programs; each at different institutions, and each at different stages of programdevelopment: One in its initial launch year, one already operating for over six years, and onewith more than 40 years of experience. The hope is that the analyses will spur refinement andstimulate additional program startups. The three universities contributing to this paper are: • Purdue University, a mid-western land grant institution in the USA, has developed and gained both institutional and state approval to offer such a doctorate. In securing such approval, an extensive needs assessment was conducted, and this was followed by a soft- start pilot program. Subsequent to these two activities, a proper first cohort was recruited and
Paper ID #29075A Visual and Intuitive Approach to Teaching and Learning the Concept ofThermodynamic EntropyDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Raviv is a Professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. In December 2009 he was named Assistant Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. With more than 30 years of combined experience in the high-tech industry, government and academia Dr. Raviv developed fundamentally different approaches to ”out-of-the-box” thinking and a breakthrough methodology known as ”Eight Keys to Innovation.” He has been sharing his
demonstrations and received similar coaching tosuccessfully complete their in-person tool competencies. After completing all training, studentswere given two weeks to complete the IDE project. Two consecutive laboratory sections werededicated to the project, and teaching assistants supervised additional open laboratory hours toprovide students with more time to complete the IDE project.MethodsStudy Context. The setting for this study was the first mechanical engineering design coursetaken by all mechanical engineering majors at a mid-sized (ca. 160 students/year), ABET-accredited program at a land grant university in the mid-Atlantic United States. The timing ofthis study was such that it coincided with a pre-planned change in the undergraduate
– ”Essential Aspects of Physical Design and Implementation of Relational Databases.” He has four patents in the area of Search Engine research. He is also a recipient of the Math Olympiad Award, and is currently serving as Chair Elect of the ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Mid-Atlantic Conference. He also serves as an NSF (National Science Foundation) panelist.Prof. Cailean Cooney, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cailean Cooney is Assistant Professor and OER Librarian at New York City College of Technology, CUNY, where she coordinates the Library’s Open Educational Resources (O.E.R.) initiative. She has published about the impact of O.E.R. on the student experience in Open Praxis and the International
Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Expe- riential Engineering Education Departments at Rowan. Kaitlin has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 How First-Year Students’ Reflections on Themselves as Learners Change Over TimeAbstractFirst-semester, first-year engineering students at a mid-sized, Mid-Atlantic public university arerequired to take a multidisciplinary introduction to engineering
Handbook of Expertise. Oxford University Press 2019. ISBN: 9780198795872. https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795872.001.0001/ox fordhb-978019879587219 Scott Barry Kaufman, Colin G Deyoung, Jeremy R Gray, Luis Jiménez, Jamie Brown, Nichola Mackintosh. Implicit learning as an ability. Cognition. 2010 Sep;116(3):321- 40. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20573341/20 Vazgen Shekoyan, Raul Armendariz, Sunil Dehipawala, Rex Taibu, George Tremberger, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung. Latent variable modeling with applications to education assessment and NSF-REU projects for engineering students. Paper presented at 2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference, Penn State University - Berks Campus
mod- eling on both organismal and population scales, biological physics, and agent-based modeling. He grad- uated with degrees in applied mathematics and physics & astronomy from the University of Rochester. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 “Keep your eyes on your own paper" - academic dishonesty in the era of online homework assistanceIntroduction:Nearly every engineering program has an introductory programming course or a course in which theyintroduce computer programming. A large mid-Atlantic university includes MATLAB programming intheir Introduction to Engineering course sequence as is typical [1]. In these courses, programs are
; Exposition, Jun. 2019, Accessed: Mar. 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/interactive-physical-experiments-in-an-advanced-undergraduate- structural-dynamics-course.[5] D. R. Kraemer, “Real-world Acceleration Measurements for Engineering Dynamics Course,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Apr. 2017, Accessed: Mar. 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/real-world-acceleration- measurements-for-engineering-dynamics-course.[6] S. Bevill and K. Bevill, “Smartphone-based Measurement of Acceleration: Development of a Smartphone Application for Use in an Engineering Dynamics Course,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2015, pp. 26.1377.1
undertaken during the spring semester 2019 at a large public university in theMid-Atlantic region. The main goal of the research was to explore whether undergraduatestudent participation in an interdisciplinary service-learning collaborative project resulted in anincrease in their teamwork effectiveness.ParticipantsSeventy-six undergraduate students were recruited to participate from two colleges: PreserviceTeacher Students (PST, N1=34) and Undergraduate Engineering Students (UES, N2=42) at aUniversity in the Mid-Atlantic region. Their participation was associated with courses they weretaking as part of their degree programs. Table 1 and Table 2 show the distribution of participantsby gender and ethnicity respectively for each degree program.Table 1
kappa of 0.627indicates a moderate level of agreement between the researchers. The results from this paperprovide insight into how students interpret Curiosity and can be used to develop materials aboutEM that might better resonate with first-year students. Future work will explore the remainingtwo “Cs”: Connections and Creating Value.IntroductionThis study involves integrating fortnightly reflective practice into a first-year engineering coursewhile simultaneously beginning to instill an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) (as defined by theKern Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN)) in the engineering students at a mid-size,Mid-Atlantic, public university. Of particular interest is understanding students’ conception ofCuriosity, one of the
Librarian for Engineering and Biotechnology at the NC State University Libraries. Prior to joining NC State, Alex was the Agriculture and Natural Resources Librarian at the University of Maryland.He received his MSLS degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, and his BA from James Madison University. Alex serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Medical Library Association, is a Senior member of MLA’s Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), and in 2016 was selected for theAward for Professional Excellence by a New Health Sciences Librarianby MLA’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter. His research interests include evidence-based practice, mentoring
departments,but solutions particular to chemical engineering departments require additional examination.We have been teaching a chemical engineering design laboratory, primarily directed towards ourfirst year students, over the past six years at the University of Utah. This course was initiallytaught in a lecture hall and a series of satellite labs, centered around the space used for a unitoperations courses. Due to the first-year course’s success in achieving learning outcomes and itspositive reception by students, we have been able to design and build a combined laboratory,instructional, and maker space specifically meant to facilitate early- and mid-curriculum hands-on project-based learning. For the past three years this first-year course, and
Hofstein, A. (1994) “Factors that Influence Learning during a Scientific Field Trip in a Natural Environment” Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 31(10). Pp. 1097-1119. (3) Gunjan, S. (2015) “Collaborative Learning Experience in a Construction Project Site Trip” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education Practice. 141(1). (4) Owolabi, O. (2017) “Construction Site Tour as a High Impact Pedagogical Technique to Actively Engage and Enhance Students Performance in an Online Engineering Class” Paper #20848. Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference. ASEE. (5) Owolabi, O. (2017) “The Impact of Construction Site Tour during the First Week of Class on Student Learning in an Introductory
pollutants in human upper airways, attrition and university retention, increasing student awareness and interest in research and engineering, STEM education, and recruitment and retention of women and minorities.Mrs. Anika Coolbaugh Pirkey, West Virginia University Anika Pirkey is currently a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant with the Department of Chem- ical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU) with a research focus in cancer immunology. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BSChE and BME Certificate in 2017 from West Virginia University (WVU) and spent two years as a Chemical Engineer in the Pilot Plant Division of the Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research and Innovation Center (MATRIC) in
Performance and Activity via KCNQ Potassium Channels in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Neuron. 2020 May 20;106(4):649-661.e4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32197063/27 Kuangfu Hsiao, Chelsea Noble, Wendy Pitman, et al. A Thalamic Orphan Receptor Drives Variability in Short-Term Memory. Cell. 2020 Sep 29; S0092-8674(20)31152-1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32997977/28 Vazgen Shekoyan, Sunil Dehipawala, George Tremberger, Raul Armendariz, David Lieberman and Tak Cheung (2018, April), Improving critical thinking through the cognitive loading control of working memory in introductory physics classes. Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Washington, District of Columbia. https
., “Person Orientation and Encouragement: Predicting Interest in Engineering Research”, Journal of Engineering Education, 104 (2), pp. 119-138.6. Altruger-Genc, G., Issapour, M., Zoghi, B., Radu, M., Hung, J., Islam, N., Ghadyahi, H., “Learning by Research: A Review of Undergraduate Research Experience in the School of Engineering Technology”, Proceeding of the 2016 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Annual Conference.7. Okhio, C., Misoc, F, Asgill, A., “Incorporating Training In Research & Research Methods into the Undergraduate Curriculum in Engineering and Engineering Technology-(E&ET)”, Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.8. Foroudastan, S., Posey, J
of this concept in a HolisticEngineering Project Course (HEPC) that was designed as a part of a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grant (Award Number: 1927232) and was implemented at West VirginiaUniversity (WVU). WVU HEPC is developed in such a way that engineering students work withsocial science students on a complex and open-ended engineering grand challenge problem.The organization of this paper is as follows. Section 2 discusses the concept of the holisticengineering approach and its key principles. Section 3 presents the structure of the HEPC courseand Section 4 presents the implementation of the course in the spring 2020 semester. Finally,Section 5 concludes with key lessons learned and an overview of future teaching and
Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering as a Career Relate to Their Self-Efficacy, Career Expectations, and Grittiness?AbstractThis complete research paper examines the potential connection between student beliefs aboutengineering as a profession, as well as the perceptions of their family and friends, to their reportedself-efficacy, career expectations, and grittiness.The student responses examined were obtained from non-calculus ready engineering students at alarge land grant institution in the Mid-Atlantic region. The students participated in a well-established program focused on cohort formation, mentorship, professional skill development, andfostering a sense of inclusion and belonging in engineering. The program, consisting of a one-week pre
disabilities.Empathy, a trait that is less frequent in those with high analytical abilities like engineers, mayplay a role in ‘othering’ STEM students with disabilities and reluctance to provideaccommodations [41] [42].Disability at the current universityThe setting of our research is a growing research university located in the mid-Atlantic region. Ithas seen explosive growth since 2012 when it opened an MD-granting medical school and a yearlater acquired a second DO-granting medical school. The university is named after its benefactor,who provided a $100 million gift to strengthen the region’s engineering capacity. This giftspurred the creation of a College of Engineering that has six academic departments:Civil/Environmental Engineering (CEE), Chemical
Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program.” Paper presented at 2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York, New York, 2018.[13] Fontaine, M., De Rosa, A. J., & Metz, S. S., “A First-Year Engineering Spatial Skills Workshop: Implementation, Effectiveness, and Gender Differences.” Paper presented at 2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity , Crystal City, Virginia, 2019.
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mechanical and electrical engineering. Projects are taken home to facilitate participants sharing their learning with their families. The Mid-Atlantic Workshops High school girls The Ambassador has created and implemented a series of workshops that are held at a local library. Participants are introduced to electrical and
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college in the northeast, and two large publiccomprehensive universities (one in the mountain west and one in the mid-Atlantic). After startingwork, participants were interviewed with a semi-structured protocol that focused on theirresponsibilities, work activities, challenges, and accomplishments at 3, 6, and 12 months ofwork. All subsequent data collection was managed by three researchers (co-author [Author 1] aswell as two additional members of the research team, [Member 1] and [Member 2]). Allworkplace interviews used a common base protocol, followed by tailored prompts to follow upon previous data collection; for example, the six-month interviews followed up on commentsfrom the three-month interviews and so forth. This approach allowed the
as wrong [7]. While one option may be to educate students onwhat is considered plagiarism in computer programming courses, such interventions have hadmixed effectiveness [5], [8]. In reality, plagiarism is likely to be a persisting problem incomputer programming courses. Given what we know about plagiarism in general, we will nowdescribe how it has affected the programming course at the center of this paper.Course Description The course described in this paper is a large (400-700 student), first-year programmingcourse at a large, land-grant university in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The programmingcourse teaches the MATLAB programming language, and focuses on the fundamentals ofcomputer programming for student learning objectives. The
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transportation. His research approach includes a combination of an- alytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 50 refereed conference proceedings, and numerous research reports to sponsors. He has worked on research contracts valued at more than $5 million, sponsored by the Penn- sylvania, Washington State, Montana and South Dakota Departments of Transportation, US Department of Transportation (via the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium and the Mid-Atlantic Universi- ties Transportation Center), Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research Program and National Science Foundation. Dr. Gayah
of the US involvement.MethodsParticipantsThe students that participated in this study were all interviewed in the second semester of theirfirst year at the aforementioned Mid-Atlantic university. The study institution is a primarilySTEM focused university. The participants were from three disciplines: three from Biochemistryand six each from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering for a total of fifteen students. All self-reported demographic information can be found in Table 1 below, along with the pseudonymsassigned to each participant. Pseudonym Discipline Race Sex Seojun Biochemistry Asian Male Catalina