monitoring and informed project management.Research QuestionsThe S-POWER program is mentoring and supporting a cohort of 100+ STEM Scholarsacross 5 institutions, which consists of community colleges, an HBCU, and PWI(Predominantly White Institution). This paper will focus on exploratory research and willdiscuss the essential elements of the S-POWER program. As a result of ExploratoryResearch, the paper will address the following research questions: 1. What compilation of academic and social supports are essential to help mitigate transfer shock in STEM? How do these vary for different constituencies? 2. What pre-transfer elements increase the likelihood of bachelor’s degree completion in STEM? 3. How
Paper ID #29350Cloud Based Computer-Aided Engineering Education: Finding the SilverLiningDr. Derek M Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University Dr. Yip-Hoi received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1997. Following his Ph.D. he worked for several years with the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems also at the University of Michigan. His work involved supervision of sponsored research projects that focused on developing software applications to assist manufacturers design and plan operations on manufacturing systems that could be rapidly
taking lectures andphysical lab experiments. With the advance of virtual reality (VR) technologies in terms of bothsoftware and hardware, there is a need to advance the education with adopting advanced VRtechnologies. In this project, we present our latest results of developing new VR modules in AMcurriculum. Specifically, the developed VR modules for fusion deposition modeling and fatiguetesting will be presented. In the on-going research, students will be required to use the VR modulesin comparison with the physical lab experiments. The focus will be understanding the effectivenessof VR technology on engineering curriculum.1. IntroductionAt Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a strong focus on providingeducation and
. When firstapplying for this grant, the leadership team did not solicit potential collaborators within theschool of engineering already engaged in work aligned to their goals. Additionally, faculty werenot included in any project-specific team meetings and communication between the leadershipteam and faculty about this project was limited. Some faculty perceived that the leadership teamwas taking credit for their work in incorporating social content into engineering courses, whichwas exacerbated by the feeling of not being included. For example, one faculty stated, “So, I dofeel like we are a very, I can’t think of a better word, we were integrated with the [project] but atthe same time like it’s not ours.”(2) Simply hosting workshops was
research in- terests include team work and collaboration in construction, effective communication in spatial problem solving, and design - field team interaction.Dr. Yunfeng Chen, Purdue University Programs Dr. Yunfeng Chen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. She is the founder/director of Construction Animation, Robotics, and Ergonomics (CARE) Lab. Her lab covers research in (1) Building Information Modeling (BIM)/Infrastructure Infor- mation Modeling (IIM); (2) Ergonomics and Human Factors; (3) AR/VR and Game; (4) Automation and AI; (5) Construction and Transportation Safety. She has been awarded one locally funded project from Local Technical
do any good, [but] because this has been damaging to my psych.” -Samuel (pseudonym; as cited in McGee & Robinson, 2020, p. 4) Despite projected growth in engineering jobs, corresponding degrees earned amongBlack women have remained strikingly and persistently low, even as compared to their malepeers. Although most research on women in engineering focuses on predominantly whiteinstitutions, recent research suggests women of color might have more success in HistoricallyBlack Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) [7, 8]. This manuscript develops an evidence base forengineering resilience among students of color pursuing undergraduate research in materials,undergoing intensive mentorship and training
require to be professional software developers. The authorsconducted a study that compared using GBL and the traditional approach to teaching softwareengineering. They used a pre/posttest with control group/experimental group design at both aHigher Education (HE) - university level, and a Further Education (FE) - (community) collegelevel. Overall the studies showed that GBL can be a suitable approach to teach requirementscollection and analysis at a supplementary level in tertiary education.Manohar et al. [20] describe the implementation of a federally supported project with the objectivesof enhancing the quality of software education via student engagement, and by bridging the gapbetween the basic principles presented in the classroom and the
Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing teamwork skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Mr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University
Education (ToE) and the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). She and her coauthors received the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in JEE and the 2011 and 2015 Best Paper Awards for the IEEE ToE. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research. She is on the USD team implementing ”Developing Changemaking Engineers”, an NSF-sponsored Revolutionizing Engineering Education (RED) project. Dr. Lord is the 2018 recipient of the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Reimagining Energy Year 2: Integrating CSPs into Course DevelopmentOverviewThis NSF project focuses on the development
the civil engineering programare shown in Figure 1. Engineering Design is a prerequisite to the developed course while thedeveloped course is a prerequisite to the Design Project Course in second year.Figure 1 Relationship of the new course (Spatial Analysis and Engineering Drawings) to othercourses in the civil engineering program. Values in parentheses indicate the year and term thecourse is offered. Bulleted lists describe the aspects related to content from the developed course.Surveys were taken in the second-year civil engineering design course that follows in thesemester after this course. Measurements of student confidence in producing site maps and usingcomputer software to describe the spatial characteristics such as size, slope
certain aspects of your identity with thegoal of being perceived as non-LGBTQ+ in certain settings) demands on both students andfaculty. With regard to faculty, when comparing academic climate and career consequencesamong LGBTQ faculty in various fields, Partridge, Barthelemy, and Rankin found that those inSTEM fields reported the highest level of discomfort on campus, in departments, and inclassrooms; those who faced discomfort were more than twice as likely to consider leaving theirinstitution [5].This project builds on the success of a previous exploratory phase [title deleted to maintain theintegrity of the review process] and aims to support engineering departments’ efforts to createLGBTQ+-inclusive environments. While our project focuses
interests include robotics, mechanical design, and biomechanics.Dr. Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a DR K-12 research project, and an ITEST re- search project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and con- trol system technology. Under a Research Experience for Teachers Site, a DR K-12 project, and GK-12 Fellows
study” weighing against engineering studentstaking part in traditional study abroad. The challenges with both time and costs lead to less than2% of engineering students participating in semesters abroad.Costs and time challenges present obstacles to international collaborations; however, asShaurette (2014) states, “because the benefits of international collaboration are significant,creative solutions to implementation challenges for individual situations are justified” [7].Beyond traditional semester (or longer) abroad programs, other international opportunities existwith differing costs and time commitments. Short-term study abroad programs, co-ops, servicelearning projects, international competitions, and international class collaborations
at the Australian National University, Jeremy has worked on introducing a range of humanitarian engineering and service-learning projects into engineering undergraduate studies, covering both international and domestic opportunities. In 2015 he delivered the first later year dedicated humani- tarian engineering course in Australia, supported by Engineers Without Borders Australia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evolution of Humanitarian Engineering in AustraliaIntroductionThe role of engineering within short- and long-term humanitarian action and human developmentactivities is well established. In such practice, engineers can be undertaking post-natural
Paper ID #29277Ethics in Data Science EducationDr. Karen C. Davis, Miami University Karen C. Davis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineer- ing at Miami University. Her research interests include database design, query processing and optimiza- tion, data warehousing, and computing education. She has published more than 50 papers, most of which are co-authored with her students. She has advised over 100 senior design project students and more than 40 MS/PhD theses/projects in the area of database systems. She was awarded the ASEE Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering
asmajor research and development personnel in scientific and technologicalinnovation activities. Therefore, this paper selects the number of graduate studentsstudying as an index to measure the input of scientific and technological manpower.1.3 Academic resource1.3.1 Funding projectThe National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) annual reports showthat capital spending for higher education represents the overwhelming share of alleducation capital projects. According to NASBO, higher education capitalexpenditures include new construction, land purchases, infrastructure projects,major repairs and improvements, and the acquisition of major equipment andexisting structures.[14] These funds are considered separate from general
Practices Engineering and entrepreneurship educators are paying more attention to the generationof intellectual property (IP) by students as involvement in the invention and innovation increases.Universities are investing in educational and experiential programs designed to equip studentswith entrepreneurial skills projects to prepare them for the contemporary job market. Also,entrepreneurial opportunities are more accessible given the lower startups costs associated withsoftware and apps, which allow more undergraduate to participate in entrepreneurship early intheir college experiences (Pilz, 2012). These result from entrepreneurship courses orcompetitions where students create projects on their own or in partnership with industry
develop a an efficient model for STEM career education. Thomas has been active in professional associations such as the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA-Past Executive Director and the Council for Elementary Children International (CESI-Retiring President). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Garden TOOLS: Engaging elementary students in technology-rich agricultural engineering projects in outdoor learning spacesAbstractAs demand for food and energy continues to grow, so, too, does the importance ofunderstanding agricultural systems and technologies. There is a need to prepare ascience-literate citizenry capable of making informed decisions related to food, energy,and
, persistence, and ability to attain a co-op?”BackgroundThe data in this paper is being derived from the students’ perspective in a new program calledthe Bell program. The Bell program, a Bachelor of Science in Engineering program, wasestablished in 2019 with an aim to increase student success, decrease student debt, and allowstudents to gain up to two years of on-the-job experience prior to graduation. In the process ofprogram development, the Bell program has been identified, in a study by MIT, as an “emergingglobal leader in engineering education” [4].This engineering education model featuring project-based learning is based off an existingprogram, Iron Range Engineering, which has been around for over ten years. Iron RangeEngineering continues to
concepts again; there are multiple group projects and researchprojects in their time at our school, as well as courses on ethics and professionalism. However,introducing these concepts in their first semester prepares students for future courses, and helpsthem understand that engineering is not just problem sets and robotics.Background: The College and the CourseEngineers often do not arrive at college with an appreciation for the importance of professionalresearch and communication skills [1]. These skills are necessary not only for their successfulundergraduate career, but also for a successful engineering career. Engineering students areoften unaware of the number of reports and presentations they will be expected to deliver, or theamount of
, and trust/ trustworthiness in professional-client relationships. A licensed engineer with over 35 years experience in engineering education and practice, Dr. Lawson has provided project management and technical oversight for geotechnical, construction ma- terials, transportation, environmental, and facilities projects nationwide.Ms. Heather R. Keister PE, Freese and Nichols Heather Keister is a Senior Project Manager and FNI Associate, overseeing the firm’s Lubbock office, with experience in many aspects of civil planning, design and construction. Her background includes drainage analysis and design, transportation, infrastructure, development and public works projects, with a focus in stormwater management and
as self-efficacy, perceived usefulness,effort regulation, and task-attraction. The students in the experimental group were then exposedto an independent variable, i.e. type of learning activities, with two levels of treatment,group-based visualization activity versus traditional classroom with a group-based activity. Thevisualization equipment used was an 18’ HoyluTM Huddlewall projection system designed tofacilitate teams in performing design and problem-solving processes. The research team was ableto collect data from 15 participants. The participants were students enrolled in a Calculus 2 classat CSU East Bay. A paired-samples T-Test was used to determine whether there was astatistically significant mean difference between the students
focuses on the development of scientific discourse among k-12 students in a context of perpetual STEM reform. He conducts sociocultural research to examine learning in science classrooms, with a particular emphasis on engaging students with histories of academic failure. He also researches teachers’ beliefs and practices regarding Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM) innovations and their impact on the youth of today. His research has demonstrated that transformative and culturally relevant pedagogy along with mobile technology, live data collection, and citizen science approaches can engage marginalized students for improved STEM expertise. Among other projects, he has investigated how engineers in higher
) through activelearning than passive learning. Throughout our evolution, technology has been passed down bypupils imitating their mentors. This natural preference for learning is reflected in the genericlearning pyramid that was first proposed by National Teaching Laboratory Institute at theirBethel, Maine campus in the early 1960’s and the related work have been proposed by severalother researchers [31-34]. Though rightly criticized, the pyramid provides a measure of contentretention from lectures (5%), laboratory experiments (70%), and design projects (90%). Thisdisparity in content retention was recognized by the 5th century B.C Chinese proverb, “What Ihear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.” ENDEAVOR harnesses
qualitative and quantitative results of a project designed to improveSVS’s for STEM students managed under two strategies. The first strategy utilized was a seriesof face-to-face (FtF), two-hour training sessions taught over six weeks to all majors in STEM.This strategy was offered in Spring 2014 and every semester from Fall 2015 - Spring 2018. Thesecond strategy was an embedded training (ET) implemented by one faculty from Fall 2017- Fall2018. The faculty embedded the training in the US 1100 freshman seminar and was highlymotivated to increase awareness of students on the importance and applicability of SVS in theirfields of study. As reported by Swail et al. [6], cognitive, social, and institutional factors are keyelements to best support students
Paper ID #28510The Engineer of 2020 as of 2020Dr. Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at The United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects through- out the United States
challenges.Designers are faced with the constant need for reiteration and reframing as they work towardsmeeting the often-evolving constraints and specifications of a project. One of the mostchallenging factors designers must account for is the consideration of stakeholders. Stakeholdersare defined as all individuals who affect and/or are affected by the design and design process [1];hence, they play a major role in contributing to the effectiveness of a design. Stakeholder needs,safety, behaviors, and preferences when interacting with a design will impact whatconsiderations engineers must consider when designing. Overlooking these needs not only canbe detrimental to the overall effectiveness of the final design, but more critically, can haveadverse social
Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Improving STEM Education by Analyzing the Design of a BottleAbstractSTEM education for students is an essential aspect of today’s education since it leads to greaterdevelopment in the modern world and more technological achievements. Achieving this sort ofeducation can be done by performing an engineering analysis to determine the volume content ofa wine bottle. The project conducted here was to determine the volume of a wine bottle bymeasuring it at various points and using mathematics to perform this real-world analysis. Itsobjective is not only to reflect on what was done but to introduce it as a STEM-related project toencourage new growth within the STEM fields. There was also extended reasoning
- tion and Infrastructure Engineering Research. He obtained his Doctor of Engineering in Civil Engineering with a major in Structural Engineering and minor in Construction from Morgan State University. He has more than 15 years of outstanding experience in practicing, teaching, and research in civil and transporta- tion engineering. He is experienced in project management, inspection and construction supervision, adaptive materials and construction techniques, high performance material testing and simulations, mate- rial modeling and computational mechanics. His major areas of research interest are structural engineer- ing, construction, sustainable infrastructure, new material development, physical and numerical modeling
- sional Responsibility. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Designing for a Sustainable World: Integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into a First-Year Engineering Course in Science, Technology, and SocietyIntroduction I am an instructor on a teaching team for a required first-year engineering course inscience, technology and society (STS) at the University of Virginia. The course enrolls 360-400students each semester, and its primary learning goals are to introduce students to social andethical aspects of engineering design and to help them hone communication skills relevant toengineering practice. The major project in the course is a