that areunder-represented in a specific field of study or profession relative to their numbers in the generalpopulation. In this work, the fields of study used to define an under-represented minority include Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Under-represented minorities do not necessarily havesimilar characteristics such as culture (family, ethnic, social), motivations, perspectives etc. For example,a Hispanic student who grows up in the inner city, is on free or reduced lunch, and lives in a governmentsubsidized home often has little in common with a Hispanic student who is raised in a financially stablehousehold in the suburbs. Additionally, an under-represented minority with immigrant parents may beraised in a cultural
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). His current research interests are engineering education, software engineering, and developing innovative entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A framework for developing innovation competenciesIntroduction:Innovation has become the universal savior. In today‘s competitive scenario, ‗making innovationwork‘ has become a strategic imperative. The ‗working of innovation‘ depends on processes,technology, and individuals. While ample work has been done on developing processes andtechnologies, little work has been done on developing individuals for ‗making innovation work‘.In 2002, an MIT Professor Clayton
: The engineering design initiative. Apart from developing the educational program in engineering design and innovation (Major IDI), the DILAB partners with forward thinking organizations to assess real life ill-defined issues. Past personal experiences involve work in industry and for consultancies such as Procorp Santiago, Cooper San Francisco and Continuum Milan. On the other hand Constanza is an entrepreneur in medical devices where she is continuously working in the detection of opportunities for innovation and development of new technologies. Her research work is focused mainly in the area of bio design, engineering-design education and design anthropology methods.Ing. Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia
Paper ID #16795Mirror Mirror: Reflection and the Building of MindsetsProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Dr. Joseph (Joe) Tranquillo is an Associate Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering, He is also co-director of the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management, co-director of the KEEN Winter Interdisciplinary Design Program, and chair of the Biomedical Engineer- ing Division of ASEE. Tranquillo has published three undergraduate textbooks and numerous engineering education publications, and has presented internationally on engineering and education. His work has
Paper ID #15680Effect of Video-Guided Tutorials in a Standard Curriculum and in a FlippedClassroom for a 3D-CAD CourseDr. Luz Adriana Amaya-Bower, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Luz Amaya-Bower joined CCSU’s Department of Engineering as an Assistant Professor in August 2012. Before joining CCSU, she was an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at New York City College of Technology. Her PhD was granted by the Graduate Center, CUNY for her work on dynamic behavior of multiphase flows in microchannels. Dr. Amaya-Bower earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees from City College, CUNY. Her
thoseanticipating the creation of a new engineering program.BackgroundThe College of Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT) at Georgia Southern University(GSU), was founded in 2011, and it offers Electrical (EE), Mechanical (ME) and Civil (CE)engineering programs besides Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT)programs. It should be noticed that GSU was just the second university in the state to offerengineering after Georgia Tech.Since its conception, one of the goals of the College of Engineering was to increase the numberof students in the engineering majors offered in the college (EE, CE, ME). Although the overallnumber of students in the college has been steadily increasing at a rate of 15%, this increase wasnot true for minority
Paper ID #16871Disseminating Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiatives throughout a STEM-Focused Campus: An Agile ExperienceProf. Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Jenifer Blacklock is the Assistant Department Head in the Mechanical Engineering department at Col- orado School of Mines. Jenifer is active in the Undergraduate Curriculum in the Mechanical Engineering department and is an advocate of using hands-on-learning tools to help develop strong math, science and engineering foundations.Prof. Mark B. Mondry, Colorado School of Mines Mark B. Mondry is the Director of the Engineering & Technology
Paper ID #16150The Evolution of a Course on Creativity and New Product DevelopmentDr. Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia Larry G Richards is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia. He leads the Virginia Middle School Engineering Education Initiative, and is active in K 12 outreach and professional development activities locally and nationally. Larry’s research interests include creativity, entrepreneurship, engineering design, innovation, and K-12 engineering education. He is a founding member of the K-12 Division and is a Fellow of ASEE
the book and this paper and to all the students that participatedin improving these exercises!References1. Ernst, J.V., Lane, D., and Clark, A.C., "Pictorial Visual Rotation Ability of Engineering Design Graphics Students", ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.2. Kelly, F.W., Branoff, T.J., Clark, A.C.., "Spatial Ability Measurement in an Introductory Graphic Communications Course", ASEE Annual Conference, , Indianapolis, IN, 2014..3. Katsioloudis, P., Jovanovic, V., Jones, M., “A Comparative Analysis of Spatial Visualization Ability and Drafting Models for Industrial and Technology Education Students, Journal of Technology Education, Vol. 26, No. 1, Fall 2014.4. Smith, I. M., “Spatial ability-Its educational
Engineering at University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez. He also co-leads the Applied Optimization Group. https://www.facebook.com/AppliedOptUPRMDr. Michael W. Persans, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 1987-1991 B.S. in Biotechnology, Rochester Institute of Technology 1991-1998 Ph.D. in Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1998-2001 Postdoc in Plant Biology, Northern Arizona Uni- versity 2001-2002 Postdoc in Plant Biology, Purdue University 2002-2008 Assistant Professor, Biotech- nology, University of Texas Pan American 2008-2015 Associate Professor, Biotechnology, University of Texas Pan American 2015-Present Professor, Biotechnology, University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyDr. Hudson R. DeYoe, University
Paper ID #15272Promoting the Entrepreneurial Mindset through Faculty DevelopmentDr. William M. Jordan, Baylor University William Jordan is the mechanical engineering department chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials-related courses and does work in the area of mechanical behavior of composite materials. He is also interested in entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries.Ms
theword failure in this context is likely a poor extrapolation10 and is already falling out of favor11, 12.Yet another type of legendary engineering failure is to snatch victory from defeat by repurposinga “failed” design. The classic case studies for this mode (regardless of the accuracy of the tales)are Post-it Notes13 and Teflon™14.A final, and most pervasive type of failure described in engineering, has only one commonlegend. It is that of Thomas Edison who developed, as examples, an effective lightbulb and animproved battery15. In the case of the lightbulb, Edison did not invent the technology, but ratherrefined it through many iterations, eventually arriving at a model that met his designrequirements16. This process resulted in several
initiatives.Dr. Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Katherine C. Chen is Professor and Chair of the Materials Engineering department at the California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, San Luis Obispo. Her degrees in Materials Science are from Michigan State University and MIT. She teaches a wide variety of different engineering courses and her research interests include diversity in STEM, lifelong learning, and informal education.Dr. Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Parent is the Inclusive Excellence Specialist in the Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She draws upon an interdisciplinary background in Anthropology
underrepresented minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is an Associate Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Engineering. Previously, Aileen was the Associate Director for Academics in the Center for Entrepreneurship and was responsible for building the Program in Entrepreneurship for UM undergraduates, co-developing the masters level entrepreneurship program, and launching the biomedical engineering graduate design program. Aileen has received a number of awards for her teaching, including the Thomas M. Sawyer, Jr. Teaching Award, the UM ASEE Outstanding Professor Award and the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. Prior to
Engineering Education, 2016 Metrics for Efficacy in FIRST Robotics Programs: Aligning ABET Engineering Student Outcomes with K-12 STEM Educational PracticesAbstractRobotics programs for youth are critical to the nation’s overall science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) development. However, little research has focused on broader impactsand efficacy of national robotics initiatives. Metrics for standardizing assessment have not beenestablished. Currently, evaluation practices among K-12 STEM programs or FIRST® roboticsimpact reports have done little to align with national post-secondary educational practices. Tounderstand their long-term impact, it is essential that K-12 STEM education programs, especiallyrobotics, begin to
women's abilities) aswell as institutional policies and practices. Studies have shown that a chilly climate can have anegative impact on cognitive development and can also influence women’s desire to stay andpersist within a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field. At The Ohio StateUniversity College of Engineering (COE), women are currently 20% of the overallundergraduate student population within the College.Improving women’s retention in engineering fields requires a multifaceted approach. Both directsupport for women, along with the development of allies, are crucial to promoting a long-lasting,positive climate for women studying in this field. Allies for Women Engineers (AWE) at TheOhio State University is a pilot cohort of 11
chemical engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. and Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Virginia. Her primary research focus is on engineering pedagogy at the undergraduate level. She is particularly interested in the teaching and learning of concepts related to thermodynamics. She is also interested in active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, and in the ways hands-on activities and technology in general and games in particular can be used to improve student engagement.Prof. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Dr. Joseph (Joe) Tranquillo is an Associate Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering, He is also co-director of the Institute for
Paper ID #15274Case Study: Establishing a Sustainable Faculty Development Unit within aCollege of EngineeringDr. Christine S Grant, North Carolina State University Dr. Christine S. Grant joined the NC State faculty in 1989 after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. (Geor- gia Institute of Technology) and Sc.B. (Brown University) all in Chemical Engineering (ChE). One of less than 10 African-American women full ChE professors in the country, her research interests are in interfacial phenomena and recently biomedical systems. She is the first Associate Dean of Faculty Ad- vancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. Awards
radical innovation, design for innovation typologies, and entrepreneurial thinking.Prof. Joseph Victor Sinfield, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joseph V. Sinfield received a B.S. degree in civil engineering, summa cum laude, from Bucknell Uni- versity, Lewisburg, PA, and M.S. and Sc.D. degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and a Senior Partner at Innosight, LLC, an innovation consulting and investment firm based in Lexington, Massachusetts in the United States. His research, teaching and professional activities address two focal areas
Paper ID #17160Gaining Insights into the Effects of Culturally Responsive Curriculum onHistorically Underrepresented Students’ Desire for Computer ScienceMs. Omoju Miller, UC Berkeley Omoju Miller is the lead researcher on the ”Hiphopathy” project at UC Berkeley. She has an undergrad- uate degree in Computer Science (2001) and a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2004) from the University of Memphis. She has over a decade of experience in the technology indus- try. She is currently a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley in Computer Science Education. Omoju also served in a volunteer capacity as an advisor to
the American Society for Engineering Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 20161 Introduction In the past fifteen years, researchers have taken great initiative in publishing vastquantities of articles that have demonstrated robotics’ ability to stimulate enhancedcomprehension and interest, namely in fields of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) (Hussain et al., 2006; Williams et al., 2007; Nugent, 2010). Althoughearlier studies generally pondered the question of whether educational robots was a mere fadrather than a truly valuable educational tool, more recent publications have often presupposedtheir effectiveness, and
system (i.e., teaching standards, portfolio guidelines and evaluation rubrics) can be used both for teacher evaluation and for teachers’ self-‐assessment. Introduction The Engineering for All (EfA) project is a three-‐year project funded by the NSF. The main goal of this project was to develop middle school technology education unit that emphasize the role of engineers in solving global problems. Through contextual design challenges, the students are asked to explore solutions to current issues. One unit is focused on the development of sustainable cities through the inclusion of urban vertical hydroponics farms. The other unit is focused on the
: Visualization of Rotations) for secondary and under- graduate students, developed the TESS (Teaching Engineering Self-efficacy Scale) for K-12 teachers, and rescaled the SASI (Student Attitudinal Success Inventory) for engineering students. As a program evaluator, she evaluated the effects of teacher professional development (TPD) programs on elementary teachers’ attitudes toward engineering and students’ STEM knowledge through a NSF DRK-12 project. As an institutional data analyst, she is investigating engineering students’ diverse pathways to their suc- cess.Dr. Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri Dr. Johannes Strobel is Full Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at Uni- versity of
. 18(4): 454-490.2. Auzenne, A. M, A. T. Hanson, R. B. Jacquez, and C. Burnham. Understanding engineering design as an argumentative strategy. Science, Engineering, & Technology Education Annual Conference. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. 2006.3. Melander, JR, Curtis, E, Adams, KA, and Arthurs, L. A cross-disciplinary, service learning-based approach to enhance communication skills. Proceedings of the ASABE 2014 Annual International Meeting, Montreal, QC, CA, July 2014.4. Adams, KA and Keshwani, JR. Preparing pre-service teachers to make connections between science and engineering concepts through teamwork with engineering students. 2015. Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington.5
; Collins, T.L. (2013). Student attitudes toward STEM: The development of upper elementary school and middle/high school student surveys. In the Proceedings of the 120th American Society of Engineering Education Conference. 4. Forssen, A. V., Moskal, B. M., & Harriger, A. R. (2011). Measuring the impact of a high school intervention on students' attitudes in information technology: Validation and use of an attitude survey. In the Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education. 5. Goode, J. 2010. Connecting K-16 curriculum & policy: Making computer science engaging, accessible, & hospitable for underrepresented students. In the Proceedings of the 40th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on
learning.Bette Grauer Ph.D., P.E., Kansas State University Assistant Dean for Retention, Diversity, and Inclusion, Kansas State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Effect of Financial Support on Academic Achievement and Retention of Female Engineering StudentsABSTRACTWhile women have become well represented in some STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics) fields such as biology, life science, and medical fields in recent years; theyremain severely underrepresented in engineering. Among those who enter engineering, womenare more likely to drop out of the major than men. Research has indicated that financial difficultyis among the top factors
Paper ID #14659Promoting Engineering Persistence Among Women through Alignment ofOccupational Values and Perceptions of the FieldDr. Joni M Lakin, Auburn University Joni M. Lakin, Ph.D. from The University of Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University. Her research interests include educational assessment, educational evaluation methods, and increasing diversity in STEM fields.Dr. Edward W. Davis, Auburn University Edward W. Davis received his PhD from the University of Akron in 1996. He worked in the commercial plastics industry for 11 years, including
energy systems which encouraged him to pursue energy related research. During the summer of 2015, Michael began working as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER) where he worked with tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). His interests include combustion, and fuel cell technology applications.Dr. Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University Prof. Jeongmin Ahn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- neering at Syracuse University (SU). Prof. Ahn received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a M.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Ph.D. degree in
Paper ID #15913Formative Peer Assessment of TeachingDr. Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen’s experience spans both engineering and education research. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005. Her Ph.D. work at Stan- ford University focused on optoelectronics, and she continues that work in her position at the Colorado School of Mines, primarily with the involvement of undergraduate researchers. In her role as an Associate Teaching Professor, she is primarily tasked with the education of undergraduate engineers. In her courses
Paper ID #16203An Intensive Experiential Entrepreneurship Program (3-Day Startup)Prof. Robert Gettens, Western New England University Rob Gettens is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Director of the First Year Engineering Program at Western New England University.Dr. Andrew Zimbroff, University of Nebraska, LincolnHarlan E. Spotts Jr., Western New England University Professor of Marketing in the College of BusinessMr. Cameron Houser, 3 Day StartupMs. Alexis Taylor, 3 Day Startup Alexis Taylor is a program manager at 3 Day Startup where she guides organizing teams through the program creation