phosphoruscontent after the enforcement of the legislation.At UMES precision agricultural practices using grid soil sampling, site-specific application ofnitrogen using drone-based prescription maps, yield monitoring with advanced combineharvesters, judicious use of irrigation water, and other smart farming tools are being utilized forenvironmentally friendly farming practices. The project leaders have not only worked closely withUMES farm personnel but have involved both undergraduate and graduate students in experientiallearning and research endeavors integral to the overall effort. The smart farming project team haspromoted the use of inorganic nitrogen fertilizer on all university production agricultural fieldsand has continued with the annual grid
HeemstraJohn J. Classen (Director of Graduate Programs)Erin CortusJacek Koziel (Professor) Jacek Koziel is serving as a Professor at Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. He leads and collaborates on multidisciplinary projects on the nexus of agriculture and the environment. His team develops and tests strategies to enhance the efficiency of livestock production systems and reduce the environmental impacts of animal production. Dr. Koziel received M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology in 1989 and M.S. in Environmental Quality Engineering from the University of Alaska in Anchorage. He earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He
graduates with theknowledge, skills, and attributes needed in their workplace, and they want faculty whounderstand and respond to the changing needs of the workplace.” For academia, industry arefrequent financial donors, however industry can also play many different roles including: asmembers of research consortia; affiliate members of programs; advisors through mechanismslike industrial advisory boards; hosts of student internships/co-op programs; instructors or guestlecturers; and sponsors and/or stakeholders for design projects (especially capstone designprojects) [1].Focussing on partnerships in the realm of teaching (as opposed to research), there are severalexamples of graduate degrees both developed with industry, and developed specifically
Paper ID #37534Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on the First-YearEngineering Experience at a Mid-Sized Teaching FocusedUniversityBrian Dick Brian Dick chairs the Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy department at Vancouver Island University, and coordinates its Engineering Transfer program. He believes strongly in enabling equitable access to engineering education, and led work to develop the Common First-Year Engineering Curriculum in British Columbia. He is also passionate about enriching program curriculum with intercultural experiences and student engagement as global citizens. Brian has led intercultural projects
Paper ID #38287Building Bridges into Engineering and Computer Science:Outcomes, Impacts and Lessons LearnedDoris J. Espiritu (Dr) Doris J. Espiritu, PhD is the Senior Advisor to Provost, Dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering and Computer Science, and a professor of Chemistry at Wright College. Doris Espiritu is one of the first National Science Foundation’s research awardees under the Hispanic- Serving Institutions (HSI) Program. She pioneered Engineering at Wright and had grown the Engineering program enrollment by 1300 % within four years of the NSF-HSI project. Doris founded six student chapters of
, where she is a member of the Tufts Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI) and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO). curriculum and instructional supports for inclusive knowledge construction by engineering learners. Major projects emphasize community-based engineering curricula and professional development, engineering discourse studies, design notebooking, undergraduate learning assistants, and responsive teaching for engineering. Kristen is an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education. She teaches courses in design, mechanics, electronics, and engineering education. Wendell completed her PhD in science education at Tufts, her MS in aeronautics and astronautics
four labs when revamping ICTN 4201 in 2014, as part of an exploratoryteaching grant project [6]. The grading scripts were used for 6 years until the Linux operatingsystems (CentOS 5 and CentOS 6) of the virtual machines reached their end of life. It was alsotime to update the labs again as some contents were getting old. For example, the NetworkIntrusion Detection System Bro was renamed to Zeek with major revisions in 2018. In 2021, westarted a project to redesign the labs and virtual lab environment in ICTN 4201.LAB REDESIGN PROJECT The development procedure of the project consisted of five steps: 1) the prerequisites andoutcomes of the labs were reevaluated and redefined if necessary. For instance, an outcome wasdefined as follows
and services include perspectives of the project leadership, andfeedback from the participating scholars collected as part of program evaluation. This feedbackhelped fine-tune the partnership model to provide participating scholars with the mostmeaningful support possible.Findings suggest three design features of successful support: 1. While general training and support such as those offered by career service centers are useful, specific support by STEM faculty with real-time efforts in applying for academic positions was more timely and valuable for URM scholars. 2. Transition support is critical as scholars’ needs shift from dissertator to postdoctoral researcher to early career faculty. For example, requests to review
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 from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in April 2021. Her doctoral research included both technical and educational research. She also holds an M.S.E. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and a B.S.E. in civil engineering from Case Western Reserve University, both in the areas of structural engineering and solid mechanics.Jose MijaresDaniel Galvan (Director of
increase innovationthat more aligns with the dynamic workforce.The current pathway model to a doctorate does not allow for differentiated backgrounds andinterests of students. Should our innovations be adopted by other programs based on ouranticipated findings, a separate Doctor of Innovation track might emerge as a viable alternative tothe current Doctor of Philosophy track.PAtENT DescriptionThe overall project goal is to develop an alternate pathway for doctoral candidates in STEMprograms to satisfy their capstone degree requirements that has the potential to modernize the 1STEM Ph.D., bringing it in greater alignment with recent rapid changes to the
bespoke and ad-hoc approaches with efforts and infrastructure that are reusable andscalable, including simplified standardized recruiting methods, online modular training resources,flexible undergraduate accessible software tools, long-term research projects with many similarbut distinct components to engage large teams, and support from a learning community. Forexample, new students have the option to participate in a modular, self-paced, online onboardingcurriculum that teaches students the basic skills needed for most data science projects, therebydramatically reducing the mentor time needed to engage students with limited background inmachine learning research. Projects are authentic research challenges that strive to allow for largeflexible
), is primarily focused on application and integration of fundamentalengineering skills introduced in a prerequisite course ENGR 110. ENGR 111 houses SSoE’sCornerstone Project, and is extensively based in active learning pedagogy taking place in a largeuniversity makerspace, with the vast majority of class activities typically taught pre-COVIDthrough extensive hands-on pedagogical approaches.Although the ENGR 111 structure is the antithesis of an online pedagogical setting, courseadministrators were forced to redesign the ENGR 111 experience during the Spring and Summer2021 semesters to online delivery due to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of theuniversity makerspace was not feasible due to the close-proximity nature of
system like the retina, cochlea, hippocampus, etc. The learningobjectives were reinforced with bi-weekly homework exercises that included smallsignal analysis of various circuits. Learning was tested in the midterm and finalexams that were like homework exercises but closed book, closed notes. In the endof course project, students built neurally inspired silicon retina and demonstratedimage processing by the retina.b. CurriculumThis course covered devices in CMOS technology (MOS transistor below and abovethreshold, floating-gate MOS transistor, photo-transducers), static circuits(differential pair, current mirror, transconductance amplifiers, etc.), dynamic circuits(adaptive circuits), systems (silicon synapse, silicon neuron, silicon retina
software. If simulation works, then they need to build and test in the lab. The processis time consuming for students and only few projects can be completed during a semester;nevertheless, we believe this is an effective method in which promote active learning. In this paper,we investigate student’s perceptions about hands-on versus simulation.MethodologyThe aim of this study is to understand students’ perception of the lab work. For this purpose, thesignals and systems course was selected for data collection. Signals and Systems is a four creditscourse which include 3 credits lecture and one credit of lab. The course consists of an introductionto analog and digital signal processing, which is an integral part of electrical engineering
Paper ID #37404The Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric(EDPPSR) – Initial Validity and Reliability (Fundamental)Stacy S Klein-Gardner (Adjunct Professor) Stacy Klein-Gardner's career in P-12 STEM education focuses on increasing interest in and participation by females and URMs and teacher professional development. She is an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University where she serves as the co-PI and co-Director of the NSF-funded Engineering For US All (e4usa) project. She also serves as the co-PI, Lead Engineer, and Director of Partnerships for Youth Engineering Solutions
. Edwards currently serves as the Associate Director of Program Evaluation and Education Research at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, where she provides leadership for highly specialized and multifaceted research programs. She also directs and manages the work of Research Assistants, Graduate Research Assistants, and Undergraduate Interns, leads the submission of proposals for external sponsored funding, and serves as principal investigator on sponsored projects. Prior to joining the Friday Institute, Dr. Edwards served as a Research Specialist at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, a Research Assistant in the Office of Assessment at NCSU, and a Program Coordinator in the Minority Engineering Programs
DepartmentAbstractDespite decades of calls for both broadening participation in engineering and for STEM facultyto adopt evidence-based teaching practices, change is notoriously slow. In response to an NSFcall for projects that could accomplish such efforts, our chemical engineering departmentproposed FACETS (Formation of Accomplished Chemical Engineers for Transforming Society)with a vision of supporting our diverse students to be prepared to address the grand challenges ofthe 21st century. Our longitudinal analysis suggests that our approach has fostered persistence,especially among first-generation Latinx students. Now, at the end of our project, we report onevidence of sustained change and offer insights and implications for others interested in makingchange
task-oriented roles and from the perspective of the students, the first phaseof the study uses student surveys to explore how students choose suggested roles, how theseopportunities affect their course satisfaction, engagement, and perception of team success, and ifthere are limitations towards assuming desired roles. This WIP paper presents preliminary resultsfrom one course. This work aims to promote strategies that increase student team engagementwithin a collaborative and inclusive environment and identify indicators for early intervention.IntroductionIn multidisciplinary engineering capstone courses, students of a variety of disciplines work inteams to complete design projects. The importance of working in teams throughout theengineering
Paper ID #37461International Division - Entrepreneurship & EngineeringInnovation Division Towards a new type of hybrid modecollaboration in Academia-Industry Hackathons.Yulia Skrupskaya SAP University Alliances, National Research University Higher School of EconomicsVictor Taratukhin (Next-Gen Network Global Projects and RegionalDirector for Silicon Valley/US West)Yury V. Kupriyanov (National Research University Higher School ofEconomics)Joerg Becker © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comInternational Division - Entrepreneurship &
(TEL) research has shown the benefits of using Informationand Communication Technologies (ICT) in the learning process and as teaching tools [1].Building Information Modeling (BIM) is possibly the most important and promising ICTapplied in the engineering, architecture, and construction (EAC) industry [2]. BIM is apowerful, highly organized, and easy-to-use graphical interface that gives building designersthe flexibility to visualize and control multiple features of a construction project throughoutits entire life cycle [3], [4]. Some studies have shown the benefits of using BIM in highereducation programs to improve the understanding of engineering concepts such assustainable building design [5], [6], construction project management [7], [8
, Computer Science California State University Chico sbsiewert@csuchico.edu Associate Professor Adjunct, Computer Engineering University of Colorado Boulder siewerts@colorado.edu Rishab Shah Masters Student, Embedded Systems Engineering University of Colorado Boulder Rishab.Shah@colorado.eduAbstractStudent projects for “Real-Time Embedded Systems”, a course taught at University of ColoradoBoulder and online with Coursera, stresses ability to put
academic study groups, both formal and informal, withmoderate adoption from students as a classroom tool depending on internet access and previousfamiliarity with the platform [6], [9]–[11]. In addition, previous research on learning in onlinecommunities has shown to be useful in student learning and engagement [12].Our research team is interested in creating opportunities for students to become more active intheir learning by creating new and different problems or projects [13], using different learningactivities in class [14], or creating spaces like a Discord server to learn from each other. Little isknown about how Discord can aid students in learning as it was first introduced and gainedpopularity relatively recently. We are interested in how
a faculty member in 2019 at the University of Connecticut. His research interests lie in the field of concrete technology with a focus on finite element modeling of ultra high performance concrete. He is also interested in educational research. He is presently working on redesigning the Soil Mechanics course, which incorporates inclusive teaching practices considering the experience and needs of neurodivergent learners. This project is a part of an NSF-funded IUSE/PFE:RED grant.Connie Syharat Constance M. Syharat is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of two neurodiversity-centered NSF-funded projects, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF:RED) "Beyond Accommodation
[1]-[4]. The project is now in a one-year nocost extension with sufficient scholarship funds to support a Year 6 cohort in Summer 2022. TheFast-Forward Scholarship program supports engineering majors in the summer between theirfirst and second years to take one engineering and one mathematics course in their major, alongwith a professional development (PD) course that includes opportunities to visit regionalcompanies employing engineers. The purpose of the program is to provide students withscholarships and support while they have a gentler transition into more challenging sophomoreengineering and mathematics coursework. Additionally, completing this coursework early allowsfor more enriching experiences later in the curriculum, such as
possible to cover the detailed theory and applications of all high-level classes. For thisreason, many educational projects are aimed to give students the opportunity to acquire this high-level knowledge through a hands-on practice. At the end of these projects, students concludetheir experience and prepare a student manual that, later on, guides other groups in getting thesame knowledge through hands-on experience. This initiative is applied through some seniordesign projects within the Engineering Technology program. In this paper, a shaking table isused to learn the concepts of (1) vibration analysis, (2) vibration absorber design (that is usuallycovered in Mechanical Vibration class which is not currently offered at our ET program), and (3
navigation systems. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Solar PV Installation and Troubleshooting Course DevelopmentAbstractRenewable energy systems are environmentally friendly power generation solutions as comparedto traditional fossil generators, and as a result have created a continuously expanding job market.The global investment in solar photovoltaic (PV) systems has gone through a mostly increasingtrend in the past ten years, which implies that solar PV systems will own a major share of thepower generation and distribution market in the near future. In this NSF-funded project, thestate-of-the-art equipment are used to design
of Ottawa, Ontario. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com The role of students’ grit & goal orientation in predicting their academic success in authentic learning environmentsAbstractThe recent trend of opening makerspaces on-campus in engineering schools is encouragingeducators to integrate making projects and activities to the engineering curricula. Makingprojects and activities offer engineering educators an opportunity to situate their students inauthentic learning experiences. This article explores the impact of two non-cognitive measures,grit and goal orientation, over and beyond a student’s Big-Five
departments of Civil Engineering and Architecture at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, in Ecuador. MiguelAndres is a civil engineer from USFQ (2009), was awarded a MSc in Civil Engineering – Construction Engineering and Management at Iowa State University (Fulbright scholar, 2012)and his PhD in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech (2019), as well as two Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education and Future Professoriate. (i) ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE: Miguel Andrés was Project Manager of PREINGESA where he has directed construction projects in the development of urban infrastructure for urbanizations such as earthworks, drinking water works, sewerage, underground electrical cables and fiber optics, roads, aqueducts, water
1 Department of Mathematics, New York City College of Technology, CUNY {shan,bkostadinov,jthiel}@citytech.cuny.edu Abstract We implemented a project to create transformative changes in the STEM Education at a Hispanic-serving institution by revamping mathematics curriculum and building a system of support in mathematics learning. The project accomplished three main areas of curriculum development: (1) Restructuring the first-year mathematics courses at the college algebra level using a corequisite model; (2) designing and implementing active learning and problem-solving oriented curriculum in Calculus; (3) building a student support
-mentionedcourses, the materials pertaining to Covid-19 and air quality were taught in the form of modules(two for each course) with lectures; discussions and class debates; video materials; simulationswith real-time data; and a project centering on that theme. The engineering students who workedas summer interns worked on analyzing data from five of the major cities in the world. Besidesanalyzing the effects of the pandemic on PM2.5, NO2, and O3 in the selected populated cities, thestudents also studied whether any correlations existed among the air quality parameters or not.The students’ learning outcomes included honing content knowledge in atmospheric chemistryand physics of particulate matter; environmental sciences and engineering; public health