, the Making Connections project hasthree goals: 1) to better understand the perceptions people of color may hold about Making; 2)to better understand the culturally-embedded making practices that people of color may engagein, and 3) to leverage the themes identified in parts 1 and 2 to develop a range of museum-basedMaking activities that may be more inclusive of, and engaging for, members ofunderrepresented communities. In this paper, we focus on the first two goals of the project, andpresent preliminary findings from our exploratory data.Theoretical FrameworkWithout doubt, the ubiquity of creation and innovation across cultures positions Making as anactivity with nearly boundless potential to connect people from all communities to
more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Comparing what 8th vs 10th grade students take away from engineering curriculum incorporated into their Physical Science Classroom- (Work in Progress)Background and MotivationEngaging students through hands on activities, projects and inquiry based instruction can be aneffective way to introduce engineering and engineering careers to high school students. Whenstudents investigate and learn about these topics through an extended design project, it couldincrease their overall interest in engineering or science subjects1. The National ScienceFoundation Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12
with customers as an overhead crane technician for KoneCranes. Working in hazardous environments such as chemical plants, steel mills, and mines cultivated a passion for excellence in occupational safety. I completed my Masters of Science at North Carolina State University in December 2016 and am pursuing a Doctorate in Philosophy in Electrical Engineering. My internships at Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan, USA and ABB Corporate Research Center in D¨atwill, Aargau, Switzerland provided me with hands on testing and design experience in power electronics. I reciprocated my value to the projects through improving testing procedures, redesigning main testing facilities, and improving the schedule outlook of
lead an Innovative Curriculum Design Team and directed OSU faculty and students in the research component of the project. On the smART project, Kerry serves as the arts partner and K-12 education specialist.Dr. Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University Dr. Deborah Grzybowski is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on making engineering accessible to all students, including students with visual impairments, through the use of art-infused curriculum
is the first and only individual from his native country and Texas Tech University to have received this prestigious award. Fur- thermore, he was a recipient of the Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Diversity & Equity award in 2014 and was the only graduate student to have received the award, which was granted based on outstanding activities and projects that contribute to a better understanding of equity and diversity issues within Engineering Education. Additional projects involvement include: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Project; Computational Think- ing/Pedagogy Project; Rocket Project of SystemsGo; World MOON Project; East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood (ELPN) Project; and Robotics
Education Research Center’s (NICERC) Advanced Math for Engineering andScience (AMES) is a fourth year high school math curriculum geared towards students that anticipate pursuing acareer in a STEM field. The topics in AMES provide a strong foundation for future math, science, and engineeringcourses. Concepts covered in the curriculum include the Cartesian coordinates system, polar and complex planes,vectors, matrices, three dimensional coordinate systems, and logic. The content is presented in a project-basednature including introductory projects for each unit, various small projects throughout to explain concepts, andcapstone projects for each topic to apply and solidify understanding.Logic Gate ActivityThe logic section fosters foundational
Paper ID #15363Engaging Secondary School Students in Science by Developing Remote Lab-oratoriesDanilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo G. Zutin is currently a Senior Researcher and team member of the Center of Competence in Online Laboratories and Open Learning (CCOL) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Vil- lach, Austria, where he has been engaged in projects for the development of online laboratories, softtware architectures for online laboratories and online engineering in general. Danilo is author or co-author of more than 30 scientific papers published in international
-LSMSAmakersclubrepresentsasuccessfulandatruemanifestationofSTEMeducationathighschoolincludingcollaborationwithhighereducationalinstitution.Introduction:Effortstoimprovescience,technology,engineering,andmathematics(STEM)educationingrades K–12 are not new. Since the 1960s there have been lots of efforts to developcurriculum projects for science and mathematics. As a matter of fact we currently evenhave national standards documents to implement such STEM education. Yet, despite theincreasedattentiontoSTEMinpolicyandfundingarenas,STEMeducationinsomestatesisstilllackingandrequiresaspecialattention.Enquiry-based learning and deeper understanding has gained significant attention lately[1,2].Duetoitsimportance,lotsofeffortsfocusedrecentlyontheK-12STEMeducation.Recentlymanyreformshaveappearedtoaddressthescientificreasoning,criticalthinking,andproblemsolvingapproaches.Oneofthewaystoaddresstheenquiry
data analysis (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodological) for studies in developmental, educational, and counseling contexts. E-mail: Reagan.Curtis@mail.wvu.eduJohnna Bolyard, West Virginia University Johnna Bolyard is an Associate Professor of elementary and middle grades mathematics education in the College of Education and Human Services at West Virginia University. Her research interests focus on the development of mathematics teachers, particularly how K-8 teachers develop into mathematics teacher leaders.Dr. Darran Cairns, West Virginia University Darran is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University. He is also the Project Director for Project
, Illinois. She is current chair of the Education Committee of the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering. Her research is in the areas of engineering education, including engineering case studies in undergraduate education.Jennifer H. Rushing, Central Coast New Tech High Jennifer H. Rushing teaches Physics and Computer Science at a Project-Based Learning high school in Nipomo, California called Central Coast New Tech High. She is passionate about engineering education and providing high school students with a safe space to take risks and make mistakes. As the Programming Coach for the NHS Titan Robotics Club, she has also assisted student teams competing in both the VEX Robotics National and World Championships
-of-school environments, including museums, science centers, afterschool programs, preschools, and everyday settings.Dr. Monae Verbeke, Institute for Learning Innovation Dr. Verbeke is an interdisciplinary researcher in the informal science learning. She has worked inter- nationally on projects incorporating a wide range of science learning institutions. As senior research associate for the Institute for Learning Innovation, she leads research and development of learning tools in the areas of science literacy. science interest and self-efficacy.Marcie Benne, Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryPam Greenough Corrie MS, Mt. Hood Community College Pam Greenough Corrie is the Head Start/Early Head Start Director for Mt
human condition. Engineering service learning and biomedicalprojects are presented to pique the interest of a broad population of students. ENGR 102 HSallows students to try hands-on, design and build projects while still in high school where therisk is low and teacher scaffolding and contact time is high. This broad approach to anintroduction to engineering course at the high school level is important to attracting the mostdiverse, brightest, and creative problem-solvers into the profession.This paper will briefly describe the ENGR 102 HS course curriculum. Five years of studentcourse evaluation survey data (2011-2012 to 2015-2016) for 1469 students both female (N= 289)and male (N=1180) were explored. Statistically significant differences were
- St. Louis Section. He has eight years of formal experience with K-12 engineering education.Dr. Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University Shannon M. Sipes is an instructional consultant in the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at IU. In this role she provides professional development and individual consultation services for faculty with questions regarding their own teaching and student learning. Prior to her current role, she has served as the director of assessment helping faculty members with SOTL projects and classroom assessment. Shannon holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in psychology and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a focus on higher education.Mr. Jacob W. Benton, Primoris Services Corporation
exposure from passive treatment discharges.Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University Aimee Cloutier is a Ph.D. student studying Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech in 2012. Her research interests include biomechan- ics, rehabilitation engineering, prosthetic limb design, and STEM education.Mr. Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University Guo Zheng Yew is currently pursuing his doctorate in civil engineering at Texas Tech University with a focus on finite element analysis and glass mechanics. Prior to his graduate work in the United States, he obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Malaysia and has participated in research projects involving offshore structures
to teach specific relevant math and sciencecontent standards and objectives, and receive formative feedback and content knowledgecoaching as they implement, evaluate and refine those lessons.Project TESAL (Teachers Engaged in Science And Literacy) is a three-year professionaldevelopment program that includes annual two-week summer face-to-face intensive professionaldevelopment opportunities and four additional day-long experiences throughout the school year.In addition, project personnel observe participants’ classroom instruction, providing feedbackand support on implementation of Engineering Design-focused lessons. In this paper, wedescribe the program and evaluation findings from the first two years of implementation.Project TESAL
Mathematics (STEM) program at her high school. She enjoys hiking and camping, and is a member of the student council, swim team, math team, and science bowl team. She recently repre- sented Maine at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in Washington D.C., the International Sustainable World – Energy, Engineering, Environment – Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) in Houston, the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Pittsburgh, and the Stockholm Ju- nior Water Prize Competition (SJWP) in Washington D.C. Furthermore, she spoke at a K-12 Educational Workshop at the American Society for Engineering Education Conference (ASEE) in Seattle, and at the 2015 Unity College Climate Science Workshop. She
Paper ID #16126Evaluation of Interactive Multidisciplinary Curricula in a Residential Sum-mer Program (Evaluation)Mr. Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University Guo Zheng Yew is currently pursuing his doctorate in civil engineering at Texas Tech University with a focus on finite element analysis and glass mechanics. He also teaches an introductory course to freshman engineering students. Prior to his graduate work in the United States, he obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Malaysia and has participated in research projects involving offshore structures in Malaysia.Dr. Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University Dr. Paula Monaco
context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co
; Liaison, StepUP Imitative, coordinate Northeast- ern University’s involvement with the StepUP initiative, a partnership effort between five universities and eleven Boston Public Schools; Project Director, IMPACT New England: A Regional Curriculum Imple- mentation Effort, coordinated program development and implementation; Seminar Leader, Northeastern University School of Education, facilitated a group of students participating in the Introduction to Educa- tion course; Project Support Liaison, Teacher Innovation program, provided support to teachers/schools in the development and implementation of Teacher Innovation Programs (TIP), provided technical assistance to teachers through the proposal process, conducted
of researchers to create a program to improve learning STEM in elementary grades, and the team was awarded an NSF Math and Science partnership called Science Learning Through Engineering Design (SLED). Kelley is cur- rently the PI on an NSF I-Test project called Teachers and Researchers Advancing Integrated Lessons in STEM (TRAILS). TRAILS prepares science and technology education teachers to integrate STEM content through biomimicry inspired engineering design within the context of entomology. Dr. Kelley the program coordinator for the engineering/technology teacher education program at Purdue. Dr. Kelley is also leading the second year Design Thinking course for the Purdue Polytechnic Insti- tute. The course
applications, including surface enhanced Raman scattering and anti-fouling surfaces. He also develops nanotechnol- ogy based lessons that integrate the STEM disciplines and develops human centered design projects that engage students in engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Effects of Design Thinking Methods on Pre-Service PK-12 Engineering and STEM Teacher Capabilities, Confidence and Motivation in Creativity (Work in Progress)Rationale and BackgroundCreativity is an essential habit of mind for engineers and inherent in the engineering designprocess.1 Creative thinking in design is a focus of engineering education and K-12 engineeringand technology
Essential Teamwork and Leadership skills The engineering design process Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical EngineeringEven though students were introduced to all types of engineering, they only did hands-on, minds-on activities on three major engineering disciplines: civil, mechanical, and electrical through acomprehensive project that combined the three.PreparationEngineering is quite a broad field so the instructor had to be very careful on how to introduce itto the students and how to make students interested in the subject as well as keep them engagedduring the program since they had to spend about 6.5 hrs every day from Monday to Friday inthe classroom. To achieve this, a balance among concepts, hands-on
techniques in design evaluation ofoffshore and subsea structures. He has strong background on the design, analysis and evaluation of off-shore platforms and subsea structures, equipment as per API, ASME, ABS, DNV and other standards. Dr.Alam has very strong proficiency in finite element analysis (static (linear, nonlinear), dynamic, Impact,Thermal, CFD) using ANSYS and ABAQUS. He did design and analysis of offshore and subsea productfor BP, Exxon, Total, Murphy, Statoil, etc. oil companies.SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES 1. Dr. Alam has received 2 research grants from two agencies to sup-port his research prior to join at TAMUK. 2. Dr. Alam applied for several grants to several agenciesprior to join at TAMUK: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA
student to have received the award, which was granted based on outstanding activities and projects that contribute to a better understanding of equity and diversity issues within Engineering Education. Additional projects involvement include: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Project; Computational Think- ing/Pedagogy Project; Rocket Project of SystemsGo; World MOON Project; East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood (ELPN) Project; and Robotics. Since 2013 he has served as the president of the Nu Sigma chapter of Kappa Delta Pi: International Honor Society in Education and was the founding president of ASEE Student Chapter at Texas Tech University. He can be reached at ibrahim.yeter@ttu.edu.Dr. Hansel Burley, Texas Tech
with their students.Dr. Michal Lomask c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Fundamental – Using Engineering Design Teaching Portfolios to gauge design teacher performance and infer design pedagogical content knowledge Abstract This paper reports on the creation and use of an Engineering Design Teaching Portfolio system created for the NSF-‐funded DRK-‐12 project Engineering for All (EfA). In this project two middle school engineering design-‐based instructional units were developed. The instructional units were designed to depict
teachers and the curriculum provider Engineering byDesign (EbD). Our workpresents an integration of novel curriculum materials—soft robotics, in contrast to traditionalrobotics—and methods—design-based research—to shed light on high-school student STEMperceptions and how instructional design can be leveraged to affect those perceptions. We arenearing completion of year two of the project, and are able to share findings relevant to ASEE’sPrecollege Engineering Education Division including lessons learned from the application ofdesign-based research methods; the present state of our curriculum materials; and preliminaryfindings regarding changes in student STEM motivation, self-efficacy, and interest in the contextof the curriculum experience.Novel
: From Data to Design (P12 Resource Exchange)The NSF STEM+C project, AMP-IT-UP, has created three STEM Innovation and Design courses forgrades 6-8 Engineering and Technology classrooms. Each 18-week course incorporates thepractices of experimental design, data visualization, and making decisions based on evidence, aswell as 21st century skills, entrepreneurial skills, and grade-level appropriate math, science, andengineering disciplinary content. The courses deliver a project-based inquiry pedagogicalexperience and incorporate both skill and content activities that develop and strengthen thepractices.The STEM Innovation and Design courses (STEM-ID) build skills within the individual courses,and become more complex at
Engineering Education, National Science Teachers Association, and International Society for Technology in Education.Jana Sebestik, University Of Illinois - MSTE Jana Sebestik received a B.S. in mathematics and M.Ed. in mathematics education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has 34 years of classroom experience teaching mathematics in grades 7-12. She is currently Assistant Director of STEM Curriculum Design in the Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE) in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For the past ten years she has been Education Lead for the DOE/DHS funded Trust- worthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project. MSTE
project through the UPRISE program in the INSPIRE Research Institute. Her involvement with this project has furthered her understanding of engineering education so that she can make an impact on young learners in STEM when she is working as a professional engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Designing Paper Baskets Kristina M. Tank, Iowa State University Tamara J. Moore, INSPIRE, Purdue University
the high schoollevel, EN’s have been used in both engineering10, 11 and genetics courses12. In addition, at theundergraduate level, EN’s have been used in robotics13, biomedical engineering14, and senior-level, project-based engineering courses15.Within these contexts, authors have noted some successful results in the use of EN’s. A casestudy of three high school engineering courses provided evidence that EN’s were useful forplanning and recording daily activities10. EN’s in an undergraduate biomedical engineering coursecontained evidence of students’ self-reflection and suggested an increase over time in the maturitylevel of students’ engineering practice; these authors concluded that “the design notebookfulfilled an instrumental