engineering from the University of Michigan in 2014. He received an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He carries out research in the field of micro-manufacturing, precision control, manufacturing, and mechatronics. His research also includes control optimization and system identification. He is also a graduate teaching assistant of design for manufacturability.Dr. Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Leon is a Teaching Associate Professor in mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana
Paper ID #33005Work-focused Experiential Learning to Increase STEM Student Retentionand Graduation at Two-year Hispanic-serving InstitutionsCynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University Cynthia Pickering is a retired electrical engineer with 35 years industry experience and technical lead- ership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology architecture/engineering, and collaboration systems research. In September 2015, she joined Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to lead the Girls in STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain
constructionmanagement curriculum; and (2) impact of the module for graduating construction managementstudents. The survey results indicated that only six students had learned about the ATC methodin their workplace and the rest of the 50 students reported not being aware of such contractdelivery practice. For the first question, approximately 22 students reported that advanced projectdelivery practices adopted in construction sites should be part of both undergraduate andgraduate studies curricula as shown in Figure 6. While around 10 students also indicated thatsuch methods are more complex and should only be part of the graduate studies curriculum.Since the primary goal of the ATC concept is to improve project quality, reduce project costs andpropose a design
dailyquestionnaire about their personal well-being and were placed into breakout rooms to completean activity through a web-based service. This course was an interdisciplinary introductoryengineering course. The course is traditionally taken in the first semester of the first year, so thisis one of the first experiences the students have at the college level.Literature ReviewOnline learning has consistently received limited attention from researchers in comparison totraditional classroom environments [1]. This lack of research on various virtual classroomengagement methods has made it difficult for instructors to decide how to best cater to theirstudents and how to maintain a classroom community despite changes in delivery modality.Some studies prior to the
2020, all students taking AE Senior Design 1 and thefostering intrinsic motivation [11] [12]. Many have used SDT in an educational setting when first-year Introduction to Aerospace Engineering class had the opportunity to completeattempting to understand and improve student motivation, and researchers have used SDT as a anonymous surveys. Both surveys were optional, but a small amount of extra credit wasframework to examine graduate teaching assistants’ motivation to teach [13]. provided for participation. Both surveys contained the same questions about SDT factors and
- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain
. Other than research, she has a keen interest in best practices in education system. She was recently named KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellow, 2020. She is trained through KEEN in inculcating Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate education and research. Since then, she has created several problems based, active learning EM modules for lecture based courses to enhance student learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Impact of Entrepreneurial Mindset Module Connecting Societal Consideration, Medical Innovation and Engineering PhysiologyAbstractEntrepreneurial mindset (EM) enables an engineer to analyze, sense and develop a
within each metric. For the performance-based grading system used in SEED,students are provided with criteria and targets ahead of time. Teams receive a grade based onhow closely their system performance matches the best performing team in each specific designcriteria.Study MethodsTo assess the impact of SEED Lab on students’ skills relevant to engineering practice, a casestudy activity was developed as an open-ended prompt to elicit students’ concepts of the designand development process. The case study activity presents a hypothetical capstone design projectand asks students to describe their general approach to completing the project, rather than for aspecific solution. The case study activity was chosen as a way to elicit students
,practices, and solutions to typical challenges are just that. Typical. NGOs and governmentagencies need to apply relatively consistent solutions for their own economic and operationalefficiencies. Experts study problems from their own silos. As a result, communities are not onlyleft with solutions that don’t fit and can’t be fully implemented or sustained, their futurewellbeing and resilience1 is undermined in the process.While progress is being made to customize solutions, and in some cases to seek communityengagement, the power of design still rests in the hands of the external actors that frequentlyundervalue or do not engage community knowledge and creativity. In the particular context ofdisaster recovery and long-term resilience capacity
of the partner institutions, local employer and industry engagement, shared interestfor community impact, and enabling seamless student financial aid across the partner institutions.2.1. The Developmental Stage2.1.1. Establishing a Partnership: Finding the Best-FitInitiating and adopting a holistic and programmatic approach for transfer needs to be fullycustomized to the mission and /goals of both institutions. The transfer partnership can be initiatedby either institution. Finding the best-fit partner can be challenging, considering the differencesbetween community colleges and 4-year institutions, but the historical data can streamline thesearch. An initial feasibility research which considers historical transfer, students’ preferences
college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior? RQ2. How and why do engineering alumni perceive that extracurricular activities during college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior?MethodsTo answer the two research questions, this research used a mixed method approach, combiningquantitative data from survey items with qualitative information from semi-structured interviews.The research reported in this paper was embedded within a larger study [5]. This research wasreviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research and deemedexempt (Protocol #15-0326).A survey instrument was developed to answer RQ1, using many of the best practices suggestedin [39]. The survey
testing and on the creation of a measurement system. Thesystem proposed is intended to expose students to this critical field of engineering research,without requiring significant changes based on the type of device they would like to test. Thismakes it easier for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to gather data on newsemiconductor devices, allowing for the general understanding of these materials to mature at ahigher rate. The fundamental objectives of engineering instructional laboratories met by thedevelopment of the system include: Instrumentation, Experiment, Data Analysis, Design, Learnfrom Failure, Creativity, and Teamwork. [2] Future laboratory use of the system would meet thefollowing objectives: Instrumentation, Models
Paper ID #32402Engage in Practice: Hosting Math Competitions in College of EngineeringDr. Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University Ziliang Zhou is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Baptist University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engage in Practice: Hosting Math Competitions in the College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper shares the experience of community engagement through hosting math competitionsfor the local middle and high school students. This engagement had positive impact not only onrecruiting prospect students for our
Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engi- neering. His academic background and professional skills allows him to teach a range of courses across three different departments in the school of engineering. This is a rare and uncommon achievement. Within his short time at Morgan, he has made contributions in teaching both undergraduate and graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
Paper ID #34049Global Impact of Experiment-centric Pedagogy and Home-based, Hands-onLearning Workshop at a Historically Black UniversityDr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University Dr. Oludare Owolabi, a professional engineer in Maryland, joined the Morgan State University fac- ulty in 2010. He is the assistant director of the Center for Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering. His
Paper ID #33116Development of a Laboratory Platform for UAV Cybersecurity EducationMr. Yushan Jiang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Yushan Jiang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a graduate research as- sistant in the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab). His research interests include cybersecurity, unmanned aircraft system, machine learning, and Internet of Things.Jiawei Yuan, University of Massachusetts DartmouthDr. Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Paper ID #33713A Scaffolded, Semester-Long Design/Build/Fly Experience for theMid-Career Aerospace Engineering StudentDr. Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College Tobias Rossmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette College (Easton, PA). He received his PhD in 2002 from Stanford University. His research interests have focused on the development and application of advanced optical measurement technology to complex fluid flows, from micro-optical sensors to large reacting flowfields. He has received the 2011 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (SAE International), is a five-time winner of
Paper ID #32198Exploring the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on FacultySarah Trainer, Seattle University Sarah Trainer is a medical anthropologist. Her work examines everyday negotiations around identity, wellness, and challenges to these within the context of large organizations. She is currently the Research & Program Coordinator for a National Science Foundation–funded ADVANCE Program at Seattle Uni- versity.Dr. Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University Agnieszka Miguel received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Washing- ton, and MSEE and BSEE from Florida Atlantic University in 1996 and
collaborations, impacting the quality of the studentlearning experience and research activities done virtually and/or in hybrid and multiple platforms.As faculty respond to changes in their educational philosophy based on best practices for studentslearning, questions need to be raised as to what, if any, methodologies will be continued afteruniversities return to on campus learning [1,2,3]. The educational research that was pursued previously focused on documenting andunderstanding the impact of a personal instrumentation-based pedagogy and its enablingtechnology as a treatment to improve student learning and retention [4,5,6,7]. In the present effort,a similar approach is followed. The treatment is now distance delivery and learning and
todevelop critical design, technical and professional skills. According to research, only deliberatepractice, practice done with the intention of improving a skill, will lead to expertise [1].Therefore, investigations about which courses successfully impact students’ design skills can bevaluable to design educators and all educators who work with engineering students design.Studies have shown that understanding students’ perceptions of their learning and skills isessential for determining how their education has impacted their knowledge and skilldevelopment [8]. However, studies on design skills in capstone senior design courses are limitedin their understanding of the factors that affect a student’s perception of the skills that areimportant for
Chair for the IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG) 2018 and 2020. His work on automatic facial expression analysis by computer vision algorithms was featured in Motor Trend Magazine in 2014, 2015 and 2016 for the Best Driver Car of the Year event. Dr. Cruz obtained a few awards for dissemination of research to the greater public (NSF Com- munity Award (2013) and NSF Judges Choice Award (2012) in NSF IGERT Video/Poster Competition). He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Association for Com- puting Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE
Howell, Kenneth Leitch, Vinu Unnikrishnan, and Erick Butler Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering, West Texas A&M UniversityAbstractEngineering education literature provides evidence for many positive impacts from Service-Learning (SL)on engineering students and young engineering professionals. Traditionally most engineering courseworkis heavy on hard science and math and very light on courses involving social sciences. Four faculty (allnoted as co-authors) from West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) advised or led in two different civiland environmental engineering senior design student groups in a SL opportunity in Amarillo, TX in the2019-20 school year. We worked with a local
also researches and publishes in areas surrounding engineering education. He has won multiple awards, including Design for Manufac- ture and the Life Cycle Technical Committee Best Paper(2017) and the International Life Cycle Academy Award for the best paper on Sustainable Consumption (2017). He is also responsible for teaching introduc- tory, intermediate and advanced design related courses in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo.Tracy L. Mallette, University of New MexicoAndrew P. Shreve, University of New Mexico American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Participation and Learning in Labs Before and
creation of open educational resources for Physicsand Mechanical Engineering?SQ2. What are current best practices pertaining to the creation of open educational resources forPhysics and Mechanical Engineering?SQ3. What are strategic institutional and/or context-specific supports to enhance the creation ofopen educational resources for Physics and Mechanical Engineering?MethodologyAppreciative InquiryIn order to gather evidence for the above research questions, appreciative inquiry (AI) researchmethodology was employed to gather relevant qualitative data over a one-month period inJanuary 2020. AI is a distinctive form of practice-based research methodology with an explicittransformational agenda for strategic visioning to systematically enhance and
methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015. Dr. Ohland is an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS.Dr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice Pawley (she, her, hers) is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, and the Purdue Climate Change Research Center
have positive impacts on student engagement andlearning. It also gave the faculty member a fresh perspective and a push out of the rut ofpreconceived ideas of what to emphasize. It was a small class of only eight students. A text bookthat closely fit the course topics helped facilitate the student lectures. It would seem that thismodel would work best for small classes of upper level students in their specialty area, althoughthis should not constrain the use of this approach in other educational settings. This was the firstoffering of the course, the model will be modified for future offerings. Aspects of the model maybe tried in other upper level specialty classes with small enrollments. It is recommended that thegraduate research group model
course structure, choose exploration and engagement activities aligned withtheir goals and interests.As part of the University of Michigan’s Center for Research on Learning and TeachingFoundational Course Initiative, ENGR 110 has undergone a course redesign process. A centralmotivation for this work is the recognition that first-year engineering students enter college withunique questions regarding their choice of engineering majors, co-curricular engagement andfuture career options. Investing in pedagogical practices that support student autonomy has beenassociated with positive impacts on student learning. As highlighted by Self-determinationtheory (SDT), when psychological needs like autonomy, competence, and relatedness are metthrough
corporations and operated her own communications consulting firm.Dr. Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re- source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. He is an active member of ASME and ASEE and has been a member of the Capstone Design Conference organizing com
traditionally held in person, provide K-12STEM teachers and community college STEM faculty with the following: 1) engineeringresearch experiences in center research labs, 2) guidance in developing engineering contentcurricula based on center research, and 3) follow-up support for translating research experiencesinto classroom practice [3]. Sustained follow-up with the teachers throughout the academic year,in addition to a plan for evaluating program impact are also included in the program.In K-12 classrooms, engineering education can prepare learners to use higher-order thinkingstrategies in order to solve ill-structured, real-world problems [4]. Engineering relies primarilyon problem solving; engineers seek to solve problems that present in many forms
present on these topics andfacilitate discussions about best practices and resources. These presentations offered an informalsetting in which instructional materials and examples could be developed, and became the basisfor a one-credit graduate-level Research Data Management course for ISRP trainees.The proposal was accepted for funding by NIEHS for 2020-2025, starting in April of 2020, withboth librarians funded at 10% of their time. There are a range of aims for the DMAC related todata management and sharing that span the five years of this grant. Outlined below are some ofour activities during the first year.OutcomesResearch Data Management CourseA one-credit graduate-level course called Research Data Management Seminar was offeredthrough the