, practices, and cultures that reflect expandedperspectives on gender, diversity, and intersectional identities. In order to better understand the role(s) of such a course in an engineering student'seducation and how engineering education considers these issues, the instructor team invited twoundergraduate researchers to undertake projects in support of these goals. One of these students(Amber Levine) was tasked with identifying other courses across the U.S. with similar subjectmatter and learning objectives (“EEL Related Courses Study”); she found 13 courses acrosstwelve institutions that connected issues of diversity and culture to engineering and were targetedto engineering students (Levine, 2016). The other student (Chloe Wiggins, who is
program and contribute as professional engineers. Ms. Jones joined LSU in 1992 as a College of Engineering research associate in the area of environmental analyses and worked on numerous projects including utilization of industrial by-products, water quality analyses and wastewater treatment. She received her B.S. Chemistry (1980), from The University of HoustonDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Undergraduate Program Director and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his baccalaure- ate and master’s degrees from LSU ME and his doctorate from Purdue University’s School of
Professor for the Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineering Students. Her research
UNESCO Fellowship. In addition to IPFW, he has taught mechanics and related subjects at many other institutions of higher learning: The University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, Western Wyoming College, Ecole Nationale Sup´erieure Poly- technique, Yaound´e, Cameroon, and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He has been investigating the strategies that help engineering students learn, succeed, and complete their degree programs for many years. He is an active member of two research groups in his department: The Undergraduate Projects Lab and the Energy Systems Lab. He is currently the PI of an NSF grant titled ”Building a Sustainable Institutional Structure to Support STEM Scholars at IPFW”, Award
State University–Bozeman Emma Annand is striving for a B.S. in Industrial and Management System Engineering at Montana State University – Bozeman. Emma is a research assistant for MSU’s NSF supported engineering leadership identity development project. She is also the fundraising team lead for MSU’s chapter of Engineers With- out Borders (EWB@MSU). Over the summer of 2018, Emma traveled with EWB@MSU to Khwisero, Kenya to implement a borehole well at a primary school there. During the summer of 2019, Emma will once again travel to Khwisero – this time to assess for a structure at a secondary school.Monika Kwapisz, Montana State University Monika Kwapisz (they/them) is an undergraduate at Montana State University
retaining students in STEM fields and to articulate aseamless transition for a continuum of education that will fortify technical education for the newdecade.Starting the Post-Secondary EducationIn 2012, Community College Week reported data released by the President’s Council ofAdvisors on Science and Technology which suggested that if the U.S. is to remain a STEMleader, the country must produce one million more STEM graduates than current projected rates.The Atlantic reports that according to a 2011 STEM report from the Center on Education and theWorkforce at Georgetown University, 92% of STEM workers will need post-secondaryeducation by 2018. Around 35% of that number will require training at the community collegelevel, while another 65% will
to providing information on upcoming events, we also keep archives of all of our pastevents, including photos and descriptions as well as tutorials and other resources that allowstudents to work through educational projects on their own time.The CyberCenter was developed in PHP using the ModX framework, which providesfunctionality such as user accounts and authentication, as well as a full-featured back-endgraphical user interface which allows the administration of critical site functionality and thesimple management of website resources.Tech FridaysEvery semester, the mentors offer technical workshops known as Tech Fridays. At these events,students are introduced to new technologies, new techniques, and, to some, new areas of interest.BSC
grading. This first-year course for engineering and technology students at acommunity college emphasizes working in teams to complete hands-on activities using EXCELand structured programming with MATLAB.Initial assignments involve using EXCEL to display and analyze data from Ohm’s Law and thespeed of sound in air. The next assignment requires distance measuring with ultrasound anddesigning an ultrasonic range-finder. In the remainder of the assignments over the final three-quarters of the semester, MATLAB is used as a structured programming language to first controlthe movement of a stepper-motor rotor and then to identify different translucent materials fromtheir visible light spectra as measured by a spectrometer. A final project combines the
: jose.fontan1@upr.edu http://cem.uprm.eduDr. Omar I. Molina-Bas, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus Omar I. Molina Bas, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Unit Coordinator Construction Engineering and Man- agement Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus email: omar.molina1@upr.edu http://cem.uprm.edu/molina.htmlProf. Tim L. Mrozowski, Michigan State University Tim Mrozowski A.I.A., LEED R AP BDC, is the Program Leader and a Professor of Construction Man- agement, in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. He conducts research on construction management, sustainability and energy. Recent research and outreach projects include
Closing Picnic Research Report #9, #10Figure 2: Slide projected to introduce students to research competition. Figure 3: Research question slide displayed to start the competition. Figure 4: Discussion prompts for post-activity debriefing.Results92 total students participated in this ethics exercise during the 2015 EnSURE(EngineeringSummer Undergraduate Research Experience) program at MSU. The students were divided into24 teams, which were randomly formed on the first day of the summer research program andworked together throughout the professional development seminar series. Each of the 24 teamsturned in a written report (sample in Appendix A) of the activities they completed
first-time student enrollment in the College of Engineering for cohort years 2010-2013, theoverall percentage of African American students declined each year as the first-time studentenrollment for White American students increased over the same period.Summer Bridge Program Overview/ GoalsIn existence for more than twenty years, the MSU Summer Bridge Program is designed to provideincoming URM engineering students five weeks of intensive coursework in Pre-Calculus/CollegeAlgebra, Chemistry and Physics. Students also receive instruction in technical communication,personal development, and real world engineering projects, teambuilding, and study skillsdevelopment. The program is held the summer prior to students’ first semester enrollment
identification (BID) systems identifya person among a set of people whereas biometric verification (BV) systems accept orreject a person’s claimed identity. Five biometric systems are considered in this project,namely, face, speech, iris, signature and fingerprint. Although fingerprint recognitionforms the largest share of today’s market [15], there are practical tradeoffs with othersystems as given in Table 1 [15]. This exemplifies the need for further research andeducational activities pertaining to a variety of biometric systems. Face-based andspeech-based recognition systems are particularly promising as their accuracy isimproved. Ease of User Ease of System Accuracy Use
“contextual variables” are most significant and how TPD can seekto intervene at the contextual level. While elementary teachers that participate in professional development for engineeringvary in terms of teaching experience and developmental level, the majority are completely newto engineering, if not also new to the pedagogical approaches that are particularly appropriate forengineering (e.g. open-ended problems, problem-based learning, inquiry, hands-on groupactivities, etc). Other researchers have noted that inquiry and project based learning challengeteachers’ existing capabilities and requires significant professional development.12, 13 In a similarmanner, the engineering design process also challenges teachers’ capabilities, as well as
constantstruggle to maintain their diversity efforts.The results of our prior qualitative work suggest that participation in Black Greek-letteredorganizations positively influences the educational experiences2 and supports the development ofEngineer of 2020 traits in African American students3. We therefore launched a project focusedon students and alumni who participated in at least one of the following types of organizations:Black Greek-lettered Organizations (BGOs), Minority in Engineering Programs (MEPs), and theNational Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Our prior quantitative research results4 show that African American engineers perceive theirparticipation in NSBE, BGO, and MEPs as supportive of the development of six of the tenEngineer of 2020
students, black and white, to cope with the demands of university.Over the past 20 years there have been serial changes to the national curricula, while littleattention has been paid to up-skilling teachers. Add to this an ever-increasing emphasis onhigh-stakes testing and pass rates and the result is an increased focus on drilling students topass the tests, with little or no focus on developing conceptual understanding or cognitivecapacity. For future engineers this is a recipe for disaster, literally.Changing the quality of schooling is a long-term project, one that lies outside the scope ofmost academics’ activities. It is therefore vital that universities find ways to help studentswho have the intellectual capacity and motivation to do so to
Paper ID #13957Practicing care in global engineering with underserved communitiesDr. Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University Bhavna Hariharan is a Social Science Research Associate at the Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. Her field of inquiry is Engineering Education Research (EER) with a focus on engineering design for and with underserved communities around the world. For the last nine years, she has worked on designing, implementing and managing environments for interdisciplinary, geographically distributed, collaborative research projects among scholars, and
research yet again―this time concentrating on education.”His sense of ethics began to truly drive his care statements, while any mention of technology orengineering approaches was generally left out of his reflections. His driving mentality was toensure that information should be conveyed in a safe environment, where interventions weredesigned to “appeal to people’s reason, not reaction―focus on facts (and understanding), notfear.” During this time, he also articulated his first idea for his project, which was essentially aversion of the course we were involved in before the summer internship administered to highschool and college students in rural India. It would focus specifically on designing and building alatrine with the community and from
Paper ID #12707Searching the World Wide Web – Finding the Right Information the FirstTimeMs. Kristine Donate, Florida Atlantic University Twenty years in the RF Analog/Mixed Signal Design and EDA software industries doing design, customer support, application engineering, technical writing, training development and delivery, project manage- ment, AE and business management. Current focus is on telephony and IVR technologies. Realization of software development as a true passion of mine led to the pursuit of a Master’s degree in Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, graduated in December, 2013.Dr. Ravi T
student, experiential-learning, engineeringcompetition teams (SELECT) to practice and improve their engineering skills. SELECT attracttremendous resources from both industry and academia. Despite considerable efforts over thepast decades to recruit and retain women and minorities in engineering, female and minoritystudents still comprise a small portion of SELECT participants.This paper stems from a multi-year research project to identify and explain which factorscontribute to cultures of inclusion or exclusion among various SELECT. We constructed asurvey to determine the generalizability of findings obtained from interviews with SELECTteams and enhance our understanding of cultures within SELECT.Overall, the survey showed most teams have low
evaluations, resource CSP mentors and peersresearchdesign requirements, and initial design process, Participate in a summer industrial, including requirement and verification clinical, or research internshipcapabilities development. Students develop project (student’s choice) proposals suitable for either their senior Year Course Description (credit hour) Activities and Development capstone course. Continue research throughout yearYear 4: BIOE 435 (2 credit hours) and 436 (2 credit Interact with
contribution to integration social justice inengineering curricula. 1. How well does a course help engineers listen contextually to diverse users and actors so the ways in which the social context shapes (and is shaped by) the technical becomes visible? How effectively does the course help engineers and other stakeholders listening to discover more about criteria 2-6 below? 2. How thoroughly does the course help engineers and other stakeholders identify structural conditions so legal, historical, political, economic, and other social structures that serve as real or potential project-related barriers and/or opportunities to users, key actors, or engineers become visible and are openly acknowledged in the
fellowships at the University of California, San Diego, at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and in the Department of Ethnic Studies. Fluent in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, her research uses theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural studies, critical race, gender and feminist theories. Central to her work are questions of culture, power and inequality. She is affiliated faculty with the Department of Ethnic Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Latin American Studies.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 20 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a
served as Director of the South Carolina Advanced Technological (SC ATE) Center of Excellence since 1994, leading initiatives and grant-funded projects to develop educational leadership and increase the quantity, quality and diversity of highly skilled technicians to support the American economy. Currently serving as Principal Investigator, Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE; Co-Principal Investigator, SC ATE National Resource Center for Expanding Excellence in Technician Education; and Co-Principal Investigator, ATE Regional Center for Aviation and Automotive Technology Education Us- ing Virtual E-Schools (CA2VES). The SC ATE Center is widely known for developing and broadly shar- ing
application of control systems to vehicle dynamics to improve safety, stability, and performance of vehicles on roads with un- certain friction conditions. Current research projects include identification of road surface conditions from onboard measurements and approaches to maintaining stability during sudden changes in road condition. Dr. Beal also serves as an Associate Editor for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) and for the American Control Conference.Prof. James G. Orbison Ph.D., P.E., Bucknell University Jim Orbison is a professor of civil & environmental engineering at Bucknell University. He has been the faculty coordinator of the introductory
serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Donna M Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Donna Riley is Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education and Professor of Engi- neering Education at Purdue University
Fall 2019, as well as performance inofferings of the same estimating course before OER implementation.BackgroundConstruction Management involves the study of courses in areas of practice such as plan readingand production, cost estimating, safety, scheduling, and project management. Students are oftenrequired to purchase textbooks, equipment, and software for these courses at great expense. Theauthor has previously considered [1] the high level of expenses for engineering and technology,in general, and Construction Management, in particular, and the high rate of increase in the costof these over time through a number of sources. These included costs of over $300 for individualtextbooks [2] and over $1200 a year [3], and a rate of increase of
Paper ID #31545Program for Minority Girls (Research to Practice-Diversity)Ms. Henriette D Burns, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Henriette is a STEM Fellow at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She has worked at Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, Baxter Labs, Tenneco, Monsanto, Frucon Construction, SC Johnson Wax and HP as a design engineer, a manufacturing engineer and a project manager. She holds an engineering degree from Northwestern University, an MBA from University of Oregon, a MiT and a Ph.D. in Math/Science Education from Washington State University. Henriette’s research agenda is unveiling
becoming a focal point in research addressingequity and social justice in higher education [9], but not yet in most peer assessment work.In this project, we apply intersectionality as a critical theory and approach [10] to guide ourexamination to identify marginalized engineering students in college course teams, recognize theinequalities they potentially experience in teamwork and peer assessment, and improve theirlearning experiences and well-being. Following Else-Quest and Hyde’s three essential elementsfor intersectional research, our study simultaneously examines multiple social categories (e.g.,gender and race), delves into power dynamics and inequality rooted in interconnected socialcategories, and recognizes the fluidity of these
design projects. Students were required to incorporate ethicsinto their design projects by developing and applying ethics-based and standards-based requirements fortheir projects and explain how the concept of equity applied to their designs. While this case study did notemploy systematic qualitative data collection, researchers observed that students in this cohort hadincreased empathetic design decision making skills compared to students in previous iterations of thecourse. More research specifically examining student empathy development due to these instructionalmethods would support the efficacy of the pedagogy, however, Howcroft et al. [5] present an interestingway to embed empathy instruction in a common BME course. In fact, Howcroft et al
San Carlos in Guatemala, and before that, an elementary teacher. His research centers on the intersection of bilingual/multilingual education and technology (in particular, Mayan languages), literacy programs in Indigenous languages, pedagogy of tenderness, and artificial intelligence for education.Amy Millmier Schmidt, University of Nebraska, LincolnMara Zelt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Mara Zelt is the program manager for the Schmidt Research and Extension Team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering. In her role Mara is responsible for supporting the team’s outreach and research programs including the nationwide iAMResponsible project, a partnership of multi