-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is
skills insummer 2021, and develop pre and post assessments for a more rigorous study on studentsdevelopment of professional skills. We are also working to pilot an additional program with the2021 Summer Undergraduate Research participants to explore how building electronic researchportfolios may reinforce professional development. Lastly, our work with undergraduatesindicates that many graduate students may be entering Masters and PhD programs lacking in avariety of research and professional skills. We are currently working with members of theengineering faculty to transition some of our workshops towards graduate students, with the hopeof designing a multiyear study on the impact of professional skill development on graduatestudent
ample time in a common-core syllabus**.In the following, we present one model for the structure and content of such a course. Othermodels are possible, and educators will no doubt recognize the difficulties in designing a new§ A complete list of the ABET criterion 3 student outcomes is in the Appendix.** Some advanced optional courses already exist in graduate engineering programs and their Page 22.1363.9contents are tailored to specific departments and industries (e.g., chemical hazards and safety,nuclear criticality safety engineering).course subject to a variety of constraints. It is hoped that the following discussion will
about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Ms. Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers Leslie Nolen, CAE, serves as director, educational activities for the American Society of Civil Engineers. She brings over 20 years of association management experience to her work with ASCE’s Committee on Education on issues of importance to the undergraduate and graduate level education of civil engineers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Civil
research positions.The program is designed to address the financial and academic needs of minority and low-income students. Low-income students are a natural fit for this program since financial need andinadequate academic-preparation often go hand-in-hand. This section provides an overview ofMEMS activities and program components.Summer Bridge. Every year since summer 1994, 40 to 50 graduating high school seniors whohave been accepted to UNM in engineering, math or science programs participate in the MEMSSummer Bridge program at no cost to the student. Because of financial need, many studentswithin our target population would not be able to attend if there were a charge or cost associatedwith the program. In 1999, 69.7% of summer bridge students
could be a positive aspect, sometimes these experiencesparalleled the negative department environment. Such work environments can have lastingrepercussions for women personally and professionally and negatively impact their experienceswith the promotion and tenure process. Recommendations for institutions, EE departments,department chairs, faculty members and future research are offered to help promote a supportiveculture for women EE faculty members applicable to other STEM environments.IntroductionWomen faculty members have an important place in universities in the United States as an elitegroup of highly educated professionals. However, women faculty members are underrepresentedin all professorial ranks of the Science, Technology
the traditional model still hold? These are the central questions weseek to explore in the context of a novel, NSF-funded Computer Science (CS) training programat San Francisco State University (SFSU). The PINC: Promoting INclusivity in Computingprogram (https://cose.sfsu.edu/pinc) is designed for life sciences majors, and the program’s goalsare to increase computing literacy among life science students and to improve diversity in thecomputing workforce (Kulkarni et al., 2018; Yoon et al., 2018). The PINC program is a collaboration between the Biology, Chemistry, and CSdepartments at SFSU. Undergraduate students majoring in Biology, Biochemistry, or Chemistrytake five introductory and application-oriented CS courses through the PINC
undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on student perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She obtained her certifica- tion as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Fron- tiers of Engineering Education Symposium in 2013 and awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research
invited for a one-on-one interview with the assessment specialist. Allinterviews were recorded and transcribed for further analyses. Regarding the impact thescholarship program, students seemed to be more comfortable interacting with their peers,faculty members and with research assistants. In some cases, their scholarship activities evenprompted them to interact with people they did not know before. Below are interview quotesfrom students who talked about their campus life change by comparing before and after theSCOPE scholar experience: … I meet more friends, more people, some people I don’t even know when I go to this last meeting in the Dining Hall. I know some people; some people I don’t even know before and I make friends
]. The camouflage is not just a turn of phrase because the kinds of harmful algorithms she discusses are “by design, inscrutable black boxes” [33:28]. She devotes a whole chapter to the impact of the U.S. News college ranking system and how its use of known proxies creates a system prone to gaming. This possibility for gaming then lay the foundation for a consulting industry that further privileges students with a high socioeconomic status (usually white, urban, upper-class families). Therefore, even if the model itself might not be the main discriminatory tool, it can set clear conditions for discriminatory practices. This is a salient point because, as O’Neil illustrates, one of the reasons we wish to create models is so that
thinking to broader audiences, having a greater impact on student retention and graduation rates. Dr. Donawa has travelled extensively throughout the US and West Africa where she has trained corporate and government personnel. She feels honored to have presented her research on critical thinking for ASEE in Chicago (2005) and Hawaii (2008). Page 22.403.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 THE IMPACT OF CRITICAL THINKING INSTRUCTION ON MINORITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT A PUBLIC URBAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONIntroduction Students attend
academic careers, from undergraduate through post-doctoral studies, andthroughout the tenure-track academic pipeline. Research Design The participants in this study were female tenured associate and full professors at threedoctoral research universities (Carnegie Classification: Research University/Very High ResearchActivity) in the United States. I conducted semi-structured interviews with fifty percent or moretenured female engineering faculty at each of the research sites, for a total of 21 women (7 atResearch University I, 9 at Research University II, and 5 at Research University III). These threeresearch sites were selected for several reasons. First, the low representation of women inacademic engineering programs is most pronounced at
student success [1, 4]. Researchers have called for curricular changes to supportstudents to develop care ethics, such as situating design problems as socio-technical andevaluating solutions from a justice lens [5], as this is in line with professional practice [6-8]. Weargue that such approaches, while critical for students, can be strengthened by greaterarticulation of ways faculty display and model care. However, a majority of research on howinstructors show care has been conducted in K-12 settings [9] or in fields where care is a majorfacet of practice (e.g., health care). Thus, care is poorly operationalized, especially in the contextof chemical engineering, making it unclear what faculty might do that students are likely toperceive of as
decision making as a core element of the engineeringcurriculum and the need for it to remain at the forefront of curriculum design. This study seeks toprovide insights into the research question of whether the use of an integrated leadership andethics training program can improve an engineering student’s ability to make ethical engineeringdecisions as measured by the National Society of Professional Engineers Code of ethics practiceexam. A group of five scenarios and 25 True/False questions based on the NSPE Code of Ethicswere used to measure the ability of students to identify and make decisions that adhere to a setstandard of ethical and professional conduct relating to the practice of engineering. Scenarioswere developed around situations that
criteria require students to apply principles of project management. The proposed requirement is a higher level of attainment in a narrower area. The most important rationale is that BOK2 recommends that undergraduate students develop solutions to well-defined project management problems. Some examples of project management opportunities in the undergraduate program include design teams for course assignments, capstone design projects, and undergraduate research. These opportunities exist in all of the sub- disciplines of civil engineering. As such, the CEPC does not imply that a specific sub- discipline (e.g., construction management) must be covered. • Ethics: The proposed CEPC requires
our industry partners and the UM Aerospace Industrial Advisory Board in doing this is a priority for us. We stand committed to ensure that our graduates get the best preparation to become successful engineers in the workplace." —Tony Waas, Department Chair, University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering ● “As an industry recruiter, I could tell within the first 5 minutes of an interview, without even looking at the resume, whether someone had robust student project team experience by the way they answered questions, engaged, understood technical work in the broader context of delivering value, in teams, on time and on budget. Unfortunately, those skills were more the exception rather
institutions, and couldhave an impact similar to the MIT Women in Science Report published in 1999 [3].WEPAN Strategic PlanWEPAN has a strategic planning document that describes WEPAN’s vision for 2013. There are3 cornerstones of this document; • Towards increasing the visibility and inclusiveness of engineering to engage all talent • Towards catalyzing change to create critical mass • Towards making strategic choices to impact systemic changeIn each of these areas there are goals that are of potential benefit to women faculty. Among themore than 30 goals, the following is a selection of those that would be relevant to womenengineering faculty; • Best practices in diversity institutionalized • Creating an academic culture
sole sector, the new QNV2030 includes an ambitious plan to develop a knowledge based economy in preparation for thepost carbon era. The role of engineers in all of this is critical; projections indicate that this rolewill evolve over the next few years to run and manage the huge industrial plants being built, toacquire and retain the new technologies being implemented, and to have enough innovations tocreate opportunities in a dynamic and changing economy. This research project aims to addressthe key problem of adapting the Qatari engineer formation to the needs described above.1.3 AccreditationAccreditation is an important component for professional degrees. Efforts to identify thenecessary educational preparation for engineering practice in
. (2011). Inside the Double Bind: A Synthesis of Empirical Research on Undergraduate and Graduate Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Harvard Educational Review, 81(2), 172-209. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.81.2.t022245n7x4752v2Pallis, J. M., & McNitt-Gray, J. L. (2013). Using Sports to Attract Young Women into Engineering. 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.Office of Science and Technology Policy. (2021). Best practices for diversity and inclusion in STEM education and research: A guide by and for federal agencies. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/091621-Best-Practices-for- Diversity-Inclusion-in-STEM.pdf?eType=EmailBlastContent&
betteropportunities develop a demand for higher education within the population of the country.Countries like Pakistan can best capitalize on such dynamics by ensuring quality of education foreducating competent engineers. Being a globally competent engineer not only requirescomprehensive technical knowledge in engineering but young graduates need to have strongcommunication skills and awareness of ethical responsibility which has become necessary insolving complex engineering problems in today's world. There is little attention in Pakistan fordeveloping engineering education to incorporate communication and ethics in the education.Accreditation and quality assurance for engineering education lack criteria that requireincorporating professional skills in
Paper ID #25927Pedagogical Ninjas: Using an Additive Innovation Cycle for Faculty Devel-opment of Teaching-focused FacultyHadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Hadi Ali is a doctoral student in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University.Dr. Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor in The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include topics related to engineering stu- dent persistence, STEM graduate students (particularly women), online learning, educational
are pointless. Part of mycurrent post-doctoral research is precisely on the construction of metrics and assessmentinstruments. These instruments will allow us to identify better impacts of such an education onthe students’ formation, the communities served, and grassroots engineering practice, providing,at the same time, information for improving them.Grassroots engineer and Paulo FreireMost grassroots engineering practitioners get much inspiration from one of Paulo Freire’s books:Extension or Communication? [18] This work was written in the first years of Brazilian civic-military dictatorship (1964-1985), during which Freire was exiled in Chile. There, he wasinvolved in the agrarian reform process that was undertaken by the government
? Which pedagogyis preferable? Are some curriculum models better than others? Which works best---a requiredcourse, ethics-across-the-curriculum, integration of ethics with science, technology and societycourses, or integration of the liberal arts into the engineering curriculum [20, 21]? And, whichoutcome assessment methods are most suitable [22, 23]?Pfatteicher [24] has framed the educational ‘dilemma’ as how to provide meaningful ethics in-struction to all students without overburdening faculty, increasing graduation requirements, orremoving essential technical material from the curriculum. The ABET criteria call for ensuringthat students understanding rather than demonstrate ethical knowledge; i.e., students should beevaluated on their
- IUCEE. https://iucee.org/teaching-and- learning-centers/[15] International Society for Engineering Pedagogy - IGIP. https://www.igip.org/IGIP_mission.php[16] ENTER Educators Professional Development. https://enterprof.org/[17] A. Aristovnik, D. Keržič, D. Ravšelj, N. Tomaževič, and L. Umek, “Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective,” Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 20, pp. 1–34, Oct. 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208438.[18] K. H. D. Tang, “Impacts of COVID-19 on primary, secondary and tertiary education: a comprehensive review and recommendations for educational practices,” Educational Research for Policy and Practice, Jun. 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10671
Dr. Stephanie J. Jones is an associate professor in the higher education program at Texas Tech University. She provides the leadership for the online Ed.D. program in higher education that is focused on college and university administration. The program is designed to produce qualified leaders who have the skills to solve problems in practice and to lead institutions of higher learning. Her research agenda includes access and equity within organizational structures, culture and climate of working environments, women in leadership, and women in STEM. Her research is applied across various environmental contexts, including community colleges and research universities. Dr. Jones currently serves on the editorial
, Developappropriate scoring examples, Test the resulting rubric, Revise the rubric.Portions of the CTL rubric describe a common problem solving method. Identify theproblem, make assumptions, pursue a solution methodology and evaluate your solution.Taking these four categories leaves us with a rubric that can measure critical thinking inthe context of problem solving. A pair of graduate students came up with examples ofwhat might be typical for each score in for a chemical engineering problem. This rubric,see Appendix 2, was then used to rate group presentations on the design project thestudents did, and later brief individual papers. The brief papers were one to two pages onthe following question: Imagine you are planning on adding a swimming pool and
are designed, implemented, and assessed; evidence for the impact of such initiativeson various parameters of interest; and the research needed to further define and guide advancesin K-12 integrated STEM teaching and learning. This paper will summarize the researchconducted to inform the study’s findings and recommendations,* including a comprehensivereview of the literature related to integrated STEM education; an analysis of illustrativeintegrated STEM education programs and initiatives in both formal and informal settings; and in-depth interviews from a broad spectrum of STEM education stakeholders. Because manyintegrated STEM education initiatives include an engineering design component or attempt tomake mathematics and science more
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development Skills presented were 0 8 0 0 0 0 31 8 30 69 84 70 practical for future career plans Material was presented in 0 8 0 0 4 4 31 8 52 69 84 44 understandable way Presenters were engaging 0 8 0 0 0 4 20 8 52 80 84 44 Pacing of sessions was 0 8 0 8 15 35 46 31 48 46 46 17 appropriate Opportunities to network 0 8 0 0 0 9 31 23 30 69 69 61 with peers were providedThe impact of the Fellow’s knowledge and skills was also measured using a Likert scaleperception of knowledge survey, open ended questions about topics learned and focus groupinterviews. Fellows were asked to rate their perceived change in knowledge before participatingin the program using the
water resources area. In addition to engineering education, Nazli is also conducting research in stormwater management practices and agricultural drainage water management practices.Dr. Pavan Karra, Minnesota State University, Mankato Pavan Karra is Associate Professor at Trine University where he teaches in the field of Design and Con- trols. He can be reached at pavan.karra@mnsu.edu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Effect of Terminology on Student Performance (Work-In-Progress)AbstractMany instructors know that understanding a few key phrases or terms can make a hugedifference in the outcome of students’ performance in exams. This is especially prominent forfirst