Paper ID #42904Board 296: Immersive Engineering Learning and Workforce Development:Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge Acquisition in a CAVEDr. Opeyemi Peter Ojajuni, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Dr. Opeyemi Ojajuni is a post-doctoral research manager at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, with expertise in computer network infrastructure, artificial intelligence, virtual reality (VR), and data science. His research focuses on applying these technologies to STEM education, particularly improving enrollment, retention, and computational thinking development. He also
order to be competitive in the emergingneed for increased enrollment in and graduation from global environment.” – Wayne Williamsuniversity science, technology, engineering, and Superintendent, WPSBmathematics programs. Moreover, there is a critical needfor partnerships between universities and K12 schools toincrease the mathematics and science abilities of high school graduates – preparing them for anycareer path, particularly in STEM disciplines.Designing and implementing project-driven courses in STEM fundamentals is the hallmark ofthe Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC) at Louisiana Tech University. ISERChas an established record of engaging high schools with exciting STEM curricula. The
develop and run innovation and entrepreneurial programs for the Engineering Innovation Center, a 20,000 sq ft rapid prototyping facility. These in- clude Aggies Invent, TAMU iSITE, Inventeer, and Pop Up Classes. In addition, he mentors multiple entrepreneurial teams. Formerly he was a Senior Vice President of Fujitsu Network Communications, headquartered in Richard- son, Texas. With over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, Rodney was responsible for de- veloping partnerships with leading network technology providers and driving marketing efforts for op- tical, access and data products developed by Fujitsu. Rodney was Chairman of the T1X1 Technical Sub-Committee (the organization responsible for SONET
- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Dr. Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton Kellie Schneider is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Management & Systems at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, she was an instructor in the Freshman Engineering Program at the University of Arkansas. She received her Ph.D., M.S
Legislature. He has delivered more than 100 speeches to business, government, and community groups and his quotes have appeared in numerous media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, CNBC, National Public Radio, and PBS. He has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than $2 million in funded research.Dr. L Christopher Plein, West Virginia University L. Christopher Plein is an Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Public Service and Professor of Public Administration at West Virginia University. He is especially interested in the interface of engineering, science, and technology with matters of public affairs and governance.Dr. Abhik Ranjan
Paper ID #16772Curriculum for an eMentorship ProgramDr. Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University Cameron Denson is an assistant professor of Technology and Engineering Design Education (TDE) in the Dept. of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education at N.C. State University.Dr. Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University Assistant Professor of STEM Education c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Curriculum for an eMentorship Program (Evaluation) AbstractThe eMentoship program was an eight-week program that
by aesthetic experience as technical knowledge. The workshop series provided a platformfor outreach and was covered in some media outlets:https://www.ece.illinois.edu/newsroom/article/8012In future sessions, surveys could better gauge the effectiveness of this curriculum. Evaluatingthis workshop in terms of fluency, interest, and engagement with STEAM topics could providedevelopments and insights leading to other possible workshops and curricula. Deploying thisidea within a classroom or coursework could offer perspectives that would be fruitful to middleand high school classes, as well as supporting engineering teaching at the college level.[1] Foster, G. N. (1998, June), Using Sound And Music In Technology Paper presented at 1998Annual
Paper ID #38341P-12 Engineering Performance Matrices: Where Did They Come From andHowCan They Be Used? (Research to Practice)Dr. Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Greg J. Strimel, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation and the program leader for the Design & Innovation Minor at Purdue University. Dr. Strimel conducts research on design pedagogy, cognition, and assessment as well as P-12 engineering teacher preparation.Mrs. Amy Evans Sabarre,Dr. Tanner J. Huffman, The College of New Jersey Tanner Huffman is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative STEM
benefits that have been reported for COIL in Engineering [7] are the fosteringof intercultural and international competencies, multiple forms of collaboration, increasedstudent learning and engagement, and a flexible and cost-effective process since there is nomobility for the students [2], [3]. There is evidence that the implementation of COILstrategies has had positive effects, so it is expected that COIL will be applied more frequentlyin Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).Although COIL programs are widely disseminated in Europe and the United States,implementation is limited in Latin America, mainly because teachers have no experience inthese activities and are limited in preparing to carry out these training modules—technology-based learning
support to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Prior to her current position, she was the Program Coordinator/Coordinator of Administrative Services at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and prior to that the Program Assistant at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the college. Mais holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Master’s degree in Hospitality Management, and is currently a doctoral student in the Engineering and Computing Education program at FIU. Her research interests are in graduate and postdoctoral education with a focus on mentorship and transitions as well as faculty development and the use of technology in engineering and computing education.Mr
overwhelmingly enjoy this experience and that it effectively displays the direct, positiveimpact engineering can have on people. Future work includes developing the program to servemore engineering students, providing workshops for parents and families of children with specialneeds, and beginning partnerships to extend toy adaptation to other cities and universities.Additionally, we will continue to expand our data collection to evaluate the program morecompletely and its impact on our students and the community.AcknowledgementThis work is currently supported by the Battelle Engineering, Technology, and Human Affairs(BETHA) Endowment. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author(s) and do
students may have been exposed to the intervention. The districtdemographics include: Hispanic, African American, White, Native American students andsocioeconomic status. The analysis sample is made up of 497 boys (51%) and 478 girls (49%).Instrument - The Student Knowledge Test (SKT)The Student Knowledge Test (SKT), was designed to measure science and engineeringknowledge.[10] The SKTs, measure science, engineering and technology concepts, with 15multiple choice items for each topic area. Each grade had a different version of the instrumentand the instrument was modified each year during the study. The instrument includesengineering, science and technology questions. The engineering content was aligned withEngineering is Elementary units, which
engaged in practice with local school districts. Providing freeaccess, the TeachEngineering digital library was accessed by more than 2M unique users in thelast year, with its usage growing at approximately 50% over that same time period.TeachEngineering is a standards-aligned curricular resource aimed at engaging students inexploring real-world engineering and engineering design principles. All lessons and hands-onactivities are aligned to state, national and international education standards. Since curricula aresubmitted for publication from dozens of contributors, each lesson and activity is aligned to statescience, mathematics, and in some cases, engineering and/or technology education standardsfrom the author’s home state as well as to the
Paper ID #23686The Development of a Context-based Summer Research Program for Com-munity College Faculty in Science and EngineeringMs. Lea K. Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Associate Director of Education for the Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engi- neering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined
Paper ID #40092Mechatronics Engineering Integrate Project: An Approach in Project-BasedLearning with the Subjects of Instrumentation, Control Systems, andMicrocontrollersProf. Fernando Silveira Madani, Centro Universit´ario Instituto Mau´a de Tecnologia Fernando Silveira Madani received the B.S (1998) in Mechatronics Engineering from the Univ. Paulista – Brazil, the M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) from the Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA) - Brazil. In 2002, he joined the faculty of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mau´a Institute of Technology – Brazil, where he is currently as a full professor and Head of the
at the Tec Campus Puebla.Prof. Benjamin Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey Benjamin Sanchez is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Tecnol´ogico de Monter- rey campus Puebla and a Young Energy Professional (YEP) ascribed to the Energy Council of Canada (ECC). Benjamin’s research is focused in the development and implementation of emergent technologies (BIM, CIM, IoT, Big Data, Machine learning, LCA, 3D scan to BIM) for increasing the performance of construction building projects in terms of sustainability and Circular Economy. Benjamin has done recent contributions on international journals for the valuation and monetization of the environmental impacts of the residual life of building stock in
Greater China, he is responsible for Xilinx technology academic collabortion in this region. He published 2 textbook about using NetFPGA, Zynq platform in chinese.Yanfang Deng, Nanjing Integrated Circuits Industry Service CenterDr. Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford Univer- sity. She is currently Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include inclusive pedagogies, electronics, optoelectronics, materials sci- ence, first year engineering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, engineering student persistence, and student autonomy. Her research has
University Colin received his B.S. in Physics in 2010 and M.S. in Science and Technology Studies in 2011, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After that, he taught high school Physics in Newark NJ. He is currently a Ph.D student at NYU in Science Education, working on multiple projects which focus on urban science education. Colin’s interested in studying urban science education around issues of equity, learning in and out of school, teacher preparation and students from multiple lenses.Dr. Jennifer B. Listman, New York University Dr. Jennifer Listman is the Assistant Director, Program Development and Evaluation, Center for K12 STEM Education, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. As the Center’s
science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), military, and education. Finally, the data revealed a diverse array of personal interests engaged by pre-college students, particularly among students with a declared earnestness for engineering. Often times engineering prospects are thought to be builders, tinkerers, and math and science enthusiasts. Table 2 displays that while these activities rank highly among potential engineers, there are other activities that engineering prospects enjoy as well. Personal Interest Diverse Student Building/Making
Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design
hybrid. Due to the vast array of technological advancements over the last decade,SPVEL addresses the need to holistically examine instructional content, instructor communication,and student perceptions of value and motivation to learn from in-person and virtual labenvironments. For this work, the SPVEL was used to evaluate student perceptions of a LabVIEWlaboratory to understand student motivation, experiences, and performance (grades).Theoretical FrameworksSPVEL is premised on three theoretical frameworks: the Technology Acceptance Model, Astin’sInput-Environment-Output (IEO) Conceptual Model, and Engineering Role Identity. SPVEL isunique because it extends beyond traditional course evaluation instruments that focus on instructorpreparedness
grow over the years, both technically as well as pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can
Paper ID #38563Work in Progress: Engineering Health Equity: Perspective and Pedagogy ofInterdisciplinary Teaching and Learning and Impact on Learners’ SocialIdentityDr. Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mayari Serrano Anazco is a visiting clinical assistant professor at the College of Engineering and John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology En- gineering at Ecuador’s Army Polytechnic School and her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Computer and Information Technology from Purdue University. After obtaining her Ph.D., she was appointed as the first
Paper ID #38608Work in progress: Coloring Outside the Lines - Exploring the Potentialfor Integrating Creative Evaluation in Engineering EducationDr. Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityDr. Bryanne PetersonDr. Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl Dr. Sreyoshi Bhaduri is an Engineering Educator and People Research Scientist. Sreyoshi’s expertise lies at the intersection of workforce development, AI and emerging technology, and engineering education. As a Research Scientist in the tech industry, Sreyoshi leverages AI for mixed-methods research on and for people at work, ensuring that organizations intentionally center
Paper ID #27836Introducing Emerging Computer Engineering Research to Community Col-lege Students through a Summer Internship Project on Development of a Mo-bile Gesture Recognition SystemDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Xiaorong Zhang received the B.S. degree in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2006, the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island, Kingston, in 2009 and 2013 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University. Her research interests include
Paper ID #43390Increasing Teaching Efficacy in Engineering Graduate Students through theDevelopment and Facilitation of Summer Middle and High School STEMExperienceDr. Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a faculty member in the Engineering and Computing Education Program. She is the Associate Director STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT). She also serves as the Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate school. Her research is focused on solving problems relating to
programs.Confidence in digital tools was relatively high, with 49% feeling very confident. These resultshighlight the need for more interactive and adaptive content, robust technical support, and strongerfeedback mechanisms to enhance learning outcomes. This study provides actionablerecommendations for integrating these improvements into engineering and other higher educationcurricula, bridging the gap between technology and pedagogy to meet student needs effectively ina post-pandemic academic environment.IntroductionBefore the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of online learning platforms, existingresearch had already explored student preferences and challenges related to online education [1-4]. Both synchronous and asynchronous modes were gaining
facilitators required in an engineering classroom or a Makerspace, requires a different set of skills as compared to mathematics and science teachers. - Since Classroom Makerspaces are usually rich in technology, technology and resource management brings up concerns related to funding, administration, use and repair. - With students in a classroom having diverse interests, backgrounds and prior knowledge, it becomes essential to strike a balance between individualized learning experiences and meeting curricular priorities for the class.Broad concerns regarding the transfer of knowledge and skills from highly contextualizedclassroom environments to real-world problems have also
Paper ID #42148Understanding the Influence of a Week-Long Electrical and Computer EngineeringSummer Camp on Middle School Students’ Interests in STEM (RTP)Joshua E. Katz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Joshua E. Katz is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, DELTA program, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his research centers on collaborative learning in engineering education and other STEM disciplines. He obtained his B.S. in Technology and Engineering Education in 2019 and his M.S. in STEM Education and Leadership in 2021, both from Illinois State University
Paper ID #12092Web-Based STEM Curriculum for Rural High SchoolsProf. Richard Cozzens, Southern Utah University Richard Cozzens has worked in the Aerospace Industry as Manufacturing Engineer, Tool Designer, Re- search and Development and as and Engineering Manager for 13 years. He has taught Engineering and Technology classes for 14 years. He is the author of 5 CAD Workbooks and is currently working on his PhD in Engineering Education. Page 26.1715.1 c American Society for Engineering Education