include since conversations to redefine what constitutes diversity in engineering continue to grow14. The impact of social class, which includes socioeconomic status, on students’ experiences in engineering is a developing body of work. For many reasons, more students from all backgrounds are attending community college and not primarily those from traditionally underrepresented groups, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds or students with average merit. Although enrollment, retention and graduation data are often used as metrics of success, it is imperative to gain an understanding beyond the numbers. Such investigation will lay the
. Norman is a 2018-2019 Fulbright Scholar who actively volunteers as a NASA Solar System Am- bassador. She is also a US Army Veteran who has enjoyed contributing to and learning from a variety of organizations. Dr. Norman is active in helping faculty establish successful research portfolios. Her research interests include fundamental aeronautics; Hypersonics; Theoretical Physics; Planetary Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) system design and analysis; Dewar and Cryostat design and cryogenic mate- rial testing; Advances in STEM Education and Curriculum development;Dr. Yuetong Lin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Yuetong Lin received the Ph.D. degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of
inaugural class of twenty engineering majors, the first atan American women’s college. Beyond the obvious gender difference, Smith engineers arereceiving a technical education in a liberal arts setting, presented in the context of socialresponsibility. In the words of our vision statement: Graduates will be confident and creative women who bridge the traditional boundaries between the sciences and humanities as leaders in both the profession of engineering and in society as a whole. As critical thinkers and socially responsible decision-makers, they will help to engineer a sustainable future for the global community.1Having the unusual experience of designing an engineering curriculum from the ground up afterABET
. Which of the following does not describe an aspect of management? (a). Planning (b). Organizing (c). Controlling (d). Stalling (e). Directing 4. What possible roles could a civil engineer have regarding management? Choose all that apply. (a). Engineers integrate aspects of a heavy infrastructure project (b). Engineers know where to get information and resources (c). Engineers monitor the construction of their designs to ensure quality and performance (d). Engineers collaborate with an office and outside their firm/entity to ensure the best possible product in the least amount of time for the least cost (e). Engineers provide management services to subcontractors (f). Engineers have no
NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The teachers were all from localschools and they commuted daily to attend the PD. The project team (facilitators of the PDprogram) included engineering and education faculty, researchers, and graduate students whoperformed a preliminary design of robotics-based lessons meeting state standards for middleschool science and math, based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) [14] and theCommon Core State Standards for Math (CCSSM) [15]. During the PD program, we followed aregular schedule for daily activities. Specifically, each day’s schedule consisted of two four-hourslong morning and afternoon sessions. Each session started with short formal lectures thatintroduced foundational material using
content of the workshops.They presented the activities and workshops to the supervising graduate student (observer).Since the design of the conference was such that the same set of workshops were given duringeach week of the 4-week conference, the E-LEAD students were encouraged to continueinnovating their workshops for each week of the conference. The observer using a mixed method analysis to measure the application and developmentof engineering and leaderships skills gained in the classroom. The students completed aLeadership Practices Inventory (LPI) self-assessment before and after their internship. The LPI isbased on 30 statements using a rarely-to-very-frequently 5-point scale(http://www.studentleadershipchallenge.com
academic performance.Using this information, NJIT developed a program that would utilize these best practices inconcert with one another. Through the Educational Opportunity Program, the EducationalLearning Assistants (ELAs) provided structured group study sessions in the residence hall forresidence students and in the University Learning Center for commuters. ELAs also worked inclose collaboration with the academic departments, as well as with the Dean of Student Servicesoffice, the Counseling Center, the University Learning Center, the office of Residence Life and theStudent Support Services Program to meet the ELA Pilot Program objectives
not pursuing a STEM field by college are not likely to go into aSTEM field, this includes undecided freshmen (Boesdorfer and Staude, 2016). Thus, middleschoolers and high schoolers are at the prime age for being influenced into STEM fields.This is just a pilot study and evaluation for the first year in the seven year project. In future work,the researchers will collect quantitative and qualitative data from future summer camps andanalyze the data concurrently in a mixed methods research design. This will help increase ourunderstanding of student interest and motivation in STEM as well as the factors influencing thisinterest. Additionally, future research will examine the differences in interest between variousgroups such as males and females
the nursing profession [54]. Though cybersickness is an effectto provide immersive clinical experiences. that goes away with repeated use of VR HMD technology [44], it is a factor to keep in mind when conducting research We identified a total of 31 relevant studies in our search, or using this for at scale deployment of the technology.with the majority (n = 19) focused on teaching specific Currently, there are no best practice strategies in place fortechnical skills. We believe that VR HMD use in nursing dealing with cybersickness, and future studies should focus oneducation favors technical skills due to the
secondary science teachers the tools to design and implement learning experiences for their students that are effective and authentic to the discipline. Much of this work has been centered on model-based inquiry and the integration of scientific practices in a supportive and structured way. He has been funded by NSF and other agencies to conduct research on preservice teacher education, undergraduate engineering education, and community partnerships in secondary education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining interventions to increase classroom community and relevancy in an early career engineering courseAbstractThe current NSF-funded project was
that an experienced engineer ortechnician in a particular field was a sure fit as a teacher or trainer. Such assumptions invariably Page 26.1340.3lead to less than stellar classroom activities and tend to promote lackluster learningenvironments9. Consequently, this Practical Instructional Design for Engineers project wasdeveloped to initiate engineers into the world of learning and teaching by focusing on how todevelop and deliver training courses and materials that are constructed on instructional designbest practices. The Learning Training and Development team conduct formal research tocontinually improve company education products and
lessons learned and benefits of manydifferent approaches to distance learning undertaken by this university. Many issues need to beaddressed for those who wish to be involved in distance learning. The important ones include thefollowing:• How is distance learning being used by businesses, and educational users?• How should the distance learning faculty, program designers, system administrators and other participants be trained to maximize the effectiveness of the system?• What technologies are best for the training applications? (digital satellite broadcasts, interactive video conferencing, audio conferencing, audio-graphic conferencing, computer conferencing, and so forth)• What type of course content is appropriate for each type of
- gineering education research focused on early engineering; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Sarah J. Stoner, Michigan State University Sarah Stoner is a mechanical engineering student at Michigan State University set to graduate with a BS in May 2011 with a Spanish minor. She is the corporate relations chair member for the Society of Women Engineers MSU chapter. Sarah has tutored for beginning engineering courses for two years through various programs and is now directly involved with the university’s Supplemental Instruction program, one component of a National Science Foundation grant aimed to engage early engineering students.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Director of
topic. This meeting iscritical since this is the instructor’s best opportunity to manage the scope of the project and makesure that the project that the student can complete in time for the final presentation. A latermeeting is used to review the project design and assess the student’s progress towardscompletion. During the final presentations I usually provide feedback on next steps based on afuture work slide.Table 2 summarizes the different milestones mapped to a 15-week semester. The expectation isthat there is about 6 weeks total for the project, with a possible 4 weeks of actual development.In practice, the actual development time varies from student to student and varies from 1 week to4 weeks. 2 weeks should be enough time for a student
the advisor will sign and date the Student /Advisor Portfolio Review Form . Students will not be allowed to register until this step is completed.• Graduation Requirement: It is pertinent for students to understand the importance of undergraduate portfolio development. Those students who do not maintain undergraduate portfolios throughout their stay in the Department of Industrial Engineering will not be allowed to graduate. The portfolio will count for a significant portion of the student’s grade in the final senior design class, Design Projects in Industrial Engineering (INEN 495). Those students who have not maintained portfolios from semester to semester will see a significant negative effect on his
. There were 14 benchmarks in STELStandard 1 that explicitly reflected the NOEK; six in middle grades and eight in the high schoolbenchmarks. However, the societal and cultural dimension of the NOEK was exclusive to thehigh school grade band while both its empirical basis and the personal dimension were exclusiveto the middle grade band. For example, benchmark 1N identifies how high school learnersshould graduate high school with the societal and cultural understanding about the NOEK that Technological developments are best achieved through experiences and interactions within a given context. For example, design of buildings should take into account local conditions including soil type, wind, and snow loads, and should also
Transactions on Education, and past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE. She founded the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at U-M in 2003 and served as its Director for 12 years. Prior to joining U-M, Dr. Finelli was the Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learning and success, and the impact of a
several graduate courses in engineering education pertinent to this research. He is the key developer of the OWLS and leads the LEWAS lab development and implementation work. He has mentored two NSF/REU Site students in the LEWAS lab. He assisted in the development and implementation of curricula for introducing the LEWAS at VWCC including the development of pre-test and post-test assessment questions. Additionally, he has a background in remote sensing, data analysis and signal processing from the University of New Hampshire.Dr. Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Dr. Vinod K. Lohani is a Professor of Engineering Education and an adjunct faculty in Civil & Environ- mental Engineering at Virginia Tech (VT), Blacksburg
usually taught by engineering faculty and areunder the control of engineering departments. Third, unlike introductory design courses orintroductory programming courses, these courses have fairly consistent content from oneinstitution to the next. For these reasons, the authors felt that the engineering mechanics coursesrepresent the best way for a few high-quality OER resources to have the largest impact onstudents, the largest return on investment if you will.2. Literature Review:2.1 The History and Use of OER in Higher EducationPinning down the exact origins of offering freely available and modifiable learning content ishard because of the simplicity of the idea, but without a doubt, having digital content has madefree distribution much more
do requires aninterpretative perspective on research and is the crux of knowledge attainment in the educationfield.The freshman engineering faculty have expertise in particular fields of engineering, anunderstanding of the expectations the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) has for engineering graduates, experience teaching and designing introductory freshmanengineering courses (e.g. ENGR 106), and knowledge of Purdue freshman engineering studentcharacteristics. For example, the freshman engineering faculty understand the challengesstudents face as they transition from being “top students” in their high school classes to one ofmany “top students” enrolled in a Research I engineering program. The faculty also
Century, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press (2005). 2. Duderstadt, J. J., Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research, and Education. Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Press, (2007). 3. Boyer, E. ,Reinventing Undergraduate Education (The Boyer Commission Report). New York: Carnegie Foundation (2001). 4. Clough, G. W. (Chair), The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C., National Academies Press (2004). 5. Council on Competitiveness, Innovate America: Thriving in a
“Technology Literacy: How StuffWorks.”14 An example of the impact of these types of courses is that pre-service elementaryteachers lowered anxiety, increased perceived value, and increased motivation for science andtechnology.Union College has directly addressed the perceived (or actual) gap between engineering and theliberal arts and have proposed a Converging Technology paradigm to address this gap.15 Theyask the two important questions about this discontinuity. “Can we continue to produce liberalarts graduates who have little understanding of the technical world in which they live? Can weafford to produce engineers with little understanding of implications of those technologies forthe world?” They offer the following definition of technological
; these integrated considerations informed by research onhigh impact practices for STEM motivation and retention, as well as those for facilitatinginnovation ecosystems and place attachment [3-12, 22, 23].Researchers modified the post-internship survey from the pilot by augmenting it with items toexamine the C-EEEM internships’ outcomes in relation to Self Determination Theory (SDT) [24-26]. Since the original survey instrument had many overlapping items relevant to SDT, theamendments were few. The post-internship survey instrument was digitally delivered (Qualtricsplatform) as a retrospective-pre/post using Likert-type scaling, with an emphasis on measuringdispositional shifts. In the pilot, researchers found that for estimating dispositional
Paper ID #37149A narrative exploration of the in/authentic experiences ofBlack engineering interns (Work in Progress)Gretchen Dietz (Graduate Assistant) Gretchen Dietz is currently a Postdoc at the University of Florida that is transitioning to an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Fall 2022. Her research interests include diversity, equity, justice, cultures of inclusion in engineering and engineering identity development for underrepresented engineers.Elliot P. Douglas (Professor) Dr. Elliot P. Douglas is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and
, enabling every student to learn and providing reasonable flexibility for students tomove onto or off of various career-preparation paths without undue penalty”2 that is based uponsound pedagogical practices and a solid foundation of educational research. Courses (ormodules) will be designed to allow students to develop engineering skills above and beyond the"normal" first-year requirements, and will offer hands-on components, as well as an introductionto the engineering profession. Such courses have been shown to better inform students aboutengineering disciplines and improve student satisfaction and retention3-8. Problem-solving,design, and logic will provide the framework by which students will develop a firm foundationof engineering
developing an outline for this work.Researchers were supported in this work through the National Science Foundation-IntegrativeGraduate Education and Research Traineeship: Sustainable Electronics Grant (Grant Number1144843) and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under GrantNumber DGE-1333468.Bibliography[1] American Psychological Association. "APA Dictionary of Psychology: Cultural Bias."(accessed 2020).[2] L. McAllister, G. Whiteford, B. Hill, N. Thomas, and M. Fitzgerald, "Reflection inintercultural learning: examining the international experience through a critical incidentapproach," Reflective Practice, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 367-381, 2006, doi:10.1080/14623940600837624.[3] H. C. Triandis, Theoretical concepts
classroom education to prepare the future workforce for theconstruction industry. In addition, many researchers and textbook authors published severalmaterials on topics and content whenever there was a new trend in the industry. In the lastdecade, the construction industry changed how stakeholders communicate using advancedtechnological innovations and virtual design and construction (VDC) tools. This includes newsoftware, cloud-sharing platforms, document management tools, advanced equipment such asVR/AR, laser scans, drones, and construction robotics.While technology and recent innovations are available for educators as a faculty version toutilize in the classroom, only recent tech-savvy graduates understand these technologicalinnovations. A
competition2,3, although the pool ofqualified people is quite small. Innovation is key to our industry, and our focus here is to developthe capability of our graduates to innovate4,5 in a field that requires depth and intensecomprehension. The applied mathematicians and aerospace engineers who led the remarkableadvances in high speed designs in the latter half of the 20th century are either retired or nearingretirement. Transferring their knowledge base to the upcoming generation is a concern6, becausethe recipient must have the preparation and discipline needed to grasp the knowledge. This putsthe onus teachers to ensure that candidates aspiring to jobs in the leading aerospaceestablishments have firm basic knowledge and personal discipline in this
, the proposed research has the potential to broaden participationin STEM by increasing engagement, retention, and graduation of underrepresented minorities.Second, in building SocioTechnical Learning capacity, the research will also contribute to newapproaches for community centered solutions that leverage cultural assets of underrepresentedstudents and consider alternative knowledges in collaborative technology design, development,and implementation. As students graduate and enter the workforce, they carry with them thecapacity to respond to human and societal dimensions of technology in daily practices.3. Conceptual FrameworkThe literature characterizes multiple separate flavors of social learning and techno-centriclearning in the context of
, University of Alabama, Huntsville Sandra A. Lampley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics and Science Education from Middle Tennessee State University. Her research interests include professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers and research-based instructional strategies for teaching science.Dr. Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville Monica L. Dillihunt, Ph.D. is a graduate of Howard University, where she received her degree in edu- cational psychology and a sub-specialty in educational leadership and administration in 2003. She also received her B.S. in psychology