efforts that support students in their STEM education and career pathways pursuits. Prior to Science Foundation Arizona, Ms. VanIngen-Dunn served as President of CVID Consulting, build- ing on years of experience as engineer and project manager in human crashworthiness and safety design, development and testing, working for contractors in commuter rail, aerospace and defense industries. VanIngen-Dunn has an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BSE degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. She serves on the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering Advisory Board, the YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix Board of Directors, and the Maricopa Community College Workforce
Ph.D. and M.S. degrees are in materials science and engineering from Stanford University and her B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from the Michigan Technological University.Dr. Carol J. Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Carol Thurman serves as the Academic Assessment Manager for Georgia Tech’s Center for Serve- Learn-Sustain. She holds a doctorate in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration in Research, Measurement, and Statistics. Dr. Thurman’s professional experience includes higher education academic and program assessment, program evaluation, project management, teaching K-12 both in the U.S. and internationally, teaching university research and statistics courses, and serving as a K-12
education that prepares them for career entry as well asfor future degree opportunities if they transfer to four-year degree programs.1Program OverviewIn 2014, the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) received a 3-year grant to host 10community college faculty members in research labs focusing on alternative energy, cybersecurity, wearable medical devices, green and sustainable manufacturing, and nanotechnology.Although these projects were mainly engineering based, CC faculty from all STEM disciplineswere eligible to apply and attend this experience, so as to have a broader impact on the STEMcommunity as a whole. Additionally, students majoring in engineering at a CC take most of theirgeneral requirements in STEM while enrolled at these schools
interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incorporat- ing engineering into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the
model.Our project expands upon the concepts presented in the current literature through offering novelapproaches to collaboration with stakeholders, structure of research guides, and delivery ofengineering information literacy instruction. The CollaborationTo achieve the goals, we targeted student learning outcomes as defined in the ABET GeneralCriterion 3 [1] by upgrading research assistance, mapping library resources to the curriculum,and changing the approach to library instruction. The team consisted of five MSL librarians andtwo UWP instructors, including the course coordinator, who met once a week to craft variouscomponents of the course’s curriculum beginning in late spring 2017 through fall 2017
Wright-Patterson Air Force in applied image processing. In January 1997, he joined the newly developed electrical and com- puter engineering program at Boise State University where he is currently is the chair and an Associate professor. He led the development and starting of the BS and MS programs. He taught several courses and supervised numerous M.S. thesis and Senior Design Project. He contributed to the start of the PhD program and is currently advising three Ph.D. students and two MS students. He also has been conducting research and consultation in R&D for Micron Technology, Hewlett Packard and others. Dr. Rafla’s areas of expertise are: security of systems on programmable chips and embedded systems
Women in MississippiAbstractThe NSF INCLUDES Mississippi Alliance for Women in Computing (MSAWC) strives to:generate interest and participation of women in computing; improve recruitment and retentionrates of women in undergraduate computing majors; and help post-secondary women make atransition to the computing workforce. Activities designed to engage girls and young womenwith computing, emphasizing computational thinking and cybersecurity knowledge andawareness, and to illuminate a pathway forward are hosted and facilitated through Alliancepartnerships.The authors will describe a project-based approach to facilitating learning among K-12 students.By engaging students at an early age, we believe we can promote the development of self-efficacy
application of those fundamentals in solving engineering problems. Thus, wehave created a first-year learning community as a solution to low retention rates in engineering.In this learning community, the first-year students take the following courses together: ● An interdisciplinary freshman experiences course, in which we teach the concept of "Design-Build-Test-Improve-Collaborate" to the students. The students take the ownership of their group projects, while working together and building friendships that last. ● An appropriate Math course (Calculus or Pre-Calculus), which is specifically designed to address the applications of math in engineering. ● An English composition class, which focuses on "Writing
Modularized LecturesAbstract Traditional lecturing of building code related topics are commonly taught ad-hoc in courses,often get misinterpreted by faculty unfamiliar with code details, or left out entirely from courses. Toimprove dissemination of code knowledge in our department but also be applicable to two otherassociated departments, a project was undertaken to enhance mechanisms for faculty to better deliverbuilding code knowledge in academic settings. Here, self-contained teaching modules were developedthat can be incorporated within existing courses. Our code education enhancements take what has beentraditionally perceived as passively learned content with little appeal that minimizes studentengagement and immersion, to more active
, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of
nature of advanced manufacturing, and concurrent with this shift in materials and thecorresponding changes in design and manufacturing processes is the need to train the workforceof today and tomorrow in these technologies. This paper presents the collaboration betweenWayne State University and Washtenaw Community College on an NSF project to develop anintegrated curriculum in the emerging technologies surrounding lightweight materials properties,optimization and manufacturing processes. The goal of this project is to engage industry andeducators in developing a talent pipeline and initial curriculum addressing the materialproperties, design for manufacturability and manufacturing processes, as well as optimizationand manufacturing processes
] undergraduatemajor.” The same survey also indicates that more than 75% of those surveyed say they wantmore emphasis on five key areas including: critical thinking, complex problem solving, writtenand oral communication, and applied knowledge in real-world settings.As part of the larger goal to better prepare students for career success and personal development,improving students’ critical thinking ability has been a significant initiative of the University ofHartford’s strategic plan since 2014. In the fall semester of 2017, we implemented a coordinatedlarge-scale project that aimed to promote students’ critical thinking through a series of newly-designed troubleshooting exercises embedded in all fundamental DC electric circuits labs forengineering
Facilities Planning and Management, Introduction to Facilities Engineering Sys- tems, Financial Aspects of Facilities Management and Construction Cost and Bidding. He is a graduate of Purdue School of Engineering and Technology receiving degrees in Construction Technology, Archi- tectural Technology and a Masters in Facility Management. His field experience includes residential and light commercial construction. He has been an architectural designer as well as superintendent for single and multi-family residential construction projects. Mr. Ray worked as an engineering design manager in the Building Components Manufacturing Industry for over fifteen years.Mr. James W. White, Indiana University-Purdue University of
, primarily-undergraduate institution. These changes were made with the goal of improving alignmentbetween in-class assessment practices and ABET assessment requirements. The first majorchange involves reviewing and revising the Performance Indicators for all Student LearningOutcomes. Specifically, the PI’s were rephrased for strong alignment with the revised Bloom’sTaxonomy, with a focus on higher order learning. The second major change is the developmentof descriptive rubrics for several major assessment tools. Two rubrics will be examined asexamples: one for peer assessment of team members’ contributions in the program’s capstonedesign project and the second for a position paper on contemporary issues related tothermodynamics. Initial results from
Scott Stephens, University of Delaware Trevor is a Mechanical Engineering senior at University of Delaware, graduating in 2018. He is the CTO of Sage Smart Garden, LLC, a tech startup dedicated to bringing the smart home to your backyard. He has participated in several entrepreneurship programs, including UD’s VentureOn, VentureWell, and NSF I-Corps sites. He has extensive experience working on interdisciplinary team projects, ranging from commercial toy design to design and construction of a payload-delivering RC airplane. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Lessons learned in the labyrinth: Navigating campus resources to bring a student & faculty smart gardening
Outstanding Teaching, RIT’s premiere teach- ing award at RIT. Dr. Kim has directed numerous undergraduate research projects and several students won the first place in the undergraduate and graduate research competitions at the 2012 and 2013 GPEC (Global Plastics Environment Conference; Division of Society of Plastics Engineers). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 m-POGIL (modified-Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) based Plastics LaboratoryIntroductionThe higher education has strived towards reforming the undergraduate STEM education, so thattraditional lecture-based instructions and laboratory exercises shift to more student-centered,active learning methods
jack Ports 4× USB 2.0, Ethernet Figure 4: Raspberry Pi Camera Camera Serial Interface (CSI) Module V2-8 Display Serial Interface (DSI)The Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2-8 is displayed in Figure 4. It’s the second generation ofRaspberry Pi Camera Module with fixed focus lens. It has 3280 (H) x 2464 (V) active pixelcounts and maximum of 1080P30 and 8MP stills in Raspberry Pi board.Raspberry Pi 3 with Pi Camera was programmed under Debian, a distribution of LinuxOperating System, which is composed entirely of free software and packaged by a group ofparticipating in the Debian Project. The detailed information for Debian can
undergraduate computing and engineeringprograms requires a multi-pronged, systemic approach including targeted recruitment, inclusivepedagogy, meaningful assignments and curriculum, academic and social support for students,high-level institutional support and appropriate policies, and ongoing assessment of progress [2],[3]. These components of the system experienced by students are represented in the NCWIT ES-UP Systemic Change model (see Figure 1). Figure 1: Systemic Change in Undergraduate Computing & EngineeringThe NSF grant in division EHR/DRL was a five-year collaborative project between fiveinstitutions to serve the disciplines with the lowest representation of women: computer science,computer engineering, electrical engineering
is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Mrs. Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno Marissa Tsugawa is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE
- eral agencies including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as industry organizations and partners, such as the National Masonry Concrete Associ- ation and Nucor. She serves as the director of the National Science Foundation-funded Tigers ADVANCE project, which focuses on improving the status of women and minority faculty at Clemson. In addition, Dr. Atamturktur is the director of the National Science Foundation-funded National Research Traineeship project at Clemson, with funding for over 30 doctoral students and a goal of initiating a new degree pro
Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University since 1985. His educational interests focus on improving the success of all students in engineering. His research interests include controls, adaptive systems, artificial intelligence, and their various applications such as indoor environmental systems, medical instrumentation and robotics. Can received his PhD from University of Florida in 1985, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Meeting the Graduate 10K+ Challenge: Enhancing the Climate for Persistence and Success in Engineering (ECliPSE)AbstractThe aim of our project is to significantly increase 1st and 2nd year retention rates and graduationrates in
] and health science funding agencies are placing a greater emphasis oncreating knowledge translation plans in grant applications [6–8]. One of the main reasons thatresearchers in biomedical engineering must begin addressing knowledge translation (at least inCanada) is that collaborative health research projects funded through the Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council (NSERC) and CIHR that focus on interdisciplinary researchbetween engineering and any field of health science must submit applications that have: “… astrong focus on knowledge translation, and lead to health benefits for Canadians, more effectivehealth services and/or economic development in health-related areas [and] all applicant teamsare required to engage and
engineering faculty to integrate ROS into the undergraduate curriculum. Undergraduateresearch projects using ROS and Turtlebot mobile robot platforms are described in Wilkerson[2]. ROS was used in the study of a robotic arm to introduce kinematics to undergraduatestudents and is presented in Yousuf [3, 4]. ROS control for a robotic arm for balancing a ball ona plate was developed for use as a teaching tool for laboratory courses in Khan [5]. Luo [6]discusses a multi-laboratory approach to teaching ROS to electrical engineering students in theundergraduate and graduate levels.As can be observed from the literature, the general emphasis at this time is to employ ROS forspecial topics or research topics in the undergraduate curriculum or to limit
uncertainty in problem solving. The habits of mind framework used to guidethis study was first published in the Project 2061 initiative led by the American Association forthe Advancement of Science (AAAS) and further developed by the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE). This exploratory work was guided by the following question: What habits ofmind do undergraduate electrical engineering students use when answering conceptualquestions about electric current? The data for this study were student interviews conductedusing a think aloud protocol. The questions on the protocol were aimed at uncovering students’conceptual knowledge and possible misconceptions about basic circuit concepts. The findingsfrom this work can potentially address key questions
then compare their findings to analyticalresults. The lab has a final project involving an experimental modal test and the creation of afinite element model of a structure of the students’ choosing. Students are required to proposeexplanations for the differences in the results from the test and the finite element model.Assessment results show that students have developed a much more sophisticated understandingof analysis and testing as a result of these experiences, and by the end of the course, they useappropriate technical terminology when discussing the differences between test and analyticalresults.BackgroundAccording to the National Research Council report How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience,and School [1], one aspect of effective
time to engage students in problem solving, discussions and intensiveteamwork. The engineering economics course was selected for active learning implementationbecause it is a course that students are required to take for their Mechanical Engineering andIndustrial Engineering degrees at University X. Engineering economics is a course that is criticalto industry-bound students due to its real-world applications. In addition, it is a course that isintegral to engineering senior capstone projects at University X. Changes in this course focusedon collaborative learning to help promote critical thinking and to encourage more activeinteraction among groups of students and across different student groups. The results of thisstudy provide insight into
as e-commerce, smart phones, and socialnetworking, are the main reason behind this exponential data growth [1]. This large volume ofstructured and unstructured data is known as “big data” [1, 4]. Data is generated every rapidly.For example, in just one second, users are performing 40,000 search queries on Google, sending520,834 messages on Facebook, and uploading 5 hours of video on YouTube on average [2].The large increase in data opens up doors for new types of data analytics called big data analyticsand new job opportunities [5]. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Occupational OutlookHandbook 2018 [5] project that this large growth in data will create 34 percent more jobs from2016 to 2026. The BLS’s [6] report states that, “The
complete works published on CD-ROM arereviewed in this project. This paper will report on methods used to evaluate and decisionsabout long-term retention and preservation of these resources, as well as strategies foravoiding this problem in the future.BackgroundThe University of Michigan (U-M) Library’s collection of materials has been undergoing adrastic shift in the last decade. Engineering students and faculty now vastly prefer electronicversions of their textbooks and research materials, and physical space for print books and mediais at a premium. As part of the ongoing process of weeding and inventory, catalogingdiscrepancies and missing items have been found in the stand-alone CD-ROM collection. Facedwith evaluating the collection of 1,935
engineer and project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Using the Internet of Things (IoT) to Motivate Engineering Technology and
emphasis on the adoption of evidence-based instructional practices.Miss Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education Please note I am submitting this paper on behalf of Dr. Rocio Chavela Guerra. Alexandra Longo is Senior Program Manager of Education and Career Development at ASEE, where she leads ASEE webinars and manages stakeholder meetings and externally funded programs and projects. Prior to joining ASEE, Alexandra worked at the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Alex has a passion for instructional design, informal education, and hands-on learning, and received her MA in Museum Education from Seton Hall University in 2013.Rossen Tsanov, American Society