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View article: Preliminary Survey Findings from a Study on the Attrition of Engineering Graduates from Engineering Practice
Preliminary Survey Findings from a Study on the Attrition of Engineering Graduates from Engineering Practice Open
Career choices are among the most important decisions people make during their lifetime. Despite the more widely studied area of career intentions of engineering students, few studies have focused on engineering graduates' career decisions…
View article: Correlations between Motives to Enter Engineering Studies and Engineering Self-Identity from a Pan-Canadian Undergraduate
Correlations between Motives to Enter Engineering Studies and Engineering Self-Identity from a Pan-Canadian Undergraduate Open
Understanding why students enter engineering has the potential to help formulate retention strategies and refine our understanding of engineering self-identity. This study explores the self-reported motives for entering engineering and eng…
View article: Multi-year analysis of academic buoyancy data for first-year engineering students at the University of Saskatchewan
Multi-year analysis of academic buoyancy data for first-year engineering students at the University of Saskatchewan Open
Academic buoyancy is the ability of a student to handle everyday school stress and setbacks. Over 700 first-year engineering students from five semesters and three cohorts at the University of Saskatchewan completed survey questions design…
View article: Tracking Changes in Attitudes in a Cornerstone Design Course
Tracking Changes in Attitudes in a Cornerstone Design Course Open
Engineering design courses in first-year programs shape students’ attitudes, reinforce engineering identity, and develop key skills. Prior research on the first-year design course at the University of Saskatchewan (2021–2022) showed group-…
View article: The Factors of Contributing to Adademic Misconduct of Engineering Students Survey: Preliminary Results
The Factors of Contributing to Adademic Misconduct of Engineering Students Survey: Preliminary Results Open
Academic misconduct is a serious problem in engineering higher education as it undermines student learning as well as the credibly of higher education institutions. The Factors contributing to Academic Misconduct of Engineering Students (F…
View article: Assessing High School Preparedness for University Engineering Programs: A Study of First-Year Students at the University of Saskatchewan
Assessing High School Preparedness for University Engineering Programs: A Study of First-Year Students at the University of Saskatchewan Open
The transition from high school to engineering school is notably challenging, exacerbated by the COVID-19 disruptions. The College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan introduced Summer Top Up (STU) quizzes to enhance incoming …
View article: Student Motivations to Choose Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan
Student Motivations to Choose Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan Open
Incoming first-year engineering students at the University of Saskatchewan completed a survey about their motivation to study engineering. Ninety-one student responses were analyzed within the expectancy value theory framework, including i…
View article: An Indigenous Cultural Contextualization of Engineering in First Year at the University of Saskatchewan
An Indigenous Cultural Contextualization of Engineering in First Year at the University of Saskatchewan Open
In Canada, Indigenous Peoples are underrepresented in the engineering profession. In a step towards reconciliation, USask’s Re-Engineered first year program includes a fall-term course that introduces fundamental concepts of an Indigenous …
View article: Preliminary Employment Trajectory Findings from a Pan-Canadian Survey on Career Motivations and Aspirations of Undergraduate Engineering Students
Preliminary Employment Trajectory Findings from a Pan-Canadian Survey on Career Motivations and Aspirations of Undergraduate Engineering Students Open
Engineering students have varied vocational motivations and aspirations. Clarity regarding these factors, how they can be nurtured, and how they can impact attrition from the profession can help foster retention and diversification. A surv…
View article: Academic Buoyancy Measurements of First Year Engineering Students at the University of Saskatchewan
Academic Buoyancy Measurements of First Year Engineering Students at the University of Saskatchewan Open
As part of program evaluation and continuous improvement, the University of Saskatchewan deployed a survey across the common Re-Engineered First-Year (REFY) program in September 2022, and collected just over 300 responses. This survey incl…
View article: Student Motivations for Choosing the Re-Engineered First-Year Program at the University of Saskatchewan
Student Motivations for Choosing the Re-Engineered First-Year Program at the University of Saskatchewan Open
As part of program evaluation and continuous improvement, the University of Saskatchewan deployed a survey across the common Re-Engineered First-Year (REFY) program in September 2022. Student answers to open-ended questions about their mot…
View article: Implementing Competency Based Assessment (CBA) in a First Year Engineering Program
Implementing Competency Based Assessment (CBA) in a First Year Engineering Program Open
The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering implemented a new First Year Engineering program in 2021/22. Competency-based assessment (CBA) was implemented across most of the curriculum, in a variety of types of courses. An exte…
View article: Student Perceptions Regarding Student-Designed Lab Experimental Procedures
Student Perceptions Regarding Student-Designed Lab Experimental Procedures Open
First-year students are often expected to follow explicit directions in hands-on labs. This can result in highly uniform submissions, where the students are often motivated by performing the steps correctly instead of learning concepts. Th…
View article: A systematic review of drivers and barriers to competency-based undergraduate engineering education
A systematic review of drivers and barriers to competency-based undergraduate engineering education Open
Undergraduate engineering education programs need to demonstrate student competence as part of the academic preparation for engineering licensure. Current practice evaluates individual student proficiency based primarily on meeting a minim…
View article: Development of Attitudes in First Year Engineering Design
Development of Attitudes in First Year Engineering Design Open
Relatively few studies have been conducted to analyze how design courses change student attitudes towards engineering design. The first-year engineering program at USask includes an introductory design course that focuses on Problem Defini…
View article: Description of, and Outcomes from, a Novel First Year Engineering Design Course
Description of, and Outcomes from, a Novel First Year Engineering Design Course Open
In the Fall of 2021, the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering implemented a new first year Engineering Design course called GE 142 (Design I). In comparison to similar courses in other Engineering programs, the course was un…
View article: Design of a Completely New First Year Engineering Program at the University of Saskatchewan– Part III
Design of a Completely New First Year Engineering Program at the University of Saskatchewan– Part III Open
Aiming at improving the first-year engineering experience by engaging, inspiring, and holistically preparing students for the challenges in the future, the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan redesigned and launched a …
View article: An Examination of the Relationships between Curling Rock Rotational and Linear Velocities, and Resulting Displacements, at Low Throwing Speeds
An Examination of the Relationships between Curling Rock Rotational and Linear Velocities, and Resulting Displacements, at Low Throwing Speeds Open
View article: Building Comprehensive Open Educational Resources in Mechanics: Evaluating Approaches to Problem Development
Building Comprehensive Open Educational Resources in Mechanics: Evaluating Approaches to Problem Development Open
Open educational resources have several benefits, but the most salient one for students is often cost. As part of a larger Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiative to adopt, adapt or create open textbooks for engineering in our region [1], it w…
View article: Bioprinting and In Vitro Characterization of an Eggwhite-Based Cell-Laden Patch for Endothelialized Tissue Engineering Applications
Bioprinting and In Vitro Characterization of an Eggwhite-Based Cell-Laden Patch for Endothelialized Tissue Engineering Applications Open
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is an emerging fabrication technique to create 3D constructs with living cells. Notably, bioprinting bioinks are limited due to the mechanical weakness of natural biomaterials and the low bioactivity of s…
View article: Lessons Learned from Using Competency Based Assessment (CBA) in a First Year Engineering Statics Course
Lessons Learned from Using Competency Based Assessment (CBA) in a First Year Engineering Statics Course Open
During the Fall term of 2020, the first year Statics course in the College of Engineering at theUniversity of Saskatchewan was taught remotely, and synchronously, using a competency-based assessment (CBA) implementation. CBA is commonly us…
View article: Pilot Study Results from Using TrussVR© to Learn About Basic Trusses
Pilot Study Results from Using TrussVR© to Learn About Basic Trusses Open
TrussVR©, a custom-designed VR application, was developed to help engineering students learn about basic trusses in a virtual lab. Trusses are a mainstay of many first-year engineering Statics courses. They are relatively simple to analyze…
View article: Engineering Design And Communications: Successes And Failures Of An Evolving First Year Course
Engineering Design And Communications: Successes And Failures Of An Evolving First Year Course Open
NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Engineering Design and Communications: Successes and failures of an evolving first-year course Introduction Design is widely considered…
View article: Design of a Completely New First Year Engineering Program at the University of Saskatchewan – Part II
Design of a Completely New First Year Engineering Program at the University of Saskatchewan – Part II Open
Over the last three years, the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering has embarked upon a complete redesign of its first year common program. This project started from a blank slate and posed the question, "If we could design …
View article: FIRST RESULTS FROM A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF USING VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) TO TEACH TRUSS MECHANICS
FIRST RESULTS FROM A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF USING VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) TO TEACH TRUSS MECHANICS Open
In 2018, the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering established a Virtual Reality Teaching and Cloud-based Learning (or ViRTCL) lab featuring three high-performance HTC Vive Pro VR stations that will be used for day-to-day tea…
View article: Design of a Completely New First Year Engineering Program at the University of Saskatchewan
Design of a Completely New First Year Engineering Program at the University of Saskatchewan Open
The rapidly evolving role of the engineering profession in society requires an engineering graduate with a more diverse and robust skill set than ever before. To answer this challenge, the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineerin…
View article: Sports engineering education
Sports engineering education Open
View article: Creativity in Design Engineers: Attitudes, Opinions and Potentially Influential Factors – Part II
Creativity in Design Engineers: Attitudes, Opinions and Potentially Influential Factors – Part II Open
.Abstract – In the latter half of 2015, a survey looking at attitudes and beliefs about creativity was distributed on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan. Over 2000 responses were gathered, including more than 200 in the College o…
View article: Supplementary Results of the CAIS-1 Survey on Cheating in Undergraduate Engineering Programs in Saskatchewan
Supplementary Results of the CAIS-1 Survey on Cheating in Undergraduate Engineering Programs in Saskatchewan Open
– In early 2016, engineering students and staff at the Universities of Saskatchewan and Regina were surveyed regarding their views and experiences as they relate to academic dishonesty. This paper summarizes some of the results from the ga…
View article: Lessons Learned from Teaching a Pilot Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurial 4th Year Capstone Design Course
Lessons Learned from Teaching a Pilot Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurial 4th Year Capstone Design Course Open
During the 2015/16 academic year, a pilot course at the University of Saskatchewan was offered to senior engineering students. The pilot course was meant to offer an entrepreneurial version of the standard 4th year capstone design course. …