traditionally comefrom small farming towns that are dehydrated from educational and occupational resources(Klutter, 1980). These areas remain economically disenfranchised and environmentallyneglected. Virginia’s higher education and health institutions acknowledge the plights ofAppalachian communities and develop community-based projects embedded in their researchand courses to serve and meet their needs as well as similar underserved communities (GobblerConnect, n.d.). Similarly, institutions are embedding additional support structures for Blackcommunities [especially along the coastal areas of Virginia] that are navigating anti-Blackracism, environmental issues regarding rising sea levels, financial strain due to significant wealthgaps, and more
Development in UW–Madison College of En- gineering’s Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Engineering (IEDE) Office, and the Assistant Director of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB). Don also serves as PI and co-PI of multiple NSF-funded projects, including: the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance, the NSF IUSE: Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, and the NSF LEAPS: EVOLVED project. He received his Ph.D. in Cell & Molecular Biology (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and B.S. in Biology (Bucknell University). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Creating Inclusivity in Engineering Teaching and Learning Contexts: Adapting the Aspire
unfamiliar organizational context and negotiatereal world engineering projects with escalating complexities and uncertainties. Career resilienceplays an important role in early career engineers’ identify transition from students to professionals,yet current literature examining the career resilience of engineers is rather limited, and the samplesof resilience studies were largely confined to engineers in North America. Based on interviewswith 16 early career engineers in China, this paper presents a grounded theory analysis of thedevelopment of career resilience for recent engineering graduates at the workplace. The studyfound that perceived mini-crises, supporting resources, and positive adaptation are the threeladders of career resilience for
Paper ID #37303The Role of Hands-On Engineering Technology Summer Camps in Attract-ingUnderrepresented High School Students to STEM MajorsDr. Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Dr. Mohamed Khalafalla Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University. His research focuses on risk analysis, alternative project delivery, and cost estimating for construction and infrastructure projects. Dr. Khalafalla has performed risk analy- sis and cost estimating related work for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Also
Quality Measures, LLC, a Virginia-based consulting firm specializ- ing in program and project evaluation, accreditation preparation, and capacity building. With 20 years of experience in project evaluation and implementatioDr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Holly Matusovich is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education where she has also served in key leadership positions. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and leadership related to graduate student mentoring and faculty development. She won the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate
Department of Integrated EngineeringThere are two programs within IE, namely Iron Range Engineering (IRE) and Twin CitiesEngineering (TCE), with IRE being formed first. These programs are catered to junior and seniorstudents who have likely completed their freshman and sophomore years in other places, butthere are potential opportunities to be tied to the program as they complete their freshman andsophomore years. Both IRE and TCE function under the same project-based learning model [1],[13], [14], though individual adaptations, interpretations, and changes have happened over time.The overall goal of the model is, “Student empowered development of technical and professionalknowledge and competencies in context of industry/entrepreneur sponsored
research and attraction of funded international graduate students. Maria started working at Texas A&M in 2005 as Assistant Director for Latin American Programs and in 2009 she was promoted to Program Manager for South America in the same office. During her time at the Office for Latin America Programs she created, managed and developed projects to enhance the presence of Texas A&M University in Latin American and to support in the internationalization of the education, research, and outreach projects of the university. She was charged with the development and implementation of a strategic plan for Texas A&M in South America. While at the Office for Latin America Programs, Maria was also part of the team
ways, if any, do student understandings change between their first and second years?Broader Project BackgroundThis analysis used an existing data set generated as part of a larger project that encompasses sixuniversities across three countries. Member institutions are equally distributed, two each fromthe United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa. The research team for this project includesfaculty and graduate students from all three countries, with direct representation from five of thesix included institutions. The objective of the project is to capture various aspects of the studentexperience over the course of a student’s undergraduate career and is thus a longitudinalundertaking beginning in the first year and ending with the
the College of Engineering at NC A&T State University. As a faculty member, he played a significant role in the implementation of a PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering. Dr. Ram served as the PI for a cross-disciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates site sponsored by NSF. He is currently the PI for an NSF project on Innovation in Graduate Education. Dr. Ram is an evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.Dr. Stephanie Teixeira-Poit American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Towards the Development of a Research Engineer Identity ScaleThis paper reports on research that is part of a broader
address complex educational challenges, democratization of K-12 engineering education, and online and technology-based learning.Dr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on P-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly as it relates to increasing interest in and participation by females and URMs and teacher professional development. She is an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vander- bilt University where she is serving as the external evaluator on the NSF-funded Engineering For Us All (E4USA) project. Dr. Klein-Gardner serves as the chair of the American Society for Engineering Education Board of Director’s Committee on P12
. Longitudinal, lateral and directional c. Turning Performance stability (Activity) 23. Introduction to Aircraft Structures 3Some of the topics mentioned above has a real life problem based module through which the concept isapproached. Apart from writing a technical portfolio on these topics, students are required to summarizeand review numerous magazine articles from magazines such as Aerospace America, Aviation Week,AOPA, etc., and do a passion project in the University of Dayton Low Speed Wind Tunnel (UD-LSWT) orin the University of Dayton Merlin Flight Simulator. A new innovation module was
school girls.The primary goal of the camp was to introduce more female students into STEM, especially, thefield of engineering through robotic projects and competitions, simple programming, guestspeakers, and STEM based field trips. There were 26 camp participants representing variousschool districts of San Antonio with a special emphasis of recruiting from underrepresentedcommunities. The camp was planned, coordinated, and directed by the authors who were also theprincipal investigators of the miniGEMS program. Additionally, five undergraduate researchassistants from the AVS Lab and three middle school teachers from the local school districtshelped with the prior planning and the entire management of the daily camp activities. The campwas
measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Prof. Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Margaret J. Slattery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Margaret Slattery Ph.D., has been a faculty member at Penn State University in Biomedical Engineering since 2007 and her career has focused on undergraduate students and their academic experiences. She currently is directing a new office within
, definitive standard for airport sustainability, the team selectedtheir own metrics. The sustainability resources listed in the paper may be helpful to students andfaculty interested in competing in future competitions or wanting to include sustainabilitymetrics in other design projects. Faculty may use the sustainability sources listed in the paper,along with sustainability metrics and team motivations, during course design in engineering andtechnology programs.IntroductionAirport Sustainability is a business strategy with both short-term and long-term benefits. Moreand more airports are trying to integrate sustainability into their long-range planning and day-to-day operations. Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not require
,Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry students will be analyzed in order to answer the followingresearch questions: 1. What types of socializing agents do students engage with prior to arriving at their university and what impact, if one at all, do these agents have on students’ choice of discipline? 2. What types of disciplinary socialization do first-year students engage in at their university and why choose these specific types? 3. What differences, if any, exist in the engagement with disciplinary socialization between first-year biochemistry, chemical engineering, and chemistry students?Broader Project BackgroundThis qualitative analysis makes use of an existing dataset that is part of a larger project involvingsix
the Jet-force experiment. Figure 2: Physical Set-up of the Jet-force on Vanes Experiment.3.2 Virtual Reality (VR) Engineering LaboratoryIn previous studies, we have successfully implemented this particular experiment virtually ontwo large scale virtual environments namely the CAVE and the 3D TV [3]. The CAVE is aroom-sized cube with three projection walls (front, left and right, each with dimension of 12’ x9.5’) as well as the floor projection. A user can wear a pair of 3D glasses in the CAVE to viewstereoscopic images on the projection walls generated by a computer. Compared with the 3DTV, multiple screens in the CAVE provides more level of immersion. Figure 3 showscomparison of the Jet-force experiment setup on the 3D
behaviors on a mobile robot, • describing the difference between artificial intelligence and engineering approaches to robotics, • functioning on a multidisciplinary team to complete mobile robotics projects on a hardware platform, • comparing and contrasting the various robot paradigms including hierarchical, reactive, deliberative, hybrid, and behavior-based, • analyzing and implementing metric and topological path planning on a mobile robot, • analyzing and implementing subsumption architecture and potential field summation to implement obstacle avoidance on a mobile robot, • describing the methods for localization and implementing the Kalman filter algorithm on a mobile robot, and
assessment tools to measure the effects ofthe project on students’ grades and retention. The toolkit includes: (1) pass rate and GPA inCalculus I, (2) longitudinal analysis of pass rates and GPA in subsequent courses, (3) impact ofCalculus I on retention in STEM and retention at BSU, (4) all of the above comparing students inreformed Calculus vs traditional Calculus, (5) all of the above for underrepresented minorities,women, or other demographic subsets. While these tools were originally developed to study theCalculus I project, they are available for studying the effects of other courses on studentacademic performance and retention.In this paper, we briefly describe a rebuild of Calculus II, overhauled in the 2015-16 school yearfollowing the same
, international relations in the sphere of transport communications, iternational logistics and supply chain management, sustainable development and ecology.Mrs. Karalyn Clouser, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University Karalyn Clouser is a GIS and planning specialist with the Western Transportation Institute. She has expe- rience editing and managing spatial data to support transportation planning and implementation projects, and offers skills with numerous GIS tools and platforms. At WTI, she has provided GIS and planning support to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Technical Assistance Center, which assists with the de- velopment of alternative transportation on federal lands. Her experience includes
intervention programs. This line of research also seeks to understand the nuances and complexities of participation and persistence in these fields and develop new models for explaining such phenomena. Her secondary research strand focuses on the participation and achievement of Black students and professionals in higher education. She is the PI or co-PI on several grant-funded research projects including the national Black Doctoral Women Study (BDWS), the Women in Engineering Study (WIES), and Bulls-Engineering Youth Experience for Promoting Relationships, Identity Development, & Empowerment (Bulls-EYE PRIDE).Dr. Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida Jonathan E. Gaines is faculty in the Mechanical
Paper ID #26878Exploring K-12 Teachers’ and School Counselors’ Beliefs about Engineeringin High School: A Case Site in Virginia (Fundamental)Kai Jun Chew, Virginia Tech Kai Jun (KJ) Chew is a PhD student in the Virginia Tech Engineering Education department. In the past, he has been involved in the engineering education field by working with Dr. Sheri Sheppard, engaging in multiple projects, such as ABET accreditation, curriculum redesign and others.Dr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a part-time faculty Research Scientist for Virginia Tech and owner of Cheryl Carrico Consulting, LLC. Her current
issues in counseling. Meghan earned her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Xavier University of Louisiana. There, she gained experience working on an in- terdisciplinary research project within education, specifically exploring how stereotype vulnerability and sense of belonging impacts African American engineering students. In the clinical setting, she focuses on culturally relevant therapeutic interventions with various client populations. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Intersectional Perspective to Studying Microaggressions: An Overview of the Current Scholarship Dr. Cristina Poleacovschi, Assistant Professor
in engineering capstonecourses as they form teams, seek professional positions in the workplace, and/or make decisionsto continue on to graduate school during their last year of undergraduate studies. Further, understanding persistence of Latinx is particularly imperative given that they arethe nation’s largest minority group and among its fastest growing populations [3]. As such, thisresearch project will contribute to the national conversation on broadening participation ofLatinx. The site of this research investigation is “Border University” (BU), which serves alargely Mexican-origin population in a region of Texas with one of the lowest median incomes[4]. In particular, we focus on the senior capstone course where students work in
students. Barbara uses applied psychology and art in her storytelling methods, to help students and leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a projects - from the early, inspirational stages to reality. Founder of the Design Entrepreneuring Studio, she is the author of,”Working Connection: The Relational Art of Leadership;” ”Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Balancing Act in Engineering and Science;” and ”Designing for Social Participation in the Virtual Universe.” With her students in ME 378, she co-authored, ”The Power of First Moments in Entrepreneurial Storytelling.” Barbara makes productive partnerships with industry and creates collaborative teams with members from the areas of engineering, design, psychology
M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places
including fire protection reports, code equivalencies, and general code consulting for many projects across the nation and abroad. Additionally, she has valuable technical knowledge in smoke control analysis including the commissioning of smoke control systems.Ridge Reid, Oklahoma State University Ridge Reid, GSP, is a Associate Safety Engineer for the Valero Meraux Refinery. He is a highly orga- nized and independent worker who is capable to effectively coordinate tasks to accomplish projects with timeliness and in line with the goals of the organization. Ridge earned his Bachelor of Science in Engi- neering Technology in 2015 from Oklahoma State University with a major in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering. During
systems, • Multiple field trips to local energy conversion facilities and personal energy audits, and • [Preferably service learning] projects completed in multi-disciplinary teams.Each of these will be discussed further in the following subsections.2.1. In-class and traditional class activitiesThe first category of class activities can be primarily classified as those that are most commonlyfound in a typical/traditional class setting. Most class periods consisted of a series of mini-lectures complemented by instructor examples and time for students to work on worksheets. Theworksheets and examples covered both specific technical problems and more open-ended
supports the engineering degreeprogression program with students earning a BRCC associate of science in engineering andcompleting a bachelor’s of science engineering degree at LSU. Over three years, the program hasprovided scholarships and academic/ professional support to 24 students who demonstrateacademic talent and financial need. Another 11 students will be added during year four. Theprimary goals of the program are: to utilize scholarships to create and sustain a pathway forBRCC transfer students and to develop a successful model for transfer students from othercommunity colleges and 4-year institutions based on the experiences and outcomes of theproject.The Pathway Scholarship project in collaboration with the STEP 1B Engineering Grant
Paper ID #11571Challenges and Potential of Teaching Engineering Students in DevelopingCountries Using New Trends and MethodologiesDr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering & Engineering Technology Adeel Khalid, Ph.D. Associate Professor Systems Engineering Office: 678-915-7241Dr. Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech. Sala Qazi holds a Ph.D., degree in electrical engineering and is a Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT), Utica, New York. Prior to becoming an emeritus, he spent a year completing a project on developing
component of the university’s mission by hosting credit-awarding courses within the space.The research component of the university mission may be fulfilled by dedicating a significant amount ofresources to support faculty-led research projects. The service component might be met by supportingstudent clubs as well as ongoing programs where makerspace users design, fabricate, and implementsolutions that fulfill needs at the university. Examples of higher education makerspaces that contributeto the service component of the university’s mission include spaces that support Design for Americachapters or offer courses that include university service components.The scope of a higher education makerspace is classified using the following three parameters