region of south Texas where manycounties have Hispanic/Latinx majority populations [4]. As a result, TAMUK has a highpercentage of undergraduates that identify as Hispanic/Latinx, 75% in fall of 2020 [5]. Researchin higher education has identified challenges for Hispanic students at all levels, communitycolleges [6,7], universities [8,9], and in graduate study [10,11]. Recently completed research hasaffirmed that these challenges exist for Texas A&M University-Kingsville students [12,13,14].Rendón et al.’s report of perceived challenges to Latinx student success in STEM (based on theNSF award # 1759134 to Laredo College) provides a succinct summary: “(1) Lack of culture ofsupport, (2) Lack of educational resources, (3) Academic deficiencies
future.8 AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No.1723209 and 1723245. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.9 References[1] R. W. Fairlie, F. Hoffmann and P. Oreopoulos, "A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom," The American Economic Review, vol. 104, no. 8, pp. 2567-2591, August 2014.[2] A. Perrakis and L. S. Hagedorn, "Latino/a Student Success in Community Colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institution Status," Community College Journal of Research and Practice, vol
discussion posts indicate that the design andimplementation of this course was effective in meeting the established learning goals andsupporting students’ experiential education experiences in research. Although we hope toincorporate some in-person activities into future offerings of EGR 193, the bulk of the coursewill likely remain online to provide flexibility for students who are pursuing a wide range ofresearch experiences. One important adjustment to future online offerings of this course will beto integrate more opportunities for students to receive encouragement and positive reinforcementfrom their peers and the instructor. As noted in the discussion of week 3’s recommendation letterexercise, the asynchronous nature of this course meant that
techniques to diverse audiences.In short, after completing the course, students should be able to understand the economicimplications of various courses of action.The course has been taught as a fairly traditional course on engineering economics, using astandard textbook. The learning activities and format for the course have varied depending on theinstructor. The instructor who taught the course in Spring 2019 used a traditionallecture/homework format. In other recent semesters, the instructor has designed a partially“flipped” format. In this format, to prepare for class meetings students are asked to read one ormore sections of the textbook, watch one or more short video clips, and attempt 1-3 problemsbased on the concepts in the reading(s
, the authors plan to continue to study the impact of MESH on onlinecourses on disaggregated student grades by collecting more student responses in these courses in2021. Long-term the authors plan to create a MESH planning tool to help professors think abouthow to incorporate MESH structures into both synchronous and asynchronous class time, andmake intentional choices about how to create a culturally balanced online environment.Bibliography[1] Riegle-Crumb, C., King, B., & Irizarry, Y. (2019). Does STEM Stand Out? Examining Racial/Ethnic Gaps inPersistence Across Postsecondary Fields. Educational Researcher, 48(3), 133–144[2] Hurtado S, Cabrera NL, Lin MH, Arellano L, Espinosa LL. Diversifying Science: Underrepresented StudentExperiences
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Franklin Technology Partners Grant that established the ”Center of Excellence in Signal Integrity” at Penn State Harrisburg. He was a co-author for the Best Poster Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the paper ”Transmitter Pre-emphasis and Adaptive Receiver Equalization for Duobinary Signaling in Backplane Channels”. In addition, of Best Paper Award at the IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems 96, Seoul, Korea, for the paper ”Basis Matrix Representation of Morphological Filters with N-Dimensional Structuring Elements”.Dr. Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Sedig S. Agili received his BS, MS
difficult to get along with, very shy, or skilled at forging relationshipswith others. While interpersonal obstacles are not always related to discrete work tasks, anengineer’s social skills can influence how tasks are carried out.An engineer who is particularly well connected socially can have an easier time gatheringinformation to complete a work task, particularly if s/he needs to gather backchannel informationor rely on colleagues’ candor. In one example, Hannah, a member of the Quality Team at a steelmill, needed to find out why a slab of steel was being transported back and forth between twostorage locations, especially since she had submitted written documentation weeks before tohave it taken to the scrapyard. One constraint in her situation
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data such as parent educationlevel and ethnicity.5. AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the Cal State University Course Redesign with Technologyprogram for providing funding for this redesign effort. The authors also would like to thankundergraduate student assistants Chantel Ylaya and Sekani Robinson for assisting with the datacollection and analysis.6. References[1] Felder, R. M. and Brent, R. (2009). Active learning: An introduction. ASQ Higher Education Brief, 2 (4).[2] Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., and Wenderoth, M. P.(2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, 111, 8410-8415.[3
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applicants to M-C,twenty-two were accepted to the M-C 2019 Cohort. During a blind review of applicants, one ofthe KS HSIs placed at the top of the M-C applicant ranking and the other placed mid-range.Moving forward, KS plans to set the expectation for transitioning to M-C for ATE proposaldevelopment at the beginning of new Cohorts. KS will also more proactively recommend thateligible candidates attend the M-C orientation webinar and have M-C leaders speak at KS CohortMeeting(s) to describe the opportunity.In 2018, a pilot was conducted with one KS college participating in the M-C 2018 Cohort. Thepilot helped to improve the coordination of timelines between the two programs in thecollaborative and as a result the applications for the M-C 2019 Cohort
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Engineering program was conducted.II. IntroductionIn the early 2000’s, forecasters believed the United States was on the verge of a nuclearrenaissance. Tremendous growth in the energy industry was expected at that time since theaverage age of the nuclear power sector was 48 years of age which ranked among the oldest inany US industry 1. Many colleges and universities geared up new programs with help fromfederal agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department ofEnergy (DOE). Over 40 college programs across the country were developed to create a pipelineto help fill the shortage of workers 2. The majority of the programs were two-year Associatedegree programs designed for entry level positions in nuclear fields. At that
at University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. She teaches courses in both Industrial and Mechanical Engineering at SAU, focusing in Engineering Graphics, Manufacturing, the Engineering Sciences, and Design. She was recently the PI of an NSF S-STEM grant to recruit rural stu- dents from Iowa and Illinois into STEM. Dr. Prosise mentors the collegiate chapter of SWE and organizes many outreach events encourage girls to go into STEM. She leads a study-abroad trip for engineering students to Brazil every-other-year, where students design, build, and implement assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Her research focus is to develop
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same characteristics given the current state of the system, as proposed by Ackoff´s“Interactive Planning methodology”[11] . The Idealized Design model proposed by Ackoff,allows the participants to establish the existing gaps between reality and their ideal modeland begin to co-create projects focused on eventually achieving those goals, planning in theshort, middle and long term. They are also asked to do a subsequent exercise ofprioritization of objectives to know which are the most important for the actors as a group.The final outcome of STW#2 is another set of agreements among stakeholders on the mostimportant variables to be addressed through any proposed project.STW#3The third social transformation workshop STW # 3, “Critical Systems
learningand also assists the Center with its assessment needs.The Assessment Partners program entails three stages. First, faculty partners identify theSLO that most closely aligns with their course learning objectives. They agree to createan assessment for that SLO in their course through an assignment aligned closely with therubric (exam question(s), project, assignment, etc.) that they can easily share with SLSCenter. A Center staff member meets with each faculty partner to review the assignmentand ensure that it will work well with the rubric. Student work products for multiplecourses aligned with a particular SLO are then scored by a team of SLS staff and facultypartners collaboratively, using the rubric (faculty do not score the work of their
, rational and Competency easy to follow solution process, including required diagrams and figures 80% Incorrect answer due to one or two mechanical errors but supported by a correct solution process as described above Does Not Meet Mini- 0% Incorrect answer due to conceptual or procedural error(s) mum CompetencyTable 2: Timeline for exam grading, regrading, and retakes for the midterm exams for the experi-mental section. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Version A Grades Regrade Regrade results posted;Week I (evening) posted
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also want to workwith faculty in other engineering disciplines to ensure that environmental protection issues areaddressed. This could include giving guest lectures in courses, particularly design-focusedcourses where environmental considerations should be part of the constraints and criteria for allengineering projects.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. 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 NationalScience Foundation.References[1] StartClass by Graphiq. Compare Colleges & Universities. http://colleges.startclass.com/ Accessed March 10, 2017
not been widely used in previous research in this area. Its validity is questioned, butit shows internal consistency. For these reasons, and because the LSI has not really been used inthis area, we have decided to adopt the LSI as the learning style assessment tool.2.5 Criticism of cognition and learning stylesWang and others looked into the correlation between Biggs’ constructive alignment and how itaffected students’ learning approaches. This research went off the basis that “university students’learning approaches... are highly correlated with students’ achievement of learningoutcomes” (Wang, 2013). However, it then noted that “[s]uch a statement... was underpinnedneither by qualitative nor quantitative empirical data.” Their research
in the process. (3) Hands-on activitiesneed careful preparation and close guidance.1 IntroductionThe wireless telecommunication industry has grown tremendously since the first cellular systemwas deployed in 1983. Digital techniques were introduced in 1993 to accommodate the hugeboom in subscribers of portable telephone service in the mid 90’s. Cellular communicationssystems evolved from providing voice in the mid 90’s (2nd generation or 2G) to all-IP dataservices that are available since 2011 (4G). Advanced mobile broadband and real-time controlwill be enabled by future 5G systems. Wireless systems that provide personal andmachine-to-machine communications currently constitute a major research area of vitalimportance.Telecommunication
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