Paper ID #33459Framing Engineering as Community Activism for Values-Driven Engineer-ing(RFE Design and Development - Year 2)Dr. Joni M. Lakin, University of Alabama Joni M. Lakin (Ph.D. , The University of Iowa) is Associate Professor of Educational Research at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include educational assessment, educational evaluation methods, and increasing diversity in STEM fields.Dr. Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University Dr. Daniela Marghitu is a faculty member in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department at Auburn University, where she has worked since 1996. She has published
Paper ID #34900Pedagogy Improvement in Aerospace Structures Education Using VirtualLabs: Before, During, and After the COVID-19 School Closures and RemoteLearningWaterloo Tsutsui, Purdue University Waterloo Tsutsui, Ph.D., P.E., is a Lecturer and Lab Coordinator in the School of Aeronautics and As- tronautics at Purdue University. Tsutsui’s research interests are energy storage systems, multifunctional structures and materials design, fatigue and fracture, and scholarship of teaching and learning. Before Purdue, Tsutsui was an engineer in the automotive industry for more than 10 years.Eric J. Williamson, Purdue University
, we propose an interview study that aims to examine details and descriptions ofthe teaming experience in the students’ voices.IntroductionDesign projects are increasingly viewed as essential experiential learning opportunities forengineering students. Best practices for teaching design, such as limiting team size, consideringstudent diversity, scoping project tasks, and effective documentation is difficult to implementwhen projects are open-ended, largely student-directed, open to students at all levels,multi-disciplinary, competition-oriented, and so on. In previous work, we examined studentteaming experiences from a diversity perspective through an end-of-course survey and found thatstudents from different demographic backgrounds reported
Paper ID #32927Design and Validation of a System to Assign Students to Projects Basedon Student PreferencesMr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University, West Lafayette Siqing Wei received BSEE and MSEE from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience of serving the peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year-engineering courses, he is now a research assistant at CATME research group studying how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by
and directives to move courses entirely online createdchaos in the higher education ecosystem and collapsed many of the support structures studentshad taken for granted, such as campus communities, study groups, and regular routines. As aresult, this research project conducted during the initial months of the pandemic reflects notmerely the challenges of working online, but rather working online under social isolation.MethodsOur study was based on utilizing semi-structured interviews from a broad spectrum of subjects.The interviews I conducted were part of a paired study design: a postdoctoral fellow to theproject, later joined by a graduate research assistant to the project, interviewed engineeringeducators, ed tech executives, and
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Student-Centered Program to Increase STEM Interest through NASA-STEM ContentAbstractThis article is an evidence-based practice paper which is based on NASA Minority UniversityResearch and Education Project (MUREP) Aerospace Academy (AA) program implemented atFlorida Atlantic University (FAU). The program is focused on student-centered methodology forinfusion of NASA-STEM contents into the existing curriculum in middle and high schools. Thisnovel program aims to increase awareness and create interest in underserved minority students inGrades 6-12 for pursuing STEM fields. FAU has designed and embedded the NASA-STEMcontents into Florida’s existing Next
A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Dr. Jesus Gonzalez is currently a lecturer in the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He holds a PhD from The University of Sheffield in United Kingdom in Materials Science and Engineering. During the PhD, he received the Foster Research Prize given to the best PhD thesis related to glass technology. His research interest is in the mechanical properties of glass at room and high temperature. Dr. Gonzalez has also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held
engineering from the University of Michigan in 2014. He received an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He carries out research in the field of micro-manufacturing, precision control, manufacturing, and mechatronics. His research also includes control optimization and system identification. He is also a graduate teaching assistant of design for manufacturability.Dr. Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Leon is a Teaching Associate Professor in mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana
Paper ID #33005Work-focused Experiential Learning to Increase STEM Student Retentionand Graduation at Two-year Hispanic-serving InstitutionsCynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University Cynthia Pickering is a retired electrical engineer with 35 years industry experience and technical lead- ership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology architecture/engineering, and collaboration systems research. In September 2015, she joined Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to lead the Girls in STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain
constructionmanagement curriculum; and (2) impact of the module for graduating construction managementstudents. The survey results indicated that only six students had learned about the ATC methodin their workplace and the rest of the 50 students reported not being aware of such contractdelivery practice. For the first question, approximately 22 students reported that advanced projectdelivery practices adopted in construction sites should be part of both undergraduate andgraduate studies curricula as shown in Figure 6. While around 10 students also indicated thatsuch methods are more complex and should only be part of the graduate studies curriculum.Since the primary goal of the ATC concept is to improve project quality, reduce project costs andpropose a design
dailyquestionnaire about their personal well-being and were placed into breakout rooms to completean activity through a web-based service. This course was an interdisciplinary introductoryengineering course. The course is traditionally taken in the first semester of the first year, so thisis one of the first experiences the students have at the college level.Literature ReviewOnline learning has consistently received limited attention from researchers in comparison totraditional classroom environments [1]. This lack of research on various virtual classroomengagement methods has made it difficult for instructors to decide how to best cater to theirstudents and how to maintain a classroom community despite changes in delivery modality.Some studies prior to the
2020, all students taking AE Senior Design 1 and thefostering intrinsic motivation [11] [12]. Many have used SDT in an educational setting when first-year Introduction to Aerospace Engineering class had the opportunity to completeattempting to understand and improve student motivation, and researchers have used SDT as a anonymous surveys. Both surveys were optional, but a small amount of extra credit wasframework to examine graduate teaching assistants’ motivation to teach [13]. provided for participation. Both surveys contained the same questions about SDT factors and
- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain
. Other than research, she has a keen interest in best practices in education system. She was recently named KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellow, 2020. She is trained through KEEN in inculcating Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate education and research. Since then, she has created several problems based, active learning EM modules for lecture based courses to enhance student learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Impact of Entrepreneurial Mindset Module Connecting Societal Consideration, Medical Innovation and Engineering PhysiologyAbstractEntrepreneurial mindset (EM) enables an engineer to analyze, sense and develop a
within each metric. For the performance-based grading system used in SEED,students are provided with criteria and targets ahead of time. Teams receive a grade based onhow closely their system performance matches the best performing team in each specific designcriteria.Study MethodsTo assess the impact of SEED Lab on students’ skills relevant to engineering practice, a casestudy activity was developed as an open-ended prompt to elicit students’ concepts of the designand development process. The case study activity presents a hypothetical capstone design projectand asks students to describe their general approach to completing the project, rather than for aspecific solution. The case study activity was chosen as a way to elicit students
,practices, and solutions to typical challenges are just that. Typical. NGOs and governmentagencies need to apply relatively consistent solutions for their own economic and operationalefficiencies. Experts study problems from their own silos. As a result, communities are not onlyleft with solutions that don’t fit and can’t be fully implemented or sustained, their futurewellbeing and resilience1 is undermined in the process.While progress is being made to customize solutions, and in some cases to seek communityengagement, the power of design still rests in the hands of the external actors that frequentlyundervalue or do not engage community knowledge and creativity. In the particular context ofdisaster recovery and long-term resilience capacity
of the partner institutions, local employer and industry engagement, shared interestfor community impact, and enabling seamless student financial aid across the partner institutions.2.1. The Developmental Stage2.1.1. Establishing a Partnership: Finding the Best-FitInitiating and adopting a holistic and programmatic approach for transfer needs to be fullycustomized to the mission and /goals of both institutions. The transfer partnership can be initiatedby either institution. Finding the best-fit partner can be challenging, considering the differencesbetween community colleges and 4-year institutions, but the historical data can streamline thesearch. An initial feasibility research which considers historical transfer, students’ preferences
college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior? RQ2. How and why do engineering alumni perceive that extracurricular activities during college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior?MethodsTo answer the two research questions, this research used a mixed method approach, combiningquantitative data from survey items with qualitative information from semi-structured interviews.The research reported in this paper was embedded within a larger study [5]. This research wasreviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research and deemedexempt (Protocol #15-0326).A survey instrument was developed to answer RQ1, using many of the best practices suggestedin [39]. The survey
testing and on the creation of a measurement system. Thesystem proposed is intended to expose students to this critical field of engineering research,without requiring significant changes based on the type of device they would like to test. Thismakes it easier for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to gather data on newsemiconductor devices, allowing for the general understanding of these materials to mature at ahigher rate. The fundamental objectives of engineering instructional laboratories met by thedevelopment of the system include: Instrumentation, Experiment, Data Analysis, Design, Learnfrom Failure, Creativity, and Teamwork. [2] Future laboratory use of the system would meet thefollowing objectives: Instrumentation, Models
Paper ID #32402Engage in Practice: Hosting Math Competitions in College of EngineeringDr. Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University Ziliang Zhou is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Baptist University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engage in Practice: Hosting Math Competitions in the College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper shares the experience of community engagement through hosting math competitionsfor the local middle and high school students. This engagement had positive impact not only onrecruiting prospect students for our
Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engi- neering. His academic background and professional skills allows him to teach a range of courses across three different departments in the school of engineering. This is a rare and uncommon achievement. Within his short time at Morgan, he has made contributions in teaching both undergraduate and graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
Paper ID #34049Global Impact of Experiment-centric Pedagogy and Home-based, Hands-onLearning Workshop at a Historically Black UniversityDr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University Dr. Oludare Owolabi, a professional engineer in Maryland, joined the Morgan State University fac- ulty in 2010. He is the assistant director of the Center for Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering. His
Paper ID #33116Development of a Laboratory Platform for UAV Cybersecurity EducationMr. Yushan Jiang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Yushan Jiang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a graduate research as- sistant in the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab). His research interests include cybersecurity, unmanned aircraft system, machine learning, and Internet of Things.Jiawei Yuan, University of Massachusetts DartmouthDr. Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Paper ID #33713A Scaffolded, Semester-Long Design/Build/Fly Experience for theMid-Career Aerospace Engineering StudentDr. Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College Tobias Rossmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette College (Easton, PA). He received his PhD in 2002 from Stanford University. His research interests have focused on the development and application of advanced optical measurement technology to complex fluid flows, from micro-optical sensors to large reacting flowfields. He has received the 2011 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (SAE International), is a five-time winner of
collaborations, impacting the quality of the studentlearning experience and research activities done virtually and/or in hybrid and multiple platforms.As faculty respond to changes in their educational philosophy based on best practices for studentslearning, questions need to be raised as to what, if any, methodologies will be continued afteruniversities return to on campus learning [1,2,3]. The educational research that was pursued previously focused on documenting andunderstanding the impact of a personal instrumentation-based pedagogy and its enablingtechnology as a treatment to improve student learning and retention [4,5,6,7]. In the present effort,a similar approach is followed. The treatment is now distance delivery and learning and
todevelop critical design, technical and professional skills. According to research, only deliberatepractice, practice done with the intention of improving a skill, will lead to expertise [1].Therefore, investigations about which courses successfully impact students’ design skills can bevaluable to design educators and all educators who work with engineering students design.Studies have shown that understanding students’ perceptions of their learning and skills isessential for determining how their education has impacted their knowledge and skilldevelopment [8]. However, studies on design skills in capstone senior design courses are limitedin their understanding of the factors that affect a student’s perception of the skills that areimportant for
Chair for the IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG) 2018 and 2020. His work on automatic facial expression analysis by computer vision algorithms was featured in Motor Trend Magazine in 2014, 2015 and 2016 for the Best Driver Car of the Year event. Dr. Cruz obtained a few awards for dissemination of research to the greater public (NSF Com- munity Award (2013) and NSF Judges Choice Award (2012) in NSF IGERT Video/Poster Competition). He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Association for Com- puting Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE
also researches and publishes in areas surrounding engineering education. He has won multiple awards, including Design for Manufac- ture and the Life Cycle Technical Committee Best Paper(2017) and the International Life Cycle Academy Award for the best paper on Sustainable Consumption (2017). He is also responsible for teaching introduc- tory, intermediate and advanced design related courses in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo.Tracy L. Mallette, University of New MexicoAndrew P. Shreve, University of New Mexico American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Participation and Learning in Labs Before and
creation of open educational resources for Physicsand Mechanical Engineering?SQ2. What are current best practices pertaining to the creation of open educational resources forPhysics and Mechanical Engineering?SQ3. What are strategic institutional and/or context-specific supports to enhance the creation ofopen educational resources for Physics and Mechanical Engineering?MethodologyAppreciative InquiryIn order to gather evidence for the above research questions, appreciative inquiry (AI) researchmethodology was employed to gather relevant qualitative data over a one-month period inJanuary 2020. AI is a distinctive form of practice-based research methodology with an explicittransformational agenda for strategic visioning to systematically enhance and
methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015. Dr. Ohland is an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS.Dr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice Pawley (she, her, hers) is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, and the Purdue Climate Change Research Center