facing all institutions with such summer bridge programs is the follow upafter the summer bridge; what happens to the bridge students in their subsequent first year ofuniversity studies?Our experience indicates that bridge students need a follow on program that reinforces thelessons embedded in the summer bridge and extends those lessons to develop good student andprofessional habits of mind during students’ first year. Our data reflects this same issue as westruggle to retain URM students in Engineering. Since Fall Semester 2002 of new freshmendeclaring Engineering as a major: Page 22.1681.2 · 6% placed into Intermediate Algebra. Of that 6
newsletter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017No More Death By PowerPoint! Using an Alternative Presentation Model in a ChE Unit Operations Laboratory Course1. IntroductionIt is well-known that effective oral communication skills are critical to the success of chemicalengineering (ChE) graduates in the modern workplace1–8. With this in mind it is important thatChE instructors provide their students with numerous opportunities to practice oralcommunication skills through in-class presentations. However
. Krystina CallahanDr. Kimberly L Bothi, University of Delaware Dr. Kim Bothi has a multidisciplinary background in engineering and social sciences, with research and consulting experience across a range of developing country contexts. She earned a Ph.D. in global community-based resource management from Cornell University (2012), and holds earlier degrees in en- vironmental engineering from Cornell (MS, 2007) and McGill University (BSc.Eng., 2000). As Director of Global Engineering in the University of Delaware’s College of Engineering, Kim is responsible for expanding opportunities for students, staff and faculty to engage in cross-disciplinary, globally-minded research and academic programming. In 2016 and 2017, Kim co
defined in its mission statement. With an enrollment of over 1750 engineeringstudents, the engineering college is one of the largest undergraduate-only engineering programsin the United States.The engineering college has a long-standing reputation for excellent teaching, small class sizes,and extensive faculty-student contact and laboratory experiences. The vision of our College ofEngineering, Mathematics, and Science is to be “recognized as a leader in undergraduate …education in engineering, mathematics and science.” The College is further committed to“encourag(ing) departments to investigate opportunities for new programs which meet the needsof a changing society.”With this in mind, the fields of microsystems and nanotechnology were seen as
a student with disabilities enrolls [23].One online program that was fundamentally designed with accessibility for people in the BLVcommunity in mind is the Engineering Quotient (EQ) program administered by the NationalFederation of the Blind (NFB). This program was administered virtually online for four weeksduring the summer of 2021. The purpose of this paper is to explore advantages anddisadvantages of holding this engineering program online to teach spatial ability to BLV highschool students. The insights presented in this paper are part of a larger study exploring howBLV students used spatial language throughout the activities in the EQ program [24].Traditionally, the EQ program is held in-person at the NFB’s headquarters in Baltimore
Paper ID #17860Catalyzing a Research Agenda for Enhancing Engineering Education throughInstitutional CollaborationsDr. Keith W. Buffinton, Bucknell University Keith W. Buffinton is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and former Dean of the College of Engi- neering at Bucknell University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford. Following his graduate studies, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Institute for Mechanics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. From 2001 through 2004 he served as co-director of Bucknell’s
: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 2004.[2] UNESCO. Engineering issues challenges and opportunities for development. Paris, France. 2010. ISBN 978-92-3-104156-3[3] D.T. Conley, “Redefining college readiness”. Eugene, OR: Educational Policy Improvement Center. 2007.[4] H. Lowe, and A. Cook, “Mind the Gap: Are Students Prepared for Higher Education?”, Journal of Further and Higher Education, vol. 27, no.1, pp. 53–76, 2003.[5] E.P.W.A. Jansen, and J. Van Der Meer, “Ready for university? A cross-national study of students’ perceived preparedness for university”, Australian Educational Researcher, vol. 39, pp. 1–16, 2012.[6] M. Carr, B. Bowe, and E.N. Fhloinn, “Core Skills
program is the mentoring piece. Students are paired with Peer Mentors andIndustry Mentors (primarily Motorola Solutions engineers) who connect with them throughout the year toprovide positive guidance, encouragement and support as the students navigate the rigors of their courses.Additionally, events and activities are carefully designed to address areas of need and specific topics of interestthat inspires and engages students. Events such as Personal Branding to facilitate professionalgrowth/opportunities, Developing confidence as a female engineer/computer scientist, Female Engineers in theSpace Industry, Alumni Panel Discussions and Mindfulness are very eye-opening and inspirational for ourstudents.Motorola Solutions also hosts an extensive
each year and state. In these regressions, weuse underrepresented minority engineering share as an outcome, i.e., the proportion of engineeringgraduates in the state and year who do not identify as non-Hispanic White or Asian/PacificIslander. In our estimates we account for year and state fixed effects and control for a limitedvector of state-level covariates (racial composition of residents and the total number of graduatesin the state). We cluster standard errors by state. We emphasize that our methods are not suited forcausal inference, i.e., we cannot whether concentration affects the diversity of engineering degreeproduction. With that caveat in mind, our estimates indicate that states with less concentrationgenerally have more diverse
2006-246: PROGRESS ON RAISING THE BAR - ISSUES RELATED TO THEPROHIBITION ON DUAL-LEVEL ACCREDITATION OF ENGINEERINGPROGRAMSErnest Smerdon, University of Arizona Dean of Engineering Emeritus University of Arizona 6721 Los Leones Tucson, Arizona 85718 email: ejsmerdon@yahoo.comStephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy Vice Dean for Education Office of the Dean U.S. Military Academy West Point, NY 10996 email: Stephen.Ressler@usma.eduJames K. Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler Brazzel Professor and Chair Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Boulevard, Tyler, TX 75799 email: jknelson@uttyler.eduJim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers
2006-1139: DESIGN VERSUS RESEARCH; ABET REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNAND WHY RESEARCH CANNOT SUBSTITUTE FOR DESIGNJohn D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering John D. Gassert, Ph.D., P.E., is currently a Professor and Biomedical Engineering Program Director at Milwaukee School of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 1995 from Marquette University and his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1971 and 1974 also from Marquette University. Gassert is a member of BMES and the Accreditation Activities Committee of the BMES, a Senior Member of the IEEE, an ABET EAC program evaluator for Biomedical Engineering, and a member of the NSPE. He has developed and taught
Paper ID #24744Safe Zone Level 2 Ally Training (90-minute Workshop)Dr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA). Prior to 2016 she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan for eigh- teen years. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in inductive pedagogy, spatial skills, and inclusion and diversity. She has been honored by the American Society of Engineer- ing Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005
must help engineering leadership studentsdevelop a growth mindset and discover the sophistication of mind to celebrate diversity, equity,and inclusion in their daily lives, school, and workplace. This requires us to consider inclusiveleadership as a foundational approach to engineering leadership development.Inclusive leadership has been shown to positively impact team performance, decision-making,collaboration, innovation, and motivation. Inclusive leaders celebrate differences and recognizeand challenge attacks on DEI. As engineering leadership educators, we must lead by example,model inclusive leadership behavior, and have courage to infuse these concepts into ourcurriculum.This paper assembles the collective thoughts, perspectives
students in their academic programs. International students experience a variety of adjustment issues that affect the teaching andlearning processes that take place in the classrooms. The primary issues are associated withcultural differences, communication, psychological states of mind and academic challenges 6–8.For example, students from Asia who come from very structured and hierarchical societies areused to a passive-learning, instructor-led approach to education. Those students must adapt to themore active, student-driven education style, found in U.S. institutions 9. Developing teamwork skills is essential for any engineering professional since engineering isby nature a collaborative discipline 10. The importance of this skill is
Page 12.325.3design is completed.Why Multidisciplinary?The traditional IE is not equipped with all of the skills necessary to tackle such a multi-faceted topic. In fact, no single engineering discipline appears to have all of the skillsnecessary to address the topic of designing products with the environment in mind. Thus,a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding environmental concerns is a fundamentaldecision to adequately address the topic.The NAE states that “engineers have been aware that solutions to many societal problemslie at the interstices of subdisciplines” and that “there is a growing need to pursuecollaborations with multidisciplinary teams of experts across multiple fields.”In addition to the NAE citing the need for
OITIndustry Advisory Council which meets at least twice a year to discuss how OIT can better serveindustry’s needs.The suggestions expressed were these: • Maintain articulation agreements with community colleges so that transfer students could ‘mesh’ smoothly into higher level MMET degrees. • Offer course work that can be easily taken by full time workers so they can advance their learning skills with a minimum impact to their jobs. • Keep the education process for engineering students as practical as possible so that new hires in the MMET arena would be ‘plug and play’, that is, productive from day one on the job. • Generate a mind set with the students that creates both a requirement and a desire to be ‘life
Engineering Education, 2018 International Experience of Engineering Technology Students Learning About Renewable EnergyCultural exposure is said to be an enhancement to collegial learning. With this in mind, students inan engineering technology program were given the opportunity to go to Germany to a regionaluniversity, experience education in that setting, and visit sites dedicated to renewable energy. Thestudents were given a two-week experience that taught them through both formal and informalmeans. Ultimately, students experienced curiosity, openness to different cultural norms, and wereable to identify components of other cultural perspectives responding with their own worldviews.The researchers utilized
senior-level counterparts, without sacrificing feasibility from a manufacturing and design perspective.” This occurred even though the seniors were more advanced in technical and drafting knowledge and skills. As might be expected, the authors recommended more studies. For example, they suggested determining the types of classes and pedagogical techniques that enhance creativity/innovation and considering changing curricula to more effectively promote students’ creative/innovative abilities throughout their undergraduate education. Engineering professor Richard McCuen19 addresses our creative-innovative mind set, or lack thereof, by offering this thought: “The attitude that creative thinking
University of San Diego, she worked as a Senior Research Engineer at L3 Technologies. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Thermodynamics Design Project that Applies Theory, Explores Renewable Energy Topics, and Considers the Economic and Social Impacts of the DesignsAbstractThermodynamics courses introduce theoretical concepts that can be applied to real-worldproblems using impactful project-based learning (PBL). Entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) can augment PBL by instilling an entrepreneurial mindset (EM), categorized by curiosity,making connections, and creating value, in the students. This paper describes a group
pressures and difficulties their students may be facing 5. Train students to be continually aware of the mental health and wellness of themselves and othersThe following sections will describe the committee’s reasoning for selecting these five goals. Thereader should bear in mind that the decision to adopt these particular objectives was based on thecommittee members’ personal experiences, conversations with students, the university resourcesavailable, and the atmosphere and culture of this specific department. The initiatives describedhere may not be appropriate in every chemical engineering department or at everyuniversity.2.1 Increasing student/faculty and student/student interactionThe CBE Wellness Committee recognized that it
many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain practices such as
/Instructors.pdf. [Accessed: 10-Mar-2019].[21] ABET, “Criteria for accrediting engineering programs (2016–2017),” 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting- engineering-programs-2016-2017/. [Accessed: 29-Jan-2019].[22] “25 Years of Washington Accord,” 2014.[23] E. Schwitzgebel and J. Rust, “The moral behavior of ethics professors: Relationships among self-reported behavior, expressed normative attitude, and directly observed behavior,” Philos. Psychol., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 293–327, 2014.[24] J. Haidt, The righteous mind. New York: Vintage Press, 2012.[25] J. D. Greene, Moral tribes: Emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them. New York
Lecture Courses via Student Designed and Implemented ExperimentsAbstractOne of the primary goals in engineering education is to equip students with the ability to applyknowledge (e.g. principles of science and math from core engineering courses) to complexproblem solving situations. Thus, at the culmination of a program of study geared towardbuilding a student’s knowledge base, two questions that linger in the educators mind are: • have students acquired process skills – do they understand how to employ their knowledge in practice? • have they acquired epistemological skills – do they understand the correct application and limitations of their knowledge and are they able to acquire new knowledge as needed to
AC 2011-1722: USING FAMILIAR ANALOGIES TO TEACH FUNDAMEN-TAL CONCEPTS IN THERMO-FLUIDS COURSESAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man- agement and Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and member
authors found that thecitizen scientists’ perceptions toward engineering as a process were greatly influenced by theirparticipation in the project. However, their perceptions of engineers as persons did not change.Interestingly, the citizen scientists volunteered their own “funds of knowledge” aboutengineering skillsets and “habits of mind” but did not connect their personal traits and skills toengineering or engineers. Since the rainwater harvesting project of the citizen scientists wassimilar to the open-ended, project-based learning experiences of many engineering students, weposit that student perceptions of the engineering process are strongly influenced by project-basedlearning, but the impact on their engineering identity is limited. We
common with the students’ definitions ofethical/moral character included being humble, open-minded, and personable, and havingrespect, empathy, and self-awareness. However, the interviewees identified some unique traitsrelated to the engineering ethics context, such as having common sense, hardworking, diligent,and loyal.Technical competence was the most common trait identified by the students that was unique tothe engineering context. Some of the interviewees who stated technical competence as importantfor engineers to possess also demonstrated an awareness of the impact and power of thespecialized skills that engineers possess, and thus, the responsibility they have to protect generalpublic.The interviewees also referenced engineering norms
teamwork are defined as importantfactors in developing and assessing entrepreneurial skills in engineers10,11 and in general.12,13Additionally, communication, teamwork and problem solving are essential components ofABET’s a-k outcomes.14 The development of programs for 15, 16 and assessments of17. 18 theseskills continues to be a focus on engineering education publications.MethodsMultiple methods were used to assess the Leadership Academy. An overview of all of thesemethods is shown on Table 1. Two surveys were given to students who participated in theacademy before and after the completion of academy activities. The first was a survey with itemstailored to each of the most recent KEEN outcomes called the Entrepreneurial Minded Learning(EML
Paper ID #17207Exploring the Feasibility of an Educational Computer Game as a Novel Meansof Assessing Problem Solving CompetenciesDr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Darren Maczka is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His background is
together, even if you don't want to. I didn't mind it because ... you definitely can't do those [tasks] by yourself because that's an hour with a group. That's ridiculous if you want to do it by yourself. (Peter) As projects become larger scale, and more complicated there’s a limit to what one person can accomplish. (Stanley)When expanding their discussion to examine the role of diversity in engineering teams, the teamviewed diversity as a necessity to provide perspectives to achieve a pragmatic goal. If you're an individual, you would only have one perspective, and working in a team gives you multiple perspectives. It would help improve on things you didn't see by yourself. (Xander) There are
working environment. Yes, I decided to as engineering first because, actually in my mind I never think about teaching. But after several month of I worked as engineer, and my mother said, “Your face looks stressed.” And going back late at night and overtime is on that’s all make a little bit difficult for the parents but for me, I think it’s normal…after several months I decided to marry, so my parents said, “You just quit the job and apply for academic.” - Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, 8 YearsA senior lecturer shared her experience of joining academia once it was time for her to getmarried: “I forgot to answer why I involved in education, the reason was, at that time I worked in a factory and