will focus on theselection of photos to be used, and the best practices for choosing them. This would allow futurefacilitators to adapt to any field of study and level.The design of these modules requires close collaboration of people from different divisions,departments, and backgrounds. This combination of expertise has been a driving force for thesuccess of this module, and future work will include codifying what worked well for this teamand recommendations for interdisciplinary work.AcknowledgementsThis research is supported by an Externally Collaborative, Project-based, InterdisciplinaryCulture (EPIC) grant from Wentworth Institute of Technology. The authors would like to thankTes Zakrzewski for lending two sets of iVisual Explorer cards
University of Florida, she is on the board of a local non-profit that focuses on supporting the growth of the innovation ecosystem in Greater Gainesville.Ms. Megan Stowers, University of Florida Megan is an undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. She is re- searching educational approaches to promote community in online classes and to promote innovation culture across a college campus. Her interests include human factors, innovation, and engineering educa- tion. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Building a sense of community in a multidisciplinary, split-level online project-based innovation design
Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at
Paper ID #34061Best Practices for the Implementation of Home-based, Hands-on LabActivities to Effectively Engage STEM Students During a PandemicDr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University Dr. Oludare Owolabi, a professional engineer in Maryland, joined the Morgan State University fac- ulty in 2010. He is the assistant director of the Center for Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering
Paper ID #33505Quality Mentorship Matters: An Innovative Approach to Supporting StudentSuccess in Engineering Undergraduate ResearchDr. Eleazar Marquez, Rice University Eleazar Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. is an Education Specialist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Assistant Profes- sor of Practice for the LBJ Institute for Education and Research. Dr. Garc´ıa helps facilitate professional development to both formal and informal STEM educators utilizing NASA resources with a specific focus
strategies.Dr. Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, assessment, and faculty development. Dr. Litzinger has more than 50 publications related to engineering education including lead authorship of an invited article in the 100th Anniversary issue of JEE and for an invited chapter on translation of research to practice for the first edition of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research. He serves as an Associate Editor for Advances in Engineering
from 2002 to present. His research interests are in adaptive digital signal processing, digital communica- tions, and education pedagogy. He currently serves the ECE department of the University of Illinois as a Teaching Associate Professor and an undergraduate advisor and is working to improve undergraduate education as an Education Innovation Fellow (EIF) in the Grainger College of Engineering.Mr. Jake Fava, Siebel Center for Design Jake is a Design Strategist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Siebel Center for Design, working to integrate human-centered design education into curricula across campus.Ms. Sneha Subramanian, Siebel Center for Design Sneha Subramanian is a Design Fellow at the Siebel
engineering discipline [15]-[18]. To the best of our knowledge, noprevious research has examined the differences between faculty and students regarding teachingand learning perceptions in an engineering program at a liberal art college. Therefore, this pilotstudy sets out to explore the teacher and student perceptions of sources of motivation in anintroductory engineering design course in liberal arts settings. The sources of motivation anddemotivation are evaluated by students’ learning outcomes of the course. Learning outcomesindicate that what the instructor intends for the learning in a course and how the studentdemonstrates learning in the course [19]. They are directly linked to the design and content ofcourses.Engineering Design CourseThis
that examine the impact of developing systems of care and transforming practices on health care access and utilization, delivery and quality of care, and health outcomes. Third, she assesses the effect of social determinants of health on access to care and pa- tient outcomes. She evaluates the effectiveness of interventions designed to attenuate the effect of social determinants on patient outcomes. She has 15 years of experience leading research teams; designing and implementing research and evaluation; developing protocols for surveys, interviews, and focus groups; collecting and analyzing qualitative data, and programming advanced statistical analyses of quantitative data using Stata. She has served as principal
and similarly structured large-scale STEM research centers. This projectseeks to take up this challenge with a direct, conscientious effort to address this need and combatcurrent limitations facing ERC evaluation.The project aims to broadly impact practice within the engineer-formation system by providing anew approach to measuring the effectiveness of education and diversity programs within andacross ERCs. The goal of the project is to enhance evaluation for not only individual ERCs, butmake it possible to expand and compare across all ERCs. The suite of evaluation tools includes amodularized quantitative instrument, online instrument disseminate platform, set of qualitativeprotocols, updated NSF ERC Best Practices Manual document, and a
Paper ID #34150Culturally Responsive Engineering Education: Creativity Through”Empowered to Change” in the U.S. and ”Admonished to Preserve” in JapanMiss Xiao Ge, Stanford University I am a PhD candidate at Center for Design Research in Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University. Working with my primary advisor, Larry Leifer, I integrate approaches from engineering, de- sign and psychology to investigate the contemporary team practice of multicultural design innovation and multicultural, interdisciplinary science innovation. Specifically, I investigate a psychological mechanism – perplexity - through which
architecture for long lasting software systems and pro- viding tool support to the community to nurture software feature architecture. Dr. Rahman is the first author who extracted feature-architecture while understanding the best practices of feature management and its impact on software architecture, which is another major research interest of his. Understanding and visualizing feature architecture is necessary to advance software development and engineering by maintaining a controlled architectural growth of software systems. Dr. Rahman is currently focusing on the following research areas: software feature-architecture, release management in trunk based de- velopment, software quality in trunk-based rapid-release cycles
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Student-Centered Program to Increase STEM Interest through NASA-STEM ContentAbstractThis article is an evidence-based practice paper which is based on NASA Minority UniversityResearch and Education Project (MUREP) Aerospace Academy (AA) program implemented atFlorida Atlantic University (FAU). The program is focused on student-centered methodology forinfusion of NASA-STEM contents into the existing curriculum in middle and high schools. Thisnovel program aims to increase awareness and create interest in underserved minority students inGrades 6-12 for pursuing STEM fields. FAU has designed and embedded the NASA-STEMcontents into Florida’s existing Next
the University of Kentucky (UK) first as an undergraduate research intern and then as a graduate student performing his doctoral research at the UK Center for Applied En- ergy Research (CAER) and at the University of Alicante (Spain). After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2008, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) prior to returning to UK, where he now holds the positions of Program Manager at CAER and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the De- partment of Chemistry. His current research focuses on the application of heterogeneous catalysis to the production of renewable fuels and chemicals, with emphasis on the upgrading of algae and waste oils to drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. His synergistic
Ohio State University in Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education where she also earned an MA in Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement. Dr. Patterson’s work in the educational field began as an elementary level inclusive special educator. She is committed to preparing educators who take up a critical lens to working with children and best serving their needs while seeking ways to deconstruct inequities woven into the US’s existing public school system and structure. To this end, Dr. Patterson serves as a co-coordinator for the newly (2020) established Social Justice in Education minor available to students across the University. Broadly, Dr. Patterson’s research interests consider intersections
Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Dr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Medha Dalal is a postdoctoral scholar in
Engineering from Alfred Univer- sity, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for
,Los Angeles is proud to serve a student body rich in first-generation college students andunderrepresented Latino (74%). However, the 6-year graduation rate, while on the rise, is still at38%. There is currently a 33% equity gap in 6-year graduation rate between underrepresentedminority (URM) and non-URM students. An engineering design service learning based summerbridge was developed, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), forengineering majors in between their freshman and sophomore years. The goal of BridgeOpportunities Offered for the Sophomore Transition, better known as BOOST, was to help theengineering students at Cal State LA capitalize on their potential for engineering innovation andsocial capital.During BOOST
Vignesh Subbian is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Systems and Industrial Engineer- ing, member of the BIO5 Institute, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona. His professional areas of interest include medical informatics, healthcare systems engineering, and broadening participation in engineering and computing. Subbian’s educational research is focused on asset-based practices, ethics education, and formation of identities in engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Asset-based Approaches to Engineering Design Education: A
doctorate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech where she was the first to graduate from the program. Her creative passion for teaching introductory engineering and design coursework through a ”learn-by-doing,” hands-on approach is focused on inspiring student success and innovation. From her many varied instructional and professional development experiences, she believes in the power of communication, collaboration and community for a brighter healthier future. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Emergency Transition of Intro Communication and Design Course to Remote TeachingAbstractDue to the COVID-19 induced
. The primaryresearch question is: Was the Rapid model effective for consortium development? To answer thisprimary question, these questions guided the study: 1. What elements of the Rapid model were essential for consortium development? What elements were not essential? 2. What were strengths and challenges in the consortium development process? 3. How can the Rapid model be refined to support consortium development more effectively?MethodsResearchers used a design and development research process to provide real-time evidence formodel pilot-testing during consortia development. Design-based research [21] supports thedevelopment and continuous improvement of education innovations in complex systems, such asthe WindU
engineering classroom environments. He graduated with his B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 respectively. His past work experience include working at the BMW Infor- mation Technology Research Center (ITRC) as a Research Associate and Robert Bosch Corporation as a Manufacturing Engineer. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Impact of Educators Changing Student Motivation: A Study of Transient Factor Correlation and OrthogonalityABSTRACT Previous research has indicated the importance of student motivation to persistence inengineering and course performance in design-based courses. This
of instruction for fall semester classes [13], others took amore nuanced approach and gave each instructor the autonomy to select the instructional modethat best balanced the stringent safety protocols with the learning objectives of the course. Thislatter approach was the route taken by Illinois State University, a mid-size public university inNormal, Illinois. As a result, the university offered courses with a mix of course instructionalmodalities during the Fall 2020 semester. Each course was designated by the instructor as eithera face-to-face, online-synchronous, online-asynchronous, or hybrid course. Face-to-face coursesmet primarily in-person, with modifications such as social distancing and classroom capacitylimitations in place
underrepresented students through expert teaching practices? For his efforts in examining science for the under-served, Dr. Yerrick has received numerous research and teaching awards including the Journal of Research in Science Teaching Outstanding Research Paper Award, Journal of Engineering Education ”Wickenden Best Paper Award” (Honorable Mention), the Most Outstanding College Science Teacher Award from the Science Teacher Association of New York State, the Teaching Innovation Award from The State University of New York, and The STAR Award for Outstanding Mentoring. He has held fellowships in several or- ganizations such as the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, the San Diego State Center for
[5, 7]. Engineering graduates pursue careers in theoreticaldesign, and research and development [1]. Meanwhile, engineering technology graduates oftenenter construction, product design, manufacturing, or testing [7]. Figure 1. Hands-on Continuum for Engineering Technology [8].Despite the curriculum differences, graduates of ABET-accredited four-year engineeringtechnology programs in several states are qualified to become licensed professional engineerswith verifiable proof of competency [7, 9]. One earns licensure upon passing the Fundamentalsof Engineering (FE) exam and the Principles of Practice of Engineering (PE) exam through theNational Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCESS) alongside providingproof of
competenciesrequired to pursue STEM careers in academic, industry or government settings. The program focuses oninterdisciplinary scientific areas that are considered a high national priority, and within them, educationand training models that are considered innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with workforce andresearch needs. In doing so, the program emphasizes broad and diverse participation fromunderrepresented groups; seeks catalyzes institutional capacity building; and encourages strategiccollaboration with industry, national research labs, and academic partners.In NSF’s portfolio of graduate training programs, that NRT Program took the place of the IntegrativeGraduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT). For many years, the IGERT
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of Teacher Education, 64(5), 426-438.Gurvitch, R. (2005). Congratulations!: A guide for new graduate students. Journal of PhysicalEducation, Recreation & Dance, 76(3), 48-52.Hardré, P. L. (2005). Instruction design as a professional development tool-of-choice for graduateteaching assistants. Innovative Higher Education, 30(3), 163-175.Hullinger, M., & Hogan, R. L. (2014). Student anxiety: Effects of a new graduate studentorientation program. Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, & Research, 4(2), 27-34.Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J. L., Buckley, J. A., Bridges, B. K., & Hayek, J. C. (2006). What matters tostudent success: A review of the literature, Volume 8. Washington, DC: National PostsecondaryEducation
with engineeringbackgrounds (a postdoc and a tenured professor) and is sustained by contributions from guestspeakers from a variety of other fields, including education, cognitive psychology, technicalcommunication, visual art, interdisciplinary studies, and media/communications. Given theiradditional roles in course design and research on the project, two of these guests are coauthors onthis paper along with a graduate research assistant and a museum educator who provided VTStraining workshops at our university over the past few years for our core team and otherinterested faculty, postdocs, and students. As part of a larger study funded in part by the NationalScience Foundation (see Acknowledgments), this paper reports ongoing work to
Paper ID #32878Work in Progress: Longitudinal Study of Identity-based Motivation ofStudents Participating in Chemical Engineering Research Center ProgramsDr. Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joana Marques Melo, PhD is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Marques Melo graduated from Penn State University with a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering. She also earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from ISEP in Portugal, and her master’s degree in Energy for Sustainable Development from UPC in Spain. Her research interests include quantitative and qualitative