University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Mr. Russell Andrew Long, Russell Long, M.Ed. was the Director of Project Assessment at the Purdue University School of Engineer- ing Education (retired) and is Managing Director of The Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). He
freshmen andcomplete their degree in either manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering or mechanicalengineering with emphasis in manufacturing. The goal of the project is to create a group ofhighly talented and trained manufacturing engineers with leadership quality, which is muchneeded in manufacturing companies, both locally and nationally. Through the academic classesand leadership activities, the STEM scholars will gain knowledge in not only manufacturingengineering and practice, but also in communication, critical thinking, teamwork andprofessionalism. This paper describes the first three years’ experience of developing and managing theprogram. It includes the recruitment process, cohort building activities, academic support
how to provide “higher qualityhealthcare to more people at lower cost” andtrain bioengineering leaders of tomorrow todrive “Moore’s law for health care14.”Change TheorySince a core goal of our effort is to execute asignificant change to our department’scurriculum and norms, we briefly discuss ourtheory of change to explain how we plan toredefine our curriculum. Organizationalresearch amply demonstrates that “howchanges are made and communicated” mattersmore than “what changes are made15.”Members of a community undergoing changeare keenly attuned to just treatment16. To foster Figure 1: Symbiosis between project objectives.a sense of just practices during a changeinitiative, administrators must engage stakeholders (faculty and students) in
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
development and analysis of educational technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 PRIME: Engaging STEM Undergraduates in Computer Science with Intelligent Tutoring SystemsIntroductionThis NSF IUSE project focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of PRIME, anintelligent tutoring system for introductory computing. We define computing as the creativedesign, implementation, and analysis of artifacts to solve computational problems. Leveragingadvanced intelligent tutoring systems technologies, PRIME will provide integrated problem-solving and motivational support dynamically tailored to individual students over the course oftheir problem-solving sessions. PRIME is being
that participants were screened in an attempt to work withfaculty who may feel overwhelmed or believe they could be performing more optimally. Thework was also similar in that the PI followed up with participants over the term of the project tohelp participants keep the training in mind.McKenna, Johnson, Yoder, Guerra and Pimmel [2] evaluated the efficacy of virtual facultydevelopment. Their work also assumed that faculty development works best when it is timedistributed and since travel to a meeting is prohibitive in terms of time and money theyimplemented a virtual format for faculty development. The development focus was on creatingand maintaining communities of practice for the adoption of research based teaching practices.The work being
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Preliminary Findings on Students’ Beliefs about IntelligenceAbstractThe goal of this project is to better understand the beliefs that undergraduate students hold abouttheir own intelligence and how these beliefs change during their undergraduate engineeringeducation. The research team has used the theoretical framework established by Carol Dweck onMindset and how different fixed and growth mindsets affect success. Fixed mindset individualsbelieve that their intelligence is an unchanging trait, while people with a growth mindset believethat through effort they can grow and develop greater intelligence. Prior researchers have shownthat individuals with a growth mindset respond to
engagement with those ideas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Design In Scientific InquiryAbstractThe Engineering Design in Scientific Inquiry (EDISIn) Project addresses the engineeringpreparation of secondary science teachers by embedding engineering design into a science coursefor single-subject STEM education majors (future secondary teachers), and developing asequence of lesson plans and annotated video for faculty who seek to embed engineering designin their science courses. While undergraduate laboratories are rich with designed experimentalapparatus, it is rare that students themselves play a role in designing and producing artifacts inthe service of
engineers (28 hydraulicsengineering students and 24 transportation engineering students) participated as subjects in thedata collection efforts. Based on our current literature review, this is the largest eye-tracking /reflective interview study of problem solving that has been conducted to date. The interview andvisual attention data was used to document seven (comprehensive, experimental effect,familiarity, judgement, simplicity, speed, and stepwise) problem solving rationales in response tothe transportation engineering questions and five (speed, familiarity, accuracy, confidence andsimplicity) problem solving rationales in response to the hydraulics engineering questions.Project GoalsThere are four main goals associated with this project. They
have created the following educational materials to flip the first-yearmultidisciplinary engineering design classroom: Sixty web-based videos featuring student teams and faculty at Rice University as well as three other institutions that focus on steps of the engineering design process and professional skills. Topics include defining the problem, researching the design problem, framing design criteria, brainstorming solutions, selecting solutions with Pugh matrices, project planning using Gantt charts, prototyping, and testing. Twenty-one online quizzes (with 10-25 questions each) that cover information discussed in the videos. Quizzes are multiple choice and true/false and test students’ knowledge and application of the
Center are the interdisciplinary energy and environmental systems PhD(sustainable bioproducts concentration); nanoengineering PhD; and BS and MS programs inchemistry, chemical engineering, biological engineering, and mathematics. The objectives of thecenter’s educational and outreach activities include to: 1) establish scholarships in bioenergy forgraduate and undergraduate students; 2) establish a sustainable educational and research programin sciences and engineering related to bioenergy that is integrated into undergraduate researchand graduate theses and dissertation projects; 3) partner with current K-12 summer camps; 4)develop and implement a coordinated program for recruiting students; 5) provide opportunitiesfor faculty members and
both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed the
have become visible, successful female members of male-dominated departments. This is having a positive effect on the cultures of the departments which is in turn encouraging other female students. Herein, we provide an overview of the CS/M Scholars program and highlight features that may be adaptable to other institutions without external funding. We report on statistics for recruitment, retention and graduation; share our ideas and experiences for impact- ful monthly events; explain how conference participation has been transformative for both students and their departments; and discuss funding conference participation with few institutional resources. We view our work so far as a pilot project in part because the program
served as Division Chair of the Women in Engineering Division. She is the recipient of the 2011 New Jersey Section of ASCE Educator of the Year award as well as the 2013 Distinguished Engineering Award from the New Jersey Alliance for Action.Prof. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #30401 Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department, Rowan University. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University. Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Jewry.Dr. Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University Dr. Ralph Dusseau is a
epistemic identities and vocational path- ways. Dr. Lande received his B.S. in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design Education) from Stanford University. He was previously an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering programs and Tooker Professor for Effective STEM Education at the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Learning Trajectories Through Undergraduate Engineering Curricula and ExperiencesThis NSF EEC EAGER research project
accreditation activities, taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and conducted faculty development workshops on teaching and assessment worldwide.Dr. Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET Rochelle Williams recently joined the ABET headquarters staff as the Educational Research and As- sessment Manager in the Professional Services Department. In this role, Williams manages ABET’s educational offerings on a global scale and leads technical education research projects. Prior to joining ABET, Williams held two positions at Baton Rouge Community College: Science Laboratory Manager and Adjunct Faculty in the Mathematics Department. In addition, Williams has worked closely with the National Science Foundation’s Next
Laboratory Course1. IntroductionNanomaterials, nanotechnology and nanoscience play a key role in the advancement of moderntechnologies in sensors, medicine, renewable energies, and more. Globally, governments andindustries have made significant investments in this field both intellectually and economically. Inthe United States, federal funding agencies have invested tens of billions of dollars on R&D andcommercialization of nano-products as well as understanding of the social environmentalimpacts.1 The National Science Foundation (NSF) projected that the nanotechnology sector willemploy 6 million workers by 2020 and over 80% of the jobs will require trained workforces innanoscience and nanotechnology.2 To meet the projected future demand, it
hole. Using previously developedtheory, several cylindrical fasteners were fabricated that exhibited auxetic behavior. Aluminumsleeves were fabricated with holes of slightly different diameters, such that when the fastenerswere inserted they must contract slightly. Insertion/Removal force ratios as low as 18% wereobserved. The project is considered a success and could lead to patents and be a boon to thefastener industry. Based on the research experience a learning module to be implemented in an Algebra Iclass has been designed. The paper describes the learning module that is based on an activelearning methodology known as Legacy Cycle. It will be implemented in the spring semester inAlgebra I classes in a high school with majority of
strategies forsmart phone application development itself. This is an important problem for electrical andcomputer engineering students as there exist credit hour constraints in curricula, technologychanges very fast, and offering related chain of courses is not very feasible. This paper presentsan approach facilitating the introduction to smart phone application development using shorttemplate projects combined in a template library. The idea is to familiarize students with thewhole development cycle by minimizing code-programming, by having ready-made templateswhich can be manipulated for hands-on experience. The complexity of course materials can bevaried using different set of modules, and thus such learning modules can be offeredindependently
from the University of Ottawa. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Organizational Climate Challenge: Promoting the Retention of Studentsfrom Underrepresented Groups in Doctoral Engineering Programs - Year OneBackground and Theoretical Framework The goal of this four-year project, supported by NSF Awards 2201100, 2201101,2201102 and 2201103, is to examine doctoral students’ perceptions of the factors that impacttheir retention to degree completion and the differences and similarities in experiencing thosefactors based on intersecting social categories. This project adopts an explicitly intersectionalapproach to the meaning and relevance of students’ belonging to multiple social categories
technology issues they face may be inextri-cably situated in their homes, offices, or other locations. The Illuminated Devices project seeksto complement in-person tutoring with online assistance that meets learners where they live andwork. Each Illuminated Device is an iPad with a custom portal application that facilitates commu-nication with a human tutor, providing a broad view of user activity across hardware and softwareapplications, and conveying tutor input to learners in a way that minimizes distraction and maxi-mizes flow. The Illuminated system allows tutors to record learner progress and to confer with oneanother on technical issues. The poster provides an overview of our design and implementationand includes a system walkthrough.In this
grant, this Research in the Formation of Engineers proposal applies a mixed-methodsapproach to improve and refine an Engineering Mental Health Help-seeking Instrument (EMHHI)based on the Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM) to characterize key mental health help-seekingbeliefs in diverse undergraduate students. Through this project, we will identify key help-seekingbeliefs that can illuminate intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural targets for mental healthhelp-seeking interventions in varied institutional contexts nationally.The EMHHI was designed to measure beliefs relevant to engineering students with diverseidentities at a research-focused, predominantly White institution. Therefore, over the first year ofthe project, we aimed to ensure
environmental stimuli. In this project, he will lead multimodal behavioral data collection, processing, and analyses to assess children’s learning and affective behaviors.Mohammad Faizan Sohail, Northern Illinois University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Integrating Playful Learning: An Augmented Reality Approach to EnhanceComputational Thinking in Young Learners Jaejin Hwang1*, Yanghee Kim2, Sungchul Lee3, Joshua Mosher4, Nikitha Koradala5, and Mohammad Faizan Sohail1 1 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 2
Paper ID #41195Board 359: Reaching DEI targets in STEM: Lessons from a National ScienceFoundation Research Traineeship (NRT) with Outstanding DemographicsDr. Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky Dr. Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez is PI and project coordinator of a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program designed to enhance graduate education by fully integrating research and professional skill development within a diverse, inclusive and supportive academy. Originally from Mexico, Dr. Santillan-Jimenez joined the University of Kentucky (UK) first as an undergraduate research intern and then as
visualization options for the students to develop their spatial skills, and create anenjoyable gamified learning environment. As this project is recently funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), this poster, a follow-up from [blinded for review], will present theprogress of the AR/VR integration of computer-aided design (CAD) models to create theaforementioned tools and share the lessons the team has learned thus far that can help with thetool development.Literature Review The need to enhance spatial skills learning environment aligns with scholarship that hasdemonstrated that spatial skills correlate success in STEM, and there is a gap that mirrors thephenomenon of low engineering participation among historically minoritized communities
, Arizona State UniversityDr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Shawn Jordan, Ph.D.is an Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Engineering atArizona State Univer- sity. He is the PI on three NSF-funded projects: CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society (EEC 1351728), Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?(EEC 1329321), and Broadening the Reach of Engineering through Community Engagement (BRECE)(DUE 1259356). He is also Co-PI on one NSF-funded project: Should Makers be the Engineers of the Fu- ture?(EEC 1232772), and is senior personnel on an NSF-funded grant entitled Workshop: I-Corps for Learning (i-Corps-L). He received his Ph.D. in Engineering
aims listed in theprevious section. The major project activities include the following:Interviews and MisconceptionsThe overall methodologies utilized for identifying the misconceptions are shown in Figure 1,which includes the process of developing concepts for the study using a Modified DelphiMethod, interview protocol development, interview methodology, and data analysis procedures.a. Selecting Core Concepts: The fundamental concepts of traffic signal operations were identified through an iterative modified Delphi process involving 14 senior transportation engineering professionals and 16 engineering faculty from across the country who have been involved both in teaching and doing research in the area of traffic signal operations
sabbatical at University of Auckland in new Zealand. She has been working on magnetic shape memory alloys as smart materials and for alterna- tive energy. She has years of experience working on a variety of materials. Her research has been funded by NSF, the Air-Force Office of Scientific Research, NASA, CRDF Global, and industry. Her research projects also benefit society such as her NSF grants where nano-ceramics were used as photocatalysts for cleaning contaminants from water and air or for developing ferromagnetic alloys for alternative energy. She has used grants from HP and NSF to develop virtual laboratory to enhance student learning. She is also engaged in a number of outreach activities. A regular presenter in
project attempting to improve dissemination of student narratives using innovative audio approaches. Gabe has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University (USU). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Audio for Inclusion: Broadening Participation in Engineering Through Audio Dissemination of Marginalized Students’ NarrativesIntroductionThe transformation of engineering culture towards inclusion is a key objective in the retentionand professionalization of a diverse engineering workforce. Faculty are key stakeholdersimpacting that inclusion because of their prominent role in shaping students’ underrepresented
describes theintegration of several ISBL modules in an undergraduate OOP class. For a complete list of ISBLmodules developed for other STEM courses/disciplines as part of our overarching educationalproject that this paper stems from, see our project website at https://sites.psu.edu/immersivesimulationpbl.ISBL Implementation in an Undergraduate Computer Science CourseThe undergraduate Computer Science program at Penn State University - Abington College offersa second-year course in object-oriented programming (OOP). This is a required course for theprogram and an elective course for other engineering majors. The course is offered in fall andspring semesters. The course sections used in this study were offered in Spring 2021, Fall 2021,Spring 2022