best strategies their peers are using. As noted by researchers in [6-8], awareness ofmetacognitive processes can help in ways of improving understanding of a topic. By deliberatelydiscussing these and other learning strategies as part of in-class activities, students areencouraged to monitor their understanding as they read or apply it for working through technicalscenarios.Figure 3. Student-suggested strategies for the effective reading of technical textsFollowing the in-class discussions on reading strategies, students reviewed the strategies listedon the MARSI and rank-ordered the ones they prefer to use regularly. Fifteen students (n=15) inNetwork Switches & Routers class in Fall 2019 and eleven students (n=11) from the Spring
testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential
engineeringprograms do not explicitly address it throughout their curricula. For instance, there are manycompetitions, challenges and opportunities for the demonstration of design skills, but most areoptional or extracurricular, catching only a portion of engineering graduates in a somewhat adhoc manner and at variable or even random places and times. As Walesh states, "Yes, we couldindividually and collectively rely on accidental creativity and innovation, those wonderful butrare out-of-the-blue events. However, why not complement accidental creativity and innovationwith the intentional kind?"11(pxviii) Making development of creativity skills a deliberate part ofengineering curricula is vital. If we do not integrate the development of these important skills
individualizing programs, modifying the physical environment, curriculum andinstructional approaches [25]. Buffer and Scott’s seminal work assisted technology educators inidentifying, understanding, and adapting instructional practices to better respond to the needs ofthe special education population [26]. Though there are studies citing situated cognition, a formof contextualized learning, as a means of improving success for special needs technologyeducation students [27] and the implementation of game design to assist special needs students inthe classroom [28], a dearth of quantitative research remains in assessing the success of thesemethods.Also limited are studies on ethnic minority students in technology education programs. Johnsoncites
- and open-book exams. This paperwill introduce the concept of closed- and open-reference teaching and assessment methodsincluding a canvas of academic literature on related research. Motivation for the inclusion of thecourse-provided equation reference sheet determined from course feedback collected fromprevious iterations is analyzed and discussed. Current students were surveyed to gain insight intothe students’ comfort with the material and gain anecdotal results on the method. Next, theaspects of designing and implementing the reference material are discussed with thoughts onlayout, which equations to include, which data to include, and how to incorporate the referencematerial into daily instruction. Student feedback was analyzed along with
Paper ID #29338CAREER: Actualizing Latent Diversity in Undergraduate EngineeringEducationDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science
. Caldwell, "Clickers in the large classroom: Current research and best-practice tips," CBE-Life sciences education, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 9-20, 2007.[16] N. W. Klingbeil, "A National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education: Longitudinal Im-pact at Wright State University," age, vol. 23, p. 1, 2013.[17] A. L. Duckworth and P. D. Quinn, "Development and validation of the Short Grit Scale (GRIT–S)," Journal of personality assessment, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 166-174, 2009.[18] R. A. Layton, M. L. Loughry, M. W. Ohland, and G. D. Ricco, "Design and Validation of a Web-Based System for Assigning Members to Teams Using Instructor-Specified Criteria," Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 2, no. 1, p. n1, 2010.[19] S. V
embedded within our research design.Because engineering education researchers are also educators, the asymmetric relationshipbetween teacher and student can impact the quality of the interview data. For instance, there issomething potentially problematic about having faculty members interview students about thedifficulty they have speaking with faculty. While there may be other methods for facilitatingaccess, having students interview other students enabled us to tap more directly into studentexperiences.1 We also realized, through the course of this pilot study, that we were inviting ourstudent researchers to engage in a practice that was contiguous with a mode of interactionfamiliar to students—talking to friends about the challenges they were
University of Arkansas in May 2017. At Arkansas Tech University, Matthew is focused on establishing research experiences in photovoltaics for undergraduate and graduate students and investigating new methods to enhance engineering education in the classroom. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP: Adopting the Entrepreneurial Mindset in an Upper Level Engineering Electromagnetics CourseIntroductionThis work in progress paper provides details about the current status of transforming a junior-level undergraduate engineering electromagnetics course by adding entrepreneurially mindedlearning (EML) activities to the course. The EML
were targeted in this study; applying and creating. Forapplying, 3D models were made available that could be viewed on a smartphone using an ARapplication or on a computer. The models were generated for problems that students in previousyears found challenging or expressed difficulty in visualizing. Students were then encouraged touse this model to inform their problem solving. For creating, students were given the opportunityto generate 3D models based on textbook examples, indicate types of stresses and displaydeformed shapes. For both activities, student perceptions, best practices, and lessons learned arenoted. Students were also asked to provide feedback about their experience and the effectivenessof AR models in their learning in class
Paper ID #30280Industrializing Your Web Application Development ProjectDr. Gregory Kulczycki, Virginia Tech Dr. Kulczycki has extensive experience in research and development both in academia and industry. He received his doctorate from Clemson University in 2004 and began working as a professor at Virginia Tech shortly thereafter. In 2011 he went to work for Battelle Memorial Institute as a cyber research scientist, while continuing to be involved in teaching. He is currently back in the computer science department at Virginia Tech as a professor of practice, where he teaches, designs courses, and develops online
is currently funded through the Purdue Doctoral Fellowship. She has research interests in student career perceptions and student mentorship in graduate school. Liesl graduated from Villanova University in 2016 with her Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and graduated from Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomed- ical Engineering in 2018 with her Master’s.Miss Sydney Taylor Serban, Purdue University at West Lafayette Sydney Serban is an undergraduate student at Purdue University, where she majors in Mechanical Engi- neering Technology and double minors in Dance and Design & Innovation. In addition to her studies, Sydney has been an undergraduate researcher through Purdue Polytechnic Institute for the past
solid mechanics and mechanical engineering design. Dr. Ghasemloonia is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Alberta.Dr. Meera NK Singh P.Eng., University of Calgary Dr. Meera Singh obtained her BSc from the University of Calgary, and her MSc and Ph.D from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her MSc and PhD research was in the areas of elasticity, fracture me- chanics and fatigue life prediction. Following her PhD studies, she joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where she was a faculty member for 12 years. She then joined the same faculty at the University of Calgary in 2015. As a faculty member, Dr. Singh has conducted research in fracture, fatigue and
his Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 and MSc. in Physics in 2006, both from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). His research interests are in IoT devices, Data Visualization, Software Development for particle detectors, sensors, microelectronics, and embedded systems. Previously, he was a member of the PHENIX collaboration at RHIC.Dr. Richard C Fry, Weber State University Richard Fry is a full professor at Weber State University in the School of Computing. He is actively involved in service-learning research and continues to partner with both local and global community organizations to engage Computer Science students in building sustainable Software Engineering projects. In 2014, his students took 2nd place in a