, actuation, and control are integral to smart devices with embedded microcontrollers.Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontrollers and single-board computers can be interfaced withvarious sensors and actuators and incorporated into mechanical devices to perform a variety ofintelligent functions using appropriate software programming. Over and above themultidisciplinary graduate and undergraduate students that are hired to advance the proposalobjectives, project assignments integral to “Instrumentation” and “Control Systems” coursesoffered by the principal author to juniors in the engineering program endeavor to integrate the out-of-classroom field and laboratory efforts with the course requirements to introduce a larger poolof students to growing
). Finally, a contact database from previous Letters of Reference for REU applicants was created. These faculty members are contacted directly and asked to consider their current students for the REU program and to encourage them to apply.Diversity of participants:As a result of our recruitment efforts and value based on attracting applicants from historicallyunderrepresented groups for the purpose of increasing diversity in STEM, our participantsrepresent a diverse and inclusive community. Having a diverse group of participants each yearenhances the learning experience for all student participants, helps to build an inclusive researchenvironment for our laboratories, and provides an opportunity for mentors to work with anincreasingly
Paper ID #39964Board 51: Utilizing Technical Competitions to Enhance Diverse WorkforceRecruitment and RetentionMs. Jacalynn Sharp, JHU APL Jackie Sharp is a mechanical engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU APL) where she works in mechanical design and analysis as well as simple electronics development and integration. Jackie volunteers as a robotics instructor and mentors high school students interested in STEM from low SES and diverse backgrounds. She is the treasurer of the ASME DC Section (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and is committee co-lead for the ASME FutureME platform
and served in several ad- ministrative roles within higher education; secured over $5.5M funding and support for STEM education research; and led several program development efforts, including: a childcare facility at a federal research laboratory, STEM K-12 teacher training programs, a Molecular Biology/Biotechnology master’s degree program at a small internationally-focused teaching institution, as well as a first-year engineering program and a B.S. Engineering Technology degree program at an R1 research institution. She has been recognized for her teaching, advising, and service, and as an Exemplary Faculty Member for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Dr. David A. Wyrick PE, CPEM, West Virginia
QISKIT), but hardware and experiential learning have lagged despite being consideredcritical by industry. Virginia Tech has recently developed a unique QISE hardware capacityto meet this need. With the development of hardware and the lab at Virginia Tech comes theopportunity to help diversify the workforce in this emerging engineering field.Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) could play a critical role in growingthe QISE workforce. Currently, no HBCUs have specialized hardware laboratorycapabilities for workforce development and the associated student research. Virginia TechCollege of Engineering is currently working with the QISE hardware laboratory to facilitatea QISE partnership with Prairie View A&M University. The
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adjust to the distance learning mode include: a) decomposition of the course context into three modules and clear specification of the corresponding learning objectives of each module; b) combination of different technologies to create friendly and inclusive learning environment; c) frequent assessment of students' performance via online quizzes/tests; and d) carefully- designed laboratory assignments via MATLAB simulations that are able to demonstrate the entire feedback control process. A comparison of students' performance under the traditional face-to-face learning mode and the new distance learning mode is conducted. Based on assessment results, we will evaluate the effectiveness of our current teaching methodology/plan developed
. 2Workshop objectives and general description:The two-week camp is part of a consortium project that includes research, education andoutreach programs. More specifically, this program has several objectives:1) Train high-school students to use the Autodesk Inventor™ 3D CAD computer program, tocreate technical designs, and teach them how to print designs in 3D using 3D printers.2) Improve students' STEM skills and Improve students' communication skills3) Bridging the gap in industry and research laboratories in terms of human resources andqualified personnel.4) Introduce high-school students to advanced manufacturing (AM) applications to increase theirinterest in pursuing university degrees that would prepare them for careers in AM.Each year, the
Paper ID #31726Building the Bioengineering Experience for Science Teachers (BEST)Program (Work in Progress, Diversity)Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and cur- rently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at the UIC Innovation Center. Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, she worked in new product development for medi- cal devices, telecommunications and consumer products. She also serves as co-Director of the Freshman Engineering Success Program, and is actively
Paper ID #28714Work in Progress: Involving Teachers in International Community EngagedLearning Projects to Enhance Their Understanding of Engineering andIntercultural AwarenessDr. Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Dr. Margaret Pinnell is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development in the school of engineering and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro
from the community participating in laboratory work 24 hours perweek over the course of 1 semester with Saturday session for professional development ofall women students. Primary outcomes for the program was to increase interest in STEMcareers, confidence in lab skills and engineering design process, learned persistence,particularly in research. Additional objective were for mentors to gain mentoring skills, andthe formation of community to foster belonging. 5In the first iteration of the WRAMP program, affectionately call WRAMP 1.0, 1 graduatestudent was paired with 1 high school student. Research was designated for 2-4 hours foreach high school
torecruit youth into the STEM pipeline by raising STEM awareness and curiosity during a highlyinfluential time in their development11.The technology of remote laboratories also opens up a wide range of possibilities, because itbreaks physical barriers and allows access to them from any computer at any location and atany time using the Internet. In addition, remote laboratories must be used through a computerconnected to the Internet, and this allows the use of advanced features that enhance the learningexperience -- thus richer learning experiences can be created. Furthermore, from a pedagogicalpoint of view, these remote laboratories open new fields of innovation based on the developmentof different competencies and, by involving parents, new
incorporated problem-based learning into her lectures, lab- oratories, and outreach activities to engage students and the community in the STEM education process.Dr. Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Dr. Margaret Pinnell is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development in the school of engineering and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service
- eral agencies including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as industry organizations and partners, such as the National Masonry Concrete Associ- ation and Nucor. She serves as the director of the National Science Foundation-funded Tigers ADVANCE project, which focuses on improving the status of women and minority faculty at Clemson. In addition, Dr. Atamturktur is the director of the National Science Foundation-funded National Research Traineeship project at Clemson, with funding for over 30 doctoral students and a goal of initiating a new degree pro
project at the end. This paper presents our study with differentlab delivery formats, including preparation, implementation, survey data, observations, andfindings.Course BackgroundIntroduction to Engineering in our institution is a 3 credit course. The course includes one 1-hourlecture, and two 2-hour labs/week. In the lecture, students develop the skills needed during theirstudy of engineering. Topics include task/time management, effective use of notes, engineeringresearch, oral and written communications, problem-solving techniques, ethics and professionalresponsibility and institute resources. In the laboratory, students work in teams to complete avariety of engineering tasks.Each class is set to 85 students maximum. The lecture is held at a
Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditationrequirements have also been considered when developing the program curriculum. ABETrequires MET programs to prepare graduates with knowledge, problem solving ability, andhands-on skills to enter careers in the design, installation, manufacturing, testing, evaluation,technical sales, or maintenance of mechanical systems. Therefore, supervised in-class activities,laboratory exercises, and term projects have been created for courses to support lectures andassignments to enable student learning. ABET accreditation standards also emphasize majordesign experiences based on students’ course work. Following ABET Student LearningObjectives (SLO) have been adopted and addressed in courses. A. an ability to
Paper ID #26679Promoting Undergraduate Research and Education through ExtracurricularEPA P3 ProjectsProf. Woo Hyoung Lee P.E., University of Central Florida Dr. Woo Hyoung Lee, P.E. is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Con- struction Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2009. Prior to joining UCF in 2013, he worked for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory as a post-doc. His primary research area is to develop electrochemical
. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and Member of Washington State Academy of Sciences.Dr. Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University Prof. Olsen received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1968 and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO in 1970 and 1974 respectively. While in Boulder, he worked for Westinghouse Georesearch Laboratory. He has been a member of the electrical engineering faculty at Washington State University since 1973 and holds the rank of professor. Between 2003 and 2013, he served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Student Services at Washington State University. He has been an
Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of Engineer- ing Technology. He has an extensive experience in curriculum and laboratory design and development. Dr. Eydgahi has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Tau Alpha Pi, as a member of Advi- sory and Editorial boards for many International Journals in Engineering and Technology, as a member of review panel for NASA and Department of Education, as a regional and chapter chairman of IEEE, SME, and ASEE, and as a session chair and as a member of scientific and international
professor and di- rector of engineering technology at the University of Texas, Brownsville (UTB). Prior to joining the UTB faculty he was a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an associate professor of production engineering technology at PSG College of Technology, Bharathiar University, India, where he served as the director of the Computer Vision Laboratory and National Cadet Corps – Engineering Division Director. With over 29 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing/mechanical engineering and engineering technology, he currently teaches in the areas of CAD/CAM/CIM, robotics and automation, product and process design, materials and manufacturing processes, machine design
Added Course Expenses and Technology Fees on Students of Differing Social and Economic StatusAbstractThe field of electronics has made immense advancements in affordability and portability that havetransformed engineering education. Engineering course curricula have increasingly incorporatedmodern technology that has made a positive impact by creating more hands on activities andexperiments. Specialized laboratory equipment and setups are being replaced with off the shelfdevices and components. Customized printed circuit boards can be purchased cheaply andfabricated in days instead of weeks. Creating these hands on activities has many timescorresponded with an increased expense that is passed on to the students in the form of a
assistant with the Visualization, Analysis, and Imaging Laboratory (VAIL), the GeoResources Institute (GRI), Mississippi State University. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering Technology, Prairie View A&M University. His research interests include digital signal processing, image and video coding, and wavelets.Dr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University Suxia Cui is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). She joined PVAMU right after she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Com- puter Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. Her research interests include image and video processing
Paper ID #27420Board 7: Work in Progress: Approaches to Introduce Biomedical Engineer-ing Design to a Class with Diverse STEM BackgroundsMs. Angela Lai, Carnegie Mellon University Angela is a current 5th year PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mel- lon University. She is actively involved in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in both the laboratory and in the classroom and promoting the field of BME to the younger generations.Ms. Elaine Soohoo, Carnegie Mellon University Elaine is a 5th year PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity
designed to continue the development of general research skills such as, 1)connecting coursework material to laboratory results, 2) literature review, 3) research reportwriting, and 4) data analysis. The three areas of ISR program focus are, 1) research, 2) culture,and 3) language. The model starts by creating relationships at an international university. Fromthe initial relationships started we started to develop three components of the program. Theresearch projects consisted of environmental monitoring to the current university led socialprograms in the community. The Cartagena, Colombia ISR program used a cross-culturalapproach to accomplish language exchange. This consisted of pairing a Colombian Spanishspeaking student to an English speaking
have same teaching staffthat coordinates the unit delivery and assessment. The comparison of partial DBL and fullDBL is shown below in Table 1. Table 1: Comparison of partial DBL and Full DBL Partial DBL Full DBL Assessment - One Design project (30%) - Design project 1 (50%) + One laboratory project – Concrete Lab (15%) - Design project 2 (50%) - Final examination (55%) Contact - 3x1 hour Class per week - 1 x 2 hour Class per week - 1x1 hour Seminar per week - 1 x 2
Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Research Projects and Lessons Learned from Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Automated System DesignAbstractAutomated systems affect the way we do things and impact our daily lives. Designing andbuilding automated systems is complex and requires an integrated skill set. The knowledgeneeded cuts across multiple disciplines of mechanical engineering, control/electrical engineering,and manufacturing engineering. U.S. manufacturers are
-Sum Tests of statistical significancewere evaluated. Rank-Sum tests are a non-parametric test that does not assume a normalpopulation distribution [25]. All of the questions were on a Likert scale, and the quantitativeresponses were coded such that a more positive response was a higher value and a less positiveresponse was a lower value. Statistical analysis was conducted using the statistical softwarepackage STATA®.A Makerbot 2X was used to print all designs in 1.75mm ABS material on high quality. Althoughother material extrusion printers were not used, students had the opportunity to witness othermachines, materials, and types of 3D printing in the laboratory. While witnessing their 3D partprinting, a quick presentation on the different
Materials Engineering Program.Dr. Joni M Lakin, Auburn University Joni M. Lakin, Ph.D. from The University of Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University. Her research interests include educational assessment, educational evaluation methods, and increasing diversity in STEM fields.Dr. P.K. Raju, Auburn University Dr. P. K. Raju is the Thomas Walter Distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn Uni- versity. He is the co-founder and director of the NSF-funded Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE). LITEE has been recently recognized by the National Academy of Engi- neering as one of the model programs in the country