summer bridgeprograms; however, a few studies do show improved retention for summer bridge participants. Page 24.1140.3A study of 617 students who participated in the Georgia Tech summer bridge between 1990 and2000 found that underrepresented minority students who participated in the program were 19%more likely to graduate than their underrepresented minority peers who did not participate in theprogram 5. African American, Hispanic, and Native American student who participated inPurdue’s Academic Boot Camp showed higher retention rates and first semester grade pointaverages14.Institution Overview and Program ObjectiveThe College of Engineering
requirement of full-time status (12+ credits in fall/spring) became problematic for students whoneeded fewer than 12 credits in their last semester to graduate. Other students had scheduling challenges(e.g., 15 credits in one semester but 11 in the other), that threatened their eligibility. In Flit-GAP, after thefirst semester, the requirement for full-time status is interpreted to allow for these cases in which studentsare making progress toward graduation but cannot register for 12 credits in a particular semester .Common Program ActivitiesFlit-GAP provides positive, peer group cohorts for junior, senior, and eventually graduate-level students.Student development and support activities combine social and educational events to help these
Formation Week 1 Team Building Exercises Weeks 1&2 Project Requirements and Resources Weeks 2&3 Basic Work Plan, Preliminary Cost and Time Estimates Weeks 3-6 Site Layout/Design and Constructibility Reviews Weeks 6-8 Building Interior and Exterior Design Weeks 9-12 Overall Engineering Design, Revised Cost & Time Estimates Weeks 12-14 Final Report Week 15In order to check student progress, a number of written status reports were required to be submittedthroughout the semester. Additionally, two oral presentations were scheduled for each group as well asa final written report. Peer evaluation of group members also contributed to the student grade, asindicated in Table
structural response predictions through the manufacture and test of a test articlerepresentative of the component. A design-build-fly option is also available for some teams whochoose to further evaluate their designs through flight test. There are numerous objectives and atight schedule, and all teams must document their work, both in writing and in a series of formalpresentations.In order to better prepare these engineering students for their professional lives, the facultyteaching Aircraft Detail Design have incorporated social responsibility and professional ethicsinto the course content. The course content will be described, and then the iterative method usedfor teaching this content will be explained.A primary example of this type of ethical
engagement. Information, advice, and guidance in making informed higher education (HE) choices. Preparation, including developing realistic expectations and skills. Induction and transition support. Social engagement with peers and HE staff. Integrated or aligned academic development. A range of student services. Monitoring and data using. Comprehensive curriculum design, learning, teaching, and related assessments.Another study also showed that the most effective freshmen student retention programs addressseveral major components, including financial aid packages; course and laboratory availabilityand content; and the implementation of support mechanisms such as tutoring, mentoring,engagement, and
benchmark objectives. The 1 credit course, a with a total meeting timeof 30 hours over a 15-week semester, consisted of approximately 10-12 hours in class dedicatedto the design project, with an additional 4-6 hours in various forms of reporting. Teams wererequired to submit a written proposal and a final report, as well as make a formal teampresentation of their design.A very detailed course assessment tool was used to obtain student feedback at the conclusion ofthe exercise. This (assessment) included self and peer assessment by the students in reference tothe team design project. Students were also asked to provide detailed feedback about the qualityand relevance of lectures and the quality of instructions and specifications about the project.In
those from technical institutions, benefit more from Abstract - Project Based Learning (PBL) has emerged as hands-on experiences where they can see, hear, and a transformative methodology in engineering and interact with concepts in real time [1]. For example, if technology education, addressing the evolving needs of students in a CNC machining course only learned how students and the demands of modern industry. By to write G-code without ever seeing how the machine immersing students in real world challenges, PBL executes it, their understanding of CNC mechanisms enables them to design, implement, and evaluate solutions while developing critical technical and
,” thisevent fosters student engagement and introduces first-year students to opportunities that broadentheir participation and enhance their academic success in engineering. By providing a platformfor student organizations to highlight their work and recruit new participants, EngineerFESTencourages peer learning and interdisciplinary interaction, enhancing the educational experience.Representatives from Career Services, Libraries, Study Abroad, and Student Services participateto inform students about available resources and networking opportunities. Additionally, studentsfrom varied backgrounds are made to feel welcomed and included, fostering a sense of belongingthrough the active participation of organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers
Paper ID #38213Focus Study of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)Engineering ProjectsMs. Meredith Blumthal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Meredith Blumthal has been in the field of international education for 15 years. As the Director for In- ternational Programs in Engineering (IPENG) at the University of Illinois, she leads the study abroad initiatives and programming for the college. Ms. Blumthal’s team includes three study abroad advisors, a receptionist and peer advisors. Together the IPENG office provides study abroad advising, expertise, inter- national exchanges, and cultural
)Victoria ThomsenReed Jeffrey Forrest (Student Researcher)Jillian Seniuk Cicek (Assistant Professor)© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comDefining Engineering Education Research: The Elevator PitchAbstractWe are a group of Engineering Education Research (EER) graduate students in Canada, whereEER is a relatively nascent field of study. As such, we often find ourselves explaining the natureof the discipline to non-EER individuals or organizations. A key issue is that the audienceusually includes peers in engineering or granting agencies associated with engineering who maylack an understanding of the lexicon and epistemological approaches used within EER. If wewant their support, we need their
full of variety with the salient point being a passion for teaching and helping all individuals overcome common communication challenges.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is a professor of teaching for engineering communications at Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2018) and The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013). He is also founder of the popular websites Writing as an Engineer or Scientist (www.craftofscientificwriting.com) and the Assertion-Evidence Approach (www.assertion- evidence.com).Lori B. Miraldi, Pennsylvania State University Director of the Engineering Ambassadors Program College of
’ organizations such as oSTEM and LGBQTies(a student-developed queer organization). The form collected students' contact information andwas used to gauge overall interest. We also had the students write a few sentences describing theirinterest in the group to select for a reasonable pilot group size. We offered the reading group to allengineering students as an independent study class for credit. Faculty allies in each departmentagreed to sign off credit. In the pilot reading group, we had one student pursue this option.We received 13 total responses, 5 graduate students and 8 undergraduate students all LGBTQIA+identifying (even though the call for participants was open to all identities). We invited all 13students to participate; however, some were not
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands-on learning. Luchini-Colbry is also the Director of the Engineering Futures Program of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, which provides interactive seminars on interpersonal communications and problem solving skills for engineering
, students in the senior Biochemical Engineering elective course were assigned thetask of creating problems suitable for the BioEMB website. The problem creation was generatedfrom information in research papers on bioprocesses. Coupled with a rubric for the problemdevelopment and some mentoring by the faculty, students have learned about process design,along with the peer review and publishing aspect of having their problems posted on the website.The project has shown that students can learn about applying material balance concepts to thescale-up of published data and information to develop a process design strategy. In turn, theproblems were "beta-tested" in the undergraduate chemical engineering core course. Assessmentof this project by means of
process of design. Third, designdevelopment is usually never taught with much student writing. Faculty should think ofintroducing a journaling process so that students can record their decision making narratives.Combined with informal weekly interviews, these may be important tools for seeing beyond theinstant and error free design solutions to assess the real process behind student thinking.ConclusionThis paper should challenge the reader because what is proposed is a real transformation in thedesign development process. How do we test this theoretical idea and can we prove it? Whatdoes it mean for us as educators? Is this in-fact happening and are these the correctcharacteristics of a new process? How do we start the investigation? There are
. Page 26.188.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 An Information Taxonomy For Remotely-Accessible Engineering Instructional LaboratoriesAbstractThis paper introduces an information taxonomy for remotely-accessible engineeringinstructional laboratories [REILs]. A taxonomy within some given domain organizes andclarifies the domain content and provides a common framework that supports and facilitatesreasoning, discussion, and communication about the domain in question. In this case, thetaxonomy aims to support reasoning, discussion, and communication about remotely-accessible engineering instructional laboratories.This taxonomy was emergent from peer
future energy Page 23.871.4alternatives and conservation methods.At Stanford University, around 100-170 students enroll per year in two courses on energy and itssustainability taught consecutive quarters. In the first course, an engineering problem-solvingapproach has been implemented to analyze the existing energy landscape and guide designs forfuture energy supply. Students complete a group project, write a report, present their finalprojects, and answer questions from their peers in the first course. In the second course, studentsexamine alternative energy processes, such as, renewables and nuclear energy, with the potentialfor low carbon
problem delivery and grading system, ensures that studentshave reviewed the textbook before attending class. This technology also permits studentsto conduct peer evaluations of each other’s work. This poster presentation describes someof the different protocols we utilize to facilitate group functioning; including groupmember selection, contracts, team self-evaluations, scoring to promote participation bythe better students in group activities, requirements for team presentations, etc. Examplesof evaluation forms, activities to introduce the benefits of teamwork, and teacherguidelines will also be on display.I. IntroductionA description of the SCALE-UP project can be found in the paper “SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment
.Much of the research on retention has been based on Tinto’s model drawn fromDurkheim’s theory of suicide 10. This conceptualization focuses on the social andintellectual integration of individuals into the community, i.e. in this application, thecollege community 30. How much college students feel connected to their school, totheir peers and to their instructors and how satisfied with these aspects of their collegeexperience they are appear to be most significant in their decisions whether to stay orleave their institutions 2. Astin showed that factors affecting students such as commutingto campus and having heterogeneous backgrounds with interest in vocational educationlead to low involvement and resulting low student success 2.The challenge
andmetamorphic rocks. A more substantial number of geology students in their future career will beinvolved in some higher-level projects such as: (1) designing a lab or field experiments, (2)collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data needed to solve a difficult, “fuzzy”problem and reach a complex conclusion. Important instructional goals of this course then alsoinclude opportunities for students to mature as a “Research Scientist.” This includes developingkeen observational skills, clear and accurate documentation of data in multiple formats, analysisof data with the intent of developing multiple working hypotheses, critical evaluation and testingof hypotheses, and sharing of observations and ideas with peers. Commonly, the complexity
andjunior courses.Introduction The ProActive Philosophy for Teaching and Learning was introduced with the AerospaceCurriculum 2000 (AE 2000), in the fall of 1997. The new curriculum for the Department ofAerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) was reformed in content and a new teaching andlearning paradigm was introduced. Course content reform primarily focused on horizontalintegration of the engineering sciences, hands-on experiments, and design in a teamingenvironment. There is a renewed emphasis on the implicitness of computing andcommunications. The MATLAB programming environment is incorporated into most coursesand writing and presentation skills are emphasized. The Integrated Teaching and LearningLaboratory* (ITLL) made the reforms realizable
disagreed nor agreed or strongly disagreed that theyhad a positive relationship with their research professor/mentor. Both ND and NT participantsresponded similarly to having laboratory peers who collaborate and support each other(Figure 3B). It is well documented that academia has an ableist problem; however, our dataindicate that ND students feel supported by their peers [4]. This is a very positive finding wheremost studies highlight the negative experiences of ND students [22].Figure 2: Research Demographics related to all participants (96 participants) separating outthe type of research conducted and whether the research was volunteer, credit-bearing, or paid.Neurodivergent participants had a larger percentage indicated strongly agree or agree
course curriculum. The thirdauthor served as the primary instructor for the Human Factors course. The fourth author, anundergraduate student, assisted with the research process. The team included both male andfemale researchers with diverse research experience across various academic levels.To maintain objectivity, the second and third authors were not involved in conducting the dataanalysis presented in the manuscript but contributed to the writing of the manuscript. Thisseparation of roles helped mitigate potential bias in interpreting student reflections. Moreover,the team employed peer-debriefing techniques to enhance the credibility and trustworthiness ofthe findings. All authors acknowledge the potential influence of their own backgrounds
in circuit theoretical concepts through experiments, simulations, andsimulation software and virtualization platforms for their role in hands-on exercises. Mechanical engineering students benefitimproving accessibility, scalability, and student engagement in when using AutoCAD or working with Computer Numericalengineering instruction. Additionally, by working in groups or Control [CNC] manufacturing tools. Traditional labs, in ateams in laboratory environments, students develop teamwork Computer Science perspective, may include softwareskills, peer learning, leadership, and communication skills
byelectricians. One day maybe they will, especially if the focus is on processes to be automated,not just the instructions found in the PLC’s instruction set.5 PLC programming has the addedburden of writing programs that not only control a process but that are accessible as much aspossible by those who maintain that process. A good program is one that controls a process andcan be maintained. The engineer is not the one most responsible in the long run for the successof the process. That is the responsibility of the maintenance team and process and instrumentengineering staff.The syllabus of the earlier Electrical Engineering Course is included in Appendix I. The syllabusof this course is included in Appendix II. Several comments from students on the
join research projects although some students do have some level ofresearch experience in robotics related areas (e.g., through robotics competitions). The projectalso involved two M.S. level graduate students with limited swarm robotics experience. Thegraduate students played dual roles as near-peer mentors (for helping new students gettingaround campus and lab facilities) and as research team participants. Therefore, heterogeneousstudent teams were purposefully assembled so that participants had diverse knowledge /experience levels and diverse backgrounds (e.g., race, social-economic, majors).The project included ten weeks of on-campus robotics research experience. Unlike “typical”REU sites where each student is paired with a mentor and
. Educators worldwide wereimpelled to devise strategies and innovative ways to minimize the impact of the pandemic onstudent learning [6]. The most popular approach was to deliver the courses remotely to studentsto avoid community spread. A plethora of teaching pedagogies have been investigated byresearchers in the past, especially in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics areassuch as active learning, flipped classroom, online discussion groups, and peer mentoring [7-12].Students were also forced to adapt to the continuously changing teaching methodologies as therewere strict regulations on in-person interactions. Online instruction has been proven to beeffective for teaching theoretical knowledge [13]. However, courses involving
limitedand infrequent student contact.Literature ReviewSeveral existing studies that evaluate the role of design notebooks primarily focus on theirrole in aiding individuals throughout a design process. As a pedagogical tool, designnotebooks have been shown to be essential in the area of design, as they are valuable toolsthat aid in reflection, documentation, and brainstorming, as the simple act of writing andrecording thoughts is a critical component of meaning-making [4], [7]. Design notebookshave the ability to enhance student learning through their various pedagogical and cognitivebenefits [7]. Additional studies have examined the distinction between process-based andproduct-based design notebooks and their respective impact in the classroom
Paper ID #33703Video Mediated Communication (VMC) Fluency for Today’s EngineeringStudent: You’re on CameraDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communica- tions at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where she teaches STEM-focused technical writing and communication, writing-intensive courses for international students, and linguistics. She re- ceived her PhD from Purdue University in Linguistics, and she has a BA and MA in English with concen- trations in TESOL and writing pedagogy from Youngstown State University
explains the differing views of non-participating faculty ondistance education. Many faculty resist online teaching because of feelings of isolation andredundancy, lack of confidence using technology, and fears of replacement8. Some instructorsbelieve that the increased amount of preparation time required for distance learning takes awayfrom activities they will be evaluated on such as grant writing and publishing9, 28, 29.Covington, Petherbridge, and Warren17 followed a state university’s English department duringits implementation of an online program. Covington et al.17 recognize administrative support(i.e., defined goals), professional development (i.e., training), and peer support (i.e., sharedexperiences) as pillars to implementing distance