perceived national need to increase thepopulation of students going into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fieldsand stay internationally competitive in technical fields (PCAST, 2012).In recent years, the push towards K-12 engineering education has been directed toward thedevelopment of engineering content standards in order to precipitate widespread integration ofengineering. In his discussion on the role of educational standards and the need for K-12engineering standards, Rodger Bybee, an NGSS writing leader, stated that “the power of nationalstandards lies in their potential capacity to change the fundamental components of the educationsystem at a scale that makes a difference” (Bybee, 2011). The work on engineering
, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and alumni are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of
. 3. This session was fun. 4. Supplies and training materials were easy to use. 5. As a result of this session, I am more interested in STEM.Participants had space to comment also: “Please use the following space to write any additionalinformation you would like to share with us regarding this session.”The field trips were evaluated as follows:.1. This field trip increased my understanding of the operation of laboratory/industrial facilities? __Strongly agree __Agree __Not sure __Disagree __Strongly disagree2. The most important thing I learned from participating in this field trip was:3. This field trip can be improved if:4. Overall, this field trip was: ___Excellent ___Good ___Fair
available, we have found that establishing peer mentoring circles amongthose in systemically minoritized groups greatly bolsters their belonging and advancement inengineering and STEM fields at large.This workshop is primarily designed for researchers but can also be meaningful foreducators/program administrators and other engineering related practitioners in thinking throughhow research can be used for advancing social justice in the work they do. 2Our Social Justice Values and Terms…What are they? –10 minutes(5 minutes) We believe in the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as central to ourresearch. [As indicated in Handout]Diversity
emergency via a variety of visual,auditory and cognitive cues, such as smoke, light, noise, movement, fire alarm, peer action,etc. Particularly, the function and mechanism of fire alarms, a key component in fireprotection engineering system, are examined. Students learn about the type and workingmechanism of fire alarm system, effectiveness and failure of fire alarm under variousconditions, as well as how fire alarm is related to other components of fire protectionsystem, such as fire suppression system and smoke control system.Further, this section introduces theories of decision-making models in a fire emergency.After studying the decision-making process, students are guided to think about whypeople respond differently, i.e. make different
.O’Sullivan, D., 2003. Online project based learning in innovation management. Education+ Training, 45(2), pp.110-117.Shaffer, C.D. et al. (2010). The Genomics Education Partnership: successful integration of research into laboratory classes at a diverse group of undergraduate institutions. CBE Life Sci Educ. 9, 55-6.Shaffer, C.D. et al. (2014). A Course-Based Research Experience: How Benefits Change with Increased Investment in Instructional Time. CBE-Life Sci. Educ. 13, 111–130.Tamim, S.R. and Grant, M.M. (2013). Definitions and uses: Case study of teachers implementing project-based learning. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 7(2), pp.3.Van Den Bogaard, M.E. and Saunders-Smits, G.N., 2007, October. Peer &
harbor beliefs about what theirmajor or field of study indicate about themselves, and likewise what other students’ decisionssay about them. For example, it is widely accepted that many engineers believe nontechnicalskills to be easy and subsequently less valuable in the grander scheme of things [10]. A belieflike this could potentially impact the way that an engineering student interacts with a teammatein a nontechnical major like political science or creative writing. By encouraging students tocollaborate with a diverse team in a capstone environment, they are given the chance toexperience interdisciplinary interactions prior to entering the professional world. Further,observing and gaining an understanding of the impact that this pre
students are in the queue andthe questions that they list. While the Queue software was originally developed to help maximizeefficiency at office hours for large enrollment courses, the software has since been adopted forother educational purposes, including drop-in advising, peer learning, and active learning. Sinceits implementation in Fall 2017, the Queue has been adopted by 25 courses, 4 advising offices,and has facilitated over 70,000 questions.In the early use cases of the Queue, we identified several benefits for students and instructors,including but not limited to saved time, improved accessibility, and improved use of space sinceoffice hours do not need to be in a fixed location when the queue is used. To understand theseimpacts and
conducts research in engineering education, related to classroom and innovative pedagogical strategies. Her own intersectionality led to her passion in promoting and researching pathways into STEM especially for underrepresented minority groups.Ms. Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University Nihal A. Sarikaya is a student in the Department of Business and Administration at Northern Arizona University. She is working toward a Master of Administration degree, with Professional Writing empha- sis. Her goal is to become a medical/scientific writer. Sarikaya received her BS in biological sciences from the University of Southern California. Also, she has worked in academic research for five years and biopharmaceutical
as bullying still exists from male students and in rare cases,even from some teachers. This project is a continuous improvement work and in futurepublications, results will be shown on the improvement of numbers of women in eachEngineering program and the overall improvement of their perception. The analysis andconclusions shown in this work can be applied to other regions of the world where similarcultural and economic conditions exist, as women still face many problems not only inside anEngineering faculty but sometimes even at home when they decide for an Engineering career.AcknowledgmentAuthors would like to acknowledge Writing Labs, TecLabs, Tecnologico de Monterrey, for theFinancial Support provided to this project. Special thanks to
of higher education. The results of the review will be sent back to the university toaddress shortcomings identified by the review team. An on-site review team of peers will do acampus visit. A fifth year interim report is also required between the reaffirmations. SACSCOCrequires that a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is in place for continuous improvement. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual ConferenceThere are many similar software packages that can be used for academic program
start of the project in earnest was in Spring 2012. The 5-year, 2 million dollar Projectinvolves the UNM School of Engineering (SOE) only which is composed of four engineeringdepartments (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical/Nuclear) and the Computer Sciencedepartment. This Project revolves around the main goals of the National STEP Program and has thefollowing main four components: Mentoring: About 25 mentors participate (5 faculty members nominally from each of the five departments) in 6 mentoring sessions a year—3 per semester, with some older peers involvement. Each group size varies by major/department. Last session is a talk by an expert (industrial or academic). Two of the sessions involve career development
is considered between 2014-2018that are offered in fall semesters. The statistics were analyzed and then the labs are modifiedbased on students’ feedback (SPTE) and from the grading statistics. The lab has 10 experimentsin total, which is divided into two parts. The first part comprises 5 labs, and these are executedon IDE68K tool by writing the code in Assembly Language. The IDE68K suite is compatible toassembly or C programs and can be executed on built-in simulators (Topaloglu, T. and Gürdal,O., 2010). The second part needs C language and a DEMOEM hardware. This hardware withhands-on experience brings more advantage and eases the theory understanding. To bring thebetter outcome from students, where they are capable to compete with the
4 engineering tools and techniques. [ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes (b) and (k)] 5. Communicate solutions clearly, both orally and in writing. [ABET Criterion 3 4 Outcome (g)] 6. Work effectively in diverse teams. [ABET Criterion 3 Outcome (d)] 3 7. Apply professional and ethical considerations to engineering problems. [ABET 3 Criterion 3 Outcome (f)] 8. Incorporate understanding and knowledge of societal, global and other contemporary issues in the development of engineering solutions that meet
Program Outcomes* Semester Course Title Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 ENGL 1101 English Composition x x ETCE 1121 Construction Methods x 1st Semeter ETGR 1100 ET Computer Appklications x (16 hours) ETGR 1103 Technical Drawing I x ETGR 1201 Intro to ET Practices & Principles x x x x x MATH 1100 College Algebra and Probability x ENGL 1102 Writing in the Academic Community x x ETCE 1211 Surveying I
of discussion. For example, a lecture on patenting biotechnologyinventions will be followed by a presentation on patent law. The courses will end with acapstone activity in which students will use the information that they have learned and tietogether the central concepts of the course by writing a business proposal for a biotech start up.4b. Designing and disseminating project-based laboratoryThree sets of activity modules will cover topics from microbiology techniques, moleculartechniques and applications to biomanufacturing techniques/technology and introduction tonanotechnology. The common theme that connects these modules will be the soil bacteriumPseudomonas dimunita, its OP gene, the gene product and applications in
CANDIDATE | CARL WHITE, PHD, ASSOCIATE DEANAbstract Teaching and learning in the American school system should be directed towardcreating self-guided, independent thinkers. Teachers who are committed to creating acritical thinking environment realize that the primary purpose of all education is to teachstudents how to learn effectively. More importantly, institutions of higher education,specifically those whose mission statements include educating students who may notbe as academically prepared as their peers, may want to consider re-engineering theircurricula so that they can produce self-guided independent thinkers. This mixed methods research study will examine the affect of critical thinkinginstruction in a
assesspossible vulnerabilities. They perform simple risk assessments in which they must balance theimpact of security measures against the potential reduction in risk. They also write security plansin which they describe the security measures that must be implemented to block specificweaknesses in a system.Each type of student work here is considered in the light of Bloom’s taxonomy for cognitivelearning objectives4. In Bloom’s taxonomy, there are six levels of cognitive learning objectives: Page 13.255.6 • 1. Knowledge • 2. Comprehension • 3. Application • 4. Analysis • 5. Synthesis • 6. EvaluationThe upper 3 are generally
having studied overseas for at least a semester). The number ofsummer programs has also doubled in that time, jumping from nine to 18. These totals led toVillanova University this year being ranked fourth nationally by Open Doors6 in its category foroverseas student totals. In 2001, Villanova (like many of its peer schools) adopted a home tuitionpolicy. Under the home tuition policy, students participating in overseas education programs paythe standard Villanova tuition regardless of the overseas location. Students may apply theirVillanova financial aid to study abroad, just as they do when studying on campus.The Mission Statement of the OIS is as follows: The Office of International Studies and Overseas Programs fulfills the
behind." The report of the Commission on theFuture of Higher Education1 mentions that today our universities are not preparing the workforceneeded to compete in a global economy. Employers often complain that "new graduates they hireare not prepared to work, lacking the critical thinking, writing and problem-solving skills neededin today's workplaces." Even sources not agreeing with the statement that higher education is in acrisis recognize that the most valuable strengths of our system, “initiative, independence,resourcefulness and collaboration” must be continuously cultivated3.The Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) from theUniversity of Toledo, after numerous talks with the alumni and with
reveal a strong trendtoward engineering more functionality in smaller dimensional scale. Examples of technologyareas include wireless communication, portable audio, and digital video. Accelerometers inlaptop computers, pressure sensors inside automobile tires, and micromirrors for wide-area videodisplays are some specific transducers that show how microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)are growing more ubiquitous in engineered systems. Other common examples include diskread/write heads, inkjet printing nozzles, and bio-analysis chips.1,2 Such devices add relativelylittle cost to engineered products, yet contribute dramatic benefits in safety, speed, reliability,and functional performance. MEMS enable new products using much less spatial volume
substantiallyreducing or even eliminating the related threats of nuclear weapons proliferation by eithernational or sub-national groups.Final Report Topic 3: Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)Fellows working on the PACT project will be given data about four different countries,each on a different continent, from which to choose. After deciding which country’s needsto address, the team will have the opportunity to gather more data and information and thendetermine what is the most appropriate next step for that country in providing adequateradiotherapy for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Based on your research, your teamwill write a proposal to the IAEA requesting funding for the initiative your teamrecommends.The result . . .The enthusiasm
of written and oral reporting is again employed for assessment. Assessment tasksincluded: preliminary BFD by hand (mid semester 1); mass and heat balance and preliminaryPFD both by hand quickly followed by a PFD review (mid-end semester 1); preliminarysubmission and group progress interview (end semester 1); process simulation, revised PFD andinitial P&IDs (mid semester 2); final design report (end semester 2); final individual interviewand peer review (end of semester 2).5. Student EvaluationsThe open-ended approach described has been implemented and evaluated since 1975 at Calgaryand more recently at Auckland. Most student feedback upon graduation is that the course is a lotof work, but they learned a lot; Working in groups not always
are also asked to statehow their background and experience can contribute to the engineering accreditation process,and to describe their contributions to improving gender and cultural diversity. During fall 2005,more than 40 applications were received. The candidates are highly qualified, and most are fromthe programs affected, so that peer evaluation will be a reality. The first training session willoccur at the 2006 ASEE Conference and Exposition in Chicago.Training Materials for PEVsTraining sessions for PEVs will follow the standard ABET procedure, consisting primarily ofmaterials prepared for this purpose by ABET 2. In most of the other professional societies(ASME, ASCE, IEEE, etc.), these materials are supplemented with discipline
curricula by major professor and cohort group manager • Formal planning of research with Microsoft Project, including monthly reporting • Peer mentoring on research planning in student-led weekly group meetings • Research progress summary reports by semester • Resume and curriculum plan updates by semester • Summer short courses on narrow topics using industrial style scheduling • Research presentations on current hot issues using industrial format reporting • Solicitation-style candidacy exam process, with open written source access • Creativity and team building through industrial-style one to two day seminars • Formal summer classes in Ethics, and Proposal Writing and Management • Formal fall/spring
with a review ofcourse material for the exam. The sample exam helped students identify the topics that they werefinding hard to understand so as to put extra effort to study those topics for the exam.The following two student comments on the workshop were indicative of the success: “Sampleexams are awesome, I recommend future students utilize the workshop” and “Tell other studentsto go to workshop as much as possible as it is helpful”. Students found sample exams to beextremely helpful and wanted to have extended workshop hours during review for exams.Students felt that the group discussions held in workshop, as well as interaction with peers wasvery helpful.The next section of this paper discusses the role of the placement examination as the
sufficientplanning is the first step in effectively managing time. Following a lecture on timemanagement, students are asked to write down their weekly schedule. For two weeks,students are asked to record their actual day-to-day activities. The original schedule isthen compared with their actual experiences. From this exercise, class discussion centerson developing team time management skills that will help them stay on track and ontarget.Conducting effective meetingsWithout good leadership, a meeting can become an unproductive waste of time. Poorlyrun meetings nearly always exhibit the same problems: no specific or clearly definedobjective(s) for the meeting or the participants; no meeting agenda; unprepared leaders orparticipants; and the wrong choice of
intervention theory. Psychological Bulletin, 119(2), 254–284.11. Bangert-Drowns, R.L., C.C. Kulik, J.A. Kulik, & M.T. Morgan. (1991). The instruction effect of feedback in test-like events. Review of Educational Research, 61(2), 218–238.12. Kulhavy, R.W., & W.A. Stock. (1989). Feedback in written instruction: The place of response certitude. Educational Psychology Review, 1(4), 279–308.13. Nelson, M.M. & C.D. Schunn. (2009). The nature of feedback: how different types of peer feedback affect writing performance. Instructional Science, 37(4), 375–401.14. Bjorklund, S.A., J.M. Parente, & D. Sathianathan. (2002). Effects of faculty interaction and feedback on gains in student skills. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2
instructional methods and classroom conditions. Moreover, writing competitivegrant proposals requires assessment of envisioned project impacts to obtain initial funding and toargue for subsequent funding. A major obstacle to each of these assessment challenges islocating the correct instruments for the situation at hand and the outcomes to be measured. Thispaper describes the development of a web-based aid for locating desired instruments while alsogrowing the assessment capacity of engineering educators using an online search tool: theAppraisal System for Superior Engineering Education Evaluation-Instrument Sharing andScholarship (ASSESS).ASSESSThe ASSESS project is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Transforming UndergraduateEducation in STEM (TUES
research interests lie in the areas of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the curriculum.Dr. Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Warren D. Seider is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Penn- sylvania. He received a B.S. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. For many years, he has contributed to the fields of process analysis, simula- tion, design, and control. In process design, he co-authored FLOWTRAN Simulation—An Introduction and Product, and Process Design