versions of the course were retention ofstudent success elements from UNIV 1201 and the inclusion of a collaborative designexperience.The primary goals of developing the GEEN 1201 course was to support freshmen andsophomore students in their transition to upper-level studies through development of knowledgeand skills. The desired impacts for the course were to: (1) provide a general introduction to keyskills so students have a platform on which to build as they enter discipline specific courses, (2)provide a guided experience related to design projects that are often part of upper level courses,(3) initiate patterns relevant to teamwork as engineering practice commonly involvescollaborative processes, and (4) reinforce commitment among engineering
project helped them tounderstand both an injustice within society and how to apply the design process to solve a need.They also felt the deliverables for the Health Inequity project (elevator pitch, design criteria,final presentation) required both teamwork and professional skills.The guest speakers had a powerful impact on the freshmen. Speakers included an ER clinicianwho treated a child seriously ill from a neglected tooth, an entrepreneur motivated by hismother’s cancer diagnosis to develop a start-up in digital pathology, a faculty member whodeveloped a mathematical model for accurately diagnosing sepsis, and a researcher sharing datafrom her work on the lack of diversity in clinical trials for prostate cancer treatment, particularlyamong
backgrounds [9]. Thus, teamwork always emphasizes the importance ofcooperation and negotiation among individuals. Regarding teamwork competence in globalengineering education, we must consider cultural diversity and impact within team-basedengineering practice [10].With increasing globalization, foreign-born professionals comprise a growing share of anycountry's STEM workforce. Most of these foreign-born professionals have completedundergraduate degrees in their mother countries, which makes cross-cultural teamworkcompetence more significant in improving the efficiency of the global engineering workforceenvironment. Therefore, it is imperative and necessary for engineering education research tofocus on understanding how teamwork skills are formulated
Paper ID #13238Changes in Latino/a Adolescents’ Engineering Self-efficacy and Perceptionsof Engineering After Addressing Authentic Engineering Design ChallengesDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, West Virginia University Joel Alejandro Mejia is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at West Virginia University. He is interested in research regarding underrepresentation of minority groups in Science, Technology, Engi- neering, and Mathematics (STEM), especially the use of culturally responsive practices in engineering education. He is particularly interested in the use of comprehension strategy instruction in linguistically
diverse individuals and more in alignment with current research on decision-making. With a focus on qualitative research methods, she is working to better understand the ways in which undergraduate engineering students experience design and ill-structured problem solving. Her interests also include neuroscience, growth mindset, engineering ethics, and race and gender in engineering. In general, Dr. Dringenberg is always excited to learn new things and work with motivated individuals from diverse backgrounds to improve engineering education.Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University Amena Shermadou is an Engineering Education graduate student at The Ohio State University. She received her Bachelors and Masters in Biomedical
incorporating gamification techniques to increase children’s motivation for speech therapy through a more interactive experience.Dr. Cheryl Seals, Auburn University Dr. Cheryl Denise Seals is a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. She graduated with a B.S. C.S. from Grambling State University, M.S. C.S. from North Carolina A&T State University, and a Ph.D. C.S. from Virginia Tech. Seals conducts research in Human-Centered Articffidial Intelligence U & HCI with an emphasis on visual programming of educa- tional simulations, user interface design & evaluation, and educational gaming technologies. Dr. Seals also works with computing outreach initiatives to improve
societal impact of engineering infrastructure.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering
, and to help them approachinteractions, tasks, and product design while considering the perspectives and needs of others,educators should think about how to embed empathy into the curriculum. Employing appropriatelearning activities can be beneficial for developing empathy in students. Prior research on K-12students has shown that infusing empathy into STEM lessons can advance interest in pursuing acareer in STEM, and it can also foster a sense of belonging [4, 5].While such practices may be efficacious in higher education as well, more understanding isneeded. It is important to foster empathy in undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to worktowards more inclusive mindsets and environments. Previously Hess and Fila [6] demonstratedthat
through thesix milestones project assignments in tandem with the six course themes: Our Grand Challenges;Systems and Sustainability; Evaluating Sustainability; Creating- Sustainable Design Process;Creating- Sustainable Design Principles; and Creating- Finding Deep Simplicity. For thesemester project, students first identify their Grand Challenge and, optionally, form teams. Eachunit is required to perform background research to understand the Grand Challenge, its impact onsociety and stakeholders, inherent cultural or ethical considerations, and relevant cause-and-effect relationships. Students then define minimum requirements for success and constraints,create a best-case scenario, and develop criteria for which they can evaluate solutions
engineering educators can best help them to be successful. Ourfuture research on RANGE students will explore the challenges that these students experience inbalancing the competing demands of military service and academic pursuits in engineeringeducation.References[1] J. Marcus, "Community colleges rarely graduate the veterans they recruit," The Atlantic, 21 April 2017.[2] U.S. Veterans Administration: National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, "Summary of veterans benefits: FY 2000 to FY 2016," [Online]. Available: https://www.va.gov/vetdata/utilization.asp. [Accessed 22 January 2020].[3] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Annual Benefits Report, Fiscal Year 2018," Author, Washington, DC, 2019.[4] C. A. Cate, S. Lyon, J
Tolerant Systems and Testing of Digital Systems. Her current research interests include Reliability and Fault Tolerance of Elec- tronic Systems, Programmable Logic Devices and new educational methods emphasizing active learning and project-based-learning. She is member of IEEE and Chair of Women in Engineering Affinity Group for IEEE Long Island, New York. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Applying the Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in a Digital Design CourseAbstractThe goal of this paper is to describe the motivation, methodology and results of converting severalmodules in a Digital Design course to a “flipped classroom”. The course introduces students toVHDL Hardware Description
of Physics Teachers’ Millikan Medal. He holds five patents and begun three companies. Materials and curricula developed by Dr. Sadler are used by an estimated fifteen million students every year.Dr. Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard University Gerhard Sonnert is a Research Associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and an As- sociate of the Harvard Physics Department. He received master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology from the University of Erlangen, Germany, and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University. One of his major research interests has been the impact of gender on science careers. This research has resulted in two books (both authored with the assistance of Gerald Holton
Dean of Academic and Student Affairs in the Tickle College o Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has over 15 years of academic experience in various leadership positions. Prior to joining academia, she was an Electronics Engineer at U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD where she managed Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Programs for the develop- ment of hybrid numerical electromagnetic tools. Dr. Kilic has over five years of industry experience at COMSAT Laboratories as a Senior Engineer and Program Manager with specialization in satellite com- munications, link modeling and analysis, and modeling, design and test of phased arrays and reflector antennas for satellite communications
-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Unconscious Bias in Peer Ratings of International Students’ Contributions to First-Year Design Projects?AbstractPeer ratings are often used to help award individual grades from team projects. It is thereforeimportant to understand the extent to which these peer ratings may be influenced by unconsciousor implicit bias
engineering experience to mirror a team research anddesign environment as opposed to the lecture/lab environment found within most study abroadprograms world-wide. The team-based structure also best allows the transfer of ideas andperspectives among the students. To accomplish this, the summer design experience wasconstructed as a program made up of multidisciplinary teams not only based on educationaldiversity but also including cultural and gender diversity. The instructional staff for the summerprojects selected a broad program theme, but individual teams were given the freedom to pursuea project topic of interest within that theme. For the 2014 program, the theme was visible light(wavelength) communication systems (VLC). Within this theme, the
., Keinitz, E., Liu, N., Chien YH, Hong D,Royalty A & Reiss, A. L. (2014). Impact and sustainability of creative capacity building: thecognitive, behavioral, and neural correlates of increasing creative capacity. In Design thinkingresearch (pp. 65-77). Springer, Cham.Hazelton, P., Malone, M., & Gardner, A. (2009). A multicultural, multidisciplinary short courseto introduce recently graduated engineers to the global nature of professional practice. EuropeanJournal of Engineering Education, 34(3), 281-290.Heine, S. J., Takata, T., & Lehman, D. R. (2000). Beyond self-presentation: Evidence for self-criticism among Japanese. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(1), 71-78.John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big-Five trait
- ing practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Ms. Courtney S Smith, Virginia Tech Courtney S. Smith is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of African American women in engineering, campus climate and best practices for diversity and inclusion in the STEM classroom. Page 26.1425.1 c American Society for
of differ- ent factors on ideation of designers and engineers, developing instructional materials for design ideation, and foundations of innovation. She often conducts workshops on design thinking to a diverse range of groups including student and professional engineers and faculty member from different universities. She received her PhD degree in Design Science in 2010 from University of Michigan. She is also a faculty in Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program and the ISU Site Director for Center for e-Design.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in
development of soft-skills and attributesvalued by the student and future employers or graduate schools. Mentors will also interact withscholars at CAM activities. They will submit documentation on these activities for assessmentand tracking progress. Faculty mentors also meet annually to discuss and review their efforts.The CAM Project Management Team will also investigate the impact of these mentoring andgroup-based activities on faculty workload. It is noted that each faculty member of the CAMProject Management Team will devote 1 month of his/her 9-month annual contract to thisproject.Peer mentoring is recognized as a best-practice strategy for promoting college student success(Collier, 2017). Undergraduate mentors may provide student-relevant
Migration in Engineering Programs." Journal of Engineering Education, 2008: 259-278.11. Evensky, Jerry, Wayne Grove, Yue Hu, and Timothy Wasserman. "Closing the Loop: Enhancing Collegiate Performance by Empowering Self-Assessment." American Economic Association Annual Conference. 2008. 647. Page 26.92.1012. ASEE. Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing Students. American Society for Engineering Education, 2012.13. Cabrera, Nolan L.,l Danielle D. Miner, and Jeffrey F. Milem. “Can a Summer Bridge Program Impact First- Year Persistence and Performance
will seed future conversations on the topics of engineeringidentity and teamwork.First, our work has demonstrated the need to draw from multiple frameworks of engineeringidentity when carrying out research in this area. For example, our survey was designed to rely ontwo definitions of engineering identity: Tonso’s uni-dimensional definition of “belonging as anengineer on campus” [5] and the multi-dimensional definition of engineering identity used byHazari, Godwin, and others consisting of performance/competence, interest, and recognition[13], [15], [28]. Our interviews showed that these two approaches to engineering identity may behelpful as initial measures of a student’s engineering identity, but that students’ own identitiesare frequently
Paper ID #12239Managing and Exchanging Knowledge Underlying Aerospace EngineeringDesign DecisionsElizabeth Scott Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology Elizabeth ”Scottie-Beth” Fleming is an Aerospace Engineering PhD candidate and NSF GRFP Fellow in the Cognitive Engineering Center (CEC) at Georgia Tech. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. Her research within the CEC examines interdisciplinary teams within the engineering design process, training approaches for pilots, and human interaction with technology.Dr. Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology Amy R. Pritchett is the
University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and
taught a year-long, design-based engineering course for seniors. Forbes earned her PhD in civil engineering, with an engineering education research focus.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the department. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Aca- demic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering
teaching both courses this academic year (2016/17).Ms. Carla Winsor, University of Wisconsin, Madison Carla Winsor is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She conducts research in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Solid Mechanics and Orthopedic Biome- chanics. This spring, she began a teaching assistant appointment teaching Design of Machine Elements for Junior level students. Carla works to promote women in Mechanical Engineering and mentors high school students, encouraging them to pursue STEM majors. Her professional background includes: a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership, active duty
Paper ID #37633Opportunity Gaps for Women in Chemical Engineering: A QuantitativeCritical InvestigationProf. Eric Burkholder, Auburn University Eric Burkholder is an Assistant Professor in the departments of physics and chemical engineering at Auburn University. He completed a PhD in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology studying the physics of soft active matter. He then transitioned into STEM education research during his time as a postdoc at Stanford Univeristy. Eric’s research focuses on the intersections of assessement, problem-solving, and equity in the undergraduate and graduate STEM classroom
. Current research topics of interest are solar photovoltaics, solar thermal energy systems, combined heat, electric micro- grids, power systems for advanced commercial buildings, and the design and implementation of advanced energy technologies. His degrees in Mechanical Engineering are from the University of California, Berke- ley (Ph.D.) and the University of Minnesota (M.S. and B.S.). He holds a second Masters degree in Physics from Brown University.Mr. Wesley A. Zloza, Milwaukee School of Engineering Wesley A. Zloza is a graduate student from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.Mr. Samuel Jaroslav Stafl, Milwaukee School of EngineeringBrent Radlinger c American Society for Engineering
Paper ID #29755A SURVEY ABOUT INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT): WHAT DOES IoTMEAN TOSENIOR-LEVEL INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTSProf. Bekir Kelceoglu, Syracuse University Prof. Bekir Kelceoglu was born in Ankara, Turkey and attended Anadolu University, where he received his B.A. in Interior Architecture. Even before his graduation, he started to work as a free-lance tutor, product designer, and interior architect. In year 2006, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Ohio State University, concentrating on design development process in industrial design. His research interests are: ergonomics, design development process, and
determinewhich style works best for each individual’s learning. This is emphasized by the fact that three ofthe five participants said they use different styles of note taking depending on the class, and allfive participants mentioned taking notes and trying practice problems as a primary form ofcognitive learning in Q2. To reiterate, if students were taught how to take notes, learningengineering concepts may be easier and lead to more students successfully completing the courseand thereby increasing the graduation rates.Q8: How do you use your existing knowledge when applying it in a new situation? What is theprocess/mental model you follow?This question relates to the third hierarchical level of the cognitive domain application, whichfocuses on an
, rather than that students must exhibit the ability toresolve ethical quandaries. [10] Can students, given the most common modes of education inethics, develop a sense of what Edmund Burke called the “moral imagination”? And how wouldwe know if they did?The lack of consensus about best practices in ethics education, coupled with a sense ofheightened need in current times, could reasonably seem like cause for potential concern, if notalarm. But it can also be argued that a lack of consensus offers an opportunity forexperimentation and exploration. This uncertainty presents an opportunity to try alternativeapproaches, particularly approaches that emphasize creativity and interdisciplinary study. It hasbeen argued that an interdisciplinary approach