 130 academic articles as well as offered hundreds of academic presentations. He has earned a B.S. in Oceanography from Florida Institute of Technology; an M.S. in Environmen- tal Engineering Sciences and a Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Florida. Dr. Hargis’ research agenda focuses on how people learn while integrating appropriate, relevant and meaningful in- structional technologies. c American
and nanostructure on ionic conduction and surface exchange in ceramic materials. In 2014, he moved to Northeastern University to focus on teaching and developing curriculum in the First Year Engineering program.Prof. Duncan Davis, Northeastern University Duncan Davis is an Assistant Teaching Professor in First Year Engineering. His research focuses on using gamification to convey course content in first year classes. Mostly recently, he has implemented a series of escape room projects to teach engineering to first year students through the process of designing, prototyping, and building these play experiences.Brian Patrick O’Connell, Northeastern University Dr. O’Connell is an assistant teaching professor in the
Social Thought and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Dickinson College.Dr. Matthew Frenkel, New York University Matthew Frenkel is the engineering librarian at NYU’s Bern Dibner Library, and an adjunct faculty in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon. He is a member of the ASEE Engineering librarian division (ELD). Matthew’s background is in the experimental study of optical whispering gallery sensors, but his current research interests are in how undergraduate and graduate engineering students develop their professional skills.Mr. Mikolaj Wilk, New York University Engineering Reference Associate at Bern Dibner Library c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
successfulprofessional practice.2,3 To fulfill this requirement, educators have developed team-orientedprojects and activities in engineering courses that help enhance and cultivate these skills.To work effectively in teams, students must master collaborative skills including efficientsharing and processing of information, collaborative problem solving, communication andconflict resolution among others. While some technologies have been found to supportcollaboration, they can also add a layer of complexity to the virtual team interaction. It has beensuggested that most existing engineering programs don’t fully incorporate the opportunity forstudents to master technology-supported teamwork as a core element of the curriculum.4,5 Inaddition, courses that use team
European Consortium of Innovative Universities, HP Development Company, Agencia Espa˜nola de Cooperaci´on Internacional para el Desarrollo and the University of Arizona. He is a member of the Mexican Council of Educa- tional Research, Vicepresident of the Latin American Physics Education Network (LAPEN), coordinator of the Evaluation of Learning and Instruction Topical Group within the International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP for French); member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in which he was member and president of the International Committee (2006-2008), president of the committee in 2008, member and president of the Philanthropy Committee (2011-2013), member of the Membership
Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Education Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assess- ment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. She has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for about 30 years. Dr. Larkin served on the Board of Directors for ASEE from 1997-1999 as Chair of
Christine Trinter is an assistant professor of mathematics education with the Center for STEM Education at the University of Notre Dame where she teaches mathematics content and assessment courses with the Institute for Educational Initiatives’ M.Ed. program and data visualization courses for the Notre Dame Education, Schooling, and Society minor. Dr. Trinter’s research focuses on factors affecting teacher development, curriculum design, and technology usage in the mathematics classroom and she serves schools both nationally and internationally providing professional development in these areas.Dr. Chaoli Wang, University of Notre Dame Dr. Chaoli Wang is an associate professor of computer science and engineering at the