Paper ID #26013Digilent Analog Discovery and Bench-top Instruments: A ComparisonDr. Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of San Diego Shaghayegh Abbasi received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Washington in 2011. In her thesis, titled ’Integrating top-down and bottom-up nanomanufacturing: Controlling the growth and composition of seeded nanostructures’, an innovative nanomanufacturing method is explored and optimized. Upon graduation, she started her career as Senior System Design Engineer at Lumedyne Technologies. She worked on design, simulation, and testing of a Time Domain Switched (TDS) ac
Paper ID #25034Capacity Building of Afghan Universities in Geology and Minerals EducationBahawodin Baha, University of Brighton Dr Bahawodin Baha is a principal lecturer at University of Brighton in England since 1989, where he has been teaching and conducting research in electronic engineering. Besides his teaching in the UK, he has been helping Higher Education (HE) in Afghanistan since 2005 and has conducted my projects on improving higher education in Afghanistan. Recently, he was on sab- batical leave for two years and was technical advisor at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MICT) in
results also clearlyhighlight active participation challenges which need to be addressed, especially amongcertain minority student groups. The program will continue to hone its invitation criteria,broaden outreach efforts, and expand data collection to include focus groups andinterviews, in addition to the continuation of surveys of both students and teachingassistants.ReferencesASEE (2014). Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for RetainingEngineering, Engineering Technology, and Computing Students. Retrieved fromhttps://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profilesBesterfield-Sacre, M., Atman, C., J., & Shuman, L., J. (1998). Characteristics offreshman Engineering Students: Models for Determining Student
learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WORK IN PROGRESS - The Development of Agency in a High-School Maker Class: Evidence from InterviewsThe Work-in-Progress Paper examines youth self-efficacy, as an aspect of youth agency, in thecontext of participation in maker education activities.There is growing interest in making and the “maker movement” as context for the developmentof both cognitive and affective factors related to engineering. Maker experiences can lead peoplegain interest in design and technology [1] and provide experiences that can foster thedevelopment of adaptive expertise [2]. Another hypothesized benefit of engagement in hands-on,do-it-yourself, or “maker
Engagement) team in Academic Technologies at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. Gemma partners with faculty members, academic units, and other university stakeholders to create and assess innovative, effective, and meaningful learning experiences, through learner-centered pedagogies, differentiated teach- ing, and emerging educational technologies. She has facilitated faculty development initiatives, communi- ties and events in online course design, formative assessment, narrative techniques and 3-D technologies in undergraduate education. Since Fall 2016, in partnership with the College of Engineering and the LIFE team, Gemma designed and supported faculty development workshops in active learning pedago- gies
) indicates that demand for engineers will continue to show asteady growth during the 2014-2024 period and expects greater-than-average growth fromseveral individual engineering fields with rates ranging from 23.1% for biomedical engineers to5.3% for mechanical engineers. The increasing employment of engineers in service industries,research and development, and consulting is expected to generate most of the employmentgrowth.A high level of achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)education is essential if the U.S. is to maintain a leading role in space science, aeronautics,cybersecurity, and technology in general. At the same time, too many students are graduatinghigh school without the skills needed to succeed in
The Practices of Play and Informal Learning in the miniGEMS STEAM Camp Chaoyi Wang, Dr. Michael Frye, Dr. Sreerenjini Nair Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory, University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78209, the United States E-mail: chwang2@student.uiwtx.edu Abstract on providing learning and research opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics underrepresented communities.(STEM) play an important role in the educational reform miniGEMS has developed very fast in the past threeand global economy. However, STEM
programming environment.The samples of the qualitative responses documented in this paper represent the common themeof the feedback from one or more students. Some of the students recognized that the projectactivities formed not just part of the reinforcement of the classroom learning of STEM principlesbut also had some impact beyond the classroom on engineering design issues and constraints.Clearly, one of the aspects that should be emphasized at similar outreach events conducted byother institutions is maintenance of the close relation of engineering and technology to providesolutions to real-world problems. Projects which reveal such relationships should be identified andused in the STEM outreach events with the students and school educators.In
Paper ID #26988Board 40: Developing a Culturally Adaptive Pathway to SuccessProf. Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles Eun-Young Elaine Kang, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Computer Science of the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at Cal State LA. Her research interests are in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Augmented/Mixed Realty, and Game Programming. She has served as prin- cipal undergraduate advisor for the Computer Science department for several years. Also, she has served as PI/Co-PI on multiple educational projects sponsored by NSF programs including NSF S
degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville. Dr. Ralston teaches undergraduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of technology in engineering education, the incorpo- ration of critical thinking in undergraduate engineering education, and retention of engineering students. She leads a research group whose goal is to foster active interdisciplinary research which investigates learning and motivation and whose findings will inform the development of evidence-based interventions to promote retention and student success in engineering. Her fields of technical expertise include process modeling, simulation, and process control
institutions(3 from IE related fields and 31 from chemical engineering and pharmaceutical science). Theresponsibility of the TAC includes ensuring that the relevant and high-quality projects are beingpursued to achieve the NIIMBL mission. Thus, the main focus areas for the TAC include: (1)applied research and technology, (2) identifying and reducing barriers to commercialization; (3)proposing actions to enable rapid innovation and commercialization; (4) initiating Project Callsand evaluating the proposals.The authors, Dr. Jared Auclair (from biochemistry) and Dr. Wei Xie (from Operations Research),serve as Northeastern representative Technical Activity Committee (TAC) for NIIMBL. Wecollaborate to develop new biomanufacturing technologies and training
as a visitor researcher at the National Research Council (NRC) Canada dur- ing his Ph.D. He is currently actively working on several University-wide collaborations, funded project from State of Ohio, NASA, and National Science Foundation. He has more than 60 peer-reviewed jour- nal and conference papers. His current research focuses are primarily on energy conversion & storage systems, energy saving in industry, energy materials, and measurements.Mr. Daniel E. Kandray Sr., University of Akron Professor Kandray is an Associate Professor of the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Automated Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs at the University of Akron. He is an accomplished, multifaceted
research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, intersectionality, and institutional change.Dr. Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Coleen Carrigan is an assistant professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society (STS) at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Using ethnography, she investigates the historical and cultural dimensions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a particular emphasis on Computer Science and Engineering, and why these high-status fields appear impervious to desegregation. Dr. Carrigan shares the findings from her research to foster welcoming environments for underrepresented
Paper ID #26880Board 38: Methods and Outcomes of the NSF Project on Synthesizing Envi-ronments for Digitally-Mediated Team LearningDr. Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida Ronald F. DeMara is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univer- sity of Central Florida (UCF), where he has been a full-time faculty member since 1993. His educational research interests focus on classroom instructional technologies and the digitization of STEM assess- ments. He is Principal Investigator of the NSF Workshop on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning and the organizer of faculty
?!"), and fail to grasp the topic. By providing a live captionhistory on student devices, students can refocus, reconnect, and thus have an opportunity to learnthe current lecture topic being presented.The design of the ClassTranscribe platform is extensible and scalable. We demonstratecaptioning of content by integrating with two websites used to host lecture videos, youtube.comand echo360.com.IntroductionToday, undergraduate and graduate engineering students enroll in courses that employ livelectures, which may or may not include exposition, active learning and student-centeredtechniques (e.g., POGIL [1]), online video content, and a blend of multiple presentation formats.However, student and technology issues such as non-disclosed hearing
promoted by policy actions associated with potential outcomes forparticipants [1-2]. There consequently is an emerging body of literature that has examined theimpact of the REU program on students’ early engagement in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM), persistence and retention in a STEM major, and integration into STEMculture [3]. Yet, little is known about how the program supports students and how students learnthrough their research experiences. The extent to which the design of the REU programs haverelied upon existing studies has also been questioned by National Academies of Science,Engineering, and Medicine [2]. A joint report emphasized the need to investigate the mechanismsfor how the REU program works, why they work
Paper ID #27588Exploring Burnout among Graduate Teaching AssistantsDr. Michael R. Berta, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Dr. Berta provides a well rounded perspective to higher education organizations. He holds a BA in Organizational Psychology, MA in eEducation, and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership specializing in cur- riculum and instruction with specific concentration in distance education quality. An educational leader with 20 years of experience accomplishing strategic goals in higher education through technology, design, education, and innovation. Mike is the Associate Director, Center for Teaching and
Prototyping a prototype-based project with minimal equipment requirementsAbstract: This full paper describes the design, implementation, and reception of a prototype-baseddesign project for first-year engineering students in an introductory course. This project wasintroduced in a course that previously lacked authentic physical design due to the limited accessto prototyping equipment. Prior student projects were confined to design and computer modelingand simulation elements only, with hands-on activities restricted to measurement-based labs. Thenew project incorporated concept development by the students along with physical prototyping oftheir design using and a combination of reusable components and disposable inexpensive supplies.The
girls to IEEE, CSS and their missions and1. Introduction objectives. 2. Introduce the girls to UTSA in general and to the CollegeThere is significant gender disparity in Science, of Engineering in particular.Engineering, Technology, and Math (STEM) higher 3. Create an awareness of the need for woman to take oneducation and workforce. Although woman earn 50.3% of STEM careers.science and engineering bachelor’s degrees, only 17.9% 4. Create hands-on labs to teach controls and robotics.major in computer science, only 19.3% in
Materials (D3EM). He is the author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers on computational materials science, interdisciplinary materials discovery and design as well as interdisciplinary graduate education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Showcasing Interdisciplinary Capabilities: Employers’ Perceptions on Reflective ePortfolios AbstractDisciplines in isolation cannot furnish solutions to the world’s complex problems. Trends withinthe materials science and engineering fields revealed materials development was slow to offersolutions for the practical needs of advancing technology. The Materials Genome
Session ETD 545 Building a Filtration and Control System for Auto-Parts Corrosion Oil Immersion System Maher Shehadi, Ph.D. School of Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Purdue UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this capstone project was to design and build an immersion system that pumps arust preventative oil through a filtration system after being applied to protect automotive parts suchas camshafts. The system improves a pre-existing immersion system, used by an automotive partspackaging company, that has no
). It also discusses environmental impact ofsame result for an undergraduate digital systems laboratory different energies, the economics of them as well asusing a remote lab approach. Reid (2006) in the Electrical conservation efforts associated with energy use. Since itsand Computer Engineering Technology Department at introduction in the ME curriculum, it’s been a popularIUPUI studied the conversion of two courses (Digital course as it gives the students early-on a moreFundamentals and C++ programming) has gradually comprehensive, or big-picture, view which is lacking fromchanged two courses from a traditional lecture / laboratory most engineering courses. It also provides them with
University, studying student engagement and post-structural philoso- phy in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.Ms. Noa Bruhis, Arizona State University Noa Bruhis is a doctoral student in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. She earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis, and received her M.S. in Water Resources Engineering from Oregon State University. She spent several years in industry, developing research-grade environmental sensors, and has returned to school for a Ph.D. in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology Program at ASU.Dr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic School of the Ira
of novel technologies and methodologies in engineering education. Intrigued by the intersections of engineering education, mental health and social justice, Dr. Coley’s primary research interest focuses on virtual reality as a tool for developing empathetic and in- clusive mindsets among engineering faculty. She is also interested in hidden populations in engineering education and innovation for more inclusive pedagogies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Immersion for Inclusion: Virtual reality as a novel approach to developing facultyAbstractThis Work-in-Progress paper describes an exploration of the potential to position faculty tocultivate
, Steffen Foss Hansen1 1DEPERTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK; 2LEEKONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; 3TEACHING STREAM DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.AbstractBackground Studying engineering has never been more popular and the societal need forengineering skills is immense. As a consequence, we are accepting more students into many ofour programs.Purpose To identify criteria for good practices within large class teaching and to evaluate twoselected large class teaching methods (TMs) namely Active Learning Exercises (ALEx) andTeam-Based Learning (TBL), against these criteria.Design/Method First, the criteria for good teaching were identified via a
Manufacturing and Quality Engineering. His current work primarily investigates the effects of select emergent pedagogies upon student and instructor performance and experience at the collegiate level. Other interests include engineering ethics, engineering philosophy, and the intersecting concerns of engineering industry and higher academia.Mr. Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nick A. Stites is the Co-Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also an instructor in the Engineering Plus Program. His research interests include the development of novel pedagogical methods to teach core engineering courses and leveraging technology to enhance
Learning Through Real-World Hands-On LabsMohamed Rahouti1, 4, * and Kaiqi Xiong2, 3, 4, +1 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620, USA2 Cyber Florida, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620, USA3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620, USA4Intelligent Computer Networking and Security Lab, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620,USA*mrahouti@mail.usf.edu+ xiongk@usf.eduFor the past several years, information technology advances have led to a significantimprovement in computer science curriculums. Substantial efforts are indeed required to designvarious innovative teaching modules and lab experiments to facilitate learning processes in
Mathematics (NCTM), andISTE standards, we are working with teachers to shift their instructional practices towards deeperscience and mathematics learning for all students and also making university faculty andgraduate students more aware of current performance expectations in high school science,technology, engineering, and mathematics.Current research on computational thinking in grades K-12 includes studies on idealcomputational thinking learning environments. For example, Repenning, Webb, & Ioannidou [9]found that effective computational thinking environments and tools for school children should beeasy enough to start using right away, yet powerful enough to satisfy the needs of more advancedlearners. The tools should scaffold to build skills
Paper ID #24759Simulation for Energy Savings in AC Systems Equipped with Shaded Con-densing UnitsDr. Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Shehadi is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at Purdue Univer- sity. His academic experiences have focused on learning and discovery in areas related to HVAC, indoor air quality, human thermal comfort, and energy conservation. While working with industry, he oversaw maintenance and management programs for various facilities including industrial plants, high rise residen- tial and commercial buildings, energy audits and condition surveys for
Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in 2017. He was a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University London, UK, 2014-16. He was a senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire before joining Brunel, 2011-2014. He was a visiting scientist and postdoctoral researcher in the Industrial Automation Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, 2007-2012. He was a visiting researcher at California Institute of Technology, USA, 2009-2011. He carried out post- doctoral research in the Department of Civil Engineering at UBC, 2005-2007. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel