Paper ID #43146Board 283: Findings from the Spring 2022 to Spring 2023 Semesters of thePEERSIST Project - A Formation of Engineers Framework for UnderstandingSelf-Efficacy and Persistence among Transfer StudentsCody D Jenkins, Arizona State UniversityMs. Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Thien Ta is a doctoral student of Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. She obtained her B.S., and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She has taught for Cao Thang technical college for seven years in Vietnam. She is currentlySarah Johnston, Arizona State UniversityDr. Ryan James Milcarek
to facilitate student engagement with the content, instructor, andfellow students. This approach leveraged the social-constructivist learning theory: a connectedcommunity of learners with classroom peers and co-construction of knowledge where theinstructor’s role is that of a subject matter expert who facilitates learning. To examine the impactof mobile devices on student learning in this two-year study (year one fall 2021 - spring 2022), thefollowing research questions were addressed, hypothesizing improvements in the areas ofengagement, enhancement of learning outcomes, and extension of learning to real-life engineeringscenarios: (1) Does mobile device use facilitate engagement in thermal-fluid science coursecontent? (Engagement), (2) Does
implemented in 2021 and 2022. The 2021 programfocused on immersing teachers in authentic AI projects, while the 2022 program focused ondeveloping teachers’ foundational knowledge before joining a specific AI research project.Teachers in both summers took an orientation in the first week. In the 2021 summer program,teachers participated in one of the four research projects, including AI application in cancerdetection, AI algorithm, architecture and circuit, and device from Week 2 mornings. Theygathered in the afternoons to share their research, participate in instructional workshops anddiscussions, and develop lesson plans for middle- and high-school students. What changed in the2022 summer program was the morning research component. Teachers learned
for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program. Her research interest focuses on changing the deficit base perspective of first-generation college students by providing asset-based approaches to understanding this population. Dina is interested in understanding how first-generation college students author their identities as engineers and negotiate their multiple identities in the current culture of engineering. Dina has won several awards including the 2022-2023 Outstanding Research Pub- lication Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division I, 2018 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Best Diversity Paper Award, 2019 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
usagesurveys administered to makerspace users at a large public university during the three semestersfollowing the start of the pandemic (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Spring 2022) is used here toinvestigate. COVID-19 restrictions present during Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 were mostlyloosened in Spring 2022. The makerspace is modeled as a bipartite network, with student andtool interactions determined via end-of-semester surveys. The network is analyzed usingnestedness, a metric primarily used in ecology to evaluate the stability of an ecosystem andproposed here as a quantitative method to evaluate makerspace health. The surveys used tocreate the network models also provide validation, as students were asked to share tools usedduring the semester in
: Using Workshops to Scaffold InterdisciplinaryResearch, Collaboration, and Community BuildingAbstractCo-creation in academe can take multiple forms. In this research, the co-creation focus is oncollaboration between faculty and graduate students to develop educational modules. Thisactivity is designed to improve graduate education and prepare students for conducting graduateresearch. In previous work presented at ASEE 2022, we discussed benefits and challenges ofparticipating in the co-creation process. This current paper focuses on how we took lessons fromour first year and transformed them into a structure to better support interdisciplinary research,collaboration, and community building.We will discuss how we supported the process of co
practices and innovative approaches discussed will evidence the work inprogress towards an improved, integrated learning experience for engineering technology students.Finally, current results will support prior findings and provide new evidence for engineering educationpractices in community colleges.Stackable Certificates and DegreesIn the Fall of 2022, Mt. SAC began offering 12 new certificates of achievement and 6 new associate ofscience degrees in the discipline of Engineering Technology. These certificates include Technical Sales,Engineering Fundamentals, Engineering with Emphasis in Chemical and Materials EngineeringApplications Level 1, Engineering with Emphasis in Chemical and Materials Engineering ApplicationsLevel 2, Engineering with
to increase the annual enrollment of students in the B.S. and Area of Emphasis inCybersecurity at West Virginia University. Specifically, the enrollment has more than doubled inonly two years (from 2020 to 2022). Furthermore, the ACCESS scholarship recipients havegreater diversity than their peers enrolled in the cybersecurity field at West Virginia University.Over the last three years, the ACCESS program provided numerous co-curricular activities andstudent support services and has strengthen its partnerships with employers from the public andprivate sectors. Students’ feedback, which was provided via anonymous surveys and focusgroups discussions conducted by an external evaluation team, was overwhelmingly positive andhighlighted numerous
troubleshooting, and (d) solar site analysis.Associated with the new REST laboratory, the new course “Solar PV Planning and Installation”was developed based on the textbook [2]. The lecture notes cover the topics including: Solarradiation fundamentals, sun path characteristics, solar panel orientation, conducting site survey,solar PV fundamentals, solar PV installation and troubleshooting, solar thermal fundamentals,and solar thermal troubleshooting. The details of the course lectures and contents are presentedin [3] and [4]. The new course was offered in the 2021-2022 academic year. Early-semestercourse evaluations were completed by the students in both semesters, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.Moreover, end-of-semester course evaluations were completed
and associated assignments to be relevant to my major/field of study.Most of the students in the Electrical Engineering (EE) Senior Capstone Design course at TexasA&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) in Spring 2022 who filled in the survey (7 students)responded to the above eight survey questions Very True (average of 51.8%) or Mostly True(average of 10.7 %) as seen in Table 1. Table 1. - Survey Results for TAMUK EE Students - Spring 2022 Question Very Mostly Somewhat Not N/A (see above) True True True True or Unsure 1 57.1 % 28.6
at the end ofsemester), possibly because of minimal in-person contact with students due to the asynchronousdelivery of the course. Our advisory board suggested to employ the survey during discussionsession along with giving extra credit as an incentive. During Fall 2021 semesters, bothsuggestions were implemented which increased the response rate to 90%.The graduate research assistant interviewed ten randomly selected students, stratified by gender,at the beginning and end of the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters to determine reactions tothe instructional design and instructional events and materials. The graduate assistant transcribedinterviews via software tool “Trint”. PI, social science co-PI, the graduate student andundergraduate
adapted (scaled down) cohort model, a freshman seminar, and a research experience[2], [3], [4]. Activities are optimized with commuter students in mind [5].Program history and componentsThe STEM Scholars Program was launched in Fall of 2022 and includes three cohorts of highachieving, low income students. Current students in the program are freshmen, sophomores, orjuniors, with data for this report taken only from the sophomores and juniors. To date, none ofthe students have graduated, as they are all enrolled in four year programs.Students are eligible for the program provided they meet the financial need requirement and areU.S. citizens, permanent residents, or have status as a US national or admitted refugee, have ahigh school GPA of 3.0 or
develop an action plan for SVSM advocacy within the U.S. western regioncontext. Finally, we turn our focus toward development, implementation, and dissemination ofassets-based training/support materials that center on military student awareness, allyship, andmentorship, using research plan findings, institutional agent data, and the action plan as guides.Major ActivitiesYear 1During Year 1 (2021-2022), the Principal Investigator (PI) hired the engineering educationgraduate student for the project, who completed required human subjects research andresponsible conduct of research trainings. Together, we amended and refined initial researchplan interview protocols and developed an interview protocol for the institutional agents in theeducation plan
named the inaugural appointee to the McFather Professorship of Engi- neering, Computer Science and Mathematics at WT, 2022. Dr. Subburaj received her M.E. in Applied Electronics from the Anna University in 2007, India and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Texas Tech University (TTU) in 2014. She was a post-doctoral research associate at TTU before coming to WT. Dr. Subburaj is a Senior Member of the IEEE society. She teaches electrical circuits design, sig- nals, control systems, renewables, and electric power systems. Dr. Subburaj has several publications in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Review Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, and International Journal of Renewable Energy Research
University, Channel Islands ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Neural Networks to Provide Automated Feedback on Elementary Mathematics Instruction1 Peter Youngs, Scout Crimmins, Jonathan Foster, Matthew Korban, Ginger Watson, and Scott Acton May, 2023 In recent years, several researchers have begun to use neural networks (i.e., a form ofartificial intelligence) to provide automated classification of instructional activities in earlychildhood, elementary, and secondary classrooms (e.g., Author, 2022; Dale et al., 2022; Jacobset al., 2022; Kelly et al., 2018; Ramakrishnan et
Science Foundation Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program.As the first RET site in Arkansas, AR-DATA aims to provide at least thirty 9th-12th grademathematics, computer science, and pre-engineering teachers with transformative researchexperiences thematically centered on data analytics. The program seeks to introduce teachers tovarious engineering applications implementing data analytics and let them gain a betterunderstanding of the next-generation workforce needs in data analytics [1]. The program iscurrently in its second year, and we have been working with ten teachers each year during 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 program cycles. In this paper, we present the program findings, fromrecruitment to product dissemination in the following
Society for Engineering Education, 2023Investigating Creativity, Confidence, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset Through Curricular Modification and Community EngagementIn the Spring of 2022, the South Dakota Mines Department of Materials andMetallurgical Engineering faculty modified their junior-level Principles ofMetallurgical Design course to utilize local Black Hills minerals to formulate andproduce a clay-based ceramic body. The final body functionality was left to thestudent teams to help create an open end to the design process. The course provideda unique learning environment for students and faculty. The students learned theiterative design process through this project-based learning approach as well as theunique challenges that the use of
of conducting this research, and sharing of innovativeresearch methods in addition to the actual data. For these activities, we have created an R datapackage, midfielddata, that provides a stratified sample of MIDFIELD data as a publiclyavailable practice data set [17]. The practice data can be accessed and manipulated usingmidfieldr, an R package that provides tools for studying MIDFIELD student unit record data[18].The second MIDFIELD Institute was held August 3-5, 2022 with an optional help session onTuesday August 2, 2022. Based on a survey we conducted of possible participants, we decidedto host this workshop online using Zoom. We met for 4 hours per day from 1 pm to 5 pmEastern Time with breaks approximately once per hour. The
of talented students into careers in science and engineering throughdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or educational research and to help ensure that they receive thebest education possible. An REU site typically comprises a cohort of approximately tenundergraduates who engage in research within the programs of the hosting institution. Eachstudent is assigned to a specific research project and collaborates closely with faculty membersand other researchers.A search of the NSF award database in December 2023 yielded approximately 3,500 REU sites,with the earliest REU site commencing in June 1982. This indicates a substantial and persistentcontribution and effort from the NSF in promoting undergraduate research. From 2017 to 2022,the NSF awarded
ProcessThe Cyber4RAM badge was piloted in fall 2022, using TRACKS-CN members, as well as otherindividuals connected to the project. Feedback from beta testers was incorporated, though therewere only a few minor adjustments and edits needed. On November 1, 2022, a soft launch of thebadge was implemented. Community college faculty affiliated with TRACKS-CN providedbadge registration information to their students, many of whom completed the badge. A fulllaunch took place February 1, 2023, accompanied by a press release and a social mediacampaign about the badge.Results/EvaluationSince July 2022, the PI and co-PIs have shared information about the Cyber4RAM badge and thebadge development process with a number of organizations. Those organizations
IntelligenceIndex for 2022 states that manufacturing made up most of the cybersecurity attacks they wereasked to remediate in 2021 [1].One way to mitigate against cybersecurity risk is to make sure that OT technicians are aware ofneed for cybersecurity, and that information technology (IT) technicians know about the specialneeds and requirements present in manufacturing environments. This approach has beensuccessfully implemented in an introductory course at Boise State University [2].The convergence of IT and OT technology is known as Industry 4.0. The need for moreawareness regarding Industry 4.0 has been the focus of multiple studies conducted over the lastseveral years [3] [4] [5].An economical, safe, and efficient way of training students both in
interventions were grouped into categories for peer discussion at a workshop onfaculty engineering technology adoption at the 2022 Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE) Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), where faculty were asked to considerbarriers to their implementation and strategies to overcome these barriers [6].MethodsThis paper and poster present the results from the peer-review and discussion at the 2022 IEEEFIE workshop. The participants in the FIE workshop were an international group of 14engineering faculty. Informed consent of the participants was obtained for the use of the resultsof those workshop discussions in accordance with an approved human subjects researchprotocol.Workshop attendees were presented with
using Tinto’s model. Using the MCCS, this research can produce empirical evidencethat STEM educators must make more informed organizational decisions and design moreeffective interventions to support undergraduate STEM students at HBCUs.Survey Data CollectionOur research has focused on administering a survey instrument within the STEM Academy intwo different years (2022, with 71 participant responses; 2024, with 45 participant responses).This instrument comprises scales and items developed in prior STEM-focused projectssponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Scales have established reliabilities, anditems have undergone extensive piloting and testing at that previous work. Table 1 lists scalesand items comprising the latent and
students. We will also presentour most recent findings since ASEE 2022 based on our ongoing research.AcknowledgementsThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation, ”Collaborative Research:Fostering Engineering Creativity and Communication through Immediate, Personalized Feedbackon 2D-Perspective Drawing”: 2013612 (Texas A&M University), 2013504 (Georgia Institute ofTechnology), 2013575 (San Jose State University) and 2013554 (Purdue University). Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References [1] D. P. McCrum, “Evaluation of creative problem-solving abilities in undergraduate
design a K-12 STEM activity related towater chemistry impacts the innovation self-efficacy (ISE) of junior students enrolled in arequired environmental engineering course. ISE is defined as having five behavioralcomponents: questioning, observing, experimenting, idea networking, and associational thinking.In this course, the K-12 STEM activity is designed with a team of 3 to 5 students. The activityrequires that the students develop an innovative activity that demonstrates environmentalengineering concepts such as acid mine drainage, ocean acidification, and contaminant removal.The student projects are scaffolded throughout the 10 weeks via intermediate submissions andmeetings with a K-12 STEM teacher and design mentors. In fall 2022 a pilot of
thisproject have been successfully implemented in online and in-person sections of the threecourses.To our knowledge, the PrairieLearn group features have been adopted by at least 12 other coursesin 4 institutions: Statics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Programming Languages andCompilers (UIUC); Computer Network Protocols and Applications, Operating SystemFundamentals (York University), Computer Hardware and Operating Systems (University ofBritish Columbia); Computational Science, Computer Science II, Computer Organization andAssembly Language, Operating Systems Concepts, Data Communications (Grand Valley StateUniversity).In Summer 2022, one of the PIs organized a 6-week workshop, name “Incorporating Computinginto Engineering Curriculum
Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022.Dr. Jens-Uwe Kuhn, Santa Barbara City CollegeJason Curtis, Cuesta CollegeChristine L Reed, Allan Hancock CollegeEva Schiorring, STEMEVAL Eva Schiorring has almost two decades of experience in research and evaluation and special knowledge about STEM education in community colleges and four-year institutions. She presently serves as the external evaluator for four NSF-funded projects. TheSean Marc Gottlieb, Allan Hancock CollegeSarah Hulick, Cabrillo CollegeFrancisco E Jimenez, Cabrillo CollegeGabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos, Cuesta CollegeDr. Leila Jewell, Monterey Peninsula College Leila Jewell is a professor of Physics at Monterey
learning and engagement concerningthree key areas: (1) Career Goals, (2) Entrepreneurial Competencies, and (3)Research SkillDevelopment.The purpose of this poster is to provide lessons learned over the past three years of programdelivery including: 1. Year 1 (2021-2022 academic year): virtual and part-time 2. Year 2 (2022 Summer): traditional in-person and full-time 3. Year 3 (2023 Summer): traditional in-person and full-timeThe guiding research question is as follows: How do perceived learning gains compare across atraditional REU (in-person, 10 weeks over summer, full-time) versus an REU delivered virtually,part-time, and over 10 months?2. Methods2.1 Study Design and ParticipantsThe study was based on an REU program at a Midwestern
Science Foundation grant efforts includ- ing S-STEM, REU, and Includes Alliance grant efforts.Dr. Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University Jennifer Love is a full-time faculty member of Northeastern University’s College of Engineering, most recently in the First Year Engineering program. She is currently the Associate Director for the Center for STEM Education. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1993), a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Iowa (1997) and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University (2022) where she recently completed her dissertation in elementary STEAM education. She also worked as a professional
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