other softwareThe last goal of the new curriculum was to help the students obtain internships and coops soonerin their college careers and to be better prepared for these opportunities. This is perhaps the mostdifficult goal to quantify because we do not hear from all (or even many) of the students’internship or coop employers. However, on our final class surveys we have asked the studentsthemselves if they feel prepared to work at an internship/coop:Do you feel these courses have helped you feel more prepared for working at an internship/coop? 96% answered yesFinally, to attempt to gather the general sentiment and overall feelings from the students aboutthese three courses, the last question on the survey simply asked the students for any
, effective introductorycourses are important for students’ future success in their program of study, and therefore,careers [1], [3], [8]–[11]. As summarized by Temple et al. [3]: “[F]irst year courses can improve academic performance, stimulate interest and improve retention, and better prepare students for future coursework. It is important that students acquire the qualities that prepare them to be successful engineers in the changing workplace, including the ability to work on and communicate with members of a multidisciplinary and professional team.”Research on high-impact educational practices has shown that in-class active or collaborativelearning in introductory science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM
Paper ID #23310Supporting Student Learning Through Peer-led Course Support InitiativesJenai Kelley Brown, Clemson University Jenai Kelley Brown has a background in college life coaching as well as career counseling. Before com- ing to Clemson University, she was a Senior College Life Coach at Florida State University working primarily with first generation college students. Jenai is currently the Assistant Coordinator for Tutor- ing in Clemson’s Academic Success Center where she trains and manages approximately 60 tutors each semester. While her roles in Higher Education have changed, her primary goal has remained to help
for grants, supporting their data storage and preservation needs and, finally,looking to teach RDM to students and faculty. Teaching RDM skills to students is an importantacademic competency that the students will need as they progress through school and into theirprofessional careers. Carlson et al. in their assessment of data information literacy needs ofstudents and research faculty state, “Although faculty and students do consume research data,our analysis indicates that we have to address their roles as data producers as well.” [9]. With thegrowing emphasis on data reuse, interdisciplinary research and multi-institution collaboration,the next generation of researchers will need RDM skills to navigate and excel in this shift towardbig
microaggressions. While the term “microagression” is somewhat a misnomer in thatthe consequences of these aggressions are far from small in terms of detriment to career andwell-being, they are made to seem small in the sense that their affects are often invalidated bythose who do not recognize their harmful nature [19]. However, the language of Canon 8explicitly states that these types of experiences must be dealt with as a matter of civil engineeringpractice, and as a result, it creates a space for issues that otherwise would not have beenaddressed.ASCE ReactionFollowing the passage of Canon 8, people gave feedback in on different channels ofcommunication. On an ASCE page announcing the passage, comments ranged from supportiveto critical. One supportive
conventionally feminine appearances are perceived as lesslikely to be competent or suited for STEM careers due to the male gendering of STEM [23].This, in some respects, imposes a perception of gender non-conformity for many women whootherwise would not identify as gender non-conforming within engineering. In the face of thesegender dynamics there are professional organizations, student clubs, summer camps, andwomen-specific spaces which are avenues for forming support structures and mentorship forwomen in engineering. As mentioned prior, this has been critiqued as further entrenching thenotion that we live within a binary gender system in which women have an inherent ‘lack’ whichneeds to be assisted [6]. The experiences and statistics of women in
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Effect of Teacher Professional Development on Implementing Engineering in Elementary SchoolsAbstractIncreased attention on the implementation of engineering education into elementary schoolclassrooms aims to start preparing students early for potential engineering careers. In order toefficiently and effectively add engineering concepts to the curriculum, appropriate developmentand facilitation of engineering design challenges is required. Therefore, professionaldevelopment programs are necessary to educate teachers about engineering and how toadequately teach it. This paper explores the effects of an engineering professional developmentprogram for
sequencewhere students leave mechanical engineering?The ME Graduates cohort is purposely chosen to include only those students whoremained ME majors throughout their undergraduate careers. But, a critical questionconcerns those students who leave ME: When do they leave and why do they leave? Toexamine this question, a cohort was formed of all students who entered Georgia Tech asME majors between the years of 2009 and 2011, and who graduated prior to 2017. Thiscohort is termed ME Starters, and includes n = 1185 students.Figure 5 shows graphically how many ME Starters graduate with a BSME degree. Of the25% that leave ME (some of which actually leave the university), the largest number doso between Physics and prior to Statics. Only 8% of the ME Starters
academic career at Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity, Boston University, Olin College, and Northeastern University he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle Scholar Award, and an Early Career Development Award from the NSF as well as a three-time recipient of the Omega Chi Epsilon Outstand- ing Faculty Award from the Northeastern Student Affiliate of AIChE. He also has led industrial R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively, and has co-founded Automated Cell, Inc. In addition to being an inventor on 11 issued US patents, he has published the
. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research in- terests include diversity & inclusion, students’ persistence, advising and mentoring, engineering career pathways, and school-to-work transition of new engineers. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, Hassan worked for five years at General Electric where he graduated from their Edison Engineering Development Program (EEDP) and then worked as a gas turbine fleet management engineer. In addition to his technical role, Hassan supported the recruiting, interview, and selection process of the
significant contributor in teaching of the solid mechanics courses. For the past ten years, he has been involved heavily in educational research at RIT and has also served as the coordinator of the Engineering Sciences Core Curriculum (ESCC) in Mechanical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Challenges in Teaching Ideal Flows to ME Students concurrently with Senior DesignAbstractStudents in mechanical engineering need to learn important analytical and mathematicalconcepts of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) if they wish to choose a career in fluidmechanics. However, these tools are challenging to learn and are not always interesting to moststudents
Paper ID #25012Civil Engineering Program Criteria: A Snapshot of How Programs Meet theCriteriaDr. Scott R. Hamilton, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Hamilton is the Coordinator for the new Civil Engineering Program at York College of Pennsylvania. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has both a MS and PhD in civil engineering and a Masters in engineering management from Stanford University and a BS from the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is a retired US Army Corps of Engineers officer who has had assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan. During his military career he spent over
of the goals of thegrant, which we refer to as our focus on the digital electronics metaphor of fan-in, fan-out. Fan-in relates to the diversification of not only the students who enter the program, but also how theyhave been prepared to engage in engineering education (i.e. methods of teaching and learning tobe successful in engineering). Fan-out relates to the diversification of careers pursued by studentsgraduating from the degree program. In order to increase this order of complexity, the inter-module must be re-designed. Historically, for example, many of our students work forgovernment defense contractors upon completion of their degree. In building a foundation for thework of the grant, we have learned that the field of computer and
which students discussed changes in their knowledge of sustainability,energy conservation, smart grids and/or renewable energy as a result of the course. Studentsalso discussed the perceived applicability of the course to their future careers or courseworkand their perspectives towards the active learning used during class. Structured observationdata depicting the nature of the in-class time will also be presented.Lastly, observations including a summary of what was successful versus not as successful arepresented. This “lessons learned” summary will include a plan to explore conversion to a“flipped” style course for the summer of 2019.IntroductionA course in power distribution engineering and smart grids is a unique and innovative approachto
Technology and a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include digital and wireless communications, computer architecture, computer hardware/software interface, hard- ware virtualization, embedded systems, computer networks and the internet of things.Dr. Safwan Omari, Lewis University Safwan Omari is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the department of Computer and Math- ematical Sciences at Lewis University, USA. Dr. Omari received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2009 from Wayne State University, USA. Besides his academic career, Dr. Omari spent several years working in the industry as a senior software engineer including Nokia and Amazon
4 5 6 7 sustainable I enjoy the creative aspects of developing designs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 In design, assessment of the potential impacts on economy, environment, and society is important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I enjoy the construction and building aspects of design 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Learning about sustainable design will be useful for me in my future career 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 If income was not a factor, I would prefer a job related to sustainable design
having a small friend group who I knew I could go to with questions throughout the semester. I felt more comfortable navigating campus, as well as talking to professors and other professional persons on the campus.While most of the respondents indicated that participation in the program had a positive impact on theirtransition to the university, several students indicated that they felt that they did not derive much benefitfrom participating in the programs. One participant indicated that they were not able to maintain therelationships that they developed during the program, because they were at a different point in theiracademic career than most of their peers. This person wrote: There was only one friendship that lasted. The
Engineering (EE) from the Virginia Military Institute, Master’s Degree in EE from the George Washington University, and Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Computer Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Signal Officer Basic Course, Signal Captain’s Career Course, and the Army Command and General Staff College. At West Point, LTC Lowrance also serves as a senior researcher in the Robotics Research Center. He has led multiple research projects related to robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. His research has led to over 25 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, several of which have won best paper awards.Major Eric M. Sturzinger, United States Military Academy MAJ Eric Sturzinger is a
Association’s collegiatechapters. Initially, these trainings were offered as “Chapter Operations Seminars” at the annualTBP Convention, later evolving into the current Interactive Chapter Exchange (ICE) program.After refining the training at the annual Convention, TBP started offering chapter leadershipseminars at various campuses and locations around the country. This series of seminars forstudent leaders of campus chapters evolved and transformed into the Engineering Futures (EF)program [12].In this midst of this development process, the Tau Beta Pi Association conducted a survey ofalumni donors to ascertain the value of TBP membership in their careers, and specifically whythey chose to continue to donate to the Association each year. Part of the
“integral part inengineering baccalaureate degree production in higher education [4].” According to the NationalScience Foundation's report, 42% of recipients of an undergraduate degree in engineeringattended a community college [5].Thus, research is needed on this viable and significant university transfer student population. TheNational Science Foundation commissioned a study that was overseen by the National Academyof Engineering’s Committee on Engineering Education and the Committee on Diversity in theEngineering Workforce as well as the National Research Council's Board on Higher Educationand Workforce the National Academies. This study was, in part, to investigate how "educationalinstitutions could improve pathways to careers in engineering
. Dr. Traum coordinated MSOE’s first crowd-funded senior design project. He also co-founded with students EASENET, a start- up renewable energy company to commercialize waste-to-energy biomass processors. Dr. Traum began his academic career as a founding faculty member in the Mechanical & Energy Engineer- ing Department at the University of North Texas - Denton where he established a successful, externally- funded researcher incubator that trained undergraduates to perform experimental research and encouraged matriculation to graduate school. Traum received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he held a research assistantship at MIT’s Institute for Soldier
EMwhile also furthering the long-standing instructional objectives of the course, which includewriting effective reports and analysis and collection of data. The results show, broadly, that mostteams met the instructional objectives of the project.IntroductionIn recent years we have seen a shift in the economy. Individuals are no longer spending theirentire careers working for a single organization. In fact, many individuals are experiencinggreater than ten position changes over the course of their career [2,3]. We have also seen manyindividuals starting their own organizations [4,5] or working on contracts [6]. These observedchanges require newly graduated engineers to not only be able to apply technical engineeringskills in the workforce but
-categorical, and generative—get moreout of their higher education and are much better prepared for their careers than those who do not(Love & Guthrie, 1999). This conceptual shift is necessary for effective performance in STEM,yet the typical engineering student progresses fewer than two positions along Perry’s nine-positionscheme in college (Pavelich & Moore, 1996).Research has been conducted to understand how these theories play out across various judgmentdomains (e.g., “personal taste, aesthetic, value, and truth” as per Kuhn, Cheney, & Weinstock,2000, p. 309) as well as different fields of knowledge such as science (Elby, Macrander, &Hammer, 2016), engineering (Christensen et al, 2015), and design (Eastman, McCracken, &
alleviate environmental concerns caused byfossil fuels and combustion engines. As such, these new transportation technologies are beginningto disrupt the automotive industry and are poised to capture increasing market shares. At the sametime, as concerns about combustion engine emissions are ever growing, combustion engine-basedtransportation infrastructure is expected to shrink and diminish over time. With this newtransformative and disruptive industry trend, vocational schools and institutions of highereducation are introducing programs to educate and prepare students as informed citizens of thenew electrification technology or as professionals with career interests in the electric vehicleindustry. As a contribution to the above educational
disparities and despite a variety of national and programmatic changes aimed atimproving outcomes for unrepresented groups, only marginal success has been achieved in thelast decade [1, 2]. The notable absence of low-SES students majoring in engineeringdisciplines has resulted in a profession that lacks the representation and diversity of the actualUS population and significantly impacts the career potential of low-SES students in theengineering fields [1]. Engineering faculty frequently recognize the problem, but often lackthe formal training in instructional best practices necessary to help underrepresented studentsto persist and succeed in their courses. Instead faculty often revert to teaching the way theywere taught, employing the long-venerated
, potential differences with tenure-line faculty, and challenges that are specific toinstructional faculty, as well as the role of faculty development on career pathways andpromotion. The research should also consider multiple institutional contexts, as this studyfocused on faculty at HSIs. In addition, the findings of this study highlighted a need to examineinstructional faculty members’ perceptions and use of resources, beyond on-campus workshops.Finally, the interest by the instructional faculty in engaging further with engineering educationresearch suggests an opportunity to examine their development of educational theory andresearch knowledge.The results illustrated that only instructional faculty had multiple dominant teachingperspectives
education and pedagogical innovations that aid in providing equal opportunities to students from all backgrounds.Dr. Alicia Betsinger, Dartmouth CollegeMs. Holly Wilkinson P.E., Dartmouth College Holly Wilkinson is Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth. She previously served as Director of Career Services at Thayer School, Director of Re- cruitment at Colorado School of Mines, and Director of Engineering Admissions at Norwich University. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Norwich University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Union College.Mr. Ray Helm, Dartmouth CollegeDr. Yanmin Zhang, Dartmouth CollegePritish Ponaka, Dartmouth
and therefore is potentially very useful in careers of the students post graduation. Specific lab activities were developed to help students learn the program. In the firstthree years of the curriculum development (2013 - 2015), an introductory SW lab utilizedtutorials native to SW. Students completed the tutorials in a computer lab with help from theinstructors and teaching assistants (TAs), and then they practiced their new skills by creating apart according to the information provided in an ASTM standard. In 2016, a new SWIntroductory Lab was developed specially to teach the student the key tools and features that theyneed for labs and the design project. The students were also instructed to learn on their own withresources such as
24.2%In addition, all students who indicated a willingness to be interviewed were contacted, and fourinterviews were conducted. Interview questions asked them about choosing to major inengineering, their current career plans, their plans to use their engineering skills in volunteering,the main things they took from the class, how (if at all) it changed their thinking, how they thinkabout ethics, and if they thought the skills and information from their general education courseswould be useful in their careers.Survey data was analyzed to see if survey responses in any areas changed significantly betweenthe pre- and post-surveys using paired sample t-tests. Results were also analyzed, usingindependent sample t-tests, to see if groups of students
]. Accordingly, effective introductorycourses are important for students’ future success in their program of study, and therefore,careers [1], [3], [8]–[11]. As summarized by Temple et al. [3]: “[F]irst year courses can improve academic performance, stimulate interest and improve retention, and better prepare students for future coursework. It is important that students acquire the qualities that prepare them to be successful engineers in the changing workplace, including the ability to work on and communicate with members of a multidisciplinary and professional team.”Research on high-impact educational practices has shown that in-class active or collaborativelearning in introductory science, technology, engineering, and