immediate impact, but may be helpful over time as they reorient theircurriculum. Other questions sought to determine whether the participants would be interested in pursuingengineering education research after their exposure to the workshop. For example, when asked “Will yoube undertaking any engineering education research project?”, 65% of respondents indicated that they wereplanning to pursue engineering education research in the future with one respondent commenting “Yes.Would like to explore areas like learning theories and applications, continuous assessment, enhancingspatial thinking capabilities and design thinking.” Another respondent even indicated that after thisworkshop he or she intended to pursue a PhD in Engineering Education
Paper ID #24933Exploring the Unique Skills and Challenges Veterans with Disabilities Bringto College: A Qualitative Study in EngineeringMr. Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University Michael Scott Sheppard is a graduate research associate pursuing a Master of Science degree in Engineer- ing and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science degree from Lynchburg College in 2002, after which he served in the military for six years as a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC) at the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company
aspirations. Originally based on thetheoretical work associated with the Reflected Best-Self 1 (RBS) and life narratives 2, thissemester-long assignment enables students to use qualitative and quantitative methods todiscover and articulate their unique capabilities, values, defining life experiences, and other coreelements of their identity. We often think of college as being one of the most formative periodsof someone’s life and evidence from research supports this important observation 3. Yet manystudents may graduate from college without ever spending time addressing questions that arecentral to forming a confident sense of self - “Who am I”, “What do I stand for, “Who do I wantto become”, and why? These kinds of questions are rarely addressed in
sustainability, but also an increased demand for engineersand technicians knowledgeable and experienced in these areas. This requires the development ofinnovative curricula, new courses and new laboratories to educate students to work in these fastchanging industries. Engineering education moves into the twenty first century charged with anenvironmental agenda to respond to new economic realities. Enabling students to practice self-directed learning, to find solutions to design problems that are sustainable and to recognize thatthey are part of a global community are just a few of our educational goals. On the other hand,the renewable energy and sustainability are highly interdisciplinary, crossing over between anumbers of research areas, having strong
practices bestsupport students in STEM majors to transfer to colleges and universities and how students’creativity and propensity for innovation affects students’ transfer persistence.[Portions of this paper in the review of the literature and research design have been reprintedfrom the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 ASEE Poster Session Papers which provide preliminarymaterial for the reader.]1,2,3Motivation and overviewThere is a critical need for more students with engineering and science majors to enter into,persist, and graduate from postsecondary institutions. Increasing the diversity in engineering andscience is also a profound identified need.3 According to national statistics, the largest groups ofunderrepresented minority students in
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, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). She served the NSF ADVANCE grant initiatives as a co-Principal Investigator, working to improve practices to recruit and retain women of color in STEM and enhance institutional climate at USD. Other current research grants support pathways for veterans in higher edu- cation, and the NSF program called, ”Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Departments.” Her co-authored books include The Borderlands of Education (with Susan Lord), Mentoring Faculty of Color, and Beginning a Career in Academia: A Guide for Graduate Students of Color. She is past-Vice President (2017) of the Pacific Sociological Association, and an appointed consultant to the American Sociological
inclusive classroom. The teaching fellows arecurrently writing up their results for FIE submission. The Research Faculty Fellows meet weekly to plan and design classroom experiments in theirown classroom, write NSF proposals, and give feedback on each other's work and publications. Manyof the participants found the training on how to write strong research proposals highly valuable andcommented that the group provided valuable insight and feedback into the proposal writing process.The grant writing training includes tips and guidelines for how to write a research proposal, plan atimeline, budget the project, involve the best collaborators, and create project management andpersonnel documents such as a biosketch and facilities description
process to ensure an appropriate high-quality program. • Support for professional development. • Modern and appropriate tools and equipment to support the program of study. • Appropriate institutional support to deliver the program of study. • Recruiting faculty who value accreditation because they themselves graduated from an ac- credited program. • A commitment to best practice. • Utilization of data to know how well the program is preparing students through attainment of the student outcomes. • Focus on “student outcomes” rather than “teaching points.” • Engaging stakeholders in the accreditation and continuous improvement processes.Employers hiring graduates of an accredited program see value in the following ways
consistent with research on the mission of the two-year degree offering institutionsthat prioritize service and teaching for promotion and tenure [5].Identifying factors that enhance or impede women's abilities to advance is critical to futuregrowth of the engineering-related STEM academic workforce and may inform policy movingforward on best practices to support women who seek to advance. Future research will focus ondocumenting successful strategies implemented at institutions focused on developing a diverserepresentation of academic leaders in the higher education workforce. This includes furtherexploration of core questions surrounding the factors that positively impact female academicprofessionals' advancement and retention in STEM-related
Manhattan-based mobile media development company developing augmented reality systems. He has also designed and implemented numerous mixed-reality systems for a variety of platforms and clients, including the British pop phenomenon, Duran Duran, and is currently developing augmented reality games for mobile platforms. Academically, he is an active researcher with several ACM and IEEE publications in virtual and augmented reality. As a graduate student in the Graph- ics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he contributed to early research in the nascent field of self-harmonizing karaoke software. He currently serves as a Profes- sor in Computer Game Design and Development
of California, Berkeley. Previously, Dr. Artis spent nine years at Virginia Tech providing program and student support for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and has four years of industry and government experience as a Human Factors Engineer. Dr. Artis holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.Ms. Hye Rin Lee, University of California, Irvine Hye Rin Lee is an education doctoral student at the University of California, Irvine with a concentration in Human Development in Context. She was awarded the 2018 Provost Ph.D. Fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Prior to UCI, Hye Rin received her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Franklin
Paper ID #34572Simulation and Validation of Battery Management SystemMr. Edmund Huminski, United States Coast Guard Academy Edmund Huminski is a fourth year Electrical Engineering student at the United States Coast Guard Academy. Edmund was born and raised in Madison, Connecticut. Edmund is an avid runner and a member of the Marathon club at USCGA. After graduation Edmund hopes to be stationed on a National Security Cutter in California.Salena Marie BantzMr. Joseph Roth, United States Coast Guard Academy Senior at the United States Coast Guard Academy completing his final Research and Design Project.Mr. Liam Scott CaroDr
. Solar PV, wind and otherrenewable sources of energy are being integrated with DEGs to help reduce the fuel consumedby the DEGs, significantly reducing the electricity cost. The best such projects are the ones,involving renewable energy and energy storage technologies, combining student design andfaculty research efforts with private industry collaboration. The goal of such student designproject is to develop a hybrid power system for a remote off-grid application, integratingrenewable energy sources, energy storage units and smart control and power management withexisting fossil fuel based energy sources. The criteria for the design include: finding the mosteconomical solution in terms of lifecycle costs, making the best use of available
confidence that they are capable of doing well ina technical major in college and perhaps become an engineer after graduation.3. Activities Apart from the lecture and tours, there are some additional activities carried out tosupplement their learning or provide them some valuable tools for their future endeavors. Forexample, learning to debate can foster critical analysis skills. It is also an important tool forfamiliarizing oneself with all the aspects of a particular issue through research and discussion.Two debates are scheduled, one at the beginning and another at the end of the program. Before we influence their views with information and our opinions, a debate with the topic“Coal or hydro – which is better?” is held before the lectures
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on ethics and the history of ethics, including the ethics of debt and finance, as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Scott Grant Feinstein Dr. Scott Feinstein is an expert in research design and comparative and identity politics.Dr. Cassandra Rutherford, Iowa State University Dr. Cassandra Rutherford is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Constructions and Envi- ronmental Engineering. Her research focuses on geotechnical engineering and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Conceptualizing a Theory of Ethical Behavior in
among the STEM faculty at UD. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Faculty Career EquityAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic onfaculty careers, offering a range of strategies higher education institutions, including engineeringschools and departments, may adopt to support faculty and promote equity. Emergent researchhas documented immediate impacts of the pandemic across all elements of faculty work,including research (e.g. loss of access to labs and field sites), teaching (e.g. shifts to remote orhybrid instruction), and service (e.g. increased student mentoring). At
Paper ID #41120Fostering Student Ownership and Active Learning through Student-Led GroupLectures in a Civil Engineering Materials CourseDr. Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama Dr. Shenghua Wu is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Alabama. His research areas include civil engineering materials characterization, pavement performance evaluation and modeling, design, and maintenance, multidisciplinary approach to address complex engineering issues, as well as STEM education. He is the Director for the Solid Waste Sustainability Hub
and opportunities to harness it for social andenvironmental wellbeing, rather than considering social responsibility as somethingcompartmentalized away from the practice of engineering itself. Therefore, our results should notbe interpreted as assessing the influence of a particular style of CSR instruction. Our study hereanalyzes the influence of “new” CSR content being included in courses designed for engineeringstudents.3. Data analysisFor the purposes of this analysis, we considered only the students who gave informed consent toparticipate in the research and who took both the pre- and post-course surveys. We assigned eachstudent a unique ID to match their pre- and post-course surveys. We then conducted paired t-testsand calculated the
students directly,and also the faculty indirectly – resulting in a more inspiring classroom environment. Simplystated by Harold Hongju Koh, “Theory without practice is as lifeless as practice without theory isthoughtless 15.”It is well researched and documented that problem based learning is well suited for engineeringprograms for students to engage in complex, ill-suited, and open-ended problems to fosterflexible thinking and support intrinsic motivation 16. These characteristics in turn can increaseopportunities for group discussion over potential solutions, provide opportunity for criticalinstructor feedback, and essential self-reflection of the learning.A. Kolb and D. Kolb define Experiential Learning Theory as the “process whereby knowledge
students; twentypercent of this population is female. The majority of the students graduating from thisprogram choose Technical Sales as their career. The diverse curriculum of thisengineering major causes students to be well sought out by the industry. However, acareer in Technical Sales is not a traditional choice for women, thus leaving the femaleundergraduates apprehensive about their career goals. So, a group of students and the IDfaculty decided to found an organization that catered to the needs of the female IndustrialDistribution Engineer and resolve this concern. This new organization was namedSociety of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID).SWID was established with the intention of stimulating and catapulting female
] “Cybersecurity Curricula 2017 Curriculum Guidelines for Post-Secondary Degree Programs in Cybersecurity,” Dec. 2017.[12] “ABET Approves Accreditation Criteria for Undergraduate Cybersecurity Programs.” https://www.abet.org/abet-approves-accreditation-criteria-for-undergraduate-cybersecurity- programs/ (accessed Jan. 15, 2021).[13] D. H. Tobey, R. A. Gandhi, A. B. Watkins, and C. W. O’Brien, “Competency is Not a Three Letter Word A Glossary Supporting Competency-based Instructional Design in Cybersecurity,” Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Practice and Research, vol. 20, pp. 32–38, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://www.academia.edu/download/57509751/Tobey__Gandhi__Watkins___OBrien_2018_Co
profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education.Dr. Tia Navelene Barnes, University of Delaware Dr. Tia Barnes is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy. She is a mixed-methods researcher with a focus on the use of culturally responsive practices in creating positive classroom and school climates across grade levels. She has published work in several journals authored a number of research articles in journals including Aggression and Violent Behavior, Journal of School Violence, Journal of Classroom Interactions
. She worked on the PowerEN Technology, a blur between general purpose and networking processors and hardware accelerators. She identified and studied workloads at the edge of the network that required high-throughput and fast deep-packet processing. Since 2012, her research has been focused on Computer Science Education, especially in the area of peer collaboration, scaling techniques for large courses, auto-graders and learning analytics. She is also working on software that can be used for teaching and learning. She is investigating techniques and best practices on broadening participation in Computer Science. Women and minorities need to be more involved in tech innovation as companies and teams perform
(AAPT) where he is currently a member of the Committee on Research in Physics Education (RIPE) and elected member of Leadership Organizing Physics Education Research Council (PERLOC).Prof. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andr´es Bello, Santiago, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in Physics at Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Argentina. In 2013 she obtained a three-year postdoctoral position at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her focus is set on educational research, physics education, problem-solving, design of instructional material and teacher
Student Opinion of TeachingSurvey. In fall 2013, the results encouraged further development of both hardware and softwarelabs, which we continued in fall 2014. Course enrollment also increased by 60% in fall 2014,from 13 to 21 students. Favorable teaching evaluations and comments from fall 2013 encouragedeven more classroom interaction, which led us to the “flipping” model. The fall 2014 course hasbeen evaluated with a new Teaching Survey, supplemented with custom questions about theflipped classroom. We further evaluated this flipped classroom for the degree of instructor-supported active learning and problem solving and student interaction, and for impact on studentfinal exam performance. The results were mixed, and we discuss plans for future
- tudes and beliefs teachers hold about cultural diversity and teaching culturally diverse students. Past and current projects include designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate-level coursework intended to help teachers develop effective science teaching practices and culturally relevant pedagogy for their classrooms, mentoring pre-service science teachers, working with in-service science teachers to develop and implement integrated STEM curricula, leading STEM integration professional development for in- service science teachers, working with administration and teachers to develop STEM programming in their schools, and developing a K-12 STEM observation protocol that can be used in a variety of educa- tional
. During this time, Christina discovered a love for research, prompting her to pursue a Ph.D. She is a recipient of both a Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship and a Texas New Scholar’s Fellowship. She is a member of the National Science Teachers As- sociation, and currently serves as the STEM Education representative to the Graduate Student Assembly at UT.Dr. Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas, AustinDr. Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin Dr. Richard H. Crawford is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME
(i.e. that student stress levels tend todecrease after completing the first coding interview and that students tend to find academic valuein the oral proficiency exam process) may help to alleviate anxiety and reduce gaps inbelongingness leading to a more productive and inclusive learning environment. The goal shouldbe to show students the positive impact the coding interview process can have on learning andthe invaluable potential impact the practice has on future job opportunities.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe would like to thank the graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants who helped run thecoding interviews. We would also like to thank the 748 students in CS 107 and CS 109 who gavetheir time and effort to their courses and this study. Lastly, we
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