comment, it seems the changes in the course helped the non-engineering studentsfeel as though they were able to contribute with the conversations in the end but they felt likethey didn’t know as much about the topic as the engineers. Using these comments from thestudents, improvements to the course were then made for the next time the course is taught tomake the engineers able to get more in-depth knowledge on alternative energy topics whileincorporating group research projects to help the non-engineers learn from the engineers oncertain basic topics, which will be discussed next.Improvements and Second Time TaughtRestructuring and overhauling of the course was performed before the second time the dialogueran. After evaluating the student
teaching in the sustainability of infrastructure projects. He believes that educating the next generation of professionals will play a pivotal role in making sustainability a standard practice.Dr. MaryEllen C Nobe, Colorado State University Dr. MaryEllen C. Nobe is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. Her primary areas of research are construction education, human dimensions of construction management, and sustainable construction.. Page 26.1675.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Using Personal Case Studies to Raise Construction Safety Awareness
. She received her M. Ed. and B.S. from Georgia State University (1979, 1981). Prof. Bernal teaches the User-Centered Design, Ethics, and Software Engineering courses at SPSU. The areas of Software Engineering, User-Centered Design and Software Engineering are the focus endeavors. She is a co-founder of the SPSU Usability Research Lab (ULAB) and is directly involved in corporate-sponsor ULAB projects. She has given numerous papers, tutorials and presentations locally and internationally on User-Centered Design, Usability and Software Engineering topics. Barbara is engaged in educational support through her company Software Education and Support (SES). She does specialized software de- velopment and evaluation as a
. Since 2000, countries haveinvested billions of dollars in research/development and education to advance nanoscale science,engineering, and technology. Despite these efforts, nanotechnology and nanoscience programsexist in a handful universities around the world.At the University of North Dakota (UND), a mid-size research institution in the Midwest and oneof two research universities located in the state of North Dakota, there were no regularly designatedcourses to educate undergraduate students in nanoscience and nanotechnology until 2014. Thispaper will describe an NSF-funded project to establish a nanoscience and nanotechnology programat UND with the goal of generating new interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology among STEMstudents and
comparison for project-minded professionals. Both groupsshould have very similar attitudes as expected. However significant and interestingdifferences have been found and are discussed in the paper.A strikingly higher emotional discomfort level was found in Indian male participants for crosscultural diversity. In addition this study studied the differences between male and femaleresponses across cultures. Finally the results of these two studies were compared to the resultsof surveys with engineering students from U.S.A., Germany, Poland and Russia fromprevious cross cultural diversity studies conducted by the authors.BackgroundIn the age of global grand challenges, engineers are likely to work in international teams so asto find good opportunities
2015. Asanother tremendous improvement compared with 2015, 25% of the participants are AfricanAmerican students in 2016. During the academy, the participating female students learnedabout fundamental knowledge of science and engineering, were exposed to cutting-edgetechnologies, and conducted multiple mini-projects. The photo in Figure 1 was taken at theacademy with all the academy participants. Figure 1: Participants of the STEM Summer Academy for Girls held in July 2016.As last year, we embraced femininity while using hands-on activities to explore STEM. Somecontents of the 2016 STEM Summer Academy was particularly tailored for girl participants.For example, the participating girls applied biomechanics of the human foot to design
Paper ID #18264An Approach Towards the Integration of International Research Experiencesfor Underrepresented Students in Sweden, the Netherlands, and AustriaDr. Claude Brathwaite, City College of New York, NYC Louis Stokes Alliance Dr. Claude Brathwaite is currently the Project Administrator for the New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (LSAMP). Claude ini- tially attended Hostos Community College and later received his BS in Chemistry from the City College of the City University of New York and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Graduate Center of
Paper ID #26700Board 111: STEM Curriculum for a Minority Girls’ After-School Program(Work-in-Process-Diversity)Ms. Henriette D Burns, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL Henriette is currently a STEM Fellow at SIUE STEM Center. She has worked at Johnson & Johnson, Ab- bott Labs, Baxter Labs, Tenneco, Monsanto, Frucon Construction, SC Johnson Wax and HP as a design engineer, a manufacturing engineer and a project manager. She holds an engineering degree from North- western University, an MBA from University of Oregon and a MiT from Washington State University where she is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Math
., Charleston, WV Synergistic Activities: Project Leadership Team for STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES), an NSF Funded Math Science Partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools Grant No. DUE- 1237992, 2012 – 2018. Advancing Excellence in P-12 Engineering Education contributor 2017 and 2018 100K in 10 project team, 2019 Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia, License No. 021864, 1996-2010 Board of Directors, Maryland Science Olympiad, 2010-present; Chair, 2017 - present Co- Lead, STEM workgroup, Consortium for Urban Education, Baltimore, MD 2014-2015 Maryland State Department of Education STEM Equity workgroup 2014-2015 Champions Board, Mid Atlantic Girls Collaborative Network
Science Museums at Arizona State University (ASU). She holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from ASU and an M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of New Haven c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Improving the Engineering Pipeline Through University & Community-Developed Museum-Based Educational KitsObjectives or purposes Museums provide much-needed opportunities for creative thinking, exploration, andSTEM identity development. This paper describes the pilot testing a two-year NSF project inwhich researchers partnered with museums across the U.S. and internationally, to developculturally-relevant, hands-on activities that are distributed to over 50
have knowledge inbeing culturally responsive, it is often a struggle to identify finite means by which to implementthese ideas into engineering courses and to determine quantitative measures of success.The following paper will examine the results of a systematic inquiry project undertaken as partof the author’s participation in the Certificate of College Teaching and Learning in HispanicServing Institutions through ESCALA Educational Services Inc. Through the project, the authortook a third-year structural analysis class on a “tour of the world” through pictures, redesignedexample problems, stories, and a World Structures Report and Presentation assignment.In addition to the implementation of the course, assessment data will be presented for
implemented using either a solderlessbreadboard, for simpler circuits, or an Altera Cyclone II FPGA board, for more complexmodules. A center focus of Carrol’s course is the “semester long project involving the design,implementation, and documentation of the computer processing unit (CPU) for a basic four-bitdigital computer called TRIS (Tiny Reduced Instruction Set Computer).” Including such aproject provided students with a clear goal in mind for the course, and set the importance for aclear road map of the course, list of topics, and nature of laboratory experiments [1].Carroll’s approach involving a semester long project also utilizes a similar method to teaching asthe “flipped course” method, which is discussed by Yelamarthi and Drake [2]. The
Paper ID #43553Benchmarking a Foundation for Improving Psychological Safety in TeamsDr. Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (same school, different name). At Rose-Hulman, Michelle is leading a project
, Pennsylvania State University Sara Kern is an Engineering Librarian at Penn State University. She earned her MA in history from Penn State and her MSLIS at Syracuse University. Her research interests include inclusive library outreach and instruction. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Crafting a Library on Belonging in Engineering: An Initial Review using Textual AnalysisIntroductionWhat does it mean to belong in engineering? Who belongs in engineering? Where do libraries fitinto this conversation? Many scholars have explored the concept of outreach, inclusion,accessibility, and belonging in STEM fields. This project examines a collection of these works,using a library of literature as a corpus
Paper ID #43451Board 198: An Innovation-Themed National Science Foundation S-STEMGrant ProgramDr. Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas Dr. Karl D. Schubert is a Professor of Practice and serves as the Associate Director for the Data Science Program for the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.Dr. Carol S Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean for Special Projects in the Honors College and Adjunct Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She has 30+ years
to positively impacting student retention, persistence, andsuccess. One promising venue for building student sense of belonging is the academicmakerspace. Makerspaces provide a setting for informal learning and student connection inspiredby creativity, discovery, and collaboration. Due to the flexible and informal nature of themakerspace environment, it is an ideal place to build and create social connections betweenstudents. Supporting students’ social and emotional development is an essential component tocreating culturally competent, well-rounded engineers who exhibit a strong sense of belonging inengineering. Funded through the NSF Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF)program, this project researched the impact of
Conception of Spatial Skills is at Odds with Equity in Engineering EducationAbstractThe purpose of this arts-based research paper is to critically examine the practice of spatial skillstesting in engineering education research and practice. Many well-meaning educators andresearchers have undertaken projects to help women students succeed in engineering by offeringspatial skills training courses, under the premise that women lag behind men in spatial skills andthat this contributes to their lower rates of participation in engineering. The practice of spatialskills testing and funneling students into remedial courses promotes a deficit model againstwomen and Black, Hispanic/Latino/Latine, and Native American students of all
demographic methods and a concentration in social statisticDr. Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington. She works on the evaluation of several projects aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Logic Models: How this tool can help you make the case for your DEI programs CoNECD 2024 Dr. Liz Litzler (she/they) Dr. Erin Carll (she/her) Dr. Emily Knaphus-Soran (she/her)Hello, we are happy to be sharing with you about how logic models may be helpful for you.We are
3 3 Positionality Statement Before continuing this presentation, and in the spirit of self- reflection, I acknowledge my standpoint as an educated Black American woman. I have not been an instructor of record yet, but I have experienced and observed both positive and harmful situations within and outside of the engineering classroom involving minoritized and historically marginalized students. I acknowledge that my positionality has given me a unique perspective while working on this project. Inspired by Davis (2018) 4Positionality statement will also introduce the presenter(s
spaces before transitioning to higher education.Dr. Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego Dr. Alex Phan is the inaugural Executive Director for Student Success in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. Prior to his appointment, he has served as a project scientist, engineer, and lecturer, teaching across multiple divisions, including the Jacobs School of Engineering (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Dean’s Office Unit) and UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies. His teaching interests and expertise are in experiential learning, holistic education models, active learning environments, and metacognition. In his current role, he leads the IDEA
and transfer. The critical role of a catalyst in the DBTdehydrogenation process necessitates studying bubble formation on the catalyst's surface. Thisresearch project, conducted by a sophomore undergraduate student under the supervision of anadvisor, aims to develop a procedure to simulate bubble formation on the Pt2Al3 catalyst. Theproject involves designing an experimental setup to visualize bubble formation on the catalyst'ssurface effectively. Additionally, a custom MATLAB code, utilizing image processingtechniques, was developed to measure the total volume of bubbles generated during experiments.Due to the absence of established safety protocols regarding hydrogen use at the author’sinstitution, bubble formation simulations on Pt2Al3
opportunities specificallytargeted toward rural K-12 teachers since supporting rural teachers in integrating engineering intheir curriculum could lead to an increase in the number of these teachers teaching engineering,which in turn could lead more students to become interested in engineering as this integrationcould broaden rural students’ perceptions of what engineering is and who can be an engineer.The current project was informed by previous NSF-funded research, referred to as the VTPEERS project, where a partnership with middle school science teachers, industry professionalsfrom three local engineering companies, Fostek Corporation, Celanese Corporation, andUniversal Fibers, and university representatives from Virginia Tech was established to
delivered.IntroductionEnvironmental Engineering and Civil Engineering are among the top professions within theengineering field. Despite their high rankings and critical societal roles, both fields facesignificant workforce shortages projected to persist over the next decade. Addressing thischallenge requires collaborative outreach efforts by industry, academia, government, andnonprofit organizations to attract new talent.This paper presents a new collaboration among a nonprofit organization, a medium-sized for-profit engineering firm, a government agency, and an academic institution to support one of fourtracks in a major outreach event. The event is titled "Blue Planet Jobs: Careers in Water," and itis aimed to inspire high school students to explore careers related to
navigation-based class project focused on principles of haptics and promotinginclusive design thinking. With that in mind, a number of design requirements had to be met forthe device. First, the design needed an easily changed component system for rapid adjustments,providing each student team with the ability to modify the HapConnect in their own fashion.With the condensed timeframe for the learning module, simple motor changes were desiredinstead of in-depth code adjustments to reflect physical changes to the device. The deviceadditionally needed to take up minimal arm space, conform tightly to the skin, and adjust forvariability in arm size in order to allow for direct skin contact of the vibration motors. Finally,remote communication between the
], andimproving graduate student recruitment [7]. To provide opportunities for undergraduate studentsto pursue research, our project team coordinated a 3-year NSF-funded REU site at TheUniversity of Alabama (Sensors, Systems and Signal Processing Supporting Speech Pathology).We utilized interdisciplinary projects that engaged students in healthcare through developingtechnology to support clinical practice in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology.This site supported three summer cohorts of engineering and computer science students toexplore research at the intersection of engineering and communicative disorders.Speech-language pathology is an applied behavioral science that includes screening, assessment,and treatment related to fluency
through management and evaluation. Dr. Leggett-Robinson has more than 15 years of higher education experience which includes STEM academic and student success/support programming, strategic plan- ning, data analytics, and program evaluation. As a PI, she has garnered funds in excess of $3 million dollars from both NIH and NSF for broadening participation in STEM Undergraduate Education and as an Evaluator has worked on large projects with NSF (Big Data, BioGraph), Google CS-ER, and DOD STEM Student Success. Her distinguished record of STEM programmatic success (at HBCUs and PWIs) is well documented in publications and presentations. Dr. Leggett-Robinson’s latest publications, ”De- mystifying Promotion & Tenure: A
Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern Univer- sity, where he teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses. He earned his BSCSE in computer science and engineering from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He believes that effective learning occurs when students are provided with active, hands-on experiences that tie real-world practice with theory. Much of his current research involves design education pedagogy, including applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects by developing educational software applications for real-world clients, and streamlining
research projects totaling over $1.6M over ($2.4 M including co-PI), mostly in the maritime industry.Dr. Berna Eren Tokgoz, Lamar University Dr. Berna Eren Tokgoz is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Engineer- ing at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. She received her BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and her Ph.D. in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA in 2012. She was a Graduate Research Assistant during her MS and Ph.D. studies. She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at ODU between 2013 and 2014. Her research interests include resilience, resilience quantification, risk
provide preliminary findings from the Science TechnologyEngineering and Math Foundry Heritage Fellows (STEM FHF) program, a student engagementand retention initiative at Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech), funded by aTennessee Board of Regents Student Engagement, Retention, and Success grant. Two of themajor objectives of the STEM FHF program were to provide traditionally marginalized students ASEE 2021with a diverse array of opportunities to engage in community outreach and service as well asextensive leadership training that leveraged the Renaissance Foundry Model (herein, theFoundry) to help develop two community outreach projects featuring diversity in STEM. TheFoundry provides an
., North Carolina A&T State University Keith Schimmel is a Professor of Applied Engineering Technology, Director of the Applied Science and Technology PhD Program, and Education Director for the NSF CREST Bioenergy Center at North Car- olina Agricultural and Technical State University.Dr. Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Marcia Gumpertz is professor of statistics at North Carolina State University. She serves as PI of the AGEP-NC Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate - North Carolina Alliance project. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 How Do Departments Support Their