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Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky has taught courses for Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Major Freshman in Engineering. He received his integrated BAE/MAE degrees in architectural engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 2009 and his Ph.D. in architectural engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 2013. Dr. Solnosky is also a licensed Professional Engineer in PA. Ryan is also an advisor for Penn State’s National AEI Student Competition teams. His research interests include: integrated structural design methodologies and processes; Innovative methods for enhancing engineering education; and high performing wall enclosures. These three areas look towards the next generation of building engineering, including how systems are selected, configured and designed.
To promote maturity towards learning, student connections with others is vital. Academic growth requires supportive conditions to flourish, specifically autonomy. By creating a knowledge-intense social system of student interaction with interdependent agents (students, faculty, and staff) is common in college setting. However and more often, these learning interactions are focused on small subsets of students’ interactions or faculty to student connections. A known strength of these social systems is their ability to enable creativity and adaptability skills by assembling combinations of existing practices towards the development of students. Knowing this, the Architectural Engineering (AE) Program at Penn State aimed to create an environment that championed a closed-knit peer-to-peer learning community. AE TEAM (an acronym standing for Architectural Engineering Tutoring, Engaging, Advising, and Mentoring) was created to promote engaged learning support and student self-efficacy development through a low-stress extra-curricular environment. AE TEAM is student run and managed by a group of upper level undergraduate AE students who are recruited from across the four AE sub-disciplines. AE TEAM is currently held during weeknights where students in need can consult with student tutors on a drop-in basis for both AE and pre-major courses. This paper shares the formulation, management, and general trends of this unique program as an exchange of ideas towards development of more engaged, motivated, and successful future engineers.
Solnosky, R., & Ling, M. (2022, August), Developing an AE Tutoring Engaging Advising & Mentoring (TEAM) Program: a Peer Cohort Environment Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41319
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