Paper ID #28321Lessons Learned from Implementing Virtual Reality in an IntroductoryEngineering CourseDr. Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay Hi! My name is Fadi Castronovo, I am an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Cal State East Bay. I received my doctorate in Architectural Engineering at Penn State with a minor in Educational Psychology. I am strongly focused on my teaching and research. In my teaching, I strive to provide an engaging and active learning experience to my students, by applying innovative technology and researched pedagogi- cal interventions. I translate this passion for pedagogy in
Columbia University. Dr. Kyle teaches a three semester series undergraduate laboratory course, bioinstrumentation and Senior Design. Senior De- sign is Dr. Kyle’s major teaching focus and he has worked diligently to continually enhance undergraduate design. He has taught or co-taught the BME Design class since January 2010. Dr. Kyle has spearheaded the incorporation of global health technologies into Senior Design, leading the development of neona- tal care technologies for use in Uganda. In 2013, in coordination with the Harlem Biospace, he created the Hk Maker Lab as an opportunity to introduce students from underserved communities to biomedical engineering and engineering design. The creation of this program has
Paper ID #28451CardioStart: Development and Implementation of a Tissue EngineeringSummer High School ProgramJasmine Naik, University of California Irvine Jasmine Naik is currently a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California Irvine. She is working under the guidance of Dr. Anna Grosberg in the Cardiovas- cular Modeling Laboratory. Prior to beginning her Ph.D., she received her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Throughout her years of schooling, she has become passionate about teaching and education research.Emil Martin Lundqvist, University
design and optimization of systems through the acquisition, integration, and mining of large scale, disparate data.Dr. Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Paul C. Lynch received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Lynch is a member of AFS, SME, IIE, and ASEE. Dr. Lynch’s primary research interests are in metal casting, manufacturing systems, and engineering education. Dr. Lynch has been recognized by Alpha Pi Mu, IIE, and the Pennsylvania State University for his scholarship, teaching, and advising. He received the Outstanding Industrial Engineering Faculty Award in 2011, 2013, and 2015, the Penn State Industrial &
Paper ID #29762Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the ConceptWarehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions andBeyond – Results from Year 1Dr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the
outreach program oriented toward high-school and early collegestudents’. The outreach program is part of the consortium DOE project. This program has severalobjectives:1) Through active teaching early college, as well as high-school students the modeling andmodels development and production using computer programs, as well as 3D-printing.2) Contribute to the success of existing STEM programs, by giving them case studies andapplications that Improve students' learning and communication skills3) Preparing skilled and qualified technicians that industry and research laboratories are in hugeneed, after this revolution created by 3D-printing and new manufacturing.4) Make the early-college and high-school students aware of what happening in
than actual laboratory experiments or projects. An alternative approach is aninductive method, presenting existing data, a case study, or a quick problem to solve that couldpotentially summarize a general theory. Prince and Felder [1] summarize a number of theseinductive methods available for use by instructors, including inquiry learning, problem-basedlearning, project-based learning, case-based teaching, discovery learning, and just-in-timeteaching, all of which are considered to be active learning techniques and learner-centered [2].Active learning is defined as an instructional method that engages students in the learningprocess, using meaningful learning activities that require a deeper thought process [3], in whichstudents take ownership
‐chip device. Journal of Engineering Education, 2013. 102(1): p. 117-140.3. Cadwell, B., Teaching Systems Engineering by Examining the Engineering Education System, in ASEE Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, . 2007: Indianapolis, IN.4. Cattano, C., T. Nikou, and L. Klotz, Teaching systems thinking and biomimicry to civil engineering students. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, 2010. 137(4): p. 176-182.5. Chenard, J.S., Z. Zilic, and M. Prokic, A laboratory setup and teaching methodology for wireless and mobile embedded systems. IEEE Transactions on Education, 2008. 51(3): p. 378-384.6. Guardiola, I.G., C. Dagli, and S. Corns, Using university-funded research projects to teach
University Katie Cadwell is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical En- gineering at Syracuse University, where she has taught Chemical Engineering core courses since 2011. After receiving Chemical Engineering degrees from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (B.S.) and University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D.), she pursued a postdoctoral position in engineering education and outreach with the Interdisciplinary Education Group of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UW-Madison. Prior to moving to Syracuse, she taught for several years at Madison Area Technical College. Her interests include development of engineering faculty attitudes and pedagogy
Paper ID #31060Work-in-Progress: Online Tutorials to Help Undergraduates Bridge the GapBetween General Writing and Engineering WritingMr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is a professor of teaching for engineering communications at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2018) and The Craft of Scientific Presenta- tions (Springer-Verlag, 2013). He is also founder of the popular websites Writing Lessons for Engineering and Science (www.craftofscientificwriting.com) and the Assertion-Evidence Approach (www.assertion- evidence.com
Nanophotonics Lab. Her current research is focused on optoelectronics, fabrication and characterization of pH-dependent liquid crystal platforms with potential applications in nano-imaging systems. She was a Fellow of Drexel’s CASTLE (Center for Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence) and developed hands- on activities to teach advance engineering topics to high school students.Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jessica S. Ward serves as the Director of Development for the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). During her tenure at Drexel University, Ms. Ward has successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of
Physics Laboratory, where he focused on nanotechnology, from 2003 to 2005. In 2005 he left JHU/APL for a fellowship with the National Academies where he conducted research on methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. After a brief stint teaching mathematics in Baltimore City following his departure from the National Academies, he began working for the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering (CMSE) in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. In 2011, he began working directly under the Office of the Dean in the Clark School, coordinating outreach and recruitment programs for the college. In 2016, he assumed the role of director of the Office of Undergrad- uate Recruitment
Paper ID #29991Changing 3rd World Lives Through STEM Education in HondurasDr. Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari is faculty from Kennesaw State University. Previously he was faculty at Morehead State University from 2009 to 2016 and faculty at Purdue University – Indianapolis from 2016 to 2019. He has completed Ph.D. degree in civil engineering, focusing on construction management from Michigan Technological University in 2008. He has an extensive teaching background with a total of 18 years of the academic experience at five different universities. He has always been praised by students and
practices as they relate to computational modeling. He runs the Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Laboratory at Bucknell, where they use computational and experimental techniques to better understand the mechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues and human movement.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito
Biomechanics Lab at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Ringleb research interests include, biome- chanics and rehabilitation engineering as well as multi-disciplinary approaches to improving engineering education.Dr. Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University Dr. Jennifer Kidd is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old Dominion Uni- versity. Her research interests include engineering education, computational thinking, student-authored digital content, classroom assessment, especially peer review, and diversity issues. She currently has sup- port from the National Science Foundation for two projects related to engineering education for preservice teachers.Dr. Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University Pilar
Paper ID #30221A Vertically Integrated Design Program Using Peer EducationDr. Ross Aaron Petrella, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Departmentof Biomedical Engineering Dr. Petrella received his B.S. in biomedical engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in Rich- mond, VA and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He joined the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomed- ical Engineering first as a postdoctoral research scholar and is now an assistant teaching professor where he teaches
design. The University Curriculum Committee approved the request to change thecontact hours for Structural Analysis from 3 hours of lecture per week to 2 hours of lecture plus2 hours of laboratory per week to accommodate the experiential aspects of these proposedchanges. After assessing the changes to the Structural Analysis course, we will decide whether tomake similar changes in the class meeting times for the Structural Design courses.The Structural Analysis course syllabus lists the following broad goals for the course: a) Students will develop technical skills in classical methods for analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures. b) Students will gain proficiency in analysis structures comprised of trusses, beams, frames
Paper ID #29627Applied Instrumentation Course for Undergraduate Thermal-Fluid SciencesDr. Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Bryner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. He teaches courses in thermal-fluid sciences, experimental engineering, and air-breathing and rocket propulsion. Prior to joining Embry-Riddle he worked for over ten years in the propulsion and energy fields doing design, analysis, and testing on both the component and system level. His current research interests are development of engineering
, no. 3, p. S83, 2007.7. D. A Ahrensmeier, “Practical application of Physics Education Research-informed teaching interventions in a first-year physics service course,” Journal of Technical Education (JOTED), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 165-178, 2013.8. C. Wieman, N. G. Holmes, “Measuring the impact of an instructional laboratory on the learning of introductory physics,” American Journal of Physics, vol. 83, no. 11, pp. 972- 978, 2015.9. L. C. McDermott and P. S. Shaffer, Tutorials in introductory physics. London, United Kingdom: Pearson, 2002.10. D. Ahrensmeier, R. I. Thompson, W. J. Wilson, and M. Potter, “Labatorials - a new approach to teaching electricity and magnetism to students in engineering
is an associate professor of science and engineering education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his Ph.D. in science education at the Pennsylvania State University in 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a learning scientist for the VaNTH Engineering Research Center at Northwestern University for three years. Yalvac’s research is in STEM education, 21st century skills, and design and evaluation of learning environments informed by evidence based pedagogies and How People Learn framework. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Actively Engaging Project Based Learning Through A Mini-Maker Faire
againstcyber treats is education. According to Frost and Sullivan [7], a global shortage of 1.8 millioncybersecurity professionals is projected by 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected 37%of information security job growth from 2012 to 2022 and announced that more than 200,000cybersecurity jobs in U.S. are not filled every year.Education in cybersecurity draws more attention from K-12 to adult. Recently, U.S. Congresshas urged to develop high-quality educators to cybersecurity education [8]. Many researchersstudied teaching methodologies to maximize the student learning. One of the key components inengineering and science education is a laboratory-based course, which includes a practical hand-on exercise. Many academic institutes developed
Michelson, SUNY Alfred State CollegeProf. Reza Rashidi, State University of New York, Alfred State Reza Rashidi is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology and a faculty affiliate in Mi- cro/Nano Fabrication Laboratory at State University of New York, Alfred State College. He received his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering (MEMS development) from the University of British Columbia in 2010 and completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Development of Biomedical Sensing Devices in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 2011. He also received a minor degree in Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of British Columbia in
University Charles Carlson received a B.S. degree in physics from Fort Hays State University in 2013, and B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering (EE) from Kansas State University (KSU) in 2013, 2015, and 2019, respectively. In 2015, from January to July, he was an engineer at Black & Veatch in Kansas City. He is currently a Teaching Assistant Professor in the KSU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Carlson is interested in engineering education, biotechnology, and bioinstrumentation. He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.Dr. Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren received a B.S
, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Nicole Ralston Dr. Nicole Ralston is an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER) in the School of Education at the University of Portland in Portland, Ore- gon. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design from the University of Washington. An elementary school teacher at heart, she now teaches educational research and STEM methods to undergraduate and graduate students. Her research fo- cus involves bringing active learning strategies to STEM, best practices of research-practice
determining deflection of the beams,especially statically indeterminate beams, are always hard for students to understand andrequire substantial effort in and out of class. To improve learning efficacy, enhancecontent understanding, and increase structural learning interest, a laboratory group projectfocusing on beam deflections has been designed for strength of materials students.The project spans design, analysis, construction, and validation testing of a metal bridge.Students design, construct, and test their bridges and do corresponding beam deflectioncalculations to verify the beam deflection type. Each group provides a technicalexperimental project report presenting their design idea, sketches, data analysis, andresults discussion. Pre-project
University. Dr. Zapanta has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering at Hope College in Holland, MI, an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Austin Community College in Austin, TX, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering at The Pennsylvania State University in Hershey, PA. He also worked for CarboMedics Inc. in Austin, TX, in the research and development of prosthetic heart valves. Dr. Zapanta’s primary teaching responsibilities are Biomedical Engineering Laboratory and Design. Ad- ditional teaching interests include medical device design education and professional issues in biomedical engineering. Dr. Zapanta’s research interests are in developing medical devices to treat cardiovascular
, high-speed signal acquisition and processing for radar command-guidance of supersonic and hypersonic munitions, and advanced PCB packaging techniques. Previously, he was a graduate student with the Ra- diation Laboratory of the University of Michigan where his research focus was on ceramic prototyping techniques, integrated ceramic microwave systems, and applications of metamaterials and photonic crys- tals. He has authored four papers for refereed journals and given many conference presentations on the applications of advanced ceramic fabrication techniques to microwave devices. Dr. Brakora holds 5 US patents and has several unpublished patents and patent applications.Dr. Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State
college, we partnered with Google to offer our Information andComputer Technology students additional experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), acommercial, cloud-based (public cloud) platform. The cloud-based lab environments areaccessible to students anytime and anywhere over the Internet. Our purpose is to capitalize oncloud computing technologies to enhance the learning experiences for both on-campus, face-to-face students and online, distance education students.Four new laboratory modules are developed. Content such as cloud security is added to reflectthe new development in the information technology field. Students can conduct up-to-date labexercises in virtual environments hosted remotely on the cloud. This approach is different
Paper ID #30364Implementing Writing-as-Process in Engineering EducationBruce Kovanen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bruce Kovanen is a PhD candidate in the Department of English and the Center for Writing Studies. He works with faculty and teaching assistants across disciplines to help hone their writing pedagogy. His research and teaching focus on sociocultural perspectives of literacy and learning.Ryan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ryan Ware is a doctoral candidate in Writing Studies primarily interested in cultural-historical theories of writing and learning to write. He is part of an
entitled “Experimental Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics” is an elective coursefor senior undergraduate and graduate mechanical and bioengineering students at our university.In this course, the students perform a series of 10 laboratory experiments that demonstratedifferent concepts related to orthopaedic biomechanics. The goal of two of these experiments isto observe the behavior of shape memory alloys (SMAs) which are a unique class of materialswith the ability to recover their shape. There is a growing body of evidence to show theeffectiveness of modular teaching to bring advance topics to engineering course. In this paper wehave incorporated a project-based learning (PBL) module into an advanced engineering course.This PBL module brings