develop hybrid educational modules linked to engineering grandchallenges to improve science and math concepts in k-12 curriculum.References 1. Ward, J. S., & Fontecchio, A. (2012, October). Work in progress: The NAE Grand Challenges, high school curricula and Graduate student research. In Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012 (pp. 1-2). IEEE. 2. Davis, V., Raju, P. K., Lakin, J., Davis, E. (2016). Nanotechnology Solutions to Engineering Grand Challenges. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. 3. Mote Jr, C. D., Dowling, D. A., & Zhou, J. (2016). The Power of an Idea: The International Impacts of the Grand Challenges for Engineering. Engineering, 2(1), 4-7 4. Thomas, J. W. (2000). A
this paper is to examine the impacts of different mindsets on the way educatorsapproach their teaching and research. Although the results from this four-person study are notgeneralizable to engineering or education faculty more broadly, gaining a better understanding ofthe problem-solving-relevant mindsets of these individuals can add greater detail andunderstanding to concepts explored in previously established literature.This paper is organized as follows. In the next section, we describe the background and literaturerelevant to our study. Next, we describe our methods for collecting and analyzing the interviewtranscript data. The Findings section describes the mindsets and themes we found in the databased on the analysis process. It is
received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2017, and her M.S. in Engineering Education Research from the University of Michigan in 2020. As a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sarah is studying the mental health experiences of engineering graduate students.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. He believes in a strong connection between engineering education research and practice, and his research
four midwestern research institutionsAbstractNSF ADVANCE has been instrumental in supporting institutional practices leading to theincreased representation of women in STEM. However, research suggests institutional cultureand practices evolve slowly, and much progress remains to create a collaborative and supportivework environment where women scientists, mathematicians, and engineers can thrive,particularly those with intersectional identities, including women of color and women withcaregiving responsibilities. A partnership of four midwestern research universities joinedtogether in late 2019 to adapt, design, implement, and assess the impact of a coordinated suite ofprograms intended to enhance the career success of women and
-year project to develop, implement, and studyoutcomes from the curriculum to promote development of inclusive engineering identities. Todevelop our experimental curricula of inclusive engineering practices, we draw on this literaturereview as well as survey data collected from the baseline year of this research project. Thefollowing section reports on baseline findings from students in two first-year engineering coursesthat did not include diversity or identity specific curriculum.Baseline SurveyTo assess the impact of the inclusive engineering identities curriculum, a quasi-experimentalresearch design was adopted. Data collection took place at a large public university with astudent body comprised of 17% underrepresented minorities, 51% women
inEngineering Programs: Evolving Best Practices, Association to Institutional Research, Tallahassee, FL, Chapt. 8,2008.5. McCaulley, M. H., “The MBTI and Individual Pathways in Engineering Design,” Engineering Education, 80 (5),537-542 (July/August 1990).6. Wankat, P. C. and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, Chapt. 13, 1993. Availablefree as pdf files on the web at https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/AboutUs/Publications/TeachingEng/index.html7. Montgomery, D. C. and G. C. Runger, Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, Wiley, New York, pp.436-441, 1994.8. Watson, K., “Guest Editor’s Page. Change in Engineering Education: Where Does Research Fit?” J. Engr. Educ.,98 (1), 3-4 (Jan. 2009).Table 1. Concentrations in
American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching the teachers: Expanding impact of technical education through Secondary SchoolsAbstractSecondary schools are in a prime position to introduce students into careers in Supply ChainManagement and Logistics. However, these teachers often lack any practical experience in thefield and lack the understanding to communicate the latest trends, technologies, and careeropportunities to their students. The teachers also lack understanding in how to connect thesehigh-demand careers to their current course offerings in technology or business management.The NSF Award “Technology-Based Logistics: Leveraging Indiana’s Role as the Crossroads ofAmerica” (Awards 1304619
, from New Mexico State University. Dr. Torres’ research areas include the science and advancement of materials, such as concrete and cementitious materials, glass fibers, and composite materials. Dr. Torres’ research interest also extends to the classroom, where he is constantly evolving his courses to provide the best education to his students.Dr. Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos Dr. Vedaraman Sriraman is a Piper and University Distinguished Professor of Engineering Technology and Associate Director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research at Texas State University. Dr. Sriraman’s degrees are in mechanical and industrial engineering. His research interests are in engi- neering
data on community impacts. These two expertswill be referred as external partners in the research.3.2 Research Methods The research described in this paper addresses the first phase of a larger project thatinvolves two phases. This project seeks to design and test innovative graduate education models.The goal of the first phase is for students to embark on a cyber-physical systems (CPS) orproduct lifecycle management (PLM) topic and in partnership with experts and faculty mentorsdevelop two online educational modules that describe an application-oriented view of CPS andPLM. In the second phase of this research, these modules will be integrated in existingundergraduate or first-year graduate courses at four different institutions (2 SUs
hypothesis to better align them with the real-world. Inthe last two decades, the National Research Council has encouraged the use of “student-centeredinquiry-learning” teaching methods in secondary and postsecondary curricula6,7. These strategieshave been widely incorporated into classes such as anatomy and physiology8, biology 9,10,mathematics11, business marketing12, among many others. Applications of these techniques ininterdisciplinary programs spanning from science to engineering are still lacking. The student-centered inquiry-learning educational theory and best practices serves as the educationalframework of the proposed program.As illustrated in Figure 1, the process starts with a background evaluation for each trainee andthe follow-up
independently by the timethey graduate. Research in engineering education has demonstrated both the importance ofwriting in the engineering workplace and the extent to which new graduates struggle with thegeneric and rhetorical features of workplace writing [1], [2], [3]. The ME department establisheda committee of four engineers and one writing instructor to determine how better to preparestudents for writing in the curriculum and in their careers.As documented in a previous study, the committee first identified all of the courses in the MEcurriculum that included technical communication instruction. We then categorized thatinstruction by genre, including memos, presentations, reports, and technical drawings. Usingmemos as a starting point, we then
-winning mentors is the ability to establish and sustain a sense of challenge whilemaintaining meaningful engagement and a sense of achievement amongst students. This requiresan understanding of diverse student backgrounds, and can be transferred to other faculty via facultyconversations and mentoring.8 Undergraduate research is also a high impact practice for retainingstudents in the STEM disciplines.9 A review of nearly forty years of scholarship presents a complexportrait of the myriad factors that influence the undergraduate and graduate experiences of womenof color in STEM fields, providing guidance for advancing the status of women of color inSTEM.10 Best practices have been shown to succeed when transplanted to new universities.11,12This
Society for Engineering Education and Association for Computing Machinery. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work in Process: Collaborative Design ProjectsAbstractSoft skills such as leadership, effective communication and being able to function inmultidisciplinary teams are required to be successful in engineering workplaces. The complexityof engineering problems has required engineers to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.Therefore, multidisciplinary capstone design has been becoming a regular practice in engineeringschools. However, collaborative design among multiple disciplines for non-capstone courses hasbeen neglected. In spring 2018, students enrolled in Measurements and
Paper ID #32198Exploring the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on FacultySarah Trainer, Seattle University Sarah Trainer is a medical anthropologist. Her work examines everyday negotiations around identity, wellness, and challenges to these within the context of large organizations. She is currently the Research & Program Coordinator for a National Science Foundation–funded ADVANCE Program at Seattle Uni- versity.Dr. Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University Agnieszka Miguel received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Washing- ton, and MSEE and BSEE from Florida Atlantic University in 1996 and
sophomore and junior years.Even within capstone courses, teamwork instruction can be limited. A national survey ofcapstone design courses that included faculty beliefs and teaching practices by Pembridge andParetti showed that teamwork, as a separate topic from project management, were rarely in thetop five topics covered in the course [18]. Much attention in literature has been focused aroundhow to form teams [19-23] and using peer-evaluation to improving teamwork skills [24, 25] butthere are still many open-ended questions relating to the best way to manage and mentor teams[15].One major reason for benchmarking teaming experiences currently in the curriculum is to betterunderstand where students are exposed to teams throughout a curriculum. This
framework members is discipline-dependent, the construction of the argumentis field- invariant. When using argumentation in a classroom environment, the instructor plays animportant role by helping the student understand theories and principles, but the instructor is notthe authority to explaining why a principle makes sense for solving a problem. Table 2 providesexamples of the appropriate questions and actions that teachers can use to develop the student’scognitive skills via argumentation. Through the lens of engineering practice, an argumentation-based framework (Table 1) is used to support the rational decisions that design teams make whenanalyzing, deliberating and compromising on the solution to an engineering problem (Jin andGeslin, 2009
similar engineeringservice courses.” This question led us to benchmark other institutions. This benchmarkingprocess and its results are the focus of the remainder of this paper.II. BenchmarkingStrategic PlanningGeorge Keller 6 was the first to call for the use of strategic planning as a common practice incollege and university administration. Since that time, many authors and practitioners haveechoed his call for tying resource allocation more directly both to institutional and programmaticneeds, and to performance 7-11. Many state policy-makers now argue for the use of performancemeasures, in particular student learning outcomes and faculty teaching and research productivity,to judge the quality of academic programs 12.Initially academic
in infectious disease and epidemiology, providing crucial exposure to the broader context of engineering problems and their subsequent solutions. These diverse experiences and a growing passion for improving engineering education prompted me to change career paths and become a scholar of engineering education. As an educator, I am committed to challenging my students to uncover new perspectives and dig deeper into the context of the societal problems engineering is intended to solve. As a scholar, I seek to not only contribute original theoretical research to the field, but work to bridge the theory-to-practice gap in engineering education by serving as an ambassador for empirically driven educational
, necessary if graduates are to become licensedProfessional Engineers.ABET Criterion 3 states student outcomes that all engineering programs must address [11].Although not specific to ME, these outcomes are important for design of ME curriculum notsimply for the sake of ABET accreditation but because students should meet these outcomes to beprepared for professional practice. These criteria have evolved over time. In part, in response toindustry’s dissatisfaction with the professional skills of graduates—such as skills incommunication and navigating corporate and societal contexts—ABET transitioned tooutcomes-based education and introduced 11 “a–k” outcomes spanning technical andprofessional skills [12]. These outcomes are informed by input from
generalmechanical work and procedures, covering commonly used tools and best practices. All modulestogether form a foundation for team specific training that address risk for common activities onthe team.Once all practical hands-on training modules have been completed, students are now able tocomplete hands-on work and become more active participants on the team. As they are new teammembers, they are still limited to the work that they can complete. Some tasks which are deemedof greater risk or severity of injury are reserved for higher levels. These tasks include theoperation of heavy lifting equipment and high voltage design, construction, and operation. Inorder to further reduce the risk of injury, level two students must always be supervised and workin
, some scholarly journal literature,and technical information. It should be noted that while the course enrollment consisted ofundergraduates, individual skill sets and experiences were varied, and that had an impact on theircomfort with information engagement and use. For example, two students in the class were in theprocess of applying to graduate school, and therefore, had more experience with scholarlyjournal literature.As stated above, there were several business research needs addressed in the course, however, wewill only detail one aspect here, which was to help the students identify and define a targetconsumer. It was important for them to do this because they needed to ensure their design wassomething people would eventually buy
Paper ID #13866A Framework for K12 Bioenergy Engineering and Science Concepts: A Del-phi Consensus StudyMr. Brian David Hartman, Oregon State University Brian is a doctoral student in science education at Oregon State University. He has 4 years of experience teaching high school science and practiced engineering for 12 years. His research interests include k12 biological and chemical engineering curriculum development, nature of engineering, and creativity in engineering design.Kimi Grzyb, Oregon State UniversityDr. Katharine G. Field, Oregon State University Dr. Kate Field has degrees from Yale University, Boston
area of hospital patient health monitoring and K-12 education. He is actively engaged in K-12 outreach and interested in collaborative research across colleges. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Getting Engineering Majors to Work with Students in Other Disciplines on Issues Impacting SocietyAbstractDespite all of the physics problems engineering majors learn to solve assuming ideal conditions,engineering problems rarely exist in a vacuum. Engineers are impacted in their work by laws,regulations, and policy, standards, business practices, and communication. This paper showcasesa research-based course for
large.Literature ReviewIn the past decade, there has been significant research aimed at assessing the teamwork skills ofSTEM students through the modification of course materials, the introduction of new techniques,and the implementation of technology-driven projects, as well as replacing traditional individualassignments with cross-disciplinary projects [7], [8]. A study on the impact of an NSF-supportedSTEM scholarship program revealed that a one-credit course focusing on teamwork significantlyimproved students' presentation skills and interpersonal confidence [9]. However, the projectwork was deemed too time-consuming for a one-hour credit course, and the issue of unevenwork distribution among team members remained unresolved. In another study, an
“complex interlinkages”, which is a cousin of systems thinking), social andemotional learning (values and attitudes), and behavioral learning (practical actions). TheEngineering for One Planet (EOP) Framework (2022), developed through the LemelsonFoundation and VentureWell, establishes nine learning outcomes, each of which includes coreand advanced outcomes (these appear to be interchangeable with competencies, despite thedistinction between competencies and outcomes articulated by Wiek et al. 2011); the EOPlearning outcomes are Systems Thinking, Environmental Literacy, Responsible Business andEconomy, Social Responsibility, Environmental Impact Assessment, Materials Selection, Design,Critical Thinking, and Communication and Teamwork. It is
Paper ID #30666A Systems Engineering Approach to Mentorship Program for Online Mili-taryand Veteran Engineering StudentsDr. Reza Rahdar, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Reza Rahdar, currently a full time faculty of the College of Aeronautics, have over 25 years of expe- rience in systems design/development, and engineering systems that include telecommunication systems and networks, Radio communications, air defenses systems, avionics systems, and Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Dr. Rahdar developed proficiency with systems engineering principles, pro- cess, and practices. He is an expert in taking
) Apply theories to practice in the real world 3.77 (.927) 4.00 (.816) Balance diverse perspectives in deciding 3.62 (.870) 4.00 (.707)* whether to act Distinguish multiple consequences of your 3.92 (.862) 4.08 (.641) actions Go beyond facile answers to engage with the 3.54 (1.05) 3.69 (.947) complexity of a situation Readily identify ambiguities and unanswered 3.68 (.266) 3.62 (.213) questions Understand the differences among analysis, 3.62 (1.044) 3.92 (.954) synthesis, and comparison Analyzing data for patterns 3.69 (.947) 4.08 (.760) Figuring out the next step in a research 3.62 (.768) 3.69 (.855) project Problem-solving in general
Session 1630` Dilemmas in Framing Research Studies in Engineering Education David F Radcliffe, Lesley Jolly Catalyst Centre, School of Engineering, University of Queensland, AustraliaAbstractThere has been considerable debate about the need for more empirical, evidence based studies ofthe impact of various interventions and practices in engineering education. A number ofresources including workshops to guide engineering faculty in the conduct of such studies haveemerged over recent years. This paper presents a critique of the evolution of engineeringeducation research and its underlying assumptions in
Electrical Engineering and his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Florida International University in 1992 and 1989. Dr. Gonzalez research interest includes the intelligent control of large scale autonomous systems, autonomous vehicles, discrete-event modeling and simulation and human signature verification. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Impacts of Active Learning on Learning Disabled StudentsAbstractOne of the most important best practices in education is active learning. Earlier this year, theWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a national Call to Action aimed atimproving STEM education through the use of active learning. Active learning
Paper ID #26515Collaborative Research: Supporting Agency among Early Career Engineer-ing Education Faculty in Diverse Institutional Contexts: Developing a Frame-work for Faculty AgencyDr. Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is an Undergraduate Coordinator & Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Char- lotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of African American women in engineering, minority recruitment and retention, and best practices for diversity and inclusion in the Engineering class- room. She received her B.S. in Optical Engineering and M.S. in