Paper ID #6944Education and Outreach Activities in Ireland: an Experience ReportMs. Clare McInerney, Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre Clare McInerney is the Education and Outreach Officer with Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Re- search Centre. She is based at the University of Limerick, Ireland.Prof. Mike Hinchey, Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Reseaach Centre Mike Hinchey is Director of Lero and Professor of SE at University of Limerick. Page 23.452.1 c American
Paper ID #7361Development of an Online High School Multivariable Calculus-themed Intro-duction to Engineering CourseDr. Samantha Nacole Andrews, Georgia Institute of Technology Samantha Andrews obtained her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technol- ogy and Emory University in 2010. Currently she is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology where she focuses on science education and outreach. Her work includes conducting teacher professional development workshops and developing online science courses for students and teachers for the Race to the Top grant.Dr. Greg Mayer, Georgia
Paper ID #6311Transforming a Middle and High School Robotics CurriculumMs. Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co- PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high school students. She is a former practicing
Paper ID #6197Engineering Design, Project Management, and Community Service ConnectedThrough Servant LeadershipDr. Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Matthew J. Traum is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2007] where he held a research assistantship at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). At MIT he invented a new nano-enabled garment to provide simultaneous ballistic and thermal protection to infantry soldiers. Dr. Traum also earned
her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her doctoral research focused on the development of polymeric biomaterials for heart valve tissue engineering.Jennifer E French, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT Jennifer joined the teaching and learning laboratory at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate for Mathematics Education at the beginning of the video project, on year after completing a PhD in mathematics at MIT. She was one of the team members who developed the mapping of the engineering curriculum map for the Singapore University of Technology and Design.Dr. Janet Rankin, The Teaching &
coordination, curriculum devel- opment, assessment and instruction in the Pavlis Global Leadership program. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University and is currently working on her PhD at Michigan Technological University. Before joining MTU she held various engineering and management positions during a 15 year career in the automotive industry.Mrs. Abby Lammons Thompson, Mississippi State University Abby Thompson is the Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator in the Office of Entrepreneurship and Tech- nology Transfer at Mississippi State University. Through her current role at the University, Thompson works to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship
procedural knowledge. Journal for Research inMathematics Education, 36, 404-411. Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques andprocedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SagePublications. Zawojewski, J., Chamberlin, M., Hjalmarson, M., & Lewis, C. (2008). Designing designstudies for professional development in mathematics education: Studying teachers’interpretive systems. In A. Kelly, R. Lesh, & J. Baek (Eds.), Handbook of designresearch in education: Innovations in science, technology, engineering and mathematicslearning and teaching (pp. 219-245). New York: Routledge. Page 23.402.9
(SHERO), vice-president of Word Council on Communication and Arts (WCCA) and vice-president of R´eseau Carthag`ene d‘Ing´enierie (Cartagena Network of Engineering). He is chair of Intersociety Co- operation Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc); chairman of Working Group ”Ingenieurp¨adagogik im Internationalen Kontext;” member of the International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, member of the Board of Governors of ”International Council for Engineering and Technology Education” (INTERTECH); member of the Board of Gover- nors of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) from 2001 to 2004, from 2008 to
Paper ID #7324Developing Direct Measures of Global CompetenceDr. Jennifer DeBoer, MIT Jennifer DeBoer is currently a postdoctoral associate for education research at MIT’s Teaching and Learn- ing Laboratory. She completed her doctoral work at Vanderbilt University in international education pol- icy studies, focusing on engineering student access, equity, and success, and she completed her bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and foreign languages and literatures at MIT. Her research interests in- clude the use of technology in education in low-income contexts and the structure of engineering training for
, focusing on learners as well as practitioners. Her main research interest lies in evaluating the use of learning technologies that hold the promise of enhancing the lives of traditionally underprivileged populations (children, parents, and communities).Tamecia R Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamecia Jones received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, a M.A. in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University, and a M.Div. from Boston University School of Theology. She taught middle school math and science for three years, consulted with pre-college programs, and nonprofits and museums. The focus of her
Paper ID #6357Game Effectiveness of Power Ville in Promoting Science and Engineering De-signDr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Dr. Ying Tang received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northeastern University in P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. She earned a Ph.D. degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, N.J. in 2001. She is currently an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rowan Univer- sity. Her research interests include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer-integrated systems. Dr. Tang has led or participated in several research
Paper ID #5844From Theory to Implementation: Meeting Industry Needs through Univer-sity & Community College Collaboration in Digital Logic Design ProgressReportDr. Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Dr. Nasser Alaraje is currently the Electrical Engineering Technology program chair and associate pro- fessor at the Michigan Tech University. He has taught and developed courses in Computer Engineering Technology area at the Michigan Tech University. Dr. Alaraje’s research interests focus on processor architecture, System-on-Chip design methodology, Field-Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) architec- ture and
Paper ID #6479Connecting Design Problem Characteristics to Prototyping Choices to Forma Prototyping StrategyMr. Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin PhD University of Texas at Austin, 2014 Expected M.S. University of Texas at Austin, 2010 B.S.M.E Carnegie Mellon University, 2008Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, AustinDr. Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Vimal Viswanathan is a post-doctoral research associate at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2012. His research interests are engineering
in analyzing the results of the engineering learning community stemmed from twosources. First, the engineering learning community was initiated by faculty in mathematics andengineering interested in improving the retention of first year engineering majors and was fundedby the National Science Foundation through the Science, Technology and Engineering TalentExpansion Program. Second, the engineering learning community was one of several learningcommunity experiences considered a part of the university Quality Expansion Plan for universityaccreditation. The university’s goal was to increase first year retention across the universitythrough these experiences. The engineering learning community is the only learning communityof those originally
Paper ID #7801Training Industrial Engineering Students as Energy EngineersDr. Masud Salimian, Morgan State University Faculty at Industrial Engineering Department at Morgan State University.Mr. Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State UniversityMs. Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering Early career engagement as a systems and logistics engineer by Department of Defense contractors, Avis Ransom, applied a bachelors in chemistry and MBA in the management and development of technology and in the application of engineering to address DoD requirements. Following 15 years of self employ- ment as a business
Paper ID #8186Perspectives from internships and co-ops with industryDr. David Wanless, Michigan Technological University Dr. Wanless is an assistant professor at Michigan Technological University. His areas of interest include: hydraulics, product design and development, quality control and leadership. Page 23.964.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Three perspectives of co-op and internship programsAbstractThe practice of allowing students to enter the working world to gain
Arab Institute for Statistics, a position that enabled him to lecture in a number Arab countries. Sabah has over 25 years of experience in higher education including more than 15 years in education management across different parts of the world. Concentration in the last 15 years was on development of career, Art & Science, technology and engineering programs. Leading positions in educational institutions including chair of department, acting Dean, university board member, University assessment committee member, consultant and team leader. A unique experience in coordination between educational institution and in- dustrial partners to build new paradigm in education through an NSF sponsored program. He is Lawrence
Paper ID #7316Faculty Perceptions on Undergraduate Engineering Education in First-YearEngineering, Physics, and Mathematics CoursesMs. Janaki Isabella Perera, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Janaki Perera is a senior at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. She is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Engineering with a concentration in Materials Science.Mr. Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Mr. Brendan Quinlivan is an undergraduate student at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering majoring in General Engineering with a concentration in Biomechanics. Although Biomechanical
Paper ID #6416The State of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Engineering Educa-tion: Where do we go from here?Dr. Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Flora Tsai is a lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and an associate lecturer at Singapore Institute of Management (UniSIM). She has over eleven years of teaching experience for undergraduate software engineering subjects. She was a graduate of MIT, Columbia University, and NTU. Dr Tsai’s current research focuses on developing intelligent techniques for data mining in text and social media. Her recent awards
Page 23.359.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Curriculum Exchange: “The Art of Engineering” A Four-Year Project-Based High School CurriculumBackground: A teacher who is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship isimplementing a new four-year project-based curriculum in Science, Technology, Engineering,Art, and Mathematics (STEAM). The program is designed to give students a real-world,interdisciplinary, project-based approach to learning. The program strives to create a balancebetween theory and application.Motivation: Driven by what he perceived as a disconnect between formal education andengineering practice, a teacher in California has designed a high
Kingdom recognizes three kinds of engineering competence12 including: Engineering Technician (EngTech); Incorporated Engineer (IEng); and Chartered Engineer (CENG).This program is administered by the United Kingdom’s Engineering Council.In the late 1990’s Great Britain increased the requirements for Chartered Engineer status toinclude “an accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology plus either amaster’s degree accredited by a professional engineering institution, or appropriate furtherlearning to the master’s level”. Alternatively a candidate could complete an accreditedintegrated MEng degree. Previously Chartered Engineers were not required to completeadvanced education. Engineers not completing advanced
Business Administration) and Graduate of St Bonaventure University (BS Economics) Member of the New York State Bar, and the United States Supreme Court Bar. Practicing attorney for more than thirty five years with the United States Depart- menr of Justice, Washington D.C,United Technologies Corportaton and the Brett Law Firm, LLC, Syra- cuse, New York. Combat veteran of the United States Army Artillery, highest rank, Captain recipient of the Purple Heart. Currently Veterans Coordinator for Accelerated Masters Degree Program in Systems Engineering at teh Universtiy of Virginia (August, 2010- present) Page
ESL in urban schools. In addition, she has extensive experience teach- ing science in museums and other informal learning environments. Her research interests include middle school science classrooms, how community college student navigate STEM majors, Research Experience for Undergraduate Programs.Dr. Norman G Lederman, Illinois Institute of TechnologyDr. Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology Page 23.626.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 From the Undergraduate Student Perspective: The Role of Graduate Students in an Undergraduate Research
IBM Eclipse Innovation Award.Seung Hyun Kim, Michigan Technological University Page 23.609.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 FlowVisual: Design and Evaluation of a Visualization Tool for Teaching 2D Flow Field ConceptsAbstractVisible as well as invisible fluids exist everywhere in nature and many scientific fields. Mostfluids (air, water, etc.) are transparent, thus their flow patterns are invisible to us. Flowvisualization is used to make the flow patterns visible so that desired insights can be gleaned.There exist various software tools to perform different
; Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is currently the associate chair for Undergrad- uate Education in CEAE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator since 2008. She began incorporating service-learning (SL) projects into the capstone design course for environmental engineer- ing in 2001. This began her journey to determine how to rigorously assess the learning outcomes for students who worked on SL projects as compared to other types of projects in the course. Her engineer- ing education research interests include students’ attitudes and knowledge about sustainable engineering, engineering ethics, and attracting and retaining women in engineering.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt
Paper ID #7626Examining the Intersection of Graduate Student Funding, Mentoring andTraining as a Mechanism of Success for Peer Mentors and their MenteesDr. Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Carter-Johnson is responsible for research and evaluation of several undergraduate education ini- tiatives at MIT in her role as a Postdoctoral Associate for Educational Research in the Teaching and Learning Laboratory. She completed her PhD in Public Policy with a concentration in evaluation and an- alytical methods from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. As a result of years of academic and
Paper ID #6402Incorporating New Trends and Teaching Methodologies: Improving State ofEngineering Education In PakistannDr. Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech. Salahuddin (Sala) Qazi holds a Ph.D., degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology, Loughborough, U.K. He is a full Professor (Emeritus) and past chair in the School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology at the State University of New York Institute of Technology, Utica. Dr. Qazi has published several articles, book chapters in the area of fiber doped amplifiers, wireless security, MEMS based wireless
Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology education. Dr. Brawner is a founding member and former treasurer of Research Triangle Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to
Bradford Outstanding Educator Award from the OBTS Teach- ing Society for Management Educators as well as the 2013 National CEIA James W. Wilson Award for outstanding contributions to research in the field of cooperative education.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Dr. Margaret B. Bailey, P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) located in Rochester, New York. Dr. Bai- ley teaches courses and conducts research related to Thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, engineering education, and gender in engineering and science. She is the co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of
of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology education. Dr. Brawner is a founding member and former treasurer of Research Triangle Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant