Materials Technology at the Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia. He is a mechanical engineer and holds a Bachelor’s degree in law and a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has been teaching at different levels, from the first year of technical high school to the final year of mechatronic engineering course, since 1995. He also has considerable experience in the design and implementation of mechatronic and production engineering courses. His non-academic career is centered on product development and manufacturing processes.Prof. M. D. Wilson, Purdue University, West Lafayette M.D. WILSON is a lecturer for the Krannert School of Management, the entrepreneur-in-residence for the
, includingbiomedical instrumentation and research methods; an introduction to the UCLA campus and itsbiomedical and life and physical science academic programs; mentoring by UCLA sciencefaculty; individual academic advising by a science counselor; and special academic andprofessional development workshops.23 The Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program at theUniversity of Massachusetts at Boston (UMB), and Bunker Hill and Roxbury CommunityColleges also has the objective of advancing the careers of community college students whowant to pursue a biomedical research career. The program provides community college studentspractical training in lab techniques, after which they are placed in supportive UMB andassociated laboratory working environments where they
) aretypically older than the traditional undergraduate, (2) are more likely to come fromunderrepresented groups in STEM (~1.3 times as likely), (3) tend to be “independent” in thatthey do not have significant parental financial or emotional support (~1.5 times as likely), (4)often have dependents for whom they must provide support (~ twice as likely), and (5) are morelikely to be single parents themselves (~three times as likely).16 As we elaborate below, there has been very little research conducted on the non-traditional students, and in particular those who have career paths in engineering and science, butit is useful to note the important work of Rosenbaum and his colleagues who studied suchstudents.16 These scholars determined that in
the belief that inequality is a result of hard work alone, “legitimizessocial injustices and undermines the motivation to rectify such inequalities” (p. 67). Engineeringas a profession benefits from the meritocracy ideology in that it is well respected and itspractitioners are typically well-compensated when compared to the average U.S. worker. Riley,in Engineering and Social Justice [1], describes how many engineers work within a systemwithout consideration of the potential for changing or even questioning the social constructs ofthat system, even when social changes offer the potential for a better outcome. Riley furthernotes that, historically, engineering has been a career choice that enables upward socioeconomicmobility; this may
for the PCC Biology Club, which offers programs to students that highlight a diversity of careers in biology, gives students a chance to interact with scientists and professionals, and involves students in the community by performing outreach at local elementary schools. Page 26.712.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Expanding Institutional Bonds for Teaming Up Students for the Creation of Research Environmental Projects Mónica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Jeff Cole, Pasadena City
have little need for knowledge about environmental issues.11. Engineers have little need for knowledge about economics.*12. Engineers have little need to deal with questions about behavior that is morally right orwrong.13. Engineers have little need for knowledge about political matters.14. To be a good engineer requires an IQ in the genius range.15. Engineering is a poor career choice because job availability is dependent on defensespending.*16. Engineers need a great deal of inborn aptitude for science and mathematics.17. Most engineers have very narrow outside interest.18. Engineering is important to future US economic success in the world.*19. Engineers typically have very little common sense.20. A career in engineering would be
overalleffectiveness of using robotics in engineering education4.Finally, longitudinal tracking of student progress in the upcoming few years should be evaluated,which would provide data to directly assess the long-term outcome of the program. Forexample, three of the juniors who participated in the research projects have applied for top pre-college research programs. Although their status was not actively tracked, they requestedreference letters from both faculty members. Ultimately, what is of interest is whether thestudents gain an appreciation and greater understanding of the STEM disciplines and how thatmanifests itself by participating students electing to pursue a career in STEM fields. This can betracked by the percentage of students enrolled in STEM
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Paper ID #12127A Nod in the Right Direction? Designing a Study to Assess an Instructor’sAbility to Interpret Student Comprehension from Nonverbal Communica-tionDr. Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is an Associate Professor and Mechanics Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics
Paper ID #13509An Analysis of Engineering Credits in ABET Accredited Engineering Man-agement ProgramsDr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor Emeritus and past Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Car- olina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Profes- sional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Dr. John Vail Farr
Paper ID #12226Defining and Assessing Global Engineering Competency: Methodological Re-flectionsProf. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan
first-year engineering work- shops.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor and Chair in the Applied Information Technology Department. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examine the role of ICT in support- ing distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cam- bridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr
taught and developed undergrad- uate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and applied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and pro- tection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, nu- merical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters, several papers in referred journals and in
research fields with the last fifteen years in higher education. Natalia is currently an Institutional Research Analyst at Cabrillo College and for the past seven years has worked on the following grants and programs: USDE Title III STEM grant, the Academy for College Excellence program, the Career Technology Education program, the NSF EA- GER Engineering Abroad grant, and the NSF S-STEM grant. Natalia is passionate about education and enjoys being part of research projects that promote student success.Brandon Faria, Cabrillo College Brandon Faria is a mechanical engineering student at Cabrillo College. He was part of Cabrillo College’s first Engineering Abroad Program during to 2014-15 academic year. He has worked on
the Director of Education for the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Tech- nology Center - an NSF funded Engineering Research Center. Dr. Husman is an assistant editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, has been a guest editor of Educational Psychology Review, served on editorial board for top educational research journals, and currently sits on the editorial board of Learn- ing and Instruction. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and
learning and help develop new understanding, knowledge, and skills. Thestudents get ample opportunity to develop theoretical understanding, by means of hands-onlearning, and apply the knowledge to designing, building, modeling, simulation, andexperimental testing of real-world engineering problems. It has been found, based on industryfeedback, that with the involvement in multidisciplinary and real-world projects, studentsdemonstrate increased readiness for career in the industry. Students have also shown increasedinterest to graduate degrees.The paper also describes the strategies to retain, recruit, and train lower level students for themultidisciplinary project, which is expected to continue for several years into the future withfunding support
in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed
foundthere were some differences between those working in community policing environments andthose who did not. Police involved in community policing tended to be Problem Solvers.Ausburn and Brown (2006) studied career and technical education students and found that mostwere Engagers.28 To date there have not been any studies to determine the ATLAS-definedlearning strategy preferences of engineers, the occupational group of interest here.Verbal-Visual PreferenceA major dimension of learning or cognitive style with implications for instructional design is theverbalizer-visualizer dimension.29,30 Unfortunately, there is no consensus on terminology for thisdimension as it has been called a cognitive style, a learning style, and a learning preference
women and underrepresented minorities. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using
, the teachers could teach their students the difference between true problem solvingand the trial-and-error approach. Index Terms—Algebra, problem solving, system analysis.IntroductionStrategies to boost mathematics understanding to help students prepare for careers in STEMfields are a necessity due to a deepening problem over the years, culminating in many collegefreshmen matriculating without sufficient tools to succeed in college1. Recently, theCommonwealth of Virginia started testing students on more rigorous content standards to meetnational and international benchmarks for college-and-career readiness in mathematics amongother subject matters as part of preparing students to compete in today's global economy2. Thecommonwealth's
production and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) talent is currently a major threat to the country2. In fact, to address heightened concern regarding the United States’ global position, several national efforts have been implemented to increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees and entering STEM careers. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology announced that by 2022, the country would need 1 million more STEM professionals than projected to be produced18. One critical asset to reaching this capacity lies in the cultivation of competent, adaptable engineers prepared
Paper ID #11847Using Humor to Create a Positive Learning EnvironmentProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Page 26.1667.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Using Humor to Create a Positive Learning EnvironmentAbstractHow to enhance student learning is a critical issue in academia. Throughout the author’sacademic career, teaching effectiveness has always been an on-going challenge.Consequently, he has experimented with different teaching techniques and approaches.The author’s
Career impingement Empathy Member workload Table #2: Engagement Barrier Categories and SubcategoriesA more complete discussion on what each barrier category and subcategory representscan be found in [12]. An excerpt from a university professor accurately represents someof the challenges from the university perspective:“[Engagement] activities normally are very piecewise, that is, they occur from time to time. Institutionally,they have little value. Everybody thinks they are good, but in evaluations they don’t count much, so they
to emphasizemeasures related to having political power as matters of importance13. The disparity between thevalues of an institution and that of an individual can make it difficult to promote integration ofthe two entities. Thus, failure to adapt to the mainstream collegiate culture may have detrimentaloutcomes for a first-generation student and influence their ultimate success.A bachelor’s degree is the surest path to higher socioeconomic status and for a first-generationstudent to earn a comparable salary as their continuing-generation peers14. The field ofengineering is a growing sector of the economy that offers some of the best paid careers in theUnited States, which makes it a desirable degree for a lot of students15. However, it is
-major students in their career path and in somecases even influence them to change majors. These courses can greatly influence whether amechanical engineering student will pursue further studies in robotics, or control mechanisms,much needed in the automobile industry and any other automated industry. Thus, a challenge forindividual faculty and engineering departments collectively is to find ways to build on thesepositive experiences and enable students to acquire some knowledge in electronics related fields.However, there is no general agreement on how best to serve diverse student audiences in anydiscipline and, in some cases, no formal consensus about desired learning outcomes.22The traditional order to teach EE is that one must learn about
American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers, Professor of Practice Engineering Education Innovation Center The Ohio State Univer- sity Columbus, OH 43210 Rogers.693@osu.edu Rogers joined the university in October, 2008 bringing with him 35 years of industrial experience. His career includes senior leadership roles in engineering, sales, and manufacturing developing products us- ing multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. He brings this experience to the university where he leads the effort in developing experiential, multidisci- plinary learning. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET approved
Paper ID #14185An Integrated Curriculum Design for Teaching Flying Qualities Flight Test-ingDr. M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School Dr. Chris Cotting is the Master Instructor of Flying Qualities at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School. During his professional career he has also worked for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks. He has worked on numerous experimental aircraft projects in- cluding the X-43A and X-43C, X-35, and X-33. He has a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from
asmuch as many of his friends. Simply put, his “resilience” appears to stem largely from his desireto graduate from a school of great renown and because others are able to do it, not necessarilybecause of his passion for the major or desire to pursue a STEM career. He is not necessarily“bouncing back” as much as wading through setbacks without addressing the academicchallenges he’s facing. This combination of factors and lower classman status may putEmmanuel in a particularly precarious position with regard to whether he does in fact persist andbounce back from setbacks in his major and build the confidence necessary to successfullypursue his STEM degree.DiscussionOverall, interviews exploring the experiences of Black undergraduates in
. Journal of Cooperative Education & Internships, 33(1), 6- 24.6. Somers, G. (1995). The post-graduation pecuniary benefits of co-op participation: A review of the literature. Journal of Cooperative Education, 31(1): 25-41.7. Ingram, S., Bruning, S. & I. Mikawoz. (2009). Career and mentor satisfaction among Canadian engineers: Are there differences based on gender and company-specific undergraduate work experiences? Journal of Engineering Education, 98(2): 333-338.8. Ingram, S.A. (2005). Making the transition from engineering student to practicing professional: A profile of two women. International Journal of Engineering Education, 21(1): 151-157.9. Blair, B.F., Miller, M. & J. Hammer. (2004). The Impact of cooperative
of these pedagogical interventions to enhance the innovation capacity of the students.We derive our findings by analyzing data collected as a part of the Educate to Innovate projectthat was initiated to understand what factors contribute to the success of innovators, and howthese factors can be incorporated into our education system. Charles Vest, the former presidentof the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), appointed an advisory committee for the projectwho provided guidance to this research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC) who would interview a select group of successful American innovators and ask them toreflect on their education and careers, and to identify factors that contributed to them