practices to target theretention of students, particularly those from historically marginalized communities. Accordingto reports from FIU’s AIM website for retention and graduation studies [13], some of theseactions and practices included:1. Changes in grading options – The No Credit (NC) grading option replaced a D or F in any University Core Curriculum course with an NC grade. While NC grades may be considered a negative impact on retention and graduation, they are less detrimental to a student’s success than Fs. Using the NC policy as an intervention helps bring about behavior change and thus increases the number of returning students.2. Implementation of an Early Alert system to identify at-risk students – Professors sent out early
preliminary creative stage—often termed brainstorming in design and prewriting in writing. A recursive procedure, based on feedback from observations, is then used for gradual improvement until some acceptable solution is reached. Implicit in both processes is the crucial idea that there is often more than one acceptable solution and that often a unique “correct” solution does not exist.III. Curriculum DesignStudents must see this course as an integral part of their education and not as a course added asalmost an afterthought, a course added only to provide "breadth" and one that contains nothingreally necessary to the mechanical engineer. The use and understanding of electrical systemsmust be demonstrated to be part of what every
multidisciplinary which includes using distinctexpertise from multiple disciplines to address a singular facet of a shared issue [6], [7]. Bruceet al. [8] emphasized that in multidisciplinary collaborations, research from individualdisciplines operate independently. Multidisciplinary work in engineering usually consists ofmembers from different engineering disciplines working on the same project [9], [10].Indeed, multidisciplinary work in engineering involves and integrates principles from variousengineering disciplines, such as mechanical, civil, and electrical, but the scope is still withinthe engineering field.InterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinary work entails the examination of an issue from multiple disciplinaryperspectives, which are then integrated
isachieved through building of knowledge and skills. This is accomplished in curriculum as wellas in a formal peer mentoring program which encourages all students who enter the college ofengineering to work with a student who is a junior or senior student with a 3.4 and above gradepoint average with a matching race/ethnicity/gender. The third step is validation of competencethrough performance of activity to showcase their knowledge revealing abilities to themselvesand others. The final stage of identity development is validation of engineering ability throughrecognition which is provided by either an instructor or through dissemination opportunities orawards.Our efforts began with a grassroots program called Diversity and Excellence in
computer engineering and computer sciencemajors. Computer engineering faculty are presently considering whether the curriculum needs tobe altered to place more emphasis on these two courses. It seems likely that we will require thecourse on Human-Computer interfacing and make the presently required course on ProgrammingLanguages an elective. A revision of the linear systems sequence is being considered to providemore emphasis on Digital Signal Processing.It seems unlikely that we will ever have open ended projects related to Probability and Statistics,Algorithms, Database Systems, Social and Professional Issues, or Software Engineering. Thesetopics will be left for coverage in the senior capstone project or in other coursework. Ourprogram provides
groups of four or five. As they develop their understanding of specific topics inneural systems, they also learn that many puzzles are unsolved and that scientists and engineersare engaged in active research and debate related to neural systems. The paper topics areintegrally related to the biomedical engineering course content but also to the activity ofprofessional engineers. Moreover, the papers are graded by the engineering instructor, whosecomments show that writing proficiency is an important and integral part of biomedicalengineering.The writing assignments are a good example of “writing across the curriculum,” the WACmovement in composition instruction that emphasizes the importance of learning how to writewithin specific contexts and
processes and providetraining and resources for CS teachers to improve their education, thus providing students equalaccess to quality CS education 13,14 .The CSTA K-12 CS standards 15 provide a comprehensiveframework essential for integrating AI into K-12 CS education. The standards emphasize not onlytechnical proficiency in CS but also critical thinking and problem-solving skills, preparingstudents to navigate and contribute to an AI-driven future.Most of the existing review articles have primarily focused on the broad spectrum of AIapplications within the realm of education 16,17,18,19 . Some of these reviews have extended theirfocus towards specialized categories of AI applications in education, such as robotics 20 , feedbacksystems 21,22 , and
NASA University Leadership Initiative (ULI) Project “Safe AviationAutonomy with Learning-enabled Components in the Loop: from Formal Assurances to TrustedRecovery Methods” and NSF Excellent in Research (EIR) project “Integrated Sensor-RobotNetworks for Real-time Environmental Monitoring and Marine Ecosystem Restoration in theHampton River”, the authors have successfully developed a research-based course on machinelearning and robotics for undergraduate engineering students at Hampton University. This paperpresents the goals, challenges, design process, engaging strategies, assessment /outcomes, andlessons learned for the new course. Besides, this paper also presents the integration of IBM AIcourse and NVIDIA machine learning modules, along
Lisa Romkey serves as Senior Lecturer, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with the Division of En- gineering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Romkey plays a central role in the evaluation, design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and implementation of various teaching and learning initiatives. Romkey is cross-appointed with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at OISE/UT, and teaches undergraduate courses in engineering and society, and graduate courses in engineering education. Romkey’s current doctoral re- search focuses on teaching practices in engineering and the integration of an STSE (science, technology, society, and the
understanding aspects that help students develop a sense ofbelonging, first-year engineering educators can create experiences that promote a more seamlesstransition and contribute to an overall enhanced university experience.Defining Sense of BelongingWhile there is a general agreement on the importance of a sense of belonging, the specificdefinitions and dimensions can vary across disciplines and contexts [3]. Usually, the firstdefinition of belonging is ascribed to Abraham Maslow [2]. Used by many disciplines, it hasbecome key for educational psychologists as it is related to student success [4], students’perception of thriving or not in their environment [5, 6], and social capital [7]. Allen et al.’snarrative review proposes an integrated framework
communication,innovation, and creativity9. International student exchange program, that allows students to studyabroad for one or two semesters, is another excellent avenue.The revised manufacturing curriculum and pedagogical approach at TAMU are consistent withthose from other universities. The "global virtual team" model in which engineers workingtogether via internet is likely to be the life of professional engineers in near future. Severaleducational institutions are preparing their students for this scenario. At TAMU, students haveaccess to an integrated virtual learning and intelligent tutoring system. This web-based virtuallaboratory and tutoring system allows students and engineers to learn different aspects ofprogrammable logic controllers at
Paper ID #38624First-Year Students in Experiential Learning in Engineering Education:A Systematic Literature ReviewDr. Gerald Tembrevilla, Mount Saint Vincent University Gerald Tembrevilla obtained his PhD in science (physics) education at the University of British Columbia. He served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada and teaching and doing research on 1.) the integration of learning technologies to improve hands-on science, scientific argumentation skills, and 2.) examining the
includes the science from its scientific theories underpinsthe engineering design process, the technology as a product of science and engineering, andin turn, technological tools are used in science and engineering, the engineering usingscientific and mathematical foundations as well as technological tools, and the mathematicsusing in science, engineering, and technology [23]. For the participants, integrating STEMinto the school curriculum is important because it allows the disciplines of science,technology, engineering, and mathematics to be addressed in an interdisciplinary and holisticmanner. This promotes the development of soft skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and research, among
equipment and materials that are driving advanced manufacturing in the U.S. andaround the world, in both the additive and subtractive manufacturing areas, lies at the heart of theprogram.In addition to a focus on technical skills development, the new program emphasizes soft skills, such ascritical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, leadership and communication, which represent skills thatare in high demand by the industry partners of the program. In addition, cyber risk and manufacturingdata protection issues are integrated into the curriculum in order to expose AMS degree students tosystem vulnerabilities on the manufacturing side.In an exciting time of cloud computing, rapid developments in additive manufacturing, robotics and theIndustrial
. This paperpresents the result of authors involvement in applied sponsored research, and discusses the impacton the development of courses and curriculum in the department of electrical engineering technologyat the State university of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome.INTRODUCTIONState University of New York (SUNY) Institute of Technology is an upper division transfer collegefor students who have completed their first two years of higher education at a community college.It also offers graduate programs in accounting, advanced technology, business, computer science andtelecommunications.University research in engineering, according to Lester A. Gerhardt [1] is both a process and aproduct. It serves to create an environment for
foundation courses can too easily become a “blur” to the students—nothing more than a “bunch of words” intermingled with sines, cosines, integrals, Taylor seriesexpansion, etc., with no particular reason or intent.In the UMASS Lowell Mechanical Engineering curriculum, an effort is being made to try torectify this by interweaving some of the fundamental STEM material between multiple coursesso that students obtain a deeper understanding of important concepts. In particular, it is helpfulto integrate the well-defined, theoretical material of foundation classes with the hands-onenvironment of later laboratory classes. Laboratory can be effectively used to reinforce lecturematerial that is presented in related courses [2]. It can also be the perfect
. This was achieved using two parts; the first consisted of multiple-choice andtrue-false questions, while the second required short answers and the designing of partialsolutions using C++ on Canvas. Note that Canvas does not provide a special editor for codingbut a simple textbox. Students could navigate only forward for the first part and forward andbackward through the questions in the second part and were allowed to use handwritten notesduring the test. No other restrictive software or options were used other than Honor system thatstudents may be trusted to act in accordance with an honor system and to formally or informallyattest that they have not violated academic integrity.[7]- Second Type (Open Digital Resources): It had also two
. Thus, the purpose of this pilot study is to examine students’ output and perceptions of a concept map and an analysis canvas utilized in an agricultural waste management course to evaluate how the studentsresponded to these tools and to identify how to improve the integration of such tools intoengineering coursework.MethodologyAgricultural Waste Management is a biological engineering course that focuses on wastemanagement strategies and technologies for different types of livestock and poultry operations.For the past ten years, this graduate course has been taught as an asynchronous distanceeducation class. An undergraduate version has only been taught once before as a separatesynchronous on-campus course using the flipped-classroom model. In
contexts, the effects of the policy change may not transfer to othercontexts.7 Conclusion and Future WorkWe examine two different policies, a time-restricted policy and a point-restricted policy, to seewhich policy aligned more with the goal of students only submitting well-tested, quality codesubmissions. Under the point-restricted policy, we experienced a modest increase in correct firstsubmissions. For future work, we shift our focus to tackle the testing aspect of submitting onlyquality code. Integrating more explicit testing components to labs will answer the question ofhow well students are testing these submissions, which is an important component to ensure Time-Restricted vs. Point-Restricted
founded on EML. Mini-EML Adventure modules are designed for flexibility for adoption into the classroom,overcoming a barrier for integrating EM into the curriculum as a whole. Instructors can chooseone or more from course-specific lists and modify as necessary, facilitating the use of creativeinstructional material. The material does not require significant reordering of instructor content,reducing the barrier of adoption. Just as importantly, these adventures are designed as moreengaging, open-ended content than traditional examples and homework problems normallyfound in textbooks. They are designed to enhance student engagement and impact the way that astudent understands their value in their future professions.ConclusionsThe collaborative work
is fair to say that, exceptfor DS, all of the identified core areas have an intersection with some topic in computer security,information assurance, and/or privacy. (In fact, CC2001 documents that CC1991 [6] identifiessecurity as a recurring concept that is pervasive and persistent throughout Computer Science.)Close inspection of CC2001 reveals recommendations that instruction in security be presentedacross the core undergraduate curriculum in Computer Science and Engineering. Thedescriptions of several core units have direct relationships with topics in security. The list belowillustrates the most salient of these core units presented in the CC2001 document. Along witheach unit’s code and title, we indicate in parenthesis the minimum number
efforts of the curriculum. Annual assessment doesn’t need to be a burden if it’s organically rooted in a course. • EAMU provides a more robust system that is more than just a pass/fail criteria, leading to better assessment. • Currently, the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Program is relying largely on analytic, in-class data for assessment. An additional layer that will be conducted through a capstone audience survey is planned to be implemented this year as a more holistic, qualitative approach, but the survey will be in the form of a rubric to overlay on the EAMU vector.ConclusionWhen programs adopt the new ABET Criterion 3 Student Outcomes, it is important to recognize that a robustassessment
students to use a variety of software toolsfor writing reports, performing complex analysis and simulations, and illuminating abstractconcepts. In an electrical engineering department, the sophistication of these tools might rangefrom spreadsheets and word processors, to industrial-strength computer-aided engineeringsystems for designing integrated circuits, and modeling processes for fabricating such circuits.While commercial engineering software tools can provide a high degree of realism to thecurriculum, they don’t necessarily lend themselves to the broader objectives of classroominstruction. Commercial tools generally provide powerful analytic and problem-solvingcapability, but fail to present an integrated view of concepts. Hence, there is a
University of Ulm (Ger- many, 2007-2010) and then an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton (2010-2013). His group’s research interests are in development and application of computational chemistry toward basic and applied studies for renewable energy and sustainability, and in 2017 he received and NSF-CAREER award. He also has interests in curriculum development for enhancing access to engineering curricula, and he currently serves on his school-wide DEI advisory committee.Dr. David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh David V.P. Sanchez is an Associate Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Civil & Envi- ronmental Engineering department and the Associate Director for the Mascaro Center for Sustainable
K-12 education, Technology Education’s turn to engineeringnomenclature was predictable. Integrating math and science into the Technology Educationcurriculum was one of the foremost purposes in the 1990s18 leading some to suggest engineeringcontent and curriculum in the early 1990s.19 Virginia introduced statewide curriculum guides for“Introduction to Engineering” and “Advanced Engineering” in 1992. New York released“Principles of Engineering” in 1995. Perhaps even more telling was the steadily increasing use ofthe Project Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum over the decade prior to this study. Importantly,about 85% of those teaching the PLTW curriculum are former Technology Education teachersworking in Technology Education labs.20Program
." Page 24.1391.3In terms of integrating engineering, math texts consistently fall short by only including "plug andchug" problems that only utilize a formula with little to no critical thinking involved. In an NSFfunded study, the investigators analyzed several textbooks to find instances of problems with anengineering context. Of the surveyed Algebra and Geometry texts, problems were not identifiedas engineering problems12. With the problems unlabeled or mislabeled, it is likely that studentswill not make the connection. The literature suggests that mathematics textbooks have beenpicked apart to find various essential components such as engineering. The inclusion of math hasalready been addressed in science textbooks considering the high
integrate with an open application-program interface from computing environments suchas C, ROS (Robot Operating System), or MATLAB. Although this paper focuses on a wheeledmobile robot, some of these characteristics would still stand. One-quarter of the respondents statedthat they taught their course with an articulated manipulator while another one-quarter usedground-based indoor mobile robots.2.3 Unified Robotics Curriculum Berry et al. [2] proposed that the benefits of robotics to all ages could be improved withthe creation of a unified curriculum that translates to multiple backgrounds. The authors concludethat having a standard framework for a robotics curriculum may provide a means to assess theeffectiveness and value of robotics
,socioeconomic status is frequently absent in conversations on access and success in engineering[10]. Engineering serves as an opportunity for upward mobility for low-income engineeringstudents, as well as an opportunity for LIS to bring diverse perspectives to solve engineeringproblems [11][12]. However, in the pursuit of an engineering degree, high-income students arefive times more likely than LIS to graduate within six years [13].Within education, researchers link sense of belonging to a variety of significant student outcomesincluding retention, persistence, major choice, and career path [14][15][16]. Sense of belonginghas previously been defined as the “experience of personal involvement and integration within asystem or environment to the extent
(COT) is a seamless pathway program in technology andengineering between all 12 Community Colleges and six four-year institutions. Students cancomplete either an A.S. degree in Technological Studies or an A.S. in engineering science. Theinfrastructure of the program allows flexibility of the curriculum such that the programs canrespond to industry needs with specific options and implement the new curriculum within 3months. In addition, there is a statewide COT site coordinators council that includes faculty andadministrative representative from all of the institutions of higher education, secondary partnersand business and industry liaisons. This COT Council has been instrumental for the systemic
due to the growth oftechnologies, fast connections, and the widespread use of mobile devices. As a result,cybersecurity education is in dire need of an innovative curriculum and teaching approaches.Game-based learning is one of the emergent and quickly evolving types of computer-basedlearning. Creating cloud services and ready-to-use cybersecurity training courses, with a focus onteaching and training cybersecurity algorithms is essential [3]. Providing a virtual lab offers apractical learning environment is a crucial step, to enable thousands of students to access onlinecybersecurity education [4]. A visual lab provides students with a simulated environment wherethey can gain hands-on experience with cybersecurity tools and techniques