departments,but solutions particular to chemical engineering departments require additional examination.We have been teaching a chemical engineering design laboratory, primarily directed towards ourfirst year students, over the past six years at the University of Utah. This course was initiallytaught in a lecture hall and a series of satellite labs, centered around the space used for a unitoperations courses. Due to the first-year course’s success in achieving learning outcomes and itspositive reception by students, we have been able to design and build a combined laboratory,instructional, and maker space specifically meant to facilitate early- and mid-curriculum hands-on project-based learning. For the past three years this first-year course, and
full time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at MSU since August 1994 and currently serves as the Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering. Dr. Astatke is the winner of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) ”National Outstanding Teaching Award,” and the 2012 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region ”Distinguished Teacher” Award. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation, with a fo- cus on wireless communication. He has more than 15 years experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based course supplements for electrical engineering courses. Dr
was a two-phased event, starting with an online, capture-the-flagcompetition with the top 20 students attending the in-person portion. Students came from eightuniversities and community colleges from across the state.A significant percentage of cybersecurity jobs require security clearances. This requirement isespecially pronounced in the mid-Atlantic region: a recent survey shows that in the GreaterWashington DC area 9% of job postings require clearance [19]. Many of our industry andgovernment partners list as one of their top workforce priorities to recruit clearable, qualifiedcandidates. While we cannot directly sponsor, nor provide a student’s clearance, we can ensurethat students are informed about what a security clearance is, what the
belief surveys. One of the most commonly used measures is Fisherand Peterson’s Adaptive Expertise Beliefs survey [1]. As part of a larger post-semester survey,researchers at a mid-Atlantic university administered Fisher and Peterson's Adaptive ExpertiseBeliefs survey [1] to students enrolled in two sections of a senior design capstone course.Instructors taught one section of the course using methods based on the principles of adaptiveexpertise, while the other course section involved the use of the traditional lecture-based methodof instruction. Results indicated a significant difference in overall adaptive expertise beliefscores. However, researchers did not find significant differences between the two groups on anyof the individual Fisher and
Paper ID #35674Summer Engineering Education Program: Formal-Informal ModelDr. Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland Suzanne Keilson is a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland. Her background and degrees are in Applied Physics and her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engi- neering, design and STEM education. She has served in administrative positions and has taught for the past twenty years, including in special cross-disciplinary first year programs. She is a frequent presenter at a variety of conferences and venues, is an active member of ASEE, the Mid-Atlantic section
Carbide Chemicals & Plastics, Inc., Charleston, WV Synergistic Activities: Project Leadership Team for STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES), an NSF Funded Math Science Partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools Grant No. DUE- 1237992, 2012 – present. Co-Lead, STEM workgroup, Consortium for Urban Education, Baltimore, MD 2014-2015 Maryland State Department of Education STEM Equity workgroup 2014-2015 Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia, License No. 021864, 1996-2010 Board of Directors, Maryland Science Olympiad, 2010-present Champions Board, Mid Atlantic Girls Collaborative Network c American Society for Engineering Education, 20191Good morning! My name is
possible.MethodsInstitutional Context The University of Virginia (UVA) is a mid-Atlantic, Research I and doctoral grantinginstitution with about 17,000 undergraduates of which around 18% entered the university in theengineering school. Each year between 600 to 700 first-time, first year undergraduatesmatriculated directly into engineering as engineering undeclared majors. We described the ethnicmakeup of the engineering students during the two survey periods examined in this study inTable 1.Table 1. Count (%) of Engineering Undergraduate Enrollment by Ethnicity by SurveyYear. African Multi- American Asian Hispanic Race Int’l Unknown White Total 2018 125 577 167 150
instructional practices, andcollaborate on the development of new materials [[15]. And they were able to participate at atime of their convenience. In addition, teachers were able to communicate with teachersglobally, and involve their students in activities with students in other classrooms. While it wasa start towards addressing the issue of teacher isolation in their classrooms, it still didn’t lead toon-line professional development programs.Virtual Medibotics provided the demonstration of how professional development could beprovided for teachers at their convenience in terms of time and location. As previouslydescribed, it provided teachers located in several northeastern and mid-Atlantic states theopportunity to participate in a totally on-line
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research approach includes a combination of an- alytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 50 refereed conference proceedings, and numerous research reports to sponsors. He has worked on research contracts valued at more than $5 million, sponsored by the Penn- sylvania, Washington State, Montana and South Dakota Departments of Transportation, US Department of Transportation (via the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium and the Mid-Atlantic Universi- ties Transportation Center), Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research Program and National Science Foundation. Dr. Gayah currently
#28352Dr. John J. Lesko, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jack serves as the Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies in VT’s College of Engineering, Professor of Engineering Mechanics, and is a cofounder of PowerHub Systems. Through this startup experience, Jack has initiated problem based learning pilot programs enabled through interdisciplinary experiences, in engineering education and entrepreneurial training (e.g. The StartUp Class). Jack is also a Co-PI for the NSF I-Corps Mid Atlantic Regional Node (DC I-Corps) and is an instructor for both the Na- tional and Regional training programs guiding technical professionals through the Lean Startup approach. Jack serves on the Executive
color image fusion and real-time implementation of algorithms, she is the immediate past chair of the Middle Atlantic Section of the American Society for Engineering Education and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She enjoys observing the intellectual and professional growth in students as they prepare for engineering careers.Dr. Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University Dr. Craig Scott received his Ph.D. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Dr. Scott currently serves as Professor and Chairperson for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Clarence Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering
Jeremy C. Schwartz1 Rebecca A. Atadero2Note: 1West Virginia University, 2Colorado State UniversityThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under theawards # 1726268, #1726088, and #1725880. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Examining the Effects of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Activities in First-Year Engineering CoursesThis completed research paper describes the research-based activities [1], [2] that wereintegrated into a first-year engineering course at a large mid-Atlantic
’ intrapersonal and interpersonal skills [6]. Integrating mindfulness-based practices intofirst-year engineering courses is likely to benefit students in many ways.In this work, brief mindfulness-based meditation practices were incorporated into a requiredfirst-year engineering design course. This paper will detail students’ perceptions on includingthese practices into their course and the authors will share their insights on incorporating thesepractices into the course.MethodsBrief mindfulness-based meditation practices were incorporated into multiple sections of arequired first-year engineering design course at a large mid-Atlantic university as part of twolarger institutional review board approved research studies. Each meditation practice
; McLain, K. (2022, April). Through the looking glass: STEM students’ changing relationships with time across the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at the Spring 2022 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ. https://peer.asee.org/40075Stokel-Walker, C. (2023). ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: Many scientists disapprove of articles crediting the AI tool as a co-author. Nature, 613, 620-621. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00107-zThorp, H. H. (2023). ChatGPT is fun, but not an author. Science, 379(6630), 313. https://doi.org/ 10.1126/science.adg7879VanDeGrift, T., Dillon, H., & Camp, L. (2017). Changing the engineering student culture with
, web-conferencing, message board, automatic reminders, project repository, task progresstracking, etc. The instructional scaffolds were developed during Spring 2014 and baseline datawas collected during four consecutive semesters from 278 undergraduate and graduate studentsfrom the College of Engineering at a mid-Atlantic public university. Students were recruitedfrom courses with a hybrid instructional delivery with some students present on campus andothers attending live via web-based technology. All the participating students were part of avirtual team with at least two remote members.The implementation of the web-based tool and associated scaffolds required some course-specific customization because the nature of the class project, the
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in Engineering. Dr. Ladeji-Osias’ involvement in engineering curricular innovations includes outcomes-based articulation and online delivery of undergraduate engineering degrees. In addition to conducting research on color image fusion and real-time implementation of algorithms, she is the immediate past chair of the Middle Atlantic Section of the American Society for Engineering Education and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She enjoys observing the intellectual and professional growth in students as they prepare for engineering careers.Dr. Cindy S Ziker, SRI International Cindy Ziker, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a Senior Researcher at SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learn
team satisfactionand team cohesiveness. Therefore, by comparing interdisciplinary and within-disciplinary collaboration, thispaper aims to determine whether and how collaborative learning affects teamwork experienceswhen conducted in interdisciplinary and disciplinary teams.Methods This mixed-methods study lasted seven semesters, from Fall 2019 to Fall 2022, at a largepublic university in the Mid-Atlantic region.A total of 249 undergraduate engineering students (UES) participated in the study. Participantssigned a consent form to enroll in the study. Participating students were assigned to either acomparison or treatment group based on their semester and course section (Table 1). Semester Implementation Fall 2019
Mid-Atlantic university. The guiding philosophybehind its design is that of the “t-shaped engineer,” which advocates for a combination of bothdeep disciplinary knowledge and the ability to work with professionals from a variety of fields[12]. Additionally, the increasing emphasis on the National Academy of Engineering’s GrandChallenges and similar problems which require input and solutions from experts in many fieldshas served as a catalyst for the program’s development [13]. Existing research has also indicatednumerous purely educational benefits to working on interdisciplinary teams, including 2developing the ability to effectively collaborate with experts from other fields and exposure
Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering as a Career Relate to Their Self-Efficacy, Career Expectations, and Grittiness?AbstractThis complete research paper examines the potential connection between student beliefs aboutengineering as a profession, as well as the perceptions of their family and friends, to their reportedself-efficacy, career expectations, and grittiness.The student responses examined were obtained from non-calculus ready engineering students at alarge land grant institution in the Mid-Atlantic region. The students participated in a well-established program focused on cohort formation, mentorship, professional skill development, andfostering a sense of inclusion and belonging in engineering. The program, consisting of a one-week pre
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Development Division (LEAD)strategic initiatives of Design and Explore, specifically as follows: • Design: Omnidirectional mentorship relationships that have been established are reviewed and discussed. Relationships are within the context of the exchange dynamics created by participant interactions and engagements with others in the program. • Explore: An implemented program for faculty at career transitions operationalized from within an engineering department at a Mid-Atlantic comprehensive university is explored to demonstrate the limitations, extensions, and results of the program at its midpoint.2 BackgroundMentorship is grounded in the connection and relationship between individuals [1], providingindividuals
her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engineer- ing, design, STEM education and assistive technologies.. She has served in the Mid-Atlantic section of ASEE for a number of years and is active in ASME and IEEE activities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Design of a Junior Level Design Class: Work-in-ProgressAbstractIn order to strengthen engineering students’ preparation to tackle open-ended, multidisciplinaryprojects in their senior-level capstone course, a new junior-level design course was developedand implemented at Loyola University Maryland. Engineering faculty, students, and members ofour industrial advisory board identified
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Mineral Resources at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. He has been in his current role at WVU since 2020. Dr. Hulcher holds degrees in Civil Engineering, as well as Mathematics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 EngineerFEST: Building Community and Engagement Among First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThis complete evidence-based paper describes the basis for and the implementation of“EngineerFEST,” an effective student engagement event. EngineerFEST is an annual fallsemester engineering student organization and essential student services fair at a mid-Atlantic,R1 institution embedded in Appalachia. More than simply a “Student Organization Fair
aspects of computing. Only in computer & info science is the fraction of advanced degrees earned bywomen higher than BS degrees. Biology and biomedicine are the only fields wherewomen students are in the majority, even at MS and PhD levels. Engineering/tech isparticularly male-dominated, followed closely by computer & info science, and thesefields account for higher-paying STEM jobs. Even though the focus in this section is on the US higher-education scene, itmight help to cite data from other advanced countries for comparison. Canadian figuresare similar (~34% of STEM degrees go to women), while the 53% figure for theEuropean Union is much better, although even for EU the percentage drops to ~19% inhigher-paying categories