-MACHINE SYSTEMS COURSE AND ROLE OF AI Along with the assignment write-up, students were asked tooutline the advantages and drawbacks of using AI for such A. HMS Course Profileacademic work. Of the 56 respondents, there were 115 open-ended responses indicating the merits of using Gen AI for this Human-Machine Systems (HMS) is a 5-credit senior-leveltype of project and 121 responses outlining the less effective and engineering course at Northeastern University, with multipleconcerning aspects of its use. The primary categories of positive assignments and laboratory sessions over a 15-week semester.responses reflected how students felt AI benefited them in This course focuses on the science behind safe
required for developing students’ essential skills [2].Although students who used ChatGPT in project-based, reflective, critical thinking, and research-related writing assessments have faced some challenges and shortcomings, they managed to getsatisfactory results with proper training and input. Therefore, the success rate relies on the level ofstudents’ understanding of ChatGPT usage and expected output. However, there is always a riskassociated with mastering this technique that can alter the balance of risk and reward for students[3].Methodology:This case study involved the introduction of a new module regarding Artificial Intelligence inengineering classrooms by looking at the use of generative and non-generative AI in anengineering technical
grand challenges. The INFEWS-ER concept and structure are highlightedin other papers [4] [5]. Since the INFEWS-ER was first proposed in 2016 with an initial list ofcompetencies curated from the experiences of project team members and literature, there was arecognized need to formalize the skills used and competencies developed in order to providestructure and support translation beyond INFEWS-ER. The initial list of competencies wasrefined and expanded using a comprehensive literature review and project assessment andreflection. The review and assessment/reflection activities occurred concurrently resulting initerative adjustments to one another throughout the project. The objective of this paper is topresent a literature-supported framework of
the USA, was the context for the selection of our participant. The goal of the course,taught by a Black, female associate professor in an engineering department, was that studentslearn from one another and think critically about whether and how systemic racism is enabled byengineering and technology, and where race matters are embedded in socio-technical systems(i.e., systems made up of people and technology). The 15 students enrolled in the Fall 2020course were graded on their participation in class discussions, their leadership of the classdiscussion for a single class period, weekly reflective essays in which they synthesize and reactto the assigned readings, and their final paper and presentation on race matters in the socio-technical
Performance Virtues Autonomy Compassion (Empathy) Citizenship Confidence Critical Thinking Courage Civility Determination Curiosity Gratitude Neighborliness Motivation Judgment Honesty Service Perseverance Reasoning Humility Volunteering Resilience Reflection Integrity Community Teamwork Resourcefulness Respect Awareness (Collaboration) Justice (Equity, Equality)It
within and across school districts. PD sessions includedtime for teachers to develop lesson plans, explore resources, and reflect on their learning.We used a mixed methods research design to investigate the impact of the PD program onteacher self-efficacy and classroom pedagogy with a focus on cultural relevance and engineeringdesign. Quantitative pre/post data was collected using three survey instruments: TeachingEngineering Self-Efficacy Scale (TESS), Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale(CRTSE), and Culturally Congruent Instruction Survey (CCIS). Qualitative data includedvideotaped classroom observations, individual teacher interviews after each design task, andteacher focus groups and written reflections during the summer and
experimentally characterize a commercial K95 and disposable nonsurgical masks (NSM) withelectrospuned nanofiber membrane used as a filtration unit in a facial mask. The goal is to enhancethe user's thermal comfort as heat generated from prolonged use causes fatigue, skin rash, anddiscomfort to an individual. The masks were modified using polycaprolactone nanofiber mesh toprovide better thermal comfort and protection against coronavirus and compare the results withthe commercially used KN95 and disposable masks. The IR transmittance rate of the filtrationlayers was investigated using the Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR). The higher IR transmittanceshows an excellent cooling effect of body temperature for PCL nanofibers (85%) compared tononsurgical (25
lacking.The goal of this work-in-progress is to establish methods that foster the development of effectiveteaching teams through the creation of upper-level senior/graduate BME courses. The authorsdeveloped a series of six virtual workshops to facilitate collaborative design of five BME coursesand the co-creation of team competencies and values, with the goal of fostering effectivelearning and team teaching outcomes. By the end of the collaborative course design program,teaching teams submitted their course syllabi for college approval, drafted an orientation for newteam members, and added a reflection of the team teaching to the post-delivery course evaluationprocess. The aim of sharing the process as well as the results of the workshop series
students read, reflect, and discuss various equity and justice-themedarticles. The second is four weeklong projects over the semester that require a sociotechnicalperspective to complete. Lastly, students complete an open-ended final project that requiresattention to equity dimensions in each project step. This paper will examine the students’responses to the weekly discussion reading on environmental racism.In this study, we focus on one week in which students read and reflected on two articles. Onewas an article from The Atlantic, titled “A New EPA Report Shows that Environmental Racismis Real” (Newkirk II, 2018). The other was an article from Vox titled, “There’s a clear fix tohelping Black communities fight pollution” (Ramirez, 2021). The
example, a Building Information Model [8]. High schoolstudents need to primarily learn 2D geometry, but 3D geometry can be used as motivation and aneventual goal. Besides standard motions (translations and rotations), the virtual model can beused to study scaling (dilations), reflections and shears which are not possible with the physicalmodel. For example, a 2D reflection can be implemented by lifting a triangle up out of the 2Dplane into 3D space, flipping it over and putting it down again in the plane [9]. From aneducational technology design and development perspective, the team’s general theoreticalcontext and learning sciences framework includes several key components, which havecollectively demonstrated effectiveness during previous NSF
(WIED) at ASEE convened a panel of current graduate students andpostdoctoral scholars to discuss visions of gender equity in engineering 130 years from now, whereall gender identities feel respected, experience gender equity, and are able to maintain a healthywork-life balance. The panelists reflected on their experiences on advancing womxn and genderequity in engineering, envisioned the progress that should be made in the coming 130 years, andshared ideas on how to achieve those visions, focusing on how dualistic thinking around genderand cis-normativity serve to marginalize womxn in engineering’s learning environments andworkplaces, as well as the critical ways that racial identity and gender intersect in womxn of colors’experiences
vectoractivities required students to create videotaped or written reflections with annotated picturesusing the models to explain their thinking around key concepts. Students made connectionsbetween abstract symbolic representations and their physical models to explain concepts such asa general 3D unit vector, the difference between spherical coordinate angles and coordinatedirection angles, and the meaning of decomposing a vector into components perpendicular andparallel to a line.The video and written data analyzed to inform the design of think-aloud exercises in one-on-onesemi-structured interviews between researchers and students that are currently in progress. Thispaper presents initial work analyzing and discussing themes that emerged from the
, and bothteam and individual reflection on team performance. The instructors emphasize the value ofdiversity, such as the need for each student’s voice to be sought, heard, and respected. Theprofessional skills developed in the course include project management, both formal andinformal presentations to varied audiences, formal documentation, budgeting, business cases, andconsideration of ethical issues related to their specific project.By emphasizing not just the project itself and the technical skills, but also focusing onprofessional skills in interdisciplinary, diverse teams, the course structure touches on aspects ofeach of the ABET 1-7 student outcomes.While it is a struggle to keep the workload manageable, employers and alumni frequently
Hazard Incident Initiating Event Preventative Actions and Safeguards Contingency Plan and Mitigating Actions Lessons Learned Figure 1: Safety Analysis of IncidentTo help understand how knowledge learned in their core course applies to process safety,students are asked to perform a few course-specific calculations and, depending on the course,interact with a simulation and answer questions regarding those simulations. To complete the“basic” process safety section, students are asked to assess the chemical hazard within theincident, fill out a Bow Tie Diagram for the incident (Figure 2), and then reflect on the incident.Additionally, more advanced
Miranda, SydneyBrown) and interviews with individuals injured in the Hyatt-Regency walkway collapse.Evidence for the impact on students from teaching methods that focused on personal stories incomparison to depersonalized approaches is demonstrated using reflective statements fromstudents and survey results. It is believed that including personal stories when teachingengineering ethics holds promise for impacting the ethical awareness and reasoning abilities ofstudents.IntroductionThe work of engineers has significant impacts on human well-being and the environment. Forexample, civil engineers design systems for clean drinking water, sanitation, and transportationinfrastructure that contributes to healthy living in urban settings. Biomedical
suggestions that engineering faculty members’ beliefs about knowledge and aboutteaching and learning may be linked to the difficulties in improving engineering education(Montfort et al., 2014). Our research question is: how do engineering faculty members at a singleinstitution describe good teaching? Methods1 This material is based upon work supported by the Kern Family Foundation (KFF) and the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the KFF or KEEN.WHAT MAKES “GOOD” ENGINEERING PEDAGOGY
self-efficacy directly relatedto engineering design with higher scores representing greater self-efficacy. There were eightengineering values items arranged on a 7 point Likert scale. Students’ scores on these 8 itemswere summed to create a composite Engineering Values Scale (EVS) with a possible range of 7to 56 points (α=.889, N=88). The items assess both general and specific aspects of the field ofengineering with higher scores reflecting greater valuation. There were nine engineering identityitems arranged on a 5 point Likert scale. Students’ scores on these 9 items were summed tocreate a composite Engineering Identity Scale (EIDS) with a possible range of 5 to 45 points(α=.897, N=78). Five of the items assess engineering identity salience
healthy strategies for coping with painful emotional experiences.In this paper, we summarize nascent insights from interviews conducted with faculty in the firstfull year of the investigation, which serve to address Objective 1. Reflecting our examination ofinterview transcripts from 14 faculty participants from two different university settings, weprovide a summary of patterns related to how perceive and navigate and how they process theemotional experience of failing to achieve such expectations.Professional shame in engineeringShame is an extremely painful experience that can greatly influence interpersonal behavior [1,11-14]. In the professional context, Huff, et al. [2] further specify the experience of shamethrough four primary
categorizedfrom five themes that emerged from student experiences in Phase 1: CBL structures,encountering unfamiliarity, interpersonal connections, the role of self, and the role of others.Those three categories of opportunities are: (1) CBL structures represent the structuralopportunity for students to engage with empathy through the pedagogical design of CBL; (2)Encountering unfamiliarity and interpersonal connections points to the social opportunity toallow the students to engage with empathy while interacting with others during CBL; and (3)The role of self and the role of others represent the interpretative opportunity to allow thestudents to further their empathy engagement by reflecting on their CBL experiences. Here is anexample of encountering
): Using Mobile Devices to Improve Student Interest in and Perceptions of Qualitative method 3 Learning Fluid Mechanics via Hands-on Flow Visualization and Experimentation Engineering Identity Qualitative method 3 During Phases 1 and 2, each participant was asked to submit bi-monthly quick reflection online. In all projects, in addition
per week was 6 hours and 39 minutes2. Podcasts have proven aparticularly effective tool during the COVID-19 pandemic3. And similarly, the Navy hasembraced alternative modalities for STEM outreach as highlighted by the recent Naval Horizonsinitiative4.ExecutionFor the initial run of the podcast series, we aimed to develop 10 episodes, eight of which have beenreleased as of this writing. A variety of recording formats were utilized in reflection of theevolution of pandemic-related restrictions, from zoom to face-to-face interview to seminarrecording. The audio recordings were edited as needed for podcast suitability, and uploaded to thepodcast hosting service Anchor which enables dissemination via major podcast distributionplatforms (Spotify
introduced to the analytic solution,which they will then use to compare to experimental results. The analytic solution containscalculating Reynolds number, radius ratios, and azimuthal velocities. The current experimentalresults show less than a 10% difference for the majority of the Couette flow field. However, largererrors are occurring at the surfaces of each cylinder. This error is likely due to reflections at thesurfaces of the cylinders and modifications to the current system are underway.KeywordsExperiential Learning, Particle Image Velocimetry, Flow VisualizationIntroductionAt the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, all mechanical, chemical, and civil, engineeringstudents participate in a junior-level fluid mechanics lab as a corequisite to
recreate one landscape from eachcategory. Even though it was only for extra credit, 30 students out of 55 in the class performedthe assignment. After recreating one landscape from each of the categories, the students took apicture of their results. The photographs and a written reflection about the assignment weresubmitted to the professor.STUDENT RESULTS AND REACTIONSI examined the reflections and photographs to gain insights into the learning outcomes of theassignment. In general, students accurately recreated the landscapes, although some were betterthan others. The students self-identified their level of knowledge regarding topographic maps.The majority (17 of 30) had worked with them in previous classes and could explain their use.An improved
reflect on their learning experiences and articulate their knowledge in a publicmedium [4]–[6]. However, ePortfolios have not been widely adopted in engineering education.BackgroundThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at a research university in the northeastern UnitedStates recently underwent a significant re-envisioning of its course offerings and requiredcurricula for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) program. Acomponent of this re-design included discussions about incorporating more project-basedlearning into required courses. Grounded in the constructionist theory that student learning isparticularly well supported when students are creating public artifacts with personal meaning [7],the co-authors of this paper
HurricaneKatrina and (3) the student selected research project on an engineered system that negativelyimpacted their local community. For each case, we discuss the learning goals of the givenactivity, how the activity was enacted for the class, and finally draw connections between theactivity and the theories of power it emphasized. After presenting the details of each case weshare our reflections on each of them as instructors. Our reflections explore what went well witheach activity, what challenges it had, and what we might change for future implementations.Study ContextThe three cases reported here all happened in a year-long senior capstone course for a multipledisciplinary engineering degree at a Mid Atlantic University with a large engineering
participants. Our poster will present anoverview of our: 1) conceptual model informing our data collection; 2) workshop developmentand implementation; and 3) instrument revision and piloting.Project OverviewThis project is a multi-case study with three phases in the research plan and two phases in theeducation plan. The project is guided by a conceptual model developed during Years 1 and 2 ofthe project. Phase 1 of the research plan is a single case study, which involves data collection atthe PI’s home institution, which is the current stage of the project. Part 1 of the education planrelated to developing and implementing Situational Judgment Inventories is currently underwayas well.Before we began collecting data, we reflected on the research
contexts [3]. Thesecontinual changes make T&E education unique from many content areas in that it is rapidlyevolving to provide students with the latest design thinking skills, technical skills, and manyother competencies. The name changes reflect a shift in the focus of the field to keep up withemerging societal needs and educational initiatives. While early manual arts and industrial artsprograms primarily focused on developing technical skills in students (predominantly males), thefield shifted toward a focus on the application of skills related to various technologies andimplementing design-based thinking to help all students become more technologically andengineering literate citizens and consumers. These name changes reflect the
was used when asking about theirdefinition of assessment. “...using this analogy, driving a car, I would like someone to be able to start the car, and drive around town, and do a couple basic tasks, without hurting someone, without hurting themselves…"By using this metaphor, we can see that this participant used assessment to assess whether or notstudents can perform a desired task, as opposed to, for example, assessing student understandingor knowledge.The participant then used the metaphor multiple times when explaining how they created theirtest questions. “Whether this particular aspect of a problem, I focused enough or not, that will reflect my current lecture. Did I pay too much attention in this
were devoted to design thinkingusing papercraft and rough prototyping materials. Fellows were provided with user bios and arough outline detailing how to structure the afternoons. During fellows’ practice, PL facilitatorsobserved and provided feedback.For the last stage of their fellowship, fellows developed a lesson plan integrating design thinkinginto their classroom instruction. After testing out lessons in their own classrooms, fellowsprovided NOVA with a copy of their lesson plans and a brief reflection explaining how theirlesson went and what advice they would give another educator who wanted to use their ideas.Results. Fellows completed a presurvey asking them whether they have past experienceintegrating design thinking / digital
of their degree, the intent behind course sequencing, and how they are developingthe necessary breadth and depth to be proficient in their future professional realms.Need for a Shared Advising ModelFaculty are one of the best resources for advising on topics related to their discipline and thetechnical curriculum. Most faculty do not have a background in student development theories,educational psychology, and/or experience in student affairs settings, making them ill-positioned(and often not comfortable) in helping students navigate the social and emotional landscape ofcollege life, reflect on personal development as they transition into adulthood, explore the non-technical aspects of their undergraduate experience, and interpret university