thismultidisciplinary course. Assessment data from over 150 online and onsite students, both incomputer science and engineering programs, showed that teaching evaluation scores were verysimilar in range and mean, regardless of class mode or student program. In fact, the highest mean Page 26.229.14score for the student perception of teaching was 4.3/5 in online courses, showing thatmultidisciplinary, laboratory-based engineering courses can be successfully taught online withengagement between professors and students.Bibliography[1] Sheehy, K. (2013) Online Course Enrollment Climbs for 10th Straight Year. US News & World Report.Retrieved on 2/2/2015 from http
and serious games to improve student learning in engineering classes. He is currently a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Mechanical Engineering department at Auburn University. He currently teaches at Auburn and Faulkner Universities.Dr. P.K. Raju, Auburn University Dr. P. K. Raju is the Thomas Walter Distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn Uni- versity. He is the co-founder and director of the NSF-funded Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE). LITEE has been recently recognized by the National Academy of Engi- neering as one of the model programs in the country that has successfully infused real world experiences into engineering undergraduate education
actual events or situations. This work explores the impact ofthe use of case studies in an environmental engineering laboratory, introductory engineeringcourse, introductory biology seminar course, and upper level biology course. Motivations forimplementing the cases include determining how case studies teaching impacts students’ abilityto carry out a scientific investigation (from hypothesis to data analysis to discussion of results)and if the results correlate to students’ learning style preferences. This work is part of acontinuing funded investigation of the use of case studies with the potential to contribute to thebody of knowledge related to the use of learning styles assessments in educational practiceacross a variety of disciplines. The
Paper ID #18230Using Nursing Theory to Improve the Teaching of Engineering PracticeDr. Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, F.AAN joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2010 after ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he served as Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Since 2014, he has concur- rently served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State in the areas of environment, science, technology, and health (ESTH). Oerther earned his B.A
Paper ID #12942Interdisciplinary Education through ”Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid ResilientControl Systems CourseMr. Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory Timothy R. McJunkin is research engineer at Idaho National Laboratory in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Division, since 1999. He is also a adjunct instructor at Idaho State Univer- sity, teaching control systems and resilient controls system. Prior to joining INL, he was a design engi- neer at Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston Texas. Mr McJunkin is the principal architect of the GridGame developed for the multiple university
Paper ID #32492Transition from the F2F to the Online Teaching Method During EmergencyStatus (Engineering Emergency Remote Learning)Dr. Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University - Pueblo B. Ansaf received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering /Aerospace and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in me- chanical engineering from the University of Baghdad in 1996 and 1999, respectively. From 2001 to 2014, he has been an Assistant Professor and then Professor with the Mechatronics Engineering Department, Baghdad University. During 2008 he has been a Visiting Associate professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT. During 2010 he has
Paper ID #15948Multidisciplinary Game-based Approach for Generating Student Enthusi-asm for Addressing Critical Infrastructure ChallengesMr. Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory Timothy R. McJunkin is a Senior Research Engineer at Idaho National Laboratory in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Division, since 1999. He has also served as an adjunct instructor at Idaho State University, teaching control systems and resilient controls systems. Prior to joining INL, he was a design engineer at Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston Texas. Mr. McJunkin is the principal architect of the Grid Game
Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving among Pre- Collegiate Engineering Students via Materials Science PrinciplesAbstractGiven that fundamental materials science principles transcend traditional disciplinaryboundaries, a grand opportunity exists to leverage materials science concepts to facilitatemultidisciplinary teaching and learning. This paper presents the development andimplementation of a three-phase teaching module designed to foster organic, cross-disciplinarydiscourse and learning among pre-collegiate engineering students. Thirty domestic andinternational high school students were selected for an introductory four-week summer course inengineering. The students were divided into two classes, either civil engineering or nuclearengineering
in-person laboratory experiences. The course used the video conferencing clientZoom as the primary method of communication. If virtual and in-person learning was happeningsynchronously, the Zoom call was projected in the classroom so that all students could see andhear each other. A video and audio feed was also available from the classroom so that studentscould hear each other across platforms.ResultsThe results of both Cohort A and Cohort B’s activities were extremely promising. Students inCohort A had statistically significant improvements in the number of other students they feltcomfortable working with over the course of the semester. At the start of the semester, studentsidentified in the survey that they were willing to work with an
Paper ID #30599Partnering Undergraduate Engineering Students with Preservice Teachersto Design and Teach an Elementary Engineering Lesson through Ed+gineeringDr. Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University Dr. Gutierrez received her B.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001, M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education in 2005 from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and Ph.D. in Science Education in 2016 from North Carolina State University. Dr. Gutierrez is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old Dominion
determined using previous chemistry experiments presented in thecourse. A team of teaching assistants, along with the course coordinator, developed anengineering driven problem to build off existing labs. These replaced the traditional chemistrylabs as found in Table 1.Table 1. Comparison table of changes for PBLE implementation Traditional Laboratory Problem Based Laboratory Experiments Experiments Week 1 Statistics and Experimentation Freezing Point Depression and Week 2 Freezing Point Depression Examination Quality of Various Deicers Week 3 Rates of Reaction Polymer Development and Examination
outreach program oriented toward high-school and early collegestudents’. The outreach program is part of the consortium DOE project. This program has severalobjectives:1) Through active teaching early college, as well as high-school students the modeling andmodels development and production using computer programs, as well as 3D-printing.2) Contribute to the success of existing STEM programs, by giving them case studies andapplications that Improve students' learning and communication skills3) Preparing skilled and qualified technicians that industry and research laboratories are in hugeneed, after this revolution created by 3D-printing and new manufacturing.4) Make the early-college and high-school students aware of what happening in
establish proper relationship and balancebetween instruction and research, as the commitment to undergraduate education is a crucialinstitutional priority. Intellectual energy comes not only from faculty talking with able studentsbut also from faculty talking with fellow faculty. Some of this activity represents the spirit ofcreativity and curiosity that supports both scholarship and teaching. These major efforts areneeded for faculty development to accomplish this educational challenge 2. Faculty developmentand mentorship programs are definitely important to prepare faculty members for their academicroles including teaching, research, administration, writing and career management 3. Facultydevelopment program in this case included amongst others
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laboratory experiences are less available, including extended school closuresdue to current circumstances or other uncontrollable events, such as natural disasters [7].However, the benefits of these lab kits to grade-school students could extend beyond abnormalcircumstances. They could be used to add increased variety and depth to homework assignments,allowing the educational benefits of lab science to be realized outside of the classroom and thetime and procedural restrictions of in-class labs. Drawing inspiration from the work of Pinnell etal. [8] on engineering challenges for students that utilized fixed sets of materials, the lab kitscould also be tailored to serve as a vehicle for STEM outreach that motivates students to becomemore interested
Paper ID #15881Exploring Innovation, Psychological Safety, Communication, and KnowledgeApplication in a Multidisciplinary Capstone Design CourseMrs. Narges Balouchestani-Asli, University of Toronto Narges Balouchestani-Asli is an M.A.Sc. Candidate with the Institute for Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation (UT-IMDI) at the University of Toronto. She is also part of the Collaborative Program in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. She holds an Honors Bachelor in Mechanical Engi- neering from the University of Toronto. During her studies at the University of Toronto she was involved as a Teaching Assistance
and engineering projects. She also co-directs the Welcome Project (welcomeproject.valpo.edu), a first-person story collection about identity and inclusion.Dr. Jeffrey Dale Will, Valparaiso University Will completed his B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and has been a full-time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering De- partment at Valparaiso University since August of 2001. He teaches courses in senior design, computer architecture, digital signal processing, freshman topics, and circuits laboratories and is heavily involved in working with students in undergraduate research. Will is also a 2013 recipient of the Illinois-Indiana ASEE
affiliated with CAMRA as a principal investigator. Her lab conducts both computational risk modeling research and fundamental research. Her current work and future interests lie at the intersection of chemical and microbial stressors where under- standing trade-offs, benefits and risks deviate from existing risk paradigms and require new data, tools and frameworks. Her future research goals include applications of risk-based decision making to water infrastructure management, and emerging hazards such as antibiotic resistance. She is managing editor and a developer of the QMRAwiki, an interactive, online tool for the QMRA community. Dr. Mitchell has also been involved in developing and teaching training workshops in QMRA
they complement any teaching style thereby reach- ing all learning styles. She earned her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University specializing in thermal sciences where her dissertation research spanned three colleges and focused on Engineering Education. Her passions include but are not limited to Engineering Education, Energy Engineering and Conservation, and K-20 STEM Outreach. Prior to matriculating at NCSU, she worked at the North Carolina Solar Center developing a passion for wind and solar energy research while learning renewable energy policy. She combined these passions with K-20 STEM Outreach while a Na- tional Science Foundation Fellow with the GK-12 Outreach Program at
the Electrical and Computer Engineering De- partment at Valparaiso University since August of 2001. He teaches courses in senior design, computer architecture, digital signal processing, freshman topics, and circuits laboratories and is heavily involved in working with students in undergraduate research. Will is also a 2013 recipient of the Illinois-Indiana ASEE Section Outstanding Teacher Award and the 2014 ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award. Upon coming to Valparaiso University, Will established the Scientific Visualization Laboratory (SVL), a facility dedicated to the use of Virtual Reality (VR) for undergraduate education. Working exclusively with undergraduate students, Will developed VR hardware and
. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Different Lab Formats in Introduction to Engineering CourseAbstractMany incoming freshmen are ambiguous about which engineering major they are interested in.Exposing them to different engineering labs in freshman year will help them have a clearunderstanding about different majors.The objective of this
laboratory, office hours, orother venues, is one of the key college experiences associated with studentdevelopment.13 In the two years prior to the project timeline described here, thestudents participated in team building activities and research experiences thatprepared them for the final project. The preliminary activities, particularly theteam building skills, described in Cutright et al.14 were used to enable thestudents' to develop into an effective interdisciplinary team as well as address thepotential lack of interest in core STEM classes. This is in line with Wilson etal.2,15 who reported that mentoring, education, and research were all critical forcollege and post-college persistence in STEM. Students that participate in wellstructured
advancing semiconductor technology and the 2007 Sevin Rosen Funds Award for Innovation. He is currently an Associate Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he develops microsensors, microactuators, and technologies for rapid prototyping, visualization, renewable energies and sustainability. He received the 2016 UH Re- gents Award for Excellence in Teaching and 2014 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.Dr. Jay GeorgeProf. Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan Faculty Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Design Programs (MDP), College of Engineering; Director, XTRM Labs/Space Physics Research Laboratory, College of Engineering; Professor
other mechanisms. Prof. Hosoi is an exceptional, innovative teacher and an inspiring mentor for women in engineering. She was awarded the Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a MacVicar Fellowship.She is a recipi- ent of the 3M Innovation Award and has held the Doherty Chair in Ocean Utilization at MIT. She is a Radcliffe Institute Fellow and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Her research interests include fluid mechanics, bioinspired design and locomotion, with a focus on optimization ofcrawling gastropods, digging bivalves, swimming microorganisms and soft robotics. Prof. Hosoi is also an avid mountain biker and her passion for sports has led her to create MIT Sports Lab, a program that is designed
laboratory apparatus for advancement of novel electronic devices, in addi- tion to curriculum development for inquiry-based learning and facilitation of interdisciplinary, student-led project design. She emphasizes engineering sustainable solutions from a holistic perspective, incorporat- ing analysis of the full technological life cycle and socioeconomic impact.Dr. Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Tamara Ball is a project-scientist working with the the Sustainable Engineering and Ecological De- sign (SEED) collaborative at UCSC. She is the program director for Impact Designs - Engineering and Sustainability through Student Service (IDEASS) and Apprenticeships in Sustainability Science and En
, energy and water supply chain, energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings, communications for energy sys- tems, water use in hydraulic fracturing, environmental impacts of energy production, turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability.Dr. Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University Dr. Palsole is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Remote Engineering Education at Texas A&M University, and has been involved in academic technology for over 20 years. Prior to Texas A&M, he was the Associate Vice Provost for Digital Learning at UT San Antonio, where he lead teams focused on enhancing the learner and teaching experiences across all spaces. His focus on the user experience and data, has led to
University (ISU) from 1996 to 1997. He is currently professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Dr. Ozcelik’s teaching and research interests are in the fields of systems theory and controls, robust and adaptive control, robotics, mobile robots, UAVs, intelligent control.Mr. John Austin McCoy, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Mr. John Austin McCoy is the Director of the Javelina Engineering Student Success Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He has over 8 years experience in student services to include academic advising, undergraduate degree audits, and scholarship coordination. Mr. McCoy serves on multiple student success committees and works with other grants. Address
Paper ID #16195Assessing the Impact of a Flipped Classroom Approach in a MultidisciplinaryUndergraduate Nanotechnology CourseDr. Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University Elena Veety received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 2011. Her research focused on liquid crystal polarization gratings for tunable optical filters and telecommunications applications. Since 2011, she has been a Teaching Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. Currently, she is the Assistant Education Director for the NSF
Paper ID #23331Nanotechnology Fellows Program: Integrating Interdisciplinary Education,Professional Development, and OutreachProf. Saniya LeBlanc, George Washington University Dr. Saniya LeBlanc obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering with a minor in materials science at Stan- ford University. She earned her BS from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master’s of Philosophy in Engineering from Cambridge University as a Churchill Scholar. With a strong commitment to educa- tional equity, she served in Teach For America as a high school math and physics teacher in Washington, D.C., and she was co-founder of the
nine years, teaching Technical Writing and also serving on the teaching team for the NSF Freshman Integrated Program for Engineering (FIPE). She returned to NMSU in 2002 and began work- ing for New Mexico AMP, where she currently holds the position of Alliance Programs Manager. In this position, Jeanne works with the thirteen partner institutions statewide and helps with reporting and publications of New Mexico AMP. She is also involved with the professional development training of the Undergraduate Research Assistants (URAs), and each summer, Jeanne coordinates the Summer Commu- nity College Opportunity for Research Experience (SCCORE) program, a bridge program for community college students that provides research