Cultural Wealth framework, to analyze and characterize the ties thatmarginalized students made between their family and childhood community and their HEaspirations. To better understand these pathways and how familial support systems and culturalfunds of knowledge influenced student career paths, we conducted interviews of 47 HE students,across seven programs, of whom 28 were from dominant communities and 19 were frommarginalized communities. We found testimony that students' experience with a well-supportedand valued stepping stone - field-based infrastructure projects - is mediated by theirsociopolitical status and their membership in historically marginalized groups. Whencircumnavigating this potentially gatekept stepping stone, some
military retirement. At Baylor University since 1998, he teaches courses in fluid mechanics, energy systems, propulsion systems, heat transfer, and aeronautics. Research interests include renewable energy, small wind turbine aerodynamics, and noise generation as it applies to the urban environment. Currently, he designs small Unmanned Aerial System propellers, reducing noise and power requirements.Cynthia Fry CYNTHIA C. FRY is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science at Baylor University. She has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University, and a M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She worked at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center as a Project engineer
tt ti projects and laboratory reports. In doing so, some BME students were limited in their ability to implement learned communica on skills throughout their major design deliverables (e.g., team presenta ons fall semester senior year). BME
). Following his graduation in 2016, he joined a leading real estate corporation in Nepal as a site engineer working on a multi-million project. He later joined a research firm based in London where he worked as an Engineering Graduate Researcher. Piyush is currently a Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the Moss School of Construction, Sustainability, and Infrastructure at FIU where he focuses on multidisciplinary research that harmonizes sustainability in construction. His other research interests include Sustainable Construction, Robotics, and AI-based Construction, Engineering Education, Green Buildings, Sustainable Infrastructure, Resilient and Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Circular
transformed into design, when diverse design teams learn and interact with the peers atthe conceptual design stage. In STEM fields such as engineering, encouraging inclusivity amongundergraduate students from different economic, social, or racial and ethnic backgrounds canproduce greater learning gains. This paper presents various ongoing interventions on diverseteam formation, Sustainable Design Goals (SDG) -focused team projects in a freshman engineer-ing course (i) to identify the individual or personal characteristics that a student brings to an educa- tional setting and their influence on students’ learning (ii) to study the role of diverse teams on pedagogical and psychological aspects on team interaction
Professor at the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder where he teaches courses on humanitarian response and disaster management, international development project management, and field methods for development engineers. He has a BS in Industrial Engineering and a MS in Engineering Management from the University of Brescia, Italy, and a PhD in Geological Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology where he conducted research focused on household water treatment systems for underserved communities. Dr. Salvinelli spent six years working as a practitioner for international NGOs, especially in Central America, where he designed and implemented international
, Hydraulic Machinery, as well as different Laboratory courses. Additionally, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to the industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries. Dr. Ayala has provided service to professional organizations such as ASME, since 2008 he has been a member of the Committee of Spanish Translation of ASME Codes. Dr. Ayala has published over one hundred journal and peer-reviewed conference papers. His work has been presented in several international forums in Austria, the USA, Venezuela, Japan, France, Mexico, and
Paper ID #38312An NSF REU Site with Integrated Academia-IndustryResearch Experience – Four Years on the RoadZhaoshuo Jiang (Associate Professor) Dr. Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as a structural engineer in multiple firms (e.g., Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), before joining San Francisco State University as a faculty member. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects, including office towers, retails, hotels
Paper ID #36525The Future of Building Science Education with the U.S.Department of Energy Solar DecathlonRachel L L Romero (Engineer and Project Leader) Rachel Romero is an energy engineer and project leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Rachel obtained her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Hope College and then received her master’s degree in Building Systems Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her PE in 2014. Rachel is an active member of ASHRAE, chairing the 2020-2021 Young Engineers in ASHRAE Committee. She is active on TC 9.10 Laboratories. At
Paper ID #36615Choose Ohio First – IMProving REtention and StudentSuccess in Computing (COF-IMPRESS-C) – Second YearProgress ReportNasser Alaraje (Professor and Chair) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Choose Ohio First – IMProving REtention and Student Success in Computing (COF-IMPRESS-C) – Second Year Progress ReportAbstract:Recognizing the State of Ohio and regional need for a highly trained computing workforce with4-year degrees, the Choose Ohio First – IMProving Retention and Student Success in Computing(COF-IMPRESS-C) project provides
InquiryMotivation and GoalsThis capacity-building project, which is supported by the Institutional and CommunityTransformation track of the NSF Improving Undergraduate Education in STEM (IUSE ICT)program, is designed to build capacity for future efforts to support STEM faculty in collaborativeinquiry processes to explore questions on student learning and success and to inform changes toimprove individual classes, student pathways, and curricula. Recognizing that providing facultyaccess to data is not sufficient to effect change, this project aims to cultivate faculty interest andmotivation in using evidence-based instructional strategies by including faculty as co-designersin the development of data analytics tools, engaging them in inquiry and developing
collaboration were identified. Over ten different areas forevaluation and other projects were identified before shifting the conversation to prioritizing certainareas for immediate evaluation versus future evaluation projects. Ultimately, the team decided toexplore five specific projects, three of which pertained to the external evaluation. These aredescribed below:Project 1: Evaluation of the unexpected impacts of The Center. The purpose of this project was 1to understand how The Center impacted the university in unexpected ways, outside of teaching-related outcomes. This question was being explored as The Center employees recognize that theyare often asked to participate in events, committees, and
summer of 2021, eight middle school and high school teachers from two local public-schooldistricts spent six weeks engaged with research activities on biologically-inspired computingsystems. They worked on discovery-based research projects and obtained transdisciplinaryresearch experience on biologically-inspired computing systems spanning application (cancerdetection), algorithm (Spiking Neural Networks), architecture and circuit (synaptic memorydesign), and device (memristor). The USA faculty mentors, curriculum development specialistfrom school districts, Instructional Coach from Science/Mathematics faculty at USA coachedparticipants as they designed standards-compliant curriculum modules and conductedprofessional development activities. The
has over 100 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include robotics, automation, and nanotechnology engineering education and research. He is a licensed PE in the State of Colorado, a member of ASEE, a senior member of IEEE, and a senior member of SME. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com HORIZONTAL PROPULSION USING MODEL ROCKET ENGINES (PART B)AbstractThis paper describes a follow up project that provides the first-year engineering students withhands-on experiences while learning the applications of physics. In Fall 2021, this team projectused 6” or 8” long ash blocks with 2.5″x 2.5″ cross sections
enhance the performance of a system.Various aspects of management in systems engineering include planning and control, riskmanagement, configuration management, decision management, project management, qualitymanagement, and information management. Some of these techniques are performed individually;however, others may be applied collaboratively in a group setting. In this paper, we will assessundergraduate students' (UG) “systems engineering management skills (SEMS)” based on a newlydesigned valid, and reliable instrument. First, we assess why it is imperative to develop effectivemanagement skills for undergraduate students. Second, we introduce a newly developedinstrument that could appraise undergraduate students’ state of systems engineering
potential pitfalls, or things that might go wrong while addressing this problem? How would you know if a solution to this problem was effective?Next, we present an example solution (presented in the form of a student project poster) for thesame problem and ask participants to reflect on the solution and offer critiques. Examplequestions in this portion of the interview include: What are your first impressions about how the team addressed this problem? What is something you think team did well with this solution? What could the team have done differently? Hypothetically, if the solution presented was ultimately unsuccessful, what might you assume were the key issues?After completing discussion of the first
Paper ID #38345Building S-STEM scholars' knowledge and skills throughtechnical and career-development seminarsKaterina Goseva-Popstojanova Dr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova is a Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Her research interests are in software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, as well as in higher education focused on these areas. She has served as a Principal Investigator on various NSF, NASA, and industry funded projects. She leads the B.S. in Cybersecurity program and serves as Academic Coordinator of
CoursesAbstractRobotic motion control methods and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are critical inengineering automation and process control applications. In most manufacturing and automationprocesses, robots are used for moving parts and are controlled by industrial PLCs. Properintegration of external I/O devices, sensors and actuating motors with PLC input and outputcards is very important to run the process smoothly without any faults and/or safety concerns.Most traditional electrical and computer engineering (ECE) programs offer high level of motiontheory and controls but little hands-on exposure to PLCs which are the main industrialcontrollers. This paper provides a framework for a hands-on project to integrate PLCs in robotarm motion control
Paper ID #38389Eco-STEM: Transforming STEM Education using an Asset-based Ecosystem ModelGustavo B Menezes (Professor)Corin L. Bowen (Postdoctoral Researcher) Corin (Corey) Bowen (she/her/hers) 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 systems, organizing for equitable change, and developing an agenda of Engineering for the Common Good. She conferred her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering
which require students to complete after each level of the game. Player informationand assessment data are saved on the cloud through GameSparks for further analysis. Thesegames have been utilized many times in the classroom with positive student feedback andpromising evaluation results. In this poster, we will present game design, development, andassessment results.Project Implementation The goal of our project is to develop and assess three educational games that aim to helpstudents master important abstract concepts in cyber security in a fun and competitiveenvironment. The major project activities are shown in Figure 1. Three games have beendeveloped to teach cybersecurity concepts including Buffer Overflow, Access Control, LAN andARP
Paper ID #38111Additive Manufacturing-Enabled Modular Drone DesignDevelopment by Multidisciplinary Engineering Student TeamFiras Akasheh (Associate Professor)Mandoye Ndoye (Assistant Professor)David Shannon (Dr.)Ryan PippinsEugene ThompsonAdrian CarterStephen BakerBrandon Martin Guiseppi Brandon Guiseppi is an undergraduate aerospace engineering student at Tuskegee University, originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. His interest in aeronautics goes back to very young age. He has participated in numerous research projects including a NASA MUREP-funded multidisciplinary project to develop a modular drone using
. Nationally, Indiana ranks in the lower 50% on Average Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR)and has also faced some of its lowest AFGR since monitoring began in 1970 (Stanley et al., 2008). Even moreconcerning, marginalized populations, representing over 50% of all students in the urban school districtssurrounding Indianapolis, typically have lower average math and science scores [11], lower AFGRs [12], and areoutnumbered 2:1 in STEM careers [13]. To help address these patterns and inequity gaps, faculty at IUPUI established the Nanotechnology Experiencesfor Students and Teachers (NEST) program— to introduce high school students and teachers to the rapidly emergingand interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology. This project was originally designed to
Society of Professional Engineers, Cobb Chapter, a Member of the American Society of Engineering Educators ASEE, and a Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, USA. Dr. Okhio has carried out experimental and numerical investigations of, and developed statistical analysis tools and computer codes, for the numerical simulation/calculation of complex flows. He has been co-PI in a few successful research efforts including those related to NASA, WPAB, GE, NSF, NRO, ARO, ORNL, Honeywell, KCP, to name a few. He has also been the co-PI on Department of Energy sponsored Project called Minority Serving Institution Partnership Project MSIPP on Advance Manufacturing which involved the (1) use of research activities to
Global Engineering Competence Pillar 3: Integrating Engineering Knowledge with Essential Business Skills Pillar 4: Building Effective Leaders and CommunicatorsThe second pillar, nurturing global engineering competence, is primarily achieved through arequired international engineering field experience. Global Engineering (EGE 320) was firstoffered in the Spring of 2013 and until the Spring of 2020 had taken every engineering student atthe University to an international destination to work on community-centered engineeringprojects.The four-credit hour Global Engineering course is a combination of lecture, project work, andfield experience. While these three components have always been a part of the class, the ratio oftime spent on each has
]. Students from cultures and groups underrepresented in STEM may experience moretrouble navigating the differences between their home culture and culture of science thanstudents from well-represented groups [3, 4]. This can lead to difficulties in STEM achievement,even when there is existing interest [5]. For female learners in particular, developing andretaining their interest in the STEM classroom is critical to diversifying the engineeringworkforce [6]. Women are still underrepresented in the STEM workforce, yet a diverse pool oftalent with strong STEM knowledge and skills is vital for maintaining the US innovation base [7,8]. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Engineering for US All (e4usa) project in2018 partly in recognition of
our students. Thispaper will present the process we took to initiate this program, the next steps we plan for it, and adescription of the changes made to the courses. More information about the projects will bepublished on Engineering Unleashed in the coming year.Introduction:Some mid-career faculty become “burned out” with low levels of motivation and resources toexplore new areas as they are simultaneously overwhelmed with their academic responsibilitiesin teaching, research, and service in their institution. This two-year subcontract of theMentorship 360 program at Arizona State University sought to instill a new level ofentrepreneurial mindset (EM) into their career journey. Previous schools who have adopted EMinto their curriculum have
physical lab does notaccompany a theoretical course, as is the case for Machine Design course at University ofHartford. This is a valuable opportunity for students to build career preparation skills,specifically, since FEA is commonly used in industry for machine element design to understandthe interplay between machine elements and how to implement them in complex systems. Thesimulation project of this study is assigned to students after the theoretical concept and practiceproblems have been covered on the deflection topic. Students will then perform model setup andanalysis of deflection simulations. Later in the semester, when failure criteria for static loadingfor ductile and brittle materials are covered, students are asked to discuss their
developed and ran for 8 years a faculty-led international program to Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy and Brazilian Culture. This program educates students on the effects of various energy systems and the challenges of social and environmental justice in developing countries. In 2017, Dr. Pfluger moved into the ChE department where she implemented improvements in the Transport 2 Lab and Capstone courses. She assists Capstone students to develop dynamic design projects that address and help solve real-world, global challenges. Dr. Pfluger has served as the AIChE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor for 10 years and will become chair of the AIChE Student Chapter Committee in November 2021. She is a Mathworks Teaching Fellow and
are sent to South Korea for8 weeks to work on their own research project at their assigned laboratories. In Summer 2019,the first cohort of five students completed their 8-week immersive research internship at a top-ranked Korean university.COVID-19 affected most, if not all, in-bound and out-bound international programs. IRiKA wasno exception. In late February 2020, the program was canceled altogether because no viablealternative could be offered for Summer 2020, as institutions world-wide were grappling withdisruptive challenges the pandemic brought on. In Fall 2020, with contingency plans in place andan additional Korean host site aboard, the project team solicited applications. However, in early2021, before the final selection of the 2021
industrialworkplace organization but also extended to domestic ground. It provides a systematic approachto good housekeeping.A homeowner’s garage is a harbor for the security and protection of one’s vehicles and typicallyserves as the central storage area for the tools used to maintain/repair the home and its contents.Many homeowners face the problem of an increasingly cluttered and disorganized garage.Research and effort invested in the application of a 5S program for the homeowner’s garage takesaim at improving the safety and available space in the garage. This paper provides a reasoningbehind the case study, techniques of garage space optimization, and outline the benefits offollowing project completion.1. IntroductionThe ergonomics process is mostly