and Physics), and an MEd (Educational Technology and Design). He is passionate about teaching and has a variety of research interests around the central theme of enhancing teaching and learning. He has worked, presented, and published on research in the fields of STEM education, educational technology, virtual reality, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and others.Dr. Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan Dr. Maw currently holds the Huff Chair in Innovative Teaching in the College of Engineering at the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan. In this capacity, his work focuses on learning facilitation methods especially as they pertain to engineering design. He earned his BASc and MASc degrees in Systems Design Engi
, Riverside Frank Vahid is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Univ. of California, Riverside. His research interests include embedded systems design, and engineering education. He is a co-founder of zyBooks.com. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Teaching Coral before C++ in a CS1 CourseAbstractCommercial languages like Python, Java, or C++, have syntactic, semantic, andcompiler/interpreter issues that make them less-than-ideal as a CS1 language. The free Corallanguage, which uses ultra-simple statements, auto-derived flowcharts, and a web-basedgraphical educational simulator with clear error messages, was developed in
Paper ID #28701From degree to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO): A frameworkfor consideration.Dr. Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Wendi M. Kappers has a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her thesis work explored how educational video game effects upon mathematics achievement and mo- tivation scores differed between the sexes. During her tenure at Seminole Community College working as a tenured Professor and Program Manager of the Network Engineering Program, she was Co-PI for the CSEMS NSF grant that explored collaborative
Paper ID #28697Emergency Management in Technology: Academic Programs PromotingCommunity Resilience, Disaster Readiness, and RecoveryDr. Jessica L. Murphy Ph.D., Jackson State University Dr. Jessica L. (Buck) Murphy is Professor of Technology and the Program Coordinator of the Technology Education Masters Degree Program in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Indus- trial Systems &; Technology (under the College of Science Engineering, and Technology). Dr. Murphy joined Jackson State University’s Department of Technology in August 2006 as an Assistant Professor. She was assigned to advise the
Paper ID #29448Using Time-Based Experiences for Explaining the Concept of DiscontinuityDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Raviv is a Professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. In December 2009 he was named Assistant Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. With more than 25 years of combined experience in the high-tech industry, government and academia Dr. Raviv developed fundamentally different approaches to ”out-of-the-box” thinking and a breakthrough methodology known as ”Eight Keys to Innovation.” He has been sharing his contributions with
Paper ID #30333Critical Incident Assessment as a Tool to Reflect on Student’s EmotionalResponse During International ExperiencesMr. Matthew Korey, Purdue University Matthew Korey received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Ohio State University (2011) where he studied the toxicity of various chemical compounds on hepatocytic cells. Matthew then joined the re- search groups of Dr. Jeffrey Youngblood and Dr. John Howarter at Purdue University in 2015 where he specialized in building a more robust understanding of sustainability in plastics through considering the full lifecycle of a product. For his work at Purdue
). The skills gap in U.S. manufacturing 2015 and beyond. Available: http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/~/media/827DBC76533942679A15EF7067A7 04CD.ashx[9] Society of Manufacturing Engineers [SME]. (2016, April 17). Debunking the myths about manufacturing. Available: http://www.sme.org/manufacturing-myths-infographic/[10] Deloitte and Manufacturing Institute. (2015). Minding the manufacturing gender gap: How manufacturers can get their fair share of talented women. Available: http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/Initiatives/Women-in- Manufacturing/~/media/9E6ED78EACB84084BD7A7C98B52B0E5C.ashx[11] U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2016, February 1). Labor force
Paper ID #29528Drawn together: Integrating words with visuals while annotatingtextbooks and articles for strengthening competencies in computernetworking technologyDr. Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University Vigyan (Vigs) J. Chandra, Ph.D., serves as professor and coordinator of the Cyber Systems Technology related programs offered within the Department of Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) at Eastern Kentucky University. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Kentucky in Electrical Engineering, and holds certifications in several computer/networking areas. He teaches courses
Paper ID #31629Developing Information Technology Labs on Google Cloud PlatformDr. Peng Li, East Carolina University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Developing Information Technology Labs on Google Cloud Platform1. INTRODUCTIONInformation technology is evolving rapidly and instructional material must be adaptedaccordingly. Cloud computing leverages on-demand, efficient resource sharing of a virtualinfrastructure, which allows swift deployment and adaptation of curriculum and laboratoryexperiences in step with the advances in the field. In addition to the in-house cloud-based(private cloud) systems in our
Paper ID #29033A Novel Approach to Mastery-Based Assessment in Sophomore-LevelMechanics CoursesProf. Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Keith D. Hjelmstad is President’s Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.Amie Baisley, University of Florida Amie Baisley is a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. Her teaching and research interests are centered around the sophomore level courses that engineering students take and how changes in those courses can impact student learning and retention
Paper ID #31175Paper: Attendance and Social Interdependence in Game Development LabsBrantly Edward McCord, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Brantly McCord is a teaching assistant and co-instructor at Purdue Polytechnic Institute assisting with the development and instruction of video game dev curriculum. His instructional specialties are in Unreal Engine 4, visual scripting and art design, and his current research interests are concentrated on education in his field.Dr. Ronald Erdei, University of South Carolina Dr. Ronald Erdei is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of South Carolina Beau- fort
Paper ID #31240Scaffolding a Team-based Active Learning Course to Engage Students: AMultidimensional ApproachDr. Mohsen M Dorodchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Dorodchi has been teaching in the field of computing for over 30 years of which 20 years as educator. He has taught majority of the courses in the computer science and engineering curriculum over the past 20 years such as introductory programming, data structures, databases, software engineering, system programming, etc. He has been actively involved in computer science education research and has a number of publications and active NSF grants in
Monroe Community College Drone Design Team 2019 AUVSI SUAS Technical Design Paper Authors: Patrick Chernjavsky Greyson Chudyk Abstract This paper will outline the engineering design and development process undertaken bythe Monroe Community College Drone Design team to create an Unmanned Aerial System(UAS) for the 2019 AUVSI SUAS competition. After having a major system failure at the2018 competition, the MCC Drone Design team created a new system that is more capable andflexible for future
technical program committee (TPC) member of high quality international conferences in Digital Forensics and Security. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Internet of Things Forensics in Smart Homes: Design, Implementation and Analysis of Smart Home Laboratory Shinelle Hutchinson, Yung Han Yoon, Neesha Shantaram, and Umit Karabiyik {hutchi50,yoon127,nshantar,umit}@purdue.edu Department of Computer and Information Technology Purdue UniversityAbstractThe Internet of Things (IoT) has skyrocketed to the forefront of everyone’s lives, whether theyknow it or not. IoT devices
. He has also developed many computation-based curricular units for use in K-16 that are used internationally. He is the co-inventor of, and continues to develop restructuration theory that describes the changing content of knowledge in the context of ubiquitous computation, and its implications for making sense of complexity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Learning About Diffusion at Two Levels: Agent-based Micro-scale and Equation-based Macro-scaleAbstractDiffusion is a crucial phenomenon in many fields of science and engineering, and it is known tobe difficult for students to learn and understand. Ideally, students should understand (1) themacro-level
c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 THE S-STEM PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS1. INTRODUCTIONThe UTA (University of Texas at Arlington) is one of the eight campuses in the University ofTexas system, and it is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area between the cities ofDallas and Fort Worth. It offers doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees, and it is the secondlargest campus in the system after the flagship campus at Austin. According to the fall of 2019figures, it has a student population of 42,863, consisting of 30,652 undergraduate students and12,211 graduate students. The women make up 60% and the men 40% of the undergraduatestudent population, 51