exerciserelated to defining the problem, and how such activity informed the remaining engineeringdesign project: Student 2: Okay. So, we have to define the problem and investigate, create test, and then find, and you could like create design, test it, and if it doesn’t work you have to investigate back to here. I'm excited for the great design, we’ll still need to do.Student 2 clearly expressed that the activity helped understand other student’s ideas, and how theactivity fit into the larger engineering design curricular unit. Yet, Student 2 did not writenumerical quantities runoff or absorption and decreased in numerical quality. It is uncertain whyStudent 2 did not represent the numbers in the second model.4.1.5 Negative change in
school students, and 82% of high school studentsregularly used a smartphone, and 41% said they used a smartphone twice a week to completeschoolwork. Further, a 2017 survey found that over 71% of K-12 teachers allowed students toresearch subjects using the internet, and 58% used educational apps [37]. Technology use ineducation was projected to increase at that time and was known to have dramatically increasedwhen schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic [38].Similar to corporations, schools can control the applications and websites their users access onschool devices and networks. However, this approach becomes more challenging when learnersare off-campus and not utilizing school networks/devices. Per the K-12 Cybersecurity 2019 Yearin Review
Assessments. Analysis of Arguments Constructed by 142 Freshman Only Mix of International First-Year Engineering Students Majors Journal of Science Addressing Electromagnetic Induction and Mathematics Problems Written Argumentation Across the Curriculum 173 Lower Division Mix of Communication Majors Computer Automatic Argument: Assessment of 30 Mixed Computer Applications in Final Project Reports of Computer Undergraduates Engineering Engineering Engineering Students. Education
participants working as a teamwere given access to a learning environment for the duration of the workshop. The workshopwas coordinated by the project director with the assistance of one undergraduate and onegraduate student. This allowed every participant an opportunity to have questions answered andto get individual attention from the facilitators.The workshop covered the following topics: • Details of the virtual online learning system for cybersecurity education, CLaaS, that include the network topology, the method to access the environment, the usage of the GUI application, and the introduction of labs • Hands-on lab time to run through the cyberattack and cyber defense scenarios • Presentations of guest speakers5
from Fall 2019 were also reanalyzed toinclude information about retention to Fall 2020 (the students’ third regular semester).Experimental Methods/Materials/Project ApproachDue to the ongoing pandemic and associated restrictions, respondents for the Fall 2020 surveywere recruited virtually; the survey was also administered online. All first-time in any college(FTIAC) students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences were invited to participatevia email. Students were invited to participate in both a start-of semester survey and end-ofsemester survey, but only start-of-semester results are reported here. Participant consent wasgathered as the first page of the online survey before moving on to the main questions. Studentswho completed
-level math and aerospace engineering courses during the Spring and Fall 2020 semesters.The major change was a move from face-to-face to remote learning during the mid of the Springsemester (March) and the fall semester. The face-to face in-class active learning (peer-to-peer,white board activities, team projects/presentations etc.) had to be aligned with the virtualdelivery/interaction modality. To encourage students prepare for the virtual lesson and watch thepre-class preparatory videos and other learning materials, graded short pre-class online quizzesusing the learning management system and virtual in-class quizzes were administered. Theauthors had provided several professional development workshops to the faculty on thesestrategies prior
for 20 years. She has been an active member of ASEE since 1998. She joined as a graduate student, after working on an engineering education project and presenting that work and student chapter activities at annual conference. As a faculty member, she regularly publishes and presents at the ASEE Annual Conference. Her interests are in design education and assessment in mechanical and biomedical engineering. She previously served ASEE in leadership roles in the ERM and Mechanics Divisions and as a PIC-III Chair.Ms. Melanie Amadoro, Rowan University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Successes, Expectations and Challenges associated with In
has taught mechanics and related subjects at many institutions of higher learning: The University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, West- ern Wyoming College, Ecole Nationale Sup´erieure Polytechnique, Yaound´e, Cameroon, and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Purdue University Fort Wayne. He has been investigating the strategies that engineering students use to learn engineering subjects for many years. He is an active member of two research groups in his current department: The Undergraduate Projects Lab and the Energy Systems Lab. He is also the PI of an NSF grant for a scholarship program for guiding high-performing STEM majors from low-income families to complete their baccalaureate degrees on
STEM teacher preparation and professional development.Prof. Chelsey Simmons, University of Florida Chelsey S. Simmons, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She joined UF in Fall 2013 following a visiting research position at the Swiss Federal Insti- tute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. Her research lab investigates the relationship between cell biology and tissue mechanics, and their projects are funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and American Heart Association. She has received numerous fellowships and awards, including NIH’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators (2018), BMES-CMBE’s Rising Star
Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award (2017) and Alex G. and Faye Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award (2015); Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Engineering (2014); and Outstanding Teacher Award from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction (2014). Currently, he is lead PI of a $2.5M National Science Foundation project titled ”Enhancing Critical Transitions in Civil Engineering Degree”.Dr. Jee Woong Park, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Jee Woong Park earned his master’s degree and doctoral degree in civil engineering from Stanford Uni- versity and Georgia Institute of Technology. He is currently working as an assistant professor within the Department of Civil and Environmental
, recordedvideos are preferred in terms of allowing students to learn with their own pace; and (3) livelecture sessions outperform in connecting the students with one another and the instructor.4. Provisional Refinements to Address Challenges Faced by Students in Online LearningStudents’ survey responses, overall, suggest the following challenges in comparison with face-to-face instruction: (1) students feel less motivated to collaborate on assignments, (2) it is moredifficult for students to follow the lecture and not get distracted, and (3) it is more difficult forstudents to connect with each other. Presented below are tentative approaches to address thesechallenges to some extent.To motivate students’ interaction and collaboration on projects and
UnitedStates. Rapid technological advances call upon manufacturing industries to evolve and respondto fierce-competing markets, new production paradigms, and data proliferation [1]. As the futureworkforce in manufacturing industries, engineering students need efficient and effective learningschemes to keep up with the technological advancements. A learning factory was developed bythe Pennsylvania State University in 1994 to provide a close-to-industry environment toengineering students [2]. This learning factory involves a college-wide infrastructure to supportindustry-related design projects. Students can be involved in hands-on activities and solve real-world problems in a realistic manufacturing environment. However, some universities may notbe
Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, ASEE 2019.Dr. Jumanah A. Hajjat, Texas A&M University A highly energic and dedicated Ph.D. civil engineering woman with strong teaching skills, research, and project management. An expert in geotechnical/structural analysis and design. I am committed and responsible for offering students my expertise to help them in their academic and professional goals. I have excellent experience working in a diverse cultural environment. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Face-to-Face and E-Learning Styles for Undergraduate Engineering Technology Students During
from Malaysia,” Phys. Medica, vol. 80, no. July, pp. 10–16, 2020.[4] V. Singh, M. T. Khasawneh, S. R. Bowling, S. Kaewkuekool, X. Jiang, and A. K. Gramopadhye, “The evaluation of alternate learning systems in an industrial engineering course: Asynchronous, synchronous and classroom,” Int. J. Ind. Ergon., vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 495–505, 2004.[5] M. D. Roblyer, J. Freeman, M. B. Donaldson, and M. Maddox, “A comparison of outcomes of virtual school courses offered in synchronous and asynchronous formats,” Internet High. Educ., vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 261–268, 2007.[6] S. Morimoto et al., An Empirical Report of Project Based Learning with Asynchronous and Synchronous e-Learning* *This work was supported in
]isadeveloperandmanufacturerof3Dprintingtechnologywhoaddressed theCOVID-19pandemicandsupplychainshortagesbyevaluatingpotential3Dprinted designs and selecting projects to support based on clinical demand, lab and clinical testing,technicalfeasibility,andregulations. • 3D Systems[23] offers high-end 3D printing services for metal implants and instrumentation used for orthopedic, spinal, craniomaxillofacial (CMF), dental, and veterinary applications. Medical device companies rely on expertise and direct metal 8 printing (DMP) capabilities to guide them from prototyping and trial series to large- volumemanufacturing. • Not as much for PPEs but for medical
Chemical Engineering within the School of Engi- neering & Technology, Dr. Dua worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Hampden-Sydney College, where he taught and supervised undergraduates on clinically translated re- search projects. He has been an active leader in promoting STEM fields and has chaired several scientific and ethics sessions at national conferences. His current research focuses on improving or finding solutions for the musculoskeletal system disorders that still exist clinically through biomimetics, chemical, and tis- sue engineering approaches. Dr. Dua’s research has been funded by several organizations, including the National Science Foundation (NSF
skills. To this end, threeanchor chemistry concepts were selected for the summer sessions, and five additional conceptswere selected for the academic year support sessions (see figure 4). Figure 4: Chemistry content included in the course design.As previously mentioned, the bridge course was originally designed to be an in-person course,with the activities and sessions for chemistry involving learning spaces like active learningclassrooms and laboratories in the Department of Chemistry. However, the first implementationforced us to do the course via remote instruction, impacting our planned activities. The originaldesign included hands-on experimentation, laboratory data collection, group work, cooperativelearning projects, and
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Paper ID #33858Non-Tactical Infrastructure Education to Support Special Operations(In-Progress)Mr. Rahul Verma P.E., United States Military Academy Rahul Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; and the Principal of Verma Engineering & Consulting- a civil engineering firm in Hopewell Junction, NY. Mr. Verma has been teaching at USMA since 2015, and teaches courses in infrastructure, mechanics and materials, and energy efficient buildings along with advising senior cap- stone projects focusing on infrastructure modernization. Mr. Verma is a
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predictors of STEM achievement and persistence. Thecurrent S-STEM Scholarship Program in our department actively promotes interaction betweenstudents and faculty, undergraduate participation in research projects, and service to thecommunity. In this study, we report the demographic data, academic performance, andsatisfaction with program activities of our current S-STEM Scholarship Program supported byNSF, and discuss the best practices and lessons learned.Methods Data related to the students’ demographics, including race, gender, age, economic status,and whether they transferred from a local community college to our institution, were collectedfrom the original application forms when students applied for our S-STEM scholarship. Dataonly from
integrated within teacher education and professional development contexts. She currently serves as principal investigator on four National Science Foundation (NSF) research projects. One study (NSF #1621344) is designed to develop, pilot, and validate a set of performance-based tasks delivered within a simulated classroom environment in order to improve pre- service elementary teachers’ ability to facilitate goal-oriented discussions in science and mathematics. Prior to graduate school, she taught elementary school for five years in Montgomery County, MD and earned her National Board certification during her tenure as a public school teacher.Dr. Matthew S. Taylor, The College of New Jersey
just theirfinal submission. Dozens of possibilities exist, and we look forward to seeing how instructors use thistechnology to improve their classes and to conduct future research. Future work may include providingsupport for sets of labs (like all labs for a week), supporting team projects, and more.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (grant number 1563652).References[1] Stephen H. Edwards and Manuel A. Perez-Quinones. 2008. Web-CAT: automatically gradingprogramming assignments. In Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technologyin computer science education, 328–328.[2] zyBooks, www.zybooks.com, August 2020.[3] Arjun Singh, Sergey Karayev, Kevin Gutowski, and Pieter Abbeel
. An example of the weeklyannouncements is shown in Fig. 7.AssessmentsWe evaluated various options for course assessments, e.g., exam proctored by online proctoringservices such as Honorlock, written exam proctored by instructor through video conferencingsoftware Zoom, group projects or individual research papers. The final choice was written examproctored by instructor through Zoom. The examination results would be an indication of theattainment of the course learning outcomes. Fig. 6: a sample of the notes for solving the shaping of the dynamic response problemThe examination scores for the on-demand course in summer 2020 are shown in Table 1. Alsoshown in Table 1 for comparison purposes are the examination scores for the previous
model accuracy. Additionally, using a larger sample size and a morediverse population, further evaluation can broaden the application of these results. The presentresults should be considered exploratory and interpreted within the context of study limitations.A manuscript is in development with more detailed information related to the theoreticalunderpinnings of the variables, suggestions for the specific use of the information, and furtherdetail into the methods used. Details are limited in this format and this paper is meant tointroduce a larger project to this audience. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 1900348.References[1] B. Christe & C. Feldhaus., “Exploring Engineering
. However, the COVID-19 protocolsimpacted the implementation of these lessons in a VR environment. The lessons were thereforeimplemented such that students could experience them on their computer screens at any time andfrom anywhere. The software platform allowed interaction with the 3D environment usingmouse/cursor controls. The methodology of the development of a VR lesson and links to the VRlessons are included in the paper. Attitude surveys were administered to students before and afterthe implementation of these interactive lessons. Results from these surveys are shared. Thispaper is based on an exploratory project funded by the NSF HBCU Target Infusion Projectsprogram.IntroductionLow self-efficacy associated with challenges in understanding
engineering. A critical component of this research isexamining the intersection of how the current virtual learning environment and pre-existingfactors impact a student’s engineering state of mind. Ultimately, this research will provide adeeper understanding of the correlation between student support and belonging within theirrespective engineering discipline.The specific pre-defined aims or research objectives of this project are:1. Understanding how a student affiliated or non-affiliated with a scholar program can impact astudent’s engineering mindset and motivation to persist within an engineering discipline.2. Examine and understand the correlation between a virtual learning environment and the effectit has on a student’s sense of belonging in
learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Matthew Parsons Fuentes, Everett Community College American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021WIP: Hands-On Statics in the Online “Classroom”AbstractEngineering instructors often use physical manipulatives such as foam beams, rolling cylinders,and large representations of axis systems to demonstrate mechanics concepts and help studentsvisualize systems. Additional benefits are possible when manipulatives are in the hands ofindividual students or small teams of students who can explore concepts at their own
LaTeX) into PDF for the static version. Theexistence of a PDF option is crucial both to accommodate students who prefer a physicaltextbook as well as those who do not have consistent internet access. Since online-only contentsuch as coding environments cannot be printed to PDF, innovations were needed to automaticallyinclude alternate versions of these features in the offline version of the textbook.To engage with students through the live textbook, another key goal of the project is to enableeasy access for the instructor to view student submissions in real-time. For instance, if studentsare working on in-class activities, it is beneficial for the instructor to instantly access theirsubmissions to gauge overall class progress.With a live