equity, and implicit bias in academia.Dr. Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is an Associate Dean and a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engi- neering. In her role of Associate Dean, she advocates for equity and access. She has been teaching for 22 years and has continued to develop innovative pedagogy such as project based, flipped classroom and competency grading. Through the SUSTAIN SLO learning initiative, she and her colleagues have been active researching in transformation in higher education.Ms. Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Emily Liptow currently works at a tech startup accelerator in
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andr´e Schleife is a Blue Waters Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineer- ing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Diploma and Ph.D. at Friedrich- Schiller-University in Jena, Germany for his theoretical work on transparent conducting oxides. Before he started at UIUC he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on a project that aimed at a description of non-adiabatic electron ion dynamics. His research revolves around excited electronic states and their dynamics in various materials using accurate computational methods and making use of modern super computers in order to understand
. Facilitate opportunities for employees to work on projects or issues that are socially relevant Men working in engineering and computing to serve as role models. Emphasize ethical and social issues when teaching engineering and computing. Encourage a supportive environment in the classroom and in the program. Encourage and assist early contact between students and professionals. Emphasize the wide variety of expertise necessary to be successful as an engineer or computing professional. Highlight as early as possible the different facets that make up engineering and computing.Methodology and Educational Learning Strategies:This course came out of a passion by the instructor to enhance leadership
Industrial Engi- neering from the University of Arkansas and is currently working on a PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas.Mr. Trevor Joe Dodson, University of Arkansas c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Effectiveness of GRE Workshops to Increase AwarenessAbstractExcelling on the Graduate Records Exam (GRE) can be an important milestone for students whowish to attend graduate school. As part of an NSF-STEM project, two GRE workshops wereimplemented to inform students about the importance of starting the preparation process earlierin their undergraduate career. The second workshop, occurring the year after the first, includedminor modifications based on the
can build self-efficacy directly and encourage moremastery experiences.Contextual examples of each of Bandura’s four sources of self-efficacy in undergraduateengineering education: first, mastery experiences could consist of completing practice problemsto master theory, engaging in project work and hands-on activities to build engineering skills,and successfully working in teams and giving technical presentations. Second, role models whoshare a similar identity in populations of upper year students, alumni, outside speakers, or facultymay provide vicarious experiences. Third, classmates, teaching assistant, professors, mentors,friends and family may all provide social persuasion, and fourth, an individual's’ personal orextra-curricular
use avariety of qualitative analysis methods to answer questions that contribute to the ongoingresearch and development of the project. This paper reports on an engineering activity designedusing the aforementioned interest-based framework. The participants of this activity wererecruited from a 5-week summer camp focused on positive youth development by engagingstudents in a number of physical (i.e., swimming, judo, and basketball) and learning (i.e.,videography, financial literacy) activities. This study reports on 40 students who consented to bea part of the study, all of whom were between 9-14 years of age and qualified for free or reducedlunch. The students participated in an engineering activity designed and delivered by the researchteam
there is still room for improvingparticipation at all levels of the professoriate.LSAMP13 has four alliance tracks that assist universities and colleges in their efforts to increasethe numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high quality degreeprograms in STEM. Specifically, Bridge to Doctorate (BD) projects are for post-baccalaureatefellowships that provides support to students in the first two years of STEM graduate studies. In2015, at the 37th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysisand Management (APPAM), Margaret Sullivan of Mathematica Policy Research presentedfindings from the evaluation of the LSAMP impact on URM students with support from the BDprogram. Sullivan stated URM
st 1 year 64% 61% 85 + 42 = 127 2nd year 23% 25% 31 + 17 = 48 rd 3 year 8% 9% 10 + 6 = 16 4th year 5% 5% 7 + 4 = 11 During the first week of the semester, students self-enrolled in teams of 6 or 7 for an out-of-class design project using the self-sign-up group feature of Canvas (Instructure, Salt Lake CityUT); these same teams were also used for all in-class learning activities. Class periods devoted toactive learning where indicated as such on the course syllabus and schedule. On these scheduled
the 2015 Best Diversity Paper.Mejia, et al., [3] presented a paper nominated by the K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Divisionexploring Latinx adolescents’ perceptions of engineering and their engineering abilities afterparticipation in community-based design projects. Students were from working class familiesand most had parents with limited education who worked in farming or other manual laboractivities. The adolescents, ages 14-17, worked in teams to identify a problem in theircommunity and to use engineering design to solve the problem. Most of the participants changedboth their perceptions of engineering as well as their self-efficacy as they worked on theseprojects. The design experience influenced participants’ perceptions of
manufacturing in both of these disciplinesis needed8. Many current engineering programs do not emphasize the marriage of design andmanufacturing in a modern industrial technical workforce [10].Many research studies have assessed the quality of exposure to manufacturing through the seniordesign or capstone course. McMasters and Lang indicate that few people in industry have anunderstanding of how the current engineering education is undertaken. Through design projects,the inclusion of industry partners in the education process will enhance the education provided tothe students and better reflect the expectations of industry [11]. Universities are exposingstudents to manufacturing through senior capstone design courses to offer students with arealistic
. was formed in conjunction with thecreation of the nation as a social project. Critical race theorists identify that race is indicative ofnot just the creation, but its continuation each day [14]. Although we are using two frameworksto look at individual and structural racism from a critical perspective, we recognize that theseframeworks are not part of critical race theory.Engineering Education and Critical Race StudiesEngineering education research focuses on guiding the future engineering practice towardsimproved quality and diversity. Some engineering education researchers investigate the field’spersistent racial homogeneity [4]. There is constant talk about the need for diversity, and effortsare made through “minority in engineering
Computing Identity and Persistence Across Multiple Groups Using Structural Equation ModelingAbstractDespite the projected growth of computer and information technology occupations, manycomputing students fail to graduate. Studying students’ self-beliefs is one way to understandpersistence in a school setting. This paper explores how students' disciplinary identity sub-constructs including competence/performance, recognition, interest, and sense of belongingcontribute to academic persistence. A survey of 1,640 students as part of an NSF grant wasconducted at three South Florida metropolitan public universities. A quantitative analysis wasperformed which included a structural equation model (SEM) and a multigroup SEM. The
, and educational psychology, as well as a co-PI, an external evaluator or advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects (CA- REER, iCorps, REU, RIEF, etc.).Dr. Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University Maria Claudia Alves Director for the Halliburton Engineering Global Programs at Texas A&M University Ms. Maria C. Alves is the Director for the Halliburton Engineering Global Programs at Texas A&M University . She has been in this position since July 2012. In this position she is responsible for inter- nationalizing the research and education activities of the College of Engineering. Under her leadership the college has significantly increased the number of students studying abroad, established new
An Alternative to Videos for Lecture Preparation in a Flipped First-Year Engineering Computing CourseAbstractThis paper describes an evidence-based practice project. At the University of Cincinnati, twocourses, Engineering Models I and II, are offered to all first-year engineering students and form atwo-semester sequence in which students apply fundamental theories from algebra, trigonometry,calculus and physics to relevant engineering applications chosen from a variety of disciplines.MATLAB® is introduced and progressively developed as a computing tool to enable students toexplore engineering concepts, to investigate solutions to problems too complex for handsolutions, to analyze and present data effectively, and to
projects to those unfamiliar with them, as well as serving as the lead engineer onprojects.Two of five undergraduate subjects referred to a particular experience which discouraged themfrom continuing in the engineering field. One subject experienced a negative first workassignment which ties back to the importance of quality work assignments for engineeringstudents and the importance of feeling like part of the team. This subject mentioned that hergroup “set me up pretty poorly…with how it was run. So that was kind of discouraging because Icould not show up and no one would notice. So I hated that.” She mentioned that she overcameher negative feelings about the group by proactively seeking information from others in hergroup and learning all that
. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Cross completed her doctoral program in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in 2015 and is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students at UIUC. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion, teamwork skills, assessment, and identity construction.Mrs. Jeremy Alexis Magruder, University of Florida Doctoral student in the materials group of the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the Univer- sity of Florida.Ms. Chanel Renee Easley, Techbridge Young woman of color with a Master of Science in
, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 22 years and has continued to develop innovative pedagogy such as project based, flipped classroom and competency grading. Through the SUSTAIN SLO learning initiative she and her colleagues have been active researching in transformation in higher education.Dr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is Chair of the Women’s & Gender Studies Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. She is also an Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies, Director of the Science, Technology &
development advising, capstone projects program, industry partnerships, first-year interest groups, and other special programs.Dr. Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas - Austin Dr. Mia K. Markey is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin as well as Adjunct Professor of Imaging Physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Markey is a 1994 graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and has a B.S. in computational biology (1998). Dr. Markey earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (2002), along with a certificate in bioinformatics, from Duke University. Dr. Markey has been recognized for
research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi.Dr. Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Page 26.718.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 International Cooperation in an Industrial Engineering Dual-diploma Program S
otherengineering disciplines.IntroductionEngineers must gain the ability to communicate and collaborate across disciplines in addition togaining a deep technical disciplinary knowledge. This is increasingly true in modern society inwhich scientists and engineers must address complex, interdisciplinary challenges on a globalscale. While current efforts at teaching interdisciplinary problem-solving at the collegiate-level(e.g., class projects, capstone courses) exist, the effectiveness of many of these approaches areineffective in achieving interdisciplinary learning objectives. Richter and Paretti (2009)identified two main learning barriers to common interdisciplinary approaches: (1) students areunable to identify the relationship between their own
-funded project that these learning modules are a component of can be foundelsewhere16.It should be noted that the pedagogical foundation for this project is based, in part, on the KolbLearning Cycle17, which presents a four-stage cyclical model of learning that stresses theimportance of these four stages in the learning process; these stages are often simplified asevents that involve “feeling”, “observing”, “thinking”, and “doing.” Kolb’s Learning Cycle hasbeen applied extensively in engineering education18-19 and it has been reported that learningactivities that involve students applying all four-stages of Kolb’s model provide the maximumopportunity for complete comprehension of the material20. More details of the implementationof Kolb’s
Networks IIEECE Wireless and X X X342 Mobile ComputingIT 350 Database X X X ManagementEECE Web Engineering X355IT 410 Info. Assurance X X X X & SecurityEECE Software X X435 EngineeringEECE Advanced X X X X X X440 Computer NetworksENGR Engineering X X X X474 Project ManagementIT 490 Capstone I X X X X
. He also worked on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and Boeing. Zalewski served as a chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality, and of an International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Safety of Computer Control Systems. His major research interests include safety related, real-time embedded and cyberphysical computer systems, and computing education.Mr. Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University Page 26.180.1
process forapplying for grants: where to get NSF Fastlane or NIH Commons accounts; what internal formsneed to accompany an application; who needs to sign off on grant applications; when are thedeadlines for submitting a proposal; and, how does one build a budget including correct amountsfor indirect costs and fringe benefits. New faculty were also given copies of the OU Researchmagazine, which is another source of information about research projects currently underway atOU.As new faculty work on writing research proposals, one of the ways that they can hone theirproposal writing skills and build a funding record early on is to apply for internal fundingopportunities. Such opportunities clearly vary from institution to institution, but at OU, one
-making duringthe student-to-student interaction of collaborative engineering design projects? To confirmopportunities for all six reflective decision-making elements during classroom project work, weconducted content analysis of the EiE curriculum units. As discussed above, in Lesson 4 of allunits, we found learning tasks that could reasonably be expected to call upon these six elements.Partnering with four elementary teachers, we video recorded seven EiE units at four differentgrade levels (water filters in 2nd grade, bridges in 3rd grade, circuits in 4th grade, and maglevvehicles, windmills, pollinators, and knee braces in 5th grade). During each unit, we focusedvideo recorders on one or two student groups. We also collected students’ paper
Paper ID #12501Presenting Test Benches and Device Characteristics of Programmable LogicIn An Introductory Logic Circuits CourseDr. Krista M Hill, University of Hartford Dr. Krista M. Hill is an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. PhD and MSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Inst. in Worcester MA, and previ- ously a project engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. She instructs graduate and undergraduate computer engineering computer courses, directs graduate research, and performs research involving embedded mi- croprocessor based systems. Her current projects
supports Innovation and Start-Up Projects. While at Un- ternehmerTUM, Florian was involved in a marketing project for a tourism startup (Social Tourist) and consulting for another startup that monitors super lightweight structures (fos4x). He joined the Designing Education Lab to learn more about entrepreneurial decision making for profit or non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurship in general.Dr. Qu Jin, Stanford University Qu Jin is a postdoctoral scholar in the Designing Education Lab at Stanford University. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2013, M.S. degree in Biomedical En- gineering from Purdue University in 2009, and B.S. degree in Material Science and
Page 26.238.2for water demand worldwide present challenges to scientists and engineers to attain sustainablemanagement of water resources. A recent United Nations report projects that virtually everynation will face a water supply problem within the next 8 years; currently more than a billionpeople have little access to clean drinking water, and 2 billion live in conditions of waterscarcity2. To address these critical issues, the NAE’s “The Engineer of 2020” highlights the needfor implementing ecologically sustainable practices to preserve the environment for futuregenerations. Further, the report emphasizes that water supplies will affect the future of theworld’s economy and stability3. As a result, the NAE warns that unless better ways to
includes group design - build projects incorporating planning, management, and documentation. Page 26.262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessment of Inverted Classroom Success Based on Felder’s Index of Learning StylesAbstractInverting the classroom is a pedagogical practice that has recently gained significant popularity.With the increase in its use, it is essential to understand the impacts of the practice and students’experiences in this type of classroom. This pedagogical structure was implemented in a first-yearengineering course
Paper ID #14483Understanding Diverse and Atypical Engineering Students: Lessons LearnedFrom Community College Transfer Scholarship RecipientsDr. Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University Prof. Melani Plett is a Professor in Electrical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University. She has over eigh- teen years of experience in teaching a variety of engineering undergraduate students (freshman through senior) and has participated in several engineering education research projects, with a focus on how fac- ulty can best facilitate student learning.Angelina Lane, Seattle Pacific UniversityProf. Donald M. Peter P.E., Seattle