individualdepartments who wish to address these issues within a disciplinary framework. Who better toilluminate the rhetorical nature and expectations of engineering writing than the engineeringfaculty, and in particular the thesis/dissertation advisors? Faculty who attempt to start thisconversation with their graduate students should be prepared, however, for some initialresistance, along with pleas of “I know this already.”More importantly, graduate programs may need to consider integrating this kind of plagiarismawareness and writing instruction more completely into the graduate curriculum, to make surethat all students are adequately prepared for the rigors of the thesis or dissertation literaturereview.57 Otherwise these programs risk sending their
Paper ID #33304Building and Revising an Assessment to Measure Students’ Self-Efficacyin Systems ThinkingDr. Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Marsha Lovett is Associate Vice Provost of Teaching Innovation, Director of the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation, and Teaching Professor of Psychology – all at Carnegie Mellon University. She applies theoretical and empirical principles from learning science research to improve teaching and learning. She has published more than fifty articles in this area, co-authored the book How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart
: personalization and codification,” Journal of Engineering Design, vol. 15, pp. 307-325, Jan. 2007.[3] S. R. Rosas and J. W. Ridings, “The use of concept mapping in measurement development and evaluation: Application and future directions,” Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 60, pp. 265-276, Feb. 2017.[4] J. P. Donnelly, “A systematic review of concept mapping dissertations,” Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 60, pp. 186-193, Feb. 2017.[5] G. J. Hwang, F. R. Kuo, N. S. Chen and H. J. Ho, “Effects of an integrated concept mapping and web-based problem-solving approach on students' learning achievements, perceptions and cognitive loads,” Computers & Education, vol. 71, pp. 77-86, Feb. 2014.[6] J. D
. ODU is uniquely positioned to support these goals aims due to its strategiclocation in the southeastern Virginia, home of the largest naval base and third largest volumeport on the U.S. east coast. The region hosts the largest concentration of ship repair andmaintenance industries in the U.S. This academic program is designed to attract brightstudents early, engage them in a multi-disciplinary, marine-related engineering andtechnology curriculum, provide project-based learning and internship experiences that areboth exciting and relevant to ensure student retention, and produce highly employablegraduates to the marine industry. One of the new courses developed under ODU’s marineengineering and technology undergraduate program is an
Paper ID #43795Pedagogy of Engagement: Exploring Three Methods in an Engineering Ethicsand Professionalism CourseJessica Wolf, University of British Columbia Jessica Wolf is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.Gayatri Gopalan, University of British Columbia Gayatri Gopalan is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research
Paper ID #45840Application of a House of Quality Intervention in an Engineering CapstoneDesign CourseDr. James Righter, The Citadel James Righter is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy, his MS in Military Studies from the Marine Corps University Command Command and Staff College, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University. His research interests include engineering leadership, design methods, engineering design education, and manufacturing.Dr. Nathan John Washuta P.E., The
currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison. She is PI for the ”Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. As a member of the man- agement team for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), she is collaboratively responsible for a course about teaching science and engineering.Ms. Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 22.817.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing an Effective
that resulted in the 2014 report, STEM Integration in K-12 Education: Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research. He was the study director for the project that resulted in publication of Standards for K-12 Engineering Education? (2010) and Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009), an analysis of efforts to teach engineering to U.S. school children. He oversaw the NSF-funded project that resulted in the 2013 publication of Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action and the 2008 publication of Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering and was co-editor of the reports Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing
was around the concept of belonging. Asmentioned in Sense of Belonging: A Vital Mental Health Concept, sense of belonging is “theexperience of personal involvement in a system or environment so that individuals feel themselvesto be an integral part of that system or environment” [24]. “I have heard at least most if not all my engineering female friends share that they feel they don’t belong in engineering. This is more universal amongst women from all backgrounds. In fact I had a boss, a woman, who suggested I leave engineering and consider other careers. This is after I already had received my PhD and had a string of accomplishments, patents, and scientific publications to my name. Unwrapping all these
, librarians can promote diverseresources through library guides. For STEM librarians, this can be an important tool. Suggestionsfor diverse STEM readings and resources can be found as part of larger library guides aboutgeneral engineering resources [14], about equity, diversity, and inclusion in science andengineering [15], and about diversification and decolonization of the curriculum [16].Beyond support through policy statements and library guides, librarians have also takenanalytical roles in evaluating the diversity of their collections. These efforts to identify thediverse nature of collections include examining LGBTIQ+ representation [17], auditing acollection of play scripts [18], analyzing the representation of indigenous and global
curriculum. The importance and ubiquity of switch-mode powerconverters, however, are matched by their complexity. Students are expected to have developed arigorous understanding of electrical circuits, semiconductor physics, signal processing, controltheory, digital logic, and wave mathematics before being introduced to power electronics.Students at our institution are introduced to fundamental concepts in lectures then they put theminto practice in hands-on labs, which are limited to three-hour-long experiments conducted in astrictly controlled environment due to safety concerns. This leaves little room for exploration andindependent trial-and-error. We have developed LabSim, an out-of-the-box functional softwareimplementation of the switch-mode
provides support in the development of new lab exercises and integration of new equipment and components in all of the undergraduate laboratories. Page 26.1635.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Upgrading Digital Signal Processing Development Boards in an Introductory Undergraduate Signals and Systems CourseAbstractThis paper presents the results of a controlled one semester study where students responded to ahardware upgrade from the Texas Instruments TMS320C6713 DSK development board to theBeagleboard-xM platform in the laboratory associated with the first
can bedirectly assessed by the SDLRS, though it fails in assessing the leadership elements of others’knowledge and skill gaps and creating an organizational climate that encourages others to learn37 . So in order to answer the basic question of the instructional strategies’ effectiveness, theeffectiveness of developing students’ leadership skills must be assessed to answer the basicquestion of how it can be taught in a doctoral setting.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation’s Innovations inEngineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure program, under Grant No. 0935039. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and
Paper ID #15970Redesigning Engineering Education in Chile: How Selective Institutions Re-spond to an Ambitious National ReformDr. Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile Sergio Celis is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering and Sciences at the Universidad de Chile. He conducts research on higher education, with a focus on teaching and learning in STEM fields. His primary research interest is in how multiple forces, internal and external to the institution, influence what and how we teach in colleges and universities. His doctoral thesis investigated how social and intellectual movements influenced the
suppliesand with E-Girl logistics (food, reserving rooms, etc.), and provided funding to expand theprogram to include more K-12 students. All the components mentioned in this section werecritical to the success of the model and to achieve the desired impact.The sustainability components discussed above were all developed and integrated during the firstyear of the program, and they were improved in the subsequent years. The CPP CoE students,faculty member, administrators and staff engaged in the different symbiotic program componentsto meet the program goals. The success of the complex collaboration was an important outcomeof the project. One of the recommendations for universities or colleges that would like to developa successful and sustainable
Paper ID #12630From Pretending to Engineering: An examination of students’ dynamic en-gagements in Novel Engineering design activities (Fundamental)Mary McCormick, Tufts UniversityDr. Jessica Watkins, Tufts University Page 26.804.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Pretending and Engineering: An examination of students’ dynamic engagements in Novel Engineering design activities (Strand: Fundamental)IntroductionRecent reports, frameworks, and assessment criteria1-3 have
engineers must be taught to becreative and flexible, and topics of renewable energy are an effective vehicle for developingmulti-disciplinary instruction using a variety of content disciplines and academic standards.Preparing engineering students with the skills and knowledge required to be tomorrow’ssuccessful engineers in the 21st century. Our educational strategy, embedded in our program’scurricula, is based on experiential learning (including also self-directed learning), on discoveringsolutions to design problems that are sustainable, and is focused on helping students to recognizethat they are part of a global community. Throughout our curricula we offer a relevant andvalidated curriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success
,traditional, and in-person expectations. Engineering communities coupled to programs had toadapt to the online switch. RQ1 seeks to identify the community features that were importantfrom the students’ perspective for the engineering program. Research Question 1: What are the key features of a community that are important to undergraduate students in an engineering program?The ways in which the individuals and community adapted may provide insight into foundationalelements of engineering student community. Through categorization and identification of themesin how students adapted to the changes, educational strategies might be identified for guidingfuture course and curriculum adaptations. RQ2 seeks to understand how students understood andmade
experiential learning could result in greater immediate changes, but not sustainedones.Third, we found that not all courses were effective in moving students to a place where theyrecognized CSR as a sociotechnical practice. Students in the social science course tended toprioritize community training as an example of excellent CSR, while many of the engineeringcourses prioritized local hiring. Neither of those areas of practice necessarily involves changingbusiness activities to become more responsive to stakeholders, and each of those areas ofpractice tends to focus on either the social or technical extremes of CSR practice rather thanclearly integrating the two. Educators in all disciplines need to continue countering this dualism,and towards
) educators have soughtinnovative ways for integrating technology in teaching and learning to engage and build theinterest of secondary school students in STEM disciplines as well as to capture their imaginationabout STEM careers. Recent technological advancements have allowed design, development,and commercialization of low-cost mini unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAV) that offer a noveland ideal platform to support STEM disciplines in high school classrooms.1 This paper focuseson one illustrative example wherein four sections of a 9th grade quantitative research course,consisting of 25 to 30 students each, were engaged by a graduate researcher through an ARParrot 2.0 (see Figure 1) MUAV-based lab activity, which considered the research question“How
performance can beimproved through an independent spatial visualization course [1-4]. Students in the EngineeringTechnology program at Illinois State University are required to take TEC116, an introductoryconstraint-based modeling and engineering graphics course. Exercises from Introduction to 3DSpatial Visualization: An Active Approach [5] have been integrated into this course since the fallof 2010. The course also includes an introduction to part modeling, drawings, and assembliesusing Autodesk Inventor. During the fall 2015 through the fall 2018 semesters, students wereadministered the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization of Rotations (PSVT:R) [6] andthe Mental Cutting Test (MCT) [7] as pre and post-test measures. This paper will
), computer-based simulationprojects of similar complexities were used to address the same topics.Creative thinking is an important skill needed for modern workplace in engineering and technology fields[3]. Instructors in higher education consider various ways of integrating creativity and innovation into thecourses they teach to better prepare students for their future careers [4]. Study shows that between the twocommonly-used approaches that enhance creativity, i.e., teaching vs. practice creativity, stimulatingcreativity by practices is considered to be more effective [5]. In addition, many professors used project-based learning [6, 7] when trying to foster creativity in their courses [8, 9].Due to robotics’ multi-disciplinary nature, we think
, and that of McLaughlin et al[24], who found that flipped classrooms are significantly better than traditional ones, is thepresence of a dedicated teaching assistant or team of teaching assistants to run the flippedclassroom. The TAs hold office hours, grade assignments, “functioning at the level of efficiencyand expertise of the instructor, especially as it relates to providing thoughtful written feedback”[24]. This interaction is especially important in mathematics or programming courses, whereworking problems is an important part of the curriculum. Mok [25] is an important example ofthis, having a team of dedicated teaching assistants that roved the classroom, allowing pairs ofprogramming students to engage a TA at will whenever “stuck or
their senior capstone projects. His current projects include indus- try integration in the curriculum, undergraduate professional development, and entrepreneurial minded learning in the classroom.Dr. Nathan Hyungsok Choe, The Ohio State University Dr. Nathan (Hyungsok) Choe is a research assistant professor in department of engineering education at the Ohio State University. He obtained his PhD in STEM education at UT Austin. His research focuses on the development of engineering identity in graduate school and underrepresented group. Dr. Choe holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Illinois Tech. He also worked as an engineer at LG electronics mobile communication company.Amena Shermadou
. Page 12.386.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Comparison of Three Unique Student Populations in an Engineering Technology Strength of Materials CourseAbstractThe Engineering Technology (ET) department at The University of North Carolina at Charlottehas historically been a plus two program, offering only the junior and senior years of the BSETcurriculum. In the fall of 2004, the department began offering all four years of its programs,accepting freshman students for the first time. That first freshman class has now matriculated tothe junior year, joining a new class of transfer students entering at the same point in thecurriculum.Four-year ET programs also opened the door to transfer students from the
Session 1475 Group homework: A new faculty member’s experiences in an introductory engineering course D. C. Miller Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological UniversityIntroduction As described recently1, most new engineering educators teach in the manner they weretaught. Many recognize that more effective methods of instruction must exist; however, theyoften become overwhelmed with literature that is written in “a language that is foreign to them”and, lacking the time to decipher the jargon
variation, measurementoptions, and other process options seem an integral part of an engineering or engineeringtechnology student’s introduction.Introduction and discussion of engineering concerns at the equipment is meant to link the processoperation to the deeper learning objectives. However, we found that students are increasinglyimpatient with demonstration discussion on engineering considerations and tend to disregard asirrelevant topics beyond what they think they need immediately to operate that equipment.Certainly those of us instructing in the lab (instructor and lab technician) were also frustrated atthe time it seemed to take to introduce important processes, tooling, and the processconsiderations. We were already examining ways to use
is an increasing emphasis being placed on quality instruction in engineering education.This is exemplified by the emphasis given to quality of teaching in promotion decisions 5, by theexpanding number of institutions focusing on curriculum development 13, by the significantnumber of publications in this area 3,6,7,10-12,14-20,24,32, by the commitment of the engineeringaccreditation agency ABET in the assessment area 2, and by the continuing funding emphasis bythe National Science Foundation and other agencies. Much of this effort to enhance engineeringeducation is focused in the following areas: learning styles, multimedia visualization/simulation,hands-on experiences, use of real-world problems, and assessment techniques. Thesecomponents
IEcourses for four consecutive semesters (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022) by creating a set of hands-onlearning experiments and using affordable equipment to actively engage the students in "thoughactive demonstration with the hands-on engagement learning platform." The inclusion of theECP concept in the two IE undergraduate courses was done to show better how scientifictheories like the theories of thermodynamics and Hooke's law are applied in actual situations.According to Cox's research [5], a standard set of tools is frequently utilized in an undergraduateengineering curriculum to give students practical experiences with basic machine sciencetheories that serve as the foundation for automation and robotics. Theories presented in class areintegrated
effects of composition and nanostructure on ionic conduction and surface exchange in ceramic materials. In 2014, he moved to Northeastern University to focus on teaching and developing curriculum in the First Year Engineering program. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work In Progress: Technical Consulting as an Experiential Form of Peer TutoringAbstract This work-in-progress paper presents an initial study on an instructional innovation for first-yearundergraduate engineering. The innovation involves a new, experiential form of peer tutoring whereinupper-class students function as