through the use of interview data from our research studyof engineering education innovation origin stories. This paper extends the process by furtherusing stories to recognize and take advantage of opportunities for change, highlightingcommonalities based on stories using qualitative research on the origin story of an innovativeengineering program.Why StoriesStories have long held power in human society. Stories are used as a way to construct,understand and communicate meaning around events and experiences [2, 3, and others]. Theact of telling a story is an effective way to disseminate a particular construct of meaning. Theact of responding to a story, or re-telling a version with personal commentary, further developthe communal understanding of
policies have: changedpromotion and tenure procedures (tenure extension); required announcements of opportunitiesfor administrative appointments; addressed challenges in students' evaluations of instruction;supported on-campus childcare; emphasized spousal/partner hiring; and created the option formodified duties. As a result of search committee training that addresses best practices and unconsciousbias, members of faculty search committees have increased awareness of search pitfalls andimproved skills for successfully completing their work. Substantial funding has been devotedto research support for women faculty (large research grants; course buyouts; travel grants
student body also can mean incorporating male students into programs that strive toincrease female participation and success.5Supplemental enrichment programs can greatly help recruit and retain women in engineeringmajors.6 Such programs are part of a larger need. According to the Bayer Facts of ScienceEducation Survey XV in 2011, 71% of those surveyed reported that additional staff is warrantedto enrich the amount of academic support necessary for retaining more engineering students.7These programs are particularly critical given that “weeding-out” practices have been found tobe harmful to young engineering students, with women and minority students more affected thantheir white male counterparts.7 Such support is especially warranted during the
), founder of The Design & Entrepreneurship Network (DEN), and Division I rower. In her spare time, Bre teaches design thinking workshops for higher education faculty/administrators at the Stanford d.School, coaches a global community of learners through IDEO U, and fails miserably at cooking.Dr. Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego Elizabeth Reddy is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of San Diego’s Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering. She is a social scientist, holding a PhD in cultural anthropology from the Univer- sity of California at Irvine and an MA in Social Science from the University of Chicago. She is Co-Chair of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology and
Daniel Anastasio received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Connecticut while acting as an in- structional specialist for the chemical engineering undergraduate laboratory. His research interests include osmotically driven membrane separations and engineering pedagogy.Dr. Aravind Suresh, University of Connecticut Page 23.718.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Improving Student Attitudes Toward the Capstone Laboratory Course Using
current understandings of the best practices for building a more inclusivelearning environment.1.1 NeurodiversityWhile the term neurodiversity originated as a part of the autism activism that emerged in the1990s [1], within the context of this paper neurodiversity is more broadly defined as theneurological variations present in human populations that may be related to sociability, learning,attention, mood, or other mental functions. A few examples of the variations that fall under theneurodiversity umbrella are attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism (ASD),generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), depression, and dyslexia. A growing body of literaturesuggests that neurodivergent individuals often possess unique strengths that may be
course, tenured or tenure-leading, and/ora professor of practice), reasons for conducting the research, and the procedures involved should they meetthe requirements of the program. The 11 instructors were affiliated with six academic departments in thecollege.B. Procedures Selected observers were invited to an informational orientation session. The session covered thepurpose of the study including a discussion on SETs, number of expected observations, required COPUStraining, and post-program commitments. Following the orientation, faculty and graduate student observersattended a 1.5-hour training on using the COPUS. The training included participant introductions, exerciserationale, protocol and code introductions. Several guided
, students needed to recall and understand all main components of the IoT architecture,apply their knowledge to design a complete IoT system, analyze and evaluate the system toensure it satisfies all requirements, build the design, and test it to evaluate its effectiveness.Finally, when defining EM for students, professors should emphasize those who think aboutinnovation and continuous improvement and not limit it to startups, which can help them viewcontinuous improvement within the discipline as a form of innovation.6. Conclusion6.1 Response to Research ObjectiveThe problem is that engineering students’ exposure to practicing soft skills, such as problem-solving, critical thinking, innovation, and creativity, is often limited to capstone courses
the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering department. His research interests include machining, effective teaching and engineering mechanics. Before coming to academia, he was a design engineer, maintenance supervisor, and plant engineer. He is a registered professional engineer.Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University Robert O. Warrington is currently Director of the Institute for Leadership and Innovation, which houses the Enterprise program and the new Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Warrington was Dean of the College of Engineering from 1996 to 2007 and was the founder and Director of the Institute for Micromanufacturing at
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turned in significantnumbers to the codification of best practices and ethical priorities. That burst of ethics-writingactivity was followed by others through the twentieth century, Davis explains, usually instigatedby moments of great growth in the profession or of notable outside pressures for self-regulation.1,2 Codes of ethics have customarily mandated rigorous, honest, and disinterestedengineering practice and depending on the sub-field, also more specific instructions regardingpertinent materials, technical processes, and commercial relations. These instruments are Page 26.1723.3essentially optimistic in projecting a desired future
confronting issues related to inclusion. The department undergoes annual review byexternal evaluators Inverness Research. The 2019 review revealed instances where students didnot feel included. These situations involved faculty, staff, and students. Since becoming aware ofthe situations, the department has spent considerable time addressing inclusivity. All facultyattended microaggression and inclusion training (see below). Inclusion training has been addedto the new vertically integrated design project courses (see below) that will be required of allstudents. One faculty piloted a syllabus that includes a policy on microaggressions andharassment. The Department has prompted University’s Center for Teaching and Learning tolead the establishment of a
to be beyond the level necessary for entry into professional practice andwould be attained through post entry level experience or education. The committee created threenew pathways to attainment for both the cognitive and affective domains, which did not appearin BOK2, namely: Post Graduate Education (PG) - a replacement for the Master’s or P”lus 30” designation in BOK2 that indicates formal education beyond the baccalaureate degree; Mentored Experience (ME) - experience gained under the mentorship of an engineer who has already satisfied the BOK requirements for entry into professional practice; and Self Directed (SD) - a program of learning initiated and pursued by the
Paper ID #17026Engineering Together Sustainable Communities: Sustainability Engineeringin ActionDr. Noe Vargas Hernandez, Carnegie Mellon University Noe Vargas Hernandez researches creativity and innovation in engineering design. He studies ideation methods, journaling, smartpens, and other methods and technology to aid designers improve their creativ- ity levels. He also applies his research to the design of rehabilitation devices (in which he has various patents under process) and design for sustainability.Dr. Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Heidi A. Taboada is an Associate Professor in the
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-Milwaukee.Dr. April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Pittsburgh, studying oxidative stress in in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. During her prior graduate and postdoctoral work in neurodegeneration, April mentored several undergraduate, graduate, and clinical researchers and
ElectricalEngineering, and six in Mechanical Engineering. All of these students should certify within theirmajor in the next year and have joined their peers as successful students in engineering.In this paper, we present an in-depth view of the program as well as evaluation results from thefirst two years of the program. We also showcase best practices and lessons learned in supportingat-risk students in engineering.STARS ProgramRecruitment and SelectionSTARS enrolls approximately 32 students from low socio-economic backgrounds each year ateach university. To qualify for the program, a student must be Pell Grant-eligible, graduate froma Washington high school with thirty percent or more of the students receiving free- or reduced-priced lunches, and express
year 2. Goal 5: Develop an adaptable model for implementing a STEM guided pathways approach at other community colleges. Study the effectiveness and impact of implemented strategies. Broad dissemination of project findings and best practices.STEM Success and Orientation Course Development and ImplementationHow do we teach STEM Identity?While the nuances of the development of our cohort course will be summarized below, it isimportant to begin by noting that the initial course in which SEECRS scholars were placed wasspecifically designed to develop STEM identity. This focus on identity development utilizeddiscourse based identity theory to help students envision themselves as belonging in STEM.Discourse
Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, MN. He has a broad background of industry experience in New Product Development, Mining, Manufacturing, Defense, Biotech, and Research & Development. Peter received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Balancing the Disciplines—RecalibratedAbstract:This complete paper is a continuation of the work reported in the work-in-progress paper by theauthors in the 2021 conference. Balancing the Disciplines is an interdisciplinary design projectfor use in
have shown that both graduate student (Ong et al.,2011) and faculty (Hurtado et al., 2012) women of color in STEM report frequent experiences ofgender and racial/ethnic bias. For example, Black/African American women face the stereotypeof being "aggressive" (McGee, 2016) and express low levels of feelings of belonging withinSTEM fields (Ong, 2005), factors that ultimately negatively impact mental health (McGee,2020). However, insight into disparities based on intersectional identities in STEMentrepreneurship requires research designs that integrate these broader contexts ofentrepreneurship and STEM higher education. Further, scholars have called for additionalquantitative studies that address intersecting social identities in entrepreneurship
Education at Purdue University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Engineering, with a concentration in Pharmaceutical Pro- cessing Engineering. Currently, she is pursuing her Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Tiantian has significant research experience in instrument development and validation analysis. Her research in- terests lie in developing reliable and valid measures for assessing complex engineering competencies, such as systems thinking skills. More particularly, she’s interested in assessing engineering students’ socio-technical systems thinking skills during their design process. In addition to her work on instrument development, Tiantian is also passionate about exploring the
animportant aspect of the engineering profession. Accreditation boards across North America havecalled for engineering educators to equip engineering graduates with leadership capabilities toallow engineers to take on a more prominent role in technological, societal and businessadvancement [1], [2]. As a result, there has been increased focus and research aroundengineering leadership, both in terms of defining what it is (for example, [3], [4]), as well asidentifying the associated skills and effective pedagogical practices for teaching it [5]–[7].Engineering educators are working on closing the gap between the leadership needs of industryand the capability of engineering graduates. However, for particular sectors such as engineeringconsulting, given
Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the National Science Foundation. He currently serves in editorial capacity for the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, and Journal of International Engineering Education.Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University Dr. Jeff Knowles is an engineering instructor at Oregon State University who began teaching courses in 2015. His current pedagogical research is related to barriers associated with implementing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices (EBIPs) in STEM-related courses and determining what affordances can be granted to overcome
curriculum below.1. Vertically integrated design project courses (VIDP). Our program has a strong senior designcourse sequence where seniors work for an entire academic year in teams on real projectssponsored and mentored by industry. Real industry design experience, however, was missing inthe first three years of the program. Hence, a separate design course sequence, where freshmen,sophomores, and juniors come together each spring to work on authentic design projectsmentored by practicing engineers, was added to the curriculum. In this new VIDP sequence,integrated teams consisting of freshmen, sophomores and juniors learn practice skills such asdesign principles, team dynamics, project management, communication, etc., throughexperiential learning
many categorized the course as EE despite it being required for both majors. Thisperception may reflect the disciplines of the instructors, who were primarily affiliated with EE.However, since 12 of 14 focus group participants were MEs, that would not explain the differentratings across WI and WOI sections. The differences across sections are not generalizable due tolow sample size (WI n=7; WOI n=7).Research Question 1. When interpreted narrowly, RQ1 results in a list of classes students notedas including elements of social justice or social impacts of engineering. Within our four focusgroups, this list included NHV, Senior Design, Engineering Practices—Introductory CourseSequence (EPICS), Circuits, classes associated with the Humanitarian
the United Statesmust bring added value and higher-level skills including innovation, a problem solving approach,and leadership to garner higher salary jobs in U.S. companies. The call from various technicalreports on engineering education demands that U.S. higher education institutions produce thiskind of engineers. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for reforming and enhancing engineeringeducation to address these needs. This reform effort is best served through a merging of engi-neering education with best practices in educational psychology. Traditional curriculum in engineering education involves deductive instruction in whichthe instructors lecture on general principles with limited application of the principles to real
, 2003.[4] A. Shekar, “Projects-based learning in engineering design education: sharing best practices,”2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 15-18, 2014.[Online]Available: https://peer.asee.org/22949. [Accessed February 12, 2023].[5] W. L. Stone and H. Jack, “Project-based learning integrating engineering technology andengineering,” 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, USA, June 24-28,2017. [Online] Available: https://peer.asee.org/28770. [Accessed February 12, 2023].[6] L. Albers and L. Bottomly, “The impact of actively based learning, a new instructionalmethod, in an existing mechanical engineering curriculum for fluid mechanics,” 2011 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver
the research team to investigate the impact of theseinterventions on different student populations. The researchers chose to administer theinterventions into four courses, all of which are designed to prepare students for more complexengineering design and problem-solving skills associated with upper-level engineering courses.Western Washington University:Western Washington University (WWU) is a public master’s-granting institution withapproximately 15,000 students, 160 academic programs, and a vibrant campus community.Western offers the focus on students access to vital academic choices, resources, multiculturaldiversity, and various curricular and extracurricular activities to grow and thrive. Westernstudents participate in a variety of
AC 2012-4732: ONLINE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGLABORATORY COURSESDr. Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University Yacob Astatke completed both his doctorate of rngineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full-time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at MSU since Aug. 1994 and currently serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation. Dr. Astatke has more than 10 years of experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based ECE courses in the USA and abroad
AdaptableModules, we design modules for the existing cybersecurity curriculum where the determined newAI material will be supplemented or substituted into the existing curriculum. Specifically, wefocus on natural language processing (NLP), which is the subfield of AI that focuses on enablingcomputers to understand and use human language. Importantly, the study of language naturallyleads to topics that appeal to social, cultural, and humanistic concerns, which have been shown tohave more appeal to minoritized groups. Luring students with this premise provides anopportunity to draw more explicit connections to the impact of cybersecurity globally, but also totheir specific communities. We think that NLP can serve as a topical bridge that engages abroader