Academy Colonel Aaron Hill is an Assistant Professor and Design Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Aaron has served in the military for 23 years as an Engineer Officer with assignments around the world to include Afghanistan, Egypt, and Bosnia- Herzegovina. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia and a Project Management Professional. Aaron’s
Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering (BS, MS), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and in Engineering Education (PhD). Homero has 15 years of international experience working in industry and academia. His research focuses on contemporary and inclusive pedagogical practices, industry-driven competency development in engineering, and understanding the experiences of Latinx and Native Amer- icans in engineering from an asset-based perspective. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, and was inducted in the Bouchet Honor Society. American
asthrough helping to ensure that participants enroll in common courses.Each participant is assigned a Graduation Coach. The coaches communicate regularly with theparticipants. These coaches provide encouragement and help students understand and master theexpectations and culture of the university environment. They also assist students with makingconnections with faculty, staff, and other students to facilitate success. The coaches inform theparticipants about S-STEM program activities and assist each participant in selecting theactivities that match their situational interest and are most appropriate based on the participant’sunique circumstances.These advising/mentoring relationships are thus designed to have significant impact on feelingsof
the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) with a focus in Environment and Natural Resources Engineering. She has worked with the Rising Scholars’ Program during the completion of her Master of Science in Agricul- tural and Biological Engineering and into her current Ph.D. program at Purdue University also in ABE. As part of the Rising Scholars’ program, she has helped plan and organize the student recruitment events, align students with summer research experiences and faculty mentors, and conduct student interviews for program analysis and evaluation
their results directly to the greater public. Engineers’ clearcommunication with these audiences ensures continuity in critical operations during times ofcrisis. Today’s engineering graduate must master effective communication skills to fosterproductive team dynamics, propose persuasive projects, provide valuable status updates tomanagement, and affect change within his or her organization—all while video conferencing.VMC, an alternative to face-to-face communication that occurs over an information technologyplatform, is positioned to occupy a more central role in engineering curricula.Preliminary analysis of student performance traits over three semesters indicates that studentscan measurably improve their presentation skills and interactions
Paper ID #33442Virtual Hands-on: Taking a Design Lab OnlineClarke Snell, Stevens Institute of Technology Clarke Snell’s professional focus is the development and application of sustainable and resilient build- ing systems toward a zero resource architecture. Specifically he applies research into low-tech, high performance materials, assemblies, and systems to the design and construction of small buildings and their micro-climates with the goal of repeatable and quantifiable reductions in project carbon footprint. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC) and has
Expectations and Experiences in Introductory Team-based Courses,” in 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings, Virtual On line, Jun. 2020, p. 34702, doi: 10.18260/1-2--34702.[32] K. J. Cross and M. C. Paretti, “AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES’ EXPERIENCES ON MULTIRACIAL STUDENT TEAMS IN ENGINEERING,” J. Women Minor. Sci. Eng., vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 381–411, 2020, doi: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2020033004.[33] T. Joyce and C. Hopkins, “‘Part of the Community?’ First Year International Students and Their Engineering Teams,” Eng. Educ., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 18–32, Jul. 2014, doi: 10.11120/ened.2014.00019.[34] A. Master, S. Cheryan, and A. N. Meltzoff, “Computing whether she belongs: Stereotypes undermine girls’ interest
, streamlined standards would help assess thesustainability components, even if the project directly addresses sustainability, e.g. greeninfrastructure, solar energy. To fulfill the capstone requirement for a Masters of Science in aSustainability Management (SM) program at Stevens Institute of Technology, the Co-authordesigned the Sustainability Implications Scorecard (SIS) while working with several SeniorDesign capstone coordinators. The student additionally conducted field research, interviews, andbenchmarking against the UN SDGs, Envision, and ABET.The SIS is a flexible, adaptive, and project-focused rubric that simultaneously guides andevaluates how successfully an engineering design or project team integrates sustainabilitycomponents. In
in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio State, Aimee was an industry professional in various field in engineering for over 30 years. Aimee received her degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Ohio State. She began her career as a packaging equipment engineer at Procter and Gamble, then moved to Anheuser-Busch where she worked for over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement
studentswithin the classroom if multiple paths are made available to help master the content of thecourse. On the simplest level, this may take the form of asking students what content was unclearat the end of a lecture, and sharing responsibility for the learning of the material by spending afew minutes clarifying those concepts before the period ends. An examination of the function of content suggests that it is ethical to teach less contentin favor of spending a small portion of student energy on self-reflection, helping them to developas learners. When tangential conversations occur about the applications and implications ofcontent in a lecture, instructors recognize these conversations for the valuable learning momentsthat they are, while
concept maps from the pre-classactivities or create new ones, allowing the instructors to evaluate knowledge gained and/orperception changes.Research Approach and ParticipantsIn the fall of 2020, two of the authors incorporated the newly-created module on the Impacts ofCOVID-19 on Transportation Systems and Stakeholders in their classes. The students involvedin this study included 11 students (2 undergraduate seniors and nine graduate master’s students)from Southern Methodist University (SMU), a medium-sized private research university. Bothundergraduate students were enrolled in the bachelor of science program in civil andenvironmental engineering. Master's degree students were enrolled in various degree programs,including the master of science
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Connecting Critical System Thinking Principles with Hands-on Discovery ActivitiesIntroductionAviation and aerospace engineering programs may benefit their students by offering a course onCritical System Thinking (CST). The Master of Science in Aviation and Aerospace Managementat Purdue University offers a CST course as an elective. The objectives of this course are tounderstand the basic principles of CST, to explore how to apply critical system thinking tocomplex systems in aviation and aerospace industries, and to evaluate potential solutions tocomplex issues. Traditional teaching methods in a CST course may include
disengagement may yield lowretention rates.We conducted a survey in the College of Business (COB) in Fall 2020 to measure the Businessand Construction Management students’ engagement and satisfaction. The survey objectives wereto measure how students’ expectations have been met regarding COB classes, and to measurestudents’ connectedness with the university and their classes during the Fall 2020 semester. Thedistribution of the respondents is presented in Table 1. The questions, results, and analysis will bediscussed in the next section. Table 1. Distribution of COB Survey Respondents Academic Level First-year Second-year Third-year Fourth-year Master Percentage 17% 17
electron microscopy, materials testing, and analysis. ● A certificate program offered through Continuing Education for practicing engineers. ● A 4-year undergraduate BS. degree in materials science or materials engineering. ● A Masters degree in materials science or materials engineering. ● A minor or double-major in materials for undergraduate engineering technology and engineering students.A certificate program for laboratory technicians would have been too costly. Required resourceswould include 1 new full-time professor, 1 new materials laboratory technician, a metallographylaboratory, and repairs to our tensile tester. Estimated equipment costs were $60k for startup plus$40k/year as the laboratory is developed, with an
after graduation to the choices that are made on the basis of changing career interestsand unexpected opportunities.Prior research on career pathways in engineering have often tracked where students inengineering majors go, identifying the factors that influence persistence and retention [3].Another category of research focuses on the pathways of alumni of engineering programs such asalumni of bachelors or masters degree programs at the national level [1] or the graduates ofspecific majors who are contacted through surveys conducted by departments for purposes ofABET accreditation, evaluation, and program improvement. The career decisions of particulardemographic and interest groups also warrant attention [4]. The methods typically used in
Rose-Hulman. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Design and Implementation of Experiential Learning Modules for Soil Mechanics and Foundation DesignIntroduction Geotechnical engineering undergraduate curricula typically consist of courses in soilmechanics and foundation design that include a variety of topics that are difficult for students tounderstand and master. Behavior of the below grade geomaterials discussed in these courses canbe difficult for students to visualize. Typically, the mechanisms of behavior are demonstratedusing small-scale laboratory tests, two-dimensional sketches, simple table-top models, or
Bachelor of Science degree from West Point, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Aaron has served in the military for 23 years as an Engineer Officer with assignments around the world to include Afghanistan, Egypt, and Bosnia- Herzegovina. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia and a Project Management Professional. Aaron’s primary areas of research are engineering education, the behavior of steel structures, and blast. Aaron mentors students by serving as an advisor for capstone projects and through service as an Officer
-American female currently teaching in the faculty of the College of Engineering. Whitney earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomed- ical Engineering, her Masters of Business Administration in Quantitative Analysis and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Education. In her role as Assistant Dean, Dr. Gaskins has revamped the summer bridge program to increase student support and retention as well as developed and strengthened partnerships in with local area school districts to aid in the high school to college path- way. In 2009, she founded The Gaskins Foundation, a non-profit organization, whose mission is to educate and empower the African American community. Her foundation recently launched
semester was changed from meeting once per week for 50 minutes over the full semester to meeting twice per week for 50 minutes over half of the semester However, the total contact hours and student workload remained the same (Table 1).The competency-based approach can be considered the primary intervention, while the otherchanges were made in service of that intervention to promote alignment between instructionalmethods and assessments. The changes to the distribution of course meetings and contentdelivery were intended to facilitate mastery of course content, which was then measured usingthe competency-based approach. The overarching goal of the changes was to provide everystudent the tools to master the course content by
Paper ID #32436Effective Learning Strategies: Design of Course Structure forEngineering Courses Aimed for Hybrid ClassesDr. Muzammil Arshad, Texas A&M University Dr. Muzammil Arshad earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan. Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Dr. Arshad taught at Florida Institute of Technology and Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Platteville. His research interests are in the areas of Computational Fluid
Paper ID #34361Effects of Uncertainty Avoidance and Country Culture on Perceptions ofPower Distance in the Learning ProcessJohnny C. Woods Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Johnny C. Woods, Jr. is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Higher Education and Research Group Coordinator for the Engineering Competencies, Learning, and Inclusive Practices for Success (ECLIPS) Lab in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Johnny is also a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Graduate School Certificate Course–Preparing the Future Professoriate. He has a Master in Educational Foundations and
Professional Engineers.Miss Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan Vibhavari (Vibha) Vempala is a PhD student in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include engineering identity, engineering student development and stu- dents’ experiences and perceptions of Biomedical Engineering. Vibha received a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering from the joint department of Biomedical Engineering at The North Carolina State University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan.Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor - Engineering
Paper ID #33654Entrepreneurial Vision Module: Lessons from the PandemicProf. Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello Doctorate student in Psychology with a research line in innovation, Master in Entrepreneurial Develop- ment for Innovation and Master in Coaching. National Coordinator of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the School of Engineering, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile. With training and ex- perience in active methodologies for teaching and training entrepreneurial and innovative skills.Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Universidad Andres Bello Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and
yourself a member of the broader scientific and engineering community?Two individuals coded the transcribed student interviews and focus groups. Coding of theinterviews was conducted in two phases, an exploratory coding phase (i.e., inductive coding) anda structured coding phase (i.e., deductive coding) [14]. The exploratory coding phase requiredthe coders to independently examine 40 randomly chosen transcripts for emergent reoccurringthemes. Each of the coders established an independent list of the reoccurring themes and thencompared these lists with each other and decided what codes to include or exclude based on theNSF S-STEM grant research questions. The list of included codes became the master code listapplied to the remainder of the
/ methodcomparison of student outcomes and observations on adopting the new method.Based on the results of numerous informal classroom experiments and hundreds of informaldiscussions with students, it was determined that most students do not use effective studystrategies to fully understand key concepts and to master problem solving techniques. Instead,the goal of their current studying and test taking strategies is to “maximize partial credit.” Thesestrategies work as follows. 1. Memorize problems from the homework, in-class examples, or previous exams. 2. Match each problem on the exam to one of the memorized problems that most closely resembles it. 3. Write down the memorized solution, making adjustments along the way so that the solution
First-year faculty coauthors at ASEE.Evie Dee Cordell, Northeastern University Evie Cordell is the First Year Experience and Undergraduate Engagement Librarian at Northeastern Uni- versity. She is the liaison to the Writing Program, General Studies Program, Explore Program, ContiNUe Program, NUi.n. and several other First Year Programs at Northeastern University. She also serves on the First Pages (Northeastern University’s common reads program) committee and is a member of the FUNL (First Generation, Undocumented, Low-Income) Network at Northeastern. Evie holds a Bachelors degree in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Science in Library & Information Science from the University of
Technology, earning a Master of Science in Engineering and Management. His research interests include: engineering education, systems architecture, and supply chain optimization. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Adapting Online Learning for the United States Military AcademyAbstract:This research explores how online learning is conducted for higher education. This is a rapidlygrowing field that allows student-teacher interaction to occur beyond the traditional classroomenvironment. This work specifically considers the various modes that online learning can use todisseminate information. It reviews the current and emerging technologies that allow forconnectivity and
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
has co-authored over 60 publications in the areas of growth strategies, family business, and engineering. David has held corporate leadership positions with VideoCart, MediaOne, Parade Publications, Time Inc., and Purex Industries. He has worked with a wide range of organizations including Tenneco, KPMG, Motorola, Wrigley, IBM, Comarch, GrubHub, Minnetronix, Cleversafe, Siemans, and Dentsu, among many others. David holds a Ph.D. (Cum Laude) in Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, a Ph.D., in Sociology from the University of Bucharest, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from DePaul University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration, in Marketing and
Paper ID #30422The self-evaluation and revision method for homework: a homework methodfor metacognition improves post-secondary engineering students’attitudes towards homeworkMajor Patrick Alan Linford, The United States Military Academy at West Point, NY Patrick A. Linford is a Major in the United States Army, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has his Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy (2007), and his Master of Science (2017), from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology all in Mechanical Engineering.Lt. Col. James E Bluman, U.S