TAs fulfill the role ofsecondary instructor, supporting a course via laboratories, recitations, grading, and otherteaching activities. Whether faculty or TA, primary or secondary, instructors employ a range ofinstructional approaches to engage student learning and interact with students to develop rapport,answer questions, and further scaffold instruction. Although there remains some confusion inthe literature regarding terms, faculty support generally refers to teaching technique (bothteacher-centered and student-centered) while faculty interactions refer to more informalexchanges with students which include both curriculum and course-based interactions as well asconversations about career and other intellectual matters. In this paper, we
Paper ID #31607Delivering Contextual Knowledge and Critical Skills of DisruptiveTechnologies through Problem-Based Learning in Research Experiences forUndergraduates SettingGurcan Comert, Benedict College Associate Professor of Engineering at Benedict College, has interest in teaching and researching intel- ligent transportation systems and development of applications of statistical and computational models. He is currently serving as associate director at the Tier 1 University Transportation Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility. Supported by different NSF and DOT funded projects, he has been working with
Paper ID #31691Initial impact of an experiment-centric teaching approach in severalSTEM disciplinesDr. Jumoke ’Kemi’ Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University Dr. J. ’Kemi Ladeji-Osias is Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Dr. Ladeji-Osias earned a B.S. in electrical engi- neering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a joint Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University and UMDNJ. Dr. Ladeji-Osias’ involvement in engineering curricular innovations includes adapting portal laboratory instrumentation into
Paper ID #28961Multi-disciplinary research and teaching by means of employing FTIRSpectroscopic Imaging System and characterization techniquesDr. Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico Dr. Zahrasadat Alavi, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University Chico, received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Wiscon- sin Milwaukee in May 2015. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Amirkabir University (Polytechnic of Tehran) with honors in 2007 and 2009 respectively, and another Master of Science from University of Wisconsin
Paper ID #28417Reflective Faculty Peer Observation in EngineeringDr. Heather Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Valerie J Peterson, University of Portland Associate Professor of
research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on stu- dent perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education Sympo- sium in 2013, awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research Methods Faculty Apprentice Award in 2014 and the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching Effec- tiveness and Educational
teaching and advising awards including the UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the COE Best Advisor Award (2009, 2010, 2013). Dr. Darabi has been the Technical Chair for the UIC Annual Engineering Expo for the past 7 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 700 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful accreditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Com- puter Engineering the University of Denver where he was on the faculty from 1986 - 2019. He has received all of his degrees in Electrical Engineering: the B.S. degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1974; the M.S. degree from the University of New Mexico, in 1978; and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1991. Dr. DeLyser, a member of the U.S. Air Force between 1965 and 1986, held a teaching position at the United States Air Force Academy, served as a development engineer at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory at Kirtland AFB in New Mexico and was the Requirements Officer for the Nellis AFB Ranges in Nevada. Prior to 2000, his research areas included pedagogy, outcomes
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
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
with the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 1992-2012. Since August 2012, he is Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has held Faculty Internship Positions with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Air Force Research Laboratories, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His teaching and research interests are in signal and sensor analytics, information extraction from dynamic systems using remote or minimally intrusive sensing, hyperspectral remote sensing, and data-driven science and engineering. He has over 160 publications in journals and conference proceedings and has contributed to three books. He was the Director of the Institute for
higher education STEM courses. He is currently the co-chair of the campus’ Task Force on Innovation that examines opportunities for the enhancement of the educational experience for faculty and students across they Daytona Beach campus.Dr. Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is Director of NextGeneration ERAU Applied Research (NEAR) laboratory, and Professor of Software Engineering in the department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems En- gineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His research interest includes; Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance and Testing, Autonomous Systems, and Air Traffic Management (NextGen). In
Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronau- tics. His research interests are in model-based systems engineering, system-of-systems, and information fusion. He also holds a temporary faculty appointment with U.S. Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, IN. He has worked with the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on fusion systems and prior to joining Purdue University, he was a flight controls and flight management systems engineer at Honeywell Aerospace. He is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional from the Interna- tional Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) where he is a co-chair of the Complex Systems Work- ing Group and the assistant director of
is a Fellow of the ASME.Dr. James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Craig has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech for more than fifty years and continues to teach as an emeritus professor and to develop classroom engagement methods and tools. His past research is in the general area of experimental structural mechanics, dynamics and structural control with applications to aerospace and earthquake engineering. He is coauthor of a textbook on structural analysis with application to aerospace structures.Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Bonnie Ferri is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and a Vice Provost. She performs research in
teams research grant facilities group/lab facilities course) Tailored Professional development activities related to Professional development activities related to Job hunting, resume, Professional career interests; e.g., teaching experience and career interests; e.g., intellectual property and cover letter, interview Development future faculty preparation for trainees business training for trainees interested in coaching approaching Activities interested in academic teaching careers entrepreneurial careers graduationThe
, and maintaining resources on the APS Careers Website. As the principle investigator for the APS PIPELINE project, she also devotes significant amounts of time to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship education in physics. Before coming to the APS, Dr. Bailey did research in nuclear physics at Indiana University, Bloomington in the area of few-body systems. In 2008 she received the Konopinski Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching from the IU Physics Department. She graduated with her PhD from IU in 2009. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Physics: The PIPELINE Network
1993, he has taught courses and laboratories in engineering mechanics, design, and entrepreneurship. His other responsibilities include undergraduate academic advising, senior design project supervision, undergraduate research supervision, and graduate research supervision. Dr. Bucinell has advised the SAE Baja, SAE Formula, and projects related to the ASME Human Powered Vehicle project. Dr. Bucinell has directed the International Virtual Design Studio project that ran in collaboration with the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey; Altim University in Ankara, Turkey; and ESIGELEC in Rouen, France. He also founded a chapter of Engineers Without Boarders at Union College and has traveled to Boru Village
80% lecture as demonstrated in study afterstudy.Student participation in engineering classrooms is limited and highly structured. The studentexperience is largely to solve problems in a methodical fashion, and accessing knowledgethrough sequential presentation of textbook material. Though laboratory assignments arecommon in undergraduate engineering, historically, the majority of the student experience hasconsisted of strictly following prescribed steps to arrive at a predetermined conclusion. In theirseminal work with science, engineering, and math undergraduates Seymour and Hewitt found themajority of engineering teaching to be a deductive transmission of facts, controlled by theteacher, and leaving little room for students to understand
Paper ID #29439Developing Changemaking Engineers – Year FiveDr. Susan M Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University in Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (EE) and the M.S. and Ph.D. in EE from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her research focuses on the study and promotion of diversity in engineering including student pathways and inclusive teaching. She is Co-Director of the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI). Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation
Paper ID #30231Understanding Student Retention in EngineeringDr. Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is the Assistant Dean for Freshman Experience in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. While her doctorate is in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on higher education teaching of STEM fields, she also holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics. Dr. Hensel has over seven years of experience working in engineering teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S
Paper ID #29468Optimizing Student Team Skill Development using Evidence-BasedStrategies: Year 5Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team
, solidification of drug/excipient matrices, en- vironmental control technology, and electrodispersion precipitation processes. Prior to joining Purdue in 2002, he was on the faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is the author of 97 publications and 11 patents. At Purdue he has supervised 22 PhD students, of whom ten have been female and three have been African American. He earned his BS at Mississippi State University, and his MS and PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville – all in chemical engineering.Dr. Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik is a Research Emerita involved in the external evaluation of a number of
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 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
Paper ID #29306An Advanced Technological Education Project for High ValueManufacturing: Lessons LearnedDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on
-understand educationmodules have the potential to enhance undergraduate students’ understanding of materials,mechanics, and even thermal concepts.It has been well-recognized that solid mechanics is one of the most critical and fundamentalengineering topics in multiple engineering education programs, such as aerospace, civil, industrial,mechanical, and petroleum engineering disciplines. Current solid mechanics education, however,mainly focuses on theoretical analysis with limited experimental demonstration. In mostengineering programs, the theoretical analysis is delivered to students via a series of courses, suchas Statics, Dynamics, Materials of Mechanics. The experimental demonstrations are only includedin one laboratory course related Materials
Paper ID #30772INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY CONTENT INTOCIVILENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUMProf. Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at Boise State University in the fall of 2013. He is the director of the Sustainable and Resilient Geotechnical Engineering (SuRGE) Research Laboratory. His research focusses on solving complex geomechanics issues related to problem- atic clayey soils via experimental and numerical modeling studies. Some of his research focus includes, microbiological and chemical modification of
involve the REU participants in the UAV related cutting-edge researchprojects. The UAV Lab at Cal Poly Pomona provides a suitable research environment for theparticipants [1]. References 1 and 2 provide the details on some of the projects that the participantswere involved in. The participants are provided with an opportunity to gain knowledge on theapplication of engineering and computer science to UAV technologies, acquire skills necessary toconduct meaningful research, understand research process, and learn laboratory techniques. Inmost cases, the participants tested the algorithms they developed in simulation and flight tests. Forexample, Figure 1 shows the concept of operation for the obstacle detection and avoidance usingoptical flow for a
teachers. Dr. Andrei has published over 100 ar- ticles in computational electronics, electromagnetics, energy storage devices, and large scale optimization methods.Dr. Hector Erives, University of Texas at El PasoDr. DeAnna Bailey, Morgan State University DeAnna Bailey received her B.S (2003) in electrical engineering and D.Eng (2013) from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. In 2017, she joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Morgan State University where she teaches circuit and signal processing classes. Her interest is de- veloping innovative technology that uses artificial intelligence to facilitate and enhance the learning of engineering concepts and principles.Dr. Willie L Thompson II
Paper ID #29299Educating the Workforce in Cyber & Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0Dr. Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University Dr. Mathew Kuttolamadom is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology & In- dustrial Distribution and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from Clemson University’s Int’l Center for Au- tomotive Research. His professional experience is in the automotive industry including at the Ford Motor Company. At TAMU, he teaches Mechanics, Manufacturing and
, mentoring, as well as connecting students to high impact practices such as undergraduate research and internships. She is particularly interested in the evolving patterns of STEM student pathways including community college transfers and exploring institutional partnership initiatives that provide innovative approaches responsive to student needs.Dr. Nancy A Rodenborg, Augsburg University Dr. Nancy Rodenborg is a Professor of Social Work at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Dr. Ro- denborg’s primary research and teaching focus is on institutional diversity and inequality in a global context. She is interested in developing inclusive pedagogy and higher education administrative practices that equitably serve students of