Education at Purdue University. She is interested in exploring how Indigenous Knowledges can be centered in STEM curricula.Dr. Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dhinesh Radhakrishnan is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Prof. Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Jennifer DeBoer is currently Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on international education systems, individual and social development, technology use and STEM learning, and educational environments for ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
systems, but he has ongoing projects in the area of hospital patient health monitoring. He is actively engaged in K-12 outreach through several venues including Summer Ventures, high school STEM day, the NC Science Olympiad, a Math Science Partnership grant, volunteer work with a local literacy camp, Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge counseling, and teaching the science portion of VBS and children’s Sunday School at his local church.Dr. Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University Zhen Zhu is an assistant professor at East Carolina University. From 2010 to 2013 he was a senior research engineer and a principal investigator with the Navigation Systems Division and the Advanced Concepts and Technologies Division in Northrop Grumman
fields. This also includes water recycling for non-human uses. In medicine, engineershave contributed to several areas, such as the development of technologies that make humansurgery precise and less invasive. Engineers have even developed health informatics for efficientmedical care. Engineers have designed machines in industry and manufacturing that make usefulitems for everyday life, like cars, computers, refrigerators, etc. Many of these innovations havebeen spurred by advancements that rely on an occupational pipeline that is both robust andsufficiently diverse to support technological innovations worldwide. Despite our recognition thatthese pipelines are important, engineering education is challenged by the lack of demographicdiversity
Paper ID #41199Board 69: Learning Sustainable Development Through Integrative DesignProcess (a Case Study)Dr. Xi Wang, Drexel University Xi Wang is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Construction Management at Drexel University. She received her Ph.D. and M.Eng both in Civil Engineering, from the University of Kentucky and Auburn University. She is licensed as a Professional Engineer and LEED Green Associate. She is teaching a range of courses in construction management and will be assisting capstone design projects that directly serve regional construction firms. Her research interests include technology adoption in
Support for Blind or Low-Vision (BLV) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) LearnersAbstractThere is a growing, yet relatively limited body of research exploring the experiences of learnerswith disabilities in introductory electrical and computer engineering (ECE) education. With theproven importance of introductory ECE education in influencing students’ undergraduateinterests and future career prospects in technology, the inaccessibility of the field to learners withdisabilities poses an inequitable access barrier that further marginalizes these learners, oftenpreventing them from exploring the field in the first place. In particular, as ECE largely relies onvisual cues for designing, building, testing, and debugging
. Her research interests are in assessment methods with both learning analytics and traditional psychometrics, spatial reasoning in engineering, and cognitive psychology of student- technology interactions.Mr. Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University Lance L.A. White is a Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University in Interdisciplinary Engineering housed within the Multidisciplinary Engineering department with a thrust in Engineering Education. He is work- ing as a graduate research assistant at the Institute of Engineering Education and Innovation at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. His research centers on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in the context of Engineering in higher education
an affiliate Associate Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the Technology Student Association and Solid Rock International Boards of Directors, and has recently co-authored a high school text, ”Introduction to Engi- neering”.Dr. Stephen J. Spicklemire, University of Indianapolis Has been teaching physics at UIndy for more than 35 years. From the implementation of ”flipped” physics class to the modernization of scientific computing and laboratory instrumentation courses, Steve has brought the strengths of his background in physics, engineering and computer science into the classroom. Steve also does IT and engineering consulting.Dr. Joseph B
Paper ID #25789TA VIE: Global Competence EurostyleProf. Bjorn Kjellgren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology B.S.Sc. Sociology, Ph.D. Sinology, between 2003-2009 researcher in Social Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Stockholm University, Kjellgren is Director of studies at KTH Dept. of Learning in Engineering Sciences, Director for two bridging programs for architects and engineers with foreign qualifications, and in charge of KTH’s Certificate of Global Competence. He has been working with intercultural studies since the late 1980s, and has extensive experience working with strategic imple
Paper ID #41218WIP: Evaluating Entrepreneurially-minded Learning in Course-based UndergraduateResearch ExperiencesDr. Jeffrey Walters, University of Washington My research seeks to develop participatory systems-based decision support techniques to improve engineering practice and policy for sustainable rural and urban infrastructure system design and management in developing world contexts. My research has been applied within the sectors of water, sanitation, energy, food systems, climate change migration, circular economy applications in construction waste disposal, and engineering education. I am also passionate about
, sustainable transportation, travel demand modeling, , land use-transportation interaction modeling, and transportation safety. Dr. Mitra’s current research focuses on how technological advancement in transportation can best serve the disadvantaged population through the integration of transportation systems, economic activities, and land uses. He was a recipient of the Environmental Excellence Award from the Federal Highway Administration and his research on carless households was awarded the Public Impact Fellowship in 2016. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 20241 Work in Progress: Designing a Community-led Bike Share Program for a2 Small US City - Evidence from
community assetsAbstractEducation research in rural communities often delivers a deficit perspective on professionalopportunities for teachers and students, regularly underscoring the challenges of recruiting andretaining a college-educated workforce in rural spaces. Recent literature in rural education urges thecultivation of a positive outlook: recognition of what existing community assets can provide to ruralresidents in order to combat “rural outmigration.” In this paper, we discuss curricular developmentand participant perceptions during an asset-focused, community-based engineering design program,“DeSIRE” (Developing STEM Identity through Research and Exploration). As a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for
assist incoming freshmen cope with first year mathematics classes. She developed teaching modules to improve students’ learning in mathematics using technology.Dr. M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University Dr. M. Javed Khan is Professor and Head of Aerospace Science Engineering Department at Tuskegee University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, M.S. in Aero- nautical Engineering from the US Air Force Institute of Technology, and B.E. in Aerospace Engineer- ing from the PAF College of Aeronautical Engineering. He also has served as Professor and Head of Aerospace Engineering Department at the National University of Science and Technology,Pakistan. His research interests include
essential for fosteringinclusive development, understanding the unique needs of the community, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the project, and ultimately enhancing the overall quality of life of theresidents.Accrediting bodies such as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)have emphasized the importance of incorporating aspects of community engagement and societalimpact in engineering education. The revised ABET criteria, asks engineers to have “an ability toapply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration ofpublic health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, andeconomic factors” as well as an “an ability to communicate effectively with a
Paper ID #38728Work in Progress: Using Machine Learning to Map Student Narratives ofUnderstanding and Promoting Linguistic JusticeHarpreet Auby, Tufts University Harpreet is a graduate student in Chemical Engineering and STEM Education. He works with Dr. Milo Koretsky and helps study the role of learning assistants in the classroom as well as machine learning applications within educational research and evaluation. He is also involved in projects studying the uptake of the Concept Warehouse. His research interests include chemical engineering education, learning sciences, and social justice.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts
Paper ID #25304Work in Progress: Exploring ’Ways of Thinking’ of Interdisciplinary Collab-oratorsDr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Medha Dalal has a Ph.D. in Learning, Literacies and Technologies from the Arizona State University with a focus on engineering education. She has a master’s degree in Computer Science and a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering. Medha has many years of experience teaching and developing curricula in computer science, engineering, and education technology programs. She has worked as an instructional designer at the Engineering Research Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics
issues.Charnee Bowens, Morgan State UniversityMrs. LaDawn Partlow, Morgan State University Mrs. LaDawn E. Partlow serves as the Director of Academic Engagement and Outreach for the Cyber Security Assurance and Policy (CAP) Center at Morgan State University. She earned both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Morgan State University. Mrs. Partlow also serves as the Program Director of the Verizon Innovative Learning Program as well as the Females are Cyber Stars Program, which both focus on providing minority middle school youth with hands-on learning experiences using advanced technology, coding and programming. Mrs. Partlow has also served as an online course development
in the Department of Engineering Education and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Science, Technology & Society and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech. Dr. Zhu is also serving as Associate Editor for Science and Engineering Ethics, Associate Editor for Studies in Engineering Education, Editor for International Perspectives at the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science, and Executive Committee Member of the International Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Dr. Zhu’s research interests include engineering ethics, global and inter- national engineering education, the ethics of human-robot interaction and artificial intelligence, and more recently Asian American students
systemthat may correlate to societal shifts.Feminist activism has had pervasive influences on society, far beyond the acquisition of adesired right or privilege 5–8. I first describe how the three waves of feminism have influencedpublic school and post-secondary curriculum in British Columbia, and how those changes maycorrespond to the continuing gender gap in post-secondary education for STEM areas: science,technology, engineering and mathematics. Next, I present the analysis of four decades of studentdata collected from a comprehensive community college in British Columbia. The purpose ofthis analysis is to determine the percentage of girls who successfully completed high schoolphysics credits and to present a trending view of their career choices
) recentlyintroduced similar programs called Innovation Corps (I-Corps), which are designed to lead smallteams through customer discovery and business model validation during a seven- to eight-weekbootcamp. Both programs are widely recognized as effective training camps that “preparescientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory” andcommercialize new technology faster [7]. These programs are primarily intended for graduatestudents and start-up business leaders, yet there is a need to engage students in entrepreneurialactivities sooner in their education [8]. One study by Pellicane and Blaho [8] adapted the I-Corpsmodel to an undergraduate course and found that students who participated had significantlyincreased collaboration
development, implementation and evaluation of the Penn EmergingScholars Program. The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)supported this program by sharing both funding and resources for increasing the participation ofwomen in computer science.___________________________________________________________________________References[1] “Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. 2021,” National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. (National Science Foundation (U.S.)). Alexandria, VA | NSF 21-321 | April 29, 2021.[2] E. Seymour and N. Hewitt, Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences
fields, guest presentations or paneldiscussions by working engineers, and high impact engineering design projects. Participantswere assigned to discipline-specific teams so that these projects aligned with students’ interestsor declared engineering major. A total of 13 teams were formed amongst the 46 SBPparticipates, and these teams fell into the following discipline-related cohorts: Chemical andEnvironmental Engineering (3 teams), Civil and Architectural Engineering (2 teams),Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (3 teams), Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering (3 teams), and Industrial Technology (2 teams). For the on-site participants of theSBP, additional activities were held each morning, and these activities centered around
Florida International University. My research interests are HBCU STEM education research and Black feminism to improve Black students STEM experiences. My advisor is Dr.Trina FletcherDr. Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University Christopher Carr is a leadership and policy wonk in the areas of diversity, higher education, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). His unwavering support in the work of intersectional justice has allowed him to trek a path in the difficult areas of retention in institutions of higher learning, teamwork and organizational development in the collegiate and professional sphere, and diverse representation in STEM fields. With a background in public policy, he
tenure-track faculty level (Fig. 1A) [2], [5]. This decline in female representation at thefaculty level is also observed broadly throughout science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields in general (Fig. 1B) [6], [7]. Furthermore, this lack of representationis not limited to academia; while 46% of STEM doctoral degrees are awarded to women, only32% of STEM positions in government and industry are occupied by women [7]. Therefore, evenin cases where women eagerly pursue a STEM education, they disproportionately choose not toutilize this education after graduation. This is not only detrimental to the women themselves, butalso to maximizing the potential of the national STEM workforce.Figure 1: Female Representation in Biomedical
educational research focused on the collaborative development of robotics textbooks as open educational resources.Amber TaylorLandry SamuelsJalani Ziad EanochsCaleb Jovan HardinShi’ron Williams-MattisonSamuel Cole FambroughDr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Boyer is a generalist in the learning sciences, with a PhD in educational psychology and educational technology. His interests focus on effective knowledge building and transfer with digital technologies. His current work involves how STEM knowledge and skills are developed in technology-enhanced learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Elevating Student Voices in Collaborative Textbook
Paper ID #38985Board 185: Work in Progress: Engaging Students in the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals through Funds of Knowledge: A Middle School BilingualClassroom Case StudyLuis E Montero-Moguel, The University of Texas at San Antonio Luis Montero is a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio, currently in his second year of study. He earned his Master’s degree in Mathematics Teach- ing from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico and his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Merida, also in Mexico. With 11 years of
her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engineer- ing, design, STEM education and assistive technologies.. She has served in the Mid-Atlantic section of ASEE for a number of years and is active in ASME and IEEE activities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Design of a Junior Level Design Class: Work-in-ProgressAbstractIn order to strengthen engineering students’ preparation to tackle open-ended, multidisciplinaryprojects in their senior-level capstone course, a new junior-level design course was developedand implemented at Loyola University Maryland. Engineering faculty, students, and members ofour industrial advisory board identified
to excellence in undergraduate engineering education. Focus areas include contemporary teaching and learning technologies, capstone, VIP, special degree programs with partnering academic institutions, and K-12 outreach. Dr. Filippas is especially proud of her collaboration with NSBE at VCU, an organization that embodies excellence in academics as well as community service, leadership and diversity. In addition, Dr. Filippas was instru- mental in establishing oSTEM on the campus as well as reaching out to other underrepresented minority groups to further the university’s commitment to student success and inclusive excellence.Dr. Lorraine M. Parker, Virginia Commonwealth Universtiy Dr. Parker received her Ph.D. from
Paper ID #41874Enhancing Pathways From Community Colleges to Four-Year Schools Witha Circuits Course and Lab for Distance StudentsRowdy Sanford, University of Idaho B.S. in Electronics Engineering Technology from Central Washington University (2020). M.S. Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho (2023).Dr. Joe Law, University of Idaho Joseph D. Law obtained his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1991 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Idaho. His research intereDr. John Crepeau, University
Paper ID #25717Open-Ended Modeling Problems in a Sophomore-Level Aerospace Mechan-ics of Materials CoursesDr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014, after which he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Aaron also obtained a master’s degree from MIT in 2010 and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2008, both in aerospace engineering.Dr. Jessica E
, anexperiment was performed where people viewed three Navy job descriptions in their respectiveSTEM fields and were asked their level of interest. This paper will show that women who do nothave a background in the jargon are less likely to apply on jargon-filled, STEM job descriptionsthan men. Conversely, when women have a background with the jargon, this paper will showthat these women have a higher interest in the jargon-filled job advertisements than men do.KeywordsDiversity, Jargon, STEM, Job Advertisements, Gender.IntroductionResearch has shown that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers aremale dominated [1]. Among first-year college students, women are much less likely than men tosay that they intend to major in STEM