higher education and improve learning outcomes. Her research to date has focused on educational designs that emphasize learner ini- tiative and agency through inquiry or problem-based learning in formal and informal learning contexts. She has published several papers on the characteristics of learning environments that support or constrain opportunities for any students (including those from non-dominant backgrounds) to participate in key science and engineering process skills such as scientific argumentation. Her work is largely informed by the principles and perspectives on human development and cognition articulated by Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Putting theory into practice, she teaches a service-learning
is passionate about understanding and dismantling the systems in engineering that marginalize students.Elisa Koolman, University of Texas at Austin Elisa is a Ph. D. student at the University of Texas at Austin. They are currently researching interactions in makerspaces, efficacy of a teaching software in an engineering design course, and disability in STEM. Elisa is passionate about continuing efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Queer Ties: A Work in Progress LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Mentorship Program The purpose of this work in progress paper is to share preliminary results and lessonslearned from a pilot scale
valuable addition tothe electrical engineering curriculum.We argue that the reasons behind the technical choices, their impact on the resource consumptionand the performance versus flexibility tradeoffs are relevant for cellular communicationsstandards education. Moreover, project management, team work, development of realisticexpectations and practical solutions are skills that are much demanded by industry in addition todomain-specific technical specialization. We therefore propose a methodology for teachingstandards that creates favorable conditions for developing those skills.The combination of lecture-centered education [2] with laboratory-centered approaches [3], [4],has been adopted in the engineering curriculum when the Conceive, Design
Paper ID #36474Walking Between Two Worlds: Creating a Framework for ConductingCulturally-Responsive Research with University Indigenous CommunitiesQualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/they) is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. She received her Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Biosystems En- gineering at Oklahoma State University. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and edu
author their identities as engineers and negotiate their multiple identities in the current culture of engineering. Dina has won several awards including the 2018 ASEE/IEEE Fron- tiers in Education Conference Best Diversity Paper Award, 2019 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award and the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Distinguished Scholar Award. Dina’s dissertation proposal was selected as part of the top 3 in the 2018 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division D In-Progress Research Gala.Dr. Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines Jessica M. Smith is Associate Professor in the Engineering, Design & Society Division at the Colorado
for posterity and toencourage engagement within other academic institutions and professional societies. Some of ourexamples and strategies can be scaled and adapted to address institutional or regional challengesor to increase awareness and engagement in other national societies. Outcomes seen throughinitiatives have resulted in increased connections with previously disenfranchised members tothe ASEE community, engagement across divisions, and expanded programming in support ofdiversity, equity, and inclusion practices.1. Importance of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionEngineers have a significant impact on society. Their actions shape future technology,infrastructure, and innovation. Improving workforce diversity has been shown to
Paper ID #26944Innovation, Design, and Self-Efficacy: The Impact of MakerspacesRoxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas, Austin Roxana Carbonell is a current graduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interests are prosthetics, additive manufacturing, makerspaces, and engi- neering education.Madison E. Andrews, University of Texas, Austin Madison Andrews is a STEM Education doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Depart- ment of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
, University of Vermont Holly Buckland Parker is an educational developer at the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Univer- sity of Vermont (UVM). Holly coordinates the Graduate Teaching Program and conducts workshops on pedagogy and educational technologies. Dr. Buckland Parker continues to work on her research interests regarding the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusive teaching practices in Higher Education. Holly is also a part-time faculty member in the Higher Education and Student Af- fairs Program in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont. She teaches graduate courses on the implementation of anti-racist teaching practices, inclusive teaching
University.Dr. Kenneth A. Loparo, Case Western Reserve University Kenneth A. Loparo is the Nord Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and holds academic appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Case School of Engineering. He has received numerous awards including the Sigma Xi Research Award for contributions to stochastic control, the John S. Diekoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching, the Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Engineering and Science Pro- fessor Award, the Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Carl F. Wittke Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and the Srinivasa P. Gutti Memorial
National Experimental University of T´achira in Venezuela. In addition, she has several years of experience in research and practice at graduate educa- tion level in the engineering field, with special focus on assess based perspectives, minoritized students’ socialization, and agency in graduate education. Her strengths include qualitative research study design and implementation. Her dissertation examined Latinx motivation to pursue Ph.D. in engineering, mi- noritized engineering doctoral students’ socialization and the impact of the engineering context in their experiences. Her research expertise lies in diversity and inclusion in graduate education, with a particu- lar interest in minoritized students’ socialization
a breaktime which also plays an important role in the learning environment. A particular roomand adjacent outdoor area was designated for breaks and “hanging out” before and after theprogram. Peer mentors were in charge of food preparation and each day nutritious snackswere provided. Sharing food is one of the most common forms of human camaraderie aswell as a basic need 7 and incorporating this into the program was an important part ofcohort building. Many participants would also join in, bringing food from their homes toshare with the group. From a more practical standpoint, providing food can enhancelearning and well-being for those students who leave home for an early start withoutbreakfast.2. Themed Contextualized LearningThe quest for
in his department including; modified mastery learning in early engineering courses and a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for honors students. The ISD team currently has 50+ students working to design and build an electric bicycle and human powered vehi- cles. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows. He is also active in technology adoption and support. Geoffrey holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University and Bachelor de- grees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Cedarville University. His research interests are fo- cused on best practices for student learning and student success.Dr. Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University
inverted sections with those in control sections (i.e., traditional coursemodel). Treatment and control students completed the same measures (e.g., content assessmentsand student attitude surveys) and faculty members, who taught in both conditions, alsocompleted reflection papers related to their experiences. The guiding research questions for thestudy and an overview of the assessment measures are shown in Table 1 below (more details onassessment measures are included in a subsequent section of this paper). In the final year of thestudy, the researchers designed what they felt were “best practices” for the inverted model in allsections of their courses and the same outcome measures were used.Table1.EvaluationQuestionsandOutcomeMeasures
puts students into situations where they need to make rapid decisions aboutdata selection, use and analysis [35]. No online, asychronous alternative was available for thatactivity, so the instructor focused on the case study in EGR 193 instead. In future work, it mightbe interesting to consider how to extend the discussion of data ethics with the data collection andmanipulation tasks that many undergraduates find themselves engaging in as early researchassignments.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful for the students and faculty who participate in undergraduate research and makethis high-impact experiential education opportunity available at Michigan State University(MSU). This course design and evaluation process was supported in part by a Faculty
contemporarytheories of change as frameworks for the basis of their assertions.Course Design and DescriptionAlice, instructor: I designed this course for more senior graduate students in or with interest inengineering education research and related fields, and who are interested in developing a moretheorized understanding of the concepts of race, class, gender, diversity, and other topics relatedto broadening participation in engineering education. This is the second time I have offered thecourse.Learning ObjectivesThese learning objectives are the ones I am anticipating for the next iteration of the course, asthey have changed over the course as I discovered my own blind spots. For example, eventhough I had committed one class period to discuss Whiteness and
from outreach work31. The act of communicating specialist knowledge, inplain language to non-specialists, is a learning experience in and of itself. This communicationdeepens the understanding of both parties.Armed with university7 and financial support3, and cognizant of the personal and publicbenefits15,18, the only remaining question is of specifics. What work can be done? For those withan inclination to educational research, museums can provide an excellent laboratory for the studyof human learning. Many already are engaged in this sort of work31. There is also room forcontributions to the development and evalulation of the practices in the design of outreachprograms27. For those less directly involve in educational research, there are
;M University- Kingsville, is interested in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy, sustainability assessment, and engineering education. Dr. Li has served as PI and Co-PI in different projects funded by NSF, DOEd, DHS, and HP, with a total amount of more than 2.5 million dollars.Prof. Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Dr. Abdelrahman is currently the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Abdelrahman has a diverse educational and research background. His research expertise is in the design of intelligent measurement systems, sensor fusion and control systems. He has been active in
Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Interest and Attitude Development In Out-of-School TimeAbstractSince its inclusion in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), engineering has continuedto emerge in classrooms and informal settings. As educators become familiar with this discipline,there is opportunity for research to inform our understanding of how youth are relating toengineering concepts and practices. This paper examines how engaging with engineering in out-of-school-time (OST) settings impacts youths’ interests and attitudes toward engineering. Dataare drawn from four OST sites that implemented a hands-on engineering curriculum with 52middle-school-aged youth. Quantitative analysis of
University-Kingsville Dr. Abdelrahman is currently the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Abdelrahman has a diverse educational and research background. His research expertise is in the design of intelligent measurement systems, sensor fusion and control systems. He has been active in research with over 80 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. He has been the principal investigator on several major research projects on industrial applications of sensing and Control with focus on Energy Efficiency. He is a senior member of IEEE, ISA, and a member of ASEE.Dr. David Ramirez, Texas A&M University
, mathematics, and engineering and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, his Master’s of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Ms. Ann Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney is the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars scholarship program at Boise State University, which is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium. As part of this program, she collaborates with the Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives
significantly across institutions. How CC faculty participation in research isaccounted for in tenure and promotion at CC is quite variable. For instance, inside our partnership,research expectations for faculty at the CC of the CUNY system are much higher than at EPCC.However, UG research at CC is recognized [8] as a high impact practice to support student successthat can positively impact graduation, STEM retention, and transfer rates.H-AGEP provides training to the Fellows in best mentoring practices of undergraduate students inresearch. Workshops on student mentoring and on research opportunities at CC are given to theFellows. CC faculty mentors provide opportunities for some of the Fellows to mentor CC studentsin research projects.4.2.3
incorporate the emerging best practices of QuantCrit [21]across the entire mixed-methods study to ensure the critical theory nature of the CCWM isreflected in any quantitative implementation of that theory. Recommendations are alsoincorporated from the work of Mejia et al. [3] for research integrating a critical perspective as weconsidered anti-deficit framing and critical theory questions in the development and design of themethods. Castillo and Gilborn [22] suggest considering five foundational principles whenadapting a critical theoretical framework to a quantitative study: 1) The Centrality of Racism, 2)Numbers are Not Neutral, 3) Categories are Neither Natural nor Given, 4) Voice and Insight, and5) Social Justice/Equity Orientation. A discussion
transformativelearning that occur during the pursuit of a doctoral degree [8]. In this paper, we describe thiscomplexity from the perspective of doctoral students. Graduate students can provide insightsregarding graduate programs' inner workings that directly benefit their institutions' academicprograms. For instance, analyzing the students' perspectives regarding courses, roles, andrelationships with supervisors is essential for programs to improve best practices [9]. In ourwork, we consider how our relationships with supervisors/mentors can influence the ways weconceptualize our development as researchers and designers.Graduate students are not just student researchers; they are developing faculty members andindustry professionals. Thus, many
career-development activities to bolster their readiness for post- graduation. 3. Be exposed to a wide variety of career options in STEM. 4. Learn details about graduate school. 5. Broaden their scientific network through multiple means. 6. Demonstrate scientific communication. 7. Acquire and demonstrate scientific knowledge in materials science. 8. Demonstrate competency in scientific ethics. 9. Develop and plan for participation in an outreach/broader impact activity. 10. Develop a sense of belonging in their role as a citizen in the scientific community.Program Structure and BackgroundPenn State University has a long-standing summer research program for undergraduates inmaterials research that has been supported by a
Paper ID #42046Board 301: Impacts of the ProQual Institute: Summative Evaluation of ParticipantSkills, Perceptions, Confidence, and Research Products from a QualitativeResearch InstituteDr. John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia Dr. Morelock is an Assistant Professor of Practice with an emphasis on engineering education research, and the Associate Director of Educational Innovation and Impact for UGA’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI). In addition to coordinating EETI’s faculty development programming, Dr. Morelock conducts research on institutional change via faculty development, with an emphasis
research teams as well as theconceptualization, design and development of interdisciplinary curricula. This type ofcollaboration and interaction is especially important for small and medium-sized schools anduniversities where undergraduate / graduate teaching accounts for a major portion of the facultyworkload. Thus the paper describes the interdisciplinary research collaborations as well as thedevelopment of interdisciplinary educational curricula and their role in reaching educationalobjectives of the department, the school and the institution.Following section gives brief information about ROC and the subsequent sections describe themechanisms implemented to trigger and sustain faculty development over a longer period oftime.2. Research and
Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Dr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Medha Dalal is a postdoctoral scholar in
Oklahoma State University regents distinguished research, Halliburton outstanding college of engineering faculty, and Fulbright-Tocqueville distinguished chair awards. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessing Impact of an REU program on Student’s Intellectual Growth and Interest in Graduate School in Cybermanufacturing Pavan K. Moturu, Bimal Nepal, Prabhakar Pagilla, Satish Bukkapatnam Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.AbstractAdvancements in information technology and computational intelligence have transformed themanufacturing landscape, allowing firms to produce highly complex and customized product in arelatively short amount of time
. Investigate Strategies to minimize Negative impacts of soiling on PV Panel efficiency (S. Randall)Conduct a research study to investigate strategies to minimize the negative impacts of soiling onphotovoltaic (PV) panel efficiency and reduce the cost-per-kilowatt hour of electricity producedwithin the context of Minnesota’s mid-latitude, mid-continental climate.Round 2 Grants:6. Axial Flux Generator Improvement (V. Winstead)Develop a viable enhanced axial flux generator design with integrated ultracapacitor storage andVirtual Synchronous Generator (VSG) characteristic. Test and validate the design to ensurerobust operability and demonstrate the enhanced capability for improved grid interoperability.Design and construct prototype axial flux
risks. A third case studywill show how research on electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) recycling has been translatedto teach students about engineering and community development and to empower communitiesto recycle e-waste in safer and more profitable conditions. A fourth case study will show howresearch on construction and demolition waste (C&DW) has been translated to teach freshmenengineering students about design for community and to empower communities near C&DWsites how to recycle these materials to diversify their incomes. The paper concludes withrecommendations for how to begin making RT a more central feature of graduate engineeringresearch.IntroductionThis paper has three purposes. First, we want to identify best