Engineering Studies, Director of Women’s Engineering Programs, and CENG Interim Associate Dean. Although she has taught over 25 different courses, she currently teaches Financial Decision making, First Year engineering, Senior Project, and Change Management. Her research is in Engineering Education where she has received $11.8 million of funding from NSF as either PI or Co-PI. She researches equitable classroom practices, integrated learning, and institutional change. She spent the 2019-2020 academic year at Cal State LA where she taught and collaborated on research related to equity and social justice. She is a co-advisor to Engineers without Borders and oSTEM at Cal Poly.Dr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State
a “Gas Turbine BootCamp” designed to introduce students to the specialized facets of the industry, how gas turbines fit intocurrent and future energy production in the U.S., and affiliated research areas to which they would becontributing. Topics for this boot camp included principles of gas turbine operations and efficiency,combustion, aerodynamics, and manufacturing. Throughout the ten-week program, students underwentstructured professional development and independent research projects under the guidance of Penn Statefaculty and graduate students. As examples, project topics and project names include those in Table 1. Theprofessional development opportunities for Cohort 1 included several facets of technical communicationtraining
Paper ID #39295Online Engineering Management Master’s Program—Lessons LearnedDr. John T. Tester, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Tester has expertise in Engineering Design with interests in Engineering Management, rapid pro- totyping, manufacturing processes, biomechanics, and engineering education. Dr. Tester’s scholastic interests frequently integrate undergraduate engineering education with applied research projects. He has actively supported the SAE intercollegiate competition series for over 20 years as a faculty advisor, at two universities in two states.Dr. Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Technological
STEM, both for the students andthrough the community projects that they developed. Implemented over two semesters, thecurriculum created for the STEM FHF program included an interdisciplinary Directorship team,the creation of an expansive learning community, and intentional leadership training thatincluded issues of diversity, inclusion, community engagement, project management, andleadership skills.3,4As part of the creation of the STEM FHF program, the Foundry provided a guiding framework tobetter understand how the various elements of the program could be integrated to enhancestudents’ experience through the KAP and KTP. Table 1 (column 2) illustrates how the variouselements of the Foundry were represented in the curriculum development of
ASEE’s Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. With over ten years of experience in educational programming, communities of practice and stakeholder convenings, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Roc´ıo has served as principal investigator or co-investigator in numerous federally funded projects. Roc´ıo holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de las Americas, Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico. Prior to joining ASEE, Roc´ıo served as a faculty member at UDLAP’s chemical and food engineering department, and as a graduate fellow at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering’s Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on
Mathematics andScience Education Network Pre-college Program (MSEN), a rural school district in NC, and thelocal advanced manufacturing industry began. The goal of this Innovative TechnologyExperiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project was to create community-basedengineering design experiences for underserved middle school students (grades 6-8) from ruralNC aimed to improve their cognitive (STEM content knowledge and career awareness) and non-cognitive (interest, self-efficacy, and STEM identity) outcomes, and ultimately lead to theirincreased participation in STEM fields, particularly engineering. The project leverages strategicpartnerships to create a 3-part, grade-level specific Engineering Design and Exploration coursethat engages middle
and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and Innovative Engineering Education.Dr. Juan M. Caicedo, University of South Carolina Dr. Caicedo is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. His research interests are in structural dynamics, model updating and engineering education. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Universidad del Valle in Colombia, South America, and his M.Sc. and D.Sc. from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Caicedo’s teaching interests include the development of critical thinking in undergraduate and graduate education
Michigan. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Examination of the Development of Grit in First-Year Engineering StudentsIntroductionThis paper describes a first-year engineering course, and the students’ responses to a grit study.Since this course is a first-year engineering course, and students are faced with difficult decisionsduring their freshman year, the discussion of grit is pertinent to the experiences that the studentsare facing. This first-year engineering course is an introduction to engineering design, wherestudents work on interdisciplinary team design projects. There is a lecture and a lab each week,and the lecture topics discuss project
and the school of peace studies. The course will be co-taught, with GDHrepresenting engineering and ACF representing peace studies. The semester will be spent on asingle project, designing a drone for social good. Drones come with an ideal combination oftechnical and ethical challenges that will force students from both schools to wrestle togetherwith unfamiliar questions. One of our primary learning outcomes will be for this struggle tocultivate individual empathy across disciplinary boundaries. Put more practically, we want thestudents to understand how using alternative disciplinary frameworks changes theirunderstanding of problems. During the semester small teams (4-6 students) will each 1) build aquadcopter drone using the open source
paper, we illustrate the use of an activity based teaching methodology by suggesting anincrease in students’ engagement through the use of specialized software tools in an introductorycybersecurity course. An activity based cybersecurity course enhancement is proposed to fosterstudent engagement. The proposed activities have shown promising results indicating enhancedlearning by the students. The methodology used in other Computer Science courses, is likely toenhance interest of students in other Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT)program areas as well. We anticipate that enhanced learning in a cybersecurity course, inparticular, and CS and IT courses, in general, is expected by increasing students’ engagementthrough projects
autonomy could begin making certain vessels unmanned in thenear future [1]. Many of these projects are currently in the demonstration phase, such as theFalco, an unmanned ferry from Finferries [2]. However, many in the maritime community feelthat there are certain applications, such as non-electric vessels, that will require a trained crewonboard [3].This uncertainty means that academic institutions are hesitant to fund new advanced trainingprograms until they are certain what they should look like. For example, as autonomy increaseson vessels, mariners could either focus on traditional computer engineering skills such as codingand data management of the digital twin – a virtual simulation of a vessel used for increasingefficiency and early fault
Technology at Sinclair Community College. His areas of focus are design and manufacturing of products in the MET program curriculum. Tom serves as a Co-PI for the NSF funded AM-WATCH project. He provides guidance on design and curriculum development on additive manufacturing. Tom also serves as the Principal Investigator on the NSF funded STEM Guitar Project. He also manages the guitar manufacturing lab @ Sinclair which produces over 1700+ guitar kits a year for the STEM guitar project distributed across the United States. A PLTW affiliate professor for IED, NISOD Teaching Excellence award winner, Certified Autodesk instructor and ETAC-ABET Commissioner, and text book author, Tom has taught both at the high school and
Composite Materials CourseAbstractA senior-level elective course focused on composite materials (primarily polymer matrix) wastaught simultaneously to both on-campus and distance cohorts. Distance lessons were deliveredasynchronously. Assessment tools included exams, a term project and weekly homeworkassignments, some of which incorporated the development of a numerical code for simulatingfailure of composite plates. The term project focused on replacing a part in a current design witha part fabricated from composites, including specification of manufacturing processes and testingof the composite part.Pre- and posttests were used, along with an end-of-term survey, to identify growth in studentunderstanding related to composite materials over the
that they are gainingknowledge, skills, and abilities in research; (2) having a mentor to guide and learn from; (3)working on a real-world cybersecurity problem; (4) working in a team that is cohesive; and (5)do not feel they have a short amount of time to work on a project. It is important to note that theresults should be interpreted carefully, because of the small sample and large variances.IntroductionCyber technologies are growing at a substantial rate and are impacting almost every sector ofsociety. These cyber technologies provide innumerable benefits that mostly result in improvingmodern life. However, along with the benefits, cyber threats are increasing in occurrences,unpredictability, size, and speed [1]–[3], and that affects our
Mathematics (STEM) program at her high school. She enjoys hiking and camping, and is a member of the student council, swim team, math team, and science bowl team. She recently repre- sented Maine at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in Washington D.C., the International Sustainable World – Energy, Engineering, Environment – Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) in Houston, the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Pittsburgh, and the Stockholm Ju- nior Water Prize Competition (SJWP) in Washington D.C. Furthermore, she spoke at a K-12 Educational Workshop at the American Society for Engineering Education Conference (ASEE) in Seattle, and at the 2015 Unity College Climate Science Workshop. She
Paper ID #15029Enhancements for the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and ScienceDr. Frazier F. Benya, National Academy of Engineering Frazier Benya is a Program Officer in the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for Engineering Ethics and Society (CEES). She manages the projects run by CEES including the Online Ethics Center (OEC) for Engineering and Science website. Her work at the NAE has focused on ethics education for engineers and scientists; climate change, engineered systems, and society; energy ethics; and ethical and social issues with advancing military technologies. She received her Ph.D. in
Director for Strategic Partnerships for the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at New York Institute of Technology. Panero received her Ph.D. in economics from the New School for Social Research with a concentration in economic development and sustainable and environmental eco- nomics. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University, with a B.A. in Social Sciences. Besides her responsibilities in developing strategic partnerships that support the mission of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Panero serves as a resource to faculty and students on economics and market plans, including student design projects and special topics courses; developing strategic part- nerships with industry and
constructionindustry continues to advance educators must be aware of what the “cutting edge” of technologyin construction is, so they can expose their students to it, and more thoroughly prepare them forwhat they will interact with in their careers. This study utilized a survey of construction industryprofessionals to learn about advances in technology and where they are being used. The internetbased survey netted more than 1,000 responses and produced a sample for each question thatranged from n = 116 to n = 1,014. Specifically this study sought to learn about the use ofaugmented and virtual reality technology, the technology that industry professionals have seenand hope to see used in future projects, and the barriers to technology adoption. The
Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluating the impacts of project-based service learning on students through the EPICS programAbstractProject-based service learning (PBSL) is an innovative approach to education that is beingincreasingly adopted by many engineering programs. Yet while PBSL itself is becoming moreprevalent, the body of research behind service learning is lacking in some areas. Previousresearch has identified a wide range of positive outcomes that have been attributed to servicelearning including increased social responsibility, teamwork skills, communication skills, criticalthinking skills, understanding of societal context, and many more. However, this research iscomposed primarily of self
students.Existing data gives reason to believe that enrollment and retention of female students at X University maybe linked to certain perceptions about a particular major or profession. Perceptions of a major beinghuman-centric and enabling an individual to make a difference were shown to be significant factorsamong those identified in a research study. Literature will be presented to show the connection betweenhumanitarian efforts undertaken in an engineering context, and the impact that it has had on femalestudent participation. This paper will attempt to shows the trends of female enrollment and retentionamong various majors at X University, and compare them to programs, organizations and projects whichhave a humanitarian aspect.It is important that
learning, team-projects and writing-based assignments, with special focus on learning through real-world applications ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Creation of Open-Source Course Materials for Engineering Economics Course with Help from a Team of Students - Lessons Learned Tamara R. Etmannski Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada tamara.etmannski@ubc.ca1. IntroductionIn accordance with program accreditation prerequisites [1], engineering students across Canadaare mandated to undertake an Engineering
current research interests include producing sustainable concrete mixes by replacing a portion of energy-intensive Portland cement with blends of limestone powder and metakaolin.Dr. Laura E Moody, Mercer University Dr. Laura Moody is an associate professor and chair of Industrial Engineering at Mercer University. Dr. Moody has taught Mercer’s School of Engineering for more than 30 years and has experience in consulting and managing human factors professionals. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Experiential Service Learning: Applying Engineering Skills and Knowledge in the Dominican RepublicAbstractService-learning projects can make a positive impact on
education levels and make the field accessible for more populations.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at the University of Cincinnati and was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering MecDr. Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is Associate Professor Emerita in Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems. At Western Michigan University, she coordinated and taught capstone design courses for 20 years, and developed courses in sustainability and project management. Her focus was on students’ professional
Paper ID #42422Student Goal Formulation in an Introductory Engineering Design Coursethrough Systems Thinking ScenariosDr. Andrea Goncher-Sevilla, University of Florida Andrea Goncher-Sevilla is an Instructional Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at the University of Florida. She earned her PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and focuses on teaching and learning projects in human centered design and humanitarian engineering.Dr. John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida John Mendoza Garcia is an Instructional Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Education in the Herbert
educationenvironment by offering introductory engineering courses to high school students. The coreobjective is to enhance high school students’ understanding of the engineering design processand the real-world roles of engineers, empowering them to make well-informed career choices.This paper focuses on examining the aspects of the pre-college engineering education curriculumthat are appreciated by the students which may influence engineering as their future careerchoice.The study is part of a larger research project, where the research team conducted surveys ofstudents participating in the e4usa during the 2022-2023 academic year. The survey wasadministered in 33 schools across 20 states and regions in the U.S. A qualitative analysis wasconducted on the
and the delivery methods of aquaponicsinformation in an online medium. By structuring an effective online learning method, thisresearch seeks to empower diverse learners to engage with aquaponics as a viable method forfood production and environmental management. The project evaluates the educationaleffectiveness of tutorials through surveys assessing student comprehension, engagement, andease of implementation. Findings will inform future instructional design improvements andcontribute to the broader field of online education for aquaponics. IntroductionOnline education is growing and changing for both traditional and non-traditional students.Educators are at odds with open source, think spaces such
domestic and international addresses were expected. After orientation,postage was provided, and the letters were posted on the students’ behalf. The letter was formattedto allow for space for the student to handwrite a personalized message to the recipient. Both Englishand Spanish versions of the letter were available to the students. In addition, students were offeredstickers to include with the letter. The stickers consisted of an official and widely recognized logo ofthe university along with the word “family” in either English, Spanish, Chinese, or Korean. Asshort-term measures of this project, we collected data on the number of letters sent, the geographicdistribution of recipients, the rate of usage of the English vs Spanish versions of the
priorities to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the College. Fatima earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in materials science and engineering from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in chemistry from City Uni- versity of New York, Hunter College.Mr. Ricky Vides, University of California, Berkeley Ricky Vides is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the staff director for the Combining Forces: Putting Equity to Work project. Ricky Vides is an alumnus of the University of California. He also received advanced degrees in Higher Education Student Development and Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary’s College of
. In 2018, she was selected as a 2018 National Science Foundation - NC A & T ADVANCE IT Faculty Scholar. She also received the 2018 CoST Teaching Excellence Merit Award. Dr. Ofori-Boadu received both the 2017 NC A & T - CoST Rookie Research Excellence Award and the 2017 North Carolina A & T State University (NCAT) Rookie Research Excellence Award. Under her mentorship, Dr. Ofori-Boadu’s students have presented research posters at various NCAT Undergraduate Research Symposia resulting in her receiving a 2017 Certificate of Recognition for Undergraduate Research Mentoring. In 2016, her publication was recognized by the Built Environment Project and Asset Management Journal as the 2016 Highly Commended
) Engineering. She previously served as the project manager and lead editor of the NSF-funded TeachEngineering digital library (TeachEngineering.org, a free library of K-12 engineering curriculum), during which she mentored NSF GK-12 Fellows and NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) par- ticipants from across the country on the creation and publication of their original engineering curriculum. Dr. Forbes is a former high school physics and engineering teacher and a former NSF GK-12 Fellow.Dr. Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego Dr. Odesma Dalrymple is an Associate Professor and Faculty Lead for the Engineering Exchange for Social Justice, in the Shiley Marcos School of Engineering at University of San Diego