in the UCSB Molecular-Beam Epitaxy Lab where he focused his research on investigating the ALD process on III-V semiconductors and the epitaxial growth of ohmic contacts on III-V materials. He returned to the University of Minnesota in 2010 as a research scientist investigating techniques to tailor the surface chemistry of SiNCs for use in light emitting diodes and solar cell applications. More recent work has focused on the growth and integration of CIGS and CIAGS homojunction and heterojunction solar cells. In the fall of 2013, he joined the Department of Physics and Optical Engineering at the Rose-Hulman In- stitute of Technology as an Assistant Professor. Current research efforts are focused on the development
such a situation.Due to the fact, that the students, taking part in this course, were located in their home coun-try during their course participation, we used AdobeConnect as main instructional resourcefor the course delivery4. AdobeConnect is a classical web conferencing tool, with which mul-tiple users are enabled to perform online conferences. This means that all participants are atdifferent places and meet in an online room for discussion and interaction. Using this soft-ware for educational settings works just in the same way. The tutor sends out a time for themeeting and a link for the online meeting room to all of his or her students. Everybody ac-cesses the virtual meeting and with help of a webcam and a headset, everybody can
identity the respondent brings to the survey instead of relegating it to the status of Otherto the “normal” gender identities which have their own bubbles to select. Figure 1 InIce gender identity question.Asking about race, ethnicity, and cultureTypical approachThe 2010 U.S. Census addressed race and ethnicity as two questions: Asking if the person was ofHispanic origin; and asking the person’s race with a “select all that apply” strategy5. Althoughindividuals could select multiple races, the available categories of race and ethnicity have alwaysreflected “current politics, science and public attitudes”25. Reflecting caution or acceptance of thenorms of data collection, most studies collecting race, ethnicity
Paper ID #14388What Price Luxury? Ethical Issues in the Cruise Ship IndustryDr. Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology, where she has taught for nearly four decades. She has been a member of ASEE for 32 years and is active in the Engineering Ethics Division, as past chair, and the Engineering Technology Division, as a member of the ETD Executive Board. She is an ASEE fellow (2008), winner of the James McGraw Award (2010), winner of the Berger Award (2013), and serves as the communications editor of the Journal of
]. Educational Psychology Review, 24(4), 569-608.[3] Prince, M. (2004). Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-231.[4] Karagiorgi, Y. & Symeou, L. (2005). Translating Constructivism into Instructional Design: Potential and Limitations. [Article]. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 8(1), 17-27.[5] Tinto, V. (2005). Epilogue: Moving from theory to action. In A. Seidman (Ed.). College student retention: Formula for student success. Westport, CT: ACE/Praeger.[6] Tinto, V. (1997). Colleges as communities: Exploring the education character of student persistence. Journal of Higher Education, 68, 6, 599–623.[7] Tinto, V. (1998). Colleges as communities: Taking research
2summarizes the demographic data for the scholars by cohort. Roughly 30% (14/47) of thescholars were female, and about 47% (22/47) were underrepresented minorities. By comparison,the baseline data used in the proposal showed the undergraduate engineering population wascomprised of 14% females and 23% underrepresented minorities. Table 2. FORCES Demographics Total No. No. No. Cohort Students Females Underrepresented Minorities 1 (Fall 2009) 18 6 11 2 (Fall 2010) 10 1 5 3 (Fall 2011) 19 7
G.L. Johnson, Culturally relevant teaching in science classrooms: Addressing academic achievement, cultural competence, and critical consciousness. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2010. 12(2).10. Ladson-Billings, G., Culturally relevant teaching: The key to making multicultural education work. Research and multicultural education: From the margins to the mainstream, 1992: p. 106-121.11. Ladson-Billings, G., The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children. 1994: Jossey-Bass.12. Ladson-Billings, G., But that's just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy. Theory into Practice, 1995. 34(3): p. 159-165.13. Ladson-Billings, G., Toward a theory of culturally
and MATLAB 100% 12. Phasor Nodal, Mesh and MATLAB 100% 13. Measuring AC Circuits 20% 80% 14. Intro to Microcontrollers 30% 50% 20% 15. Frequency Selective Circuits 45% 45% 10% Final Project 100%3. Results of the ImplementationTo assess the effectiveness of these online circuits laboratories, in Spring ’15, we piloted thecurriculum to students enrolled in dual sections of circuit theory (3 units) and circuit lab (1 unit)classes offered in both online (n=9
identification and enumeration of plant species for field and greenhouse production. Winter-time greenhouse strawberry and herb production are recent funded research activities. YUFENG GE, Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska. Dr. Ge obtained his PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. He started as a teaching assistant for the sensor and instrumentation class there in 2005, and gradually increased his teaching responsibility for the class to become a co-instructor (since 2010) and instructor (2013). He was the faculty advisor for the student robotics teams who competed for the ASABE robotics competitions in 2012 and 2013.Dr. Yufeng Ge, University of
/S IN /I SE /S F/ EF T/ CT T/ CT RE R AC A AC A Individual standard deviations were used to calculate the intervals. Fig 10. Plot of ILS dimension groupings by PSVT score averages Table 3. Summary of PSVT data by ILS grouping Group
results, it can be concluded that offeringa thematic section of a course can be a good way to get students interested in the course content,to bring in projects that have a common theme and to help develop the students’ entrepreneurialmindset. Slight modification of the course, including developing thematic homework andprojects and adjusting the schedule to accommodate additional content are required, but canprovide benefits to the students as well as the instructor.Bibliography1. Kern Foundation, http://www.kffdn.org/files/keenzine-2-framework.pdf, accessed January 22, 2015.2. Fry, C.,et. al., “AC 2010-2218: Bringing Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Mindset (back) into Engineering: the KEEN Innovators Program, Proceedings of the ASEE 2010
innovation, and intends on continuing to use it.To summarize, this framework can be used to describe how faculty learn about and engage withresearch-based education practices, and ultimately utilize them in their courses. This frameworkhas been used to assess the implementations of advances in research-based educational practicesin engineering (see Borrego et al. (2010)). We wanted to capture possible differences betweenCycle 1 and Cycle 2 regarding faculty’s use of and implementation of research-based educationpractices along the five steps of the diffusion of innovation framework.MethodParticipants Faculty engaged in the F-VCPs consisted of 77 participants from 67 US institutions inCycle 1 and 99 participants from 73 US and three
, voltage, and resistance), units and laws; network theorems and networksimplification; phasors and AC solution of circuits; and power and electronic applications.This study was performed over two academic quarters. Two sections were studied in the springquarter of 2015 and the fall quarter of 2015. The two sections of the course offered willhenceforth be referred to as Sections 001 and 002. During both terms, Section 001 was taught at10:00 a.m., and Section 002 at 12:30 p.m. The sections were each taught by different professors;however, all the material—notes, tests, assignments, labs—were all identical. This ensured thateach student was given equal information and evaluation across both sections.To assess the student learning impact of WeBWorK, a
. 17, 18. The robotics competition andscience fair sponsored by the Latino-STEM Alliance (LSA) addresses this shortcoming and isdescribed in this paper. The Latino STEM Alliance was founded in 2010 by three Latino engineers Raul Porras,Roman Jaquez and Reinier Moquete who were stunned by the paucity of engineers of color intheir work, and desired to encourage young people of color to study engineering. LSA has donethe following: School Year 2011-2012 – LSA held career days where engineering affiliations such as Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) spoke to middle school students about careers in engineering. A pilot using content from the Verizon Foundation’s Thinkfinity program ran at the Lawrence
who were slightly more active and visual had improvements in performanceindicators.21 Some simulations have shown a learning style bias;22,23 however, often times insimulations, there are no significant differences with respect to learning styles.23,24As with any tool, simulations must be properly used to be effective. While studies have shown atendency toward simulations to promote deep learning,10-13 there is an increasing cautiousnessdeveloping regarding technology’s effect on cognitive processes. In his provocative 2010 bookThe Shallows,25 Nicholas Carr suggests that the internet is resulting in a “hyperlink happy”society that is losing its ability to think deeply on material. In schools, the influence of our ever-connected society is
required for it to fly and each part has its functionalityand usefulness. Starting with the ESC (Electronic Speed Controller), it does two important thingsfor the drone. First it converts the battery voltage down to 5V, using which the receiver runs.Second, it converts the DC power from the battery to an AC current, which is required by themotor9.The Turnigy 9X is a radio channel dedicated to 2.4 GHz 8-channels and is manufacturedby Flysky as the FS-TH9X. This has the remote control and the transmitter. When programmingboth, one can send by the transmitter the correct information to the remote control and see itflying.The DJI Naza-M V2 is a powerful flight controller for enthusiast, commercial and industrialflyers. It is easy to install, simple to
offerings of the course, possibly due tothe use of student-owned equipment. There was only one known case of equipment damageduring the semester, and it was for reasons unrelated to the course. In that case the studentpromptly purchased a replacement part and continued with the course in an otherwiseuninterrupted manner.For institutions wishing to adopt such a component to their programs, it is recommended that theinstitution ensure that the course be taught in a classroom with AC power receptacles at eachstudent desk. Such an approach was used by the authors to guard against the uncertainties oflaptop battery life. An alternative approach is to ensure that the course if offered in aninstructional space with sufficient numbers of desktop computers
Professional Interests Academic Background Ph.D. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA, Technology Management (Manufac- turing minor), 2014 M.S.E.E. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Electrical Engineering, 2002 BSEE Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, USA, Electrical Engineering, 1973 Other Bache- lors Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, USA, Mathematics, 1973 Certifications Certi- fied trainer for Mitsubishi RV-A and RV-SD series robots, 2010, Dayton Ohio Licensed Master Electrical Contractor in Indiana, ELE-0286M, 2003 Memberships Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2006 - current Member of Association for Technology Management and Applied
three offices in 5Academic and Corporate Engagement. By 2015, there are 19 companies engaged with all threeoffices. Cooperation among the division with at least 14 of the 19 companies can be directlylinked to the increase in overall engagement with the university. In 2010, only 7 of the 19companies were involved with two of the three ACE departments.Our customers now have a primary point of contact that is involved in the relationship regardlessof the need. This primary relationship manager works with the customer to understand the needand brings in the right internal entities to discuss the need. We also utilize better communicationsystems and
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum’s Young Investigator Award (2012), the Presidential Early Career Award for Sci- entists and Engineers (2010), and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2009). Her Auburn University awards include the Excellence in Faculty Outreach (2015), an Auburn University Alumni Pro- fessorship (2014), the Auburn Engineering Alumni Council Awards for Senior (2013) and Junior (2009) Faculty Research, the Faculty Women of Distinction Award (2012), and the Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship Award (2011). Dr. Davis is the past chair of Auburn’s Women in Science and Engineering Steering Committee (WISE) and the faculty liaison to the College of
Paper ID #14938Effectiveness of Virtual Open Laboratory Teaching Assistant for CircuitsLaboratoriesMr. Firdous Saleheen, Temple University Firdous Saleheen received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA in 2013. From 2008 to 2010, he was with Mango Teleservices Ltd., Dhaka, an international IP bandwidth provider of Bangladesh, as a Senior Engineer in the Research and Development Department. He is currently pursuing the
Paper ID #14961Engaging Students with Visual Impairments or Blindness through Compre-hensive and Accessible Engineering ExperiencesMrs. A. Leyf Peirce Starling, The Engineering Place, North Carolina State University Leyf Peirce Starling received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2003 and a Master of Arts in teaching with a focus on Special Education from UNC-Charlotte in 2010. She has teaching experience in both formal and informal educational settings. She has taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade math, science, social studies and reading comprehension and high school physics and
desiredresource. Access is controlled by either shutting off AC line power to the resources through theuse of a solid state relay or using a small mechanical relay to connect to the equipment interlock(if available). The Raspberry Pi II both checks whether or not a maker is authorized by readingthe maker’s RFID card (UID) and references the database as to whether the scanned UID isauthorized for the resource attempting to be accessed. If the maker is authorized, power to theresource will flow through the SSR, allowing access to the resource. The system has beendesigned with a card slot since the RFID card must remain on the scanner in order for theresource to remain operable. If the UID were to be removed, intentionally or accidentally, thereis a period
., Haines, & A. Hurford (Eds.), Modeling students’ mathematical modeling competencies (pp. 13-41). New York: Springer. (2010).7. R. Lesh & H.M. Doerr. Foundations of models and modeling perspectives on mathematics teaching, learning, and problem solving. In R. Lesh & H. Doerr (Eds.), Beyond constructivism: Models and modeling perspectives on mathematics problem solving, learning, and teaching (pp. 3-33). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (2003).8. R. Lesh & Sriraman, Mathematics Education as a Design Science, ZDM, 37(6), 490-505. (2005).9. C. Michelsen. Functions: A modelling tool in mathematics and science, ZDM, 38(3), 260-280. (2006).10. Beichner, R. J., Saul, J. M., Abbott, D. S., Morse, J. J., Deardorff, D. L
available to all; peopleare empowered to make informed decisions about medicine, technology, and myriad othersubjects.As many of the previously referenced materials shown, understanding is gained not just byaccumulating information, but by connecting it to personal experience and the lives of others.Museums are effective at guiding this connecting, as has been shown. To close this paper, theauthor will adopt a part of this method, and relate an example experience from their work withthe Museum of Natural History and Science in Cincinnati, OH.The author’s involvement with the Museum of Natural History and Science began in 2012. Thisinstitution hosts a variety of science based special events are held each year: NISE Nanodays,ACS Chemistry week, etc
Paper ID #15061Engineering Design Self-Efficacy and Project-Based Learning: How Does Ac-tive Learning Influence Student Attitudes and Beliefs?Mr. Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno Justin Major is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. He is currently working towards dual Bachelors of Sci- ence degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Math Education and expects to graduate May of 2017. His research interests include students development of self-efficacy and identity in math and engi- neering, and active learning
Despotakis, T., 2010, “Known and Unknown Weaknesses in Software Animated Demonstrations (Screencasts): A Study in Self-Paced Learning Settings,” Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 9(1), pp.81-98.3. Lloyd, S. and Robertson, C. L., 2012, “Screencast Tutorials Enhance Student Learning of Statistics,” Teaching of Psychology, 39(1), pp.67-71.4. De Grazia, J. L., Falconer, J. L., Nicodemus, G., and Medline, W., 2012, “Incorporating Screencasts into Chemical Engineering Courses,” in the Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, AC 2012-5025.5. Folkestad, J. E. and De Miranda, M. A., 2001, “Impact of Screen-Capture Based Instruction on Student Comprehension of Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software Principles,” Journal of
, Natasha Sullivan, Santiago De LaRosa, Vishal Mehmi, and Hassan Tayyab for their interviews and permission to highlight theirprojects. Much thanks also to Lauren Vathje and Zain Ahmed for being tremendous teachingassistants and making this course a success. Thanks also to the reviewers who gave valuableadvice for improving the paper.1Burgon, H., J.B. Elliott-Litchfield, and D.E. Goldberg, 2011. The first-to-fourth flatline: assessing undergraduatestudents’ creative capacity. American Society for Engineering Education, AC 2011-1291.2 Gorman, M., M. Hertz, G. Louis, L. Magili, M. Mauss, M. Mehalik, and J.B. Tuttle, 2000. Integrating Ethics &Engineering: A Graduate Option in Systems Engineering, Ethics, and Technology Studies. Journal of
knowledge “through the transformation of experience” 1. To understand the cycle, anunderstanding of the four basic kinds of experience modes is needed: concrete experience (CE),reflective observation (RO), abstract conceptualization (AC), and active experimentation (AE).A different learning process is conducted depending on which aspect of experiences affectindividuals 12. The ideal experiential learning cycle will have a learner "touch all the bases" 12 ofthe cycle seen in Figure 1. In diverse fields, several positive effects Concreteof experiential learning have been proven. ExperienceExperiential learning benefits learners withproper exercises. For example, researchexperiences increased
27 23 20 20 15 14 6 6 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 IEEE ASEE ASME ACS ASCE ACSM AIChE Other 2003 2007 2013 201625. Training in Pedagogy of teaching and learning: In 2016, 54% of respondentsreported that they did