produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. 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. 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. 6. an ability to develop and conduct
stripping profiles.This will imply that there is a path from the bottom composition to the distillation composition viathe stages in the middle-section. Figure 4 shows interactive plots from this example.Summary and Future WorkWe are currently introducing these notebooks in our Process Design with Aspen Plus course. Basedon student feedback we will refine these notebooks and our code-base. We will require our studentsto use this code-base to design distillation columns before they start designing columns in AspenPlus. We plan to host these notebooks on a remote server so that it is accessible online. The codeis freely available for download via this Github link. The code base has been written such that itis easy to create new Jupyter notebooks. It
other two points were omitted from Table 1. The first was “Courses should becarefully planned,” and in their paper, this included subcategories of preparation of the syllabus,ordering textbooks, and communicating dates for exams. These items could be included in point2, about communications, and that is where we have aligned our faculty’s comments. In abroader sense, careful planning would also involve deciding on learning objectives, the depth inwhich to cover topics, deciding on the sequencing, determining effective pedagogy for each classand so on, but these probably are beyond ethical requirements. The other point not included inTable 1 was “Faculty members must not come to class intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.” Weare sure that this is
opportunities for student-led change by encouraging students to identify areas that need improvement and then conductresearch and develop plans for improvements. This involves defining specific and measurablegoals that align with students’ perspectives. The project underscores collaboration, fosteringco-creation, and student- led leadership, diverging from other top-down methods by elevatingstudents’ voices and promoting student agency by positioning students as leaders, rather thanrecipients, of institutional change projects.Against this backdrop, this paper asks: how might storytelling methods, that shift the role ofstudents from research participant to research collaborator, provide insight into students.experiences?Storytelling stands at the
incorporate input, process, output, and feedback. An example lesson plan alignedwith Georgia standard MS-ENGR-TS-3 is given . The lesson is found here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YdD24XDFRItQPckJDSn0L0l7OH6AiWL-aRIats-JA9U/editHer lessons depict the richness of the GauGAN’s NVIDIA Canvas where by it can be used tosketch and customize an image. The customizing aspect is very important because each studentcan highlight their input and make it visible to others. This aspect is critical in engineering andtechnology because visualization adds a sense of the design details. Students seem to benefit byinteractive environment where they can modify or manipulate variable to attain their interestedgoals. This is more engaging than only viewing
practices: An ecological perspective," Scaling up assessment for learning in higher education, pp. 129-143, 2017.10. A. N. Kluger and A. DeNisi, "The effects of feedback interventions on performance: a historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory," Psychological bulletin, vol. 119, no. 2, p. 254, 1996.11. A. N. Kluger and A. DeNisi, "Feedback interventions: Toward the understanding of a double- edged sword," Curr. Dir. Psychol., vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 67-72, 1998.12. V. J. Shute, "Focus on formative feedback," Review of educational research, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 153-189, 2008.13. P. C. Schlechty, Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents. The Jossey-Bass
is all part of this understanding that students must attain. This is why visualaids seemed to be a necessity to enhance learning in the classroom.MethodsInitially, a storyboard was created that expressed a simple but comprehensive storyline thatexplained the role of dislocations in the process of strain hardening. The purpose of this storyboardwas to organize the effort of animating and to make sure students can easily follow the mainstoryline and that it is closely linked to the content covered in the lectures. In addition to this, the Figure 1: Plan for the current and future of the projectstoryboard outlines the figures and animations that will need to be developed such that the projectis done comprehensively
faculty and second in the number ofundergraduate engineering degrees granted to Hispanics (American Society for EngineeringEducation, 2023). Table 1 delineates the undergraduate engineering enrollment across variousacademic programs using data provided by the UPRM Office of Planning, Research, andInstitutional Improvement.Table 1. Summary of undergraduate engineering enrollment for the first semester of 2023-2024 Academic Program Total Female Male Civil Engineering 629 181 448 Electrical Engineering 586 69 516 Industrial Engineering 621
exploratory mixed-methods study on implementing assignment choice as a meansof students planning a path to meet the course learning objectives 7,8 . The choices in thecurriculum will be fully integrated into Canvas, the Learning Management System, and the coursegrade calculator available to students. A customized course roadmap will be used for the studentsto visually plan their path through the assignments and to their individual path to success. Thisapproach applies to students’ own motivation, whether intrinsic or extrinsic.BackgroundOur study delves into a comprehensive analysis of data spanning from 2012 to the present day.The initial five years of our dataset revealed a persistent trend within our CS-1 courses,characterized by grade
curriculum planning for AI education, highlightingthe need for teachers to be equipped with appropriate resources and strategies for engagement.They used self-determination theory (SDT), with the four basic structures of content, product,process and praxis to reveal that genuine curriculum creation should encompass all four forms ofdesign, to be orchestrated around student learning experiences. Thus, in this paper, we questionwhether students will effectively build such skills on their own, using an evaluative questionnairemeant to similarly evoke self-determination theory structures, recognizing that studentimplementation may be more naturally adaptive and therefore better [4].Katsaris and Vidakis [5] emphasize the importance and efficiency of the
background, andstrong vocational emphasis, that makes RMU the ideal environment for training our futureworkforce for careers in the alternative energy sectors, and providing local employees withscience and business graduates with a strong background in environmental issues andsustainability.On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, President Obama outlined the importance of energy: “The timehas come, once and for all, for this nation to fully embrace a clean energy future. Now, thatmeans continuing our unprecedented effort to make everything from our homes and businessesto our cars and trucks more energy-efficient. It means tapping into our natural gas reserves, andmoving ahead with our plan to expand our nation’s fleet of nuclear power plants. It means
Texas A&M University. After producing an undergraduate thesis under the university’s English department in 2023, he joined the LIVE Lab to continue learning effective research methods. After publishing more papers and graduating in the upcoming spring, he plans on entering a doctorate program in clinical psychology to conclude academic pursuits as a licensed psychiatrist.Rose Myers, Texas A&M University Rose Myers is an engineering student with the LIVE Lab at Texas A&M University.Kailee Meek, Texas A&M University Kailee Meek is an undergraduate research student studying Biomedical Sciences (B.S.) and minoring in Psychology at Texas A&M University. She is working towards acceptance into medical school
activities, especially in a supportive community. One student’s response highlighted the impact: “Being involved in something valuable has been very important for me. This is something I really do care about on my own time, so being able to advocate for it with others has been beneficial for me. There are days I struggle to find time even to eat dinner let alone take a minute for myself, but since joining I have seen improvements in my work after taking a break.”We recognize the importance of measuring the impact of student-led interventions for improvingstudent wellbeing, and also the challenge of making meaningful measurements. Acomprehensive culture audit [14],[15] is being planned to make transparent the multiple
informed by the coaches’ understanding of the tournament judging process,but they stressed that they wanted the children to make their own decisions about what toinclude. This was reflected in how Claire facilitated the team’s curation of a product notebookfor tournament judging in the final weeks of the competition season. Following hersuggestion, each team member sat down with Kevin (a team leader and a strong writer) todiscuss what information was important to share with the judges. Kevin created a colourfulproduct notebook in Microsoft Word™, typing up his team members’ contributions based ontheir verbal conversations and process notebook entries. He also included robot photos, codescreenshots, drawings, a robot game mission strategy planning
Paper ID #42714Equitable Attainment of Engineering Degrees: A Tri-University Study andImprovement EffortKian G. Alavy, The University of Arizona Kian Alavy is Director of Strategic Planning and Initiatives for the Division of Undergraduate Education and a doctoral student in Higher Education at the University of Arizona. Kian is interested in the history and evolution of undergraduate education offices at research universities in the United States, particularly their current nationwide organization around high-impact practices (HIPs). He earned his MA in Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of
project wasthe biggest issue faced by the students. Not all students' final mini-worlds maintained the sametheme as their proposals. One group of students quickly revised their plans after submitting theirproposals, which they claimed was due to realizing they did not have enough time to completetheir original designs. Another group of students completely revised their theme by midterm,stating that they realized that their previous theme was overlapping with another group. In addition, we noticed that students were extremely enthusiastic about the projects at thebeginning of the semester, but the lack of skills may have led to their frustration. For the firstcouple of weeks, many students were not able to complete the designs they wanted due to
weresubmitted by the instructors on behalf of their students. There were 3 to 4 raters for each poster.None of the faculty teaching the sections shared this rubric with students in advance. Acrosssections, it was clear that students were mentored differently on different elements (e.g., morecomplete economics description or not, however all mentioned safety). The three student teamsrecognized as winners in Fall 2023 were each selected from different sections (and not sectionsof the three authors who were also judged). It was great to see students map sustainability ideasto all projects - not just those with obvious environmental applications. Future changes in therubric are planned and discussions are underway to decide whether or not to share the
; they are responsible for planning, researching, and completing their projects. This canhelp them develop important self-directed learning skills.A spirometer serves as a vital medical tool for measuring lung function, essential in the diagnosisand monitoring of conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.However, conventional volumetric spirometers face a limitation—they lack a systematic approachto tracking and controlling progress in lung strength. This is particularly crucial as patients withvaried conditions require different levels of exercise and monitoring.In response to this challenge, our focus is on developing a cost-effective and user-friendly digitalspirometer. Paired with a mobile application via
2025 semester over spring break. The students will beimmersed in the bike-friendly city of Amsterdam, and visit several faculty and labs at TU Delft,including one of the only bicycle engineering labs in the world.Conclusion & Next StepsThe next steps for MEAM 1010 are to reconsider the content and implementation of the attitudestowards sustainability assessment and get IRB approval for administration so that results can bepublished in future work. The instructor will also work on better methods to evaluate the impactof including sustainability content in the course, potentially including the same attitudes towardssustainability assessment at the end of the course. For MEAM 2300, the instructor will continueto execute the plan to integrate
plan to give the questionnaire multiple times duringthe Spring semester. We also plan to give the faculty members teaching the course aquestionnaire designed for them. This will allow us to determine if the mindset of facultymembers affects the mindsets of their students as shown in previous research [11-12]. Based onthese results we will decide what, if any, intervention to implement in the course.Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force Academy, the Air Force, theDepartment of Defense, or the U.S. Government. Approved for public release, USAFA-DF-2024-383: distribution unlimited.References:[1] Dweck, C.S., “Mindset
Education Experiential learning, most simply defined as learning by doing, can occur in multiplecontexts at the university level. For example, many undergraduates have opportunities for hands-on laboratory time, internships, and service-learning programs. Through these experiences,ideally four stages should occur: participating in the experience, reflecting about the experience,conceptualizing (understanding) what they experienced, and applying what they learned in asimilar setting [6]. When bringing experiential learning into the classroom, particularly within acourse focused on engineering design, it can integrate authentic learning experiences intostudents’ plan of study and daily lives [1]. A recent systematic review [7
Lent and colleagues (2005) that assessedparticipants progress at goal-directed activities at work; (3) a 4-item measure of turnoverintentions (Hom et al., 1984) that assessed plans for leaving current job; (4) a 3-item worksatisfaction measure (Hackman & Oldham, 1975) that assessed satisfaction with their currentjob; and (5) a 5-item life satisfaction (Diemer et al., 1985) measure of one’s global judgments oftheir life. Procedures. In Spring 2021, we recruited adults who received a degree in engineeringfrom 2015 and 2019, were employed as an engineer, and who identified as Hispanic, Latina,Latino, Latinx, or Latine or whose origins are from Spanish speaking countries to participate inan online survey. We sent emails to participants
isassociated with the “Driving Onward” function, while intuition contradicts sensing in this role.Similarly, the “Planning Ahead” role aligns with the judging function, while the perceivingfunction opposes it. However, introversion, feeling, and thinking do not exhibit explicitassociations with specific roles, suggesting the complexity of team personality dynamics.Despite these insights, there remains a lack of understanding of the direct influence of teampersonality on effectiveness and success.This study attempts to provide evidence by investigating the relationship between teampersonalities and performance within an interdisciplinary research group at a historically blackcollege and university (HBCU). This group, operational for over four years
Achievement, and Instrumental Readiness [4]. A study on students highlights that motivationand interest in entrepreneurship can significantly contribute to social and economic developmentif supported appropriately. It advocates for problem-based learning and political support forentrepreneurial training programs [10]. Another study found that entrepreneurial education (EE)positively affects EI, particularly among management and engineering students, although itsimpact varies according to the field of study [11].In a developing country context, a study using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) exploredhow attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norms impact EI among engineeringstudents in Medellin, Colombia. This research underscores
prepare for future work in which we plan to evaluatethe nature of the stress that students experience as they progress through our project-basedprograms. Why is it that after their first semester-long project our students’ experience changessuch that they end up reporting similar stress and depression levels as the students studied byJensen and Cross?Future work will thus examine performance changes as a function of time and population size,investigation of the nature of the stresses students are facing in project-based programs, andtriangulating and supporting quantitative results with qualitative data.Another limitation of this study that could be addressed in future research is non-respondentselection bias. Finally, additional work is needed
theylearn about computer organization. Traditional computer organization typically stops at the levelof power utilization versus frequency and voltage – a very microscopic scale – relative to thislarger scale problem. Traditional computer organization also focuses a lot on the individualprocessor and does not even venture into the GPU versus CPU performance differentiationproblem.While this was not the key piece of the externship and did not result in the initial planned depth,the experience was useful.Consulting Company ExperienceThe bulk of the externship consisted of a two-week experience with a major consulting companyin the Milwaukee area which focuses on software development and resilient deployment ofsoftware systems. Because of the nature
and a disappointment that the project was not directly related to the student's specific career interest. 3. If you were going to participate in another internship, what would you do differently? • Two students essentially said that they would do nothing differently. • One student mentioned wanting to work more "efficiently" to complete more project-related activities. • One student mentioned being better prepared for the financial challenges (i.e., room and board, stipend payment schedule) 4. How has this internship experience affected your academic and/or career plans? • Two students reported academic-related changes, with one saying they felt more prepared for their upcoming courses and one reporting feeling more motivated to
, Figure 2 shows twostudents volunteering to stand up and explain their programming codes to their classmates,indicating the classroom environment's positive comfort. Figure 2 Students volunteered to get up and explain their codes on the board.3.1. Quantitative MethodIn the quantitative phase of this research, data was collected to assess the UTA program's overallimpact on student performance. The data included student demographics and grades, withacademic plans obtained from the registrar's office following the project's Institutional ReviewBoard (IRB) regulations. These student records helped in understanding the background andcharacteristics of the students. The study tracked the enrollment patterns of students, specificallyif they were
[7], the SCCT can be used to select predictorsfrom the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009-2014 in a candidate variable subset [8], andthe EST can be applied to independent variables from the NCES Education Longitudinal Study1988-2000 dataset to study the gender differences and determined the role of the high schoolcontext in STEM majors’ plans [9]. However, when using the theory-driven approach with large-scale dataset, challenges emerge. Many studies tend to rely on one theory to identify predictors,potentially missing out on the rich insights these datasets offer. Yet, employing multiple theoriesfor predictor identification can lead to an overwhelming number of predictors. This is where thedata-driven approach becomes beneficial. We
astonishment that they could get such great agreement betweenthe physical thing they built and measured, and the ideal circuit they simulated. Thisdemonstrated how powerful simple models and analysis were to describe real world circuits.Creating the labsThe take-home hands-on labs were designed during the summer before the class began. Thisinvolved planning the labs to be consistent with the curriculum, creating the BOM, acquiring theinventory for up to 138 kits, assembling the kits, distributing the kits, writing the lab manual, andrecording the videos.We decided to record videos for the first five labs and hold off on the last five labs to getfeedback from students. Even so, getting ready for the first day involved about 200 hours ofpreparation time