Design for Electrically Controlling Suspended Magnetic Microbeads. These effortsyielded multiple peer-reviewed journal papers that were coauthored by undergraduate studentsand their graduate mentors and faculty members. Table 3 shows a summary of key assessment findings. Results are based on a sample of51 undergraduate students from the first two years of assessment with participation rates of71.4% and 81.8%, respectively. Approximately 40% of the sample were women and 60% werefrom underrepresented racial minority backgrounds. These results provide insight into theprogram evolution as well as the granularity of students’ gains and satisfactions. The resultsshow students have an overall positive experience and develop both their technical
within sustainability is addressed:1. Sustainable Transportation and Energy Conservation • Importance of transportation • Active transportation (bikes, peds, and complete streets) • Energy use, emissions, and conservation (Figure 1)2. Environmental Health • Air and water quality • Hazardous materials • Indoor environments • Water use reduction • Waste minimization and recycling3. Field Trip “ Eco–Awareness” • During this field trip in one of the mountains of our city, students encounter the amazing diversity of the forest ecosystem. This field trip explores the interdependence of the environment, plants, and animals on a 3 mile hike. Students also participate in an environmentally focused role play activity
, demonstrate howstory messages may be misinterpreted. Student misunderstanding of their ownmotivations and their ability to mobilize and engage others may occur due to: 1. Blurring Entrepreneurial level concepts with individual story phenomena. Many confuse the big picture definition of entrepreneurship with individual level entrepreneuring activity. Specifically, audiences sometime assume that the confident, clear entrepreneur’s delivery of his story indicates an equal strength of conviction, and clarity in their personal life. In fact, the reality may be something very different. During the first class meeting, Jon (introduced earlier) a graduate student and new company-founder, confidently shared his non
“university-industry cooperativeeducation” model4. All of these have proven that the involvement of industries andenterprises is an important part of cultivation of engineering workers. From theperspective of international engineering education experience, enterprises play animportant role in fostering students’ innovative, practical, and problem-solving abilitiesthrough participating in the development of training programs, curriculum and teaching,internships, graduation, and other areas. With the development of China's marketeconomy, the concept of training industry-oriented skills is recognized by universitiesand the community. Engineering skills training in colleges and universities alsoincreasingly relies on private enterprises. Thus, in recent
employees’ Position Descriptions. Position Descriptions represent aclear opportunity in our efforts to empower faculty and staff to identify, agree upon, and carryout responsibilities that can be outside of the traditional norms in the academy. Our School willidentify Change Leaders and formally allot 10% of their effort toward shifting the School’sculture to re-situate learning and instruction. More broadly, all faculty will be expected toadvance and equalize undergraduate and graduate student success across demographics throughcommunicating clear expectations and holding people accountable to these expectations. Thisapproach places responsibility for culture transformation on each community member asopposed to relying on a dedicated few. Such an
Computer Science. Dante is an adjunct faculty member at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology with Graduate level teaching credits in Psychometrics, Data Management and as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Science in Tokyo. Dante’s dissertation research spans several specializations in psychology including: Organizational, Social, Cul- tural, Developmental, Cognitive, Performance, Sports, and Positive Psychology. Dante is also an active member of American Psychological Association (APA) Division 46 (Society for Media Psychology and Technology), Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology), Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology) and Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise and
, resilient, and successful University graduates. The McCormick Administration decided to build an advising model based on a learnercentered concept sometimes called the AdvisingasTeaching paradigm. Traditionally, FirstYear students at Northwestern University were assigned to a faculty adviser, in a department based on their stated intended major. Undeclared students were randomly assigned to a faculty member. This advising model gave incoming students a home department, but not necessarily the department undeclared students wanted. In addition, students that changed majors, or were exploring majors, often needed to find their own connections with faculty in other departments. Lastly, in addition to helping students new to the university
target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Dr. Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University Margret Hjalmarson is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University and currently a Program Officer in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Infor- mal Settings at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include engineering education, mathematics education, faculty development
and five local middle and high school teacherson campus for an 8-week research experiences working with different lab groups. Given therelatively small number of participants, we chose qualitative interviews as our primary source ofdata for assessing the effectiveness of this program.The participants identified numerous positive aspects of participating in the summer researchprogram. Students appreciated the sense of community they developed with both the otherparticipants in the research program and the other members of their lab groups. Although most ofthe participants did not report the summer research experience as having a strong influence ontheir decisions to pursue graduate school or careers involving research, they did report
that course. While we recommend that faculty report on your academic progress, this reporting tool is optional for faculty members to use. If you have questions about your progress in classes without a status report, we encourage you to speak with each of your instructors directly. Academic Status Report System AcademicStatusReportSystem@asu.eduEmail #2: Engineering schools email to students who received an ASR From: academicservices@asu.edu Subject: Academic Status Report Dear «First» «Last», Academic Status Reports (ASRs) are a tool through which your instructors can provide early, personalized feedback regarding your progress in a class. The system allows faculty to identify under
.” Students always show interest in things(proposals) that are related to personal benefits and/or career aspirations (i.e. what am I going todo with this?). Since most engineering curricula in the first 2 years are not necessarilyengineering or design based (ABET curriculum requirements call for one year combination ofbasic math and sciences plus a general education component), freshmen cornerstone classes suchas ours are a way to weave the larger story of being an engineer into the first year studentexperience and perhaps even help with learning gains (and motivation) in those courses.Teaching FrameworksA number of teaching frameworks for engineering courses have been described elsewhere16 andinclude: 1) Project-Based Learning (PBL)- projects
program value to indicate the exceptional learningopportunities SA programs offer.11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16A review of literature provides an array of assessment tools that may be used as a stand-alone orin concert with other tools (See Table 1). Each of these tools provides information that enablesresearchers and SA faculty to better determine how programs enhance student learning.The tools are designed to indicate competency development in students in areas such asincreased cultural understanding, improved communication skills, strengthened language ability,flexibility, and open-mindedness.2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 In addition, this skill development oftenresults in personal reflection and growth that changes students in terms of their
Paper ID #15031Creating International Experiences for First-Year Engineers Through theEWB Australia Challenge ProjectDr. Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University Tom Siller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Col- orado State University. He has been a faculty member at CSU for 28 years.Mr. Alistair Cook, Colorado State University PhD Student in Education Sciences focusing on Engineering for Global Development as a context to teach engineering professional skills to undergraduate engineering studentsDr. Gearold R. Johnson, Colorado State University Gerry Johnson is a Senior
navigate anxiety and culture shock that mayaccompany undertaking a new endeavor in an unfamiliar place. Additionally, the advisor canhelp students network by making new contacts and gaining exposure to other faculty, advancedstudents, and members of their broader professional community.6,7 The advisor-advisee relationship is complex and life-changing; one’s advisor can help togenerate ideas about and support for postgraduate career choices, and help influence students’professional identity.8 In fields like engineering, where the academic advisor may also serve as astudent’s research supervisor,8 the advisor-advisee relationship includes myriad power dynamics.As a result, the advising relationship could have positive and/or negative effects
offerprograms to their undergraduate students which encourage overseas study and internships, insome cases even providing a stipend to the students. These are excellent opportunities forfaculty members to work with talented students with the potential to enroll in graduate programsand conduct further research. In fact, a motivating factor for some students is the potential tocontribute to preliminary results which allow the faculty member to secure funding whichincludes a research assistantship to continue the same work. Thus, a pro bono internship couldbe viewed as an investment in future academic endeavors.Initially 10 students indicated acceptance of a pro bono research project based on a briefexplanation of the topic: a new design for a solar power
Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Eric C Pappas, James Madison University Eric Pappas is Professor of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University and formerly a faculty member in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (1993-2003).Dr. Jesse Pappas, James Madison University Jesse Pappas studied self-insight, intentional self-development, and the role of emotion in self-perception at University of Virginia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology in 2012. His dissertation project involved adapting established professional development tools to facilitate the personal and academic suc- cess of college students. Jesse currently serves as Assessment Director and
peer reviewed conference proceedings articles in these areas. He has B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, and a senior member of IIE.Dr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools
academically advised by a faculty member. STEM career exploration and research support: lab tours, faculty presentations, and interactions with local STEM professionals from industry Cohort building activities (Houston/Rice acculturation).Details on Curriculum: Chemistry, Physics and CalculusAll concepts covered in the summer residential program are topics in the first two semesters ofChemistry, Physics and Calculus. Both foundational and conceptually difficult topics areselected for the summer. Topics are covered at the same rate in the summer (e.g., 3 hrs onReaction Stoichiometry) as in the fall (e.g., 3 hrs on Reaction Stoichiometry). Curriculum is alsoselected that helps students learn and master solving complex word problems. RESP
G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her
somewhat between academic semesters as enrollment inclasses shifted. Students participated as many semesters as they desired, and many remained withone project for a full year to several years.Procedures We conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 69 team members, comprisingthe majority of the 77 team members total. Interviews averaged about an hour (range: 28:04- to1:11:49, mean=M = 52:47 minutes). The interview protocol contained questions about the team’sproject and goals, specific decisions and considerations that were made, and the role of ethics ingeneral and specific to the project. Follow-up and probing questions were offered to expand onthese descriptions or ask about specific instances observed during design team
Neuroscience 101: Might Your Teaching and Their Learning Benefit?AbstractThis paper’s purpose is to explore the idea that if faculty members acquire significantknowledge of brain basics, much of which has been discovered and/or documented in thepast few decades, they can be even better teachers. They can use that knowledge toimprove student advising -- show students how to be more effective and efficient -- and,when opportunities arise, enable students to achieve higher levels of creativity andinnovation.The presentation begins with a summary of brain features and functions, not at a brain-surgery level of detail, but rather from the perspective of immediate application outsideof medicine and inside of engineering education. Building on
engaging industry to guide the department’s professional formation efforts to prepare students for an increasingly global profession. Le- land holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Organizational Communications and Marketing from the University of Central Missouri.Mrs. Olivera Notaros, Colorado State University, ECE Department Olivera Notaros has finished undergraduate and graduate studies in the Electrical and Computer Engi- neering Department in Belgrade, Serbia. She has held different university teaching positions since 1990. She is currently Adjunct Faculty and Head of Senior Design in the ECE Department at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.Mr. Richard F. Toftness, IEEE High Plains Section Richard
, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette ´ Juan David Ortega Alvarez is an assistant professor at Universidad EAFIT and served as the Head of the Process Engineering Department from 2010 to 2014. He holds an MS in Process Engineering and Energy Technology from Hochschule Bremerhaven (Germany) and is currently enrolled as a graduate student in the Engineering Education Doctoral Program at Purdue University. Before his full-time appointment with EAFIT, he served as Engineering Director for a chemical company for 7 years. His research interests are focused on the practice and teaching of process design, simulation and control and also on faculty and institutional
from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First- Year Engineering Program, teaching and guiding the design of one of the required first-year engineering courses that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineer- ing contexts. She is currently a member of the educational team for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN).Prof. Peter Bermel, Purdue University DR. PETER BERMEL is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer
-based learning. Her research interests lie upon the intricacies amongst the design of learning environments, human-computer interaction, online learning.Dr. Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University Matt Hagge is a Senior Lecturer at Iowa State University. He has spent his career talking to students to figure out how students think and learn. The result of these talks has been the development of a course-wide decision framework for a thermodynamics course that allows students to solve previously unseen problems while building their expertise. This pedagogy is called Decision Based Learning, and has received tremendous student feedback and results. Students are able to solve complex problems through understanding rather
Paper ID #16406Data-Driven Course Improvements: Using Artifact Analysis to Conquer ABETCriterion 4Mr. Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tony Lowe is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has a BSEE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a MSIT from Capella. He currently teaches as an adjunct at CTU Online and has been an on-and-off corporate educator and full time software engineer for twenty years.David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University David Evenhouse is a Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. He graduated from Calvin
Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for work on learner-centric, adaptive cyber- tools and cyber-environments. He was one of 49 faculty members selected as the nation’s top engineering educators and researchers by the US National Academy of Engineering to the Frontiers in Engineering Education symposium. Dr. Madhavan leads a major NSF funded effort called Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) that attempts to characterize the impact of NSF and other federal investments in the area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education using interactive knowledge mining and visual analytics for non-experts in data mining. DIA2 is currently deployed inside the NSF and is already starting to affect federal
notstatistically significant to success in the quality control course. However, the student’s priorsemester GPA, incoming cumulative GPA, and performance in the prerequisite course aresignificant to success in the quality control course.Background and MotivationThe quality control course at East Carolina University is a graduation requirement for allstudents majoring in engineering. For the majority of these students it is a terminating course inthe area of statistics within their curriculum plan since it is not a prerequisite for any othercourse. For a small minority, an elective course in lean six sigma is taken that requires qualitycontrol as a prerequisite. The quality control course prerequisite is a calculus-based probabilityand statistics course in
Paper ID #15428The Interface between Cognitive Science and InnovationDr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael J. Dyrenfurth is a Professor and Graduate Program Coodinator in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the Polytechnic Institute of the Purdue University. He is a member of the ASEE and he has served on both the ENT and the ETD Board of directors and as program chair for the ASEE ENT (2014) and the CIEC in New Orleans (2008). Previously he completed a four year term as Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in Purdue University’s College of Technology. He was co-PI
from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Drexel, he was a research scientist at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, from 2003-2004. Prof. Kandasamy is a recipient of the 2007 National Science Foundation Early Faculty (CAREER) Award and best student paper awards at the IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing in 2006 and 2008, and the IEEE Pacific Rim Dependability Conference in 2012. He is a senior member of the IEEE.Dr. Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University Tom Hewett is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and of Computer Science at Drexel University. His teaching included courses on Cognitive Psychology, Problem Solving and Creativity, the Psychology of Human