City of Omaha proposed a $2. 5-million north-south expressway through the oldest parts of Omaha,including all North Omaha (Fletcher, 2020). Proposed as an economic development project, the NorthFreeway was intended to speed cattle to the Omaha Stockyard. Targeting the Near North Sideneighborhood, the new freeway was planned to cut through historic black and poor neighborhoods.Construction was nearly completed by 1963. In 1977 the City of Omaha announced plans to extend thehighway and as late as 1981 an additional 57 housing units were demolished to make way for anextension to the highway. In total, more than 2,000 homes, churches, businesses, and other buildingswere demolished over 34 years of construction.As a final course activity to prepare
university’s collection ofHispanic-related rare books, including recorded oral histories and literary Chicano collections,numerous dissertations and theses, and related multimedia including audio, photos, and videos. Our anticipated timeline for this project is -- Month 1: Initial team meeting. Initiate recurringmeetings to align with course learning objectives from selected instructors. Deliver projectdevelopment plan detailing major activities and milestones, semi-annual status updates, andregular review by Library personnel. Months 2-9: Begin developing web module and landing pageemploying Application Programming Interface (API) to access Library of Congress resources.Months 3-9: Engage students, instructors, and other LOC awardees in live and
strategies. Effectively conduct career conversations (making small Career conversation outreach debrief talk, active listening, asking smart questions, expressing Storyboard Career Conversation plan gratitude, etc…) Elevator pitch Develop a professional brand, including an effective Building a LinkedIn profile LinkedIn profile. Email signature Utilize newfound relationships to access Final reflection jobs/internships/research positions, internal advocates and referrals.We performed a qualitative analysis of the final reflections from both courses to identify wordsused when students described how they felt about reaching
can directly impact students’ lives and communities to inform the direction of the unit plan. It is his hope that these and the future curricula he will work on will help to include and empower more diverse students to see themselves in the fields of science and engineering, as well as see themselves as advocates for change and innovation in their communities. Aaron Richardson is a trained horticulturist with fifteen years of experience in the field dating back to his time in the National FFA Youth Organization, and has gone on to acquire Bachelor’s degrees in Horticulture, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Biology Education from the University of Connecticut (UConn). Aaron is currently a Master’s student
formatted as GoogleColaboratory notebooks that are publicly available on GitHub (Python training for instructors;Biology modules; Statistics modules). APEX biology modules include case studies on sickle cellanemia and breast cancer and three shorter data analysis modules. Eighteen APEX statisticsmodules span topics ranging from data and measurement to sampling and hypothesis testing. Aswe refine and expand our materials, we are also assessing the program’s efficacy by surveyingboth instructors and students. The aim of this work-in-progress paper is to conduct a preliminaryexamination of whether and how student perceptions of interdisciplinary computing change as aresult of engaging with APEX biology and statistics modules.MethodsFaculty who planned
understand the value that this training provides the teaching assistants, a survey wasconducted of participants before and after participation in the workshops. The goal of this studyis to inform plans for implementing solutions into training that address deficiencies identifiedthrough the survey and provide a set of inclusion best practices and learning objectives forinclusivity training for undergraduate teaching assistants. In this paper, findings from the thirdyear of piloting our workshops are described. The data shows that all teaching assistants overallfound that the workshop content and activities were relevant to them as peer educators. Severalteaching assistants shared inclusive leadership strategies that they planned to implement in
guest speaker to discuss the current methods andsoftware used to manage stormwater, green infrastructures, and microplastics.Students were then asked to participate in a group exercise with the followingprompts –Stormwater Mitigation Group Exercise Instructions:Pick a topic from the list below and discuss within your group how a GreenInfrastructure based solution would fit into this topic. Upload a summary of yourdiscussion to the appropriate submission portal.List of Topics to be Used for the Group Activity: 1. Safety Analysis of a Stormwater Management Basin 2. Watershed Management Plan 3. Low-Impact Development Design Project 4. Invitation Letter to Stakeholders 5. Task List for a Regional Stormwater Management Planning
ties). Thesecond subsystem is a Costume Shell, which also is made up of a PVC-pipe frame that getscovered with PVC sheeting or cardboard and decorated with paint and other materials to meetthe child’s costume request; e.g., Super Mario Cart, Toy Story 3 Claw Machine, Disney Princess.Tools and materials for planning and fabricating prototype frames and decorating costumes wereavailable for students to use during and after module sessions. Teams were given the Design Brief (see Figure 1) in Week 1, and learned that eachcostume needed at least one electrical and/or mechanical “action component,” which the childhad to be able to manipulate easily and safely. The costume design needed to incorporate safetyfeatures, including alerting passers
, thispaper contributes to the ongoing discourse on the role of AI in education and its impact onfuture learning and assessment models. The findings and discussions presented here mayoffer insights for educators, policymakers, and AI developers.Methodology and findings The Fundamental Competence Exam (FCE) is a prerequisite to obtain a Bachelor ofEngineering degree and its objective is to assess students' fundamental engineeringcompetences. To give the test students need to first pass a list of courses that are part of acommon access plan that all the engineering undergraduate students take in the first two yearsof studies. This is because these courses are then assessed in the FCE. The subjects that FCE aims to assess range from
engineering solutions to enhance the resilience of infrastructure, such as earthquake-resistant building design, flood control, and sustainable urban planning [12]. c. Case Studies: Use real-world disaster events as case studies to illustrate the importance of resilience in disaster management. Analyze how engineering decisions can impact the resilience of a community[12]. d. Interdisciplinary Approach: Encourage collaboration with other disciplines, such as environmental science, sociology, and public policy, to understand the multifaceted nature of resilience[13]. e. Emergency Management and Response: Teach the principles of effective disaster response and management, including incident command
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(Appendix, Table A3). The Case Study Worksheet asked themto complete tasks such as “Define the problem” and “Determine the criteria for a successfulsolution,” and to answer, “What AI was used in this case study?”. The Independent ResearchWorksheet helped the group identify what they needed to learn about the problem in the casestudy and develop a plan for acquiring that knowledge. The students were assessed in thefollowing ways: pre- and post-test on content knowledge, group presentation, case study report,concept map, and teamwork assessment. The group presentation was a way to test theirknowledge without having them use AI to write a paper. The purpose of the case study reportwas to provide the student a way to summarize the process they used to
),that is a comprehensive individualized program designed specifically for engineering studentswith ASD [8]. This pioneering program is a collaborative effort between the Fulton Schools ofEngineering (FSE) and the College of Health Solutions (CHS), aimed at providing tailoredsupport in the form of peer mentoring, social engagement, and career readiness. Whenengineering students enroll in the EASE program and begin their college education at ASU, theyare paired with two peer mentors, one from FSE and one from CHS. The mentors first focus onthe transition to college by helping their mentees find relevant resources. Then, the mentors startprioritizing assignment organization, planning, and other executive functioning skills. Thestudents will have
retreat, in which the faculty wereinvited to use these goals to help brainstorm and formulate a list of potential “aims” to guide thedepartmental change efforts. Following collective brainstorming, we engaged faculty in acascading agreement multi-voting activity to prioritize which aims they felt were most importantto address as a department [5]. Facilitating this collaborative strategic planning techniqueallowed us to ensure that all faculty had a chance to express their opinions in small groupswithout feeling that any one departmental leader was influencing the activity too heavily.After the cascading agreement activity, we were left with a prioritized list of five aims. We thenasked faculty to discuss student outcomes and specific, actionable
Work in Progress: Development of a Medical Devices Course for Sophomore Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate StudentsIntroductionThe biomedical engineering (BME) workforce requires competency in professional and technicalskills. BMEs often use knowledge in design, administration and management, and customerneeds assessment [1]. Typical work activities of a BME include analyzing data or information,organizing and planning work, determining compliance with standards, building teams, anddrafting and specifying technical device parts [1]. The undergraduate BME capstone designcourse is often used as a “catchall” to develop these critical professional skills; however, to buildcompetency, it is recommended that these skills be practiced
Page 22.932.4Technologist. One expert was enlisted via an e-mail request; the other via a long-termresearch collaboration. These experts provided comments and suggestions on reports and alsoserved as external reviewers during project presentations and a follow-on oral examinationportion of the senior capstone project. Expert feedback also provided both encouragement andconfirmation of students‟ efforts during the course of the semester. Faculty reported that thementors and experts complemented the learning and design processes of the student teams.The System Engineering tools improved project outcomes and are planned for future use aspart of the continuous improvement plan.The fourth class was an integrated product development course. The aim
to the class. Page 22.1388.3The REDUCE project is considered a service learning project, the students are expected andencouraged to gain input and feedback on their proposal from contractors, vendors, and materialssuppliers; however, students are not permitted to earn wages for participation on the project. Studentteams are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner in all aspects of the project.Student teams are expected to plan visits and phone calls with clients in a professional manner that isnot disruptive to the activities of the client. To motivate students to keep on task, the followingmilestones are required for
AC 2011-617: TOMORROW’S UNIVERSITY GRADUATE: CONSTRUC-TION INDUSTRY NEEDS AND CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENTJohn Walewski, Texas A&M University John A. Walewski, Ph.D., is an assistant professor with the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University with research interests in sustainable design and construction techniques, risk management and insurance, pre-project planning, and the use of alternative project delivery and procure- ment methods. John is a Board member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Central Texas-Balcones Chapter. Dr. Walewski obtained a Civil Engineering Ph.D. (Construction Engineering and Project Man- agement focus) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) in May 2005, and
Engineering Students and Critical Thinking: A Preliminary AnalysisAbstractIn 2007, the University of Louisville began implementation of their multi-year QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP) Ideas to Action (i2a): Using Critical Thinking to Foster StudentLearning and Community Engagement, whichfocuses on improving the critical thinking skills ofundergraduate students and more effectively preparing them to contribute to society and theworkforce. The Paul-Elder critical thinking framework was selected to serve as the structure fori2a initiatives. In addition to the QEP, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) revised the accreditation criteria in 2000 to require program assessment according toeleven outcomes that
. The decisionsupport tools are basically the brain of the system that makes intelligent and sometimes complexdecisions. Some of these tools are: 1) Diagnostic and Outage analysis 2) Switch coordination 3) Repair planning 4) Restoration time 5) Catastrophic analysis 6) Network integration decisions 7) Load analysis 8) Phase analysis 9) Load dispatching 10) Facility management 11) Crew scheduling 12) Network reconfigurationSimulation and ModelingA well defined “modeling paradigm” for electric power management network is an importanttask that must be accomplished initially. A modeling paradigm is the language with which onecan represent the system models. This will allow to express the
individual and group training sessions for theeducators involved in curriculum development and design. Each session included a detaileddescription of the project's curriculum design goals, and involved discussions on factual,conceptual and procedural knowledge, knowledge application, and student reflection. Handoutswere provided on methodology, instrumentation, procedure and assessing learning outcomes.The sessions gave instructors an opportunity to state their questions and concerns, and discusstheir long term curriculum development plans. The goal of the project is to develop students’ higher order thinking skills, problemsolving, technical visualization skills, and decision making skills in the context of a data-richlearning environment
and improvements in the US graduate engineering educationsystem, better student planning, and increased enrollment of quality international graduatestudents. International engineering graduate students and alumni studying at US universitieswere invited to complete an online survey. Results from the survey indicate that perception ofinternational graduate students slightly differ when compared between current students andalumni. Survey findings also shows that US institutions have been making progress by providingenhanced funding, comparable safety/ security, and information to make the students wellprepared for post graduation job.Introduction Providing higher educational degrees is a major industry for several countries includingUSA
Hands-on research component for many participants Stanford Engineering Research Experience for Teachers Interactive Seminars on Professional Practices (SERET) Supporting Transfer to the Classroom Analyzing and Synthesizing Literature Education Transfer Plan with IISME Collaborating Peer coach to support teachers funded by IISME Synthesizing Data and Communicating Results Subject-specific
characteristics, will be presented along with future plans for thedevelopment of flexible structures on plastic substrates.IntroductionThe invention of the transistor and the development of silicon planar technology ushered in anew age of synthetic materials. New materials are produced by a variety of processes including,but not limited to: molecular-beam epitaxy; sputtering (rf, dc and magnetron); chemical,physical and plasma-assisted vapor deposition; laser ablation; vacuum evaporation, hot-wiredecomposition, and many others. The materials are combined into innovative structures toproduce the better, smaller, faster electronic devices that everyone has become accustomed to.From a pedagogical perspective, the deposition equipment is expensive and
of a set of structured activities to help increase education and research inrenewable energy systems.For the education component, a systems approach for curriculum development is used. The newcurriculum on Energy Sustainability provides an overview of the major energy flows and theissues associated with production and end-use. Major current sources of energy include fossilfuel, hydroelectric, nuclear power, and wind energy. In the research component, a Pair-2-learn(PAL) model is used to form teams of undergraduate and graduate students to work in specificresearch projects. In the outreach component, different lesson plans are developed for highschool teachers participating in the UTeach Miners program. The products provided under
. Projects include “largearchitecture/engineering and construction projects that include infrastructure design,environmental planning, facilities management, corridor planning, residential and commercialdevelopment master plans, and natural resource management.”1Colonel Hooper of the United States Army comments on the effect of geospatial technologywithin engineering in the military: “Exploitation of geospatial information is revolutionizingbusiness, science, and government. Aerial and satellite remotely sensed imagery, GlobalPositioning Systems, and computerized Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are increasinglybecoming the driving force for decision making across the local to global continuum. ” 2The growth of the geospatial industry creates a
infrastructure of the United States is exceeding its design capacity and is aging, requiringmaintenance and renovation. In order to meet this challenge, a need exists to produce civil andenvironmental engineers who have a broad understanding of the pressing needs of the infrastruc-ture of the United States. With this in mind, the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engi-neering (CEE) Department at [institution] reviewed the program curricula (for the first time in atleast 20 years) and decided to redesign the curricula with an infrastructure theme. A DepartmentLevel Reform planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was used to plan anoverhaul of the curriculum that infuses an infrastructure theme throughout.Once the curriculum planning
control the experiment as well from a remotecomputer as can be done from the computer itself. Sound and video transmission is necessary toinsure safety and to make sure it doesn’t seem like just another simulation. This results in ahardware laboratory that has a limited number of responses available. Speed can be adjustedand robots can be controlled. Only one operator can participate at a time and most unplannedmistakes cannot happen. It is not possible to plan for everything a student may try. Safetyrequires that some changes cannot be allowed in an experiment unless the instructor is close athand. The requirement of a computer controlled experiment is that it be configured and thesolution is achievable. The requirement for a more challenging
offered jointly in theCarlson School of Management, the Institute of Technology, and the Department of BiomedicalEngineering at the University of Minnesota. The course brings together students, faculty andrepresentatives from client business firms to design and develop new products and business plans.Teams of six to ten students, half second year MBA's and half graduate level engineers, worktogether for the entire academic year (September to June) to develop a product and businessconcept. By June, each team is expected to deliver a working physical prototype of the product andan extensive business plan which details production, marketing and financial considerations for theproduct. Between four and six projects are undertaken each year.The
design, to extend the understanding of concepts, and to prove or disprove a hypothesis. Table 4. Candidate Written Communication Content Levels Written Communication Content Levels Beginning• Written homework assignments (word processor)• Formatted engineering analysis assignments Intermediate• Typed assignments using text, tables, and graphs• Formatted laboratory reports Advanced• Project reports• Research and design (R&D) proposals• Comprehensive project reports (analysis, text, drawings, plans, appendices, etc.) Table 5. Candidate Oral Communication Content Levels