Paper ID #30453Participants of the Cultivate ACCESS Program (Work in Progress)Rachel Ibach, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rachel Ibach is a masters student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Applied Science program. Her assistantship project focuses on increasing participation of underrepresented groups in STEM-related agricultural career fields through a mentoring and development program that engages high school youth with undergraduate students and industry professionals.Dr. Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jenny Keshwani is an Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and
Paper ID #28273Beyond Buzzwords and Bystanders: A Framework for SystematicallyDeveloping a Diverse, Mission Ready, and Innovative Coast Guard Work-forceDr. Kimberly Young-McLear, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Dr. Kimberly Young-McLear is currently an Assistant Professor (Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff) at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has served at a variety of Coast Guard units since 2003. She holds engineering and technical degrees from Florida A and M, Purdue, and The George Washing- ton University (Ph.D in Systems Engineering). She has taught a breadth of courses including Operations and Project Management
bachelor of science in Construction Engineering from American University in Cairo. Dr. ElZomor moved to FIU from State University of New York, where he was an Assistant Professor at the college of Environmental Science and Forestry. Mohamed’s work focuses on Sustainability of the Built Environment, Engineering Education, Construc- tion Engineering, Energy Efficiency Measures and Modeling, Project Management, and Infrastructure Resilience. Dr. ElZomor has extensive professional project management experience as well as a diverse cross-disciplinary academic knowledge. Mohamed, distinct expertise supports fostering interdisciplinary research in addition to embracing innovative pedagogical approaches in STEM education. Dr
instruc- and graduate students. Of this total, female students make uption support, and a team project. The personal/ profes- 30% (Office of Institutional Research) of the student enroll-sional development occurs through networking opportu- ment at the undergraduate level and graduate level.nities and college-readiness workshops. The cross-cul- The annual research expenditures for the COE exceedstural development occurs through early establishment of 11.8 million dollars. As such, the COE is home to distin-community and accountability with peer mentors. Activ- guished research centers including the National Scienceities are held throughout the academic year to continue Foundation's
-scale interdisciplinary research projects focused on engineering and other STEM disciplines which have been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Rodriguez has also worked with the project Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and College Comple- tion a national initiative focused on helping institutions strengthen Latina/o student engagement, transfer, and college completion. She has also served as a New Mathways Project Mentorship Program Coach for the Charles A. Dana Center, supporting college implementation of multiple mathematics pathways, accel- eration to complete college level math courses quickly, and intentional use of strategies. Dr. Rodriguez has presented at conferences at the national
University Susannah C. Davis is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Chemical, Biological and Envi- ronmental Engineering at Oregon State University. She received her Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Washington, and her B.A. from Smith College. She is currently working on the NSF-funded REvolu- tionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED) project at OSU. Her research focuses on organizational learning and change, particularly in higher education; learning in the workplace; curricular and pedagogical development; and the preparation of professionals for social justice goals. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Engineering Students
Paper ID #18609Work in Progress: Increasing Interest in STEM and Improving Retention forAt-Risk Students - A Two-Year StudyDr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at CSUB. Dr. Danforth is the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth is the Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant (P031S100081) to create engineering pathways for students in the CSUB service
Integrated Circuits Conference, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design, and International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design.Dr. Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University Prof. Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut in with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining San Francisco State University as an assistant professor, he worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and
research projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Liberal arts writing and physics lab report writing in the context of kinematics thinking Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan, George Tremberger, Rex Taibu, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractLiberal arts writing are by definition sequential in that its appearance is manifested as successiveparagraphs, while physics kinematics thinking involving the five variables of time, distance,initial velocity, final velocity and acceleration may be expressed in non- sequential diagrams thatreflect spatial thinking
the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz MedicalCampus that draws together faculty, staff and students from across the two campuses, as well asentrepreneurs and leaders from industry, government, education and the community to addressproblems of importance to human society. The primary purpose of Inworks is to createinnovative solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems while, in the process,creating lifelong innovators. We do this by scaffolding collaborative innovation and providingextensive facilities for rapid prototyping. Through hands-on, human-centered, team-based projects, students at Inworks learn to thinkcritically, creatively, integratively and transformatively; to develop solutions when the
U.S., with50% receiving formal accommodations for their ADHD at their home university. The distributionof majors was as follows: Electrical Engineering = 3, Mechanical Engineering = 2, ComputerScience Engineering = 3, Chemical Engineering = 1, and Engineering Physics = 1. Twoparticipants indicated a dual major: one with philosophy and one with mathematics.The program combined a ten-week traditional summer REU research experience with closementorship, specially designed seminars, workshops, and roundtable discussions to address thestrengths and needs of participants. The specific objectives of this REU Site were to: • Provide an in-depth undergraduate research experience in a project related to cyber or physical infrastructure security
well as advises undergraduate students participating in research projects and independent studies. His research interests include column-supported embank- ments, mechanically-stabilized earth walls, and flood protection infrastructure. He is also interested in the application of terrestrial LIDAR to performance monitoring of geotechnical structures.Dr. Jeffrey David Helm, Lafayette College Page 26.1709.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Visualizing soil deformation in the undergraduate classroom using Digital Image Correlation (DIC
with the most connections with surveyingengineering. In future semesters, we will be gradually adding more courses that are integratedwith surveying RL problems (Table 2), increasing the impact of this project. We expect to addRL problems to one course each semester. In addition, in the future we plan to draw RLproblems from other engineering disciplines such as Civil Engineering, increasing the variety ofRL problems and providing a diverse experience to students. For instance, a very common civilengineering problem is to have a site surveyed and then the total impervious area is calculatedfor a storm-water management plan. When setting a concrete foundation on a rock subsurface theslope of the subsurface is needed to determine if the concrete
Indiana Council for Continuing Education. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Executive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR & SHRM-SCP), in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and, in civil and domestic mediation. He is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator.Dr. Kari L. Clase, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Kari Clase is a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the Polytechnic Institute and the Department of
software to manage literature. Most participants indicated that they were using referencemanagement software; Figure 7 shows which software they use the most.In addition to staying organized, Furtak7 suggests maintaining a publication pipeline. Herpipeline includes the following categories: conceiving new ideas, draft proposals, proposalsunder review, data collection, data analysis, manuscripts in draft form, almost ready forsubmission, manuscripts under review, in revisions, revisions under review, and inpress/published. She suggests that candidates regularly check where projects are in this pipelineto prevent stagnation and holdups. She also suggests keeping projects distributed along thepipeline.I personally use Google Drive for storing data
amplify or compensatefor human capabilities.Figure 1 outlines the camp week’s activities that include design, programming, production,assembly, and test and validation. The SYP groups spend full days with us while the WIE andESP groups spend half-days (spending the rest of the day on other engineering activities). ForDays 1 and 2, sessions take place in one large group as students gain general knowledge aboutrobotics, engineering process, engineering design, and programming. The WIE and ESP groupsspend less time on each component and do fewer mini-projects than the SYP groups. In Days 3-5, students experience production, assembly, and testing of the GUPPIE and Neupulator robots.For Days 3-5, students work in two smaller groups. For SYP, one group
of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of
results inthis paper.ResultsNegative perceptions of makerspace cultureUnderstanding women engineering students’ experiences and perceptions of makerspaces couldhelp us better understand how to improve makerspaces. While the participants had a wide rangeof perceptions, these negative themes point to critical concerns in makerspaces.One salient negative theme that participants experienced was that male students would oftendoubt their competency or attempt to dominate their project. While these women may interjectand attempt to assert their knowledge, the men would disregard them and sometimes even takeover their work.For instance, Betty, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, described multiple instancesin which different male makers
the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Applications of Linear Algebra applied to Big Data Analytics1. IntroductionThe digital universe (the data we create and copy annually) is doubling every two years and willreach 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) in 2020 [1]. The stored digital data volume has grownexponentially over the past few years [2, 3]. In 1986, only three exabytes of data existed and in2011 it went up to 300 exabytes [3], and at the end of 2020 it might
Fellow and has been a White House invitee discussing STEM Inclusion. Dr. Lester holds professional memberships in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Dr. Sahithya Reddivari, Georgia State University Sahithya Reddivari is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Georgia State University. She teaches freshman and sophomore engineering courses including, Introduction to Engineering, Engineering De- sign and Graphics (2D and 3D modeling) and Statics. She has developed experiential learning projects for first-year engineering students through the Instructional enhancement grant awarded by the Center for
beliefs, experiences, and practicescharacterize community members or organizations who support or encourage rural students tochoose engineering?The interviews explored the participants’ perceptions of their community overall, resources thathelped students explore postsecondary options, barriers students faced to enrolling inpostsecondary education/engineering, understanding of engineering as a field both generally andfor students from that community, and ways Virginia Tech can be a better community partnerand fulfill its mission as a public institution. This project aims to broaden participation inengineering by gaining a holistic understanding of the communities that effectively supportengineering major choice for rural students and provide
began teaching at the University of Utah later that year. He has taught one or more classes at the university every year since that time, including seven years he spent working in industry. Since 2000, he has primarily taught introductory circuits courses. His research interests, which have recently been revived, focus on spiking neural networks.Prof. Angela Rasmussen, University of Utah Dr. Angela Rasmussen is the Director of Mentoring and Advising, Director of Electrical Engineering Senior Projects, and Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Utah. Dr. Rasmussen graduated with a B.S. in Computer Engineer(1996), summa cum laude and top student in her
new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that is focused on supporting the 21st century student demographic he continues to innovate and research on how we can design new methods of learning to educate both our students and communities on how STEM and STEAM make up
Paper ID #21654Civil Engineering Students’ Views on Infrastructure in the U.S.Dr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Dr. Carol Haden is Vice President at Magnolia Consulting, LLC, a woman-owned, small business special- izing in independent research and evaluation. She has served as evaluator for STEM education projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Arizona Department of Education, among others. Her ar- eas of expertise include evaluations of engineering education curricula and programs, informal education
Paper ID #21896Developing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as a Decision SupportSystem in Horticulture IndustryDr. Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Northwest Lash Mapa is a Professor in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University North- west (PNW). His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Chemical Engineering. He has several years’ experience as a Chemical Engineer, Process and Project manager with European and U.S. manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is involved in the MS Technology program at PUC and has managed over thirty lean six sigma projects with manufacturing, service
metallurgical engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines). Between 2008-2013, he served as site director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for Friction Stir Processing (CFSP). Since then, he has been involved in a range of projects involving friction stir joining and alloy processing in a variety of metal alloys including aluminum alloys, ODS steels, titanium alloys, cast irons, and dissimilar metal alloys. He is also actively engaged in STEM-Ed projects and serves as the director for the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) ”Back to the Future”, coordinator for the Army Educational Outreach REAP program for High school students at SD Mines, and PI for the S-STEM Culture and Attitude program
LinkedIn accounts, for instance) and through their participation in variousresearch activities, we also observe student growth in establishing their professional STEMidentity.IntroductionThe National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM program [1] provides scholarships to highachieving financially needy students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. TheCity Tech’s S-STEM project “Advancing Student Futures in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics” supports students in five associates and baccalaureate majors (Applied Math,Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, Chemical Technology, and Applied Chemistry).This work-in-progress project provides comprehensive support in multifaceted ways: (1)financial support through
. Stone has worked extensively in the domain of welding, specifically in the area of weld- ing technology and training. He has a deep appreciation for the importance of the welding field and plan to continue pursuing research projects that benefit the welding community.Devna Fay Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University Devna Popejoy-Sheriff is the Student Success and Services program Coordinator and Co-Chair of the Undergraduate Research Program in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at Iowa State University. She earned her M. Ed. in Higher Education from Iowa State University and has worked for the IMSE Department for more than 15 years. She has been recognized with multiple advising and
professor when he is older.Adam Emes, University of Pittsburgh Adam Emes completed his B.S. in electrical engineering, with a concentration in electric power engineer- ing, from the University of Pittsburgh in 2018. In his time as an undergraduate, he completed three co-op rotations at Curtiss-Wright EMD, and worked part time as an undergraduate student researcher. From his co-op position, he gained experience with electric motor and generator design. In his undergraduate research, he contributed to projects that utilized signal processing in fault classification and load detection applications. He is currently a second year M.S. student in the electric power systems group at Pitt. His research interests include power
Paper ID #15065A Preliminary Study on Supporting Writing Transfer in an Introductory En-gineering Laboratory CourseDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has 18 years of experience in engineering materials and manufacturing. His research area includes materials processing, structural integrity improvement, and hybrid composite manufacturing. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and