championed more than 20 STEM outreach programs, impacting over 500 K-12 students. His contributions to education have been lauded with awards, including the College Educator of the Year by the Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY). A staunch advocate for hybrid teaching, Prof. Yung promotes a holistic learning environment rich in hands-on projects, experiential activities, and peer collaboration, a marked shift from conventional pedagogies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing Engineering Capstone Design Preparedness: A Systematic Curriculum ApproachIntroductionEngineering education is pivotal in equipping students with the technical and
approach is often developed as either engineering faculty andstudents participating in an interdisciplinary effort or engineering departments implementingethics education across multiple engineering classes. Most of the literature studying ethics acrossthe curriculum focuses on institutions which do either the former or the latter, but not bothsimultaneously. However, assessment of student learning outcomes showed that if bothapproaches are used simultaneously and are purposefully connected with each other, the capacityof students to identify ethical systems and practical foundations for making judgments isimproved, and students are better able to apply an ethical system to value judgments.As part of an intermediate engineering design class
Paper ID #43538A New Personalized Learning Approach Towards Graduate STEM Education:A Pilot in Chemical EngineeringDr. April A. Dukes, University of Pittsburgh Dr. April Dukes is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL at the University of Pittsburgh. April’s research and teaching efforts engage graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to inform and support systemic change toward excellence and inclusivity in higher education.Ms. Valerie E. Kerr, University of Pittsburgh Valerie E. Kerr serves as the Graduate
ETD 335 A New and Innovative Approach to an Industry and University Engineering and Engineering Technology Partnership Rob Gies, Newport News Shipbuilding; Resit Unal, Old Dominion University; Chuck Keating, Old Dominion UniversityAbstractThis paper provides an overview of the development and resulting product of a collaborativeindustry-university engineering and engineering technology certification program. In the Springof 2017, Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Engineering Management and Systems EngineeringDepartment (EMSE) approached Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) with a concept to
discussionforum was established for each case study, whereby every student contributed an originaldiscussion thread and engaged in at least two responses to a peer's contribution. In addition,students were actively encouraged to engage in questioning and responding within the discussionand not just limited to their particular case study.The outcomes of this new pedagogical approach have been remarkably positive. The onlineformat promoted increased interaction, richer and more profound discussions, higherparticipation rates, and well-thought-out responses. Students benefited from extended reflectionand research time compared to traditional in-class presentations, resulting in a morecomprehensive understanding of engineering ethics. This innovative method
Engineering in 2009 from the Imperial College of London and his doctoral degree in 2020 from the University of Georgia, College of Engineering.Jack Yang, New York University Tandon School of Engineering ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Interactive Platform for Team-based Learning Using Machine Learning ApproachAbstractThis complete evidence-based paper explores the feasibility of developing an interactiveplatform with chatbot feature to facilitate project-based learning. Teamwork pedagogy is widelyused in engineering courses, particularly in first year (cornerstone) and senior-year (capstone)design courses, but also across the curriculum. Faculty have several
Paper ID #45074Workshop: Milestones-Based Structured Active Learning Approach to ImproveStudent Performance in Engineering CoursesDr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish Borgaonkar works as an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Newark College of Engineering (NCE) located in Newark, New Jersey. He has developed and taught several engineering courses primarily in first-year engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and general engineering. He has won several awards for excellence in instruction; most recently the Saul K
Paper ID #42351WIP: Impact of an Authentic Introductory Computer Programming Courseon New BAE Undergraduate Students’ Learning Motivation and Interest inthe DisciplineDr. Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 WIP: Impact of an authentic introductory computer programming course on new BAE undergraduate students’ learning motivation and interest in the disciplineIntroductionFrom automating tasks to analyzing large amounts of data, or solving complex mathematicalproblems, computer programming is a fundamental skill for engineering
Paper ID #43606Utilizing Micro-Credentials to Infuse Renewable Energy Concepts into EngineeringTechnology CurriculumDr. Khosro Shirvani, State University of New York, Farmingdale Khosro Shirvani, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College (FSC). His research areas include Tribology, Additive Manufacturing of Metals, Renewable Energy, and Engineering Education. Since 2011, He has worked on projects sponsored by The Boeing Company, the National Institute of Standards & Technology, and National Science Foundation. Over the past 8 years, he has developed and taught
a shortage of both newand experienced engineers in RF engineering. The complete RF engineering curriculums are notgenerally offered at the undergraduate level. As providers of engineering technology education,when designing a new course or a program, we must consider the applicability and practicality ofthe course contents and the program. A micro-credential is a certificate program that helps studentsacquire knowledge, skills, and experience in a highly focused area by completing three or fourrelevant courses. The micro-credential in RF engineering for students in engineering technologyprograms must also be designed and implemented in such ways that the courses in the micro-credential are as self-contained as possible so that it does not
Paper ID #43804A Holistic Approach to Civil Engineering Capstone DesignProf. Sarath Chandra Kumar Jagupilla P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Jagupilla (Prof. J) is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also a licensed professional engineer, a board-certified environmental engineer, an ASCE ExCEEd graduate and an ABET PEV (program evaluator) for AAEES. Prof. J serves as the instructor for civil engineering senior design, probability and statistics for engineers, modeling and
British Columbia, where he serves as the program advisor for the Manufacturing Engineering undergraduate program. Casey’s research interests include multi-campus instruction and the development of open educational resources.Abbas Hosseini, University of British Columbia, Vancouver ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Reflections on Multi-campus Teaching in a New Manufacturing Engineering ProgramAbstractIn 2019, the University of British Columbia (UBC) initiated a new multi-campus manufacturingengineering program involving two campuses situated over 450 km apart. Each institution isresponsible for managing its own curriculum and specialization within manufacturing
neutronics and thermal hydraulics to radiation biophysics and nuclear waste managementpolicy. We note that several textbooks were unintentionally not included in this analysis andshould be included in further studies. These include [28], [29], [30]. When faculty teach courses,textbooks are not always available, thus a compilation of course notes and journal articles iscreated. Such compilations are sometimes the basis of new books that are written, thus out of thenecessity of teaching courses and evolving the curriculum. Although there exists no primarytextbook or set of books that is exhaustive of nuclear engineering curricula, an analysis of someof the nuclear engineering textbooks that are available today offers a starting point for howknowledge
to coordinate/facilitate such an expansion, especially as the college’s enrollment andofferings continue to grow.Conclusion and future workUndertakings similar to the ones described in this paper have no doubt taken place at multipleinstitutions over the years. Yet, at least anecdotally, embedding a writing-focused faculty memberand communication-rich activities in an engineering curriculum is still uncommon enough thatmany of the comments from new colleagues at conferences about this work involve some versionof “This is such an important undertaking — I wish we had something similar!” It is a credit toany engineering institution that they would choose to devote funding and resources to enhancingtheir students’ discipline-focused
curriculum andsome heavily rely on the senior design course or the capstone project to achieve this. Based on datacollected over the past few years in the Mechanical Engineering department at Texas A&M, werealized that our students are not ready for the capstone experience. This triggered a multi-year NSF-funded project, aiming to better equip our students with the much-needed “soft” teamwork skillsbefore they start their engineering careers. Finding time to fit new teachings materials into analready busy and dynamic curriculum can be a challenge. Substantial changes to the currentcurriculum are not feasible either. Another important consideration is our class size. The MechanicalDepartment at Texas A&M has close to 500 students involved in
Paper ID #41055Implementing PackML in the Engineering and Technology CurriculumDr. Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Maged B.Mikhail, Assistant Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Technology Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, August 2013. Dissertation title: aˆ CDevelopment of Integrated Decision Fusion Software System ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Implementing PackML in the Engineering and Technology CurriculumAbstractPackML (Packaging Machine Language) is an automation standard widely
Paper ID #43184Asset-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning: Community and Culturein an Undergraduate Engineering Research Program at a Hispanic ServingInstitutionDr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, EdD is a STEM education researcher at New Mexico State University. She focuses her research on qualitative/mixed methods studies addressing minority and underrepresented student college performance and persistence through high-impact practices, particularly in STEM disciplines. Her main lines of inquiry examine best practices in mentoring and promotion of
higher education.Asma WasfiMohammad HayajnehBisni Fahad Mon, United Arab Emirates UniversityAmeer Slim, University of New Mexico ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing Academic Pathways: A Data-Driven Approach to Reducing Curriculum Complexity and Improving Graduation Rates in Higher Education Ahmad Slim† , Gregory L. Heileman† , Husain Al Yusuf† , Ameer Slim‡ , Yiming Zhang† , Mohammad Hayajneh• , Bisni Fahad Mon• , Asma Wasfi Fayes• {ahslim@arizona.edu, heileman@arizona.edu, halyusuf@arizona.edu, ahs1993@unm.edu, yimingzhang1@arizona.edu, mhayajneh@uaeu.ac.ae
) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design Education) from Stanford University.Prof. Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Bala Maheswaran, PhD COE Distinguished Professor Northeastern University 367 Snell Engineering Center Boston, MA 02115 ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Unique, Action-Oriented, Collaborative Approach to Co- Creating a New Open-Source Sustainability Teaching Guide under a Creative Commons LicenseThe Interdivisional Town Hall (ITH) session at the ASEE Annual Conference offers theopportunity for members from different divisions and unaffiliated attendees to come together todiscuss topics of interest across the society
diversecommunity of educators and science learners [8].Present StudyThe present work-in-progress research utilizes the WISE platform to advance an original social-justice oriented science curriculum which will be scalable to a diverse set of middle schoolscience teachers and learners. The final product will improve students’ argumentation skills,conceptual understanding, and scientific literacy by engaging learners in the following activities: ● Exploring the varied structures/functions of organs, organ systems, and scientific arguments; ● Learning about emergent solutions in biomedical engineering to prolong the storage of human organs; ● Constructing evidence-based arguments in the form of policy proposals designed to mitigate racial
Paper ID #42441The Impact of the New DEI Landscape on Minoritized Engineering Students’Recruitment and RetentionJordan Williamson, CSEdResearch Jordan Williamson graduated with a BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests center on minority experiences in the American Education System.Dr. Julie M. Smith, CSEdResearch.org Dr. Julie M. Smith is a senior education researcher at CSEdResearch.org. She holds degrees in Curriculum & Instruction and Software Development. She also completed a doctoral program in Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. Her research focus is
, provide differentlevel of quality awareness and methodologies used in engineering. Basically, the programs sharethe offering and introduce simple concepts of quality through courses like Probability andStatistics, and Manufacturing Processes. Some of the programs go further and include SPC andsimilar introductory topics.As a faculty member in an Engineering Technology Department, a Six Sigma certified at theMaster Black Belt level, and with years of experience training industrial professionals in SixSigma, I studied the curriculum and analyzed quality components of existing programs. Thisanalysis concluded that the abstract approach that most of the graduates have been throughduring their college education did not help to establish a link to the
develop curriculum that improve students’ contributionto society and that encourage students to seek opportunities to create value when designing. Thismodule has the potential to meet the need of higher-educational institutions’ mission to supportDEI initiatives on campuses.Keywords: student engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Entrepreneurial-MindedLearning (EML), Kern Engineering Entrepreneurial Network (KEEN) frameworkIntroductionHigher education institutions are currently seeking new approaches to address the new ABETcriteria to include diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in engineering education. Institutions arecurrently seeking methods to integrate DEI into curriculum, assessment, workplace climate,faculty practice and
usually not achieved the desired results(Pierzalowski et al., 2021). Educators have known for quite a while that students’ experiencesand perceptions about how STEM subjects are usually taught often contribute to their choices notto choose a STEM major (Dischino, et al., 2011). Current approaches often lack frameworks forequity-centered instruction, hindering its potential (McGowan & Bell, 2020). Fortunately, thereare clues in the literature that indicate STEM curricula should expand beyond its knowledge-centric orientation. In response, a new foundational engineering course at USAFA attempts tobuild upon students' existing knowledge, interests, and identities as well as the transdisciplinaryand dynamic nature of engineering in practice
, where traditional teachingmethods and curricula are revaluated and updated. Faculty members play a crucial role in thistransition, as they need to embrace new teaching approaches and often step outside theircomfort zones. Despite these challenges, the push towards entrepreneurial education inengineering is gaining momentum. It is being driven by the recognition that the engineers oftomorrow need to be adaptable, innovative, and ready to face the challenges of a rapidlychanging world. This evolution in engineering education is not just a response to marketdemands, it is a necessary step in preparing students to be leaders and innovators in a worldwhere engineering and entrepreneurship are increasingly intertwined.In conclusion, the integration
-Based Learning (PBL) approach has been widely embraced as a teaching method,fostering collaboration among students to achieve a shared goal, and gaining knowledge and skillsthrough the exploration of engaging and complex problems for a specific period. While extensivelystudied in various educational contexts, from elementary to higher education, there has beenlimited exploration of the use of a design-project approach within PBL to enhance students'learning experiences. This paper illustrates examples of incorporating a design-project approach into the kinematicscourse, a pivotal component of the mechanical engineering curriculum. The design-project methodintegrates PBL principles, requiring students to apply theoretical knowledge to create
-Piñera, et al., “Design and integration of a problem-based biofabrication course into an undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum”, J Biol Eng 10, 2016, 10.[3] A.B. Abell, “Embracing Ambiguity: A Framework for Promoting Iterative Design Thinking Approaches in Open-Ended Engineering and Design Curricula”, 2017.[4] S. R. Daly, C. M. Seifert, S. Yilmaz, R. Gonzalez, "Comparing Ideation Techniques for Beginning Designers", ASME. J. Mech. Des. October 2016; 138(10): 101108.[5] T.C. Davies, J. Manzin, M. Meraw, et al., “Understanding the Development of a Design Thinking Mindset During a Biomedical Engineering Third-Year Course”, Biomed Eng Education 2023, 3, pp.123–132.[6] A. S. T. Wong, & C
transdisciplinary ontology model for engineering education[42].Additionally, curriculum development and integration in engineering education have employedan ontological approach. Bussemaker et al. (2017) presented a method for continuous reflectionand evolution of chemical engineering curricula, utilizing ontology to model topics, modules,and learning outcomes, demonstrating its effectiveness in curriculum development andintegration through a case study [43]. Moreover, proposing the digital transformation of thetransportation engineering program, Khabarova and Volegzhanina (2022) advocated for anontology-based concept and tools, emphasizing that standardizing education content throughontological concepts and relations enables the development of web
overview and a sample of initial findings categorizing equity-centered content.Project overview The goal of the NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) grant that includesthis effort is the development of a Teaching Engineering Equity (TEE) Center at the Universityof Michigan. The Center will support existing and new efforts aligned with the College ofEngineering’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategic mission and share initiatives withleaders similarly committed to equity-centered engineering education. Currently, the TEE Centerhas three main objectives: (1) designing and validating an evidence-based framework forcreating an equity-centered engineering curriculum; (2) generating and evaluating a collection ofDEI
-23 school year,through all three semesters or all four quarters of the academic year. In total, 35 differentchemical engineering programs were assessed. Of these programs, 29 are the top ranked nationalchemical engineering programs according to US News & World Report [9]; 6 additional stateschools from the PAC-12 represent the remainder. Using the assembled database, this workexamines departments' 4-year undergraduate curriculums, master programs, and the teachingload and composition of faculty members within the department. While there are limitations inrelying on some of these data sources, our work may serve to provide a snapshot of chemicalengineering curricula in the United States, to aid departments in comparing how their