explores ways of improving the education of African Americans by significantlyincreasing the number of college graduates from Historically Black College and Universities(HBCU) as a way of increasing the number of opportunities available to them. The HBCUs areinstitutions of higher learning, whose principal mission is to educate African Americans, andthese institutions have evolved since their beginning in 1837 when their primary responsibilitywas to educate freed slaves to read and write. At the dawn of the 21st century, along withgraduate and post-graduate degrees, HBCU’s offer African American students a place to beeducated and earn a sense of identity, heritage and community. For decades after theirestablishment, HBCUs were virtually the only
of course redesign, and has been closely involved with the KU Center for Teaching Excellence since 2006. She regularly teaches courses in bridge engineering, steel buildings, structural analysis, fatigue and fracture, elastic stability, and how to be an effective college teacher.Dr. Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Andrea Follmer Greenhoot is Professor of Psychology, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Gautt Teaching Scholar at the University of Kansas. Her research in psychology is on cognitive development and memory. Her work with the Center for Teaching Excellence explores how we can transform learning experiences for university students that are grounded in cognitive and
onlineinstruction is video and/or reading based with little or no interaction among the students andinstructors. This has potential negative effects on: collaborative learning, instructor facilitation,and a student’s ability to seek and receive help in the moment [43]. Further, opportunities foractive learning and interactive experiences are limited due to lack of access to labs, equipment,and learning environments specifically designed for interactive learning [44]. There are alsominimal opportunities to explore the ‘hidden curriculum’ [45] and support students’development in areas other than technical content, such as participating in mentoring and thedevelopment of social capital, one of the keys to recruiting and retaining low-income, racial orethnic
divisions.1. IntroductionThe IDEA Engineering Student Center at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs Schoolof Engineering was established in 2010 to focus on engineering student diversity and inclusioninitiatives following a series of racially charged incidents affecting our campus’ Black students.IDEA is an acronym that stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Excellence, and Achievement. From itsinception, the IDEA Center aimed to focus on 1) outreach, 2) recruitment and yield, 3) academicsuccess and enrichment, and 4) retention and graduation for underrepresented minority (URM)students.The 2020-2021 academic year was pivotal for the IDEA Center for several reasons. First, it wasthe Center’s 10 year anniversary and the beginning of a strategic
likelihood of last-minute, hurriedteamwork. Additionally, the entire class exhibited a perfect 100% on-time submission rate forgroup-written assignments. Finally, students found teamwork more enjoyable with this method ofsubmission. When surveyed, students' opinions of teamwork improved by an average of 1 point(on a 5-point scale). This mixed methods, IRB approved study, highlights the potential benefits ofincorporating individual portions in team assignments, paving the way for improved opinions onteamwork, promotion of accountability, and time management skills among students. Introduction This study explores a fresh approach to promote accountability and encourage individualparticipation in the
engineering team. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice- oriented mission of Northeastern University. She teaches the Cornerstone of Engineering courses to first- year students as well as courses within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She is a recent recipient of the Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Students Award and is interested in research that compliments and informs her teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluating Student Success in a Pre-College General Engineering Program
classroom approach [19].Research suggests that the success of flipped classroom approaches depends on the nature of thecourse being taught. Courses requiring interactive, hands-on experiences may make learningcontent before engaging in course activities overwhelming for some students [20]. Theinvestment in time required for instructors to develop quality out-of-class materials and in-classactive learning experiences can be substantial [21].The active learning approach of problem-based learning (PBL) has consistently demonstrated tolead to positive learning outcomes such as self-directed learning habits, problem-solving skills,and deep disciplinary knowledge while engaging students in collaborative, authentic learningsituations [22]. While PBL was
the effect of increasing momentum—communication and cooperation-- whenever a job needs to be done. • Informal interactions have proved to increase accountability among all involved. 14 • Other STEM groups want to work with the lead evaluator. NoteThis research was supported and funded partially by SystemsGo, Inc. (www.systemsgo.org). Wethank Mr. Brett Williams, founding teacher and former executive director of SystemsGo, and theentire SystemsGo group for allowing us to observe students and teachers in their program
leverages his responsibilities for and experience with; industrial sponsored research contracting, technology transfer, startup business development, corporate relations into a bridge to student entrepreneurship, innovation and experiential education activities. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on technology commercialization and intellectual property law, is a licensed Patent Agent, holds a Ph.D. in environmental engineering, and a partner in a Michigan- based manufacturing company. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Elements – The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the PartsAbstractAt Michigan
by 7th Grade: A focused, 5-year effort to increase the number of AfricanAmerican, Hispanic/Latino(a), and Native American (AHLN) 7th-grade students whoare academically prepared to take algebraABSTRACTWhile research on the impact of after-school programs is not new, there is limited research of the combineduse of online mathematics tools to increase the knowledge and skill level of African American, Hispanic,Latino(a), and Native American students coupled with qualitative feedback from mentoring, parentalinvolvement, and university-based cultural capital. Using the online tool Assessment and LEarning inKnowledge Spaces (ALEKS), this mixed methods study explores the implementation of a university-industry, hybrid model for African American
design course. The capstone course is a summary and reflection ofthe whole undergraduate curriculum. Therefore, internationalizing this course has special significance.The effort on this course will serve as the basis for discussion and exploration for internationalizing othercourses. In addition, it is reasonable to assume that engineering schools in different countries have somecommon requirements and expectations for graduating mechanical engineers, and some common practiceto achieve these requirements. There are some common practices in this course, including centering ofthe course around a capstone design project, organization of the students into design teams, and therequirement for team presentation and defense of their design at the end
. These functions allow users to store,manage, and share files online. File types can include documents, videos, and images. Citationlists can also be created in Sakai. Files ‘dropped’ into folders on Sakai are timestamped; facultycan also set assignment deadlines, and Sakai will report if a submission was turned in late. Thestudents used Sakai to turn in work related to their lab notebooks; faculty and teaching assistantsused Sakai to access the students’ work in order to grade and release comments back to thestudents.The primary reason for switching from PLNs to ELNs was because we believed that electronicrecording would be the typical format students would be expected to use in industrial or researchcontexts, once they have graduated. We
create an environment that mixes learner centered, knowledge centered, and assessmentcentered environments. These objectives were written with a focus on learning levels that aremapped to Bloom’s Taxonomy so that students and staff can read the objectives and then beprepared for any assessment exercise. Implementation of these learning objectives primarilyfocused on problem based learning with a mixture of cooperative, role-based learning, andindividual learning. Learning objectives are tracked down to each hour of student contact time toensure the proper content is delivered as well as to ensure student time is being efficientlyused.This paper traces the development of the new flying qualities phase curriculum and the designdecisions that were
]. Thus, themeritocratic ideology in engineering, through hegemonic notions of “merit,” supports the careeradvancement and continued power of White men, while harming minoritized individuals andobstructing their access to opportunities.2.2 Engineering students’ perspectives on meritocracy and engineering meritEngineering students are exposed to the ideology of meritocracy as part of their enculturation asengineers [2], [10]–[12]. For example, research by Seron et al. [11] and Rohde et al. [12]explored how engineering students internalize meritocratic ideologies. Seron et al. [11]investigated how women engineering students understood and challenged their marginalizedstatus within the field of engineering. They found that while their participants
. Page 26.643.3While these efforts show that some engineering education is working towards increases in SRattitudes, some quantitative studies have shown that SR decreases more for women than menover one year – 23.6% of first-year women decreased while only 9.1% increased, 15.1% of mendecreased while 19.8% increased35. Further, engineering students’ perceived importance of thesocial impacts of engineering (such as “professional/ethical responsibilities” and the“consequences of technology”) were found to decrease from the first to fourth years indicating a“culture of disengagement” in engineering education36.The overall goals of the research are to explore the SR development of engineering studentsthrough college, using qualitative methods. This
through graduate education, and gender and race in engineering.Allison Godwin (Associate Professor) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. She is also the Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr
. In partnership with the educational branch of the New England Patriots, Mr. Boncek designed the ’Power to Hear’ engineering design challenge to encourage students to explore areas of STEM especially those related to communications systems. Mr. Boncek has been a technical advisor in the ”Science-of-Sports” program for four years. Page 23.86.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Novel Partnership for Advancing K-12 STEM EducationAbstract: By imparting expectations and behavioral norms for effective cooperation andteaming, effective study habits and by serving as
in establishing the learning objectives for this freshmanexperience. The results of that collaboration are shown in the attached chart, “ArizonaArticulation Matrix for an ‘Introduction to Engineering Design’ Course.” The chart has beenfilled out to indicate how the Northern Arizona University course meets the learning objectives.Each university, and the community colleges, uses this matrix to develop their local coursesindependent of each other, while still achieving the same objectives. This allows completearticulation for this course among all of these educational institutions. (photo 3 is here) Student Presentation of Design ProjectV. ConclusionAs a component of the
stating such commitment. Forexample, informed by the typology of student resistance and work on intersectionality,Rodriguez et al. [6] explored how Latina undergraduate students critiqued racist, sexist, andclassist structures of their STEM undergraduate education and how they engaged in communitytransformation and healing. Supporting women and other minorities' participation in STEM hasimplications for social justice. Similarly, valuing the lived experience of Black women in STEMdemonstrates our commitment to move beyond the rhetoric of resting the responsibility of copingand adaptation solely on the individual levels [14]. Still, research that explicitly has a CriticalFeminism commitment is wanting. Our work aims to fill such gaps, disrupt the
men's careers in STEM disciplines has merit beyondgenerating data to use as a comparison point for female participants’ data. The association of sexand gender with women allows men to go un-gendered and thereby avoid being subject tocritique.11 The taken-for-granted nature of male educational and professional experience rendersit frequently invisible and under-explored.11,12 We analyze male engineers’ talk to demonstratethat men have and do gender, as well.12 Furthermore, the lack of scholarly attention to racialdiversity among male engineers and the increasing participation by international students inengineering disciplines provided a rationale for examining whether conventional articulations ofmale mentoring and career socialization
equipment lies idle during most of itsusable lifetime 8,9,10.Only a remote laboratory facility can provide cost effective and unlimited access toexperiments and maximize the utilization of available resources. Moreover, this will allowinter-laboratory collaboration among universities and research centers by providing researchand student groups access to a wide collection of expensive experimental resources atgeographically distant locations.One of the major limitations of the existing Internet accessible distance-learning courses istheir failure to deliver the laboratory-related courses 7. While simulation and multimediaprovide a good learning experience, for effective and complete learning, especially in STEMprograms, a mixture of theoretical and
distance learning. Distance learning appealsto mature working students and their employers as it does not disrupt the working day. Bourneet. al.1 discuss the impact of online learning on continuing education of graduate engineers anddegree seeking engineering students. They recommend that engineering colleges explore,implement, and extend blended learning and the collection of data and distribution of knowledgeabout successes and failures, as well as to continue to build-out the use of technologyimplementations that increase the quality of online courses. Mulligan et. al.2 describe case Page 25.1224.2studies for teaching online Manufacturing
Toghiani is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. He received his B.S.Ch.E, M.S.Ch.E and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. A member of the Bagley College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Dr. Toghiani has taught a variety of courses at MSU, including Process Control, Transport Phenomena, Reactor Design, both Unit Operations Laboratories and graduate courses in Advanced Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena and Chemical Kinetics. He is the faculty advisor for the student chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers. His research in the areas of catalysis, fuel cells and nanocomposite materials is supported by DOE, DOD, and
faculty representation. Context Historically, Latinx engineering graduates represent 6% of all engineers in the workforcewith little year-over-year growth in the last decade. To further break down that statistic, Latinosmake up 4%, while Latinas make up 2% of the engineering workforce [5]. To address the glaringunderrepresentation of Latinx in the engineering workforce, the Research-Oriented LearningExperiences (ROLE) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), wasdeveloped to increase diverse participation in research within engineering undergraduateprograms. The researchers understand the need for HSIs to create culturally relevant programsthat support whole-student development
Paper ID #23808The Effectiveness of a Multi-year Engineering EnrichmentDr. Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology LINDA S. HIRSCH is the Assistant Director for Research, Evaluation and Program Operations for the Center for Pre-College programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Hirsch has a degree in educa- tional psychology with a specialty in Educational Statistics and Measurement from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for over 20 years. Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience conducting longitudinal research
physically dissect theproduct and perform appropriate research to develop well-reasoned answers to specific design-related questions. The evaluation phase provides opportunities for students to activelyexperiment and abstract meaning from their research and concrete dissection experiences.Finally, they articulate their findings during the explanation phase to describe the global,societal, economic, and environmental impact of the product.The descriptive nature of our framework provides the flexibility to create hands-on, inductivelearning activities for all levels of undergraduate education. We have used our framework toexpose freshmen in their introductory design courses to these contextual factors39-40, inspiresophomores in their project-based
engineeringeducation methodologies such as cooperative learning and taking a student-centered approachhave improved first-year engineering student engagement and retention into the second year1.Specifically, one major aim of the coalition is for first-year engineering students to participate ina full design project. The freshman honors engineering program at this university includes a 10week-long robotics design project in the second semester which follows these guidelines of thecoalition. This honors robotics design project is unique among other design projects by the largescope and infinite possibilities for students to tackle the problem and design a solution. Forexample, students have the opportunities to build their own robot structures and
among groupmembers. Learning how to acknowledge differences, arrive at consensus, set limits, andadminister fair sanctions to non-cooperative members are remembered and spoken of as Page 24.951.10more memorable than either the formal focus of the joint research undertaken by thegroup or the content of the course work in the program. The intensity of the groupexperience remains with the students long after graduation. Interestingly, this is as truefor students in groups that are marked by strong disagreements and personality clashes asit is for those groups that are well integrated.Teaching responsively is neither easy nor convenient, and runs against
collaborative research. First, from an engineering education perspective, he emphasizes the importance of communicating essential knowledge to non-engineers. The second per- spective comes from the mathematics education research literature. There is a well-established paradox: students often fail to apply familiar methods when they attempt to solve novel problems. Coordinating these perspectives has facilitated the collaboration across disciplines.Ms. Malissa Augustin, FAUSantiago Aguerrevere Page 26.1242.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Precision Low
difficult to capture and to communicate on paper. It brings class energy and excitement that most teachers can sense when the students seem to leap in front of the teacher and are exploring on their own and relying on the teacher only to help them navigate through unfamiliar territory. The following images are intended to provide some insight into the studio environment. After-class Collaboration Cooperation Teamwork CreativityConclusionThe AE studio format for interdisciplinary education of architectural and engineering studentshas been recognized by participating design professionals, academic colleagues and university