this work, we provide a structure to guide instructors in thinking more explicitly abouthow design problems are constructed and presented, so they can make more informed decisionsabout the types of problems they give to their students.A major goal of our larger research project is to provide engineering instructors with a set oftools that they can use to improve their students’ ideation approaches and outcomes.4 Whereasideation is the process of generating ideas for solving design problems, ideation flexibility is theability of individuals to approach ideation in different ways. We are specifically interested inhelping designers to flexibly adopt ideation approaches that result in ideas either representingradical change or incremental change
systematic literature reviews, includingconducting comprehensive searches of reputable databases, applying pre-determined selectioncriteria, performing an extraction of data, and a determination and report of findings (Borrego etal., 2014). Our processes are described further.Search Procedures and Search StringsA search for information sources to study the gender gap among Middle Eastern femaleengineering students was conducted. Specifically, we used the database Education Source tosearch for articles. We used one database because this was a preliminary project. Based on ourinclusion criteria, we sought to locate articles which were: ● Included college-age participants from a Middle Eastern country, ● Which discussed gendered differences.Given
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I think for me, that cultural class really helped me understand better how to interactwith people in the area.” Participant 9 mentioned, “we learned that Italy and Switzerland wereboth very high context countries, so they would like to get to know each other more beforecontinuing a project, or just really care about personal relationships…”The value of free time/personal exploration outside of the classroom to develop globalcompetencies was articulated in sentiments such as “I think honestly, just the freedom to roamand figure out stuff out for ourselves was what helped us learn a lot. Like, as the example says,that stores are closed during lunch -- you could probably look that up and find it. But, actuallyseeing it would help you
Paper ID #39790Concept-Centric Summative Assessments That Remain Authentic whileReducing Grading EffortProf. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is a Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning. He also co-directs a hands-on undergraduate research program called Engineers for Exploration, in which students apply their engineering knowledge to problems in exploration and conservation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
respectively), white women are10% less likely to identify HC as active compared to white men (19 vs to 29 respectively). POCare 14% more likely to identify HC as active compared to their white counterparts (40 vs to 26respectively). The identity of race seems to be more salient than that of gender. While the authorscould postulate that these anomalies could be explained through the theory of critical whitenessstudies, that line of inquiry is outside the scope of this project. Looking forward, it would seem that the more marginalized identities one holds, the morelikely that person would deem HC to be active, and the higher likelihood that person would wantothers that look like them in engineering, be it by gender, race, or their intersection
opportunities and potential career paths. One way thatour team can fulfill this duty is by exposing high school students to the world of human-centeredengineering design (HCED) and supporting them in exploring related interests. We designed aweek-long summer camp that uses principles of human-centered design, engineering design, andteamwork to help students explore and experience an authentic human-centered engineeringdesign project. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the camp on students’awareness of what engineers do in engineering careers and their interest in pursuing anengineering career as well as their awareness of the role of HCD in engineering.BackgroundSTEM, which represents topics within, connections among, and products
. influence) of a user while weighting that user for the quality of information propagated bythe user. Peer-review percentage score can be used to identify subject-matter experts whotransmit evidence-based information online. We found that these subject-matter expertsoutcompeted public health authorities in online forums by transmitting scientific results.Subject-matter experts engaged with the public whereas public health authorities did not.AcknowledgementsThe authors appreciate Dr. Michael Simpson and Dr. R. Marielle Hjelm for their support andguidance during the execution of the project. We are grateful for the ideas and commentsprovided by the other members of the program review board while advancing this investigation.A large thank you to
for engineering classes, so that's why’Whitney (2022 SBP participant), when asked if her prior (K-12) engineering experiences impactedher SBP experience: ‘I think it did. But I came in here and knew what I was doing. But the thing is, other people didn't. They had little experience with engineering. That's fine. It was just more so they felt that I was a bit controlling, which I try not to come across that way, but it was more so I just knew what I was doing because I had done it twice before. Structured like this, like we're given a project or task and we're going to make it, print it and do slides and present it to a panel of judges. I did that with my [space company] internship, with my engineering
motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of studenDr. Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno Dr. Cross is currently an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Georgia Tech. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 “Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?”: Epistemic Injustice Exposed by Stereotype Threat in EngineeringAbstractCurrently and historically, women are underrepresented in engineering. One possible explanationfor this phenomenon is the masculine engineering culture that rewards the ideas and behaviors ofmen over women. Researchers have shown that women who display more masculine attributestend to be more
because (…) I'm the Black guy leftover at the meeting. Who am I going to talk to?"He goes on to explain that this same level of only-ness in the discipline-based organizationreflects the attitudes he experienced from his peers in the classroom. He described, "In classes, I already have to do all these projects with all these people that just don't want to work with me. Why would I do that outside of classes? (…) Like, I'm open to working with them, but like, you know, racism, so like, they already have their opinions of me before they even know me." For Killua and the other Study Leaders, many of their struggles in their engineeringleadership journey also include a layer related to their personal identity
needs of disabledstudents. We also carefully considered our own privileged identities that may bias the analysis,namely, being white, English-speaking, U.S. citizens in academia.Methods The findings presented here are a subset of a larger project and data collection effortfocusing more broadly on the experiences of disabled students. Complete methodological detailscan be found in (Figard et al., 2023).Research Design The primary data sources for our study are ten semi-structured interviews with disabledengineering students. These interviews were conducted at a single site by the first author in Fall2022. Interview transcripts were analyzed in two rounds by using thematic analysis with acritical lens. Open coding was used during
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, family emergency, etc)The response rate for the survey was 84%. Of those students responding, 58% preferred the Strictschedule policy (option A) compared to 27% of the students who preferred the Lenient schedulepolicy (option B). Only 8% would like a stricter schedule with one-fixed additional week tocomplete the assignments (option C), while the remaining 7% preferred no built-in flexibility(option D).4 LimitationsThe data from this study was collected in one Computer Science course at a highly-selectiveresearch university in the United States. It will be important to investigate the extent to which theresults generalize to other settings. For example, project-based courses with specific milestones atpre-determined times would be an
is overlooked. Engineers have ethical responsibilities to their employers, their employees, theenvironment, and the entire public. Often, the stakes of engineering projects are extremely highbecause people’s lives depend on their success. The activities of engineers can have great impactson the physical world around them and the beings living in it. Engineers do not exist in a bubble—they “exist and operate as a node in a complex network of mutual relationships with many othernodes” [2]. These complex relationships make it necessary to consider the impacts of decisionsand actions on a range of parties. The purpose of this report is to explore new ethical considerations that have arisen in themanufacturing industry due to the
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thepredisposition that was brought to the table.” Research has shown that different types of stakeholders canpropel or decelerate change projects in academia [29]; it would be important to integrate what is knownabout change literature to overcome such challenges in the near future.Time limitations were also identified. Significant time was shifted from the redesign process to address thelogistical challenges of executing the course. Such considerations were necessary but should have been ledby the redesign of the priorities rather than the reverse. In this team member’s words: I think moving the conversations about how to revamp the course beyond logistical concerns was the biggest challenge. Of course, those logistics are important
questions on the IBLA itself or theworksheet questions. Thus, having instructors and TA present to clarify those questions isimportant. 5. AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank the project and teaching assistants Hannes Du and Rufu Gong who hascontributed to the design and implementation of the Hands-on Inquiry-Based LearningActivities. We would like to thank the Chairperson of Deepartment of Mechanical and AeropsaceEngineering, Dr. George Tynan for his support of this project.References[1] Mayer, Richard E., and Celeste Pilegard. "Principles for managing essential processing inmultimedia learning: Segmenting, pretraining, and modality principles." The Cambridgehandbook of multimedia learning (2005): 169-182.[2]Mayer, Richard E., Amanda Mathias
were placed in either their first or second topic of preference. The mostrecent list of topics is listed in Table I. TABLE I LIST OF TOPICS FOR GMG Group Description This group centers on helping participants with writing. This could include papers, Writing thesis, or dissertation. Together with their mentor, they go over practical advice to help them through their writing project. This group covers different topics that pertain to preparing to apply for a job in Preparing for a job in
Paper ID #36813Interplay of Gender and Nationality in the Early Careers of FinnishEngineering Doctoral GraduatesDr. Johanna Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland Johanna Naukkarinen received her M.Sc. degree in chemical engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in 2001, her D.Sc. (Tech) degree in knowledge management from Tampere University of Technology in 2015, and her professional teacher qualification from Tampere University of Applied sci- ences in 2013. She is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher and project manager with the School of Energy Systems at Lappeenranta
Computer Sci- ence (from Galileo University, Guatemala) and an MSc. in Operations Research (from Galileo University, Guatemala). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in information technologies applied to education. He also has a vast teaching experience in mathematics for engineering, which has led him to obtain multiple ex- cellence teaching awards. His research area is engineering education, where he has worked on numerous research projects to improve students’ academic performance and motivation. Additionally, he collabo- rates with the SENACYT (Secretar´ıa Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog´ıa) as National Contact Point (NCP) in the CELAC (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos) group to promote research infrastructures
emphasizes the need to 20 provide pilot and hands-on demonstrations to engage and increase the adoption of RWH practices. Misconceptions or lack of knowledge are the leading cause of apprehension in active participation in RWH. 4. Participants indicated they would be willing to pay $50 for an RWH project in their homes. This can present an opportunity to incentivize participation in RWH initiatives. 5. The differing opinions on climate change, such as the belief that humans do not affect climate change, decrease the desire to participate in RWH practices. If
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Nathaniel Hunsu is an assistant professor of Engineering Education. He is affiliated with the Engineer- ing Education Transformational Institute and the school of electrical and computer engineering at the university. His interest is at the nexus of the resPravalika Irukulla, University of Georgia Pravalika Irukulla is a Masters student pursuing Biological Engineering at the University of Georgia. She obtained her Bachelors degree in Biological Engineering at the University of Georgia, where she started her research focus on breast cancer metastasis in a tissue engineering laboratory. As a project during graduate degree, she focused on the development of virtual laboratories in the tissue engineering class.Dr. Cheryl T
students to industry. Exposing students to industry in early stages of their academictrajectory allows them to apply theoretical knowledge to real engineering projects orproblems [30].Engineering students in our department must engage in three mandatory summer internshipsat three different employment levels. The first internship leads the student to understand howan enterprise works at the operations level. Interns at this level engage in physical work, suchas working in a production line. The second internship allows the student to understand theenterprise from an intermediate job level. Students are assigned ‘desk jobs’ and work withessential data. The third internship is at the professional level and allows students toexperience working and