experiences. Her work dwells into learning in informal settings such as summer camps, military experiences, and extra-curricular activities. Other research interests involve validation of CFD models for aerospace applications as well as optimizing efficiency of thermal-fluid systems.Dr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran has served as the Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven since August 2011. He is the PI of the grant entitled Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking in Engineering Students by Utilizing Integrated Online Modules and Experiential Learning Opportunities. Through this grant from the Kern Family Foundation, entrepreneurial thinking is being
her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross-disciplinary ed- ucational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.Dr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran has served as the Dean of the
. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include engi- neering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), faculty development, career pathways (both academic and industry), approaches for supporting education research-to-practice.Dr. Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Undergraduar Director at UNC Char- lotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of African American women in engineer- ing,minority recruitment and retention, and best practices for diversity and inclusion in the Engineering classroom.Dr. Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University Cheryl
electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, Tai- wan, in 1981, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He is currently a Distinguished Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. His researches include control, image signal processing, and intelligent system design.Prof. Sunny S. J. Lin, National Chiao Tung University Dr. Sunny S. J. Lin is Educational Psychology Professor at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Her first research interest is in applying cognitive theories of learning and motivation to derive design principles of e-learning function and
Paper ID #22417Women’s Motivation to Pursue Engineering Education and Careers: a CaseStudy of MalaysiaMs. S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Zahra Atiq is a PhD candidate at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in learning about the non-cognitive/affective and individual/demographic factors that impacts students in STEM courses. Specifically, she is interested in understanding the emotions students’ expe- rience while learning computer programming. She is interested to understand women’s participation in computer science and engineering.Sarah
cognition.Mr. Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno Nelson Pearson is an Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interest includes, social networks and the integration of diverse populations, engineering culture as well as engineering pedagogy. His education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.Mr. Benjamin P. Jackson, Purdue UniversityMs. Tara C. Langus, University of Nevada, Reno Tara C. Langus is a doctoral student pursuing her degree in STEM Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). She received her BS/MS in Biology from UNR where she studied insect immunology and chemical ecology. She has five years of teaching experience and currently
. Before joining ASU, I worked as Systems engineer for 4 years at Hewlett Packard Research and Development, Bangalore, India.”Prof. Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University Andreas Spanias is a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also the founder and director of the SenSIP industry consortium. His research interests are in the areas of adaptive signal processing, speech processing, and audio sensing. He and his student team developed the computer simulation software Java-DSP (J-DSP - ISBN 0-9724984-0-0). He is author of two text books: Audio Processing and Coding by Wiley and DSP; An Interactive Approach. He served as associate editor of the
Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in STEM. She was awarded a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, a Sloan Research Fellowship, the 2006 Hewlett-Packard Harriett B. Rigas Award, and the 2018 ECEDHA Diversity Award. She is a Fellow of the IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #23624Dr. Christine S Grant, North Carolina State University Dr. Christine S. Grant joined the NC State faculty in 1989 after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. (Geor
, tapping into critical methodologies and methods for conducting and analyzing research, and exploring embodied cognition.Mr. Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno Nelson Pearson is an Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interest includes, social networks and the integration of diverse populations, engineering culture as well as engineering pedagogy. His education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.Mr. Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Justin C. Major is a first-year Engineering Education Ph.D student and National Science Foundation Grad- uate Research Fellow at Purdue University. Justin has two
M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Ms. Mayra S. Artiles
the Microelectronics Journal on Quality Electronic Design, 2005. His research interests include VLSI circuit and system design, CAD methodology for VLSI design, and bioelectronics.Prof. Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University Zinta S. Byrne is a tenured full professor of psychology at Colorado State University. Her previous careers were as software design and development engineer, an R&D project manager and a program manager for Hewlett-Packard Company, and management consultant for Personnel Decisions International, before becoming a professor at CSU. She is author of ”Understanding Employee Engagement: Theory, Research, and Practice” and ”Organizational Psychology and Behavior: An Integrated Approach to
(PECASE) for his research in e-textile-based wearable computing.Prof. Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology Joe Le Doux is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Learning and Experience in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Le Doux’s research interests in engi- neering education focus on problem-solving, socio-cognitive aspects of the flipped and blended learning environments and on inclusive pedagogies.Dr. Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Arizona State University in the Polytech- nic School. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact
. Deborah S. Won, California State University, Los Angeles Deborah Won is an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State Uni- versity, Los Angeles. Her specialization is in Biomedical Engineering and her scientific research area focuses on neuro-rehabilitative technology. Her educational research interests include use of Tablet PCs and technology to better engage students in the classroom as well as pedagogical and advisement ap- proaches to closing the achievement gap for historically under-represented minority groups.Dr. Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
military career he spent over 10 years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He has also served as the Director, Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering.Dr. David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering, Director of the OSU Driv- ing and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory, and Associate Director of the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Hurwitz conducts research in transportation engineering, in the areas of transportation safety, human factors, traffic control devices, and
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of peer support to achieve in higher education [2]. Co-curricular and informal learning opportunities can provide students access to expert thinking intheir disciplines, and can improve retention in the sciences [3]. S-STEM scholarship programswere designed to provide curricular, co-curricular, and financial support to students withfinancial need who are underrepresented in STEM fields. Results from S-STEM programindicate scholars experience greater retention and higher achievement than their peers, [4,5,6] yetlittle is known about how S-STEM scholarship programs shape students’ professional identitiesin their fields.The Cybersecurity National Science Foundation S-STEM scholarship project is a joint effortbetween two- year and four-year
Paper ID #22611High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and MathematicsDr. Rahman Tashakkori, Appalachian State University Rahman Tashakkori received his PhD in Computer Science from Louisiana State University in 2001. He is currently serving as the Chair and Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. He has led several NSF projects that include CSEMS, S-STEM, STEP, and RET.Dr. Cindy Norris, Appalachian State University Dr. Cindy Norris is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. She received her PhD in Computer Science from the
Credit Synapse The Synapse Revealed Graham Johnson 2005 S&E Visualization Challenge Winner Timeline of Budget Preparation• OMB sends guidance letter in Spring• OSTP/OMB sends priority memo for R&D in Spring• Agencies prepare budget submissions-Aug/Sept » EMBARGOED DISCUSSIONS• Agencies submit budgets to OMB/EOP (OSTP) in Sept• Thanksgiving OMB letter to agencies• Rebuttal• Christmas final numbers are locked• Preparation of budget justifications, et al.• President’s budget submitted in February – Agency required to support in public• Congress holds hearings and passes authorization bill by Sept 30!• Agencies began new budget process gathering ideas in March and April
,thentheydonothavetheopportunitytodemonstratepersistence.ResultsTheresultsareanalyzedbyseparatingtheclassintothreegroupsbasedupontheirpre-testscores,Low(<=70%),Mid(70%=90%).Forcomparison,theresultsoftheearliesttrialsinthegroupfrom2014areshowninTable1,andthelatesttrialinthegroupfromspring2017isshowninTable2. Table1.OverallPerformanceResultsforStudentsof AllTestGroupsinthe2014TrialinElectiveCourseMAE7. Pre Test Pre Test Pre Test Group: Low Group: Mid Group: High All Groups (n=13) (n=17) (n=22) (n=52) Avg. Pre-Test Score 53% s=9.8% 78% s=5.9% 93% s=4.4% 78% s=17.2% Avg. Post-Test Score 61% s=13.2% 87% s=7.9% 90% s=6.0% 82% s=15.0% Avg. Test
engineering program is that students canconduct mechanical system designs including mechanical component design. To design beam-like components such as beams and shafts, we must analyze the loading conditions on thecomponents, that is, the Shear force and Bending moment diagrams (the S/B diagrams). So, theability to draw the S/B diagrams on beam-like components is an important skill for mechanicalengineering students. In our mechanical engineering program, the S/B diagrams of a beam wereintroduced during Engineering Statics by using the method of sections in the first semester oftheir sophomore year. In the second semester of their sophomore year in the course Mechanicsof Materials, the S/B diagrams were discussed again by using both the method of
at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Prior to Lipscomb, Dr. Myrick was the Director of the Health Systems Research Center in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technol- ogy. He also was a former faculty member at the University of Central Florida and a project engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, CT. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Enhancing Engineering Talent in Tennessee NSF S-STEM Grant 1458735AbstractA summary of work in progress regarding the Enhancing Engineering Talent in Tennessee, NationalScience Foundation S-STEM Grant #1458735 sponsored by the Directorate for
support to continue to beembedded in specialized fields such as engineering, especially as the institutions expands andgrows programs.Conclusion(s)A new subject liaison can learn a good deal about collection development by reading seminalworks such as the book edited by Conkling and Messer. The article by Brin [8] is particularlyuseful for libraries such as DSU’s, given that it focuses on medium-sized libraries buildingcollections to support new programs. However, these often assume at least a basic level ofknowledge of the discipline on the part of the liaison and a generous level of funding. The DSUlibrary’s experience was different and may help others in similar circumstances. The library deanand subject liaison successfully worked with
system is defined bythe following differential equation: 𝑎0 𝑦 (𝑛) + 𝑎1 𝑦 (𝑛−1) + ⋯ + 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑦̇ + 𝑎𝑛 y = 𝑏0 𝑥 (𝑚) + 𝑏1 𝑥 (𝑚−1) + ⋯ + 𝑏𝑚−1 𝑥̇ + 𝑏𝑚 𝑥Where 𝑛 ≥ 𝑚, and 𝑦 (𝑛) is the nth derivative of y, and 𝑥 (𝑚) is the mth derivative of x.The transfer function of this system is the ratio of the Laplace transform of the output 𝑌(𝑠) to theLaplace transform of the input 𝑋(𝑠) when all initial conditions are zero. 𝑌(𝑠) 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝐺(𝑠) = | 𝑋(𝑠) 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏0 𝑠 𝑚 + 𝑏1 𝑠 𝑚−1 + ⋯ + 𝑏𝑚−1 s + 𝑏𝑚
time of flight, t = P + Q*sqrt(-1) for example, could have a physical interpretation.For an object being thrown upward inside a well of depth -120m under a gravity downwardpulling of 9.8 m/s/s, the equation 0 = v0*t + 0.5*9.8*t*t -120 would support a physical situation 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of Columbiawith a modified depth of (-120 + 0.5*9.8*Q*Q) which carries P as the time of flight since thesqrt(-1) terms must cancel out. Kinematics learning requires a minimum memory capacity whencompared to other physics topics. The long term memory of putting the initial numerical valuesin their appropriate terms could be learned by analyzing each math term in a given equation. Theshort
fatigue theory is very important to be developed in mechanical engineeringstudents. 1The fatigue strength or test data should be described by the random variables, that is, statisticalapproach. However, for undergraduate program, fatigue test data are typically described bydeveloping Stress (S) vs. average Cycles (N) to failure (S-N) curves. These curves are thefunctions of stress amplitude, mean stress and the average number of cycles at failure. Thefatigue strength of a component is significantly affected by inherent component defects andloading conditions. As such, the material strength design limit is reduced thru the application ofmodification factors, often linked with component stresses thru
system, will be based on a 2’s compliment numbering system where the concatenationof the sign bit and the 23 bits of the fraction, {S, F [22:0]}, make up a 2’s compliment numberwith a value between -110 and 0.9999998807907104492187510. Figure 2 – IEEE 754 protocol for single-precision floating point numbers [12].The exponent of the floating-point number, in contrast to IEEE’s exponent format, is also basedon 2’s compliment numbers and falls between a range of -128 and 127. Thus, the range of numbersallowed to be represented using this floating-point numbering system is -1.701412 x 103810 to1.701412 x 103810 with a resolution of 3.50325 x 10-4610. This give a level of accuracy that is veryprecise compared to fixed-point numbers
range of industrial experience for these individuals was 2–43 years. Seventy five percent of (or six of the eight) participants indicated that they had atleast 15 years of relevant STEM industry experience. The gender distribution of industryprofessionals who participated in the interviews were 5 males and 3 females. The 15student participants included a spread of both underclassmen and upperclassmen. Theage range of student participants in the qualitative interviews was 18–24 years and thegender distribution of these students was 8 males and 7 females. The skills identified duringthe qualitative interviews weregrouped into a list of STEM Skill Indicators that were linked with the following classified STEMSkill Factors: Soft skills (S
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theproportional representation issue does not actually create an inclusive environment supportive ofstudent success [5-7]. Just as equality does not equal equity [8]; parity does not equal inclusion[6, 9]. Hurtado and colleagues (2012) pointed out how compositional diversity is only one factorin creating a diverse learning environment [10]. Efforts designed to increase compositionaldiversity neglect the experiences and different combinations of barriers that individuals mustconfront. "Underrepresented" could also be considered a form of spot-lighting, of continuouslyreminding students that each of them is a "representative" for their social identity group(s) [11].This socially-taxing language reminds individuals that their group is judged by the