, are the most pressing reasons for including accessible design material inundergraduate engineering programs. These laws, rules, and regulations impact all engineeringdesign disciplines and cover the design spectrum from the assembly and manufacturing ofproducts to consumer use of products and services.Undergraduate engineering programs typically do not include material on accessible design.There are conflicting pressures on engineering curricula that affect the acceptance of theseproposed additions to undergraduate programs. There is pressure to reduce the number of credithours required for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree while concurrently there ispressure to include more new material. The competition among new material for
explainingthe technical details of stress and strain may be appropriate for a class presentation in statics, itwould not be appropriate at a city council meeting. The final observation on formal oral communication we made was that all of the authorsseem to assume that participation implies improvement; that is, that doing a speech improvesone’s communication skills. None of the authors offered any evidence that students’ oralcommunication skills actually improved. There are many viable reasons for this, including thelimits of space in the article, the difficulty in measuring improvement in communication, and thechoice not to focus on that aspect in the research. However, it may also be that when it comes tocommunication skills, as a group
on managing personal bias in STEM, both online and in-person. Dr. Cross’ scholarship investigated student teams in engineering, faculty communities of practice, and the intersectionality of multiple identity dimensions. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as problem-based learning and culturally relevant pedagogy. Dr. Cross’ complimentary professional activities promote inclusive excellence through collaboration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Understanding Student
Paper ID #37474Resolving Troublesome Knowledge in Engineering Physiologyusing ICAP framework based Problem-Solving StudioSara Cunha Sara Cunha is graduated from Western New England University in 2022 with a BSE in Biomedical Engineering. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in Biomedical department at the University of Connecticut concentrating on tissue engineering and biomaterials research. As an undergraduate student, she has served as laboratory technician and assistant for core biomedical engineering lab courses. She has keen interest in learning innovative teaching methods in undergraduate engineering
Appalachia. While at Virginia Tech, his research focused on understanding engineering career choice in the Appalachian region of the United States. Matthew is currently employed as an engineer at Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, a rural telecommunications service provider in Pikeville Tennessee. Page 24.890.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Maybe I am Interested in Engineering, Does that Matter? (Research to Practice) Strand: Other (None of the Above)AbstractInterest is often cited as one, if not the key, reason for why students chose a career or
formulate, solve, and properly tacklemultidisciplinary problems.Particularly, this paper addresses the effectiveness of combined virtual and physical hands-onactivities in students’ learning which was infused in the capstone senior design project. Seniordesign projects are open-ended and are similar to the research that scientists perform toward amore comprehensive understanding of nature or new scientific knowledge. As a reinforcedlearning methodology to greatly assist students’ reasoning and problem-solving skills, virtuallearning was first integrated at the planning stage of their projects. This approach is in contrastwith the typical senior design courses where only limited resources are available for planningexperiments. Using virtual learning
% of the total) have beenhired since 1996, with FEAS accounting for almost 40% of that number17. FEAS facultycomprises 33% of all RFA members. FEAS has established a highly visible profile within theUniversity with respect to the number of research grants, graduate programs, publications, etc.However, the same cannot be said for participation in educational professional development orinstructional technology use. Benchmarks for these are provided by a look at the activities of theLearning & Teaching Office (LTO) at Ryerson (http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/about/index.htm) andof the Digital Media Projects (DMP) (http://www.ryerson.ca/dmp/). The former provides supportand resources to faculty in their teaching, in close collaboration with the
problems serve as the stimulus for learning. By analyzing andsolving problems, students acquire requisite knowledge, critical thinking and problem-solvingskills. Students encounter real-life and open-ended situations in a small group and the instructorguides and facilitates the learning process by asking questions and monitoring the problem-solving process.Advocates and Critics of Problem-Based LearningPBL is a somewhat different pedagogical approach from a traditional one. For this reason, therehave been two contradictory perspectives. On one hand, much research has focused on virtues ofPBL, advocating its benefits in higher education. For example, Knowlton 18 argues that thegeneric characteristics of PBL can promote an active and collaborative
contribute to understanding. It isappropriate to set aeronautical education in the context of aerospace product development forseveral reasons. First, it is what our graduates will do when they graduate. It culturally preparesthem for the activities of engineering, and excites them by satisfying their desire to perform theroles of an engineer. Secondly, it aids in teaching the skills that they will need in the workplace.If we are to teach students to communicate and work in teams, and especially to act ethically andcreatively, it is far easier to impart this understanding while working on authentic engineeringactivities. Finally, and most subtly, learning in context better supports the learning of the criticalaeronautics core competencies
simulated via TExaS) to control its speed as if it were thecar‟s engine, and built a more realistic system with more features such as suspending the cruisecontrol and resuming the last set speed.While the course has been popular, and the labs have motivated the students to explore and learnthe features of the 6811, there have been consistent complaints regarding the lack of realhardware. From the instructor‟s perspective, although the simulation environment is helpful, itpresents a steep learning curve for the students, does not translate easily to real systems, andabove all, does not lend itself to class-wide collaboration or large teams. Research shows thatstudents learn best from experience gained programming real systems[6]. Without this
students. Given that the literaturesurrounding gamification in different fields has mixed results, and that the research completed byGaffney & Dunphy (2015) suggested that the use of gamification enhanced women’s socialbenefits, further research needs to be completed in order to verify or confirm this phenomenon inrelation to women. The critical need for women representation in computer science and the growthof the computer science field behooves us to research gamification and its effect on womencomputer science students. Specifically, which of the aforementioned factors apply to women.These factors and additionally, the impacts of specific game elements, need to be explored furtherin order to determine whether the pursuit of gamification in
Paper ID #23507Growing Entrepreneurial Mindset in Interdisciplinary Student Engineers:Experiences of a Project-Based Engineering ProgramDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, a project-based engineering education program located in northern Minnesota. Her research interests include gamification, entrepreneurship & innovation in engineering, cooperative learning, and engineer- ing management. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through active and collaborative learning
measures, as well as serving as the primary connectionsbetween instruction and learning. Curricula shape and are shaped by the professionals teacherswho use them. The curricula influence the content of the subjects being taught9 as well as theway the teaching is enacted. This investigation explores the structure of high school curricula formathematics and for pre-engineering in order to understand the learning experiences that areintended to prepare students for future studies and careers in engineering and other technicalfields. It is part of a larger collaboration between the School of Education and the College ofEngineering investigating the challenges and remedies for the development of a broader, morediverse and more able pool of engineers in
Team building & common purpose 5.80 5.74 NA 5.89 5.57H https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/G https://globeproject.com/study_2004_2007?page_id=data#dataNA = Saudi Arabia not among the 24 countries surveyed in the GLOBE projectThese global cultural frameworks provide insights regarding teamwork and caution againstsingular analysis of “international students”. Previous research on teamwork has been groundedin global cultural dimensions [e.g. 28-30]. Based on this research, one can posit potentialscenarios. For example, the uncertainty avoidance characteristic of Hofstede may indicate thatMiddle Eastern students will be less comfortable engaging in an open-ended design project oroverly rely on objective
study goes on to add that itis still a problem in a remote classroom. This means that educators have to keep working on howto make students' experiences better. Analysis from the data showed that remote learningimpacted students’ ability to support each other in project-based learning processes. This papershows that having both cooperative and individual learning-based pedagogies may be moreeffective for high school engineering students. This year, several more high schools adopted theE4USA engineering curriculum in hybrid classrooms. Additional data is being gathered tofurther explore the themes that emerged from this study. Specifically, the research team willexplore the nuances of institutional type (rural, urban, all girls, etc
injury [5-8]. A variety of mental conditions arealso variously included under the umbrella of ND, including anxiety and depression [5]. Someresearch explores specific conditions, while other research has included ND students under theterm ‘non-visible disabilities’ [9] The underdiagnosis of conditions like ADHD among femaleshas been documented [10-11], so individuals may identify as ND without a formal medicaldiagnosis. Mirfin-Veitch et al. [6] state that “neurodiversity is not a diagnosis, rather it is a broadterm used to encompass a wide range of specific, non-specific, hidden and/or undetermineddiagnoses” (p. ii). The framing for this study aligns with this definition.Neurodivergent students may differ from their NT peers in various
use these new technologies in the classroom? • Will it endanger engineering education? • Are we compromising the quality of instruction? • Isn’t there a danger in promoting “push-button” engineering?As the debate goes on those who oppose technology implementation often findsympathy for their position among their peers at other institutions because of allthe reason discussed. However some schools and a large number of corporationsare moving forward with technology-based learning endeavors.7 While debatingissues like “is web-based instruction a good idea,” we could very well be losingsight of our reason for existing – delivering meaningful, timely and applicableeducation to enthusiastic customers; our students.8VII. CTEP: One possible
powerdistance it would be expected that students have the same cultural traits. However,different results will likely be reached that open the door to further research to explorethe reasons for the results within the university.The Universidad San Francisco de Quito, a private university located in Quito, wasfounded in 1988 as the first liberal arts university in Latin America, however, it was notuntil 1955 that it obtained official recognition from the Ecuadorian government[18],[27]. According to the QS University Ranking, USFQ is ranked #1 in Ecuador and#60 in Latin America [28]. About six thousand undergraduate students are enrolled eachyear and about five hundred are graduates in the same time frame. The Ecuadorianuniversity has a minority program
, technology, engineering, andmathematics (stem) majors," Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 36–41, 2013.[11] A. ABET, "policy and procedure manual (appm), 2019–2020," 2019.[12] A. Danowitz, "Group work versus informal collaborations: Student perspectives," in 2017Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Proceedings, 2017.[13] K. A. Smith, "Cooperative learning: Effective teamwork for engineering classrooms,"in Proceedings frontiers in education 1995 25th annual conference. Engineering Education for the21st Century, vol. 1. IEEE, 1995, pp. 2b5–13.[14] A.-P. Pavel et al., "The importance of quality in higher education in an increasinglyknowledge-driven society," International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Financeand
: The program accepted some students who had terminal (non-transferable) degrees. Students who were enrolled in terminal (non transferable) degrees were advised they would need to change their majors, but were faced with the prospect of additional time at PGCC or UM as they completed requirements for a traditional bachelor’s degree. One Hillman Entrepreneur graduated with the two-year engineering tech degree and decided he needed to get a full-time job after earning that degree so he could support his family. The students are regularly challenged by conflicting responsibilities among jobs, parenting and family commitments. Some employers do not give students the flexibility to take afternoon
to the private sector, but also for enabling the near-term success of students who graduate from the program.Entrepreneurial Board The dual-degree program's start-up involved the cooperation of 20 public and privatepartners, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), large corporations, smallstart-up corporations, and state and local officials. Selected members of these partners(Table 1) were involved in the following activities: ≠ evaluating student projects and advising the student teams; ≠ offering the student teams technical and business expertise; ≠ contributing intellectual property (ORNL alone has a portfolio of over 1000 patents) and project ideas; ≠ serving as guest lecturers in graduate product
interdisciplinary team that focuses on helping STEM instructors integrate writing into their courses, and that helps departments integrate writing across under- graduate curricula.Megan Mericle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Megan Mericle is a PhD student in Writing Studies. She is a member of a research team focused on writing in STEM, where she works with faculty to develop and implement learning objectives for writing in undergraduate science and engineering courses. In her own work, she focuses on disciplinary identity as well as communication practices in citizen science.Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Nicole Turnipseed is a PhD candidate in the Department of English and the Center
, roads, decision making, algorithms).Transportation students can gain deep understanding of these subsystems with well-designedgames and educational modules. Our experience indicates that students’ learning is improvedwhen the material taught is stimulating to students’ curiosity and competitiveness. Past researchhas recognized the need to deliver transportation engineering education in appropriate ways for anew generation of students, including the development and implementation of summerworkshops [14] and games [15]. This research showed the potential of outreach through theincrease of interest among high school students in transportation careers and the increase ofawareness of traffic engineering issues. However, these efforts focused on
AC 2007-316: ASSESSING ENGLISH-AS-A-SECOND-LANGUAGE MIDDLESCHOOL STUDENTS' ABILITY TO LEARN ENGINEERING CONCEPTSPaul Klenk, Duke University Paul A. Klenk, Ph.D., is a Visiting Scholar at Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, developing K-12 engineering education programs. He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from the Pratt school of Engineering at Duke University in 2006. He is the Duke Project Director for the TeachEngineeirng Digital Library Project at Duke, and was formerly the Graduate Student Coordinator for the Techtronics After-School Program at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, NC. In addition to his K-12 outreach work, he has researched
collaborative or team work. Students rarely challenge the integrity ofinstruction by the instructors leading to the lack of interactive relations vital to creativity andinnovation. The curriculum is highly structured and there is little room to take liberal arts orinterdisciplinary courses to broaden their education. Not enough emphasis is placed onprofessional competencies which are important for today’s engineers competing in a globalmarket. Accreditation as a relatively new phenomenon in the developing countries face thechallenge of ensuring quality based on standards while also facilitating innovations in education.There is a lack of resources for upgrading laboratories, shortage of trained teachers to teacheffectively and make the course
AC 2011-1541: ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOWPEOPLE LEARN FRAMEWORK THROUGH DIRECT CLASSROOM OB-SERVATION IN SELECTED FOOD ENGINEERING COURSESlourdes gazca, American University in Puebla, Mexico Lourdes Gazca is Science, Engineering, and Technology Education Ph.D. Student at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. She teaches mathematics and statistics related courses. Her research inter- ests include faculty development, active and cooperative learning, and creating effective learning environ- ments.Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas PueblaEnrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Enrique Palou is Director, Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology Education; and Professor
- tional environment through the use of collaborative learning, problem-based and project-based learning, classroom interaction, and multiple representations of concepts.Dr. Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University Clifford Whitfield graduated from the Ohio State University with B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering and is currently working as a Lecturer-B.E. and a Senior Research Associate for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the Engineering Education Innovation Center’s First-year Engineering program at the Ohio State University.Miss Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Nina Phanthanousy is currently pursuing her master’s degree in mechanical
corresponding insights thatdescribed successful implementation of experiential learning that might serve as considerationfor future implementation for engineering educators and researchers. These four key insightsinclude: 1.) Relevance and collaboration with stakeholders, students, academe, industry, andsociety, 2.) Students engagement and ownership, 3.) Scaffolding and integration across levels,and 4.) Importance of assessment.IntroductionWhile experiential learning has long been considered part of engineering education since themid-1950s [1] systematic review articles have been limited in their scope and coverage years.One of the most comprehensive studies documenting experiential learning in engineeringeducation was published in 1976 by Harrisberger
other (teaming), and their prospective major. Grand Challenge Research Poster Day: Like the E101 design project promotes student connectedness through a team research project focused on the NAE Grand Challenges. Celebration of Graduation Event: In the College of Engineering at NC State University individual departments hold graduation ceremonies. This event serves as the College’s year-end event, which includes Order of the Engineer and Pledge of the Computing Professional ceremonies. Faculty, administration, alumni join graduates and guests in this college convocation event. Engineering Career Fair: The College of Engineering hosts the semi-annual job fair for students in the college and beyond. This fair, open to the general
is ampleopportunity for students working on different parts of the projects to communicate and share ideas.Furthermore, Microsoft Teams platform was used to facilitate constant/daily communication andcontent sharing among students and between students and advisors. Another goal of the project isto promote life-long learning and exploration of new areas. Because lower-level (and even upper-level) students have no previous experience in requisite practical skills like electrical/electronicsystems of drones or moderately complex CAD design, the faculty identify and provide access toonramp tutorials. For example, for drone electronics and design, the faculty mentors guided newparticipating students through an online drone course, which covers