Moreland, J., & Okosun, T., & Silaen, A., & Toth, K., & Zhou, C. (2022, August), Research Experiences for Teachers in Simulation and Visualization for  Innovative Industrial Solutions  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--42111

\bibitem{asee_peer_42111}
  Moreland, J., \& Okosun, T., \& Silaen, A., \& Toth, K., \& Zhou, C. (2022, August), \emph{Research Experiences for Teachers in Simulation and Visualization for  Innovative Industrial Solutions}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--42111

John Moreland, Tyamo Okosun, Armin Silaen, Kyle Toth, and Chenn Zhou.  "Research Experiences for Teachers in Simulation and Visualization for  Innovative Industrial Solutions".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/42111 Internet.  10 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_42111}
  John Moreland, Tyamo Okosun, Armin Silaen, Kyle Toth, and Chenn Zhou.
  "Research Experiences for Teachers in Simulation and Visualization for  Innovative Industrial Solutions".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/42111 Internet.  10 Jan, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - An NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site has been established at Purdue University 
Northwest to involved high school teachers and community college instructors in industrial 
research involving numeric simulation, such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and Finite 
Element Analysis (FEA), as well as interactive simulator development using the Unity 3D game 
engine. A cohort of 11 teachers participated during the summer of 2021 and included teachers 
and instructors from Indiana and Illinois high school teachers and community colleges. Research 
projects involved industrial collaborations with local steel industry partners. 
The project kicked off with a 6-week in-person research experience hosted at the Center for 
Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) at Purdue University Northwest. The 
teachers worked with faculty and research staff mentors and graduate students on research 
projects in the areas of blast furnace/environmental using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) 
simulation, reheat furnace efficiency using CFD, overhead crane stress using finite element 
analysis (FEA), and safety training using interactive visualization. Each research project 
included research mentor staff, graduate and undergraduate students, as well as collaboration 
with steel industry partners. In addition to the research outcomes, each teacher also developed a 
lesson plan and education module which will be hosted online for use by other educators. Lesson 
plans involved a variety of topics programming activities for computer science and related 
classes, chemistry and environmental activities, math and statistics analysis, and engineering. 
Each lesson plan also involved some form of activity involving computer simulation and/or 
interactive visualization.
Surveys measured teacher’s self-efficacy in a number of areas including research literature 
review, design, data collection and analysis, communication of research results, ability to relate 
real world research problems to teaching, and use of simulation and visualization tools for 
research and teaching. There was a measured improvement between pre-summer experience and 
post-summer experience in all categories, with the largest improvements involving ability to 
discuss research ideas and ability to use simulation/visualization tools for research and teaching.
Follow-up activities are ongoing during the teacher’s academic school year, including assistance 
from the RET to carry out implementation of the lesson plans in the classroom, field trips, 
networking activities, presenting research career information to students, and surveying students 
on their interest in pursuing STEM activities and related careers.
AU  - John Moreland
AU  - Tyamo Okosun
AU  - Armin Silaen
AU  - Kyle Toth
AU  - Chenn Zhou
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Research Experiences for Teachers in Simulation and Visualization for  Innovative Industrial Solutions
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