reflectsmy background and prior work. Across the course of several projects in Colorado, USA, myteam and I have studied various aspects of sociotechnical thinking, social justice, andmacroethics among students and faculty affiliated with university-based engineering programs.We have identified both barriers and opportunities associated with integrating these concepts intoengineering classes. For example, [11] examined the ways in which students perceived socialjustice in a required engineering science core course and found that some students valued theways in which such integration could help them to think ahead toward their future careers. In[12], we assessed the intersection of sociotechnical integration in engineering classes andintrinsic
related to environmental management, energy and fundamentals of industrial processes at the School of Engineering, UNAB. She currently is coordinating the Educational and Academic Innovation Unit at the School of Engineering (UNAB) that is engaged with the continuing teacher training in active learning methodologies at the three campuses of the School of Engineering (Santiago, Viña del Mar and Concepción, Chile). She authored several manuscripts in the science education area, joined several research projects, participated in international conferences with oral presentations and key note lectures and serves as referee for journals, funding institutions and associations. © American Society for Engineering
Identity. Module Topic 2021 Speaker Dr. David Kaiser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: History of field “The Military-Astronomical Complex: Testing Einstein’s Relativity during the Cold War” History Dr. Erik Conway, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: History of department “Founding JPL: The GALCIT Rocket Research Project” Dr. Martin Peterson, Texas A&M University: "The Ethical Ethics in industry Failures Behind the Boeing 737 MAX Disasters
scale of 1-5, how reflective (metacognitive) were you when solving this assignment? (Circle a number.) 1 (not at all reflective) 2 3 (reflective) 4 5 (very reflective)MethodsResearch ParticipantsThe research was conducted through a 3-hour senior level review course titled ChemicalEngineering Review at a public Research I (Carnegie designation) university in the southwestUnited States. The present analyses were conducted on de-identified data from the students in thecourse. The project had IRB approval. See “The Fundamentals of Engineering Review Course”section above for further details on the course. Out of the 101 students enrolled in the course,weekly responses associated with this research ranged from 97 to 99
system, derivation of the points ofequilibrium, eigvenvalue analysis for each point of equilibrium, numerical solution using anODE solver, time plots of state variables, plot of orbit in state space, projections plots of the orbiton all three principal planes, numerical solution of Lyapunov exponents, Lyapunov time, andschematic of proposed circuit implementation. Students present their work to the rest of theclass, discussing challenges and main lessons learned.Learning Outcomes and AssessmentMost instructors understand and agree that assessment is needed to gauge the level ofcomprehension of the course materials11. It is common practice that instructors use exams,quizzes, homework, and other traditional methods. However, most of these methods
"tests" in order to better manage my time around other classes and projects. Especially around finals week with everything being hectic and due at the same time, it would have been more difficult to find a 4 hour block of time rather than multiple 45 min/ 1 hour time blocks. • The exams were challenging but fair. • Solving a complex problem in stages, knowing what the next answer is supposed to look like, really helped visualize the overall process.Won’t matter: • The different parameters for each student is useful in an in-class setting as it encourages independent work. But in an online format such as during the pandemic, everyone is home alone so it wouldn't be necessary
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
for their lack of success in school [14, 15]. IQ testing was put in place to“scientifically” demonstrate the inability of students to advance in educational settings, framingLatino/a/x students as mentally deficient, lazy, unhygienic, and culturally flawed [24]. Examplesof the manifestation of deficit ideologies include: (1) the assumption that home language (otherthan English) could be a barrier for learning [16-18]; (2) the presumed incompetency of studentsbased on race, gender, and other social identities [19, 20]; (3) the belief that community andhousehold practices lead to cultural aspects that are to blame for not adjusting to the project ofAmericanization through schooling [13, 21, 22]; and (4) an overall tendency to blame the victim
2019 Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curriculum Design. He has also worked as a construction project engineer, consultant, and safety inspector. He be- lieves that educating the next generation of professionals will play a pivotal role in sustainability standard practices. In terms of engagement, Dr. Valdes-Vasquez has served as the USGBC student club’s adviser and the ASC Sustainability Team’s faculty coach since 2013. He is currently serving as a CSU President’s Sustainabil- ity Commission member, among multiple other committees. In addition, he is involved with various professional organizations at the national level, including the American Society for Engineering Educa- tion (ASEE), the
- search group that works on a diverse set of projects in robotics and education (http://bretl.csl.illinois.edu/). He has received every award for undergraduate teaching that is granted by his department, college, and campus. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Comparing Second-Chance Testing Grading Policies for Effective Mastery Learning in STEM CoursesAbstractIn this full research paper, we examine various grading policies for second-chance testing.Second-chance testing refers to giving students the opportunity to take a second version of a testfor some form of grade replacement. Second-chance testing as a pedagogical strategy bears somesimilarities to mastery
laboratories or projects. In some courses the social and historical aspects of the topic are introduced. Examples include the hydrogen economy, energy, materials, and bridges and civil infrastructure [1]. • Engineering Design for Everyone: These courses focus on the engineering design process. In some implementations the courses include engineering majors along with non-engineering majors. Not uncommon in this group are introduction to engineering courses that are open to students not majoring in engineering [1]. • Technological Impacts, Assessment, and History Courses: These courses emphasize the relation between technology and culture, society, history. There is considerable overlap between
. Third, weassigned labels to the unlabeled remaining subset of 200 students’ assignments with the NLPapproach. Lastly, we read those (newly) labeled students’ responses to evaluate whether assignedcodes to those responses through the NLP approaches were accurate or not. Here, accuracymeans that the assigned code represented the idea expressed in student responses. We technicallyimplemented those four processes in Google Colab notebooks that were written using acombination of the R and Python programming languages. All code is presented in the GitHubrepository we have set up for this project at: https://github.com/andrewskatz.Data CollectionThe first-year engineering program (FYE) at Virginia Tech teaches students an ethics modulethat comprises a
play a good role in thecomprehensive questionnaire design.Example 1: The engineering professional code requires that ( ) be given priority.A. Operational standards of the project B. Economic benefits of the projectC. Public safety, health and well-being D. Technological innovations in engineeringExample 2: In the following types,which is/are engineering ethical responsibility(ies): ( ).A. Professional ethical responsibility B. Social ethical responsibilityC. Environmental ethical responsibility D. Corporate ethical responsibilityExample 3: The basic principle(s) for dealing with engineering ethics is/are ( ).A. Humanitarianism -- the basic principle of dealing with the relationship between engineeringand peopleB. Social justice
, specifically within the context of online learning and engagement, educational technologies, curriculum design which includes innovative and equitable pedagogical approaches, and support programs that boost the academic success of different groups of students. She teaches in active learning environments, such as project-based learning and flipped classrooms. She aims to bring EE and CER into practice.Prof. Harini Ramaprasad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Harini Ramaprasad is a Teaching Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Ramaprasad received her B.S. degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing in STEM: Investigating role identities of low-income engineering students prior to their first semester of college (NSF S-STEM #2130022)The purpose of the Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing in STEM Program (NSF S-STEM #2130022, known locally as LION STEM) is to support the retention and graduation ofhigh-achieving, low-income engineering scholars with demonstrated financial need at Penn StateBerks, a regional campus of The Pennsylvania State University. The LION STEM programbuilds upon the Sustainable Bridges from Campus-to-Campus project (NSF IUSE #1525367)which formed the
researchers using open, emergent coding independently. Survey responses were analyzedline-by-line, focusing on the participants’ descriptions of their identities and their opinions on theterm Latinx. Researchers then met to determine consensus amongst the codes. This was followedby axial coding where the codes identified were compared to one another and relationships werehighlighted. The second stage was to determine themes that arose from the codes. Thecodes/relationships were used to identify themes and patterns across the data.LimitationsThe survey used to gather data for this project brought some limitations. Firstly, it was notspecified in the survey that students were expected to pick terms from the provided list. This ledto some students
. • Graduates of the program will assume expanded responsibilities for collaboration with others including public and worker safety, environmental protection, ethical and legal practices, formal project management and involvement in professional communities or society at large.4. Connection with ABET Learning Outcomes • Upon graduation, students will have the ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics. • An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.5
projects would be one letter grade different in their finalcourse grade if Student A is complete and accurate on all homework while student B is completeand never accurate. For example, in Spring 2022, the homework grade category scores rangedfrom 66% to 104% with an average of 88%.While the initial submission with immediate assessment implementation continues to incentivizestudents to attempt all problems through “completion” points, it removes the grade incentive forreviewing the instructor-provided solution. In this way, students must become more independentin their metacognitive skills and find ways to incentivize their own learning from mistakes. Atthe start of the semester, students ask multiple questions about the format requirements
the program names contribute to some of these challenges,leading to questions about whether rebranding to a different name might be beneficial. Otherstudies have explored renaming motivations and results in geography [13], agronomy [14],writing programs [15], vocational education [16], and institutions [17], [18]. There is a generalconsensus that names are powerful, and changes often reveal tensions with the health and/oridentity of programs. Frazier et al. [13, p. 13] notes: “Do name changes reflect an expandedmission… or other goals such as addressing low enrollment, shifting student interests, or thedesire to project a fresh identity or realign with a new academic emphasis?” There may also beconcern about name recognition or conveying the
transitionfrom undergraduate to graduate education can be a difficult transition regardless of gender.Significant differences exist between undergraduate and graduate engineering education in termsof the levels of technical expertise and independence expected of students. While it is part of mostundergraduate curricula to impart fundamental knowledge, teach problem-solving skills, anddevelop critical thinking, as soon as one enters a graduate program, these are assumed. First-yeargraduate students are expected to use their technical expertise and independence inadvanced-level courses and projects/scientific research, alongside older graduate students, withlittle mentoring or training to ease this transition. As a result, most students struggle to
to answer whether the diversity of meme prevalence trajectories observed in the experimental results can emerge from a model with no explicit differences in meme desirability. Student work by Daniel Heitz and Trinity Lee; used with permission.We provide students with a working agent-based SIR model as a starting point in themid-semester, which they modify in a self-directed team project. The “default” path for thisproject is to modify the provided model to make their own abstraction choices, in order toanswer a scientific question related to disease spread. We presented modeling the Meme Game asan advanced option; this requires students to re-interpret the mathematics of the model torepresent different physical
video before completing the readings on the conventional-plustechnologies. These instructional videos were the treatment in the experiment and served as themain independent variable of the research. To ensure equal treatment, by the end of the semester,all participants received the same number of instructional videos to supplement their readings(i.e., six). As an example of this process, in week seven, a standard 50-gallon storage-tank waterheater was compared to a condensing storage water heater. All students were assigned readingscovering both water heaters to be completed before the in-class quiz and group project work.Half of the students in the class were provided with an instructional video on condensing storagewater heaters to be watched
that maternity leave may delaycompany projects and negatively affect firm operations [30], [38]. Furthermore, women engineersin the Arab world are also limited in their job opportunities because cultural norms prevent themfrom traveling offshore alone [30]. As a result, companies prefer to hire men over women [30]. In Palestine, women engineers face similar limitations due to cultural norms, includingfeeling disrespected and unsafe in the workplace and having limited access to site experience [38].Moreover, despite engineering firms in Palestine being willing to hire women, the majority stillprefer men, highlighting the role of gender bias as a significant barrier for Arab women [38].Discussion Women in STEM fields, particularly
opted to be contacted for further conversation.Additionally, we did not enter into this project with consideration for faculty mindset and itsimpact on rapport. While it was an exciting emergence from our data, our data collection toolswere not initially developed for the collection of mindset tendencies. Expanding our reach in thefuture to include a wider range of professor-student rapport scores, inclusion of faculty surveyquestions that address mindset, and additional follow-up interviews would solidify what our dataseem to be showing regarding connections between faculty mindset, communication, andrapport.Conclusion and future workIt was our intention to gain an understanding of the usage of PCPs among faculty in anengineering college at
toward intrinsic motivation and more self-determined behavior is aprocess [22]. Building students’ familiarity and curiosity about a topic factors into that process,but is not the only factor. Student situational motivations can shift within a single week related toa single project [23]. Numerous variables can either frustrate or satisfy an students’ basic needfor autonomy and competence which greatly influences to their intrinsic motivation [24].The question in this current study is how much does the instructional format (remote vs. in-person) affect student motivation? Is there a difference in how active, passive, and mixedinstructional methods are received in the different formats? And what are the contributing factorsinfluencing motivation
Director of Diversity and Inclusion at CISTAR, an NSF Engineering Research Center.Kristin Everett Dr. Everett is an educational evaluator and researcher and the lead evaluator at Everett Evaluation. She works with a variety of education programs and projects, including STEM, engineering education, teacher professional development, after school programs, and health education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com The Value of Assessing, Reporting, and Discussing Culture of Inclusion with a Scale Designed for an Engineering Research Center (Experience)AbstractThere is a common need
newly developed scientific theories of the atom "emphasizedscience over practice while pushing the humanities and social sciences aside" [10]. Theseresearch-focused programs relied on educational approaches that were vastly different than theapprenticeship style programs established in the US throughout the nineteenth century. Theestablishment of formal Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) curricula started with theManhattan Project and evolved to primarily focus on power generation as the commercializationof the nuclear power industry began. By 1975, eighty nuclear engineering departments had beenestablished in US higher education institutions nationwide. Growing concerns about radiationand environmental impacts combined with the accidents at
resources available for instruction and assessment of these topics contributes to thechallenges in addressing these outcomes. Safety, teamwork, and communication have becomemore of a focus in the ChE laboratories in recent years, and thus the resources to teach and assessthem have emerged. A similar effort to develop projects and materials that focus on topics thatare harder to assess may be required if they will be prioritized as important learning outcomes forthe ChE laboratory courses.Only 8 of the 73 faculty respondents provided an answer to the last survey question, addressingChE lab course objectives not covered in the list provided. Only two of the answers were unique,addressing outcomes not covered in the list. This indicates that from the
five years have really refined me as a person and I just want to finally communicate that...like I feel pretty confident of who I am. (italics added for emphasis)For Amelia, the course allowed her to step out of herself and see how she had grown, that is, howshe developed her identity, as she listened to younger students. The benefit of the course to her,then, was not only having furthered her understanding of her identity development, but feelingready to share that with the world. Taken together, these data suggest the course was able to helpstudents progress in their self-concept clarity and the projection of that clarity, regardless of thelevel of self-concept clarity with which they entered.With these findings from the inductive
Cincinnati, USA. Aimee has spent the last ten years developing and teaching undergraduate coursework for the Mechanical and Materials Engineering department at UC.Dr. Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati Dr. Kwuimy is currently Assistant Professor - Educator in the Department of Engineering Education - CEAS at the University of Cincinnati. His has a background in the area of applied nonlinear dynamics and applied physics. Prior to joining the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Kwuimy was Research Fellow at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in South Africa and then worked for over 4 years on ONR funded research projects focus on the development nonlinear dynamics approaches for the detection of faults