. For this project, the goal of the investigation was to measure the efficacy of a novelsketch recognition interface in an online homework system. This efficacy was measuredmultiple ways: homework scores, test questions, and concept inventories. As this novelhomework system was being tested in Statics and Statics-based courses, the Statics ConceptInventory (SCI) was selected for pre- and post-semester surveys of the students in bothexperimental and control groups. When faced with challenging questions on the SCI, somestudents appear to give up on being able to correctly solve the survey and either stopped orwould very quickly enter random answers. By giving up on reading and answering the survey’squestions, these students made data collection
the Educational and Academic Innovation Unit, UNIDA (for its acronym in Spanish), as an instructor in active learning methodologies. Her research interest topics involve university education in STEM areas, faculty and continuing professional development, research-based methodologies, community engagement projects, evaluation tools and technology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Academic performance and factors that influence engineering students dropout: a gender perspective studyAbstractIn the last decade, the
projected onto the land itself. The invention of augmented reality (AR)sandboxes has transformed the learning of topographic and hydrologic concepts into aninteractive, three-dimensional, lab-based experience.AR sandboxes offer four main educational advantages: hands-on learning, engagement, activelearning, lab-based. The sandboxes provide students with an immersive, hands-on experiencethat engages multiple senses and fosters the possibility of deep learning about topography andhydrology. The sandboxes capture students' attention and keep them engaged in the learningprocess; users repeatedly comment how much “fun it is play with the sand.” AR sandboxesencourage students to be active learners, as they are able to manipulate the digital
and knowledge to the students can be achieved through a short projectwhere the students are asked to use tools such as the one created and by the EnvironmentalProtection Agency: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool. Once the students getfamiliar with the tool, they are asked to identify a pollution issue, investigate the affectedcommunities, prepare a short report and presentation to share their findings with the whole class.Through the class discussions, and the short project, the importance of awareness, knowledge,gaining skills, and taking action in the pursuit of ethics and justice may be instilled in the students.Importance of Social Justice, Environmental Justice and Ethics Discussions in ClassAs educators, it is our
communitycheck-ins supported by frequent discourse and exchanges on an online community platform.Within their community spaces, UTAs met, connected, and shared information with each other,identifying emerging issues, receiving in-time training and timely feedback on a variety of topicsbased on each their interests and needs, in an effort to foster interaction, support and buildcommunity.The Pilot ProgramThe first-year introduction to engineering is a sequenced, two-semester, team-based course thatfocuses on exploring different engineering majors and the roles they play in engineering problemdefinitions and solutions in a project-based learning environment. A team of instructional facultywith experience teaching this two-semester course sequence were
redesigned spaces encourage students toengage in hands-on projects and experiential learning. These transformed learning environmentsaim to cultivate a sense of belonging, creativity, and innovation among students, promoting theiroverall engagement and success [1], [2], [4], [5], [13].To ensure the effectiveness of these new initiatives, the College has implemented acomprehensive assessment plan. The National Survey for Student Engagement (NSSE) [9]isadministered each year for engineering students following the launch of the new programs. Thisassessment provides valuable insights into student experiences, perceptions, and outcomes,allowing the College to make data-informed decisions and continuously improve the support andlearning environment
research involves examining different types of homework problems in undergraduate engineering science courses, the intersection of affect and engineering identity, and improving the teaching of engineering courses.Courtney Burris ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Addressing Engineers and Stakeholders Social and Institutional Power in a Human-Centered Design Capstone CourseIntroductionAs trained professionals, engineers have well recognized areas of expertise. Such expertise oftentranslates into expert power in their professional practice. Expert power can be defined as theability to influence other people, decision-making, and project planning and/or project outcomesbased on the
, as we increase engineering students’ exposure to entrepreneurship, we are alsoincreasing their exposure to failure very early in their careers. With this exposure, it is unknownwhether sufficient preparation and education around project/venture failure is occurring toproperly equip entrepreneurially minded engineering students to learn and grow fromentrepreneurial failure. In fact, previous work has shown that little is done to help studentsprepare for and respond to entrepreneurial failure beyond some isolated and relatively cursoryclassroom activities [9]. It’s also not clear that these relatively young entrepreneurs define andperceive failure in the same context as is traditionally described in entrepreneurial literature.The purpose of
formal high school classrooms. Initial survey and interview dataindicate that teachers became comfortable with facilitating the open-endedness of the finalprojects and that students appreciated the connections to socially relevant topics and the abilityof their projects to help with real-world problems such as flood prevention and wheelchairaccessibility. The CS Frontiers curriculum has been added to course offerings in Tennessee andadoption through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is currently underway.Teachers from Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and New York have piloted thematerials. Together with researchers, we are working to package the course and curricula forwidespread adoption as additional support to
manufacturing critical aspect of the training, as it ensures process for pick& place part proper communication between the PLC and the robot. The training emphasizes theimportance of understanding project I/O requirements and determining the appropriate module andrack for those I/O. Two tables are used to track I/O and sizes, with one table aligning robot inputto PLC output and the other table listing corresponding robot output to PLC inputs. Figure 1 showsthe flowchart of the process. The training's goal is to design a fully automated manufacturing pick-and-place project controlled solely from HMI inputs via PLC into the robots. The primary authorscored
to technology-richenvironments like makerspaces for traditionally underserved youth in engineering. Several pro-Makerspace actors purport that having experiences in such open-ended project-based settings canencourage engagement with engineering. However, as we know from prior work in the area,simply providing access to technology-rich spaces does not allow underserved youth to feelownership and belonging in both makerspaces and engineering environments. Additionally,formal and informal engineering education experiences do not center on preventing harm tocommunities and the environment in engineering work. Not only do future generations ofengineers need to reduce the harm caused by engineering and technology proactively, but harmreduction
policies, behaviors, views, etc.) or critical ones (disagreeing withpolicies, behaviors, views, etc.), but in either case it is essential to back up (their) claimsby giving reasons"3.Students have to complete a project on professional ethics related to the profession theyintend to pursue. The author suggests to engineering technology students that theyconsult a professional engineer with significant experience in industry or government onconcrete ethical problems they encountered in their practice of engineering. Studentssubmit an outline of the problem, which the author studies for suitability for further work.The students then discuss with him possible sources of information to further investigatethe issue, the appropriateness of theoretical
affirming stories,but also institutionally realized leadership catalysts. By making four types of EL developmentcatalysts explicit, we provide engineering educators with authentic, industry-embeddednarratives to support their programing. This project is significant to the ASEE LEAD divisionbecause it provides us with a way of scaffolding leadership development opportunities for all ourstudents, even those who may resist the notion of engineering as a leadership profession.Keywords: career paths, engineering leadership, situated workplace learning, leadership narrativesIntroductionThe majority of engineers working in industry encounter supervisory or managerialresponsibilities within four years of graduation [1-4], yet research suggests that many of
ourstudents when learning from their homes with the present limitations. These activities allowstudents to explore phenomena through “remote” labs (not simulations), project generation usinga supply of pre-existing materials (constraints that any project has at any time), and in particular,the development of projects based in easy to find at home materials.In this paper, the Author will present three strategies to promote STEM education throughremote learning: 1) Laboratory activities for college-level students 2) Hands-on activities forhigh-school students through informal education settings, and 3) Activities for the public at largethrough social media (Facebook liv and YouTube) and sponsored by public institutions. TheAuthor implemented these
Paper ID #35545Sharing Exemplary Admissions Practices that Promote Diversity inEngineering Panel DiscussionDr. Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Dr. Elizabeth T. Cady is a Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). She has worked on a variety of projects that examine and enhance systems for the formal, informal, and life- long education of engineers and improving diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is leading a project that will recognize and share innovative practices that improve diversity in undergraduate engineering education and also staffs a consensus study examining
. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios.Mark Mills, UM, Center for Academic Innovation Mark Mills is a Data Scientist with the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan. He is responsible for leading analysis across the Center in support of its mission to leverage data for shaping
taught by faculty from the home institution. • Internship or Co-op – Student works abroad. • Mentored Travel – Group of students travel under the guidance of a faculty member. • Partner Sub-contract – Similar to the exchange option, but this does not require parity. Instead, there is an agreed to compensation for providing courses to students. • Project-based Learning / Service Learning – Students travel abroad to work on a project that aims to aid the abroad society. A common example is Engineers Without Borders. • Research Abroad – Students are placed in an abroad laboratory and conduct work under the guidance of a faculty member.The ProgramThe School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University (GVSU
also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held different positions such as Process Engineer, Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, Production Superintendent, Manufacturing Engineer and Glass Technologist. During his time in the company, he co-authored two patents related to glass fabrication and glass coatings pro- cessing. Dr. Gonzalez is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and has participated in numerous process improvement projects. He has been trained as well in the Methodology of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) that he applied to solve complex problems. In the manufacturing operations field
Engineering department.Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College Murad is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Research interests include recruitment into STEM, diversity in STEM as well pedagogy and instruction.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is a professor in the department of engineering education and his areas of research include en- gineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He is currently working on National Science Foundation funded projects exploring en- gineering design systems thinking and several
Anne Salomone, University of PortlandDr. Valerie J. Peterson, University of Portland Associate Professor of Mathematics American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Making Teaching Matter More - The Making of a T1UniversityAbstract“Research I (R1) university” is a category that the Carnegie Classification of Institutions ofHigher Education uses to indicate universities in the United States that engage in thehighest levels of research activity. There is currently no analogous classification for a T1institution: institutions that engage in the highest levels of teaching activity. In Fall 2020,as part of an NSF IUSE project designed to enhance student-centered pedagogical
, bioinformatics, information retrieval and computer science education.Dr. Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University Joe Brobst holds a BS in Biological Sciences, MA in Curriculum & Instruction, and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, all from the University of Delaware. Formerly a high school biology teacher, he is now an ed- ucational research and program evaluation specialist with experience working on a wide range of projects sponsored by organizations including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Of- fice of Naval Research, U.S. Department of Education, and Corporation for National and Community Service. His areas of interest and expertise include broadening participation in STEM higher
to measureP-V-T relations for an ideal gas. The second part was a solar-powered hydrogen fuel cell vehicleand focused on energy conversion and efficiency concepts. The third is a project where studentsworked in teams to propose a project in their choice of one of two topics: one is a design projecton solar thermal energy and the other is a research project using calorimetry.The course consists of a 1-hour weekly lecture on Monday morning to discuss theory needed forthat week and present skills such as using MATLAB, uncertainty analysis, writing lab reports, etc.Students then meet in the afternoon on one day (Monday-Thursday) for a 3-hr lab session. Duringthis session, they are divided into breakout rooms to meet and work with their peers on
Paper ID #33653Electronic Mentoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects onEngineering Graduate Students’ Academic, Career, and Mental HealthOutcomesDr. Chi-Ning Chang, The University of Kansas Dr. Chi-Ning (Nick) Chang is an assistant research professor at the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas. This study was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) RAPID grant (DGE-2031069; DGE-2051263), using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Chang currently serves as a PI on this collaborative NSF project (DGE-2031069). His research work centers on engineering graduate
projects involving printed-circuit boards, Ohm's law,frequency response, logic circuits, etc. By Fall Quarter of 1980 the student population had increased sodramatically that the mini-experiments or projects had to be dropped dueto a shortage of faculty and facilities. The modified course outline isshown in Fig. 2. The authors have had many good reports of the value ofEEE 102 to the students, especially the hands on experimental aspect. 11 11Also the aspect of getting to the good technical topics is appealing 11 11to new students. However, the large student population mitigates againstsuch an approach at the present time.Philosophy Since the EEE 102 instructor serves at
audits and condition surveys for various mechanical and electrical and systems. He has conducted several projects to reduce carbon dioxide and other building emission impacts by evaluating and improving the energy practices through the integration of sustainable systems with existing systems. His current research focuses on engaging and educating students in sustainable and green buildings’ design and energy conservation. He is currently investigating various ways to reduce energy consumption in office buildings. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Testing Students’ Knowledge Gain in Active Learning “Lab- Similar” Environment
action.Critical reflection is embedded within a program that recruits both engineers and non-engineers,with teaching and learning strategies drawn from the social sciences and humanities andintegrated with engineering management and problem-based learning. The program connectsstudents to a project partner in Sierra Leone or Zambia, the students work to understand theirpartners’ needs and assets and then develop an intervention plan consistent with the aims of theSDGs.In this paper, we provide results of a critically reflexive thematic analysis to explore the nature ofstudent reflections within the context of this interdisciplinary program. Evidence suggests arange of student interpretation of the purpose and application of critical reflection. Some are
programming, as well as many of theprerequisite engineering courses needed to complete a senior design course for their major(thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, etc.). The class had slightly morefemales than males and the sample for this study is approximately representative of the entireclass (n=25, 14 females, 11 males)For the course, students were expected to develop computational models for various physicalphenomena (food canning line, freeze-drying process, etc.). Additionally, external to thesemodeling projects, students had a senior design project they worked on, as well as periodichomework assignments and quizzes throughout the semester. The class had both a lecture andlab portion, with the lecture portion being
Environmental Engineer- ing. She has over 8 years of experience developing international and national research experiences for STEM majors, as well as project management.Mr. Matthew Rogers, Vanderbilt UniversityMr. Benjamin Joseph SabaMr. Yin Huang American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: Fostering a Chemical Engineering Mindset through Hands-on ActivitiesAbstractWork in Progress - In the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at VanderbiltUniversity, introduction to Chemical Engineering course have been offered previously. The styleof both sections of course have been predominately lecture-based. When asked to
United States, womenmake approximately 24% of computing workforce. This is when demand for people withcomputing skills has been increasing. For instance, employment of computing relatedoccupations in the U.S. is projected to grow 13% from 2016 to 2026, which is faster than theaverage for all occupations. These occupations are projected to add about 557,100 new jobs2. Itis, therefore, no surprise that a number of governmental, corporate and non-profit groupinitiatives exist in the United States to increase representation of women in computing3.Women’s underrepresentation in computing in the United States has been scrutinized from manyangles in the last two decades4,5,6,7. Scholars have identified a range of factors namely, genderedsocialization
(EDUC-ATE) project since Fall of 2017.Mrs. Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University Second year Chemical Engineering doctoral student pursuing research on the development and dissemina- tion of low-cost, hands-on learning modules displaying heat and mass transfer concepts in a highly visual, interactive format. Graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engi- neering in 2017 and M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 2019 with work related to potentiometric biosensing.Olufunso Oje, Washington State University Olufunso Oje is a Masters student in the Educational Psychology program at Washington State University. His research interests include learning strategies in engineering