report writing skills.Materials and MethodsThe experiment reported was performed by students in a 1st year undergraduate engineeringcourse entitled Introduction to Biomedical Engineering. This course is comprised of fourmodules covering key topics in Biomedical Engineering. Each module integrates lectures with alaboratory. The microfluidic lab described is in the Biofluids module. A class typically of 45students is divided into groups of 3 to 4 students, and the lab is taught in three sections with 4groups in each section. Prior to the lab, lectures on fluid flow in pipes, vascular flow andocclusion, and microfabrication were delivered to provide context. The lab was carried outduring a 3-hour class period and the students were given three weeks
.The second part of communication skills, as it applies to the senior design course, is personaldevelopment for the students. The capstone design course is a great place for students topractice their oral and written presentation skills. Hopefully they have already had some formaltraining in speech and technical writing courses. All students in all design groups must berequired to prepare written status reports and make status and design review presentations.These presentations should be reviewed by the student’s peers, communications experts (we arefortunate to be able to call on faculty from our technical writing faculty for support here), andpracticing engineers. This is a low risk opportunity for practicing presentation skills. Whenthese
write firmware for the new processorusing C and assembly languages. Conventionally, the majority of engineering courses revolvearound the analytical analysis of real world problems and challenges; however, there is a need toaddress certain aspects of real world problem-solving that extends beyond what is covered withintraditional written analysis based courses. The ENGR460 class has created an alternate approachto develop such skills, by creating a challenging and motivating learning environment.The first half of the course consists of lectures covering basic microcontroller functions andsensors, with corresponding labs each week. Examples of sensors that students explored in thelab include ultrasonic rangefinder, RFID reader, and accelerometer
solution.However, students often come into the design course without mastery of the prerequisitematerial. Faculty then use class time to review this material, reducing the time that can be spenton the objectives of the course such as engineering design, professional correspondence, andimproving technical writing and presentations skills. To solve this problem, we have created aset of online instructional materials that can be used by students in an EnvironmentalEngineering capstone course to ensure that they have mastered the prerequisite material beforeand while engaging on the design project.In this case the students designed a water treatment system to remediate acid mine drainageentering the headwaters of a local river. This design required knowledge
publications in the area of civil engineering and construction management. He presented some of his research in several well-known and peer reviewed conferences like ASEE, ASCE, ASC, WEFTEC and CIB, and published articles in those conference proceedings. He presented his research all over the world including the United States, Canada, Greece, Italy, Brazil and the Philippines. Page 24.978.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Perceptions Regarding Cheating among CM and AEC StudentsIntroductionFrom the existing research, it is understood that that academic cheating has
,well-being, and lives of graduate students. It can support us in interrupting harmful interpersonal practicesand modeling supportive practices.ApproachData was collected through two phases of exploratory semi-structured qualitative interviews with sevenparticipants under the University of Colorado Boulder IRB protocol 21-0217. The participants andmethods are fully discussed in Beardmore [6]. Participants included STEM graduate students whoself-identified as being disabled or having one or more disabilities. This paper does not present the resultsin ordinary prose, that is, writing that follows a basic grammatical structure organized into sentences andparagraphs [7]. Instead, it presents an amalgamation of the participants' paraphrased quotes
mechanical engineering (n=57) and industrialdesign (n=16) major programs at The Ohio State University participated in the activity.Research Method: Ideation EquationStudents were instructed to bring a full sheet of paper with their name on it and a writing utensil.Students were seated around a large conference room, each student with a chair and ample tablespace. Once seated, students were instructed that they would have 60 seconds to write down asmany solutions as they could think of to an “equation” that would be written on a whiteboard.The equation was (circle) + (square) = “?” (e.g. Fig. 1). Fig. 1. Ideation equation prompt represented on a participant page.Students were given a verbal half-way warning, and a 10-second warning
chose to group themby careers, such as Data Analyst, Biostatistician, and Environmental Consultant – and they canalso be broken down into sub-competencies. Additionally, each competency or sub-competencycan have different levels of achievement. For example, a Communication competency could bepart of an Interpersonal Skills category (in a program where other categories might includeLeadership Skills and Analytical Skills) and have sub-competencies for Listening, Presenting,and Writing that all have levels of expertise such as Beginner, Intermediate, and Master. Thisflexibility allows for units to customize the student experience to best fit their objectives.Because the development of professional competencies can take place in the classroom as
: last week of semester● Final Report: end of semester ● In year 2, 3 continuing and 11 new projects were awardedProgram DesignRationale Program feature ● In a similar, university-wide program ● Projects must be led by undergraduate open to “all”, faculty largely were students, graduate students, postdocs, awardees or staff ● Students, staff, and postdocs may not ● Proposal template, office hours, have proposal writing experience information session ● Equity in review process ● Scoring rubric shared with template ● Sufficient budget for events and student ● Budget
aboutone month collaborating with one or two team members to further develop their thoughts on EJIin a team project. Thanks to its OpenRoads module, this course is assigned to a classroom withcomputers. Students are given about fifteen minutes at the end of the two case study lectures tosearch online, develop their short essay outlines, and ask any questions they may have. This firstEJI assignment is promptly graded and returned to students, offering plenty of time andnecessary feedback for students to work on their team projects. Students are encouraged tocollaborate with peers they know and are interested in similar topics. After teams are officiallyconfirmed, students work outside class while the course moves on to highway geometric designand
Polytechnic Institute Tanisha Gupta is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She has worked on several projects, including her Interactive Qualifying Project in collaboration with Heidelberg Instruments Nano AG, which focused on demystifying nanofabrication and developing educational materials for beginners in nanoscience. On campus, Tanisha serves as Vice President of WPI’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, is a Global Ambassador for the Global Experience Office and works as a Peer Learning Assistant for Introduction to Biomechanics.Dr. Emine Cagin, Heidelberg Instruments Nano AG Dr. Emine Cagin is the CTO of Heidelberg Instruments Nano
programs to help CUNY faculty better understand the expectations of funding agencies and write more competitive proposals. Her intensive NSF CAREER and Grants 101 bootcamps, which are open to CUNY faculty across all its colleges, have supported 21 NSF CAREER awards, and prepared over 150 faculty to submit and win awards. Linda was part of the planning committee and a presenter for NSF’s Engineering CAREER workshops for 3 years and organized a CUNY-wide Convergence Workshop in 2018 as well as Broader Impacts presentations. Linda has a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; her postdoc, through the University of Arizona, focused on art and technoscience collaborations. She
on crucial aspects of workplace interactions, helping to evaluateand enhance the participant’s overall communication abilities.The first section, Comfortability in Workplace Conversations, focuses on evaluating how comfortableparticipants are in different professional communication scenarios. Participants will be asked to reflecton their ability to engage in conversations with peers, whether discussing day-to-day work or addressingconflicts. For example, one prompt might ask, "How comfortable are you in addressing a colleague whena work-related issue arises?" Another question could focus on interactions with higher-ups, assessing theparticipant's ease in communicating with managers or supervisors. The goal is to gauge the
don't need to write the whole thing for your script." - She discussed the importance of making the presentation fluent, "Yeah, but I'm pretty sure like like if if we speak like fluently, it will be on time." - [Student X] suggested improvements to the presentation's ending, "Oh, also, I was gonna say like. It's it's kind of I feel like the ending's kinda weird. Like I just say. As well as and student societies. And that's it. Like to say thank you." Facilitates the [Student X] actively engages team members by building upon or synthesizing Contributions
Internet of Things, and engineering education. She has published in several peer-reviewed conferences and journals and has been a program committee member at several conferences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Active Learning and Specifications Grading for Undergraduate Algorithms and Data Structures coursesAbstractAlgorithms and Data Structures are core concepts taught in all computing undergraduateprograms. It is important to ensure that student activities in the class lay the foundation andprepare them for future courses and career. In addition, assessment should allow for students todevelop a growth mindset. The course may benefit with a grading system can be
suggests that that the divide between socialjustice (SJ) concerns and technical knowledge in engineering curricula is an important reasonthat students with SJ concerns leave engineering [1, 2]. In their recent book, Engineering Justice,Leydens and Lucena [3] present criteria they hope “can be used to guide educators [to render] SJvisible within the engineering sciences without compromising valuable course content.” Oneapproach is the so-called “Problem Re-write Assignment”: students write a context for atraditional “decontextualized” engineering science problem. We undertook this pilot study tounderstand how students frame their thinking about “contextualized/decontextualized”(Con/Decon) problems and what resources they would use to write a social
activities that allow students to engage inargumentation11. Schwarz11 also noted that educational systems emphasize the development ofcritical thinking, which depends on the use of argumentation.Arguments come in an array of forms and can lead to new understandings. Thoughargumentation may occur as a solitary activity, it is more often done in social situations throughverbal or written communications. In education, this may occur during discussions, sharingopinions, or writing persuasive text. Educators can then gauge students’ progress by assessingthese argumentation interactions.Though argumentation can be used in all academic domains, it is a critical component of thescientific process and is an essential part of scientific discourse. As a
. Page 9.675.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Students learn better when the environment is very friendly and conducive for them. Byfriendly environment we mean an environment where there is an opportunity (a) for students aswell as instructors to ask questions without the students and the instructors feeling intimidated;(b) for students to discuss among their peers without feeling uncomfortable; and (c) for studentsto think clearly without feeling the undue pressure that exists in an environment wherequizzes/exams are taken. Our
ChatGPT into their weekly routines [13]. Recognizing the imperative for adapting tothe evolving landscape, educators must embrace change to ensure students are equipped with theskills and knowledge anticipated by the industry [14]. Rather than dismissing tools like ChatGPTor imposing unenforceable bans on the technology, instructors should encourage students to usethe tool to achieve a deeper understanding of the course material. There is a large potential forusing ChatGPT to supplement the current computer science education [3, 5, 6, 9, 13, and 15]. Atool like ChatGPT can help bridge the gap between students who lack the prerequisite experienceand knowledge, and the tool can become the study partner for the students that lack a peer groupto
knows about what engineers do • What factors (if any) about being an engineer appeal to participant • Events or persons that influenced participants’ study plans • What participants plan to do after high school • Participant satisfaction with the quality of the course.Focus GroupsTo acquire qualitative feedback regarding the DYF ENGR 215 course, focus groups werefacilitated Ms. Atkins and Ms. Raymond after the post-survey was administered. Students wereasked to discuss and write answers to the following questions: 1. How well did the course do in teaching you about the engineering design process? How come? 2. How have your ideas about what engineers do changed? How did this class affect your ideas about career
a student encountering other students with diverse backgrounds, it does notguarantee a high-quality interaction. Gurin et al. [1] discuss two other forms of diversity:informal interaction diversity and classroom diversity. The former involves interaction withdiverse students outside of the classroom, and this is where most meaningful interaction happens,while the latter involves learning about diverse people and interacting with such peers in theclassroom. Informal interaction diversity and classroom diversity generate the impact oneducational outcomes, but structural diversity is required for the other two to exist.Piaget [3] states that encountering diverse students results in differing perspectives and equalityin relationships, and both
Du Boisian double-consciousness as black French colonial subjects—and counteract it with both awareness and education about the systems that impacted the ways in which they interacted with the white world and other black people. (p. 31)Davis explains how Fanon identified the social structure of his patients as the root of theirpathology, and he sought to raise their consciousness by helping them understand this socialstructure and pursue changing it. Fanon’s location of the dysfunction within the society and notthe individual is significant because he’s writing in a colonized society, and in that context anydisplay of dysfunction by the colonized people justifies their subjugation in the eyes of thecolonizers. Moreover
Mathematics (STEM) fields, particularly in engineering. This studyconducted a systematized literature review to identify these challenges, guided by the researchquestion: "What challenges affect Arab women's engagement in STEM fields, particularlyengineering?" A search was conducted using databases such as ERIC, Education Source from theEBSCO platform, and Compendex, Inspec from the Engineering Village platform. After applyinginclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of twelve peer-reviewed articles were selected and analyzedto examine the challenges that Arab women encounter in these fields. The analysis revealed threemain themes: The inherent nature of Arab culture and society and the role of family support in theEngineering field, gender
study the effectiveness of online lab experiences with the goal of improvingstudent success and self-efficacy. Online lab sessions must offer active learning experiences,which may include ample opportunities for students to interact with their peers and instructors,and tackle real problems by experiencing trials and errors. This research on the online labs cangreatly contribute to enhancing EE engineering student learning. Further, it will address thecritical component of EE engineering - experiential learning - with a lot of hands-on lab learningexperiences that can lead to a deeper understanding of engineering concepts. Well-designedonline labs can help students maintain enthusiasm for engineering fresh and can also increase theretention rate
their peers Be graded based on the performance of my group Study course content with classmates outside of class Make and justify assumptions when not enough information is provided Find additional information not provided Involves students thinking and by the instructor to complete assignments figuring out problems
institutions opted to rapidly transition courses to online instruction in an endeavorto protect faculty and students from the public health emergency caused by COVID-19.Unfortunately, this change had the potential to create new inequities in education and exacerbatepreexisting inequities ones. The purpose of this study is to share and learn from the experiencesof students during these unprecedented times. In particular, we focus on the experiences ofundergraduate students participating in the Learning Assistant program [1-2].Learning Assistant programs are unique amongst peer leader programs because LearningAssistants receive formal pedagogical training and are integrated into the fabric of the course byinstructional faculty. This integration gives
research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Counseling and Development, Professional School Counseling, The High School Journal, and Urban Education. Equally important, Dr. Hines is an ACA Fellow and received the Al Dye award for co-editing the special issue, Group Work with African Americans Children and Adolescents published in the Journal for Specialist in Group Work. Dr. Hines received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in Counselor Education with a concentration in Urban School Counseling. Finally, he has worked as a counselor in various K-12 settings and for the Ronald E McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.Dr. Ayesha Boyce, University of North Carolina
, technology failures created significant resistance to widespread adoption [2, p. 29]. Theability to have robust communication and interaction between students and educators is essentialto getting buy-in from both parties. This section explores the current technologies in use fortoday’s online courses, current and emerging grading technologies, and considers the keyemerging technologies required to enable online learning to continue to improve its deliverymethods and expand in scope. The current online learning environment relies heavily on technology to enable thesharing of information and to provide feedback to students. For students to interact with facultyas well as peers, the proliferation of conference call and video conference call
course involve technical communication, team writing, and analysis of thedata collected in lab. While creation of devices and collection of data occurred in the lab spaces,the rest of this work typically occurred outside of lab. As such, it is perhaps no surprise thatmoving from UOL to MIL had no statistically significant impact on student project scores. Whileteam projects were scored higher on average in MIL than in UOL, the p value was only 0.088.Furthermore, it may be worth noting that the same observations could be made for student peerevaluations of their team members. In the test course, students switch teams for each of their sixprojects and they tend to work with almost every peer in their section. Part of the score for theirteam
Fellows from each yearindicated that they would recommend the professional development to their peers. Table 5contains a few comments from each year as to why they would recommend it to their peers. Acommon theme was the how much was learned about they learned about the topics andacademia. Table 4. ACADEME Fellows perceptions of the quality of the professional development workshop % Strongly %Disagree %Agree % Strongly Disagree Agree Cohort year 17 18 19 17 18 19 17 18 19 17 18 19 Content was useful for my 0 8 0 0 4 0 20 0 26 80 88 74 professional