Paper ID #25331Work in Progress: Understanding Student Successes, Challenges, and Per-ceptions of CommunityDr. Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Deepak Keshwani is an associate professor of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In addition to research in the area of bioprocess and biosystems modeling, Dr. Keshwani is engaged in teaching and advising students across two academic colleges and is involved in numerous campus-wide student success initiatives including leading a civic-engagement program for first-year students.Dr. Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska
design toproduce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, welfare,as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors” whereas the ANSAConly requires that the design must meet “desired needs.” With this in mind, we haveimplemented a project that is completed by students at the end of the second semester ofintroductory physics where students are required to follow engineering design principles todesign and build simple speakers that must meet given specifications. In this paper, we discussthe details of the student project specifications, the rubric developed to assess the studentprojects, and show select student projects from the first two cohorts assigned this project.Additionally, we
writingknowledge transfer: a student who successfully completed freshman composition may still beunable to transfer skills, habits of mind, and approaches to writing from that setting toengineering because the rhetorical situations look drastically different [2].Yancey, Robertson,and Taczak define transfer as a “dynamic rather than a static process, a process of using,adapting, repurposing the old for success in the new,” and they argue that reflection—reflectionthat allows students to develop metacognition and a robust theory of writing—is integral totransfer [2]. In addition, for learning to take place and successful transfer to occur, students needto recognize what they don’t yet know [2].With an eye toward asking students to develop an engineering
a disk jockey (tofree his mind, develop capacity to be creative, and disconnect from fear ofrejection), three design classes, an internship, and his major project. Following isa short excerpt: I was able to apply both of these skills (creativity and research) in conjunction during my internship where I had to design a test fixture…. During this time, I realized that innovation is not a linear process. The steps to pursuing a design is iterative, and creativity can be utilized simultaneously with research. I also learned that there will always be stages of failure. Learning how to overcome these challenges, thus gaining support from real engineers in the field helped build both my creative
user responses [17],[18], understand and adopt user language [18], [19], explore user experiences [20], and leveragethe full potential of prototypes to uncover user requirements [21]. On the other hand, directinteractions with users can help engineering students refine their understanding of their designproblem and keep user requirements in mind when generating solution concepts [7], [22], [23].In general, these previous studies have focused primarily on the outcomes of student designerinteractions with users. Few studies thus far have explored in depth how student designersperceive the role of user interactions in their design projects and how students’ perceptions mayin turn influence their approaches to these interactions. This study
Paper ID #27479The Card-Board DIY Microcontroller for Use with Paper Mechatronics (Re-source Exchange)Colin Dixon, Concord Consortium Colin Dixon holds a Ph.D. in Learning & Mind Sciences from the University of California, Davis. He researches the development of STEM practices and agency among young people creating things to use and share with the world. He writes about equity and identity in making and engineering, the role of community in science learning, and how youth leverage interests and experiences within STEM education.Dr. Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum Corey Schimpf is a Learning Analytics
Engineering Education, vol. 96, issue 4, pp. 359-379, Oct 2007.[6] P. Steif, et al., “Improved Problem Solving Performance by Inducing Talk about SalientProblem Features,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, issue 2, pp. 135-142, April 2010.[7] B. Crandall, et al., Working Minds: A practitioner's guide to cognitive task analysis.Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006.[8] G. Polya, How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method, 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press, 1957.[9] D. Jonassen, “Instructional Design as Design Problem Solving: An Iterative Process,”Educational Technology, vol. 48, issue 3, May-June 2008.[10] S. Salehi, “Improved Problem-Solving Through Reflection,” PhD dissertation, GraduateSchool of Education, Stanford
participating on an integrative team or educationalexperience required the faculty involved to grow, learn, and get out of their comfort zones.Session I was primarily concerned with integration within engineering curricula, while thesecond session was primary concerned with integration that occurred in particular courses orother educational experiences.Although the papers in all of the sessions reflected significant progress and accomplishment inintegration, “Measuring Change Over Time in Sociotechnical Thinking: A Survey/ValidationModel for Sociotechnical Habits of Mind” by Leydens, Johnson, Claussen, Blacklock, Moskal,and Cordova provides the most fully realized account of sociotechnical integration, which theauthors implicitly define as highlighting
, "Patterns of informal reasoning in the context of socioscientific decision making," Journal of Research in Science Teaching: The Official Journal of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 112-138, 2005.[22] E. Dringenberg, A. Abell, and G. Guanes, "Decision Making in Engineering Capstone Design: Participants’ Reactions to a Workshop about Informal Reasoning.," International Journal of Engineering Education, Accepted.[23] J. Haidt, The righteous mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion. Vintage, 2012.[24] L. F. Barrett, How emotions are made: The secret life of the brain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.[25] M. H. Immordino‐Yang and A. Damasio
Paper ID #25791Free-Writing with a TWIST: A Novel Strategy to Enhance Student Learningin PhysicsDr. Teresa L. Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Director and Faculty Liaison to the Combined Plan Dual-degree Engineering Program at American University. Dr. Larkin conducts ed- ucational research and has published widely on topics related to the assessment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. One component of
Paper ID #26763Students’ Abilities to Solve RC Circuits with Research-based EducationalStrategiesProf. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago,Chile Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies of the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Professor Zavala is National Researcher Level 1 of the National System of Researchers of Mexico and leads the Physics Education Research and Innovation Group. He works with the following research lines: conceptual understanding of students on subjects of physics, transfer of
to addressing modern engineering problems [15] and are helpfulin the cultivation of informed and expert designers [16]. When embedded and central toengineering cultures and pedagogy, scholars have argued that design provides students thepossibilities to gain a greater tolerance for ambiguity, adopt multiperspectival approaches toproblem-framing, and, ultimately, become informed designers [17]. Crismond and Adamsdeveloped the Informed Design Learning and Teaching Matrix that presented strategies andpractices aimed at helping students move from novice to informed designers [16]. The InformedDesign Learning and Teaching Matrix helps “by directing teachers’ attention to common designmisconceptions and habits of mind of beginning designers
-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in international teams and settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), and NASA JPL. Dr. Morkos received his Ph.D. from Clemson University in the Clemson Engineering Design and Applications Research (CEDAR) lab under Dr. Joshua Summers. In 2014, he was awarded the ASME CIE Dissertation of the year award for his doctoral research. He graduated with his B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 from Clemson University and has worked on multiple sponsored projects funded by
Paper ID #26716Students’ Perception of Teaching Practice in an Active Learning Environ-mentProf. Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, San-tiago, Chile Angeles Dominguez is a Professor of the Department of Mathematics within the School of Engineering, a researcher at the School of Education, and Associate Dean of Faculty Development at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. Also, she is currently collabo- rating with the School of Engineering at the University Andres Bello at Santiago, Chile. Angeles holds a bachelor degree
Paper ID #25477Teaming with Confidence: How Peer Connections in Problem-based Learn-ing Impact the Team and Academic Self-efficacy of Engineering StudentsMs. Marsha Maraj, Imperial College London Marsha has been an educator in higher education for over 14 years. She is currently a Senior Strategic Teaching Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London (ICL) where she teaches mechanical design to third-year chemical engineering students. She is enthusiastic about using collaborative approaches and student partnerships in the scholarship of learning and teaching. Her current educational research
first bend at factor 4 or 5(most often 5) and a second bend at factors 6-8 (most often 7); parallel analysis indicates thecrossing point (maximum possible factors) at 8-10, with 9 as mode and median. Therefore wechose to test models with between 4 and 9 factors, keeping in mind that 8-9 factors seemsunlikely given the tiny eigenvalues, and would be difficult to estimate with our sample size.Table 4. Parallel analysis for engineering log coded items: summary of 20 imputed data sets. Datset #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 # Factors 8 9 10 10 9 8 10 9 9 9 8 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 Scree bend 1 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Paper ID #27445Positionality: The Stories of Self that Impact OthersCynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech ynthia Hampton is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She also serves as program and student support for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED). While at Virginia Tech, Cynthia has directed summer bridge programs, led peer support initia- tives for underrepresented groups, and served on various commissions, committees, and research groups focused on student support, organizational change, graduate student policy, and culturally responsive evaluation
Paper ID #25959Design and Development of a Modular K-12 Cybersecurity CurriculumDr. Giti Javidi, University of South Florida Dr. Giti Javidi received her BS from University of Central Oklahoma and MS and PhD from University of South Florida, Tampa. Prior to joining academia as a faculty, she worked for industry for several years including IBM as a software engineer. Dr. Javidi has more than 18 years of experience in teaching, research, industry and consulting services. She Joined USFSM IT program in fall 2016 as a n Associate Professor of Information technology and Cybersecurity, from Virginia State University (VSU
Paper ID #26535Evaluating the use of a Personalized Learning Management System to In-crease Student Enrollment in High School Physics (Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary Meera Singh obtained her PhD. from the University of Waterloo, Canada, specializing in fatigue life prediction methods. Following her PhD studies, she joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where she was a faculty member for 12 years. During that time, she conducted research primarily in the area of the fatigue behaviour of composite materials, regularly taught courses in applied
Paper ID #26485Building a Functional Cardiograph Over Four Semesters: Part 2 – Program-ming a MicrocontrollerDr. Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago Dr. Gail Baura is a Professor and Director of Engineering Science at Loyola University Chicago. While creating the curriculum for this new program, she embedded multi-semester projects to increase student engagement and performance. Previously, she was a Professor of Medical Devices at Keck Graduate In- stitute of Applied Life Sciences, which is one of the Claremont Colleges. She received her BS Electrical Engineering degree from Loyola Marymount University, her MS
place towork. While it is good to see users appreciated the makerspace as a workshop, other themeswere more interesting. Around 30% of responses noted the sense of community among users,which includes helping and teaching one another, providing support for items #10 and #11. Thetheme of innovation appeared in about 10% of responses, providing support for item #1. Twoother themes appeared in the data, which dealt with creativity (16% of responses) andextracurricular learning (17% of responses). One user response was very approving of theuniversity’s efforts thus far: “A convenient place to find like-minded engineers. It feels like home. Make almost anything free of cost. Lots of resources to learn, make, discover, and innovate. I
Paper ID #26674A Multi-semester Integrated Systems Design ExperienceDr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Dr. Recktenwald is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University where he teaches courses in in mechanics and mathematical methods. He completed his degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University in stability and parametric excitation. His active areas of research are dynamic stability, online assessment, and instructional pedagogy.William F. Resh, Michigan State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A multi
Paper ID #26720Writing Across Engineering: A Collaborative Approach to Support STEMFaculty’s Integration of Writing Instruction in their ClassesRyan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ryan Ware is a PhD student in Writing Studies primarily interested in cultural-historical theories of writ- ing and learning to write. He is part of an interdisciplinary team that focuses on helping STEM instructors integrate writing into their courses, and that helps departments integrate writing across undergraduate curricula.Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Nicole Turnipseed is a PhD student in
Paper ID #26687Stakeholder Perspectives on Increasing Electric Power Infrastructure IntegrityDr. Efrain O’Neill-Carrillo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Efra´ın O’Neill-Carrillo is a professor of power engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez (UPRM). He holds a Ph.D. (Arizona State), an M.S.E.E. (Purdue), and a B.S.E.E. (UPRM). His profes- sional interests include energy policy, sustainable energy, distributed generation, power quality, social and ethical implications of engineering and technology. He has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. O’Neill
Paper ID #26372Mandatory but not Required: Examining Change in the Year Two Imple-mentation of a Novel Engineering Mathematics CourseDr. Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a researcher and instructor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on ways to encourage more students, especially women and those from nontraditional demographic groups, to pursue interests in the eld of engineering. Janet assists in recruitment and retention efforts locally, nationally, and internationally, hoping to broaden the image of engineering
Paper ID #27448Design and Implementation of Data Collection in a Large-Scale, Multi-YearPre-College Engineering Study: A RetrospectiveDr. Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ibrahim H. Yeter is a Postdoctoral Researcher in his second year in the INSPIRE-Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He completed his PhD degree majoring in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Engineering Education and minoring in Educational Psychology as well as an MS degree in Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University. He also obtained an MEd
Paper ID #27378How Writing for the Public Provides Affordances and Constraints in Enact-ing Expert Identity for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsMathew D. Evans, Arizona State University Mathew D Evans is currently a doctoral candidate at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State UniversityDr. Michelle Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan is as associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Uni- versity. She also serves as the Education Director for the QESST Engineering Research Center. Michelle’s program of research focuses on social interactions in collaborative
College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Nicole Turnipseed is a PhD student in the Department of English and the Center for Writing Studies. She currently serves as Assistant Director for Center for Writing Studies. She teaches a range of writ- ing courses and works with faculty and teaching assistants across disciplines to help hone their writing pedagogy. Her research and teaching focus on holistic literate development.Mr. Maxx Joseph Villotti, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Maxx Villotti is a 2019 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign’s department of Nu- clear, Plasma, and Radiological engineering. His work focuses on
Paper ID #27458Beyond Trial & Error: Iteration-to-Learn using Computational Paper Craftsin a STEAM Camp for GirlsColin Dixon, Concord Consortium Colin Dixon holds a Ph.D. in Learning & Mind Sciences from the University of California, Davis. He researches the development of STEM practices and agency among young people creating things to use and share with the world. He writes about equity and identity in making and engineering, the role of community in science learning, and how youth leverage interests and experiences within STEM education.Dr. Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum Corey Schimpf is a Learning
- sign and Engineering). His engineering design research focuses on developing computational represen- tation and reasoning support for managing complex system design. The goal of Dr. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineer- ing education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address