contribution [1] which described implementation ofSeaPerch and SeaGlide [2] into University-hosted robotics summer camps intended for middle andhigh school aged students, respectively. During the 2022 camp events, students displayedreluctance participating in tasks viewed as competitive, which created reason to reframe campactivities for a more collaborative approach. In parallel, two University alumni currently employedby Prince William County were in pursuit of opportunities to leverage maritime robotics in citizenscience to benefit endeavors of the Watershed Division. This was part of a specific effort to assessthe success of freshwater mussel reintroduction projects in local rivers and streams. Withcomplimentary goals, the University and County
indicating an improved learning experience. According to verbal reports,students often struggle with retaining and comprehending lecture content, especially whenreference materials are limited to lecture notes and slides. College students collectively undertook this project to investigate the use of conceptualvideos as supplementary pedagogical tools. They sought to develop materials enhancing coursecomprehension, covering fundamental topics from variable declaration to arrays and functionsthrough a quick topic rundown and detailed programming examples starting from the project'screations. The team embarked on the production of a series of educational videos. Thesedynamic tutorial videos deliver an immersive learning experience that is often
students’ scores in a mathcompetition (Hangen et al, 2019b). I also am currently working on projects examining the role ofstereotypes for the motivation and math performance of female students and students of Asian heritage.Dr. Drazan (Biomedical Engineering): In addition to my technical training, engineering outreach andeducation has been a major theme in my scholarly development. As an undergraduate, I was a varsitybasketball player and one of my teammates, John Scott, created a non-profit called 4th Family Inc in 2011after he lost one of youth basketball players to gun violence. I became involved with the non-profit in2012 during my first year of graduate school. John Scott was coaching high school basketball and heasked if I was interested in
incorporates more generic skills of building, designing, crafting, andproblem solving. These spaces in which “making” occurs can be commonly referred to as“makerspaces.” Makerspaces on college campuses serve as physical locations for students todesign, fabricate, and make both for class and personal projects [7], [8]. On a deeper level, thesespaces allow for students to network, bond, help each other with homework, and strengthen theirengineering identities [7].Makerspaces are varied across universities. Some makerspaces are only accessible while staff ispresent, whether it be student workers, support staff, or both [7]. Others are swipe accessible tostudents so that they have 24/7 unsupervised access to the space [8]. Some makerspaces
with states and institutions to improve student success in college, particularly with Complete College America (CCA). At University of Colorado Boulder, Heidi is a Senior Research Associate in Ethnography & Evaluation Research, a center focused on STEM education. She recently was the project lead in transforming teaching evaluation practices in the College of Arts & Sciences. A fourth-generation Coloradoan and educator, she lives in Denver with her husband, two college-aged children, and rescue dog.Mr. Nick Stites, University of Colorado Boulder Nick Stites is the Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at CU Boulder and an instructor with the Integrated Design Engineering program. Dr
Corporation, the creators of 3D CAD software PRO-Engineer. In 1999 she joined Kollmorgen, a motion control company based in Radford, where she held multiple roles of increasing responsibility dur- ing her nine years there. While at Kollmorgen Robin worked with Shingijutsu Global Consulting experts from Japan and earned black belts in the DBS kaizen areas of Standard Work and 5S and traveled globally to qualify suppliers in Asia and Europe. Most recently Robin worked as Senior Director of Project Man- agement for a small bio-tech company, Intrexon, located in the VT Corporate Research Center and had the opportunity to introduce manufacturing principles into a highly specialized DNA production facility. Since joining the
changes to the programme handbook, a resource developed by students forstudents, and changes to the content and delivery of certain modules that could accommodateEDI, or the identification of modules/courses that do. As part of the research/verificationprocess, a limited amount of survey data was collected from students to help us establishunderlying issues and how suggested sustainable changes might be perceived. In conductingthis work, certain challenges have arisen as well as opportunities.IntroductionIn this introductory section, we set the scene and explain the rationale for the project reportedupon in this paper. A working definition of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is animportant first step with a suitable one provided by the
for a mixed-methods project focused on the connections between engineering students’ experiences workingin teams, their team disagreements, and their engineering identities. First, we describe the largerresearch project that this effort is a part of. Then, we share the process we used to develop aninterview protocol to gather qualitative data for this project and the subsequent analysis. Finally,we present preliminary findings from our qualitative analysis.MethodsThis work is a part of a two-year. mixed-methods project which has gathered quantitative datavia a survey instrument and qualitative data via student interviews. The survey instrumentincluded measures of teamwork behaviors, disagreement, and engineering identity to exploreconnections
veteran students in STEM degree paths, 2) heighten the interest ofveteran students through engaging research opportunities relevant to the Navy and Department ofDefense (DOD), and 3) increase the number of veteran graduates interested in Navy science andtechnology employment. To reach these goals, and providing additional transition support tostudent Veterans, SERVE also implemented a variety of social events and mentoring programs.The combination of defense relevant research projects and veteran support infrastructure wasdesigned to provide participating veterans with the motivation and knowledge needed to considereither graduate school at one of the participating universities, or the option of returning to serviceas a civilian in the DoD STEM
to develop a college-ready curriculum for high school students. She also recently completed an Action Research Project regarding current classroom events and a STEM-ed democratizing education fellowship. During the summer, she is the academic director of Northwestern University’s 9-12 Center for Talent Development program. Prior to Wolcott, she was the team lead of Physics at Chicago Bulls College Prep. Her Physics classroom achieved top-of-network growth, and her team achieved network-leading results similar to hers. She also created the Noble Network’s baseline cur- riculum for Physics, led the Science and Physics collaboration rooms, and was a founding instructional professional development provider. Before
Servo Motor, Stepper Motors, DCmotors with encoders, Drivers for motors, Relays and solenoids, PWM based control of motors,Feedback methods such as PID to control motors and design of a robotic system. Student assessment in the course had the following components: homework/quizzes,development of a project and its presentation, service-learning activity, mid-term, and finalexamination. The Project assessment criteria are given in Table 1. Students constructed an “obstacle avoiding robot” on Arduino platform using ultrasonicsensor, DC motors, motor driver board and a chassis. The robot was powered by batteriesmounted on a small chassis with wheels driven by motors and other commercially availableelectronic parts. The Arduino accepted
Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Stephanie Cutler has degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. She is an Assistant Research Professor and the As- sessment and Instructional
), called for a Decade of Education for sustainabledevelopment from 2005 to 2015 [1]. This worldwide reflection is creating a new engineeringeducation culture. Engineering educators are observing significant shifts in societal expectationsof the engineering profession to help address immediate and longer-term sustainable developmentchallenges. According to the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO),engineering plays a significant role in planning and building projects that preserve naturalresources, are cost-efficient, and support human and natural environments [2]. The NationalAcademy of Engineering formulated in 2004 its vision of the engineer of 2020 [3]. This reportoutlines a number of aspirational goals where it sees the
Paper ID #32685Educating the Next Generation of Cybersecurity ExpertsDr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University Dr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova is a Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Elec- trical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Her research interests are in software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, as well as in higher education focused on these areas. She has served as a Principal Investigator on various NSF, NASA, and industry funded projects. She leads the B.S. in Cybersecurity program and serves as Academic Coordinator of the M.S. in
; Hendricks,2019), or senior projects such as (Cezeaux, Keyser, Haffner, Kaboray, & Hasenjager, 2008) and(Nasir, Kleinke, & McClelland, 2016). The only mention of anything between the two was in(Blaser, Steele, & Burghstahler, 2015) with a list of modifications that could hypothetically bemade to middle-years courses.Amplifying the challenge, middle-years courses have historically been heavily focused onanalytical procedures and technical content (Lord & Chen, 2014). This creates an additionalchallenge of knowledge transfer. Without explicitly developing inclusion skills in the context ofanalytical and technical practices, students might consider including diverse users and teammatesonly in specific contexts - for instance, taking
Engineering Service Learning program has provided design experience to more than 2,000 students, completed over 40 community-facing engineering student- lead projects, and produced more than 200,000 community service hours. Mr. Butler brings faculty and industry partners together to mentor and support these student projects as students gain real-world experiences the necessary skills for future careers.Dr. Marina Shapiro American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 California Challenges in STEM Energy Education through Human- Centered Design process; A Cooperative Adaptive Learning Approach to Academic Success for Underserved
associated events, a large number of Hungarian government-sponsored refurbishment projects were ongoing in the city. These projects provided a uniqueopportunity for Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) and University of Pecs(UP) to jointly organize a Refurbishment of Structures course that constituted the start of anacademic collaboration between the two institutions. Although initially the partnership wasbetween the engineering colleges, by now it has expanded university wide. As the partnershipgrows, more academic areas, from Political Science, to Africana Studies, to Management havestarted collaborations, which consist mainly of faculty and student exchanges and jointconferences and program development. One of the main purposes of
China, he has been actively engaged in academic research. He is working on several book chapters and an independent research project on the subject of organization development/change and organizational learning. He earned a Master’s degree in HRD from Texas A&M University in 2013. He graduated from Henan University of Technology in China with a Bachelor’s degree.Prof. Khalil M. Dirani, Texas A&M University Dr. Dirani is an Associate Professor and program chair for the Education & HRD program in the De- partment of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development at Texas A&M University. Khalil’s research focus is on International HRD, transfer of learning practices and theories across cultures
-focused research methods course andsummer research experience on the self-efficacy and interest in STEM research and careers ofunderrepresented high school students (grades 9-11) in the Mathematics and Science EducationNetwork Pre-College Program (MSEN). The minority engineering program (MEP) at NorthCarolina State University partnered with MSEN to develop the course and summer experience.Both project components were designed to provide exposure to research methods, engineeringdesign principles and STEM careers and professionals. Undergraduate students in the MEP servedas mentors to the MSEN students throughout the research methods course and summer researchexperiences.It is widely accepted that the U.S. must produce more highly skilled
projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University Michelle Bothwell is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Oregon State University. Her teaching and research bridge ethics, social justice and engineering with the aim of cultivating an inclusive and socially just engineering profession.Dr. Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University Dr. Montfort is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State UniversityDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human DevelopmentDr. Susannah C
program was divided into three different phases. In phaseI students attended a week course offered by NASA which provided them with hands onactivities that can be integrated in teaching of STEM from 6-12 grades, in phase II summerinterns were given assistance on teaching methodologies and in phase III summer interns wereinvolved in teaching students from 6-12 grades. This paper will describe all three phases ofsummer educational internship program to enhance the interest of summer interns in STEMdisciplines.IntroductionPresident Obama in his address to the National Academics of Science in 2009 quoted a Business-Higher Education Forum report (2007) stating “There is a projected shortfall of more than280,000 math and science teachers across the
start of the programand growing to 400-500 students across seven courses after three years. The courses werecapped at 80 students per course and often had a waiting list indicating unmet demand fromstudents. Faculty engagement was engendered through “teaching exchange” meetings threetimes per semester to discuss issues with running group projects, student teaming, peerevaluation and other topics of mutual interest. Assessment of student performance was discussedbut proved difficult due to the breadth of the courses in the project spanning engineering, physics,entomology, atmospheric science, agricultural science and geology. This was revisited when theI-Series courses were developed (see Tables 1 and 2).The model of the Marquee courses was
, the Arduino was chosen since it is easier to investigate the hardware limitations of amicrocontroller than a small computer (Raspberry Pi) and requires minimal backgroundknowledge. Once the Arduino platform was chosen, the specific microcontroller needed to beselected. The Arduino Nano was chosen since it was smaller, and easier to integrate into projects(keeping in mind the classes’ focus on embedded systems). Figure 1. Arduino Nano [6].We also wanted to make sure the class didn’t lose track of hardware limitations. For this reason,the Digilent Analog Discovery was used along with the Arduino Nano. The Analog Discovery isa USB-powered, handheld device that can replace an entire lab bench of equipment. It
of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University. He teaches courses in the areas of Robotics, Mechanics, Thermodynam- ics, Fluids, CAD, and Capstone Design.Dr. Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation, Student Learning and Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling
program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engi- neering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a qual- ity assurance
introduces new ideas to the classroom that increases their engagement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Challenges and Opportunities Observed in the Implementation of a New Architectural Engineering Undergraduate Academic ProgramAbstractIn the fall of 2018, a new, first-of-its-kind in Canada architectural engineering undergraduateprogram was launched. The program features 24 months of compulsory / inclusive coop workexperience, along with a series of core studio courses in each of the eight academic terms. Eachof these courses will involve the planning and execution of a series of design projects thatintegrate and put into practice concepts covered in the other courses the students
simulations on CAD software.The activity was successfully administered to an introduction to mechanical engineering class of221 students during the Spring semester of 2017. A discussion of the resources and personnelrequired (faculty and graduate teaching assistants) is also presented. The activity is consideredsimple to implement only requiring a computer station with installed CAD software offered bymost engineering programs. Continuous improvements to the activity are made based on facultyobservations as well as a survey administered to the students.1. IntroductionIncorporating team-based design projects into first-year engineering courses is beneficial to first-year engineering students [1]. First-year design projects have been proven to increase
Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Informa- tion Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under-graduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of a number of NSF-sponsored projects in engineering and computer science education. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, transfers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 20 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies
and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. His work has been cited more than 2200 times and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. She is a third year student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program. Her research interests focus on
browsing capabilities via TOR (The Onion Router), LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHPor Python or Perl) server, Virtual Private Network (VPN) server, and protected browsing viaproxy service. The main goal of this educational project is to leverage the total holisticintegration of open source hardware and software to provide an affordable and portable solutionthat could be promptly deployed in case of an emergency, as a part of an incident response plan(IRP), or in case it is needed for testing purposes. Implementing this project provides valuablehands-on security experience and best practices in network architecture and configuration.Additional security features, both in hardware and software, were added to the single-boardcomputers to add additional