research interests are in the areas of problem-solving, cultures of inclusion in engineering, engineering ethics, and environmental justice.Erica D. McCray, University of Florida Dr. Erica D. McCray is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida. Prior to joining the faculty, she served as a special educator for students with behavioral and learning disabilities in Title I elementary and middle school settings. Dr. McCray has been recognized on multiple levels for her teaching and research, which focuses on diversity issues. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Assessing Community Cultural Wealth and Funds
engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Laura J. Carroll, University of Michigan Laura Carroll is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. Laura’s research interests are focused on academic success of neurodiverse STEM students, faculty de- velopment and change, and instructional barriers to implementing active learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Barriers Instructors Encounter when Using Active Learning in an Online Classroom SettingIntroductionThis work-in-progress paper seeks to identify
and innovative pedagogies on student learn- ing and success. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: College Students with ADHD: A Framework for Studying the Role of the College Experience on Academic SuccessAbstract Students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) represent a growingfraction of the college population. We plan to study the experiences of college students withADHD majoring in science, engineering, and mathematics
. Philip started his academic career as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and holds numerous professional certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Practi- tioner (CISSP), and a Certified Cyber Forensics Practitioner (CCFP) from (ISC)2, SANS GIAC Computer Forensics Analyst, and an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker. His research and teaching interests in- clude sUAS cybersecurity, and general aviation cybersecurity. Dr. Craiger is a certified NAUI technical SCUBA instructor and instructor trainer (certifies NAUI instruc- tors). He has hundreds of technical dives
7 • ES 2200, Robotics • ENGL 2002, Social Media for K-12 Teachers • COSC 2002, Application Development Robotics is a one credit, hands on course using Lego robots and drones to assist teachers inmentoring students by forming robotics teams and preparing for competition. This directlyaddresses collaboration (Practice 2) and computational problem recognition (Practice 3). NWC also created Social Media for K-12 Teachers and Application Development. Whileother courses in this program were used in a modified or unmodified version, these courses weredeveloped specifically for the K-12 Computer Science Endorsement program. Social Media forK-12 Teachers focuses on cyber citizenship, ethics, and the responsible use of social media in
University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus (UPRM). He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University (1999). Prior to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil engineering and Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics and bioconstruction (with emphasis in bamboo); appropriate technology; engineering ethics; and mechanics education. He has served as PI of several NSF-sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. He is
November 27, 2016. 3. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_robot#History_and_development , accessed on 4/13/2021. 4. Lassa, Todd "The Beginning of the End of Driving". Motor Trend, January 2013. 5. "European Roadmap Smart Systems for Automated Driving", EPoSS, 2015. 6. Lim, Hazel Si Min; Taeihagh, Araz, "Algorithmic Decision-Making in AVs: Understanding Ethical and Technical Concerns for Smart Cities". Sustainability, 11 (20): 5791, 2019. 7. Robotics: A Brief History, https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/1998- 99/robotics/history.html , accessed on 4-17-2021. 8. Gennert, Michael, “Robotics as an Undergraduate Major: 10 Years’ Experience”, Proceedings of
knowledge transfer [13].Professional learning happens across multiple domains. Professional responsibility is modeledand practiced throughout as timeliness, respect, appropriate dress, appropriate language are allmade explicit with continuous feedback coming from faculty and staff. Teamwork skills areprovided in seminars and practiced in design teams. Multiple workshops per week address topicssuch as: inclusion, ethical action, leadership, reflection, management, happiness, life-workbalance, overcoming adversity, and communication. Each week during the EDP students writethree one-page learning journal entries, most of which are reflective prompts from some aspectof professional learning. These student reflections related to professional
more diverse/reliable educational system.The movement to online teaching has taken on many different forms. Some institutions haveadopted a fully online instructional approach, while others provide a blended learning type, usingsupportive systems and implementing tools such as Moodle, Blackboard, Atutor, and CanvasLMS,among others. Effective online class is important for achieving institutional goals of both teachingand learning in higher education. Previous research on e-learning was mainly conducted with anin-depth focus on certain e-learning dimensions such as technology, faculty, support, pedagogy,readiness, management, ethics, evaluation, planning, and institution [3]. This paper investigatesZoom’s breakout room application and its effect
strongertechnical communication skills. In the early 2000s, engineering professional societies reportedunderdeveloped writing and presentation skills in entry-level job candidates while, at the sametime, stressing the time spent in a typical engineer’s day on communication tasks [1, 2]. At thesame time, ABET adopted new criteria for evaluating and accrediting engineering programs [3].The criteria focused on developing “soft skills” including teamwork, ethics, and effectivecommunication, among others. The importance of soft skills has only grown in the interveningyears. Among ABET’s student outcomes as listed in 2019-2020 is “an ability to apply written,oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments;and an
and evaluate the technical and ethical implications of civil engineering infrastructure in transforming a community’s quality of life. 6. Apply a ‘systems thinking’ approach to solve problems and make connections across multiple disciplines in an engineering project. 7. Evaluate the role global engineering plays in the world and how students can affect change based on their educational experiences. 8. Understand the differences between a footbridge project and formal engineering education, and why these differences exist. 9. Create viable solutions to real-world problems, despite not having one ‘correct answer’. 10. Understand that continuity in education is necessary to adapt and overcome ever
community, (iii) to promote STEM to under-served communities close to SCU. In additionto the ELSJ learning objectives, this course was designed with the hope that students would also:• Develop educational materials and hands-on STEM activities as a service to the community• Develop project/time management, organizational, and leadership skills.• Develop effective listening/collaboration skills while working with community partners.• Recognize and understand ethical responsibilities of engineers.In the lecture component of the class, students are introduced to concepts that can help themwhen performing their outreach. Specifically, there is a nine-lecture sequence where thefollowing material is discussed:Lecture 1: Introductions, Course
minutes, Scrum sprint work plan Mid-Sprint report, including meeting minutes (each week) (each week)Second Software Project Estimation II (Week 7) Secure Software Development (Week 7)Week ofScrum Midterm Exam (Week 9) Requirements Elicitation Techniques (Week 9)Sprints Managing and Controlling Work Processes (Week 11) Human Aspects of Management (Week 11)(7, 9,11, 13) Ethics in SPM (Week 13) Service-Oriented Software (Week 13) In-Class team meeting minutes, individual team End-Sprint report, including meeting minutes (each week) member evaluation rubric (each week)14 Organizational Issues in SPM
someof the people who have created the science of today, these 129ideas have importance for our times. The mechanisticconcept of nature has been satisfactory when it has beenoperating in terms of technology, but it has been inef-fective in providing answers to questions concerning man.It has no answers for ethical, political or social questions."Why sacrifice yourself for another person or cause?", ''Whydo one's duty?", "What is duty?", or even "What are import-ant questions for science to ask?" are all questions whichhave no meaning in a mechanistic conception of the universe.In seeing science as a product of man's judgements and ofits cultural setting, twentieth-century scientists seescience not as beyond and above
is no guarantee of long-term career security. Conflicts withadministrators or colleagues might lead to a future resignation. To survive or thrive, thecandidate must be gifted with intelligence, energy, an excellent work ethic, and the people skillsrequired to be effective with students, faculty colleagues, and administrators. Some today referto these people skills with the term collegiality (American Association of University Professors[AAUP], 1999; Connell & Savage, 2001). In recent years there has been some effort to includecollegiality in institutional promotion and tenure documents, although this has not achieved thestatus traditionally given to research, teaching, and service. Although the AAUP (1999) istroubled by the effort to
, learning, oradministrating. It is a public and private commitment to moral and ethical behavior. A lack ofintegrity is associated with behaviors like cheating, plagiarism, falsification of one’s and otherswork, or misrepresentation of one's efforts. However, academic integrity is more than just notcheating (or not getting caught cheating).The Center for Intellectual Property1 identifies five fundamental values that encompass academicintegrity: Honesty in all endeavors, Trust and confidence in others that allows a free exchange of ideas and provides the intellectual infrastructure that allows all to reach their highest potential, Fairness in assessing others work and contributions, Respect for oneself and others
exists, students can move ahead,for the most part, in developing their own projects outside of class. This milestone in the classexperience can be a good opportunity to take some class time to talk about ethical issues in thediscipline, often taken from current news events. Two possible examples are the health concernsin cell phone usage and the health effects of high- age a i i i e. I i e ha heca c e a fi a c c i ch i e , b a ea he i be a a e ha heengineering profession is aware and concerned about such issues.We are now ready to tackle something more substantial. First, we solve the classical rectangularwaveguide problem using a product solution of the partial differential equations. This problemshows
. Teamwork: the ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. Open-ended problem-solving: the ability to identify, formulate, and solve problems. Communication: the ability to communicate effectively with others. Societal and environmental impact: the ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. Design under constraints: the ability to design a component, product, or system to meet a desired outcome or solution while accommodating a range of constraints. Constraints may be economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, materials, or sustainability-related. Controlled
designed course for underprepared(in mathematics, as placed by the placement exam) and undecided students grouped under generalengineering. This course combines a lecture (common for all sections of the course) and alaboratory component to help students not only to learn about various major engineeringdisciplines but also to pick up effective and transferrable skills to become better engineeringstudents. The course covers many important modules necessary for introductory engineeringdesign courses, namely - engineering design, engineering software, engineering research,engineering ethics, using the Makerspace, and evaluation and presentation of engineering data. Inaddition, many other important skills such as oral and written communication, working
" (listed in 3.9% of jobs), "Security+" (listed in 2.9% of jobs), and"Information Assurance Technical IAT" (listed in 2.4% of jobs), amongst others [7].Other researchers have identified mentoring as an important component for development offuture cybersecurity professionals by embedding career guidance, academic advising, as well asguidance and mentoring in research, certifications, service learning, ethics, professional skills,and extracurricular activities [8]. Therefore, engaging students in competitions like CyberPatriots and exposing them early on to project-based cybersecurity activities might have a hugeimpact on their future cybersecurity careers.BackgroundThe Commonwealth of Virginia is trying to address the growing need for
they started their engineering education. This observationemphasizes the need for more early education about positive career expectations and the work ittakes to achieve the valued engineering career. While programs, like AcES, often focus onhelping students use academic resources, building cohorts to facilitate feelings of inclusion, andinteracting with faculty, mentors, and practicing engineers to facilitate the development ofpositive career expectations, perhaps there are additional characteristics that students need aswell. Perhaps first-year engineering programs should also consider ways to help students toadopt a growth mindset [12] and a strong work ethic to prepare them for the workload they willlikely experience. Students need to
). One critical element in developing and pursuing sustainable goals ishuman capital and hence the reform of undergraduate engineering education has received muchattention. The motivation for academic institutions to incorporate sustainability principles intoengineering education is manifold, including meeting criteria of accreditation boards likeAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) across the globe, policies andregulations from government agencies and increase in the standards required by industries thatprovide employment to engineers(3, 5, 7). According to the National Society of ProfessionalEngineers (NSPE), one of the professional obligations under the NSPE code of ethics, requiresengineers to adhere to the principles of
interest include: STEM Education, Cybersecurity Education, Cybersecurity Policy, Social Engineering, Information Technology Ethics, and Cybersecurity Workforce Development.Dr. Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette Alejandra Magana is a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and an affil- iated faculty at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.E. in Information Systems, a M.S. in Technology, both from Tec de Monterrey; and a M.S. in Educational Technology and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research is focused on identifying how model-based cognition in STEM can be better supported by means of expert technological
real world. I have noticed that the ones that are open to outside experience do listen and try to apply what we do/say into their work. Some will even ask questions and try to learn more directly as well. An example is in control systems, when we were going over frequency and time domains. My communications background allowed me to explain that information in a different way to a couple of the other students and show how that education is applied in industry. From our work ethics, to our different knowledge bases I do think we make a positive impact on the performance of the other students.”MethodsTo conclude whether veteran students have a positive influence on the grades of non-veteranstudents, student
typically female or male firstname but were otherwise identical. When asked to provide both quantitative and qualitativeassessment of qualifications of the two candidates, participating students gave the female resumelower quantitative marks and honed in on non-technical and language skills more so than they didin their evaluations of the male candidate. This paper presents the findings of this initial study andoutlines a path toward a more comprehensive look at gender-bias in engineering studentperceptions of qualifications.IntroductionIn the Fall of 2019, the author taught a required, senior-level mechanical engineering courseintended to develop student career readiness through discussions and guest lectures on topics suchas ethics, codes and
activities was useful to increasestudents’ employability [6], professional ethics [7], skills for writing a business plan [8] andthe like. Despite of the promotion of these educational efforts, however, the impact of TIECson engineering students’ entrepreneurship intention and behaviors, remain scarcely answered.Entrepreneurial intention, as the prerequisite and the best prediction of entrepreneurialbehavior, have an important impact on actual entrepreneurial behavior. This research focuseson engineering students’ entrepreneurial intention and sets out to explore the impact ofengagement in TIECs on their entrepreneurial intention. This study aims to examine tworesearch questions: 1) In the context of TIECs, what are the factors that affect
of engineering identity: definitions, factors, and interventions affecting development, and means of measurement. European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 42(6), 1240-1262, Feb 2017, http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/uvMnAdrywrDPeXMbFicE/full, https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2017.128766423. A. Furnham & J. Marks (2013). Tolerance of Ambiguity: A Review of the Recent Literature. Psychology, Vol. 4, 717-728. doi: 10.4236/psych.2013.4910224. A. Furnham & T. Ribchester (1995). Tolerance of ambiguity: A review of the concept, its measurement and applications. Current Psychology, Vol. 14, 179-199. doi:10.1007/BF0268690725. W. G. Perry Jr. (1970). Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College
, orother students with sufficient programming backgrounds. We have two objectives: the firstis to introduce deep learning to undergraduate students as a modern topic, and the secondis to assess the students’ performance and find suitable RA candidates for our researchteam.2. Course SetupCPS4420 Software Engineering is a major required course that offers in the fall semesterevery year. This course teaches students design and implementation issues for softwaresystems, including software life cycle, requirements definition and specification,prototyping, verification, validation, testing, fault-tolerance, social and ethical issues ofcommercial software, and software management. The prerequisites for this course includeCPS 1191 Computer Science I
Predeparture Seminars Program introduction 4.7 Research methods 4.5 Communication skills 4.7 Ethics in research 4.6 Workshop duration 4.2 Program in Scotland Meetings with mentors 4.1 Nonresearch activities 4.2 Accommodation 4.8them” as the highlights of the program. One person said no and cited the short duration of theprogram (8 weeks).We also asked the students to write any additional comments as
bioplastics. Engineering aspects of the physical, mechanical andchemical properties of bioplastics were investigated.A brief summary of each module for the lectures and hands-on activities of the chemicalengineering course, with the most important steps is described below:Module 0: Introduction to Chemical Engineering and Lab SafetyThe focus of this module is to introduce students to engineering concepts and show that engineersdesign, conduct experiments then analyze and interpret the data. Students learned that engineersdesign a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability andsustainability. The field of Chemical