Paper ID #12480Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changesover TimeDr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice
awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion for professional practice consistent with theinstitution’s mission” [1]. Many in the engineering community recognize the need for developingengineering skill sets that address societal impacts within the design process. Not only shouldengineers be aware of the potential negative consequences of their designs, but they should alsoseek opportunities to create value and benefits for under-served populations.The body of research on social justice in engineering design is well documented [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Inparticular, human-centered design has emerged as a favored approach for students to approach thedesign process in capstone courses[7, 8, 9, 10]. Other best practices in engineering education topromote DEI
fit, drawing on best practices and published research [22,23]. After a presentation and facilitated discussion, the eleven summer REU students were askedto “write a paragraph about how you are uniquely well-suited for success in materials science. Itcan be about your skills, interest, experience, perspective, values, or anything else.” Individualinterviews followed the subsequent week, between the developmental, research preparation andconceptualization period and the latter half of the summer, focused on execution. From weeks five through ten, students were tasked with executing their projects, underthe hierarchical mentoring teams of their graduate student and faculty mentor teams, which attimes included postdocs and additional, peer
be a tremendous resource totap; in combination with regular “full-time” faculty- who are, in most instances, the “research-type,” and who have not had the opportunity to practice engineering. Second, industry’sprevailing perception that engineering education does not prepare graduates adequately for thepractice. Therefore, from industry’s perspective, the quality of education for engineering practiceis seen as deficient. Third, blending practical experience in teaching design and design-relatedcourses is repeatedly emphasized by ABET, and by other engineering organizations, such asASEE.(2,3) Thus, directions for proper merging of professional experience with engineeringscience in design courses are a concern that comes up often in
the educa- tional success of students. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, re-imagining traditional pedagogical practices and engaging students in intra- and intergroup dialogue.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating
Paper ID #26025Board 114: Developing a Model of Disciplinary Literacy Instruction for K-12Engineering Education: Comparing the Literacy Practices of Electrical andMechanical Engineers (Fundamental)Theresa Green, Utah State University - Engineering Education Theresa Green is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration and improving diversity and inclusion in engineer- ing.Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela Minichiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State
projects inspired by contemporary scientific investigation. My current research topics are motivated by improvement and innovation of engineering designs evolved in sustainable technology. Undergoing research projects include investigations of vortex-induced blade-less turbines and Tesla turbines for renewable energy applications, utilization of thermoelectric semiconductors for cooling, and research on supercritical carbon dioxide and refrigerants for green power generation. Relevant research interest includes numerical simulation of thermal-fluid interaction and biomimetic designs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Balancing Theory, Programming, and Practical Application for
experiences (CURE) into the curriculum. After theworkshop, participants join a year-long coaching process with a faculty mentor to develop and executetheir projects with students.In this paper, we report on the key elements of the workshop design and insights from past participantsacross multiple years. We surveyed all past participants of the workshops, and respondents indicated thatthey had received several benefits from the workshop experience including better planning andorganization of research experiences for undergraduates. Faculty reported significant benefits to thestudents such as more attending graduate school but also to their own research practices includingbuilding a capacity for more readily identifying the value of their work.We hope
the program. At the beginning of theacademic year, students signed an electronic agreement to remain active in the programthroughout their first year on campus. There were no costs for students to participate in theprogram, and they were further incentivized to attend program-wide events where they receivedfree food and affinity merchandise.Throughout the initial development and ongoing implementation of the program, the PMPleadership team drew heavily upon research related to best practices in supporting traditionallyunderrepresented students in engineering, first-year students and the transition to college, andunderrepresented racial minorities at PWIs. Intentional interventions that promoted socialconnections among students, such as game
, having worked as a software engineer, project lead and manager before becoming Assistant Professor and Department Chair for Electrical Engineering at the Ateneo de Davao University.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Holly M. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. She is current the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs and the former Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and practice related to graduate student mentoring. She won the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, was nominated for a Graduate
Paper ID #35538Developing a Strategy to Include Financially Disadvantaged UndergraduateStudents into Graduate Engineering ProgramsDr. Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University Sanjivan Manoharan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State Univer- sity. His research areas include engineering education, nucleate pool boiling, aerodynamics, and turbo- machinery.Dr. Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University Dr. Choudhuri worked as a Senior Research Engineer at Technical Service Division of Caterpillar Inc. for two years. He developed Virtual Manufacturing (VM) strategy and tools
elementary school teachers’ enactmentsof engineering design-based science instruction and to assess the impact of their instruction onstudents’ science learning.Research questionsThis study was guided by the following research questions: a) How do elementary schoolteachers enact engineering design-based science instruction? b) What is the fidelity of teachers’implementation? c) What knowledge do students learn when engaging in engineering design-based tasks? and d) To what extent does the fidelity of instruction correlate with students’science learning?Theoretical frameworkThis study is grounded in the theoretical construct of situated learning theory where learners(teachers and students) become part of a community of practice in which they learn
- fort. A graduate of Purdue University (PhD 2016), his research focuses primarily on reducing barriers to the learning process in college students. Topics of interest include computer science pedagogy, collabo- rative learning in college students, and human-centered design. Of particular interest are the development and application of instructional practices that provide benefits secondary to learning (i.e., in addition to learning), such as those that facilitate in learners increased self-efficacy, increased retention/graduation rate, increased matriculation into the workforce, and/or development of professional identity.Mr. William Rigoberto Mercado, University of South Carolina I am an undergraduate at the University
has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for introductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conduct- ing research on a large scale NSF faculty development project. His team is studying how workshops on strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect faculty be- liefs, classroom practice, and development of disciplinary communities of practice and associated student achievement. He was a coauthor for the best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013 and this year has received the Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award from the
Paper ID #29438The Role of Teaching Self-Efficacy in Electrical and ComputerEngineering Faculty Teaching SatisfactionMr. Kent A. Crick, Iowa State University Kent Crick is currently in his third year as a graduate student at Iowa State University. He is currently a PhD candidate in Counseling Psychology and conducts research in self-determination as it relates to student and faculty motivation and well-being. Prior to attending Iowa State, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Indianapolis. He then worked as a research coordi- nator for the Diabetes and Translational Research Center
the Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) (see Figure 1).Program PilotsThe Champaign, Illinois pilot was led by the program director (and program founder, Mr. Greer)and the program co-founder (Dr. Henderson) who developed lesson plans, led hands-onactivities, and trained program staff (undergraduate and graduate engineering students). Lessonsemphasized the engineering design process (Haik, Sivaloganathan, & Shahin, 2015). Studentswere given open-ended scenarios and were tasked to identify and research problems, developpossible solutions, and then plan, test and improve their designed solutions.The Houston pilot, initiated in the spring of 2017, combined the best practices learned from theearlier pilot and added a partnership with the
teaching and learning, and reflection – with a goal of enhancing our collectiveunderstanding of this form of scholarship and the ways to use it in engineering education: ● The systems thinking example highlights an approach for connecting research to practice, which was developed based on a synthesis of design thinking literature, vehicle design literature, and studies of engineering practice. The result of this synthesis was a set of design principles that was used in the development of courses and lessons that prepare students to use systems thinking techniques within the design process. ● The innovation example unpacks the process of developing a framework of design for high- impact innovation
education.Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include critical thinking, ethics, and process design and training.Dr. David B. Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in the De- partment of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of International Engagement in Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering
practices. Jose Renau is a professor of computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz(http://masc.soe.ucsc.edu/). His research focuses on computer architecture, including design effort metrics and models, infrared ther- mal measurements,low-power and thermal-aware designs, process variability, thread level speculation, FPGA/ASIC design,Fluid Pipelines, and Pyrope (a modern hardware description language) and Live flows that aim at productivity in hardware design. Renau has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Jose Renau ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Developing the ITL framework and committing to Inquiry as a method
articles, and 126 conference papers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 17 M.S., and 4 Ph.D. thesis students; 31 undergraduate research students and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 300 K-12 teachers and 100 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 60 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di- rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM education of over 1,500 students annually. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using an AR Drone Lab in a Secondary Education Classroom to Promote Quantitative Research1. IntroductionIn recent years, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM
Lego League and Tech Challenge community for 6 years. His interests focus on robotics, electrical engineering, and 3D modeling.Dr. Yu-Fang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Yufang Jin got her Ph.D from University of Central Florida in 2004. After her graduation, she joined the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Currently, she is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UTSA. Her research interest focus on applications of artificial intelligence, interpretation of deep learning models, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Cultivating Robotic Professionals: A Learning-Practice-Service
situate ourselves within thiswork, as instructors should not be removed from the context of their institutions. We then walkinterested readers through the in-class activity, bordering discussion, and impact assessments.Overall, Likert surveys and analyzed assignments indicate an improved understanding ofpositionality and application to engineering design by participating students. We conclude thisstudy with a reflexive practice on the activity’s success and how future instructors could utilizethis methodology for their own integration of positionality into the engineering classroom.PositionalityPositionality refers to the ways in which one’s evolving identities and their intersections shapeour understandings, perspectives, and ways of engaging in
Paper ID #28300Creating a Diverse and Inclusive STEM-eLearning Environment through anOnline Graduate Teaching Assistant Training ModuleDr. Hui-Ching Kayla Hsu, New York University Hui-Ching Kayla Hsu is a research assistant professor and instructional designer at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Her research focuses on engineering education, online learning development, and mo- tivation to learn. She received her doctoral degree in Learning Design and Technology from Purdue University, where she worked at the Center for Instructional Excellence for four years. She strives to combine research-proven pedagogy and
, 2023Work-In-Progress: Multiple Mentor Model for Cross-InstitutionalCollaboration and Undergraduate ResearchAbstractIn this paper we describe our work in progress (WIP) partnership between three academic institutions toenhance multiple-mentor models for undergraduate research students. Our collaboration includes a uniqueplanning effort to thoughtfully increase the number of women/BIPOC students in our programs, andsupport them in pathways to graduate education. We have designed a scaffolded undergraduate researchexperience for students that includes traditional summer research experiences, course based researchexperiences, and a multi-mentor model for graduate pathways. Our preliminary results indicate that thescaffolded research experience can
Paper ID #18459Development and Application of a Questionnaire to Measure Student Atti-tudes Toward and Understanding of EngineeringDr. Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters is an Assistant Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University, in Potsdam, New York. She is part of the development team for Clarkson’s First Year Engi- neering/Interdisciplinary course that was the motivation for the work that is described in this paper. Her current research interests include the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based effective learning practices in STEM education, environmental
designed toalso enhance the educational experience. Over 92% of students participants agreed that theexperience enriched their education (Figure 3C). Four percent of students disagreed. Page 26.25.9 Figure 2: Distribution of student responses for survey questions on (a) mentorship and (a) the overall value of the experience. Figure 3: Distribution of student responses for survey questions on the impact of the research experience on (a) interest in pursuing additional undergraduate research experience and/or graduate school, (b) seeking a career in research
. Kuh G, Others. Involving Colleges: Successful Approaches to Fostering Student Learning and Development outside the Classroom. [First Edition]. [Internet]. Jossey-Bass Publishers; 1991 [cited 2015 Jan 29]. Available from: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED32917715. Astin AW. Principles of good practice for assessing student learning. American Association for Higher Education; 1992.16. Creswell JW. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. SAGE Publications; 2013. 305 p.17. De Janasz SC, Sullivan SE. Multiple mentoring in academe: Developing the professorial network. J Vocat Behav. 2004 Apr;64(2):263–83.18. Earnest Friday, Shawnta S. Friday, Anna L. Green. A reconceptualization of
year program with emphasis on product development and corporate sponsorship and mentoring. He has also held leadership roles at HTC and Ericsson/Sony Ericsson. Greg is an established inventor and has filed over 80 patents. He also is co-author of the eBook ”A Reference Guide to the Internet of Things”. Greg holds an BS Electrical Engineering and MS Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University. His graduate research focused on Biomedical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Industry-based Team Program Reviews for Capstone Design teamsIntroduction:Proper project management (PM) is a critical skill that will lead to success in senior designprojects
enrolled in a STEM major during their first year: NO NO Took The Design of Coffee or Food Science Folklore and Health YES YES during their first year: Took a “core” STEM course during their first year before or YES NO while taking a non-core STEM course:For both groups, data was obtained for students graduating before pandemic-related remoteinstruction began (students graduating Fall 2019 and earlier) and for students that would havebeen impacted by remote instruction. Due to the constraints on the population studied of (i) beingin their first year when they took TDOC or FSFH and (ii) having since graduated from UCDavis, all students would have taken either of the
with engineeringbackgrounds (a postdoc and a tenured professor) and is sustained by contributions from guestspeakers from a variety of other fields, including education, cognitive psychology, technicalcommunication, visual art, interdisciplinary studies, and media/communications. Given theiradditional roles in course design and research on the project, two of these guests are coauthors onthis paper along with a graduate research assistant and a museum educator who provided VTStraining workshops at our university over the past few years for our core team and otherinterested faculty, postdocs, and students. As part of a larger study funded in part by the NationalScience Foundation (see Acknowledgments), this paper reports ongoing work to