, we hope that our research findings help individuals serving university students at anylevel in any discipline ask what opportunities they have to create a more inclusive andwelcoming environment through the tenants of UDL1.IntroductionIndividuals with dis/abilities represent a significant portion of the population yet they areoverlooked as key contributors to Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)industry and academia [1]. While we know that graduate STEM education is difficult to accessfor many prospective and current students, there is a paucity of research aiming to change this.There is also a dearth of research engaged in learning about dis/abled student experiences and thebarriers that limit access to graduate education
Paper ID #36640Work in Progress: A Visualization Aid for Learning VirtualMemory ConceptsJohn A Nestor (Professor) John Nestor is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Lafayette College. He received the Ph. D. and MSEE degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the BEE degree from Georgia Tech. Prior to joining Lafayette, he was a faculty member at Illinois Institute of Technology. His interests include computer engineering, digital design, VLSI, engineering education, and the history of semiconductors and computers.Zheping Yin Zheping Yin is a Senior undergraduate student at Lafayette College. His research interests are
Paper ID #36793Implementation of a Virtual Job Shadowing Experience forSTEM Students Participating in a Corporate-STEMConnection ProgramDonald P. Visco (Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)Nidaa Makki Nidaa Makki is a Professor in the LeBron James Family Foundation School of Education at the University of Akron, with expertise in STEM Education. She has served as co-PI on several NSF projects, investigating STEM education interventions at the K-12 and undergraduate levels. She also has expertise as program evaluator for various STEM education programs, and has led teacher professional development in
Paper ID #37960Best Practices and Lessons Learned on Organizing EffectiveCohort-based Undergraduate Summer Research duringCOVID-19Daqing Hou professor of software engineering at Clarkson UniversityYu Liu Dr. Yu Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University. Prior to joining Clarkson University, he was a research scientist at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) from 2013 through 2017. In addition, he was employed at Motorola as a senior software engineer from 2003 through 2007, and IBM from 2011 through 2013. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from
area. This variety of activities provides young womenwith the awareness of online safety and sparks their interest in education pathways tocybersecurity careers. Figure 2. Cybersecurity PathwaysActivities such as these help increase skills and cybersecurity knowledge in diverse andunderrepresented populations help to assure increased participation of women, minorities, andspecial populations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education andin the technology workforce. Coastline’s cybersecurity program strives to generate essential newknowledge and skills to share with students, professionals, and the academic community.4.3. SurveyCamp staff surveyed campers daily to ensure camp activities
Paper ID #36798Detecting food pantry clients’ needs post-COVID-19: Aproject design for future service-learning coursesShaoping Qiu (Postdoc) Shaoping Qiu obtained his Ph.D. in Huan Resource Development from Texas A& M University. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the College of Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University. His research interests include human resource development, organizational leadership, organizational change, stress and well-being, service-learning, and quantitative methods such as multiple regression, structural equation
Paper ID #37424Work-in-Progress: Using a Scavenger Hunt to TackleChallenges of CS1: Computational Thinking, AnalyzingCode, and DebuggingStephany Coffman-wolph (Assistant Professor) Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph received her PhD from Western Michigan University and is currently an Assistant Professor in the ECCS Department (in Computer Science) at Ohio Northern University. Previously, she worked at The University of Texas at Austin and West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech). While at WVU Tech she was a founding member and faculty advisor of AWESOME (Association of Women Engineers, Scientists, Or
Paper ID #37213Exploring a Co-Teaching Model to Improve ClassroomEngagementEdward Latorre-Navarro Dr. Edward Latorre-Navarro is the Director of the Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) program within the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. He joined UF from his previous role as Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. As an educator, he is interested in improving the academic experience based on student engagement with educational goals. Research interests include co-teaching, teamwork, engineering leadership skills, natural
included in these comparisons. The range of scores on each exam are also verysimilar between sections. Because ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) usesit as a demarcation, the percent of each class that scored at least 70% on each exam was also analyzed.This is the only statistic that, by the eyeball test, shows any real difference between the sections. For thefirst two exams, more students in Professor B’s sections scored at least 70%, but this is reversed for thethird exam. Table 1. Comparison of student performances on exams PROFESSOR A PROFESSOR B Mean/Std dev Max/min % > 70% Mean
Paper ID #36696Smartphone App Developed By Students to Help CommunityMembers in CrisisThomas Rossi Thomas Rossi is a lecturer in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Penn State Behrend. His research focuses on improving the post-secondary experience for students through the use of current computing tools and technologies. Thomas graduated with his MS in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire in 2016. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Smartphone App Developed by Students to Help Community Members
Paper ID #36904Motivating Students to Learn Basic Electronic Theories byAdopting Them in Different CoursesJack li JACK LI is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering Technology in the School of Polytechnic at Purdue University Fort Wayne. He earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electronics engineering. Dr. Li may be reached at lij@pfw.edu. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Motivating Students to Learn Basic Electronic Theories by Adopting Them in Different CourseJack Li, Purdue University Fort
Paper ID #37533Leveraging the power of Python, Octave and Matlab forMachine LearningMohammad Rafiq Muqri (Professor CEIS)Seta Boghikian-Whitby (Professor and Department Chairperson)Muiz MuqriZacki MuqriSarah Muqri © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comLeveraging the power of Python, Octave and Matlab for Machine LearningAbstractThe objective of this paper is to bring awareness, instigate interest, and promote the need ofusing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms for information andengineering technology students. This paper will also attempt to review some of the
Paper ID #36496A Faculty Learning Community for Building SustainableOpen Educational Resources: Creating a Departmental VideoTutorial LibraryPaul Morrow Nissenson (Professor) Paul Nissenson (Ph.D. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2009) is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He teaches courses in the areas of thermo-fluids, heat transfer, numerical modeling, and air pollution control. Paul's main research interests involve exploring how technology can be incorporated into engineering
Paper ID #36809Student-designed assessments in electronic systems and signalprocessing coursesSaharnaz Baghdadchi (Teaching Professor) Saharnaz Baghdadchi is an Assistant Teaching Professor at UC San Diego. She is interested in scholarly teaching and uses active learning techniques to help students achieve expert-like level of thinking. She guides students in bridging the gap between facts and usable knowledge to solve complex engineering problems.Theresa Meyerott (Executive Director) Dr. Theresa Meyerott graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
typically underserved student groups.SEnS GPS is investigating the experiences of computer science and engineering MS studentsfrom pre-decision and recruitment to graduation. This project is working to determine if bestpractices in the areas of recruitment, retention, and persistence to degree at the undergraduatelevel translate successfully to the MS level, looking specifically at low-income, academicallytalented, first-generation, and generally underrepresented students in the science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines.SEnS GPS is currently in its second year and has just graduated its first cohort of 10 students inMay 2022. Sixteen students have participated in the program as scholars (scholars are defined asreceiving NSF
me in the sciences, technology, engineering &you. Very much like me mathematics is thrilling. • To what extent do you intend to pursue a STEM- related career that may include research?Perception of how one aligns with characteristics of the entrepreneurial mindsetWe think that there may be a Not at all like me • A person who accepts uncertainty and riskrelationship between success in Not like me when he or she thinks it may lead to a bigSTEM-related majors and A little like me payoff or
project, design, and test engineer as well as a consultant to industry. His research interests include the application of digital signal processing in energy systems and computer networks. He also has deep interest in engineering education and the use of technology to advance the learning experience of undergraduate students. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Challenges with Online Teaching and Learnings for the Post- Pandemic ClassroomAbstractAt the start of 2020, safety concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic causededucational institutions around the world to rapidly transition to
Paper ID #36536Using High Impact Practices to Broaden UndergraduateParticipation in Computer Systems ResearchMargaret O'neil Ellis Margaret currently serves as an Associate Professor of Practice of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is focused on instructing and designing curriculum for CS2104 Problem Solving in Computer Science and CS2114 Software Design and Data Structures and works with undergraduate research students on the Computer Systems Genome project(https://csgenome.org/). Margaret began teaching at Virginia Tech in 2013 and enjoys integrating her various professional
Paper ID #37918Impact of Transitions between Online and Offline LearningDuring COVID-19 on Computational Curricular Reform:Student PerspectiveYang Dan Yang Dan is a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the computational teaching assistant of the department for academic year 2021- 2022, and participated in the teaching activities, surveys and researches regarding computations in several undergraduate courses. Yang holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Peking University, P. R. China, with research
) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com An Undergraduate Research Experience in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Cybersecurity – Outcomes and Lessons LearnedAbstractThis paper is an update of a Work-in-Progress presented at the ASEE 2021 virtual conference [1]and includes new data from after the 2021 paper was accepted for publication. An undergraduateresearch experience was developed in response to an Office of Naval Research program seekingto develop “innovative solutions that directly maintain, or cultivate a diverse, world-class STEMworkforce in order to maintain the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps' technological superiority.”During the fall 2020
/08993408.2019.1682379[8] W. Bares, B. Manaris, and R. McCauley. “Gender equity in computer science through computing in the arts - a six-year longitudinal study”. Computer Science Education, vol. 28(3), pp. 191-210. Available https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2018.1519322[9] V. A. Carr, M. C. Smith, B. W. Wei, & M. E. Jones. “Learning experiences of social science students in an interdisciplinary computing minor.” In 2021 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings.[10] V. A. Carr, B. W. Wei, & M. E. Jones. “A technology pathway program in data technology and applications.” In 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
Paper ID #37127Work In Progress: Beyond Textbook: An Open EducationalResource Platform that Generates Course-Specific E-TextbooksBarney WeiMingyu ZhengMohammadreza KaramsoltaniRUI ZENGHamid S. Timorabadi Hamid Timorabadi received his BSc, MASc, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has worked as a project, design, and test engineer as well as a consultant to industry. His research interests include the application of digital signal processing in energy systems and computer networks. He also has deep interest in engineering education and the use of technology to advance the
Paper ID #37857Work in Progress: Context Matters: A Comparative Study ofResults of Common Concept Questions in Statics at SeveralDiverse InstitutionsChristopher Papadopoulos (Professor) Professor of Engineering Sciences and Materials at UPR Mayagüez.Eric Davishahl (Professor and Program Coordinator) Whatcom CCCarisa H Ramming (Associate Professor)Jean Carlos Batista Abreu (Assistant Professor)William A Kitch (Dr.) Dr. Kitch is currently the Chair of the David L. Hirschfeld Engineering Department at Angelo State University. He has over 20 years of professional engineering practice in both the public and private
education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com “Making” to the Future: An Innovative Approach to Undergraduate Science Education S. Catherine Silver Key*#, Tanina Bradley^, Aileen Reid%, and Eric T. Saliim#*Corresponding author. # Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, ^Department ofPhysics and Mathematics at North Carolina Central University and % University of NorthCarolina at GreensboroAbstract “Making’ - a hands-on practice of creating technology-based artifacts typically involvesintegrating electronics, programming, or 3D printing. This paper
Paper ID #37976Addressing Learning Objective Gaps Between RateMonotonic Theory and Practice using Real-Time SimulationExercisesSam B Siewert (Associate Professor) Sam Siewert has studied at University of California Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, University of Houston and University of Colorado Boulder and has a BS in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science. He has worked in the computer engineering industry for twenty four years before starting an academic career in 2012. Half of his time was spent on NASA space exploration programs including the Spitzer space telescope, Space
Understand?,” in 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), Portland, OR, USA, Mar. 2020, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/RESPECT49803.2020.9272466.[13] B. L. Love, We want to do more than survive: abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Boston: Beacon Press, 2019.[14] E. O. McGee and D. O. Stovall, Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press, 2020.[15] A. N. Washington, “When Twice as Good Isn’t Enough: The Case for Cultural Competence in Computing,” in Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, New York, NY, USA, Feb. 2020, pp. 213–219
$9,457. The University of Houston was recentlyranked by the Princeton Review as one of the top 50 Best Value Public Colleges in 2021. Theoverall 4-yr retention rate at UH is 66% (Engineering = 68%, NSM = 70%, Technology = 61%)while the overall 6-yr graduation rate is 61% (Engineering = 63%, NSM = 64%, Technology =48%).Participants. All participants in this study were selected scholars in the Endeavour S-STEMProgram at the University of Houston. During each summer of the program, all first-time-in-college students who met the program criteria were invited to apply to the program. The programcriteria were as follows: 1) FTIC freshman majoring in STEM, 2) top 10% of high school class,3) Pell eligible, and 4) minimum SAT math score of 580 or ACT
Paper ID #38437Assessment of a Hybrid Research Experience forUndergraduates Program During the COVID-19 PandemicJeremy Straub (Dr.) - © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Assessment of a Hybrid Research Experience for Undergraduates Program During the COVID-19 PandemicAbstractThis paper reports on the fourth year of a cybersecurity-focused research experience forundergraduates programs site in the summer of 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the siteoperated in a hybrid mode during this summer, after operating entirely virtually during
we know some prior distribution of the parameter 𝜃𝜃, it can be used to generate valuesfor 𝛽𝛽0 and 𝛽𝛽1. In this case since we don’t have any prior knowledge about the distribution of theparameters 𝛽𝛽0 and 𝛽𝛽1, we model 𝜃𝜃 as normally distributed with mean 0 and the standarddeviation σ: 𝜃𝜃~𝑁𝑁(0, σ). On average, these priors will yield Pr( 𝐸𝐸 ≤ 69) = Pr( 𝐸𝐸 > 69) = 0.5,i.e., equally likely, indicating self-reported study habits are equally likely to predict bothoutcomes.MethodsA. ParticipantsThe participants in this study were students enrolled in one of four classes, ElectricalEngineering (EE)351, EE310, Engineering Technology (ET)240, and Engineering (ENGR)100,spread over 1, 7, 3, or 1 semester(s), respectively, for
Paper ID #37196Perceptions of shared experiences in mentoring relationships:a collaborative autoethnographyJulie Martin Julie P. Martin is a Fellow of ASEE and an associate professor of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Julie’s professional mission is to create environments that elevate and expand the research community. She is the editor- in-chief of Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, where her vision is to create a culture of constructive peer review in academic publishing. Julie is a former NSF program director for engineering education and frequently works with