example that comes to the author’s mind is when in theearly 1990s the mechanical design assignment of estimating how much the flagpole in thequadrangle in front of the Setzer Student Center at Lamar would have deflected hadHurricane Alicia come through Beaumont in 1983 rather than through Houston. Theclass members had to first determine the best estimates for the physical and materialproperties of the flagpole, such as, height (about 30 feet), wall thicknesses of the severaltelescoping sections, and material’s stiffness and strength. They then used MSC.Nastranto make an FEA model5 to estimate the horizontal deflection at the tip of the flagpole.This was to be reported in a word-processed memo report as a semester project. Most ofthe students did
engineering educators? This paper presents a selective literature review guided by thesequestions, and concludes with a brief discussion of potential implications for engineeringeducators.IntroductionThe objective of this paper is to explore the ways literature describes the strategies high-achieving black men in engineering use to navigate the social, institutional, and cultural contextof their undergraduate engineering programs. We take a particular interest in the experiences ofthese men on undergraduate engineering project teams. Not only is successful performance onstudent teams indispensable to the undergraduate experience, but demonstration of the ability towork effectively in teams is essential to entering the engineering
the instructor and the students. Kahoot is an onlinetool to create and host interactive quizzes [16]. Students enter a username (their real name or anickname) and answer questions from their mobile device or laptop. Each question has a timelimit, and when the time is up, the correct answer is displayed, and the instructor reviews thequestion with the class. Pear Deck is a slide-based interactive learning tool that allows instructorsto create and integrate interactive activities on each slide during a lecture [17]. For example,students could be asked to draw a specific crystal structure on a certain slide. The instructor canthen anonymously project all the drawings to discuss the correct answer. Across both GSRSs, theinstructor facilitated a
concept mapping, and the development of mini projects could beincorporated into the assessment of the learning outcomes. This work is specifically relevant, asone of the major objectives of the educational process is for students to acquire theoretical andconceptual knowledge [32]. However, the educational imperative for engineering education goesbeyond this objective. Developing technical expertise also requires developing practical skillsthrough hands-on experiences. Instructional labs in engineering help translate conceptualknowledge to practical experiences that reflect real-world scenarios, which engineeringgraduates will encounter during their engineering careers. However, gaps often exist betweenthe skill sets that engineering employers
following objectives.• Provide financial and time-to-completion incentives for a masters degree.• Extend time to complete the thesis research project.• Increase graduate course options (extended period to take graduate courses).Also, the program creates new opportunities to talk to student early in their studies aboutgraduate school. Key features are that students must pursue the masters immediately after theBS degree and must take the thesis option. The faculty have an added mechanism for attractingthe best students in the department and for building the graduate research activity.The requirements for a masters degree did not change; the curriculum modifications were madefor the undergraduate degree requirements. Students in the program are
of her time at APL she worked on a wide variety of cybersecurity projects. Ms. Resch has a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland and an MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.Christina Gardner-McCuneKeyna Wintjen © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Cross-Sectional Survey of CS Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Cybersecurity AbstractCyber attacks are a common feature of current news and many of them are the result of easy toavoid vulnerabilities in software. It is imperative that students graduating from an undergraduateComputer Science (CS
Machine Learning for Kids [17], a learning environment thatprovides detailed instructions for students to generate machine learning projects in Scratch andother programming languages. The researchers selected activities since the activities had imageclassification and supervised learning components. The instructor assigned approximately half ofclassroom to each activity and invited students to move to a different table if they wished to dothe activity that they were not assigned, leaving agency for students to select their activity. Nostudents changed tables. Car or Cup? is a game in which students select images (sourced fromthe internet) of cars and cups and use those images to train a machine learning model that sortscars and cups on a
participants’ experiences andengagement may not be similar. Practitioner C shared that that it is incumbent upon thepractitioner to create numerous opportunities and options for engagement in virtualprogramming. In addition to learner diversity, adaptability to the participants’ environment andtheir access to resources is important. Practitioner B stated: “In a classroom setting, I typically provide all the materials needed for a structure challenge. In preparing for the virtual structural challenge, I gave the students a lot of options for the challenge. I made sure that all project materials needed could be easily found in the home. For example, for our structure challenge, I suggested students use items like empty
Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student mo- tivation and their learning experiences. Her projects focus on student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, development of problem solving skills, self-regulated learn- ing, and epistemic beliefs. She earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022Lived Experiences of African American Engineering Students at a PWI Through the Lens of Navigational CapitalIntroduction There are significant disparities
this? 2. Metacognitive Self-assessment - How do you determine if you understand a particularly difficult concept covered in class? 3. Goals and Beliefs - When you are struggling with a challenging problem/project in your class, what is the process you use to get through those challenges? How do you feel when doing this?Early emerging themes related to the interview question analysis include a general understandingof the importance and likelihood of learning new concepts continually while working in aprofessional role. Students expressed growth in understanding the acceptance of reaching out forassistance from other students and faculty after exploring information on their own as they workthrough challenges in their academic
, in December 2012. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department from the Uni- versity of Toledo, Toledo, OH. He worked in the Hardware Oriented Security Lab at the University of Toledo and served as Project Manager with General Electric GE. His research interests include hardware- oriented security and Trust, Machine Learning Algorithms, Optimization Techniques, Neural Networks, and their applications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Studies of Autonomous UAV-UGV Teams in Construction Applications: A Survey from Advances and Challenges Perspective Coradino Colasurd
Engineering with emphasis in Construction Engineering and Management. His area of concentra- tion is construction safety, and in particular Prevention through Design. Upon graduation, he worked for four years as an Assistant Professor at UNC-Charlotte. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA, USA).Dr. Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University, with a background in struc- tural engineering and project management. Dr. Mosier has received regional and international teaching awards through the Associated Schools of Construction. Research interests include the
in-person laboratory experiences. The course used the video conferencing clientZoom as the primary method of communication. If virtual and in-person learning was happeningsynchronously, the Zoom call was projected in the classroom so that all students could see andhear each other. A video and audio feed was also available from the classroom so that studentscould hear each other across platforms.ResultsThe results of both Cohort A and Cohort B’s activities were extremely promising. Students inCohort A had statistically significant improvements in the number of other students they feltcomfortable working with over the course of the semester. At the start of the semester, studentsidentified in the survey that they were willing to work with an
MBA from Butler University. Dr. O’Leary has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses at UTC, including Groups and Teams in Organizations, Training and Development, Current Topics in I-O Psychology, Introduction to I-O Psychology and Introduction to Psychology. Before starting his PhD, Dr. O’Leary worked for 14 years in various management positions at Western Electric, AT&T and Lucent Technologies, primarily in government contracting, accounting and project management. Dr. O’Leary has also provided consulting services to local, regional and international organizations.Dr. Bart L. Weathington, WECO Solutions Dr. Weathington is founder and managing consultant at WECO Solutions where he focuses on the applica
Management. The course istypically offered in fall and spring semesters with enrollment of approximately 90 students eachsemester. The course exists to introduce the management functions of planning, organizing,motivating, and controlling. Further, the course analyzes the application of these functions inresearch, design, production, technical marketing, and project management and studies theevolution of the engineering career and the transition to engineering management.The course was regularly delivered in a traditional format with two 75-minute classroomsessions each week, including lecture by the instructor with student response to questions usingclickers. Assessment typically involved individual assignments and several multiple-choiceexams each
general.Consistent with our guiding conceptual model, features characteristic of this summer camp,including connecting lessons to the real-world with applications, team building, and professionaldevelopment, seem to matter. Indeed, given that students had no prior experience in coding, theweek-long activities appeared particularly effective in instilling a sense of competence in theparticipants, which may encourage students’ future participation in STEM related educationalpathways and careers. In addition, the camp likely facilitated students’ feelings of autonomy byallowing them to engage in self-directed activities, such as coming up with their own ideas forshowcase projects. A sense of relatedness is also likely a consequence of the camp, as
program, a hands-on experience is expected mostly through laboratory classes [4-6]. Theyusually enjoy laboratory classes and look forward to implementing what they had learnt in bookcourses. But most importantly, since project/lab-based learning is one of the most effective andbetter resonating methods of learning, and one that distinguishes between engineering programs[5, 6]; engineering students immediately feel that they are getting their money’s worth whenengaging in a laboratory environment. Different engineering schools struggled to convince their students with “emergency”remote laboratory classes as an alternative to in-person laboratory classes [7, 8]. As ABET has notrelaxed any accreditation requirements, it was mandated that
to argue that because they are by their nature contingent, an informationgiving curriculum based on a collection of traditional disciplines is unlikely to developtechnological competency. The most likely curriculum to develop technological competencywill be problem/project based, accompanied by a study of qualitative engineering. Because itis likely to require students to obtain knowledge independently, and because individuals andorganizations learn, its base should be an active understanding of the nature of learning.Some examples of transdisciplinary programmes are mentioned together with sometransdisciplinary texts, but they err on the side of information giving rather than problemsolving and critical thinking which lie at the heart of
time [15], [20]. However, by better understanding how people think abouttechnology, and what they consider right and wrong, educators and policymakers would bepositioned to anticipate and respond more effectively to problems as they arise [55]. Forexample, the Moral Machines project sheds light on how people think about the ethics ofautonomous vehicles, as well as the effects of culture and nationality on these judgments [56].Next, claiming the ultimate goal of ethics education should be ethical behaviors does not meanthat curricula need to/should teach specific behaviors [8], [21]. Rather, it simply means thatdecisions about what is taught, assessed, and how are guided by the ultimate goal of increasingethical behaviors. As was mentioned
undergraduate engineer- ing students. She is completing this project in collaboration with faculty members from educational and counseling psychology. With this work, they aim to better understand the help-seeking beliefs of under- graduate engineering students and develop interventions to improve mental health-related help-seeking. Other research interests include engineering communication and integration of process safety into a unit operations course.Dr. Joseph H. Hammer, University of Kentucky Associate Professor of Counseling PsychologyDr. Ellen L. Usher, University of Kentucky Ellen L. Usher is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She received her PhD in educational studies from
the effectiveness of lessons. These lessons are not immune tothat impact. Future research will focus on tailoring these and all modules to the blended learningdelivery system with which we are now faced.To that end, the project is currently ongoing and specific aspects of the modules designed andintroduced to the course in question will continue to be adjusted to better facilitate learning. Thecore concepts of the modules as realized through the methods discussed will remain the same,but future research will focus on continuing to tailor the learning delivery system. This will notonly improve the lessons themselves but will require considered practice of the lesson delivery,which will echo the sentiments of the previous section in building
prediction by developing models that take advantage of new information and process understanding enabled by new technology. He has developed a number of models and software packages including the TauDEM hydrologic terrain analysis and channel network extraction package that has been implemented in parallel, and a snowmelt model. He is lead on the National Science Foundation HydroShare project to expand the data sharing capability of Hydrologic Information Systems to additional data types and models and to include social interaction and collaboration functionality. He teaches Hydrology and Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources.Prof. Clinton S. Willson, Louisiana State University
collaborate on multidisciplinary teams addressing real world challenges and with industry engagement. College signature programs include the Texas A&M I-Corps Site, Ag- giE Challenge, INSPIRES, and two annual Project Showcases. Magda is the Principal Investigator of the Texas A&M University I-Corps Site grant and has been active in promoting entrepreneurship both at the local and national level.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a
sections with 16 and 40 students, andtwo online with 40 and 45 students. Two instructors: Author-1 and Author-3 taught the course.Newnan et al. [16] 14th edition was used as the textbook. After nine weeks into the semester, inthe middle of March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the university decided to change themode of all course delivery to virtual only in order to avoid any physical meetings. The onlinesection students were already in the virtual mode, i.e., receiving the learning modules, recordedlecture videos, discussion forums, assignments, exams, group project, etc. via Blackboard courselearning management and interacting with the instructor via email or Blackboard. But the on-campus section students were used to going to the class and
Structural Engineering at UC San Diego and the President of eGrove Education, Inc. She incorporates education innovations into courses (Peer Instruction, Project- based learning), prepares next generation faculty, advises student organizations, and is committed to fos- tering a supportive environment for diverse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies for large classrooms and developing K-16 curriculum in earthquake engineering and spatial visualization.Mrs. Melissa Wendell, Tempe Union High School District - Mountain Pointe High School (ENGR102HS - UofA) Melissa Wendell is a dedicated mentor and teacher at Mountain Pointe High School. In the past 16 years, she has taught all levels of physical science
depend on the kinds of questions instructors ask, the use of supportivefeedback, and their attention to issues of content versus formatting and editing concerns.The one-page letter report assignment provides a balanced time and length for students to write.However, this type of written assignment mainly emphasizes narrative writing with fewerfocuses on preparations of figures, tables, equations, and reference citation. Therefore,department-level efforts in the engineering major should be made to allow students to practice allaspects of technical writing in the curriculum from first-year courses to the senior capstonedesign project. Because the survey results from this study show that almost no one in thislaboratory course visited the university
multivariant chemical processes, as well as toprovide them with a flexible computational tool for their analysis.2. Institutional Setting and Program IllustrationFollowing a 2016 curriculum revision, the CBE Department at CSM has provided a new requiredsophomore-level course: Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering (CMCE), which isoffered simultaneously with MEB as a corequisite. The main instructional goals of the CMCEcourse are to provide students with exposure to the computational tools used throughout the latercurriculum in course projects and assignment calculations, as well as to provide limitedinstruction on programming techniques (flowsheet generation and coding), a dedicated course forwhich had been absent in the curriculum since 2002
Paper ID #34995Introduction to Engineering Virtual Labs - Challenges and ImprovementsDr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. John Peter Voccio, Wentworth Institute of Technology Assistant
reason, we pay greatimportance to educate our society in security, privacy, routers and access points —[Please see Appendix-ethics with this case study of IoT technologies. Figure 3]. DD-WRT is one of a handful of third-party firmware projects designed to replace theFor the purpose of education, we have uploaded our manufacturer's original firmware with customproject to GitHub1 as open source so that instructors firmware offering additional features such as trafficwithin this scope can demonstrate our tools. The inspection, SSH tunneling, etc.documentation includes a README, which describesthe functions involved in the respective
aqualitative paper outlining our student chapter experiences over the course of 2020’sunprecedented events. We also documented our writing experience, including future paper ideasand their anticipated project timelines, so that future officers will have a streamlined pathway topursue more involved ASEE conference papers.Chapter 3: Executing an informed pivot in chapter roles & responsibilities (June-December 2020)3.1 New strategies for increasing participation/engagementBased on feedback from our expert elicitation, we aimed to improve advertising of our chapter’sevents. Before the start of the academic year, we updated our website with current information(including our mission and values statements) and integrated a calendar on our homepage