foundational assumptions of their opposing team. Their examination of the ethical positions involved in thesecontroversies ultimately led several of the students to change their minds about such issues as whether the U.S.should continue to develop a National Missile Defense System, or whether Embryonic Stem Cell research should bemore widely funded by the federal government. My paper explores the difficulties and triumphs of assignmentssuch as these that challenge students to examine their own assumptions. I make recommendations about the furtherintegration of ethics in engineering curricula, which may happen only if there are new and financially feasibleopportunities in ethics training for interested faculty and instructors. About five years
science through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and disciplinary identity; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women (specifically Black and His- panic women) in computer-related engineering fields. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A systematic review of social constructivist pedagogies in computing and their effects on broadening participation for women in undergraduate computingAbstractThe necessity for computing professionals has underlined the
emerging biotech pharmaceutical services com- pany. Ronald Brandt also served as President of the Drug, Chemical and Allied Technologies Association (DCAT). Ronald Brandt earned a Bachelors of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from The Cooper Union, a Masters of Business Administration from Rutgers University and a Masters of Arts (Ed.) from Seton Hall University. Brandt is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma and Kappa Delta Pi honor societies. The American Chemical Society selected Ronald Brandt as a Hach Scientific Foundation Scholar for his work as a high school chemistry teacher. Page 26.1737.1
thinkdifferently about given tasks (Haynie, Shepherd, Mosakowski, & Earley, 2010), and thecognitive strategies which provide them with the ability to rapidly sense, act, and mobilize, evenunder uncertain conditions” (Ireland, Hitt, & Sirmon, 2003) (Wheadon & Duval-Couetil, 2016).Integrating entrepreneurship education into engineering education is therefore is not solelyfocused on the outcome of students’ entrepreneurial endeavors and development of specificbusiness skills and knowledge, but also on developing entrepreneurially minded engineers thatare prepared to identify and solve problems in innovative ways. These students can then utilizetheir entrepreneurial mindset to eventually become an entrepreneur or in other ways such asbecoming an
Paper ID #23135Critical Incidents in Engineering Students’ Development of More Compre-hensive Ways of Experiencing InnovationDr. Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University Nicholas D. Fila is a postdoctoral research associate in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Industrial Design at Iowa State University. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. His current research interests include innovation, empathy, design thinking, and instructional design
Paper ID #11743Implementation of Advocates and Allies Programs to Support and PromoteGender Equity in AcademiaDr. Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University Canan Bilen-Green is Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement at North Dakota State University. She is also Dale Hogoboom Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and PI of the ADVANCE Program at North Dakota State University. She holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Statistics from the University of Wyoming and a M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University.Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Carpenter is Associate Dean
Paper ID #7975Designing an Introductory Entrepreneurial Thinking CourseMr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is a graduate student in the Engineering Education Program at Purdue University and the recipient of NSF awards for research in engineering education. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes
Paper ID #9514Intervention to Improve Self-Efficacy and Sense of Belonging of First-YearUnderrepresented Engineering StudentsDr. Kari L. Jordan, The Ohio State University Dr. Kari L. Jordan earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2006 and 2008 respectively. During her undergraduate tenure she was an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and served on the Board of Directors. She was also the President of the ASEE student chapter at Michigan Tech. She was the recipient of a King-Chavez-Parks graduate fellowship and GEM Fellowship
AC 2010-467: INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON A GRADUATEPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE: CAREER ISSUES FOR WOMEN INENGINEERINGKeisha Walters, Mississippi State University Dr. Keisha B. Walters is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She received her B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from Clemson University in 1996 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University in 2001 and 2005. Dr. Walters’ research involves the development and surface modification of stimuli- responsive and bio-inspired polymeric materials. She has been a member of ASEE since 2002.Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University Dr. Adrienne Minerick
Engineering Undergraduates Concurrently Seeking K-12 STEM Teacher Licensure: Fuels the Soul or Too Many Barriers?IntroductionThe benefits of infusing K-12 education with engineering—specifically engineering design anddesign habits of mind—is well established; engineering design is a powerful vehicle for scienceand math education [1]. Engineering education research suggests that students who are exposedto engineering topics during their elementary and secondary years are more motivated to enrolland succeed in advanced science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses inmiddle and high school, as well as eventually pursue engineering and other STEM careers [1, 2].Moreover, students who enter undergraduate engineering programs
explicitly considered and mentioned. As such, it is likelythat engineering faculty are not used to formulating theoretical frameworks, which maycontribute to a lack of familiarity with understanding the role of these frameworks in educationresearch. 4 3 Mean Rating 2 1 Q1.1* Q1.2* Q1.3* Q1.4* Q1.5* Q1.6* 4 Extremely familiar Q1.1 How engineering research and educational research are different 3 Very familiar Q1.2 How engineering research and educational research are similar 2 Somewhat familiar Q1.3 Designing research questions with educational issues in mind 1
include these particular seven outcomes. Then, Criterion 4: Continuous Improvement statesthat a program must assess the student outcomes and use the outcome assessment data as inputfor improving the program. Even though a program isn’t required to have most of its graduatesmeet all the student outcomes, a program is likely to be stronger and more attractive to studentsif its graduates are meeting these outcomes. With that in mind, a legitimate question can beraised as to whether the 45 engineering topics courses are sufficient to have most graduates meetthe student outcomes – particularly those that are technical in nature.As can be seen from this review of ABET accreditation requirements, for most programs ABETshould not be a hindrance to a
responsible for developing students’engineering capabilities, enabling those students to ‘perform services in their area ofcompetence’ [1] once they enter the workforce. The typical example of, ‘Someday our studentsmight be tasked to design a bridge and are you confident they could do the job? Lives are atstake.’ This notion calls to mind a potential tension between considering student welfare in theshort-term and the public in the long-term, anticipating that our students will someday bepracticing engineers in a position to impact public SHW. However, there is growing recognitionthat the current culture of “hardness” in engineering education should be tempered ortransformed to a culture of wellness [20].It is my assertion that engineering faculty
Paper ID #37606Rural HSI and eHSI Colleges Consensus ReportMara LopezCaroline Vaningen-dunn (Director) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comRural HSI and eHSI Colleges Consensus Report Mara Lopez and Caroline VanIngen-Dunn AbstractThe goal of this paper is to provide an understanding of STEM education challenges in HispanicServing Institutions (HSIs) located in rural areas. In the Fall of 2020, approximately seventyrepresentatives from thirty 2-year HSIs and emerging HSIs documented their needs, barriers,successes, and priorities
PowerPoint,Collaborative Learning, and Formative Assessments. Engineering mentors found these seminarsexposed them to different teaching techniques, including ways to grab student attention, providepositive reinforcement, and be mindful of students’ ownership. They felt that the experienceeffectively improved their ability to deliver a presentation and to engage the audience, as well asgrew their confidence in public speaking. For example, one engineering mentor shared that,“Learning different teaching strategies is definitely beneficial.” Another engineering mentorprovided a specific example, that “I remember I brought up the idea of why don't we just call onstudents? But then I believe one of the other education students reminded me that some
Paper ID #43768Work In Progress: But Wait! Design and Leadership Competencies Are MoreSimilar Than You Think!Dr. Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder Rebecca Komarek is the Associate Director of the Idea Forge at the University of Colorado Boulder. She teaches in the areas of education research, leadership development, and engineering design. She earned her PhD in engineering education with a focus on leadership development.Dr. Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Director of the Idea Forgeˆa C”a flexible, cross-disciplinary design space at University of Colorado
Paper ID #37683Virtual Reality: A Learning Tool for Promoting Learners’ Engagement inEngineering TechnologyMs. Israa Azzam, Purdue University Israa joined the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University as a visiting scholar in September 2021. She conducts research on the design, modeling, simulation, and control of complex fluid power and mechanical systems. Prior to her appointment as a visiting scholar at Purdue, Israa was a graduate research and teaching assistant at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanon from 2019 to 2021. She con- ducted research on dynamic system control theory, where she
When considering bias in engineering, social bias, like racial and gender bias, typicallycome to mind. Investigation into these biases are thorough (Eddy & Brownell, 2016; Ohland et al.,2011; Williams et al., 2016) and increasing awareness of them is warranted. But considered lessfrequently is the role that cognitive biases play in engineering design (Carmichael, 2020;McDermott et al., 2020; Mohanani et al., 2020). Cognitive bias refers to the variations in thinkingand decision-making that occurs between individuals when presented with the same information.Just some examples of cognitive bias in engineering include ownership bias: the preferencetowards one ideas over the ideas of others (Toh et al., 2016; Zheng & Miller, 2019
Paper ID #37132Cultivating Sustainable Infrastructure Project Delivery throughIntegrated Design and Envision-Rating System within ConstructionEducationMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. At present, Rubaya is a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Civil and Environmental
them to engage confidently.The question is how can this reflective thinking be used in the engineering classes? Thetechnological literacy classes do not delve deeply into many concepts yet students seemed tohave better connectivity between major concepts. They also demonstrated a special passion tofollow up their learning and take actions based on advancing their knowledge in their researchand creating their projects in upper level classes. This is interesting, in particular when onethinks about how they clearly did not like the subject to begin with. With all this in mind, wedecided to see how we could bring the same concepts and use of reflective thinking into theengineering classes. There were challenges, but the effort showed successful
AC 2007-17: A TEN-STEP PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING ASERVICE-LEARNING COURSEMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He
Paper ID #6953A Longitudinal Study of Student Performance in an Elective Applied DigitalSignal Processing CourseDr. Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1992, 1994, and 1998, respectively. During his Ph.D. studies, he also obtained a graduate minor in statistics. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at North Dakota State University, where he teaches courses in signals and systems, digital
exercises with engineers in mind. • The focus was primarily on identifying ethical content for the medical instrumentation and biomaterials classes that presented ethical and character dilemmas. • Faculty members teaching these classes actively participated in the collaborative development process and attended a book club on ethics guided by the ethics expert to improve faculty comfort with ethical content and with teaching ethical concepts. 3. Initial Implementation: • The developed ethical modules and learning exercises were successfully implemented in both courses following the first summer. • The effectiveness of these
Paper ID #25432The Historical Mandate for the Open-Source CommunityMs. Tejita Rajbhandari, Gannon University The author is a student of the Gannon University Computer Science program. She is the VP of STEM Outreach for GUBotDev, an independent company made up of Gannon University students and faculty. She is heavily involved in the use and promotion of Open-Source technology and its benefits to STEM outreach to young up-and-coming engineers. She has also been involved in promoting gender equality in the engineering fields.Mr. Mark Blair, Gannon University The co-author is an instructor at Gannon University Department of
boys are more often encouraged toexplore hands-on activities than girls, and where gender stereotypes in computer games aimed atyounger learners appeal more to boys than to girls. Alice Parker, an engineering professor at theUniversity of Southern California, also notes the importance of engaging female learners withengineering at a young age: “It’s important to reach them in middle school because in highschool, attitudes and preferences about career choices are already becoming entrenched, and itbecomes more difficult to change their minds.”6 To be most effective, engineering education at the middle school level (and all levels)must not only engage learners, but also support deep, intentional learning. Deep learningconnotes an
dramatically change the estimated Keep in While the pendulum swings, observe its motion carefully. How fast is it outcome. Asteroid orbits are also swinging? How wide is the diameter of the oval being painted? Are there chaotic, as well as turbulence from Mind! any noticeable patterns, or is the motion random? jet engines. Part Two: Damped Pendulum Next, students will create a damped pendulum. By simply untying the yarn from the yardstick and threading a paper cone onto the string, the structure will be altered enough to make a significant difference in the motion of the pendulum, demonstrating chaos
AC 2007-3090: MANAGEMENT CHANGES AS A THREAT TO ONSITEDELIVERY OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSMitty Plummer, University of North TexasJerome Davis, University of North Texas JEROME J. DAVIS is a lecturer in Nuclear Engineering Technology at the University of North Texas. He is a Registered PE in Illinois and Wisconsin. He has 14 years of nuclear power industry experience. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His NS and MS degrees are in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.Charles Bittle, University of North Texas CHARLES C. BITTLE has been a Lecturer at the University of North Texas since 1997. He
AC 2007-410: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MECH LAB I AT THE UNIVERSITYOF SOUTH FLORIDADon Dekker, University of South Florida Don Dekker is currently an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He is currently teaching Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I, and Capstone Design at USF. Before his retirement in 2001, Don taught at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He first joined ASEE in 1974 and some of his ASEE activities include Zone II Chairman (86-88), Chairman of DEED (89-90), and General Chair of FIE ‘87. His degrees are: PhD, Stanford University, 1973; MSME, University of New Mexico, 1963; and BSME, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1961
documentation can be captured. His current research is focused on developing higher reliability Technical Language Models (TLMs) which are essentially knowledge-graph backed LLMs that can pinpoint where information was drawn from within a complex information environment. He also works toward improving CS education, broadening participation in computing, and incorporating ethics into CS education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Directed Question based Framework for Teaching and Learning Ethics: A tool but also a Memorable Framework that Students can take Forward into their Professional Practice Udayan Das
engineering 1curricula could greatly benefit from sociotechnical integration in undergraduate engineeringeducation to encourage the development of sociotechnical thinking and habits of mind [4].Sociotechnical thinking is defined as, “…the interplay between relevant social and technicalfactors in the problem to be solved” [4]. Within the term sociotechnical, the first part, social, isused as an umbrella term that covers multiple broad social dimensions of engineering problemsolving, including but not limited to economic, environmental, ethical, and health and safety-related dimensions. Since the meanings of these latter terms can sometimes involve both