Paper ID #37324Board 314: Implementing the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Modelat a Public Urban Research University in the Southeastern United StatesDr. Chrysanthe Preza, The University of Memphis Chrysanthe Preza is the Kanuri Professor and Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of Memphis, where she joined 2006. She received her D.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998. She leads the research in the Computa- tional Imaging Research Laboratory at the University of Memphis. Her research interests are imaging science, estimation
Paper ID #37329Board 394: Sustaining and Scaling the Impact of the MIDFIELD project atthe American Society for Engineering Education (Year 1)Dr. Susan M Lord, University of San Diego Susan Lord is Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. She received a BS from Cornell University in Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (EE) and MS and PhD in EE from Stanford University. Her research focuses on the study and promotion of equity in engineering including student pathways and inclusive teaching. She has won best paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions
Paper ID #34271Mentoring and Advising Students in an S-STEM Project: Strengths Trainingfrom a Social Justice Perspective in Engineering & Computer Science asContext – Initial ImplementationDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is a Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the Office of Student Research at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is affiliated faculty in Computer Science and Software Engineering and Science, Technology and Society. She is also the Faculty Director of the California State University (CSU
Paper ID #33636Understanding the Potential of a Holistic Engineering Project Experiencein the Advancement of the Professional Formation of EngineersDr. Kakan C. Dey, West Virginia University Dr. Kakan Dey is an Assistant Professor at the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering, West Virginia University, WV, USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University in 2014 and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University in 2010. Dr. Dey was the recipient of the Clemson University 2016 Distinguished Postdoctoral Award. His primary research area includes intelligent
Paper ID #18146Developing a Pipeline for Students from Rural High Schools into Engineer-ing Technology and Mechatronics at a Two-Year College (NSF-ATE Projects)Dr. James E. Payne, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Jim Payne has been with Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College for ten years after retiring from South Carolina State University as Professor of Physics and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. He serves as STEM Program Developer for the College and as a Principal Investigator and project manager. He is currently managing the NSF-ATE RAMP project and a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Scholars project
Paper ID #22019Exploring Follow-up Effect of Scaffolding for Creative Problem Solving throughQuestion Prompts in Project-based Community Service LearningProf. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is a professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over ten years of industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Dr. Ye Yuan, Nantong UniversityMs. Jing Yan
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018IntroductionScholarships in Engineering, Science, Mathematics and Computer Science (SESMC, “seismic”)is an NSF S-STEM project at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a community college in SantaMaria, California. SESMC was funded at $600,000 for five-years. The first set of scholarshipswas awarded during academic year 2013–14, and the final set was awarded during 2017–18.Project activities were based on four foundations blocks: Financial, Academic Skills,Involvement, and Commitment/Motivation (Figure 1). Each scholar was awarded up to $6,000per year. Scholars were required to attend group study sessions, workshops, guest speaker talks,etc., as well as meet twice per semester with a faculty mentor in
Paper ID #21260Lessons Learned from a NSF S-STEM Project in a Rural and Hispanic Serv-ing InstitutionDr. Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College IVAN LOPEZ HURTADO received his B.S. degree in Industrial Physics Engineering from Tec de Mon- terrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1995. M.S. degree in Automation from Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1998 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA in 2008. He is currently the Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Northern New Mexico College, Associate Professor of the College of Engineering and Technology, and
partic- ularly interested in improving the culture and environment of undergraduate education experience for all students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. Audrey has expertise in qualitative research methods including exploratory case studies and narrative inquiry. She is currently exploring the culture and environments of university makerspaces and community colleges through student stories. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Making a New Path: Lessons Learned During the ‘Making the Data’ Phase of our ProjectAbstractIn this NSF-funded Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) project, we are broadlyinterested in understanding how
State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Enhancing Critical Life-Cycle Decision Making in Complex Engineering Projects in the Context of Engineering Economy CoursesAbstractComplex engineering projects (CEPs) such as electric transmission networks and transportationinfrastructure are becoming increasingly important to the public in general and even more so toengineers. These projects are large-scale in terms of money and time and contain significantuncertainties over their life-cycle, with fluctuations in input and output costs. Due to theseuncertainties, there are conditional opportunities (e.g., on prices) to make critical decisions
Paper ID #23168Findings from the First Year of a Project that Partners Engineers and Edu-cators in Rural SchoolsDr. Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Veronica van Montfrans, Virginia Tech Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr
the impact it can have on society. She is especially interested in broadening the perspective of the introductory Computer Science student beyond the programming concepts typically taught in these courses. She uses HFOSS projects as a means to providing real-world experience and finds that students are motivated, showing increased participation in classroom discussion especially among women. She is Co-PI on an NSF-funded project to assist faculty who are interested in involving students in HFOSS projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Helping Faculty & Students to Participate in Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software: The OpenFE & OpenPath
Paper ID #25739Board 28: Progress on a Mixed Methods Research Project Studying Interestand Identity of Participants Engaged in Engineering Camp Activities – Meth-ods and Preliminary ResultsDr. Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno Indira Chatterjee received her M.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio in 1977 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1981. Indira is Associate Dean of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. As Associate Dean she oversees undergraduate and graduate
Paper ID #26880Board 38: Methods and Outcomes of the NSF Project on Synthesizing Envi-ronments for Digitally-Mediated Team LearningDr. Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida Ronald F. DeMara is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univer- sity of Central Florida (UCF), where he has been a full-time faculty member since 1993. His educational research interests focus on classroom instructional technologies and the digitization of STEM assess- ments. He is Principal Investigator of the NSF Workshop on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning and the organizer of faculty
Paper ID #25591Board 42: ”Integrating Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines: Sup-porting an Externally Collaborative Project-Based Interdisciplinary Culture(EPIC) for Learning using Trace Metal Analysis”Dr. John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jack Duggan is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology at Went- worth Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional environmental engineer in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. He has earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and M.S. in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemistry degrees from UMASS Lowell
undergraduate, mas- ters and doctoral engineering students and technical professionals on 3 campuses, including both online and full-immersion programs. Robin’s team helps companies recruit from a robust, top-rated technical talent pipeline that includes Universal Learners from around the world. Beyond traditional career events and virtual fairs, the Center promotes engagement in experiential-based hiring programs such as global challenges, hackathons, design-build challenges, industry-led class projects, and other ”Fulton Differ- ence” programs. Robin is passionate about broadening participation in higher education through first- generation, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and serves as the adviser for the American
Paper ID #26518Board 61: Insights from the First Two Years of a Project Partnering MiddleSchool Teachers with Industry to Bring Engineering to the Science ClassroomDr. Andrew L Gillen, Virginia TechDr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia
Paper ID #15800Participating in Authentic Engineering Projects Improves Teachers’ Abilityto Teach the Design Process to Middle School StudentsProf. Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kris Billiar is Department Head and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University, an M.S.E and Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His current research interests are soft tis- sue mechanics and mechanobiology – the study of how mechanical forces regulate the development and healing of connective
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 the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Prof. Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany. State University of New York Champagne is Professor Emerita at the University at Albany, SUNY where she was Professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice in the School of Education and in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. Champagne is a fellow of the American
Paper ID #15003Writing to Learn Engineering: Identifying Effective Techniques for the Inte-gration of Written Communication into Engineering Classes and Curricula(NSF RIGEE project)Prof. Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cary Troy is an associate professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. His research focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, physical oceanography, coastal engineering, and Lake Michigan, as well as innovative and effective pedagogical techniques in large engineering courses. He teaches courses in elementary fluid mechanics, coastal engineering, environmental fluid
Paper ID #26471Undergraduate Engineering Retention and Enrichment through Implemen-tation of an NSF IUSE Project in an Underrepresented Hispanic Serving In-stitutionDr. Ashis Nandy, Northern New Mexico College Dr. Ashis Nandy is an Associate Professor of Electromechanical Engineering Technology at the Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, New Mexico. He received his Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2012. Prior to that, he earned a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineer- ing from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2006), and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering
practices. Page 23.598.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Feedback in Complex, Authentic, Industrially Situated Engineering Projects using Episodes as a Discourse Analysis Framework – Year 1IntroductionOver the last seven years, we have developed, implemented, and studied student learning incyber-enabled learning systems.1,2 Central to each of these learning systems is a virtual reactorthat enables a team of students to develop, test, and refine solutions as they are tasked withdeveloping an optimal “recipe” for one of two virtual reactors. The two virtual reactors include:the
Paper ID #6169Correlation Analysis of Scaffolding Creative Problem Solving Through Ques-tion Prompts with Process and Outcomes of Project-Based Service LearningDr. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over ten years of industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Mr. Liusheng Wang, Jackson State
Paper ID #8106Early work for the Mathematics as a Gatekeeper to Engineering Project: AReview of Informal Learning, Engineering and Design Thinking LiteratureMs. DeLean A Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette DeLean Tolbert is a doctoral student of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She earned a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan–Dearborn and a M.S. in Industrial Engineer- ing from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include: informal engineering learning and teaching, K-12 engineering education, and engineering thinking and learning within ethnic minority com
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 the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State UniversityDr. Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is
School Students to Study Engineering Technology through Hands-on Mechatronics Product Design ProjectsAbstractThis poster presents the work on using hands-on mechatronics design activities to attract college, aswell as high school students, to study engineering technology. This work is supported by a grant fromNational Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE) division. TheMechatronics Technology Center (MTC) established by the grant enables faculty members fromdifferent engineering technology fields to collaborate to introduce mechatronics technology to collegestudents through multidisciplinary hands-on design projects, enable students from mechanicalengineering technology, computer engineering technology, electrical
Paper ID #41328Board 204: Barriers and Supports to Divergent Thinking in EngineeringProblem-Solving: An Engineering Student Project ExperienceShannon M Clancy, University of Michigan Shannon M. Clancy (she/they) is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Her current research focuses on idea development and ideation tools, divergent thinking, and engineering curricular practices and culture. Her research interests
engineering students taking gateway or introduction toengineering classes. In this in-situ interdisciplinary intervention method, so far, we have engagedone of two cohorts of university freshman engineering students (16 students/cohort): one withActive Learning (AL) (with a culture of inclusion through video-based activity/interaction) andthe other with AL and creative video projects (CVP) activities in a 2-semester enrichment program.Our intervention investigated a new 100% (AL) method that combines video-based interactionamong student-faculty and group CVP (for ex., self-reflective biography of scientists) to inspire,motivate, and improve the retention rate within TAMIU’s engineering program, promoting aculture of inclusion. The CVP was created
Paper ID #41731Board 277: Exploring the Intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, andEthics in Engineering: Project Overview and Preliminary ResultsMs. Isil Anakok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ms.Anakok is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has a Ms. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and Bs. in Mechatronics Engineering from Kocaeli University, Turkey.Dr. Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Hess’s research
Paper ID #44383Board 294: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: The Freshman YearInnovator Experience (FYIE): Bridging the URM Gap in STEMDr. Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Noe Vargas Hernandez researches creativity and innovation in engineering design. He studies ideation methods, journaling, smartpens, and other methods and technology to aid designers improve their creativity levels. He also applies his research to the desDr. Javier Ortega, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Dr. Javier A. Ortega is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University