eight of these 11 students said that the “ability to helppeople and society was an attractive feature of civil engineering.”15 A majority of the freshmen Page 25.1188.6said they enjoy teamwork or think of it as a personal strength.To assess the seniors, 68 students in a senior capstone design course were asked to complete a 1-page written survey on the outcomes of the BOK2. They ranked the three most importantoutcomes, ranked the outcomes least important to a civil engineering career, ranked the threeoutcomes they were personally weakest at, and ranked the three outcomes within CU’s programthat need the most attention.In addition, five
AC 2012-4064: SYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE LEARNING FOR UNDER-GRADUATE THERMAL ENGINEERING COURSES: TRIALS AND IM-PROVEMENTSDr. Amanie N. Abdelmessih, Saint Martin’s University Amanie Abdelmessih is professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, and Director of the Thermal Engineering Laboratory, Saint Martin’s University. Abdelmessih has industrial, teaching, and research experience. Abdelmessih started her career in the paper industry, then she taught in several higher education institutions, with the last 15 years at Saint Martin’s University. Abdelmessih has per- formed research at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Research Center, Ar- gonne National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest
communication and information technology are reshaping our society inunparalleled ways. With the ever frequent reengineering and restructuring of corporate America,engineers are often working in disciplines that transcend their formal education. For example,many engineering graduates follow diverse career paths in medicine, financial engineering,management, public policy, and other fields that require a systems-oriented analysis andsynthesis ability. In addition, the highly complex and multidisciplinary nature of modernengineering systems demand synergies between various engineering and science disciplines anda strong synthesizing approach. These dynamics point to the acute need for training engineeringstudents in a multidisciplinary, cooperative
the better. I can now see the benefits of planning andorganization. After completing this module I now have a focus on the type of career I would like topursue. I feel that with my strengths I would enjoy a job in biotechnology that involves teamresponsibilities and a job that is dynamic and unpredictable.”“I believe that by taking part in this new course I have learned a large amount of knowledge ranging fromthinking about inventing things to running a truly successful business. Most importantly, byunderstanding my thinking preferences and working towards developing my weaker disciplines I willgain an advantage over other people who do not understand these concepts. In the immediate future Ithink this course will prove extremely beneficial
their educational careers how to write with precision and brevity orhow to support an assertion with evidence. But they may need help in learning how to beprecise and concise in bioengineering—where is it best to use numbers, graphs, and chartsinstead of text? And they may need to see models of persuasive arguments. What constitutesevidence in bioengineering? What is the best way to reason? How can you verbally separate Page 6.841.11 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Educationresults from speculation
are vertically-integrated -each is a mix of freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors - and a student can participate in aproject for up to three and a half years. The continuity provided by this structure allows projectsto last for many years. Projects of significant size and impact are thus possible.Four projects are highlighted to illustrate the multidisciplinary aspects of the program. Theprojects selected illustrate mechanical, civil and electrical hardware and software design in thecontext of service learning. A discussion of how the program objectives align with the ABET2000 criteria is also included.IntroductionThe importance of significant design experiences to prepare undergraduate engineering studentsfor engineering careers has
process with documented results. Evidence must begiven that the results are applied to the further development and improvement of the program.The assessment process must demonstrate that the outcomes important to the mission of theinstitution and the objectives of the program, including those listed above, are being measured.Evidence that may be used includes, but is not limited to the following: student portfolios,including design projects; nationally-normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys;and placement data of graduates. Page 5.284.2
audience is in terms of its openness or readiness to engage thematerial.Yet another assumption embedded in the visiting scholar model is that skills and the techniquesof teaching are all that is necessary and sufficient to provide the nurturing and growth thatfaculty need throughout their careers as teachers, researchers, and administrators. For example,some institutions begin faculty development efforts by paying scholars to visit their campus andteach people skills that are immediately useful in their classrooms. A series of such visits mightbe labeled a “Faculty Development Program” in that they develop faculty skills, which arehopefully adopted and implemented for long periods of time. We question the claim that evenvery well-received
Mechanics course that serves as our testing ground is a mandatoryclass at the Academy for all cadets, regardless of major. It is part of a significant group of coreclasses that the Air Force mandates all Academy graduates pass in an effort to produce a well-rounded, balanced, academic exposure. This means the majority of cadets taking the course arenot mechanical engineering majors, or even in a technical major at all. Therefore, from thecadets perspective, the class and the mechanics taught are not viewed as critical to their degreesand/or to their careers and are likely not even interesting to a majority of cadets. What results,then, is a “study-to-survive”/ “all I want to do is pass” mentality with which a significant numberof cadets view each
around campus). A survey of our Freshman students indicated that this isextremely effective in exciting them to pursue a career in engineering.A hand-held reverse osmosis experiment that demonstrates some of the fundamental concepts ofmembrane separation processes is useful for:• introductory courses showing the principle of separation and process applications• demonstrations to pre-college students on engineering and technology• supplementing lecture courses on Separation Processes or Mass Transfer• a less expensive mini-lab experimentBackgroundReverse osmosis is probably the most well known membrane process and is used in many indus-tries for purification and concentration of various process streams. Although originally devel-oped in the early
encountering problems related to particle technology in their future careers are veryhigh. Therefore it is important for them to be exposed to this subject during their education. It ishoped that our CRCD project helps in overcoming the current deficiency in the engineeringcurriculum in this vital area.1.2. Significant Accomplishments1. Formation of an advisory board with particle technology experts from industry, academia and research laboratories. It comprises representatives from 12 industrial companies, 5 universities and a US National Laboratory. The board meetings are held every March, starting from March 1995.2. Development and running of the undergraduate lecture course (the first course), “Introduction to Particle
foreducational innovation in a classroom setting with traditional students or for use with non-traditional and remote instruction. It is greatly enhanced by technology-based resources,including electronic collaboration, and is a dynamic means for responding to changes inprinciples and practice. PBL concentrates on recent additions to our expanding knowledge base, is well suited toa rigid class structure where required, and provides a stimulating learning environment akin tothat of the workplace. Most importantly, it promotes the team-oriented, problem-solving skillsthat are necessary for life-long learning in support of productive careers and satisfying lives. Itssuccessful use by Wabash Valley Educational Alliance post-secondary institutions
performance data* Review current Program Educational Objectives and * Review current Program Outcomes, Outcome Indicators, consider possible changes and Criteria and consider possible changes* Evaluate candidate program changes and plan for * Review progress in implementing selected changes implementation of selected changes Spring Semester Spring Semester* Conduct mid-career alumni focus group session * Conduct employer focus group session* Prepare summary report on program assessment and * Prepare summary report on program assessment and improvement efforts
quality, although the lower average rating for females in labquality nearly reached significance. However, both males and females rated most items in themiddle of a 1-5 scale.I. INTRODUCTION In the US, as in most other countries, the field of engineering has been traditionallyoccupied by men. However, demographic trends indicate that by the year 2000 sixty-eightpercent of the new entrants into the US labor force will be women and minorities.1 Led bygovernment and industry, this reality has manifested itself in a national movement to encourageeducational institutions to increase the numbers of women and minorities pursuing careers inengineering.2 Statistics compiled over the last two decades reflect the status of women in
a great deal more than meetingwith students in a classroom and presenting lecture material. Faculty members must preparecourse materials and provide for appropriate testing; grade students' work, provide motivationalfeedback; tutor and advise students, not only in coursework, but in their career; initiate, followthrough and develop creative and scholarly activities, such as research and instructionaldevelopment; provide support and take an active service role in professional societies and act asliaison with industry; participate in active service to the university by serving on committees andworking on special projects, such as advising student clubs or working as a volunteer foractivities
created and work together over the course of an individual's academic career. 3. All students in a department participate in TQE. 4. Teams are composed of students of all class ranks. 5. Teams are student run with faculty in advisory roles. 6. Friendly competition is a prime-mover of the e ort. 7. The use of class credit is minimized. 8. Companies sponsor teams with both nancial and in-kind support.Whether or not such a program can be implemented across an academic unit in a more-or-less permanent way, remains an open question; however, many of these elements were testedin the two pilot semesters, Sp97 and Fa97.3.2 Di erences in the Pilot SemestersSpeci cally, the following di erences were necessary in the pilot semesters to
opportunities through strategic partnerships withrelevant entities can indeed benefit other institutions and programs looking to organize similarstudy abroad experiences.• Industry leaders: Interactions with CEOs and executives from companies in Abu Dhabi, includingthe Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, provided invaluable insights into the challenges andopportunities within the UAE's engineering industry. This information serves as a foundation forpreparing students for successful engineering careers and developing courses and programstailored to meet the demands of employers in the UAE.The established collaborations and gained insights from these interactions will significantlyenhance the effectiveness of future iterations of the Global Engineering
understanding diseases, properties of new materials, manufacturing methods,bioinstrumentation, sensors, drug delivery, among others. All these concepts supported not only abetter understanding of requirements but also the development of more detailed solutionsregarding technical descriptions.Being a specialized course, most undergraduate students took it in their career final year. Forgraduate students, most took it as it was related to their current research topics. When comparingthe methodology of this course with others taken, most students compared it with Senior Designor Capstone design courses. Some of the most relevant comments were:"The iterative design process used in this course compared to the ones used in other courses isthat the iterative
, and we suspect that it generalizes to similarsituations of high volume grading.Influence on Student LearningThis type of grading, with an emphasis on two points, may have an effect on student learning. Inall the 20 used for the college algebra graders’ interviews, 6 of them did not have any pointsplotted, 5 of them had points plotted on both left and right sides, none of them had points plottedonly on the left side, and 9 of them had points plotted only on the right side. We can see thestudents had a tendency to only plot points on the right side of the graph. Although we cannotsay for certain that feedback from graders over the student's career may play a large role in this,there does appear to be a culture among both graders and students of
. (2020). Code of Ethics. Retrieved from https://www.asce.org/-/media/asce-images-and-files/career-and- growth/ethics/documents/asce-code-ethics.pdf, on February 3, 2024.[13] Lingard, R., & Barkataki, S. (2011, October). Teaching teamwork in engineering and computer science. In 2011 Frontiers in education conference (FIE) (pp. F1C-1). IEEE.[14] Welsh, E. T., & Slack, M. E. (2023). A tale of two team formation methods: Innovative ways to form student teams. Journal of Education for Business, 98(2), 77-83.[15] Ivorra-Martinez, J., Gomez-Caturla, J., Moreno, V., Garcia-Garcia, D., & Quiles-Carrillo, L. (2023). SIMULATION OF A WORK ENVIRONMENT AS A LEARNING METHODOLOGY IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT
scientific research abilities, which are critical for their respective future careers.Engineering education is no exception to this academic requirement [1]. The employability ofengineering students today depends on more than just using their technical abilities; in order toeven secure part-time employment and progress in their careers, they also require complementaryprofessional abilities or soft skills [2], [3], [4]. These professional skills include the capacity forinitiative, teamwork, communication, planning and organization, and commercial acumen [5], [6],[7]. Professionals believe that communication skills are one of the most important skills requiredfor employability [8].Writing and more specifically academic writing and communication is an
, especiallythrough a critical lens, which is vital to examine as it influences their pedagogical practices,interactions with stakeholders (e.g., students, external community members, other faculty), andknowledge construction. To accurately develop and positively influence students’ engineeringidentity, faculty members must first assess their own professional identities and career decisionsas well as how those have come to be.Strategies for Consciousness Raising A common theme that emerges from each of the descriptions of critical consciousness ismaking sense of oneself as one evolves through the process of critical reflection, motivation, andaction. It is important to note that critical consciousness development and critical awarenesslevels may not
oral communication, reading computer literacy, teamwork, etc.).* 2. This course broadened my knowledge of the study and practice of civil engineering.* 3. This course helped me understand how to apply concepts from one scenario to another.* 4. This course encouraged creative thinking. 5. This course encouraged me to consider a career in civil engineering. 6. I want to apply what I learned during the course in the future.*Course Instructors (CI) Questions (per instructor) 1. The instructor was well-prepared for class. 2. The instructor used class time effectively. 3. The instructor's teaching methods aided my learning. 4. The instructor encouraged student participation in class. 5. The instructor encouraged
entrepreneurial mindset. Her previous research experience includes examination of implicit bias in the classroom and application of VR technologies to improve student engagement. Darby hopes to pursue a career in STEM education and educational research.Dr. Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk is an Associate Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Experiential Engineering Education Departments at Rowan. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring the Relationship between Transfer Students’ Social Networks and their Experience of
-transfer-students-earn-bachelors-degrees- excess-credits.pdf.[10] J. J. Giesey and B. Manhire. An analysis of bsee degree completion time at ohio university. Journal of Engineering Education, 92(3):275–280, 2003.[11] S. K. Hargrove and D. Ding. An Analysis of B.S.I.E. Degree Completion Time at Morgan State University. In International Conference on Engineering Education. International Network for Engineering Education and Research, October 2004.[12] M. M. Hossain and M. G Robinson. How to motivate us students to pursue stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers. Online Submission, 2012.[13] D. R. Hush, E. S. Lopez, W. Al-Doroubi, T. Ojha, B. Santos, and K. Warne. Analyzing student credits. 2022
Paper ID #42732Evaluating ChatGPT’s Efficacy in Qualitative Analysis of Engineering EducationResearchDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Dr. Xiaorong Zhang is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is the Director of the Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory (ICE Lab) at SFSU. She has broad research experience in human-machine interfaces, neural-controlled artificial limbs, embedded systems, and intelligent computing technologies. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award to develop the next-generation
on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners.Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Grace Panther is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln where she conducts discipline-based education research. Her research interests include faculty change, 3D spatial visualization, gender inclusive teamwork, and studying authentic engineering practice. Dr. Panther was awarded an NSF CAREER
Paper ID #42456Exploring Funds of Knowledge and Social Capital of Migratory Students inSTEM: Revised InstrumentUlises Juan Trujillo Garcia, Arizona State University Ulises Trujillo Garcia (he/him/´el) is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. He graduated from Boise State University with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. During his undergraduate Ulises held a number of leadership positions during his undergraduate career, which earned him a variety of accolades. These experiences helped him identify his passion which is rooted in supporting Latina/o/x students
Faculty in Residency at Google during the summer of 2018 to learn more about this company’s culture, practices, and to understand the expectations for candidates (e.g. aspiring CS majors) who pursue career opportunities at this company and related prominent companies in tech.Krystal L. Williams, University of GeorgiaAshley Simone Pryor, Morgan State University College junior and Vice President of the Society for the Advancement of Computer Science, a Morgan State University ACM chapter. Active member of Morgan State’s Women in Computer Science organization.Theodore Wimberly Jr., Morgan State UniversityMariah McMichael, Morgan State UniversityAbisola Mercy ArowolajuDonald Bernard Davis, Morgan State UniversityToluwanimi Ayodele
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