cybersecurity programs and fulfill industrial and technological requirements and goals with regard tocyber security paths (Bauer et al., 2018). Additionally, it could be beneficial to those who plan towork in industry if cyber security teaching could align with materials and skills needed for cybersecurity certification exams such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) exams.However, there are key limitations and grand challenges on cyber security teaching in bothonline and face-to-face educational structures. The difficulties are mainly due to a broad range ofstudent backgrounds and a lack of computing resources. In most cyber security programs,students enroll with
participants and mentors to address the impact of the project on the participants,to ask whether the goals and objectives were accomplished as planned, and to identify strengthsand limitations of the projects. These evaluation strategies will be detailed with special emphasison the steps taken to modify the educational programming in response to evaluation findingsfrom year one.Center OverviewThe Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR) is aNational Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) grant. ERCs aredesigned to integrate engineering research and education with technological innovation totransform national prosperity, health, and security. Purdue University is the lead institutionpartnering
several academic year follow-up activities. Section 2 provides anoverview of the project, including objectives, rationale for the intellectual focus, teacherrecruitment process, and structure of project activities. Section 3 provides illustrative examplesof teachers’ research activities and lesson plans developed by them. Section 4 provides highlightsof project assessment. Finally, Section 5 offers some concluding remarks.2. Overview Page 24.1041.2 In 2013, under an NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site project, 12middle and high school teachers participated in a six-week summer workshop focused onsensors, microcontrollers
, such as standardization of the searchprocess and commitment to DEI. Our results indicate that awareness of the barriers historicallymarginalized candidates face and knowledge of the best practices of effective teaching arecritical to an inclusive search. In future research, we plan to disseminate additional findings onfaculty conceptions of inclusive searches and their views on candidate fit. Research Team: Pathway to the ProfessoriateTo promote institutional change, it’s essential to understand why we should care about increasingthe number of Latine STEM TFF members. One way to underscore the crucial role of suchfaculty is by studying their experiences. We conducted 19 semi-structured interviews with LatineTTF in STEM
Puerto Rico that you would be attending with these modules, although the premise is that these units could be used in any school in Puerto Rico that could require it. [4] Before the site visit, students were lectured on how to rebuild schools, and during the visittheir professors and a graduate student explained the structural failures in the design of thebuilding. They studied the original plans and were guided to observe the correspondence betweenthe plans, the structure, and visible damages. After the tour of the school, students were asked touse the site visit experience to discuss their proposed design project and complete an exercise usingthe technique of Triple Bottom Line (TBL)’[5]. The instructions for this exercise
) changing the baselinedata collection from the 5th grade statewide Science Test to the 5th grade statewide ScienceReleased Exam. The first two changes align with social distancing procedures. The third changeis due to a lack of 5th grade statewide End-of-Grade (EOG) Science Test administration or scoresfor spring 2020. As such, the researchers planned to use the released exam as a proxy for 5th gradeEOG.It should be noted that even with these pivots, the team continued to experience additional ad hocchallenges throughout Year 1. For example, the student assent and parent consent process wassignificantly delayed due to several compounding factors including not being able to send studentsand families consent forms prior to the course start, students
) increasing student engagement, success, and retention, and (b) ultimately seeing greater increases for underrepresented minority (URM), women, and first-generation students. Ten faculty teaching first- and second-year Engineering courses participated in the first cohort of ISE-2 in Summer 2017, which consisted of three workshops and six informal “coffee conversations”. At the conclusion of the workshops, each faculty was tasked with completing a teaching plan for the Fall 2017 semester, to incorporate the strategies and knowledge from ISE-2 into the courses they plan to teach. Focus groups with the ISE-2 faculty were conducted in Fall 2017 to obtain feedback about the faculty development program. Classroom observations were
Mentors review1:45-2:00PM Break2:00 – 2:45PM Session 5: Timetable (45 minutes) Brief Presentation what is needed for time table? (10 minutes) Hands on: PIs create draft timetable Mentors review2:45-3:00PM Break3:00 – 3:45PM Session 6: Management plan (45 minutes) Brief Presentation what goes in the management plan? (10 minutes) Hands on: Drafting a management plan Mentors review3:45-4:00PM Break4:00 – 4:45PM Session 7: Budget 1 (45 minutes) Presentation – the budget, what’s allowed, do’s and don’t Indirect Rate (IDR) and the impact on budget Q&A about budget5:00 – 6:00PM Session 7A: (30-60 minutes
Paper ID #30509Developing a Research Agenda for the Engineering Ambassador CommunityDr. Stacey V Freeman, Dr. Stacey Freeman is the Director of National Outreach for the College of Engineering at Boston Uni- versity. In this role, she is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing outreach and diversity programs and initiatives to promote Engineering and increase the K-12 pipeline for women and underrep- resented minority students.Dr. Sandra Lina Rodegher, Boston University Dr. Sandra Rodegher is the Manager for National Outreach Initiatives for the Office of Outreach and Diversity in Boston University’s
Geometric Tolerancing Project Management Project organization Project selection PERT, CPM, Project planning and control, resources allocation Project team development & management Conflict and change management Six-sigma & quality improvement projects Oil & Gas exploration case studies Manufacturing logistics Productivity measures Forecasting techniques for manufacturing Capacity planning and break even
-April 2008 and April 2017 - present). Dr. Yaprak also served as an ABET IEEE/ETAC Commissioner (July 2012-July 2017). Dr. Yaprak also serves on the ABET Board of Delegates (November 2019-November 2025). Dr. Yaprak served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education, Feb 2015 to Feb 2017. In that role, she was responsible for planning and budgeting for science in engineering education; managing the awards process; marketing the program; working with other NSF programs, federal agencies and organizations; advising and assisting the division’s director in long-range planning; and reviewing research, education and infrastructure proposals.Mr. Mark A Jager, Wayne State
successfully design andimplement a scaffolded and course-integrated intervention on learning strategies. Weinvestigate how the intervention impacts students’ knowledge, belief, commitment, planning,and attitude of using effective learning strategies and their course performance.Project detailsThe aim of this project (NSF IUSE #2315777) is to develop, implement, and evaluatecourse-integrated learning interventions and their impact on student learning in engineeringclassrooms. The project has two primary objectives. The first objective is to developdiscipline-specific training modules that are grounded in the framework of self-regulated learning(the process of goal setting, planning, self-monitoring, and reflection) (Santangelo etal, 2022).These modules
effectively articulatedtheir data stewardship practices at a Spring 2025 undergraduate research conference.Courses for Undergraduate ResearchersAdditionally, to augment the data stewardship practices of undergraduate researchers,we developed and taught stand-alone courses for undergraduate researchers as well as workshopsfor research mentors.One new course “Understanding Your Research Data” was offered in Spring 2024 & 2025. Thiscourse applies research data life cycle ethical management principles to students’ currentundergraduate research experience. It entails proper research data planning, collection, description,organization, management, visualization, preservation, communication, and ethical use. Studentswill be able to produce research data
workshop grantwas motivated by observations that PI teams often found these data aspects to be challenging tocomplete and that they undervalued how this data can inform their proposals. The workshopswere not intended as comprehensive S-STEM proposal development support across all proposalcomponents.The virtual workshop series addressed challenges from both project development and practicalperspectives, with the goal of enhancing participants’ ability to effectively use institutional datain their S-STEM proposals. The intended outcomes for the workshop participants include: 1) articulating awareness of how institutional/student data can be used to inform their project plans and S-STEM program goals; 2) developing a plan for using
B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, ASEM, and a senior member of IIE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Advanced Technological Education Project for High Value Manufacturing: Lessons LearnedAbstractProjects rarely go according to plan, but this is especially true of those that involve multipleinstitutions and have a significant degree of complexity associated with them. This work relatesthe experiences an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project around high valuemanufacturing. The project was a collaboration with a Texas A&M University and HoustonCommunity College. The project comprised three main aspects
, process monitoring/control, data science, cyber-physical systems, and cloudcomputing to drive manufacturing operational excellence. The convergence of IT and OT iscritical to allow interaction across the four layers of automation, within the automation pyramidstandardized by the International Society of Automation (ISA) in 2010 [7], where, Level-0:Sensors/actuators (field-level); Level-1: Real-time control systems (control-level); Level-2: Datamanagement, modeling, learning (supervisory-level); Level-3: Manufacturing operationsmanagement (plant-level); Level-4: Business planning and logistics (enterprise-level).Application areas span equipment health and status updates provided to consumers of machineryand HVAC systems, mobility avenues (e.g
energy to power vehicles,maintain livestock habitats, and manage wastes. Renewable energy production from biomass cancompete with food production for land and water resources. Management of water supply andquality requires an intricate balance between demand from agriculture and energy for water andother societal and ecosystem needs for water. Each of these interactions creates opportunities formodeling driven by sensor-based and qualitative data collection to improve the effectiveness ofsystem operation and control in the short term as well as investments and planning for the longterm. However, the large volume and complexity of the data collected creates challenges forvisualization, decision support, and stakeholder communication.A National
use all the tools acquired in their undergraduateprograms. Simultaneously, students can contribute to one of the goals of society through researchand development of emergency housing in Puerto Rico [4] The paper presents the instructionaldesign, results, and evaluation of the Design-Build course, and finally reflects about lessons learnedand relevance of this type of interdisciplinary learning scenario.2. Methods and Results. 2.1. Method / Semester Project.The design project consisted of conceptualizing a group of emergency houses. Four smallliving units with the same floor plan, interconnected by a central open space where thepersons will be able to interact and develop a sense of community. These small units areexpected to be self
measures have started totaper in recent years [2]. To meet current and future workforce demands for more STEMprofessionals in the United States, we must be creative about how to move beyond this ceilingeffect; and, great potential exists among the growing population of students who begin theirpursuit of a higher education at institutions other than 4-year public/private colleges [11].The purpose of this research project is to increase understanding of engineering transfer studentsand their experiences at both sending and receiving institutions. Research sites include four ofthe top ten producers of U.S. Hispanic/Latino engineers; the framework of transfer studentcapital was used to organize the project’s data collection and analytical plan (Figure
have a better chance of success. The workshop helped faculty to understand the barriers that made previous attempts to infuse engineering with humanitarian principles difficult to maintain.• Strategic Planning Sessions The work of the RED team aligns with the University’s recently adopted strategic plan that launched six pathways for institutional change including, becoming an Anchor Institution, Practicing Changemaking and Care for Our Common Home. The RED team leveraged this institutional initiative as an opportunity to develop to identify strategic opportunities in the School of Engineering that are consistent with the RED grant. Three strategic planning sessions in the school that
final yearand it is not yet finished. Some qualitative data analysis and educational activities are not yetfully completed. Therefore, the researcher will request an extension for the project for one moreyear. Self-regulated learning (SRL), or self-regulation, is defined broadly as a complexrepository of knowledge and skills for planning, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, andcontinually improving the learning process [1]. The effective use of self-regulation helps astudent oversee his or her learning process by interpreting requirements, planning andmonitoring ongoing cognitive activities, and comparing outcomes with internal and externalstandards [2]. The influence of SRL in learning and problem solving has been demonstrated
Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology
Expo, 6 scholars will present their work at the 2016National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), and one scholar will present his paper atthe IEEE SoutheastCon 2016.Vertically Integrated Project Based LearningThe SPIRIT program’s Project Based Leaning (PBL) activities were developed to incorporateopen-ended problem solving, teamwork, and project management. Overall the goals of theseactivities were to broaden student involvement in practical scenarios and to prepare students forthe challenges of their senior capstone project and professional practice. Three planned PBLactivities were conducted during the weekly meetings and involved structured teams working ondesign challenges. SPIRIT scholars worked in teams comprised of Seniors
University and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been teaching chemistry in higher education since 1995 and has been recognized with several teaching awards over the years.Dr. Jackie Greene, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Jackie Greene is Assistant Director of the Lucas Center for Faculty Development at Florida Gulf Coast University. She worked in faculty development during her career with public schools, the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, and in her current position. She is involved with the SPARCT Program as a member of the planning committee and she analyzes the qualitative data for program review and assessment purposes. Dr. Greene received her degrees from Kent
multicopter UAV [3].Figure 1. Concept of operation: Obstacle avoidance system for a multicopter using optical flow.Figure 2 shows the test plan and vehicle trajectory during the flight test of the participants-developed obstacle avoidance algorithm on the multicopter shown in Figure 3. Figure 2. UAV trajectory during flight tests.In the figure above, purple line shows the actual vehicle trajectory. The green circles with numbersindicate the waypoints that the vehicle was commanded to fly to. After detecting the obstacles,the vehicle moved to the left or right and after completing the avoidance maneuver, the vehicleattempted to continue to the mission waypoint. When another obstacle was
post-graduation plans of seniors—plans to pursue engineering or non-engineeringwork and plans to attend engineering or non-engineering graduate school—are students‘confidence in their professional and interpersonal skills and their level of intrinsic psychologicalmotivation to study engineering. These two variables, when taken in combination, alsodistinguish the overall college experience of students. 4STEM Major PersistenceThere is little national research available on major retention. Major retention is challenging tomeasure as students declare majors and never begin coursework. Others begin coursework yetonly formally declare majors in their second or even third year of study. According to theAmerican Society of Engineering Education
totake an introductory course in STEM teaching (TPTE 115: Intro to STEM Teaching) during theirfirst year in the program. This course includes content on STEM pedagogy and field experiencessuch as classroom observations and service-learning community outreach activities.To provide the pre-service teachers enrolled in the VolsTeach program with more exposure toengineering, we combined this course with another existing course (EF 327: Engineering Designin K-12 Education). EF 327 was originally designed as a service-learning course for engineeringundergraduate students. In this course, students developed engineering-focused lesson plans andengaged in service learning by facilitating after-school engineering clubs and family STEMnights at local
communication or project management, which overlook the more fundamentaldifferences around what counts as knowledge and how knowledge is generated [4], [5].Accordingly, the purpose of this project is to improve the effectiveness of engineering educationresearch (EER) groups striving to make transformative change in engineering.To meet this goal, we are using an integrated research and education plan to develop a deepunderstanding of how researchers negotiate differences in how group members think and engagein critical interactions. We are exploring how both individuals and groups approach thegeneration, application, and expression of knowledge through a multimethod research approachthat integrates an ethnographic case study [6], [7], [8] with
challenges are addressed through structured yet dynamic social issues through multifaceted engagement. flexible interactions fostered by PALAR. Palar Process OUTCOMES AND PLAN ACT
progress made in implementing FYE2.0 to date and discusses plans for the future.1.0 BackgroundFirst-year engineering programs (FYE) are a common way for students to be introduced to theengineering profession. [1]. FYE programs typically include one or two introductory courses on avariety of topics. The content of FYE courses can include any combination of topics such as design,communication, professional skills (e.g., teamwork, leadership), and engineering specifictechnology/tools (e.g., MATLAB, CAD) [2]. Fostering interactions between first-year studentsand faculty/upper division engineering students have been shown to aid in the retention ofengineering students. The goals of FYE programs are typically: • Provide FYE students with