AC 2012-5345: LEVERAGING S-STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMSDr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University Mary Anderson-Rowland is the PI of an NSF STEP grant to work with five non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs two academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Profes- sor in computing, informatics, and systems design engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. Anderson-Rowland was named a top 5% teacher in the Fulton Schools of Engineering for 2009-10. She received the WEPAN Engineering
AC 2012-2982: TWO PREFERRED ACTIVITIES USING S-STEMDr. Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University Mohamad H. Ahmadian is a professor of electronics engineering technology at Eastern New Mexico University. He also serves as ABET/TAC program evaluator for electronics and computer engineering technology programs. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Before starting his Ph.D. work, he worked three years as a project engineer. Tom Brown is a professor of computer science and the chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department at Eastern New Mexico University. He received his B.S. in mathematics education and M.S. in mathematics with an emphasis in
AC 2012-4279: THE ICOLLABORATE MSE PROJECT - 2012Prof. Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington UniversityDr. Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University Debra S. Jusak has been employed at Western Washington University for 24 years. During most of that time, she was a professor in the Computer Science Department with interests in distributed systems, operating systems, computer architecture, and formal models of computing. She is now Vice Provost for Academic Resources. Jusak directed the group of computer science students that implemented the materials science iPod Touch applications. Page 25.1304.1
AC 2012-4896: BUILD TO LEARN: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO TRAINTOMORROW’S DESIGNERSMr. Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Texas A&M University Vimal Viswanathan is a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M Uni- versity. He completed his bachelor’s of technology in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, and master’s of science in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M Uni- versity. He is expected to complete his Ph.D. in Aug. 2012. He has published three journal papers and more than 10 conference papers. His primary research interest is the effect of physical representations in engineering idea generation process.Dr. Julie S. Linsey, Texas A&M
journal articles, and book chapters in research and pedagogical techniquesDr. Kauser Jahan, Rowan UniversityDr. S. Keith Hargrove, Tennessee State University S. Keith Hargrove, serves as Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology & Computer Science. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from TSU, M.S. from the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, Mo., and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has worked for General Electric, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, NIST, Oak Ridge Laboratories, and General Motors. He is an Associate Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Institute of Industrial Engineers, ASEE, and the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. He is
. He received a double major from Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia in electrical engineering and computer science. He is now finishing his master’s degree in computer science at Texas A&M University. His research interests are in computer-human interaction (CHI), artificial intelligence (AI), computer- assisted instructional (CAI) software, and intelligent tutoring systems (ITS).Prof. Erin M. McTigue, Texas A&M University Erin McTigue is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development at TAMU.Dr. Julie S. Linsey, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University
Corporation. She teaches undergraduate courses in engineering economics, engineering management, and probability and statistics in industrial engineering as well as engineering computing in the freshman engineering program. Bursic has done research and published work in the areas of engineering and project management and en- gineering education. She is a member of IIE and ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.Dr. Natasa S. Vidic, University of PittsburghMs. Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh Nora Siewiorek is a graduate student in the Administrative and Policy Studies Department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh where she also received her M.S. in
AC 2012-4038: APPRAISAL SYSTEM FOR SUPERIOR ENGINEERINGEDUCATION EVALUATION - INSTRUMENT SHARING AND SCHOL-ARSHIP (ASSESS)Dr. Denny C. Davis P.E., Washington State University Denny Davis is professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering at Washington State University. He launched and directed the Engineering Education Research Center between 2005 and 2011. His scholarly work addresses engineering design learning and assessment. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.Prof. Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University Mike Trevisan is a professor of educational psychology at Washington State University and the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education. For more than 17
AC 2012-4755: UNDERGRADUATE SIGNAL PROCESSING LABORATO-RIES FOR THE ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEMMr. Suhas Ranganath, Arizona State UniversityJayaraman J. Thiagarajan, Arizona State UniversityKarthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Arizona State UniversityMiss Shuang HuDr. Mahesh K. Banavar, Arizona State UniversityProf. Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University Andreas Spanias is professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also the Founder and Director of the SenSIP Center and Industry Consor- tium (NSF I/UCRC). His research interests are in the areas of adaptive signal processing, speech process- ing, and audio sensing. He and his student team developed the
an Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of Tulsa. His research focuses on the effectiveness of simulations, roleplays, and other high-involvement training across a variety of organizational and educational contexts. His educational training projects have included engineering, computer science, and law, as well as responsible conduct of research.Dr. Jeremy S. Daily, University of TulsaDr. R. Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University Alan Cheville in interested in engineering education and high speed optoelectronics. He is currently an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Oklahoma State University and is currently serving as a program officer at the National Science Foundation.Dr
campuses) from 2002 to 2006, as the Mathematics Division Coordinator from 2010 to 2011, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Arizona. Gomez-Calderon was the recipient of the 2007 Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, the 2002 Commonwealth College Outstanding Research Award, the 2001 Valley News Dispatch Coach of the Year, the 1997 New Kensing- ton Excellence in Teaching Award, the 1996 Theresa Cohen Mathematics Service Award, and the 1989 New Kensington Excellence in Teaching Award.Dr. Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach Dhushy Sathianathan is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering. He has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from
provide more than 1,600 S-L experiences for engineering students with 25 community partners.Ms. Julianne Lee RhoadsProf. David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell David Kazmer is a currently serving as the Associate Dean for the Francis College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Much of his teaching and research is motivated by industry experiences as an engineer and manager. He is the recipient of more than a dozen different recognition awards, an inventor with more than 20 patents, and the author of more than 200 publications, including two books. His teaching and research are in the areas of systems design, simulation, and optimization with a focus on machinery, sensors, and
some withdrawal from an area where aquifersconstitute a major portion of water supply for other purposes. Likewise, injection of an oxidantwith the leach solution causes valence and phase changes of indigenous elements such as As, Cu,Mo, Se, S, and V, as well as U, thereby increasing the aqueous concentrations of these species aswell. A question of major concern at ISR mining sites is how to restore the groundwater to itsoriginal chemical composition. Restoration is necessary to reduce the amounts of undesiredchemical constituents left in solution after mining operations and thus to return the groundwaterto a quality consistent with pre-mining use and potential use. One promising approach torestoring groundwater quality at ISR sites is to
participant connected via a videoconferencing program such asSkype.Student FeedbackAnonymous feedback from students was solicited using an online survey. Questions includedone demographic question (year in school), 19 Likert-scale questions and 4 open endedquestions. The Likert questions and their responses are shown in Table 1. Reverse coding wasnot used in order to be consistent with past uses of the survey. The survey was voluntary so outof 31 possible students, 14 responded.The responses to Q1 – Q5 presented in Table 1 indicate the student’s feelings of being connectedto peers and faculty. Overall the student responses indicate a more secure feeling of connectionwith the S-STEM program faculty than within their individual academic programs (Q1
is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 25.110.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Successful 4-Year Academic Scholarship Program for Upper Division Engineering and Computer Science Non-Transfer Students and Graduate StudentsAbstractThis paper describes a successful four-year academic scholarship program for upper divisionengineering and computer science students funded by a National Science Foundation’s S-STEMgrant that ran from Fall 2007 through Spring 2011. Scholarships of $2,000 per semester weregiven
orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Halloun, I. and Hestenes, D. (1985). The initial knowledge state of college physics students. American Journal of Physics 53, 1043.2. Hestenes, David, Wells, Malcolm, and Swackhamer, Greg. (2002). Force Concept Inventory. The Physics Teacher, 30,141.3. Mazur, E. (1997) Peer instruction, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.4. Evans, D. L., Gray, G. L., Krause, S., Martin, J., Midkiff, C., Notaros, B. M., et al. (2003). Progress on concept inventory assessment tools. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Engineering Conference, Boulder, CO.5. Rhoads, T. R., and Roedel, R. J
Session. ASEE 2011 Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver, B.C. Alfano, Ph.D., K., Ama, S., Karnes, V., Temple, G. (July 26 -‐29, 2011). Presentation: CREATE/TIME's Collaboration to Develop a Wind Turbine Technology Curriculum Throught DACUM & Gap Analysis. HI-‐TEC -‐ High Impact Technology Exchange Conference. San Francisco, CA. Galisky, J., Wold, T. (July 26 – 29, 2011). High School Curriculum for Renewable Energy. HI-‐TEC -‐ High Impact Technology Exchange Conference. San Francisco, CA. Alfano, Ph.D., K. (September 30 -‐ October 5, 2011). Panelist/Presentation on Energy. STEMtech -‐ Learn & Earn Conference. Indianapolis, IN. Alfano
onReflections. Some quotes on the personal impact of filling in Meta Reflection on Reflections areshown below. Some quotes include:Wrap-up on Points of Interest: Across a semester what was the impact of Interest Points on your attitude & interest?"Relating things to my daily life helps me to retain info better"Wrap-up on Muddiest Points:Did your responses to Muddiest Points help you identify your issues on content andconcepts?"The muddiest point helped me realize what I may not be aware of"Did discussing Muddy Point(s) at the start of next class help your understanding (or not)?"Questions other people asked helped because, many times they were questions I didn't think toask"Wrap-up on Learning Points: Did your responses on Learning Points help you
Page 25.1251.7delivery and teaching pedagogy. Evaluation results show positive learning experiences.Future work includes more pilot-testing in biomedical engineering courses.AcknowledgmentPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0837584. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Y. Guo, S. Zhang, H. Man, and A. Ritter, “A Case Study on Pill-Sized Robot in Gastro-Intestinal Tract to Teach Robot Programming and Navigation”, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and
Page 25.569.2 recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Components of TAILS Lab ExperimentsTAILS will deliver the tale of each AI algorithm or concept through a story with nine parts,including a description of the concept, relevant applications, sample test data, design description,exercises that guide the student in implementation, a test driver, suggested experiments, sourcecode that implements the algorithm, and complexity analysis. This choice of components ispatterned after the organization found in the files of software support that accompany Winston'sapproach4 and standard software engineering practice. Previous work5 identified
concepts10,11,12,13. Everett et al.14,15 developed counter intuitive Dynamics examplesdesigned to expose students’ misconceptions.Education experts continue to urge Engineering educators to transform from a lecture-basedparadigm to one that is more inquiry-based. The 2000 National Research Council report16indicated that “[s]ixth graders in a suburban school who were given inquiry-based physicsinstruction were shown to do better on conceptual physics problems than eleventh and twelfthgrade physics students taught by conventional methods in the same school system." In spite ofthe potential advantages for student learning, there is a limited amount of research on the use ofinquiry-based learning in Statics and Dynamics.Despite advancements, widespread reform
heat is continuously transferred to the engine at a rate of 100kJ/second. What is the maximum possible rate at which the engine could possibly produce work? A) 100kJ/s B) Nearly 100kJ/s C) Significantly less than 100kJ/s”.A less conceptually based version of the same question might read: “Compute the thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine working continuously with a heat source at 300ºC and a heat sink at 25ºC.” While it is crucial that students develop an accurate understanding of engineeringconcepts, it is also true that typical lecture-based classroom instruction has been shown to have alimited impact on conceptual understanding in technical areas. For example, in a large meta-study of physics students
(other than an independent voltage source, of course!), which we term branch voltages.Alternatively, they are sometimes voltages between nodes that are not directly connected by acircuit element, which we call non-branch voltages. The currents may be either currents througha specific branch that is not an independent current source (termed branch currents), or rarely,currents through specific wires that are internal to a node (and are therefore dependent on aspecific layout), which we term non-branch currents. The power(s) may be that either absorbed Page 25.242.12or supplied by an independent or dependent source or by a passive element. These
professionalsocialization into the sciences22. Russell et al found that participation in undergraduate researchresulted in increases in understanding, confidence, and awareness23. Eighty-eight percent of the3300 respondents to a survey “reported that their understanding of how to conduct a researchproject increased a fair amount or a great deal, 83% said their confidence in their research skillsincreased, and 73% said their awareness of what graduate school is like increased” 23. Also, 68%of the respondents “said their interest in a STEM career increased at least somewhat as a result oftheir UR experience”23.2.3 The Impact of Non-traditional Teaching on the Learning Experience of 21st CenturyEngineering StudentsNow more than ever, the U. S. faces a number of
, velocity and acceleration profiles; examples using Excel 2.2. S-curve velocity profile derivation of kinematics formulas for position, velocity and acceleration profiles; examples using Excel and MATLAB 3 Multi-axis motion 3.1. Slew motion Uncoordinated motion of individual axes of a machine. Solved examples of motion profiles
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experiment server while still maintaininga secure level of communication. With this interface, no add-ons or plug-ins will need to beinstalled on any computer, and anyone with a web browser and internet access will be able to usethe interface to control an experiment remotely.AcknowledgmentsThis work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers EEC-0935208, EEC-0935008, and DUE-0942778.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography[1] Ambrose, S. A., & Amon , C. H. (1997). Systematic design of a first-year mechanical engineering course at Carnegie Mellon
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has changed.”AcknowledgementsThis project is being funded by the NSF - ITEST Award, DRL-0833643.Bibliography1. Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation, http://www.esa.doc.gov/Reports/women-stem-gender-gap-innovation, accessed on January 11, 2012.2. S. Rogers, S. Harris, I. Fidan, D. McNeel, AC 2011-1734 Art2STEM: Building a STEM Workforce at the MiddleSchool Level, CD Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada. Page 25.207.73. S. Rogers, Rapid Prototyping: A Strategy to Promote Interest in STEM Careers, pp. 37-40, Proceedings of the US-TURKEY Workshop on Rapid Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey September 24-25
summer youth program.Ms. Hyojin Park, University of Georgia Hyojin Park is a doctoral student pursuing a degree in learning, design, and technology at the University of Georgia. She obtained a master’s degree in educational technology from Korea. Her research interests are mobile-based learning, real-world problem solving, and scaffolding.Mr. YounSeok Lee, University of Georgia Younseok Lee is a doctoral student in the Learning, Design, and Technology program at the University of Georgia. He holds a B.S. in electronic engineering and information technology and an M.S. in computer science with an emphasis in computer graphics. He worked for the Mobile S/W company for five years as a mobile S/W programmer and Project