andrecess. The second cohort consisted of about 40 students who met once a week on Saturdaymorning for about an hour. This second cohort also had a separate hour session on homeworkand enrichment activities that sometimes involved literacy, mathematics, and practicalapplication/career connections related to the UAVs. Table 1 shows some of the findings based onresearch [2] conducted on Version 1 of the curriculum.In Version 2, the developers found that a storyline-based approach [3] (Figure 1) was useful foryouth to see how the individual lessons/skills build to address two overarching questions: "Howcan the UAV be used to determine the damage to a town?" and "How can we deliver aid to thistown using UAVs?" We tested this second version again in two
process into myclassroom and to encourage my students into a STEM career field.Two responses shown below for first time participants suggest their instructional practices mightbe influenced by more than just preparing a lesson plan:The opportunity to get to know other STEM teachers from a variety of schools over such a longperiod of time simply cannot be found elsewhere. Getting to know these teachers and then beingable to see their lesson plan ideas at the end of the program has had a big impact on me as ateacher.As a teacher, I am able to bring back personal experience and knowledge about the STEM fieldsto my students. I learned how to guide my students to enter the science fair.A comment box on the post-program survey solicited general
networks, real-time computing, mobile and wireless networks, cognitive radio networks, trust and information security, and semantic web. He is a recipient of the US Department of Energy Career Award. His research has been supported by US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratories, Ohio Supercomputer Center, and the State of Ohio.Prof. Prabhaker Mateti, Wright State University Prabhaker Mateti, Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1976, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My research interests are in Internet security, distributed systems, programming language design, techni- cal aspects of software engineering, and graph algorithms. My recent
dependence on computers seriouslychallenges educators to provide information in more dynamic, compelling, thorough, andinteractive ways. Furthermore, shortened attention spans impede students from staying engagedand focused in math and science classrooms, resulting in poorer performance and diminishedinterest in pursuing technical careers. It has been shown that student involvement through hands-on activities and tinkering in and out the classroom can and does help student engage, focus andlearn better basic and more advanced engineering concepts. It is also important to note that suchstudent engagement has also been identified as a key factor in remedying the achievement gapamong minority populations. Many tools have been developed that use the
11 11Figure 2. Radar plots of models of percent faculty allocation in position descriptions (a) as presently prescribed to faculty and (b) distributed activity after transformation.6.2 Progress to-date and looking forwardWe sought to initiate the project by providing space for all faculty and staff in CBEE toparticipate. As a mechanism we used the annual Fall Term Faculty Retreat (an all-day eventutilized to initiate each new academic year) as a forum to convey the message that the work andrewards of this project are available for all faculty and staff to participate in, and according totheir own interests, expertise, and career trajectories. Subsequent to a brief
engineering, rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology, telemedicine and home health care, emergency and military medicine, medical information systems and electronic patient records, and medical ethics.The instructor stresses career opportunities for engineers in clinical application environments.C. HeartspringThe mission of Heartspring7 (Wichita, KS) is to help children with special needs grow and learnon a path to a more independent life. Heartspring School serves severely disabled children withASD, mental retardation, Down syndrome, visual/hearing impairments, and behavior disorders.Most of these children have significant, multiple disabilities, meaning concomitant impairments(e.g., mental retardation-blindness
other aspects of the flipped classroom.Only one-third agreed or strongly agreed that the learning gains were better in the flippedclassroom versus the usual method of instruction in the class (i.e., blended). Only 39% agreed orstrongly agreed that interaction with other students in the flipped classroom was valuable. Only28% thought the flipped classroom led to valuable experiences for their future careers. Finally,only 39% felt the flipped classroom enabled them to develop better computer programs fornumerical methods problems.3.2.1 Content Analysis of BenefitsIn an open-ended question in the evaluation survey, we asked the students what they liked aboutthe flipped classroom and the benefits they perceived. The frequencies associated with
, leadership, and assistive technology.Prof. Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette Patrice M. Buzzanell is a Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication and the School of Engineering Education (courtesy) at Purdue University. Editor of three books and author of over 150 articles and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, gender communication, lead- ership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She is working on Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Commu- nities (TLBGC) team in
user community.This paper introduces this project, describes the academia-industry partnership, and provides anin-depth description of the project’s execution and outcomes.2 Project PartnersAcademia-industry partnership is the key to achievement of the project outcomes. From theconceptual stage, it was believed that by working hand in hand with the industry, both theacademia and industry would benefit. Students would gain knowledge that is currently practicedin the industry and which they would likely use in their professional career, and industry wouldbe able to train/retrain their personnel using a tested delivery strategy.2.1 Industry Partners – Formation and RoleUnderstanding project requirements, studying possible partnerships, and
working to createopportunities to foster analytical and problem solving abilities among its upper divisionengineering students. CET seeks to provide Junior and Senior-level students with undergraduateresearch and industry workforce experiences to better prepare them for graduate programs andfor highly evolving and technology-based labor market. The literature has reported for more thanthree decades the substantial benefits for underrepresented minorities (URM) when engaging inURE. A myriad of recent publications substantiates the importance of URE including increasedconfidence in research and professional skills, enhanced preparation for graduate school, andgreater clarity on future career pathways [4], [5]. Using grant-funded equipment and
deterring and a major barrier to retention andsuccess in the profession.[5-10]Several factors have been identified as key challenges: (a) the lack of exposure to engineering orcomputer science as fields of study or as career opportunities [11], (b) the lack of professionalidentity (inability to see oneself as a professional) [7], (c) an impaired sense of belonging [12,13], and (d) the lack of self-efficacy (how well one can execute a course of action to deal with aprospective situation) [14]. Adding to the challenge is the rigor of engineering curriculum whichsubstantially contributes to high dropout rates from engineering [15], averaging at 50%, andranging from 60 to 67% for minorities [12, 16, 17]. These numbers are strongly driven by highfailure
be supported as they translate their findings and processes into newcurriculum initiatives for their own classrooms. Teacher interns and pre-service teachers (seniorscience education major undergraduates) will be an integral part of the program, rigorouslypreparing them even before their careers as in-service teachers. Twelve teachers, six engineeringfaculty and six experienced engineering undergraduate students will be formed into six researchteams. During a six-week summer program, each team will conduct intensive work on variousaspects of smart vehicle development initiative. Teachers will also work with educationprofessionals to develop classroom activities based on the active research areas in which they areinvolved. Proposed RET Site
-authored over 85 professional journals and conference publications and 4 book chapters. Dr. Franklin was the recipient of the 1998 Presidential Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by the National Science Foundation. She is an active member of the MTT-S society in the technical area of passives, packaging, integration and microwave education and is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave Wireless Components Letters.Dr. Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa Page 24.119.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Systems-Centric
excellence with a multitude of other skills including communication, teaming, ethicalreasoning, and contextual analysis.2 Yet, without exposure to real-world applications in thecontext of a technical education, students may neither develop these important skills nor gainsufficient motivation to pursue careers in engineering.There are many successful examples of ways in which real-world problem solving has beenintegrated into engineering curricula: service learning (e.g., the EPICS program3), industry-sponsored capstone design experiences, and cooperative learning internships. One commonfeature of these types of experiences is that they are often superimposed on top of a moretraditional curriculum whose courses focus on fundamental engineering
usethis device in their professional careers. Page 23.161.9 9 Baseline Student Knowledge Survey – Unsaturated SoilsSurvey Methodology Once the team was established we began the preliminary process of developing a surveyto be used to collect baseline data regarding what the average undergraduate knows aboutunsaturated soils once he or she has completed a “typical” geotechnical engineering class. Thissurvey was designed to measure students’ knowledge about unsaturated soils at the end of thenormal introductory geotechnical engineering
engineering (5 departments in total,approximately 80 full-time faculty). Throughout the development of this program, facultymembers have been surveyed annually regarding both their conception of S-L and the impact ofS-L on their teaching.Faculty attitudes toward S-L have long been identified as an area where research is needed3.Engineering faculty attitudes have been the object of only a few reports though. Bauer et al4published a study on the attitude of 34 faculty with respect to the Humanitarian Engineeringinitiative at the Colorado School of Mines: they found that in general faculty had a more positiveattitude to S-L projects than students, except with respect to career benefits. Paterson et al5reported the results of a national survey of faculty
admit (in part) such solutions, thevolume of calculation required would make hand calculation impractical. While handcalculation problems remain necessary to illustrate fundamental behaviors and concepts,limitation to only such problems retards students’ preparation to solve modern engineeringproblems, and postpones their exposure to the very simulation tools that they will eventually uselater in their careers. Indeed, the recent ASEE Report Creating a Culture for Scholarly andSystematic Innovation in Engineering Education10 advocates “the introduction of … technologies… into new or existing learning environments and their continued improvement”.In this project we seek to address these twin shortcomings by developing new modules thatdeliver ill
program graduates student; at least 50 percent of the as a future professional goal through their early professional program graduates will apply for careers graduate school Survey the participants All program participants will complete before/after the program on (4) Provide instructive and their research appointments; all learning outcomes; assess appealing learning participants will show improvement in
biopsychosocial values by medical students: A test of self- determination theory,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 767-779, 1996.34. G. C. Williams, R. Saizow, L. Ross, and E. L. Deci, “Motivation underlying career choice for internal medicine and surgery,” Social Science and Medicine, 45, 1705-1713, 1997.35. G. C. Williams, M. W. Wiener, K. M. Markakis, J. Reeve, and E. L. Deci, “Medical student motivation for internal medicine,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, 9, 327-333, 1994.36. S. A. Wagerman, and D. C. Funder, “Situations. In P. J. Corr & G. Mathews (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Personality, (pp. 27-42), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.37. E. L. Deci, and R. M. Ryan, “The “what” and “why” of goal
Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University Ed Brokesh is an instructor of engineering design in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering de- partment at Kansas State University with teaching, extension and advising responsibilities. His primary teaching area focuses on basic engineering design concepts related to the development of biological and agricultural systems. Ed teaches the senior engineering design course in Biological Systems Engineering and has advised a number of student design projects which have aided disabled Kansas residents. Mr. Brokesh joined the K-State BAE department in 2008 following a 24 year career as a senior design engineer working in the livestock, grain handling and ATV industries. Mr
difficulty DHH students experience in developingthe critical skill of problem solving, which requires the integration of information to iterativelygenerate hypotheses and solutions around the traditional scientific method. The struggles thatmany DHH students face in mathematics as well as general problem-solving skills are well-documented and limit the potential for DHH students to be successful while pursuing careers inSTEM. 1-3Several important findings in DHH research have provided some insight as to why DHH studentslag behind their hearing peers in the development of problem-solving skills. First, DHHstudents, on average, do not possess the same level of conceptual knowledge as their hearingpeers.4-6 As a result, when faced with a problem
curious andinquisitive. Fourth, students might have to apply their knowledge in a different manner in orderto understand or solve a problem. Fifth, all projects require reporting on the work completed.That is accomplished through verbal communication with a faculty member or in a formal paperor presentation. This will strengthen and enhance student communication skills and betterprepare them to function in their future careers. Finally, even though this is not research it willrequire critical thinking and problem solving skills by the students. It has also been shown thatstudent projects carried out with faculty mentoring results in increased student retention andachievement. This is important not only to our institution but to the local
World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development, and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University Shane Brown conducts research in conceptual and epistemological change, social capital, and diffusion of innovations. In 2011, he received the NSF CAREER Award to investigate how engineers think about and use concepts that academics consider to be important.Dr. Brian F. French, Washington State University Brian F. French is an Associate Professor of educational leadership and counseling psychology and Co- Director
factor questions, theresults found that the percentage of students who agreed or strongly agreed was: 1) 65% who feltthat instructional strategies in the course were more motivating than those in other classes; 2) Page 25.1178.1077% felt that material learned would be of value to them after graduation in career or gradschool; 3) 92% felt that the course helped them to see the relevance of engineering to real-worldneeds; and 4) 84% would recommend the course to a friend. These types of positive outcomesmay have also positively affected student persistence over time.Using Engagement and Feedback Pedagogy for Diversity in Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural recipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include data-driven decision-making, modeling and simulation, data analytics, immersive technologies, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve design and engineering education.Dr. Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Dr. Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden is an assistant professor of Information Technology at Penn State Abington. He has a Ph.D. and MISE from Auburn University in Industrial and Systems
. Thoman, San Diego State University Dr. Dustin Thoman is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education at San Diego State University. His scholarship is grounded in social psychology, diversity science, and a social contextual framework of motivation. He studies how motivation can be supported or disrupted by the social and cultural contexts in which interests are sparked, developed, and ultimately become (or not) lifelong pursuits. He and his team utilize insights from motivation science to identify and remove institutional and social-contextual barriers that impede the development of educational and career interests for students from marginalized and
diverse levels ofcompetence learn from one another and their instructors. In a WisCom, learners collaborativelyfollow an inquiry cycle of learning challenges, exploration of possibilities and resources,continuous reflection, negotiation among fellow participants, and preservation of their new-found knowledge.We are applying this framework to generate a learning community among ECE students andinstructors [10]. Research shows that individuals in a shared academic community often interactthrough social media beyond their courses and become colleagues as they build their careers. Toremediate the lack of belonging that our Latinx ECE students feel, sociocultural learning theorieshave been proposed which frame the design, development, implementation
then on the field trips, you got to see those technologies in action. I’m a first-generation student so, I didn’t know a lot of professionals while growing up. And I didn’t know a lot about those occupations so, it was really cool to see that and to have more things to talk to my students about. So, they won’t be like me and not know those jobs exist. They will know from the beginning.” d. Preservice Teachers Realizing New Professional Opportunities The RE-PST program seemed to open new options in STEM education and waspotentially career-altering for at least one of the PSTs, who stated: “I was completely set on teaching – high school teaching – and getting a Master’s in Education. But I
Action research, NSF mentorship for racially racially minoritized youth and interviews AISL minoritized K-12 mentors in a community students youth program in a large U.S. city with a high poverty rate. Centering the Experiences of Black men in Interpretive NSF engineering identity of engineering, especially at Phenomenological CAREER black men to enhance HBCUs and HSIs Analysis and degree completion and photovoice, representation interviews Understanding the Decision-making factors that Narrative analysis, NSF
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