Undergraduate Wireless Engineering Curriculum Shiwen Mao1, Yingsong Huang2, and Yihan Li3Abstract – A software defined radio (SDR) is a modern radio communication system that can bereconfigured on-the-fly. In this paper, we describe a project on introducing SDR to the Bachelor ofWireless Engineering (BWE) curriculum at Auburn University. In particular, we focus on developing anSDR laboratory course based on the GNU Radio and Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP)platform. We describe the detailed lab course structure, compare it with existing approaches, and presentsample labs and results. A small scale assessment was conducted for the Spring 2013 offering withpositive student response observed.Keywords: Software defined
Paper ID #32685Educating the Next Generation of Cybersecurity ExpertsDr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University Dr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova is a Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Elec- trical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Her research interests are in software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, as well as in higher education focused on these areas. She has served as a Principal Investigator on various NSF, NASA, and industry funded projects. She leads the B.S. in Cybersecurity program and serves as Academic Coordinator of the M.S. in
project are to: (1) increase first-year retention to 80%, (2)increase second year retention to 71%, and (3) increase the five-year graduation rate to 65%.ApproachTo accomplish the project goals, the FS2 program is divided into four initiatives (1) a summerintensive program, (2) a revised gateway course for engineering and CS majors, (3) affinityhousing, and (4) a peer and faculty mentor/tutoring program. The FS2 project elements havebeen piloted at large public institutions, and this project expands their application and assessestheir effectiveness within a smaller Liberal Arts college setting. The FS2 program initiatives areaimed at first-year students and support students’ adjustment to the challenges and rigors of ahigh quality academic
projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University Michelle Bothwell is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Oregon State University. Her teaching and research bridge ethics, social justice and engineering with the aim of cultivating an inclusive and socially just engineering profession.Dr. Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University Dr. Montfort is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State UniversityDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human DevelopmentDr. Susannah C
Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Informa- tion Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under-graduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of a number of NSF-sponsored projects in engineering and computer science education. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, transfers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 20 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies
-Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER award, the ASEE Mechanics Division Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnson Jr. Outstanding New Educator Award, and the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association.Dr. Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Patricia J. Holahan is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business, Stevens Insti- tute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA. She has served as PI/PD on several NSF funded projects that target large-scale institutional change and transformation where she oversaw the organizational research related to modelling
@txstate.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Facilitating Makerspace Adoption: Professional Development for University Faculty in Making Techniques and PedagogyIntroduction As part of an NSF-REE funded research project, The Engineering Education MakerIdentity Project, this research project seeks to study how students’ STEM professional identitywas impacted through the inclusion of making and design projects in their courses. The studentpopulations of interest were majoring in engineering, engineering technology, and pre-/in-serviceSTEM teachers. In order to reach this large and diverse group of students, the study needed asizable and diverse group of faculty members to
Association for Women in Science.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at The Ohio State University and was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the P.I. or co-P.I. on more than $9M in grant funding, most for educational projects. She is the former Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Michigan Tech and she served at the National Science Foundataion as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education from January 2007 through August 2009. Prior to her
Paper ID #12742Dispelling Student Myths about Writing in Civil EngineeringDr. Susan Conrad, Portland State University Susan Conrad, Professor of Applied Linguistics, is the head of the Civil Engineering Writing Project, in which engineering faculty, engineering practitioners, and writing specialists collaborate to improve writ- ing instruction in civil engineering courses. She has written numerous articles and books about English grammar, discourse, and corpus linguistics. Page 26.552.1
Page 26.1631.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 University Maker Spaces: Discovery, Optimization and Measurement of ImpactsAbstractIt is essential that modern engineers not only master engineering science and analysis, but theymust also learn to drive the next generation of design, creation, and innovation. In parallel to thesuccess of community maker spaces outside of academic settings, many universities are movingbeyond traditional machine shops and building multi-disciplinary maker space design centers.This project seeks to understand and use these new environments to achieve elusive aims inengineering education such as improving at-risk student retention
- NSF#1153281). This paper provides information on the progress of USM’sSummer Bridge Program that was developed as our model for blending the elements ofrecruitment, retention, and placement into an integrated, comprehensive but non-intrusiveprogram that promotes student success in transitioning from high schools and communitycolleges to University of Southern Maine. In the terms of broader Impacts: The project providesincreased opportunities for a larger, more diverse population of students, non-traditional,underrepresented and first generation, to obtain a STEM degree and to be placed in an awardingSTEM job upon graduation. This pilot study provides educational opportunities from entry todegree completion for 41 academically talented and
Digital Harbor Foundation where their work focused on teaching technology and maker skills to youth.Stephanie Grimes, Steph Grimes served as the Director of Programs & Education at Digital Harbor Foundation in Baltimore, MD from 2012-2019, where she lead a team in managing and creating out-of-school programs for youth, and professional development workshops for educators, focused on maker and technology education.Ms. Adena Moulton, Digital Harbor Foundation Adena Moulton manages Digital Harbor Foundation’s research initiatives, program evaluation processes, grant development, and fundraising initiatives. Adena formerly worked as a Researcher for the Wom- anStats Project studying violence against women, the Woodrow
engineering technologyprograms are far behind in teaching the skills that represent current and future industry needs. Asa result, the School of Technology at Michigan Tech University in partnership with theCommunity College are stepping up to this challenge by developing and introducing curriculumin hardware description languages and programmable logic design. This paper will discuss thecurriculum development at Michigan Tech Electrical Engineering Technology Program byincorporating the two courses in logic design and hardware modeling using VHDL and FieldProgrammable Gate Array (FPGA) Logic Design. The paper will also present the latest NationalScience Foundation- Advanced Technological Education grant project activities including theEmployer
AC 2012-3423: SUSTAINCITY A INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITYGAME PROMOTING ENGINEERING DESIGN IN PRE-ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMDr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Ying Tang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., in 2001. She is currently an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rowan University. Her research interests include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer- integrated systems. Tang has led or participated in several research and education projects funded by National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of
Master Teacher. Kathleen currently serves as the Engineering Education Project Director and Outreach Coordinator at Stony Brook University.She helped to develop the Engineering Academy, ensuring alignment to state education standards and use of appropriate pedagogy and managed all logistics related to the camp. Kathleen continues to work with school districts and the University to provide high-quality experiences that expose students to various disciplines of engineering and to help teachers incorporate engineering practices in the science classroom.Dr. Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University Monica Bugallo is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty Director of the Women In Science and
Bache- lor’s degree in Business Administration and Psychology and her Master’s degree in Industrial and Orga- nizational Psychology from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. She has presented her research at annual meeting of the Academy of Management and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual conference. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Elective Track Choice and Career Attitudes in Engineering Undergraduate Education: Antecedents, Gender Differences, and ImplicationsIntroduction With support from the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program,this Institutional and Community Transformation project aims to serve the national interest
funded several projects at the University of Puerto Rico. Inthis paper, we will discuss the projects that share the common goal of retention, graduation, andcontinuation in STEM careers; EECOS, NoTeS and RISE-UP.2. NSF-funded Projects and Results. 2.1. EECOSThe primary goal of the Ecosystem for Expanding Capabilities and Opportunities (EECOS)for STEM Scholars project was to provide an ecosystem with financial, academic, and socio-emotional support to increase retentionand persistence of STEM studentsseverely affected by Hurricane María onSeptember 20, 2017, in the first place.EECOS served 65 talented low-incomeSTEM Hispanic students from 2018 to2021. EECOS received a secondsupplement granted in March of 2020 tosupport a group of 16 STEM
University, and a B.S. in general engineering from Gonzaga University.Sidrah MGWatson ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023CAREER: Testing the Performance of Outcome Measures for LGBTQ STEM Students and their PeersAbstractThe purpose of this NSF CAREER project is to explore the participation of LGBTQ students inSTEM fields. LGBTQ students leave engineering and other STEM majors and careers at higherrates than their heterosexual, cisgender peers, and the climate within these fields is a contributingfactor to this difference in attrition. In order to develop a diverse engineering workforce andadequately prepare the next generation of engineers and other STEM professionals
Paper ID #33565Supporting Teachers to Implement Engineering Design Challenges usingSensor Technologies in a Remote Classroom EnvironmentDr. Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Gendreau Chakarov received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the Univer- sity of Colorado Boulder where she examined how to integrate computational thinking into middle school science curriculum using programmable sensor technologies as part of the SchoolWide Labs project. She continues this work on the SchoolWide Labs Project as a research associate where she serves as the com- puter science and
in the mid-20th century.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in a Turbulent Era.Molly Stuhlsatz, BSCS Science Learning American
Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engineering Education Guilds: Understanding Their Vision for InnovationIntroductionThe major aim of this project is to understand how, and the extent to which, engineeringeducation guilds (e.g., the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE)and the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)) foster propagation and adoption oftheir respective pedagogical innovations. Engineering education guilds like CPREE and KEENseek to work at the forefront of educational innovation by creating networks of instructor changeagents who design and implement a particular innovation in their own context to further theprofessional formation of
as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. He has authored over 70 papers and offered over 30 workshops on faculty development, curricular change processes, cur- riculum redesign, and assessment. He has served as a program co-chair for three Frontiers in Education Conferences and the general chair for the 2009 conference. Prof. Froyd is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), an ABET Program Evaluator, the Editor-in- Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Education, a Senior Associate Editor for
Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Mrs. Marissa A Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno Marissa Tsugawa is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. She is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Engineering
more effective, efficient, and inclusive.Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of
University-West Lafayette.Prof. Cliff Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Shaffer received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park in 1986. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, where he has been since 1987. He directs the AlgoViz and OpenDSA projects, whose goals respectively are to support the use of algorithm visual- ization in the classroom, and the development of a complete online collection of interactive tutorials for data structures and algorithms courses. His research interests are in Computational Biology and Bioin- formatics, Problem Solving Environments, Digital Education, Algorithm Visualization, Hierarchical Data
Paper ID #18601Engineering Student Motivation and Attitudes Towards Self-Regulated Learn-ingDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning
of Psychology at Montana State University and is Special Assistant to the Provost as the PI and Director of ADVANCE Project TRACS. Her research specializes in social psycho- logical aspects of gender and culture that utilizes models and theories to advance the success of people at risk in education, business, and health. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Engineering a Culture of EngagementAbstract This paper presents the current status of a research project underway at Montana StateUniversity investigating student “dis-engagement” and how it relates to a student’s ultimatemotivation to enter the engineering workforce. This research aims to understand
’ Design Process Concept MapsIntroductionIn our ongoing exploration of this EAGER EEC NSF-funded project, we share results of thedesign concept maps part of our research project. This paper is intended to share formativedevelopment of a coding scheme to assess and evaluate drawings by undergraduate engineeringstudents of their engineering design process. There is a spectrum of student responses anddeveloping a taxonomy, or categorization, is helpful to better understand where students beginand end from a design project learning experience. This can then inform and illustrate the waysin which students balance breadth and depth and learn and apply their engineering know how.Design may appear throughout a curriculum or be substantiated as a capstone
research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder Professor of Chemical and Biological EngineeringDr. David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky David L. Silverstein is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He is also the Director of the College of Engineering’s Extended Campus Programs in Paducah, Kentucky, where he has taught for
equipment has been equippedwith interfaces and software add-ons to enable users to operate the devices online. This paper presents the achievements of some funded projects at Prairie View A&MUniversity. Using an in-house developed online laboratory management system, the investigatorsredesigned a series of LabVIEW based engineering laboratories in which remote students canrotate to control the equipment, observe the lab results, record data, and submit reports. Thesesetups greatly reduce the cost of experimental facilities, enhance the accessibility of equipmentand courseware, and support instructors’ instructional needs. The paper introduces thearchitecture of the online laboratory management system, and several examples to