Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Laurie S. McNeill, Utah State University; Robert Spall, Utah State University; Paul Barr, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Toss community event. In this event, teams construct a medieval device (trebuchet) tolaunch pumpkins in a tournament of distance, accuracy, and mechanical design. Figure 3 (seenext page) shows the trebuchet that the S-STEM team built.After the event, we asked students to describe what they had learned in the aspects of technicalskills (such as mechanical design and manufacturing) and professional skills (such ascommunication, team-working, and leadership). The following paragraphs provide tworepresentative examples of student comments:“During the process of designing and building the trebuchet, I learned a variety of technicalskills. It was very interesting and encouraging to apply the things that I had learned in theclassroom to a real

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rahman Tashakkori, Appalachian State University; Jennifer R. McGee, Appalachian State University; Cindy Norris, Appalachian State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Modeling To Meta-Modeling: Going From A Student Of Data Science To A Professional (Dr. Wright [pseudonym]) ● The Role of Adventure, Exploration, and Discovery in the Environmental Studies: Why We Do It and Why It's Good for You Too! (Dr. Thomas [pseudonym]) ● Biotechnology: How Viruses Can be Used for Good (Dr. Andrews [pseudonym]) ● Smashing Pumpkins (Dr. Cox [pseudonym]) During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the institution held classes 100% online, theSTEM Seminar continued to meet virtually using Zoom. This continuation of the communityaspect of the HAIS program through these weekly seminars during COVID-19 supported HAISscholars’ Sense of Community (SOC) [17], [19]. Students shared comments during this timesuch as: ● “It