Paper ID #24774Project-based Robotics Courses for the Students of Mechanical EngineeringTechnologyDr. Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, CUNY New York City College of Technology, 186 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Email: Zhzhang@citytech.cuny.eduDr. Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Andy S. Zhang received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1995. He is currently the program director of a mechatronics project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 15 years, Dr. Zhang has been
Paper ID #25881Creativity Exercises and Design Methods to Enhance Innovation in Engineer-ing StudentsDr. Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy Lt Col Mike Anderson is an Associate Professor and Director of Capstone Programs, Department of Engineering Mechanics, US Air Force Academy. He has pursued research in engineering education for several years in the areas of curriculum design and assessment, capstone design experiences, innovative design methodologies, and enhancing student creativity. In addition, he pursues technical research in autonomous systems, design of terrestrial and aerial robots
Paper ID #25779Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in an Engineering Summer Intervention Pro-gram (Research)Dr. Tonisha B. Lane, University of South Florida Dr. Lane’s research agenda broadly examines diversity, equity, and inclusion in postsecondary educa- tion with the objective of advancing inclusive and transformative policies and practices. Her primary research strand investigates the experiences and 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
- vironmental Engineering. Over the last fifteen years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has demonstrated excellence in teaching by using a variety of research-based, student-centered, pedagogical methods to increase diver- sity in STEM. Her teaching and engineering education work has resulted in her receiving the 2013 UNC Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award, which is the highest teaching award conferred by the UNC system for faculty.Meghan Berger M.A., North Carolina A & T State University Meghan is a doctoral student in the rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation counselor education pro- gram at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Her broad research interests in- clude exploring multicultural
does the university prepare students for graduation? For what is the university heldaccountable? How do students participate in their preparation process? What does industrycontribute? These are questions that faculty and engineering programs must consider to besuccessful preparing minds for the next step in their students’ life’s journey. The universitysetting is expected to provide an environment to help students transition from high school tobeing an adult. Are graduates really prepared for what lies ahead? 1Each year Baylor University graduates another class of students who will begin theirprofessional life. For those faculty who have had the privilege of teaching both freshman andgraduating
Paper ID #25326Cui Bono. Engineering and Technological Literacy and Higher EducationDr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Ireland. He has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He is author of Engineering Education. research and development in Curriculum and Instruction; The Assessment of learning in Engineering Education; The human Side of Engineering, and Empowering
Paper ID #26761Exam Wrappers, Reflection, and Student Performance in Engineering Me-chanics – Part IIDr. Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Badir is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Civil Engineering Department at the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering in Florida Gulf Coast University. He earned his B.Sc. (1982) in Civil Engineering and M.Sc. (1985) in Structural Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt. He also holds a M.Sc. (1989) and a Ph.D. (1992) in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.Dr. Jiehong Liao, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Jiehong Liao is an
importance of developing a community of like-minded peers forsharing resources, studying, motivating each other, and forming an academic network. Thesepeers encouraged each other to participate in research, to speak with professors, and to study.Students also found in this peer group of STEM students in the seminar course, an importantgroup of friends and social support. Although not examined in detail in this study, participationin undergraduate research, internships and professional competitions, can also be considered“socio-academic integrative moments rather than solely academic experiences, because of thesocial nature of STEM. During research students learn to engage in the social environments ofscience and engineering laboratories, including
. 2013.3. N. Dimitrov, K. Meadows, E. Kustra, T. Ackerson, L. Prada, N. Baker, P. Boulos, G. McIntyre, and M.K. Potter, “Assessing graduate teaching development programs for impact on future faculty.” Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2013.4. T. Pinder-Grover, S. Kusano, and G. Agresar, “Work in Progress: Engineering Student Instructors, What Are Their Needs and How Can We Best Prepare Them?,” presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah., June 2018, Paper ID #23779.5. L. S. Vygotsky, Mind in Society. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press, 1978.6. (n. d.). “Overview of Inclusive Teaching at Michigan.” http://crlt.umich.edu/overview-inclusive-teaching-michigan
Paper ID #25425Affordances of Engineering for Elementary-aged English Learners (Funda-mental, Diversity)Dr. Christine M. Cunningham, Dr. Christine Cunningham is an educational researcher who works to make engineering and science more relevant, accessible, and understandable, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. She focuses on developing research-based, field-tested curricula. For sixteen years, she worked as a vice president at the Museum of Science where she was the Founding Director of Engineering is Elementary, a groundbreaking program that integrates engineering concepts into preschool
Paper ID #25482Kindergartners Planning in the Design Process: Drawn Plans and how theyRelate to First Try Design Attempts (Fundamental)Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple formal and informal settings. As a K- 8 pre-service teacher educator, she
engineering student from Maine attending OlinCollege and will be graduating in May of 2020. I chose Olin for the community, but also for theirpassionate mantra, “Engineering starts with people and ends with people.” This mantra painted anew picture of engineering for me as I had previously believed engineering was about usingmath to make cool things. In fact, I originally wanted to be an engineer to continue my passionfor robotics that I had developed over 9 years on a robotics team. But, this mantra created analmost invisible itch in the back of my mind that has slowly grown into the driving factor of mebecoming an engineer.My first real experience with people in engineering was my second semester at Olin in a classcalled Engineering for Humanity
this paper builds onprior evidence supporting the use of funds of knowledge and engineering design, as a STEMintegrator, as well as empirical research on the structure, content, and outcomes of effectiveprofessional learning to create transformative educational experiences for teachers, andultimately their students [7-10].The APRENDE ProjectThe Asset-based Practices in Engineering Design (APRENDE) project focuses on both middleschool students and their teachers. It offers the opportunity to have an early impact on students’engineering interest while also providing teachers with a broader perspective of how to developstudents’ engineering habits of mind and dispositions using funds of knowledge. The goal of thisthree-year project is (1) to
Paper ID #27191Elementary Students Navigating the Demands of Giving Engineering DesignPeer Feedback (Fundamental)Ms. Fatima Rahman, Tufts University STEM Education graduate student at Tufts University. Interests: Pre-college engineering design for under- represented minorities, Community-connected engineering design in pre-college classroomsChelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Chelsea Andrews is a post-doctoral researcher at Tufts University and University of Massachusetts-Boston in STEM education. She received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in ocean engineering and an S.M
Health/Work/Play/Love Dashboard Class 10 Group reflect on GTJ Read DYL Chapter 3 Reflection as an eng. skill Keep Good Time Journal Mind mapping Class 11 Mind map sharing DYL Chapter 4 + 5 Creating an odyssey plan DYL Mind mapping activity Class 12 Intro to portfolio Odyssey plans Portfolio reading Class 13 Ritual design Reflection - What is engineering Start work on your Portfolio Portfolio reading Class 14 Present Odyssey plans Reflection - Compiling your portfolio Life prototyping Submit
communication has beenintegrated into some of these courses, but has often played a subordinate role to writingpedagogy [18]. A truly integrated engineering and oral communication course has not previouslybeen thoroughly assessed.Complimenting previous work in CXC, identity-based motivation theory describes motivationand goal pursuit, explaining when and how individuals’ identities motivate them [19], [20]. Thetheory suggests that people prefer to make sense of situations and act in identity-congruent waysconsistent with their self-perceptions. This happens in a context specific manner, where thecontext shapes what identities come to mind. It is reasonable to suspect that offering students acontext that connects communication skills to their
would address in the Engineering Applications course the following year. During thisproblem identification phase, Ms. Green had the idea of building a tiny house in mind and wasworking on a proposal for the grant that would ultimately support the project. However, sheintentionally did not propose the specific idea to students. Instead, she led students through aseries of exercises in which they identified and researched various problems within theircommunity, including housing scarcity. Observing students’ genuine interest in the problem ofhousing scarcity, Ms. Green arranged for the class to meet with a potential “client”, anAmericorps member who worked at the school as part of the MakerVista program. This visitorshared the challenges she
to the workplace:How students become engineers among other forms of self. (Doctoral dissertation). ProQuestDissertations & Theses (Order No. 3669254), 2014.[23] A. Byars-Winston, Y. Estrada, C. Howard, D. Davis, & J. Zalapa. “Influence of socialcognitive and ethnic variables on academic goals of underrepresented students in science andengineering: a multiple groups analysis”. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 5: 205–218, 2010.[24] L. I. Rendón. “Academics of the heart: Reconnecting the scientific mind with the spirit'sartistry”. The Review of Higher Education, 24(1): 1-13, 2000.[25] Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages. Changing the Conversation:Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering
math (STEM) courses supports thetwo objectives above and improves both student engagement and retention [1], [3], [5], [9], [12]–[17]. With this in mind, the School of Biomedical Engineering at Colorado State Universitysought to improve the 100-level Introduction to Biomedical Engineering course (BIOM-101).This high enrollment (approximately 150 student) course is required for all undergraduatestudents pursuing a biomedical engineering major or minor and is typically taken the first fall ofenrollment in the degree program. The course has been offered every fall for the past seven yearsand, until 2016, was almost exclusively lecture-based with little to no formalized in-class peer-to-peer interaction. In Fall 2015, the course met three
Paper ID #281042018 BEST OVERALL PIC PAPER, Best PIC III Paper: Engineering De-sign Graphics Division: Case Study of a Blind Student Learning EngineeringGraphicsDr. Steven C. Zemke, Whitworth University Steven Zemke, Ph.D., has been involved in engineering design and teamwork for 40 years as a professional engineer, university professor, and researcher. He is a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash., and teaches physics and engineering courses. His current research is in how students learn engineering with a focus on creating more effective pedagogies. Prior to teaching, Dr. Zemke was
Paper ID #281012018 Best PIC II Paper: Systems Engineering Division: Development of aSurvey Instrument to Evaluate Student Systems Engineering AbilityMrs. Diane Constance Aloisio, Indiana-Purdue University Diane Aloisio is a PhD candidate in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. Her research concentrates on taking a systems approach to finding the common causes of systems engineering accidents and project failures. Diane received a dual BS degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University at Buffalo in New York. c American Society for Engineering Education
engineering science courses and humanities and social science courses. So, while the technical engineering science courses focus and - and privilege the technical, the humanities and social science courses in many universities do just the opposite.The separation of technical and social within the curriculum reinforces the perceivedseparation in students’ minds, which is not reflective of engineering practice where the twohave to be considered simultaneously.Requirements vs. electiveSome interviewees also commented on the challenges associated with teaching ESI inrequired versus elective courses. Elective courses are conducive to high engagement andmotivation because student self-select into them based on prior interest. An interviewee whohas
Paper ID #25116Board 88: A Sophomore’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Project EnhancingLearning and Engineering Education with International Applications andMarkets Abroad (Student Poster)Alan Carbine, Salt Lake Community College Education: Alan Carbine is a Sophomore student at Salt Lake Community College, currently working towards earning an Associates degree in Pre-Engineering, Electrical Engineering. Employment: Alan has worked in various fields: retail warehousing, glass tempering, and medical device production. He is currently an engineering technician at the medical device company where he has been for the past eight
Paper ID #28120Board 12: Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division: Examining theRelationships Between How Students Construct Stakeholders and the WaysStudents Conceptualize Harm from Engineering DesignAlexis Papak Alexis Papak is a Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Physics Edu- cation Research Group. They completed their Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their research interests are centered around how race and identity relate to STEM teaching and learning. c American Society for Engineering
posits that contemplation in an elementary andmiddle school setting can improve children’s social and emotional skills [2]. At the undergraduatelevel, Bernadez et al. have found software engineering students to be slightly more efficient indeveloping conceptual models after four weeks of mindfulness training [3]. Rieken et al. havefound positive correlations between mindfulness and innovation self-efficacy in undergraduateengineering students [4]. In the business world, Goleman shows that mindfulness results in“stronger focus, staying calmer under stress, better memory, and good corporate citizenship [5].”And in the military, mindfulness has attracted attention as a way to “to heal trauma-stressedveterans, make command decisions and help
Jing Guo, D.Eng., Keysight Technologies Kathy Kasley, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor, Pamela Phillips, Professor, Ce Yao, MSEE College of Engineering, Colorado Technical UniversityIntroductionThe key contribution for this paper is that two frameworks were used to apply systemengineering and further promote entrepreneurial-minded concepts for a capstone course at themaster’s level in electrical engineering. In addition, entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML)activities were implemented in several courses in electrical engineering and computerengineering based on the recent results in the undergraduate program. For this project,background and explanation of the frameworks are described in a capstone course for the
schools to engineering and associatedopportunities and careers via one-day sessions. Participants have the ability to interact withengineering faculty members and undergraduate students while participating in hands-onengineering activities. The program reaches on average over 100 middle-school-aged girlsannually, bringing them to Rowan’s campus to explore engineering through hands-on projectsand demonstrations. This applied approach to learning, a hallmark of Rowan Engineering,introduces AWE participants to various engineering disciplines and careers and provides anopportunity to connect with like-minded peers and current engineering undergraduates asmentors and advisors. AWE was established in 1998 and has hosted over 2,000 middle schoolgirls
Paper ID #26126Work in Progress: Science and Engineering for Social Justice: CurriculumDevelopment and Student ImpactCamille Birch, University of Washington Camille Birch is a graduate of the Bioengineering and Computer Science departments at the University of Washington. She developed curriculum concerning the interplay of diversity and ethics for undergrad- uate engineering students at UW and is interested in the power of education to enact change in future generations of engineers. She currently works for Microsoft in the Bay Area.Celina Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks
Paper ID #27539”They Don’t See Girls”: Construction of Identities in a Maker ProgramMs. sagit betser, University of California, Davis Sagit Betser is a graduate student in the Learning and Mind Sciences program at UC Davis School of Education. She received B.Sc in Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University. She worked in start-ups, heading research and design multidisciplinary teams. Before joining the PhD program she taught science and design at a K-8 school.Prof. Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis Lee Martin studies people’s efforts to enhance their own learning environments
a role that involves technical skills but also requirescuriosity, an ability to connect pieces of knowledge to discover solutions, and a focus on valuecreation—which are all characteristic of innovation-thinking frameworks such asentrepreneurial-minded learning [1], systems thinking [2], design thinking [3], valueproposition canvas [4], and business model canvas [5]. These innovation-thinking frameworksare not just applicable for start-ups, and are not a matter of simply repackaging business forengineering students [6]; rather, they emphasize the development of innovation-thinkingamong engineering students that allows them to identify and solve problems. Becauseinnovation-thinking develops over time and requires practice, the role of