the main engineering building locations, they served as leaders to help groups of incomingfirst-year students find their correct room during “Academic Day” preceding the first day ofclasses. The NSF S-STEM funding was valuable in providing support for students who wouldotherwise not have been able to leave their summer jobs a week early and participate in theSummer Bridge Experience. Currently, the AcES summer bridge component is institutionalizedand supported by the college and industry partners.Fall Professional Development CourseThe fall professional development course, comprised of faculty and guest speaker lectures,design projects, and research laboratory visits, is open only to AcES participants. The courseinstructor teaches goal
Science and Engineering Road Show mobile lab and creates programs for local youth to educate and entertain with hands-on projects to challenge students’ math and science skills.Tala Katbeh, Texas A&M University at Qatar Tala Katbeh is a STEM Instructor and Program Coordinator at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) where she applies her enthusiasm for engineering to create curricula and engineering courses for school students. Katbeh is currently also pursuing her PhD at Texas A&M University, having graduated from TAMUQ with a BSc and MSc both in chemical engineering.Prof. Hassan Said Bazzi, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Hassan S. Bazzi is the senior associate dean for research and advancement and
students, either asteaching assistants or as mentors during a semester. In this latter role, we are tasked with guidingstudents through research endeavors and giving them an introduction to engineeringinvestigations. While in some instances this can be a straightforward task, there are times whenthe role of a mentor can be physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing. Some students have aharder time being able to grasp the research method or process, and it can lead to moredrawbacks than benefits to the project. But what of the instances outside of the laboratory?Certainly, our role as a mentor is to guide students and give them advice and mentorshipregarding their research endeavors. Do we just tell them that their problems are outside of
Paper ID #38809Work in Progress: A Trio-Ethnography on Professional IdentityDevelopment of Internationally-Trained Minoritized Women Early-CareerResearchers in CanadaAnuli Ndubuisi, University of Toronto, Canada Anuli Ndubuisi is a researcher with the International Virtual Engineering Student Teams (InVEST) project at the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering and Practice (ISTEP) and the Encore Lab at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). She is also an educator with the Engineering Sci- ence Division at University of Toronto. Anuli has a combined 18 years of experience in the engineering
Paper ID #39833Work in Progress: An Investigation of the Influence of Academic Cultureon Engineering Graduates’ Workforce Expectations and Subsequent WorkBehaviorsPhilippa EshunDr. Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University Kacey Beddoes is a Project Director in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office at San Jose State Univer- sity. She holds a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Further information about her work can be found at www.sociologyofengineering.org. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An Investigation of the Influence
schematicdiagrams. Documentation for the Simulink blocks may be found on the MathWorks web site[14]. Additional resources, including simulation models for various circuits and systems, are alsoavailable on Youtube and the MATLAB Central File Exchange web site [15]. When teaching thecourse again, Simulink would be further integrated into the course with additional improvements.Experiments would be expanded to include induction motors, smart grid, and renewable energy.Laboratory ExercisesThroughout the semester, students completed a total of nine laboratory exercises in addition to afinal project that required an oral presentation. Students submitted two-page laboratory reportsthat included a summary and conclusion where students were asked to include, as
importance of maintaining themvia a virtual visit for the completion of a Civil Engineering program particularly in the area ofStructural Design.Construction site visits has always been a highly valuable element of Civil Engineeringprograms. It allows students to visualize construction processes and translate the numericalactivities studied in the classroom to tangible projects. With the pandemic and the stay-at-homeguidelines, construction site visits have a positive distraction factor from reality, becoming anelement that motivates the students to participate and divert themselves from the currentsituation, additionally to the academical benefits that the visits provides.We did a qualitative investigation by interviewing 121 undergraduate students
evaluator and psychometric expert on several federally funded projects in education, natural science, and engineering. His focus is to conduct rigorous quantitative and qualitative measurement and program evaluation utiliz- ing validated assessment tools with published psychometric properties, qualitative rubrics with reliable scoring procedures, and developing and validating assessments in-line with the recommendations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.Isaias Cerda , Rice University As the Associate Director for Science Education and English Language Learners for the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM) and a former participant in our professional development programs, Isaias provides
Design Experiences for Future Engineers in Chemistry Laboratory AbstractOur approach to general chemistry laboratory for engineers in our NSF-funded IUSE project(DUE-1625378) involves the use of design challenges (DCs), an innovation that uses authenticcontext and practice to transform traditional tasks. These challenges are scaled-down engineeringproblems related to the NAE Grand Challenges that engage students in collaborative, team-basedproblem solving via the modeling process. With features aligned with professional engineeringpractice, DCs are hypothesized to support student motivation for the task as well as for theprofession. As an evaluation of our curriculum design, we use Expectancy Value
Chile Javiera Meza has a Bachelor of Engineering Science in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. She is a research assistant of the Engineering Education Division, responsible for supporting research tasks and collaborating in data collection and analysis. Javiera developed a project about STEM education focused on primary school. Her research theme is about gender gap and motivation of students in undergraduate computer science programs. Currently she is researching about student motivation in online lessons due to the influence of COVID-19.Mr. Gonzalo Cort´es, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Gonzalo Cort´es is an undergraduate student at the engineering school in Pontificia Universidad Cat
. They are publicly availabledata at the iGEM website [23], where the participants documented their projects using differentrepresentations (texts, diagrams, models, videos, etc.). These wikis were published with acreative commons copyright. For this project, we focused on the following sections of the wikis: • Team members (Names, majors, and specific contributions to the project). • Problem framing • Design of their biological system • Laboratory notebook with daily or weekly reports of experiments and results • Mathematical models and simulations • Demonstration of the design's functionality and general conclusions • Description of the outreach activities • Team's social media (Facebook, Instagram
Paper ID #34916An Instructional Approach to Engage Children with Autism to EngineeringDesignDr. Hoda Ehsan, Georgia Institute of Technology Hoda is a research faculty at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in mechanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her research interests include designing
theStudio Habits of Mind as defined through studies in arts classrooms through Bers’ [8] [9] notionof Positive Technological Development. During the Creepy Carrots project, we witnessed manyof the aforementioned dispositions and the following discussion will describe a few instanceswhere the Studio Habits of Mind and the six C’s of Positive Technological Developmentintersected. In the interest of time, we have chosen to explore those intersections that were mostprevalent in our analysis. This is by no means an exhaustive analysis of the intersection of thesebehaviors in this study or possible in subsequent studies. The authors suggest that further studymay reveal additional connections and deepen complexity and understanding of theseintersections
Research and Outreach Center in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. In 2019, Dr. Kerzmann joined the Me- chanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS) department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the advising coordinator and associate professor in the MEMS department, where he positively engages with numerous mechanical engineering advisees, teaches courses in mechanical engineering and sustainability, and conducts research in energy systems. Throughout his career, Dr. Kerzmann has advised over eighty student projects, some of which have won regional and international awards. A recent project team won the Utility of Tomorrow competition, outperforming fifty-five international teams to bring
will be encouraged to go into the interdisciplinary fields without feelingdisadvantaged compared to computer science majors. For instance, a student majoring in biologywill be more confident pursuing a degree/career in fields like biotechnology, bioengineeringwhich spans technology and biology after being introduced to computational thinking in abiology class [6]. Moreover, there has been a lot of effort by government and research agencies toencourage young people into STEM and technology careers. With this work of ours, we believeUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) will be doing its due diligence in supportingthese efforts. With this project, we want to take the initiative to start the CT pedagogicalmovement in our institution to
Engineering (Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. She has experi- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her
libraries.Linda M. N. Struble, Pennsylvania State University Linda Struble is the manager of the Engineering Library on the University Park campus of the Penn- sylvania State University. She graduated from the College of Arts and Architecture and the Schreyer Honors College of the Pennsylvania State University in 2010. Her interests include onboarding, student engagement, sustainability, project management, and operations. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engineering Libraries and Student Organizations: Working Together to Enhance Outreach to Underrepresented GroupsABSTRACTRecruiting and retaining a diverse student population is extremely
Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas of research include engineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He has extensive international experience working on technical training and engineering educaton projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Department of Labor, USAID. Countries where he has worked include Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Macedonia, Poland
confident that many aspects can be generalized into the general academic settingregardless of research disciplinary focus area.Tuckman’s 5 Stages of Team Development [1], Figure 1, is very much applicable for teams thatare required to work together versus teams that choose to work together. As educators, wecommonly see these stages play out in group design projects, especially when it comes to the“storming” stage when students start complaining about their peers and show frustration towardsthe inability to be productive as a group. Tuckman’s model offers a good foundation, yet theauthors set out to propose a modified framework that describes the stages that occur when people“choose” to work together, versus Tuckman’s model which describes the
with engineering department faculty, staff, advisors, andfemale students. By understanding how and why elective tracks become gendered withinengineering majors, we hope to identify effective strategies for improving the preparation ofwomen to pursue technical roles and career paths in their chosen field of study, with the broadgoal of improving the workplace retention of female engineers.As this project is ongoing, we plan to present preliminary results based on wave one (1)interviews with 30 female engineering students in their sophomore year (the year when electivetrack selections are made).Project Background and Theoretical FrameworkExisting research shows that men and women in gender-typed occupations – such as engineering– often
international engineering teamwork behaviors, the integration, and implementation of team-based assignments and projects into STEM course designs and using mixed-method, especially natural language processing to student written research data, such as peer-to-peer comments. Siqing also works as the technical support manager at CATME research group.Dr. Wei Zakharov, Purdue University at West Lafayette Wei Zakharov is an Assistant Professor of Library Science and Engineering Information Specialist in the Purdue University Libraries. Dr.Zakharov is the faculty liaison to Aeronautical and Astronautical Engi- neering, Aviation and Transportation Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering Education. Her
interest andknowledge. Four different projects were designed: 1) a 3D-printed spirograph, 2) a night light, 3) anoptical intrusion detection with memory, and 4) a traffic light. Students who participated in the camp(N=56) built and optimized their own take-home electronic devices. Pre- and post-surveys were collectedto analyze the students’ engineering self-efficacy, knowledge, and engineering skills. Results suggestedthat students’ self-efficacy and beliefs in succeeding in engineering majors and careers increased aftertheir experiences in the camp; they also improved their engineering knowledge and skills (p
co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) on several externally funded efforts, most recently for the RIT NSF ADVANCE Institu- tional Transformation grant (2012-2019). The goal of this large-scale ($3.4M), multi-year university-level organizational transformation effort is to increase the representation and advancement of women STEM faculty. The project has resulted in impactful new programs, practices, and policies as well as a new dedicated unit within the Office of the Provost.Dr. Naveen Sharma, Rochester Institute of TechnologyLana Verschage, Rochester Institute of
and a PhD.In my experience in STEM, I have constantly been underestimated and mis labeled in theareas of which I found interest. This constant mis categorization and lack of representationcreated a strong sense of not belonging which drove me to me the representation in myfield and create the support structures that I did not have that would have made adifference for me walking my path. On this project I worked in conjunction with two stellarcolleagues Kathy Chen, situated to my left in the picture, the Executive Director of theSTEM Education Center at WPI, who is the daughter of immigrant parents from Taiwan, cis-female, middle-class, able-bodied, PhD. Kathy is someone who always felt as an outsider ornot belonging in STEM, she used her
runs through the first week of December when the winterinspection of the airplane. break begins. The Spring period starts in January and runs If during the technical review the judges detect some through the end of May.discrepancy between the measurements written in the When the class period begins, the project students jointechnical report and the aircraft that presents the equipment, the same activities as the rest of the students and spendpoints are subtracted to
Paper ID #242572018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29A Leadership Collaborative Model: Fostering Community Through DiverseStudent Organization CollaborationsMs. Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas, Austin Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering. She concurrently serves as Director of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, connecting Texas organizations, companies and
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Morgan State University. Mrs. Partlow currently serves as the Program Director of the Verizon Minority Male Maker Program, which focuses on providing minority middle school boys with hands-on learning experiences using advanced technology, app development software, 3-D design techniques, and entrepreneurship skills. Mrs. Partlow also serves as the Lab Manager of the Engineering Visualization Research Laboratory (EVRL) where she helps to advise students on undergraduate electrical engineering research projects ranging from smart lighting technologies to cyber security. She has also served as an online course development specialist responsible for the creation
-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Dr. M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University Professor of Statistics and Research, Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations, College of Ed- ucation and Human Services. Program Director for EdD in Organizational StudiesBrett Doudican, University of Dayton Brett Doudican is the curriculum coach of the NSF RET for Materials and Manufacturing program. He also is a full time math teacher and department chair at the Dayton Early
state-of-the-art learning spaces. While at Purdue University, Imbrie co-led the creation of the First-Year Engineering Program’s Ideas to Inno- vation (i2i) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering education focused facility; the largest educational building in the state. His expertise in educational pedagogy, student learning, and teaching has impacted thousands of students at the universities for which he has been associated. Imbrie is nationally recognized for his work in ac- tive/collaborative learning pedagogies, teaming and
United States Military Academy and his M.S.E. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering.Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel Ally Kindel Martin is the Director of Student Engagement, Projects & Finance in the School of Engi- neering. In her position, she has worked with the Supplemental Instruction program, launched STEM Freshmen Outreach initiatives, created an Engineering Mentor Connection program, and revitalized the Engineering Career & Networking Expo. She holds a M.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina. Previously she worked