Paper ID #40054Board 434: Work in Progress: Building a Sustainable InstitutionalStructure to Support STEM ScholarsDr. Donald W. Mueller Jr. P.E., Purdue University, Fort Wayne Don Mueller received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology and is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PFW. He served as chair of the IPFW engineering department for four years. Don is interested in engineering education from the first-year to graduate-level. He has taught many courses in the thermal-fluid sciences, including Sustainable Energy Sources and
architect. During her time in UTEP graduate school, she conducted research for the civil engineering (CE) department on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles technology on construction-site workers safety. She also conducted joint research for the National Science Foundation’s ASPIRE (Advancing Sustainable through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification) Engineering Research Center and the US Department of Transportation’s CAR- TEEH (Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health). She evaluated the environmental and social justice impacts of the electrified technologies (electric vehicles (EVs), EV charging stations, and electrified roadways) with a focus on underrepresented communities.Dr
Engineering Education as a Hybrid Student at Purdue University. She hopes to analyze the factors that impact nontraditional students’ success and persistence in engineer- ing, particularly at the community college level. Anne received a BS and MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since graduating in 2015, Anne has worked as a clean technology researcher and engineer in the environmental remediation sector. She has taught engineering at Black Rocket summer camps, the University of Colorado, and Front Range Community College. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reimagining International Research for Students in a Virtual
Paper ID #40515GIFTS: It’s Time to Start with ’A Safety Moment’Prof. John I Messner, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Messner is the Director of the Computer Integrated Construction (CIC) Research Program at Penn State and a Professor of Architectural Engineering. He specializes in Building Information Modeling (BIM), digital twin, and immersive technology research.Dr. Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky has taught courses for Architectural
work has involved studying intersectional and spatial visualization devel- opment.Sydney Free, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sydney Free is a junior in mechanical engineering at Purdue University and has been working with the DeBoer Lab within the Purdue School of Engineering Education since the Spring semester of 2022. Her work involves developing adaptable learning technologies for displaced communities.Michael Dunham, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Dunham is an undergraduate at Purdue majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and has worked with the DeBoer Lab in Purdue’s school of Engineering Education Research since 2022. His work has focused on the use of educational tools in engineering curricula in
Mean SD Min. Max.happiness that I chose to major in engineering. 5.75 1.50 4 7confidence that I will complete my degree in engineering. 5.75 1.26 4 7confidence that I could find an engineering job after I graduate. 6.00 1.41 4 7belief that I am capable of making transformational technological 5.75 0.96 5 7advancements.confidence that I can solve engineering problems in a different way. 6.25 0.96 5 7confidence in my ability to connect different engineering concepts to 6.00 0.82 5
State University Associate professor of computer science at Kansas State University.Dr. William Henry Hsu, Kansas State University William H. Hsu is an associate professor of Computing and Information Sciences at Kansas State Univer- sity. He received a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science and an M.S.Eng. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1993, and a PhJoshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University Dr. Josh Weese is a Teaching Assistant Professor at Kansas State University in the department of Com- puter Science. Dr. Weese joined K-State as faculty in the Fall of 2017. He has expertise in data science, software engineering, web technologies, computer science education research, and
2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference ProceedingsCharacterizing the Educational Effectiveness of STEM Demonstrations at Science- focused Events for Adult Audiences Dr. Tom Lucas* Purdue University lucas113@purdue.edu Science and its applications in engineering and technology are valuable tools to wield whileaddressing the plethora of environmental, ethical, and logistical concerns facing our modernsociety. It is not necessary for all individuals to work in a scientifically-focused industry, but arespect and understanding for the efforts of scientists is beneficial for
BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Pittsburg State University in 2016 where he also was a student-athlete participating in Cross Country and Track and Field. He went on to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from UMKC and then completed his Masters in Mechanical Engineering in 2020. He also worked for an en- gineering design firm in Kansas City for 6 years as a data scientist and design engineer and is a licensed P.E. in the state of Missouri. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Brownian Motion or Intentional Engagement? Uncovering Obstacles in an Engineering Transfer PartnershipIntroduction“We assumed a lot about our
universities and research. But despite many graduates going intoindustry, the connection between university and industry in terms of graduate expectationsremains unclear. Even with skills identified, there are some significant hurdles to changing anengineering curriculum. As technologies, businesses, and economic cultures change, so tooshould the skills engineers be taught. However, these cultural shifts can be rapid and are oftentoo fast to be reflected in curriculum updates[1]. There is also the concept of balance in thecurriculum; students do require some amount of fundamental technical knowledge to apply toreal world problems. In the example of running simulation software, to truly be able to setup,run, interpret, and validate results, one must
mechanical engineering studentsin the Spring semester of their junior year. The course involves the selection of materials andmanufacturing processes in design with an emphasis on material mechanical properties,microstructure production and control, manufacturing processes for producing various shapes forcomponents and structures, and use of design methodology. Table 1 shows the topics covered inthis course. Four instructors that had regularly taught the course developed a list of potential real-world examples for making videos based on their experiences in research and industry. From thislist, two applications for the videos were selected; one involves improving polymer manufacturingdevolatilization technology in industry, and the other involves
Paper ID #38838Board 420: Using a Situational Leadership Framework to Understand theRole of Mentors in Cultivating Innovative Thinking Skills in STEMEducationDr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Sadan Kulturel-Konak is a professor of Management Information Systems and the director of the Flem- ming Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED) Center at Penn State Berks. She received her Ph.D.in Industrial and Systems Engineering (Auburn Univ.)Dr. Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dr. Abdullah Konak is a Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. He believes in a strong connection between engineering education research and practice, and his research leverages his experience teaching engineering science courses to bridge the gap between theoretical, well- defined coursework and ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering practice. He received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to re-joining Michigan, he was an instructor
,over 5,000 students were enrolled in the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering andEngineering Technology (SPCEET). Like KSU, SPCEET attracts a diverse student body relatedto race. Nearly 24% of students identify as African American and 15% as Hispanic. When genderis considered, 21% of SPCEET students identify as women. SPCEET comprises ninedepartments, including CEE, the study’s target department. The CEE department enrollment wasover 700 students during the Fall 2022 semester. Of these students, 21% were African Americanand 20% were Hispanic. The department outperformed the college with women representation atjust over 27%.C. Community Engagement Event (Planning)A planning effort was launched approximately 2 months prior to the
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engagement in Practice: Computer Science Combating Crime in Houston (Collaboration between Houston Christian University and Crime Stoppers of Houston) Marian K. Zaki College of Science and Engineering Houston Christian UniversityAbstractRecent statistics have shown that nonprofit organizations are considered the third largestworkforce in the United States after retail and manufacturing. Unfortunately, unlike retail andmanufacturing, the lack of financial support and in-house expertise has resulted in manynonprofits falling short of technological advancement
sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (pstem),” Psychology of Women Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 420–436, 2017. [2] E. Ramsey and D. Brown, “Feeling like a fraud: Helping students renegotiate their academic identities,” College & Undergraduate Libraries, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 86–90, 2018. [3] A. M. Gloria, Psychosocial factors influencing the academic persistence of Chicano/a undergraduates. Arizona State University, 1993. [4] C. Bego, P. Thomas, X. Wang, and A. Dourado, “Investigating engineering persistence through expectancy value theory and machine learning techniques,” in 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022. [5] J. Van Dyken, L. Benson, and P. Gerard, “Persistence in engineering: does initial
twice per semester to learn from and give feedback to each other [12].Student-led activities to address mental health:This work in progress differs from the prior work in the literature in its level of studentleadership for developing and implementing solutions. As faculty and administrators in the OhioUniversity Russ College of Engineering and Technology were learning and monitoring thestudies on mental health challenges, students took the lead on proposing some practicalsolutions. In Fall of the 2021-2022 academic year, a small group of students worked with a fewfaculty and staff to create a community to promote wellness and create a space for students tofeel that it was ‘okay not to be okay’. These initial efforts to initiate conversations
teacher education, and the recruitment and retention of undergraduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. She is current Co-PI on two funded National Science Foundation grants in the Division of Undergraduate Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 NSF S-STEM: Inclusive Hackathon themes to attract Underrepresented Community College Students into Computing DisciplinesAbstractThere is a broad agreement that part of the solution in attracting more underrepresented studentsto computing disciplines is to influence students early on in their educational pathways. The NSFS-STEM Scholarship program at a minority serving institution organized
Paper ID #39858Board 372: Remote Engaged Student Learning through Hands-on InternetofThingsDr. Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Lifford McLauchlan is an Associate Professor and Interim Chair in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Texas A&M University - Kingsville, and has also worked for Raytheon, Microvision, AT&T Bell Labs, and as an ONR Distinguished Summer Faculty at SPAWAR San Diego, CA. He has over 55 publications covering areas such as adaptive and intelligent controls, robotics, an ocean wave energy converter, green technology, education, wireless
information instructing studentsto build a simple LED circuit. The previous study found that a storybook is as effective as a lectureat delivering technical content, and participants who were exposed to the storybook were able tocomplete the activity faster than those who received the lecture. This paper proposes a revisedinstrument and protocol that employs machine learning for data analysis to assess technicallearning objectives, retention of the material, and anxiety levels related to technology.IntroductionJust as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) has evolved to STEAM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) in K–12 education with the addition of ‘Arts’, moreartistic forms of learning can be found in traditionally STEM
of Learning ObjectivesThe standard curriculum in research-intensive engineering institutions mostly has one coreengineering communication course. Is this efficient in educating students with good oral, visual,and written communication skills needed to interface and thrive with global stakeholders in thegovernment, private and public sectors? Employing an instructional scaffolding strategy forlearning communication skills across engineering curricula with well-crafted activities andassignments offer a promising means of reinforcing this essential competency within thediscipline.The communication skills requirement is consistent with the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET) student outcomes three (SO#3), which states that
programs for engineering continue to grow in popularity among schools anduniversities, the corresponding curriculum that gets delivered to students has becomeincreasingly compartmentalized to each specific discipline. This shift has occurred naturally aseducational departments desire to highlight direct applicability of their education to theirdepartment label. However, much of the knowledge and many of the skills obtained in individualfields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can be applied to variousother STEM fields. Yet, preconceived barriers between each discipline often create mental gapsin the minds of students that render their abilities to think of their education’s applicabilityoutside of the department they are
provides an avenue to integrate knowledge from various fields. Traditional fieldswithin engineering such as mechanical and aerospace, electrical and computerengineering/science, and fundamentals of communications, electronics, information technology,and mathematics, blend seamlessly into developing modern robotic devices with applications inmanufacturing automation, space, and underwater exploration, hazardous waste handling andenvironmental stewardship, agricultural automation and remote sensing, security and defense,medicine and healthcare, and variety of other applications. The resurgence of robotics inmanufacturing automation and its potential impact on job creation, and growing applications ofground-based and aerial robotics for applications
reliance on cloud computing and big data will continuously increase, andnew data-centric technologies and engineering approaches will be developed. Due to this rapidlydeveloping field, there is a need to track these trends and incorporate the corresponding developments intoour current science and engineering curriculum. Besides data science skills already taught in traditionalengineering curricula, such as mathematical, computational, and statistical foundations, the NationalAcademies guide discusses that key concepts in developing data acumen include domain-specificconsiderations and ethical problem-solving. This work-in-progress (WIP) paper will highlight the foundation of a comprehensive study toexplore data science education in two
Paper ID #40259Implementing Virtual Reality Project Activities for Enhancing StudentLearning Experience in Robotics and AutomationDr. Richard Y Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Y. Chiou is a Full Professor within the Engineering Technology Program in the Department of Engineering, Society, and Leadership at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. His educational back- ground is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and grad- uate levels. His tremendous research experience in
. Schmitz received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2002.Dr. Jessica R. TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Jessica received her B.S.E, M.S.E., and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After graduation, she worked as a post-doc for approximately three years at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. She then spent three years working as a Senior Research Specialist at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, where she trained users on the focused ion beam (FIB), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). In 2016, she moved to the
Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2001, and an M.S. in Astrodynamics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004. Her research interests include conceptual design, trade space software development, system-of-systems modeling, geospatial situational awareness tools, and visual analytics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work In Progress: Implementation of a Skills Based Approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Senior Undergraduate Aerospace CapstonesAbstractIn 2019, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) updated their studentoutcome accreditation standards to specifically address team collaboration, leadership, andinclusivity. While
,” in Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2016, pp. 148–153.[2] H. B. Carlone and A. Johnson, “Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens,” J. Res. Sci. Teach., vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1187– 1218, 2007.[3] J. Mahadeo, Z. Hazari, and G. Potvin, “Developing a computing identity framework: Understanding computer science and information technology career choice,” ACM Trans. Comput. Educ. TOCE, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1–14, 2020.[4] R. A. Revelo Alonso, “Engineering familia: The role of a professional organization in the development of engineering identities of Latina/o undergraduates,” PhD Thesis, University of
University, India. He extensively traveled within and abroad for technical lectures viz., USA, Germany, Belarus, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore.Dr. Shanmuganeethi Velu, P.E., Dr. V.Shanmuganeethi, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He has been work- ing in the domain of Education Learning Analytics, web technologies, programming Paradigm, Instruc- tional technologies and Teaching aˆ C” Learning PraDr. P. MalligaDr. Dinesh Kumar K.S.A. Dr. K S A Dineshkumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering. He has been working in the domain of Structural Engineering, Geographical Information System, Sustainable development, Smart City, Instructional technologies and Teaching
Disorders, State University of New York at New PaltzIntroductionEffective engineers are skilled at applying their expertise to complex problems that requirebalancing competing objectives and taking into consideration a wide range of technical, ethicaland societal concerns. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) hasaddressed the need for students to develop these skills in two different Student Outcomes (SO).The first addresses the need for students to consider factors that contribute to societal well-beingwhen designing engineering solutions (ABET Student Outcome 2). The second relates to theethical and professional judgement of the engineer in considering the impact of engineeringsolutions in their broader contexts (ABET