the modern construction industry's increasing demand fortechnology-related expertise to manage construction projects. Construction companies aremoving towards managing projects through immersive technologies, Artificial Intelligence, anddigital twin technologies. Specifically, after COVID, these technologies helped the industry tohandle projects from different locations. Hence, the new concentration aims to provide a trackfor the students of CM to learn and utilize these technologies in the classroom and environmentand implement their skills during their co-ops and full-time opportunities. The VDCconcentration will include 15 credits of courses, including 2 CM required courses, 2 CMelectives, and 1 Capstone project course.The new
Paper ID #42477Bridging the Gap: Exploring Real-Life Experiences of Engineering Facultyin Implementing EBIPsStephanie Adams, Oregon State University Stephanie Adams is currently enrolled as a doctoral student at Oregon State University, where she is working towards her PhD in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education. Her current research focuses on the adoption of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) among engineering faculty members. Additionally, she is investigating the identity development of engineering students in capstone courses.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University
twoinstances (A2 and E2), there were other educators involved. In both cases, the educator reportedhaving to explain ungrading and negotiate the use of ungrading in order to arrive at the ultimatedecision. Further, in the case of E2 (the capstone course), there was a department expectationthat a significant portion of the grade would be based on student performance.Dimension: Emphasis. Across the instances of ungrading, there were three instances in whichungrading mediated the entire grade (A1, A2, and E1). In the remaining instance (E2), studentswere told that the ungrading effort would account for 30% of the grade (and the rest of the gradewould be based on the capstone project effort).The notion of tradeoffs may not be relevant to motivations, but
twofold: to discuss the challenges ofadopting XR technologies and to share practices, strategies, and mindsets for faculty-led projectsin STEM education, emphasizing a bottom-up rather than a top-down organizational approach.The implication of this ongoing project is to utilize an approach by which all faculty, staff,students, and administrators collaborate to understand more about all stakeholders’ needs beforeadopting technologies for teaching and learning. The paper outlines a framework for requirementgathering in the adoption of technologies such as XR applications for teaching and learning inSTEM fields. This framework aims to assist faculty members interested in either leading orcontributing to technology adoption initiatives at their
, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia TechCurricular Problem. Developing communication skills that target non-technical audiences,particularly the general public and community stakeholders impacted by mining operations.Solution. Integrating a communications-based “Sustainability Project” into a sophomore levelcourse on leadership, ethics, and responsible mining. The project consists of two deliverables: awritten op-ed and an Oxford style debate.8Educational Environment. Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineeringinitiated its “Writing and Communications Program,” in the mid 1990s to develop critical spoken,written, and visual communication skills that its graduates will quickly rely upon early in theircareers
Engineering School, then as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State in 2019. Her research focuses on sensors, combining organic materials, including polymers and biological cells, with conventional devices.Dr. Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park Vincent P. Nguyen is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a founding member of the Environmental and Socially Responsible Engineering (ESRE) group who work to integrate and track conscientious engineering aspects throughout the undergraduate educational experience across the college. His efforts include formally integrating sustainability design requirements into the mechanical engineering capstone projects
hands-on projects, laboratorycourses, capstone design projects, internships, participation in student organizations, andstudent-led competitions. Such experiences enable students to actively engage inproblem-solving and critical thinking in an environment approximating their likely role in societyafter completing their degree, enriching their understanding of the field and the value of theesoteric theory they learn in the program. The recent proliferation of Makerspaces and rapidprototyping facilities at educational institutions [43-44] underscores the growing value placed onexperiential learning within engineering education [46-47], indicating a significant shift towardsmore immersive and practical learning methodologies. Consequently, the
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University Elliott Clement is a doctoral student at Oregon State University. His current research is using grounded theory to understand identity and motivation within the context of capstone design courses. He is also part of a research team investigating context-specific affordances and barriers faculty face when adopting evidence-based instructional practices in their engineering courses.Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor - Engineering Education division at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research is focused on examining translation of engineering education research in prac- tice, assessment and evaluation of dissemination initiatives and
-Based Enterprise”, and “6: MBSE Capstone Project”. These aredesigned to provide students with enough knowledge and practice to enable them to startapplying MBSE in their professional environments.The interview protocol was constructed to understand instructor experiences using the modules,the scaffoldings they provided to learners, and the effectiveness of the modules as perceived bythem. All the participants in this WIP were involved in the module design process as contentselectors or as content producers. Content selectors were responsible for content selection andestablishing main course goals in the modules while collaborating with instructional designers onthe pedagogical approach. Content producers were in charge of transferring the
of technical projects that empower the next generation of engineering students.Francisco Osuna, The University of Texas at El Paso Francisco Osuna is a Software Engineer with a Master’s in Computer Science from The University of Texas at El Paso with over 15 years of experience designing and developing robust software systems. Francisco spearheaded the design and development of Engage, a groundbreaking student success information management system that has been adopted by over 25 national academic institutions. This project alone has transformed academic administration by streamlining processes, reducing reporting overhead by an impressive 95%, and delivering on-time results through meticulous project management.Angel
sources were part of a larger research project with the researchethics protocol approved by the Canadian university.In the survey, instructors were asked about the changes in their teaching practices and theirprofessional development activities from 2020 to 2022; their perceptions of certain teachingpractices in terms of teaching effectiveness; and their views on how to move forward. Theresponse rate of the instructor survey was 20%, based on the completed 81 responses. Of the 81instructors who completed the survey, 64% were tenure-stream faculty members, and 36% wereteaching-stream faculty members or sessional instructors. The respondents had varying lengthsof teaching experience, with 43% having taught more than 20 years, 29% having 11 to 20