design processes.Dr. Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan Kathleen H. Sienko is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan (UM). She earned her Ph.D. in 2007 in Medical Engineering and Bioastro- nautics from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, and holds an S.M. in Aero- nautics & Astronautics from MIT and a B.S. in Materials Engineering from the University of Kentucky. She co-founded the UM Center for Socially Engaged Design and directs both the UM Global Health De- sign Initiative (GHDI) and the Sienko Research Group. The Sienko Research Group is a multidisciplinary laboratory developing novel methodologies to create
, and design - field team interaction.Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University Mariana Watanabe is an undergraduate in Civil Engineering specializing in Architectural Engineering at Purdue University, main Campus. During her time at Purdue, she has done research in the Applied Energy Laboratory for the ”Biowall for Improved Indoor Air Quality” project, has participated as team captain in two DOE Net-Zero Energy Building Design Competitions (Race to Zero Competition), and was elected president of the ASHRAE Purdue Student Branch in 2017. Mariana’s interests span the fields of sustainable engineering, high performance buildings and STEM outreach for girls. c American Society for Engineering
initiatives, course redesign, partnerships, impact on institutional culture,and impact on change beyond campus [17]. PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for GraduateEducation and the Professoriate is another noteworthy program. This program makes efforts onall levels to promote URM scholars from undergraduate degrees to doctoral degrees to facultypositions. The program recommends the professional development of graduate students thatincludes a critical mass of URMs and extends beyond experiences that are provided by coursesand research laboratories [28]. The program believes that all of their graduate students shouldhave accessible and functioning support systems to help them develop professional skills,network, get career advice, and strengthen their
associate professor of chemistry at Tuskegee University where she specializes in physical chemistry and computational chemistry. Her research interests have ranged from calculating transition states of small molecule reactions in solution to molecular dynamics of polymers. She has worked on two American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Exam Committees and is an active participant in the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Physical Chemistry Laboratory (POGIL-PCL) community.Carol A Handwerker Carol Handwerker is the Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Critical incident
University, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Dr. Angela Harris, North Carolina State University Dr. Angela Harris joined the faculty at NCSU in August 2018 as an Assistant Professor. Harris is a member of the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (Global WaSH) cluster in the Chancellor’s Fac- ulty Excellence Program. Her research seeks to better characterize human exposure pathways of fecal contamination and develop methods to interrupt pathogen transmission to protect human health. Harris is engaged in computational and laboratory investigations in addition to conducting field work in inter- national locations (prior work includes projects in Tanzania, Kenya, and
universities with smaller programs that do not havestructural engineering laboratories. SLU is a large, private, four-year, highly residentialuniversity with doctoral programs and high research activity (R2); Rose-Hulman is a small,private, four-year, highly residential university without doctoral programs, classified as specialfocus four-year: engineering schools. Neither institution had a structural engineering laboratoryprior to this implementation, but both focus heavily on the undergraduate learning experience.The project utilizes the Modular Strong-block Testing System [3] when needed to test larger-scale specimens. While a full structural engineering lab would be ideal to conduct such tests, theself-contained system provides an economical
, Learning, and Culture. In her research, she is interested in the assessing STEM interventions on student outcomes, measuring academic growth, and evaluating the impact of curricular change.Dr. Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University Dr. Fraustino is an assistant professor of strategic communication and director of the Public Interest Communication Research Laboratory in the Media Innovation Center of the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University. She is a research affiliate in the risk communication and resilience portfolio at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a DHS Emeritus Center of Excellence. She specializes in crisis, emergency, and risk
as Head of the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, and retired on September 1, 2016. Dr. Ryder served on the faculty of Rutgers from 1982-2008. She also worked in the 1970s at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Dr. Ryder’s research interests on static/dynamic program analyses for object-oriented and dynamic programming languages and systems, focus on usage in practical software tools for ensuring the quality and security of industrial-strength applications. Dr. Ryder became a Fellow of the ACM in 1998, and received the ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educa- tor Award (2015), the Virginia AAUW Woman of Achievement Award (2014), and the ACM President’s Award (2008). She received a Rutgers School of
Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego. She received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. She has an extensive background in industrial and government research from her years working at Hamilton Sundstrand and then Sandia National Laboratories. Her research interests are in numerical methods applied to solid and fluid mechanics, thermal hydraulics, reactor safety and uncertainty quantification applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Introducing Social Relevance and Global Context into the Introduction to Heat Transfer CourseAbstractLeaders, researchers
; Inclusion. He is investigating university-community engagement as empow- erment settings and working to further the research agenda of the global community of practice within Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering Education. His research laboratory aims to support an inclu- sive, global pipeline of STEM talent and to unify the needs of the engineering education stakeholders in order for engineering education to more accurately reflect societal needs. Diversity and inclusion, univer- sity/community engagement, informal learning, action research, and student led initiatives fall within the scope of his academic endeavors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A pilot study
clearly and rigorously identify adaptive expertise in practice.Evaluations of adaptive expertise have taken several approaches: the direct observation of theperformance of adaptive expertise, either in authentic or laboratory conditions; interview andreflection protocols designed to elicit self-reports about responses to complex environments; andsurvey instruments, in which respondents rate their agreement with statements pertaining toeither attributes related to adaptive expertise or the prevalence of actions characteristic of theperformance of adaptive expertise [9].Across all of these studies, different sub-components of adaptive expertise have emerged. Whilethere is broad consensus that adaptive expertise is built on top of subject expertise
(2015-2016) I have the privilege of being a Course Assistant for three classes at Stanford: (1) E14: Introduction to Solid Mechanics; (2) BIOE51: Anatomy for Bioengineers; (3) BIOE80: Introduction to Bioengineering and Engineering Living Matter. I also have pleasure of serving as the Safety and Operations Manager at the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory, which includes managing the machine shop and teaching students how to use the machinery. In this role I am able to advise and educate students on design choices for their personal and research projects from ideation phases to functional products, with an emphasis on design and manufacturing techniques. c American Society for
the University of Notre Dame and Associate Professor of Me- chanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the National University of Colombia. Prof. Tovar received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Industrial Automation from the National University in 1995 and 2000, respectively. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and 2005. Currently, Prof. Tovar is the director of the Engineering Design Research Laboratory at IUPUI and the faculty mentor for the IUPUI Robotics Club. His main research areas include biologically inspired optimization and multiscale design methods for materials and mechanical systems.Dr. Sohel Anwar, Indiana University-Purdue University
Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering stakeholders.Prof. Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University Dr. Amy Betz is an Assistant Professor and the director of the Multiphase Microfluidics Laboratory at Kansas State University. She received her PhD from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University. Her research aims to acquire new fundamental understanding of phase-change processes. She is passionate about research
integrates the engineeringsciences with the biomedical science and clinical practices.FEMME 9: Computer Coding: - designed to provide post-ninth grade girls with anintroduction to computer coding and computer engineering.Continued participation in FEMME allows girls to form relationships and feel they are part of acommunity. Research on girls in engineering has found that social support of this type isimportant if they are to persist [37, 91]. Through integrated STEM curriculum that focuses onapplications of engineering, as recommended in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)[92], girls learn about the importance of engineering and how it relates to everyday life. The girlsalso visit research laboratories and manufacturing facilities where
Foundation (NSF) funded projects: Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) - Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity; Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (IUSE PFE\RED) - Formation of Accomplished Chemical Engineers for Transform- ing Society. She is a member of the CBE department’s ABET and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, as well as faculty advisor for several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone Design courses. She is associated with
in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering where she oversees outreach and retention initiatives. She also holds an engineering education research assistantship that advances and engages her expertise in engineering education.Dr. Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Bruk T. Berhane received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mary- land in 2003. He then completed a master’s degree in engineering management at George Washington University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in the Minority and Urban Education Unit of the Col- lege of Education at the University of Maryland. Bruk worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he
. Camacho, "Using Focus Groups to Understand Military Veteran Students' Pathways in Engineering Education," in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2016.[8] C. E. Brawner, C. Mobley, S. M. Lord, J. B. Main and M. M. Camacho, "Transitioning from Military Service to Engineering Education," in Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON Conference, Athens, Greece, 2017.[9] N. Salzman, T. B. Welch, H. Subbaraman and C. H. G. Wright, "Using Veterans' Technical Skills in an Engineering Laboratory," in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, 2018.[10] ASVAB, "ASVAB Fact Sheet," [Online]. Available: http://official- asvab.com/docs/asvab_fact_sheet.pdf
conveyed through the text.Reddit Post.Unlike Wikipedia, Reddit’s content is not limited to a single genre and it is in many ways meantto be a space for commenting and discussing content posted directly to the platform as well asfound elsewhere on the Internet. One participant wrote an essay and posted it to a subreddit, orforum, on the PV solar industry and research. He sets out to inform redditors about importantaspects of solar cell manufacturing and in the process explaining his role as an intern in auniversity laboratory where he is mentored by scientists. He inserts himself directly into the textaffiliating himself with the scientific community which is a positioning that Wiki articles do notallow. He characterizes himself as a participant in
Sustainable Systems Program. He is Chief Science Officer of Fusion Coolant Systems. Professor Skerlos has gained national recognition and press for his research and teaching in the fields of technology policy and sustainable design. He has co-founded two successful start-up companies (Accuri Cytometers and Fusion Coolant Systems), co-founded BLUElab, served as Director of the Graduate Pro- gram in Mechanical Engineering (2009-2012), and served as associate and guest editor for four different academic journals. His Ph.D. students in the Environmental and Sustainable Technologies Laboratory have addressed sus- tainability challenges in the fields of systems design, technology selection, manufacturing, and water.Ms. Megan
program evaluation, and coordinates the Research and Evaluation Laboratory (REL) in the College of Education at UTEP. He is an expert on educational research with an emphasis on quantitative methods and the application of univariate and multivariate statistical procedures, measurement issues across diverse populations, educational assessment, and eval- uation of educational programs. He has served on over 87 doctoral dissertation committees; published more than 45 refereed research articles; and presented at more than 100 international, national and re- gional research conferences. Some of his more general research areas of interest include teacher and student’s self-efficacy and motivation research, reading and