). In this position, Dr. Palomo is responsible for teaching courses such as Introduction to Civil Engineering; Hydraulics; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Groundwater Mechanics; Research Experience of Undergraduate Students; and Engineering Outreach Service Learning courses, among others. She is also a faculty advisor for the California Water Environment Association (CWEA), and Engineers Without Boarders (EWB) stu- dent chapters. Additionally, Dr. Palomo is the CE Water Analysis laboratory director and coordinates all teaching, research and safety training activities in the engineering laboratory. Dr. Palomo conducts research in surface water quality improvement via natural treatment systems, water and wastewater
design communicate a design redesignStudent experience factors used in this study include: 1. Gender: male, female, other/prefer not to respond 2. Project sponsor type: from where the project originated. The options were industry, faculty, national laboratory, or service. 3. Project validation method: students used various validation methods, some of which they were familiar and some of which were new to them. The options were physical product and testing, simulation and analysis (FEA, CFD, etc.), calculations, other. 4. Effort level: the average hours per week a student spent on project-related work outside of lecture and studio. The options were less than 4 hours, 4-8 hours, 8-12 hours, and more than 12 hours
Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
investigated uses a semester long team-based designproject to introduce students to the engineering design process. Course enrollment representsapproximately 80% of all incoming first-year engineering students (total enrollment = 660; 525identified as first-year students). Other students in the course include upper level students thattook the course out of sequence from the traditional plan of study. Due to the volume of students,the course offered two large auditorium style lecture sections and multiple (32) smallerlaboratory sections. Each week students would meet in their smaller laboratory classes,maximum of 32 students. Additionally, students were required to attend one of the two largerlectures (~350 students per lecture), each week.Students
engineering.Teaching in the programs are mainly carried out as lectures, lessons, and laboratory sessions. In atypical engineering course, 30−40% of the education is carried out as lectures, 30−40% aslessons and 20−40% as laboratory experiments. In addition, case studies and project works areused in about half of the courses. Some projects are small (down to 15% of the course workload)and some may make up the whole course.In the present study, two courses are of interest. One is a course in Engineering thermodynamicswhich both the ME, DPD and IEM students take; the ME students as the very first course of theprogram, and the PDP and IEM students at the middle of the second year. The other is a bachelor(capstone) project course that the IEM students take as
senior-level laboratory and desgnsequencesIn addition to the modules described above, early-stage, functional teaming curricula (e.g., teamnorming, conflict management, effective team communication, and team roles) evolved fromconversations in the PLC. These modules were piloted in senior laboratory and design sequences(Mallette, Bothwell, & Kelly, 2018), courses that have significant team components, whereweekly- and term-projects are completed by student teams of three. The students were providedwith teaming tools and instruction to enable them to engage in successful teaming practices. Forexample, we emphasized team norming during the team formation stage, which includedconstruction of a team-generated contract specifically outlining the
, iii) Use of video forlearning, iv) How application of Universal for Design for Learning principles and online contentmay provide greater equity and access, v) The limited understanding of imposter syndromeeffects and interventions in engineering education and the potential to improve students’self-confidence. Three case studies are presented. The first case study described the use of thetool in CS and ECE courses and analyzed which student behaviors lead to statistically-significantfavorable learning outcomes. The second case study examined the use of ClassTranscribe toaddress challenges of a Bioengineering laboratory course and student preferences for further useof ClassTranscribe-based learning in Bioengineering. The third case study
, Morgan State University Dr. Willie L Thompson, II is an Associate Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering De- partment within the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering (SOE). Dr. Thompson serves as the Director for the Laboratory for Tactical and Communication Systems, which focuses on research for the design, implementation, and security of advanced wireless embedded systems. Dr. Thompson secured and led the SOE’s first DoD prime contract for the development of a multi-band, multi-mode software-defined radio (SDR) for next-generation DoD telemetry applications. In addition, he led the de- velopment of a NASA SDR Testbed for space communication technologies. During his industry tenure, Dr
the context of responsible laboratory behavior, and intellectual propertyrights and in the professional obligation to hold the safety and welfare of the public paramount.Teams of students are assigned dedicated space in a large laboratory shared with other teamswhere considerate and ethical behavior in this environment is stressed. One 75 minute lecturesession is typically devoted to a patent lawyer guest speaker, whose overview of intellectualproperty (IP) rights includes the ethical responsibility of honoring IP ownership. A key secondsemester engagement employs the National Institute of Engineering Ethics video, Incident atMorales, to dig deeply into the engineers’ obligations to public welfare.The engineering capstone design experience
demonstration projects across thenation. The new projects could fully integrate research and practice, beginning with the initial phase ofproject development, and could be conceptualized as living laboratories that provide opportunities forboth researchers and practitioners (NRC, 2011, p.107).”The CRC will provide the opportunity to add to the literature concerning private and publiccollaborations about fragile communities of color and those that are socially vulnerable. How do privateand public organizations support, prepare and plan in these communities? Often underservedcommunities do not trust governmental agencies due to past social injustices, continuous inequalities,fear of governmental control, and deportation. Emergency preparedness is
Paper ID #28572How Extra Credit Quizzes and Test Corrections Improve Student LearningWhile Reducing StressDr. Brian Scott Rice, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Brian S. Rice is an assistant professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2016. He joined the RIT faculty after spending over 25 years in applied research while working at University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Ener- getics, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Eastman Kodak Company. Areas of applied research include system dynamics and controls, solid mechanics, heat transfer, and
institutions cater theirtraining to specific populations, use qualified, in-person trainers, and instruct participants how tointervene. These recommendations motivated a chemical engineering department at a technicalinstitute to develop a custom in-person training program in collaboration with the Title IX andBias Response (T9BR) and the Violence Prevention and Response (VPR) offices.The in-person trainings, entitled “Promoting a Professional and Inclusive Lab Culture,” weremandatory for all laboratory groups in the department, including faculty, staff, and trainees. Topromote discussion and interaction within the context of individual lab cultures, training sessionswere small (~20 participants) and grouped lab members together. The trainings were
would be “incredibly helpful”.AE scholars also use a wide variety of tools and platforms for sharing research data. Manyfaculty think of the published thesis or journal article as the public sharing of data. However,internally, data is shared through local tools like emails and shared laboratory disc drives. Datathat is not sensitive is shared through document sharing platforms like Microsoft OneDrive,Dropbox, and Google Drive. Services like QNAP's Network Attached Storage (NAS) are alsoused for backup, storage, and transferring large data. Although sharing data internally wasgenerally not considered a challenge by most respondents, getting large amounts of simulationdata from one place to another was a problem. At least one faculty member
intervenes and uses it as an opportunity toreiterate the educational motivation for being in the class. Students must revise their script forinstructor approval before the email is sent. Despite best efforts, it is difficult to ensure thatstudents do not prematurely approach potential need-knowers.Lesson 4: Preparing for the interview through laboratory practice. One laboratory section isdedicated to introducing and practicing interview methods that promote respectful interactions,such as the master-apprentice model for contextual inquiry, the consent to record process,reminding interviewees that they can stop the interview at any time, etc. We intersperse activitieswith reflections regarding the effectiveness and experiences of both student
Colombia, working with undergraduate and graduate students. My doctoral research focused on electronic devices for recording and stimulation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, obtaining a Cum Laude distinction and experience in neuromodulation. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin working on the development of portable focused ultrasound neurostimulation technologies in the laboratory of Dr. Huiliang Wang, an expert in optogenetics and sonogenetics.Prof. Huiliang Wang, University of Texas at Austin Huiliang (Evan) Wang is an Assistant professor at the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). His research is on neuro-engineering technologies
Paper ID #42406Extra Credit Analysis of Undergraduate Engineering StudentsTushar Ojha, University of New Mexico Tushar Ojha is a graduate (PhD) student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM). His work is focused on researching and developing data-driven methods for analyzing and predicting outcomes in the higher education space. He works as a Data Scientist for the Institute of Design & Innovation (IDI), UNM.Don Hush, University of New Mexico Dr. Hush has worked as a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories, a tenure-track professor in the ECE
laboratory under Professor Mircea Teodorescu. He has previously served as the president for both robotics club Slugbotics and the student organization the Sustainability Lab; now, Eliot serves as Electrical Systems Lead for FSAE team Formula Slug and as Secretary to the UC Santa Cruz Engineers Without Borders chapter. Above all, Eliot strives to solve problems and build the technical skills of himself and his peers.Mr. Qingyuan Cao, University of California, Santa Cruz Qingyuan Cao is a 3rd year Robotics Engineering undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz. He currently serves as the president of the UCSC Rocket Team, which competes in the NASA Student Launch Competition. He has participated with the experiential learning
COVID, we will elaborate more on how these commonalities wereembedded into the REM program design.Timeline of the PartnershipThere was a lot of adapting from the first pilot of the REM program in 2019 to its present form in2023 (see Figure 1). The original pilot in 2019 had only 3 REM students and 3 REM teachers. Figure 1: A timeline of the CISTAR – NSBE SEEK partnership.After the successful pilot in summer of 2019, the next year had COVID shutting down all in-person summer programs. NSBE SEEK was able to pivot to virtual programs in 2020. Withuniversity laboratories closed and having predominantly experimental research projects, it tooklonger for CISTAR to pivot and offer the program virtually. Thus, in the summer of 2020
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, 2010.[9] Chien, Yu-Hung, Chia-Yu Liu, Shaio-Chung Chan, and Yu-Shan Chang, "Engineering Design Learning for High school and College First-year Students in a STEM Battlebot Design Project," International Journal of STEM Education, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-15, 2023.[10] Tenenbaum, Laura S., Margery K. Anderson, Swati B. Ramadorai, and Debra L. Yourick., "High school students' experience with near-peer mentorship and laboratory-based learning: In their own words," Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, vol. 18, 2017.[11] Price, M., Kallam, M., & Love, J., "The learning styles of Native American students and implications for classroom practice," In Eighth Native American
Mexico where he became professor and Provost & EVP for academic affairs between 2011 and 2018. Since 2018, he is the Executive Vice President for Research at Georgia Tech & professor of ECE. Professor Abdallah conducts research and teaches courses in the general area of systems theory with focus on control and communications systems. His research has been funded by national funding agencies, national laboratories, and by various companies. He has also been active in designing and implementing various international graduate programs with Latin American and European countries. He was a co-founder in 1990 of the ISTEC consortium, which currently includes more than 150 universities in the US, Spain, and Latin
Paper ID #42682EmPOWERing a Sustainable Energy Future through Interconnected Curricularand Co-Curricular PedagogiesProf. Jeffrey M. Bielicki, The Ohio State University Dr. Bielicki is the Program Director and Principal Investigator of the OSU EmPOWERment Program on convergent graduate training for a sustainable energy future. He is also research lead for Sustainable Energy for the OSU Sustainability Institute and he runs the Energy Sustainability Research Laboratory where he and his students research issues in which energy and environmental systems and policy interact, specifically on topics related to carbon management
recognize thatnew ways of thinking and being will likely come from outside the academy and not from withinit [42]. Already, we have found commonality with and taken inspiration from education andresearch exemplars such as the Zapatista movement’s Escuelas Populares [47], the Science Shopmovement [48], Highlander Education and Research Center [21], and the Civic Laboratory forEnvironmental Action Research (CLEAR) [49]. Our goal is to define a set of practices, based onthe methods of these and other successful experiences, in order to help us manifest SE in theworld. As we share our stories, support one another through our weekly trials and triumphs, andparticipate in our own liberatory praxis, we become community to one another. We start to liveout
research groups [7]. The interactions of thesetwo factors (e.g., advisors and peers) play a crucial role in a student's performance in researchenvironments [7]. Graduate students are often engaged in faculty-led laboratories (or research groups) andcollaborative teams as students develop both their teaching and research skills [7, 16, 17].Depending on the size of the research group, faculty advisors' roles and interactions might vary(e.g., large-size, mid-size, or sub-size) [7]. Crede and Borrego found that there were substantialdifferences in the perceived roles and interactions between faculty and graduate students acrossdifferent sized labs [7]. In particular, large-sized groups appeared to be run more like smallbusinesses (i.e
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to the industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries from the petroleum and natural gas industry to brewing and newspaper industries. Dr. Ayala has provided service to professional organizations such as ASME. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Committee of Spanish Translation of ASME Codes and the ASME Subcommittee on Piping and Pipelines in Spanish. Under both memberships, the following Codes have been translated: ASME B31.3, ASME
to joining ODU in 2013, Dr. Ayala spent three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware where he expanded his knowledge on simulation of multiphase flows while acquiring skills in high-performance parallel computing and scientific computation. Before that, Dr. Ayala held a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente in the Mechanical Engineering Department where he taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering
Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) led by Northeastern University. He was also UPRM campus coordinator for the Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES) a NSF ERC led by Virginia Tech. He was director of the UPRM Tropical Center for Earth and Space Studies (TCESS), a NASA University Research Center, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #43708 and Director of the UPRM Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LARSIP). Dr. Velez-Reyes is a strong advocate on promoting access to excellent higher education to all students particularly those from socioeconomically
Paper ID #41602Characterizing Teamwork Dynamics and Computational Model-Based Reasoningin Biomedical Engineering ProjectsAbasiafak Ndifreke Udosen, Purdue University Abasiafak Udosen is a professional Mechanical Engineer in Nigeria and a doctoral research scholar at ROCkETEd laboratory, Purdue University, United States. He earned a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Eng in Energy and Power Engineering both in Nigeria. Over the years he has had the privilege of teaching courses such as Thermodynamics, Measurement and Instrumentation, Engineering Metallurgy, System Design, and Quantitative research methods at the
. 6. Nolte, H., Huff, J., & McComb, C. (2022). No time for that? An investigation of mindfulness and stress in first-year engineering design. 7. Tellez-Bohorquez, F., & Gonzalez-Tobon, J. (2019). Empathic Design as a Framework for Creating Meaningful Experiences.Cognition, Psychology 1. Alzayed, M. A., Miller, S. R., & McComb, C. (2021). Empathic creativity: Can trait empathy predict creative concept generation and selection? 2. Bellinger, D. B., DeCaro, M. S., & Ralston, P. A. S. (2015). Mindfulness, anxiety, and high-stakes mathematics performance in the laboratory and classroom. 3. Berenguer, J. (2007). The Effect of Empathy in Proenvironmental Attitudes and Behaviors 4
. These discussions make it clear that microgrids are a scientificallybacked alternative to the faulty electricity grid Texas is currently operating on.The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has done extensive research on how microgridscan be implemented into society and proposed a three step process to help policymakers makeinformed decisions. The first of the three steps is Market Preparation. This step requires lawmakers toinvest in extensive research and resilience planning to determine how to design microgrids in order tomeet the needs of the population, identify the most critical infrastructure facilities that will benefitfrom the deployment of microgrids, and determine how microgrids will feed into and out of thecentralized grid
the Science and Engineering Research Council at the University of Liverpool, UK. Dr. Albin conducted research on Si and GaAs electronic devices and semiconductor lasers at the research laboratories of GEC and ITT and published numerous articles in this field. He was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dominion University. He has advised 14 PhD and 20 MS students. He received numerous awards: Doctoral Mentor Award 2010; Excellence in Teaching Award 2009; Most Inspiring Faculty Award 2008; Excellence in Research Award 2004; and Certificate of Recognition for Research - NASA, 1994. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Member of the Electrochemical Society.Dr. Makarand Deo, Norfolk State University