Paper ID #17989Assessing Students’ Researcher Identity and Epistemic CognitionDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incorporat
Paper ID #19605Capturing the Computational Thinking of Families with Young Children inOut-of-School EnvironmentsMs. Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hoda is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in me- chanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her research interests include designing informal setting for engineering learning, and promoting engineering thinking in
include discipline-specific elements of arguments, such as weighing and justifyingtrade-offs based on prioritized criteria and constraints, which are features of argumentation inengineering.21 Thus, more discipline-specific instruments are needed to assess students’argumentation in engineering.Some existing instruments can be used to determine the quality of students’ writing inengineering. Most notably, Abts and colleagues developed the Engineering Design ProcessPortfolio Scoring Rubric,22 which includes the following two elements: “evaluation, reflection,and recommendations” and “presenting the project.” These elements might be related toargumentation, in the sense that students are expected to present the project “for the audiencesand purposes
on their interest during the welcoming session.Students interested in Physics and Engineering are encouraged to attend the special sessionprepared by the department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy. Details about the sessionare presented in the following section.Engineering Physics Special Laboratory SessionsThe Engineering Physics laboratory session changes every year. The goal is to keep the contentfresh, and interesting for the campers. “Find a solution to a real-world problem” is the themeused while selecting the project for the summer camp. For the 2016 summer camp, the problemwas decided to be: How do you deliver a payload from a high-altitude, and track it so it will notbe lost? In order to simulate this problem the students
of data are part of the integrated scholarly workflow, and are notnecessarily wholly separate processes.Building on these interviews, the authors have developed an instructional and training programthat better focuses on integrating data management activities focusing on research and scholarlycommunication processes. The goal of our project was to examine data management practices inthe context of researcher scholarly workflow needs and behaviors and develop and implement aninstructional program that addresses researcher data needs. The development and assessment ofthis program is underway.INTRODUCTIONIn response to federal grant agency and publisher mandates for data sharing, science andtechnology libraries have become actively involved in
(summarized, by priority, in Table 1, below) include innovation;engineering education best practices; preparing students using a hands-on, project-based approach; integrating the traditional lecture format and laboratoryexperiences into a seamless “class-lab” format; strong professional developmentand service learning components; and an emphasis on a broad base of core skills,complemented with depth in focused concentrations: mechanical engineering(manufacturing focus) and chemical engineering (pharmaceutical focus). The initialconcentrations reflect regional and state engineering employment opportunities,the university’s historic strength in the health sciences, a forward-looking view ofengineering in the 21st century, and a desire to attract a
multiple teaching and advising awards including the COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the COE Best Advisor Award (2009, 2010, 2013). Dr. Darabi has been the Technical Chair for the UIC Annual Engineering Expo for the past 5 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 600 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful ac- creditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs. Dr. Darabi has been the
engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that is focused on supporting c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18676the 21st century student demographic he continues to innovate and research on how we can design newmethods of learning to educate both our students and communities on how STEM and STEAM make upa large part of that vision and our future. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 WORK
University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for the 7-12 grade levels. Dr. France is also heavily involved in de- veloping and facilitating the Introduction to Engineering course sequence at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder where his research focused on pre-engineering education and project-based learning.Dr. Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University Dr. DiBerardino is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University. His teaching and research interests are in first-year engineering, dynamic systems, and musculoskeletal biome- chanics. c American Society for Engineering Education
has shown that using a written feedback process instead of an oral question andanswer (Q&A) feedback process increases fluency and usefulness of comments in anintroduction to design course, E4, at Harvey Mudd College.1 This study further examines writtenfeedback in the same setting and quantifies the degree to which students of different gendersbenefit from providing and receiving written feedback compared to oral feedback. The peerfeedback process is examined for design review presentations during a preliminary conceptualdesign project for first and second year college students in a conceptual design course. Theauthors of this study are able to note the differences in these topics as a function of the gender ofthe commenter. The study
on engaging students of all ages in hands-on, innovative engineering education, especially focusing on several outreach projects reaching groups otherwise underrepresented within the STEM fields. Jenna is also leading the University’s STEPS (Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview Summer) Program, developing the curriculum, leading the staff, and working as the primary researcher. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017The Effect of Gender Groupings at an Engineering Summer Camp on Increasing Engineering Knowledge and Confidence The Effect of Gender Groupings at an Engineering Summer Camp on Increasing Engineering Knowledge and ConfidenceIntroductionThis paper
engineering projects, multiphase flow, well testing, in situ stress measure-ments, SCA, hydraulic fracturing and other assigned research programs. In addition, as a group directorhave been responsible for all management and administrative duties, budgeting, and marketing of theservices, codes and products.Standard oil Co. (Sohio Petroleum Company), San Francisco, California, 1983-85; Senior ReservoirEngineer; Performed various tasks related to Lisburne reservoir project; reservoir simulation (3 phaseflow), budgeting, proposal review and recommendation, fund authorizations (AFE) and supporting doc-uments, computer usage forecasting, equipment purchase/lease justification (PC, IBM-XT, Printer, etc.),selection/justification and award of contract to
, North Carolina State University Heather entered the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in the fall of 2014, after com- pleting her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She has participated in various research projects examining the interaction between stereotypes and science interest and confi- dence, their influence upon womens’ performance in school and the workplace, and their presence in the media and consequences for viewers. Her primary research interest is science identity, STEM education, and participation in online communities.Blanca Miller, University of Nevada, Reno Blanca Miller is a Computer Science & Engineering Graduate Student at the University of
total number of students and thenumber of women students enrolled as engineering majors – “184 students enrolled in the classof 1972 Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, including six girls”.That the number of women enrolled is miniscule comes as no surprise. But what caught theauthor’s attention is that the phrasing was the number of girls enrolled as engineering majors.4.2 The University of Tulsa Academic Years 2000-2016: The Author’s Calculus I, II, and III StudentCourse Evaluation CommentsThere are student course evaluation comments suggesting changes in how the author teachescalculus. In Calculus II, Mathematica (http://www.wolfram.com) was introduced and used forsome homework problems and projects. In some
Paper ID #20036Performance by Gender on University Placement Tests in Mathematics andSpatial SkillsMr. Gavin Duffy, Ohio State University For the current academic year I am a visiting scholar at Ohio State University with my home institute being Dublin Institute of Technology where I am a lecturer in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. AT OSU I am working on a research project that is investigating the relationship between spatial ability and problem solving in engineering education. Before joining academia I worked in industry as a chemical engineer and control systems engineer and those are the topics
College, includes a pre-program survey which is completed at the beginningof the summer experience, a post-program survey which is completed at the immediateconclusion of the summer experience, and a follow-up survey which is completed at theconclusion of the subsequent academic year. Funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute(HHMI), the SURE survey was first administered in 2004 [8]. With 44 total items, it includes 21items in which students rate individual learning gains on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from verylarge gain (5) to no gain or very small gain (1). The items cover a comprehensive range ofpotential gains including development of project-specific skills and theoretical understanding,engagement with the research process, and
higher-level tasks earlier intheir careers, necessitating the development of this judgment in undergraduates. This clearly hasbecome a priority for many programs, as evidenced by the growth of project-based learning.Developing this type of judgment and creativity is challenging, but inquiry-based learning willplay an important role and well-tested tools for inspiring new types of knowledge acquisitionmethods in our students are needed.This paper describes hands-on, inquiry-based learning activities that were recently designed andimplemented in the first mechanics course taken by students in the Department of Civil andMechanical Engineering at the US Military Academy in part to help accelerate the developmentof students’ engineering judgment
engagement. She frequently consults on statistical design and analysis of scientific research projects, and she has been involved in the formative and summative eval- uation of federally-funded STEM education grants since 2002. A particular focus of this work has been computational science, a discipline arising from the intersection of science, mathematics, and computer science, as well as the diffusion and adoption of STEM education innovations. Additional scholarly inter- ests include the history of statistics and representations of mathematics and statistics in popular culture, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
College Tom Rebold has chaired the Engineering department at Monterey Peninsula College since 2004. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT, and has been teaching online engineering classes since attending the Summer Engineering Teaching Institute at Ca˜nada College in 2012.Eva Schiorring, Canada College Eva Schiorring has almost two decades of experience in research and evaluation and special knowledge about STEM education in community colleges and four-year institutions. Ms. Schiorring presently serves as the external evaluator for three NSF-funded projects that range in scope and focus from leadership de- velopment to service learning and experimentation with alternative
for removal of emerging contaminants during water and wastewater treatment. At CalPoly, she works with both civil and environmental engineering undergraduate students to to expand her research into application of wastewater reuse for agricultural applications, as well as effective storm water management via Low Impact Development techniques. Before Cal Poly, Dr. Oulton was a consulting engineer at Cannon in San Luis Obispo, where her projects included the Guadalupe Restoration Project, storm water management for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, water management and wastewater treatment projects for local municipalities, and pollution control design for numerous development and remediation projects throughout
A&M University Delivering significant results in pivotal roles such as Sr. Consultant to high-profile clients, Sr. Project Manager directing teams, and Executive Leader of initiatives and programs that boost organizational effectiveness and optimize operations have been hallmarks of Dr. Wickliff’s career spanning more than 24 years with leaders in the oil & gas and semiconductor industries. As an expert in the areas of Executive Leadership and Team Development, Strategy Design & Execution, Supply Chain Optimization, Change Management, System Integration and LEAN Process Improvement (technical and business), Dr. Wickliff is passionate about Organizational Wellness and the Holistic Well- ness of
Paper ID #20147Exploring how Science Teachers’ Views of the Nature and Pedagogy of Sci-ence are Affected by their Transition to Engineering (Fundamental)Beau Vezino, University of Arizona Beau R. Vezino is a Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona’s College of Education. His focus is engineering and science education. Beau currently teaches the science/engineering methods course for pre-service teachers and works on several related research projects. Beau is certified teacher and holds a MS in Education in Curriculum and Instruction (2009) and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2005). Beau’s research focus involves K-12
basis for a series of four courses. Each course builds on the previous courseinvolving both theoretical and hands-on lab projects. These courses are built using traditionalcurriculum development activities enhanced by IMPACT training to maximize student learningand success. Graduates from Purdue’s program are to have the essential skills for them to besuccessful workers in the commercial space industry.Short history of the space and commercial space industryIn 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth. A few weekslater, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space. These were inspiring acts asevidenced by then United States President Kennedy, in his address to Congress on May 25, 1961,eager to
engineering (AE/ME) disciplines. The duced students to in-depth troubleshooting techniques. Exitthree variations of laboratories included older "cookbook- surveys showed a significant increase in positive studentstyle" labs based on manual wiring (control group), newer- perceptions of the lab and its applicability to their ma-style laboratories with a heavy emphasis on VHDL and jor/upper-level courses. Research has shown that computer-virtual wiring techniques using industry standard tools, and based tools stimulate students toward exploring topics ona hybrid section that balanced concepts from the two labora- their own and completing more advanced projects, thattories. We compared student performance on seven ques
instruc- and graduate students. Of this total, female students make uption support, and a team project. The personal/ profes- 30% (Office of Institutional Research) of the student enroll-sional development occurs through networking opportu- ment at the undergraduate level and graduate level.nities and college-readiness workshops. The cross-cul- The annual research expenditures for the COE exceedstural development occurs through early establishment of 11.8 million dollars. As such, the COE is home to distin-community and accountability with peer mentors. Activ- guished research centers including the National Scienceities are held throughout the academic year to continue Foundation's
pedagogical and organizational model treats the undergraduate degreeas a complex system, giving consideration to the interconnectivity and integration of fundamentalconcepts across the program. This holistic approach emphasizes knowledge integration and weaveskey threads (creativity, foundations, and professionalism) throughout the curriculum, stitching to-gether and reinforcing relevant themes from the freshman to senior years.With the goal of showing students why math is critical to becoming a successful engineer, thispaper focuses on the foundations thread of the RED project. Even though the foundations threadencompasses topics in both math and science, this paper shines a light on mathematics and the roleit plays in retention. The paper
pedagogy be used to increase self-efficacy, motivation, learning andretention in an introductory programming class? This redesign is being implemented in three phases. Thefirst phase, which has been completed, emphasized the development of course outcomes and theimplementation of active learning activities in lectures. The second phase, which is still ongoing, isemphasizing the implementation of supplemental online resources, a non-traditional digital textbookformat, and the addition of a project to the course to give students more autonomy over their learning. Thefinal phase, which has yet to come, will be a trial division of the class into two courses, one for studentswith prior programming experience, and one for students who are new to
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
on molecular cooperativity in drug targeting, bio-sensing, and cell sig- naling. Current projects align along three main themes: local drug delivery, endothelial dysfunction in diabetes, and cooperative DNA diagnostics. Recent awards include the Jeanette Wilkins Award for the best basic science paper at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society. Dr. Caplan teaches several classes including Biotransport Phenomena, Biomedical Product Design and Development II (alpha prototyping of a blood glucose meter), and co-teaches Biomedical Capstone De- sign. Dr. Caplan also conducts educational research to assess the effectiveness of interactive learning strategies in large classes (˜150 students).Miss Courtney Michelle DuBoisMs
Integrated Circuits Conference, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design, and International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design.Dr. Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University Prof. Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut in with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining San Francisco State University as an assistant professor, he worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and