learning. She has been awarded the Dominion Strong Men & Women Excellence in Leadership Award, Richmond Joint Engineers Council Engineer of the Year, AAAS Diplomacy Fellowship, and the NSBE Janice Lumpkin Educator of the Year Award.Dr. Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Filippas received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. After earning her M. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Texas at Austin, she completed post-doctoral research with the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications in Athens, Greece. Post-academically, she worked for Ansoft Corporation as a research scientist spearheading the development of the next generation code for
is evident in the results presented in this paper. Ourgoal here is not to make a conclusive argument about the connection between research topics andcollaborations across universities but rather highlight that the changes in major research areas,for example, in response to funding opportunities, may play a role in connecting researchers withdifferent degrees of expertise across institutions; future research may examine suchmulti-variable relationships.References 1. Bozeman, B., Fay, D., and Slade, C.P. (2013). Research collaboration in universities and academic entrepreneurship: the-state-of-the-art, Journal of Technology Transfer, 38, 1, 1-67. 2. Jones, B.F., Wuchty, S., Uzzi, B. (2008). Multi-university research teams
these three knowledge domains into first-yearprograms. The collection of qualitative data has brought tremendous insight into the studentexperience and is something we plan to expand. And while this current qualitative study did notmeasure and compare which learning activities helped the most with the development oftransdisciplinarity among students, our findings showed that first-year engineering students’conceptual schema and perspectives diverged and transformed through their engagement withthe courses’ learning activities [23].References[1] S. Ambrose and C. Amon, "Systematic Design of a First-Year Mechanical Engineering Course at Carnegie Mellon University," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 173-181, 1997
presented with the followinghomework problem: A tube with circular cross section is fashioned from compacted dark chocolate powder (inner wall radius R = 2 cm, total length L = 20 cm). Warm milk is flowing slowly (v = 6 cm s-1) in laminar fashion (no chaotic mixing) through it. The milk entering the tube is chocolate-free (0.0 g cm-3). Chocolate dissolving in the milk is carried downstream by convection and is also spreading radially inward by diffusion. The diffusion coefficient of the chocolate in the milk is D = 0.35 cm2 s-1. You realize that the system may be described with the following PDE (z is the length down the tube, r is the radius, c is the local concentration of chocolate in
reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] World Health Organization, “Water, sanitation, hygiene and water management for the COVID-19 virus,” 2020.[2] C. Hendrickson and L. R. Rilett, “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Transportation Engineering,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, vol. 146, no. 7, pp. 1–2, 2020, doi: 10.1061/jtepbs.0000418.[3] R. K. Bhagat, M. S. Davies Wykes, S. B. Dalziel, and P. F. Linden, “Effects of ventilation on the indoor spread of COVID-19,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 903, 2020, doi: 10.1017/jfm.2020.720.[4] T. R. Witcher, “Collaboration among Professionals: The Role of Civil Engineers in Public Health,” Civil Engineering, vol. 90, no. 6, pp
technology-focused approaches.References[1] National Science Foundation, “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2017,” National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Arlington, VA., Special Report NSF 17-310, 2017. [Online]. Available: www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.[2] NGSS Lead States, Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2013.[3] S. L. Pruitt, “The Next Generation Science Standards: The Features and Challenges,” Journal of Science Teacher Education, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 145–156, Mar. 2014, doi: 10.1007/s10972- 014-9385-0.[4] S.-A. A. Allen-Ramdial and A. G. Campbell, “Reimagining the Pipeline: Advancing STEM
engineering class will giveus a glimpse into what attitudes students have coming into the course as well as how thoseattitudes change (if at all) in response to the human-centered design modules being introducedthis semester.The ultimate goal for the insights gathered from synthesizing both the qualitative andquantitative data from this study is to understand the gaps that exist between engineering studentdesires and existing curricular offerings, and how human-centered design can be best integratedto help fill some of those gaps (if at all). The research should help us identify who would benefitmost from this integration (what type(s) of students) and when in the 4-year curriculum it wouldbenefit them most.References [1] A. Valentine, I. Belski
outcomes from a curriculum-wideapproach.References[1] A. Hain and S. Motaref, “Implementing Interactive 3-D Models in an Entry Level Engineering Course to Enhance Students’ Visualization,” presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, June 2020, Virtual Online. 10.18260/1-2--34782.[2] J. L. Segil, B. A. Myers, J. F. S. Ph.D, and D. T. Reamon, “Efficacy of Various Spatial Visualization Implementation Approaches in a First-year Engineering Projects Course,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2015, pp. 26.590.1– 26.590.8.[3] S. A. Sorby, B. Casey, N. Veurink, and A. Dulaney, “The role of spatial training in improving spatial and calculus performance in engineering students
academic climate subscales by gender might be useful. While we foundno interaction with gender, at the end of the semester women engineering studentsengineering identity was lower. Future research should incorporate other methodologies toexplore what causes such decreases in women undergraduates’ engineering identity. Aqualitative analysis could include female undergraduates to have more information and betterunderstanding of how their engineering identity is shaped in an inclusive curriculum.References[1] “The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2020 | NSF - National Science Foundation.” https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20201/u-s-s-e-workforce (accessed Feb. 15, 2021).[2] G. M. Walton, C. Logel, J. M. Peach, S. J. Spencer, and M. P. Zanna
grant from the National Science Foundation # 2027471. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] J. Bourne, D. Harris, and F Mayadas, “Online engineering education: Learning anywhere, anytime,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 131-146, 2005.[2] C. Hodges, S. Moore, B. Lockee, T. Trust, and A. Bond, “The difference between emergency remote teaching and online learning,” Educause Review, vol. 27, 2020, [Online]. Available:https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/3/the-difference-between- emergency-remote-teaching-and-online-learning.[3] L
Concept % of students Moral(s) 45.8 Right 34.2 Others 28 Wrong 27.6 Values 26.7 Personal 22.7 Good 22.7 Work 22.2 Problem 21.3 Consequence(s) 18.7Hess (2018) identifies the
students with the same advisors? In a similar vein, we would like to investigate how our resultsgeneralize when we look into the centrality of groups that are supposed to induce specific structures, suchas cliques, stars, representatives, among others (Rasti and Vogiatzis 2021).ReferencesAgnitsch, K., Flora, J., and Ryan, V. (2006). Bonding and bridging social capital: The interaction effects on community action. Community Development 37:36-51.Bourdieu, P. (2001). The forms of capital. Pp. 96-111 in The Sociology of Economic Life, edited by M. Granovetter and R. Swedberg. Boulder: Westview Press.Borgatti, S. P., Mehra, A., Brass, D. J., & Labianca, G. (2009). Network analysis in the social sciences. science, 323(5916), 892
counts towards their degree requirements. We recommend mentoring students about taking an appropriate course load.References[1] S. R. Gregerman, J. S. Lerner, W. v. Hippel, J. Jonides, and B. A. Nagda, “Undergraduatestudent-faculty research partnerships affect student retention,” The Review of Higher Education,22(1):55–72, 1998.[2] M. Barrow, S. Thomas, and C. Alvarado, “ERSP: A Structured CS Research Program forEarly-College Students”, in Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation andTechnology in Computer Science Education, 2016, pp. 148 – 153.[3] J. Stout, N. Burcin Tamer, C. Alvarado, “Formal Research Experiences for First YearStudents: A Key to Greater Diversity in Computing?”, in Proceedings of the 49th ACM
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learning environment was How students feel in class (curious, comfortable uncomfortable, stupid, confident, Environmental successful, unhappy) [21] Home Highest educational status of par- Highest education status of stu- ents/guardians [20], [21] dents’ parent(s)/guardian(s) If they had an encyclopedia or a newspaper in the home [14], [18] Peer-group If schooling and grades are impor- How often peers helped their under- tant to friends [20], [22] standing of SS
Paper ID #32880Deanna Craig, Clemson University Civil Engineering Clemson University 2021 graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Implementation of a Guided Mentorship Program in a STEM Community of Practice at a Two-Year CollegeAbstractCommunities of Practice (CoP) have become powerful models for facilitating social learning inhigher education. The Engineering Scholars Program (ESP), funded by an NSF Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant, is a CoP designed toenhance the social learning experience of two-year college students preparing to transfer to a four-year university. A key feature of
-person camp with greater number of participants. Besides, following changes tocation usage. The findings of the paper suggest that the overall perspective remained posi- the applications is proposed:tive with application usage amongst the students. Similarly, a literature by Lehman, S., et al. •Currently, the water application only supports two of the buildings inside Au-(2018). [2] proposes an AR app that helps cognitively impaired elderly
opportunities in which to remove barriers for womenwithin the engineering and computing discipline by understanding their experiences and participation in the fields.I. INTRODUCTION Recent reports from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have indicated that while the number of women in Science and Engineering (S&E) related jobs continue to grow, the group remains underrepresented in the S&E workforce relative to their overall presence in the population [1]. The lack of women in STEM transcends traditional narratives on the importance of broadening participation and increasing STEM diversity because of the nuanced issues women face in a male dominated field. Issues concerning women feeling unwelcomed in STEM begin at the academic level and
societal ramifications, inclusion of broad user bases, andperspectives of diverse team members? The National Center for Science and EngineeringStatistics [8] reported that in 2017, the Science and Engineering (S&E) workforce consisted ofthe following: 29% women, 5.6% Black or African American, 7.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8%Asian, and 65% White. How can representation of the user base be accurately represented whensuch representation is not present in the career fields (see Table 1)? The recruitment, retention,and inclusivity of underrepresented groups within STEM education programs is a problem wecontinue to face, but if the representation in the classroom is skewed, then the demand forenlightenment and acknowledgement of diverse users must
either a DC motor or Stepper motor to determine torque and/or speed relationships in a weightlifting experiment. This latter experiment introduced auxiliary power requirements and motor controllers. This module was introduced fairly early in the course since most students needed to use some form of motor as a control mechanism in their open-ended project. Inclusion at this point of the course allowed students the chance to develop familiarity with the motors in line with the design schedule. Learning the applications of each motor type helped the student select appropriate motor(s) for their open-ended project.Module 4: Aerosol Concentrations. Small concentration changes can make a big difference when it comes to safety, be it a breath
observations. Finally, complexity had the lowest number ofobservations at 18; this constitutes only 8% of the total observations. The results showed that average scores in all 3 phases of the course and the final score havedecreased in recent years. The results of Welch's T-Test demonstrate that Spring 2019's averagehas been significantly lower than all other previous semesters. The box plots also demonstrate thatthe median results for each phase and final score of Spring 2019 are outside the box range of someprevious semesters. This suggests that there might be a significant difference between them, butthis result needs more investigation to understand how significant the difference may be.Additionally, the boxes leading to Spring 2019 have
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-power pulsed laser(s), sheet optic(s), digitalimager(s), and processing software. Figure 1. A simple laboratory PIV system consisting of a digital camera, a pulsed wave laser, sheet optics, and seeding particles. To date, each of these hardware/software technological problems have been individuallysolved. The modern availability of LED “laser” pointers, increasing quality of smartphonecameras, and improvements in smartphone processing speed now provide economical, safe, andaccessible illumination, imaging, and image processing capabilities for smartphone PIV.However, while open source algorithms exist for PIV [12], they a) do not port to modern mobiledevices and b) are not equipped with interfaces that guide
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland; the University of Stuttgart (US),Germany; and the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa. These four teams providedcomplementary technical skills. The team at University of Pretoria had contact with the KrugerNational Park organization.AREND is a PBL initiative aligned to a real-world challenge with an overarching problem statement: “Team AREND will design a technological solution to aid Kruger National Park (KNP) rangers in the protection of black and white rhinos from poaching. The solution shall constitute, but not be limited to, an unmanned aircraft (18kg, 4.2m wingspan, cruise speed 20m/s, stall speed 15m/s) capable of conducting, efficient, quiet and remote surveillance of large
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Relative Motion and Acceleration Kit15) TQ Gear Train Kit Rotation, angular velocity, and acceleration16) TQ Simple Mechanism Kit Translation, General plane Motion Figure 1: Xpult catapult that can be clamped on a flat surface allow to throw a ping pong ball at an angle (left), Student performing hands-on projectile motion testing (right) Table 3: Selected textbook problems for projectile motion [22] Projectile motion problem 1: Given: Travel time t from A to B, (where B represents the maximum height), distance S x = 18 . Find: The velocity v A , angle , and maximum height h? Projectile motion problem 2: Given: Angle , traveled distances in X and Y direction. Find: The velocity v A , velocity while passing point
science and engineering (S&E).” [1] The lack of representation and diversityin the science and engineering fields may negatively impact innovation and productivity. [2] Inaddition, the demand for skilled STEM workers is projected to increase. Although many effortshave been taken to increase STEM interest and STEM career pursuit, shortages in the STEMfield continue to exist. STEM fields do not attract and retain enough workers from youngergenerations.[3],[4],[5] As a result, the current and estimated supply to the STEM workforce doesnot meet the growing demand. [6],[7] Additionally, there is a need to address the disparateimpact of race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status on students’ access to andengagement with STEM opportunities
entrepreneurs' definitions, but mentioned only afew times throughout student interviews, for example, Participant 42 stated; "Entrepreneurialmindset is really just creating a new form of mental habits that will allow you to see the biggerpicture of things to make connections and values through what your work is." However, it seemsthat some of the more frequent codes such as Innovation and Business Skills were nothighlighted by entrepreneurs in previous studies. This could be due to students' lack ofexperience in the field and the fact that students are only learning about entrepreneurial mindsetin the classroom, as opposed to entrepreneurs who have real world experience with the benefitsof EM.Faculty in Zappe et al.’s study said that they believe that
on designer one “frequently if not always” for transitional tasks such asplanning, setting team goals, and developing strategies. The number “1” in the (1,2) positiondepicts designer 2’s reliance on designer 1 for the same function. The relations reflect the surveyresponses of the designers and are directional and of equal magnitude. The disconnect of nodesthree, four, and five to the other designers in this DSM indicates a weak connection of the networkat this particular threshold and function [61]. Twelve DSMs are constructed representing the threeleadership functions and three communications modes at two distinct frequency levels. Designer (Sink) 1
belong there, I don’t feel like I connect with the school … I just have that mentality of, “I just need to go through this part. I’m just passing by” … And I’m fine with that, that doesn’t bother me anymore [interview 4]Decades of research focused on college student’s college departure affirm that students are morelikely to withdraw from their institution, all together, when they are not sufficiently integratedsocially and academically [31]–[38]. Kitatoi’s resignment to “just passing by” and her lack ofconnectedness with the institution are worrisome. Seymour and Hewitt [39] and Marra et al.’s [40]work emphasized that women who leave STEM disciplines decide to switch into non-engineeringdegree programs due to feeling as though they didn’t