havebeen prepared for in their introductory differential equations (DE) course in a separatemathematics department.Aspects of DE course delivery examined here include instructor choices of analytic andnumerical methods, instructor incorporation of programming or software packages in lecturesand/or assignments, and instructor use of disciplinary examples. The goal of the larger project ofwhich this report is an initial subset is to characterize problem-solving competencies thatchemical and mechanical engineering students transfer from their upper-division mathematicscourses to their core engineering courses. To date, participation in the study across threeuniversities has included 10 engineering instructors, 6 DE instructors, and 15
mentoring undergraduate research scholars. Aamir has presented his research both at regional (SERA, TAMU LAUNCH) and at international (FIE, AERA) educational research conferences. Aamir has three published conference proceedings and is currently working on several research projects dealing with technology and equity in STEM classrooms.Ms. Christine M. McCall, Texas A&M University Christine McCall is a junior education major specializing in 4-8th math and science education from Texas A&M University. She plans to pursue a master’s degree and her research interests include peer mentoring, experiential learning, and leadership development. American c Society
Paper ID #34646An Interdisciplinary Glimpse into the Best Practices for EffectiveStudent Engagement in the Virtual LaboratoryDr. Nathan L. Anderson, California State University, Chico Dr. Nathan L. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing at California State University Chico. He engages in multiple research projects spanning computational materials science to educational pedagogy. Prior to joining academia, he worked in the semiconductor manufacturing industry for KLA-Tencor Corporation. Before industry, he spent time at Sandia National
Paper ID #33739Antiracist Institutional Transformation Matters: How Can CommunityCultural Wealth and Counter-space Processes Illuminate Areas for Change?Dr. Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington. She works on the evaluation of several projects aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. She also conducts research on the social- psychological and institutional forces that contribute to the persistence of race and class inequalities in the United
prove that the medium level of instruction produces thehighest clarity and confidence, there is some evidence of a trend for students to prefer thisformat. Based on observations of students working in the lab, this may be because the studentsare required to do less “clicks” since most instructions are on one page within Canvas.Additional work is required to analyze the impact of the level of instruction on students’conclusions and lab reports.Another important finding is that faculty should not do research in a class full of graduatingseniors. The data shows a drop off of participation from week to week throughout the semester.We believe that this trend can be attributed to students focusing on higher priority items, such ascapstone projects
Technology at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She obtained her B.S. degree from La Universidad de Los Andes in Bogot´a, Colombia and her M.S. and Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic University in Blacksburg, Virginia. She has held fac- ulty positions at California State University, Fresno (CSUF), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). She also served as Project Coordinator of the t-STEM Initiative, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at UMBC. She is actively en- gaged in research and program development in the areas of Engineering for Social Change, increasing the accessibility of STEM education to under-represented
Paper ID #33571Attitudes Toward and Usage of Animations in an Interactive Textbook forMaterial and Energy BalancesMr. Sidney Jay Stone III P.E., The University of Toledo Mr. Stone has been working in industry since graduating with BSc in Chemical Engineering. His career has covered the spectrum from detailed engineering design to project management in power generation and petroleum refining and the journey has been interesting and satisfying. During this career he has had several rewarding opportunities to teach and mentor engineering Co-Op students and newly hired engi- neers which has been a rewarding experience. He is
proposal reviewer for SAGE, Emerald, IGI Global, Palgrave Macmillan, and CyberTech Publishing. She is currently involved in a National Science Foundation Research in Formation of Engineers project as a Co-PI. She has served in manufacturing leadership roles for Coca-Cola Bot- tling Company Consolidated, Abbott Laboratories, and Burlington Industries. She is a national member of ATD and has twice presented at the ATD International Conference and Exposition. Dr. Hughes is a Langevin Certified Master Trainer, Harvard Management Development Fellow, and a Darden School of Business Minority Executive Education Scholar. She has a PhD in Career and Technical Education from Virginia Tech, Master of Textiles in Textile Technology
/methods, some of which may be more cost-effective than traditional in-persontools/methods. By adopting proper tools and strategies, we believe that the quality of learning inonline courses can be comparable to, if not better than, that of learning in in-person courses.REFERENCES[1] K. Parker, L. Amanda, and K. Moore, "The digital revolution and higher education: Collegepresidents, public differ on value of online learning," Pew Internet & American Life Project(2011).[2] C. W. Starr, B. Manaris, and R. H. Stalvey, "Bloom's taxonomy revisited: specifyingassessable learning objectives in computer science," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 40, no. 1 (2008):261-265.[3] P. Li, "Exploring virtual environments in a decentralized lab," ACM SIGITE Research in IT6
a focus on electro- chemical energy storage systems.Israa Ali, University of Michigan Israa Ali is a senior undergraduate studying Aerospace Engineering.Dr. Corin L Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles Corin (Corey) Bowen is a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at California State University - Los Angeles, where she is working on the NSF-funded Eco- STEM project. Her engineering education research focuses on structural oppression in engineering sys- tems, organizing for equitable change, and developing an agenda of Engineering for the Common Good. She conferred her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in April
a newly expanded graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training programin a computer science department. As part of an NSF-funded project that aims to transformteaching practices in highly enrolled gateway STEM courses, the computer science (CS)department at a research-focused state institution is working to integrate active learning practicesin its CS 1 (freshman level) and CS 2 (sophomore level) courses. The combined courses haveenrollments of nearly 1,000 students each semester, with lecture sections of 100-200 studentsand software lab sections of 25-30 students. Lab sections are led by GTAs, and hence GTAprofessional development plays a large role in transforming the teaching and learning approachesin these courses.The CS department at the
one of the most challenging experiences I had in my pursuit of becoming an engineer. I was in a senior design class with 25 males and only 2 female engineers. I was in a team of 6 and it took us a few months to learn to work together effectively. Many of them had strong personalities and wanted to take over the entire project themselves, so the biggest challenge for me was finding my own space on the team to contribute.”Women also discussed having to prove themselves. As Nafisi explains, “I had many people tell me I couldn't do it and I did face some sexism while pursuing my engineering degree. So proving to everyone that I was capable was a great feeling.”In a similar vein another woman tells readers
interprets it. — ShaunElizabeth had an arduous journey with mental and physical health, which caused her to take atemporary leave of absence from her program. She praised her department head for being lovingand accommodating during her situation. The department head even allowed her to retain herfunding until her return. This willingness to accommodate her stood in contrast with therelationship she had with her advisor, who set untenable work expectations without regard forher fragile health. Elizabeth describes her advisor as having several personal and physical issues,not unlike her own. However, Elizabeth believes her advisor projected her frustrations
department level a newDirector of DEI position was created and filled by Prof. Rob Carpick (one of the authors of thiswork). This person has also created a DEI Task Force within the Mechanical Engineering &Applied Mechanics (MEAM) department (on which the other author is serving). While the fullmandate of the DEI Task Force is still taking shape, the main goal is to tackle pressing issuesrelated to DEI in the department, and to develop a longer-term action plan to address theseissues. This will begin as a descriptive research project to take an honest look at where we are asa department to generate baseline data against which future interventions can be compared.Over the past year there have been several curricular and extra-curricular efforts
and group projects, and case studies within four major units of inquiry: 1) Learning to Listen, 2) Responsible Conduct of Research, 3) Responsible Conduct of Practice, 4) Witnessing Wrongdoing and the Obligation to Prevent Harm. A major motivation in developing this course was to prioritize listening as a core component of engineering practice and to consider the perspectives of non-experts (i.e., non-engineers, non- scientists, non-architects, etc.) in conventional decision-making processes [1], [2]. The course provides practices in and reflection on empathetic and in-depth listening. Some of the major questions that guide the
assessing individual ethical decision-making in project-baseddesign teams: Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods,” in 121st ASEE Annual Conference& Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 15-18, 2014, [Online]. Available:https://peer.asee.org/23130.[11] L. Kohlberg, R. H. Hersh, “Stages of moral development,” Theory Pract., vol. 16, pp.53-59,Apr. 1977.[12] M. Sindelar, L. Shuman, M. Besterfield-Sacre, R. Miller, C. Mitcham, B. Olds, R. Pinkus,and H. Wolfe. “Assessing Engineering Students' Abilities to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas,” inProceedings, 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, Colorado, USA,November 5-8, 2003.[13] L. Kisselburgh, J. L. Hess, C. B. Zoltowski, J. Beever, A. O. Brightman, “Assessing ascaffolded
transformation of engineering education.Dr. Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University Having completed his Ph.D. through the University of Washington’s interdisciplinary Individual Ph.D. Program (see bit.ly/uwiphd), Ryan is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University. He currently facilitates an interdisciplinary project entitled ”Developing Reflective Engineers through Artful Methods.” His scholarly interests include both teaching and research in engineering education, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering, humanitarian engineering, engineering ethics, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Dr. Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University
award. In total, her projects have received over $20 million dollars in external funding. This funding has produced 12 software packages that have been requested from (and shared with) more than 3000 researchers in 86 countries (as of October 2012). Dr. Camp has published over 80 refereed articles and 12 invited articles, and these articles have been cited almost 4,000 times (per Microsoft Academic Search) and over 7,000 times (per Google Scholar) as of December 2012. Dr. Camp is an ACM Fellow, an ACM Distinguished Lecturer, and an IEEE Fellow. She has enjoyed being a Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand (in 2006), a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Bonn in Germany (in 2010), and a keynote presenter at
business sectors. The quality assurance inengineering education is a systematic project, facing a special internal and external policyenvironment. At present, engineering education accreditation has become the main qualityassurance mechanism for higher engineering education, and has promoted the formation oftwo major engineering education accreditation systems: Washington Accord (WA) andEuropean Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE). The globalengineering education accreditation presents the result-oriented, international connection,continuous improvement and industry-university cooperation trend [1]. Under this framework,colleges and universities in various countries and regions have tried to explore the path ofquality
. External Battery: An external battery works as the independent energy storage device in the system. It usually takes an entire day for the solar panel to charge the battery. C. Projector: The pico-projector runs on an Android OS and uses the Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology invented by Texas Instruments for projection. The pico- projector has an internal battery which can be charged through the external battery. This battery can run the projector for approximately 2.5 hours at 130 lumens of brightness. D. Memory Devices and Ports: SD cards or USB drives can be used as memory devices for the educational content in stand-alone mode. The systems deployed were shipped with a standard 32 GB SD
consecutive Family STEM Saturday events through two localBoys and Girls Club branches after getting an approval from the institutional review board(IRB). Directors in the Boys and Girls Club disseminated the program information to localunderserved families with at least one child in grades 3 - 6. A total of 14 families with 21children participated in these Family STEM Saturday events and received information about thehome engineering design challenge project. Five families with seven children joined theengineering design challenge activities. Preliminary findings from two families or caregiver-child dyads are reported in this paper. Since the pandemic started in the middle of theirparticipation, the kit circulation process changed into a contactless
Paper ID #32343Student Internships During Times of Pandemic: A Historical View ofPandemics, Recession and Their Effect on EducationDr. Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University, with a background in struc- tural engineering and project management. Dr. Mosier has received regional and international teaching awards through the Associated Schools of Construction. Research interests include the cost of sustainable construction to owners and engineering education.Dr. Heather N. Yates, Oklahoma State University Dr. Yates joined the Oklahoma State
coordinates EPICS High (Engineering Projects in Community Service) to engage high school and mid- dle school students in human-centered engineering projects in their communities. Through this program, Velez works to build partnerships with school districts, industry, and non-profits to bring STEM program- ming to underserved communities across the state. Before joining ASU, Velez spent seven years as an elementary educator at a STEM focus school. She currently holds a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Studying the Impact of a Residential Program on High School Students
multitude of disciplines can employ this assignment if their disciplines areinvolved in the sustainable design of products and packages. Beyond helping students exploresustainable and ethical concerns surrounding product packaging, this module also helps studentsstart thinking about how to become change agents moving toward a more ethical and sustainablefuture.The module and letter report described here are part of a required 5-credit junior levelcommunication, design, and engineering core course offered in the Department of HumanCentered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington.The course is offered twice yearly to 40 students maximum per course. The course usesparticipatory learning and project-based
evaluator and is currently on the Executive Committee of ABET’s Computing Accreditation Commission. He received his PhD in Computer and Information Science from The Ohio State University.Dr. Lawrence G. Jones, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Dr. Lawrence G. Jones has broad and deep experience in multi-million-dollar project management and software engineering consulting, public speaking, and technical publication. He has over 30 years’ expe- rience in nonprofit leadership involving accreditation of university STEM programs, performing arts, and software engineering and computer science education. He is currently Chair of the Board of EPIC, a new, ”non-stuffy” chamber music program. Dr. Jones
one to four years of workexperience, and 25% to 30% of students do not have any experience. The differences are morestudents in KSU had five to ten years of work experience and only CU Denver students who hadworked for more than ten years. Most of the students do not have any experience in sustainabledesign and construction area at both universities. Just a few students had specific experiences inthe sustainable design area, including working on a LEED project. Table 1: Demographics Data KSU CU Denver Construction Major 94.4% 41.4% Non-Construction Major 6.9% 58.6
-recorded for verbatim transcriptionlater.Data Analysis Data analysis was initially carried out by the project assessment team to generate a yearlyevaluation report. After reviewing the yearly data set (i.e., survey results, journal entries,observations, and interview transcripts), the assessment team developed a set of open codes toidentify key aspects of meaningful learning experiences as elaborated by all students each year.This paper is based on the complied collection of the five years’ evaluation reports and a furtherretrospective analysis of some thematic findings noted in those reports. The research teamnoticed some converging and diverging points between male and female students throughout theyears and decided to interrogate the
have people from very different •That they developed familiarity backgrounds to generate well rounded with common makerspace projects processes and technologies.Q2 - Did EM assist the faculty facilitators with the COVID transition? Was there adifference in the facets of EM that helped with this transition?Each facilitation team tackled the remote transition in different ways. Many innovations indelivery were developed by the teams, and several best practices emerged. The focus on creatingvalue for each of the workshop participants was
work/discussion because its good practice for jobs that require teamwork” shows thatmodule participation helped students to recognize the importance of EM skills, influencing theirfuture endeavors.3.3 Social ImpactConceptualizing future technology and services that create value for society is an importantaspect of the entrepreneurial mindset [13]. Societal and environmental motivation leads tocognitive awareness which is about finding the needs, exploring ideas, and applying availableresources to create a business model. This module was able to connect the students to a socialissue as evidenced by their comments: “relevance to college students, many of my friends eithersmoke or vape so this issue of quitting smoking connected” and “project