AC 2009-611: CAREER MOTIVATIONS OF FRESHMAN ENGINEERING ANDNON-ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A GENDER STUDYMarisa Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is a doctoral candidate at Clemson University. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson in 2005. She has been an Endowed Teaching Fellow and is currently chair of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Committee. In her research, she is studying the way that students progress through a Mechanical Engineering curriculum and terramechanics.Zahra Hazari, Clemson University Zahra Hazari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering & Science Education and the Department of Mathematical Sciences at
Univer- sity. He received PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, USA in 2010. Prior join- ing Tuskegee University he was a research associate in Florida Center for Advanced Aero- Propulsion. Dr. Solomon’s research interests include high speed flow control, actuator development, experimental fluid mechanics and engineering education.Dr. Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University Eric Hamilton is Professor of Education at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. He holds a courtesy ap- pointment in mathematics. Dr. Hamilton recently completed a three year Fulbright effort in the Republic of Namibia studying the potential for digital makerspaces in strengthening science and mathematics ed- ucation there
Scientific Report (Nature Publishing) and also serve as in editorial advisory board member for Molecular Pharmaceutics (ACS).Prof. Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Andrew M. Smith, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Smith received a B.S. in Chemistry in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 2008, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a graduate student he was a Whitaker Foundation Fellow. He continued his postdoctoral studies at Emory University as a Distinguished CCNE Fellow and NIH K99 Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Smith’s research interests include nanomaterial engineering, single- molecule imaging, and
Paper ID #15997Voicing the Indescribable - Using Photo Elicitation as a Method to UncoverBelonging and CommunityDr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nicole is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University and other degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Western Illinois Univer- sity and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Her research interest is eliciting conceptual understanding of AC circuit concepts using active learning strategies.Mr. Juan David Ortega-Alvarez
AC 2012-5072: LEARNING THROUGH COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: EN-GINEERING STUDENTS USE OF ”PSEUDO PEER DIAGRAMS”Ms. Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sensen Li is a Ph.D. student in the engineering education program at Purdue University. She holds a M.S.Ed. in educational technology from Purdue University.Dr. Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.885.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Learning through Cognitive Dissonance: Engineering Students Use of
AC 2010-1639: USING GRAPHIC NOVELS TO COMMUNICATE ENGINEERINGEXPERIENCES IN AN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOLJennifer Atchison, Drexel University Jennifer Atchison is a PhD candidate in the Department of Materials’ Science and Engineering at Drexel University and her area or research is focused on nanophotonics. She is a second year NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education and is the Science Program Director for The Achievement Project.Dorothea Holmes-Stanley, St. Cyprian's School Dorothea Holmes-Stanley is the science teacher for 5-8th grades at St. Cyprians School in Philadelphia.Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University Dr. Adam Fontecchio is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department
AC 2012-4551: CHARACTERIZING STUDENTS HANDWRITTEN SELF-EXPLANATIONSMr. James Herold, University of California, Riverside James Herold earned his B.S. in computer science at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, in 2004. He is currently a Ph.D. student in computer science at the University of California, Riverside.Dr. Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside Thomas Stahovich received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berke- ley, in 1988. He received a M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. He is currently Chair and professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the
AC 2012-5005: ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT’S CONFIDENCE OF LEARNEDKNOWLEDGEProf. Kyle B. Reed, University of South Florida Kyle Reed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He performs research on human-robot interaction, rehabilitation robotics, haptics, medical robotics, and engineering education. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2001, his master’s (2004) and Ph.D. (2007), both in mechanical engineering, from Northwestern University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University. More information on his research can be found at his research lab website: http://reedlab.eng.usf.edu
AC 2012-4182: STUDENT RESPONSES TO CHALLENGE-BASED ENGI-NEERING CURRICULADr. Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin Leema Berland is an Assistant Professor of science education at the University of Texas, Austin. She earned a Ph.D. in the learning sciences from Northwestern University in 2008 and was a Doctoral Fellow with the NSF funded Center for Curriculum Materials in Science (2003-2008). Berland is broadly inter- ested in facilitating and studying students as they engage in complex communication practices. She is currently focused on exploring the dynamics of how and why students are able (or unable) to productively communicate in engineering classrooms, in the context of UTeachEngineering high school
AC 2011-778: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT IN STUDENTS’ UN-DERSTANDING OF NORMAL AND SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMSShane Brown, Washington State University Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wash- ington State University. He conducts research in conceptual understanding, including identification of student preconception in several civil engineering areas, and longitudinal studies of conceptual change.Dean Lewis, Washington State University A master’s student conducting research in engineering education. More specifically focusing on student pre- and misconceptions in mechanics of materials.Devlin Montfort, Washington State UniversityRobby L. Borden, Washington State
AC 2011-2175: NEED ASSESSMENT FOR TA TRAINING: A SURVEY TOCAPTURE PARTICULAR NEEDS AT AN INSTITUTIONSohum Sohoni, Oklahoma State University Dr. Sohoni is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He received his PhD in computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2004 and his Bachelors in electrical engineering from COEP, Pune University in 1998. Dr. Sohoni’s research interests are broadly in the area of computer architecture and performance analysis of computer systems. His primary field of research is the cache memory performance of memory-intensive applications. He has published in peer-reviewed conferences and journals such as ACM
AC 2011-1489: EARLY ENGINEERING INTERESTS AND ATTITUDES:CAN WE IDENTIFY THEM?Karen A High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main technical research interests are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Mak- ing. Her engineering education activities include enhancing mathematics, communication skills, critical thinking and creativity in engineering students and teaching science and engineering to education
AC 2012-3337: IN SEARCH OF THE ENGINEERS OF 2020: AN OUTCOMES-BASED TYPOLOGY OF ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATESMr. David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Page 25.757.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 In Search of the Engineers of 2020: An Outcomes-Based Typology of Engineering UndergraduatesIntroductionLooking toward the globalized future, the National Academy of Engineering outlined a strategyin The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century1 that describes thecharacteristics and skills that will be required for graduating engineering students to
Paper ID #13107Constructing ”calculus readiness”: Struggling for legitimacy in a diversity-promoting undergraduate engineering programKevin O’Connor, University of Colorado Boulder Kevin O’Connor is assistant professor of educational psychology. His scholarship focuses on human ac- tion, communication, and learning as socioculturally organized phenomena. One major strand of research has explored the varied trajectories taken by students as they attempt to enter professional disciplines such as engineering, and focuses on the dilemmas encountered by students as they move through these institutionalized trajectories
AC 2012-4055: HOW PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING AND TRADITIONALENGINEERING DESIGN PEDAGOGIES INFLUENCE THE MOTIVATIONOF FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. Matusovich earned her doctoral degree in engineering education at Purdue University. She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.S. in materials science, with a concentration in metallurgy. Additionally, Matuso- vich has four years of experience as a consulting engineer and seven years of industrial experience in a variety of technical roles related to metallurgy and quality systems for an aerospace supplier. Matuso- vich’s research interests
AC 2012-3906: NEGOTIATING STEM EPISTEMIC COMMITMENTS FORENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGESDr. Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, AustinMs. Kirstin Collette Busch, University of Texas, Austin K.C. Busch is a graduate student in science education at the University of Texas, Austin. She earned a B.S. in ecology from Iowa State University and taught science in secondary schools for 12 years. Busch’s research interests include argumentation about climate change and classroom-embedded professional de- velopment strategies. She is also investigating decision-making processes of students engaged in design- based engineering curricula
AC 2010-1032: COGNITIVE HEURISTIC USE IN ENGINEERING DESIGNIDEATIONShanna Daly, University of MichiganSeda Yilmaz, University of MichiganColleen Seifert, University of MichiganRichard Gonzalez, University of Michigan Page 15.282.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Cognitive Heuristics Use in Engineering Design IdeationAbstractResearch in engineering design has revealed approaches and processes used by engineers tomove through a design task. While studies have made evident general approaches in ideation, itis unclear how multiple and varied ideas are generated. When faced with a design problem, howdo engineers generate multiple alternative solutions
AC 2010-1107: HOW STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS INFLUENCESTUDENT MOTIVATION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY USINGSELF-DETERMINATION THEORYKatherine Winters, Virginia Tech Katherine Winters is a doctoral student and Graduate Teaching Fellow in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has a M.S. in Civil Engineering and a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. Her research interests include engineering student motivation and identity.Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Matusovich recently joined Virginia Tech after completing her doctoral degree in Engineering
AC 2010-1586: ENGINEERING, REFLECTION AND LIFE LONG LEARNINGNora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh Nora Siewiorek is a graduate student in the Administrative and Policy Studies department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh where she also received her MS in Information Science. Her research interests include: engineering education and educational assessment and evaluation. Her K-12 outreach activities are organizing a local science fair and a hands on workshop in nanotechnology. Her other research interests are: higher education administration, comparative and international education.Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate
AC 2012-4659: CHALLENGES TO ENSURING QUALITY IN QUALITA-TIVE RESEARCH: A PROCEDURAL VIEWDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor of engineering education research at the University of Geor- gia (UGA). He is Co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from en- gineering, art, educational psychology, and social work. His research interests span the formation of students’ professional identity, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methods in engineering education. He was the first international recipient of the ASEE
AC 2012-3674: VALIDATING OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES OFCONCEPT INVENTORIES: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE FROM THE CON-CEPT ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR STATICS (CATS)Ms. Dana Denick, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dana Denick is a PhD Student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dana holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University, MA in Physics Education from the University of Virginia and MS in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. Her research interests are difficult concepts in engineering and information literacy for engineering.Dr. Aidsa I. Santiago-Romn, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Aidsa I. Santiago-Romn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
AC 2012-4147: TENSIONS WITH PBL IMPLEMENTATION IN UNDER-GRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION: RESULTS FROM TEACH-ING PRACTICEDr. Angela van Barneveld, Purdue University Angela van Barneveld is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the College of Education (learning design and technology) at Purdue University, and a Program Manager at IBM (business analytics). Research inter- ests include problem-based learning, engineering education, professional education, and the transfer and application of academic learning to practice (workplace).Dr. Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning, and Assistant Professor of engineering
AC 2011-1244: PHENOMENOGRAPHIC STUDY OF HUMAN-CENTEREDDESIGN: EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONSCarla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette CARLA B. ZOLTOWSKI, Ph.D., is Education Administrator of the EPICS Program at Purdue Univer- sity. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University, one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education and a courtesy faculty member in Mechanical Engi- neering and Curriculum
AC 2011-662: ASSESSING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ABILITIES ATGENERATING AND USING MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN CAPSTONEDESIGNJennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. Dr. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone design, and her research interests are in engineering design education.Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology & Physiology and Director, North- western Center for Engineering Education ResearchEsteban Molina, Florida International University Esteban Molina has a B.S. in
AC 2010-627: SCALE DEVELOPMENT FOR ENGINEERING MODELINGSELF-EFFICACYTuba Yildirim, University of PittsburghMary Besterfield-Sacre, University of PittsburghLarry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Page 15.1050.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Engineering Modeling Self-Efficacy (EMSE) ScaleAbstractSelf-efficacy is defined as personal judgments of one’s capabilities to organize and executecourses of action to attain designated goals. Self-efficacy is shown to be a significant predictor ofacademic performance, academic motivation, students’ participation in activities, rate of solutionof arithmetic problems, and use of learning strategies. Students with
AC 2010-373: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: WHAT SHOULD OUR STUDENTSKNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO?Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University Dr. C. Dianne Raubenheimer received her PhD from the University of Louisville and is Director of Assessment in the College or Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education at NC State University. Within the College of Engineering she serves as the coordinator of ABET and other accreditation processes, acts as an assessment & evaluation resource/consultant to faculty in different programs, develops and implements assessment plans, and serves as the primary educational assessment data analyst on the Dean’s
; Tavakoli, 2000; Newman,2001; Dennis, 2001; Jensen, 2000, 2005; Bilen, 2002; Blessing, 2002; Campbell, 2002; Ulrich, 2004;Green, 2004; Charyton, 2009; Linsey, 2010; Markman, 2011; White, 2011; Wood, 2000, 2001, 2002,2005, 2012). These advancements, in various direct and indirect ways, provide frameworks for learningthrough open-ended problems, creative problem-solving, and engagement in service-learning and society-based projects. The work reported in this paper builds upon these foundations and advancements. Figure 1. Kolb cycle for integrated learning experiences in assimilating and processing information Page 23.758.5II.4 Performance
AC 2010-1537: IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: DEFINING AND STUDYINGINTERDISCIPLINARITY IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State UniversityDavid Knight, The Pennsylvania State University David Knight is a doctoral student in the Higher Education Program and a graduate research assistant in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State. Page 15.710.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 In the Eye of the Beholder: Defining and Studying Interdisciplinarity in Engineering EducationAbstractThe philosophical, practical, and empirical literature on interdisciplinarity
AC 2009-2160: SERVICE-LEARNING IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE COURSES:DOES IT WORK?John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Professor, Mechanical EngineeringCarol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell Professor, Plastics EngineeringLinda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Service-Learning Coordinator, College of EngineeringManuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Doctoral Research Assistant, Renewable Energy Engineering Page 14.1055.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Service-Learning in Engineering Science Courses: Does It Work?Keywords: service-learning, faculty development, citizen
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