were collected from 120 first-year engineering students in a requiredengineering course at a large midwestern university. The main topics taught in the course includedata visualization and analysis, ethics, engineering design, application of computer programmingby using Matlab software, and development of mathematical models to solve engineeringproblems in a collaborative teamwork manner. Students were divided into teams, where eachteam had 3 to 4 students. We designed a semester-long study, where students submitted theirreflection after each lecture individually. Further, students evaluated themselves and their teammembers at four-time points for the teamwork. In addition, students provided their gender andrace information as shown in Table
. On-campus housing is provided to the Scholars. A resident coordinator is present at all times to handle logistical, operational, and emergency matters. Multifaceted daily activities are administered, including lectures on mathematics, science, communications, social justice and ethics (e.g., construction of racial identity, identifying inequalities), workshops on technical writing, coding, robotics, and resume building, hands-on team challenges (projects), professional tours, social and shopping trips, and personal time. All projects are team-based where two to three Scholars collaborate under the guidance of ambassadors. Each project is a challenge for which each team must
of Research ethics, the MIT Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) course, and un- dergraduate genetics. She believes in the power of peer-coaching as a method of improving an entire community’s ability to communicate effectively.Dr. Marina Dang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Marina Dang holds a PhD in Chemistry from Brandeis University, where she also served as an instructor for the Science Posse Boot Camp program. She taught chemistry at Emmanuel College and later became a STEM curriculum developer for an educational startup. In 2014, she joined the MIT Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering to serve as its first Communication Lab manager. As the Communication Lab model spread to new
Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP). She is a past adviser of the Women in Computer Science (WICS) student club. From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Solis was a programmer analyst at the Department of the Attorney General in Hawaii, a member of the team revamping the State Juvenile Justice Information System. Her research and instructional Interests include programming languages, computer ethics and student success and development.Dr. Deepa Chari, Florida International UniversityZahra Taheri Zahra Taheri has studied psychology and her interests focus on human development, women and minori- ties in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Exploring
-centered design principles, agilemanagement principles, and engineering design tools for engineering decision making as well asintroductory CAD and MatLab. Sophomores who enrolled in these studies were completingtheir first formal engineering design course and would have completed modules covering designteaming, interviewing, listening, ethics, design objectives, constraints, and functional modeling.The senior engineering students who participated in these studies would have completed nearlyall of their engineering course work which includes: statics and dynamics, circuits andinstrumentation, two courses in thermo-fluids, mechanics and materials, two courses inengineering management, and thus far, four courses in engineering design. Students would
. Scott Streiner, Rowan University Dr. Scott Streiner is an assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department (ExEEd) at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, with a focus in engineering education. His research interests include engineering global competency, cur- ricula and assessment; pedagogical innovations through game-based and playful learning; spatial skills development and engineering ethics education. His funded research explores the nature of global com- petency development by assessing how international experiences improve the global perspectives of en- gineering students. Dr. Streiner has published papers and given
notanalyzed quantitatively.Example Fall 2018 Projects All OEPs participated in a presentation competition at the end of the semester toshowcase their project. Each member of the top two teams won an award of $200 for theirefforts. Predefined projects also compete in a separate competition so that those students have asimilar incentive for not just completing their project but to go above and beyond in creativityand work ethic. The first OEP team was “PepperPet,” a holographic digital pet that acts as atalking companion. The team designed all the pets themselves and used a free API to helpgenerate the animation from the static images. These images would be displayed based on howthe user interacted with the display and buttons
improvements and our desire to capture information we heard in conversations withparticipants. The evaluation was approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University ofToronto as a quality improvement project. Findings presented in this paper were not gainedthrough research but rather a quality improvement project for The OPTIONS Program.The pre-evaluation included demographic and information gathering questions (e.g., degree-related work experience, extra-curricular/professional development activities). We do not presentsuch data in this paper. The post-evaluation had four open-ended questions including: “What didyou like about the program” and “What did you not like about the program?”. The post-evaluation also assessed the usefulness of
to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. Table 1. A portion of rubric for ABET-EAC Student Outcome (2) (4). An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. Table 2. A portion of rubric for ABET-EAC Student Outcome (4) Data also indicate that because of this assignment, among others, some students in the course choose hands-on electric vehicle-related design projects for their Senior Design I and Senior
(Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometrics Program), the Department of Anthropology, and the De- partment of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL).. He also serves as Dean’s Fellow of the College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Academy at UNL and as a Research Associate for the Kala- hari Peoples Fund of southern Africa. As a research methodologist, he teaches and conducts research on the history, epistemology, application, and instruction of qualitative research across disciplines, research ethics, grounded theory, ethnography, grounded ethnography, and mixed methods. He is also involved in several other research tracks including faculty teaching and evaluation strategies, interdisciplinary collab- oration
overwhelmed by theworkload, learning engineering theory, and social adjustment to campus life. Many of thesestudents encounter additional challenges such as differences in ethic/cultural values andsocialization, chilly classroom environments, perceived lack of faculty/advisor support,internalization of negative racial and gender stereotypes, and socio-economically disadvantagedbackground [2], [3], [4].Typically, postsecondary educational research focuses on one element of engineering studentssuch as gender or ethnicity; and fails to recognize the intersectionality of women of color. Thisis compounded by the fact that due to low participation, women of color in engineering areunderrepresented in research [2]. Qualitative research can provide a means
. We viewed this as a way to focusstudents on their teammates’ strengths, rather than focusing on deficits. We additionally askedthem to explain what interests and experiences drove them to become an engineer.In the following class session, they conducted a team gap analysis, placing a tick mark for eachperson who had each specific professional skill (additional areas focused on lifelong learning,ethics, problem solving, and technical competence). Students self-assessed whether theypossessed each skill, making this a binary choice (present/absent) for each member. For ourpurposes in this paper, we narrow our scope to the areas below, which were well covered by sub-topics:Professional Communications Skills Technical writing (technical
didactic instruction regarding FDA regulation and the Agency’s expectations fordocumentation associated with design of a new medical device via the development andmaintenance of a risk-based design history file. FDA quality system regulation is presented tothe Nursing students in the context of the “Joint Commission” requirements, with a comparisonof the similarities and differences of these two quality systems. Additionally, students thinkthrough and address ethical areas that may pose risk to a patient or healthcare worker and gain anunderstanding of HIPPA rules and regulations when working in the healthcare setting.Nursing students select a bioengineering team to participate on following a networking event atthe start of the fall semester. At
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coordinator for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She teaches at the graduate and undergraduate level, using both face-to-face and blended online learning instruction. She is an Adjunct Faculty for the Transportation Systems and, the City & Regional Planning programs at MSU. Her research interests include engineering education, student success, online engineering pedagogy and program assessment solutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, bicycle access, and ethics in engineering. She has several published works in engineering education and online learning. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City &
energy,biology, environment, and education. At the same time, new dimensions of safety and ethical,social and environmental responsibility must be considered as nanotechnology based productsbecome more common. There is a need to create the next generation of competitive workforcewhich understands and appreciates the potential of nanotechnology. One consequence of therecognition of this need is the inclusion of Nanotechnology in undergraduate education. Severalacademic institutions not only offer introductory courses in nanotechnology in theirundergraduate programs but some, such as Lawrence Technological University, are taking thelead in creating minors and concentration in this field. The goal of these programs is to not onlyspark an interest
debate over which type of lab is better occurred in 2002 when a colloquy ofexperts from a wide range of disciplines and institutions convened to determine the fundamentalobjectives of laboratories, regardless of the method of delivery. They converged on 13 learningobjectives [10]: working with instruments, building a model, devising an experiment, dataanalysis, design, learning from failure, creativity, psychomotor, safety, communication, teamwork,communications, ethics, and sensory awareness. The proposed effort will determine the extent towhich these objectives should be met for mobile hands-on labs. In contrast, remote laboratoriesand virtual laboratories are unable at this point to address objectives 8 and 13 (psychomotor andsensory
thestudent outcomes. Furthermore, the high levels of research content broaden students’knowledge of creative and research work. Level of Exposition/Experience at ERIP Student Outcomes (SOs) Low Average High a. math/science/engineering… X b. conduct experiments… X c. engineering design… X d. multi-disciplinary teamwork... X e. problem solving… X f. professionalism & ethics… X g. communication skills
, predictablepath toward developing a UAV by the students. Though there were some disagreementsbetween the students about work being accomplished, there was also relatively calibratedperformance on each of the tasks. Some disagreements and behaviors led to the firstauthor to implement a phone-calling protocol between team members – students werereluctant to contact other students on other campuses – and this facilitated someimproved coordination.However, other incentives in the program worked against team members developing astrong customer ethic, and thus worked against students maximizing validity. Only onestudent out of the group of eleven visited the customer that gave the team its mission –tracking range cattle from the air. The customer additionally
. Theaverage starting salary for environmental engineers increased by 51%. While industrial,mechanical, and agricultural engineering showed a salary increase of 38%, 34%, and 25%,respectively, the increases were less significant.Licensure plays a key role in salary increase for civil engineers. A Professional Engineeringlicense (PE) allows a civil engineer to sign and seal engineering documents for private or publicprojects. A PE, or a “Professional Engineer”, is respected as an ethical and competent publicservant. In order to obtain a license from a particular state’s licensing agency, an engineer mustcomplete a four-year engineering degree from an accredited program, pass two thorough state-specific exams, and complete four years of engineering work
products.7 Engineers in the 21st century also need to beprepared to be socially and culturally aware, innovative, compassionate, ethical, life-longlearners; to have a global perspective; and to be creative, and holistic thinkers responsive to theneeds of society7 and the environment. The combinations of engineering qualities, skills, andknowledge are not typically taught as part of formal K-12 education and yet the development ofthese perspectives and abilities forms early in student’s K-12 education8 based on their learningexperiences. Thus, to address the development of 21st century engineers, K-12 education mayneed to embrace a wide range of educational innovations, such as teaching 21st century skills,STEM practices, and integration of family
interests include engineering leadership, engineering ethics education, critical theory, teacher leadership and social justice teacher unionism.Dr. Robin Sacks, University of Toronto Dr. Sacks is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto teaching leadership and positive psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Robin also serves as the Director of Research for the Engineering Leadership Project at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering which aims to identify how engineers lead in the workplace.Ms. Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto Annie is the Assistant Director of the
program).In 2015, the Monday workshops were expanded to three hours in the morning. Each three-weekrotation culminates in a final team presentation to the clinical mentors. In these workshops,students receive training in Responsible conduct of research, including ethics of human subjectresearch, User-centered design research, Contextual inquiry, Stakeholder interviewing, Analysisand synthesis of research, and Prioritizing user needs. A guest speaker leading discussion andactivities related to empathetic design, facilitates one of the workshops. Meeting times are alsoan opportunity for students to share their observations and experiences for group discussion. Thefaculty instructors guide students to identify trends, understand underlying needs and
, the student would probably be looking at this conference from an engineering point of view. Taking an engineering oriented topic, like drones, and addressing it holistically should help the student expand their engineering identity to look at engineering problems from an ethical, historical, person based perspective.Developing Non-Engineering IdentityThis vector focused on internal and personal development. Identity is a particularly trickyconcept to define. Chickering defined identity as being secure in one’s sense of self; comfortwith one’s body, gender, sexuality, culture, and place in the larger community. Because of this,LGBT/Queer community seminars, as well as discussions having to do with relationships andsexual
data both from a micro- genetic learning analysis methodology (drawing on knowledge in pieces) as well as interaction analysis methodology. He has been working on how learners’ emotions are coupled with their conceptual and epistemological reasoning. He is also interested in developing models of the dynamics of categorizations (ontological) underlying students’ reasoning in physics. Lately, he has been interested in engineering design thinking and engineering ethics education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An application-based learning approach to programming concepts and methods for engineersAbstractThis paper documents an innovative
, profession-based, industry andsociety level abstract learning objectives is surprisingly short. It is as close as your closeststudent. SBL is focusing on student’s knowledge, skills and self-awareness capabilitiesthrough its methodology. It is not a substitute for engineer´s disciplinary knowledge. It ispart of “software” that runs the engineering skills through making the student morecapable in creating and sharing her passion, vision and thoughts in a group of people.Though not listed directly in the ABET criteria1, 16 document we believe that thesequalities are part of the key skill set in creating sustainable engineering, coming up withnew ventures, commitment to life long learning, and simply fostering ethical andcommitted individuals to the
College in the Spring of 2015 with a B.S.E. concentrating in Mechanical Engineering. Experiences during his undergraduate years included a semester in Spain, taking classes at the Universidad de Oviedo and the Escuela Polit´ecnica de Ingenieria de Gij´on, as well as multiple internships in Manufacturing and Quality Engineering. His current work primarily investigates the effects of select emergent pedagogies upon student and instructor performance and experience at the collegiate level. Other interests include engineering ethics, engineering philosophy, and the intersecting concerns of engineering industry and higher academia.Mr. Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University Graduate Research Assistant at the School
communication, ethics,professionalism, and an introduction to engineering design.Similar to first-year courses at other engineering schools1-3, the various disciplines have typicallybeen presented to the students through department seminars in which faculty from each of theengineering departments give presentations to students. Our department is currently re-vampingthe Introduction to Engineering course and has added some activities to see if it would helpstudents decide their choice of major within the first semester or year rather than later in thestudent’s engineering program. In addition to department presentations, 24 engineeringcompanies were invited to the school through a unique collaboration with the Engineering Co-opand Career Development
Consul- tants, a group of students who provide peer-to-peer library research help.Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University Nora Allred is Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian at the J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library at Michigan Technological University. She provides copyright and fair use awareness to the campus community through the library’s webpage, presentations, instruction sessions, and one-on-one consultations. As Co-PI on the NSF ethics education project, she lead the learning module on copyright and fair use for graduate students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Developing a Comprehensive, Assessment-based