teamwork each year and Developmentapply these skills to different team projects. Each lecturemodule would have active-learning components, engaging Figure 2. Implementing teamworkstudents to converse with their peers and apply what they skill development modules in thelearned. We discussed plans for each module below and undergraduate curriculumsummarized the class activities in Table 1. In this work-in-progress, we implemented the firsttwo lecture modules. We have been developing the third module and will implement in futuresemesters. The First Module. The first lecture module would start with understanding the necessityof forming teams to solve complex engineering problems. The instructor would provide
built around a frameworkdrawn from a recent book [1] that explores the current status of sexual harassment inengineering. Our five panelists are a diverse group of women engineers representing multiplesexual orientations, races, and family backgrounds. Our panelists will present their experienceswith gender harassment, lessons learned, their responses to the harassment, and paths forward.The panel will emphasize approaches and responses to gender harassment that can beimplemented from the bottom up – by individuals or localized peer or work groups – withoutrelying on top leadership in an organization to take the initiative to transform culture or takedefinitive and proportionate action in response to individual harassment cases.Gender
found to help minoritizedstudents reach academic success [3, 5, 6]. About the GREATS program The GRaduate Education for Academically Talented Students (GREATS) program is aprofessional development initiative aimed at supporting historically minoritized students withinSTEM doctoral (PhD) programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The GREATS programis framed on the three educational pillars of self-advocacy: (i) Empowerment, (ii) Promotingself-awareness and (iii) Social Justice. For the first pillar of empowerment, minoritized STEMgraduate students learn leadership skills to help them experience social integration and increasetheir sense of belonging in their peer-groups. For the second pillar, the students build communitywithin
explain their thought process [4,5]. In utilizing the “think aloud''method, students have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of the topic or concept.Their ability to answer the question(s) in a complete manner is assessed using a predeterminedrubric. Examiners may provide hints, delve deeper into a particular aspect, and dynamicallyadjust questions to facilitate further discussion. This is in stark contrast to the traditional writtenexamination in which students are given fixed questions on a written test in which they wouldread thoroughly and write their answers on paper [5]. While oral examinations have been widelyadopted as an alternative form of assessment to traditional written examinations, they are notcommonly implemented in
: Starting Successful Study System - In this drill, students develop a plan for approaching exams by creating an individual study system. Students assess their inputs (time, content, resources, person: mental, physical, emotional) and make adjustments to achieve desired outputs in their first set of exams. 3. Fall Semester Drill Week 8: Post-Test Analysis: System Check - Students reflect on their first set of exams and evaluate their study systems to make strategic adjustments. Students also learn how to develop habits, foster self-awareness, and conclude by writing a detailed goal commitment with tangible steps and outcomes. 4. Fall Semester Drill Week 14: Finals Prep - In this drill, students assess their courses
a bench-scalewindmill system that students continued to build upon as the course progressed. One associatedcomponent early in the semester was practice in experimentation that also provided studentsexposure in the additional fundamental skills of technical writing and practice with MS Excel.Since students under the remote course iteration did not have physical access to their ownconstructed windmill systems, course administrators had to be creative in accommodatingdesired, related objectives. Thus a demonstrative windmill was built by the instructors, followedby the creation of 200 different mini-videos with a systematic variation in experimentalconditions so that students could view experimental trial runs remotely while still
founded in 1911 and headquartered in Armonk, NY. • We have over 280,000 employees globally. • Throughout IBM’s history they have been at the forefront of diversity. Starting in 1911, when founded, the company included Black and Female employees. Hired the first person with disability in 1914. In 1935 was the first to write an equal opportunity policy, and many more historic moments. • Our business strategy is focused on helping clients leverage the power of hybrid cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the IBM 2021 Annual Report. • Our purpose is “to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.”In the highly competitive technical market, IBM
boundaries, and for their development as engineers? • How important is it, from an educational perspective, for educators and students to interact with and collaborate with peers in other countries?The Ethical Engineer WebsiteThe Petroleum Engineer website is being modeled on a highly successful global platform,https://ethicalengineer.ttu.edu, that was developed to teach engineering ethics [2, 3]. The EthicalEngineer website is a virtual context for ethical reflection and shared discourse. It provides aninteractive platform for college students to present their comments and reactions to ethicaldilemmas. That website, like Petroleum Engineer, arose from an undergraduate course inengineering at our institution that is required of engineering
, the inclusion of these skill refinementprograms is especially important. Other programs have also reported on the effectiveness ofprofessional development activities on the enhancement of the REU experience for students fromdiverse backgrounds.(3,4) The Center for Inclusive Education oversees the REU summerprogramming activities by using a multidisciplinary approach while collaborating with otherareas of campus. REU students participate in both a 9-week Research Methods Seminar and aGraduate Prep Class that focuses on writing a personal statement for graduate schoolapplications. These workshops were taught by Stony Brook Graduate students. This led to thedevelopment of near-peer relationships over the course of the summer.Each week students
both the pre- and post- survey. The last two questionsof the survey asked gender identity and age. Gender identity options included (a) man, (b) woman, (c)non-binary, (d) prefer not to answer, and a write in option. Students participating identified as 50% menand 50% women. Average age of the student respondents was 16.8 ± 1.5 years.Definitions of a soft robot In the free response section of the survey, participants were asked “What is asoft robot?”. Overall, students had reasonable ideas about what soft robots were and their uniquefeatures compared to traditional robots. Table 1 shows a summary of pre- and post- survey responses forthis question. While in the post survey, no one answered “I don’t know”, it is important to note that 4
STEMresearch experiences in defense relevant research areas and to teach the participants about careeropportunities in the Naval civilian research enterprise, as well as other research career pathswithin the defense industry. In addition to gaining hands-on research experience and mentoring,the students received training from each university's Office of Undergraduate Research in topicsrelated to the nature of research, the ethics of researchers, and the mechanics of writing andpublishing research.Initially the program also included travel for both the student veterans and their faculty mentorsto the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., to meet their NRL mentors in person, andto present on their summer research. COVID-19 prevented these trips
been found that womenmake almost 50% of the workforce but hold only 28% of jobs in STEM fields [3]. Manyinstitutions and organizations have realized this challenge and provided various activities topromote female students into the STEM fields [2]. In addition, different strategies were developedto recruit and retain students in the STEM education [4-5]. Creating quality, attractive STEMprograms [6] and using peer influence to motivate high school girls to enter the STEM fields [7-8]appears to be effective ways to retain female students in STEM.Wentworth Institute of Technology has collaborated with local schools and organizations topromote STEM education. Since 2014 our university has organized a Girl Scouts STEM Dayprogram targeted to help
be mitigatedthrough scaffolded assignments, regular peer evaluations, and more frequent opportunities forindividual and team-based self-reflection [2], [8], [12].The transition to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic this past year onlycompounded the pre-existing logical and pedagogical challenges associated with engineeringdesign in FYE courses. The most pressing challenge for these courses in an online-onlyenvironment was ensuring students access to essential equipment and materials to design andconstruct a physical prototype. In general, programs responded to this challenge in one of threeways: (1) abandoning physical prototyping for an entirely “paper design” project; (2) requiringstudents to purchase third party construction
completed assignment was a lab which includedthe writing of a formal report. Performance on this assignment was compared across thedifferent teams, sections, and individual students’ results, with the goal being to determine ifcertain team formation strategies have a beneficial effect on performance for both the teams andthe individuals. Analysis of the data indicates that student-selected teams performed better onthe team assignment than teams formed using other strategies, but the observed improvementwas not statistically significant. We believe this was due to the small sample size. In addition,while there was no statistical difference in the incoming average student GPA for differentcourse sections, the incoming GPA of students did have a
format was chosen to accomplishthe following objectives: 1. Understand the morphological approach to the design of a complex system (1, 2).* 2. Practice the technique and procedures for innovation by de- fining a real life problem and developing a practical system for the solution (3, 4). 3. Experience the advantages and difficulties of working to- gether as a design team. 4. Communicate ideas through formal (written) and oral presen- tation before peers and a panel of professional practition- ers. In a period when the tendency has been to make the engineer awhite collar worker dependent on the computer and on theoretical stu-dies, we want to help tilt the balance
been multi-disciplinary with Physics and Mechanical Engineering faculty and students. Undergraduate andgraduate level students have also worked together. It was quickly found that scheduling issuesfor the repeated on-site visits would make it difficult for faculty to personally oversee allactivities. Therefore, a process of peer mentoring was relied on with more experienced studentsleading the development of new students on the project. As students rotated off the project (dueto graduation or other responsibilities) efforts were made to ensure that new students were fullytrained by the time they would need to take over tasks.III. PROJECT TASK BREAKDOWNThe first task performed for this project was a literature review. Students extensively
demandshigher-than-average time from students. To evaluate the student's perceptions of ourapproach, we collect data from several sources, including an online survey and groupinterviews, specifically designed to evaluate the perceptions of this approach. We concludethat our wellbeing protocol is beneficial for students and that students recommend itsimplementation in other courses with high enrollment.The wellbeing of students has been identified as central to student engagement [7]. Acomponent that distinguishes our protocol from other approaches to wellbeing described inthe literature, such as mentoring and peer-to-peer tutoring approaches (e.g., [4]), is that itengages in active, personalized communication with students. Furthermore, the wellbeingTA
timeso that even mild mental health problems can have a long-term detrimental effect [2]. Asadolescents and young adults, students begin to separate from their parents and make decisionsregarding peer group affiliations, intimate relationships, and educational choices. Depression canalter these career decisions and educational and vocational progress. Kessler et al. [2] wrote: …we estimate that more than 7.2 million people in the United States prematurely terminated their education because of early-onset psychiatric disorders, and only a fraction will later complete either high school or college….There are many societal consequences, such as less training of the workforce, less capability of full functioning in
models as tools to help solve societally relevant scientific challengesthrough design/development of appropriate technologies.Project TESAL incorporates characteristics of effective professional development inmathematics and science [28] - [33]. Teachers engage in significant mathematics and sciencecontent related to the work of teaching as they develop, design, implement, and refine modules toaddress middle grade content standards and objectives (CSOs) in mathematics, science, literacy,and engineering design. Teachers collaborate with peers and experts in engineering design,literacy, science, and mathematics education as part of a team moving through learning,development, and implementation cycles. This work is aligned with research in that is
a MBA at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego and was named a Rady fellow. He has published over 24 peer- reviewed publications, eight book chapters, and 24 US patents. Dr. Cornwall’s academic interests include: biomechanics, biomaterials, mechanical design, entrepreneur- ship, and innovation in medical devices and music. He has an active and long-standing interest in not- for-profit volunteering and service. Bryan is also an active runner completing more than 20 marathons around the world. He is a member of the ”7 Continent Club” completing marathons on 7 of 7 continents including Comrades (the Ultimate Human Race) in South Africa. American
lives” [6].Additionally, a sense of belonging “refers to a students’ perceived social support on campus, afeeling or sensation of connectedness, and the experience of mattering or feeling cared about,accepted, respected, valued by, and important to the campus community or others on campussuch as faculty, staff and peers” [7]. Due to these outcomes, the addition of the first yearseminar is becoming increasingly more common in colleges and universities and--whenimplemented well--offers a robust focus on critical thinking, opportunities for writingproficiency, collaborative learning, and the ability to obtain and process information. Together,these elements work to develop students’ academic and applied capabilities. Moreover, highimpact classes
paper we present the working processes and activities of acurrent one-year ECR: PEER (EHR Core Research: Production Engineering Education andResearch) project funded by NSF organizing two workshops held by two institutes. Theseworkshops are to solicit and synthesize insights from experts in the academic, for-profit, andnon-profit sectors to describe the future and education of production in mechatronics. Eachworkshop is planned to be two days, where the first day will be dedicated to the topics ofworkforce education and training in mechatronics. The topics in the second day will be slightlydifferent based on the expertise and locations of the two institutes. One will focus on themechatronics technologies in production engineering for
lesson plan development • Technology supportScheduling- Most students on the EST time zone, 1 student in CST time zone- A 9-5 day with study halls, classes, and sessions in that time- Would schedule more breaks in between (longer lunch, or small breaks in between each session)- Students were zoom fatigued by the end of each day so by the end of the week, it was challenging for them to always stay engagedTechnology- Worked with PSU IT to get loaner laptops and hotspots to students who were having internet issues- Used Zoom for all sessions- Supplied students with electronic writing tablets for math class – which they then used to play PictionaryCommunity building- Activities and sessions ran by Program Assistants, students forming
working from home, including the difficultywith separating the work and the home environment. They mentioned having more distractions athome, such as the student who said, “I’m sitting at my dining room table trying to do this work,and I’m trying to meet with these people, and there’s like people doing dishes in the other room.My brother would be playing the electric guitar for the one hour in the week that I need to bemeeting with my boss.” Other students felt that lack of social interaction with peers and not beingaround other undergraduates doing similar research work was a disadvantage.However, overall, despite these challenges, students primarily thought that the remote environmentworked well for them.Description of mentor strategies used in
and in the same way peer pressure kept them from acting in the first place, theyare more likely to follow and assist now that the dam’s been broken.Another term to mention is pluralistic ignorance. If a large group is not reacting to something, anindividual will often stay quiet assuming that, since no-one else is saying anything, their opinionmust be in the minority and/or wrong. Maybe every person in the room agrees that somethingshould be done but if no individual stands up and says something, silence is consent and they allfeel that they are alone. In class, everyone might be lost but if no-one asks a question, then eachindividual assumes they are the only one that doesn’t understand.The school requires us to take intervention training
(BSE) degree programs. Upon arriving at ISU in 2006, he led the development of the BSE program, and this program now enrolls over 100 students. Raman also runs multiple summer research internship programs through his roles in CBiRC and CenUSA – over 200 students have participated in summer pro- grams he directed over the past decade. In his role as Pyrone Testbed Champion for CBiRC, Raman and his students have developed early-stage technoeconomic models of bioprocessing systems. His graduate students have gone on to faculty positions at peer institutions, and to engineering leadership positions at companies including Cargill, Nestle, and Merck.Dr. Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State UniversityProf. Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa
sustainability assessments of biopolymers and biofuels, and design and analysis of sustainable solutions for healthcare. Since 2007, she has lead seven federal research projects and collaborated on many more, totaling over $7M in research, with over $12M in collaborative research. At ASU, Dr. Landis continues to grow her research activities and collaborations to include multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable systems with over 60 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Landis is dedicated to sustainability engineering education and outreach; she works with local high schools, after school programs, local nonprofit organizations, and museums to integrate sustainability and engineering into K-12 and undergraduate curricula.Prof
toreflect on their own process by writing blog posts every time they finished a role.As mentioned before, S. G. Adams et al. (2002) model guided our study, therefore wedeveloped several interventions in the classroom to make sure we were offering the studentswith each construct of the proposed model. Details as follows: • Common purpose: The primary grade in the design course was based on teams’ development of their design project. Every team had a common purpose (i.e. the real design problem to solve by the engineering team). • Clearly defined goals: teams were required to develop quantifiable and commonly agreed goals, based on the needs of all the tracks. • Psychological safety: students were trained on safety for
statement, design constraints, and criteria for design evaluation. In allsemesters the instruction discussed the topic and provided examples of each with in-classdiscussion. In the hybrid semesters additional in-class time was available for the students tobreak into groups and spend time attempting to write their own mission statement, list ofconstraints and evaluation criteria. This in-class time for attempting to define their ownstatements for a design resulting in much lengthier and engaging in-class discussion of this topic.These in-class exercises and hands-on attempts were done for each step of the design process. Inaddition, the same five 2-D Mastercam labs (#1-5) were used in all three semesters. Data wasplotted in Figure 1 to show how many
not imply your immediatesuccess in the new one. In my case, I struggled to implement a learner-centered approach whentransitioning from face-to-face teaching to an online environment. Teaching an online class is acompletely different experience and I also had a much larger class size (more than 400). I had toexcel not only as a course coordinator, subject matter expert, and facilitator of learningexperiences, but also as a manager and mentor of undergraduate peer mentors (AKAundergraduate teaching assistants). Therefore, the big question that arose was: How can Isucceed in all of these roles to create an effective online learning environment?Issues in online teaching due to my transition from face-to-faceIn my first experience as an online