Paper ID #37014Co-ops are Great! but What are the Numbers Telling Us?Paul John Ackerman (Dr. Paul Ackerman) Dr. Paul J. Ackerman, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., R.R.O. Paul Ackerman is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. He received a BS in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute, an MS in civil engineering from West Virginia University, and a PhD specializing in construction engineering and management from Virginia Tech in 2014. A registered professional engineer, Paul has over 18 years of engineering and project management experience with a large variety of local, state
of experience serving as a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year engineering courses, he has been a research assistant at CATME research group studying multicultural team dynamics and outcomes. The research interests span how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions, counseling, pedagogy, and tool selection (such as how to use CATME Team-Maker to form inclusive and diversified teams) to promote DEI. In addition, he also works on many research-to-practice projects to enhance educational technology usage in engineering classrooms and educational research by various methods, such as natural language
problem was encountered. Before the laboratory, thestudents were asked to not move the desk lamp during the experiment and adjust the distancebetween the desk lamp and the solar cell to approximately 3 inches. However, one or two groupsmoved the desk lamp(s), so their data showed inconsistent performance. A more controlledmethod or illuminating the solar cells will be investigated for future use.Students typically worked in groups of two. All members of the teams were actively engaged,and most groups were able to achieve the objectives outlined in the project. Overall, theexperiment provides students with the desired exposure to the topics associated with solar energyproduction and storage.Conclusions and Future workStudents typically worked in
Line on floor track Figure 11: Path of the robot and sensorsThe sample of program is giving in figure 12. Figure 12: Robot program using sensorsAssessment of projectTo investigate effectiveness of the project, examination scores from introduction to engineeringcourse offered in two consecutive academic years were compared. Two groups were used:Cohort A represented students who were enrolled in the course before implementing of newapproach and Cohort B included students who were enrolled in consecutive academic year. Thenew approach, which included a visual technique and hands-on robotics was implemented onCohort B
students) of the TACoS program were collected, providing insight on the overall impressions of the camp, the CS program specifically, the students’ favorite project/course within TACoS, the course completion rate, the ranked comparison of parents’ time spent helping their child with each TACoS program, and general parent feedback. Findings show that there was improvement in the video content which could have invited more participation in the project/course and higher student engagement with the project/course material in the second virtual year.1 IntroductionSTEM fields prove to be crucial in the continued development of our communities. As ourdependency on STEM solutions grows, educators have responded in turn through
, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comDesign with Code Club: An attempt to get kids learning to code while designing solutions toeveryday problems (WORK in PROGRESS)IntroductionEarly in the pandemic we gathered a group of educators to create and share at-home educationalopportunities for families to design and make STEAM projects while at home. The focus of theproject, called CoBuild19, was to create ideas and guides that kids and caregivers could use to doactivities that used materials found around where they lived, engaged kids in making andexploration and could be explored together. Activities included a number of design challenges,incorporating various aspects of engineering. As the pandemic continued, we
InstructionMotivationUndergraduate engineering programs seek to train students in the process skills of engineering,which include designing hypotheses, identifying and synthesizing relevant literature, interpretingand analyzing data, and presenting findings [1]. While engineering educators routinely reportthat engineering process skills are critical, many report difficulty teaching students these skillsdue to time constraints [2]. Librarians, who specialize in the organization of information anddata, are well-equipped to help biomedical engineering (BME) educators address some of thesegaps in their students’ learning [3]. This project sought to determine whether integrating aspecialized information literacy curriculum into a BME laboratory course sequence couldimprove
principles are used in design projects to cultivate an empatheticunderstanding of stakeholders’ needs. A common ethnographic research practice issemi-structured, direct-dialogue interviews between design team members and stakeholders ofthe project. Students who conduct interviews for design research projects are often “novices,”with little or no prior experience in ethnographic research. Interviewers who have been trained ininterviewing have been shown to produce more accurate and in depth information [1]. This studyposes the question: How might we verify that novices have baseline competency for conductingethnographic design interviews before engaging in interviews for the design project?Ethnographic research in design differs from other user
experience conducting evaluation and design-based research studies in complex settings including and community- based settings. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Material Agency with Summer STEM Youth Designing with Micro:bitsIntroduction and Research PurposeIn this poster, we report results related to an NSF EEC CAREER project that characterizesframing agency, defined as making decisions and learning in the process of framing designproblems. Our past studies of framing agency have relied on discourse analysis to characterizeagency in talk [1-3]. However, this analytical approach, with its focus on talk, misses muchabout the materials in the design process, and given that design is commonly cast as
developing spatialvisualization skills in engineering graphics [7]. Although learning to sketch benefits students invarious ways, teaching sketching, assessing sketching skills, and providing individualizedfeedback to students is challenging. Digital sketching tools can make sketching instructionscalable, and intelligent tutoring features provide personalized instruction and guided practice forskill development [8].The overarching research goal for this project is to understand the impact of sketching learning inengineering students at multiple universities. This project is motivated by three researchgoals: 1. Increase sketching skills in undergraduate engineering students 2. Improve understanding of sketching and personalized feedback with
Development: A Case Study of Ego-Centric Network Analysis of RelationshipsIntroduction Unfortunately, it is not unexpected that young individuals who belong tounderrepresented and marginalized communities have limited access to a diverse network ofresources that support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education,especially in areas like coding, innovative engineering, and project-based activities that areemerging. Studies on informal education outside of schools [1]–[3] have acknowledged thatthese learning environments can foster involvement in STEM, and their continuous programsacross various settings, such as home, libraries, youth clubs, and museums, can be essential ininitiating and
racial and ethnic groups. The total number of women earning engineering graduate degrees represent roughly athird or less of the total students across all racial and ethnic groups between 2000 and 2019 [5].This low diversity in doctoral degree holders impacts faculty diversity [2]. Nationally, only17.6% of tenured/tenure track faculty in engineering were female, 2% were black or AfricanAmerican, and 3.7% were Hispanic in 2019 [5].Project Description In order to address this lack of representation in higher education engineering programs,the University of Massachusetts Lowell S-STEM program began with an initial plan to recruitthree cohorts of 8 low-income, high-achieving students (24 students total) who wish to pursue acareer in
consideration of thestories we tell as scholars and helps move us towards more critical and nuanced modes ofrepresenting our participants.The Danger of a Single StoryIn her TED talk, Adichie describes how western media project the narrative of African countries.As a child, Adichie read many American and British books where the characters drank gingerbeers, talked about the weather, and had snow, which wasn’t typical in a country like Nigeria.These books opened new worlds for Adichie as a kid and her imagination of how these countrieslooked like. But as she grew up and discovered African books, she related more to them andrecognized herself in them. When she came to the US to attend university, her roommate wasshocked by Adichie’s English-speaking
,experiences, and skills. Guided by self-determination theory, an understanding of implicit biasand stereotype threat, and the large existing body of research on asset-based pedagogy, we seekto support engineering student outcomes by empowering faculty with tools and strategies toincorporate asset-based practices in their courses. We are engaged in a three-year project focusedon assessing the impact of asset-based practices in engineering design courses a large, public,land-grant, Hispanic-serving institution in the southwestern United States, funded by the NSFIUSE:EDU program. Here, we will summarize the design and results from our professionaldevelopment for faculty, including theoretical frameworks and evidence guiding our work. Weshare content
interested in software programming and User Experience designs. He is proficient with C, C++ and Python and familiar with JavaScript, PSQL, Intel FPGA Verilog and ARM Assembly(ARMv7-A). Personal Website: https://junhao.caDr. Hamid S. Timorabadi, University of Toronto Hamid Timorabadi received his B.Sc, M.A.Sc, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has worked as a project, design, and test engineer as well as a consultant to industry. His research interests include the applicati ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP - A Face Recognition Application to Improve In-Person LearningAbstractA face recognition application that enables instructors
skills through START internshipIntroductionA shortage of 3.4 million skilled technical workers by 2022 (or 13% of the U.S. workforce ages25 and older) was predicted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine[1]. With the increasing demand for spatiotemporal computing skills in the real-world jobmarket, project-driven internships have become an important source of work experience forstudents with interests concerning geographic information systems (GIS) and related geospatialtechnologies [2]. However, while GIS internships offer benefits to college students, rarely do 2-year college students being trained in this field, even rare to see such internships being evaluated,especially during the
Engineering Education1. IntroductionThis paper presents a description of the first year of implementation of the Iron Range Engineering STEMScholars, funded by the NSF S-STEM award (Award #2221441). The scholarship program includesfinancial support as well as additional mentorship support for scholarship recipients within the Iron RangeEngineering (IRE) program. IRE is an experienced-based, upper-division engineering program, in whichstudents recruited primarily from community colleges around the country, complete their 300 and400-level engineering courses for a B.S. in Engineering while completing co-ops or industry projects. Thepaper outlines first the format of the scholarship program and a summary of the first year ofimplementation, then a
introduceinterdisciplinary topics in a variety of ways supported by the flexibility in homeschoolprogramming, like local cooperatives, online classes, local clubs, and STEM-focused museums[43].Extra- and co-curricular activities complement traditional schooling activities in both formal andinformal spaces. Sheridan et al. uses learning arrangements to describe the compositions of theseactivities, recognizing solo projects, collaborative group projects, equipment training, as labels tovarious making activities [44]. Studies have indicated the importance of students’ involvement inSTEM activities outside of school in developing a future interest in STEM [45]. Morespecifically, it has been found that while females tend to be more attracted to STEM throughschool
exposure toCS, there were very few aspirations for future careers in CS, and short term experiences likecamps weren’t enough to shift career aspirations. However, the researchers did find that girls needto build confidence in and become aware of CS-related coursework to pursue more CS-relatedexperiences [3].In an effort to meet the growing demands of diverse individuals with cybersecurity experience,CSforALL and the Air Force Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps (AF JROTC) collaborated todevelop an intervention that brings cybersecurity as well as computer science (CS) to highschools with JROTC programs across the country. This collaboration resulted in the creation ofthe JROTC-CS Demonstration Project, which launched in February 2020, one month
byreplacing the passive, teaching assistant (TA) led learning that happens in a traditional recitationsession with Peer-Led Study Groups (PLSGs) utilizing Treisman’s model of peer learning.Treisman’s model emphasizes small-group collaboration on the solution of difficult problems [2],[3]. In the PEERSIST model, thermodynamics students work on problems in groups of four tofive, as compared to a traditional recitation section size of 25.The project team initially piloted the PEERSIST model in Spring 2020 as an additional,voluntary hour of collaborative student problem-solving outside of students’ regularly scheduledcourse time. The pilot continued virtually over four semesters during the COVID-19 pandemic.Students in the pilot demonstrated higher
students is a limitation. Various studies show that employers expectdifferent sets of skills for Science and Mathematics, and Technology and Engineeringgraduates. Another referred to international engineering projects and their results asrelated to the completeness of engineers’ skillsets (Trevelyan, 2019). The researcherargued that such projects rely on the proven engineering solutions, and usually failprimarily due to collaboration weakness. The latter supports the narrative of the criticalimportance of the “soft” skill component among engineers. A survey study amongengineering professionals showed that in the modern economy, engineers’ creativitybecomes a game-changing factor when companies compete in new product development(Belski et al., 2016
principles.McManus, and Segner (1991), are of the view that visualization will take many forms in theconstruction industry. The generation and manipulation of three dimensional models of aproposed project using sophisticated three dimensional modeling techniques to hypotheticallybuild and test a facility while it is still in the design development stage is one of the importantuses of visualization. Senior designers, construction managers, and client specialists use themodel to "visualize" both the construction and operation of the facility. Critical interferences areprevented; inefficiencies are minimized; errors are corrected in magnetic memory rather than insteel; and client decision makers are duly impressed. Superintendents can even finish a job
application programmer interface (API) for interacting withvarious types of digital cameras, like a web camera. Many facets of this API are implemented onboth Windows and Linux platforms. This allows for any programs to be easily ported from oneoperating system to another. OpenCV has the ability to utilize two cameras simultaneously. Inaddition it can synchronize the two camera images to create a stereo image. This functionality isuseful if one wishes to explore the three dimensional techniques of facial recognition4, 9.Principal Component Analysis One of the most common methods for facial recognition is principal component analysis 2(PCA) . This method involves projecting a facial image into a subspace, called “eigen space”.This subspace
learning outcome identifier tags are used to link the questions on assignments, quizzes, projects,and exams to course outcomes and overall program outcomes. The goal of this pilot effort is to informimprovements to instruction, course design, course objective alignment, and program delivery. The tagdata collected from grading a given assessment is de-identified, cleaned, and entered in a SQL serverdatabase. This data is then processed in a Python-based visualization platform. BackgroundCourse- and program-level assessments help determine student achievement of learning outcomes andsupport data-driven decisions about instructional and learning improvements in courses and curricula. Atthe course level
Paper ID #40437WIP: A 3D-Printed Frames and Machines Activity in StaticsDr. Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University Dr. Ardakani is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Coordinator of Statics for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He has pre- viously served as Project Engineer at Englekirk Structural Engineers and Lecturer at South Dakota State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search interests include seismic performance and design of reinforced concrete
continues to become more prominent in K-12 education around the countrythrough dedicated courses and integration into other STEM courses (such as science andmathematics). Particularly important in this movement has been Project Lead the Way [7,8] andthe Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) [9,10]. Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a nonprofitorganization focused on integrating STEM-based courses into K-12 education, has been adoptedacross the U.S. including in both public and nonpublic high schools in Colorado. PLTW has threemain pathways at the high school level: computer science, engineering, and biomedical science.Within engineering, PLTW includes problem solving, critical and creative thinking, collaboration,communication, and ethical reasoning
, thestudents reported more negative experiences with their classes after the move to remote learningas compared to positive experiences with 32 of the 39 students reporting at least one negativeexperience. The students had many comments related to course content including project work inthe Spring 2020 semester (28 students), online tests and exams (27 students), lab issues (23students) and PowerPoint use and issues (13 students). Also, approximately one-third of thestudents responded that their instructors did not respond to emails from students. Most studentsshowed appreciation for the efforts that faculty made in the quick transition to remote learning.However, the students expressed concerns about the organization of the classes (13 students
, counseling, pedagogy, and tool selection (such as how to use CATME Team-Maker to form inclusive and diversified teams). In ad- dition, he also works on many research-to-practice projects to enhance educational technology usage in engineering classrooms and educational research. One feature ongoing project utilizes natural language processing technique to map students’ written peer-to-peer comments with their perceived numerical rat- ings. Siqing also works as the technical development and support manager at CATME research group.Mr. Chuhan ZhouDr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Head and the Dale and Suzi Gallagher of Professor of Engineering Edu- cation at Purdue
process. Learning through practice is far more effectivethan trying to memorize a series of steps. That is our goal with this project: A safe, immersivelearning experience for students who want to use a machine such as this for their own projects.2 Related LiteratureThe authors searched the literature on virtual CNC systems for training and education.Unfortunately, there is not that many recent publications related to this topic. The most relatedpublications are as below.Chandramouli and Jin et al. introduced [1] the design and development process of VR educationtool to simulate different additive manufacturing machines, and a CNC machine to allow thestudents experience the materials and equipment needed to create the same part using
of Transportation, Illinois Tollway Authority, and Federal Highway Administration where he developed a Highway Incident Man- agement Training guide for first responders that received the Illinois Center for Transportation’s ”High Impact Project Award” and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials Re- search Advisory Committee’s ”Top Sweet 16 High Value Research Projects Award”. Dr. Williamson has published eleven journal articles and has presented research over 40 research papers at conferences in the areas of transportation engineering, incident management, transportation safety and other related fields. Dr. Williamson’s transportation safety research has been included for use with