AC 2011-794: AN ANALYSIS OF FEMALE STEM FACULTY AT PUBLICTWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONSDavid A. Koonce, Ohio UniversityValerie Martin Conley, Ohio University Valerie Martin Conley is director of the Center for Higher Education, associate professor, and coordinator of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Ohio University. She is the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions.Dyah A. Hening, Ohio UniversityCynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University Cynthia Anderson is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio Uni- versity. In addition to research on community college
completed so that we can devise effective methods for learning design and preserving knowledge that arises in the process. She has been actively teaching and reflecting upon engineering design issues for over 15 years. Dr. Schmidt was the 2008 recipient of the American Society of Engineering Education’s prestigious Fred Merryfield Design Award and is the co-author with George Dieter of the text ”Engineering Design, 4th edition”, published by McGraw Hill in 2008. Linda Schmidt has published over sixty refereed publications in the areas of mechanical design theory and methodology, mechanism design generation, graph isomorphism issues in generative design and effective student learning on engineering project design
Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants. Page 22.906.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Ethics into Undergraduate Environmental Science and Economics Education Abstract Good
as a program administrator in the UVA School of Engineering & Applied Science, Ms. Trail served as a project manager and administrator for the UVA School of Medicine. Juliet is also a doctoral candidate with the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the UVA Curry School of Education, studying university organization, leadership, program evaluation and collaboration. Page 22.1251.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 RET Program Yields Elementary, Middle, and High School Teaching InnovationsIntroductionThe Research
theviability of the passive UHF RFID system to locate the position of a tagged objects, stored in amultiple shelved warehouse environment is investigated. A pilot system was implemented and itsperformance was investigated by a team of two students in the electronics engineeringtechnology (EET) program during one semester senior design project. A 915 MHz RFID systemperformance was investigated and analyzed in a simulated environment in the radio frequency(RF) laboratory. The concept of using RFID system for position identification in the simulatedstorage environment was successfully proven. The pilot system was able to identify taggeditems’ locations with very high efficiency especially in an RF friendly environment. The workrequired the analysis of
real projects in thedifferent areas of electrical engineering.This paper will present the data collected as a part of the course offering over two academicyears, specifically split into two analysis categories. The first part of the data analysis will focuson the effect of the course on student retention, extracted from the freshman cohorts. The secondpart of the data analysis will focus on student surveys performed at the end of the semester. Thissurvey was designed to measure vital components of overall course effectiveness with finergranularity, including students understanding of topics such as the role of electrical engineersand their impact on society. The data collected and analyzed over the last two years clearlyshows an increase in
hours for remote studentswhich are essentially equivalent to face-to-face office hours.One of the strengths of our electrical engineering program has been that all but one of ourcourses has had an integrated laboratory component. In addition, most courses have requiredsignificant design projects. Distance students to date have completed their labs at their localtwo-year school instead of traveling across the state to main campus. Lab instructors have beenhired to provide equipment and lab support for these courses. This lab approach with an on-sitelab instructor has been serviceable for “cookbook” type laboratories, where all the instructionsare provided, and low-level design projects.Alternative approaches have been investigated for use with
under room temperature and cold conditions, and calculation energy densities by mass an volume.• Lab 10 Field Trip 2009 Race Rocks Tidal Turbine 2010 T’Souke Nation Solar PV Project and Jordan River Hydroelectric Dam Page 22.1239.9Industry feedbackThe Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology – Renewable Energy program has anindustry program advisory panel that meets every quarter. The members of the panel are selectedfrom a broad group of local companies representing both government and the private sector. Weheld a focus group session that was independently facilitated on 28 April 2009. The questionsposed were:What
electrical and civil engineering and socio-economicissues. The subject is how to develop a power transmission and distribution architecture basedon wireless beaming complementing and reaching beyond the wired power grid. Theprocesses of defining requirements and selecting parameters in this wide-open area, are setout. The education here is not through course lectures but through cross-disciplinary learningon projects. Student experience over the years is reviewed, starting from initial conceptexploration to present refinement. It is argued that millimeter wave beaming is essential, andthat viable end-to-end efficiency can be achieved, to succeed in the marketplace. Studentparticipants in this concept development over the years, have been at levels
new design component. Instead of viewgraphpresentations, guest speakers were asked to bring in demonstrations to explain current aerospacedesign problems and applications of new technology. Industry representatives were invited topresent “real-world” problems they are resolving to give students a better appreciation of theunique challenges of the aerospace industry. Also, aerospace student organizations, graduatestudents, and upperclassmen were recruited to speak to the students about research opportunities,aspects of senior design projects, and ways to become involved in the aerospace community toencourage integration of students into the department after their freshman year.The course has continued to evolve with the addition of a freshman
Alabama at Huntsville, where she taught undergraduate courses in industrial and systems engineering and served as the faculty advisor for the In- stitute of Industrial Engineering local student chapter. At RIMES, she is involved in developing graduate courses and exploring research opportunities in systems engineering. She has written research proposals to National Science Foundation, Locked Martin Aeronautical, Raytheon Energy Systems, Texas Higher Education Board, and Texas High School Project. She conducts research with a local charter high school assessing the attitudinal changes in high school students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. She has published in several peer-reviewed journals and conferences
AC 2011-2310: UNDERGRADUATE CONCEPTIONS OF THE ENGINEER-ING DESIGN PROCESS: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF A HUMAN-CENTEREDDESIGN COURSELora Oehlberg, University of California, Berkeley Lora Oehlberg is a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cal- ifornia at Berkeley, and a member of the Berkeley Institute of Design. She received a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (2008) and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineer- ing from Stanford University (2006). Her doctoral research is on how designers use personal design information tools during collaborative new product development projects. Her background includes both corporate product design and
profes- sionals. Dr. High is a trainer for Project Lead the Way pre-Engineering. Additionally, she works with middle school teachers and students on engineering projects.Melanie C Page, Oklahoma State University Melanie C. Page received her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from Arizona State University in 1998. She is currently a professor in the Department of Psyhcology and Director of the OSU Institute for Cre- ativity and Innovation (ICI) in the School of Entrepreneurship. Her research interests are mainly in pre- vention/intervention research; She is currently involved in several projects. One major project is looking at decreasing childhood overweight through family and peer interventions (FiSH project) with
to mechanical, chemical, electrical, andcomputer engineering, computer science, design, controls, and energy. Course goals includeexposing students to many facets of engineering and computer science to aid in major choice,developing practical technical skills relevant to subsequent projects, generating enthusiasm forfuture studies, and developing teamwork, design, presentation, and technical writing skills.Through a series of labs including drawing and 3D printing a robot chassis, soldering amicrocontroller circuit board, assembling a gear box, building sensor circuits, machining andcharacterizing hydrogen proton exchange membranes (PEM) fuel cells, C programming, andgenerating and detecting Gold codes, the students design, build, test, and
(1.5 gallon) is supplied to each faculty and stuff. Recyclingvarious papers, aluminum, cans, plastic bottles, and jugs, is encouraged.Green NSU and Cane River Green Market teamed up as partners for ‘Healthy Livings’ toarrange meetings with faculty and staff in the Student Union Building at NSU to promotethe importance and availability of fresh, locally grown and harvested fruits andvegetables.During fall of 2010, the University was awarded three projects through the EmpowerLouisiana Stimulus Funding through the department of Natural Resources Total.Finally the NSU has adopted 4.5 days week instead of 5 days week to cut its electric bill.Course Objectives The student should be able to: Understand, analyze, and explain the shift to
functions have also been used in conventional thermodynamics classes on projects whensolving large applied thermodynamic problems. In such cases, the time expended oninterpolation can quite easily constitute the majority of the time required for solving theproblems. The students can easily spend more time interpolating than in learning how to applythermodynamic principles. Therefore, once students have shown mastery of the skills needed tointerpolate tables to obtain properties for substances, more knowledge of thermodynamicprinciples can potentially be assimilated if the interpolation steps associated with homeworkproblems, projects and examinations were automated. Historically, in order to avoid excessivetime expenditure on interpolation, some
updated set of course materials for thecourse: syllabus, course schedule (i.e. the weekly sequence of topics, assignments, andcorresponding course readings), and assignments. In each case, we centered student work arounddeveloping a term-length, team-based project that would be developed incrementally throughoutthe term.The Co-Teaching Phase: adaptive to the industry fellow’s constraintsAlthough the planning phase was the same in each instantiation, differences between theinstantiations arose in the pattern of interaction with the industry fellow during the academicterm. In the heavy-weight versions (which I did twice), the industry fellow attended one of thetwo weekly class sessions. During this time, we structured interaction so as to maximize
Education, 2011 Lean Six Sigma Nanomanufacturing Course for Undergraduate Engineering Technology and Engineering Programs Abstract. We have developed a laboratory- and project-based course to instruct Engineering andEngineering Technology students in Lean Six Sigma methodologies for nanomanufacturing. Theexperiments include synthesis and characterization of quantum dots and magnetic nickelnanowires, and fabrication and testing of organic LEDs and nanocrystalline solar cells.Additional experiments related to ferrofluids, soft lithography, nanocrystalline phosphors, andnanofilters are under development. The broad objective is to impart the knowledge and skillsneeded to translate laboratory discoveries in nanoscience to the
Engineering Education’s Midwest Section Meet- ing by Josh Coffman, Sachin Terdalkar, Joseph Rencis and Ashland O. Brown. Finite Element Learn- ing Modules for Undergraduate Engineering Topics using Commercial Software, presented at the June 2008 American Society for Engineering Education’s Annual Conference in Pittsburg, PA, Co-authored with Drs. Chuan-Chiang Chen, Daniel Jensen, Essam Ibrahim, Vladimir Labay, Joseph Rencis and Paul Schimpf Enhancing Machine Design and Analysis Course through Introducing Design and FE Analy- sis Projects, presented at the March 2008 American Society for Engineering Education’s Pacific South- west Regional Conference at the Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. Co-authored with Dr
Page 22.1443.6*Data obtained from ASSIST (Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer)website assist.org.5As the table illustrates, the required programming language and the course content vary widely.As a result, a community college that can only offer one course of computer programming willhave difficulty developing a class that can support a group of students with different majors andtransfer institutions.A similar situation exists with regard to the Freshman Introduction to Engineering course, someform of which is recommended or required for a majority of engineering majors. This courseranges from a 1-unit survey of career options to a 3-unit project-based introduction to design,which is in many cases discipline
applied to their project Page 22.1676.4home. A report listing the devices found along with any standards, patents, etc. was turned in fora project grade.Survey Results Once the students turned in a report for their team, a survey was given to assess theirfeeling about the assignment and their sources (see Appendix for the survey instrument). Ninetystudents filled out and returned a survey. Eighty percent of those responding indicated that theassignment simulated a real-world situation. The first question in the survey asked “Whichinformation types did you use in this assignment? (check all that apply). ” The item “articles”was selected by
years. She currently works on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects such as Path2STEM degree and the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project as well as additional projects that focus on the experiences of community college students and community college transfer student success. Dr. Jackson’s dissertation is entitled ”Transfer students in STEM majors: Gender differences in the socialization factors that influence academic and social adjustment.” She is passionate about students, more specifically community college transfer students and women pursuing advanced degrees in STEM areas.Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane T. Rover received the B.S. degree in computer science in 1984, and the M.S
Australia (UniSA) and, since 2007, the inaugural academic director of UniSA’s common first year engineering program. In this capacity he leads the first year teaching and learning team, which involves staff from five schools across the Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment, staff from the Learning and Teaching Unit and the Library. He oversees initiatives to provide active forms of orienta- tion, to identify and support students at risk, and to continuously evaluate and improve student experience. In the last ten years Mahfuz has developed and refined innovative project-based learning strategies and assessment schemes to assist diverse students with their learning. Engaging students in lectures, tutorials and
outreach through the nonprofit ”Educate Tanzania” of which she is president and CEO.Sarah H Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota Sarah Cohn is The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Evaluation and Research in Learning Department’s coordinator and evaluation associate. Sarah’s thesis was focused on the impacts of museum theatre out- reach. Through various evaluation projects, Sarah has focused on the educational impacts of programs, classes, and other products. She has presented at numerous conferences including AAM, ACM and VSA. Sarah is currently the lead evaluator on SMM evaluations of the Collectors’ Corner Nature Trading Posts, the Science Live Theater productions, the Warner Nature Center, and the programs created through
substantive works mirroring and foreshadowingtechnical developments and ethical issues. This paper describes a course examining theconnections between fiction and technology in the field of AI, which meets undergraduatewriting, literature and ethics requirements while giving students a solid base in the AI state-of-the-art. The course can also be taught as a project-based graduate class.IntroductionEngaging students and helping them develop creativity in engineering and science is a challengeand a goal for many faculty. Our students often come to college with extra-curricular passionsthat may be used to build connections with technical material. Video gaming is a commonpassion, but for many, the connection is to the story of the game more than to the
. Page 22.1169.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preliminary Analysis of Student and Workplace Writing in Civil EngineeringIn this paper we describe some preliminary results of a project that addresses a continuingproblem in engineering education: the mismatch between the writing skills of engineeringprogram graduates and the demands of writing in the workplace. This problem is commonlyidentified in surveys of employers, who express dissatisfaction with the writing skills of theirnew hires, and in survey of alumni from even strong engineering programs, who expressdissatisfaction with the writing preparation they received1,2. In engineering education
leadership skills, is creative, and hasthe skills and knowledge to bring about innovation.[10,11] Traditional engineering programs andcourses frequently struggle to address outcomes related to these skills, often working with theassumption that students either enter their programs with the abilities, or will acquire the skillswith little explicit instruction or assessment. Others, such as that described in this paper, haverecognized a need to include process oriented, project-based engineering courses in theirprograms as a means to address the calls of accreditation boards and industry for engineers withboth technical and professional skills. For example, in design courses students work together inteams to solve open ended problems through the
and responsibilities asthey relate to the missions of an institution of higher education, along with the type of institutionincluding community colleges, liberal arts colleges, research universities, and minority-servinginstitutions.The institutional data along with program evaluations reflect the efforts of these programs.Application, enrollment, and degree numbers are steadily increasing. The number of studentsparticipating in the program is also on the rise. Continued growth in the number of URMstudents receiving doctoral degrees will provide a more culturally diverse faculty, thus achievingthe AGEP program goals.Significance of Project and RationaleIt is projected that by 2050 the population that is now considered a minority will surpass
AC 2011-1204: IMPLEMENTING A CEAB GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES BASEDCO-OP WORK TERM CURRICULUMAnne Marie Coolen, Dalhousie University Ms. Coolen has been the director of the Engineering and Computer Science Co-operative Education Program for 22 years. She is a former president of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) and secretary the CAFCE Accreditation Council. She has been spearheading a project in the Faculty of Engineering to enhance the educational value of co-operative education for three years in an effort to shift the program’s focus from placement outcomes to learning outcomes. Page
Education Program at Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate research assistant on two NSF-funded engineering education projects. His research interests include STEM education, interdisciplinary teaching and research, organizational issues in higher education, and leadership and administration in higher education. Email: dbk144@psu.eduCarla M. Cortes, Northwestern University Carla Cortes serves as an instructor and research associate in the Higher Education Administration & Policy program at Northwestern University. She also conducts analysis and manages projects for DePaul University’s Division of Enrollment Management and Marketing