2021. She has been a part of Dr. Ashlee N Ford Versypt’s research lab in the department of chemical engineering since May 2019. Her interests include biomedical computations, mathematical models, and 3D modeling and printing.Mr. Troy Lamarr Adkins II, Oklahoma State University Troy Adkins graduated in 2021 from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology & Molecular Biology with an option in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Troy has decided to further his academic career and obtain a masters in Public Health.Mr. Ted Anderson Sperry, Oklahoma State University Ted Sperry graduated with a bachelor’s degree in from Oklahoma State University in 2019, and has since pursued a PhD in Chemical
quick. At San José State University (SJSU), students and faculty were given lessthan one week to prepare to teach and take classes remotely. Most faculty at SJSU had nevertaught online before this dramatic shift in March 2020 and both faculty and students werechallenged to finish the semester. Most SJSU engineering classes are offered in the traditionalface-to-face mode with in-person laboratories and project classes. Because of COVID-19, allSJSU classes, including those in the College of Engineering, went to a remote mode.The object of this study was to determine the impact of the sudden move to remote learning onengineering students at SJSU through a survey and interviews. By supplementing the surveyswith interviews of students, this study
the educational institution, as well as thecorporation seeking to hire diverse STEM talent.Role models and representation help students see potential in themselves, and girls who seewomen working in engineering careers are more likely to consider doing the same [7]. Withfemale engineers of color occupying a small number of seats in our nation’s innovation hubs,laboratories, scientific think tanks, corporate suites, and board rooms, it is challenging for youngwomen of color to envision themselves as engineers.Experiences, both negative and positive, can profoundly shape an individual’s thoughts andultimately who they become. Espinosa [4] examines the potential benefit of the collegeexperience, including experiences of women of color pursuing
resources.While students felt competent in their abilities to pursue an engineering degree, they describedcompetence as individual knowledge and understanding of engineering and access to resources.These resources were described as people (e.g., advisors, tutors), and as non-human resources(e.g., libraries, relevant laboratories, tutorials). Having access to resources made them feelcompetent and confident in themselves in the present and in their future. Often studentsconflated competence with confidence, which we plan to discuss in a separate study, but ingeneral, students felt like competent learners. Therefore, they felt confident they can becomeengineers in the long run. Access to resources made sense as contributing factors to students’competence
personalized inclusionstatement. All course materials, including lecture slides and laboratory manuals are provided inaccessible format. Recorded materials, such as lecture videos, instructor review sessions and TArecitation sessions are recorded and augmented with captions that are edited for 99.9% accuracy.During the first week of the semester, a short presentation about the INCLUDE project is given bythe project manager and research assistant. These default interventions enhance the inclusivity ofthe environment, the accessibility of the course, and the learning experience for both theneurodiverse student population in particular, and the general student population overall. These,and other default interventions are discussed in further detail in
tests be mapped directly to those used on later assessments; rather,the benefit of testing some concepts from a set of material enables retention of related concepts inthe same material [4].Direct BenefitsDetermining direct benefits of testing in improving long-term retention is the primary focus ofmost “testing effect” empirical research. Namely, how is student retention, when represented asperformance on assessments, effected by the use of testing as a teaching tool? Many studies arenaturally composed of a control group that is solely reliant on initial study and subsequentre-study of material while the experimental group is subject to testing with multiple factors ofsome variable. Roediger and Karpicke looked at laboratory and classroom
Institute in Berlin, Germany in the summer of 2019. Immediately following graduation, she started pursuing a Master’s in BAE under the mentorship of Drs. Czarena Crofcheck and Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, performing her research in the laboratories of UK CAER. Julia’s research focuses on the development of methods for the depolymerization of lignin, this being a main constituent of biomass. In so doing, Julia’s work aims to convert this largely waste material into a sustainable source of chemicals and fuels, thereby significantly improving the economics of biorefineries. Her graduate studies and research are currently supported by the NSF LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship.Keren Mabisi, University of Cincinnati Keren
“collective intelligence” of a groupsolving simulated laboratory tasks is determined by the type of interactions they have. Thesefindings suggest that effective team dynamics within a learning group improve performance.Other studies link these positive interactions to friendship. Myers found that self-selected groups,which favor group selection among friend groups, reported higher relational satisfaction andlearning during group tasks [21]. Theobald reported that having a friend in a group activity in aSTEM class was predictive of group comfort levels [22].3 MethodsThis study used qualitative methods: narrative analysis was applied to transcripts ofsemi-structured interviews. Interviewers asked second and third year engineering majors at aprivate
Paper ID #32840”I Wish I Would Have Known. . . ”: Characterizing Engineering Students’Reflections on Their Graduate ExperiencesMr. Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University I am a second-year doctoral candidate at Pennsylvania State University in the mechanical engineering department. Member of the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL). Current research topics include graduate school attrition and student well-being.Miss Megan ElleryGabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University Gaby Sallai is currently a graduate student in the mechanical engineering department at Penn State. She is working under
. MENG students also had historically worked on research independentlyand in various laboratories across campus, and degree specializations within the department allrequired different coursework; thus, students in the department felt no true connection to cometogether as peers for writing purposes (Simpson et al., 2015).Assessment on the STEM fellows program and how it created a community of writers acrossgraduate departments at New Mexico Tech was mixed. As mentioned above, departmentalculture played a large role in whether or not students saw peer-based writing support programs asworthwhile; graduate students who were more likely to be isolated in their research andlaboratory settings saw less value in writing collaboration with peers and
completely through online tools such as email, text messaging, and Zoommeetings. This model requires minimal funding and eliminates geographical barriers, allowing studentsthroughout the United States to participate in undergraduate research opportunities without a need torelocate.In the 2020-21 academic year, this innovative research opportunity focused on creating distanceeducation STEM modules on statistical analysis and graphing, two pivotal skills needed for success inengineering and science courses that are often neglected in STEM laboratory curricula at this level.Remote research, coupled with outreach and mentoring of high school students, has never before beenconducted by community college students on the national scale and is a step
sessions, and grant development meetings. Given the recent whole scale move to online learning platforms, this platform has broadapplication for university coursework and laboratory programs. There is a real need to innovateand adapt to serve our students, who are thirsty for tech tools that are more like the traditionalclassrooms that they are all used to using. The innovative platform is much more akin to theirregular classroom environment. It enables students to discuss active learning within a table ofstudents and move freely between tables of students in a virtual classroom setting. Thearrangement has the overarching comfort of seeming like a regular classroom of sorts, whichstudents see to be a distinct advantage. The
Paper ID #32409Resilient Course Design for Teaching a Project-based Engineering CourseOnlineDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Dr. Xiaorong Zhang is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is the Director of the Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory (ICE Lab) at SFSU. She has broad research experience in human-machine interfaces, neural-controlled artificial limbs, embedded systems, and intelligent computing technologies. She is a re- cipient of the NSF CAREER Award to develop the next-generation neural
engineering, there were concerns about how social distancing, especially in laboratory exercises,would affect accreditation. The engineering and technology accrediting board, ABET, issued informationrelatively early about changes due to COVID-19. ABET determined short-term changes due to COVIDwould not need to be reported (ABET, 2020). In addition to concerns about having in-person classes andlab exercises, another concern expressed was how to communicate online in ways that are as effectiveas in person. Universities were prompted to provide additional faculty support for teaching and someeven identified some “hacks” that could be used for a graphical interface (University of Nevada Reno,2020). Other lessons learned include better ways to grade
mentors.In fall 2020, the undergraduate research project goals were to lay the foundations of researchmethodologies, technical documentation, sociological perspective, computer programming, andengineering research using digital cameras. The Engineering Scholars participated in a variety ofvirtual seminar settings including discussion, lecture, and hands-on laboratories. Spring 2021seminars build upon fall 2020 to include issues faced by our local communities. Students areguided to see how scientists and engineers view and approach these problems through theapplication of Remote Sensing methodologies. The primary focus is on the analysis of localissues such as natural disasters (wildfires, floods, earthquakes, etc.) and pollution throughsharing
. For this week, twocompletely different topics were being studied: electrochemistry in particular batteries and areview electrolysis as well as coordination compounds and complex ion solubility. Two differenttopics were being studied in one week based on the calendar and trying to incorporate the conceptof coordination compounds before they were covered in the laboratory class.Examples of student responses in week 12 reflect the conceptual confusion on the coordinationcompounds. Student 1 stated “What remains unclear to me is how to name complex ions, ligands,and determining which are cis-trans.” Student 2 noted: “Identifying the coordination number(number of attached ligands), oxidation states of metals in the coordination compounds
in-person laboratory experiences. The course used the video conferencing clientZoom as the primary method of communication. If virtual and in-person learning was happeningsynchronously, the Zoom call was projected in the classroom so that all students could see andhear each other. A video and audio feed was also available from the classroom so that studentscould hear each other across platforms.ResultsThe results of both Cohort A and Cohort B’s activities were extremely promising. Students inCohort A had statistically significant improvements in the number of other students they feltcomfortable working with over the course of the semester. At the start of the semester, studentsidentified in the survey that they were willing to work with an
reflexivity... whether,and to what extent, we [are] ready to reflect on the subject matter of race and racism in thismostly color-blind field of inquiry.” [7] What we observed during the ASEE virtual conferencewere contributions to “Big STS”—a concept introduced by Gary Downey to identify approachesto science and technology studies (STS) that promise broader social impacts beyond themicrosociology of laboratory studies, which have long been privileged in the field.On the surface, this paper is about activisms, social movements, and racial justice in engineeringeducation, but there is an understory about how small and subtle actions, like opening a SlackChannel for crafting, afford alternative virtual maker spaces for different possible futures. Howdo
systems.acknowledgementThis work has been funded by the Global Laboratory for Energy Asset Management andManufacturing (GLEAMM) and Texas Instruments.references[1] A. Ramsetty and C. Adams, "Impact of the digital divide in the age of COVID-19," Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 1147-1148, 2020.[2] H. Greenhalgh-Spencer and M. Jerbi, "Technography and design–actuality gap-analysis of internet computer technologies-assisted education: Western expectations and global education," Policy Futures in Education, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 275-294, 2017.[3] A. Banerjee, P. Glewwe, S. Powers, and M. Wasserman, Expanding access and increasing student learning in post-primary education in
Lots Substantial 1 2 3 4 5The average response with standard deviation is given in Figure 14. As seen by the response toquestion one, the students overwhelmingly lacked experience with technical writing. This wassomewhat surprising given that laboratory courses such as with physics and material sciencetypically require typed reports for experiements. The second question targeted the pace andexecution of said writing assignments. From their response and general classroom discussion,due dates were extended and more specific feedback was provided to help improve subsequentassignments. Always looking for enhanced learning benefit, the fourth question sought toappreciate added
Paper ID #34035Team Formation and Function Decisions and Student Roles on DiverseEngineering Design TeamsDr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an adjunct
this information for continuous program improvement. 5. Curriculum: discussed in depth below. 6. Faculty: requires a faculty of an appropriate size with the qualifications, competence, breadth and depth of knowledge, and authority to provide instruction and advising as well as program continuity, stability, and oversight. 7. Facilities: requires adequate and maintained classrooms, offices, laboratories, library ser- vices, tools, equipment, and computing resources. 8. Institutional Support: requires institutional support of the program to attract and maintain faculty, staff, and resources adequate to ensure the quality and continuity of the program. Table 2: Associate’s Cybersecurity, Criterion 3
literaturethat provide mechanical engineering students with the opportunities to perform hands-on designin their sophomore or junior years. For example, Mascaro et al. at University of Utahimplemented new laboratories which involve hands-on design in the first and second years of themechanical engineering program [12]; Al Hamidi, et al., discussed similar efforts in theMechanical Measurements course at Texas A&M University at Qatar [13]; Hodges and Sullivanimplemented several projects in the Design of Mechanical Systems course, which involvedfabrication of students’ designs in the machine shop [14]. However, these efforts do not involvethe development of an entrepreneurial mindset.The author has tried to implement a group-based hands-on design
activities. Author Laughton is in her first year at the Citadel, but is already thedepartment’s Chemical Hygiene Officer. Her role as Vice President of Campus Affairs in studentgovernment and her service on the EH&S Committee at a larger, research-focused institutionenabled her department to entrust her with the students’ laboratory safety. While she may still belearning the Citadel’s policies, she has sufficient context from her previous leadership roles toadapt quickly and begin to streamline procedures. While not core to Laughton’s career goals, herprevious experiences allow her to complete her role’s responsibilities with minimal time input.The most important reasons that a student participates in a student government organization
. Ethnographic research was alogical fit for our study, which aimed to examine the cultural tension and confluence in femalestudents’ experiences situated in a traditionally male-dominated learning environment.Data Sources After IRB approval, the research team contacted the instructor of the course entitledMilitary Technology and Instrumentation (MTI) or Experimental Research Methods (ERM) toobtain his support for data collection. MTI/ERM was a new course developed through externalgrant support with a goal to broaden the military science and technology workforce. The courseincluded lectures and several hands-on laboratory activities designed to increase students’interest in and knowledge of military technologies and related career opportunities
Paper ID #33821Global Engineering Competencies Learned Through Virtual Exchange ProjectCollaborationDr. Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her areas of expertise include design, and medical imaging. She started college at the University of Maryland (UMD) in College Park. After receiving her PhD at the Pennsylvania State University, she went to work for GE at the Global Research Center. She was in the Computed Tomography laboratory where she helped to design new x-ray CT systems for
University in Flint, Michigan. There, he also served as the program director for Entrepreneurship Across the University. Prior, Doug was the Director of Research & Development for Digisonix Incorporated. His disciplinary specializations include signal processing, acoustics, and wireless communications.Dr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining academia, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Mark L