estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Dr. Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University Margret Hjalmarson is a Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. Her research interests include engineering education, mathematics education, faculty development and mathematics teacher leadership. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using Active Learning and Group Design Activities to Increase Student Perceptions of a Course’s Educational ValueIntroductionIn the chemical engineering curriculum, courses in process economics and preliminary processdesign aim to introduce students to topics that will be crucial to their success in their seniorcapstone projects as well as in their future careers. At the study institution, this course, entitledProcess Economics and Green Design, has traditionally been offered in a lecture-only format andhas at times suffered from poor attendance and low participation in class discussions. Thestudents’ perception of the educational value of the course has been lower than expected(average
-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
improve performance nor generating plans to improve in the futureimproved student outcomes in the course. Ongoing work is examining whether there are specificsubgroups of students who benefitted from the intervention, and whether there are additionalcircumstances under which these interventions might be beneficial. 2Literature reviewStudents beginning a college career as engineering majors may struggle to adjust to the newchallenges and contexts of the university setting. These early challenges can create seriouschallenges to successful and timely completion of the engineering degree, as students whowithdraw from the engineering major are more
requirements contrasted with student evaluation. b. The professional skills: i. Defining them – Characteristics that define them. ii. Evaluating them – Looking for the characteristics. iii. Integrating them into “regular” classes – Giving opportunities to observe them c. Activity: Small group discussion over 3.b.iii, Large group reporting.11. Basics of advising. a. Academic, career, and life advice: Can you be too young? b. Rules and regulations, the importance of common treatment. c. Exceptions and love for the students. When to be tough. d. Activity: Scholastic probation, what to do. Small group discussion, Large group report out.12. Wrap up
such, results from this study could be used to inform developers andinstructors how to capture, analyze and predict learning outcomes as well as provide informationrelevant to each students’ level of ability when using digital tutors.References[1] Ian Martin, “Are Engineering Jobs in Demand?,” Electrical Engineering. [Online]. Available:https://ianmartin.com/engineering-jobs-demand/[2] Bureau of Labor and Statistics, “Occupational Outlook Handbook,” [Online]. Available:https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineers.htm[3] A. Belasco, “College Advice for the Career-Minded: So, you want to be an engineer?,” (2015),College Transitions. [Online]. Available https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/so-you
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, SamsungOdyssey and HTC Vive. This was done in order to test compatibility with multiple VR types, therationale for doing so shall be explained later in this paper. The lab experience was designedfollowing a real-world lab that UVU is creating for students to use once they have tested andgrown their abilities in VR. Upon completion of the VR lab, students were asked to test thevirtual reality experience. Before and after testing the VR etching lab students were givensurveys about their prior experience with VR as well as their thoughts on the VR etching lab.The results from which researchers will utilize to improve said lab and make any adjustmentsnecessary to increase its potential in helping students prepare for careers in the
comprehensive series of interventions at three points instudents’ career at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)—entering first-year students(Engineering Ahead), rising second-year students (Jump Start), and a transition program forrising juniors changing from a Penn State regional campus to the Penn State University Parkflagship campus. As of this writing, we are beginning Year 4 of the 5-year project. Previouspapers described outcomes for the Engineering Ahead first-year bridge program. This paper is aninterim report that describes outcomes for two cohorts of students who participated in the JumpStart second-year summer bridge intervention.Method: The Jump Start summer bridge is a 4-week residential program on the Penn StateUniversity Park
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scientific questions (e.g., Apedoe & Ford, 2010). For preservice programs that hopeto prepare science teachers to integrate engineering design into the development of scientificcontent, in ways consistent with NGSS, there are few models to draw from.The work described in this paper is one step in addressing this need by embedding engineeringdesign into a science course for STEM majors pursing a career in teaching, and developing asequence of lesson plans for faculty in who teach engineering design to preservice teachers touse. We expect that (1) existing science courses for future teachers offer opportunities forstudents to engage meaningfully with engineering practices, by solving design challenges thatemerge in the construction of scientific
topositive gains including increased retention in STEM majors [1], [2], clarification of career goals[3]–[5], establishment of collegial working relationships [3], [6], [7], increased understanding ofhow science research is done [8], increased ability to work and think independently from faculty[8], and increased problem-solving skills [9]. Because of these gains, URE has been identified asa high-impact educational practice [10], [11]. Unfortunately, many undergraduate students are notable to reap the benefits of authentic research experiences due to curricular limitations, exclusivecriteria for participating in UREs, and conflicts with work schedules or family responsibilities.This work seeks to understand how undergraduate students in UREs develop
recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). https://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/faculty/kristen- bethke-wendellProf. Douglas Matson, Tufts University Dr. Matson is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Tufts University. He was a founding member of the Tufts team piloting the concept of enhancing undergraduate educa- tion through deployment of learning assistants in the classroom. He coordinates interdisciplinary service learning opportunities for undergraduate students in his role as adviser to the Tufts student chapter of Engineers without Borders and for graduate students as part of a NASA sponsored community outreach efforts in local
professional careers in the rapidly evolving technological environment.FUTURE WORKS The CDPro consists of multiple real-time simulators, and is proposed for rapid prototyping of CPSs (i.e., autonomous electricvehicles). The real-time simulator comprises of heterogeneous OSs (i.e., microkernel RTOS/monolithic-kernel OS) running onmulticore machines interfaced via wire/wireless network and PCIs configured as a master-slave network topology. Therefore, theCDPro provides an intuitive and swift integration of the components/subsystems developed in different stages and performs thehardware-in-the-loop simulations with software models/virtual-/real-prototypes over various stages of the design, verification, andupgrade. The CDPro dynamically rescales and
Engineering with a focus in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. He is currently conducting Engineering Education research while pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include problem solving, decision making, and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmen- tal Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize prac- ticing engineers’ understandings of core engineering
in existingworkforce. According to their study, the top four desired competencies in the current and futuremanufacturing workforce included: flawless execution, quality awareness, analytical ability, andadaptability (or openness to change) ((Meyer, Brünig et al. 2015), pp. 1009).Unlike other industries, manufacturing still has an image problem among younger potentialworkers. For example, one survey by the Manufacturing Foundation finds that young peopleperceive manufacturing as dirty and poorly paid jobs (Garrison, 2014). According to a surveyreport published by Industry Week, only 45% of Americans think that manufacturing can be aviable career for young workers (Barr, 2018). In order to minimize such challenges in future,several large
were willing to recommend it to their peers as they wereable to improve their research skills and interact with professors with a variety of materials-related research interests. In few cases, the program resulted being a deciding factor for studentsto pursue graduate school. At the end of the program, 9/13 students wanted to pursue a career inresearch and academia, 2 students wanted to get some industrial experience first and then decideon graduate school for funding reasons. From the survey, we realized that the two main concernsof the students were time restriction (10 weeks), even though 75% of them spent about expectednumber of hours, and accommodation off campus. Off-campus housing was addressed by thePIs in the second year, by
- cations of computer modeling and simulation. He was a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award recipientMr. Hai Le, Georgia State University Hai Le, a native of Vietnam, is a PhD student in the Computer science at Georgia State University at Atlanta. He is one of the members of collaborative virtual computer lab developing team. His current research focuses on Agent-Based simulation and modeling, particularly on emergent behaviors. His future goals include working as a professor and focus on Simulation and Modeling research topics.Dr. Yuan Long, Georgia State University YUAN LONG is affiliated with Georgia State University. Her research interests include machine learning, big data analysis, and high-performance
paper describes recent development of a hands-on, laboratory exercise in a Thermo-fluidscourse. The benefits of using real world equipment for the lab provide curiosity among studentsand enthusiasm among faculty. As students were able to measure physical parameters on a realworld device, they began to see utility in their lab experience. This drives student engagement, asthey become invested in the lab, and the open-ended nature of the problem promotes the idea thatstudents must continually strive to update their skills throughout their careers. The short term goalsare to evaluate existing coursework and integrate more applications and labs that could make animpact on the students’ learning. There are many opportunities to improve the course
approximately half of students are first-time students and half are second-time students. • Experiments are categorized into three “focus areas”: Classical, Environmental, and Biological. Students complete a survey to identify their focus area preference based on their career interests. • Students are surveyed to identify other students with whom they prefer not to be grouped (based on past group work experiences or personal conflicts) and dates when they would prefer not to attend lab (e.g. due to job interviews or other personal commitments).A note on team assignment criteriaThe development of strategies for team assignment that maximize the performance and learningexperience of engineering students is an active area of
Paper ID #25939Board 104: Academic Pathways of Black Men and Women in Electrical andMechanical EngineeringDr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley
, nanophotonics, and optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology, smart energy grid.Prof. Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest Omer Farook is a member of the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue
Department of Mathematics at Hong Kong Baptist University (2010-2011) he focused on developing meshfree numerical methods. Given his multidisciplinary background, he was appointed as the director of research in the Construction Materials Institute (2011-2013) at the University of Tehran and assistant professor at Islamic Azad University. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several industry-related research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Over the span of his career, Dr. Libre has authored and co-authored over 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 50 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over 20 undergraduate students. He has
, Indiana. He has strong personal interests in aviation where he enjoys piloting aircraft and building a composite airplane. Dr. Kozak holds FAA private pilot, airframe and powerplant, and remote pilot certificatesMs. Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Tracy L. Yother is a PhD student in Career and Technical Education in the College of Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Ms. Yother currently teaches the undergraduate Powerplant Systems course in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology (AET) program. She possesses a B.S. and M.S. in Aviation Technology. She also holds an airframe and powerplant certificate. Ms. Yother has 18 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry working
professional development(PD) program in brief while Section 5 presents the science and math lesson that were observedand assessed. Section 6 describes the research conducted for this study and Section 7 highlightsthe results of teacher surveys, classroom observations, and pre-/post-tests of students. Section 8presents the discussion of the results and Section 9 provides conclusion and discusses future work.2. Literature ReviewAdopting the use of robotics in middle school education is important because, as students begin toconsider future education and careers opportunities, engagement in positive STEM learningexperiences that impart a sense of success and competence [11] can arrest the early decline of theirSTEM interest [8] and prevent them from
used in this study, have psychometric properties consistent with the definition ofeach scale. Our measure of ADB is derived from three survey items (Cronbach's α = 0.901)accounting for 71% of the inter-item variance. One measure of ADB was, “I do not feel like ‘partof the family’ in my academic discipline.” Mean scores for ADB ranged from 2.94 to 3.03 withhigher scores indicating greater levels of belongingness. Similarly, peer interaction (PI) isderived from four survey items (Cronbach's α = 0.856) accounting for 62% of the inter-itemvariance, and mean scores ranged from 3.02 to 3.24. Higher scores indicate increased levels ofPI. PI was measure through items similar to, “I discuss career issues with peers.”AnalysisAfter the creation of factor
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senior highschool students interested in pursuing a career in the STEM field, not only as an outreach effort,but also to make the student aware of their context in addressing the community needs. Theultimate goal for this multidisciplinary team framework is the creation of a comprehensive,cooperative learning environment for undergraduate engineering programs.As part of this program, the students had the opportunity to present their collaborative workresults at the 2018 Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability, in Stephenville, TX, andat the 2018 UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, in Edinburg, TX. The configuration of thepartnership endorses collaborative leadership through the continuous support from differentorganizations in the
engineering, and mechanical engineering. These technologies bring a lot oflearning opportunities for technology students. If prepared with necessary skills, they can launcha successful career as an autonomous vehicle engineer. 17Bibliography[1] National Safety Council, "2017 Estimates Show Vehicle Fatalities Topped 40,000 for Second Straight Year," 17 January 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety- topics/fatality-estimates.[2] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, "Critical Reasons for Crashes Investigated in the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey," National Highway Traffic Safety, Washington, DC, 2018.[3] L. Bell, "10 Benefits of Self