computing. She is currently involved with an NSF-funded S-STEM project that awards scholarships to students studying computing at USF. The project implements a suite of community- building activities designed to improve scholars’ self-efficacy and develop computing identity. Sami also co-directed a project that developed system support and user-driven strategies for improving energy effi- ciency in residential buildings. Sami has served in a number of service roles at USF and in her professional community. She was chair of the Computer Science department at USF from 2013-2016. She also served on the editorial board of Sigmobile’s GetMobile Magazine from 2014-2018. She has been involved with the discipline-specific
Paper ID #33351Engineering Curriculum Rooted in Active Learning: Does It PromoteEngagement and Persistence for Women?Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago Leanne Kallemeyn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Research Methodologies at Loyola University Chicago. She teaches graduate-level courses in program evaluation, qualitative research methods, and mixed methods. She has been the PI on seven major evaluation projects that ranged from one to five years in length. Her scholarship focuses on practitioners’ data use and evaluation capacity building within non-profits through coaching. She received a Bachelors in
engineeringdisciplines, and the context of their research varied considerably. Some students were part oflarge, established experimental laboratories while other students worked individually or in smallgroups on computational or theoretical projects. As this course was launched in Fall 2020,students in this class experienced the additional challenge of starting college (and undergraduateresearch) remotely during a global pandemic. The design and content of this course wereevaluated using anonymous feedback and a review of reflective discussion posts in order todetermine whether the course supported the stated learning goals. This evaluation indicates thatstudents found the course material helpful in understanding their role as undergraduate researchassistants
enacting the newpolicy effectively and sustaining it over the long term. The project includes three areas: 1) policyand process clarification for both tenured and teaching-track faculty; 2) creation of a mid-careermentoring and professional development system for all full-time faculty at the Associate rank;and 3) bias awareness and mitigation. This paper shares work-in-progress and early outcomesspecific to policy and process clarification for tenured faculty. This work is significant because itshows the potential of promotion reform to elevate teaching and community engagement in waysthat may also advance goals of gender equity. Simultaneously, it reinforces the need for deeperchange in cultures and alignment of values and practices across levels
contexts, environmental chemistry, water quality, and the physico-chemical aspects of contaminant fate, transport, and remediation. Since the completion of the ESCALA Certificate in College Teaching and Learning in Hispanic Serving Institutes, Dr. Otero-Diaz has focused on restructuring course formats and projects to include community-based-learning methods. Her current research assesses the impact of such methods on student perceived engagement and achievements.Dr. Melissa Salazar, ESCALA Educational Services Melissa L. Salazar, Ph.D Education (UC Davis), MS Food Technology (UC Davis),and BS Chemistry/Chemical Engineering (UC Berkeley). Dr. Salazar was an active researcher in the fields of immigrant health and
,” “hard work,” or“pragmatism.” In the post-test, however, students’ responses seemed to reflect an increasedunderstanding of the complexity of global projects, as they listed coordination-type skills such as“leadership,” “adaptability,” “responsibility,” and “organization.” Students also shifted moretowards human-centered skills such as “empathy,” “teamwork,” and “listening.” Empathyspecifically was one of the competencies that increased the most in frequency between the pre-and post-tests which coincides with the program’s focus on helping students recognize theimportance of stakeholder needs and contextual differences. The competencies that dropped andjumped the most in frequency between the pre- and post-tests are listed in Table 5. Overall
developmental psychopathology with underserved populations. She is the co-PI for an NSF grant which provides schol- arships and career counseling to engineering students at Suffolk University. Her role in the project is to assess career development trajectories for the scholarship students, create program evaluations, collect assessment data and disseminate information to the STEM community. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Evaluation of the Suffolk’s Electrical Engineering S-STEM Program at Year 4 Suffolk University’s Electrical Engineering (EE) S-STEM Scholars program aims to givefull scholarships to study electrical engineering at
, students at alllevels can pursue independent projects collaboratively and learn about technology andentrepreneurship. This paper discusses current trends in the Maker movement and educationallearning theory; presents efforts at UMass Amherst to combine these concepts to engage studentsin STEM fields by also incorporating art; and discusses some the challenges and opportunitiesfor this model. An underlying goal of the work is to identify the key elements of the Makermovement, which may help engage underprivileged youth as well as retain undergraduates inSTEM fields.Institutional designs of makerspaces and makerspace networksA Makerspace can mean many things, but in this context we are describing a physical spacewhere people with an interest in
ofentrepreneurship education are not entrepreneurial behaviors but education. Teaching“entrepreneurial skills,” as important as it is, should not be the fundamental, let alone the only,objective of entrepreneurship education. Instead, we argue that the most important objective is thecultivation of entrepreneurial culture and innovative thinking, and this objective is most effectivelymet by curriculum and practical projects that adapt to the unique culture and local conditions ofindividual educational institutions.2.2 Main Models and Characteristics of Entrepreneurship EducationThe model of entrepreneurial education is essential for achieving the objectives of entrepreneurialeducation. Traditional education model, however, is inadequate for preparing
project that the students may be involved with in theirfuture careers. Capstone team projects which have become a standard part of (nearly) every en-gineering and computing program have been especially successful in helping to achieve this goal.The second intended goal of such activities is to help students learn the technical, conceptual mate-rial by engaging in suitable activities with their fellow-students rather than just listening passivelyto lectures. At the same time, many engineering and computing faculty have serious concernsabout introducing such activities to any serious extent in their courses; primary among these con-cerns is the potential negative impact of such activities on topic coverage. Trying to arrange suchactivities outside
. workforce: Students who study one year on a U.S. campus can become eligible for joining the U.S. labor market (see 1+1 option in Section 2.4). Figure 1: Degree program overview2.2 Program CurriculumThe course schedule for the M.S. in ECE degree program is shown in Figure 1. There are eightcourses spread over four semesters plus two capstone project courses, which are offered in thesecond and fourth semester. The entire program duration is four semesters, which is approximately16 months, as a full semester is offered during the summer.This program meets the same requirements as the residential M.S. in ECE offered on the UMassAmherst campus. The admission and degree completion requirements are identical, and the
Paper ID #25445Techno-economic Modeling as an Inquiry-based Design Activity in a CoreChemical Engineering CourseDr. Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- principal investigator for the following National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects: Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) - Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity; Professional Formation of Engineers
Paper ID #31529Diversifying the Engineering Pipeline through Early Engagement ofNeurodiverse LearnersMs. Constance M. Syharat, University of Connecticut Constance M. Syharat is a Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF-RED) project, ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. In her time at the University of Connecticut she has also worked as a Research Assistant for NSF CAREER project ”Promoting Engineering Innovation Through Increased Neurodiversity by Encouraging the Participation of Students with ADHD” and
Paper ID #21117High-Fidelity Digitized Assessment of Heat Transfer Fundamentals using aTiered Delivery StrategyDr. Tian Tian, University of Central Florida Tian Tian is an Associate Lecturer of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida, which she joined in 2013. She has been frequently teaching undergraduate lecture and laboratory components of Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Her educational research interests focus on project-based learning, online learning, and the digitization of STEM assessments. She received the Teaching Incentive Award, Excellence in Undergraduate
andTechnology. Even though the number of print requests have decreased, faculty in the College ofEngineering and Technology have used the library as a focal point as their students participatedin new projects and have collaborated with the College of Business and the Brody School ofMedicine on many experiential learning projects.IntroductionSince 2012, the library literature has been inundated with arguments stating 3D printers1,2,3,4,5,6,7and the broader makerspace movement8,9,10,11,12,13 fit within the scope of an academic library’smission. Five years later, arguments against 3D printing and makerspaces are rare,14 and, as acrowdsourced “Map of 3D Printers in Libraries” shows, at least 153 academic libraries in theUnited States now have 3D printers
Professor Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University Calumet since 2001. He has worked over 15 years both for private industries and national research laboratories such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Dr. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engineering company in 1995 spe- cializing in power system, energy management and automation systems. During last twenty years the company performed many private and government projects. Dr. Fathizadeh has published numerous journal, conference and technical articles. He has been instrumental figure in establishing mechatronic engineering technology at Purdue University Calumet. His areas
foster collaborative problem solving, spatial reasoning, engineering design thinking and agency. He is currently serving as a co-principal investigator on three projects funded by the National Science Foundation ranging from studying visuospatial skills development through origami to applying multimodal learning analytics in teamwork and understanding the mechanisms of an A-ha! moment. Dr. Popov completed his Ph.D. on computer-supported collaborative learning at Wageningen University & Research Center, in the Netherlands. His background allows him to utilize evidence in education science, simulation-based training and learning analytics to understand how people become expert health professionals, how they can
Paper ID #25976Enhancing Research Pipelines for Underserved Students through a Lower-Division Research Experience at a Minority-Serving Institution (Experience)Dr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineer- ing and Computer Science at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Dr. Danforth was the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth was the Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant
positive and significantrelationship with workplace learning and job performance [4]. Entrepreneurially mindedengineers are not just the entrepreneurs with engineering degrees; they are able to fill both theroles of traditional staff engineers as well as leadership roles within organizations [5].The set of teaching and learning strategies that aim to support the KEEN 3Cs framework for EMis referred to as Entrepreneurially Minded Learning (EML) [6]. Oftentimes, EML builds onactive pedagogies, such as Project-Based Learning (PBL), and focuses holistically onopportunity recognition, stakeholder awareness, discovery, and value creation [7]. There arethree entrepreneurial learning domains EML targets: affective factors (such as self-efficacy,intention
African American engineers and tohave a better understanding of technology and its role in STEM education and the policyassociated with it. Another key goal for the project was to promote wide spread dissemination ofportable hands-on mobile devices through proactive collaboration between educationalinstitutions and industry partners. Collaborating partners used portable hands-on hardwarecoupled with a model of pedagogy to provide instruction in their courses. The projectsuccessfully demonstrated that an experimental centric pedagogy combined with hands-oneducational technology stimulates student interest in the STEM area, promotes contentacquisition, problem solving, and retention. Hands-on activities were shown to be successfulacross a variety
-technical work and lose the opportunity to gaintechnical skills.9 Second, marginalization can occur when the contributions of underrepresentedteam members are overlooked by instructors or peers. Third, students might feel marginalizedwhen their ideas and input are only accepted when they are proposed or validated by a senior ordominant member from the team.10 Fourth, students from non-dominant groups may experiencemarginalization when projects are not relevant to their culture, community, or lived experiences.Several strategies were proposed to improve the experiences of marginalized students on teams,including changing personal beliefs by recognizing biases and how an individual’s experience isshaped by factors such as ethnicity, gender and socio
Engineers) Partnership Agreement (1994-date); Principle Investigator of the Education for Im- proving Resiliency of Coastal Infrastructure project under the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (2016-2020); Cofounder and Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Education (LACCEI). He earned a BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Civil Engineering (Environmental) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez, and conducted PhD (ABD) studies in Hydrosystems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1978-82).Ms. Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Mrs. Evelyn Villanueva is a Special Assistant to the
. Currently, Ms. Gardner is a member of the National Association for Student Affairs Administrators (NASPA) in Higher Education and serves on the national board for the African American Knowledge Community (AAKC) as the Conference Social Chair, formerly serving as the Best Practices Spotlight Chair. She has volunteered with the organization as a NASPA Region V Awards Reviewer and 2014 NASPA Western Regional Conference Reviewer. Her most recent project includes serving as a found- ing board member on the first African American Black Political Action Committee (PAC) in Washington c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
, China, Germany and Ghana.Dr. Amy J Conger, University of Michigan Amy Conger is Assistant Vice Provost for Global and Engaged Education at the University of Michigan. She manages strategic projects that help U- M offer experiential learning opportunities for students and strengthen institutional platforms for teaching and scholarship. She served for 7 years as Director of International Programs in Engineering at the University of Michigan, and in this role more than doubled participation in curricular programs abroad, and helped create similar growth in the co-curricular. Amy also teaches ENGR 260: Engineering Across Cultures, a required course for the U-M international minor for engineers.Dr. Kathleen H. Sienko
engineeringsciences to place them closer to the engineering side of the spectrum. As a consequence, thecreation of the engineering programs could be accomplished through additional classes inmathematics, expansion of use of this new material in existing classes, increase in designexperiences in the curriculum, and the expansion of the capstone project experience. The need toadd significant additional new content as new classes was limited to the areas of Design forManufacture and Assembly and Machine Design. Table 1 summarizes the courses offered in thenew program. More details on the challenges of creating a program by transition will bediscussed in a later section of this paper. Page 26.393.5
Paper ID #15277Work in Progress: Measuring Dispositions Toward Teaching Strategies andTheir Reported UseDr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene Judson is an Associate Professor of for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. His past experiences include having been a middle school science teacher, Director of Aca- demic and Instructional Support for the Arizona Department of Education, a research scientist for the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand
licensed patent and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida.Dr. Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 12 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The
research Interests are globalized engineering/technology education, engineering technology innovative curriculum development, outcome assessments, and refining program accreditation procedures. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementation of a Bachelor of Science in Mechatronics Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to provide an account of a project to develop and implement amultidisciplinary B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering Technology curriculum based on the needs ofindustry in Northern Kentucky / Southern Ohio regional areas. The main source of information forthe assessment of region’s industry needs for mechatronics
, respectively in 2008 and 2009. Before joining the University of Illinois, she has held a post-doctoral position in INRIA at Nancy (France), and she was an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at the City College of New York (CUNY).Dr. Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Cross completed her doctoral program in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in 2015 and is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students at UIUC. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion, teamwork skills, assessment, and identity
Ingenieros sin Fronteras Colombia since 2012, and he had worked on several engineering projects with social impact. In addition, he has collaborated with researchers of the Laboratory of Cognition at Universidad de los Andes, particularly in decision-making processes and teamwork. He is co-founder of INTERACT, a research group on complex adaptive systems and social network analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Introducing Changemaking Engineering into an Operations Research Course: Some Unexpected ResultsAbstractWith funding from a National Science Foundation (NSF) IUSE/PFE REvolutionizingengineering and computer science Departments (RED) grant, the Shiley