habits and pleasures of good scholarship. Thecommon read used in the FYS class is Atomic Habits by James Clear. Working with a familiarfaculty member and one of the same student mentors from Engineering Ahead, the first semesterstudents explore the expectations of personal integrity, level of effort, and civility on a universitycampus. In addition to providing academic support for their entry level mathematics and sciencecourses, an additional curriculum component of FYS is career exploration. Throughout thecourse, students refine their resume and communication skills and take part in the largeruniversity career fair. Further, this course provides several opportunities for students to visit localindustries and extend collaborations with alumni
this research project focusing on key works that emerged fromthe study, and implications that emerged for practice.IntroductionIn the concluding chapter of the influential research compendium How People Learn,1 the editorsrecommend increased focus on research that elucidates “how student interests, identities, self-knowledge, self-regulation, and emotion interact with cognitive competence” (p. 280). Inengineering education, we have often considered emotion as a by-product of learning, but recentdevelopments demonstrate that emotion is an integral and central part of learning.2 This researchbuilds on the developments in neuroscience that point to the critical role of emotion in learningand decision-making.3,4In engineering education there has
networking event hosted at Elevate Rapid City on September 15th, 2022.The mission of Elevate Rapid City is to promote economic development for Rapid City and theBlack Hills region. The mixer created an opportunity to inform stakeholders what the A+Eprogram has accomplished, solicit input on programmatic elements going forward and to discusspotential collaborative opportunities. The mixer was also a celebration and a chance for interestedparties to network in Elevate’s new facility. The keynote speaker of the evening was artist andProfessor Quintin Owens, a well-known local artist and academic (Black Hills State University)who integrates Computer Aided Design, Clay 3D printing, and art in his courses. Owens’ keynote,titled Science + Art + Technology
courses, and helped to develop aPOGIL community. The IntroCS-POGIL project is a larger-scale study of how facultyimplement POGIL in introductory CS courses and the factors that affect faculty implementationand student outcomes. Together, these projects are working to expand the set of POGIL activitiesfor CS, the community of CS teachers who use POGIL, and the evidence of effectiveness.These projects also explore some promising future directions: Tools for activity authors, including a Design Canvas to help sketch key activity elements, and an add-on for Google Docs to generate student and teacher versions of an activity from a single master copy. Integrating technology into activities, using a learning management system or
Paper ID #43392Board 425: Work in Progress: Initiating a Research Experience for TeachersCentered on ManufacturingProf. Marian Kennedy, Clemson University Marian Kennedy is an Associate Professor within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Clemson University. Her research group focused on the mechanical and tribological characterization of thin films. She also contributes to engineering education with a focus on developing early career researchers and faculty.Dr. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Kristin Frady is an Assistant Professor and Founding Program Director of the Human Capital Education
) Page 24.637.14 Develop Faculty Expertise Develop materials that explain benefits of learning through multiple methods (i.e., traditional lectures combined with games). Demonstrate materials and teaching methods at workshops to help instructors use multiple teaching methods. Establish an online distribution site that includes a discussion forum for sharing classroom experiences.Implement Educational Innovations Integrate online games into traditional instruction in Transportation Engineering courses at home institution. Work with high school teachers to include course module in driver’s education courses. Digitally disseminate game, course module, and assessment tools that Transportation
big data analytics that was developed and introduced intoFreshman Engineering Clinic, which is an introductory course for students in all engineeringdisciplines at Rowan University. Learning objectives for the Freshman Engineering Clinicinclude developing skills in data collection, analyzing data to draw sound conclusions, andwriting reports, with visual/graphical representation of information recognized as one criticalcomponent of effective technical writing. The NSF has awarded a grant to Rowan University tosupport vertical integration of big data analytics throughout the engineering curriculum. Thispaper focuses on the Freshman Clinic big data project, the intent of which was to introducestudents to big data analytics while also furthering
), curriculum vitae, a personalstatement and an unofficial transcript as a single file. Further, they were asked to request 1-2 oftheir professional contacts to send in a letter of recommendation directly to the program viaemail, by the (relatively late) deadline of April 30th. Collecting application materials via emailwas preferred during year-1, in lieu of generating an online fillable form that had to have certaincompliance checks. Once all of the participant applications were received, they were screenedfor eligibility and completeness. A shortlist of these students was securely distributed to thefaculty mentors, and their selections/preferences recorded. Selection criteria (which were alsocommunicated in advance to the student applicants) included
’ activities included elements beyond teaching innovation, suchas curriculum design and educational research. Groups range in size from 4 to 10 people withsome members more active than others. Group members include both tenure-line and teaching-only faculty. The group described in this paper is unique in that it also includes graduate teachingassistants as integral members of the group.The Design element of the SIMPLE Design model emphasizes that improving teaching is viewedas an iterative design process. The ideal vision of a SIMPLE group is that members identifyneeds in their teaching and/or student learning, select an approach to addressing the needs,implement the approach, assess the result, and make modifications before implementing it again.(The
played a leadership role in an effort to establish the Nuclear Engineering program at PV. He has led the efforts of procuring NASA and DOE funding for curriculum development of radiation science and engineering program at PV. He is the architect for the curriculum development of the energy engineering minor at the undergraduate level and energy engineering concen- tration at the graduate level within the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering. His research interests include characterization of radiation environment (neutrons and gamma) for fundamental materials research and space radiation effects in material and radiation shielding analysis for ground based system and space radiation environment. Aghara published a
courses including (Fig. 1) a 1st / 2nd year signalprocessing course (GT: ECE 2026) with computer projects with sound and images, a core linearcircuits (2nd year) course (GT: ECE 2040), an analog transistor circuits (3nd year, GT: ECE 3400)[52], an analog Integrated Circuits (IC) design course (4th year / graduate level) [53], a controlsystems course (graduate level, ECE 6550), and multiple analog IC Systems courses (graduatelevel) (e.g. [54, 55]). The course levels at GT are 1xxx and 2xxx are first and second year courses,3xxx and 4xxx are third and fourth year courses, and 6xxx are graduate courses open to seniorundergraduate students. These hands-on techniques started in graduate level IC courses with apriority on hands-on IC measurement for
or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporating reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineer- ing curriculum. Sriram has been fundamental to the revamp of the entire software engineering program at Rose-Hulman. Sriram is a founding member of the Engineering Design program and continues to serve on the leadership team that has developed innovative ways to integrate Humanities, Science, Math, and Engi- neering curriculum into a studio based education model. In 2015, Sriram was selected as the Outstanding Young Alumni of the year by the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. Sriram serves as a facilitator for MACH, a unique faculty development
cognition.Mr. Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno Nelson Pearson is an Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interest includes, social networks and the integration of diverse populations, engineering culture as well as engineering pedagogy. His education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.Mr. Benjamin P. Jackson, Purdue UniversityMs. Tara C. Langus, University of Nevada, Reno Tara C. Langus is a doctoral student pursuing her degree in STEM Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). She received her BS/MS in Biology from UNR where she studied insect immunology and chemical ecology. She has five years of teaching experience and currently
the interventionaffected non-white students differently than white students and non-transfer students differentlythan transfer students. No significant differences were found. We also analyzed the data bymajor grouping (electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mechanicalengineering, and other) and found no significant differences.Conclusion This paper presented the current state of an NSF IUSE project that is studying the impact ofdeploying adaptive learning modules in digital circuits courses. Our research team has defineddetailed learning outcomes for a sequence of courses in digital logic and created acomprehensive set of curriculum tools to teach the material. A baseline of understanding wascollected using 600
deterring and a major barrier to retention andsuccess in the profession.[5-10]Several factors have been identified as key challenges: (a) the lack of exposure to engineering orcomputer science as fields of study or as career opportunities [11], (b) the lack of professionalidentity (inability to see oneself as a professional) [7], (c) an impaired sense of belonging [12,13], and (d) the lack of self-efficacy (how well one can execute a course of action to deal with aprospective situation) [14]. Adding to the challenge is the rigor of engineering curriculum whichsubstantially contributes to high dropout rates from engineering [15], averaging at 50%, andranging from 60 to 67% for minorities [12, 16, 17]. These numbers are strongly driven by highfailure
Paper ID #10154Developing Critical Thinking Skills in a Mixed-Signal Test and Product En-gineering CourseDr. Tina Hudson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tina Hudson is an Associate Professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000. She teaches in the areas of analog and digital circuits and systems, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design and testing, and MEMS. Her education research interests include the development of critical thinking skills and intuition in undergraduate students and course development based on
Paper ID #9261Developing Highly Qualified Middle Grades Teachers With Expertise in STEMDisciplines via SUSTAINSDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Bilec is an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Bilec’s research program focuses on sustainable healthcare, the built environment, and life cycle assessment. She is interested in improving the overall environmental perfor- mance of buildings while connecting the occupants in a more thoughtful manner. She is the Principal Investigator in a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional
integration [14], and higher N400 amplitudes signify that participants have aharder time integrating the critical word into the sentence context. Our findings indicate that, forboth engineering and non-engineering students, lexical-semantic integration of the critical wordin metaphorical sentences is cognitively more effortful than in literal sentences, but easier than insemantically anomalous sentences. Critically, while we did not find differences in how engineers and nonengineersprocessed sentences referring to engineering and nonengineering, we observed an inter–groupdifference in the general pattern of responses to the sentences. Specifically, engineersdemonstrated decreased N400 amplitudes to novel metaphorical sentences and literal
Page 25.1251.2mechanism, four spring-type SMA actuators are required to have long stroke and a strongenough force to overcome resistance force due to deformation of small intestine. Thedeveloped actuator is integrated with clampers mimicking claws of insects and an earthworm-like locomotive mechanism is proposed. The SMA actuators can be controlled to contract andstretch by passing current through the wire. When all four SMA are actuated in the samerhythm, the capsule robot moves forward or backward. Turning capability can be achievedby actuating the left and right SMAs in the opposite rhythm. Based on the design of actuators,the capsule robot have the ability to move in 2-dimensional, moving forward and turning,which enables it to implement
students conceptualize design and how that affects their designoutcomes, this project supports the design of future education programs that produce engineerswith a more balanced perspective on design that accounts for both technical feasibility and marketneeds.Research methodology overviewAligned with the constructivism framework, which asserts that learners construct theirunderstanding of the world through their experiences [18], this project is organized to firstunderstand how students conceive of design, then introduce market-driven design conceptsthrough an interactive course curriculum, and finally observe the ways in which these studentconceptions of design evolve or expand. This paper analyzes data collected from 130undergraduate students
). A neo-Kohlbergian approach: TheDIT and schema theory. Educational Psychology Review, 11(4), 291-324.[11] Zhu, Q., & Zoltowski, C. B., & Feister, M. K., & Buzzanell, P. M., & Oakes, W. C., & Mead,A. D. (2014, June), The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical DecisionMaking in Project-based Design Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Paperpresented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2—23130[12] D. Burkey, R. Cimino, M. Young, K. Dahm, & S. Streiner (2022, October). It’s All Relative:Examining Student Ethical Decision Making in a Narrative Game-Based Ethical Intervention. In2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1
activities are aligned with the early weeksof typical CS0 curriculums, and provide students with features and supports includingincremental instructions and adaptive supports tailored to the state of the student’s currentprogram. Facilitated by integration with LMS systems such as Canvas and Moodle, PRIME hasbeen used by over 600 students at NC State and Florida A&M University helping to refine thesystem for future iterations.As PRIME moves forward we will look to both expand the current set of activities, as well asmove forward in the development and integration of data-driven student models capable ofdriving adaptive scaffolding within the existing PRIME activities. Additionally, we willinvestigate alternative approaches to transition students
. Bodnar, Ph.D., CTDP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learn- ing techniques in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on student perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She obtained her certifica- tion as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and
Wallace studied Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California before earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Michigan. He has been on the faculty of the Michigan Tech Computer Science Department since 2000. His experiences as a computer scientist, linguist, and software developer drive his research exploring how humans can better understand, build, and use software. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Google, Microsoft Research, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Wallace’s Agile Communicators project, supported by an NSF IUSE award, seeks to build an en- hanced curriculum for computing programs that emphasizes inquiry, critique and
has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and over 15 years of corporate experience in Engineering and Information Technology as an applications engineer, systems administrator, systems engineer, and senior consultant for companies such as Xerox, Hughes Electronics, and IBM Corporation. She has also presented at various regional, national, and international conferences.Dr. Lecia Jane Barker, University of Colorado, Boulder Lecia Barker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder and a Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Lecia conducts research in attracting, retaining, and advancing groups
Paper ID #37008Board 296: Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE):Program Goals and First-Year ActivitiesDr. Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina UniversityDr. Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University Chip Ferguson is the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology and Professor of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University.Dr. Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University Andrew Ritenour is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University (WCU). In addition to teaching in the field of electrical engineering, he coordinates
AC 2012-3625: REPRESENTATION GUIDANCE WITH ABSTRACT ANDCONTEXTUALIZED REPRESENTATION: EFFECTS ON ENGINEERINGLEARNING PERFORMANCE IN TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY EDU-CATIONDr. Gamze Ozogul, Arizona State University Gamze Ozogul is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). She received the undergraduate degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2000 from Hacettepe University, and the M.S degree in Computer Education and Instructional Technology in 2002 from Middle East Technical University. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Technology in 2006 from ASU. She completed a Postdoctoral Research fellowship in the Department of Electrical Engineering at ASU in
Paper ID #21276Research Experiences for Teachers in Precision Agriculture and Sustainabil-ity for Solitary STEM EducatorsBradley Bowen, Virginia Tech Bradley Bowen is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Education’s Integrative STEM Education program. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education both from N.C. State University. Using his work experience in both engineering and education, he specializes in designing Integrative STEM activities for K-12 students and implementing professional development programs for K-12
, and misalignment of machine tool elements.Geometric errors are also affected by the thermal state of the machine tool structure. Henceprocess and structural factors affecting part accuracy in machining processes are quitecomplicated. CNC machine tools only minimizes a small portion of these errors since CNC oftendoes not utilize sensor data to compensate for geometric-thermal errors and errors generated bythe cutting process. Therefore, we must provide our students, through our curriculum, with anadequate level of expertise through new programs, courses and support laboratories.This paper is focused on description of new laboratory modules, teaching materials, practicalexperiments and projects developed as an integrated educational
research aims to improve the design of educational experiences for students by critically examining the work and learning environments of practitioners. Specifically, she focuses on (1) how to design and change educational and work systems through studies of practicing engineers and educators and (2) how to help students transition into, through and out of educational and work systems.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship