Paper ID #18609Work in Progress: Increasing Interest in STEM and Improving Retention forAt-Risk Students - A Two-Year StudyDr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at CSUB. Dr. Danforth is the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth is the Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant (P031S100081) to create engineering pathways for students in the CSUB service
graduate education for scientific research. The design of professionalgraduate education for creative engineering practitioners, who are emerging as innovators andleaders of technology development in industry, requires a different professional curriculum and Page 12.733.5approach than that presently used for the graduate education of academic research scientists. Itrequires a different type of faculty, approach, and focus.4. Aims of Professional Education ─Developing the U.S. Engineering Workforce in IndustryThe education of an engineer is truly a process of lifelong learning, growth and intellectualdevelopment that continues beyond the rudimentary
On Teaching and Assessing Engineering Innovation* Daniel Raviv+, Melissa Morris+, Karen Ginsberg++ + Department of Electrical Engineering ++ Department of Computer Science and Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu (561) 297 2773AbstractThis paper details data, analysis, and evaluation of one facet of innovation: ideation.Over the past six years college and high school students were exposed to several idea generationmethods in an
Materials (GLAM) summer camp for high school girls at UIUC.Dong San Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dong San Choi is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Univer- sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; choi88@illinois.edu.Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman is a teaching assistant professor with the Deprartment of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also has a courtesy appointment as a research assis- tant professor with the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a
Paper ID #6633Community Service Driven Student Senior Project and back to Communityfor ImplementationDr. James P. Mwangi P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. James Mwangi received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, a Master of Science degree from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of California, Davis, all in in Civil Engineering (structures) Dr. James Mwangi is currently an Associate Professor in the Architectural Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He
Flowing your way through equations: Putting the decisions in the hands of the students Laura J. Genik, Craig W. Somerton University of Portland / Michigan State UniversityAbstractIn the teaching of thermodynamics and heat transfer, there are two subjectmatters that baffle and bewilder students, obscuring the education process. Inthermodynamics it is property evaluation and in heat transfer it is transientconduction. Property evaluation becomes a mass of tables and interpolation.Transient conduction is several different sets of differential equations anddimensionless numbers that look like a bunch of z’s and w’s all strung together.In an attempt to clarify this for the
engineering. Second, access to oncampus resources with extensive expertise in recruitment and retention of women of allbackgrounds into science and engineering would be critical to long-term success. Third, thewebsite must develop using feedback from all the major targeted constituents. Fourth, the websitemust have the support of the educational community, a mechanism to educate the educators inregards to the website location, and website content and methods to effectively assess theeducational utility of TechGirl. Fifth, the website must have a computational infrastructure thatallows for expansion and continuous change. Finally, since a website is not an isolated resource,but must exist in a highly competitive and integrated environment, ongoing
diagnostic instrument known as MASUS (Measuringthe Academic Skills of University Students – see [9] for more information), which looks at thefollowing four areas related to basic, and rhetorical literacy: “transfer and integration of relevantreference material, use of an appropriate genre structure, academic style and cohesion, andcorrect grammar.”[8] Unfortunately, findings from this study were not presented analytically, butholistically in the form of single scores (from 0-100%) for “academic literacy” on each of threeof the writing samples assessed: practice reports (79.4%), draft reports (74.5%), and final reports(77.6%).In the same year, Johnson presented a model for assessing writing by scoring students’ onlineportfolios using an analytical
Paper ID #19927Algorithmic Grading Strategies for Computerized Drawing AssessmentsDr. Mariana Silva, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mariana Silva is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Curriculum Development Coordinator in the Me- chanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her BSME and MSME from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and earned her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009. Besides her teaching activities, Mariana serves as an academic advisor in the Mechanical
Quality Based on Team that could be useful for training Chinese engineers Spirit Training. Research in Higher working in the global context Engineering Education, (6), 103-108. Duan Guijiang, & Xu Shixin. (2012). Reported experience of an instructional team in the Improving students' teamwork ability by program Manufacturing Management Information reforming a capstone design course. Systems in reforming a mandatory capstone design course Research in Higher Engineering by integrating various team training tools and modules and Education, (1), 132-137. teamwork assessments Wan Baikun, Li Qing, Yang Chunmei, & Reported a course reform project in a biomedical
AC 2008-2029: ENGAGING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING:THE ROBOTICS SYSTEM DESIGN CAMP - NATURE AS INSPIRATIONReid Bailey, University of Virginia REID BAILEY is an Assistant Professor and Assistant to the Chair in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research interests focus on studying how students learn complex engineering skills such as engineering design. He received his B.S. from Duke University and both his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.Susan Donohue, University of Virginia Susan Donohue recently completed a term as an AGEP Postdoctoral Engineering Education Researcher (PEER) in the Center of
in the nurture camp, emphasizing the role of differential experience as a critical variablein an individual’s facility with spatial visualization tasks.13 Secondarily, and most importantlyfor those of us involved in developing curricular interventions to increase the retention of womenin the engineering pipeline, there is ample evidence that performance on visual-spatial tests, suchas the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization of Rotations (PVST:R),14 can be greatlyenhanced by training.15,16,17,18With the ever increasing utilization of computer graphics programs, such as CAD, in theundergraduate engineering curriculum, it is critical that the reported gender gap in visual-spatialability be further characterized to understand its
AC 2009-1953: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AT UNDERGRADUATE SITES FORTOMORROW’S ENGINEERSAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean for Engineering Education Research and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won five major university teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field
Paper ID #26019Creativity Activities in a Design Course Fail to Elicit Gains in Creativity Overand Above those Elicited by the Design Course ItselfDr. William H. Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He is also the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education in the School of Engineering. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona. Will did his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont. His
Hispanic population intheir native Spanish language. This is especially relevant if not profound in consideration of theHispanic immigrant populations in the U.S. from Central and South America who principallywork in the construction and service industries in America. In the fall of 2010, an email inquirywas sent to all construction management students at Pittsburg State University (PSU) todetermine student interest in a Spanish for Construction course. The inquiry produced a majorityof positive responses from students and resulted in the development of a Spanish forConstruction course offered for the first time in the spring of 2010 in the College of Technologyat PSU. The course has been offered every semester since its inception and has moved
Paper ID #16209Igniting Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Students: The Case forTechnology and Society Courses in Engineering CurriculaDr. Sandy Chang, University of Calgary Dr. Chang’s current research interests lie in the areas of engineering education and international develop- ment. In particular, she is interested in ways to support and enhance diversity in the engineering student population, as well as curriculum development to best prepare students to meet the needs of the green economy. As an extension, she is also exploring ways to engage students in the social side of engineering through community
Virginia Tech have entered as generalengineering students, transferring to degree-granting departments after completing a prescribedset of courses. Beginning in 1984, entering engineering freshmen were required to purchasepersonal computers and selected software, which have been used as an integral part of freshmancourses and in appropriate courses throughout the curriculum. A side effect of this requirementwas that the College no longer maintains computer labs for undergraduates, since they owncomputers of sufficient capability for all of their course work. As the years passed, and thecapabilities of personal computers increased, so did the minimum hardware requirement. Onesignificant change was in 1994 when students were required to purchase
tocontain the course to three hours each week.In previous semesters, students created parts, assemblies and drawings that were selectedto reinforce the lecture material. The course text book contains assignments specificallydesigned for each lecture. Each problem, whether it is a part, assembly or engineeringdrawing has 5 grading criteria that are used to evaluate the student’s work.[1] Thesecriteria were added to help students focus on the key points of the assignment and toensure uniform grading across the multiple sections. An example of a text book part usedto demonstrate a sweep (cross section following a guide curve) is shown in Figure 1.These examples were used for the majority of the laboratory sessions. Of the 22 problemsassigned during
AC 2010-956: “IT’S SO EASY A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT:” TEACHINGINTRODUCTORY MATERIAL SCIENCE FOR INCREASED STUDENTENGAGEMENT.Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State UniversityStephen Krause, Arizona State UniversityJacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University Page 15.1390.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010“It’s so Easy a Caveman Can Do It:” Teaching Introductory Material Science for Increased Student Engagement.Education advocates and experts have a plethora of experiences and evidentiary researchverifying the importance of student engagement in the education process. The millennial studentis an expert at finding new tools and media resources to
AC 2011-2554: PERCEPTION AND PREFERENCES OF FACULTY FORONLINE LEARNINGErtunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor and for Tefen USA, a systems design and industrial engineering consulting firm. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on supply chain management, lean systems, decision analysis, and systems
challenge for educators is not only to overcome the barrier of traditional reductionist orlinear thinking in education and develop methods to teach systems thinking [10], but also toassess the effects of such curriculum changes on students’ ability to think in systems. This typeof assessment requires new forms of assessment methods and instruments to measure students’systems thinking abilities [11]. Recently, many have contributed to the discussion on assessingor measuring the ability of systems thinking [13]–[16]. These methods broadly fit into twotypes: instructor assessment of thinking outcomes and student self-evaluation of thinkingability. An instructor assessment of thinking requires students to complete predefined systemsthinking tasks
has become an integral component in engineering education.Senior capstone courses and first-year engineering design courses are becoming ubiquitouswithin an undergraduate engineering education. It has been suggested that attention be paid tothe formation of teams and that training in how to work as a team occurs early and often inengineering education.1 Effective teams can provide many benefits to students, including anincrease in knowledge and skills, such as communication, from working with people unlikethemselves. Furthermore, such skills undoubtedly transition into myriad facets of life aftercollege—rendering the skills an invaluable asset for engineering students.Formation of Teams and Team Dynamics in Engineering EducationTeams and
the balance between environmental, economic, andsocial considerations. The Brundtland Commission report describes this as “meeting the needsof the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirneeds” 1. Engineering, with its basis in scientific objectivity and focus on problem solving,would appear to be an appropriate home for the study of and development of solutions to issuesof sustainability (or lack thereof). A recent study performed by the Center for SustainableEngineering (CSE), a consortium of the Univ. of Texas at Austin, Arizona State Univ., andCarnegie Mellon Univ. has found that sustainability is an area that many engineering educatorsare embracing. Indeed, with the caveat that the results
. [Accessed: 18-Apr-2018].[8] N. McCarthy, “The countries with the most STEM graduates,” Forbes, 02-Feb-2017.[9] F. Falcone, E. Glynn, M. Graham, and M. Doorley, “Engineering Ethics Survey for Faculty : An Assessment Tool Engineering Ethics Survey for Faculty : An Assessment Tool,” 120th ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Atlanta, June 23-26., 2013.[10] M. J. Murphy, “Ethics Education in China: Censorship, Technology and the Curriculum,” Teach. Ethics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 233–241, 2016.[11] I. Van de Poel and L. Royakkers, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.[12] “Engineering Ethics | Engineering Systems Division | MIT OpenCourseWare.” [Online]. Available: https
- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Mrs. Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University Lindy Hamilton Mayled is a PhD candidate at Grand Canyon University. She is pursuing her PhD in Psychology of Learning, Education, and Technology. Her background in in K-12 education where she has served as a high school science teacher, Instructional and Curriculum Coach, and Assistant Principal. Her research and areas of interest are in improving STEM educational outcomes for Low-SES students through the integration of active learning and technology
Paper ID #21981All Games Are Not Created Equally: How Different Games Contribute toLearning Differently in EngineeringMr. John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech John Morelock is a doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech and a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His research interests include student motivation, game-based teaching and learning, and gamified classrooms.Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study
learning environments. Dr. Swanson received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BA in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to graduate school, she was an elementary science educator for a small children’s science center in California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020“Because I’m not always constantly getting everything right”: GenderDifferences in Engineering Identity Formation in Elementary Students (FUNDAMENTAL) I IntroductionEngineering is a relatively new addition to elementary school classrooms, a
College • Collaborative Projects (2007-2013) – Orange, Lake, Sumter, Seminole and Osceola County Public Schools, Lockheed Martin, Electronic Arts, Girl Scouts, Junior Achievement, Prism, Orlando Science Center, University of Central Florida, Valencia, Seminole and Lake Sumter Colleges • Coordinator of Industry Expert Review Committee: 2008 Math Sunshine State Standards • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee (2011-2012) - Florida Center for Research in Math and Science Education • Medical Scholars Program (2014-present) – Florida A&M University, MCAT prep curriculum developer c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
online learning.Comments from Spring 2021 required an even larger number of themes to describe the experience ofteamwork during a fully virtual class implementation.IntroductionThe use of teams to facilitate students’ learning is widely adapted as one active learning pedagogy inengineering classrooms and labs and deeply integrated in engineering curriculum [1]. As one of thecentral competencies recognized by engineering education community, teamwork skills can be improvedby practice and feedback, especially learning through peer evaluations [2] – [5]. In addition, the use ofpeer evaluations could also increase students’ sense of autonomy, responsibility and motivation tocontribute to team tasks [6] – [7].Both instructors and students were
Engineering Leadership Development Program.David’s main course, Model Based Systems Engineering, is also now officially sponsored by Boeing.David has also received multiple recognitions for his educational work from the Obama White House Of-fice of Science and Technology Policy and was an invited guest for the official start to the National Weekof Making and the CS4ALL initiatives. David also led the broader impacts video game creation for theNSF Expeditions in Computing Grant on Computational Sustainability and is the head faculty advisor forCornell Cup Robotics and Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD), which is commonly Cornell’slargest and most diverse student project team. David was also a screenwriter for Walt Disney