AC 2011-1069: STUDENT-CREATED WATER QUALITY SENSORSLiesl Hotaling, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg Liesl Hotaling is a senior engineer at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida. She holds a B.S. in Marine Science, and Masters degrees in Science Teaching and Maritime Systems. She is a partner in Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence - Networked Ocean World (COSEE-NOW) and specializes in real time data and hands-on STEM educational projects supporting environmental ob- serving networks.Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham, UK Dr. Stolkin is a Research Fellow at the Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Birmingham, UK. He is an interdisciplinary engineer, with diverse
AC 2010-963: TERRASCOPE YOUTH RADIO: ENGAGING URBAN TEENS IN AUNIQUE UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPAri Epstein, MIT ARI W. EPSTEIN is a lecturer in the MIT Terrascope program, and also in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the lead developer and instructor of Terrascope Radio and serves as the director of Terrascope Youth Radio. He is particularly interested in team-oriented, project-based learning, and in bridging the gap between learning in formal academic settings and learning in "free-choice" or "informal" settings, such as museums, media and clubs.Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs BEVERLY MIRE is assistant director for education at Terrascope
AC 2010-1145: HERMANAS: DISEÑA TU FUTURO: INTEL CORPORATION ANDESTRELLA MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNER TO INCREASELATINAS IN STEMArlisa Labrie Richardson, Estrella Mountain Community College Arlisa Richardson earned her Bachelor of Science in Physics from Grambling State University, a Masters of Science in Physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a Masters of Science in Engineering of Materials from Arizona State University. In 2008, she completed a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction specializing in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her research focused on the development of students’ tinkering self-efficacy during a freshman engineering design course
Paper ID #10316Developing Curriculum For Introducing CyberSecurity To K-12 StudentsMr. Brandon Gregory Morton, Drexel University (Eng.) Brandon Morton is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Drexel University. He received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2009 and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 2011. He was an NSF GK-12 fellow from 2011 to 2014. Currently he is researching methods for detecting influence between musical artists.Prof. Youngmoo Kim, Drexel UniversityMatthew Nester VanKouwenbergMr. Chris Lehmann, Science Leadership
AC 2012-3417: YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM: SUMMER RESEARCHOPPORTUNITIES FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTSMr. Yair Joseph Mega P.E., Northeastern University Yair Mega is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeast- ern University, and a Research Fellow at the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. His area of research involves non-linear optics applications for bio-medical imaging. Mega has also worked as a program coordinator with the Young Scholars Program (YSP) at Northeastern Univer- sity for the last two years. His involvement includes matching the technical contents of the research to students’ background and interests. Mega holds an M.S. degree
studentswill have to keep economics in mind when choosing the materials for their vessel. Therefore, thismodule and subsequent modules allow for a multi-dimensional approach to projects that aregenerally seen as one-dimensional.After completing the build of their vessels for the second time, students will test their newdesign. Because the students will have spent more time understanding the problem, researching,brainstorming, and building the prototype, the vessels should perform better than their firstattempt at the egg drop. This process will build an appreciation for the engineering designprocess, instill a culture of teamwork, communication, and problem-solving in the students earlyin the course as well as develop their understanding of STEM
Paper ID #5922Teachers in Industry: Measuring the Impact of a K-12 Teacher InternshipProgramBradley Bowen Ed.D, North Dakota State University Bradley Bowen is an assistant professor at North Dakota State University. He has a duel appointment with the Teacher Education Department and the Department of Construction Management and Engineering. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and received a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education from N.C. State University. With five years of corporate engineering experience and six years of high school teaching, he specializes in developing and
2006-262: IMPROVING SCIENCE LITERACY THROUGH PROJECT-BASED K-12OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT USE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL THEMESJan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters, PE is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Environmental Science and Engineering at Clarkson University, with a focus on energy and environmental education. She has several years of experience as the curriculum coordinator for Clarkson's Project-Based Learning Partnership Program and is director of the Partners in Engineering Program that provides mentoring and engineering activities for eighth grade girls.Susan Powers, Clarkson University Susan E. Powers, PhD, PE is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Assoc Dean
Paper ID #7933A Female-Only Camp for STEM DisciplinesDr. Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Dr. Muhittin Yilmaz received a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Gazi University at Ankara, Turkey, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University at University Park. He has been an assistant professor with the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) since 2007. His research interests include robust and control system optimization, model identification and validation, robotics
Paper ID #8977Impact of a 5-Week Collegiate Level Residential STEM Summer Program onSecondary School Students (research to practice)Dr. Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University Ben Campbell holds a BS in physics and MS in electrical engineering from Penn State and a PhD in en- gineering from Robert Morris University. For the first decade of his career, he worked as a laser engineer at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. In 2011 he joined Robert Morris University as an Assistant Pro- fessor of Engineering. Since 2005, Dr. Campbell has served as faculty for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (a
State University, a sec- ondary teaching certificate from University of Puget Sound, an M.Ed. in instructional technology lead- ership from Western Washington University, and a Ph.D. (research-based, not theoretical) in educational psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National LaboratoryJill K. Hettinger, Boise State University Page 25.1240.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching by Design: Preparing K-12 Teachers to Use Design across the CurriculumAbstractEngineering design holds great
AC 2010-1952: A NOVEL APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTRobert Reeves, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Robert Reeves graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2009 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He will finish his MS in Chemical Engineering also from UMBC in May 2010 and will begin his career with OSIsoft, LLC. He has been working on the INSPIRES program for the last year.Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Julia Ross is Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her technical research interests are in the area of cellular
Paper ID #10450Roads, Rails and Race Cars: a STEM Educational Program for 4th-12thGrade StudentsMs. Cynthia Marie Baker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Mid American Transportation Center Cynthia Baker is the Educational Programs Coordinator for the Mid-America and Nebraska Transporta- tion Centers. She is a Ph.D. student/Doctoral Candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Educational Psychology Department.Dr. Laurence R Rilett P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Laurence R. Rilett is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and the inaugural holder of the Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in
Paper ID #8852Using ROVs to Teach a Blended STEM CurriculumDr. Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright is a professor of technology and engineering education in the College of Engi- neering and Technology at Brigham Young University.Kip Hacking Page 24.1342.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using ROVs to Teach a Blended STEM Curriculum Geoffrey A. Wright Ph.D. Technology and
of educators and educational researchers who are exploring how to integrate science, mathematics and engineering within authentic school contexts and researching the nature of the resultant student learningMike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology Mike Ryan is research faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Mike has expertise in the design and use of project- based learning (PBL) to facilitate standards-based learning. - Mike is the Co-PI for the NSF-funded project Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering and Robotics (SLIDER), overseeing curriculum design, teacher learning and research strategy. The project
Kukreti, University of Cincinnati Page 11.352.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Connecting Graduate Students with Secondary Teachers to Increase the Math and Science Literacy of Secondary Students: Impact on Teachers, Fellows and StudentsEach year hundreds of Fellows, undergraduate and graduate student scientists, participatein GK-12 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants (Graduate Fellows teaming withteachers to teach in kindergarten through twelfth grade classrooms) throughout thecountry. One aspect of GK-12 funding focuses on the potential to make permanentchanges in institutions of higher
.356instruction from a global perspective is important.Science and mathematics instruction is necessary for economic 4.75 .441 4.71 .460development.I believe that teaching science and engineering is of central 4.82 .390 4.82 .476importance in order to cope with future global challenges.The new connections that participants developed and the increased awareness of the presence ofthose relationships were more strongly evident in participants’ open ended survey responses andreflections during the one-on-one interview. One mathematics teacher may serve as an exampleof change that took place for many RET participants. At the beginning of the program her open-ended survey response was, “there is not a clear cut relationship in my mind
Paper ID #6376Introducing 6-12 Grade Teachers and Students to Computational ThinkingDr. A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University Dr. Fontenot is the Sr. Director of the Texas Tech T-STEM which provides professional development for K-12 teachers as part of the Texas STEM (T-STEM) initiative. The Texas Tech T-STEM Center focuses on project-based learning with the integration of the engineering design process. The Center provides professional development training for T-STEM Academies, T-STEM Early College High Schools, and all Texas school districts, public and private. She collaborates with Whitacre College of Engineering
helped clarifycareer goals. Fellows noted improvements in “patience and flexibility,” and appreciated theexperience of working “with individuals of different skill sets and levels of drive and academicability.” One Fellow mentioned that classroom teaching “helped my personal skills in dealingwith a large number of children and teenagers,” and another developed tools and skills “toeffectively teach and grasp attention of today’s young minds.”There were other occasional difficulties working with students. One Fellow stated “I believe Iwould have been more effective working with older students” due to difficulties expressing somescience and engineering concepts without a certain level of mathematical background (geometry,angles, and area). Another
AC 2012-5279: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTDr. Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University Keith Schimmel is an Associate Professor of chemical engineering, Chair of the Energy and Environmen- tal Systems Department, and Deputy Director of the NOAA ISET Cooperative Science Center.Dr. Muktha Jost, North Carolina A&T State University Muktha Jost is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the online graduate program in Instructional Tech- nology. She has served as a teacher educator for 14 years.Dr. Tyrette Sherlone Carter, North Carolina A&T State University Tyrette S. Carter’s research interests include how to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics
AC 2011-2846: MOTIVATIONS AND BENEFITS FOR COLLEGE STU-DENTS SERVING AS MENTORS IN A HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS COM-PETITIONNoah Salzman, Purdue University Noah Salzman is a graduate student in Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College, and his M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has work experience as both an engi- neer and taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level.Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning and As- sistant Professor of Engineering
different sights, the ability to imagine the movement of internaldisplacement among the parts of a configuration, the ability to think about those spatial relationsin which the body orientation of the observer is an essential part of the problem.”2 No matter theprecise definition used, spatial ability as a whole encompasses one’s ability to generate, recall,and manipulate 3D objects within one’s mind. Spatial ability is significant in a number of disciplines including, but not limited to,engineering, architecture, biomedical sciences, robotics, and geographical information systems.Due to this significance, educators are forced to ask: How does one develop such a skill?According to Piaget, spatial ability is developed through three stages
AC 2011-652: TRANSLATING RESEARCH EXPERIENCES INTO CLASS-ROOM PRACTICE: AN RET PROJECTJohn D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology JOHN D. CARPINELLI is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has served as coordinator of activities at NJIT for the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition and as a member of the Coalition’s Governing Board. He previously chaired NJIT’s Excellence in Teaching Awards Committee and is past chair of the University Master Teacher Committee.Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Kimmel is Professor of Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of
AC 2010-296: PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS LEARNING OUTCOMES OFUNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED DREAM MENTEES AT THREEURBAN HIGH SCHOOLSAndres Goza, Rice UniversityDavid Garland, Rice UniversityBrent Houchens, Rice University Page 15.953.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Physics and Mathematics Learning Outcomes of Underserved and Underrepresented DREAM Mentees at Three Urban High SchoolsAbstractThe DREAM Program (Designing with Rice Engineers – Achievement through Mentorship) wascreated in 2007 to encourage underrepresented and underprivileged high school students(mentees) toward a college education with an emphasis in STEM fields. This goal is
in learning is beneficial for student engagement, retention of knowledge,and improving student comprehension. As evidenced through the existing literature,5,6 use ofrobotics in K-12 classrooms to teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)disciplines is well documented. However, the effectiveness of the use of robotics to addressstudents’ cognitive domains of Bloom’s taxonomy remains to be explored. Mindful design of alearning environment centered on Bloom’s taxonomy can guide students through the entire cycle Page 23.329.3of cognitive domains to ensure that all levels of learning are captured. Specifically, throughhands-on