, Computer Engineering, and Engineering Management in the EECS Department and a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) at Vanderbilt University. He has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Michigan State University in E. Lansing, MI. Prof. Biswas conducts research in Intelligent Systems with primary interests in hybrid modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex embedded systems, and their applications to diagnosis, prognosis, and fault-adaptive control. He is also involved in developing simulation-based environments for learning and instruction. In
Paper ID #32541Using Collective Wisdom to Enhance Experimental Learning During theCOVID-19 PandemicDr. Jason Yao, East Carolina University Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao is a Professor with the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University (ECU), Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering and Technology. He received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. He
consists of “institutionalstructures, resources, and responsibilities that influence students’ identities within their academicinstitution and engineering as a career” [9, p. 2].The networking strand includes two elements ofnetworks, interpersonal and intertextual to support their personal, academic, and professionaldevelopment. Interpersonal networking consists of the present, past, and historical relationshipsbuilt with faculty, peers, and professionals that contribute to students; identity development andsuccess, while intertextual networking includes students’ accessing books, articles, andeducational technology to expand their knowledge and understanding of the field.ResultsWithin the research project’s lifespan, we have collected stories
Paper ID #32630Value Perceptions of Industry Interactions in a National Airport DesignCompetitionProf. Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette Mary E. Johnson is a Professor in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology (SATT) at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She earned her BS, MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. After 5 years in aerospace manufacturing as an IE, Dr. Johnson joined the Automation & Robotics Research Institute in Fort Worth and was a program manager for applied research programs. Fourteen years later, she was an
mixed-methods research approaches using AI to uncover insights about the 21st century workforce. Sreyoshi is passionate about improving belonging among women in STEM and Engineering. She was recently elected as Senator at the Society of Women Engineers - a not for profit organization with over 42,000 global members and the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology. She is also a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Learn more about her work and get in touch at www.ThatStatsGirl.com.Dr. Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida Lilianny Virguez is a Instructional Assistant Professor at the Engineering Education Department at Uni- versity of
CoEd Faculty Award for Outstand- ing Service to the Education Profession (2016), UW CoEd Honored Fall Convocation Faculty (2017), and UW CoEd Faculty Award for Outstanding Research and Scholarship (2019).Since beginning at UW, Bur- rows has written, implemented, or evaluated over 50 unique grants. She has been the Program Director for GenCyber as well as PI of NSF grants for STEM and CS work. The core of her research agenda is to deepen science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM) partnership involvement and un- derstanding through STEM interdisciplinary integration with in-service teacher professional development (PD) and pre-service teacher coursework. Her research agenda is composed of a unified STEM
technological development opportunities by teaming up with our College’s Officefor Digital Learning (ODL). We hope to be able to present our work as a lightning talk at the conference.Pre-COVIDThe Leonhard Center is housed within the College of Engineering at Penn State. We work with over 400faculty at our primary campus and occasionally work with faculty from other university campuses aswell. The faculty development element of our Center includes two faculty members with 10-monthcontracts with the opportunity for summer funding through research and other initiatives and ourExecutive Director with a 12-month administrative contract. During the Spring and Fall semesters, theCenter offers monthly workshops for faculty with selective summer programming
development for technology-enhanced learning en- vironments through the application of evidence-based teaching practices and the assessment of academic engagement and is an avid practitioner of Universal Design for Learning. Dr. Dancz teaches an interdis- ciplinary Creative Inquiry course on Conation and Creativity in Education and is the faculty director of Clemson University’s National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program. Dr. Dancz is a KolbeTM Certified Consultant and regularly consults on conation and striving instincts.Dr. Elizabeth A. Adams, Fresno City College Dr. Elizabeth Adams teaches full time as an Engineering Faculty member at Fresno City College in Fresno, California. She a civil engineer
Paper ID #32446Pandemic Pivots: The Successful Transition of an NSF ResearchInternship to an Online FormatNicole Evans McIntyre, University of California, Berkeley Nicole McIntyre serves as the Director of Education & Outreach for the Center for Energy Efficient Elec- tronics Science, a NSF funded Science and Technology Center. She is also the Manger of Transfer Success Initiatives for the UC Berkeley College of Engineering, and the Director of the Transfer-to-Excellence pro- gram, an REU for community college students. Nicole holds degrees in Psychology and Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley
several years at home, raising his two children. Upon returning to the Ruston area, he rejoined Louisiana Tech University as a graduate student to continue his studies and earn a PhD. As a graduate assistant with the College of Engineering and Science, he is using his design background to design new project kits for the freshmen and sophomore level engineering courses.Dr. Ethan Clark Hilton, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Ethan Hilton is an assistant professor at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, where he has been since September 2019. He received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana Tech and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a focus in Engineering
Paper ID #34966Teaching STEM Early-college Students: A New Methodology to Teach En-ergyComplex SystemsDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Ahmed C. Megri is an Associate Professor of engineering. He received his HDR (Dr. Habilitation) in Engineering Sciences, from Marie and Pierre Curie University, Paris VI (Sorbonne Universities), in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering, from Lyon Institute of Technology in 1995. He wrote more than 100 papers in the journal and international conferences. His research interests include thermal and mechanical modeling and simulation of
Paper ID #33308Work-in-Progress: Incorporating Computational Thinking Instruction intoK-12 Using 3D WeatherDr. Pat Ko, Mississippi State University Pat Ko is a post-doctoral associate at Mississippi State University. His interests include computer science education, computational thinking, K-12 engineering programs, and educational robotics.Dr. Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University Dr. M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh investigates the use of digital sys- tems to measure and
the National Science Foundation, and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.Dr. Reginald DesRoches, Rice University Reginald DesRoches is the Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As School Chair, he provides leadership to a top- ranked program with 100 faculty and staff and 1,100 students. His primary research interests are in design of resilient infrastructure systems under extreme loads. He has published more than 250 articles in the general area of resilience and seismic risk assessment. Dr. DesRoches has served as the key technical leader in the United States’ response to the Haiti earthquake and led a team
Paper ID #32815Study of Organizational Knowledge Retention Practices in the UtilitiesEric G. Barnfather Jr., Purdue University at West Lafayette Eric is a Graduate Research Assistant working under Dr. Lucietto, pursuing his Master of Science in Engi- neering Technology at Purdue University, where he also received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Eric began his assistantship in the summer of 2020 at the local Utility plant working to update the operator training program and to create training simulations within the automation software. He is interested in power at the utility and national
Paper ID #34275Supporting Equitable Team Experiences Using Tandem, an Online Assess-mentand Learning ToolDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. She is one of the faculty co-innovators behind Tandem.Dr
technologicaladvancements, such as animations and embedded questions, in an attempt to increase interactivityand engagement [14]. With the slow evolution and introduction of interactive texts hosted on web-based platforms, there have been relatively few studies on the efficacy of such texts on studentengagement, satisfaction, and performance. Of the few studies which exist, even fewer have beenfocused on engineering-based texts.O'Bannon et al. [15] studied student achievement when an interactive, digital textbook was usedin place of traditional lectures for specific content in a technology-oriented course. It is noted theirplatform was based on Apple’s iBook Author, which allowed for the incorporation of various typesof multimedia, as well as immediate-feedback
for Ad- vanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research contributes to the understanding how young students learn mathematics, and the classroom contexts for learning. Her detailed work on teaching practices, teacher learning, and discourse practices in elementary mathematics classrooms has yielded important insights on teaching practices that are linked to student understand- ing. She has also taken her passion for student learning in STEM to investigations of college students from groups that are underrepresented in STEM fields, to examine ways in which they navigate online STEM classes, leading to their successes, in ways that are important and sometimes surprising
Paper ID #34370Virtual Internships: Accelerating Opportunity Through DisruptionMs. Lynn Merritt Ekstedt, Oregon State University Ms. Lynn M. Ekstedt is an Employer Relations Manager in the Oregon State University College of En- gineering, where she supports student-employer engagement and the college strategic plan as it relates to student placement in both entry-level and internship positions and experiential learning opportunities. Ms. Ekstedt has worked in this capacity in the university setting for over 7 years. She also has over 15 years of experience working as an engineer, primarily with small electronics
curriculumdevelopment in Big Data, especially machine learning, to experienced science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) middle and high school teachers. We hosted two summercohorts in the labs of the engineering school at our metropolitan research university before thepandemic forced us to postpone the third planned cohort until it is safe to meet in person. Thispaper illustrates the importance of the in-person cohort experience for developing teachers aslearners and facilitators of computational thinking using the concept of machine learning.Machine learning (ML) models are now being used increasingly in many sectors, ranging fromhealth and education to justice and criminal investigation. Hence, these algorithmic models arestarting to
Paper ID #34895Lessons Learned from Hosting Workshops on Remote Control of AutomatedSystemsDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M
Paper ID #34519Collaborative Problem Solving in a Virtual Electrical Circuits ClassDr. Shiny Abraham, Seattle University Shiny Abraham is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seattle University. She received the B.E. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Visveswaraiah Technological Uni- versity (VTU), India in 2007 and Ph.D. from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA in 2012. Her research interests span the areas of Wireless Communication, Internet of Things (IoT), Optimization using Game Theory, and Engineering Education Research. She is a member of the IEEE and ASEE, a technical pro
Paper ID #33029Design and Evaluation of Collaborative Lab for Robot ProgrammingDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University
STEM discipline and courses. The data were collectedduring Summer 2019. In the participants, 43% of students were from various science disciplines,17% were computer science or technology majors, and 40% were engineering majors. 33% ofthese students were male, while 67% were female. Students were at various stages of theirdegree STEM programs (10% freshmen, 6.67% sophomore, 23.33% junior, 36.67% senior, and23.33% graduate students). Also, students belonged to diverse ethnicity with 16.67% participantswere Asian American, 20% were Black or African American, 40% were white or EuropeanAmerican, 3.33% were Hispanic or Latin American, and 20% were of other uncategorizedethnicities.Research Design In this study, we collected data using a
2016 and is an Assistant Professor-Educator in Biomedical Engineering and the Undergraduate Program Director in Biomedical Engineering. Before joining the University of Cincinnati, she was an Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomedical Engi- neering at Syracuse University for two years. She teaches a variety of biomedical engineering courses from the first year to the fifth year in the curriculum, including CAD, electric circuits, and sensing and measurement. Her educational research interests include the use of teaching technologies and student engagement in learning. Her Ph.D. and Masters in Biomedical Engineering were granted from Vanderbilt University where she completed a certificate in college teaching. She
Paper ID #34635Work in Progress: Interactive Introductory Online Modules on WirelessCommunications and Radio-frequency Spectrum SharingCarl B. Dietrich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University A licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia, Carl Dietrich earned a BS EE degree from Texas A&M University, and MS EE and PhD EE degrees from Virginia Tech. He has taught courses in software defined radio, communications systems, electronics, and electromagnetic fields. He has also taught short courses on software defined radio since 2007, covering fundamental concepts and enabling technologies in addition to
differenttypes of digital manufacturing technology. El-Mounayri and Aw et al. [2] had developed a virtualmanufacturing laboratory of CNC milling. The laboratory environment provided the students: (a)access to a fully-functional virtual CNC milling machine, (b) training on the key operations of theCNC machine, (c) a lecture describing the components of the milling machine, and (d) a lecturedescribing the concepts of CNC milling. This virtual CNC machine was enabled by three softwaremodules: (1) a CNC Milling machine simulator, (2) a virtual-environment display engine, and (3)an intelligent-agent engine. The three modules was running on a single computer in a seamlessweb-based framework, which allowed students to access and run the virtual CNC machining
Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds on Science in After School Programs," 2016.[22] *C. Cutucache et al, "NE STEM 4U afterschool intervention leads to gains in STEM contentknowledge for middle school youth," Cogent Education, vol. 5, (1), pp. 1558915, 2018. [23] *C.Mouza et al, "Development, implementation, and outcomes of an equitable computer scienceafter-school program: Findings from middle-school students," Journal of Research onTechnology in Education, vol. 48, (2), pp. 84-104, 2016.[24] *E. B. Altan, I. Üçüncüoglu and N. Öztürk, "Preparation of Out-of-School LearningEnvironment Based on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education andInvestigating Its Effects." Science Education International, vol. 30, (2), pp. 138-148, 2019.
Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Effectiveness of Online Web-Native Content vs. Traditional TextbooksAbstractThe sudden eruption of a global pandemic has conveyed enormous changes to college campuses.Universities had to switch suddenly to virtual learning and this shift appears to be here awhile.While different disciplines vary in their degree of ease in adapting quickly to a new mode ofteaching, faculty have to be innovative in using available technology to successfully switch toremote teaching, while keeping or increasing even further the efficiency of conveying the contentof their courses.Faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University teaching “Computational Tools for Engineers,” quicklyadapted to using an online textbook during the fall of
Technology, Newark, NJ, in 2001. She is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rowan University, Glass- boro, NJ. Her research interests include virtual reality and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer-integrated systems. Dr. Tang is very active in adapting and devel- oping pedagogical methods and materials to enhance engineering education. Her most recent educational research includes the collaboration with Tennessee State University and local high schools to infuse cyber- infrastructure learning experience into the pre-engineering and technology-based classrooms, the collab- oration with community colleges to develop interactive games in
Electrical Engineering students as a culminating project in earning their degrees. I. Introduction & Background Research Popular interest in EVs has increased considerably in the past decade. Companies likeTesla have captured the public’s curiosity by delivering on their promise to produce highefficiency performance cars on a large scale. EVs possess several advantages over internalcombustion engine vehicles to include lower upkeep cost, the ability to produce a tremendousamount of torque instantaneously, and higher efficiency. As this technology transitions into themaritime industry, the USCG Maritime Safety Center has begun taking interest and provideddirection and support to this project. Their vested interest lies in the Coast