international experiencesthroughout their career. For these reasons, awareness of diversity issues, biases, and generalcross-cultural competence are critical professional skills that are not explicitly addressed in mostengineering curricula. Opportunities to authentically expose our students to experiences thatbuild awareness and cross-cultural competence is limited by the diversity (or lack thereof) of ourown classrooms and campuses. Students in classrooms that happen to be less diverse may thusexperience an unintentional impediment to professional development as they prepare for “thereal world.”Technical and professional communication (TPC) is one essential professional skill that is, inmany ways, intertwined with diversity. Organizational demography
Paper ID #23695Just the Flippin’ FAQsDr. Julie L. P. Jessop, University of Iowa Dr. Julie L. P. Jessop is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa. She received her B.S. in 1994 and her Ph.D. in 1999, both in Chemical Engineering from Michi- gan State University. Dr. Jessop’s research interests include spectroscopy, epoxide/acrylate photopoly- merizations, dental resins, electron-beam polymerizations, and polymers from renewable resources. She has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, the 2017 University of Iowa President & Provost Award for
there is little deep interdisciplinary work or considerations. Thismay be due to the lack of communication between professors from different departments andlack of students taking courses outside of their department.” Student Band:One faculty proffered a practical issue, which should be explored further, by acknowledgingthat “… better solutions are made in multidisciplinary teams in real life, however, studentsmay learn slower when surrounded by students from different disciplines.” Faculty EStudents who volunteered to join in multidisciplinary projects were motivated to do sobecause:“Applicability/ employability/ research potential.” Student Dand:“Learning new skills that I might use in my future career.” Student EOther students
redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers. His research interests include engineering education, robotics, and literate programming.Ms. Jane N. Moorhead, Mississippi State University Jane received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Her career has been all about hardware and software development; with NASA she designed cut-down systems for weather balloons and telemetry systems. Working for IBM, she designing modems and routers and had the op- portunity to work at IBM Research Yorktown Heights on the first large-scale voice recognition system. Moving to Mississippi, Jane took a job at Mississippi State University teaching courses in Digital Design using FPGAs
from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural re- cipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, and process improve- ment. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Mastery Learning and Assessment Approach in Operations Research CourseIntroductionStudents’ learning is the ultimate goal that instructors aim to achieve. The learning process isinfluenced by the teaching and assessment styles that teachers use. Teachers provide
paper describes recent development of a hands-on, laboratory exercise in a Thermo-fluidscourse. The benefits of using real world equipment for the lab provide curiosity among studentsand enthusiasm among faculty. As students were able to measure physical parameters on a realworld device, they began to see utility in their lab experience. This drives student engagement, asthey become invested in the lab, and the open-ended nature of the problem promotes the idea thatstudents must continually strive to update their skills throughout their careers. The short term goalsare to evaluate existing coursework and integrate more applications and labs that could make animpact on the students’ learning. There are many opportunities to improve the course
approximately half of students are first-time students and half are second-time students. • Experiments are categorized into three “focus areas”: Classical, Environmental, and Biological. Students complete a survey to identify their focus area preference based on their career interests. • Students are surveyed to identify other students with whom they prefer not to be grouped (based on past group work experiences or personal conflicts) and dates when they would prefer not to attend lab (e.g. due to job interviews or other personal commitments).A note on team assignment criteriaThe development of strategies for team assignment that maximize the performance and learningexperience of engineering students is an active area of
Paper ID #25939Board 104: Academic Pathways of Black Men and Women in Electrical andMechanical EngineeringDr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley
, nanophotonics, and optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology, smart energy grid.Prof. Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest Omer Farook is a member of the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue
Department of Mathematics at Hong Kong Baptist University (2010-2011) he focused on developing meshfree numerical methods. Given his multidisciplinary background, he was appointed as the director of research in the Construction Materials Institute (2011-2013) at the University of Tehran and assistant professor at Islamic Azad University. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several industry-related research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Over the span of his career, Dr. Libre has authored and co-authored over 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 50 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over 20 undergraduate students. He has
, Indiana. He has strong personal interests in aviation where he enjoys piloting aircraft and building a composite airplane. Dr. Kozak holds FAA private pilot, airframe and powerplant, and remote pilot certificatesMs. Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Tracy L. Yother is a PhD student in Career and Technical Education in the College of Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Ms. Yother currently teaches the undergraduate Powerplant Systems course in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology (AET) program. She possesses a B.S. and M.S. in Aviation Technology. She also holds an airframe and powerplant certificate. Ms. Yother has 18 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry working
professional development(PD) program in brief while Section 5 presents the science and math lesson that were observedand assessed. Section 6 describes the research conducted for this study and Section 7 highlightsthe results of teacher surveys, classroom observations, and pre-/post-tests of students. Section 8presents the discussion of the results and Section 9 provides conclusion and discusses future work.2. Literature ReviewAdopting the use of robotics in middle school education is important because, as students begin toconsider future education and careers opportunities, engagement in positive STEM learningexperiences that impart a sense of success and competence [11] can arrest the early decline of theirSTEM interest [8] and prevent them from
used in this study, have psychometric properties consistent with the definition ofeach scale. Our measure of ADB is derived from three survey items (Cronbach's α = 0.901)accounting for 71% of the inter-item variance. One measure of ADB was, “I do not feel like ‘partof the family’ in my academic discipline.” Mean scores for ADB ranged from 2.94 to 3.03 withhigher scores indicating greater levels of belongingness. Similarly, peer interaction (PI) isderived from four survey items (Cronbach's α = 0.856) accounting for 62% of the inter-itemvariance, and mean scores ranged from 3.02 to 3.24. Higher scores indicate increased levels ofPI. PI was measure through items similar to, “I discuss career issues with peers.”AnalysisAfter the creation of factor
. 727–752, Mar. 2010.[6] R. Mitchell and I.-R. Chen, “A survey of intrusion detection techniques for cyber-physical systems,” ACM Comput. Surv., vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 1–29, Mar. 2014.[7] D. H. Tobey, P. Pusey, and D. L. Burley, “Engaging learners in cybersecurity careers,” ACM Inroads, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 53–56, Mar. 2014.[8] T. R. Flushman, M. Gondree, and Z. N. J. Peterson, “This is not a game: early observations on using alternate reality games for teaching security concepts to first-year undergraduates,” Proceedings of the 8th USENIX Conference on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test. USENIX Association, pp. 1–1, 2015.[9] D. Dasgupta, D. M. Ferebee, and Z. Michalewicz, “Applying Puzzle-Based
senior highschool students interested in pursuing a career in the STEM field, not only as an outreach effort,but also to make the student aware of their context in addressing the community needs. Theultimate goal for this multidisciplinary team framework is the creation of a comprehensive,cooperative learning environment for undergraduate engineering programs.As part of this program, the students had the opportunity to present their collaborative workresults at the 2018 Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability, in Stephenville, TX, andat the 2018 UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, in Edinburg, TX. The configuration of thepartnership endorses collaborative leadership through the continuous support from differentorganizations in the
engineering, and mechanical engineering. These technologies bring a lot oflearning opportunities for technology students. If prepared with necessary skills, they can launcha successful career as an autonomous vehicle engineer. 17Bibliography[1] National Safety Council, "2017 Estimates Show Vehicle Fatalities Topped 40,000 for Second Straight Year," 17 January 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety- topics/fatality-estimates.[2] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, "Critical Reasons for Crashes Investigated in the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey," National Highway Traffic Safety, Washington, DC, 2018.[3] L. Bell, "10 Benefits of Self
- burg, MS). He has authored/co-authored over a hundred technical papers and reports during his career in private industry, government and academia. His current research interests are nearshore wave trans- formations, coastal structures, tsunami inundation, hurricane surges, high performance computing, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A PhD in Engineering Degree: Coastal Engineering Emphasis AreaAbstract-Jackson State University approved a Coastal Engineering emphasis area for the PhDEngineering degree in April 2018. This is the first Doctoral engineering degree, among HistoricBlack Colleges and
. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). https://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/faculty/kristen- bethke-wendell c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Elementary students’ disciplinary talk in a classroom with an explicit engineering decision making scaffold (Work in Progress)While engineering grows as a part of elementary education, important questions arise about theskills and practices we ask of students. Though the engineering design challenge is widely usedas a structure for doing engineering in educational settings [1], there are still questions about howto best organize design challenges to promote
, TalentSparks! R teacher professional development, Stellar Girls after-school STEM program for middle school girls, STEMgirls Summer Camps, and SCI: Science Career Investigation R . Ann has led the Education Subcommittee of the national Coalition of State Bio- science Institutes for five years and has twice been elected to serve on the Executive Committee, which she currently Co-chairs. Prior to joining the Institute in 2006, Ann successfully directed BiTmaP, a first of its kind, U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored initiative with the University of Illinois at Chicago that provides bioinformatics training to IT professionals. Prior to BiTmaP, she assisted in the management of technology start-ups and small businesses in
, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs.Prof. Hyoung Jin Cho, University of Central Florida Hyoung Jin Cho is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Uni- versity of Central Florida. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2002, MS and BS in Materials Engineering from Seoul National University in 1991 and 1989, respec- tively. He was a recipient of NSF CAREER award in 2004. His main research interest is in the develop- ment of microscale actuators, sensors and microfluidic components based on micro- and nanotechnology.Dr. Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida Damla Turgut is Charles Millican Professor of Computer Science at
Paper ID #23518Toward the Development of a Revised Decision-Making Competency Instru-mentDr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Ms. Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University Katherine M. Ehlert is a
demand for graduates who have hands-on experience with ERP software has increasedsignificantly [14]. More so, graduates who have completed ERP coursework have seen a nearly a$4,000 higher average salary than their peers who have no ERP experience [10]. This iscomparable to previous research that has shown career success regarding salaries and promotionsfor students related to performance on simulations [8].An effective set of simulations to develop student knowledge of business process and ERPsystems has been developed by the ERPsim Lab at HEC Montreal https://erpsim.hec.ca/en. TheERPsim Lab has a suite of business simulations using a live SAP ERP software environmentaccessed through the SAP University Alliance (UA). The SAP UA has over 3,200
the sustainable energy area. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Florida International University. He has been member with prestigious Honor Societies such as Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi and Golden Key. He has published number of conference, Journal papers and book chapters in energy and sustainability area. He is a reviewer of several Journals in energy efficiency area. He is a member of the Editorial Board of ASME Early Career Technical Journal. Raised in Tehran, Iran, Dr. Rayegan now lives in Houston. He has served as an instructor at Semnan University, Iran for 5 years. He was selected as the best teacher of the Mechanical Engineering Department by students during 2002-2003 academic year
self-assessing their goalsetting abilities and developing approaches to progress towards goal completion, is important in helping students maximize learning in their WPL experiences. Co-op and WPL educational models have the capacity to develop and shape students, and future, in their early career experiences. Scaffolding and supporting students early on in these processes can facilitate purposeful engagement throughout their professional practice. Future work related to this study will involve developing quantitative instruments, e.g. surveys, used to assess data that can document students’ progression through their placements, and find any common threads across students and placements.References[1
what they are made of and the effect and characteristics of each part. Therefore, if later in their career, they need to design one, they are better prepared with deeper understanding of concepts about the PID Controllers.References: [1]. Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest, Modelling and Designing a Mechatronics System for High Speed Packaging Operations Using Mechatronics Methodology, 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition [2]. Virtual Instrumentation Tools: Challenges and Successes for Engineering Technology Programs, Moderator and Organizer of Panel Session, on behalf of Instrumentation Division, Session No: T431A, TWO Panelists, Dr
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P.Eng., University of Calgary Kyle O’Keefe is the associate head of undergraduate studies in Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He has worked in positioning and navigation research since 1996. His major research interests are GNSS system simulation and assessment and local, indoor, and vehicular navigation with ground based ranging systems and other sensors. He has been a supporter of quality science and engineering education throughout his career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 WIP: Decoding a discipline – towards identifying threshold concepts in geomatics engineeringAbstractThis paper presents a
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answer towards the idea of a standalone course.Many programs have integrated process safety and ethics within the senior undergraduate levelcourses. However, this can be far too late in the curriculum to make the most impact. There is aneed to introduce process safety principles in the lower level undergraduate courses to exposestudents early in their careers to the importance of process safety and ethics. Challenging thisidea is the fact that programs are required to meet specific outcomes towards ABETaccreditation. As such, finding time in the lower level courses to discuss these concepts is at apremium. Each of these challenges has led to discussions on implementation techniques that areable to reach across all years within Chemical
students interest in sustainability (N=25) Figure 5. Students’ opinion on the impact of learning sustainable engineering to their future career (N=25)With the class size of 25, before the course, students were exposed to very limited informationabout sustainability and its application in engineering. About 52% of the class have neutral orlow interest in the class subject matter. Later learned in conversations with students, moststudents actually did not really know what it means by “sustainability”, as well as what engineerscould do about sustainability. The effectiveness was obvious for this class in terms of increasingstudents’ interest in sustainability. 96% of the students have high or very high