journals, storyboards, and traditional assessments, in situ videorecordings captured decisions and evolution of projects differently. To further investigate thepotential of ongoing interactions as spaces for demonstrating engineering thinking and ideas, aframework was created to analyze in situ video clips. An epistemic frame [2-6] was developedto capture skills, knowledge, identity, values, and epistemologies of engineering relative to K-12formal and informal spaces. First, this paper will describe the development of an engineeringepistemic frame for K-12 students and its synthesis using literature, local contexts, and nationalpolicy directives and its application to one pilot set of data as a case study. The context of thecase study was final
Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Prof. Elizabeth S Hart, University of Dayton Beth Hart is a Lecturer for the University of Dayton School of Engineering Dean’s Office. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Dayton, both in Chemical Engineering. She currently teaches engineering design and oversees the Women Engineering Program, part of the Diversity in Engi- neering Center.Mrs. Laura Kozuh Bistrek, University
environments: Individual differences in learning while mobile. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 17(4), 511-530. Page 26.1641.11 10. McNair, L., Paretti, M., Knott, M., & Wolfe, M.L. (2006, October 28-31). Work in progress: Using e- portfolio to define, teach, and assess ABET professional skills. Paper presented at the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA. 11. Eynon, B., Gambino, L.M., & Torok, J. (2014). What difference can ePortfolio make? A field report from the connect to learning project. International Journal of ePortfolio, 4(1), 95-114. 12. McNair, L
Paper ID #12283Bioengineering Global Health: Design and Implementation of a Summer DayCamp for High School StudentsDr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne G. Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Wash- ington. She earned a BS in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in Genetics at Duke University. Dr. Hendricks’ teaching interests at the University of Washington include develop- ing and teaching introductory and honors courses in bioengineering, tissue and protein engineering lab courses, and capstone projects. She is committed
Instruction (MI)and models and modeling perspective. This innovation involves redesigning the course’s content,combining teaching strategies, reshaping the classroom setting, and using technology.In this study 37 first-year engineering students were enrolled in the integrated course. Theresearch questions were: What elements of the physical and mathematical models do studentsuse when solving a complex real problem? How does the consistency of students’ model lead toa robust understanding of the problem? To answer these questions, students workedcollaboratively on a project that involved the analysis of an extreme bungee jump. Theperformance of the students in this project revealed: a) students’ integration of physical andmathematical models, b
. Plant Layout 16. Cellular Mfg. 17. Ergonomics 18. Inventory Control 19. Procurement 20. Project Management 21. Process ImprovementBefore teaching the course for the first time, the author observed the previous instructor andteam-taught several class periods. During the author’s first time teaching the course (FallSemester 2016), an effort was made to preserve the structure, content, and teaching style as muchas possible. Towards the end of the course, the author gave an extra credit opportunity if studentswould come give feedback on the course. At the end of the course, students were alsoencouraged to give anonymous feedback through the university. Some of the comments
, Professor Zoe Wood’s projects unite visual arts, mathematics and computer science.Prof. Eun-young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles Professor Computer Science California State University, Los AngelesDr. Ayaan M. Kazerouni, California Polytechnic State UniversityDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University Jane Lehr is a Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the Office of Student Research at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is affiliated faculty in Computer Science & Software Engineering andDr. Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting Dr. Sarah Hug is director of the Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting. Dr
provide learning opportunities that aim to developsuch capacities in students [4]. These programs have a range of foci and use a variety of differentterms to name their fields of study, including ‘Humanitarian Engineering,’ ‘Global Engineering,’‘Engineering for Good’, and ‘Engineering for Sustainable Development’ [5]. A significant aimof these programs is the development of global sociotechnical competency, conceptualized tohighlight that the social and technical aspects of an engineering project cannot be separated andmust be considered as such [6]. As a wide range of perspectives are required to address thecomplexities of wicked problems [7], engineers with global sociotechnical competency arepoised to make critical contributions to global
from the University of Pittsburgh. She is working on research in software engineering, middleware, distributed systems, and smart system with focus on Industry 4.0, Healthcare 4.0, and smart cities. In addition, she works on education/pedagogy research and outreach projects within the STEM areas.Dr. Anthony Moretti, Robert Morris University Dr. Anthony Moretti is department head and associate professor in the Department of Communication and Organizational Leadership at Robert Morris University. His teaching and research primarily focuses on the internal and external influences on journalists and news organizations. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating
Paper ID #43871Work-in Progress: Aligning an Engineering Hands-On Learning Programto College Strategy: Reducing Implementation Barriers to Support Faculty,Students, and Their SuccessMs. Rachel Sharpe, University of Colorado Boulder Rachel Sharpe is a Senior Engineering Projects Consultant at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Rachel’s work as a senior engineer has allowed her to collaborate with faculty members across seven departments, contributing her expertise to the development and successful implementation of over thirty hands-on lab activities. Rachel has overseen the
Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering
Information Literacy in Graduate Course Term PapersAbstractThe Materials Processing course at Northeastern University enrolls both Master’s level studentswith a concentration in Materials and undergraduates who select the course as an elective fortheir combined BS/MS degree. For the term project, students work in teams to research and writea journal-quality review article detailing the state of the art for a particular process. This studyaimed to assess students’ information literacy (IL) skills as demonstrated in this term project toidentify IL skills with which graduate and upper-level undergraduate students may need moresupport. A secondary goal was to examine any differences in information between theundergraduate and
community vision with Pitt’s core compe- tencies of research and education, Sanchez has built up Pitt Hydroponics in Homewood, founded Con- stellation Energy Inventor labs for K-12 students, and re-created the Mascaro Center’s Teach the Teacher sustainability program for science educators in the region. As a teacher he designed and created the Sustainability capstone course which has annually partnered with community stakeholders to address sustainability challenges at all scales. Past projects have in- cluded evaluating composting stations in Wilkinsburg, studying infrastructure resilience in Homewood, enabling community solar in PA, improving energy efficiency in McCandless Township, and improving water quality in
cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of studen ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023S-STEM: Creating Retention and Engagement for Academically TalentedEngineers – lessons learnedINTRODUCTIONThis paper discusses the lessons learned and findings from formative assessment of the first fouryears of a five-year National Science Foundation S-STEM project entitled “Creating Retentionand Engagement for Academically Talented Engineers (CREATE)”. The project is located in theCollege of Engineering of a large western land-grant university and has retained 26 of the original32 students (referred to as scholars) who were selected to be part of two cohorts of 16
Paper ID #38007Board 392: Supporting Low-Income Engineering Transfer Students’Transition from Community College to a 4-Year University through aComprehensive Scholarship ProgramDr. Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine Dr. Dicke is an Associate Project Scientist within the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. In her research, she aims to understand how students’ motivation and interest in the STEM fields can be fostered to secure their educational persistence and long-term career success. Trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice, she is currently involved in an NSF-funded
Site project funded by NSF DMR program (Award #2050921) has completed itsfirst two years and provided research and educational opportunities to both undergraduates and high schoolteachers. The program achieved its overarching goals with noticed improved mentoring, researchexperiences, and communication during the second year attributed in part to the in-person programming.The REU program aimed to create an experience that took students beyond the development of technicalcompetence in science and engineering and provided an expertise particularly on research and innovationin various areas of energy and bioengineering. External evaluation, interviews and surveys of the REU andRET participants examined if the program goals were achieved. All
Council and a Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Educa- tion project. His grant-funded activities are focused on serving Engineering Technicians in Undergraduate Programs, and broadening access to careers in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023High Tech and High Touch: Inclusive Ecosystems for Community College Engineering and EngineeringTechnology Student SuccessIntroductionThe economic demand for engineering and engineering technology professionals in the United Statescontinues expand with the support of national government policy. Through the efforts of previous andcurrent White House administrations [1]–[3], and recent legislation on
scholarship tomeet the full demonstrated need of each student for four years, including on-campus housing toensure that our scholars can fully participate in the college experience. Intentional programmingand a mentor network were implemented with an assets-based framework. One of WPI’spedagogical approaches to engineering projects is to have students learn and experience co-designing solutions with their end-users. Thus, we engaged our S-STEM CoMPASS Scholars toco-design a supportive college experience for first generations students at WPI.Methodology - Capturing student voices through a graphic recordingTo capture our students’ experiences, voices, and ideas, we partnered with a graphic illustratorand facilitator [2,3] for a design charrette at one
increased faculty interaction: The S-STEM Scholars are enrolledin the same sections of Statics and Calculus III in the summer. This also allowed us to schedulethe Professional Development course and related activities around their coursework and examschedules. The course instructors, as well as other faculty from the college, participate in theindustry tours to facilitate out-of-class interaction with faculty.Professional development course: The project team designed a two-credit hour professionaldevelopment course for the S-STEM Scholars. The course included curricular components inspatial visualization (Developing Spatial Thinking by Sheryl Sorby [7]), Gallup CliftonStrengthsFinder [8], team-building activities, job search skills, interview
engineering design in K-12 classrooms and applying them to undergraduate engineering coursesIntroduction and Background:This work-in-progress paper describes lessons learned from the first two years of a three-yearprofessional development (PD) research project [1] focusing on culturally relevant engineeringdesign implementation in upper elementary and middle school classrooms in rural North Dakota.This paper highlights how some of the key findings are being implemented into undergraduateengineering courses.Oftentimes, engineeringdesign tasks within the K-12 and college classroomsare missing cultural andcommunity connections.K-12 teachers are nowrequired to teachengineering design withintheir curricula due to theadoption of the NextGeneration
”Developing Changemaking Engineers”, anNSF-sponsored Revolutionizing Engineering Education (RED) project. Dr. Lord is the 2018 recipient ofthe IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Reimagining Energy Year 3: Reflections on Course OfferingOverviewThis National Science Foundation (NSF) project focuses on the development of a new, requiredenergy course, “An Integrated Approach to Energy,” for second-year students that considersways to best include, represent, and honor students from all backgrounds using a collection ofpedagogical approaches known as culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs). It is sponsored by theDivision of Undergraduate
Article ReadingPre-departure symposium Following the 10-week training program, students will meet at the University of SanDiego (USD) for a 4-day pre-departure symposium designed to prepare the IRES participants fortheir research projects. The topics covered during this symposium will begin with generalprinciples that are applicable to all IRES participants and conclude with individualized codingsessions that are specific to each student’s project (Table 2). The first day will focus onwelcoming the students, discussing career paths in bioinformatics and include a special sessionfrom the on-campus international center. Since a main goal of this program is to encouragematriculation onto graduate school, a large portion of the first day will
groups have access to HIEP activities,however, remain as questions to investigate. In this project, we examine engineering andcomputer science student participation in HIEP at two public land grant institutions. In thisstudy, we seek to understand how and why students participate in HIEP and how participationaffects their persistence and success in engineering and computer science majors. Set within therural, public land grant university context, this study conceptualizes diversity in a broad senseand includes women, members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, first generationcollege students, adult learners, and nontraditional student as groups contributing to the diversityof academic programs and the technical workforce.Purpose
aspect to the successful performance of student teams is communication. Student teamsnegotiate many aspects of collaboration, including deadlines, meeting times, and expectations.Previous works have found that the different meanings which people place on commonly usedwords or phrases often lead to miscommunications in the professional workplace. It is unknown,however, how this situation translates to the collegiate setting, specifically on team-basedprojects, the manners that this could potentially affect the progress of the students, and if thereare any differences in interpretation of these phrases that are along demographic lines. In thisstudent-directed project, participants (n=119) of varying technical backgrounds were surveyed asto their
Paper ID #243582018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Identifying Boolean Logic Processes via the Basis of a NACA 2415 AirfoilAlexander T Wray, Purdue University Northwest Alexander Wray is a Masters-seeking Mechanical Engineer enrolled at Purdue University North Central. He conducts research into dynamic system modelling and CFD modal systems for the purpose of mod- elling arduous or complex systems. As well, he presents and assists with teaching projects to classes in Solid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics in undergraduate courses.Prof. Nuri Zeytinoglu P.E., Purdue
, c. Provide academic, professional, and personal support for students through the vast network of alumnae/i and professional connections, d. Provide resources and support to engineering student organizations that support the mission of the school and promote the inclusion of minority groups in engineering. Currently, these groups include student chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Association of Computing Machinery – Women’s Chapter (ACM-W), and Women in STEM. 2. Establish structured project and lab teams. Defining
theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.S Masters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University S. Masters is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Masters received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Masters’ research interests include equity and social justice in engineering with particular attention to the experiences of women & LGBTQ
sections; and inappropriate/poor design projects. These problems were directlyaddressed as we developed the new course, as outlined below.Implementation of Design PracticumThe new freshman engineering design course, Design Practicum, is a 2 credit hands-on, team-based introduction to engineering design. The class meets once per week for three hours, withlecture the first hour, and lab the second two hours. Students are introduced to design via theinvention, fabrication and testing of a device that solves a problem proposed by a real client.These projects cover a variety of engineering disciplines including bioinstrumentation,biomechanics, mechanical, and civil and environmental. Lectures address information retrievaltechniques, specification
Engineers. She serves on the editorial board of the Bioelectromagnetics Society.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Jennifer R Amos, University of
Motivation in STEM Using Culturally Relevant ContextsIntroductionThe purpose of this multi-year National Science Foundation (NSF) project is to design, implement,and evaluate integrated culturally relevant (CR) model-eliciting activities (MEAs) usingcommunity issues as the context for learning. To ensure cultural and career relevance the design ofthe CR MEAs is driven by societal challenges connected to community issues, to engageunderrepresented minority (URM) middle school students in CR MEAs that will develop theirlevel of community engagement, career exploration, STEM knowledge, and literacy. Teacherprofessional development was conducted to prepare teachers to utilize integrated CR MEAs in theirclassrooms as a context for learning.This project