of thebenefits of peer mentor learning facilitation in a makerspace-based team project-centeredengineering design course.Our exploratory research involved collecting input from first-year design students to identifyareas of current social support by peer mentors and the areas of need within a makerspace courseenvironment. We analyzed the student responses to identify categories of support that peermentors currently provide. We also categorize areas of needed support through the lens oflonger-term student success, students' sense of belonging, and retention of first-year designstudents.We found the students perceived the mentors as positively influencing their learning, workinggroups, and sense of belonging. The students had few
includes [6] report on teaching shipbuilding courses usingMS-Project, MS-Access, and FORAN, and. The MarineTech project which taught high schoolstudents with Project Based Learning [7]. Others, reported on the use of distance learning duringthe COVID-19 pandemic with games for an undergraduate marine engineering curriculum [8].In an ASEE Peer paper, Verma and Hughes [9] discuss the teaching of Lean Manufacturing atthe Apprentice School at Northrop Grumman, Newport News. Other publications involve theNational Shipbuilding Research Program such as the September 1992 report on the“Shipbuilder’s Classroom of the Future” in which outputs of PC graphics and text, videodisc,audio tape and linear programs are used to meet the needs of the trainee from an
evolution is not without barriers to entry andassociated risks.The objective of this paper is to share the experiences of three established civil engineeringfaculty and their mentor who are within two years of receiving their first NSF grants to supportEER projects at their home institution. Barriers to entry, challenges, and the lessons learnedassociated with their growth as emerging engineering education researchers are discussed.Strategies and resources are provided to assist new engineering educators to: lobby forinstitutional support, secure initial extramural funding, initiate collaborations, formulate short-and long-term career plans, build an Individual Development Plan (IDP), and develop aneffective mentor-mentee relationship with an
. Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut Connie Mosher Syharat is a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction and a Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of two neurodiversity-centered NSF-funded projects, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF:RED) ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engi- neering Innovation” and Innovations in Graduate Education (NSF:IGE) Encouraging the Participation of Neurodiverse Students in STEM Graduate Programs to Radically Enhance the Creativity of the Pro- fessional Workforce”. In her time at the University of Connecticut she has also has served as Program Assistant for an summer program in engineering for middle school students with
community.IntroductionIn this paper, we provide an update for the years 2019-2023 to the implementation of the EarlyResearch Scholars Program (ERSP), developed at the University of California San Diego, to ourinstitution, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The program, funded by the NationalScience Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, was designed to supportretention of students from marginalized backgrounds in the field of computing especially duringthe second year of their major [1].Currently, the project at UIC is in its fourth grant year, having served four cohorts of students since2019. The program has served majority women or non-binary students and continues to strive forrepresentation of minoritized students in the fields
Hackathons withinclusive themes as one of the strategies to attract and recruit more underrepresented,underserved, and under-prepared community college students transferring into computingdisciplines. This initiative successfully attracted underrepresented student groups (2022: 62students, 52% Hispanic, 27% female, 2021: 39 students, 23% Hispanic, 16% female) to theseHackathons conducted in an in person as well as in an online format. The Hackathon broughttogether individuals from 2-year community colleges and a 4-year rural minority servinginstitution to work on challenging computing projects in a short amount of time. The mainobjectives of these Hackathons were to (i) create a strong sense of community and anenvironment where every student felt
lightweight Augmented Reality display. In order to facilitate captioning servicesin areas with limited network connectivity, whisper.cpp, a derivative of OpenAI’s Whisperproject, was also incorporated into the application. Links to the open source project are includedso that other educators may adopt this inclusive practice. Some accessibility-related opportunitiesthat could be used as motivating design projects for engineering students are described.1. Introduction:Live-captioning with augmented reality (AR) headsets is an effective and promisingcommunication tool for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) [1]. Compared to basiclive-captioning on a separate display, which causes information gaps for DHH students [2]resulting in lower
. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Clemson University.Dr. Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Making families aware of engineering through the public library (Work in Progress)This work in progress reports findings from a pilot study conducted as part of an NSF-fundedproject (NSF DRL 1759259) with the goal of engaging children in Grades 3-6 and theircaregivers in engineering activities by collaborating with the local public library. The goals ofthe larger project are to increase the awareness of children’s and caregivers' awareness of andinterest in engineering. To increase the impact of the project, this
instructional practice andstudent outcomes. The use of developmental evaluation in this frame enables cycles ofiterative question asking and answering in service to student learning. Looking forward,this toolset is being developed with a mind toward programmatic evaluation, on adepartmental level, even as initial efforts are focused on an introductory engineeringdesign course.MethodsContext and ParticipantsThis design course is taken by students during their first or second year and is typicallytheir first exposure to engineering. This course situates teams as engineers contracted towork on a project provided by an external client. The instructors solicit, select, and refineprojects that present engineering problems requiring conceptual design and
Engineering and Engineering Technology and a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Using Motivational Theory to Implement S-STEM Activities Supporting Student SuccessAbstractThis research paper describes the early results from a scholarship program that has been initiatedwith an overall goal to increase degree completion of low-income, high-achievingundergraduates with demonstrated financial need in engineering. The project will achieve fourmajor objectives: 1) provide scholarships 2) engage students with engineering faculty andindustry partners; 3) create community among students; and
has been awarded Honoris Causa from the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, and has received that society’s highest honor, the Nikolai Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to engineering pedagogy.Prof. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University. Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Jewry.Dr. Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University Dr. Sarah Bauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer holds a doctorate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Her primary research
completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechani- cal and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineer- ing Students. Her research interests include energy and thermodynamic related topics. Since 2007 she has been actively involved in recruiting and outreach for the Statler College, as part of this involvement Dr. Morris frequently makes presentations to
entrepreneurial opportunities. Yet,Botswana has continued to struggle in creating a robust STEM professional population withwomen in particular being seriously underrepresented (Koketso, 2015). In order to address these issues, North Carolina State University’s Department of STEMEducation recently formed a partnership with Botswana to meet these stated challenges. Thiswork-in-progress reports on a developing international collaborative research project betweenBotswana and North Carolina State University's Department of STEM Education. This paperwill highlight the latest civilian-to-civilian strategic engagements between North Carolina andBotswana as part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program. TheDepartment of STEM Education
-organizes university-wide innovative cyber security research, development and training initiatives. He is also an Associate Professor at the department of Information Systems and Cyber Security specializing in operational cyber security and data science as applicable to national security challenges. Previously, he was a senior research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) where he contributed to federally-funded projects related to critical infrastructure security and worked closely with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). He is also a permanent research scientist at the National Cyber Forensic and Training Alliance (NCFTA) of Canada; an international organization which focuses on the investigation of
socioeconomically just engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Week of Action: #EngineersShowUp as intersectional advocatesIntroductionIn this roundtable and open panel discussion, members of the engineering education communitywill reflect upon their experiences during a planned week of action that took place February 23rd– 29th as part of a larger project on addressing root causes of inequity. This event follows aplanning and organizing workshop held at the 2019 CoNECD conference, and continued effortssince then to meet virtually and plan towards collective actions to build awareness and shiftnarratives. Through these meetings and open-ended
models, broadening participation initiatives, and S-STEM and LSAMP programs.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on
Professor of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. She has been on the faculty at Penn State since 1998. After receiving her PhD in 1994 from Virginia Tech, she served on the faculty at the University of Miami before joining Penn State. Dr. Hanagan has focused most of her research career on floor vibration serviceability, with a strong emphasis on steel structures. She has overseen dozens of research projects, participated in several committees, supervised many students, and written numerous papers that have contributed to the body of knowledge in vibration serviceability. While Dr. Hanagan’s primary research interest has been in the vibration serviceability of structures, one of her greatest
Paper ID #35344Benefits of the virtual platform for K-12 STEM OutreachMelanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology Melanie Villatoro, an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Civil En- gineering Technology at NYC College of Technology, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York. Prof. Villatoro is passionate about student retention and performance, as well as STEM Outreach in K-12. She has served as Project Director for the National Transportation Summer Institute sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration multiple years. Prof. Villatoro leads a STEM
2016 as a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Fellow at the University of Connecticut. The focus of this project was the creative potential of students with ADHD, and supporting neurodiversity in the classroom.Dr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut Arash E. Zaghi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his PhD in 2009 from the University of Nevada, Reno, and contin- ued there as a Research Scientist. His latest research endeavor is on creativity and engineering education, with a focus on the unique potential of students with ADHD. Supported by multiple grants from the Na- tional
problemsuch as environmental sustainability, health, security, and the potential and limits of newtechnologies to address these issues. Survey results indicate that initial positivistic views oftechnology are challenged through research on this project, and at completion of their research,students have gained a greater appreciation for the interplay between technology and society asimplementation, public policy, resource availability and other elements affect technologicalchoices and investment. In class discussion helps students see the linkages between whatinitially appears to be discrete issues as the overlap of political, economic and social factors thatdetermine outcomes in many cases is similar.As part of each team’s final report, they consider
Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama in 2017.Ms. Courtney A. Betoney, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Courtney Betoney is from Ganado, Arizona and is studying
the grant is to increase persistence and graduation rates by increasing engagementand by developing a sense of community amongst transfer engineering students.A week-long workshop that uses the LLP framework was developed to help students design anddevelop a predetermined university-oriented innovation project. During the workshop, studentswork in teams, interact with faculty, and visit various parts of campus. While working toidentify “product-market fit,” students learn about hypothesis development, test design,hypothesis testing, customer discovery, data analysis, insight generation, and the importance ofan iterative process. After two years, preliminary survey results and qualitative evidence atNMSU shows the LLP workshop participants
Chemical Engineering Education. He served as 2004 chair of the ASEE ChE Division, has served as an ABET program evaluator and on the AIChE/ABET Education & Accreditation Committee. He has also served as Assessment Coordinator in WPI’s Interdis- ciplinary and Global Studies Division and as Director of WPI’s Washington DC Project Center. He was secretary/treasurer of the new Education Division of AIChE. In 2009 he was awarded the rank of Fellow in the ASEE, and in 2013 was awarded the rank of Fellow in AIChE.Ms. Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Through her role as Associate Director for the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Paula Quinn works to improve student learning
this paper, the impact of the Engineering Ambassador Program (EAP), which engagesundergraduate engineering students as Ambassadors in K-12 outreach activities, on the stimulationof interest in STEM, self-efficacy, and actual academic attainment of Ambassadors is presented.The collected data over several years reveals that over 2/3 of activity leaders and projectcoordinators of the EAP at Howard University (HU) expressed higher confidence in their ability inunderstanding and succeeding in engineering because of their EAP experience. Also, the activityleaders and project coordinators achieved higher major and overall grade point averages (GPAs).Furthermore, improved academic performance in the courses related to the projects thatAmbassadors were
outcomes of underrepresented groups in science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Using qualitative methodologies, she has explored access and success for underserved students of color in STEM and STEM intervention programs. This line of research also seeks to understand the nuances and complexities of participation and persistence in these fields and develop new models for explaining such phenomena. Her secondary research strand focuses on the participation and achievement of Black students and professionals in higher education. She is the PI or co-PI on several grant-funded research projects including the national Black Doctoral Women Study (BDWS), the Women in Engineering Study (WIES), and Bulls
Paper ID #29237An Exploration of Faculty-Led Short-Term Engineering Study AbroadPrograms Offered by US InstitutionsDr. Jessica D Ventura, Endicott College Jessica D. Ventura, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Engineering department at Endicott College, a liberal arts institution north of Boston. She specializes in musculoskeletal biomechanics, with an emphasis on the lower body. Projects include prosthetic foot design, analysis of landing techniques, and limb loading of first time marathoners. Her current research uses personalized biomechanics analysis to inform runners and athletes of injury risk. Dr. Ventura also
Outcomes, • Assessment Under Special Circumstances, • General Assessment Information or Tools, • New ABET Criteria, and • Efficient/Sustainable Assessment Processes.Of the categories, the one with the most papers, and the most diversity of topics, is that ofAssessment of Specific Courses or Outcomes, such as [2]-[9]. The example papers considered inthis category include such diverse topics as using a lower level Physics course in outcomeassessment [2], use of an on-line Ethics module [4], metrics for “inclusive and socially justteaming practices [5],and an assessment of information literacy for ABET’s outcome 7 [6]. Asmany programs are now using a capstone design course or project as a major portion of theirABET assessment, there
team, and Kali Linux. In this paper, we provideexamples on how students’ knowledge of CPS security changes over the course of the program,how students are supported in and out of the classroom towards advancing their knowledge in thisfield. We also highlight the impact that project-based and team coordinated learning can have onincreasing students’ understanding of the fundamentals of CPS security.IntroductionA recent study by Cybersecurity Ventures [1], a respected publisher of cybersecurity content,predicts that 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs around the world will be unfilled by 2021. In the UnitedStates, the demand for professionals with cybersecurity expertise is outpacing all other occupations[2]. These reports, along with many others
Engineering as a Program Coordinator Senior with the K-12 Engineering Education and Outreach team. Since then, Velez has managed such programs as FIRST LEGO League Robotics, MESA, and the National Summer Transportation Institute. She currently coordinates EPICS High (Engineering Projects in Community Service) to engage high school and mid- dle school students in human-centered engineering projects in their communities. Through this program, Velez works to build partnerships with school districts, industry, and non-profits to bring STEM program- ming to underserved communities across the state. Before joining ASU, Velez spent seven years as an elementary educator at a STEM focus school. She currently holds a Masters of
, knowledge, and skills to find and strengthen their own voice and to navigate critical transitions such as starting college and entering the workforce. Jordan-Bloch’s scholarly research centers on the intersection of social psychology and education, and current projects include work on: the perception of mattering as a mechanism in teacher-student relationships, the relational context of cohort-based learning, and how gender inequality is experienced and understood during critical transitions for young women. Jordan-Bloch received her B.A. in sociology from Brown University and her Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University.Ms. Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University Shoshanah Cohen is the Director of Community Engaged