activities were crafted forstudents to gain insight into the morphology and size of MWCNTs, and how that knowledgewould influence their incorporation into a fresh mortar mixture. These simple but effectivehands-on activities were integrated into a research presentation on the results of manufacturingand physical testing of MWCNT-reinforced cement mortar prototypes, which were performed atUSC as part of an ongoing USDOE funded project. Discussion of student learning from thisPBL module can be found in Haggard et al. (2017).ECIV 350: Introduction to Environmental Engineering(junior year, required course)This course was chosen as the cornerstone for this thematic curriculum project, such thatnanotechnology was more fully integrated into the course
, urban school districts with research experiences and shared activities designed to increase their understanding of the challenges and demands of nanotechnology, collaborative research, and college/career opportunities in STEM fields. Lead participants in the creation of 15 hands-on, inquiry-based teaching modules (5 per year) which integrate multiple STEM disciplines, convey scientific-process skills, and align with Indiana State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Introduce teaching modules and classroom assessment strategies into targeted school districts in an effort to cultivate a positive image of, and greater interest in, STEM fields among urban secondary students, many of whom are from underrepresented
Paper ID #18117Research Initiation: Effectively Integrating Sustainability within an Engi-neering ProgramDr. Paul Gannon, Montana State University Paul Gannon is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT USA.Dr. Ryan Anderson, Montana State UniversityDr. Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the recently retired Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects in the College of Engineering at Montana State University (MSU). Plumb has been involved in engineering education and program evaluation for over 25 years, and she continues to work on externally
learning, specifically in the domains of data analysis and measurement, through STEM integration and engineering. He is also interested in mathematical modeling.Mrs. Elizabeth Gajdzik, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Elizabeth Gajdzik is the Assistant Director of the INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received both her B.S. in Interdisci- plinary Studies with a specialization in mathematics education and M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in mathematics education from Baylor University. Prior to her work at INSPIRE, Eliz- abeth was a district curriculum math specialist in San Antonio, TX
., Newell, J. A., “Baseball stadium design: Teaching engineering economics and communication in a multidisciplinary setting.” J. SMET Education. 2001(2): 9–12.5. Sukumaran, B., Jahan, K., Dorland, D., Everett, J., Kadlowec, J., Gephardt, Z., Chin, S., (2006). “Engineering Clinics: An integration of research into the undergraduate engineering curriculum.” Published in Developing and Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Practices, Edited by Kerry K. Karukstis, Prof. of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College and Timothy E. Elgren, Prof. of Chemistry, Hamilton College.6. Riley, D., Slaton, A., and Pawley, A.L. Inclusion and Social Justice: Women and Minorities in Engineering. Cambridge Handbook of Engineering
. Karla Hamlen is an Associate Professor of Educational Research in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations. She specializes in educational research relating to both formal and informal entertainment technology use among students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Computer Engineering Lab Using Spiral Model1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation Recent engineering education studies call for change to enhance student learning and tobetter prepare graduates to meet the new challenge 1,2,3. A good engineer should have a deepunderstanding of a domain and can apply the knowledge to solve problems 4. This requires twotypes of practices – the “component skill,” which is the
State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr
PBLis an appropriate strategy for teaching students to engage in complex problem solving, andindeed may be one of the only effective methods for doing so (Shepherd and Cosgrif, 1998,Tomkinson et al., 2008). The vertically-integrated problem-based learning (PBL) frameworkdeveloped in the course of this TUES project provides undergraduate students with bothknowledge and tools needed to address urban sustainability issues in their future careers, whetherin industry or academe. This framework is replicable and can thus be deployed acrossuniversities as part of the CCEM curriculum. In this TUES project, the researchers develop a problem-based learning framework that (1)introduces sustainability earlier in the undergraduate curriculum, and (2
Paper ID #18184Lessons Learned Creating Youth Jobs in an Afterschool Maker SpaceDr. Amy Hurst, UMBC Amy Hurst is an Associate Professor of Human-Centered Computing in the Information Systems Depart- ment at UMBC. She studies Maker culture, accessibility problems, and builds assistive technologies.Shawn Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation Shawn Grimes is the Executive Director at the Digital Harbor Foundation where they use technology and maker skills to develop a blend of creativity and productivity in youth and educators.Mr. Darius McCoy, Digital Harbor FoundationNicholas Carter, UMBC As an engineer at heart, I love to
. Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd is a TEES Research Professor in the Office of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served
, attend Citadel evening courses beginning in their junior year. The curriculum for thesetwo years of the program is exactly the same as the daytime cadet program and is taught by thesame civil engineering faculty.Summary of ExCEL Program Structure and Support ServicesStudents were selected for admission into the ExCEL program based on financial need andacademic performance. Financial need was determined based on students’ submission of theFree Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Federal Methodology formula.Incoming freshmen were required to have a 1250 SAT score and a 3.8 high school GPA. Tofurther assess a student’s potential for success in the program, potential recipients were requiredto participate in an interview and submit a
Paper ID #17864Interim Results of an Engineering S-STEM ProgramDr. Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Kunberger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in the U. A. Whitaker College of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Kunberger received her B.C.E. and certificate in Geochemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Soil Science from North Carolina State University. Her areas of specialization are geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Educational areas of interest are self
. Damassa and T. D. Sitko, "Simulation Technologies in Higher Education: Uses, Trends, and Implications." ECAR Research Bulletin 3, 2010.24. A. Lesgold, "SHERLOCK: A Coached Practice Environment for an Electronics Troubleshooting Job," 1988.25. J. Moreland, S. Dubec, T. Okosun, X. Wang, C. Zhou, “A 3D Wind Turbine Simulator for Aerodynamics Education,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE, San Diego, CA, November, 2013.26. D. Fu, et al., "Integration of Numerical Simulation Data with Immersive 3D Visualization." Proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV). The Steering Committee of The World Congress in Computer
Professor at Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, in Nov. 2014, Jan. 2016, and Nov.-Dec. 2016. His areas of interest in- clude power system applications of power electronics and integration of renewable energy resources. Dr. Mehrizi-Sani is an editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, and IEEE Power Engineering Letters. He is also an editor of Wiley International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems. He is the Chair of IEEE Task Force on Dynamic System Equivalents and the Secretary of the CIGRE Working Group C4.34 on Application of PMUs for Monitoring Power System Dynamic Performance. He was a recipient of the WSU VCEA Reid
including NSF, NIDRR, VA, DOD, DOE, and industries including Ford and GM. Currently, Dr. Kim is the site director for the NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for e-Design. Dr. Kim is an editorial board member of Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. Dr. Kim received top cited article award (2005-2010) from Journal CAD and 2003 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award. Dr. Kim was a visiting professor at Kyung Hee University, South Korea from September 2013 to June 2014. Dr. Kim’s education includes a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Pittsburgh.Carolyn E Psenka, Wayne State University Carolyn Psenka, PhD is a cultural anthropologist with research interests focused on the
Paper ID #18530Research Experiences for Teachers in Precision Agriculture and Sustainabil-ityDr. Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech Bradley Bowen is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Education’s Integrative STEM program. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education from N.C. State University. Using both his high school and industry work experience, Dr. Bowen specializes in professional development and outreach for integrative STEM education for K-12 educators.Dr. Alan R. Kallmeyer, North Dakota State University Alan Kallmeyer
(ROKET) (#EEC-1300370 and #EEC-1009496)was a multidisciplinary RET in the Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN), an NSFfunded Engineering Research Center (ERC) at the University of Arizona (UA). ROKETsupported 50 teachers from Native American schools in a 6-week summer research experienceover a 7 year period in labs in the College of Optical Sciences and the College of Science.Applying theories of American Indian identity development to teacher development, the goal ofthis program was to increase cultural awareness in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) classroom curriculum and build professional mentoring relationships totransform Native American classrooms and pique the interests of Native American youth towardSTEM
this research project focusing on key works that emerged fromthe study, and implications that emerged for practice.IntroductionIn the concluding chapter of the influential research compendium How People Learn,1 the editorsrecommend increased focus on research that elucidates “how student interests, identities, self-knowledge, self-regulation, and emotion interact with cognitive competence” (p. 280). Inengineering education, we have often considered emotion as a by-product of learning, but recentdevelopments demonstrate that emotion is an integral and central part of learning.2 This researchbuilds on the developments in neuroscience that point to the critical role of emotion in learningand decision-making.3,4In engineering education there has
courses, and helped to develop aPOGIL community. The IntroCS-POGIL project is a larger-scale study of how facultyimplement POGIL in introductory CS courses and the factors that affect faculty implementationand student outcomes. Together, these projects are working to expand the set of POGIL activitiesfor CS, the community of CS teachers who use POGIL, and the evidence of effectiveness.These projects also explore some promising future directions: Tools for activity authors, including a Design Canvas to help sketch key activity elements, and an add-on for Google Docs to generate student and teacher versions of an activity from a single master copy. Integrating technology into activities, using a learning management system or
’ activities included elements beyond teaching innovation, suchas curriculum design and educational research. Groups range in size from 4 to 10 people withsome members more active than others. Group members include both tenure-line and teaching-only faculty. The group described in this paper is unique in that it also includes graduate teachingassistants as integral members of the group.The Design element of the SIMPLE Design model emphasizes that improving teaching is viewedas an iterative design process. The ideal vision of a SIMPLE group is that members identifyneeds in their teaching and/or student learning, select an approach to addressing the needs,implement the approach, assess the result, and make modifications before implementing it again.(The
the interventionaffected non-white students differently than white students and non-transfer students differentlythan transfer students. No significant differences were found. We also analyzed the data bymajor grouping (electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mechanicalengineering, and other) and found no significant differences.Conclusion This paper presented the current state of an NSF IUSE project that is studying the impact ofdeploying adaptive learning modules in digital circuits courses. Our research team has defineddetailed learning outcomes for a sequence of courses in digital logic and created acomprehensive set of curriculum tools to teach the material. A baseline of understanding wascollected using 600
., McConney, A. A., Gallo, M., Woods, A. L., Senn, G. L., and Hamelin, D., 1993, “An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Concept Mapping as an Instructional Tool,” Science Education, 77(1), pp. 95-111.[9] Besterfield-Sacre, M., Gerchak, J., Lyons, M. R., Shuman, L. J., and Wolfe, H., 2004, “Scoring Concept Maps: An Integrated Rubric for Assessing Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93, pp. 105-115.[10] Stoddart, T., Abrams, R., Gasper, E., and Canaday, D., 2000, “Concept Maps as Assessment in Science Inquiry Learning – A Report of Methodology,” International Journal of Science Education, 22(12), pp. 1221- 1246.[11] Weinerth, K., Koenig, V., Brunner, M., and Martin, R., 2014, “Concept
. Rather,these students might have relied on their pre-established behaviors to select a singular answerand overlaid that answer with an assignment of 100 coins. This is a justifiable approach from astudent perspective, given that the coin distributions did not affect how students were graded.For future work, it is recommended that CDRM be integrated into the scoring of multiple-choicequestions.Second, the use of CDRM should be expanded to other assessment instruments. In this case, itmight be better to evaluate this method on exams rather than short quizzes to ensure a higher rateof participation across the spectrum of student levels of conceptual understanding. Given that afraction of students were absent for each quiz in each semester, it is
Station. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative
illustration issues in visualization, and learning analytics. As CWIT Director, she oversees three scholars programs for undergraduates committed to increasing gender diversity in the technology fields and develops programs to increase the interest and retention of women in technology. Together, these programs have a persistence and graduation rate of over 90% in technol- ogy majors. She has garnered over $1,800,000 from government and industry sources to support CWIT initiatives in curriculum development, student support, and computing/engineering education research. In 2012, Dr. Rheingans was awarded the University System Maryland (USM) Regents Mentoring Award.Dr. Lee Blaney, UMBC Dr. Lee Blaney is an Assistant Professor
. Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University Kristen Parrish is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environ- ment at Arizona State University (ASU). Kristen’s work focuses on integrating energy efficiency measures into 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 c American Society for
knowledge. Individualstudents have team roles to help keep all team members engaged. Instructors act as facilitators,observing student teams and providing support where needed. POGIL originated in collegechemistry teaching [27,28] and has since spread across STEM disciplines with over 1,000implementers. POGIL has shown potential to improve learning, develop teamwork and keyprocess skills, and encourage individual responsibility and meta-cognition [4]. The guidedlearning applies a learning cycle of exploration, concept invention, and application. Thus,POGIL is an active, constructivist, collaborative, student-centered learning approach.The NSF TUES CS-POGIL Project applied POGIL to the CS curriculum, including topicsin data structures &
Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools; specifi- cally, the cost modeling and analysis of product development and manufacturing systems; computer-aided design methodology; and engineering education.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is an assistant professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University. His research interests include integration of supply chain management with new product development decisions, distributor service portfolio optimization, pricing optimization, supply chain risk analysis, lean and six sigma, and large scale optimization. He has authored 30 refereed articles in leading supply chain and operations management journals, and 35
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Adapting Tested Spatial Skills Curriculum to On-Line Format for Community College Instruction: A Critical Link to Retain Technology Students (SKIITS)I. IntroductionSpatial Skills Instruction Impacts Technology Students (SKIITS)1 is developing an online,transportable course that community colleges can use as a resource to offer spatial skills trainingto their students with a nominal investment of institutional resources. The course is based onresearch and materials funded by NSF that have successfully been used in face-to-faceinstruction in four-year universities.SKIITS focuses on three research questions:1. Can effective materials developed through
participants. The specific objectivesof the RET project component were to: • Provide an in-depth research experience to two STEM teachers and prepare them to translate their technical experience to their curriculum. • Increase the teachers’ awareness of the profound potential of students with ADHD in engineering and gain knowledge on more effective ways to teach to these students. • Broaden the impact of the REU project through dissemination of the teachers’ experiences.The teachers joined two different engineering research projects and worked directly with theREU students assigned to the respective projects. This allowed the teachers to observe thestudents’ unique learning styles and capabilities in a research environment. The