. These programs appear to be effective atincreasing the retention and graduation of under-prepared but otherwise motivated andacademically talented students, but it could be that these struggles are reflective of broaderchallenges in attracting women to engineering. Redshirt programs can only help students whoapply - there is clearly more work to be done to encourage women to pursue engineering.While the Redshirt in Engineering model is designed with students from low-incomebackgrounds in mind, it provides a framework for supporting the success of students from othergroups historically excluded from engineering. The redshirt model targets both personal andstructural obstacles to retention - in addition to providing financial and academic support
Paper ID #22341Synergies between Experience and Study in Graduate Engineering Educa-tionDr. Elizabeth Gross, Kettering University Elizabeth Gross is a doctoral fellow in Engineering Education at Kettering University in Flint, MI. She is also adjunct professor in learning design and technology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and in the Library Science department at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX.Dr. Diane L. Peters, Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University.Ms. Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University Undergraduate Student in Mechanical
Paper ID #22525Computing and Engineering Scholarship Program at SCSUDr. Susantha Herath, St. Cloud State University Dr. Susantha Herath is a professor and the Chair of the Information Systems (IS) department at St. Cloud State University. He holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering. His current research interests are in risk management, cyber security and information assurance. He has 25 years of college-level teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate levels and 31 years of research experience. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles. He has submitted over 45 competitive grant proposals and received over
), “Exploration of Collective Efficacy Beliefs in Student Project Teams: Implications for Student and Team Outcomes,” Proc.,, ASEE Conf.& Exhibition.22. de Graaf, E., and Kolmos, A.,(2003), “ Characteristics of Problem- Based Learning,” International Journal of Eng. Education, Vol.19, No.5, pp.657-662.23. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R. R.,(1999), “How People Learn: Brain, Mind , Experience and School,” Wash. .D.C.: National Academy Press.24. Wessel, D., “Building a Better Engineer,” Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2003, p.B1.25. Saddler, P.M., Coyle, H., and Schwartz, M., (2000), “Engineering Competitions in the Middle School Classroom: Key Elements in Developing Effective Design Challenges,” Journal of the Learning
AC 2007-640: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS INGERMANY – EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNEDRaghu Echempati, Kettering University RAGHU ECHEMPATI is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute). He has over 20 years of teaching, research and consulting experience. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Mechanics, Machine design, and CAE (including metal forming simulation and Design of Machines and Mechanisms). He is very active in the Study Abroad Programs at Kettering University. He is a member of ASME, ASEE, and SAE, and a Fellow of the ASME.Butsch Michael, FH-Konstanz, Germany MICHAEL BUTSCH
should spend more time discussing the applicationsas well as the conceptual underpinnings rather than focus solely on strategies and techniques tosolve problems. They should also introduce more ‘word’ problems as these problems arecommonly encountered in physics and engineering courses. Learning the strategies of solvingword problems in mathematics would better prepare students to solve these problems in latercourses. Faculty in physics courses should focus on helping students learn how to interpretinformation in a word problem and to set up the solution. They should also be more mindful ofnotational and representational differences between physics and engineering courses. Faculty inboth physics and mathematics courses should provide more
purchase them; and what level of support isrequired and available. This does not lend itself to being easily learned. Much of thisknowledge is not written down because it is tacit knowledge and so cannot be easily taught usingconventional methods. An example is assessment of normal working standards and productionfaults or defects: is the straightness of a beam acceptable for its application? Is the painting onthe cabinets done to an acceptable standard? Such standards are difficult to document and oftenonly exists in the minds of people.There has been some research on the links between what is taught in engineering institutions,what graduates learn early in their careers and what training engineers undertake while in theworkforce. For example
AC 2008-1110: CRITICAL THINKING IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYEDUCATION: A REVIEWElaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisKaren Alfrey,Steve Owens, Indiana University - Purdue University-Indianapolis Page 13.344.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008Critical Thinking in Engineering and Technology Education: a ReviewINTRODUCTIONThe ability to think critically is a vitally important skill in the engineering workplace.The need for critical thinking is implicit in most of the program outcomes proscribed byABET, including designing experiments and interpreting data; designing a product tospecifications with realistic constraints; understanding
ResearchGroup at Kansas State University [37] - [38]. Traditionally, topics in Modern Physics are highlymathematical in nature. However, the VQM materials are very unique in that they weredesigned specifically with the non-major in mind, and hence, require only a minimumbackground in mathematics.III. THE ENGINEERING 0012 COURSEEngineering 0012 is a second-semester course in the required core for engineering students at theUniversity of Pittsburgh. All students are required to take four core Engineering courses duringtheir first year. There are two zero-credit seminar courses and two three-credit introductoryproblem solving courses that are a part of this core. ENGR0012 is a three-credit problem solvingcourse that students typically take during the
AC 2008-2371: QUANTUM DOTS: BRINGING NANOSCIENCE ANDENGINEERING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMEmily Wischow, Purdue University, West LafayetteLynn Bryan, Purdue UniversityShanna Daly, Purdue University Page 13.1016.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Quantum Dots: Bringing Nanoscience and Engineering into the High School ClassroomAbstractThis study traces the lesson design process for a professional development initiative on nano-education. In particular, a lesson on quantum dots is traced throughout the iterative designprocess based on a learning performances framework combined with design-based research.Teacher feedback, pre- and
AC 2009-864: CONNECTOR FACULTY: A FRIENDLY FACE FOR EARLYENGINEERING STUDENTSDaina Briedis, Michigan State University Dr. DAINA BRIEDIS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of
make use of state-of-the-artlaboratory facilities, rather than the other way around. The number of foreign students at U.S.universities is significantly higher than that of U.S. students at foreign universities. However, ifthe U.S. is to remain competitive in a global economy, it is important that future engineeringleaders and researchers be given the opportunity to experience firsthand what it is like to work ina foreign engineering environment and to establish a network of contacts that could lead to futureinternational collaborations. With that in mind, the department of Mechanical Engineering andthe School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) at Oakland University (OU) haveorganized a number of short-term exchange programs with
. Incorporation of CDIO into the AEPC outcomes could not be readilyimplemented in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering.Table 3 also shows that the AEPC outcomes span the quality specifications of the ECUK,EUR-ACE and ABET outcomes structures. A final conclusion by AEPC members was thatutilization of the AEPC outcomes to design, develop and implement a bachelor’s levelcurriculum will result in a quality level that warrants accreditation in any academicenvironment in the world. With this goal in mind, these outcomes were used as the primarydesign guide (specifications) for the structure, courses, course content and detailed syllabusof all courses in the bachelors degree programs. Similar results were reached for the graduatelevel
2006-639: AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS:IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENTAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won major teaching awards and is internationally recognized in his primary research field.Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati PATTY D. MCNERNEY, Doctoral Student in C & I Education/Technology, College of Education
Paper ID #17810Technology Choices of Undergraduate Engineering Students for Solving Cal-culus QuestionsDr. Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University Emre Tokgoz is currently an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Quinnipiac University. He completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics and another Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Univer- sity of Oklahoma. His pedagogical research interest includes technology and calculus education of STEM majors. He worked on several IRB approved pedagogical studies to observe undergraduate and graduate mathematics and engineering students’ calculus and technology knowledge since
the United States in 2015.3 However, only a subset of these new engineering graduatesgo on to careers in the engineering field. Based on the 2006 National Survey of RecentCollege Graduates (NSRCG), 60% of those who graduated with engineering degreesbetween 2002 and 2005 were employed in engineering positions (based on self-reportedjob type classification).4 Reasons for working in a field unrelated to one’s degreeincluded “job in highest degree field not available,” “change in professional/careerinterests,” and “pay/promotion opportunities,” keeping in mind that these are broadcategories with little visibility into what precisely happened, for example, when a job inone’s field was not available, or what about pay or promotion led a graduate to
Paper ID #19299Evolution of an Introductory Electrical Engineering and Programming CourseProf. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Pro- fessor and former Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In this role he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, semiconductor device characterization, design and
surverys and select comments of interest. The administrator selected thefollowing comments from the following survery request: “List any positive actions you wouldtake in school based on what you learned today”“I'm gonna take a coding class next year in school”“This activity in general opened me up to a whole new world of knowledge.”“ I will be more open minded to learn new things in school related to engineering and science ingeneral."These quotes show that the activity was successful in achieving its goals. When asked how theactivity could be improved, some of the responses included:“Provide a list of vocabulary”“More templates, but not too much”“Slow down the pace since a lot of people were behind”“Maybe slow the pace down”These suggestions
Paper ID #26249Knowledge in the Making: What Engineering Students are Learning in Mak-erspacesDr. Louis S. Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas Louis S. Nadelson has a BS from Colorado State University, a BA from the Evergreen State College, a MEd from Western Washington University, and a PhD in educational psychology from UNLV. His scholarly interests include all areas of STEM teaching and learning, inservice and preservice teacher pro- fessional development, program evaluation, multidisciplinary research, and conceptual change. Nadelson uses his over 20 years of high school and college math, science, computer science
Paper ID #24774Project-based Robotics Courses for the Students of Mechanical EngineeringTechnologyDr. Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, CUNY New York City College of Technology, 186 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Email: Zhzhang@citytech.cuny.eduDr. Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Andy S. Zhang received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1995. He is currently the program director of a mechatronics project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 15 years, Dr. Zhang has been
achieve great success and make modifications as needed, like the fluorescent lights. …my challenge has always been finding a teacher that would help [him] to open up his mind and use the talents that he has, which is why this camp is so perfect. I can’t even express how appreciative I am for the opportunity for [him] to participate in this great program. I look forward to the opportunity for him to participate in other programs that will further his interest in engineering.” • Strengths-based approach- Students with ADHD often struggle with low esteem due to the stigma related to their diagnosis and negative educational experiences. By emphasizing
. His scholarship focuses on human action, communication, and learning as socio- culturally organized phenomena. A major strand of his research explores the varied trajectories taken by students as they attempt to enter professional disciplines such as engineering, and focuses on the dilem- mas encountered by students as they move through these institutionalized trajectories. He is co-editor of a 2010 National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook, Learning Research as a Human Science. Other work has appeared in Linguistics and Education; Mind, Culture, and Activity; Anthropology & Education Quarterly, the Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science; the Journal of Engineering Education; and the Cambridge Handbook of
way. Visual mental imagery is defined as, “…the capacity of envisagingobjects and scenes in their absence” [8]. Further definitions of mental imagery are: “the mentalinvention or recreation of an experience that at least in some respects resembles the experienceof actually perceiving an object…” [9 as cited in 8] and “a cognitive process that makes thefigural aspects of previously seen objects…temporarily available to the mind.” [10 as cited in 4].Furthermore, mental imagery is an active process in problem solving [8]. Hence mental imageryis engaged for both blind and sighted people when interpreting engineering graphics.Mental imagery is cognitively part of visuospatial working memory, used for reasoning [11], andnot merely an
Paper ID #22089Developing a Measure of Engineering Students’ Makerspace Learning, Per-ceptions, and InteractionsSarah Lanci, Colorado Mesa University Sarah Lanci is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado Mesa University. She received her B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan State University and her M.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Following graduate school, Sarah worked as a part and process engineer at an investment casting facility, PCC Structurals, in Portland, OR for seven years before transitioning to her current position at CMU where
engineering students may find it hard to perform effectively. When faced withan unfamiliar problem, many engineering students may find it difficult to employ theirdivergent thinking skills and conceptualise ideas which are different from the first idea whichcomes to mind (either through ability or unwillingness to consider other ideas), or be able toproduce ideas which use a variety of concepts to try and resolve the problem [16-18]. Thisphenomenon is known as design fixation. Results found by Nazzal [9] suggest that thedivergent thinking skills and ability of engineering students to overcome design fixation,increases between the first year and following years of study. In the interest of furtherenhancing the creativity skills of engineering students
Paper ID #19346Creating a Psychological Profile of Successful First-Year Engineering Stu-dentsDr. Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University Dr. Gagne is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Alfred University. Although her formal training is in discourse processing, her professional interests in learning and cognitive theory have provided op- portunities to serve as a consultant for classroom and program assessment across disciplines. In 2010 she served as Project Faculty for a U.S. Department of Education grant for Preparing Leaders in the Educa- tion and Training of the Next Generation of School Psychology Practitioners, and
Paper ID #25881Creativity Exercises and Design Methods to Enhance Innovation in Engineer-ing StudentsDr. Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy Lt Col Mike Anderson is an Associate Professor and Director of Capstone Programs, Department of Engineering Mechanics, US Air Force Academy. He has pursued research in engineering education for several years in the areas of curriculum design and assessment, capstone design experiences, innovative design methodologies, and enhancing student creativity. In addition, he pursues technical research in autonomous systems, design of terrestrial and aerial robots
Paper ID #25779Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in an Engineering Summer Intervention Pro-gram (Research)Dr. Tonisha B. Lane, University of South Florida Dr. Lane’s research agenda broadly examines diversity, equity, and inclusion in postsecondary educa- tion with the objective of advancing inclusive and transformative policies and practices. Her primary research strand investigates the experiences and outcomes of underrepresented groups in science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Using qualitative methodologies, she has explored access and success for underserved students of color in STEM and STEM
- vironmental Engineering. Over the last fifteen years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has demonstrated excellence in teaching by using a variety of research-based, student-centered, pedagogical methods to increase diver- sity in STEM. Her teaching and engineering education work has resulted in her receiving the 2013 UNC Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award, which is the highest teaching award conferred by the UNC system for faculty.Meghan Berger M.A., North Carolina A & T State University Meghan is a doctoral student in the rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation counselor education pro- gram at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Her broad research interests in- clude exploring multicultural
Paper ID #16594Experimental Centered Pedagogy Approach to Learning in Engineering: AnHBCU’s ExperienceDr. Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University Dr. Mohamed Chouikha is a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Howard University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado–Boulder. Dr. Chouikha’s research interests include machine learning, intelligent control, and multimedia signal processing communications for secure networks, among other areas. He also focuses on enhancing recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the