addition, this form of debriefing should promote focused-thinking about professional goals and the professional self – a documented indicator of successin persisting ET learners.Research Grant: Phase IThe overarching design of the first project utilized an electronic portfolio as integral to thecurriculum rather than as a reflective journaling exercise, occasionally utilized in some first yearseminar sections. Integration with degree-specific courses will promote the archival andvisibility of curricular milestones – associated with clearly articulated student outcomes.Multiple student touchpoints strengthens the potential positive impact of the electronic portfolio.Project Objectives of Phase I: Create the framework for an electronic portfolio
Paper ID #22581An Ecosystem for Success in Engineering and Computer ScienceDr. Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Dr. Horacio Vasquez is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), in Edinburg, Texas. His current research interests are in the areas of control systems, mechatronics, measurements and instrumentation, and engineering education.Dr. Virgil U. Pierce, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Dr. Virgil Pierce is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas – Pan American. His research is in
, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and alumni are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of
needs. • We should help our students to prepare themselves to be makers, discoverers or along this spectrum, and we should teach engineering fundamentals as a foundation for careers both in research and in practice. • We should build our education around the way our students best learn, engaging them in their learning, and implementing pilots to understand the desirable balance of classroom, project and digital education. • In view of the speed of scientific and technological development, we should teach students the NEET Ways of Thinking, how to think, and how to learn more effectively by themselves.We should be prepared to embark on a bold change, with widespread impact at MIT andpotentially
helped bridge the gap between students and faculty, encouragedcommunity, and facilitated an incredibly successful program in helping underrepresentedminority students succeed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.V. References1. A.L. Zydney, J.S. Bennett, A. Shahid, and K.W. Bauer, “Impact of Undergraduate Research Experience in Engineering,” J. Engineering Education, 91: 151-157. (2002)2. R.S. Hathaway, B.A. Nagda, and S.R Gregerman, “The Relationship of Undergraduate Research Participation to Graduate and Professional Education Pursuit: An Empirical Study,” J. College Student Development. 43: 614-631. (2002)3. May, G. S. and Chubin, D. E., A Retrospective on Undergraduate Engineering Success for Underrepresented Minority
research spans education and practice, working on the in- tegration of community research into project based learning. Her work overlaps areas of GIS mapping, global sustainable urbanism, design and creativity. She undertook a Fulbright in Valpara´ıso, Chile, to investigate, and map, devices of landscape as inspirations for the orders of community space. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Mapping as Design-Thinking: Can GIS Help Engineering Students Approach Design?AbstractSpatial site design, accessed through GIS mapping, teaches three-dimensional data analysis skillsinvaluable for the contemporary engineering student. Integrating design-thinking
needed to be successful in the upcoming year[4]. The National Association of Campus Activities defines effective leadership transition as:“the process by which past and future student leaders in an organization work together to reviewand learn from previous events and programs and prepare for the upcoming year.” [4]. Thispaper investigates leadership transitions in six different Student Sections of the Society ofWomen Engineers (SWE) to determine best practices for different size sections.The SWE student sections aim to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers asengineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force inimproving the quality of life, demonstrate the value of diversity." Student
Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the COE Best Advisor Award (2009, 2010, 2013). Dr. Darabi has been the Technical Chair for the UIC Annual Engineering Expo for the past 7 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 700 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful accreditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs. Dr. Darabi has been the lead
company. Some are university-wide and some are discipline (i.e., engineering) only. Most charge a fee to participate to cover overhead and some discretionary support for student programs. Industrial Partnerships Not Usually CultivatedResearch Teaching-focused schools have gifted faculty who can impact local industry through consulting that is research, analysis, or design support.Career Center Primary mission is career fairs, resume development, and search engines for internships and fulltime positions. These centers need to be a data
and her coauthors were awarded the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education and the 2011 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Education. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China.Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho is Professor in the Department of Sociology & Faculty Administrator at the University of San Diego and is a former Fellow of the American Council on Education. Her research c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #21760 focuses on
end-to-endproject where they start with simulation and work their way up to a populated hardware productthey can hold in their hand … especially one with surface mount parts. Local undergraduatestudents may be in this situation simply because of their choice of option area, and graduatestudents (particularly international) may have come from curricula that did not emphasis hands-on work, including practical issues associated with board layout, population, and testing. Thesehands-on opportunities are imperative for university educators that seek to graduate employablestudents.IV. ConclusionThis paper presented initial experiences and lessons learned with regard to the integration of awearable, wireless electrocardiograph design project into a
in joining MIDFIELD can typically be substituted for thoseoriginally targeted for recruitment. MIDFIELD partners have the opportunity to conduct peercomparisons, carry out research to inform local policies and practice, and receive unblindedinformation about their institution from partner researchers.Ongoing work on the project also includes two other significant efforts: • Collecting and coding catalogs from each of the partner institutions to document institutional policies during the period of the data collected. A team of students has been trained and is being expanded. • Promoting access to and research using MIDFIELD to a wider research community. Packages have been designed to facilitate analysis of MIDFIELD
University Dr. Marjorie Shavers is an assistant professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Counseling at Hei- delberg University. She has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Ohio State University and is currently licensed as a professional school and professional clinical counselor with supervision designation. Dr. Shavers’s research agenda focuses on exploring how educational systems and professionals impact the experiences and overall mental health of students, particularly Black women. Dr. Shavers’s most recent work focuses particularly on the experiences of Black women pursuing doctorates and post–doctorates in computer science and engineering. In addition to her research, her teaching and clinical practice is
his appoint- ment at UIUC in August 2012. His research interests lie in materials science, molecular simulation, and machine learning, with particular directions in accelerated sampling using deep and manifold learning, and the design of antiviral vaccines, antimicrobial peptides, and self-assembling colloids and peptides. He is the recipient of a 2017 UIUC College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, 2016 AIChE CoMSEF Young Investigator Award for Modeling & Simulation, 2015 ACS OpenEye Out- standing Junior Faculty Award, 2014 NSF CAREER Award, 2014 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator, and was named the Institution of Chemical Engineers North America 2013 Young Chemical Engineer of the
practice of design and the resulting impact of engineering designs on society.The CoursesCourse InstructorsAs discussed earlier, the endeavor of teaching engineering as a sociotechnical discipline whileintegrating issues such as race, justice, and -isms can be a daunting task for instructors, and weare no exceptions. As the background and positionality of the instructor is critical tounderstanding the risks and rewards associated with these courses, this section briefly describeseach of the instructors who have taught or are currently teaching the course.J. A. Mejia self-identifies as Mexican American and his research investigates the funds ofknowledge of Latinx adolescents. He grew up in a binational setting where the majority of thepopulation
responded to the survey call and those who participated in focus groups;your thoughts were invaluable, and your openness appreciated. Thank you to the MontanaEngineering Education Research Center and NACOE Offices for help with dissemination of thesurvey. References[1] B. Boquet and N. Lerner, "Introduction to ATD Special Issue on WAC and high-impact practices," Across the Disciplines, vol. 13, no. 4, 2016.[2] "Writing Across the Curriculum: An Introduction," in Purdue Online Writing Lab, ed, 2017.[3] M. Eodice, A. E. Geller, and N. Lerner, The Meaningful Writing Project. Boulder: Utah State University Press, 2016.[4] "NSF Statistics," Bachelor's degrees awarded, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, sex, and field
project, groupdiscussions, and self-assessments. The results support the general belief that a learning-centerededucational paradigm will produce greater learning and skill gains than a teaching-centeredparadigm in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. The techniquesused and the outcomes from the course have implications for not only future curriculumdevelopment but also ABET accreditation, which requires accredited ET programs to demonstratethat their graduates develop 11 competencies. This case study analyzes four of the 11 competenciesand provides educators an active learning resource with classroom instructional materials for afirst-year engineering design course.IntroductionFor over a decade, Michael Prince’s article
expressedincreased interest in attending college, increased interest in majoring in engineering, anappreciation of soldering as a useful skill, and recognition of how specific physics concepts wereapplied to electrical engineering design. Qualitative data allowed the researchers to elicitthematic elements of student impacts, including appreciation of hands-on tasks related topotential engineering careers, novelty of using circuit boards for a practical technological device,and self-efficacy in creating and building designs as part of a team effort to maximize deviceefficiency and performance. Future science and engineering curricular efforts may leverage thesefindings to replicate and design similar curricular activities for secondary
Paper ID #21884What Does Hidden Curriculum in Engineering Look Like and How Can ItBe Explored?Dr. Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University Dr. Villanueva is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and an Adjunct Pro- fessor in the Bioengineering Department in Utah State University. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for un- derrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research ’best practices’ for student professional development and
graduating in a major divided bythe number ever declaring that major [3, 4].At the professoriate level, the percentage of female faculty lags behind the percentages offemales obtaining PhD degrees in all engineering fields. ECE continues to have lowerpercentages of women than engineering overall. ECE ranks 17th out of 21 engineering disciplinesconsidered in the percentage of female faculty with 12% females compared to 16% forengineering overall [1]. The percentages of African American and Hispanic faculty are low butsimilar for ECE and Engineering as a whole at 3% and 4%, respectively. The percentage ofAsian American faculty is higher in ECE (31%) than Engineering (27%).Research has shown that the percentages of women undergraduate science and
and structural engineering courses at VMI and enjoys working with the students on bridge related research projects and with the ASCE student chapter.Craig N. Musselman, A & E Consulting Craig N. Musselman, P.E. is a practicing civil and environmental engineer and is the Founder and Pres- ident of CMA Engineers, a consulting engineering firm with offices in New Hampshire and Maine. He holds B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from the University of Massachusetts and has more than 35 years experience in the planning, design and construction administration of public works facilities. Mussel- man is a former member of the New Hampshire Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and was actively involved in the
prefer this overa paper test. Some of the positive findings identified from research participants include: • Reduces anxiety • More enjoyable to sit through • Leaves a bigger impact on the user • Better for memory retention and recall of information • Incorporates real-life relatability, which is essential for positive learning outcomes • Gives a good overall sense of the environment that will be working in Few drawbacks are also mentioned, which led the remaining individuals to prefer a papertest. These drawbacks include: • Too much time can be spent on navigating around the site and not enough time on testing of the material • Added
of courses within the program, reducing anydisconnect between courses, improving a sense of community among students and instructors. Methodology The methodology used to develop a standardized format for online course delivery and evaluatethe results of these efforts began with an in-depth literature review identifying best practices foronline learning. The target of the study was to reveal components of course development andstudent learning that could be widely adopted and have an immediate impact on student successand faculty support.Instructional design consultants from the Center for Teaching and Learning at IUPUI offeredadditional pedagogical insight for online learning as well as provided an account of availabletechnology supported by
Biology Department at UC Berkeley. She received her doctoral degree in Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and B.S. degree in Genetics, both from UC Davis.Ozcan Gulacar, University of California, Davis Dr. Gulacar has a Master’s degree in Physical Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Science Education. In the last 15 years, he has worked in settings including international high schools and doctorate granting institutions. He has designed and taught undergraduate/graduate chemistry and science education courses for a wide range of audiences. Due to his interest in investigating the effectiveness of different teaching methods and tools, he has received grants and established collaborations with colleagues
- ing and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. His research focuses on creating K-16 learning environments that support the growth of learners’ imaginations and their capacity for engaging in collaborative knowledge work.Ms. Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College After participating in the instructional design of Through My Window during her four years as an under- graduate, Huff is now its outreach coordinator. She graduated summa cum laude from Smith College with a double major in Economics and Spanish in Spring 2014 and now works on the Springfield Technical Community College side of the Through My Window National Science Foundation grant.Mr. Al Rudnitsky, Smith College Al Rudnitsky
from Virginia Tech, and his B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Mr. Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University Ben Lutz is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Engineering Education at Oregon State University. His research in- terests include innovative pedagogies in engineering design, conceptual change and development, school- to-work transitions for new engineers, and efforts for inclusion and diversity within engineering. His current work explores how students describe their own learning in engineering design and how that learn- ing supports transfer of learning from school into professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr
Paper ID #21291Bottlenecks and Muddiest Points in a Freshman Circuits CourseDr. Cynthia Furse, University of Utah Dr. Cynthia Furse (PhD ’94) is the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Utah and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Furse teaches / has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, circuits, and antenna design. She is a leader and early developer of the flipped classroom, and began flipping her classes in 2007. She is now regularly engaged helping other faculty flip their classes (see Teach
, ASMR, and several other professional societies. She is a certified distance education specialist and also practices and studies active learning techniques in engineering classrooms as well as the impact of climate on hydrology, water resources and related infrastructure.Calvin Wampol, South Dakota State University I am currently a graduate student at South Dakota State University (SDSU) pursuing my MS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with emphasis in Structural Engineering. I earned a B. S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at SDSU in 2016. I am currently employed by my graduate advisor, Dr. Suzette Burckhard, as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at SDSU. The responsibility for the
, there seems to be a need for research on addressingmisconceptions, as in our literature search, we did not come across any such articles.Most misconception categories depend on the math and physics categories, as shown in thedependency graph (Figure 1). So, addressing misconceptions in math and physics will have thehighest-yield toward mitigating misconceptions in other categories. The physics misconceptioncategory contains the most misconceptions found by researchers, as well as, the most number ofarticles (tied with application of Ohm's Law) citing physics misconceptions. So, specificallyfocusing on physics misconceptions may yield the best results.Within physics, the term confusion misconception had the most number of instances, such
Science For Early Adolescence Teachers (Science FEAT). His extensive background in science education includes experiences as both a middle school and high school science teacher, teaching science at elementary through graduate level, developing formative as- sessment instruments, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in science and science education, working with high-risk youth in alternative education centers, working in science museums, designing and facilitating online courses, multimedia curriculum development, and leading and researching profes- sional learning for educators. The Association for the Education of Teachers of Science (AETS) honored Dr. Spiegel for his efforts in teacher education with the