resume.Three students indicated a “Very high likelihood” of offering Candidate 2 an interview, while nostudents selected “Very low likelihood” for Candidate 2’s interview prospects. Candidate 2’sweighted mean evaluation was 3.44. When asked which traits stood out about Candidate 2,experience was again the most commonly included response, but the student evaluators alsoremarked on Candidate 2’s capstone project and programming language skills. Figure 3: Quantitative evaluation of Candidate 2 (“John”); N=16. Figure 4: Qualitative evaluation of Candidate 2 (“John”).Coding the qualitative traits assessment for each of the candidates highlights the disparity betweennon-technical and language skills for “Julie” vice
Paper ID #30231Understanding Student Retention in EngineeringDr. Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is the Assistant Dean for Freshman Experience in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. While her doctorate is in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on higher education teaching of STEM fields, she also holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics. Dr. Hensel has over seven years of experience working in engineering teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S
Paper ID #30540Effective Identity-Safety Cues for Assuaging Social Identity Threat ofYoung Black Girls in STEM (Work in Progress) (Diversity)Dr. Janille A Smith-Colin, Southern Methodist University Janille Smith-Colin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Fellow of Caruth Institute for Engineering Education at Southern Methodist University (SMU). She also leads the Infrastructure Projects and Organizations Research Group at SMU, whose mission is to advance sustainability and resilience goals through infrastructure systems research and education focused on developing
cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechani- cal and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineer- ing Students. Her research interests include energy and thermodynamic related topics. Since 2007 she has been actively involved in recruiting and outreach for the Statler College, as part of
been supported by a number of companies, as well as by NSF/CISE, NSF/DUE. and DARPA. Specifically, his research in DBER-based engineering education has been supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Three Years After Rollout: A Report on Systemic Changes in a First-Year Engineering ProgramAbstractThis report focuses on an overview and preliminary results for a project to update the first-yearengineering program (FYEP) at Michigan Technological University (MTU) with an FYEPenrollment base of approximately 1,000 students. We are now three years out from the rollout ofan updated FYEP that dates from
Paper ID #28339Adventures in Collaborative Grassroots Undergraduate STEM Inclusion WorkMs. Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas at Austin Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering. She concurrently serves as Director of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, connecting Texas organizations, companies and individuals working to advance gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Berry received her B.S. Chemical Engineering degree
. Some studies have shown out-of-class activities were shown to have apositive positive influence on student academic success. These positive activities range fromliving in a residence hall, academic clubs and faculty-related research projects. Other out-of-classactivities, such as athletics, full-time work and involvement in social Greek life may havenegative outcomes on student success 8,9.More recently, research has been conducted specifically on engineering students factors forparticipation in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities as well as positive and negativestudent outcomes 5,6,9. Lack of time is the top cited factor that prevents students participating inco-curricular activities, followed by cost and lack of knowledge about co
and was also afforded the opportunity to lead an impactul Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering (PoE) course which is a project-based learning survey of the engineering discipline. Since the Summer of 2015 I have been privileged to work with the Texas A and M Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) to evaluate a couple of online tutorial tools (Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)) cur- rently under development, Mechanix and Sketchtivity, that provide immediate constructive feedback to the students and student-level metrics to the instructors. I presented on this work at the state and national PLTW Conventions and at CPTTE in 2016. I also spent 5 semesters beginning the Fall of 2015 taking online
CUNY.Prof. Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Improving critical thinking through the cognitive loading control of working memory in introductory physics class Vazgen Shekoyan, Sunil Dehipawala, George Tremberger, Raul Armendariz, David Lieberman and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside NY 11364 USAAbstractThe critical thinking process in physics problem solving has been observed to relate to workingmemory
University of Rhode Island with research work done at Rhode Island Hospital. Previously, he was an assistant di- rector at Massachusetts General Hospital (a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School) in Boston. He has also held faculty appointments in Illinois, Miami and Singapore. At NTU in Singapore, he was the founding director of the BME Research Center and the founding head of the Bioengineering division. He was the Principal Investigator for several Biomedical Engineering projects. He also worked in R&D at Coulter Electronics in Miami and in hospital design and operations management at Bechtel for healthcare megaprojects. He has served in the National Medical Research Council in Singapore. His research in
Paper ID #242602018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29First-Year Experience (FYrE@ECST): Pre-Physics Course (WIP)Ni Li, California State University Los AngelesDr. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department at CalStateLA. His specialization is in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has also focused on improving student success and has led a number of engineering education projects. He is currently the PI
various field in engineering for over 30 years. Aimee received her degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Ohio State. She began her career as a packaging equipment engineer at Procter and Gamble, then moved to Anheuser-Busch where she worked for over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility
support teams to transition the concepts into the marketplace (NSF, I-Corps, 2012).I-Corps Sites share the principles of the I-Corps Curriculum and the teams at each site aremodeled after the composition of I-Corps Teams (NSF, I-Corps, 2012). Start-ups founded byparticipants are the main vehicle for commercialization activities, and the projects will beprepared for business formation.NSF recognizes that the transitioning of technologies out of an academic laboratory requires skillsets and knowledge that differ from those necessary for basic research. NSF’s I-Corps programwill develop entrepreneurial skills and knowledge in the new generation of scientists andengineers. An innovative ecosystem will develop if NSF’s past, current, and future
elementary,middle and high school levels. Thanks to strong support from the industrial sector, Texas A&MUniversity at Qatar has been successful in executing an array of outreach initiatives for studentsin grades 5–12. In particular, programs for students in grades 7–12 highlight the role ofengineering toward Qatar’s grand challenges, and integrated, problem-based learning is at thecenter of projects and activities designed to educate, enrich and stimulate young minds towardSTEM studies and careers, especially in areas of Qatar’s greatest need and demand.Literature ReviewRecent research indicates that an experience with STEM learning on a university campus can bea “decision point” for prospective STEM students. A study conducted in Norway found
and mechanical engineering. Campbell University started the engineering program in 2016, and she is leading the design and imple- mentation of the chemical engineering curriculum at Campbell’s innovative, project based pedagogical approach. She has a PhD in chemical engineering from Washington State University, where she special- ized in miniaturizing industrial systems for applications in the undergraduate engineering classroom.Dr. Olusola Adesope, Washington State University Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning
, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing teamwork skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his
broaden participation in engineering study andcareers by introducing youth to undergraduate students as engineering role models. However,little research has been done on how students select role models and how to optimize theinteractions between young students and university students to increase role model uptake. Thispaper presents preliminary data and analysis from Role Models in Elementary EngineeringEducation, an NSF-funded research project that is examining the dynamics betweenundergraduate students providing outreach and elementary school student participants. This casestudy of a 5th grade classroom focuses on how dynamics related to sharing personal information,engineering identity, and other interests interact with elementary school
]. Acknowledging and overcoming these fundamental barriers can sometimes bemore easily accomplished through more informal STEM education settings, such as summercamps, than in traditional classroom settings [7].Research has also shown that women and underrepresented minorities respond better to STEMeducation in settings where the task are contextualized, the projects that are socially-relevant,and when activities are multi-media and hands-on [6], [8], [9]. Studies have shown that womenare typically more attracted to projects that seek to improve society and consider this factor whenchoosing their college majors [10]. Several schools with engineering programs devoted toimproving society have large majorities of women enrolled in these programs, which
Paper ID #21811Technology Enhanced Pre-Calculus Classrooms (Work in Progress)Dr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at CSUB. Dr. Danforth was the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF- DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth was the Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant (P031S100081) to create engineering pathways for students in the CSUB service area. She is the co-PI for an NSF IUSE grant for STEM
, qualityassurance/control, operations, maintenance, and demolition of the nation’s buildings andinfrastructure. Their position titles include but are not limited to Field Engineer, Superintendent,Supervisor, Transportation Technician, Project Engineer, Project Inspector, Project Manager,Estimator, and Safety Director. In these roles, graduates need the knowledge and confidence tomake decisions related to construction materials, labor, equipment, subcontractors, schedules,costs, sustainability, safety, and quality. There is the need for facts and evidence-based decisionwhen leaders of the engineering and construction industry are providing solutions to emergingproblems associated with smart buildings, smart infrastructure, interconnected systems
engineering student retention is unlikely to be instrumentalfor veteran students. The limited literature on veteran engineering student retention revealedsignificantly higher attrition rates (dismissal or discontinued enrollment) overall for thispopulation and identified that the first year is the most critical period [4]. This research project seeks to investigate and determine if social responsibility is afundamental motivator that encourages many to join the military, and can be linked to veteranstudent success when incorporated in the classroom starting with first-year engineering students.The term social responsibility refers to the ways engineering can positively impact society [7]and the responsibility of engineers to evaluate the broad
of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) studying Computer Science, soon to graduate in December of 2021. I am a first generation college student within my family in the United States. I take an interest in learning how technological solutions are utilized and the effectiveness of these solu- tions. Additionally, I want to be able to understand real-world problems and potential solutions to assess these issues. During the summer of 2021, I took the opportunity to work with an early learning organization, The Children’s Center (TCC), in South Carolina. Continuing the project started by a peer at USCB and working with another peer the summer of 2021, I learned the importance of working with real world problems and
instruction.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Stephanie Cutler has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her dissertation explored faculty adoption of research-based instructional strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry
communities. Morgan works with schools, libraries, and makerspaces to design, document, and open source new lessons, projects, and technical solutions for the community.Dr. Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Kate Fu is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this appointment, she has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). In May 2012, she completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2009, and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 2007. Her
Paper ID #20034Engagement in Practice: Outreach Program to Introduce Computer Scienceto Middle School StudentsMr. Sifat Islam, Florida Atlantic University Sifat Islam is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, FL. He earned his MS degree in computer engineering from FAU. He has over 10 years of experience on variety of software projects starting from requirement gathering to post implementation. His current research interests include Educational Data Mining and Semantic Web.Dr. Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic
people. There were a total ofabout 80 new MS students. The leaders were coached online with conversation starter ideas anda one page flyer of communication tools. The flyer covered open/closed ended questions, activelistening description, and the importance of body language. Leaders completed a one pageprofile with a picture, a short self-introduction, and advice to incoming students. The profileswere sent to the corresponding group members prior to the event. The day of the event, a printedlist of campus resources along with the assigned group members were given to leaders. Theevent was held the day after the program’s graduate orientation over a lunch hour. Food wasprovided. Academic projects and research dominated the conversations.Feedback
base of Chinese Academy of Engineering. I studied information and computing science for my bachelor degree. And I became a PhD Candidate in Educational Economy and Management in Zhejiang University after my graduation. Engineering education, as one of the main research field in ICSTEP, has become my research topic since I have participated in several research projects of engineering education funded by Chinese Academy of Engineering and Ministry of Education.Prof. Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University 2015-Present Professor, Institute of China’s Science,Technology and Education Strategy, Zhejiang Uni- versity Associate director of Research Center on Science and Education Development Strategy, Zhejiang University 2012-2014
nano educational labs, as well as mentoring students in their senior capstone projects. His current projects include indus- try integration in the curriculum, undergraduate professional development, and entrepreneurial minded learning in the classroom.Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University Amena Shermadou is an Engineering Education graduate student at The Ohio State University. She received her Bachelors and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering
, engineering design, and humanities and social science courses; that work resulted in Engineering Justice: Transforming En- gineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018). His current research grant project explores how to foster and assess sociotechnical thinking in engineering science and design courses.Jacquelene D. Walter, Colorado School of Mines Jacquelene Walter is a third year undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. She has been a general tutor at Colorado School of Mines for first and second year students and will continue to assist with the research in sociotechnical integration until her graduation in 2020.Dr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of
Paper ID #25221Is Summer Semester Effective Enough in Studio-based Construction Pro-grams?Dr. Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University Saeed Rokooei is an assistant professor of Building Construction Science at Mississippi State Univer- sity. Saeed obtained his bachelor’s degree in Architecture and then continued his studies in Project and Construction Management. Saeed completed his Ph.D. in Construction Management and a master of science in Management Information Systems. Saeed’s main research interests include simulation and se- rious games, project management methodologies, construction education, data analytics