seminar course called Biology in Engineering Seminar, which introduces the student to research at the boundary of engineering and biology across the various disciplines of engineering.ResultsThe Biology in Engineering Certificate program began admitting students in the Fall of 2005.Thirty-three students enrolled in the Biology in Engineering Seminar class, 20 of whom wereeither enrolled in the certificate program or planned to enroll. Of those students, all wereundergraduates majoring in BME. Graduate students and non-BME undergraduates also took thecourse (6/33) but were not enrolled in or planning to enroll in the certificate program.The value of the certificate program cannot be evaluated at this time. However, the value of theseminar
-intensive institution to build a robust teaching portfolio toprepare for a future academic role. The opportunities discussed in this document are basedlargely on personal anecdotes and are directed towards students that would not have theopportunity to take courses related to or invest significant doctoral research efforts inengineering pedagogy. Readers should take the suggestions as a buffet of possibilities and selectthose that are accessible at their current institution, that meet the time-constraints of theirschedule, and that will provide the most value for the type of institution they plan to join asfaculty.Capitalizing on the Teaching Assistant RoleThere are several major reasons that drive faculty to employ their graduate students as
learning using pre and post surveys, and student and instructor feedback. Weperformed assessment across all institutions where modules were deployed. We also discusslessons learned during development, and internal and external deployment of the e-learningmodules.IntroductionMore and more higher education institutions are trying to develop an entrepreneurial mindset instudents. Approaches for doing this include integrating entrepreneurship into the curriculum,structuring the physical environment to promote entrepreneurial minded learning (e.g., creatingmakerspaces), providing extracurricular activities and programs such as university innovationfellows, business plan and pitch competitions, and fostering student organizations that
developed in the job, many of them can be promoted during school. Some of these competencies are: teamwork, client/stakeholder focus, creative thinking, planning and organizing, problem solving, decision making, seeking opportunities, working with tools and technology, scheduling and coordinating, business acumen. 4. Tier 4 – Industry-wide technical competencies: these competencies include things that highly relate to the professional practice. Similarly, to tier 3, these competencies will be developed in the workplace, however, engineering schools play a role in preparing the students for them. Some examples are professional ethics, design, operations, engineering economics, legal, sustainability and
accessible acrossour state and will serve as a first step toward broader dissemination of IoT-related topics inengineering curricula. This paper will present the planning, organization, and structure of theworkshop, including a report of its lessons learned, initial findings and results, with the purposeof enabling other institutions to learn from our experience.IntroductionThe ongoing 4th industrial revolution, driven by the Internet of Things, is having profoundimpacts on Wisconsin industries of all kinds, especially manufacturers. Further, the increasingability to collect and analyze large amounts of data has impacts beyond manufacturing. Giventhe critical role that the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Stout, andUW-Madison
] describes the process of creating effective instructional videos as four steps: planning,development, delivery, and reflection. They stress the importance of reflection through gettingfeedback from students for effective evaluation, where success can be measured by anonymousstudent surveys that ask questions about the course and videos. This ties in with their view on theimportance for constant improvement and continually working to provide better resources forstudent learning. This emphasizes the importance of recognizing that the process of creatingvideos does not end once they are made available for use, but continues into the vital stage ofreceiving feedback and measuring their success by different metrics. Depending on the primarygoal one has
engineering) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Analyzing and interpreting data 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking 6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 7. Engaging in argument from evidence 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating informationThere are many similarities between the practices of scientists and engineers – e.g., both includeusing computational tools to test scientific theories and predict outcomes of engineering designs.While new technologies and pedagogies now afford us many opportunities to cultivate students’S&E habits of mind,4,5,18 developing novel approaches to integrate
Indian scenario) by paying for their services. Therefore, by doing just one ‘major project’ work, the students do not get enough experience in the institute to handle the real projects when they reach the industry. b) In such a scenario, often the main objectives of the project work of developing skills such as, planning, leading teams, communication, working in teams, decision making, and such others do not get developed by just one ‘major project’ offering in the last program. This is much to the disadvantage of the student, as most of the times the ‘major project’ is a group activity. Therefore, the requisite project handling skill- sets hardly gets developed as it is offered only once in
students and one faculty member for a 10-week period to do research at theJohnson Space Center in Houston [18] – [21]. The other part was the development of anundergraduate research plan that would help SAC students relate their NASA-sponsored researchwith STEM course content and classroom activities. Ten students were accepted to doundergraduate research at SAC with two faculty members.The 10 students formed three teams and each team submitted a research proposal. One teamselected a subject that might be helpful to future lunar farming: hydroponics. They designed andbuilt racks, containers, and an irrigation system in a campus greenhouse. The students plantedseveral types of vegetables and monitored their evolution with respect to different
. system integration. global performance. Interconnectivity (I): Isolation (N): Inclined to local interaction, follow Level of Interaction: Inclined to global interactions, follow a a detailed plan, prefer to work individually, enjoy Interconnectedness in coordination and general plan, work within a team, and working in small systems, and interested more in communication among multiple
accessibility. Slack userscan get push notifications through pop-up window as well as emails when someone mentionsyou or keyword of your choosing.As an importance enhancement, third-party services can be easily integrated into Slack to furtherimprove collaboration and productivity. Major integrations include services such as GoogleDrive, Microsoft OneDrive, Trello, Dropbox, GitHub, Outlook Calendar, Zoom, etc. Currentlythere are more than 1,500 apps in Slack’s App Directory [11].Slack has four different price plans. We used the free plan in our study. The free version allowsup to 1GB file upload and 5GB total storage size, searching among ten thousand most recentmessages, integrating up to ten applications in the App Directory, and one-to-one video
over graduate school. Thepaper provides an in-depth discussion on the findings of the REU program evaluation and itsimpact on undergraduate students with respect to their future plans and career choice. The analysisis also done by gender, ethnicity, academic level (sophomore, junior, senior), and type of homeinstitution (e.g., large research universities, rural and small schools) to explore if there was anysignificant difference in mean research competency scores based on these attributes. 1. IntroductionToday’s manufacturing operations are more complex and globally scalable compared to those inthe last century (Lee et al., 2016). This complexity in manufacturing operations is due to a shift inmanufacturing from craftsmanship model in the
sizes. With no sitting space, it is desirable to use portable desktop trainers which can beused in any classroom. The same issue exists with regards to the PLC course. Previously, theauthors had proposed two separate portable desktop units for these lab activities with theircorresponding lab activities and they also mentioned their plan to incorporate instrumentation inthese lab activities ([1, 2, 3]). Currently, there are 21 PLC trainers and a prototype is alreadybeing built for the fluid power lab. Further discussion and consideration resulted in identifyingsome lab activities that can be shared if there were one set of trainers that cater to the need ofboth courses.This paper discusses the design and development of an integrated trainer
andcommunities; (2) peer cohorts, providing social support structure for students and enhancingtheir sense of belonging in engineering and computer science classrooms and beyond; and (3)professional development from faculty who have been trained in difference-education theory, sothat they can support students with varying levels of understanding of the antecedents of collegesuccess. To ensure success of these interventions, the CAPS program places great emphasis ondeveloping culturally responsive advisement methods and training faculty mentors to facilitatecreating a culture of culturally adaptive advising. More details of CAPS interventions can befound in [4].CAPS program is a 5-year project that started fall 2018. The program planned to support
field and prior engineering identity studies. In particular, we seek tounderstand which factors may influence Hispanic students’ engineering identity development.We begin by answering the following research questions: 1. How do the engineering identity, extracurricular experiences, post-graduation career plans, and familial influence of Hispanic students attending a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) differ from those of Hispanic students attending a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)? 2. How do the same measures differ for Hispanic students attending a PWI from those of non-Hispanic white students at that PWI? 3. How do the same measures differ for Hispanic students attending an HSI from those of non-Hispanic
mathematics learning community anchored by the UTA Student Chapter of the MAA (Mathematical Association of America), on which we have built strong support programs to ensure academic success and professional development for our SURGE scholars. • An institutional initiative to improve undergraduate retention and graduation rates, which overlaps well with the SURGE program in goals and plans. • A vibrant regional economy that provides ample opportunities to place our SURGE scholars in internships and permanent jobs. Many of our SURGE alumni work at major corporations in the region. They are great assets to our SURGE scholars for career mentoring and job placement.The MAA Student Chapter in the UTA
Paper ID #21334A Conceptual Model for Engineering Major ChoiceDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Xinrui (Rose) Xu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Xinrui (Rose) Xu is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also serves as a career consultant
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business studentsdid not participate in clinic observations. Based on clinic observations, the engineering studentspresent problem ideas to business students who vet the concepts from a business standpoint.Working in multidisciplinary teams, students identify and address a specific unmet clinical needand develop a commercially viable solution or product. The engineering students focus onproblem solving and design of the solution while the business students focus on developing abusiness and marketing plan. The students enrolled in the “Special Topics in EngineeringBiomedical Innovation” are expected to spend a minimum of 4 hours per week outside of classdeveloping a solution, designing, building and testing prototypes. An engineering
engagement, preparedness, andconfidence in the lab. The following innovations were assessed by instructor observations,excerpts from student reflections, informal student feedback to instructor, and student commentsin end-of-course evaluations. Instructor prompts for each activity are shown in Table 1. 1) In pre-lab written reports, students are required to draw a figure similar to the “graphical Table of Contents consisting of a colorful figure that represents the topic of the review” required for reviews submitted to the American Chemical Society (pubs.acs.org).5 This “snapshot” conveys the student’s overall plan or strategy for the lab and notes any important volumes, time limits, etc. 2) The instructor provides guided
2001, Dr. desJardins c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #19949 was a senior computer scientist at SRI International in Menlo Park, California. Her research is in arti- ficial intelligence, focusing on the areas of machine learning, multi-agent systems, planning, interactive AI techniques, information management, reasoning with uncertainty, and decision theory. She has men- tored 12 Ph.D. students, 27 M.S. students, and 90 undergraduate researchers. She is also active in the CS education community, chairs the Maryland Steering Committee for Computer Science Education, and
uses the space and diversity of use is growing. Integration into thecurriculum of several departments is planned as the space will grow into a resource tosupplement engineering design education. An iterative approach was used for the design of thespace, and this approach is continued as the community and culture of the makerspace develops.IntroductionUniversities in the United States and worldwide are investing heavily in the implementation ofmakerspaces as a key component to developing a mindset of innovation among students,enhancing their learning experience, in particular when it comes to engineering design skills, andpromoting interdisciplinary collaboration. The idea of a university innovation space is quiterecent, with the first one
attitude rather than project milestones. 5. Provide students with literature addressing team dynamics, project planning, etc. Students are very good at focusing on the task at hand and performing research on their topic of interest, but many have not yet recognized the necessity of addressing these other issues, or even realized that there is a methodical approach to working on a team with diverse personalities, work habits and skill sets.Project planning:Students need to engage immediately with mapping out their project and projecting it out tocompletion. Again, it is important for advisors to acknowledge immediately the factors thattraditionally trip up teams: 1. Not enough research and brainstorming in the beginning
data was collected across three instruments. Thedemographic questionnaire collected data about participants’ demographic information andacademic background. The Doctoral Student and Development and Outcomes Survey, createdusing the research of Nettles and Millet (2006) and Lovitts (2001), was used to assess thesatisfaction and scholarly engagement of the students’ academic experience20,21. The CareerDecision Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSEC), which was originally derived from the Competence Testportion of the Career Maturity Inventory, included five sub-scales measuring self-appraisal(knowing yourself), occupational information (knowing about careers), goal selection (selectinga job), planning (looking ahead to the future) and problem solving (what
, significantly and positively predicted likelihood of being retained in an engineeringmajor. Studying with other students and participating in an internship program also positivelypredicted retention in engineering. Women and students who in their first year felt more likely tochange major were less likely to be retained, while students with a parent employed as anengineer and who at college entry were planning engineering as a career were more likely to beretained. The results not only indicate engineering identity can be important for retention inengineering, but several characteristics and experiences that relate to engineering identity arealso associated with retention in engineering.IntroductionNational reports have indicated colleges and
nursing students, working as part of a team and establishing relationships wasmentioned most frequently as the key benefit. The nursing students also acknowledged theadvantages of their clinical experience to the design process and valued being part of thesolution. We will also assess student gains and benefits from the interprofessional educationusing the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Scale (ICCAS). In addition,we plan to analyze team performance data, such as project-related scores, including comparisonsto BioE design teams without Nursing student members. Literature suggests there is both a needand current opportunity to implement interprofessional education across diverse professionaldisciplines.Introduction and
widely used in engineering education. PBL relies on the paradigm ofconceive, design, implement, and test, while the students are encouraged to consider the whole system, inorder to obtain hands-on and practical experiences, giving the students the ability to transfer the acquiredknowledge into practice. It has the great potential to help students cope with engineering complexities,and those problems that they are facing into their future careers. For such reasons, PBL is considered asuitable method to obtain the desired results and to improve the student learning and interests. Theunderlying course methodology, task planning, course and laboratory topics, or planned assessment arepresented and discussed. The encountered issues and challenges to
the perspectives of different stakeholders for an engineering design, product orprocess and to explore the privilege associated with different stakeholders. The assignment wasfirst implemented for civil engineering students in a civil engineering materials course studyingsustainability and the Envision sustainability rating system [3]. The assignment considered alarge regional highway reconfiguration that has been in planning and design phases for nearly 20years and recently broke ground. The project has severe impacts on a community of low socio-economic status whose residents are predominantly people of color. Students read a variety ofregional news sources and discussed the project in small groups and as a larger class. Initialresponses
emphasize multiple modes of reflective output, including written text,drawings, and both audio and video recordings. A culminating student project is also presented.The project is a reflective work centered on helping students to plan their personal developmenttowards becoming a “world class engineering student” through the use of gap analysis.IntroductionStudent success in engineering is not only dependent on academic talent, but also the ability todevelop the right attitudes and behaviors required to be successful in the demanding collegecoursework. At Highline College we focus on changing student behavior through the use ofreflective teaching practices. A list of successful student behaviors is provided below: • Successful engineering
presentations in areas such as expert systems, data communications, distributed simulation, adaptive control systems, digital signal processing, and integrat- ing technology into engineering education. He has also been an industry consultant on in discrete event modelling for strategic planning. Professor Elizandro received the University Distinguished Faculty Award, Texas A&M, Commerce and College of Engineering Brown-Henderson Award at Tennessee Tech University. He served as Governor’s Representative for Highway Safety in Arkansas and member of the National Highway Safety Advisory Commission during the Jimmy Carter presidency. He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor