], recruitment into graduate school [3], and mentoring [4]. Suchprograms may or may not describe themselves as, or be considered as, bridge programs.Many bridge programs for undergraduates have been reported in the literature, with a selection ofpapers about such programs presented in [5]. Some of those papers indicated that the literature onbridge programs was scant, despite the wealth of papers on the topic. In contrast, the literature ongraduate bridge programs is far less extensive and can actually be considered to be lacking. Thismay reflect, to some extent, both a lack of such programs and a lack of research on them. Thisreview paper, therefore, will illuminate some of the existing literature, discuss common issues andmajor differences in the
response and 1 signified a highly negative response. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference 8 Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education (a) Likelihood to Purchase the Game (b) Usefulness of Challenges in Exams or Labs (c) Usefulness as Optional Supplemental Mate- rial Figure 8: Survey ResultsDiscussionThe results of the survey were overwhelmingly positive, with one respondent indicating that theyhad purchased the game upon the conclusion of the demonstration. This sentiment is reflected inFigure 8a, where a surprising number of students
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, pressing issues in theirdiscipline. There are individual and team activities. The reading materials provide the basis andstructure for learning more about application of system thinking and dynamics, and are supportedby lectures. The HODAs are selected to bring to life the system archetypes as we progressthrough the materials from relatively simple archetypes toward more complex archetypes. TheHODAs may be individual activities during class, or team activities during class, depending onthe archetype. The written assignments are prepared by each of the students to discuss thearchetype, describe an example of that archetype in aviation or aerospace, and develop a diagramthat reflects the systems dynamics of that archetype. Students present their
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Experiences of engineering women faculty in the era of affirmative actionThe purpose of this work in progress research paper is to explore the pervasiveness of thenarrative that women succeed easier in STEM/ Engineering careers because they are women.While extensive literature has documented that women still face significant discrimination inacademic spaces, the narratives of growing commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion(DEI) efforts, and especially those related to affirmative action, by institutions often misleadpeople to believe that such efforts reflect in direct benefits that give an advantageous edge towomen and other minorities. This paper explores these dynamics by asking if women faculty andgraduate students, who
squareacceleration equation and then compared to the comfort standard set by ISO 2631-1. The roadexcitation will be represented by the piecewise function with the unit of measurement beingmeters. The intent of this function is to simulate the vehicle moving approximately 35 miles perhour, the average speed for most of the events this vehicle raced at. This function is applied in away that reflects the right side of the vehicle. The 2 DOF represents the front right quarter of thevehicle. The 4 DOF (roll) represents the front of the vehicle, with the right wheel hitting the bump.The 4 DOF (pitch) represents the right side of the vehicle, the front wheel first hits the bump thenthe rear wheel. The 7 DOF represents the full vehicle. Similarly, to 4 DOF (pitch
issues and the perspectives of different sides. The projects in this category include thefollowing: • The ethics of genomic data privacy. • Ethical use of artificial Intelligence in healthcare. • Implications of capturing the user's fingerprints or facial biometric information. • Ethical reflection on the development strategy of biobanks in the era of Big Data. 4. Course Evaluation and ConclusionsTable 3 shows our survey results to evaluate the course. A majority of students gave high ratings for recommendingthis course to other students and the remote learning experience. The survey results indicate positive feedback forthe course. What is your initial learning motivation for taking this In this class, what did
Humanitarian Engineering CourseDesignAn introductory Humanitarian Engineering course was developed and incorporated into theminor. This course focuses on contextualizing skills [9], empathy building, and fostering studentself-awareness regarding their positionality in colonial contexts and power dynamics as it relatesto community-engaged design work [12], [13].The initial course covered content on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals,global lifestyles and assumption making, global natural resource and technology distributions,colonization, valuing ways of knowing, traditional ecological knowledge, participatorydevelopment practices, career paths in HE, social impact companies, supply chainconsiderations, reflection techniques, and several
the recipient class of this newly acquired knowledge(Customer). The development of these forms was done in an iterative process to allow for theproper allocation of topics and matching subject–to-class. The mapping was complemented by acourse flowchart reflecting the course sequence and time of offering as shown in figure 2,allowing for the different stakeholders (students, faculty, administrators, employers, parents, etc.)to see a clear road map leading to better planning and resulting in a timely graduation. Uchiyamaet al (2009) have stated that creating a visual representation of the curriculum based on real timeinformation is a way of increasing collaboration and collegiality in higher education. On thecourse flowchart, the core classes
communicate effectively’(ABET criterion 3d and 3g).2 However, assessing a student’s ability to work on a team and tocommunicate effectively is often difficult in traditional classroom settings. Collaborative learning, for the purpose of this paper will mirror those of Göl and Nafalskias written in their award winning paper “Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education”;“Collaborative learning is increasingly recognised as giving students an opportunity to engage indiscussion and to exercise a positive influence on the group’s learning outcomes by assumingresponsibility for their own learning. Critical thinking and reflective evaluation are implicit in theapproach.”3 While many tout the advantages of collaborative learning: “Results
. Page 24.937.14AcknowledgmentsWe would like to acknowledge Dr. Eric Vance and Jennifer Cheng of Virginia Tech’sLaboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA) lab for their suggestions andadvice regarding the statistical analysis of this research.We would also like to thank Dr. David Knight of Virginia Tech’s Department of EngineeringEducation for his statistical consultations.This material is based upon work supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation,under grant # EEC-1159813. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References1. National Action Council for Minorities in
associated with getting to know teammates from other cultures, and/ormore reflection about what the project entailed – perhaps also stemming from a reductionin shared notions of what was important due to the linguistic/cultural heterogeneity of thegroups. This could be an interesting area for future research.ConclusionsTaking linguistic issues into account in team formation in highly multicultural classroomshas the potential to improve student engagement and reduce specific language-basedproblems that were known to occur when students were left to form their own teams.Given the increase in multiculturalism in Western countries in general (e.g. [11]), and theCanadian government’s push to increase the number of international students in Canadato
developing PLAY!, an educational collaboration platform helping learners tap into broad interest based peer communities as well as exploring new forms of reading and writing through dynamic book prototypes. She most recently published her first digital book, Flows of Reading, to inspire educators to reflect on what can be considered as reading and what kinds of reading they perform in their everyday lives. She was Research Director for Project New Media Literacies at MIT and also has conducted classes as a Visiting Lecturer at MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Department and Harvard University’s Project Zero Summer Institute. Reilly is a graduate of Emerson College and has her Master of Fine Arts degree from Maine Media
different models of interpretation. Finally, homework is an assimilativeexperience where the student reflects on learning and practices integrative thinking.Table 1 - Kolb Learning StylesConverging The dominant learning abilities are Abstract Conceptualization (AC) and Active(AC+AE)/2 Experimentation (AE). People with this learning style are best at finding practical uses for ideas and theories. They have the ability to solve problems and make decisions based on finding solutions to questions or problems. In formal learning situations, people with this style prefer to experiment with new ideas, simulations, laboratory assignments, and practical applications.Assimilating The dominant
TransducersIn this laboratory session, the directivity pattern is determined analytically and measuredexperimentally [7]. During the experiment, a projector and a hydrophone (two transducers) areseparated by the minimum acceptable distance, x, to minimize interference from reflections. Thestandard criteria for uniform circular pistons are d2 x≥ (4) 4λwhere λ = c/f is the wavelength, f is the resonant frequency of the transducer, and d is the
professional profile. That matrix relates skills and knowledge with courses. Inevery cell of the matrix there is a numeric value in the interval [0, 1] that reflects the expectedimpact that a course would have on an specific student’s skill or knowledge. The values has beenestimated by the same group of experts.Notice that every row of the matrix represents a skill or knowledge that belongs to the last level(a leaf node in the tree). In order to find the values of the higher levels where there are no desig-nated values, we apply a kind of OWA operator that has been explained in “Aggregation Opera-tors”.The impact matrices are the basis to create an individual profile. We use them in conjunction withthe student’s academic record to estimate the
Mini Breadboard $10.00 CodeWarrior Freescale free Total $298.00 Table 1: Bill of Materials for ECET-365course project with Tower Fig 2. Robotic Car with TowerThe Dragon Plus-2 Board with the MC9S12DG256B microcontroller is different in somerespects from the Tower Board (MC9S12G128), and the algorithm, physical design and codescreated reflect that. The two groups who used the Dragon board had to make continual changesto each part in order to achieve the best performance from their microcontroller, sensors, and caroperation. Their kit came with the H-Bridges, the sensor module
results was692 students. We have two reasons for pooling the data across the multiple terms reflected in thisstudy: (1) Student profiles (majors, undergraduate status, etc.) and numbers in each sample haveremained quite similar over the multiple years included in the study; and, (2) Notwithstandingminimal changes to the instruction manual (e.g. formatting and numbering) used in thesecourses, the structure and content of the laboratory experiments have remained intact.In Figure 1 we show the results of the assessment. The graph shows the percentage of ourstudents and those from the published national sample that correctly answered each test question.The graph also separately displays the performance of students in our calculus-based lectureclass
school, 27 middle school, and 16 high school teachers as well as 3 university and 6college faculty members, 5 “other,” and 2 school district administrators from 2 counties. The fullday session included FLATE-guided brainstorming sessions, presentations, and a panelshowcasing exemplary women in STEM careers. Major themes of collaboration, encouragement,and leadership by example emerged from the qualitative data collected in an online survey fromteachers. Fifty one percent of participants responded; this paper reflects a collection of theirideas.Collaborate Participants were encouraged during collaboration sessions to learn new ways to collectdata to determine if female enrollment increases at their schools. The majority reported accessonly
motif analysis. Network motifs has been proposed by Milo and colleagues 18 as recurrentpatterns of local inter-connections that occur in complex networks at frequencies that aresignificantly higher (reflected by the Z-score) than those occurring in randomized networks withequivalent number of nodes, in degree and out degree. Motifs are typically small sub-graphs oftypically three to seven nodes and represent the basic building blocks of most networks 19 toprovide insights into the topology of complex networks 18, 19.Motif analysis originated from the field of bioinformatics where it has been used to analyze genenetworks and the World Wide Web and had found its way into the research of social networks 20.Findings from the use of network motif
with sensors.The Robotics camps were very successful and, as expected, attracted many student members orpotential members of FIRST teams in our area.In 2013 faculty in the Division of Engineering and Technology discussed expanding the summerhigh school camp to cover broader engineering topics, and also to attract a wider population ofstudents than the FIRST Robotics participants. As the College is located in a county with someeconomically depressed areas, the desire was also to attract students from disadvantagedbackgrounds and introduce them to engineering. To reflect the new camp content the name waschosen as “Explore Engineering and Technology Camp”. The paper describes the organization ofthe new camp, its curriculum, the evaluation results
sections of this course, with approximately 90 students, in FallQuarter 2013. It will be taught again in Winter Quarter 2014. Several lessons were learned in theFall Quarter that will be incorporated into the Winter Quarter classes. The primary conclusionwas that we tried to include too much content and that more time needed to be spent on buildingconfiguration issues. This will be addressed in several ways. The calculational content of thecourse will be reduced, somewhat. The intent is to make it more focused and to apply moredirectly to the configuration issues. The Winter Quarter classes will also be reorganizedsomewhat. The Fall Quarter courses were organized into small building and large buildingmodules, reflecting the two original courses
(required bi-weekly synchronous chats) Message activity (messages are similar to email within the LMS system and can be forwarded to outside email as an option) Course Letter grade earned (A, B, C, D, F) Course Grade percentage earnedThe main PI collected and then coded the data for the research team to work with under IRBapproval. Only the main PI had access to the original data with student identifiers. Theinformation gathered is not identifiable and does not reflect which section the student was Page 24.1112.4enrolled into or completed. A random number was assigned to each student as an identifier. Thedata was stored
Revenue $42,000AssessmentStudents were evaluated using quantitative and qualitative data. Students completed surveysbased on the National Engineering Students’ Learning Outcomes Survey at the start and end ofthe program. Each year the survey questions varied slightly to reflect unique changes made to theprogram or new labs that were introduced. Student’s grade point averages (GPAs) and retentionrates were also used as a form of assessment. The program participants GPAs and retention rateswere compared against women and minority non-participants and with College of Engineeringstudents as a whole.Program OutcomesProgram ParticipantsIn year one (2011) 18 students participated in the program. 14 of these were women, and
thistask. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed herein are that of the author and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Military Academy or U.S. Army.REFERENCES: ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission. 2005. Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, Baltimore,MD: ABET, Inc. Aldridge, M.D., “Professional Practice: A Topic for Engineering Research and Instruction,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. 83, no. 3, July 1994, pp. 231-236. Borrego, M. and Newswander, L.K., “Characteristics of Successful Cross-Disciplinary Engineering EducationCollaborations,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, no. 2, April 2008, pp 123-134. Raju, P.K., and C.S. Sankar, ”Teaching Real-World Issues Through Case Studies
solutions in cases where the problem is tightly constrained enough that astudent can be expected to match a target diagram.UMLGrader uses an iterative approach to matching diagrams. It starts by matching classes andthen proceeds to matching associations, attributes, and methods. This reflects the nounidentification technique for constructing models. More specifically, it applies the following rules: • Classes are matched by name. The entire name must be matched exactly, though spaces, underscores, and capitalization are ignored. Requiring an exact name match helps catch the common error of using a plural noun when the class represents a singular item. To allow some variation in naming, the instructor can specify alternative
would reflect a Page 24.1253.2change in test scores for the first and second sections of the classes. The evaluation is done at a95% confidence level (α = 0.05).The rest of this paper is broken down into Background on the use of videos to support the class,Methods used to develop the additional coursework, Results of the courses evaluated and howthe use of videos affected the test grades, and Conclusion, which ties up the paper and discussesnext steps.BackgroundMost of the students we are currently teaching are from the Millennial generation. These studentsgrew up with the internet and digital technology. 2, 4 They are the first generation to
offices for technology transfer and business incubation, plus complementary resourcesfrom the community. This part of the project sought to build a cross-UT System ecosystem forinnovation and entrepreneurship, which proved to be more difficult than anticipated. Theprincipal stumbling block is that processes and offices for technology transfer and businessincubation differ markedly across campuses, even across the four campuses of the UT-TRANSFORM partners. While these differences likely reflect local priorities and history, theydetract from providing UT System innovators a clear and consistent path for commercialdevelopment of their ideas. Thus while the project’s Web site provides useful information foruniversity researchers interested in
of the author and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesCapobianco, B. M., Diefes-Dux, H. A., & Mena, I. B. (2011). Elementary school teachers' attempts at integrating engineering design: Transformation or assimilation? In Proceedings of the 118th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, British Columbia.Charyton, C., Jagacinksi, R. J., Merrill, J. A., Clifton, W., & DeDios, S. (2011). Assessing creativity specific to engineering with the revised creative engineering design assessment. Journal of Engineering Education, 100(4), 778-799.Forbes, C. T. (2011). Preservice elementary teachers’ adaptation of science