of Civil Engineers (ASCE), "Code of Ethics," 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.asce.org/career-growth/ethics/code-of-ethics.[23] American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), "Policy statement 418 - the role of the civil engineer in sustainable development," 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.asce.org/advocacy/policy-statements/ps418---the-role-of-the-civil-engineer- in-sustainable-development.[24] K. L. Sanford, P. J. Parker, M. W. Roberts, C. M. D. Wilson, M. R. Penn, R. Valdes- Vasquez, and F. Paige., "Infrastructure Education in Unprecedented Times: Strengthening a Community of Practice". In 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access.[25] S. R. Rosas and M. Kane, "Quality
complete.Using a well-optimized set of code could streamline this process, with the instructor’s version ofthe code requiring 2-8 minutes to complete, depending on the computer hardware (~7 minutesusing similar hardware as the students). As a result, students often expressed frustration waitingfor the code to complete the analysis and suggest that a smaller data set (one or two years) couldbe used in place of the 5-year dataset. However, we purposely choose a large data set to providea teachable moment, that even with advances in computational power, not all problems may haveimmediate solutions. Throughout their careers, students may have to simulate complexengineering systems using finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics(CFD
Paper ID #47453Engineering Connection: Growing Sustainable Outreach for Graduate StudentsSara C. Kern, Pennsylvania State University Sara Kern (she/her) is an Engineering Librarian at Penn State University. She earned her MA in history from Penn State and her MSLIS at Syracuse University. Her research interests include inclusive library outreach and instruction.Ms. Denise Amanda Wetzel, Pennsylvania State University Denise A. Wetzel is the Eric N. and Bonnie S. Prystowsky Early Career Science Libraries Professor and Science & Engineering Librarian at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. She is also the Patent and
Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering, Pelumi has taught as a teaching assistant both at Morgan State University and Obafemi Awolowo University. With passion to communicate research findings and gleaned from experts in the field as he advances his career, Olaitan has attended several in-persons and virtual conferences and workshop, and at some of them, made presentation on findings on air pollution, waste water reuse, and heavy metal contamination.Dr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025
water down the curriculum or the applications. They wanted to [feel] like… [...] “It's supposed to be a super tough major, and I love that my classes are weed out.” The faculty that are like “one of three of you is not going to make it” and they're proud of that. And then they don't want everyone to succeed.One potential change-making strategy in these contexts is framing change as a response to thedemands of a changing field. Given the rapid pace of change in technology, disciplinaryknowledges and practices, and broader society, some faculty members worry that “we teachthem stuff and then it's outdated by the time they leave.” To prepare students for careers in theirdisciplines, programs need to strengthen students’ ability
designed the exams to maintain anequivalent level of difficulty across courses. These activities provided opportunities for feedbackand collaboration, helping to enhance communication and learning skills. Another key aspect ofthe course was the application of knowledge to real-life problems, allowing students to apply theskills they learned in practical contexts. This approach not only deepened their understanding ofthe course's theoretical foundations but also equipped them with practical and relevant skills fortheir future professional careers. Homework assignments were regularly given at the end of eachclass and were due the night before the next session Furthermore, homework remains animportant source of information for students to prepare for
, Maryland. Pelumi got his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he also served as a research assistant at the Environmental Pollution Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering, Pelumi has taught as a teaching assistant both at Morgan State University and Obafemi Awolowo University. With passion to communicate research findings and gleaned from experts in the field as he advances his career, Olaitan has attended several in-persons and virtual conferences and workshop, and at some of them, made presentation on findings on air pollution, waste water reuse, and heavy metal contamination.Dr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University
education. She holds a Ph.D in computer science and specializes in a broad area of pervasive health technologies, and computer science education.Prof. Bryan Kim, Syracuse University Bryan S. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. His research interests center around building performant, reliable, and scalable memory and storage systems for data-intensive applications using emerging hardware technologies. His work has appeared in top computer systems venues such as FAST, ATC, OSDI, and EuroSys, and his research is supported through various projects, including the NSF CAREER award. ©American Society for Engineering
those others.”Soft skill development was noted as an advantage of empathy instruction. Some respondents choseto include empathy in their courses to improve students’ teamwork and interpersonalcommunication skills. “It will help students to better understand their users. It can help the students better understand each other, thus improving teamwork.” “It is a “soft skill” that can be beneficial to a career (particularly in management roles).”A number of instructors saw empathy instruction as one way to help students gain a betterunderstanding of the role and ethical obligations of a professional engineer. “Many of our students come to us with the
productivity. 10. There are times when I worry about being successful in my x x 1 career 11. When I feel uncertain about how I might perform compared to x x 1 others in an activity, I prefer to watch rather than participate. 12. How do you react to and handle failure
maintenance (O&M) phases. As a result, 45% of them had priorknowledge in construction AI. Therefore, despite a lack of confidence in artificial intelligence'sapplication, learning about AI driven software and its data analysis may benefit students' careers,attract recruiters, and help in adapting to evolving industry trends [4]. Florida InternationalUniversity introduced AI-focused classes in its construction management program, teachingstudents about AI applications for efficiency and productivity [5]. Stanford University offers agraduate-level course called "CEE329: AI in Construction," which aims at building knowledgeon AI's potential in construction and developing critical thinking skills for evaluating AItechnologies [6]. In 2024, the
resource sharing among instructors, potentially extending intoother courses in engineering mechanics.AcknowledgementsThese hands-on activities were made possible by National Science Foundation CAREER Awardgrant number 2045853. The authors thank Dr. James D. Boyd for their contributions towards theactivities.References[1] M. Stains et al., "Anatomy of STEM teaching in North American universities," Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), vol. 359, no. 6383, pp. 1468- 1470, 2018, doi: 10.1126/science.aap8892.[2] K. Børte, K. Nesje, and S. Lillejord, "Barriers to student active learning in higher education," Teaching in higher education, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 597-615, 2023, doi: 10.1080
cannot capture. These comments identify a broader range of negative andpositive course-related issues, providing deeper, student-centered, context-specific insights thathelp improve teaching outcomes [7, 13]. Free-response feedback can also unveil difficulties stu-dents experience during the course [14]. Moreover, the style of feedback itself can significantly shape the student experience. For in-stance, reflective writing can reveal “personal learning experiences” [8]. Research finds that re-flective journaling improves content comprehension and promotes self-analysis, encourages self-efficacy, fosters student engagement (especially when faculty respond to comments), and strength-ens career skills [4]. While collecting student feedback
of Toronto. She leads research and teaches on topics such as how engineers lead and learn to lead both as students and in practice. She has published on engineering leadership, equity in engineering, and incorporating systems thinking into complex decision making. Emily was appointed as Director of ILead in October, 2018 after more than twenty years in industry. Emily started her career at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada scaling up new materials and processes from the lab to manufacturing. In her 11 years at Xerox, Emily learned a great deal about leading teams and developing new products, becoming a manager and Principal Engineer. Emily then spent 10 years at Hatch, a global engineering firm serving the
into account diverse populations of students.In one example, a team member altered the course readings to be as inclusive of different racial,ethnic, gender, expertise, and field differences in the chosen journal articles, allowing the alreadydiverse student body to see how experts in their field viewed the topics and started to solve them.The intention was to give students more instances of diversity while modeling for them whattheir futures could be in this field. This member stated: “I [implemented class-wide] journal clubs in Surface Chemistry, [picking] authors that represented ethnic, racial, and gender minorities, viewpoints that were from different fields, and authors in various [career stages…] Diversity isn’t simply
coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1 Writing Assessment Training for Capstone Design InstructorsIntroduction Technical writing is vital for professional engineers, but engineering students oftenstruggle to master written communication [1]. To help students develop the necessary writingskills for their careers, many engineering programs implement writing intensive courses
careers. Developing a space outside of the course to advanceskillsets and highlight historical underpinnings related to JEDI allows for students and faculty toenter back into the classroom space with different worldviews.To incorporate the integration of JEDI principles directly back into the classroom, several abstractsspoke to the creation of a course focused solely on topics related to JEDI (n=12). Dodson et al.employed this approach in their course “Humanitarian Engineering Past & Present: Worcester,1885”, where they leverage role-playing of people living in an industrial city in centralMassachusetts [16]. Students get to experience the lives and perspectives of different stakeholdersduring that period, while engaging in class assignments
engineering education.Dr. Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University Dr. Dringenberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her current career purpose is to learn about and reveal beliefs that are widely-held as an implicit result of our socialization within systems of oppression so that she can embolden others to reflect on their assumptions and advance equity in their own ways.Dr. David A. Delaine, Florida International University Dr. David A. Delaine is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Department of
relatedto the technical topics being discussed. These sociotechnical dimensions are often alreadypresent and simply need to be explicitly addressed and reviewed. Incorporating such dimensionsas ethics, empathy, equity, and inclusivity is vitally important in training a workforce ofbiomedical and medical scientists and engineers in the generation of health products andsolutions that serve all populations.Previous studies have shown the educational benefits of working on socially-minded engineeringprojects, such as increased retention, especially for women and minoritized students [29-34].And indeed, more students are becoming committed to projects with social impact, with 72%expressing interest in future careers that prioritize sociotechnical
traditional aspects such as accreditation andassessment (Theme 1), recent years (2023-2024) show a growing interest in technological anddigital areas, such as online laboratories (Theme 7) and technology for teaching (Theme 9). Thissuggests that the engineering education system is in the process of adapting to the challenges ofdigitalization and remote teaching.Furthermore, the growth of themes such as recruitment and retention (Theme 8) indicates anemerging concern for attracting and maintaining talent in engineering careers, which is a keyfactor for the sustainable development of the sector. b) Evolution of trends over timeIf we delve into the data shown in Table 4, which are graphically represented in Figure 4, wenotice the category of
partner institutions selected as research sites represent a cross-section of populations,locales, and institutional histories and cultures, including two historically black colleges anduniversities (HBCUs), one rural university, one women’s college, and one predominantly whiteinstitution (PWI). Participant recruitment began in October 2022, and in an effort to include adiverse group of first-year, undergraduate, Black women, applications included questions aboutfamily financial and educational background, hometown, perceived high school academicpreparation, and long-term career goals. All applications were thoroughly reviewed anddiscussed by the entire research team before the final forty (40) participants were selected.The data collected
overemphasis on diverse engineeringapplications and Python libraries within lectures have diluted its focus on programmingfundamentals. As a result, many engineering students lack the foundational programmingknowledge needed to effectively apply computational tools in more advanced engineeringcourses. Moreover, this deficiency leaves students underprepared to meet the programming andcomputational demands of many engineering careers upon graduation. Recognizing thesechallenges, we seek to redesign CS 101 to better align with the needs of engineeringstudents.Previous research provides valuable insights into CS1 redesign. Efforts to redesign CS1 coursesfor non-CS major students have introduced specialized approaches tailored to different studentinterests
Pennsylvania. She completed a Ph.D. (2016) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, advised by Prof. Daniela Rus, and a B.S. (2011) in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University. Her research interest is computational design and fabrication for robotic systems, with a particular focus on origami-inspired and compliant robots. She is the recipient of a 2023 ONR Young Investigator award, 2019 NSF CAREER award, 2020 Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholars Award, and a 2017 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Artistic Non-Inertial Tracer (ANT): an Educational Kit for a 3-Link Origami Slithering
Paper ID #37404The Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric(EDPPSR) – Initial Validity and Reliability (Fundamental)Stacy S Klein-Gardner (Adjunct Professor) Stacy Klein-Gardner's career in P-12 STEM education focuses on increasing interest in and participation by females and URMs and teacher professional development. She is an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University where she serves as the co-PI and co-Director of the NSF-funded Engineering For US All (e4usa) project. She also serves as the co-PI, Lead Engineer, and Director of Partnerships for Youth Engineering Solutions
-12 Science Coordinator for an inner ring public school district near St. Louis, Mo. A satellite engineer for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) for 10 years prior to her career in STEM education, McMahon was the Director and a Co-principal In- vestigator for one of the 88 National Science Foundation (NSF) Local Systemic Change Initiative grants awarded nationwide for science and math education reform. For 15 years, she taught physics and as- tronomy in Washington University’s graduate course series for in-service K-8 teachers. McMahon was the Founding Director of MySci, an innovative and award-winning mobile science outreach program for K-2 students. In that role, she led a collaborative partnership of scientists and science