exchangers that became a laboratory demonstration device for use inother parts of the curriculum [3]. With the more recent development of 3D printer technology,faculty have implemented thermal science design experiences that mitigate the traditionalmanufacturing challenges. Michna and Letcher motivated students with a heat exchanger designcontest where models were printed from ABS plastic that incorporated a new challenge in termsof overcoming conduction resistance [4]. Elmer and Kraut developed a module where chemicalengineering students design, print, and test plates for a plate and frame heat exchanger [5]. Inthis work, we use a thermally conductive plastic from TCPoly to decrease the conductive thermalresistance to the point that the air-side
on the front page of the CEOI website(https://inclusion.engr.psu.edu/) and our listing of undergraduate research opportunities isprovided in the same drop-down menu as CEOI’s other academic success programs. Asparticipation grows, several undergraduate research alumni have shared the opportunity whileworking as mentors in various diversity programs.In a welcoming and inclusive environment, there are more opportunities to actively share thebenefits of undergraduate research and demystify the process of finding a research opportunity.When meeting with students, staff address common misconceptions about undergraduateresearch, including the need to have a certain level of achievement to get started or know how towork in a laboratory
Properties Testing Laboratory (NMPTL) located inside the Applied Research Center-Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. During his tenure at ODU, his efforts have been directed to advance re- search in Nanotechnology and by teaching to inspire students (graduate and undergraduate) to become excited and contribute to that research. His principal interests are as follows: the study of Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior of solids; research plastic flow properties and the fundamental atomic scale mech- anisms; evaporation and deposition of thin films for activation analysis; study of computation and exper- imental nanoscale mechanical properties; fracture strength of thin films among others. To his credit are more than
manufacturing jobs” as a main reason for the problem.Relatedly, [3] has set forth the goal of attracting and growing tomorrow’s manufacturingworkforce through STEM-focused education programs and industry-education partnerships.The related educational programs are often connected to learning environments that havebeen created to engage students in making, tinkering, programming, and honing other skillsrelevant to tomorrow’s workforce while exploring related career pathways [4]. These learningenvironments are typically referred to as STEM labs (laboratories) and/or makerspaces [5].However, programs like these often focus on upper-secondary students, and can fail toaddress career misperceptions, especially early on when career interests are
Computer Science Curriculum," ACM Inroads 2015 June, Vol. 6, No. 235. Wenliang Du and Ronghua Wang, "SEED: A Suite of Instructional Laboratories for Computer Security Education,” (Extended Version) In The ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2008.36. Du, W. “The SEED Project: Providing Hands-on Lab Exercises for Computer Security Education.” IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, September/October, 2011.37. Stefan Boesen, Richard Weiss, James Sullivan, Michael E. Locasto, Jens Mache, and Erik Nilsen. 2014. EDURange: meeting the pedagogical challenges of student participation in cybertraining environments. In Proceedings of the 7th USENIX conference on Cyber Security Experimentation and
Paper ID #34262Middle School Capstone Engineering Projects (Work in Progress)Dr. Kenneth Berry, Southern Methodist University Dr. Kenneth Berry is a Research Professor at the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education (CIEE) in the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He has worked as an education specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory until he received his doctorate in Educational Technology in 2001. He then taught at the Michael D. Eisner School of Education at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). In 2009, he moved to Texas to work at the Science and Engineering Education
the non-profit sector. He has developed and delivered continuing education courses in communica- tions technologies, and he guided the technology strategy for a start-up company delivering packet voice services. He was a full-time member of the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University for more than six years, and has taught there as an adjunct faculty member. He also worked as a member of technical staff at Bell Laboratories. He received the B.S.E.E. and M.S. degrees from Marquette University, and the Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, all in electrical engineering. Dr. Sullivan has served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal
materials to supplement their face-to-face classroom.Dr. Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Mingyu Lu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of
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Education research, and currently she serves as the Director of the Mechanical Engineering S-STEM Scholarship Program at UMBC.Dr. Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Charles Dionisio Eggleton is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Maryland Baltimore County. He has twenty-two years of experience teaching theoretical and laboratory courses in thermo-fluids to undergraduate students and was Department Chair from 2011 - 2017. Dr. Eggleton earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University and his B.S. in Naval Architecture from the University of California.Prof. L.D. Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland Baltimore CountyDr
presentations in these research topics. He is currently a research associate of the Yes SHE Can program sponsored by the US Department of Education, and the H-AGEP program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. His research interests are in the areas of transportation infrastructure and pavement materials, civil engineering applications in Smart Cities, advancement of STEM education, and career opportunities for underrepresented minority groups. Upon graduation, he will continue his professional career as a civil engineer and researcher at the Airfield and Pavements Branch of the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory from the US Department of Defense. American c
senior economist statistician at the Central Bank of West African States. He also served as a consultant for the UN Economic Commission for Africa, and the UNDP.Miss Dhvani Gangadia, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in
theory with applications to mechatronics and aerospace systems. Andrew worked as a postdoctoral re- searcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharmaceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for about three years. Before joining the University of Guelph, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engi- neering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Andrew worked with a number of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). He is an elected Fellow of
-wave) frequencies for 6G. The use of mm-waves, reconfigurableantennas, meta-materials, and other exotic technologies brings with it a whole host of new issues.Lastly, some practical lab work should be included to familiarize the student with the testequipment typically used in the wireless field. Previously, extremely expensive “boxes” likespectrum analyzers were budget busters and usually not found in electronics labs, today there aremany low-cost hand-held devices available that can replace these laboratory quality devices forfield work.References: 1. https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/mobile-desktop-internet-usage-statistics 2. Wireless Telecommunications Networks and Systems, Gary J. Mullett, Delmar, 2006 3. https://www.cnet.com
discouragement of passive behaviors; however, students who completed in-person implementations felt more interactively engaged than those who completed virtualimplementations, highlighting the lack of valuable peer interaction in an asynchronousenvironment. The authors plan to conduct more detailed analysis including fall 2020 and spring2021 data prior to the final conference presentation and provide evidence-basedrecommendations for best use of virtual, hands-on experimentation activities in an online coursespace. We believe the development of virtual laboratory activities can benefit traditionally onlineprograms and resource-limited institutions, although in-person activities should still be employedwhere possible
Paper ID #32842Undergraduate Student Learning of Market-Driven Design Topics in aThird-Year Design CourseDr. Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises) Steven Hoffenson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he directs the Design of Sustainable Products Across Complex Environments (Design SPACE) Laboratory. His research focuses on design education and training, design for market systems, multi-disciplinary design optimization, and policy modeling and analysis. Dr. Hoffenson holds a B.S. in Mechanical
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University and was elected to Sigma Xi. Her research was conducted at the Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. She received bachelor’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. She holds three US patents. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 An Engineering Design Approach to Study and Strengthen a Teacher Preparation Program in STEM at the Secondary Level (Work in Progress)Introduction A study about the Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) was conducted to examine the barriers of its graduates from entering the classroom
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Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics.Undergraduate students from each major assisted faculty in the development of the VR lessons.One undergraduate research assistant from each of the five STEM areas assisted the faculty indeveloping and testing the lessons. The research assistants gained experience in the lessondevelopment process starting from establishing learning objectives, and then storyboarding andprototyping.The implementation of these lessons was in the following courses 1) Introduction to AerospaceEngineering, 2) Aerodynamics-I, 3) Molecular Cell and Genetic Biology, 4) Molecular Cell andGenetic Biology Laboratory, 5) Signals and Systems, 6) Microprocessors, 7) Pre-Calculus andAlgebra, 8) Calculus 1, 9) Differential Equation, 10) Physics I
Engineering at Boise State University. He earned a BSc in Geological Engineering from the University of Manitoba and MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering and PhD in Engineering from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. His research is focused on the laboratory characterization of brittle materials and how their formation and and external factors influence physical and engineering properties.Dr. Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University Dr. Hamilton has been with Boise State University since 1995, where he helped found the Civil Engineer- ing Department.Prof. Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori received his bachelor’s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada
, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based
departments are well-known to be “hands-on” departmentsas most core courses require laboratory experiences. Thus, distance learning was rarely used forengineering-related curriculum. Possible advantages from online education include the ability toaccess material and notes at the student’s own pace at any time, which in turn, may help studentsto grasp concepts more efficiently. Moreover, the information and content of courses is startingto become widely available among multiple institutions [3]. However, many challenges existrelated to the execution and delivery of online classes. The face-to-face interactions students andinstructors had become accustomed to have suddenly transitioned into minimal interactionswhere mostly the instructor is doing all
. • Sensing learners prefer to learn facts, solve problems through well-established approaches, and don’t like complications and surprises. They tend to be patient with detailed information, doing hands-on laboratory work, and good at memorizing facts. They are practical and careful. They don’t like being tested on material that has not been explicitly covered in class. They don’t like to receive content that is not connected to the real world. • Intuitive learners prefer discovering relationships and possibilities. They dislike repetition and like innovation. They are good at grasping new concepts and comfortable with mathematical formulations and abstractions. They tend to work fast and are innovative
Fostering Adjustment among First-Year Students,” Mindfulness, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 179–188, Feb. 2016, doi: 10.1007/s12671-015-0398-3. [8] D. B. Bellinger, M. S. DeCaro, and P. A. S. Ralston, “Mindfulness, anxiety, and high-stakes mathematics performance in the laboratory and classroom,” Conscious. Cogn., vol. 37, pp. 123–132, Dec. 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.09.001. [9] A. P. King, “Mindfulness-Based Workplace Interventions for Wellness Promotion,” in Mental Health in the Workplace, M. B. Riba, S. V. Parikh, and J. F. Greden, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 191–208. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04266-0_13.[10] J. S. Ge, E. J. Berger, J. C. Major, and J. M. Froiland, "Teaching Undergraduate Engineering
. They are publicly availabledata at the iGEM website [23], where the participants documented their projects using differentrepresentations (texts, diagrams, models, videos, etc.). These wikis were published with acreative commons copyright. For this project, we focused on the following sections of the wikis: • Team members (Names, majors, and specific contributions to the project). • Problem framing • Design of their biological system • Laboratory notebook with daily or weekly reports of experiments and results • Mathematical models and simulations • Demonstration of the design's functionality and general conclusions • Description of the outreach activities • Team's social media (Facebook, Instagram
internalpassion and help to create a better programmer, a better engineer, a better team member, andbetter person.About the CourseThe introductory programming course (ECCS 1611 Programming 1) at Ohio NorthernUniversity (ONU) consists of one-semester four-credit courses. The course consisting of three50-minute lectures plus a 165-minute laboratory for 15 weeks. Programming 1 is offered in thefall term and focuses on using C++ to implement small programs exercising concepts insequencing, selection, iteration, pointers, basic data structures, and an introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design. This course, normally taken in the first year, is requiredfor all ONU students majoring in computer science, computer engineering, or
the Center for Digital Education’s Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers for 2016.Dr. Mark H. Weichold, Texas A&M University Dr. Mark H. Weichold, Regents Professor and Halliburton Engineering Global Programs Professor, is an electrical engineer and has worked for General Dynamics Ft. Worth Division, Motorola in Austin, TX and the U.S. Army Electronic Technology and Devices Laboratory in Ft. Monmouth, NJ. He joined the Electrical Engineering faculty at Texas A&M University in 1982 and now holds the rank of Professor. In January 2007, he became Dean and CEO of Texas A&M University’s branch campus in Doha, Qatar. After completing nine years as the Dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar, he
home one of only five prizes. Additionally, he has developed and taught fourteen different courses, many of which were in the areas of energy, sustainability, thermodynamics, dynamics and heat transfer. He has always made an effort to incorporate experiential learning into the classroom through the use of demonstrations, guest speakers, student projects and site visits. Dr. Kerzmann is a firm believer that all students learn in their own unique way. In an effort to reach all students, he has consistently deployed a host of teaching strategies into his classes, including videos, example problems, quizzes, hands-on laboratories, demonstrations, and group work. Dr. Kerzmann is enthusiastic in the continued pursuit of
students the opportunity to engage in hands-on experience with mapping, beyond what would have been feasible with passivelectures/demonstrations. QGIS remains an accessible option for remote offerings of surveying-related lecture and laboratory courses.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2027637: RAPID: Impacts of Unprecedented Shift to Online Learning on Students' CognitiveLoad and Readiness for Self-Directed Learning. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Paas, F., A. Renkl, and J. Sweller, Cognitive load theory