freshmen andcomplete their degree in either manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering or mechanicalengineering with emphasis in manufacturing. The goal of the project is to create a group ofhighly talented and trained manufacturing engineers with leadership quality, which is muchneeded in manufacturing companies, both locally and nationally. Through the academic classesand leadership activities, the STEM scholars will gain knowledge in not only manufacturingengineering and practice, but also in communication, critical thinking, teamwork andprofessionalism. This paper describes the first three years’ experience of developing and managing theprogram. It includes the recruitment process, cohort building activities, academic support
is an Educational Psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Education at Bucknell University. Her research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education, approached from the perspective of Human Constructivism. She has authored several publications and given numerous presentations on the generation of analogies, misconceptions, and facilitating learning in science and engineering education. She has been involved in collaborative research projects focused on conceptual learning in chemistry, chemical engineering, seismology, and astronomy.Dr. Amy Frances Golightly, Bucknell University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Curious about student curiosity
-aided mechanisms to engage interests of K-12 students in STEM research. 3Background: Architecture of a Research SprintFigure 1: An illustration of the Stanford d.school design thinking process. The steps shown here represent all modesthat contribute to a design project, and may occur in parallel or iteratively repeat in an actual design workflow [12]. Design thinking is a highly nonlinear method, meaning that the steps shown in Figure 1may occur in parallel and can iteratively repeat. Research Sprints are the author’s design thinkingadaption that interweaves science and engineering knowledge with human-centered designpractices into STEM educational activities. In relatively short periods of
, herjob place allowed her live online attendance in classes, and exams.Senior construction engineering technology courses were taught using the distancelearning. The educator used PowerPoint and the white board conventional learning aswell as the document camera for the lecture. The course material was posted onBlackboard. The student contacted the educator using emails and phone calls. Thecourses assessed by assignments, quizzes, projects, and exams. A presentation of the longdistance student about her construction experience was memorable for the class students.The continuous support of the university Information Technology services was the key tothe successful offering of the courses.This presentation describes how the instructor, program
sites based on their research projects, thereis still a need to provide new PIs with guidance on the different aspects of an REU site such asidentifying resources that can assist in recruiting women and underrepresented minorityapplicants, providing training for graduate students acting as mentors, and strategies for keepinga mentoring connection to undergraduate researchers after they return to their home institutions.Currently, REU site preparation and orientation for new PIs is a face-to-face process thatrequires careful planning and significant travel costs. The REU PI Guide, a set of web-basedresources at https://www.vrac.iastate.edu/cise-reu-pi-resources/, was developed to share bestpractices of experienced PIs and build capacity within
classroom andcombine pre-recorded videos, in class activities and lectures (which distance students cancomplete on their on schedule or connect to in real time using video conferencing software),online assessments and bona fide course-integrated research and development projects. Whererelevant certifications existed (and are available to be taken by students), the courses weremapped to the objectives for these certifications. Courses have targeted EC Council’s CertifiedEthical Hacker and Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator certifications and CompTIA’sSecurity+ certification.The graduate certificate is designed to be able to be completed in conjunction with a graduatedegree program or on a stand-alone basis. The certificate is designed, in
the picture when thinking aboutimplementing diversity and inclusion policies and programming within higher education institutions. Given the persistent gap in underrepresented groups pursuing aviation careers, and after areview of the prior research, a pilot project was conducted during the summer of 2018 and included aquantitative questionnaire that was administered to select aviation students. Given that existingresearch indicates a need for a more holistic approach to diversity and inclusion policies andprogramming, the primary research question was “Do diversity and inclusion policies impactcollegiate students’ considerations for leaving an (aviation) academic program?”Methods Much of the existing research that is conducted
sent to their classrooms. The participant pairs are assigned and then the students split intotwo classrooms with one lead teacher and multiple aids in the room. The agenda consists ofbuilding the Kano (30 minutes), a two-part lesson plan to learn some basics of programming theKano (an hour and a half before lunch and an hour after lunch) and time to work on their selfselected projects for the showcase (about an hour). The two teachers are given the same set ofslides and teaching directions to go through the curriculum provided. At the end of the day, thestudents present their projects at the showcase to each other and family members. They are alsogiven certificates for participating and information on how to access their projects later. Lastly
Hospital, Royal Oak, and was a research associate in radiology, nuclear medicine, and bio- mechanics at Wayne State University. Ken has taught at Lawrence Tech evening programs as an adjunct instructor since 1965. His senior projects class, where students generate project ideas, research, design, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #24614manufacture, and assess the market for inventive products is the capstone course. Cook also has enjoyeda long side career in magic finding his hobby very useful in teaching. A highlight for his students eachyear is the two-hour magic performance he offers as a
that participants were screened in an attempt to work withfaculty who may feel overwhelmed or believe they could be performing more optimally. Thework was also similar in that the PI followed up with participants over the term of the project tohelp participants keep the training in mind.McKenna, Johnson, Yoder, Guerra and Pimmel [2] evaluated the efficacy of virtual facultydevelopment. Their work also assumed that faculty development works best when it is timedistributed and since travel to a meeting is prohibitive in terms of time and money theyimplemented a virtual format for faculty development. The development focus was on creatingand maintaining communities of practice for the adoption of research based teaching practices.The work being
and Environmental Catalysis Group in 2017 under Dr. Mark Crocker and Dr. Eduardo Santillan-Jiminez, where her work was one of UK CAER’s first collaborative projects with the University of Grenoble Alps Pagora Engineering School of Pulp and Paper processing. Focusing on the thermochemical degradation process of cellulosic biomass during conversion to bio-oil, Sarah traveled to Grenoble, France for three months to begin her research and has since continued the project at UKCAER. In her time at UK CAER Sarah has been awarded a UK Summer Research Grant, a Kentucky Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Research Scholars Program (EPSCoR RSP) Grant, and a National Science Foundation International Research
-author of the book, ”Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education: An in- troduction through narratives.” Her current research projects include a longitudinal study on professional identity development of Chemical Engineering students and a study of meaning-making language and behaviour in student design teams.Dr. Robert Irish, University of Toronto Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in Engineering CommunicationProf. Ken Tallman, University of Toronto Ken is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream with the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto. Ken’s responsibilities include coordinating communication instruction in the De- partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the
Paper ID #16707Building Professional Communities - Initiating Junior Chapters of MAES &SHPE to Increase STEM Awareness and Professional PracticeMs. Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso Aileen Tapia is an industrial engineering junior at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she gadly serves as the Region 5 Student Representative and previously served as secretary and president of the 150-member student chapter. She also helped establish a SHPE Jr. chapter at her high school alma mater. As a research assistant, she explored different techniques to effectively deliver Project Based Learning (PBL) techniques to
to invent their own index were better prepared to learn the ratio structure of density, asevidenced by reconstructing the crowdedness examples as well as transferring to new ratioproblems.In many science classrooms, a common approach is to teach scientific principles throughengineering and design projects. For example, by designing balloon cars, students are supposedto learn Newton’s 3rd law. Despite the popularity of this approach, there is surprisingly littleevidence of its effectiveness, as nonexperts rarely draw connections between their designs andtarget science ideas6,7. One thing these approaches have in common is a static assessment ofphysics principles after the project is completed. This adherence to static assessments may
thecontext of the United States in the form of a concept map.As is visible, large volumes of pieces are either directly from Maker Media or otherassociated projects. Projects directly associated include Make Magazine2, Makezine.com,Maker Shed and Maker Faire. Maker camp 3 is also an initiative by Maker Media, howeverits doors are open for other non-Make participants too. Maker Faire has spread far and wide;cities like New York, San Diego, Milwaukee, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Washington are thefirst few that come up in the search.Thought pieces in the form of blogs and contributions to periodicals have also made theirway into the cyberspace. As most things written about over the Internet, these pieces invokea wide spectrum of reactions. Work such as
Department of Textile Engi- neering since 2005. Degree in Textile Engineering by the University of Minho. Professor at the University of Minho since 1984. PhD in Engineering –Technology and Textile Chemistry by the University of Minho in 1993. Rieter Award, 1993. Responsible for several curricular units in the integrated study cycles in Textitle Engineering and Engi- neering and Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of
University of Northern Iowa, a founder director of manufacturing engineering program at St. Cloud State University, Project Manager at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Visiting Scholar at TU-Berlin, Germany. Dr. ElSawy teaching and research interests are in the areas of material processing, metallurgy and manufacturing systems. His current research interests are in the areas of renewable energy, bioenergy from waste in order to reduce the carbon footprint and preserve natural resources for future generations. Dr. ElSawy received ˜ $2M of state, federal, and industrial grants in support of his laboratory development and research activities. He advised several masters and doctoral students who are holding academic and
from instances like the Toilet Challenge. To put trained andqualified engineers out into the world, it is necessary to supplement engineering education withculturally aware project-based curriculum. In ensuring global impact, meshing together thetechnical, social and cultural aspects of an engineer’s humanitarian effort is crucial.However, this is not frequently seen in the context of engineering projects with the internationalcommunity. The need for these specific skills and research is even more integral in the study ofstigmatized, or taboo, topics that engineers may find themselves addressing in their projects,where the approach can be key to the success of an intervention. Taboo issues consist of acts thatare considered to be forbidden
for Undergraduate Studies and Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor of Mathematics in the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. She is PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, 2014-2015 President of WEPAN, a member of the mathematical and statistical societies Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Stacy Doore, University of MaineDr. Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of
), where he directs a Mechatronics and Control Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a GK-12 Fellows project, and a DR K-12 research project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and control system tech- nology. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six philanthropic foundations, he has con- ducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science
for Engineering Education, 2015 Developing Safety Training on Warehouse Worker Hazards for Structural Steel Fabricating and Supply CompaniesThe paper presents the results of a collaborative effort between two US universities, TheAmerican Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and a steel fabricating corporation to developand implement a bilingual (English and Spanish) safety training program on warehouse workerhazards for structural steel fabricating and supply companies. Structural steel fabricators receivestructural steel material, fabricate structural elements for steel framed buildings and bridges andthen ship fabricated material to projects. Steel service centers purchase material from steel millsand distribute steel to
the E-book and use the calculatorand interest tables to help themselves. This app has been developed for both Apple iOS andGoogle Android platforms, and they have been released in the Google Play and Apple App Store.The cross-platform app development allows easy deployment to multiple mobile platforms. Thisapp is intended to give students more opportunity to learn and practice concepts of EngineeringEconomics whenever and where they want using their mobile devices.* Acknowledgment: This project is partially supported by a grant from the National ScienceFoundation DUE-1140457 to Lamar University. Page 26.541.2 1. Introduction Engineering
Broad Agency Announcements, which can easily belocated on the web. Before submitting to these agencies, it’s absolutely necessary todiscuss your idea with a program officer. Their needs are very specific, and you canquickly tell whether the program is worth pursuing. You can find out more about thekind of work they are interested in by offering to serve as an external reviewer forproposals submitted to them. The Sponsored Projects Office at the University ofCalifornia-Berkeley has a useful list of funding opportunities [6] for new faculty frommission agencies as well as NSF.2.3 Industrial funding. Industrial research tends to be more applied, focusing on specificshort-term problems. Personal contact is critical. You can ask to give a talk to
Paper ID #14154Using Baja SAE for International Student OutreachDr. Dale A. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University Dale Wilson is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. He received his BS, MS and PhD degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia, all in Mechanical Engineering. He previously served for four years as department chair at Tennessee Tech and has thirty years of academic experience, and six years of industrial experience as a Senior Engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. He has applied research projects with numerous companies and government agencies. His research
statisticallysignificant. A primary goal for the next iteration will be to show a significant improvement inperformance in the Calculus 1 course, mainly by identifying fundamental topics necessary forstudent success in Calculus 1 at our university, a secondary goal of the research project is toidentify possible causes for the low performance of students who do not complete the summerprogram, with the long term aim of improving the chance of students to successfully completethe initiative and Calculus 1. In the first cohort we identified full time summer employmentcommitments as a common feature for 4 of 5 students who did not complete the courseobjectives.Emporium ModelThe mathematics course is a specialized course combining material from the College Algebra
possible use of anonline repository at their institution. 23 While there is evidence that the use and amount ofcontent within these repositories is growing, the growth appears slow, and there is littleevidence of active faculty participation. 24MethodsBackground: Project DesignBecause there has been no research on a web-based repository of curriculum materials,results from prior studies discussed above are being used to inform the development of theweb-based repository and the decision-making research. The project utilizes Rogers’components of adoption in several ways. Relative advantage is addressed through both of thestudies. The usability testing allows for potential user feedback on the usefulness of therepository, while the decision-making
ofemphasis include project-based learning, design and process thinking, professionalism andethics, and leadership and public speaking skills.As the program expands to sites across the state, attention will be paid to short- and long-termgrowth, largely focusing on the program’s abilities to cultivate and maintain in-stateengineering talent in South Carolina’s colleges and universities and in industry. This paperintroduces the program and preliminary research, which uniquely and specifically builds uponthe notion that participation in engineering programs in high school translates into pursuit of anengineering degree on the college level and to engineering as a career.The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics and Accelerate
Sparkfun Inventor Kits and peripheral sensors.The Cage is home to all of our hand tools (e.g., portable drills, Dremels, sanding equipment,wrenches) and several benchtop tools (e.g. belt sander, drill press), as well as prototyping space.The Universal VLS4.60 laser cutter lives in the Hack-A-Torium next to a fume hood, severallarge work tables, and a lot of project storage bins. The Pit has room for group work and a walllined with desktop computers, as well as two lounge areas for more casual collaborations. TheTest Lab houses our sensor inventory and two large tension testing rigs, and the MechanicalSystems Lab is home to three out of four of our laboratory courses. Finally, the Hive is primarilyused for teaching assistant (TA) office hours and
engineer who retired from IBM after serving for 30 years. He is a development engineering and manufacturing content expert. He develops and teaches all related engineering courses. His responsibility as a director of Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory include the plan- ning, implementation and dissemination of research projects that are related to the need of accessibility. He received his BS from RIT and his MS from Lehigh University. His last assignment with IBM was an Advanced Process Control project manager. He managed team members in delivering the next generation Advanced Process Control solution which replaced the legacy APC system in the 300 mm semiconductor fabricator. Behm has fifteen patents
have become visible, successful female members of male-dominated departments. This is having a positive effect on the cultures of the departments which is in turn encouraging other female students. Herein, we provide an overview of the CS/M Scholars program and highlight features that may be adaptable to other institutions without external funding. We report on statistics for recruitment, retention and graduation; share our ideas and experiences for impact- ful monthly events; explain how conference participation has been transformative for both students and their departments; and discuss funding conference participation with few institutional resources. We view our work so far as a pilot project in part because the program