Influences Makerspace Definition Among First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstract: Makerspaces, intended for open and collaborative learning, often struggle to attract adiverse group of users, particularly concerning gender diversity. These issues includemakerspaces becoming associated primarily with white male students, gendered connotations ofmachines and materials, and women’s perceived lack of self-efficacy in using makerspace tools.As a result, women may view makerspaces as unwelcoming, and societal stereotypes can affecttheir engagement in these spaces. Efforts to create more inclusive makerspaces are essential tofully realize the potential of makerspaces, encourage and boost confidence in marginalizedgroups to pursue careers in
, fluid mechanics, and renewable energy. Dr. Supan has research interests in degradation kinetics of biomass materials, microgrid development for cold regions, and implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering classrooms.Dr. Liz Johnson, Liz Johnson Education Consulting Dr. Liz Johnson (Lead Evaluator) left a career in academia to consult and work as an educational evaluator in 2020. Since, she has focused primarily on evaluation of NSF and USDA grant-funded programs that center faculty learning and systems-embedded student supports toward persistence and matriculation in STEM degree programs; in many cases at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Prior to 2020, Liz worked as a full-time faculty member at St
affirm • study abroad or experience• access affordable health care; engineering as worthwhile; engineering outside the• be in an environment that allows • be in an engineering community classroom; one to manage and work through that does not tolerate harassment, • schedules & curriculum flexible emotional issues; bullying, etc.; to accommodate student life• be one’s authentic self in all • obtain relevant technical work circumstances; spaces; etc. while a student; etc. • learn about alternative career pathways; etc.The
generallytwo standard deviations (in total) higher than those from the civil engineering population group,and it tends to favor the area of significance related to high average word densities. A potentialexplanation is that the civil engineering students have higher familiarity with the teachingpedagogy and approach to evaluation and assessment from the instructors. This familiarityresults from the civil engineer population typically taking the course later in their careers afterexposure to many other courses from the department. This exposure is something that, by thenature of their programs of study, the populations from other STEM and humanities departmentsdo not have. Of note, the grades on this event did not account for overall academic
inconsistencies in outcome variables.They also highlight important future directions for study. Study 3 is an interview-driveninvestigation. We are currently conducting focus groups and interviews of engineering studentswho have ADHD, after which we will transcribe the data and begin analysis. Findings of ourthree-study project can inform policies and practices aimed at fostering inclusive educationalenvironments, support STEM students with ADHD, and enhance educational outcomes. Thispaper provides updates on the progress and findings of the three studies.IntroductionPursuing higher education is a transformative journey, offering students the opportunity toacquire knowledge, cultivate critical thinking, and shape their future careers [1]. Students
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will also attempt to examine the role of reflective practice in problem solvingsuccess.ConclusionIn order to examine and remedy the problems engineering students face in transferringknowledge between their classes and eventually, into their careers, a series of think-aloud,problem solving interviews were completed in order to both examine the barriers students facewhen asked to transfer knowledge. Based on a survey of the literature, an intervention based onpriming and prompting prior knowledge was then developed with the goal of aiding students intransferring their prior knowledge to the current context and promoting problem solving success.Initial findings of this work indicate that students possess inaccurate or incomplete priorknowledge of
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feedback from faculty, instructional designers, andother experts in the field, ensures its alignment with real-world educational needs.Keywords: AI, Instructional Design, Online Transition, Online Education, e-learning, OpenAI,Python, Time Saving Strategies for Faculty, Lecture Capture, Repurposing Video Lectures.IntroductionThe landscape of higher education, particularly in engineering, is indeed undergoing a significanttransformation, with a marked increase in the demand for online engineering education. Thissurge is driven by professionals seeking career advancement in a rapidly evolving technicallandscape and the need for upskilling and reskilling among experienced engineers. However, thecreation of top-tier online courses presents
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offersa promising avenue to enhance classroom instruction and practical learning experiences. Soartificial intelligence tools can contextualize students. Artificial intelligence (AI) as a field hasbeen developing over the course of these last decades, but in the past few years has taken moreimportance in the field of higher education, specifically in careers such as Civil Engineering.As a result, the purpose of this study is to explore the development of critical thinking in WaterResources students by using artificial intelligence programs. Platforms such as ChatGPT canassist students in interpreting given information, such as waterway sizing, water supply andenvironmental laws to facilitate the learning process. Civil engineering students from
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master mentors and coaches are present to develop a deepunderstanding of the foundations of agile [1][3]. An agile mindset suggests mastering these skillsfor practitioners to have an effective teamwork environment [3]. Thus, developing a proper agilemindset enhances agile project success [4]. Early career software engineers typically receivetheir first exposure to agile principles and methods in a university setting. Project-centric coursessuch as capstone experiences often expose students to the Agile Manifesto and to themechanisms of industry-relevant agile practices. But to what extent does this exposure help thesefuture professionals develop the agile mindset required to be successful in the modern softwaredevelopment organization?Popular
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mention all or most of the fiveepistemic frame elements (Knowledge, Skills, Identity, Values, and Epistemology), that theseframe elements co-occur with enough frequency to create epistemic networks, and that theseepistemic networks align with the student writing and provide insight on how students areintegrating their learning.References[1] L. A. Perry and J. S. London, ‘The Transfer of Learning Between School and Work: A New Stance in the Debate About Engineering Graduates’ Preparedness for Career Success Abstract’, in 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2021.[2] F. Kjærsdam, ‘Technology transfer in a globalised world: transferring between university and industry through cooperation and education’, World
learning methods areparticularly pertinent for architecture students, given the artistic nature of their career, wherevisuals play a crucial role. “... Architecture students are generally visually orientated andhave rather creative minds, capacities that seem less compatible with the more-strict rulesand systematic approach of doing research” [1]. Considering this characteristic ofarchitecture students, there is a preference towards the use of create visual study tools ratherthan traditional reading-writing methods.It is crucial to recognize that employing diverse teaching methods enhances the approach toknowledge acquisition. In the field of architecture, establishing connections betweentheoretical concepts and their practical and technical
students were certainly involved in the world of research, as described in moredetail below. The series has been successful in other ways too, such as producing publication-quality results and has initiated successful engineering careers for many of the students.In all, two research papers have resulted from these capstone projects which, in turn, includelinks to data repositories to enable others to build wireless sensor nodes from these projects’source code and hardware designs. Student teams showed clear improvement, year on year: afterYear 1, the fundamental components were present, but a cohesive demonstration was challengingand no paper could be written about the results. In Year 2, the project functioned but needed asummer student to fix
Education at Utah State University. His research lies in spatial thinking and ability, curriculum development, and professional development in K-16 engineering teaching.Dr. Angela Minichiello, Utah State University Angela (Angie) Minichiello is a military veteran, licensed mechanical engineer, and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Her research examines issues of access, equity, and identity in the formation of engineers and a diverse, capable 21st century engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education
allowed students tocatch up on any issues that arose during the labs. Sometimes, the TA created extra hands-on whenstudents were not clear on some of the concepts the professor covered in class. Feedback fromcourse evaluation was positive overall, and many liked the course split between theory andpractice, between professor of instruction and lab TAs. We are currently collecting data from thecourse evaluations, and we hope to analyze the data and present the results in future work.Conclusions and Future WorkThis paper presented a comprehensive framework for teaching cloud computing in highereducation. The framework forces the student to use the Cloud throughout his academic career insuch a way that prepares him for certification as well as entry
academic journey, Dr. Saharan contributed as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State Behrend during the academic year 2019-20. Here, he played a pivotal role in developing new courses for the biomedical minor within the Mechanical Engineering department. Prior to his tenure in the United States, Dr. Saharan held the position of Assistant Professor (Instruction) in the Mechanical Engineering department at the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra in India. Throughout his academic and research career, Dr. Saharan has made significant contributions in both teaching and research roles, spanning multiple countries and institutions. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
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students to create authentic engineering products. Accordingto the Department of Mechanical Engineering, specific advantages for Writing as an Engineer areas follows: 1. The course requires types of assignments (report and proposal) that students are more likely to write as professionals in their future careers. 2. The course gives students a more authentic writing assignment (having scope defined by manager and having an authentic audience, purpose, and format). 3. The course gives students feedback on the technical precision of the writing. 4. The course gives students feedback on the emphasis of the most important technical detailsWriting as an Engineer also provides students with opportunities to further engage
serves as a reviewer for several international conferences and peer-reviewed journals.Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda, Austin Peay State University Dr. Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda is a faculty member in the Department of Engineering technology at Austin Peay State University (APSU). Prior to his academic career, he gained valuable industry experience in roles ranging from New Product Development to Process Control. He holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Prior to joining APSU, he served as a faculty member at Ohio Northern University, where he
].This virtual shop platform provides a safe environment to validate robotic program for anykinematic motion of the factory floor components, before it is downloaded into the physicalcontroller. In addition to the safety features, virtual commissioning also saves cost from redundantcomponents, programming error, and debugging time, before the shop is actually built [6-8]. Inpreparing students for their future career, simulation experience integrated hands-on training is animportant part of their education. VR robotics simulation and weekly robotics laboratories areexcellent teaching aids for providing students with opportunities to implement the theory theylearn in class. Students begin their projects by identifying the main components of a
likely to switchout of engineering (Benson et al., 2019; Marra et al., 2012; Seymour & Hewitt, 1997), and showdecreased interest in pursuing engineering careers (Good et al., 2012; Lichtenstein et al., 2014). Developing a sense of belonging in engineering learning environments can beparticularly difficult for women, students of color, and students with disabilities because of theracism, sexism, and ableism they encounter throughout their postsecondary journey, however,students experiencing marginalization have also been known to resist systemic factors thatmarginalize them (Espinosa, 2011; Reinholz & Ridgway, 2021; Rodriguez & Blaney, 2021). Interestingly, much of the literature that focuses on the sense of belonging
need a way toarticulate both tacit and explicit knowledge. This paper presents a thought model about how thework of the Director of a successful program is organized.Composing a model of how diversity programs at colleges and universities should and/or dowork, as viewed from outside is likely to result in lists of events, which are clearly a part ofexplicit knowledge. A program has mentoring. It has bridge programs. It may include a varietyof career programs or speaker programs. What is typically invisible from outside is that theseevents and programs are outward manifestations of planning and practices that come from bothresearch and experience and a combination of tacit and explicit knowledge.What may not be evident from the external view is
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Factors and Ergonomics and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural recipient of William and Wendy Korb’s Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include data-driven decision-making, modeling and simulation, data analytics, immersive technologies, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve design and engineering education.Dr. Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden is an assistant professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State Abington. He has a Ph.D. and
Paper ID #41951Websites as Gateways to Inclusive Partnerships: Examining Diversity Representationfor Environmental Nonprofits and Engineering Programs in Buffalo, NewYorkDr. Monica Lynn Miles, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Monica L. Miles, Ph.D. is an early career Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo in the School of Engineering and applied sciences. Dr. Miles considers herself a scholar-mother-activist-entrepreneur where all her identities work in harmony as she reshapes her community. She is a critical scholar who seeks transformative solutions to cultivate
Sandoval, Phuong TruongAbstract: Learning can be a daunting and challenging process, particularly in engineering. Whilecognitive models for learning such as Bloom's taxonomy have been developed since the 1950s andevidenced to be useful in designing engineering courses, these models are not commonly explicitlytaught in classrooms to help students manage and regulate their own learning. In highly demandingcurriculum such as engineering, ineffective strategies can lead to poor academic performance thatcascades throughout a student’s academic career. Feedback from traditional examinations often donot provide personalized and actionable changes to study habits (i.e., with suboptimal scores,students may know they need to study more, but whether “more