ranging from academics, NSF PIs, in- dustry leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals to students or high-schoolers starting out with Computer Sciences, helping them strategize and broaden participation, as well as explore, understand, and apply emerging technologies. Sreyoshi is committed to broadening participation among underrepresented mi- norities in engineering and serves as a Senator at the Society of Women Engineers. She is also part of the Advisory Board at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and serves as an Advisor to the leadership at Sisters in STEM. Sreyoshi frequently collaborates on several National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career
required forstudents across all years of the undergraduate AE program, and students were only required toenroll in the AE Seminar course for a minimum of 6 semesters during the undergraduate AEprogram. Through its first two years of implementation, the course invited practicingprofessionals to present unique projects in building design that excited students about their futurecareers. Since then, the AE Seminar course has also served as a gathering place to address theundergraduate AE student body with important announcements, reminders, and opportunities.Often, instructors also recognize recipients of student and design competition awards to helpfoster a student culture of achievement, excellence, and celebration of others. The course meetsthree
specifically to him. Out of this ˜$12m, ˜$5.45M has been allocated to the University of Toledo. These projects have been funded by various agencies including the NSF (National Science Foundation), AFRL (Air Force Research Lab), NASA-JPL, Department of Energy, and the State of Ohio. He also played a critical role in the cultivation of a private gift to support the CSTAR lab for cyber security research. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal, conference, and poster papers. He has also served as a reviewer for several high impact journals and as a member of the technical program committee for several reputed conferences.Xiaoli Yang ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
Northeastern University.Dr. Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s first-year engineering facutly, a group of teach- ing faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, engaging and hands-on experience for first-year students, hoping to excite and inspire them in the first step of their journey. There is a strong team, continuously improving on project-based curriculum for the first-year and beyond. Sudan Freeman is also the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Meaningful
Michigan, Ann Arbor Andrew DeOrio is a teaching faculty member at the University of Michigan and a consultant for web and machine learning projects. His research interests are in engineering education and interdisciplinary computing. His teaching has been recognized with the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize, and he has twice been named Professor of the Year by the students in his department. Andrew is trying to visit every U.S. National Park. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Office Hours, Demographic Groups and COVID Heidi Huang*, Kevin Yan*, Andrew DeOrio Department of Electrical Engineering and
-0805) Mechanical/Mechanical EngineeringTechnology/Technician, which is defined as, “A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in the design and development phases of a wide variety of projects involving mechanical systems. Includes instruction in principles of mechanics, applications to specific engineering systems, design testing procedures, prototype and operational testing and inspection procedures, manufacturing system-testing procedures, test equipment operation and maintenance, and report preparation.” [8].This CIP is related in the CIP-SOC Crosswalk [9] to the SOC (17-3027) MechanicalEngineering
between fundingreceived, or expected, from external grants. To help resolve issues related to spaces for studentwork, projects, and labs, the recommendations were focused on clearly identifying safety issuesrelated to the activities allowed in the spaces, the time of the day the spaces are open to students,and the need to have secured access and monitoring of the spaces. Other recommendations madeby the workshop participants included taking advantage of surplus or rotated equipmentprograms that federal labs and some industry partners may run to help reduce the funds that theprograms themselves must provide.Five of the seven statements in this theme fall into a potentially more informative pattern. Inaddition to being rated a 4 or 5 with a
” for teams [2] and in 2021 ABET proposed changes to Criterion 5 and 6, focusedon curriculum and faculty, that specifically highlight DEI [1]. While the commitment to JEDI inengineering curriculum is clear, the task of embedding this knowledge into engineering courses,many of which traditionally contain highly technical content, may seem overwhelming.To help engineering and computer science programs tackle this issue, an NSF funded five-year,multi-institutional project was run with the purpose of developing activities to embed intechnical curriculums that both promote inclusive engineering identities within undergraduatestudents and highlight the benefits of diversity in professional environments [3], [4], [5]. Theproject has led to dozens of
, statistics, data sciences, and operations research. His research also involves active learning, entrepreneurship education, and the innovation mindset. Dr. Konak’s published numerous academic papers on a broad range of topics, including network design, system reliability, sustainability, cybersecurity, facilities design, green logis- tics, production management, and predictive analytics. He has been a principal investigator in sponsored projects from the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, and Venture Well.Dr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Sadan Kulturel-Konak is a professor of Management Information Systems and the director of the
Transportation. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech and worked at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center on bridge research. He is currently The Jackson-Hope Professor of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics and structural engineering courses and enjoys working with the students on bridge related research projects and the ASCE student chapter.Dr. Kacie Caple D’Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Math Preparation and Progress of Undergraduate Students in Civil
Engineering department.Dr. Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech and worked at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center on bridge research. He is currently The Jackson-Hope Professor of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics and structural engineering courses and enjoys working with the students on bridge related research projects and the ASCE student chapter. ©American Society for
, environmental engineering and energy provide relevant examples of real-world problems that are tangible to K-12 students and can be explored in the classroom to createauthentic learning opportunities [11]. Exposure to environmental engineering technologiesengages students in engineering problem solving while helping them understand the importanceand relevance of the sustainability issues the technologies are addressing. Previous studies haveshown increased student interest and performance in STEM classrooms as a result of project-based learning that addresses real-world issues in sustainability and utilizes sustainabletechnologies in the classroom [11], [12].II. Research QuestionsThis study created a partnership among researchers, K-12 educators and
. She also earned a graduate certificate in human-centered design (HCD) from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program at Virginia Tech. Marie’s interest in values and engagement in professional cultures also extends to innovation and its experts.With Matthew Wisnioski and Eric Hintz, Marie co-editedDoes America Need More Innova- tors?(MIT Press, 2019). This project engages innovation’s champions, critics, and reformers in critical participation.Dr. Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines Aubrey Wigner is an assistant professor at the Colorado School of Mines where he teaches engineering design, entrepreneurship, and systems design.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines Dean Nieusma is Department
importance of relying on real-world behavior to guide understandingand engineering design.One of the guiding principles for the design of lab activities for this project was that lab activitiesare most effective if they align closely with concepts and principles taught in class. In addition,lab activities should allow students to visualize, experience, and clarify confusing concepts. Tothis end, equipment should be as simple as possible so that students don’t get lost in aspects ofthe experiment that are not at the core of the phenomena studied. Unnecessary programs, gad-gets, tools, or assembly should be avoided when possible. Further, sufficient equipment needs tobe provided so that students can all conduct experiments first-hand, rather than
in their ability to learna particular course’s material and their confidence in the instructor’s ability to teach thematerial. The paper is part of an overall larger project investigating if changes inteaching practices can change student self-efficacy in engineering [1]. Therefore, thefollowing gives a background on self-efficacy, and relates it to students’ confidence intheir learning and to their instructors’ teaching. Also, the following explains howteaching practices can influence students’ confidence. Self-efficacy theory, which has a significant impact on how students view theirown abilities as learners, emphasizes that people’s confidence in performing a certaintask depends on four types of experience: previous success
Paper ID #39848Analysis of Student Motivation in an Introductory Engineering TechnologyGateway CourseHernan David Moreno Rueda, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)Kevin Michael SimonsonProf. Jeffrey J. Richardson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) At Purdue, Professor Richardson teaches courses in electric vehicle technology, prototype construction / project development and management, and courses in embedded microcontroller sequence. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor RichardProf. Eddy Efendy, Campbell University Eddy Efendy currently teaches Mechanics of Materials in the Engineering
, Yang et al. [24] developed ‘AI for Kids’ for kindergarten students. Thecurriculum highlights AI using an embodied project-based approach. The curriculum theme is“AI and Ocean Protection,” which was determined based on children's interests given theirlocation (Hong Kong). The learning activities within the curriculum integrate music, language,STEAM, and literacy. Children learned about AI by listening to stories and picture books andreviewing specific vocabulary in the stories. Children learned about AI's thinking and trainingprinciples through picture books and games with graphics cards and manual materials. Incontrast, Dai and colleagues [25] curriculum development was a collaborative project initiatedby six computer science teachers and an
event that struck the central region of Chile onFebruary 27th, 2010—a joint research project between Japan and Chile was established toadvance the development of technologies and resources to foster tsunami resilient communities.The SATREPS (The Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable DevelopmentProject) program [2] allowed the introduction of the Disaster Imagination Game (DIG) in Chile.DIG was created as a method for disaster drill in Japan [3] and has been used in differentcontexts since then (e.g., [4], [5] ). The game’s overall goal is to promote disaster risk awarenessand resilience. Its core is a teamwork exercise around a printed map, where people discuss andrecord information about the territory under study [6]. We
letters fromprofessors at their undergraduate university due to the groups’ differing proximity to theseindividuals. The third significantly different action was the “other” category. Approximately16.25% of returners marked “other” compared to approximately 2.75% of direct pathwaystudents. Project portfolios, letters of recommendation from sources not included in the questionoptions, and resumes were among the other strategies listed. The responses obtained from thisquestion are shown in both Table 9 and Figure 1.Table 9: Strategies to Gain Graduate Program Acceptance Returner Direct Pathway Number of Percent Number of Percent Dependent on
current demandfor professional engineers on the island and in other states where professional certification can beendorsed. Presented by the United States of America Bureau of Economic Analysis report for thefirst quarter of 2022, the construction industry's nominal value added was 4.1 percent of the GDPand projected to reach a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 5 percent from 2022-2026 [21]. Thisprojection of industry growth exacerbates the ongoing crisis of workforce shortage that currentlyexists in the industry in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reportpublished in April 2022, employment in engineering and architecture professionals projected toincrease by 6 percent between 2020 and 2030. As a result, the construction
Paper ID #37333Work in Progress: Exploring the Use of Faculty and Peer Mentoring as aTool to Support Engineering Transfer Students’ TransitionDr. Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine Dr. Dicke is an Associate Project Scientist within the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. In her research, she aims to understand how students’ motivation and interest in the STEM fields can be fostered to secure their educational persistence and long-term career success. Trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice, she is currently involved in an NSF-funded project aimed at fostering the
projects.This learning theory emphasizes how students can be agents of their own learning [18], [19]. Constructivismstates that knowledge is acquired through four assumptions. ● Learning involves active cognitive processing. ● Learning is adaptive. ● Learning is subjective and not objective and ● Learning involves both social and individual processes.In this project, constructivist learning theory was used.Constructivist Learning Theory Using the 5E Model.The 5E model is built around a structured sequence, and it is designed as a functional way for teachers toimplement constructivist theory. The 5Es serve as an aid for instructors to structure a new learning experiencein a systematic way that is consistent with a constructivist view [20
specializing in Educational Psychology, focusing on Research, Mea- surement, and Statistics. His research interests include STEM Education and HIV Education among minority youths.Mr. Syahrul Amin, Texas A&M University Syahrul Amin is a PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University. He is Experi- enced in conducting numerous STEM education research projects and skilled in working in collaborative environments to collect and evaluate research data for a variety of STEM education projects. He is also experienced in K-16 for over 8 years. His research interests focus on science education, engineering education, GT education, and international teacher education programs.Mr. Blaine Austin Pedersen
-specific courses or workshops and offer to speak about the library’s services [16-17, 20]. • Create displays that commemorate national holidays, such as Veteran’s Day [16, 21]. • Schedule a library open house or reception for student veterans [18, 20]. • Create special libguides for veteran students [16, 18]. • Attend the university’s educational programs related to student veterans [18, 20]. • Organize library staff development programs that describe and celebrate student veteran diversity [19]. • Collaborate with veterans to create an oral history project or special exhibits [20-21]. • Store, archive, and preserve materials that pertain to the experiences of student veterans [22].When teaching, it is
Paper ID #37977Design of a Massively Open Online Course on Electrical Microgrids withReal DatasetsDr. Roxana Maria Melendez-Norona, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Roxana M. Melendez-Norona is an electrical engineer and engineering project management special- ist with a Master’s and Doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida, United States). As a professional Dr. Melendez-Norona continues being an engineering patroness and advocate since her energy and dedication towards engineering education are her best ref- erence. She has been working in the engineering industry since
” of direct and indirect assessments for each of the 3C’s[17]. OSU’s established EMLOs have since guided EML curricular development throughout theundergraduate engineering program.Over the last two years, several changes guided by the EMLOs have been made to the FYEPhonors sequence. These include the implementation of an “EM workshop” that includesactivities on all 3C’s as well as chances to provide more emphasis on user needs and problem/opportunity identification on design projects [18]. Using assessments from our 3C’s toolkit, wehave also shown that students exhibit growth over the academic year in their self-perceivedabilities to make Connections and in their indirectly and directly measured abilities to CreateValue [19, 20]. These
, we note that the digital tablet has now become an essential tool in the field of education. Theresults of a survey of 6,057 students and 302 teachers in Quebec [5] reveal that 20,000 tablets arein circulation in Canadian schools and 8,000 in Quebec schools. Although there is little researchon the educational uses associated with them, everything seems to indicate that digital tablets arean emerging technology capable of bringing significant benefits in education in the very short term[5, 6]. This project explores the digital grading of assessments to achieve quicker and broaderfeedback to students.When students complete an assessment activity, the teacher's corrective work begins. It is doneunder the pressure of time. However, correcting in
. This program is funded by the ONR(Office of Naval Research) through a grant to provide research mentorship and guidance asstudents gain experience exploring topics that are of interest to national security. This programalso operates as a research exchange program for veterans interested in STEM careers betweenThe University of Tennessee and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, allowing studentveterans to gain research experience at both institutions. This program proved the funding andmentorship necessary to bring this project to its current status and continues to provide financialand technical support.Research Background and ObjectivesThe dynamics of dense fluids, when considered on length-scales exceeding several
undergraduate pre-engineering program Abstract— This WIP project focuses on the declining STEM proficiency in the UnitedStates, requiring universities to explicitly focus on and understand students' needs. It exploresstudents' learning experiences, attitudes, and challenges in pre-engineering at a publicuniversity in Michigan. College access and success are some of the most pressing issuesconfronting the United States in post-secondary education. This work aims to address andinvestigate the barriers perceived by students while entering pre-engineering, understand theirexperiences during the program and examine pre-engineering through professors' andacademic advisors' lenses. Thus, focusing on the challenge framed: "How might weunderstand students
Class action lump settlement 670,000,000 Total 1,162,900,000 Based on text information in [15]The 10-year gap between 2005 and 2015 reflects the time needed for a blood sampling program;rather than splitting the settlement among the plaintiffs, the court initiated the C8 Health Project.Medical personnel sampled the blood of as many residents in specified areas as possible, most ofwhom were unaware of the presence of PFOAs in their drinking water. Incentivized by a $400stipend per person, more than 70,000 participated in a battery of 50 tests, generating a wealth ofdata that took scientists eight years to analyze. The project became “the largest private study ofliving