Paper ID #36474Practitioner Perspectives of the Impact of COVID-19 on CSEducation in High Schools Serving Historically MarginalizedStudents (Fundamental)Monica McGill (President & CEO) Dr. Monica McGill is the Founder, President, and CEO of CSEdResearch.org, a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving K-12 Computer Science education for all children by enabling and disseminating exemplary, evidence-driven research.Angelica Thompson (Senior Education Researcher)Leigh Ann DeLyser (Executive Director)Luronne VavalStephanie B Wortel-London (Director of Research) © American Society for Engineering
to the student’s understanding of current methods andequipment used in industry at the time.It was noticed that a larger percentage of faculty had little or no industrial experience whencompared to previous years. More faculty were hired directly out of university programs, and theones that were from industry had less experience and far less responsible roles. This isparticularly bad for a discipline that is primarily concerned with the application of the conceptstaught in class.Academia, as a whole, has shifted towards research oriented programs. Many believe thatworking on basic research will help bring about innovation. The issue here is that in the majorityof the cases, the research revolves around many premises that are not practical or
popularity and many universities have beenintroducing them into their curriculum.1-10, 14-18 These courses may be taught by a dedicatedgroup of faculty with engineering experience in industry, who may be more design-oriented (asopposed to research-oriented), and who may have demonstrated exemplary teaching abilities thatengage first-year engineering students.11,12 Additional motivations for this approach includebetter career preparation for engineering students and improved engineering education ingeneral.The University of Virginia found that cornerstone courses had better course ratings by studentsthan traditional sections and that graduation retention rates were higher with students who hadtaken the cornerstone courses compared to the traditional
, recognizing the importance of technology in the progress of underdeveloped regions,and understanding the role of the future engineers in the advancement of technology, it wassuggested to offer a workshop as a forum for exchanging best practices, creating networks forinternational engineering educational experiences involving the Americas (research projectcollaboration, design projects collaboration, entrepreneurial project collaboration, andinternational internships) and sharing resources for promoting engineering design, innovationand entrepreneurship in the engineering institutions of the Americas.Workshop ProgramThe NSF sponsored workshop entitled The Global Engineering Education Challenge for theAmericas was held in Tampico, Mexico May 29 – June
Paper ID #36989Work in Progress: Design Activities in a Summer Engineering ProgramImplemented in Both Virtual and Hybrid ModalityDr. Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville Dr. Alexander graduated with a BS in Engineering Science from Trinity University, a MS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. He worked for 25 years in environmental engineering consulting befDr. Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to
along with the change, puttingpressure on our educational systems to not only produce more students capable in science,technology, engineering, and math, but students who understand how their role impacts aknowledge-driven, global economy. Understanding our students as citizen scientists andengineers is a powerful reframing for educators and our future graduates who we hope to bediverse, active, and engaged citizens solving problems of critical importance. 3This paper looks at the role extracurricular activities conducted in the midst of the nationalmakerspace movement has on design thinking in engineering education. Educators have seen theexcitement in students and the value-add that project-based extracurricular experiences like SolarVehicle
development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He has advised on over forty (40) Senior Design Projects and his teams of students have received five (5) National Championships and three Best Design Awards. In the recent years, he has challenged himself with the creation of an effective methodology for successful Invention and Innovation. He was part of a 14-member multi-disciplinary team to design and create the "Society, Ethics, and Technology (SET)" course at TCNJ in 1994 and has taught multiple regular and Honors sections of this course since then. He led a multi-disciplinary team of faculty from TCNJ's School of
Paper ID #37400Effectiveness of a Virtual-Physical Robotics TeachingPlatform on Engaging Middle-to-High School Studentsduring COVID-19 (Evaluation)Anurag Purwar Dr. Anurag Purwar's research interests are in bringing together rigid body kinematics and machine learning for design of mechanisms and robots. He has published 82 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and his research has been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), NY-state SPIR, NY-state Center for Biotechnology, Sensor-CAT, SUNY Research Foundation, industry, Stony Brook University, and SUNY Office of Provost. He received A.T. Yang award for the
University. His research interests are in low dimensional topology, representation theory, quantum topology, and STEM education at the post-secondary level.Dr. Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung is a professor in the Department of Instructional and Performance Tech- nology in the College of Engineering at Boise State University. She received her doctorate of education degree in instructional technology from Texas Tech University and teaches graduate-level courses on evaluation methodology. Page 25.267.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
Engineering Center in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. In this role, she is administratively responsible for the management of a 5,500 square foot center as well as directing the college’s orientation program, tutoring resources for first-year students, chair of the undergraduate research symposium and coordinator for sophomore retention initiatives. Gigi previously served as the first female and first Asian American Director of the Multicultural Center at the University of Arkansas. In addition to her campus experience, Gigi has held multiple positions on the regional and national level for NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators). Gigi’s past
new pedagogical approaches. Implications for research and practice are provided.IntroductionThe blended flexible learning (BFL) is a pedagogy that proposes synchronous and asynchronousactivities allowing flexibility in time, physical location, and learning-teaching approach [1].Notably, BFL outcomes increased student engagement with the subject and thus maximizeslearning while teaching students to take on more responsibility [2]. BFL allow to adapt thelearning process to students’ needs and objectives. For example, if a student needsreinforcement, he can review recorded lectures or pre-design material. In addition, many toolsare available to practice each of the topics at the rhythm at which each student learns. Inaddition, it allows certain
nation that incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). NGSS developedtheir standards based on A Science Framework for K-12 Science Education which emphasizesthe importance of integrating science and engineering practice, crosscutting concepts, anddisciplinary core ideas. We hope our program will provide K-5 educators with the tools andconfidence to create and publish curricula to TE to improve STEM education locally andnationally.MethodsIn the three previous offerings of our program, we followed a decentralized Scientist-TeacherPartnership (STP) model in which the individual teachers are embedded in research laboratories,paired with a graduate student scientist mentor, and participate as contributing members of theresearch group
of two consecutive semesters of senior design classes: MEEN 4310 IntegratedSystems Design and MEEN 4316 Senior Design Project. The first course deals with the designprocess culminating in the paper design with complete engineering drawings and partsspecifications. For the second course, the students actually build and test their designs developedin the first course. Similar two-semester sequence of senior design classes can be found inMichigan Tech1 and Georgia Tech2.MEEN 4310 Integrated Systems Design This is the first course in the two-semester sequence of the capstone design class. Theclass is a three credit hour course with two one-hour lectures and one three-hour lab session perweek. Typically, senior students graduating in
and I2C sensors are part of an ongoing project that willbe incorporated to the system in the near future and in other courses.IntroductionMany engineering programs have been and continue to redesign their first- and second-yearcurriculum with strong hands-on components and/or design experiences to motivate studentlearning and increase student engagement and comprehension of fundamental engineeringprinciples3-11. Literature shows that there is a broad agreement that a strong freshman studentengagement is important for diverse student attraction, retention, and motivation. Specifically,research points to the need of emphasizing the relevance of studies to the real word1 as one ofthe key reasons STEM students decide to drop-out or transfer out
haveimproved significantly, as have the team’s abilities to plan for all the milestone events andpersonnel training required of these.Benefits to UAF Activities.As a result of its participation in student-led design teams, UAF has experienced significant growthin the size and diversity of students in its the AIAA DBF team (A similar response has been notedin the university’s Alaska Space Grant Program nanosat design team). This growth has positivelyimpacted areas of academics, research, and student interest.Academics. Student participation in design team activities has had a positive effect on enrollmentin aerospace and UAS-related courses. These students have shown strong interest in participatingin similar activities, whether a capstone/graduate
Associate Teaching Professor and the Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Education in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego. In addition to research related to Automata Theory and Computability education, she works on projects that support professionalization pathways for students, including industry internships, TA development, and ethics and communication. Her research and teaching have work has been supported by grants and awards from UC San Diego, NSF, and industry partners.Kristen Vaccaro, University of California San Diego Kristen Vaccaro is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Cali- fornia San Diego, where she is also a member of the Design Lab. Her
things” and Chemical Engineeringstudents indicating “practical or broad” as motivating factors for studying engineering.Introduction:Several notable National reports have called attention to concerns for STEM education,specifically decreasing student interest at a time when there is increased demand for well trainedscientists and engineers needed to maintain competitiveness in a global market2,5,10. This has Page 22.52.2prompted many research studies from engineering educators to consider what are studentmotivations are for pursing engineering degrees.A survey of Dean’s from various engineering programs was conducted and reported theircollective
Paper ID #16174Designing a Sophomore Materials Science Laboratory Course Centered onSustainabilityDr. Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida Dr. Nancy Ruzycki, is the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories and Faculty Lecturer within the De- partment of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida Herbert Wetheim College of Engineering. Her focus is on developing curriculum based on best practices for students in engineering and physics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Design of a Sophomore Materials Sciences Laboratory Centered on
SBPs examined works published from the 1980s to 2012. Itfound a wide variety across various aspects of SBPs, including program curriculum,administration, and participation; [3] it also identified a lack of adequate research focused onidentifying promising practices for SBP design and implementation. Another review examinedliterature (including non-peer-reviewed literature) that had been published about STEM SBPsbetween 1992 and 2016, with a focus on program goals. [4] The authors identified 14 differentprogram goals, falling into three major categories: academic success, psychosocial, anddepartmental. Another review, published in 2023, focused on SBPs serving Native Americanstudents [5] and focused on identifying guidance; that guidance
Paper ID #37815Developing Post-pandemic Learning Community on an Urban CommuterCampusProf. Lily R. Liang, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Lily R. Liang is a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Master of Science in Com- puter Science Program at the University of the District of Columbia. Her research areas include computer science education, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital image processing. She has mentored dozens of graduate and undergraduate students in research and K-12 outreach activities. She is a fellow of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership program (CASL
AC 2011-1226: PROGRESS REPORT - THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHPERFORMANCE CAPSTONE PROJECT TEAMS AND THE SELECTIONPROCESSStephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette is currently a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the College of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Technology Management Pro- gram and is responsible for the undergraduate ME Capstone Design program. He received his BS, MS in ME from the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional career has included executive Research and Development management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical
California and Japan have caused significantimpact on human society (20 killed, $20B in direct losses during the 1994 Northridgeearthquake, and 5500 killed, $147B in direct losses during the 1995 Kobe earthquake). Similarearthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater can have a more profound impact on the greater SanFrancisco Bay Area. Earthquake engineering research is important to explore new lateral forceresisting systems and to improve existing design methodology for more economical and efficientstructural design. Being a cost-effective experimental method for large-scale civil engineeringsystems, real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) has started to see increased applications in seismichazards mitigation. RTHS combines physical testing and numerical
National University requirements and the sponsor’s needs.. A secondchallenge was to ensure that documentation was completed in a timely manner.Instructor Sponsored Project:Each team approached the project differently, however, both started with the goal ofincorporating both innovation and functionality in order to ensure complete customersatisfaction. Each design incorporated the best industry practices and used accepted industrystandards such as, the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Association (BIFMA)guidelines considering anthropometric measurements of physiological human characteristics,office chair dimension criteria, general furniture design guidance, as well as ergonomic officechair constraints. Each team defined the key
precise calculations Conducting experiments – incorporating empirical data into design decisionsOne of the best ways to stimulate this kind of system design thinking is to present students withcomplex problems that require them to address each of these areas as the part of a single project.In engineering education, these kinds of design problems are often presented to teams ofstudents, creating an environment in which questions are raised by others and there is a necessityto argue the advantages and disadvantages of alternative responses. These interactions not onlyaddress ABET criteria and increase communication skills, but also increase the likelihood of asuccessful design outcome, given a diverse team of students [1].For problem-based
engineering programs from a different perspective. That is,ABET EC 2000 was designed to employ the philosophy and practice of continuousquality improvement to engineering programs. Engineering Criteria 2000 call for eachengineering program to identify its constituencies and, based upon their feedback, toformulate the services that each program will provide. The first step is the developmentof program educational objectives – statements describing expected achievements ofgraduates in the early years of their careers after graduation as a result of theireducational preparation. Usually, educational objectives are expectations of graduates’performance after they have left the school and been in the workforce for three to fiveyears. Subsequently, the
, and Lifestyle”: Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Homelessness and Implications for Social Justice EducationAbstractThis paper describes how engineering students in a lower division user-centered design courseframed issues of homelessness within an engineering context. We focused on the issue ofhomelessness as the context for the course’s design project because it is one of the largestsocial justice issues impacting the area where the University of the Borderland (pseudonym) islocated. The goal was to determine how the project influenced students’ perceptions ofhomelessness and the role of engineers in this social justice issue. Results indicated thatstudents tend to frame issues of homelessness in simplistic terms aligned
AC 2010-1296: "BRIEF ENCOUNTER:" A REFLECTION ON WILLIAMSPROPOSALS FOR THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMJohn Heywood, Trinity College Dublin Professorial Fellow Emeritius of Trinity COllege Dublin (Ireland. Formerly Professor of Education and Chair Department of Teacher Education.Has published over 50 papers on topics related to engineering and technological education and several books. His book "Engineering Education; Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction" received the best reseach publication award of division i (professional) of the American Educational Research Association in 2005. previously he has been awarded a premium of the Education, Science and Technology division of the
Technology and Computer Scienceincorporating best practices into the development of these courses in order to avoid impedinginnovation in Web-based learning and meet the highest standard with in courses .10 As stated, theB.S.I.T. program is a 2+2 undergraduate program aligning with AAS degree of the NCCCS andproviding high-quality content. The learning module design paradigm as it addresses the growingdemand through the scalability inherent in the proposed model, is a framework which willaddress innovation and embrace anytime, anywhere, any pace learning. Once developed, these modules will be used to create other offerings for specific targetmarkets within North Carolina and outside the state. Additionally, these cost projectionspresented to
behaviors, mostly based on research findings) or prescriptive (captures the how of doingdesign for the use of educators). For example, Atman and her colleagues [16] presented a modelof design that is both prescriptive and descriptive; the model was developed based on a synthesisof engineering textbooks (that are prescriptive of how design should be practiced) but also usedto describe engineering design processes through empirical findings based on analysis of video-recordings of the design behaviors of engineers, engineering students and designers [16]. On theother hand, comprehensive models like the Informed Design Matrix of Crismond and Adams[17] have synthesized several existing research findings and theories on design and designthinking, and
Paper ID #8757Incorporating Sustainability and Green Design Concepts into the Engineer-ing and Engineering Technology Curriculum and ProgramsDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding a PHD in power engineering and the other in physics. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and re- search institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as project manager, senior engineer