, and create an electronic portfolio showcasing their work. Engineering Boot Camp: A Cultivating perseverance, math readiness, spatial Broadly Based Online Summer visualization, adjusting to campus life, setting realistic [15] Bridge Program for Engineering academic expectations, choosing a career in engineering, Freshmen academic and administrative resources, interaction with leaders and fellow engineering freshmen. Transferring the Knowledge in a Build community among the participants and the current Bridge Program: Engineering engineering students; introduce the participants
High School engineering majors. StudentsScholars from cohorts I have completed their SLP projects and all of them were successful.Cohort II is expected to finish their projects by Summer 2022. Also, Cohort III scholars areexpected to complete their SLP projects by Summer 2023.Recruiting Industry Mentors. The College of Engineering Industrial Advisory Board hasguaranteed to provide all S-STEM Scholars with industry mentors. The main goals of industrymentorship are improving mentee’s technical and professional skills and competency,developing their engineering identity, and creating a community that supports career growth andpsychological and socioemotional well-being. The group of industry mentors is
solicit their support.”Overall, most attendees were satisfied with the ERC PGW. They appreciated the quality of thepresentations and being able to interact with current ERC directors, university presidents, andNSF program officers. Those attendees with extensive grant experience, such as the majority ofPIs, gained the most value from the workshop. Participants urged the NSF to have materialsposted online: • “I would love to have this available to teams who are CONSIDERING submitting a large center grant - ERCs, STCs, Expeditions....even those who might be considering it as part of their career trajectory in the next 5 years.”ConclusionThe 2021 PGW accomplished the core workshop objectives of increasing
) University of Pittsburgh Shandong University (n=263) (n=415) The University of Science and Technology of China (n=46) The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (n=41)In addition to the ESIT and MFQ, first-year engineering students were also given supplementaryopen-ended questions, consisting of the following: 1) What, in your opinion, makes a successful engineering career? (Professional and ethical responsibilities
forgot to remove their face coverings at the beginning of thetelehealth visit. This made the facial expression recognition of these students difficult (i.e.,impossible). In the future, students should be reminded when entering the examination room toremove their face coverings, as they were in the conference room alone.Conclusion Based on findings from our pilot study, there is a clear benefit to providing studentsopportunities to practice the skills they will need during telehealth visits with patients usingperipherals. Our results revealed these practice sessions boosted students’ confidence and self-/emotion-regulation, as well as improved their decision-making skills in telehealth scenarios,paving the way for successful future careers
large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI) and ultra-large scale integration devices (ULSI) [2,3].Now, almost everything in our everyday life supported by semiconductor-based devices andappliances. As a science/engineering major student, learning the semiconductor device course isessential to understand the fundamentals of semiconductor devices and the semiconductortechnology as well as for the future development of the semiconductor field.Semiconductor device course is one of a professional courses for the electrical and computerengineering curriculum. This course introduces basic concepts and principles, operation of basicsemiconductor devices, and device characterization. It provides the foundation required to pursuea career in an electrical
. Smith, “Portraying the academic experiences of students in engineering:students' perceptions of their educational experiences and career aspirations in engineering,”2007 Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings.[11] J. Cruz and N. Kellam, “Beginning an engineer's Journey: A Narrative Examination of how,when, and why students choose the engineering major,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.107, no. 4, pp. 556–582, 2018.[12] S. S. Starobin, D. J. Smith, and F. Santos Laanan, “Deconstructing the transfer studentcapital: Intersect between cultural and social capital among female transfer students in STEMfields,” Community College Journal of Research and Practice, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 1040–1057,2016.[13] M.-E. Reyes, “Unique challenges for
(USC) in 2012 and also a M.S. in Structural Engineering from USC. After his Ph.D. he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at USC in (2012- 2013) and in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah (2013-2014). He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award to study fast computational models for energy-transportation systems. His research interests are uncertainty quantification, scientific machine learning, computational modeling of civil infrastructure systems, and resilient infrastructures.Lei Zhao Dr. Lei Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana
identified. Asa result, we redesign groups based on diversity in performance. The results show a significantimprovement in the grades and teamwork overall performance as well as students' satisfaction.The control chart helped monitor the new implementation, and a standard procedure is designedto follow in other classes.IntroductionEngineering education research has emphasized improving teaching practices to increase students'participation, retention, academic performances, and motivating students to pursue careers inSTEM areas [1]. In the traditional teaching method, students learn the material through the lectureand ultimately show knowledge mastery through homework assignments and exams. Thisapproach provides little opportunity for feedback during
collaboration, design education, and identity (including race, gender, class, and other demographic identities) in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and she is PI or co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, teamwork, design, identity, and inclusion in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her research explores examines the ways in which engineering education supports students’ professional development in a range of contexts across multiple dimensions of identity. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
create relevant technologicaladvancements and support the community needs. The authors’ existing partnership with theCMNMG can serve as a reference in intentionally developing a long-term sustainablerelationship dedicated to the support of all stakeholder needs.One of the largest challenges faced when entering the literature search process was determiningin what ways our engineering partnership with the CMNMG is unique. While this collaborationis rather new, there are others conducting work in urban gardens that begin to intersect withengineering education. For example, the Bridge to Engineering exposed high school students toengineering majors and careers via a community service activity in which students’-builtirrigation equipment for use in a
the makerspaces can contribute to feelings of confidence as thestudents move beyond the makerspaces and into careers: In terms of a career, I guess I won't be as naive. When I go into something, I won't have to make those same stupid mistakes that some new guy would make because I've been there and done most of that stuff already, which this program has been really helpful in. Not necessarily that it's made me make those mistakes, but I've done so much that they've happened and if you don't learn from them, they're actually a mistake, but if you learn from them, it's good. So I guess it makes me more confident going into an actual career.Hunter is a fifth-year student who expresses considerable
andadvantages of the Tooling U-SME system were cited by Schmidt as a significant assetthroughout the COVID-19 years [23].LinkedIn LearningLinkedIn is one of the most commonly used business social networking sites used around theworld, professionally-oriented to help users gain access to business, employment, networking,and career development opportunities. The site creates connections allowing job seekers to postresumes and employers to post jobs. LinkedIn launched on May 5 th, 2003, and was acquired byMicrosoft in December 2016 [24]. As of late last year, LinkedIn had 774+ million registeredmembers from over 200 countries and territories [25][28].LinkedIn Learning is a MOOC that provides a number of video courses delivered by subjectmatter experts in
Paper ID #37126Use of Communities of Practice to Analyze and ImproveGraduate Engineering Education.Brayan Alexander Díaz I am a Fulbright Scholar, currently in a program towards a Ph.D. in Learning and Teaching in STEM- Science Education at NCSU. I received a bachelor's and M.Sc. in Chemistry at the University Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM). I was very proud to receive a Trajectory Sport Award for athletes who have demonstrated leadership and highlighted sports careers at UTFSM and Undergraduate Research Grant from the Center of Ionic Liquids (CILIS- University of Chile). My interests are
[13]. I must look back to my ancestors for guidance on their relationship to nature to shapemy view on engineering in current times. The past is my lens to shape my future career and helpto further the decolonization process in engineering education.I Ka Wā Ma Mua (Research and Impact on the Future)In terms of the larger Native Hawaiian community’s relationship with engineering, the sameprocess of looking back to the genealogy of Hawaiʻi or the Kumulipo should be followed. TheKumulipo describes dualisms that may seem to be opposites but are pairs that are fundamentallysimilar and complement each other [1]. These dualisms occur at all levels of the evolutionaryprocess such as day and night, land and ocean, male and female, and seaweed and
meaning and community concept ofengineering.9.10.11 The Holistic FUEL program was designed to provide comprehensive trainingthat connected societal challenges with undergraduate research opportunities for bothHispanic/Latinx and female populations enrolled in engineering disciplines. This training aidedthe students in developing career-enhancing learning strategies aligned with those of holisticengineers. Holistic engineers are trained within a “cross-disciplinary, whole-systems approach”that emphasize contextualized problem formulation and encourage innovative solutions tocomplex social challenges (p. 28).12Column three in Table 1 illustrates how the Foundry was applied in the development of theHolistic FUEL program. The program used the
allows cross-institution and interdisciplinarycollaboration on novel design projects and 2) to build students’ technical and collaboration skillsthat will be useful for careers at the intersection of cybersecurity and autonomous systems.Students learned core cybersecurity concepts using closed-ended assignments and expanded theirresearch and design skills with an open-ended design project. Throughout this process, theylearned how to collaborate with other teammates through modern collaboration tools, such asGithub, Google Drive, and Discord. Our student survey indicates that this pilot program achievedits goals and indicates that future iterations should refine the program’s structure and processes.Keywordsexperiential learning, capstone
Tech, and master'sand Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Virginia. His career includes 35 years ofexperience as an engineer for several companies and private consulting as a ProfessionalEngineer. He is currently an assistant professor at VMI teaching statics, project management andsurveying. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
applicationsand experience the difference that engineering and technology can make in our community. Wehope that these projects instill in our students an appreciation for the value that careers inengineering bring to our community.References1 Teach Me 3DP: http://www.teachme3dp.com/2 Make:able Challenge by PrintLab: www.makeablechallenge.com3 Rocket Fishing Rod: www.goliathgames.us/product/rocket-fishing-rod/4 Enabling the Future: https://enablingthefuture.org/5 Make:able 2022 Finalists: https://weareprintlab.com/blog/makeable-2022-finalists6 Make:able 2022 Winners Announcement: https://weareprintlab.com/blog/makeable-2022-winners-an- nouncement7 Meussner, B. (personal communication, August 20, 2022)8 TH-JP
on how the mini-lab reports preparedthem for the full laboratory report will be presented.KeywordsCommunication, translatable knowledge, student preparationIntroductionEngineering curriculum puts emphasis on problem solving, learning software, and othertechnical skills that may be useful in industry. Technical communication and writing skills areoften neglected as these skills are not the main focus of study and prove to be an area ofweakness for many young engineers [1]. An engineer that is a highly skilled technicalcommunicator has a significant advantage in the job market over their counterparts. To have asuccessful professional career as an engineer, it is important to develop sufficient technicalcommunication skills [2]. Often
with a variety of skillsets, it is equally important that multiple members are able to verify the same data and information. This experience is one that I expect will continue to influence my interactions with engineering teams throughout my career.”Another student asserted: “I expected to grow my knowledge in commercial UAS development and research skills.”Another student added: “Further experience in a collaborative setting, opportunities to learn and improve my own disciplines. While this is not work experience, I see this research opportunity as being very valuable while an undergrad student. It's a glimpse into the future ideally.” 3. How can this research project / experience be
improve the presentation skills of each team member, and gives thempractice in formal presentations, a skill that will be very important for them as the progress throughtheir career. Finally, give recognition to best projects by giving students an award in the form ofa plaque that they can display in their office.References 1 J.V. Farr, M.A. Lee, R.A. Metro, J. P. Sutton “Using a Systematic Engineering Design Process to Conduct Undergraduate Engineering Management Capstone Projects”, J. Eng. Educ., V. No 4 April 2001, 193-197. 2 P.M. Griffin, S. O. Griffin, D.C. Llewellyn “The Impact of Group Size and Project Duration on Capstone Design”, J. Eng. Educ,. V 93. No. 3, July 2004, p. 185-193.Peter W
. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that traditionally marginalized students bring into the field and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tools to promote effec- tive and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been rec- ognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for
engineer does accompanied by an overall enjoyment of the classroomand fair portions of the Triple E Initiative. As many of the students were from a traditionallyunderrepresented group in STEM, this response was encouraging for future outreach efforts. Italso supported previous research and our expectations that placement of role models from similarbackgrounds positively influenced student perspectives on career paths and overall interest inSTEM. Student feedback supported the quantitative survey results, suggesting that studentsidentified paths to success in engineering and demonstrate critical thinking in their engagementwith the fair’s exhibits.References [1] Aida Guerra, Ronald Ulseth, and Anette Kolmos. PBL in engineering education
STEM fields are aware of the value of characterdevelopment for students’ lifelong learning and career success, their capacities are constrainedby the limited space in the curriculum left for “non-technical” content and/or their lack oftraining for integrating character development into the curriculum.The importance of bringing love to the classroom or implementing a “loving pedagogy” has beenpreviously highlighted in the higher education literature, such as in Yin, et al [3], DeLong [4],and Su [5], and attributes of love in the classroom have been described by Loreman [6] andDennis [7]. Nevertheless, the justification for and strategies to enact a loving pedagogy is rarelymentioned in STEM higher education. Our project aims to develop a
presentation about something we've created and give a pitch about it, as it is something that a lot of us will be doing throughout our careers. 6. ConclusionThis paper delves into an approach to engaging first-year engineering students through a combination ofteam-based design projects, peer-review strategies, and a service-learning approach. By incorporating theTeam Design Project and numerous mini projects into the curriculum, we have successfully facilitated adynamic and interactive learning environment that emphasizes key principles of engineering design,teamwork, and project management. The survey results revealed substantial student appreciation for theteam-based design project and brought to light potential areas for further
engineeringstudents, with approximately 1,000 students taking the course each year. The course consists ofan intensive semester-long collaborative project where teams of eight students construct anautonomous over-terrain vehicle (OTV) from scratch. The aim of the course is to give students awide variety of foundational skills and knowledge that will be useful throughout the rest of theirengineering career, including 3D modeling, prototyping, manufacturing, troubleshooting, projectmanagement, coding, electronics, and teamwork. Each team of eight is assigned a differentoverarching mission that involves both sensing and actuation. The five existing missions include1) water sampling (testing for pollution and/or salinity), 2) data collection (measuring
directly to the premise forsustainability and growth of a given business/industry [8], [9].The Student Need –Professional adult learner students of a Doctorate in Technology would pursue a terminal degreetargeting use-inspired and pure-applied knowledge for one or both of two reasons: (1) to betterserve the needs of their respective organizations and ultimately their end users/customers, and/or(2) to advance their careers either within their current organizations or another as opportunitiesexists.Additionally, there is a growing recognition, as documented in the literature, that higher levels ofeducation are required to gain fruitful employment that once required a lesser educational skillset. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly
, including data science and big data techniques, robotic engineering, aerospacecontrol, and informatics engineering, GIS, material design science and engineering, etc. [1]. Asan experimental exploration in the effective talent development plan, the software engineeringprogram was chosen and later demonstrated an effective pathway to train urgently neededengineering graduates with reformation on faculty career development mechanism and school-industry collaboration mode [1].Policy Description Although China made efforts in earlier exploration in improving engineering education,more systematic work is needed to advance engineering education to a world-class level. Afterexamining Chinese context and experience and drawing lessons from
of the project wasanswered by the survey recipients. A total of nine students responded to the survey. Scoring of thesurvey is a standard Likert scale where 0 would correlate to a strong disagreement to a particularquestion, and a 4 would correlate to a strong agreement to a particular question. A score of 2 wouldindicate a neutral opinion. A summary of all survey respondents to the survey is presented in Table 1. 12 Table 2 – Student Survey Likert Scale ResultsIt also interesting to note that two of the former team members moved on into career positions in theaerospace industry. A current team member (2021