, and their plan for communityengagement.Data collection and analysisData were collected following institutional review board approval of our study protocol andinformed consent was collected from students. We collected team deliverables as well asdistributed a survey at the end of the design challenge intended to understand the agency studentsexperienced during the challenge [29], [30].To understand how students framed the problem of acid mine drainage, we inductively coded thepotential solutions to acid mine drainage proposed during the ideation phase deliverable of thechallenge [31]. Table 1 shows the categories and examples within those categories. Weconducted a chi square test of difference to determine if the number of suggestions varied
frameworkthat recognizes the need for 1) initial and ongoing professional development for engineeringinstructors who seek to create and teach equity-centered courses, and 2) a collective effort bydepartment leaders and teams of faculty that receive ongoing support for their efforts fromconception and design of equity-centered courses and through implementation and evaluation ofthese curricular reform efforts. This holistic approach faces an important challenge, which is toaccommodate different users in different contexts while providing concrete, practical guidance.We plan to address this challenge by partnering with early adopters (departments andindividuals) to study the framework. We will study their experiences as department leaders andinstructors
sizing so as to improve transistor gain and minimize losses. The author proposes an innovative method of inferring Smith Charts obtained in Advanced DesignSystem (ADS) and then validating them with Matlab codes in an academic setting which includes theEECE.5170-MMIC Design and Fabrication, and EECE.5050-Microwave Electronics courses. Itincorporates thorough class room understanding of (1) Transmission Line theory fundamentals, (2) MMICDesign, and (3) Smith Charts, which are of vital importance to create perfectly matched networks in thedesigns. A case study of designing a high power amplifier involving IMN, OMN and ISMN is planned to bepresented and validated using Matlab codes. ADS Simulation results of insertion and return losses for all
makingtheir values salient, leaders activate those aspects of their self-concepts (identities, beliefs,attitudes) to which their followers can relate. By creating the relatedness of the self-concepts,leaders and followers form a collective identity that then aids in motivating and regulating thefollowers’ behavior [24].Complexity Leadership Theory, another non-traditional approach to leadership, argues forleadership seen as a “system of dynamic, unpredictable agents that interact with each other incomplex feedback networks” [25]. Leadership that emerges from such complex systems canfocus on adaptation (producing change, knowledge dissemination, learning, and innovation),administration (producing formalized plans of action), or enabling (minimizing
skilled at seeing cultural practices around them, rather than narrowingtheir focus only on what we went in planning to study. We drew from Carlone’s work [13, 14] indesigning protocols and onboarding activities for our team. We realized that these practices ofcultural analysis overlapped with some of the orienting goals of the STS program andcompetencies it was trying to cultivate. For example, Dr. Gupta had observed an STS lessonwhere the instructor invited students to photograph the contents of different refrigerators theyhad access to (at home and at work) and then analyze those scenes. In a research meeting, Dr.Gupta noted that, “these activities prepare them to take up cultural analysis.”At the 2020 Physics Education Research Conference, Dr
shared 5. Explorations of options for new roles, relationships, and actions 6. Planning a course of action 7. Acquiring knowledge and skills for implementing one’s plans 8. Provisional trying of new roles 9. Building competence and self-confidence in new roles and relationships 10. A reintegration into one’s life on the basis of conditions dictated by one’s new perspective [3, p.22]For Mezirow [3-4], Merriam [5], Illeris [6] and scholars of engineering education who haveapplied these frameworks in their own work [6-10], “true transformative learning touches deeplyinto participants’ sense of identity, community, and overall worldview, rather than just depositingcontent into the surface of a learner’s awareness” [2
problem, rather than only focus on describingpossible solutions. With these considerations, the design scenario prompt for our focus groupparticipants was the following: A small grocery store in a low-income neighborhood has "long lines" and has hired your group to make a plan to solve this problem. The store is following their state and county guidelines for social distancing due to COVID-19, which has just started spreading. Some employees had to quit because of employer policies and/or underlying health conditions. However, even with the state-enforced reduced capacity, the store check-out lines get very long. The remaining employees have even seen customers at the back of the line just putting down
States’ second-largest private employer and the world’s largest onlineretailer [23]. Established in 1994 as an online bookseller, Amazon has since expanded into ageneralized e-commerce platform, extending its services to include the world’s largest cloudcomputing platform, a range of personal devices, and an entertainment company [24]. Amazon’smarket dominance is driven by Amazon Prime, a paid subscription plan whose central service isguaranteed two-day delivery on an extensive range of goods [25]. In addition to its products andonline services, Amazon has increased its physical footprint with outposts such as Amazon Go (aconvenience store chain with a cashierless setup, where customers are automatically charged forwhat they carry out) and
campus and planning to headout for a week break. Then, they were suddenly told to pack up and permanently leave campus,not to come back after break. Their studies would continue by distance learning.Faculty had similar instructions — immediately shut down your research and teaching labs, sendyour graduate students home (if possible), abandon the campus (as it was about to be completelylocked down), and prepare to teach remotely. For some, the latter requirement was thrust uponthem without adequate preparation so they had to muddle ahead. For others, their universitieshad previously introduced their faculty to distance learning didactic concepts as a matter ofcourse, so for those faculty the transition may have been a lot smoother. For some
Fritz Hillman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Edward Hillman is a recent BSc mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus. During his Bachelor’s he studied the mechanical characterization of full culm bam- boo and worked as a systems engineering intern at Lockheed Martin. He plans to pursue a graduate degree in his field of Mechanical Engineering with an interest in Mechatronic system design.Mr. Gerald Luciano Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Gerald L. Figueroa is an artist and graphics designer, currently expanding his skillset while pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Gerald has always been engaged in diverse projects which
, to analysis. Most importantly, the research should havea clear purpose, and all efforts should be planned around that purpose42. The research subjects areidentified in the planning stage of the research due to their relationship with the specific aspect ofthe world under consideration. They should also be selected to obtain as much variation in theirexperiences as possible, but still within the purpose of the study. Phenomenographic datacollection usually revolves around interviews51, which have an open ended format withinterviewees responding to an initial question or problem. “The researcher and researched mustbegin with some kind of (superficially) shared topic, verbalized in terms which they bothrecognize as meaningful”52(p299). The
over many years by large teams, routinely deliver simulations without a global "guarantee" of correctness, and the users must devote considerable resources to plan and conduct ad-hoc numerical experiments before using the software with confidence. The fact that lessons learned during those ad-hoc experiments are seldom documented and calibrated with benchmarks gives rise to a trustworthy issue, i.e., different FEM software gives different results of simulations for the same mesh design and mathematical model of a specific physical
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. aligns recitation topics with lecture, structures class sessions well).• level of planning (e.g. comes prepared to class, knows the specific session material such as homework content before teaching it).• level of fairness (e.g. grades fairly, shows flexibility in extenuating circumstances).• clarity in teaching (e.g. frames lessons effectively, provides accessible explanations).• enthusiasm in teaching (e.g. shows excitement for topic, shows interest in student learning).The second coding pass identified all instances of these behaviors and put them in the context ofhow and why students thought those behaviors were important. The presence or absence of eachcode in each interview was tallied. This method was selected in lieu of
inequities in STEM education using quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural studies, critical race, gender and feminist the- ories. Her book, the Borderlands of Education, is co-authored with Susan Lord, Professor of Electrical Engineering. Camacho is affiliated faculty with the Department of Ethnic Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and the School of Peace and Justice.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy
from high school through college completion. Her responsibilities have included managing various award and faculty recruitment programs, analyzing the impact of state legislative actions, coordinating efforts to increase resilience among college students, and preparing white papers on topics ranging from classroom utilization to student success. Dr. Rincon received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA and an M.S. in Information Management from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from The University of Texas at Austin.Prof. joan Chalmers Williams, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor
,Assimilating, Converging, and Accommodating. Project-based experiential learning ideallyharnesses a student’s natural interest and motivation to navigate an iterative path of evolvingexperiences, each of which enhance learning in different ways. Figure 1: Kolb's Experiential Learning Conceptual ModelImplementation of the experiential learning model is commonly done through project-basedlearning. Blumenfeld et al. defined project-based learning as, “A comprehensive perspectivefocused on teaching by engaging students in investigation.” 23 Within this framework, studentspursue solutions to nontrivial problems by asking and refining questions, debating ideas, makingpredictions, designing plans and/or experiments, collecting and
slows the spread of technology enabled pedagogy – cost. Specifically, theyconcluded that “equipment prices tend to still be too high and are not sufficiently stable to enableeffective planning, especially with respect to how costs are split between universities and theirstudents [12].” There was a discussion of possible business models that could enable students topurchase and keep their own personal kits. While the cost of these active learning platforms isquite low (usually less than or comparable to the price of a typical new ECE textbook), manyschools (especially Minority Serving Institutions or MSIs) find it a major challenge to ask theirstudents to purchase or even rent the existing device options. Some purchase a collection ofpersonal
by employers.The islands’ technical industries struggle to fill positions with local qualified talent, whilepersonnel hired from off-island have twice the attrition rate as local hires [2]. Currently, with theDaniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) under construction and planning for the potentialconstruction of the Thirty Meter Telescope underway, demands on Hawai‘i’s workforce are onlyincreasing. Since a majority of observatory positions are engineering and technology related,demand is highest for individuals with degrees in engineering, engineering technology, andcomputer science. Further exacerbating relations between telescopes and the community aresignificant disparities in demographics of telescope personnel. For example, women
- facturing, Bioengineering, Material Science), and as Faculty in the engineering department for the past twenty seven years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #25116Industry experience: Consulting; since 1987; Had major or partial role in: I) performing research forindustry, DOE and NSF, and II) in several oil industry or government (DOE, DOD, and NSF) proposals.Performed various consulting tasks from USA for several oil companies (Jawaby Oil Service Co., WAHAOil and Oasis Co., London, England). The responsibilities included production planning, forecastingand reservoir maintenance. This production
,locating, and collecting information on objects that are potentially unexploded ordnance(UXO).” The students had two semesters and a budget of $15,000 to go from this statement to afield demonstration of their solution in Key West, FL.This project’s multi-disciplinary nature, broadly defined real world problem, engaged andthoughtful sponsor, and unique advising requirement produced student outcomes that covermost if not all of the ABET student outcomes criteria. This paper will cover the project fromconcept to final successful demonstration including; team forming, academic advising, missionplanning, project planning, research, development, fabrication, sensor development, sensorintegration, testing, demonstration, reporting, assessment and
bylocal and global collective action. We recognize that the next generation of leaders will be taskedto develop responses to a wide set of wicked problems in a socially and environmentallyappropriate manner. Some of the most prominent wicked problems in the immediate future willinclude sustainable urban planning, alleviating climate change, and feeding the world, to name afew. Emergent leaders, many of whom are currently students within and outside of engineering,will be central to realizing a more sustainable world for future generations. Our goal as authors isto inspire these future leaders (our students) to become motivated to and confident in respondingto these wicked problems in a manner that is socially appropriate and environmentally
between the Navajo way of life, which is a holistic cycle of thinking,planning, living, and assuring/testing,119 and an engineering design process (ask, imagine, plan,create, improve120). Thus the structure of the project itself can be described and presented in away that carries cultural meaning for Navajo students.Further, design projects can be structured to blend culture and course material. In engineeringoutreach camps in the Navajo Nation, students were asked to write a story related to their culture(e.g., “Describe a day in the life of a Navajo middle school student”). Students then, learn theengineering design process and build a Rube Goldberg®-style chain reaction machine that tellsthe story they wrote. This not only helps the students
together. Hello All -- Thanks to everyone for your patience as we organize a plan for the ASEE paper. After reviewing the reflective essays you wrote, thinking about the time we have available, and realizing how hard it is to schedule a joint meeting, here is what we propose. Paper: We address two questions in our ASEE paper (1) What types of experiences might be associated with being interviewed about a reflection activity, (2) What larger scale issues surface when reflecting on interviews about reflection activities? While we’ve already noticed patterns across your reflective essays for each of these questions (i.e., patterns in your experiences, and patterns in the types of larger scale issues
the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Systematic Review of Sustainability Assessments in ASEE ProceedingsAbstractEngineers are increasingly called upon to develop innovative solutions while balancingcompeting economic, environmental, and social design constraints. Consequently, manyeducators and professional organizations are calling for improvements in
, the usual elements are identified: time, budget, team members, and materials44.Much of the subsequent discussion in this paper focuses on the planning aspect of arts problem-solving in primary education, but includes a discussion of the transfer of these skills to otherdomains. The types of questioning employed by arts teachers45 suggests that these arts problem-solving experiences are valuable early-life practice for project planning in secondary and highereducation.Pitri, on the other hand, focuses on “identifying how skills and dispositions related to problemsolving are expressed in a child’s behavior and artwork”46 and approaches problem-solving fromthe point of view of critical thinking. Following a thorough inventory of critical
these questions were not selected by students during the prioritization process. Thecategorized list of priority questions was revised during the last class of the term; students wereable to either answer the questions related to the properties of materials in renewable energyapplications, or to identify which ones were beyond the scope of the course, e.g. “How pollutantis the extraction/production of RE materials compared to fossil fuels?”The timeline prepared by the students at the beginning of the term was more aspirational thanorganizational. It was observed that students with more detailed timelines were the most likely tostick to their plan of progress, at least partially.The papers from Group 1 were, as expected, focused on applications
Paper ID #30435Real-World Examples and Sociotechnical Integration: What’s the Connec-tion?Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines Jacquelene Erickson is a fourth year undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. After graduation in May 2020, she plans to work in electrical distribution design at an engineering firm.Dr. Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen is a Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She ob