Sourcing Research at Arizona State University (ASU). He has worked with private, public, federal, and international organizations, procuring over 700 projects and services (worth over $1.5 Billion). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Design and Implementation of a Practice Based Course in Contracting and Project Management Kristen C. Hurtado, Jake B. Smithwick, Kenneth T. Sullivan, and John Savicky Arizona State University School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built EnvironmentAddressing the needs of engineering curriculum to provide evidence-based practice andopportunities for students to gain skills that
Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Interest and Attitude Development In Out-of-School TimeAbstractSince its inclusion in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), engineering has continuedto emerge in classrooms and informal settings. As educators become familiar with this discipline,there is opportunity for research to inform our understanding of how youth are relating toengineering concepts and practices. This paper examines how engaging with engineering in out-of-school-time (OST) settings impacts youths’ interests and attitudes toward engineering. Dataare drawn from four OST sites that implemented a hands-on engineering curriculum with 52middle-school-aged youth. Quantitative analysis of
University-Kingsville Dr. Abdelrahman is currently the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Abdelrahman has a diverse educational and research background. His research expertise is in the design of intelligent measurement systems, sensor fusion and control systems. He has been active in research with over 80 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. He has been the principal investigator on several major research projects on industrial applications of sensing and Control with focus on Energy Efficiency. He is a senior member of IEEE, ISA, and a member of ASEE.Dr. David Ramirez, Texas A&M University
AC 2012-3224: ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHING: THE ROLE OF A”CARING” FACULTYDr. Waddah Akili, Iowa State University Waddah Akili has been in the academic arena for more than 37 years. He has held academic positions at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Penn. (1966-1969), at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (1969-1987), and at the University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar (87-00). Akili’s major field is geotechnical engineering and materials. His research work and experience include characterization of arid and semi arid soils, piled foundations, pavement design and materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include contemporary issues of engineering education in general, and those
ActivitiesThis is a three-credit course offered in the beginning of the second year of the MSID programduring the residency week. It is designed as a weeklong intensive course in which students workfrom Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with after-hours group meetings and otherstudies. Exhibit 1 depicts the design and schedule of the course. Exhibit 1: Class activities for prior to and during the residency week Step-1: Activities prior to residency week Literature review and learning the best practices FRIDAY FINAL PRESENTATION ¾ RESULTS PRESENTATION
graduate studies and achieve their academic goals. The program will also expand facultyinvolvement in research and professional development and increase students’ participation inindustrial applied research and product development projects that will positively impact theirmarketability and satisfy the Middle States reaccreditation and review process. This will preparestudents for successful futures by providing real life applications of knowledge, critical thinkingand a sound liberal arts education to help them pursue rewarding and successful careers.According to the College’s mission review, the implementation of this proposed program isgiven a top priority in the ongoing institutional planning process as it will foster teaching,learning
Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient.Ms. Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cyndi Lynch is the Director of Fellowships and Graduate Student Professional Development for the Pur- due Graduate School. Ms. Lynch is a registered veterinary technician, focusing on animal behavior. Her research focuses on doctoral student engagement and assessment of doctoral student learning outcomes in identified best practices, including mentoring, developing effective writing strategies, recruitment, reten- tion, and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development. Ms. Lynch instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the
, mathematics, and engineering and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, his Master’s of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Ms. Ann Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney is the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars scholarship program at Boise State University, which is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium. As part of this program, she collaborates with the Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives
significantly across institutions. How CC faculty participation in research isaccounted for in tenure and promotion at CC is quite variable. For instance, inside our partnership,research expectations for faculty at the CC of the CUNY system are much higher than at EPCC.However, UG research at CC is recognized [8] as a high impact practice to support student successthat can positively impact graduation, STEM retention, and transfer rates.H-AGEP provides training to the Fellows in best mentoring practices of undergraduate students inresearch. Workshops on student mentoring and on research opportunities at CC are given to theFellows. CC faculty mentors provide opportunities for some of the Fellows to mentor CC studentsin research projects.4.2.3
doctoraldegree.This professional engineering degree differs from a research-based doctorate degree in that itfocuses on developing deep engineering principles AND non-technical skills aroundorganizational leadership. Emphasis is placed on engineering practice, public service anddeveloping leadership potential, not on basic research and research methodology. This degreeprepares an engineer for business leadership success working at the highest levels of theengineering profession.The late ‘80s revitalization of this program came from the efforts of the then Assistant Dean ofEngineering. He saw the tremendous benefits of such a degree and realized a niche need graduatesof this program could fulfill. Engineers are trained for technical competence and expertise
incorporate the emerging best practices of QuantCrit [21]across the entire mixed-methods study to ensure the critical theory nature of the CCWM isreflected in any quantitative implementation of that theory. Recommendations are alsoincorporated from the work of Mejia et al. [3] for research integrating a critical perspective as weconsidered anti-deficit framing and critical theory questions in the development and design of themethods. Castillo and Gilborn [22] suggest considering five foundational principles whenadapting a critical theoretical framework to a quantitative study: 1) The Centrality of Racism, 2)Numbers are Not Neutral, 3) Categories are Neither Natural nor Given, 4) Voice and Insight, and5) Social Justice/Equity Orientation. A discussion
transformativelearning that occur during the pursuit of a doctoral degree [8]. In this paper, we describe thiscomplexity from the perspective of doctoral students. Graduate students can provide insightsregarding graduate programs' inner workings that directly benefit their institutions' academicprograms. For instance, analyzing the students' perspectives regarding courses, roles, andrelationships with supervisors is essential for programs to improve best practices [9]. In ourwork, we consider how our relationships with supervisors/mentors can influence the ways weconceptualize our development as researchers and designers.Graduate students are not just student researchers; they are developing faculty members andindustry professionals. Thus, many
career-development activities to bolster their readiness for post- graduation. 3. Be exposed to a wide variety of career options in STEM. 4. Learn details about graduate school. 5. Broaden their scientific network through multiple means. 6. Demonstrate scientific communication. 7. Acquire and demonstrate scientific knowledge in materials science. 8. Demonstrate competency in scientific ethics. 9. Develop and plan for participation in an outreach/broader impact activity. 10. Develop a sense of belonging in their role as a citizen in the scientific community.Program Structure and BackgroundPenn State University has a long-standing summer research program for undergraduates inmaterials research that has been supported by a
applied in both academic and non-academic settings.For example, the rubric development presentation covers how rubrics can be used to as-sess exams, homework, and quizzes as well as to conduct an employee’s annual review. Adean from the college of engineering gives instruction on enforcing academic integrity, andour research park and alumni network has provided panelists for panel discussions wherequestions about professional ethics are deliberated.Perhaps the single best practice that we employed was holding a weekly meeting to conductlecture reflection and planning. In these meetings we perform regular checks on our lecturecontent to ensure that we do not lose sight of the integrative approach. The culture of theteam is one that allows
group involve designing polymeric, degradable therapeutic pulmonary aerosols for immune engineering and creating 3D-printed lung replicas to advance in vitro deposition testing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Putting Course Design Principles to Practice: Creation of an Elective on Vaccines and ImmunoengineeringAbstractAt our university, most assistant professors are expected to develop and deliver a newsenior/graduate-level elective course related to their research. We present here a collaborationbetween a non-tenure-track, teaching-focused associate professor (Professor A) and a newtenure-track assistant professor (Professor B) to design a course using principles
of early- and end-of-semester student ratings of TAs, and completion rates and class averages for courses that havetraditionally lower levels of student success.Implications of this InitiativeBased on the preliminary results of the TA certification program, we believe that this programhas demonstrated significant potential to increase student success and retention, while providingrelevant professional learning opportunities for TAs that will serve them beyond their roles asengineering educators.Although this program was developed for graduate TAs at a research-intensive university, webelieve that its core design principles will enable it to be adapted for use in engineering programsat a wide variety of institutions whose programs and student
specifically designated funds for an annual lectureship can eventually be identified.• Administrative support: once the program is organized, administrative needs are relatively simple. These can easily be provided by one graduate assistant allocated to the program at the college level.5. Program Assessment and ConclusionsCurrently an independent assessment of the national PFF initiative is being conducted. The resultsof this assessment are not yet available. However, both anecdotal evidence and the local statisticsgiven above show that the programs which have been established in UC's College of Engineeringare having a significant positive impact on doctoral education and on placement of graduates intoacademic positions at a wide range of
Paper ID #42046Board 301: Impacts of the ProQual Institute: Summative Evaluation of ParticipantSkills, Perceptions, Confidence, and Research Products from a QualitativeResearch InstituteDr. John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia Dr. Morelock is an Assistant Professor of Practice with an emphasis on engineering education research, and the Associate Director of Educational Innovation and Impact for UGA’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI). In addition to coordinating EETI’s faculty development programming, Dr. Morelock conducts research on institutional change via faculty development, with an emphasis
research teams as well as theconceptualization, design and development of interdisciplinary curricula. This type ofcollaboration and interaction is especially important for small and medium-sized schools anduniversities where undergraduate / graduate teaching accounts for a major portion of the facultyworkload. Thus the paper describes the interdisciplinary research collaborations as well as thedevelopment of interdisciplinary educational curricula and their role in reaching educationalobjectives of the department, the school and the institution.Following section gives brief information about ROC and the subsequent sections describe themechanisms implemented to trigger and sustain faculty development over a longer period oftime.2. Research and
Exposition, Nashville, TN, p. 4013-4018.10. Kentish, Sandra E. and David C. Shallcross, 2006, An international Comparison of Final-Year Design Project Curricula, Journal of Chemical Engineering Education, 40(4), p. 275-280.11. Lyons, William C., 2000, U.S. and International Engineering Education, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 126(4), p152-155.12. Spinelli, Giancarlo, 2001, Internationalism and Implications for Engineering Education: Changes in European Educational Systems, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 43(6), p.117- 118.13. Mihelcic, James R., Linda D. Phillips and David W. Watkins, Jr., 2006, Integrating a Global Perspective into Education and Research: Engineering International
proven theories and effective practices for instilling global competence. Most programs are thoughtfully designed and carefully implemented, but they are seldom rigorously and scientifically evaluated for their educational impact. Does learning a second language really matter? How long and what kinds of international experiences are best? Should international coursework be required? What subjects are needed and when should they be taken? Increasing the knowledge base of proven theories and effective practices for instilling global competence in engineering graduates, indeed all graduates, needs to be a major priority [p. 41].These problems in the current efforts in preparing students for the global
Engineers (NSPE), theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and that used in industry and government service.II. National Collaborative: Purposeful Advancement of ProfessionalGraduate Education for Creative Engineering Practice and Technology InnovationInitiated in 2000 by leaders of the ASEE-Graduate Studies Division, College Industry PartnershipDivision, and Corporate Members Council, the National Collaborative Task Force on EngineeringGraduate Education Reform is a coalition of innovative faculty, academic leaders from research andcomprehensive universities, and engineering leaders from industry who are working together to respondto the urgency for reshaping engineering graduate education to better serve the needs of the modernpractice of
Paper ID #18125Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into First-Year Engineer-ing Course:: Results of a National SurveyDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the ABET assessment coordinator for her department since 2008. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice
engineering fields (e.g. mechanical, environmental, orelectrical) through design challenges targeted for specific grade levels, contextualized in aparticular country (e.g. India, USA, or El Salvador), and set in a elementary aged child’s story13.Some researchers are analyzing the impact of these resources for integrating engineering intoelementary curricula16-18. For example, Karatas and colleagues19 performed a phenomenographic Page 24.270.4study with 20 sixth-grade students to understand elementary students’ views about engineeringand its differences compared to science. For this, researchers collected student interviews anddrawings of engineer(s
directly involved in the process.Our faculty made a presentation in the Best Assessment Practices at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. This directly impacted more than fifty faculty members from other institutions.Our team also published five articles in the ASEE Proceedings and one in proceeding of IJME –INTERTECH on outcomes associated with capstone projects during the past four yearsOak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation(NEES)NEES and ORAU collaborated with the VSU and conducted a workshop on January 11, 2008 tothirty-five (35) VSU STEM faculty members. Twelve of our faculty members continued to workwith NEES in identifying research opportunities on earthquake. As a result, two VSU
an hour. All of the doctoral students in cohort one were invited to participate andthey all agreed to be interviewed and audio recorded.The following questions guided the focus group interview: 1. Can you tell me about the impact the program had your preparation and interest for an academic career, with respect to your role as an engineering educator? 2. To what extent are you using the information learned about teaching engineering in your current practice? 3. How prepared do you feel in the teaching aspects of an academic career? 4. To what extent did this program support your job search efforts in relation to teaching engineering? 5. How would you describe a good engineering educator? 6. What were the best
Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Dr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Medha Dalal is a postdoctoral scholar in
on doctoral student engagement in identified best practices, including mentoring and faculty-student relationships, orientations and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development. Her research explores the impact of best practices on the associated doctoral student learning outcomes and assessment of best practices. She instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the Preparing Future Professionals course, designed to facilitate graduate students transition into faculty positions and non-academic positions respectively.Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jiabin Zhu is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She
of Practice for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Engineering and a facilitator of Safe Zone training and participates in various activities of the ASEE Commission of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI).Angela R Bielefeldt (Professor) Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is also the Director for the Engineering Plus program, which is in the process of being renamed to Integrated Design Engineering. Bielefeldt also serves as the co-director for the Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning Integrated Research Theme (IRT) at CU. She has been a faculty member at CU since 1996, serving
recent graduates’experiences as well as those of other difficult-to-access, perhaps underexplored, populations ofengineers. Introduction and BackgroundSchool-to-work transitionsResearch on engineering practice has emerged as a major focus within the engineering educationcommunity (Korte, Brunhaver, & Sheppard, 2015; Lutz, 2017; Stevens, Johri, & O’Connor, 2014).And while engineering degree programs are designed to prepare graduates for the realities ofmodern practice, research suggests that a significant gap remains between what engineers aretaught in school and what they do at work (Korte, 2011).An important aspect of engineering practice, then, involves the school-to-work transition for