belonging. We aim to interview 10 participants chosen at randomfrom Phase 1’s survey data. We are not targeting any specific students or experiences because wewant to know about all experiences, not just the exemplary, in order to understand variousaspects of first-generation students’ experiences in engineering technology. Participants will begiven $50 Amazon gift cards for their time.Qualitative data will be collected through semi-structured interviews, in person and virtuallyover Zoom. We anticipate that interviews will last about an hour, and participants will becompensated for their time with gift cards. The first half of the interviews will be used to buildrapport and gain an understanding of their backgrounds and decisions thus far for their
interests, it cultivates a positivelearning atmosphere, promoting intrinsic motivation and a desire to excel academically [7]. Thesymbiotic relationship between student motivation and the faculty's ability to engage creates anenvironment conducive to meaningful and impactful learning experiences.Cultural Sensitivity: Students often bring a rich tapestry of artistic and personal beliefs to thelearning environment, shaping their perspectives and influencing their approach to education.Recognizing and understanding these diverse beliefs is crucial for faculty to foster an inclusivelearning environment. Cultural and personal backgrounds can significantly impact a student'slearning style, preferences, and expectations [8]. Faculty members who take the
Paper ID #38333Creation of an Engineering Technology ProgramDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineer- ing and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow member. Throughout her career, she has supported engineering teams as a mathematician and provided complete life-cycle manage- ment of Information Systems as a Computer Systems Analyst for the U.S. Department of Energy; taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and fundamental engineering courses and served in several ad- ministrative
the team find three to four different ideas that they liked and then come together and choose one of those as a team.4.3 Art as a Communication Tool:Using the STEAM photovoice prompt, this theme is deducted. Art has many different benefitsincluding introspection and contemplation to consider different perspectives and ideas. In thisstudy, many students expressed the main benefit of art as a tool to enhance communication; inother words, art was used to better explain the product features and design. • I think virtual models are a very good way to explain an idea to an audience that may not know much about the topic or product. In the classroom setting I am personally primarily a kinesthetic learner but I also appreciate
were evaluated through surveys at the start, mid-pointand end of the program by an external program evaluator. Through these numerous surveys wedocumented student self-assessment of their change in knowledge and skills. After a year in theprogram most students (usually seven out of eight or eight out of eight) reported the programinfluenced their career area and their level of confidence pursuing a career area. Students as acohort dramatically increased their confidence in how to prepare an academic poster, participatein a professional meeting, plan a controlled experiment, engage in an effective mentoringrelationship, find an internship that matched their interests and explore graduate degrees thatinterest them. At the start of the program
electrical power is critical. For an Instrumentation Control Systems EngineeringTechnology (ICET) Program at Louisiana Tech University, hands-on projects are consistentlythreaded throughout the curriculum resulting in graduates who can design, plan, research, evaluate,test and implement electrical and electromechanical systems that span multiple engineeringdisciplines.To push the curriculum and its graduates forward, ICET faculty members are empowered tocontinuously develop and improve activities and projects for core courses. In Spring of 2022, asystems-level project was integrated into the sophomore-level Applied Thermodynamics course.A thermoelectric cooling system (TeCS) was developed in-house to allow students to experienceand measure
cameout that some faculty members were already allowing students to use these calculators. Afterdiscussion, the faculty voted to move forward with this proposal.Next, the department sought input from other constituent groups: industrial employers throughthe department’s Industrial Advisory Board, alumni, and current students.As representatives of companies in the region who hire our students and graduates, thedepartment sought input from our Industrial Advisory Board (IAB). With the IAB, thedepartment used surveys as well as discussions in IAB meetings.The proposal was presented and discussed at an IAB meeting on April 30th, 2021. A separate setof minutes covered this part of the meeting. The question put to the IAB members was this:would
- time, given the rapidly changing landscape of technology and industry needs. • Stakeholder Involvement: Involving various stakeholders, including industry professionals, alumni, and students, in the decision-making process is crucial. Balancing the diverse interests and expectations of these groups can be a challenge. • Interdisciplinary Integration: With the increasing importance of interdisciplinary skills in engineering, incorporating diverse subjects into the curriculum can be challenging. Coordinating efforts across different departments or schools within an institution can be complex. A positive engineering and education faculty collaboration is essential to bringing about real change in the
online synchronous mode, studentallowed to join only online. HyFlex course provides flexible opportunities to participate in-person,online synchronous and online asynchronous simultaneously. As long as student demographics of higher education continue to change, the challenges toaccommodate diverse learners also will exits. HyFlex course provides opportunities to servediverse group of students by combining different modalities rather than creating separate sections 2[2]. Diane Wright [3] performed a case study on adult and career education course. In this studyauthor found adult learners needs flexible learning environment to balance work, study, personallife and other commitment. HyFlex
factors that negatively affected it and consider how your motivation may have changed over time. 5. How did teaching an online lesson rather than an in-person lesson change the way this project affected you? For example, do you think you learned more or less as a result? Did you learn different knowledge or skills than you would have learned by preparing for and teaching a face-to-face lesson? Please explain your response. 6. What did you learn from working with the education students? Please explain. 7. How did this project affect your vision of teaching careers? 8. How has your understanding of fluid mechanics changed as a result of this project? As explained in detail in a previous publication [18], when analyzing
into two courses in the civil engineering technology program at the higher educationinstitution and explore the students’ understanding of sustainability-related content and measuretheir engagement with the material and confidence in carrying out the EOP learning outcomesthat aligned with respective courses. The goal is to increase students’ interest in sustainabilityprinciples and concepts and encourage other faculty to adopt the EOP framework for theircourses.BackgroundThe integration of sustainability principles, practices, and values is critical for engineeringeducation. Civil engineers, in particular, should demonstrate an understanding of sustainability toprepare them to address global challenges, promote ethical practices, meet industry