Effects of cornerstone design experience on innovative behavior and perceptions in engineering for first-year engineering students

JKL Leung - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This Work-In-Progress paper on innovative practices evaluated the effects of a blended
cornerstone design course which was offered to first-year engineering students. In particular …

Avenues toward Interdisciplinarity in the Classroom

DS Ozkan, L McNair… - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work-in-progress paper in the research category presents a case study conducted in an
advanced undergraduate course that is part of an interdisciplinary minor in innovation. Our …

Special Session: Learning and Practice of Engineering Fundamental Principles for Long-Term Retention

E Leung, E Pluskwik - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This special session is an interactive experience for engineering educators to participate in
learning activities for review and retention of engineering fundamental principles. It can often …

Student and Faculty Perspectives on Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Engineering Program

C Lavadia, CN Chang, D Fowler - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This Innovative Practice Full Paper presents findings from a qualitative analysis of student
and faculty perspectives on activities designed to contribute to interdisciplinarity in a newly …

Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship as part of an Engineering Curriculum

A Azemi - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This Research to Practice, Work in Progress, paper explores the relationship between
entrepreneurship, innovation, and systems thinking, through examining the published work …

Assessing the development of student outcomes in project-based learning engineering design and entrepreneurship courses

P Shekhar, C Woodcock… - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work-in-progress research paper focusses on comparing changes in students' learning
outcomes in engineering design and entrepreneurship courses. Recent national calls to …

A case for the student researcher: Expanding the role of undergraduate research in the professional formation of engineers

KM Youngblood, JR Roseberry… - 2018 IEEE Frontiers …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper examines the role of social inquiry as a bridge between education and practice
for undergraduate student researchers in engineering. Prior work has demonstrated the …

Special session: Put me in coach! Developing a design playbook for instructors to help engineering students do design

AC Strong, M Lande, R Adams - 2018 IEEE Frontiers in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Those instructors charged with teaching design-oriented and design project courses
oftentimes depend on their own professional judgement and experiences to provide …

Topical concerns and critical questions engineering students want/need answers to: Dependence on key groups

AA Rodriguez, PA Pradhan… - 2018 IEEE Frontiers …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This Research to Practice Full Paper examines which topical concerns and critical questions
engineering students want/need answers to-based on a survey associated with a list of 201 …

Student conceptions of 'conducting tests' in design in the middle school classroom

MH Goldstein, SA Omar, RS Adams… - 2017 IEEE Frontiers in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Engineering design is a complex experience for students to undertake and for instructors to
assess. Conducting tests is a critical design practice, yet the research on K-12 students' …