StudentsIntroductionDuring the past two decades, active learning techniques have received a growing attention ineducational research. Particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)fields, traditional lecturing has indicated a 55% increase in failure rates of undergraduate students,compared to active learning methods [1]. Furthermore, active learning has proven to significantlyenhance students’ examination performance and educational achievements compared to passivelearning [1, 2]. In Biomedical Engineering (BME), active learning can be incorporated throughvarious techniques such as problem- and project-based learning [3]. Such approaches lead studentsto a deeper and more efficient retention of new concepts. Moreover, these methods
teaching awards, and since 2016 he has been appointed to the Postgraduate Research Program at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) administered through Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).Mr. Spencer Mark SullivanProf. Kevin Chen c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Project-Based Learning of Optics and Photonics: How to Teach a Stand- Alone Technical Elective “Niche” Course?AbstractAt the typical engineering school, lasers and optics is an elective “niche” area, often with astandalone senior course offering. This course is generally taken by students in their final yearswhen they are ready to graduate and start their careers or graduate school. For
Paper ID #27223Call It What You Want: Blending Project-based Learning and the FlippedClassroom Model in a Civil Engineering CourseDr. Angel Ari Perez-Mejia, Quinnipiac University Ari Perez-Mejia earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering at the Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana (UNITEC) in Honduras, and did his graduate work at the University of South Carolina. He received his PhD in 2014 and joined the engineering faculty at Quinnipiac University that same year. His interests are in the conservation of archaeological sites and in engineering education. c American Society for
Paper ID #27141Creating a Climate of Increased Motivation and Persistence for Electrical andComputer Engineering Students: A Project-Based Learning Approach to In-tegrated LabsDr. Arthur Ball, Virginia Tech Arthur Ball received his M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2009) degrees in electrical engineering from the Cen- ter for Power Electronics Systems at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. After spending nine years in the aerospace electronics industry, he returned to Virginia Tech in 2015 as an instructor in the electrical and computer engineering department. In addition to finding ways of teaching highly-technical theory in an
Paper ID #25064Design of Transformative Education and Authentic Learning Projects: Ex-periences and Lessons Learned from an International Multidisciplinary Re-search and Education Program on Flood Risk ReductionDr. Yoonjeong Lee, Texas A&M University, Galveston - Assistant Research Scientist/Lecturer, Center for Texas Beaches and Shores, Texas A&M University at Galveston - Education Program Director, NSF PIRE Coastal Flood Risk Reduction ProgramDr. Baukje Bee Kothuis, Delft University of Technology Dr. Kothuis is a design anthropologist, researching flood risk reduction structures & strategies and devel- oping
undergraduate research projects, and his research interests in engineering education include writing pedagogy and engineering lab instruction.Dr. Jong-Hoon Kim, Washington State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 HOW ENGINEERING STUDENTS DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM LAB REPORTS AND DESIGN PROJECT REPORTS AT JUNIOR-LEVEL ENGINEERING COURSESAbstractThis case study investigates how engineering juniors draw engineering judgment andconclusions. The scope of the study is student work from two courses: a materials laboratorycourse and a circuit course offered in the Fall of 2018. The terms, engineering judgement andsound conclusion, are defined using open sources in the context of this
Paper ID #26150How to Approach Learning: Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Project-based and Problem-based Learning at an International Branch Campus inthe Middle EastMiss Alaa Abdalla, Texas A&M University at Qatar Alaa Abdalla is a mechanical engineering student, class of 2019, at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Besides engineering she enjoys learning theoretical Math and Physics concepts. She pursued a minor in mathematics alongside her bachelor’s degree. She is also actively involved in writing and reading initiatives on campus. Currently, she is working on her undergraduate research thesis that looks at the
Paper ID #25739Board 28: Progress on a Mixed Methods Research Project Studying Interestand Identity of Participants Engaged in Engineering Camp Activities – Meth-ods and Preliminary ResultsDr. Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno Indira Chatterjee received her M.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio in 1977 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1981. Indira is Associate Dean of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. As Associate Dean she oversees undergraduate and graduate
Paper ID #26291Board 31: Assessing the Impact of Embedding Nursing Students in Bio-engineering Senior Design Projects: Student Perceptions of InterprofessionalTeam Benefits and ChallengesDr. April A Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and a BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then
Paper ID #26880Board 38: Methods and Outcomes of the NSF Project on Synthesizing Envi-ronments for Digitally-Mediated Team LearningDr. Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida Ronald F. DeMara is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univer- sity of Central Florida (UCF), where he has been a full-time faculty member since 1993. His educational research interests focus on classroom instructional technologies and the digitization of STEM assess- ments. He is Principal Investigator of the NSF Workshop on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning and the organizer of faculty
Paper ID #25591Board 42: ”Integrating Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines: Sup-porting an Externally Collaborative Project-Based Interdisciplinary Culture(EPIC) for Learning using Trace Metal Analysis”Dr. John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jack Duggan is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology at Went- worth Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional environmental engineer in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. He has earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and M.S. in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemistry degrees from UMASS Lowell
Paper ID #26056Board 45: WIP: Epistemologies and Discourse Analysis for TransdisciplinaryCapstone Projects in a Digital Media ProgramDr. Joshua M. Cruz, Texas Tech University Joshua Cruz is an assistant professor of education at Texas Tech University. His specializations include qualitative methods (with focus on qualitative innovations and embodiment/movement studies), post- secondary transitions, and academic writing. Mixing his research with his hobbies, he currently leads several after-school martial arts programs in the Lubbock area. Prior to his appointment in Texas, he was a doctoral student at Arizona State
undergraduate, mas- ters and doctoral engineering students and technical professionals on 3 campuses, including both online and full-immersion programs. Robin’s team helps companies recruit from a robust, top-rated technical talent pipeline that includes Universal Learners from around the world. Beyond traditional career events and virtual fairs, the Center promotes engagement in experiential-based hiring programs such as global challenges, hackathons, design-build challenges, industry-led class projects, and other ”Fulton Differ- ence” programs. Robin is passionate about broadening participation in higher education through first- generation, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and serves as the adviser for the American
Paper ID #26518Board 61: Insights from the First Two Years of a Project Partnering MiddleSchool Teachers with Industry to Bring Engineering to the Science ClassroomDr. Andrew L Gillen, Virginia TechDr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia
Paper ID #25116Board 88: A Sophomore’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Project EnhancingLearning and Engineering Education with International Applications andMarkets Abroad (Student Poster)Alan Carbine, Salt Lake Community College Education: Alan Carbine is a Sophomore student at Salt Lake Community College, currently working towards earning an Associates degree in Pre-Engineering, Electrical Engineering. Employment: Alan has worked in various fields: retail warehousing, glass tempering, and medical device production. He is currently an engineering technician at the medical device company where he has been for the past eight
Paper ID #27560A Senior Design Project: The Design of an Experimental Carbon DioxideCapture System for Enhancing Student Learning on Green Energy Manu-facturingDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and
Paper ID #25940A University-State College Collaborative Project to Advance Students’ De-gree Completion and Career Attainment in Engineering and Computer Sci-enceDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Ali Zilouchian is currently a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida At- lantic University. He is also currently the Director of ”CAPTURE” program which is related to increasing pipeline, graduation rate as well as future jobs in the State of Florida related to STEM graduates espe- cially Computer Science and Engineering fields. His recent projects have been funded by DOE, Florida
Paper ID #24695Adding the Concept of Improving Product Value to a Design Project in aCourse on Internal Combustion EnginesDr. John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Dr. John R. Reisel is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). He serves as co-director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. In addition to research into engineering education, his efforts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 re- cipient of the UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, a 2000 recipient of the UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding
Paper ID #25469Board 101: Project Based Learning for a Mechanical Engineering Major Stu-dent: The Sustainability of Internal Combustion Engines (Student Poster)Mr. Aaron Price Barnett Aaron Barnett is currently a sophomore at Salt Lake Community College studying Material Science En- gineering with a minor in Chemistry. His academic focus includes renewable energy and sustainable materials. As well as helping shape a new generation of engineers and scientists to continue improving the world.Dr. Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College Dr. Nick M. Safai is an ASEE Fellow. He has been an ASEE officer and member for the past
Paper ID #26471Undergraduate Engineering Retention and Enrichment through Implemen-tation of an NSF IUSE Project in an Underrepresented Hispanic Serving In-stitutionDr. Ashis Nandy, Northern New Mexico College Dr. Ashis Nandy is an Associate Professor of Electromechanical Engineering Technology at the Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, New Mexico. He received his Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2012. Prior to that, he earned a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineer- ing from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2006), and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering
Paper ID #26624Board 125: Development of a Project Based, Differentiated Engineering Cur-riculum (DEC) for High School Students [Work in Progress]James M. Muscarella, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Jim Muscarella is a physics and engineering teacher at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Over the past decade, he has created and developed an engineering program for high school students. Jim holds both a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Education from Drexel University.Ms. Mi Thant Mon Soe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Thant is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical
Paper ID #24894Design Projects as a Linkage Between Interests and Career Aspirations: AnExamination of Underrepresented, Incoming-Freshmen STEM StudentsMs. Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Virginia Commonwealth University Lauren received her B.S. in Engineering Science, with a concentration in Nanomedicine from The Uni- versity of Virginia in 2012. As a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vir- ginia Commonwealth University, Lauren was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship through the National Institute of Health. As the Program Coor- dinator for
Paper ID #27861Bringing students to real-world training environment through service-learningsenior capstone projects with K-12 outreach activitiesDr. Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Jenny Zhen Yu received her Ph.D. (2006) from University of California, Irvine (with Prof. Peter Burke). In 2006 she became a Lead Nanofabrication Engineer at RF Nano Corporation. She was one of the First Employees for this leading carbon nanotube company, which was co-founded by doctoral advisor Peter Burke, to commercialize her Ph.D. thesis work, this thesis formed the core basis of the company technology. She
Paper ID #27836Introducing Emerging Computer Engineering Research to Community Col-lege Students through a Summer Internship Project on Development of a Mo-bile Gesture Recognition SystemDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Xiaorong Zhang received the B.S. degree in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2006, the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island, Kingston, in 2009 and 2013 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University. Her research interests include
Paper ID #27502Implementation of a Project-Based Learning Approach, Case Study of ”Mea-surement and Evaluation Techniques in Industrial Engineering” CourseDr. Behin Elahi, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Behin Elahi is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, Indiana). Previously, she was fixed-term instructor at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) teaching courses such a manufacturing plan and control, supply chain modeling and management. She got her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of
Paper ID #25549Iron Range Engineering - An Overview of Design and Open-Ended ProblemSolving Activities in an Interdisciplinary, Project-based Learning ProgramDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, an ABET-accredited project-based engineering education program located in northern Minnesota. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through active and collaborative learning in the classroom, on project design teams, and while out on co-op placement. Her prior education and industry
Paper ID #27436Engagement in Practice: Final Design Projects on High-altitude Balloon Pay-load, Integrated with Low-cost Open Source Hardware, a Tool for STEM Ed-ucation in Rural Paraguay – a Case StudyMr. Oscar Matias Gonzalez Chamorro, Proyecto Arapy Oscar Mat´ıas Gonz´alez Chamorro was born in Caaguazu city. He is a sophomore electromechanical engineering student from the School of Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Asuncion. Oscar cur- rently works as a teaching assistant and a junior researcher. He also collaborates with the Paraguay Space Agency (AEP) and, the Aerospace Research Group (GADI) from the Polytechnic
Paper ID #26660Building Your Dream Team for ChangeDr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is the Assistant Director of the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara manages the evaluation of several NSF- and NIH-funded projects, primarily working with national professional development programs for early-career academics from groups underrepresented in STEM. Her research is grounded in critical race and feminist theories, and her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, intersectionality, and institutional change.Kerice Doten-Snitker, University