positions notspecific to science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) instruction within theirschools. As an Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project,this research-practice partnership (RPP) in advanced manufacturing engineering is designed toprovide community-based engineering design experiences for underserved middle school students(grades 6-8) from rural NC. While one of the goals of this project is to improve non-cognitiveoutcomes (i.e., interest, self-efficacy, and STEM identity) and increase participation in engineeringfor students, a significant byproduct is the development of engineering identity of the middleschool teachers.Rural schools face distinctive challenges in teacher recruitment and
; less than 28% of the total IT workforceand only 12% of engineers are female [2]. By the time students reach college, 1 in 5 young menplan on majoring in engineering or computing while only 1 in 17 young women declare the same[3]. Since 1990, the percentage of female computing professionals dropped from 35% to about24% today, and if that trend continues, the share of women in the nation’s computing workforcewill decline to 22% by 2025 according to Girls Who Code [4]. These statistics provide themotivation for a program called Project-based Work Studio (PWS) developed at a mid-sizedAppalachian primarily undergraduate university supported by an NSF S-STEM grant to build amore proportionate female workforce in computer science, engineering, and
connection to industry. This paper reviews theactions taken to develop this culture based on the four essential areas of change. It also providesinsights on lessons learned thus far and plans to reach long term goals in the coming years.IntroductionIn 2017, the Mechanical Engineering Department at Seattle University was awarded a NationalScience Foundation grant to revolutionize the department. The project leverages thedepartment’s small size and close ties with industry to create a culture of “Engineering withEngineers.”This paper summaries the current status of the five-year project and is an updated version of theNSF Grantees Poster papers presented at the 2018 and 2019 ASEE Annual Conferences [1], [2].The project background and objective are
Black (15%), Hispanic/Latinx (12%), and women (17%) [2].Approximately 62% of veterans are first generation students [3]. With 36% reporting a service-connected disability, post-9/11 veterans have the highest number of service members whoseparate from the military with a disability of any veteran cohort in history [2]. These factors, incombination with technical interests and skills, maturity and life experience, and leadership andteamwork training, make SVSM ideal candidates for supporting engineering education inmeeting workforce demands well into the 21st century [4].1.2 Project Goals and Work PlanThis NSF CAREER project aims to advance full participation of SVSM within higherengineering education and the engineering workforce. The project
. Their current project is CourseNetworking (or CN), an academic social networking and learning platform, which has been used by the NSF Urban STEM Collaboratory project to connect student scholars from three urban universities and facilitate their STEM identity development through ePortfolio building and digital badges. Mengyuan has an EdD in Instructional Systems Technology with a research focus on social learning and innovative learning technology.Tony Chase, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Urban STEM Collaboratory: 5 Years of Lessons LearnedAbstractThe Urban STEM Collaboratory is an NSF-funded S-STEM project
, develop,and retain the STEM skills in their workforce. These cities often have poverty rates double thenational average, lower educational attainment, and larger percentages of those underrepresentedin STEM. So, while attraction, engagement, and retention in STEM disciplines is a nationalimperative, its importance within these regions is particularly acute in order to compete in theknowledge economy.Through support from an initial IUSE Exploration and Design Tier for Engaged StudentLearning & Institution and Community Transformation grant, researchers and staff at theUniversity of Notre Dame’s (UND) Center for Civic Innovation, developed, piloted, andexamined a model leveraging what we know about STEM engagement, project-based learning(PBL
Paper ID #36926Board 389: Strengthening Student Motivation and Resilience throughResearch and AdvisingDr. Zhaoshuo Jiang, San Francisco State University Zhaoshuo Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining San Francisco State University as an assistant professor, he worked as a structural engi- neering professional at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests
suppliers in Asia and Europe. Most recently Robin worked as Senior Director of Project Man-agement for a small bio-tech company, Intrexon, located in the VT Corporate Research Center and hadthe opportunity to introduce manufacturing principles into a highly specialized DNA production facility.Robin joined her alma mater’s faculty in 2015, coordinating and teaching the Capstone Senior Designprogram in Mechanical Engineering. She has also completed her graduate certificate in Engineering Ed-ucation, leading to the development of her research focus area in the student transition from capstone towork. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021It’s a Context Gap, Not a Competency Gap
engineering knowledge and skills to solve a real-world problem. • Apply an appropriate engineering technique or tool to accomplish a task. • Review your team’s strengths and weaknesses and tell others where the team might need help. • Identify processes in your project to ensure protection of the public and the public interest • Use your technical knowledge to participate in a design discussion. • Synthesize information to reach conclusions that are supported by data and needs. • Identify the safety concerns that pertain to a project that you are working on. • Make assumptions that successfully simplify a complex problem to make it easier to work with. • Use mathematics to describe and solve engineering
Conversion project lead with the iFoundry and on the steering committee of the College of Engineering’s Strategic Instructional Initiatives Program.Kathryn F Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignProf. Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Michael C. Loui is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and University Distinguished Teacher-Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include computational complexity theory, professional ethics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He serves as editor of the Journal of Engineering Education and as a member of the editorial boards of College Teaching and Accountability in Research. He is a Carnegie
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Learning by Evaluating (LbE): Engaging students in evaluation as a pedagogical strategy to improve design thinking Navigating the engineering design process is a central aspect of K-12 technology andengineering education. Students are presented open-ended design challenges and given theopportunity to generate ideas, make decisions, and present their solutions. However, a traditionalapproach to this assessment in design, with fairly independent (or group) work and thenpresentations at the end of the project, limits student learning because learning is seen to stopwhen the assignment is submitted for evaluation. In this paradigm, evaluation is solely theresponsibility of
. Dor’s research areas revolve around the nexus of food, energy and wa- ter systems and how these relate to various socio-economic dimensions. His research focuses on the regional impact of cities and sustainability driven financial and political decision making. On the local level, his research also explores the influence of community energy projects, and how to overcome the challenges and barriers facing wide-scale community-centered energy independence.Dor is also passion- ate about improving undergraduate STEM education especially as it pertains to curriculum enhancements in engineering disciplines.Prof. Saniya LeBlanc, George Washington University Dr. Saniya LeBlanc is an associate professor in the Department of
Summer Evaluation Institute. Besides teaching, she has worked as an evaluator in grants awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Insti- tutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Currently she is the internal evaluator for the projects Recruiting, Retaining and Engaging Academically Talented Students from Economically Disadvantaged Groups into a Pathway to Successful Engineering Careers (PEARLS) and for Building Capacity at Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure (RISE-UP). Both projects are funded by NSF.Maryliz Soto, University of Puerto Rico, MayaguezDr. Carla Lopez Del Puerto
achievement gap for historically under-represented minority groups.Dr. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department at CalStateLA and president of the International Society for Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG). Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has taught 9 undergraduate courses, is the current adviser of the American Society of Civil Engineers student organizations and has participated in several teaching workshops, including one on ”Excellence in Civil Engineering Education” and another in ”Enhancing Student Success through a Model Introduction to Engineering Course.” He is currently the PI of TUES project to revamp the
Dr. Brian Craig, PE, CPE is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Lamar University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and a Certified Profes- sional Ergonomist. He has published over 40 journal articles, textbook chapters, conference proceedings, and industrial technical papers as well as presented in numerous national research conferences. He has been involved in 26 (22 as PI) industry and governmental supported research projects totaling over $1.5M, mostly in the maritime industry. Dr. Craig is the Director of the Mariner Safety Research Initiative at Lamar, the Associate Director for Research for the Center for Advances in Port Management, and Lamar
teaching and advising awards including the UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the COE Best Advisor Award (2009, 2010, 2013). Dr. Darabi has been the Technical Chair for the UIC Annual Engineering Expo for the past 7 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 700 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful accreditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering
catalyzing change in the academic climate for women in STEM fields. Under Susan’s leadership, both Stevens and WEPAN were recog- nized by the White House with the prestigious President’s Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. She has substantially contributed to the national STEM diversity policy agenda through participation on boards including the National Academy of Engineering Diversity Task Force, National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate and consultant to the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. As PI or Co-PI on multi-institutional collaborative projects, Susan has secured nearly $10 million in grant funds and
psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University (1999). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 What activities and practices sustain the engagement of highly diverse communities of young engineering students in an out of school fellowship program?AbstractThis paper reports on the process and findings of a participatory action research project with adiverse group of high school youth who were participants in an engineering design fellowship ata major urban science center. Participants were trained in action research techniques, exploredthe “engineering habits of mind” (National Research Council, 2009) as a framework forunderstanding their own work with visitors
Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.Her primary responsibility in that role was to assure the delivery of a curriculum that addressed college-wide educational objectives to prepare students for 21st century careers. In this role Dr. Meadows led the planning, implementation and assessment of the College of Engineering first year program and targeted curriculum development projects. This led to her development as an educational researcher and she now conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of social psychology and engineering education, with specific emphasis on the influence of gender stereotypes in student teams.Dr. Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological
Paper ID #13595Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Learning and Research Experiences throughHands on Experiments on Bio-nanoengineeringDr. Narayan Bhattarai, North Carolina A&T State University Narayan Bhattarai is Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical, Biological and Bioengineering, North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT). Dr. Bhattarai teaches biomaterials and nanotechnology to undergraduate and graduate students. He is principal investigator of NUE Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Learning Experiences on Bio-Nanoengineering project at NCAT.Mrs. Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State
preparation and learning, and creates an integrated institutional network ofsupports that increases students’ self-efficacy, sense of belonging to their major, and belief in theimportance of their contributions to society. These are key factors that affect retention in STEMfields. The FS2 program is funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant # DUE-1217285),focuses on engineering and computer science (CS) majors and is designed to improve retentionand graduation rates.Broad ImpactsThe FS2 project elements have been piloted at large public institutions, and this project expandstheir application and assesses their effectiveness within a smaller Liberal Arts college setting.The project strengthens the infrastructure for providing services for pre
adjunct associate professor in the Technology, Engineering, and Design department at NC State and earned her doctorate in Technology, Engineering, and Design in the College of Education at NC State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Evaluation of collaborative REU exploring the energy spectrum from body-heat harvesting to smart grid technologyEngaging in research is one of the few and critical project-based learning experiences of theundergraduate engineering career. Typical students are rarely exposed to authentic applicationsof engineering design, research, and/or multidisciplinary content until the capstone course at theend of their undergraduate curriculum
in Human Behavior. Currently, he is serving as a co-principal investigator on two projects funded by the National Science Foundation (Awards #1826354 (RFE) and #1713547 (AISL)); one of these projects is developing a STEM summer camp that supports career pathways for Latinx students.Melissa M. AranaMireya Becker Roberto, University of San DiegoMiss Nicole G. Reyes c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integrating Asset-based Practices, Engineering, and NGSS: Lessons from Working with Teachers through a community- focused approachAbstractThe goal of this NSF-funded, three-year exploratory study is to provide opportunities for middleschool
- MRI) grant (#1827134). This project aims to use the equipmentto conduct undergraduate and graduate research projects and teach undergraduate and graduateclasses. The NSF awarded the California State University Chico (CSU Chico) $175,305 toacquire an FTIR spectrometer and microscope, which are important tools for chemicalcharacterization of samples with infrared active molecules. FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging Systemespecially provides accurate chemical images that reveal the variations in images’ pixels whichare mappings of constituent materials of samples rather than a single visible image with slightvariations. By employing this equipment in research and the Image Processing course, studentscan learn how to collect, process and analyze the
taught six different biology and engineering courses. Dr. Ankeny aspires to employ student engagement strategies in the context of biomedical engineering education in the future. Page 23.837.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Just-in-Time-Teaching with Interactive Frequent Formative Feedback (JiTTIFFF or JTF) for Cyber Learning in Core Materials CoursesAbstractIn this new NSF-sponsored Type 2 TUES (Transformation of Undergraduate Engineering inSTEM) project, we are using engagement, assessment, and reflection tools developed in asuccessful CCLI Phase 1 project and are
Science Foundation (NSF, Grant #1742618). We focus on preliminary analysis on theimpact of “Fab Friday,” the centerpiece of our SSTEM program. Fab Friday was an on-campus,semester-long hackathon where our fabulous scholars worked in teams on Friday afternoonsto fabricate computing solutions for real world projects and challenges presented by communityand industry partners. CS faculty also participated as project mentors. Fab Friday was created toenhance the SSTEM Scholars’ social capital, defined as the information and resources generatedthrough one’s social relationships and social networks [1].1.2 The SSTEM Program as the Context for Fab FridayOur SSTEM program created cohorts of students who were called SSTEM Scholars. They wereselected based
have been utilized in secondary and post-secondary educational environments across the United States.Randi Sims Randi is a current Ph.D. student in the department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson Uni- versity. Her research interests center around undergraduate research experiences using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Her career goals are to work as an evaluator or consultant on education- ally based research projects with an emphasis on statistical analyses and big data. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Regional Assets, Factors, and Strategies Supporting Engineering Pre-Transfer Pathways Two-year colleges
minors (mathematics, computerscience, business leadership, and/or electrical engineering), and one of the six is actuallycompleting a minor while concurrently enrolled in the Computer Science Master’s degreeprogram.Additional Training Provided by the ProjectThe Fast-Forward project is continuing to support the training of other students, beyond thosedirectly participating as scholars in each cohort. Doctoral students from Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology continue to be involved in the design and delivery of the PD course, and anundergraduate mathematics major has joined the data analysis team for her senior researchcapstone project. In addition, a team of graduate students is presently looking at the studentoutcomes and financial aspects of
Paper ID #22611High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and MathematicsDr. Rahman Tashakkori, Appalachian State University Rahman Tashakkori received his PhD in Computer Science from Louisiana State University in 2001. He is currently serving as the Chair and Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. He has led several NSF projects that include CSEMS, S-STEM, STEP, and RET.Dr. Cindy Norris, Appalachian State University Dr. Cindy Norris is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. She received her PhD in Computer Science from the
experience working in engineer- ing teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years teaching mathematics, statis- tics, computer science, and freshman engineering courses in higher education institutions. Currently, she leads a team of faculty who are dedicated to providing first year engineering students with a high-quality, challenging, and engaging educational experience with the necessary advising, mentoring, and academic support to facilitate their transition to university life and to prepare them for success in their engineering discipline majors and future careers.Dr. Melissa Lynn Morris, West