at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the College of Community Innovation and Education (CCIE). She received her doctorate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. She has received multiple awards and national grants, published many journal articles and conference works, and continues promoting STEM education and integration in traditional and non-traditional settings. She was elected ASEE PCEE Division Chair for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Computing Throughout K-12 While Bridging the Digital DivideIntroductionThis work presents two National Science Foundation-supported projects, WySLICE and WySTACK, aimedat
2015. Dr. Ohland is an ABET Pro- gram Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS.Dr. Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis Kenneth Reid is the Associate Dean and Director of Engineering at the R. B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. He and his coauthors were awarded the Wickenden award (Journal of Engineering Education, 2014) and Best Paper award, Educational Research and Methods Division (ASEE, 2014). He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (2013) for designing the B.S. degree in Engineering Education. He is a co-PI on the ”Engineering for Us All” (e4usa) project to develop a high school
development efforts that support students in their STEM education and career pathways pursuits. VanIngen-Dunn as built her career on years of experience as engineer and project manager in human crashworthiness and safety design, development and testing, working for contractors in commuter rail, aerospace and defense industries. VanIngen-Dunn has an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BSE degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. She serves on the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering Advisory Board, and the YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix Board of Directors.Miss Maria A. Reyes, Phoenix College With over 25 years of higher education experience, Maria Reyes has devoted
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as an external reviewer for doctoral dissertations outside the U.S. She publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Husman was a founding member and first President of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education and has held both elected and appointed offices in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Motivation Special Interest Group of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.Dr. Glenda Simonton Stump, Massachusetts Institute of
) and microcontrollers is sweeping theelectronics world in the rush to create smaller, faster, and more flexible consumer and industrialdevices. Drake State Community College has put together a team of educational partnersspanning the country with the background and skills necessary to create a vibrant virtual center.Team members include colleges and universities with a history of reaching out to minority andunder-served student populations. Partners on this project have years of successful NationalScience Foundation project implementations educating and training hundreds of instructors, andintroducing thousands of students to advanced technologies. The goal of this project is to offer anunprecedented opportunity to bring America’s technicians
for the Arizona Department of Education, a research scientist for the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 1800 times and his publications have been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Prof
, Hampton University, Jackson State University, North Carolina A&T University, Prairie View A&M University and Tuskegee University. I. AbstractThis paper describes a project of cooperation among thirteen (13) Historically Black Collegesand Universities (HBCU) electrical and computer engineering programs. The intent is to developan HBCU Engineering Network (HBCU-EngNet) with focus on the development,implementation, and expansion of an Experimental Centric based instructional pedagogy (ECP)in engineering curricula used in these HBCUs. The ECP is being implemented at the variousHBCUs to allow students of varying learning styles the opportunity to learn at their own paceand in their own environments, by providing them an alternative way to
constructs of design activity engagement [4]–[7],motivation [8]–[10] and situated cognition [11]–[14]. Design activity engagement frames thesocial context of our investigation [4] and describes the complex cognitive [7], [15], [16] andsocial processes [2], [17] involved in the design process within a capstone course. Theseprocesses are a result from the structure of capstone courses, within which students engage incomplex open-ended projects and collaborate with student peers as well as professionalengineers sponsors. We further study student’s motivation to engage in design behaviors asrelated to their identity construction [8]–[10]. Finally, we connect students’ understanding ofdesign activity engagement to literature in situated cognition [12
for research projects conducted byengineering faculty new to the field of engineering education research (EER) who are trained ineducation methods by an experienced mentor. Since 2016, the RIEF program has supported morethan 45 projects across over 45 institutions. The project seeks to understand best practices ofmentor-mentee relationships between engineering education researchers and engineering facultyentering the engineering education research field. This exploratory, phenomenologicallyinformed [1], qualitative study was guided by the Cognitive Apprentice Model (CAM)framework [2]. Participating in the RIEF program raised questions for the authors and identifiedadditional opportunities to help integrate and support participants in EER. Our
Community College Steve Wendel serves as Director of the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME), originally established as a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence in the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program, the NCME provides leadership development for deans, program chairs, faculty and other educational leaders in manufacturing and engineering technology. Steve is also the Director for the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Affiliate in Ohio. PLTW-OH has grown to over 400 programs nearly 190 school districts across Ohio preparing students for STEM career and college endeavors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Virtual Online Tensile Testing
sectionsof foundational courses each semester. Although having faculty whose sole role is to providequality teaching is an asset, benefits would likely be maximized when such faculty have clearmetrics for paths to promotion, some autonomy and ownership regarding the curriculum, andoverall job satisfaction. However, literature suggests that faculty, like students, note ill effectsfrom large classes, such as challenges connecting and building rapport with students and havingtime to offer individualized feedback to students (Mulryan-Kyne, 2010).This Institutional Transformation NSF IUSE project focuses on instructors of large foundationalengineering students with the belief that by better understanding the educational environmentfrom their perspectives
improve learning1,2 the process ofencouraging changes in teaching from lecture-driven courses to student-centered instructionremains a challenge. Drawing on results from K-12 teaching development that indicate the needfor ongoing instructional development and the need to support faculty as they make pedagogicalchanges, we implemented a small group teaching development model. In a three-year project, weincluded two phases of teaching development groups. The teaching development model focusedon increasing knowledge about research-based practices, particularly those focused on studentengagement, combined with instructors’ design and testing of interactive teaching strategies intheir own classrooms. In the grant proposal, we asked the following
Institute for Innovation in Education (JI) at the University of San Diego (USD), a research center named after Dr. Irwin and Joan Jacobs of Qualcomm that has a history in investigating best practices for technology in education. He has both a BA and MS in Education and Learning Sciences with a focus on engineering education, as well as a PhD in Educational Technology. For his dissertation, he looked at how technologies can foster cross- cultural collaboration for students from over 55 countries. Over the last eight years, he has presented and published papers on education and technology at AERA and in journals such as Computers in Human Behavior. Currently, he is serving as a co-principal investigator on two projects
Paper ID #43658Board 417: Understanding the Implementation of the STEM-ID Curricula inMiddle School Engineering Classrooms (Fundamental)Dr. Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jessica Gale is a Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). As a member of CEISMC’s Research and Evaluation Group, Dr. Gale’s recent work explores the development, implementation, and effectiveness of innovative STEM and STEAM curricula and programs. Dr. Gale’s research spans and often connects diverse subjects within K-12 education including: project
educational research and publishing projects across computer science, mathematics, engineering, and sciences, including the first Web Calculus text, The Analytical Engine Online (PWS Publishing, 1998), and Schaum’s Interactive Outline Series (McGraw Hill, 1994–2000). She was a defining force behind Mathcad software and the educational version Studyworks. She is the author of papers, articles, and book chapters on technology adoption in traditional classrooms, citizen science, and more recently on collaborative technologies in STEM software. Her research interests include data visualization, collaborative learning technologies, and novel STEM educational interfaces for formative learning and assessments.Dr. Jutshi Agarwal
also willassist with interpreting the need for additional advanced manufacturing training programs oridentifying existing training available at partner college locations.Research Questions and DesignThe overarching goal of this project has been to improve rural manufacturing capacity by betterunderstanding the relationship between NW Florida employers, employees, and curriculum viathe following research questions:RQ1. How do the AM competencies graduates gain through Associate’s level AM programscompare to the needs of employers?RQ2. How do the AM competencies graduates gain through Associate’s level AM programscompare to the skill sets new professionals need?RQ3. What are the differences between the skill sets employers need and the skill
, introductory biology, ecology and environmental studies, evolution, evolutionary medicine, and research practices in science.Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (UW CERSE) and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She has been at UW working on STEM Equity issues for more than 12 years. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). She is currently the principal investigator on a dozen different research and evaluation projects focused on improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher education. Her research
for the Increase the Impact Project, which is developing resources for PIs to improve the propagation of their innovations, as well as a PI for the ELIPSS Project, which is developing resources for STEM instructors to assess professional skills in the classroom. Dr. Cole is also an associate editor for the Journal of Chemical Education.Prof. Juliette M. Lantz, Drew UniversityDr. Suzanne Ruder, Virginia Commonwealth University Suzanne Ruder, Ph.D., is a Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She has been active in the POGIL project for 15 years, using POGIL in large organic chemistry classes, developing and facilitating faculty workshops, and serving on the POGIL steering
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Exploration of Identity Development in a High School Maker ClassMaking and the maker movement have garnered attention among engineering educators as apotentially promising context for the development of design and engineering skills. Making canbe defined as “a class of activities focused on designing, building, modifying, and/or repurposingmaterial objects, for playful or useful ends, oriented toward making a ‘product’ of some sort thatcan be used, interacted with, or demonstrated” 1 (p. 31). Maker projects often involve thecombination of traditional hobbies, such as sewing or woodworking, with digital technologies,such as microcontrollers
funding agencies have investedextensively in projects promoting various forms of experiential learning. Noteworthy amongthese was an NSF grant to the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership, whichdeveloped an integrated practice-based engineering curriculum called the Learning Factory (LF).The LF balances analytical and theoretical knowledge with physical facilities for productrealization in an industrial-like setting. It stresses hands-on engineering activities and industrycollaboration, and offers students an alternative path to a degree that directly prepares them forcareers in manufacturing4-5. A drawback of the LF model however is its high implementationcost, which limits its transferability.2. Development of the MILL Model
Michigan University (CMU). Prior to joining CMU, From 2007 to 2010, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University. From 1999 to 2007, he was a research and teaching assistant at Istanbul Technical University. In 2007 he became a consultant at Brightwell Corp. He was a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project coordinator at Microelectronics R&D Company from 2000 to 2006, and a visiting assistant in research at Yale University from 2004 to 2005. Dr. Kaya received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests in electrical engineering and applied sciences are analog VLSI circuit design, MEMS sensors and energy
Administration (MBA) from Temple University, and Engineering Education (PhD) from Virginia Tech.Dr. Matthew A Witenstein, University of Dayton Matthew A Witenstein is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Educational Administration at University of Dayton ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: Assessing Global Engagement Interventions to Advance Global Engineering Competence for Engineering Formation1. IntroductionThis paper summarizes the work performed during the first year of a collaborative ResearchInitiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) project focused on assessing the formation of aglobal learner mindset in
Paper ID #43578Board 286: Formative Assessment of Equity and Inclusion in Student TeamsAndrew Moffat, University of Michigan Andrew Moffat is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, working with the Engineering Education Research Unit and Center for Academic Innovation on an NSF-funded project to assess the effectiveness of Tandem, an in-house software platform designed to support and nurture teamwork skills in undergraduate engineering students. Andrew has a background in education research and evaluation, having previously worked on a project at the University of Leeds, UK, evaluating an
developing graduate and faculty programs in infrastructure research. He was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship in 2020 to collaborate with colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) to develop solutions for more widespread implementation of precast prestressed concrete in housing and infrastructure applications. He is currently at the IIT-M in this capacity for a second visit of the Fulbright Flex Option project. He is the Coordinator of the Minor in Engineering Sustainability at Mizzou and serves as the Director of the Mizzou Engineering STEM Scholars’ Program, a project funded by the US National Science Foundation. His research interests include sustainable
response to a specific concern raised byregional industry partners and technical workforce recruiters about the lack of pragmaticmetrology/NDI-related knowledge and skills in their incoming regional workforce. For this, 5vertically-integrated teams, each comprising of 2 REU students, 1 senior undergraduate and 1graduate student (from the host institution) and a faculty mentor worked in concert on selectresearch projects over 10 summer-weeks. Each REU student pair was recruited and matchedbased on complementing skills/interests. This onsite experience was supplemented with follow-ups for continued interaction, growth, and guidance for pursuing advanced study. The overallimpact of this site was to create empowered future researchers and a workforce
University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is an assistant professor within the Engineering Technology program at Drexel Uni- versity in Philadelphia. He holds the second position as research assistant professor at Desert Research Institute–Renewable Energy Center at Reno, Nev. Before Drexel University, Dr. Belu held faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and the United States. He also worked for several years as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, elec- tric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis
field of computational materials science.Dr. Miladin Radovic, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeffrey E. Froyd is a TEES Research Professor and the Director of Faculty Climate and Development at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the integrated, first-year curriculum in science, engineering, and mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with
at three U.S.institutions have collaborated as part of the National Science Foundation's InternationalExperience for Students (IRES) Site Track-1 project to develop a program to improve the globalcompetencies of undergraduate engineering students through a 6-week summer internationalresearch training program in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP),Malaysia focusing on applications of data science and artificial intelligence to solve energy andrelated infrastructure problems. This paper presents a case study of a collaborative IRES programfocusing on implementation challenges stemming from the pandemic and university policies andpractices. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed/disrupted university and workplaceactivities
Paper ID #7524Engaging US Engineering Students in Fuel Cell Research at a Foreign SiteDr. Xia Wang, Oakland University Dr. Xia Wang is an associate professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland Uni- versity. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on fuel cell and battery technology. She was the program director for the NSF-funded project entitled International Research Experience for Students: Collaborative Research Activities with China on Fuel Cells at Oakland University.Dr. Qian Zou, Oakland University Dr. Qian Zou is an
include process monitoring and control for injection molding, plastic prod- uct design, and injection mold design. He is an inventor on three patents and author of over thirty publi- cations.Dr. Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, LowellDr. Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Sammy G. Shina, P.h.D., P.E., is the professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mas- sachusetts Lowell and has previously lectured at University of Pennsylvania’s EXMSE Program and at the University of California Irvine. He is the coordinator of the Design and Manufacturing Certificate, the Quality Engineering Certificate, the ME senior Capstone Projects and COOP education at UML. He is a past chairman of