, he supports over 230 cadets in the ABET accredited systems engineering major. Systems Engineering is currently the largest engineering major at USAFA, administered by seven departments with cadets participating in over 30 engineering capstones projects. Trae received his undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering in 2012 from USAFA with a focus in Electrical Engineering. He is a distinguished graduate from the Air Force Institute of Technology receiving a Master of Science in Systems Engineering in 2018. Trae serves in the USAF as a developmental engineer and holds Department of Defense certifications in systems engineer- ing, science and technology management, test & evaluation, and program management. He
Engineering Education, 2019miniGEMS 2018: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring the Impact of a STEAM and Programming Camp on Middle School Girls’ STEM Attitudes Abstract miniGEMS (Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science) is a free two-week summerSTEAM and programming camp for middle school girls launched in 2015. The goal ofminiGEMS is to address the female gender gap and introduce more female students into STEMfields through project-based learning experiences. This study utilized mixed methods to identifythe effectiveness of a STEM enrichment summer camp and explore how middle school girls’STEM attitudes changed after participating in miniGEMS. A pre- and post- survey wasconducted with 92
of the ten winning teams in Verizon’s ’5G EdTech Challenge’, contributing in the development of several educational virtual reality applications.Dr. Nikos Makris, University of Thessaly Nikos Makris is a Research Engineer working for University of Thessaly, Greece. He received his B. Eng. in 2011, his M. Sc. degree in Computer Science and Communications in 2013 and his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2019 from the same department. Since 2011, he has been participating in several collaborative research projects with University of Thessaly. During the summers of 2018 and 2019, he was a visiting scientist in New York University (NYU) working in the outreach activities of the COSMOS project. His
approach can help studentsdevelop their modeling skills across a variety of modeling types, including physical models,mathematical models, logical models, and computational models. Physical models (e.g.,prototypes) are the most common type of models that engineering students identify and discussduring the design process. There is a need to explicitly focus on varying types of models, modelapplication, and model development in the engineering curriculum, especially on mathematicaland computational models.This NSF project proposes two approaches to creating a holistic modeling environment forlearning at two universities. These universities require different levels of revision to the existingfirst-year engineering courses or programs. The proposed
full offering of our curriculum through a new honorssection of a large introductory bioengineering course.The introductory course aims to provide broad exposure to several areas of research inbioengineering such as cancer diagnostics, medical device development, regenerative medicine,global health, and synthetic biology. The course emphasizes critical reading of scientificliterature and technical writing, and broadly covers the engineering design process, creativeproblem-solving techniques, engineering ethics, social constraints, and other design principles.Students complete an end-of-course team project where they design a solution to a global healthproblem of their choice.Learning ObjectivesWe aim to engage early engineering students in
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).KeywordsSTEM, computational thinking, drones, programming, middle schoolIntroductionActive learning has a positive impact on students’ cognitive engagement and thus on learning1-3.Active learning can be in many forms such project-based learning, collaborative learning, andcooperative learning. However, an important element to consider is that the active-learningstrategy must support cognitive engagement to foster deeper learning. Authentic learningenvironments have been shown to particularly effective for cognitive engagement of learners. Thetwo important attributes of an authentic learning environment are real world relevance andcompeting solutions to the problems being solved4. More recently, the
“report a lowersense of belonging” [34] in comparison to their white and male counterparts [35] – [37].Belonging to STEM fields is dependent on self-efficacy, which is the “confidence in one’sability to successfully perform a given task” [34]. For a mentee to feel positive about their field,the mentee’s perception of the relationship with the mentor is significant. Prunuske et. al. [30]determined that mentees’ confidence improved when they actively participated in researchprojects and acquired “the skills necessary for professional socialization.” They also determinedthat the personality of the mentor was more significant than the research project. In addition, thementees wanted mentors who would communicate and engage with them. When studying
studies from the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. He has re- ceived federal, regional, and international grants for his work. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Comparative Study on Affordable Photogrammetry ToolsAbstractThe objective of the Project MANEUVER (Manufacturing Education Using Virtual EnvironmentResources)1 is to develop an affordable virtual reality (VR) framework to address the imminentdemand for well-trained digital manufacturing (DM) professionals. One important part of ProjectMANEUVER involves studying, evaluating, and identifying cost-efficient ways to generate 3D solidmodels for use in VR frameworks. To this end, this paper explains the research effort to
Students in Colleges of EngineeringIntroductionCommunication skills used by all engineers include writing, reading, speaking, and listening.Whereas reading and listening focus on comprehension, writing and speaking are forms ofexpression. Engineers employ technical writing with the goals of being accurate, brief, clear,and easy to understand. Engineers use many forms of written communication: on the job, theycompose technical memoranda, project reports, and proposals for new business; while ingraduate programs, they may assist professors with technical reports and publishable articles,while individually writing their thesis or dissertation. Written English has many conventionsintended to impose order on the chaotic English language. While the
, scholars havereported that the interactions with like-minded peers helped them achieve success in theirundergraduate career at NC State University.AcknowledgementsThis program was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DUE# 1259630.The authors thank all the students and mentors that have participated in this project, the input inthe early phase of the project with Dr. M. Fuentes, Dr. A. Mitchell, Dr. J. Picart, Dr. C. Zelnar,and Dr. M. Stimpson. We are thankful for the support and assistance of the Dean of the Collegeof Engineering, NCSU College of Engineering Minority Engineering Program, NCSUEngineering Place and the local Society of Women Engineering (SWE) Chapter.References 1. NC State STEM Scholars https://www.ece.ncsu.edu
several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama in 2017. Dr. Jordan co-developed the STEAM LabsTM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and
Results Cafazzo et al. (2012) Positive Rose et al. (2013) Positive Stinson et al. (2013) PositiveCrowdsourcing: The word crowdsourcing is the combination of two words crowd andoutsourcing which means outsourcing to the crowd (Schenk et al., 2011). According to Howe(2006), “Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent(usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in theform of an open call.” Therefore, motivational factors have a great influence on participants totake part in crowdsourcing projects, namely, gamification
Paper ID #25715Board 81: Work-in-Progress: Building an Inclusive Faculty Community throughthe Teaching and Learning AcademyDr. Jianyu ”Jane” Dong, California State University, Los Angeles Jianyu Dong is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at CSULA and currently serves as the Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology. Her area of expertise is video compression/communication, multimedia networks, QoS, etc. She has been engaged in multiple projects and initiatives in engineering education to increase the success of students from underserved low-income communities.Dr. Emily L
Paper ID #16453Attracting Students to Programming via Physical ComputingProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she has been actively involved in teaching software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) project. Since October 2013, she has been co-leading with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching
Paper ID #14642Community Service as a Means of Engineering Inspiration: An Initial Inves-tigation into the Impact of the Toy Adaptation ProgramMs. Molly Y Mollica, The Ohio State University Molly Mollica earned her BS in Biomedical Engineering from Ohio State University in 2014. She is currently a Master’s student in Mechanical Engineering with a research focuses in bionanotechnology, mechanobiology, and engineering education. Molly has been working with the Toy Adaptation Project since its start at OSU in 2013.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor of Practice in
Paper ID #15549Adding Meaningful Context to Robotics Programs (Work in Progress)Dr. Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University Dr. Michele Miller is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. She teaches classes on manufacturing and does research in engineering education with particular interest in hands-on ability, lifelong learning, and project-based learning.Dr. Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University Dr. Nina Mahmoudian is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department at Michigan Technological University. She is the founding
Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a
, the advancement of theories around transportation systems health, and the exploration of partnering strategies for improved project delivery outcomes. Smith-Colin has provided research support to the Global Engineering Leadership Development Minor, and has served as a one-on-one coach and grand challenges facilitator for the Leadership and Education Development (LEAD) program for the past 3 years. In fall 2016, she will serve as an instructor for the leadership development sections of the GT 1000 first year seminar. Smith-Colin is a two-time recipient of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, and was honored with the 2014 WTS/CH2M Hill Partnership Scholarship. She and her colleagues were awarded the
things.Methodological overview The methodological approach for this project came about via both theoretical (literature)and practical considerations. While the cultural construction literature tends to emphasize theoryand analysis, we tried to assemble a robust and consistent methodological approach to investigatecultural construction in a particular setting. In McDermott’s early writing at the time of his datacollection (1970’s) he aligned himself methodologically with three primary traditions:ethnography, ethnomethodology, and discourse/interaction analysis17,18,19. As an investigation ofculture, the work relies on ethnographic methods and approaches, such as the incorporation ofmultiple qualitative data streams, ethnographic field noting20, and one
(LMSS).The initial interview with each engineer was semi-structured and focused on employmenthistory, career plans and aspirations, family background, experience of engineering coursework,and other similar themes. For those engineers with more than one interview, the interviewsconsisted of learning about the engineer’s current work projects, work environment and closecolleagues; and assessing the engineer’s attitude about his/her work activity and workplace socialenvironment.The analysis was conducted in several steps. First, the interviews were professionally transcribedand then thematically coded by Vinson. From these interviews Vinson was able to reconstructthe work history of each engineer, accounting for why engineers left or returned to
Technology Education (MSTE) at the University of Illinois. Before coming to MSTE, Jana spent 34 years as a public school classroom teacher. She currently coordinates education and outreach for four NSF/DOE funded energy and cyber related projects. She helps engineers and research scientists connect their work to educators, consumers, and students. She is author of curriculum modules in computer science, mathematics, and science including, Discovering Computer Science & Programming through Scratch and The Power of the Wind, published as part of the National 4-H STEM Initiative.George Reese, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign George Reese is the Director of the Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology
- novator training, and network building. She has also collaborated on many NSF-funded projects that are advancing entrepreneurship education in STEM fields, including Epicenter and I-Corps(tm). She and her team are currently examining the experiences of innovators commercializing and scaling-up new tech- nologies, products, and services, and are developing ways to assess the venture and product development status of innovation teams. She received her B.A. from Williams College, an Ed.M. from Harvard Uni- versity and a Ph.D. in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology from Boston College.Ms. Laurie Moore, National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) Laurie Moore is the communications manager for
. Page 26.57.3Course Structure Before and After Changing to a Hybrid Flipped-ClassroomPrior to changing from a traditional lecture and lab course, the circuits course had three lecturesper week; homework assigned weekly, graded and returned a week later; three exams and a finalexam; laboratory work mixed between a three week project, seven labs with brief write-ups,three recitations, and a lab practical exam. After the course was changed, the lectures weremixed between 70% traditional and 41% video. Some of the video lectures were redundant withthe traditional lecture content. The homework method was changed to utilize a weeklyhomework assignment that was delivered with a detailed solution. Approximately a week later,students took a quiz that
engineering side. I like math. I like building stuff. I discovered later – actually, I developed a passion later…for the field, for the coursework. It wasn’t as much linear algebra and math stuff; it was taking some of that and building circuits and stuff. You know, projects – taking that stuff and using it and that was really cool. So I really got excited. (Brent)Whether interested in how things work in general, or in new gadgets and high-tech items, ormath and science, or more hands-on building, these men were distinctive in that the activitiesthey find inherently motivating and enjoyable would be best fulfilled through an engineeringcareer. For example, other professional career fields would be unlikely to provide
in this analysis are: • To what extent do policies come into play when engineering professors discuss underrepresentation? • What roles do engineering professors see policy playing in women’s underrepresentation in engineering?An argument is put forth that there would be value in further, critical consideration of the rolespolicy does, can, and should play in underrepresentation, given that policies are essentiallyinstitutionalized values.MethodsThis analysis is based on semi-structured interviews with 32 engineering professors from threedifferent institutions in different parts of the United States. The interviews were conducted inFall 2014. The project is on-going, and the goal ultimately is to interview 45
(Evaluation)IntroductionFor over twenty years, a first year introduction to engineering design course at the University ofColorado Boulder has provided an experiential hands-on design experience that has been shownto significantly improve retention of engineering students [1]. Many studies have previouslydescribed K-12 STEM programs (as reviewed in [2]) however this curriculum attempts to takeadvantage of the strengths of the engineering design course at the University of ColoradoBoulder and Sparkfun Electronics hardware. This course introduces a variety of engineeringdisciplines including mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering using both formaldelivery of technical curriculum and hands-on design projects. We leveraged the
engineeringstudent design team environment.This model has been routinely measured for more than a decade using the Multifactor LeadershipQuestionnaire (MLQ),12 the most prolific measure of transformational leadership currently inuse.48; 49 The MLQ has demonstrated adequate construct validity in both individual and grouptransformational leadership research45 and has both individual and team based formats.13 The Page 26.1370.6MLQ has been validated across a wide range of contexts to include US and international graduatestudents, the US military, research facilities,12; 45 business settings,50 and project based professionalenvironments.51 Although studies
STEM” project in Puerto Rico, and the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions’ (LACCEI) ”Women in STEM” forum. Tull is a Tau Beta Pi ”Eminent Engineer.”Dr. Alexis Y. Williams, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Alexis Y. Williams serves as a member of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology teaching faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is Assistant Director for PROF-it (Professors-in-Training), a University System of Maryland teaching professional development program housed at UMBC, designed for STEM graduate students and postdocs, and open to any who are interested in academia. Her research, teaching, and service address achievement motivation
Bala Maheswaran, ASEE Conference Proceeding, AC 2009-1851. 6. A Study of Physics-Based Problem Solving Approaches in the Freshmen Engineering Course, Bala Maheswaran, ASEE Conference Proceeding, AC 2011–292. 7. Summer Bridge: An Engineering Diversity College Industry Partnership initiative between NUPRIME and Raytheon-IDS, Richard Harris, BalaMaheswaran, Rachelle Reisberg and Chester Boncek, ASEE Conference Proceedings AC 2012-4713. 8. How much Physics the First Year Engineering Students really need: A Study and Survey, Bala Maheswaran, ASEE Conference Proceeding, AC 2012-3390. 9. Impact of a Design Project on Engineering Physics: Does motor design project motivate students? Bala Maheswaran, ASEE
behavior. Implications of these findings for improvingengineering students’ innovative behaviors are explored. Page 26.338.2IntroductionWithin the context of engineering, innovation is the process of developing novel and functionalproducts, processes, or systems that appropriately address key user needs. Innovation has beendescribed as the “lifeblood of all organizations”1 and as the central factor contributing to thesuccess of the United States in an increasingly global marketplace.2 The innovation process isdriven by people, and innovative solutions lead to projects or processes that are linked totangible, real-world outcomes.1 These outcomes of