Paper ID #41273Exploring Engineering Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Creativity in Academicand Research EnvironmentsAutumn R. Deitrick, Pennsylvania State University Autumn Deitrick is a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). She is working under Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL) studying creativity in graduate-level engineering education. She earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Penn State and her S.M. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, andengage in highly structured “cookbook” type laboratory activities, PBL is open-ended andcontextualized, where student learning is driven by the problem itself.While a number of different approaches to PBL have been described in the literature since firstbeing introduced in medical schools in the 1970s, they all share the same basic learningprocess10. Working in small teams, students learn “how to learn” by engaging in a recursiveprocess that includes problem analysis, independent research, brainstorming, and solutiontesting. Figure 1 – Problem solving cycleIn PBL, students are presented with an open-ended problem with little or no content preparation.Working in small teams, they collaboratively reflect upon prior
Aerospace Engineering which he hopes to complete by 2015. Fabian has been working in the Integrated Product Lifecycle Engineering (IPLE) Laboratory and has been involved in a variety of research as an undergraduate. Some of his research includes leading a team of undergraduate students from three universities, testing multi-user CAx tools developed under a NSF grant. Fabian has also been involved in the MENTOR project funded by DARPA which is designed to engage and interest high school students in the STEM areas. Fabians research interests include fixed-wing and rotorcraft design as well as the inclusion of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools in the systems engineering process. He is also studying the impact of global
Paper ID #10389Quantitative Assessment of All-Class Project-based Undergraduate Courseon Graduates CareerDr. Emil H Salib, James Madison University Professor in the Integrated Science & Technology Department at James Madison University. Current Teaching - Wire-line & Wireless Networking & Security and Cross Platform Mobile Application Devel- opment. Current Research - Mobile IPv6 and Design for Motivation CurriculumMr. Eric Vincent Walisko, James Madison University Page 24.1028.1 c American
Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. He is also the Associate Director of SECURE Cybersecurity Research American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Paper ID #35792Center. He has over 25 years of research/teaching experience in wireless communications and RF engi-neering at Motorola, University of Victoria, Air Force Research Laboratory, Virginia Tech and PVAMUand have co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications and 6 book chapters. He has also directed 15Ph.D. dissertations and 25 M.S.E.E. theses to completion as Chair at
procedures and skills. Moreover, engineering students inBangladesh need a conducive learning atmosphere. They should have access to a library,laboratory, and other resources. This can contribute to an environment that is favorable tolearning. The expanding economy of Bangladesh has afforded students the chance to obtainexpertise in engineering [18], which has also served as a significant motivation for the students.Engineering students recognize that their education and experience may give them a competitiveedge in the job market. As a result, they are encouraged to work diligently and achieve success.In Bangladesh, the combination of enhanced educational resources, a competitive job market,family and peer support, and a booming economy might all
research methods such as (ethnographic observations, interviews, analysis ofartifacts and sometimes protocol analysis), these methods are always used to iteratively constructthe emerging design, which itself simultaneously constitutes and elicits the research results...” (p.164).In our research project, we sought to understand how best to design initiatives with a particularfocus on understanding what sites should be focused on (classrooms? Laboratories? Officehours? Gathering spaces?) and what populations to engage (TAs? Faculty? Staff? Otherstudents?). These narrow design parameters were used to elicit narratives and stories about bothpositive and negative experiences, or as the researchers put it to the participants, places whereand people who
Paper ID #36211Designing Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Projects to meetABET OutcomesDr. Pritpal ”Pali” Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. He re- ceived a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1978, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981 and 1984, respec- tively. Dr. Singh teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of semiconductor microelectronics, renewable energy systems and power electronics. He has been
package based on PV, wind power, and hydrogen fuel-cell fundamentals [6].The main author designed and implemented a 10 kW wind-solar distributed power andinstrumentation system for educating and training of workforce of Iowa in renewable energyapplications that exemplified positive work partnership for academia and industry[7]. Seniordesign students at the University of Northern Iowa established multiple grid connected wind-solar hybrid power stations on campus. These systems have been used for teaching and researchpurposes besides the green power generation and a showcase for the recruitment to STEM fields[8-9]. A smart grid design and implementation using distributed power sources of wind, solar,and hydrogen fuel cell was completed by the
Laboratory), Parque Tecnológico São José dosCampos, and the Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (São José dos Campos). The variouscities are pinned in Fig. 1b. Only a small number of activities take place after the travel has concluded. Studentsprovide individual formal presentations to Embraer representatives. This is shown in Fig. 4. Agroup presentation is also developed. Students describe what they learned before, during, and aftertravel. For example, students describe the differences between the manufacturing facilities in theUS and in Brazil.5. Program Results It is desired to continuously improve the course and study abroad program. Severalmeasures are used to characterize the effectiveness of the program. These measures focus
professional relationshipsthrough program meetings and at the annual ATE PI (Principal Investigators) Conference. TheATE PI Conference is held in Washington, DC each fall and brings together PIs from projectsand centers across the United States.As part of the mentoring process, MentorLinks mentors do a site visit to their mentee collegecampuses to learn about their culture, administration, technical programs, challenges, andopportunities. Mentees then do a reverse site visit to their mentor’s college or an alternate collegeto learn some best practices, tour laboratory facilities, and see how other colleges operateinternally. Site visits may include meetings with administrators, faculty, industry advisorycommittees and employers, student services
must learn to embrace allracial and ethnic identities.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the participants that shared their experience with us and the R.O.S.Eresearch laboratory. We would also like to acknowledge the work of artist Wale and his album“Summer on Sunset, Vol.1” that contains the song “Black is Gold”.References[1] Miriti, M. N. (2020). The elephant in the room: race and STEM diversity. BioScience, 70(3),237-242. [2] National Science Foundation (2022). The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2022.Retrieved from: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20221[3] Gibbons, M. (2005). The year in numbers. 2005 ASEE profiles of engineering andengineering technology colleges. Washington, DC: ASEE.[4
Brown students bybeing dismissive of their contributions [13]. Likewise, white students often overlook Black andBrown women when using laboratory equipment or delineating tasks having to do with figuringmathematics for the homework assignment [13].Marginalizing behaviors begin with team formation, where self-selection practices result in lessgender and racially diverse teams [14]. Team formation by self-selection is still pervasive despiteoverwhelming evidence of the problematic outcomes [14]. In cases where team formation iscontrolled by instructors, race, gender, and other salient characteristics that may serve as markersof difference within teams should be carefully considered in the execution of team-basedlearning. Marginalization happens
and receiving her Ph.D. in Educational Studies (Science Education), Dr. Merritt was a high school chemistry and physics teacher in Charlotte, NC. Her areas of expertise and research focus on: (a) designing science and engineering curriculum materials and assessments to investigate P-20 student learning, and (b) preparing teachers to teach science equitably in the inclusive, culturally and linguistically diverse classroom. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and Department of Education. She has authored or co-authored a book, several book chapters and journal articles.Joel Alejandro Mejia (Dr.) Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an Associate Professor with joint appointment in the Department of
computer science and engineering by diversifying stereotypes,” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 6, 2015.19. J. G. Strout, N. Dasgupta, M. Hunsinger, and M. A. McManus, “STEMing the tide: Using ingroup experts to inoculate women’s self-concept in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM),” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 255-270, 2011. doi: 10.1037/a002138520. R. R. Essig, B. Elahi, J. L. Hunter, A. Mohammadpour, and K. W. O'Connor, “Future girls of STEM summer camp pilot: Teaching girls about engineering and leadership through hands-on activities and mentorship,” Journal of STEM Outreach, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-9, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v3i1.0921. Y. K. Hoh, “Using
STEM can participate in a collaborative research environment abroadthrough the IRES Track I program (IRES Sites). In most cases, the overseas host institution isanother research university or a laboratory that can supply expert guidance in the student'schosen IRES fields. The IRES Track II (Advanced Studies Institute) program is a brief (15-21days) yet intensive course designed specifically for graduate students. This is more narrowlyaimed at cutting-edge research, and the engagement of eminent scholars in the relevant field isrequired to justify the choice of a foreign location.This paper discusses how international research benefits engineering students. The projectevaluation results showing how this experience has improved students
persistence and retention of low-income engineering transfer students.Dr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of New Mexico. His broad research interests include engineering
Paper ID #36837Cross-Sectional Survey of CS Students’ Knowledge of andAttitudes Toward CybersecurityCheryl Lynn Resch (Lecturer) Cheryl Resch is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. She teaches core Computer Science courses and Cybersecurity courses in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department. Ms. Resch is also a PhD student in Human Centered Computing. Ms. Resch joined University of Florida in 2017. Prior to that she spent 29 years as an engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The last 15 years
prepare students for targeted internships inadvanced process control and automation. The inaugural pilot workshop, titled SystemsAutomation Springboard to Internships (SASI), was held during the winter term of 2021. Studentswere sponsored by companies, who paid the workshop fee, and offered the students an internshipduring the summer of 2021.The content of the SASI workshop, spanning the full spectrum of automation, from fieldinstrumentation through enterprise control systems, is delivered through a mix of lectures,laboratory experiences, programming, and discussions with industry experts. The strength of theworkshop lies in the rich depth and variety of materials offered by a mix of eight industrialpractitioners and three academic instructors
. O’Brien is the Assistant Director for Cyber Defense Education and Training with the Infor-mation Trust Institute in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Casey has more than 25 years of large-scale information security and IT engineering, implementation,and management experience in challenging and cutting-edge public and private sector environments.Casey’s teaching and research interests include: practice-centered education and training solutions thatcombine accelerated learning programs, validated assessments, instruction, practice labs, and challengescenarios to improve information security talent management in organizations; rapid deployment of cus-tomizable and adaptive curriculum that raises
Paper ID #33821Global Engineering Competencies Learned Through Virtual Exchange ProjectCollaborationDr. Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her areas of expertise include design, and medical imaging. She started college at the University of Maryland (UMD) in College Park. After receiving her PhD at the Pennsylvania State University, she went to work for GE at the Global Research Center. She was in the Computed Tomography laboratory where she helped to design new x-ray CT systems for
’ recognized by the employers. Graduates are expected to be technicalexperts as well as have high quality ‘professional skills’ [3], [4]. Sighting this demand,engineering educators around the world are now making efforts to change the curriculum byadding an EM based course or incorporating associated modules into their courses. Students canexplore EM concepts related to real-world social issues and expand ‘professional skills’ such asrecognizing opportunities, creativity, communication, leadership and adaptability throughexperiential learning modules. Such modules can be easily integrated into design-based coursesas well as laboratory courses to provide students with a hands-on experience and expose them toopen-ended questions. However, it is
. Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy LTC Kevin Arnett is a fifth year Assistant Professor at the US Military Academy. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA in 2001, his M.S. Civil Engineering from U.C. Berkeley in 2011, and his PhD in Structural Engineering from UCSD in 2019. He teaches structural analysis and design of steel structures, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California and Missouri.Dr. Michael Gerhardt Oesterle, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center Michael Oesterle is a research structural engineer and the division director for the Capital Improvements Explosion Effects and Consequences (EE&C) Division at the Naval Facilities Command
student is in autonomous vehi- cles, engineering education, and aviation technology. His thesis topic focuses on conducting engineering analysis of semi-autonomous trailer connections.Miss Emily Rada, Purdue University, West Lafayette Emily Rada is a master’s Engineering Technology student at Purdue University, studying predictive main- tenance in turbine generators. She graduated in May 2019 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology from Purdue University, concentrating on power generation and fuel sources.Dr. Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an
project focusing on analyzingrotation may be a helpful learning supplement for students. Therefore, a carousel projecthas been developed and implemented in an undergraduate dynamics course in mechanicalengineering technology (MET).This article will discuss the learning process and results of a group laboratory project incurvilinear motion. This project is designed to not only improve students’ learningoutcomes and understanding of dynamics content, but also to develop and enhance theirproblem solving and critical thinking skills.Students are tasked with designing and building a physical carousel model, choosingmaterials for the main body and supporting cables, recording data, and using their data toanalyze the model’s rotational motion. To solve
) by The American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is also a certified Quality Management Systems (QMS) Lead Auditor by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) in London. He was elected a Fellow by ASQ in 2007.Dr. Yuqiu You, Ohio University Dr. YUQIU YOU is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology and Management at Ohio Uni- versity. She earned her B.E. degree from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology in China, MS from Morehead State University of Morehead, KY, and Ph.D. (Technology Management with the concen- tration in manufacturing systems, 2006) from Indiana State University. Dr. You is currently teaching at Ohio University. Her interests are in computer-integrated
Paper ID #34926Design and Manufacturability of Medical Ventilators from the Perspectiveof a Global Automotive FootprintDr. H. Bryan Riley, Clemson University H. Bryan Riley Ph.D., joined Clemson University in July 2019 and currently teaches controls and man- ufacturing processes courses. He has taught courses in signal processing, electrical communication sys- tems, EE capstone design, electric machines, adaptive signal processing, and hybrid and electric vehicles. Riley, who spent his early career in the automotive industry, has managed multi-disciplined and global en- gineering teams responsible for introducing advanced
LUT with main research interests re- lated to technology and society, gender diversity and engineering education.Dr. Hanna Niemel¨a, Hanna Niemel¨a received the M.A. and PhD degrees in translation studies from University of Helsinki in 1993 and 2003, respectively. She is currently working as an associate professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland. Her professional experience ranges from translating to teaching and language consulting. Her interests include electrical engineering, scientific writing and special languages. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020
Analyst, and were spent working on astrophysics research, astronomical data analysis, and space-based instrumentation characterization, calibration, and experimen- tation. While at STScI I focused the majority of my efforts as a member of the development team for the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA), as a member of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) pipeline and calibration teams, and as a member of the Operations Detector Laboratory (ODL), where I worked on the characterization of spaced-based CCD detectors. Now at UNC Charlotte, I have found new passion in the education, advising, and mentoring of undergraduate engineering students.Mrs. Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Meg Harkins is an Associate
healthy and aging brain, as well as coupled multi-field formulations for the spread of neurodegenerative diseases, such as in Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopa- thy. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Running A Virtual Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Lessons learned Johannes Weickenmeier Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJAbstractUndergraduate research is a fundamental part of the research activities in most laboratories atinstitutions of higher education. Undergraduate students serve a wide range of functions andperform critical