) to explore the best pedagogical practices to improve the efficiency integrating classroom project-based learning and students’ real-world problem-solving practice. I have MS degree from Florida State University in Curriculum and Instruction and BA degree from China Nanchang University in English. I speak English, Chinese, and some Japanese. I am a proactive person. If you are interested in my research topic, please feel free to contact me via email: mt14n@my.fsu.eduMr. Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University Shayne K. McConomy is the Capstone Design Coordinator in the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; He holds a PhD in Automotive
withbioinstrumentation, these courses constitute the dedicated teaching spaces (Figure 2) andfundamental skills that students use later in their course sequence in junior design and seniordesign. The University of Florida undergraduate biomedical engineering program is capped atone-hundred and twenty students for each graduating cohort, resulting in two sections of ~thirty-two students enrolled in the cellular engineering laboratory course each semester. A BFigure 2: The Cellular Engineering Laboratory has 8 Biological Safety Cabinets, with 4 shown in (A) andthe remaining mirrored behind, and a discussion space (B) where all students can see projected images.For the majority of students enrolled in Cellular Engineering Laboratory
of future STEM generations.IntroductionThe changing landscape of academia presents challenge in ensuring graduate trainees areproficient in the development of professional skills outside of the research environment [1]. Thisincludes capacity for knowledge translation of research outcomes to a non-expert audience,curriculum development, and effective project management [2]. Consequently, in preparingfuture faculty to assume academic roles and responsibilities successfully, post-secondaryinstitutions have shifted greater focus to providing teaching development programs for traineeprofessional development [3]. This is particularly important given the competitive nature ofsecuring an academic position. With increasing diversity of academic
5th year negatively predicts completion. Since all students in this program are required to TA,those who TA in early years may have less research responsibility and more time to devote toassociated TA duties without sacrificing any other tasks. However, as doctoral students gainresearch responsibility and feel pressure to make progress on dissertation work, having a TAcould increase their workload unaligned with their projects and inhibit progress, delayinggraduation.In contrast, having an RA assignment or fellowship may allow doctoral students to fully focus onresearch, as shown when RA and fellowship are positive predictors of persistence andcompletion. Students funded on both RAs and fellowships develop important researchcompetencies and
Development Lab with Dr. Debra A. Major where she has contributed to several grant-funded projects concerning the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM from their undergradu- ate careers into the workforce. Her primary research interests include the work-life interface, workplace gender and cultural issues, and leader support.Xiaoxiao Hu, West Virginia University Xiaoxiao Hu is an Associate Professor in the Management Department at West Virginia University. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational psychology from George Mason University. Her primary research areas are on affective experience and relational dynamics in the workplace. She also does re- search on psychometric and measurement issues as
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Prototype Automated Solar Tracking with Power Generation System Abstract — The purpose of this project was to design and build a Solar Tracking System froman electrical and mechanical perspective. The tracking system is equipped with automatedbattery charging circuit and switching capabilities for multiple batteries. The system can run afully autonomous mode using photoresistor to track the sun ensuring optimal coverage. Thepopular ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module is interfaced with an Arduino Mega using its communicationsprotocols for wireless control and monitoring of the system.I. Introduction In our everyday lives we constantly hear the chatter government and activists have inwhich
. Lucena, focused on rendering visible the social justice dimensions inherent in three components of the engineering curriculum—in engineering sciences, engineering design, and humanities and social science courses; that work resulted in Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018). His current research grant project explores how to foster and assess sociotechnical thinking in engineering science and design courses.Dr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Science and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s
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. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Susan Bobbitt Nolen is Professor Emerita of Learning Sciences & Human Development at the University of Washington. She earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at Pudue University. Her current research interests focus on student engagement in engineering practices and social interaction during learning activ- ity, and their relationship to engineering identity and opportunity
engagement and inspiration. In order to maximize the outreach to as many high schoolfemale students as possible regarding the GEMS camp and inspiring them towards choosing aSTEM career, high school students in San Antonio were invited to the GEMS camp to participatein hands-on engineering activities. Students gained valuable experience through challengingactivities that emphasized Civil and Electrical Engineering. The students presented theirexperiences, and the knowledge gained throughout the projects, by creating and delivering agroup poster presentation at the end. The outcomes of the camp included student’s increasedability to conceptualize engineering problems and an increased engagement in engineering byincorporating visualization tools in the
The Heroes Behind the Heroes of Apollo-11: Role of STEM John H. L. Hansen, Lakshmish Kaushik, Chengzhu Yu, Abhijeet Sangwan Center for Robust Speech Systems, Eric Jonsson School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA {john.hansen, abhijeet.sangwan, lakshmish.kaushik, chengzhu.yu}@utdallas.eduAbstractDuring Apollo-11 project, countless scientists, engineers, technicians worked behind the scenes to ensurethat both the solutions and the execution of the detailed flight plan was a success. It is our goal to create aninteractive application that allows users to explore NASA’s archive of Apollo missions. The application
Security Officer for the Arkansas Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT). She worked with the team at OHIT to implement the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE). Dr. Harrell has over 25 years’ experience with the technology field, serving as an educator, implementer, and manager. Dr. Harrell is a certified Project Manager and a Certified Public Manager. She has worked with the Arkansas State Cyber Security Office to ensure successful implementation of many State security projects, one of which received the George C. Askew Outstanding Project Award for Certified Public Managers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 From degree to Chief Information
Paper ID #32154Developing a substation design curriculum for electronics engineeringtechnologyMr. Filipe Santos Araujo, Pittsburg State University Filipe has received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the Universidade Salvador, Brazil, with an emphasis in power systems. He is currently pursuing his master‘s degree at Pittsburg State Uni- versity in Kansas. He has worked in different areas: 3G and 4G telecommunication expansion projects in Brazil, automation of a truck assembly line in Indiana, and substation design in Kansas City. He is currently a graduate teaching assistant at Pittsburg State University
education possesses the characteristic of"technology-led, project-based team learning, close ties with the industry”. To name a few,Stanford University launches Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), providingcustomized entrepreneurship courses for engineering students according to their educationlevel, which are given by both school and industry mentor [2]. Technical University ofMunich, a paragon of European entrepreneurial universities, sets up UnternehmerTUM andStart TUM to provide students with comprehensive guidance on the whole process of theirstarting a business, such as providing hands-on entrepreneurship training, basic equipment forproducing product prototypes in their start-up period [3]. Numerous School ofEntrepreneurship and
Institutional Innovation Staring from the Grassroots LevelAbstractIn this project, a town hall meeting was conducted with faculty and staff from all departments ina college of engineering. Teams of 10-12 people were asked to generate ideas for collaborativeexchange among faculty, staff, and students to better support student success, retention andprogression. The purpose of the town hall format was to intentionally initiate change within thecollege from the grass root levels instead of mandates coming top down. Dozens of ideas weregenerated, qualitatively sorted into common themes, and ordered by frequency. Each theme wasthen discussed in a meeting with administration to assign relative weights for anticipated costand perceived impact
Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas of research include engineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He has extensive international experience working on technical training and engineering educaton projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Department of Labor, USAID. Countries where he has worked include Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Macedonia, Poland
confident that many aspects can be generalized into the general academic settingregardless of research disciplinary focus area.Tuckman’s 5 Stages of Team Development [1], Figure 1, is very much applicable for teams thatare required to work together versus teams that choose to work together. As educators, wecommonly see these stages play out in group design projects, especially when it comes to the“storming” stage when students start complaining about their peers and show frustration towardsthe inability to be productive as a group. Tuckman’s model offers a good foundation, yet theauthors set out to propose a modified framework that describes the stages that occur when people“choose” to work together, versus Tuckman’s model which describes the
with engineering department faculty, staff, advisors, andfemale students. By understanding how and why elective tracks become gendered withinengineering majors, we hope to identify effective strategies for improving the preparation ofwomen to pursue technical roles and career paths in their chosen field of study, with the broadgoal of improving the workplace retention of female engineers.As this project is ongoing, we plan to present preliminary results based on wave one (1)interviews with 30 female engineering students in their sophomore year (the year when electivetrack selections are made).Project Background and Theoretical FrameworkExisting research shows that men and women in gender-typed occupations – such as engineering– often
Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive and social skills in engineering problem solving. His 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
international engineering teamwork behaviors, the integration, and implementation of team-based assignments and projects into STEM course designs and using mixed-method, especially natural language processing to student written research data, such as peer-to-peer comments. Siqing also works as the technical support manager at CATME research group.Dr. Wei Zakharov, Purdue University at West Lafayette Wei Zakharov is an Assistant Professor of Library Science and Engineering Information Specialist in the Purdue University Libraries. Dr.Zakharov is the faculty liaison to Aeronautical and Astronautical Engi- neering, Aviation and Transportation Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering Education. Her
multiple awards for excellence in instruction. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as preparing students for the rigors of mathematics. His research interests include engineering education, integration of novel technologies into engineering classroom, excellence in instruction, water, and wastewater treatment, civil engineering infrastructure, and transportation engi- neering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Pilot Program: Infusing Rubin Education into First-Year SeminarIntroductionThe purpose of this GIFTS and paper is to
/computer science students was conducted at the University of New Mexico. The scholarshipprogram involved elements such as faculty mentoring, career development activities and financial support foreach student scholar. In this paper, the program details are furnished and data on the positive impacts of suchactivities on student academic success is presented. IntroductionThe S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project (NSFAward ID 1458854) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) officially started awarding scholarships in the fall2015. Funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation, the S-STEM project at UNM focuses onretaining and graduating
interdisciplinary teams were formed, each with a distinct designchallenge.InstructionwascarriedoutthroughacombinationofonlinelearningfollowingtheIDEOdesignthinkingcurriculum,aswellastraditionallecture,andinteractivediscussions.Studentparticipationandlearningwas recorded in a central physical or electronic notebook, and assessed through a combination ofquizzes,andprojectupdates,andothermeans.Settingupmilestonesthatthestudentshadtomeetalongthewaywereusedtoencouragestudentgroupstocommunicatewithoneanotherandensurethattheyweremakingprogress.ThedesignsweretestedbymembersofthepublicataChallengeevent,aswellasbytheneed-knoweroftheirteam.Finally,studentswererequiredtocreateavideopresentationoftheir final design as a way to both conclude the class project and
of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2 Gen3 CSP Program DiscussionIn order to investigate the integration challenges of a CSP-TES system with a sCO2 power cycle,the DOE has issued “The Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems (Gen3 CSP) fundingprogram will build on prior research for high-temperature concentrating solar thermal power(CSP) technologies. Projects will focus on de-risking CSP technologies by advancing high-temperature components and developing integrated assembly designs with thermal energy storagethat can reach high operating temperatures.4” The Gen 3 program is
, a conceptual drone that utilizes Titan’s methane oceans asa fuel supply for repeatable flight will be designed. The proposed methane fuel supply may beapplied to future drones and even in larger-scaled aircrafts performing research missions on Titan.Future work for this project includes further investigation of the liquid methane refueling system, theliquid methane/liquid oxygen propulsion system, control mechanisms, and structural analysis andmaterial integrity in the environments of Titan. A prototype of this exploration drone could bedeveloped in as soon as 2 years. References[1] Hassanalian, M., Rice, D. and Abdelkefi, A., “Evolution of space drones for planetary exploration: a review
automated waterproof system that measuresand detects traces of nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia using the API method in a mid-to-large sized watercontainer. This means that the system will automatically dose and mix the solutions followed bycalculating the concentration of the elements based on their colors. The device within the overallsystem will detect the concentration of these aquatic livestock byproducts and alert the user of actionsthat should be taken to balance the water chemistry of the breeding environment. The “wow factor”of the project will be the design of this device and layout of the overall automated system, as it willbe unique to any system out on the market.Sampling BreakdownThe system will monitor the aquatic tank by rotating the
interest andknowledge. Four different projects were designed: 1) a 3D-printed spirograph, 2) a night light, 3) anoptical intrusion detection with memory, and 4) a traffic light. Students who participated in the camp(N=56) built and optimized their own take-home electronic devices. Pre- and post-surveys were collectedto analyze the students’ engineering self-efficacy, knowledge, and engineering skills. Results suggestedthat students’ self-efficacy and beliefs in succeeding in engineering majors and careers increased aftertheir experiences in the camp; they also improved their engineering knowledge and skills (p
subject matter expertise, adeep understanding of effective pedagogy and experience and/or interest in adopting evidence-based teaching practices. With support from the National Science Foundation, Stevens Institute ofTechnology began working with cohorts of teaching faculty who teach the core Science, Math andEngineering courses taken by 85% of first year students. Faculty worked together for three yearsto change their instructional practices with the goal to increase the use of active learning andfacilitate development of deep and transferable learning [1]. The General Chemistry curriculum atStevens Institute of Technology, as part of this NSF Foundations project, was redesigned tofacilitate student engagement, motivation and interaction with
and calculate out its profit Number of individuals w/ diabetes worldwide It opened my eyes and made me realize producing and selling a medical device or any products is not as easy as it looks I learned how to research a country’s economics and use that to see if a product is worth market share Learned how to research and assess a market Good group dynamic, interesting to look into different markets This was a very interesting project that had us look objectively at a product and the market of it beyond the United States Learned how to view a possible market for expansion based on economic status and need for the device Learned how to compare markets based on
engineering students.[1,2] We also useit as a gateway to motivate the introduction of Dirac notation into the engineeringcurriculum.[3,4]In this paper we provide some examples of useful applications of quantum entanglement that canbe simulated in an upper level modern physics course. We describe some simple algorithms thatstudents are guided to develop in the MATLAB environment. We also present the results ofsome simulations. These projects are well received by students and taking the time to introducethem does not harm their performance on a research-based assessment instrument.Schrödinger introduced “entanglement” into the scientific vocabulary in 1935.[5] It is interestingthat the phrase was essentially absent from publication until around 1990
/middleschoolchemeThis project was supported by NSF grant # 1553661