Paper ID #14423Implicit Bias? Disparity in Opportunities to Select Technical versus Non-Technical Courses in Undergraduate Engineering ProgramsDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder Marissa H. Forbes is a research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder and lead editor of the TeachEngineering digital library. She previously taught middle school science and engineering and wrote K-12 STEM curricula while an NSF GK-12 graduate engineering fellow at CU. With a master’s degree in civil engineering she went on to teach physics for the Denver School of Science and Technology, where she also created and
Paper ID #14583Making the Case for Adopting and Evaluating Innovative Pedagogical Tech-niques in Engineering ClassroomsDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Computing Systems at Arizona State University’s College of Technology and Innovation. Prior to joining ASU, he was an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. His research interests are broadly in the areas of computer architecture and perfor- mance analysis, and in engineering and computing education. He has published in ACM SIGMETRICS, IEEE Transactions on Computers, the
failure. In addition, the study explores howstrategies, perspectives, messages and fail word use may be changed after two years ofengineering instruction. Although the use of fail words is still an uncomfortable term in education, it is,increasingly, a part of the popular lexicon. This is driven in large part by the STEM (science,technology, engineering and mathematics) focus brought about by the Department of Educationand its Race to the Top program in 2009, which prioritized STEM teaching and learning.3 Inaddition, the “maker” movement has grown rapidly, bringing the idea of iteration and trial anderror to the general public.4 However, failure in these contexts is largely attributed to genericdescriptions such as “design,” “iteration
building design, construction, and operations processes. Specifically, she is interested in novel design processes that financially and technically facilitate energy-efficient buildings. Her work also explores how principles of lean manufacturing facilitate energy-efficiency in the commercial building industry. Another research interest of Kristen’s is engineering education, where she explores how project- and experience-based learning foster better understanding of engineering and management principles. Prior to joining ASU, Kristen was at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-11) and then a Scientific Engineering Associate (2011-2012) in the Building Technologies and Urban
of Engineering Technology, Senior Research Fellow and Maker Space Co-Director for the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research at Texas State University, and a licensed Professional Engineer. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Texas at Austin in Structural Engineering. Her undergraduate degrees in History and in Construction Engineering and Management are from North Carolina State University. Dr. Talley teaches courses in the Construction Science and Management Program, and her research focus is in student en- gagement and retention in engineering and engineering technology education. Contact: kgt5@txstate.edu c American Society for Engineering Education
Schools in Trinidad and TobagoIntroductionSince its independence in 1962, Trinidad and Tobago has striven to increase the standard ofeducation locally and regionally in the Caribbean. In 2012, the literacy rate in the country was99.58% which is the highest in the Caribbean and one of the highest in the world1. Additionally,primary and secondary education is free for all students and tertiary education is highlysubsidized for all qualified students at local and regional institutions. Despite these efforts tofocus on education, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education isnot considered an important area of focus at the primary or secondary level, especiallyTechnology and Engineering. There is a
thinking, design thinking, and human-centered design. He is currently on a leave of absence from the department of systems engineering at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. He worked as a software engineer in different companies for seven years before transitioning to academia.Mr. Anirudh Roshan Sriram, Purdue University - West Lafayette Anirudh Roshan Sriram is a Technical Writer for Verification and Validation Products at the MathWorks. He received his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from VIT University, India in 2013 and his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana in 2015. His research interests include CAD, FEA, engineering education
Paper ID #15799Active-Learning-Based Engineering at a Community College: A Key to Stu-dent SuccessProf. Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College Professor Emeritus of Computer Technology & Engineering Northern Essex Community College Educa- tion: BEE, Villanova University MSEE, Northeastern University Additional graduate work in Computer Engineering, Northeastern UniversityProf. Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College Linda A. Desjardins is professor, English and Communications departments. She holds an ASLA from Northern Essex Community College, a BA in English, Secondary Education from
Communications and Technology, 3rd Ed.,(485-506), New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.11 Jonassen, D. (2011). Supporting problem solving in PBL. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning,5(2), 95-112.12 Bergmann, J., & Sams, A. (2012). Flip your Classroom Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day.Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.13 Velegol, S., Zappe, S., & Mahoney, E. (2015). The Evolution of a Flipped Classroom: Evidence-BasedRecommendations. Advances in Engineering Education, 4(3).14 Collins, A., Brown, J., & Newman, S. (1989). Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching the Crafts of Reading,Writing, and Mathematics, In L. Resnick (Ed.), Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays in Honor of
programs.Mrs. Jean M. Trusedell, EPICS Jean Trusedell is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher with extensive experience working with K-12 Educators and students. She is working with the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) Program at Purdue University to create curriculum that can be used with students throughout the country to integrate best classroom practices with engineering principles. Previously, she was the Science and Technology Coach for MSD of Decatur Township in Indianapolis, IN.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He
she worked closely with engineering faculty engaged in research projects. Throughout her career in academia, Ruth has worked primarily with first-year students, initially as an instructor of English composition and later as a first-year seminar professor. Her work in the classroom continues to inform her research, which is focused on first-year students, students in transition, and, most recently, first-year STEM students. Her research interests also include the use of technology in the composition classroom, first-generation students, and students in transitions beyond the first year of college.Dr. Nirmal Trivedi, Kennesaw State University Dr. Nirmal Trivedi is the Director of First-Year Seminars and Assistant
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Exploration of Identity Development in a High School Maker ClassMaking and the maker movement have garnered attention among engineering educators as apotentially promising context for the development of design and engineering skills. Making canbe defined as “a class of activities focused on designing, building, modifying, and/or repurposingmaterial objects, for playful or useful ends, oriented toward making a ‘product’ of some sort thatcan be used, interacted with, or demonstrated” 1 (p. 31). Maker projects often involve thecombination of traditional hobbies, such as sewing or woodworking, with digital technologies,such as microcontrollers
Engineering Education, 2016 Preparing Engineering Students to Work on Taboo Topics in the Service of CommunitiesIntroductionAccording to the WHO, 2.4 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Faced witha growing problem, engineers, locally and internationally, have responded to this crisis throughavenues such as the Gates Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. In the case of the Toilet Challenge,engineers were able to create what were seen as “practical” toilets that convert waste into energy.However, each toilet cost upwards of $1000 and required infrastructure and technology notavailable in their target communities, thus presenting a huge drawback in fighting the sanitationstigma.2 There is much to learn
Paper ID #17286Major Observations from a Specialized REU Program for Engineering Stu-dents with ADHDDr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut Dr. Arash E. Zaghi received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he worked on the seismic behavior of novel bridge column and connection details. After graduating, he stayed with UNR as a Research Scientist to overlook two major research projects involving system-level shake table experiments. In 2011, Dr. Zaghi joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor. His
Paper ID #14692Alternate Assessments to Support Formative Evaluations in an AsynchronousOnline Computer Engineering Graduate CourseMs. Ritushree Chatterjee, Iowa State University Ritushree Chatterjee is an Instructional Development Specialist working at Engineering-LAS Online Learning at Iowa State University. She did her undergraduate in Chemistry from Delhi University, In- dia and subsequently received her MS in Environmental Chemistry from Iowa State University. She received her second MS in Education with specialization in Curriculum and Instructional Technology and her Instructional Design certificate from Iowa
all levels? As weconsider the rollout of engineering standards in K-12 in many states across the country, we offerrecommendations for engineering faculty in higher education who may be called upon toparticipate in various ways in this effort.BackgroundScience and Technology Studies scholar Scott Knowles details in his book The Disaster Experts9the ways in which disasters are constructed via complex interrelationships among ideologies ofcivil defense and homeland security, the simultaneous roles of knowing and forgetting, Americancommitments to land development and federalism, and much more. Katrina was an exercise inmultiple and layered sets of missteps that made the disaster as extensive and long-lasting as itwas. Studying these in detail as
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received her Doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2011. In the fall of 2011, she took a position as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in the College of Engineering as a part of the First Year Engineering Faculty with a focus on chemical engineering. She teaches the first year courses where are Engineering Design and Engineering Problem Solving. She also teaches senior Chemical Engineering Process Controls. She runs a faculty led international summer program to Sao Paulo, Brazil which focuses on Alternative Energy Technologies and Brazilian Culture.Dr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University Dr. Richard Whalen is a Teaching Professor at Northeastern University
University of Minnesota Duluth faculty, he spent four years at the Natural Resources Research Institute as a Research Fellow in the Center for Water and the Environment engaged in computational toxicology research. His current research interests include inquiry-based laboratory activities and the flipped classroom.Dr. Joshua W. Hamilton, University of Minnesota DuluthProf. Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth Dr. Hill is focused on active learning teaching methods and research for engineering education. After receiving her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Hill spent several years working on polymer processing research and advanced materials manufacturing. She has an extensive background in
to directing the Pennsylvania Math, Engineering & Science Achievement (MESA) as part of a 10-state coalition for K-12 engineering education, Dr. Bracey is a national advisor to the AAC&U Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM (TIDES) initia- tive, the Google Computer Science EDGE initiative, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education.Dr. Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University Keya Sadeghipour is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering and serves as the Dean of the College of Engineering since 2003. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Technology, UK which is now the University of Manchester
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 for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under
. in Electronics Engineering from Pontificia Bolivariana University in 2003. He obtained his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University in 2006 and 2010. Currently, Camilo is a Teaching Faculty at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His research interests include dynamic modeling of legged and wheeled vehicles, terrain identification, motion planning, and low level control.Dr. Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University Nikhil Gupta received his Bachelor of Technology degree from Y.M.C.A. Institute of Technology, Haryana, India in 2008, Master of Science degree from North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, in 2010, and Ph.D from Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, in 2014, all
Paper ID #15548Comparison of Traditional, Flipped, and Hybrid Teaching Methods in anElectrical Engineering Circuit Analysis CourseDr. Faisal Kaleem, Metropolitan State University al Kaleem received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL. Since 1998 he has been serving as an educator in different institutions. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Professor in the department of Information and Computer Sciences at Metropolitan State University as well as a Senior Fellow at the Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) at University of Minnesota. Dr. Kaleem is
them successfully reintegrate intocivilian society. 1, 2 In 2013, over 1 million student veterans were calculated to use educationalbenefits; a population projected to increase.1 In addition, 1 out of 5 (20%) student veterans incollege major in science, technology, engineering or mathematic (STEM) fields.3 Research onstudent veterans’ transition into civilian society is critical at a time when higher education isserving as a critical medium for reintegration of this growing non-traditional student population. Several scholars found that a constructive element in military veterans’ integration intocivilian society is college enrollment.4, 5 Integration into civilian society is far from a seamlessand smooth adjustment for many veterans.5
Professor for the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Univer- sity of Louisville. She is investigating nontraditional student pathways in engineering. She finished her PhD in December 2014, titled, ”Engineering Faculty Views of Teaching Quality, Accreditation, and In- stitutional Climate and How They Influence Teaching Practices.” Her research is focused on engineering faculty perceptions of quality and on nontraditional students in engineering. McNeil received her mas- ter’s degree in Engineering Management from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) in August 2011. She was a mentor and tutor for American Indian students at SDSMT during that time. She worked as a mining engineer in industry between
to society offer a highly effective vehicle for motivatingstudent interest in engineering and other STEM fields. Additionally current science standards –Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS)1 - incorporate engineering design into thelearning objectives of science in grades K-12. However few classroom teachers have had thebenefit of exposure to engineering design before beginning their teaching career. Just like theirstudents, early exposure in the undergraduate curriculum that enriches future teachers’knowledge of engineering and technology and its relationship to the world would benefit thesecandidates.Project based learning (PBL) and the engineering design process are a natural pedagogical fit.PBL is focused on knowledge and
(AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in 2012-2013, with a placement at the National Science Foundation.Mr. Samuel S. Newton, Clemson University Samuel S. Newton is an undergraduate researcher pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. He plans to enter the aerospace industry and is considering a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. His interests pertain to aircraft design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Uncovering Forms of Wealth and Capital Using Asset Frameworks in Engineering EducationIntroductionThis work-in-progress paper presents the intermediate results from a qualitative research projectfor which we are
Paper ID #15722Longitudinal Assessment of Web-enabled Muddiest Points in Different Biomed-ical Engineering CoursesDr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is lecturer in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Ari- zona State University. Casey received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Univer- sity of Virginia in 2006 and her doctorate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in 2012 where she studied the role of shear stress in aortic valve dis- ease. Currently, she is investigating cyber-based student
. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005. Her Ph.D. work at Stan- ford University focused on optoelectronics, and she continues that work in her position at the Colorado School of Mines, primarily with the involvement of undergraduate researchers. In her role as an Associate Teaching Professor, she is primarily tasked with the education of undergraduate engineers. In her courses, she employs active learning techniques and project-based learning. Her previous education research, also at Stanford, focused on the role of cultural capital in science education. Her current interests include en- gineering students’ development of social responsibility and the
Honors College students at East Carolina University (ECU). HonorsCollege students from all disciplines across campus are required to enroll in a course thatintroduces them to research in their chosen field. The various sections of the course weredivided based upon the students’ chosen major. This paper focuses on one section of the coursecomprised of students majoring in Engineering, Technology, Political Science, Mathematics,Communication, and several majors in the College of Business. The students worked in teams of4-5 on research projects with each team having student members from at least 3 different majordisciplines. Each project focused on researching a problem that had not only an engineeringcomponent, but also an issue related to policy