Sharyn Anastasia Limas is an undergraduate student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, consistently earning a spot on the Dean’s List due to her academic excellence. Her research focuses on psychological development and semiconductors, demonstrating a keen interest in integrating technical expertise with impactful societal applications. Sharyn is also heavily involved in extracurricular and volunteer activities, leading initiatives that support the elderly, economically disadvantaged families, and environmental conservation efforts. A strong proponent of cultural immersion and skill development, she actively seeks opportunities to enhance her learning and contribute meaningfully
to 4-yearinstitutions for an ET degree (upper two-year program) and provide guidelines for theengineering education research community toward future studies. The increasing trend ofstudents moving between institutions in pursuit of engineering education has led to a profoundneed for understanding the multi-dimensional challenges they grapple with. In the realm of ET,these challenges magnify, with transfer students navigating both academic intricacies (e.g.,curriculum misalignment) and socio-cultural dynamics (e.g., integration into new academiccommunities). Recognizing the challenges in ET education, this review sheds light, particularlyon literature that provides actionable insights for ET educators. It highlights strategies forcurriculum
. For an engineering study abroad or semester at sea course to work, it is critical that the coursework be adapted to the new country or countries visited. The authors found that students related especially well to lectures where they were able to integrate their classroom learning with their in-country experiences. For example cellular manufacturing concepts that originated in Japan were first discussed. Then, students witnessed the Japanese obsession to detail and time during a Mitsubishi Electric plant visit, and also in taking a shinkansen (bullet train) or in a grocery Page 10.124.6 store where individual tomatoes and
the first Chair, and the late Dr. William Leonhard gave full backing to theEngineering Leadership Development Minor throughout its existence.In May, 1992, Dr. Matson was recruited from the University of Houston by the EngineeringCollege at Penn State to be the first Director of The Leonard Center for Innovation andEnhancement of Engineering Education. The stated goal of the Center was to identify the needsof the students and of the marketplace, develop curriculum innovations and teaching methods,test the innovations, and integrate the successful results into the engineering programs. Drawingon his experience developing and teaching courses in creativity, innovation, andentrepreneurship, Matson applied those lessons to the creation of the
Department of Education’s academic standards specifically cite “TechnologyEducation” as an objective at all K-12 grade levels.11 Included in this set of standards are missivessuch as, “apply basic computer operations and concepts,” with minimal guidance as to how todesign and implement lesson plans to advance the student’s technical proficiency. While thisopenness enables freedom within curriculum development, it can also mean that technologyprograms are underdeveloped, understaffed and without the technical support needed to sustainsuch programs on a daily basis. To address these challenges, educational Fellows of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF)GK12 program have introduced a pilot program of computer-aided instruction (CAI) at two site
doing. ‚ From the earliest days of engineering education, laboratories have been an essential part of any engineering curriculum. Prior to the emphasis on engineering science in the early Page 13.380.2 seventies most engineering instruction took place in the laboratory. ‚ While engineering programs became more theoretical in the seventies, industry continued to require individuals who possessed more practical skills. Many institutions developed programs in engineering technology. ‚ Around 1980, ABET became the organization responsible for engineering and technology accreditation. With clearly defined
students are challenged to formulate an appropriate dragmodel through a literature search and must justify their choice. A second flight model isformulated using an equivalent impulse, based on the experimental thrust data, as loading. Thestudents calculate flight trajectories based on both nonlinear models using numerical methods andcritically compare/contrast the results. The project has been found to engage students and toeffectively provide hands-on insight in the value, and limitations, of impulse loading methods.Introduction & MotivationA typical mechanical engineering program will address the concept of impulse loading at multiplepoints within the curriculum. The mathematical definition of impulse loading and the subsequentsolution of
-serviceand/or in-service teacher training, afterschool robotics or CS programs provided by mentors whomay or may not be the students’ teachers, or in-class activities such as those provided by thenational nonprofit, Code.org.In general, working with robotics also allows children to learn-by-doing, which has been shown tobetter integrate the lesson in the child’s mind 2,3,4 . STEM interventions inherently teach childrenbasic skills such as analytical abilities, creative abilities, logical thought, and teamwork 5 ; theseskills are all necessary for academic achievement. Many studies have focused on the beneficialimpact of brief exposures to a robotics curriculum, through either intensive week-long workshopsor as an addition to their weekly coursework
integration of different parts of theuniversity. A select few universities had built strong programs in transportation. The success ofa program was heavily dependent on the ability to develop and maintain research centers tosupport educational activities. Pignataro and Hoel (8) found that some university administrationswere not supportive of the formation of interdisciplinary programs, leaving transportationspecialists within separate departments to act independently. This paper explores the extent towhich multidisciplinary approaches to transportation are being taken in the study region. Thepaper does not attempt to examine administrative issues.Identification of Essential Transportation TopicsDuring the late 1980s, an Institute of Transportation
members played an integral part in the development of this advanced manufacturing program. Curriculum is based on program competencies and program outcomes established and approved by key executives, managers and engineers from local manufacturing firms. SDCC MFET industry advisory board consists of executives, managers and engineers from Goodrich Aerostructures, Delta Design, Kyocera, Sony, Jabil Circuit, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Remec, Nokia, Solar Turbines, NASSCO, GKN Chem-Tronics and Johnson Matthey. The board has been assisting the Engineering and Technologies Department with program advertisement at their own companies. For example, Goodrich Aerostructures and GKN Chem-Tronics have published
closely models experiences that engineers practice in the workplace. Design projects allow for the integration of multiple concepts and cause-effect reasoning. Example: The teachers create devices that could solve one of several control design challenges presented to them, such a scale model of an amusement park rider or a colored ball sorter.. They solve the challenge using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT kit combined with other materials they choose. Examples of solutions created in a recent DTEACh institute are shown in Figures 1 and 2.5. Project Reporting: Presenting design solutions to the rest of the participants reinforces the accomplishments made and provides an opportunity for the instructor to assess the participants
Promote Multidisciplinary Skills in a Freshman Engineering ProgramIntroduction This paper addresses the lack of student interest in topics outside of their discipline; thisis even true for some students in all courses regardless of topic. However, all topics, especiallyfundamental ones are important in an engineering education because engineers are facingincreasingly complex challenges and opportunities; consequently, collaboration betweenengineers of multiple disciplines becomes very important. ABET goes as far as to list “an abilityto function on multidisciplinary teams” as a required student outcome for an undergraduateengineering program to be accredited. Engineering curriculums are somewhat designed toaddress
economics, and assessment of student learning.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Cheryl A. Bodnar, Ph.D., CTDP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learn- ing techniques in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on student perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She obtained her certifica- tion as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD
13.963.3teachers will have an impact on student learning of science topics and processes, technology, andengineering. The program was designed to integrate engineering/technology and science in away that supports the learning in each of these disciplines. Engineering complements theinstruction of science by supplying a context for application outside of the science lesson.Curricula Content and Structure of Teacher Professional DevelopmentEach year of the three-year MSP program focuses on a different science discipline. The firstyear, which ends in June, 2008 focuses on life science, environmental science and technology.Table 1 shows the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards covered in the first year.Subsequent years will focus on earth science and
recent hiring of a new faculty member with anuclear engineering background dedicated specifically to the development of the programit is expected to boost student enrollment in courses offered at PVAMU campus and theTTVN classes. Also a national recognition by numerous DOE laboratories of the need toincrease minority enrollments at such institutions is expected to influence students at theuniversities to consider nuclear engineering as a prospective career option. The uniqueness of the PVAMU program comes from the way it is setup. It isbased in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the NASA Center for AppliedRadiation Research (CARR) is an integral part of the program. The course curriculum isdesired to include specific topics
nation seems tobe a reduction in the number of credit hours required for graduation; therefore, it does not seemfeasible for civil engineering programs to devote a significant portion of the curriculum toconstruction issues. The authors do believe however, that construction concepts can beincorporated into senior capstone design courses. An example of such a project is outlined inthis paper. The following paragraphs provide a brief synopsis of the efforts of various schools inaddressing construction issues as published in the literature.The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute hasimplemented a graduate-level course entitled “Integration of Design and Construction.”3 Thecourse involves a mix of
participatinginstitutions (including a Historically Black College), the developed SDR based signal detectionand RF parameter estimation platform will be integrated in undergraduate curricula of all threeinstitutions. 1. IntroductionWe are living in a world of wireless communication and networking. More than 90% of the USpopulation use wireless services such as cell phones and WiFi every day [1][2]. Consequently,communication and networking has increasingly become an important part of modern electricalengineering and computer science/engineering curricula [3]. In our previous National ScienceFoundation (NSF) funded Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) project“Evolvable wireless laboratory design and implementation for enhancing undergraduate
future pool of qualified high-tech workers andprofessionals, especially underrepresented groups like minorities and women. This program iscomprehensive in that it has two major components: outreach efforts and instructionalmethodologies. 1. The “Engineering the Future” outreach component consists of a comprehensive information campaign about the rewards of engineering and technology professions. 2. The “Education and Training Institute” instructional component implements pre- engineering curriculum in middle and high school classes.This paper will focus on the programs of the “Engineering the Future” outreach component.IntroductionAn ASEE report says, “Engineering education programs must attract an ethnic and
with power systems, probabilistic pro- duction simulations, and integrated resource planning. In recent years, he has authored a number of articles and has given numerous presentations on outcomes-based engineering curriculum development and the implementation of the ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. His professional experience includes more than 33 years of university administration, teaching, consult- ing, and research, as well as five years of full-time work in industry.Dr. Peter M. Osterberg, University of Portland Dr. Peter Osterberg is an associate professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland (Portland, OR). He received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from MIT in 1980. He
investment numbers is that an integration oflearning technologies specifically into higher education is progressing at a relatively slowerpace [5]. It is the goal of this work-in-progress to identify some of the reasons for this slowerprogress. Our hypothesis is that, while some of these reasons may be obvious, there are also moresubtle and/or counterintuitive reasons for the reduced interest in higher education.The motivation and need for the proposed study grew out of an ongoing NSF RED project wherewe endeavor to fuse the concept of convergence, loosely defined as “deep integration,” into ourundergraduate engineering curriculum. Increasingly software and data systems at colleges anduniversities, and the affordances they do and do not offer, are
) Department at EWUwere determined to bring this practical dimension of engineering education into the classroom.Utilizing a combined total of over 50 years of industrial experience to draw from, actual andrealistic problems were incorporated into every aspect of the coursework. Instead of usingstandard textbook exercises, problems and their associated constraints are drawn from theirprevious industrial experience in order to reflect more accurately exactly how engineers functionon the job. These practical problem solving projects challenge students to perform like practicingengineers as an integral part of their learning experience. The end result is a greatly enhancedreal world aspect of their education, while preparing them for their eventual
participants are free to register in and receive credit for coursespresented by any of the partner universities … allowing for access to professors from manyuniversities rather than just one, and for creation of an M.Eng. program customised to satisfyeach individual’s personal and professional needs and interests. Upon completion of degreerequirements, participants receive the Master of Engineering in Design and Manufacturingfrom their university of admission.Courses, Modular Format and Presentation ScheduleThe course curriculum is structured in two streams: Technology and Processes Stream andBusiness Management Stream. Each stream contains about 15 courses, from which a total of12-14 courses are presently offered annually. Courses are cycled through
recognition, on the other hand, of a greater need for integration if engineering graduates are to effectively utilize their skills in engineering practice. Related to this, a stronger articulation of engineering as a design process that begins with problem formulation; analysis and synthesis; and testing. Likewise, a shift towards a more instrumental view of the humanities and social sciences, with a specific call for evaluating all so-called “soft skills” in the context of professional practice. The elimination of other, especially “soft skills” deemed to be difficult to assess, or else their transfer to Criterion 5 (curriculum), thus exempting these skills from detailed student outcomes level
Paper ID #43894Language Fusion in the Lab: Unveiling the Translanguaging Strategies ofSpanish-Speaking Students in Biosystem Engineering Technology and ScienceHector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln H´ector de Jes´us Palala Mart´ınez is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum Studies and new technologies in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. H´ector teaches courses related to the integration of technology for future high school teachers as well as bilingual education, and in all his classes, he promotes justice, dignity, and human rights. Previously, he was a
profession, education, and research. She is presently a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education at University of Toronto. Her research in- terests include professional identity development, inclusivity, complex collaborations, global engineering education, global competence, international online collaborative learning, and learning communities.Dr. Glory Ovie, The King’s University Edmonton, Canada Dr. Glory Ovie is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at the King’s University Edmonton. She holds a PhD in Educational Research from the University of Calgary and a master’s from the State University of New York. Glory is a recipient of several grants
Paper ID #23450Work in Progress: Bridging Research and Entrepreneurship - Master’s Cer-tificate in Translational Biomedical Research at Northwestern UniversityDr. Gloria J Kim, Northwestern University Gloria Kim is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. She also a courtesy faculty member with the Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at the University of Florida. She obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from Seoul National University, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia
. Preliminary evaluation results are encouraging – students from a wide range ofacademic majors find MPCT engaging and report that the analytical tasks were effective at conveying insightand decreasing anxiety towards foundational mathematical concepts. This paper extends prior reports on MPCT with evaluation results indicating that more than half ofattendees indicated increased confidence in the understanding and application of quantitative analysis tasksand detected differences in that nature of students‟ engagement with math in MPCT and traditional mathcourses. In addition, this report includes an overview of an emerging effort to investigate the integration ofMPCT into secondary school curricula.Introduction MPCT is integrated into an Entering
—the engineering design process. This process might encompass anumber of other science, mathematics, and engineering skills such as visualization, inquiry, datacollection, data analysis, modeling, communication, and graphing. In PD sessions we aim tobuild participants’ fluency and comfort with these skills and processes. Elementary teachersenthusiastically embrace the process and often apply it as a unifying problem-solving techniquefor all the disciplines they teach.Integration: Based on feedback from teachers and curriculum coordinators, the EiE project isgrounded in an approach that aims to integrate engineering with other elementary disciplines andtopics. In our PD sessions we highlight the opportunities for integration and demonstrate
.) ● Perceived limited flexibility in curriculum ● Institutional-level policies and timelines impact lower-level changes ● Value of research versus value of teaching reality ● Unspoken rules about how things are done “here”Human resources frame (focus is on the needs and skills of the people in the organization, aswell as the relationships between them): ● Collegiality & collaboration aren’t a part of a faculty member’s job description ● Lack of leadership & management training ● Lack of shared vision ● Lack of buy-in ● Lack of training on team-teaching, integrated curriculum, and effective pedagogy ● Lack of knowledge about how to navigate an organization and change it ● Lack of individual bandwidth
interaction, and post-assessments, this research intends to providevaluable data that can inform educational practices. This study aims to identify key challenges,such as potential cheating and diminished learning outcomes, while also exploring how AI canbe ethically integrated into computer science education. The proposed findings will guide theredesign of assessments to mitigate risks while harnessing AI's benefits, ultimately providingeducators with a framework to improve student assessment in an AI-enhanced academicenvironment.KeywordsArtificial Intelligence, AI-Assisted Learning, ChatGPT, Computational Thinking, ComputerScience Education, Learning Outcomes, Academic Integrity, Critical Thinking, AssessmentDesign, Introductory Programming