).Graduation rates among transfer students are lower than students entering four-year programs inyear one, and the TranSCEnD program was deliberately designed to provide these students withacademic, social and financial support. Three major components were included to improvecohort-building and thereby impact success. Students admitted to the program (1) engaged in agroup summer bridge project, (2) completed a single-term success seminar, and (3) wereprovided a scholarship for continued informal engagement with the comprehensive TranSCEnDteam throughout their years at UTK. The NSF-supported project has entered the fifth and finalyear of the program and the results of the effort show positive impacts on transfer studentsuccess. Students participating
employment opportunities. ● Center for Global Engagement (international office)CPT/OPT Workshops: Most international students come to the US knowing that their F-1international student visa comes with the benefit of being able to gain practical experience intheir field of study after graduation and are eager to learn about employment opportunities. Inparticular, students studying in a STEM discipline on the Department of Homeland Security'sofficial STEM Designated Majors list have the added benefit of applying for an additional twoyears of work authorization in addition to their first year, for a total of three years. Therefore,CGE offers workshops on Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or internship opportunities andOptional Practical Training
singlecore processors to multicore and many-core processors properly. Training students in thistechnology is critical to the future of exploiting new computer systems [5]. Today, with all theProceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Educationadvances in hardware technology, we as educators find ourselves with multicore computers asservers, desktops, personal computers, and even handheld devices in our laboratories (Labs)while still teaching undergraduate students how to design system software, algorithms andprogramming languages for sequential environment [6]. The current practice is to introduceparallel programming at graduate-level (only at some high-ranked universities), starting withparallel
assessment best practices. She focuses on building and evaluating academic programs that promote inclusive excellence for all learners. Currently, Dr. Cullington serves as the Associate Provost of Academic Programs at Sacred Heart University. Previously, she was the Founding Co-Chair of the Honors Program at SUNY Farmingdale and Associate Director of the Research Aligned Mentorship (RAM) Program where she designed, implemented, and evaluated academic programs to engage students from historically minoritized communities in undergraduate research opportunities. She has served as a principal investigator and educational researcher on number grant initiatives, including grants from the National Science Foundation and the
al.26 recommend that future research designs should not only expand the time periodunder study but also include the starting points—percentages of women faculty within each rankand discipline—as a comparison group for changes during and after the implementation of anADVANCE program.More recently, Bilimoria et al.24 examine the outcomes of the ADVANCE IT program at 19institutions representing the first and second cohort of the program. They argue that successfulinstitutional transformation requires the synergy of facilitating internal factors (senioradministrative support, collaborative leadership, flexible vision, and visible action), research andevaluation, change initiatives, institutionalization of changes, and outcomes. Although 18 of
received Best Paper Awards at the American Society Engineering Education (ASEE) in 2020. Dr. Liu earned his B.S. in Applied Physics from Caltech and S.M. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, under an MIT-SUTD fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Educational Simulation for Understanding Atomic Force Microscopy Image ArtifactsAbstractThe atomic force microscope (AFM) is a fundamental imaging tool used to visualize minutefeatures, often on the scale of fractions of a nanometer. This is achieved by scanning a tip overa surface and monitoring the motions of the tip in response to forces between the tip
graduatingengineers.Introduction Culminating design events serve as a hallmark of most undergraduate engineeringprograms [1], [2], and many undergraduate programs leverage a quarter, semester, or evenyearlong capstone course to meet this objective. This paper presents a case study of a novelapproach to conduct a compressed-timeframe culminating event just prior to graduation, in thecontext of a two-semester capstone sequence. The culminating event is designed to leverage best practices in literature related to team-building, competitions, student leadership, real-project case studies, and high-impact practices.Literature related to these practices is embedded throughout the paper as it describes the overallstructure and design. The event also helps achieve
ability to best a weak player in a computer game builds confidenceamong freshmen. Freshman retention increased to 55% for the Fall 2012 semester, 15% to 24% greater than prior years. One significantfactor in this increase is the implementation of these programs. However, other factors may have affected retention as well,though the impact is believed to be minor. Two known factors include transposition of the order of teaching for two chaptersin the circuits book and the normal year to year variation between groups of students. The chapter transposition is believed tohave had minimal impact, though we lack definitive data to confirm that conclusion. The year to year variation in retentionrates for prior fall semesters was in the range of 10
research, the course of Measurement and Evaluation Techniques in Industrial Engineering(IT 507 graduate level, 3 credit course) was assessed. The course description for the IT507 is:“This course covers applied statistical techniques and design of experiment in solving andanalyzing industrial problems. It focuses on measurement and evaluation strategies in theindustry.”This study was conducted across two semesters (each semester had 16 weeks, class size of 8students) for the same course: in the spring of 2017 for a lecture-based classroom course and inthe spring 2018 for a mix of lecture-based and problem-based classroom course. The facultyadministering the courses in spring 2017 and 2018 was the same. The instructor has taught thecourse for two
has a Ph. D. in Materials Engineering (1998) and Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (1999) from Uni- versity of Wollongong, Australia and holds Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) degree from Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity, Pittsburgh (2001 – 2003) and BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Australia (1998 – 2001). Dr. Manohar held the position of Chief Materials Scientist at Modern Industries, Pittsburgh (2003 – 2004) and Assistant Manager (Metallurgy Group), Engineering Research Center, Telco, India (1985 – 1993). He has published over 55 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences including a 2007 Best
/1-2--42971ActivitiesThe project has completed its first year and is now halfway through its second. A wide variety ofactivities, key cornerstones for reaching capacity, have been executed and are in place (see Table1). The initial months of the first year were spent on planning and preparation. Implementation ofactivities began as early as the third month of the first year and continue. In addition, tuitionsupport, student ambassadors, continuous improvement research and graduation of scholars whohave been supported by the program, have occurred. A timeline for Year 1 and Year 2 activitiesand milestones is laid out in the table below. Table 1: Overview and Evaluation of Timeline and Related Activities 2to4
team was to take what we had learnedin the first iterations of the course and apply functional design principles and evidence-basedteaching practices to create a course that would encourage and support meaningful,multidisciplinary collaboration between learners from diverse backgrounds and programs.Functional course design is based on best practices for course and learner experience design. Itbegins with empathy for the learner and instructor and is focused on creating a navigable,interactive, accessible, and clearly aligned experience for learners. Using a learning managementsystem is key to functional design, supporting instructional transparency, learnerself-directedness, and intentional interactions between learners, their peers, and their
and foster interdisciplinary thinking among our under-graduate and graduate students, the BME Department at Georgia Tech has adopted a model of Page 7.801.1learning and a set of educational practices that have been used in medical education for more Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationthan a decade. Referred to as Problem-based Learning or PBL, this approach draws onconstructivist pedagogy, which assumes that learning is the product of both cognitive and socialinteraction arrived at through
program as juniors. All programs were developed in closepartnership with industry and are designed to meet accreditation standards.The National Science Foundation awarded PRIME a three-year Advanced TechnologicalEducation (ATE) grant (Division of Undergraduate Education - DUE # 0101637) towards theimplementation of a comprehensive approach to manufacturing education. The goal of the ATEproject is to support the implementation of an industry-driven regional network formanufacturing education at different levels, at times and locations best suited to new andincumbent technicians and engineers. Highlights of the ATE project include:• The implementation of an active learning model consisting of Exploration, Dialog, and Application steps for
of I-CELER implementation and research (Year 3- 5), we willhave evidence of transformative impact of this project at student, faculty, and department levels.2.3. Cultivating and Sustaining Departmental Transformation In the intervention and research design, we adopt Jamieson and Lohmann’s [3] research topractice cycle. This project provides the potential for departmental and institutionaltransformation, specifically because (i) numerous key stakeholders of departmental andinstitutional changes are key project personnel, (ii) these stakeholders will have an explicit andintegral project role, and (iii) each will have opportunities to share best practices, perspectives,and insights. As Jamieson and Lohmann indicated, “[I]nnovation depends
-program student survey designed to measure perception ofover-all usefulness of the research internship program. Results show that the research internshipprogram was successful in its achieving its goals of helping students prepare for transfer, solidifytheir choice of major, increase their confidence in applying for other internships, and enhance theirinterest in pursuing graduate degrees. Overall, students were satisfied with the program, and wouldrecommend it to a friend. More details of student responses to the post-program survey includingtheir perception of the usefulness of and satisfaction with specific program activities are given inAppendix A
with Silicon Valley’s informationtechnology companies and their competitive technology industries. Moreover, India and China,each with populations over one billion, have a significant impact on global environmental andenergy issues.One distinguishing feature of the GTI study-tour is that it is almost 100% sponsored; GTIfellows are selected independent of their financial standing. For the past three years, GTIstudents have been asked to pay for a small portion ($250-$500) of the airplane ticket; however,this fee has been waived for students in financial need. It has been supported by the GTI fund aswell as the College's endowment fund of over $22 million. This is a key component of ourprogram as most of our students come from middle-class and
classroom format. Blending of both instructional techniques resultedin a project driven flipped class, in which the students had the motivation provided by an open-ended design project mixed with the flexibility of a flipped class. The framework for this blendeddelivery as well as benefits and challenges from both pedagogical approaches identified in theliterature are presented in this paper. The potential benefits of both approaches as well as studentperformance in the course were assessed. Although more research is needed in this field, the resultsof this study suggest that a blended approach can provide a more balanced educational experienceby compensating the weakness of each approach with the benefits from the other.IntroductionThe traditional
about program level results, but does notcompile or influence the program level assessment data collection or analysis. Finally, the authoris an alumna of the department, but expanded on that experience with a graduate degree fromanother institution and industry experience before returning as a faculty member to thedepartment.Defining Educational Outcomes and Performance IndicatorsThe department has adopted student outcomes that are identical to the ABET Student Outcomesincluding the focus of this paper, outcome 3, “an ability to communicate effectively with a rangeof audiences,”[2]. While this does meet the minimum requirements for accreditation, it does notfollow best practices as recommended by ABET. Evaluating the program using the
exists, as a quick literature search caneasily verify. However, assorted internal and external factors of a practical nature such as thesize of the class versus complexity of the project, strengths versus weaknesses of class members,and many other dynamics can play a role in the formation of project teams for specific tasks. Page 12.1373.2Balancing all concerns for each set of constituents is an increasingly difficult task for instructorsto carry out.Ferris’ Manufacturing ProgramThe Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MFGE) program at FerrisState University has been supplying graduates to manufacturing facilities in the
devices and systems are purchased and some of them are made in house, takingadvantage of a Printed Circuit Board prototype machine, which was acquired through a NSF-ILIgrant. We will introduce a few projects that demonstrate our design philosophy in setting up thisPower Electronics and Motion Control (PE&MC) Laboratory: Hands on Experience and SystemApproach.Hands-on Experience: One of the most important objectives for the PE&MC Laboratory is for students toacquire as much hands-on experience in power electronics as possible. We believe the best wayto re-enforce any engineering theory is to do it yourself in the laboratory. This is especially truein power electronics because many circuits are inherently high voltage and high
Paper ID #40736Cutting the Curb for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to HigherEducationSeth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines Seth Vuletich is the Scholarly Communications Librarian the Colorado School of Mines. Seth provides specialized support to graduate students through all stages of the research lifecycle. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, Seth was a professional woodworker and earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Seth earned his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in 2021.Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines
relation to environments, technologies, and human lives.Dr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she seeks to innovatively integrate social justice, humani- tarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering canon. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS, and PhD), founder of The Design & Entrepreneurship Network (DEN), and Division I rower. In her spare time, Bre teaches design thinking workshops for higher education faculty
to fully online coursesin the wake of COVID-19 required rectifying traditional instructional methods to overcomechallenges such as the lack of academic resources and established campus practices, whilesimultaneously ensuring the academic development of students. Thus, a pedagogical frameworkknown as the CIRE model was recently designed and implemented in a Rigid Body Dynamicscourse, which according to the study, generated favorable results. To test its accurateness, theproposed CIRE model was adopted for a Statics-Strength of Materials summer [six-week] coursetaught in a slightly different timeframe. The implementation of the model was a proactive approachto the fast-paced structure of the summer course and allowed the students to enhance
the aspects of systems engineering in a wide variety of situations and working with a large variety of systems. Her current research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Digital Ecosystems, Digital Twins and Virtual Humans. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Multiple Instructors in a Flipped Classroom EnvironmentAbstract: The flipped classroom model, where students engage with basic class material outsideof the classroom and come to class for discussion in an active learning environment, is anincreasingly common form of content delivery in engineering programs. In order to best meet theneeds of a growing graduate program with a limited number of faculty, flipped
and measurement (CE 6162). Anumber of other courses are offered in topics such as advanced soil mechanics and constitutivemodeling, practical design (such as foundations and retaining walls), and geo-environmentalengineering. Upon completion of the core courses, most students pursuing M.S. degrees electnot to take the advanced mechanics courses such as Constitutive Modeling of Soils andComputational Soil Elasto-Plasticity due to a fear that the concepts may be too complex forthem to understand. Despite the fact that the purpose of the classes is to instill a more completeunderstanding of soil behavior, M.S. students generally consider the mechanics concepts tooabstract for practical application. Thus, M.S.-level students tend to focus their
abide by a published code of ethics. In today’s competitive work place, many students continue on after their Bachelor degrees for graduate education. This trend is no different in Geospatial Technology fields. Acknowledging this trend, the proposed curriculum is also designed to prepare students for graduate-level education. In this respect, the proposed curriculum will emphasize the acquisition of research skills and effective writing and communication. Even if students do not choose to continue on for graduate education, these skills will enable them to be leaders and innovators in their careers. Furthermore, in preparing students for graduate education, this curriculum fits within the institutional vision for increased
professional conferences and workshops. She has received several prestigious research and education awards including the award for Best Paper in the IEEE Signal Pro- cessing Magazine 2007 as coauthor of a paper entitled ”Particle Filtering,” the IEEE Outstanding Young Engineer Award (2009), for development and application of computational methods for sequential signal processing, the IEEE Athanasios Papoulis Award (2011), for innovative educational outreach that has in- spired high school students and college level women to study engineering, the Stony Brook University Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) Latino Faculty Recognition Award (2009), and the Chair of Excellence by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid-Banco de Santander
class for utilization in the design.Early, it had been proposed that the utilization of problems supplied in the text with a moredesign-oriented approach would solve the problem of connectivity of the class to actualengineering design work. After a review of the problems, it was decided to use a limited numberof these to illustrate techniques, but the “real” world connection was still lacking. Students werestill working on paper exercises without a feel for the impact that their results would have on anoverall design. It was then proposed that the students undertake a design and build project for theclass.If the lecture and labs had been connected, this would have most likely been the avenue thatwould have been followed. However, with the lab
Paper ID #21919The Redshirt in Engineering Consortium: Progress and Early InsightsProf. Eve A. Riskin P.E., University of Washington Eve Riskin received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and her graduate degrees in EE from Stanford. Since 1990, she has been in the EE Department at the University of Washington where she is now Associate Dean of Diversity and Access in the College of Engineering, Professor of Electri- cal Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in SEM. Her research in