mathematicsdisciplines (STEM). The number is even smaller for women of color who enter into STEMfields. Based on current projections, it is estimated that by the year 2044, underrepresentedminorities (Black, Hispanic, LatinX and American Indian) will comprise over 50% of the overallpopulation in the U.S. However, underrepresented minority (URM) youth lag significantlybehind their white and Asian American counterparts in their interest in STEM. Lowerrepresentation of URMs in STEM can be attributed to a variety of factors including, a lack ofinstitutional commitment, a lack of representation throughout students’ upbringing, ineffectivecultural recruitment/outreach efforts, educational discrepancies throughout PK-12, and socialexpectations, among others. A large
, which occur in a two-dimensional space. Although trusses can contain non-triangles, the problems explored in Mechanixand many introductory courses all contain only triangles, so we focus on recognizing trussescontaining only triangles.For the purposes of this project, we define a truss to have the following properties: 1. A connected graph 2. Made up of only triangles 3. Each triangle shares at least one side with anotherTrusses are recognized in the following four steps:Graph conversion: The first step in recognizing a truss is to convert the substrokes into a graph.Each substroke end is a possible node, and the substroke itself is an edge in the graph. If the endsare within a threshold Euclidean distance of 30 pixels from an existing
and Innovative Design in Engineering Academy, or iRIDE for short. Before joining Rice STEM, I taught middle and high school mathematics for 9 years.Dr. Christopher Barr, Office of Research, Rice University Rice University Office of Assessment and Evaluation of STEM Programs led by Dr. Barr is the Direc- tor of Assessment and Evaluation of STEM Programs at Rice University. He has been an evaluator and psychometric expert on several federally funded projects in education, natural science, and engineering. His focus is to conduct rigorous quantitative and qualitative measurement and program evaluation utiliz- ing validated assessment tools with published psychometric properties, qualitative rubrics with reliable
thing that flipped the switch. It was really more just having an outlet.” Increased April (CTD): “It helped me identify how much damage my Self-awareness negative self-talk was doing, but then it also helped me separate what I was projecting onto others. My advisors never told me that I was not good enough or that the quality of my work was subpar… Yet, I put those ideas in my head that, ‘Oh, they don't really think that I can do this’.” Skill Building Flora (CTC): [In response to emotional challenges] “[My
Q15h. I received useful feedback on course assignments. -0.01 0.04 -0.15 .883 Q15i. My instructors connect class topics to my future career. 0.24 0.05 4.15 .000 Q15j. I could ask my instructors for help if I did not understand course-related material. 0.00 0.06 0.03 .978 Q3a. I see connections between my hobbies and what I am learning in my engineering coursework (e.g., design projects, homework, exams, presentations). 0.10 0.03 2.75 .006 Q3d. I draw on my previous experiences at home when little instruction is given on how to solve an engineering task
reliability on the attitude dimension was0.95 and the reliability on the persistence dimension was 0.89. Two items (item 19, I like tocome prepared to my mathematics and science classes, and item 29, I am not discouraged bycriticism while working on science or mathematics projects) were found to have some degree ofmisfit as determined by the p-value of signed chi-squared test statistic (S_X2) (p < 0.05). 14Post-secondary sample:The APT-STEM instrument items (language) were updated to suit post-secondary students. Also,6 items (5 five negatively worded items and one positively worded item) deleted after the firstvalidation were added back with all
practices within technological literacy.Game-Based Learning in Engineering EducationIn the realm of education, games have been gaining prominence as a medium for supportingstudents’ development and growth [9], [10]. Games can act as powerful learning tools that offerseveral benefits for learning including: developing professional identities [9], [32], providing asimulated project environment and context for learning professional skills and practices [9], [33]–[35], providing immediate and continuous feedback [7], [17], and inspiring new interests andenhancing motivations [10], [36], [37]. Much of the research in this area focuses on gamesdeveloped specifically for learning or educational contexts, often called serious games [38],although some work
.(2011, para. 3) concisely argue: technical writing is usually not the same as scholarly writing, and scholarly writing is required in most research-based writing projects, such as theses and directed projects. As opposed to being concise, to the point, or having the data speak for themselves, scholarly writing relies on analysis, synthesis, and logical construction of a proposition with appropriate support. Technical writing is generally designed primarily to transmit specific information, while scholarly writing is designed to underpin the creation of new knowledge.Thus, the way in which technical communication programs approach teaching writing—along with debates on whether or not technical writing
Engineering with emphasis in Construction Engineering and Management. His area of concentra- tion is construction safety, and in particular Prevention through Design. Upon graduation, he worked for four years as an Assistant Professor at UNC-Charlotte. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA, USA).Dr. 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
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
MBA from Butler University. Dr. O’Leary has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses at UTC, including Groups and Teams in Organizations, Training and Development, Current Topics in I-O Psychology, Introduction to I-O Psychology and Introduction to Psychology. Before starting his PhD, Dr. O’Leary worked for 14 years in various management positions at Western Electric, AT&T and Lucent Technologies, primarily in government contracting, accounting and project management. Dr. O’Leary has also provided consulting services to local, regional and international organizations.Dr. Bart L. Weathington, WECO Solutions Dr. Weathington is founder and managing consultant at WECO Solutions where he focuses on the applica
Management. The course istypically offered in fall and spring semesters with enrollment of approximately 90 students eachsemester. The course exists to introduce the management functions of planning, organizing,motivating, and controlling. Further, the course analyzes the application of these functions inresearch, design, production, technical marketing, and project management and studies theevolution of the engineering career and the transition to engineering management.The course was regularly delivered in a traditional format with two 75-minute classroomsessions each week, including lecture by the instructor with student response to questions usingclickers. Assessment typically involved individual assignments and several multiple-choiceexams each
general.Consistent with our guiding conceptual model, features characteristic of this summer camp,including connecting lessons to the real-world with applications, team building, and professionaldevelopment, seem to matter. Indeed, given that students had no prior experience in coding, theweek-long activities appeared particularly effective in instilling a sense of competence in theparticipants, which may encourage students’ future participation in STEM related educationalpathways and careers. In addition, the camp likely facilitated students’ feelings of autonomy byallowing them to engage in self-directed activities, such as coming up with their own ideas forshowcase projects. A sense of relatedness is also likely a consequence of the camp, as
program, a hands-on experience is expected mostly through laboratory classes [4-6]. Theyusually enjoy laboratory classes and look forward to implementing what they had learnt in bookcourses. But most importantly, since project/lab-based learning is one of the most effective andbetter resonating methods of learning, and one that distinguishes between engineering programs[5, 6]; engineering students immediately feel that they are getting their money’s worth whenengaging in a laboratory environment. Different engineering schools struggled to convince their students with “emergency”remote laboratory classes as an alternative to in-person laboratory classes [7, 8]. As ABET has notrelaxed any accreditation requirements, it was mandated that
to argue that because they are by their nature contingent, an informationgiving curriculum based on a collection of traditional disciplines is unlikely to developtechnological competency. The most likely curriculum to develop technological competencywill be problem/project based, accompanied by a study of qualitative engineering. Because itis likely to require students to obtain knowledge independently, and because individuals andorganizations learn, its base should be an active understanding of the nature of learning.Some examples of transdisciplinary programmes are mentioned together with sometransdisciplinary texts, but they err on the side of information giving rather than problemsolving and critical thinking which lie at the heart of
time [15], [20]. However, by better understanding how people think abouttechnology, and what they consider right and wrong, educators and policymakers would bepositioned to anticipate and respond more effectively to problems as they arise [55]. Forexample, the Moral Machines project sheds light on how people think about the ethics ofautonomous vehicles, as well as the effects of culture and nationality on these judgments [56].Next, claiming the ultimate goal of ethics education should be ethical behaviors does not meanthat curricula need to/should teach specific behaviors [8], [21]. Rather, it simply means thatdecisions about what is taught, assessed, and how are guided by the ultimate goal of increasingethical behaviors. As was mentioned
undergraduate engineer- ing students. She is completing this project in collaboration with faculty members from educational and counseling psychology. With this work, they aim to better understand the help-seeking beliefs of under- graduate engineering students and develop interventions to improve mental health-related help-seeking. Other research interests include engineering communication and integration of process safety into a unit operations course.Dr. Joseph H. Hammer, University of Kentucky Associate Professor of Counseling PsychologyDr. Ellen L. Usher, University of Kentucky Ellen L. Usher is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She received her PhD in educational studies from
the effectiveness of lessons. These lessons are not immune tothat impact. Future research will focus on tailoring these and all modules to the blended learningdelivery system with which we are now faced.To that end, the project is currently ongoing and specific aspects of the modules designed andintroduced to the course in question will continue to be adjusted to better facilitate learning. Thecore concepts of the modules as realized through the methods discussed will remain the same,but future research will focus on continuing to tailor the learning delivery system. This will notonly improve the lessons themselves but will require considered practice of the lesson delivery,which will echo the sentiments of the previous section in building
prediction by developing models that take advantage of new information and process understanding enabled by new technology. He has developed a number of models and software packages including the TauDEM hydrologic terrain analysis and channel network extraction package that has been implemented in parallel, and a snowmelt model. He is lead on the National Science Foundation HydroShare project to expand the data sharing capability of Hydrologic Information Systems to additional data types and models and to include social interaction and collaboration functionality. He teaches Hydrology and Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources.Prof. Clinton S. Willson, Louisiana State University
collaborate on multidisciplinary teams addressing real world challenges and with industry engagement. College signature programs include the Texas A&M I-Corps Site, Ag- giE Challenge, INSPIRES, and two annual Project Showcases. Magda is the Principal Investigator of the Texas A&M University I-Corps Site grant and has been active in promoting entrepreneurship both at the local and national level.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a
sections with 16 and 40 students, andtwo online with 40 and 45 students. Two instructors: Author-1 and Author-3 taught the course.Newnan et al. [16] 14th edition was used as the textbook. After nine weeks into the semester, inthe middle of March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the university decided to change themode of all course delivery to virtual only in order to avoid any physical meetings. The onlinesection students were already in the virtual mode, i.e., receiving the learning modules, recordedlecture videos, discussion forums, assignments, exams, group project, etc. via Blackboard courselearning management and interacting with the instructor via email or Blackboard. But the on-campus section students were used to going to the class and
Structural Engineering at UC San Diego and the President of eGrove Education, Inc. She incorporates education innovations into courses (Peer Instruction, Project- based learning), prepares next generation faculty, advises student organizations, and is committed to fos- tering a supportive environment for diverse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies for large classrooms and developing K-16 curriculum in earthquake engineering and spatial visualization.Mrs. Melissa Wendell, Tempe Union High School District - Mountain Pointe High School (ENGR102HS - UofA) Melissa Wendell is a dedicated mentor and teacher at Mountain Pointe High School. In the past 16 years, she has taught all levels of physical science
depend on the kinds of questions instructors ask, the use of supportivefeedback, and their attention to issues of content versus formatting and editing concerns.The one-page letter report assignment provides a balanced time and length for students to write.However, this type of written assignment mainly emphasizes narrative writing with fewerfocuses on preparations of figures, tables, equations, and reference citation. Therefore,department-level efforts in the engineering major should be made to allow students to practice allaspects of technical writing in the curriculum from first-year courses to the senior capstonedesign project. Because the survey results from this study show that almost no one in thislaboratory course visited the university
multivariant chemical processes, as well as toprovide them with a flexible computational tool for their analysis.2. Institutional Setting and Program IllustrationFollowing a 2016 curriculum revision, the CBE Department at CSM has provided a new requiredsophomore-level course: Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering (CMCE), which isoffered simultaneously with MEB as a corequisite. The main instructional goals of the CMCEcourse are to provide students with exposure to the computational tools used throughout the latercurriculum in course projects and assignment calculations, as well as to provide limitedinstruction on programming techniques (flowsheet generation and coding), a dedicated course forwhich had been absent in the curriculum since 2002
Paper ID #34995Introduction to Engineering Virtual Labs - Challenges and ImprovementsDr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. John Peter Voccio, Wentworth Institute of Technology Assistant
reason, we pay greatimportance to educate our society in security, privacy, routers and access points —[Please see Appendix-ethics with this case study of IoT technologies. Figure 3]. DD-WRT is one of a handful of third-party firmware projects designed to replace theFor the purpose of education, we have uploaded our manufacturer's original firmware with customproject to GitHub1 as open source so that instructors firmware offering additional features such as trafficwithin this scope can demonstrate our tools. The inspection, SSH tunneling, etc.documentation includes a README, which describesthe functions involved in the respective
aqualitative paper outlining our student chapter experiences over the course of 2020’sunprecedented events. We also documented our writing experience, including future paper ideasand their anticipated project timelines, so that future officers will have a streamlined pathway topursue more involved ASEE conference papers.Chapter 3: Executing an informed pivot in chapter roles & responsibilities (June-December 2020)3.1 New strategies for increasing participation/engagementBased on feedback from our expert elicitation, we aimed to improve advertising of our chapter’sevents. Before the start of the academic year, we updated our website with current information(including our mission and values statements) and integrated a calendar on our homepage
Higher Education (ASHE).Prof. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department Rowan University. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University. Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Jewry. She studies gender and diversity among undergraduate engineering students, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff in higher education.Dr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Interim Dean and of the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA). Prior to 2016 she was a faculty member in
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