in 2017. She specialized in Cybersecurity, particularly on the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Big Data Analytics: with an infusion of statistics for the modern student1. IntroductionRecent technological advancements in various fields such as e-commerce, smart phones, andsocial media generate huge volumes of data on a scale never seen before [1]. New data aregenerated every second. For example, every second on average 40,000 search queries areperformed on Google; 520,834
outcomes of underrepresented groups in science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Using qualitative methodologies, she has explored access and success for underserved students of color in STEM and STEM intervention programs. This line of research also seeks to understand the nuances and complexities of participation and persistence in these fields and develop new models for explaining such phenomena. Her secondary research strand focuses on the participation and achievement of Black students and professionals in higher education. She is the PI or co-PI on several grant-funded research projects including the national Black Doctoral Women Study (BDWS), the Women in Engineering Study (WIES), and Bulls
the principles and theory of cybersecurity, but also equipped students with practical hands-on skills. This approach helped studentsturn abstract concepts into actual skills to solve real-world problems and challenges.This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 illustrates conceptual framework. Section 3describes game-based learning. Section 4 discusses problem-based learning. Section 5deliberates integrated learning. Section 6 demonstrates student-centric learning. We then describeself-paced learning in Section 7 and evaluation plan in Section 8. Finally, we conclude our workin the last section.2. Conceptual FrameworkIn this project, we built a learning system for cyber security education. It employed a variety ofeducational methods in
tochange, so too will the content and format of the EGCI. Monitoring the EGCI’s performanceagainst current trends and practices in engineering graphics can help keep the instrument a usefultool in engineering education research. With the instrument having met its intended level of rigor[1], widespread testing can now be done on different psychometric aspects to better prepare it forwidespread use. One of the first measures to be further substantiated is the instrument’s validity.BackgroundThe EGCI was developed as part of a larger project examining understanding andmisconceptions in engineering graphics with a goal of creating an assessment instrument.Experts in the field were consulted to identify important topics in the field which included
regards many educators have developed project-based learning exercises in engineering and other courses so that the students will learn by doing.Project-based learning motivates the learners and provides “hands-on” and “minds-on” training.A laboratory-based civil engineering course in Computer Aided Structural Analysis Design andExperimentation is redesigned using Fink’s Taxonomy of significant learning with learning goalsand several dimensions from foundational knowledge, application, integration, human dimension,caring and learning how to learn. In this respect, e-Learning plays a critical role in knowledge andskills development as well as course management. Learning Management System Moodle is usedas an e-Learning tool for communication with
. Such a framework helps effective pedagogical strategies such as activelearning (AL) and project-based learning (PBL), which are especially relevant to a highly lab-orientedcourse such as this course titled ‘Introduction to Animation’. Finally, the framework has also beentested on a range of VR media to check its accessibility. On the whole, this proposed framework canbe used to not only teach basic modeling and animation concepts such as spatial coordinates, coordinatesystems, transformation, and parametric curves, but it is also used to teach basic graphics programmingconcepts. Hence, instead of a touchscreen, the modules have to be developed from scratch for accessvia regular desktop PCs. Such a framework helps effective pedagogical
Femineer® teacher has been trained on year one and two of thecurriculum and she has successfully taught a cohort of 36 female students in Creative Robotics.This will be her first year teaching a cohort of Wearable Technology. This study about 21st centurylearning skills and STEM confidence will add to the body of research about female high schoolstudents in STEM [2]. LITERATURE REVIEW This brief literature review will examine 21st century learning skills with the outcomes ofcritical thinking, project-based learning, and programming skills. Elements of STEM confidencewill also be presented. This literature review will illustrate the themes of 21st century learning skillsand STEM confidence which will
programs. She also has projects with local companies on the topic of process simulations and analysis for environmental remediation. Dr. Rivera was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is a first generation engineer and doctor- ate. She completed her bachelor’s and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez with five publications and two patent applications on the topic of nanotechnology for environ- mental remediation. Dr. Rivera has close to 10 years of teaching experience in Higher Education and professional training. Before joining IE3, Dr. Rivera was the Assistant Director of the Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) program at the University of Florida. Dr
School LevelAbstractFor Institution, STEM education at a high school level and enrollment of a diverse population ofstudents have long been priorities. The aerospace engineering department at Institution hasimplemented programs to address those priorities within the discipline itself. Camp SOAR, aweek-long summer STEM camp for high school students interested in aerospace engineering,seeks to introduce aerospace concepts in an accessible way while providing hands-on buildingand learning experience to students. High school students are instructed in key engineeringconcepts and aerospace engineering fundamentals, which they then apply to a major project thatthey test in a competition at the end of the week. In addition, a new diversity initiative
computational thinkingskills. This study first proposes a framework of computational thinking in the contextof engineering (CT-ENG), using qualitative content analysis on industry interviews.The authors then introduce the program of the Robotics Class of Zhejiang Universityin China, providing an integrative approach to teaching computational thinkingeffectively. The Robotics Class engages students in project-based computing-aidedengineering activities throughout the four-year bachelor’s program, and improvestheir computational thinking skills through engineering engagement. The findings inthis study could have some implications for non-CS engineering majors to promotecomputing education and equip students with computational thinking at digital era.Key
thedesign of their new HSI Program. The University of Arizona, one of first conference awardees,held a working conference that brought together over 100 faculty, students, and administratorsfrom 42 Southwestern higher-education institutions, including 37 HSIs and five emerging HSIs,to identify gaps, opportunities, and key recommendations for transforming STEM education atHSIs. Following the conference, the STEM in HSI Working Group at the University of Arizonawas formed to spearhead broader impacts informed by the conference recommendations [1] andanchored in the notion of “servingness” at HSIs [2]. This paper presents the work tied to and theproducts resulting from the 2017 conference project thus far, framed from a perspective ofpromoting
“meritocracy of difficulty” [3] where student success can be interpreted as “beingable to take it” [4]. Within engineering, disciplinary subcultures have also been described [5].This work is part of a larger study to understand how students experience stress as part ofengineering culture. The overarching goal of the project is to understand how a culture of stressdevelops in engineering and how it impacts student perceptions of inclusion in engineeringdisciplines and their level of identification with engineering. Our previous work has indicatedthat correlative relationships exist between engineering student identity, perceptions of inclusion,and self-reported stress, anxiety, and depression [2]. The current work is a project status updateto present
, "Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs thatOpen Up the Imagination." [1]In addition to learning about available resources, the librarian also wanted students to be awareof a new text messaging system through which they could ask for help as well as where thelibrarian’s office was located.The library in the past was part of a larger paper scavenger hunt in which students would learnabout all of the resources available through the College of Engineering. This hunt was timeconsuming, and many students lost interest and did not complete it. The author decided to add abit more technology and fun to the project. For Fall 2018, it was decided that a small test run ofthe augmented reality scavenger hunt in the library would conclude the college
academia after a 22-year engineering career in industry. During his career, Dr. Hamrick served in a broad range of positions in- cluding design, product development, tool and die, manufacturing, sales, and management. His teaching style brings practical, innovative, experience-based learning to the classroom, where hands-on projects that reflect real-world applications are valued by students. His teaching interests include active learning, robotics, and study abroad.Dr. Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is a teaching assistant professor for the freshman engineering program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical
innovation, makerspaces and technology-assisted learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Beyond the Maker Movement: A Preliminary Partial Literature Review on the Role of Makerspaces in Engineering EducationabstractMakerspaces have grown over the last few years as public awareness of the maker movement hasincreased. Makerspaces are open to the public as community design studios that cultivatecreative and technology-based projects alike. Fabrication labs and makerspaces serve ascollective organizations that help facilitate design and prototyping for individuals that may nothave access to that equipment or material outside of that physical location. In engineeringeducation, there is a vast
academic performance. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 NSF Grantees Poster Session Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers: Progress and DirectionsProject OverviewThe objective of this NSF CAREER project is to help students learn to make academic decisionsthat lead to success. The research goals are to: (i) identify curriculum-specific patterns ofachievement that eventually lead to dropout and corresponding alternative paths that could leadto success, and (ii) advance knowledge of self-regulation patterns and outcomes in engineeringstudents. The education goals are to develop curricula and advising materials that help
critical thinking and deep learning of students when immersed in various active learning environments.Gurcan Comert, Benedict College Associate Professor of Engineering at Benedict College, has expertise in risk analyses and intelligent transportation systems via the development of applications of statistical models on different systems such as traffic signals and freeway monitoring. He is also engaged in the modeling and quantifying of cy- berattacks at transportation networks under the framework of connected and autonomous vehicles. He is currently serving as associate director at the Tier 1 University Transportation Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility. Part of different NSF and DOT funded projects, he has worked
Paper ID #25605Sociotechnical Habits of Mind: Initial Survey Results and their FormativeImpact on Sociotechnical Teaching and LearningDr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Science and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center. She has researched wind turbine control systems since 2002, with numerous projects related to reducing turbine loads and increasing energy capture. She has applied experiential learning techniques in
rather than on how closely they metthe learning objectives of the activity or assessment.In a “specifications grading” system [2], students earn credit for completing activities (or bundlesof activities) by meeting clearly defined specifications shared at the time of assigning theactivities. If the work does not meet the specifications, then credit is not earned. This system hasseveral advantages. Specifications are closely mapped to the learning objectives for the activitiesand the course, making it easier to document and to reflect on learning. Students focus theireffort on meeting specifications much as they would in the professional field when addressingclient needs or competing for a project bid. Specifications can include aspects of the
2 Explain… 3 0 0 0 & Data Analysis 3 Conduct… 3 0 0 0 Critical Thinking 1 Identify/Define… 2 0 1 0 & 2 Explain… 2 0 1 0 Problem Solving 3 Formulate… 2 0 1 0 1 Identify… 3 0 0 0 Project Management 2 Explain… 3 0 0 0Table 1. (Continued) Already Easily With Some
organization; Principal Investigator of the Education for Improving Resilience of Coastal Infrastructure project under the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (2016-2020); Cofounder and Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Education (LACCEI). He earned a BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Civil Engineering (Environmental) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez, and conducted PhD (ABD) studies in Hydrosystems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1978-82). His education, research and service interests are in hydrosystems, hydrol- ogy, hydraulics, urban drainage, education, and resilience of built and natural
Hack Your Library:Engage students in information literacy through a technology-themed competitionAbstract Hack Dibner is a library competition for engineering students focused on informationliteracy, technology, and user experience. The challenge statement was “To enhance userexperience in the library through technology.” Students were allowed to participate asindividuals or as teams, and were required to submit three deliverables throughout the semester:an initial concept, a written proposal, and a presentation. These deliverables required thestudents to perform a literature review to support their project ideas and to practice crafting anddelivering effective presentations. To hold the students’ interest throughout the semester
- 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall”. He is a member of Nepal Engineering Association and is also a member of ASEE, and ACM. Acharya was the Principal Investigator of the 2007 HP grant for Higher Education at RMU. In 2013 Acharya received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for developing course materials through an industry-academia partnership in the area of Software Verification and Validation. Acharya is also the Associate Provost for Research, Graduate Study, and International Program.Dr. Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn Bruce R. Maxim has worked as a software engineer, project manager, professor, author, and consultant for more than thirty years. His research interests include software engineering
Task Force. Throughout her career, Sabick has been passionate about improving undergraduate engineering education. She has been highly involved in efforts to transform STEM teaching practices at both Saint Louis Univer- sity and Boise State, where she helped mentor faculty members to infuse courses with more interactive and hands-on learning experiences. She is currently working on a Boeing-funded project to infuse more math content into the middle school curriculum in the St. Louis Public School System. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Introduction to Entrepreneurial Minded Learning for Faculty of Foundational STEM Courses Using the KEEN FrameworkIntroduction
Paper ID #26519Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Belongingness in Civil EngineeringDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student mo- tivation and their learning experiences. Her projects focus on student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, development of problem solving skills, self-regulated learn- ing, and epistemic beliefs. She earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of
] with transdisciplinary action research principles [5]. This paper reports on theimplementation of this program in academic-year 2017/18 and is meant to serve as an openroadmap for those interested in developing an interdisciplinary community of practice to supportwriting instruction in STEM.In Section II, we describe our institutional context, project background, and preparatory work. InSection III, we describe the central concepts that informed our activities, namely writing-across-the-curriculum approaches to writing instruction, the community of practice notion of sharedknowledge-making, and principles of transdisciplinary action research. This section brieflyreviews the literature and elaborates on the structure of the WAE program. Section
sabbatical leave at Magnum Technologies (now Maverick Technologies) working on various PLC projects. He is the author of two texts: Programmable Logic Controllers: An Emphasis on Design and Application, 2nd Ed. (Dogwood Valley Press, 2011) and Allen-Bradley PLCs: An Emphasis on Design and Application (Dogwood Valley Press, 2013). Dr. Erickson co-authored Plantwide Process Control (Wiley, 1999). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Programmable Logic Controllers: What Every Controls Curriculum Needs to Cover Kelvin T. Erickson Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThe field of automatic
seeks to discover if and how their conceptualizations of design creation relate to their conceptualizations of knowledge generation. This work extends prior research by King and Kitchener (1994) and others (Baxter Magolda, 1992; Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, & Tarule, 1986; Hofer & Pintrich, 2002; Perry, 1970) about the ways students develop increasingly sophisticated ways of: understanding and conceptualizing knowledge; sources of truth; how to evaluate various opinions and points-of-view; and ways to assess truthfulness and validity of new ideas. This project stems from the proposition that this development process manifests itself somewhat differently in fields that deal with physical sciences than in
and a lead of Area of Specialization Mecha- tronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on digital thread and cyber security of manufactur- ing systems. She has funded research in broadening participation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training of active military. She is also part of the research team that leads the summer camp to nine graders that focus on broadening participation of underrepre- sented students into STEM (ODU BLAST).Dr. Otilia Popescu, Old
research questions are answered best through qualitative research methods, and thus wedesigned this research using standards common in qualitative research and in engineeringeducation to ensure a high quality project and to minimize potential validity threats [7]–[9].In this study, we visited and conducted ten observations at seven university-affiliated makerspaces,conducted semi-structured interviews with 67 engineering students, and conducted interviews withseven makerspaces managers, staff, and faculty affiliates. The makerspaces were embedded withinseveral universities that included minority serving institutions, doctoral universities, privateinstitutions, and public institutions. Student demographics are included in Tables 1 & 2. All