product of ongoing team meetings between the VirginiaTech, Purdue, and NSBE teams. Through these meetings, the Virginia Tech, Purdue, and NSBEteam members have become better aware of the components necessary to both hold SEEK campsand assess the impact of these camps.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation EngineeringEducation and Centers under Grant Number DRL-1614710. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesNtiri, D. W. (2001). Access to higher education for nontraditional students and minorities in a technology-focused society
. Thispaper has presented a pilot effort to increase the supply of mentors to existing Youth ServingOrganizations. The paper presented levels for mentor commitment and intensity. Furthermore, itdefined a progression we all experience when individuals begin something new and laid out thesimple steps it takes to go from being a basic STEM volunteer making a small, but importantimpact on a child to becoming a mentor that is highly committed to high intensity mentoring andmaking a deep and lasting impact on a child.References[1] D. Chubin, K. Donaldson, B. Olds, and L. Fleming, "Educating Generation Net—Can US Engineering Woo and Win the Competition for Talent?," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, pp. 245-257, 2008.[2] S. M. Takaghaj, C
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more time, the system’sdesign could be further refined and the software algorithms’ capabilities increased. With theseimprovements, the hybrid system’s overall effectiveness and feasibility may become even moreappealing.AcknowledgementWe would like to thank Wendell A. Gibby, MD, for allowing us to use his medical facility,including medical equipment and access to medical personnel necessary for the successfulconduction of this undergraduate research project.References:1. L Li et al., "Assessment of the fetal thymus by two- and three-dimensional ultrasound during normal human gestation and in fetuses with congenital heart defects.," Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 404 - 409, 2011.2. E. Pavlova, D. Markov, S
Possible Solution(s) Solution(s) Construct PrototypeFigure 2: Design Process Model Utilized with Participating TeachersData CollectionWe focus this evaluation on analysis of surveys (T-STEM), content knowledge tests (DTAMS),and focus groups each completed both before and after professional development, as well asteacher-generated engineering design lesson plans and observations as teachers implementedlessons in their classrooms.The Teacher Efficacy and Attitudes Toward STEM (T-STEM) 15 Survey is intended to measurechanges in teachers’ confidence and self-efficacy in STEM subject content and teaching, use oftechnology in the classroom, 21st century learning
relevant to that participant’scontext. Interpreting the Case through the CoCP reveals an analysis of each participant’scase(s) through the lens of the CMoC. All components of the model were not necessarilyrepresented in each case.AdamSituating the CaseBorn into a family of academics, Adam initially had no desire to obtain a Ph.D. He earned amaster of science in electrical engineering directly after completing a bachelor’s degree. ThenAdam worked for four companies because he was laid-off from three. While unemployed, Adamreflected on his past and planned for his future. Adam realized he had not engaged inmeaningful work when he was employed; he wanted that opportunity. He said industry taskswere procedural; everything could be looked up in a
will have to cultivate if they are interested in creating a TAP of their own. Our hope isthat TAP will be a pilot for other programs that address this need across the country.AcknowledgmentsThis work is currently supported by the Battelle Engineering, Technology, and Human Affairs(BETHA) Endowment and an Impact Grant from The Ohio State University Office of Outreachand Engagement, a program supporting innovative and scholarly engagement programs thatleverage academic excellence of The Ohio State University in mutually beneficial ways withexternal partners. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the BETHAEndowment or the Office
hypothesis that there is a statistically significantdifference in academic performance of students attending a minimester and regular semester.Minimester students perform better than those enrolled in a regular semester. Obviously, theminimester students grasped the concepts and materials faster than their counterparts, and coulduse them well during the exams.However, the results of the study must be taken with some caution. It was done for only one coursein a semester and, therefore, the findings cannot be generalized. The study will hopefully generateenough interest to do further research on predicting performance of students in other courses.Bibliography1. Anastasi, J. S. (2007). Full-semester and abbreviated summer courses: An evaluation of
and Lucas [15]. The study will be exploratory and the intervieweeswill be asked to give their personal perceptions of how they see the phenomenon and alsoregarding how and why they have developed those viewpoints.One week before the interview, the interviewees will receive the interview protocol, includingthe questions and short texts presenting the three contemporary challenges the informants aresupposed to reflect upon. The following questions will form the basis for the interview. 1. How do you think these challenges affect the development of your discipline and the educational program(s) you are involved in? 2. What do you expect the situation to be 10 years from now? 3. How do you prepare your students for the future with
outside engineering about stayingin the program. Students from outside the major often express a combination of sympathy andrespect for engineering students, based on the perception that their majors are very difficult. Acouple of examples demonstrate what engineering students hear from their peers outside ofengineering: “Other students? Um. Yeah. That’s for sure. They definitely, you know say, oh she’s an engineering major. She has to study a lot so, you know, she can’t hang out with us too much.” S- Whenever I mention my major, people always go, ...tell me that they’re sorry. I- And this is people you mean other students or faculty or... S- No, they’re students. So, I feel like they’re…they’re…I feel like they kind of
increased bonding with team members and with the community andenhanced communication skills in the process [16]. This program sometimes included non-technical students in the team. Fruchter and Emery [17] defined the learning of students in cross-disciplinary teams in four phases: island of knowledge, awareness, appreciation, andunderstanding. Ilgen et al. [18] proposed three similar stages in team learning: forming,functioning, and finishing. Diverse and complex perspectives of team members at the beginningconverged to commonly agreed perspectives in a team learning environment. In addition,learning from the most knowledgeable and well-performing member(s) in the team increasedwith the difficulty level of assigned tasks. The literature on the
. The biennial NSF digest “Women,Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering” gives a definition ofURM. The report states: “Women, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minority groups—blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and American Indians or Alaska Natives—are underrepresented in science and engineering (S&E). That is, their representation in S&E education and S&E employment is smaller than their representation in the U.S. population” [4].Persons with disabilities are not included in the scope of this study. The survey instructions givenwere, “For the purposes of this study, we consider underrepresented minorities (URM) to beblacks or African
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Paper ID #22466Promoting Academic and Career Success for Raleigh Future Scholars at NCState UniversityProf. Leda Lunardi, North Carolina State University Leda Lunardi received the BS and MS from University of S˜ao Paulo (USP), S˜ao Paulo, Brazil, and Ph.D. degree from Cornell University. Currently she is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, and engineering undergraduate student retention and graduation improve- ment. Her research has been mainly sponsored by the National
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Manufacturing since 2010 and International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering since 2007.Dr. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation’s research grant, National Wireless Re- search Collaboration Symposium 2014; he has published a book (with Dr. Hu of University of North Dakota) on mobile computing in 2013. Professor Mousavinezhad is an active member of IEEE and ASEE having chaired sessions in national and regional conferences. He has been an ABET Program Evaluator for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering as well as Engineering Education. He is Founding General Chair of the IEEE International Electro Information
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to 1950’s [1] researchers started to explore this technology. Simplyspeaking, computer vision deals with the technology that mimics the capabilitiesof a human (normal) vision system. Naturally, a normal human being is equippedwith sensors for five different sensing capabilities (vision, smell, taste, touch, andhear). These capabilities are controlled by the central nervous system (brain)allowing a human being to demonstrate intelligent behavior. By default, thevision system of a human being is three dimensional and it uses two eyes thatwork as sensors (detectors) to capture images. Earlier computer vision systemused only one camera along with the associated computational platform andsoftware and therefore, it dealt largely with two
Potential sources of material include your own personal notes where you Present students with made a mistake, or a homework/exam inaccurate work (on a solution that introduces mistakes worth slide or handout) and pointing out have them take a few Make clear something is wrong on your notes on what is wrong, handout, to avoid confusing students Intentional 2-10 then follow up by calling who arrive late or aren't fully paying Mistake(s) minutes on students
one student smaller.Next, gruepr runs its genetic optimization algorithm, displaying its progress to the instructor. Allof the instructor’s chosen teaming options are used in the algorithm’s fitness function. After theoptimization algorithm operates for some time, the set of teams with the quantitatively highestscore is shown to the instructor. The instructor can choose to keep these teams, make minortweaks by swapping one or more pairs of students between teams, or get rid of the teams andrestart the optimization scheme from the beginning. If the instructor chooses to restart theoptimization, they may also choose to adjust the teaming options and/or team size(s) at that time.Since genetic algorithms are, in general, not guaranteed to find