specific approaches to problem solving. Over the last decade, Dr. Sticklen has pursued engineering education research focused on early engineering with an emphasis on hybrid course design and problem-based learning; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Dr. Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Dr. Diana Briedis is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and Assistant Dean for Student Advancement and Program Assessment in the College of Engineering. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on
and power. He has received several patents and published over a hundred technical papers related to pulsed flow, combustion systems, and biological fluid flow. He established the Combustion & Propulsion Research Laboratory in Indianapolis and a pioneering Purdue University research program in wave rotor constant-volume combustion in collaboration with engine industry. He was twice awarded the Abraham Max Distinguished Professorship, as well as the Frank Burley Distinguished Professorship – the highest honors of the Purdue University School of Engineering and Technology for research and service accom- plishments, respectively. He has consulting experience related to injury and patent litigation, emissions
andreceiving institution. In this study the core courses are identified as the Basic Program (BP) inengineering. All students must successfully complete the BP with a minimum C average (2.0 ona 4.0 scale) to graduate in engineering. This program consists of two semesters of calculus, onesemester of chemistry, one semester of physics, two semesters of English, and one semester ofengineering fundamentals with computer programming. These courses represent the mostsubstantial barrier to achieving an engineering degree1,2,3.BackgroundRecognizing the importance of increasing graduates in STEM fields, the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) has funded the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)Talent Expansion Program (STEP). One initiative of the
Paper ID #6584Assessment and repair of critical misconceptions in engineering heat transferand thermodynamicsDr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell UniversityDr. Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University Dr. Margot Vigeant is an associate professor of chemical engineering and associate dean of engineering. She is interested in chemical engineering pedagogy, first-year programs, and international education.Dr. Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University Dr. Nottis is an educational psychologist and professor of education at Bucknell University. Her research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education
, Polytechnic campus Dr. Ann F. McKenna is chair and associate professor in the Department of Engineering in the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU). Prior to joining ASU she served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education and was on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Segal Design Institute at Northwestern University. Dr. McKenna received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. McKenna also serves as a senior associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University
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Paper ID #6230A Hands-On, Active Learning Approach to Increasing Manufacturing Knowl-edge in Engineering StudentsDr. Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University Jay R. Goldberg, Ph.D, P. E. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, and Director of the Healthcare Technologies Management program at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee). He teaches courses involving project management, new product development, and medical device design. His experience includes development of new prod- ucts in urology, orthopedics, GI, and dentistry. Dr. Goldberg
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Paper ID #7298A Versatile Guide and Rubric to Scaffold and Assess Engineering DesignProjectsDr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Nagel joined the James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. He has a B.S. from Tri-State University (now Trine University) and a M.S. from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), both in mechani- cal engineering. Dr. Nagel has performed research with the United States
thinking. One wayof doing this is to facilitate interactive classroom experiences and learning. As part of a four semester long course curriculum improvement research grant funded bythe National Science Foundation Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES) Program, the use of interactive classroomtools referred to as Geotechnical Concept Tools (GCT) have been developed and are in theprocess of being evaluated. This project involves a required undergraduate GeotechnicalEngineering course at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The intent is to createstudent-centered learning activities and interactive classroom models and/or visuals to evaluatetheir effect on comprehension and
Paper ID #6986Development of Aerospace Engineering-Focused Undergraduate Research ata Small University: Accomplishments and Lessons LearnedDr. R. Danner Friend, Norwich University Dr. R. Danner Friend received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1999. He then worked for Applied Research Associates in Alexandria, Va. prior to coming to Norwich Univer- sity in 2003. He is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Norwich. Some of the courses that he regularly teaches include Materials Science, Manufacturing, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. He enjoys mentoring undergraduate
5,120 graduatestudents.The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) has nine EAC-ABET accreditedengineering programs, three ETAC-ABET accredited engineering technology programs, and oneCAC-ABET accredited computer science program. In addition, CEAS offers nine master and sixdoctoral programs. Fall 2012 enrollment consists of 2,222 undergraduate and 403 graduatestudents. In 2011-12, CEAS awarded 324 bachelor, 100 master, and 12 doctoral degrees. Theaverage ACT sub-score for mathematics for first-time first-year CEAS students is 25.2. WMU isclassified by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) as “ModeratelySelective.”Since 2005, first-time first-year CEAS students have been placed in STEP cohorts during
is not who is mostadvantaged and most disadvantaged, but rather, how does socioeconomic disadvantage manifestamong college-going students that are relatively privileged? Further, among undergraduates,engineering students are even more privileged1.One of the major limitations with the research on social class (and concomitantly socioeconomicdisadvantage and cultural capital), is that while it is often quantitatively measured through an index,qualitatively it remains quite ambiguous. In addition, the qualitative research on social class in highereducation is typically conducted without consideration for the academic field, despite the workindicating that the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields are unique.Unfortunately, the
Student Retention Study,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 1, 1997, pp. 7–16. 6. Y. Min, G. Zhang, R. Long, T. Anderson, M. Ohland, “Nonparametric Survival Analysis of the Loss Rate of Undergraduate Engineering Students”, Journal of Engineering Education, 100 (2), 349–373, 2011. 7. S. Habre and M. Abboud. “Students’ conceptual understanding of a function and its derivative in an experimental calculus course”, Journal of Mathematics Behavior, 25, 57–72, 2006. 8. J. Moore, “Undergraduate mathematics achievement in emerging ethnic engineers programme”, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology”, 36(5), 529–537, 2005. 9. P.K. Subramaniam, M. Cates and G
Paper ID #6315Novice-led paired thematic analysis: A method for conceptual change in en-gineeringDr. Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State UniversityDr. Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Professor Geoffrey L Herman is a Visiting Assistant Professor with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned his Ph.D. in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois and conducted post-doctoral research in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He now serves as the Intrinsic Motivation Course
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Engineering and ABET agree, tomorrow’s practicing engineersshould be adept at technical problem solving, design, and analysis, but also at communication,teamwork, and business skills1-2,7-8. They should additionally be able to tackle a broad range of Page 23.930.2social and technological challenges, from environmental sustainability and energy conservationto personal health and safety9-10. As Perlow and Bailyn11 have expressed, “a picture has emergedof the ‘generic’ engineer, the ‘generic’ engineering job, and the ‘generic’ engineering career,”and the role of engineering educators is to equip students with “generic” engineering skills.There are many
. Moore began teaching Calculus- and Algebra-based Physics at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C. After two years as an Assistant Professor there, he began working at UAB in the School of Engineering, immediately addressing the leaky pipeline in the freshman and sophomore years by offering recitation courses in Calculus I, II, and III, while co-developing an Engineering Mathematics course with Dr. Gunter Stolz of the Mathematics Department. As the Co-Director for the Blazer BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) hub, he directly involves 800-1000 middle- and high-school students each year in the area of robotics. Educational Background: • B.S. in Physics • M.A. in Mathematics Education • Ph.D
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Paper ID #6437An Exploratory Study of the Research Mentor Experience in a Novel Under-graduate Aerospace Engineering CourseIrene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Dr. Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sven Schmitz joined the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University in 2010. He received a diploma degree in Aerospace Engineering from RWTH Aachen (Germany) in 2002
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Paper ID #5861Theory to Practice: A Reflection on the Application of Engineering Educa-tion Coursework to New Course DevelopmentRuth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ms. Wertz is a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Trine University (formally Tri-State University). Ms. Wertz is a licensed Professional Engineering in the state of Indiana with over six years of field experience and eight years of classroom teaching experience
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joined the service. He was enlisted in the military and worked aroundplanes. When asked if she had any experience with engineering, she indicated “just with my dadwhen he was in the (branch of Service), that was about it.” When probed for what an engineerdoes she replied, “Basically create the electronics and the vehicles, and most of the technology we deal with everyday, and that we just don’t realize it.” Page 23.429.11 Kelly, high school studentAdditional results include improvement of the focus of college and professional participantstoward their high school
Paper ID #6343Development of Verification and Validation Engineering Design Skills througha Multi-year Cognitive Apprenticeship Laboratory ExperienceDr. Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University Allison Sieving is the Laboratory and Assessment Coordinator for the Weldon School of Biomedical En- gineering at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in Biology from Bowling Green State University. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering programs at Wayne State University, respectively. At Purdue, her work focuses on developing and im
integrating opportunities to develop non-disciplinary workplace related skills into college classes.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Patricia A. S. Ralston is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the Uni- versity of Louisville where she also received her B.S., MEng, and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering. Her educational research interests include the use of technology in engineering education, incorporation of critical thinking in engineering education, and ways to improve retention. Her other interests include process modeling, simulation, and process control
emphasis on increasing the proportion of engineering majors, theToys’n MORE project seeks to increase the number of students in STEM majors at thePennsylvania State University by as much as 10 percent. Please note that any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.This project is being conducted by the College of Engineering at Penn State through an NSF-sponsored Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program grant(STEP grant, DUE #0756992). The project involves the College of Engineering and 13 regionalcampuses in the Penn State system. These campuses offer 2-year degrees, 4-year
. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Lelli Van Den Einde is a faculty lecturer (LPSOE) in the Department of Structural Engineering at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering. Dr. Van Den Einde’s interest in teaching has influenced her current research efforts towards improving engineering education pedagogy through the use of technology in the classroom. She is involved in promoting academic integrity as a way to prepare our students to be ethical practicing engineers, and is the chair of the External Advisory Committee for the IDEA center, which promotes inclusion, diversity, excellence and advancement in engineering. She has conducted research in performance-based earthquake engineering and