effectivein helping them develop a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities pertaining to theclassroom-based Action Research component of the grant project (93%).b) Action Research: The following quantitative data represents case studies by 2017 summerteachers who took part in Action Research during spring 2018. To compute differences betweengroups and within groups, a t-test statistic has been applied because of the small sample sizes(n<30). The p values have been computed within Excel using the TTEST function.Biology/Living Environment: 7th Grade (Topic: Punnett squares, Research Design: Table 1): The average score of 4 daily assignments conducted in the same week (March 27, 28, 29, and April 2, 2018) for Group A
inclusive, engaged, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education Group whose diverse projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early
skills. Inparticular, her study revealed that out of 24 outcomes the participants viewed the following eightas the most important to engineering: problem-solving, teamwork, communication, ethics,design, project management, technical specialization, and leadership. Although leadership wasthe eighth most frequently cited outcome, it aligned closely with four higher-rated outcomes:teamwork, communication, ethics, and project management.Studies that examine the perceived importance of technical and professional skills among recentengineering graduates produce similar findings to those of Bielefeldt (2018): while graduatesvalue technical skills, they consider some professional skills more important than technical skills.For instance, in his study of
projects, and teaching imageprocessing and two-dimensional filters in a social media theme are examples of numerousapproaches that would engage students and lead into their deep learning.AcknowledgmentThe author would like to acknowledge the Doctoral Teaching Program in College of Engineering atThe University of Akron for providing teaching fellowships for S. Cyrus Rezvanifar.References[1] Pea, R. D., & Kurland, D. M. (1984). On the cognitive effects of learning computerprogramming. New ideas in psychology, 2(2), 137-168.[2] Feurzeig, W., et al. (1981). Microcomputers in education. National Institute of Education.Venezuela Departmentof Health, Education and Welfare.[3] Robins, Anthony, et al. (2003). Learning and teaching programming: A review
curriculum design project that students deliver both as a written document and as aposter presentation.Two major challenges have arisen in converting this course for an online audience. Onechallenge lies with the content itself and the second challenge lies in a core aspect of the teachingphilosophy.What about the content is challenging to convey online? The essence of ENE 506 is the abilityto align various aspects of curricular design into one unified whole. The goal is for students tosee how aspects of what is learned (content) map to how to measure learning (assessment) andhow students practice that learning (pedagogy). This process, which is at the heart of the course,is a very holistic, integrated, iterative process. However, the learning
/ethnic identities, class, and languagepreference. While we know that first-generation college students are more likely to be Latino/aand/or African American [8], [12], [29], and socioeconomic status varies among this population,it was important to consider culture not as a bounded system commensurate with bounded socialgroups, but as a “process of everyday life, in the form of daily activities” [22, p. 237].We used ethnographic and interview data of engineering students, collected during two separateresearch projects, to generate broad themes. Using our two qualitative datasets, we were able togenerate six themes that captured aspects of students’ funds of knowledge. The six themes wegenerated were: connecting experiences, tinkering knowledge
mounting evidence in support for collaborativeapproaches like problem-based or project-based learning. In thinking about creating classroomenvironments that encourage collaboration and critical thinking, types of assessments should becarefully considered.Using Assessments to Promote LearningHow instructors measure student success influences course outcomes. Course assessments are akey tenant of course design and determine the metrics of measurement for student proficiency incourse learning outcomes (Wiggens & McTighe, 1995). Traditional assessments, like multiplechoice tests and problem-sets, are prevalent in engineering education (Claris & Riley, 2012;Nicol, 2007). While the literature includes some benefits of these types of assessments
marketing [7], andpedagogical improvements [8]. Our project focuses on a relatively unique area, i.e., curiositydetection in text. This paper presents preliminary, yet promising, results of empirically miningwords that demonstrate a curious disposition (of the students) in text data produced by studentsin response to thought-provoking and critical-thinking exercises. The success of our projectcould positively impact efforts to assess both curiosity and its impact on educational outcomes.For many decades, psychologists have wrestled with understanding the nature of curiosity.Recent work by Grossnickle [9] has provided a framework for understanding facets, factors anddimensions of the construct of curiosity that are relevant to the education audience
) arrangements. PLC s are used in several industries like petrochemical, biomedical, cement manufacturing, oil and gas sector etc. Because of PLC advantages is using in many applications such: Reliability. Flexibility in programming and reprogramming. Cost effective for controlling complex systems. } Small physical size, shorter project time. High speed of operation. Ability to communicate with computer systems in the plant. Ease of maintenance /troubleshooting. Reduced space. Energy saving. c. Basic PCL wiring Students will understand the main components of PLC and the connections between these components as a big pictures. The PLC main components is shown Figure 3
Paper ID #26467Designing an Undergraduate Engineering Mentoring Program to EnhanceGender Diversity through Application of Lean Six Sigma Methods and ToolsEmily Kloos, University of Dayton Emily Kloos is a Graduate Assistant at the University of Dayton in the Department of Engineering Man- agement, Systems & Technology where she performs research in order to develop a STEM mentoring program for the University of Dayton. She has experience working as an engineer at various companies with a demonstrated history of working in the food production and manufacturing industries. Skilled in project management, customer service
Purdue University. She also holds a M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S. in Astronomy and Meteorology both from Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Her work centers on engineer- ing education research, as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and institutional data analyst. She has research interests on spatial ability, creativity, gifted education, STEM education, and meta-analyses. She has authored/co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology, as well as a co-PI, an external evaluator or advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects (CA- REER, iCorps
Engineering Lab at Montana State.Emma Annand, Montana State University Emma Annand is striving for a B.S. in Industrial and Management System Engineering at Montana State University – Bozeman. Emma is a research assistant for MSU’s NSF supported engineering leadership identity development project. She is also the fundraising team lead for MSU’s chapter of Engineers With- out Borders (EWB@MSU). Over the summer of 2018, Emma traveled with EWB@MSU to Khwisero, Kenya to implement a borehole well at a primary school there. During the summer of 2019, Emma will once again travel to Khwisero – this time to assess for a structure at a secondary school.Monika Kwapisz, Montana State University Monika Blue Kwapisz (they/them) is an
added to the additive manufacturing or material science courses in sophomore orjunior levels.Keywords: 3D printing, Additive manufacturing, Mechanical properties, Surface propertiesIntroduction Low-cost 3D printers have made it possible for schools across the nation to have additivemanufacturing implemented in their labs and curriculum. AM machines are used widely bystudents [1]. The ease of prototype manufacturing in 3D printing encourages students to preferAM machines to conventional manufacturing machines in building their projects. One majorquestion remaining unanswered is that how well the AM manufactured parts will perform underload and pressure in an industrial application. Providing the students with hands-on experiences
effects of AR in collaborativesettings. It also gives first insights into the fit of the design of the empirical survey forconfirming or rejecting the hypotheses.3. Method3.1. Role-playIn order to investigate the effect of AR on the communication and interaction in acollaborative setting in higher education, a role-play was developed and implemented into anexemplary lecture on Agile Management in Technology and Organisation at the RWTHAachen University. The lecture mainly addresses students of Mechanical Engineering whohave hardly or not had contact with agile project management during their studies before.Thus, this way of organizing tasks is a completely new, mostly uncommon and often abstractway of working to them. For fostering the conception
Engineering (EE) from the Virginia Military Institute, Master’s Degree in EE from the George Washington University, and Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Computer Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Signal Officer Basic Course, Signal Captain’s Career Course, and the Army Command and General Staff College. At West Point, LTC Lowrance also serves as a senior researcher in the Robotics Research Center. He has led multiple research projects related to robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. His research has led to over 25 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, several of which have won best paper awards.Major Eric M. Sturzinger, United States Military Academy MAJ Eric Sturzinger is a
Sciences, 1st ed. Elsevier B.V., 2009.[15] I. van de Poel and D. E. Goldberg, Eds., Philosophy and Engineering, 2nd ed. 2010.[16] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17–28, 1997.[17] J. E. Froyd, P. C. Wankat, and K. A. Smith, “Five major shifts in 100 years of engineering education,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 100, no. SPL CONTENT, pp. 1344–1360, 2012.[18] J. Lave, “Chapter 4 Situating Learning in Communities of Practice,” Perspect. Soc. Shar. Cogn., vol. 2, pp. 63–82, 1991.[19] E. J. H. Spelt, P. A. Luning, M. A. J. S. van Boekel, and M. Mulder, “A multidimensional approach
Chordsuses a computer program called Processingto run Code and Chords modules. Thesemodules can all be accessed on Github.Modules were meant to be interactive forusers, giving space to change the code and,in turn, change the presenting visual.2.) “takes in audio”: Code and Chords software can take in audio from one or more audioinputs. In our workshops, this often means singing into attached microphones that areconnected to a soundboard and then to a main laptop to be projected for a group. Itcould mean anything from singing into a laptop microphone to using many attachedmicrophones to connecting MIDI instruments.3.) “creates a real time visual display”: As the audio is being interpreted by Processing, itpresents itself on your laptop as a changing
semester. The final project requires students to design a space truss and test itusing a provided Matlab program.Table 2: Statics Sections taught by Author with Enrollments between Fall 2008 and Fall 2013 Section 1 Section 2 Section 3Fall 2008 Phase 2 (54) Phase 2 (100) Phase 2 (103)Spring 2009 Phase 2 (69) Phase 2 (76)Fall 2009 Phase 2 (56) Phase 2 (104) Phase 2 (109)Spring 2010 Phase 3 (65) Phase 2 (71)Fall 2010 Phase 2 (54) Phase 2 (96)Spring 2011 Phase 2 (53) Phase 3 (114)Fall 2011 Phase 2 (97
engineering education practitioners whohave identified issues in the discipline and are interested in enacting change in the higherinstitutional setting. Such work has implications for engineering education reform and organizingpossibilities toward enabling educators to seed the changes they seek.Background: Prior Research and Fields of InfluenceOne of the main fields of inquiry for this research project has been how to leverage and query thepossibility for social movement organizing in academia from the ground up while demanding forand advocating for change at the institutional level. For our analytical purchase andcontributions, we look to social movement studies in STS, our own prior research into organizingwork in higher academic institutional
in a style that should be interesting and accessible tostudents and is not overly long. However, it is somewhat dated. The paper could form the basisfor in-class discussion or a written reflection if an instructor generated appropriate prompts.There are also more detailed case studies related to privacy that would be good vehicles forinstruction, including Google Street View [40, 41] and “optimizing schools” [42]. These cases donot explicitly discuss a human rights perspective, so this framing would need to be added by theinstructor.Right to Property – Article 17Article 17 relates to the right to own and not “be arbitrarily deprived of [ ] property” [1]. Thisrelates to civil engineering and the use of eminent domain for projects, which is of
her role at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she was employed as a project engineer at SKA Consulting Engineers, Inc. in the building solutions group for 7 years. Her job responsibilities included performing forensic investigations to determine condition of building structural components; including concrete, masonry, wood and steel; preparing remedial designs; and performing construction administration. She is currently a second year PhD student in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Dr. Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Sandra Dika is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of educational research, mea
-to- bioengineering-be-010j-spring-2006.[4] J. Craytib Oruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Introduction to Biomedical Engineering," Univeristy of Florida, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.bme.ufl.edu/course_listings/BME1008.[5] J. Knapp, J. Zeratsky and B. Kowitz, Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016.[6] R. Wagh, "Using Scrum for Software Engineering Class Projects," in AGILE India Conference(AGILEINDIA), Bengaluru, 2012.[7] V. Poliakova, "Using Google Ventures Design Sprint Framework for Software Product De- velopment in Startups," JAMK Univeristy of Applied Sciences, 2017.[8] Scrum.org, "Scrum.org The Home of SCRUM," 2019
Hegarty’s theoretical framework [22], students integrate both verbal and visuospatialinformation into a mental model of the concepts encoded within the representation. Thesefindings of the context-dependent nature of comprehension align well with the knowledge inpieces perspective of conceptual change, which posits that students’ conceptual knowledge is acollection of pieces that are cued depending on the context of the problem. While there is stillconsiderable debate about whether conceptual knowledge is in pieces or more monolithic [2],[7], [26], [27], we based our project on the knowledge-in-pieces perspective based on itsalignment with prior findings in the micro-level view of representations.The context-dependent nature of cognition has been
Engineering (BME) from The Ohio State University (OSU), before joining the OSU BME Department as an Assistant Professor of Practice in 2014. Her roles include designing and teaching undergraduate BME laboratory courses, and mentoring multidisciplinary senior capstone teams on rehabilitation engineering and medical device design projects. She also leads K-12 engineering outreach events, and is pursuing scholarship in student technical communication skills and preparing BME students for careers in industry. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress:Biomedical Engineering Students’ Perspectives on a Laboratory Technical Writing
of computer problemswhere the goal is to use computer tools (MathCad in this case) to set up a problem and examinethe effect of various parameters. These problems build on prior knowledge while providing adifferent context for learning. A sample computer analysis statement is also provided in theappendix. Approximately six computer projects are completed during the semester, alternatingweeks with the design problems.Specifications for Successful Submission: Students must submit a correct solution for eachproblem assigned. Computer problems often have their basis in either homework or designproblems, allowing students to cross-check portions of their solutions for correctness.Missing from the Process – ExamsOne item that is obviously missing
in technical areas, and still others suggest that women's departure islinked to a chilly climate.” When it comes to persisting, Fouad & Singh [1] asserted that whilesupport systems within organizations can influence the choice to stay, a decision to remain inengineering is best projected by a combination of organizational climate and psychologicalfactors.If the engineering education community understands the experiences faced by women inengineering careers, then they can help address underrepresentation and retention of this group.Engineering educators, engineering education programs, and engineering professional societiescan teach engineering students about the potential experiences that they may encounter andprovide them with the tools
and Evaluation Gale A. Mentzer, PhD, the owner and director of Acumen Research and Evaluation, has been a profes- sional program evaluator since 1998. She holds a PhD in Educational Research and Measurement from The University of Toledo and a Master of Arts in English Literature and Language—a unique combination of specializations that melds quantitative and qualitative methodologies. She and has extensive experience in the evaluation of projects focused on STEM education including evaluations of several multi-million dollar federally funded projects. Previously she taught graduate level courses for the College of Education at The University of Toledo in Statistics, Testing and Grading, Research Design, and Program
civil infrastructure; and (3) sustainabletransportation research. These projects are based in fundamental research, but in many cases,include field sites or testbeds located in rural communities. The objectives of this REU site are to(1) provide research experiences to undergraduate students from institutions with limitedresearch opportunities and from minority groups underrepresented in STEM; (2) provideparticipants with first-hand exposure to the engineering and infrastructure challenges facing therural United States through research and professional development opportunities in bothacademia and civil engineering industry; and (3) promote and sustain the interest ofundergraduate students in pursuing graduate education in STEM.Evaluation
who pursue different visions of the project outcomes, will tend to elaborate their arguments/ideas and may stumble across new, unexpected ways to solve their common problem.Figure 1. Social network with nodes color-coded for cliques. Four cliques emerge,shown as dark blue nodes, red nodes, teal nodes, and green nodes. The lines connectingeach agent represent social connections. For instance, agent 3 has social connectionswith agents 14, 9, and 20, but not with 25 or 15.
consider writing as a knowledgetransforming process, yet struggle with the “trifecta” of weak writing attitudes). As these data areanalyzed, we expect to highlight and unpack these tensions to better understand graduate studentsocialization processes and career trajectories.Future WorkThe future work for this project includes conducting the same survey and interview data from non-completers; in other words, those individuals who chose to depart from their doctoral programs atwhatever stage, for whatever reason. We expect that recruitment will be the most difficultchallenge in this stage. Likely, we will conduct interviews first, and then have our participantstake our survey, in order to develop rapport with sensitive populations. Most recruitment