computing within the College of Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech, a M.S. in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins and a B.S. in Computer Science from Old Dominion University.Dr. Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech Dr. Bevlee A. Watford is a professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She currently serves as the associate dean for academic affairs and the director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. Page 23.152.1 c American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #38752Board 380: REU Site on UAV Technologies: Exposing Participants toMultidisciplinary EnvironmentDr. Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Subodh Bhandari is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and the Director of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Lab. His areas of teaching and research include Aircraft Dynamics & Control, increased UAV autonomy, multi-vehicle collaboration and autonomy, and developing capabilities for widespread use of UAVs. He is an Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a member
Paper ID #29009REU Site on UAV Technologies: Effectiveness of the Program on StudentSuccessDr. Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Subodh Bhandari is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and the Director of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Lab. His current research emphasis is on increased autonomy of UAVs, robust and intelligent control, collision detection and avoidance system for UAVs, and developing capabilities for widespread use of unmanned vehicles including precision agriculture and 3-D mapping. Dr. Bhandari leads a large multi-disciplinary
Paper ID #43658Board 417: Understanding the Implementation of the STEM-ID Curricula inMiddle School Engineering Classrooms (Fundamental)Dr. Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jessica Gale is a Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). As a member of CEISMC’s Research and Evaluation Group, Dr. Gale’s recent work explores the development, implementation, and effectiveness of innovative STEM and STEAM curricula and programs. Dr. Gale’s research spans and often connects diverse subjects within K-12 education including: project
Paper ID #17901Digital Technology Education Collaborative: Report on NSF-ATE project onReconfigurable Electronics Workforce DevelopmentDr. Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Dr. Alaraje is a Professor and Program Chair of Electrical Engineering Technology in the School of Technology at Michigan Tech. Prior to his faculty appointment, he was employed by Lucent Technolo- gies as a hardware design engineer, from 1997- 2002, and by vLogix as chief hardware design engineer, from 2002-2004. Dr. Alaraje’s research interests focus on processor architecture, System-on-Chip design methodology, Field-Programmable
Paper ID #14628Transforming Curriculum for Workforce Development in Green Plastics Man-ufacturing Technology (GPMT) for STEM: Lesson LearnedDr. Spencer Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Spencer Kim is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department (MMET) at RIT, and serves as Associate Director of American Packaging Corporation Cen- ter for Packaging Innovation at RIT. He previously worked in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Kim, as a PI or Co-PI, received grants and sponsorship from NSF, SME, SPE, universities, and industries. In 2009 and 2013, he was
particularly interested in using technologies to capture data to enable more sophisticated modeling of infrastructure and health care systems. He is also interested in improving students’ critical thinking skills through innovative pedagogical practices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Infusing STEM Courses with Problem-Based Learning about Transportation Disruptive Technologies1.0 INTRODUCTIONTransportation is on the cusp of a transformative change in how we move about due to theintroduction of disruptive technologies such as automated vehicles (AV). These vehicles arefully automated and designed to drive themselves without human input. Leveraging the
Paper ID #39033Board 227: Building Interest in Technology Careers through a Five-WeekSaturday ProgramDr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch has been a champion of engineering and technology education for the past 30 years. Since 1995, she has been the state director of the CT College of Technology (COT) where her leadership has been instrumental in creating nationally recognized seamless pathway programs in engineering and technology between all 12 public community colleges in CT with 10 universities and high schools. She is also the Executive Director and
efforts. He is a NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional and enjoys working on solar education projects in his community.Sam Winters, Itek Energy c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Cross-Institution Collaboration: Analysis of Power Electronic Technologies for Solar Panel ArraysAbstract:This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration between auniversity, a technical college, and an industrial partner in which students and professionalengineers worked together on a hands-on undergraduate research project investigating theeffectiveness of different power electronic technologies for commercial solar panel
Paper ID #25340Board 16: REU Site in UAV Technologies: Assessment of the Program afterthe Second YearDr. Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Subodh Bhandari is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and the Director of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Lab. His current research emphasis is on in- creased autonomy of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robust and intelligent control, collision and ob- stacle avoidance system for UAVs, and developing capabilities for widespread use of unmanned vehicles including precision agriculture and 3-D mapping. Dr
, having published on programming languages and compiler optimization, real-time systems, software engineering and collaborative development, algorithms, and computer science pedagogy. He is co-PI on the NECST grant.Dr. Jerry Alan Fails, Boise State University Dr. Jerry Alan Fails is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Boise State Uni- versity in Boise, Idaho. His primary area of research is Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on technologies that support children’s creativity, mobility, and collaboration and promote activity and ex- ploration of the world around them. He has mentored several graduate and undergraduate students and is deeply invested in engaging students in research
, Virginia TechMr. John Harris, Virginia Tech Page 25.875.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Lab-in-a-Box: Techniques and Technologies to Manage Large and Not soLarge Laboratory CoursesA project known as Lab-in-a-Box (LiaB) was developed in 2004 by faculty members in theVirginia Tech (VT) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department to improve studentlearning by allowing students to make their own observations on concrete examples offundamental concepts in electrical engineering.1 LiaB is a set of hands-on exercises in whichstudents design, build, and test at home circuits using
Paper ID #37159Board 235: Chemical Engineers in Chemistry Coursework: LongitudinalImpacts on Engineering IdentityDr. Michael Geoffrey Brown, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Michael Brown is an assistant professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education at Iowa State Univer- sity. His research focuses on the development of educational technology to enhance student learning in introductory gateway courses in STEM fields.Dr. Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Dr. Monica Lamm is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University. She has broad
Paper ID #21180Spatial Skills Training Impacts Retention of Engineering Students – DoesThis Success Translate to Community College Students in Technical Educa-tion?Ms. Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Susan Staffin Metz is the Executive Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Senior Research Associate at Stevens Institute of Technology. She is a long time member of the Stevens community serving as execu- tive director of the Lore-El Center for Women in Engineering and Science and in 1990 launching WEPAN (Women in Engineering Proactive Network), a national organization
Paper ID #30670Learning Trajectories Through Undergraduate Engineering Curricula andExperiencesDr. Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly
. Cook received her doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Washington, with a minor in quantitative methods and emphases in cognitive and educational psychology. Her research has included classroom learning, identity, and person perception.Dr. Gregory Mason P.E., Seattle University Gregory S. Mason received the B.S.M.E. degree from Gonzaga University in 1983, the M.S.M.E. de- gree in manufacturing automation from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984 and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in multi-rate digital controls, from the University of Washington in 1992. He worked in a robotics lab for the Department of Defense for five years after receiving his
.) with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in Washington, D.C. Greg served as the responsible staff officer for the NSF-funded project ”Educator Capacity Building in K-12 Engineering Education,” published in 2019. Status, Role, and Needs of Engineering Technology Education in the United States.” He previously was the study director for the NSF-funded project that resulted in the 2014 report, STEM Integration in K-12 Education: Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research. He was the study director for the project that resulted in publication of Standards for K-12 Engineering Education? (2010) and Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Im- proving the Prospects (2009), an analysis of efforts
Paper ID #25732FOUNDATIONS – Integrating Evidence-based Teaching and Learning Prac-tices into the Core Engineering CurriculumDr. Gail P Baxter, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Gail P. Baxter is the Co-Director, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. Baxter leads CIESE research and evaluation efforts on several na- tional and statewide K-12 STEM curriculum development and teacher professional development pro- grams and she manages a program to support faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices in the core courses in the
Workshops Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue School of Engineering Education Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering Wenli Huang, US Military Academy Vladimir Labay, Gonzaga UniversityThe introductory continuous-time signals and systems (CTSS) course at Rose-Hulman Instituteof Technology suffers from drop/failure rates that are 2-6 times greater than other requiredelectrical and computer engineering courses. Based on conversations with faculty at numerousother institutions, the poor performance seen in this course is a
Paper ID #34642Learning Trajectories Through Learning Making and Engineering, andImplicationsDr. Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epistemic
identify biological materials’ structure-property relationships, which can aid in the design of bioinspired materials.Dr. Daniel A. McAdams, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Michael Helms, Georgia Institue of Technology Page 26.342.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Changing Creativity through Engineering Education and Bio-Inspired DesignAbstractWith today’s increasing competition and desire for innovation in our society, engineeringschools must also improve students’ creativity. However, according to a prior study (Genco,Holtta-Otto
Paper ID #30219Understanding student conceptualizations of the market context inengineering designDr. Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology Steven Hoffenson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology, where his research and teaching focus on design, sustainability, optimization, and complex systems. Dr. Hoffenson holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an M.S.E. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Stevens, he served as a Congressional Fellow of the American
Paper ID #10154Developing Critical Thinking Skills in a Mixed-Signal Test and Product En-gineering CourseDr. Tina Hudson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tina Hudson is an Associate Professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000. She teaches in the areas of analog and digital circuits and systems, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design and testing, and MEMS. Her education research interests include the development of critical thinking skills and intuition in undergraduate students and course development based on
Paper ID #22364FOUNDATIONS – Integrating Evidence-based Teaching and Learning Prac-tices into the Core Engineering CurriculumDr. Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Keith G. Sheppard is Senior Adviser to the Dean in the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineer- ing and Science and a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. His research interests have included electrochemical aspects of materials synthesis and environmental degra- dation of materials. His education in the U.K. included B.Sc. (University of Leeds) and Ph.D. (University of Birmingham) degrees in
, and incorporating engineering into secondary science and math classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Adam Kirn, Clemson UniversityDr. Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Beshoy Morkos is a newly appointed assistant professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Morkos was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University performing NSF-funded research on engineer- ing student motivation and its effects on persistence and the use of advanced technology in engineering classroom
Paper ID #12268The Impact of a Neuro-Engineering Research Experience for Undergradu-ates Site on Students’ Attitudes toward and Pursuit of Graduate StudiesDr. John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. John D. Carpinelli is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has served as coordinator of activities at NJIT for the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition and as a member of the Coalition’s Governing Board. He previously chaired NJIT’s Excellence in Teaching Awards Committee and is Past Chair of the University Master Teacher Committee.Linda Hirsch, New
Paper ID #37634Board 197: A Gamified Approach for Active Exploration to DiscoverSystematic Solutions for Fundamental Engineering ProblemsDr. Mohammad Ilbeigi, Stevens Institute of Technology Mohammad Ilbeigi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engi- neering (CEOE) at Stevens Institute of Technology.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech Dr. Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Through real-world engineering applications, Dr. Bairaktarovaˆa C™s experiential learning research spans from engineering to psychology to
Paper ID #19826Engineering Drawing for the Next Generation: Students Gaining AdditionalSkills in the Same TimeframeMr. Ethan Clark Hilton, Georgia Institute of Technology Ethan is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology working with Dr. Julie Linsey as a part of the IDREEM Lab. He graduated with honors from Louisiana Tech University with his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Ethan’s research area is design cognition and methods with a focus on prototyping and its utilization during the design process. In particular, Ethan has focused on hand-drawn sketches and how
Paper ID #18449A New Pathway: A Software Engineering Master’s Program for Liberal ArtsGraduatesProf. linda m laird, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises) I am an industry professor in software engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to that, I ran large development projects at Bell Labs/Lucent. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A New Pathway: A Software Engineering Master’s Program for Liberal Arts Graduates Linda M. Laird engineers and executives who
Paper ID #32567Gamification of Chemical Engineering Pathways: Evidence fromIntroductory CoursesDr. Michael Geoffrey Brown, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Michael Brown is an assistant professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education at Iowa State Univer- sity. His research focuses on the development of curriculum, instruction, and instructional technology in undergraduate STEM courses. His current project focuses on the use of web-enabled student-facing dashboards designed to promote students’ motivation and their emerging engineering identities.Dr. Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University of Science and