educational research focused on the collaborative development of robotics textbooks as open educational resources.Amber TaylorLandry SamuelsJalani Ziad EanochsCaleb Jovan HardinShi’ron Williams-MattisonSamuel Cole FambroughDr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Boyer is a generalist in the learning sciences, with a PhD in educational psychology and educational technology. His interests focus on effective knowledge building and transfer with digital technologies. His current work involves how STEM knowledge and skills are developed in technology-enhanced learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Elevating Student Voices in Collaborative Textbook
Paper ID #38985Board 185: Work in Progress: Engaging Students in the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals through Funds of Knowledge: A Middle School BilingualClassroom Case StudyLuis E Montero-Moguel, The University of Texas at San Antonio Luis Montero is a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio, currently in his second year of study. He earned his Master’s degree in Mathematics Teach- ing from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico and his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Merida, also in Mexico. With 11 years of
her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engineer- ing, design, STEM education and assistive technologies.. She has served in the Mid-Atlantic section of ASEE for a number of years and is active in ASME and IEEE activities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Design of a Junior Level Design Class: Work-in-ProgressAbstractIn order to strengthen engineering students’ preparation to tackle open-ended, multidisciplinaryprojects in their senior-level capstone course, a new junior-level design course was developedand implemented at Loyola University Maryland. Engineering faculty, students, and members ofour industrial advisory board identified
isdependent on bioinformatics, and integrating technology deeper into the classroom is ideal forthe highest rate of effective and successful graduates [17]. This project can serve as a stagingpoint for expansion by universities into bio computing for student education and more advancedprojects to be built on. Section 4 has demonstrated emergent properties typical of biologicalsystems that are the focus of any related course in the field, and more advanced and atypicalenvironments will show equally more advanced and atypical behaviors whose analysis is beyondthe scope of computer science and software engineering. These relationships are furtherreinforced upon repeated trails. Although we lack expertise in biology teaching pedagogy, webelieve that
field of engineering, a well documented example of an‘hands-on’ lab for fully remote learning is the research project ELLI, “Excellent Teaching andLearning in Engineering Science”, launched by the German Federal Ministry of Education inpartnership with three universities. The project was initiated in 2011 and remains operational. Itconsists of a tele-operative mechanical engineering ‘hands-on’ lab for fully remote learning,where students experience the technology and its limitations [7]. A different example is the fullyonline ABET accredited B.S. Software Engineering program offered by Penn State University [8].The impact of online and hybrid and back-to-normal classes based on grades for Engineeringcourses has been reported. Ramo et. al. [9
particularly interesting as this tool might have a familiar interface that piques the interestof the students more readily than traditional pen and paper class activities. Similarly, Deshpandeet al.[14] noted that engineering topics can be presented in new and innovative ways through theuse of computer simulation games, interactive environments, and refined graphics. These can beutilized to stimulate students' problem-solving and presentation skills. Moreover, through the useof simulation tools, students can learn how to make their own decisions and manage theirmistakes in a real-world setting [14]. In parallel to simulation tools, other technology-basedlearning experiences in engineering education such as virtual reality have been reported toincrease
, and tool selection to promote DEI. In addition, he also works on many research-to-practice projects to enhance educational technology usage in engineering classrooms and educational research. Siqing also works as the technical development and support manager at the CATME research group.Dr. Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia Beshoy Morkos is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology where he directs the STRIDE Lab (SysTems Research on Intelligent De- sign and Engineering). His lab currently performs research ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023IntroductionAs artificial intelligence advances manufacturing
precipitation could disrupt or damage the system or hurt the user. With more time, betterresources, and a bigger budget, we believe this could easily be done by having the technology builtinside the chair and/or design casing to shelter it. Aesthetics would improve with this as well. Ourconcept, fortunately, proved to work. We believe if we were able to build a wheelchair from scratchto work with our idea, like making the spokes closer together to hit the gear more often, we couldhave pulled off all our goals.Although there are still points of improvement for the Hot Wheel, but we have gained a multitudeof valuable experiences that have shaped our view of engineering and educated us on theimportance of persistence and collaboration. The systematic
, anexperiment was performed where people viewed three Navy job descriptions in their respectiveSTEM fields and were asked their level of interest. This paper will show that women who do nothave a background in the jargon are less likely to apply on jargon-filled, STEM job descriptionsthan men. Conversely, when women have a background with the jargon, this paper will showthat these women have a higher interest in the jargon-filled job advertisements than men do.KeywordsDiversity, Jargon, STEM, Job Advertisements, Gender.IntroductionResearch has shown that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers aremale dominated [1]. Among first-year college students, women are much less likely than men tosay that they intend to major in STEM
].Circuit Theory course is a required and basic course for many disciplines. In the day and age,vehicle technology is transformed into autonomous vehicle. This transformation became possiblebecause of the multi-disciplinary effort by Electrical, Mechanical and Computer Engineering andScience and it continues [2]. Therefore, the course is of great importance not only in Electricalengineering, but also in other engineering fields. The challenges faced by students aremultifarious; however, the non-Electrical engineering student face unique [3] ones because of theperspective and need of the respective departments. The challenges students face in the courseare mostly because of the nature of it. Even though it is an introductory engineering course
change students’ ways of thinking about engineeringand engineering work must move away from the theoretical realm and into the practical realm inengineering education. Thus, our future work will begin to develop interventions that positionstudents to enact the epistemic values they profess in the specific context of design projects. References[1] Jonassen, D. H. (2000). Toward a design theory of problem solving. Educational Technology Research and Development, 48(4), 63 – 85.[2] Jonassen, D. H. (2014). Chapter 6: Engineers as problem solvers. In A. Johri & B. M. Olds (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (pp. 103 – 118). Cambridge
in Durham, North Carolina. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Prof. Stu Thompson, Bucknell University Stu is an associate professor and chair of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Buck- nell University, in Lewisburg, PA. His teaching responsibilities typically include digital design, computer- related electives, and engineering design. His research focus is on the application of mobile computing technology to interesting problems. My broadly he is interested in the continued evolution of engineering education and how the experience can help create graduates who will go on to make substantial change in the world. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in
the Department of Defense, aims to understand how near infrared light can be used to heal wounds. Outside of conducting research, Dr. Oliver is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM. She currently directs several undergraduate research programs which provide collegiate black women with the training and expertise needed to acquire jobs in the field of data science. Her passion resides in mentoring and sustaining minority students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), by studying and evaluating the best practices for people of color who are interested in pursuing careers in research and medicine. Dr. Oliver presents nationally and internationally to student groups, major scientific
may also be influenced by a learned professional outlook ororientation. However, student perceptions of creativity and technical fields may emerge and evensolidify prior to starting college coursework [10]. College-level instructors may thus encounterprior biases when formally teaching design to students for the first time. Before entering secondary education, students are not yet characterized by an associatedfuture profession—they are not yet “engineering” students. Instead, as the acronym STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) has become a widespread term in education tostrengthen and grow student awareness of these subjects, strong STEM associations mayinfluence students’ thinking about design in unintended ways. While
Paper ID #39063Board 122: Work in Progress: Identity and Positioning of InternationalStudents in Sociotechnical DiscussionsJingshu MengHannah NortonDr. Chelsea Andrews, Tufts University Chelsea Andrews is a Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University, at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Identity and positioning of international students in sociotechnical discussionsIntroductionConcerns about technocentric undergraduate engineering courses have now become widelydisseminated. As a
Paper ID #38404Measuring the Impact of Budding Support Programs for WomenUndergraduates in Computing DegreesDr. Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale Ilknur Aydin is an Associate Professor of Computer Systems at Farmingdale State College in New York. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Delaware in DE, USA and received her BS degree in Computer Engineering from Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. She also worked as a software engineer in Turkey on projects about implementation of a GPS (Global Positioning System) based vehicle tracking system. Dr
Student Award: Excellence in Teaching.Luis Angel RodriguezAbheek ChatterjeeDr. Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University Astrid Layton is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University in the Mechanical Engineering depart- ment and received her Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She is interested in bio-inspired system design problems and is currently working at the intersection of ecology and engi- neering for the design of complex human networks and systems. She is also a member of the Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation at Texas A&M. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Bio-Inspired Engineering Design: The Impact of Information
development of the product followed PBL principles. There are many suchexamples of PBL senior project experiences in literature [14], [15] and project learning isexpected by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for at least twodecades [16]. The key features of PBL [7] are: • A focus on a specific problem or challenge: PBL tasks are designed to simulate real- world problems or challenges that require students to apply critical thinking, problem- solving, and creativity. • Collaborative learning: Students typically work in groups, with each member contributing their unique skills and perspectives. • Student autonomy: Students have significant autonomy in designing and implementing the project
. Taajamaa, C. A. Parlier, and M. Eskandari, “Provoked emotion in student stories of motivation reveal gendered perceptions of what it means to be innovative in engineering,” in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019. [9] D. Milgram, “How to recruit women and girls to the science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) classroom,” Technology and engineering teacher, vol. 71, no. 3, p. 4, 2011.[10] J. K. Sandlin and E. V. Pe˜na, “Building authenticity in social media tools to recruit postsecondary students,” Innovative Higher Education, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 333–346, 2014.[11] L. Thompson, “The recruit: A futurist story about race and college admissions.” Educational Perspectives, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 18–25, 2020.[12] P
Paper ID #39227Work in Progress: Developing Methods from Feminist StandpointPerspectives to Analyze a Panel Discussion and Promote Enduring ImpactDr. Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University Dr. Renee Desing is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construc- tion Engineering. Her research interests include diversity, equity, inclusion in the engineering classrooms and workplaces. Dr. Desing graduated from Ohio State with her Ph.D. in Engineering Education, and also holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and
Paper ID #39053Board 386: Sketchtivity, an Intelligent Sketch Tutoring Software:Broadening Applications and ImpactDr. Hillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University Hillary Merzdorf is a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University with the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation. Her research interests are in assessment methods with both learning analytics and traditional psychometrics, spatial reasoning in engineering, and cognitive psychology of student- technology interactions.Ms. Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University Donna Jaison is a Ph.D. student under Dr. Karan Watson and Dr. Tracy Hammond in the
mental roadblocks, allowing me to keep learning. Supporting Self- 55 The peer mentors are examples of students that were once in my shoes Efficacy and are now successful, thus increasing my confidence in my ability to do engineering. Familiarity of the 48 They helped me to feel more comfortable with the technology and Space/Tools tools within the room. Supportive 47 The peer mentors were supportive of our final project. A few came by and were really impressed. Encouraging 34 The peer mentors gave words of encouragement and helped the team feel confident in our
assessments on first-year engineering student self-efficacy.Andrea Mesa RestrepoDr. Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Cindy Howard Reed is an Assistant Teaching Professor and the Assistant Director of Student Research and Graduate Equity in the Center for Engineering Outreach and Inclusion at Penn State. In this role, she promotes opportunities for undergraduate students to experience research and supports students’ academic journeys through graduate school. Before coming to Penn State, Dr. Reed conducted indoor air quality and ventilation research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering at
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analysis. We also see a widevariability in “soft” features present in final drawings. Our next steps are to explore other image analysistechniques, as well as refine our survey tool to elicit responses that represent the participants'understanding of robotics. Simultaneously while previous studies have attended to gender in DAET, wewill also intentionally code for race and ethnicity [14].AcknowledgementsThis data collection for this work was funded in part by the National Science Foundation Grant #210628.References[1] M.-T. Wang and J. L. Degol, “Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Current Knowledge, Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Directions,” Educ Psychol Rev, vol. 29, no. 1, pp
the Pacific and has held visiting faculty positions at Purdue University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Use of Simscape in an Introductory Power Electronics CourseAbstractUniversity of the Pacific was a member of an 82-university consortium led by the University ofMinnesota (UMN) that was supported by a three-year Department of Energy grant to “revitalizeelectric power engineering education by state-of-the-art laboratories.” Hardware developed atUMN served as the core of a new power electronics course developed in conjunction with thisgrant. UMN hardware labs were complemented using PSpice for circuit simulation. The PSpiceexercises
classes long enoughfor the assignments and labs that required extended work or production times, shorter classesthroughout the week would be equally effective for most assignments. SolidWorks and Fusion360are also not the only engineering graphics programs that would be effective for the course. Whilesome of the most advanced functions of SolidWorks may not be replicable by other programs,Onshape, Sketchup and Autodesk Inventor are cheaper alternatives capable of achieving amajority of the same learning objectives.Overall, the new course is a friendlier and more engaging way of introducing advancedengineering graphics and basic engineering design concepts to a technologically advancedstudent body. Hopefully the documentation of this experience
’ Funds of Knowledge Related to Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(2), 278–311, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20117[6] Winchester, III, WW, "Engaging the Black Ethos: Afrofuturism as a Design Lens for Inclusive Technological Innovation" Journal of Futures Studies, 24(2), 55–62, 2019.[7] L. K. Murray, J. Ekong, S. A. Niknam, and M. J. Rust, “A Framework for ImplementingDesign for Additive Manufacturing Methods in First-Year Engineering Curriculum:Investigating the effects of specialized training on engineering design and student self-efficacy,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., 2022.Appendix 1 Metric 4 3 2
Paper ID #39019Teaming Tribulations: A Design Course Simulation GameDr. Charlotte Marr de Vries, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Dr. Charlotte de Vries is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in 2009. She received her M.S. (2013) and Ph.D. (2014) from Penn State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Teaming Tribulations: A Design Course Simulation GameAbstract:This work-in-progress paper discusses the development and
engineering to design engineering. He has also functioned as an engineering technology faculty for three years at Zane State College in Zanesville, Ohio, where he developed and taught courses that included CAD, solid modeling, statics, strength of materials, machine design, and statistical process control. As director of the Multidisciplinary Capstone Program, he brings his experience from over 15 years mentoring over 150 capstone design teams to the cooperative effort of translating the research findings into concrete recommendations for teaching engineering design. He is currently active in curriculum development and education research focused on capstone design and student-centered learning.Lynn Hall, The Ohio State