Paper ID #25612Board 109: Retention-Focused, S-STEM Supported ProgramDr. Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University Melissa Morris is currently a Teaching Associate Professor for the Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and 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 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant
Paper ID #25538Board 64: NSF S-STEM Southern Illinois Energy Scholarship ProgramProf. Frances Harackiewicz P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Professor Harackiewicz is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Mas- sachusetts Amherst. Her research and teaching interests are in electromagnetics, antennas, senior design, and experiential inter- and multi- disciplinary learning.Dr. Lizette R. Chevalier P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Lizette R. Chevalier is currently the
Paper ID #25749Board 47: Year 2 of an S-STEM Summer Scholarship for a Sophomore BridgeProgramDr. Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Katie Evans is the Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives, the Entergy Corp LP&L/NOPSI #3 & #4 Professor of Mathematics, the Academic Director of Mathematics and Statistics and Online programs, and the Director of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC). She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.S. in Mathematics at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Her research interests in- clude distributed parameter control modeling and simulation, dynamic modeling of physical
Paper ID #26936Board 79: Experience from S-STEM Project: Engaging Undergraduate STEMStudents with Prototype Development ProjectsDr. Aschalew Kassu, Alabama A&M University Dr. Aschalew Kassu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Civil Engineering, & Construction Management at Alabama A&M University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Civil Engineering. He also received a Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Applied Physics from Alabama A&M University. He was the recipient of the 2016/17 ’Faculty of the Year’ award for ”Overall excellence in teaching
Paper ID #25851NSF S-STEM: Transfer Success Co-Design for Engineering Disciplines (Tran-SCEnD)Dr. Rachel McCord, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Rachel McCord is a a Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Divi- sion at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include the impact of metacognitive and self-regulated learning development on engineering student success, particularly in the first year.Dr. David J. Keffer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville David Keffer received his B.S. in Chemical
Paper ID #27239Board 45: Physics Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) Introduced intothe First-year Physics CourseDr. Randall S Jones, Loyola University Maryland Randall Jones is an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Loyola University Maryland. He obtained his PhD degree in theoretical condensed matter physics from Cornell University in 1983 and joined the faculty at Loyola University in 1991.Ann M Ernst, Loyola University Maryland Physics I am an Undergraduate Research Assistant studying Materials and Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Maryland.Dr. Bahram Roughani, Loyola University Maryland Bahram
engineering. Since joining James Madison University, Nagel has helped to develop and teach the six course engineering design sequence which represents the spine of the curriculum for the Department of Engineering. The research and teaching interests of Dr. Nagel tend to revolve around engineering design and engineering design education, and in particular, the design conceptualization phase of the design process. He has performed research with the US Army Chemical Corps, General Motors Research and Development Center, and the US Air Force Academy, and he has received grants from the NSF, the EPA, and General Motors Corporation.Dr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Associate Professor
effects of systems modeling paradigms with respect to design outcomes and systems thinking and understanding. While at UofL, Bohm was primarily responsible for overseeing the Mechanical Engineering Department’s capstone design program. Prior to his position at UofL, Bohm was a visiting researcher at Oregon State University (OSU) after completing his PhD at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) in 2009. While at S&T, Bohm was also a Lecturer for the Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering and was responsible for coordinating and teaching design and mechanics related courses.Mrs. Hannah Ingram, Florida Polytechnic UniversityDr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S
and context of the problem space.Prof. Chelsey S Simmons, University of Florida Chelsey S. Simmons, Ph.D., joined UF in Fall 2013 following a visiting research position at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. Simmons received her B.S. cum laude from Harvard University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Her research lab investigates the relation- ship between cell biology and tissue mechanics, and their projects are funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and American Heart Association. She has received numerous fellowships and awards, including NIH’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage In- vestigators (2018), BMES-CMBE’s
course and curriculum development. He is a Fellow of the ASME.Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Bonnie Ferri is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Vice Provost at Georgia Tech. She performs research in the areas of active learning, embedded controls and computing, and hands-on education. She received the IEEE Undergraduate Education Award and the Regents Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She received her BS in EE from Notre Dame, her MS in ME/AE from Princeton, and her PhD in EE from Georgia Tech.Dr. Robert S. Kadel, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Rob Kadel is Assistant Director for Research in Education Innovation with the Center for
concepts. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. David S Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University and is the Director of the OSU Driving and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory. Dr. Hurwitz conducts research in transportation engineering , in the areas of traffic operations and safety, and in engineering education, in the areas of conceptual assessment and curriculum adoption. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Problem-Solving Rationales of Practicing Transportation and Hydraulic Engineers When
E S Swenson, University of Michigan Jessica Swenson is a post doctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. She was awarded her doctorate and masters from Tufts University in mechanical engineering and STEM education respectively. Her current research involves examining different types of homework problems in undergraduate engineering science courses, flexible classroom spaces, active learning, responsive teaching, and elementary school engineering teachers.Mr. Max William Blackburn, University of Michigan Max Blackburn is a fourth year undergraduate Electrical Engineering student at the University of Michi- gan, focusing in Power systems and Energy. He is currently assisting Dr. Cynthia Finelli with research
Paper ID #26589Board 92: Using Mixed Reality and the Three Apprenticeships Frameworkto Design Head-, Hand- and Heart-focused Learning Experiences for CivilEngineering StudentsDr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State university Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser
Paper ID #24830Board 93: Toward a National Agenda for Broadening Participation of AfricanAmericans in Engineering and Computer Science: A Systematic Review ofWorkforce BarriersDr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State university Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser
author and co-author of numerous papers and served as project lead on a major study of transfer in engineering. Ms. Schiorring holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University. She is a graduate of NSF’s I-Corps program for educators.Dr. Paul S Nerenberg Dr. Paul S. Nerenberg is currently an Assistant Professor of Physics and Biology at California State University, Los Angeles. He received his PhD in Physics from MIT and has a strong interest in improving the quality of introductory physics education, particularly for students who enter college with little or no previous physics coursework. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Quantitative and Qualitative
Paper ID #26515Collaborative Research: Supporting Agency among Early Career Engineer-ing Education Faculty in Diverse Institutional Contexts: Developing a Frame-work for Faculty AgencyDr. Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is an Undergraduate Coordinator & Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Char- lotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of African American women in engineering, minority recruitment and retention, and best practices for diversity and inclusion in the Engineering class- room. She received her B.S. in Optical Engineering and M.S. in
BS, MS, and PhD from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to improve the undergraduate engineering experience through evaluating preparation in areas, such as mathematics and physics, evaluating engineering identity and its impact on retention, incorporating non-traditional teaching methods into the classroom, and engaging her students with interactive methods.Dr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Associate Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineer- ing at the Georgia Institute of Technological. Dr. Linsey received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas. Her research area is design cognition including
. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Isabel S Bradburn, Virginia Tech
Paper ID #26520Understanding How First-Year Engineering Students Create Effective, Col-laborative, and Inclusive TeamsMr. Nelson S Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno Nelson Pearson is a Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interest includes social networks and the integration of diverse populations, engineering culture, development of a sense of belonging, as well as engineering pedagogy. His education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.Mr. Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education Raised in South Florida, born in Mexico. Half
Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Ohio State and earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the intersection between motivation and identity of undergraduate and graduate students, first-year engineering programs, mixed methods research, and innovative approaches to teaching.Dr. Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University Marian Kennedy is an Associate Professor within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Clemson University. Her research group focused on the mechanical and tribological characterization of thin films. She also contributes
institutional change and willguide the research team for the remaining two years.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underIUSE/PFE:RED Grant No. 1632053. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References 1. C.S. Slater, T.R. Chandrupatla, R.A. Dusseau, J. L. Schmalzel, (1996). “Development of multifunctional laboratories in a new engineering school,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, DC. American Society for Engineering Education, 1996. 2. T.S. Popkewitz and L. Fendler, Critical Theories in
Engineering is from the University of Pittsburgh where she also worked as a Field Telecommunications Intern for three consecutive summers at EQT, a natural gas company head- quartered in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Megan’s research interests correspond to identifying ways to teach students how to become better designers and learners through creative and non-traditional means.Dr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Associate Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineer- ing at the Georgia Institute of Technological. Dr. Linsey received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas. Her research area is design cognition including systematic methods and
, interactive DSP software developed in HTML5.Mr. Sunil RaoProf. Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University Raja Ayyanar received the M.S. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He is presently an Associate Professor at the Arizona State University, Tempe. His current research activities are in the area of power electronics for renewable energy integration, dc-dc converters, power management, fully modular power system architec- ture and new control and pulse—width modulation techniques. He received an ONR Young Investigator Award in 2005.Prof. Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Arizona State UniversityProf. Andreas S Spanias, Arizona State University
Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, UK. He joined the UIC Chemical Engineering faculty in 1991, and has research interests in fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, applied mathematics and computer simulations - with applications in drug delivery technology.Prof. Jeremiah Abiade c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering StudentsIn this paper, we summarize the poster presented at the NSF Grantees Poster Session that providesan overview of the S-STEM program. The S-STEM program at the University of Illinois atChicago (UIC) began in 2017 and was developed to provide
student veterans in engi- neering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, broadening participation initiatives, and S-STEM and LSAMP programs.Mr. Hossein Ebrahiminejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hossein Ebrahiminejad is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He completed his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and his B.S. in Me- chanical Engineering in Iran. His research interests include student pathways, educational policy, and quantitative research methods.Mr. Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hassan Al Yagoub is a Ph.D. student in
researcher, including studying academic policies, gender and ethnicity issues, transfers, and matriculation models with MIDFIELD as well as student veterans in engi- neering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, broadening participation initiatives, and S-STEM and LSAMP programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #25442Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell
focuses on policy and regulatory issues related to developing efficient and low-carbon energy sources [21]–[24].Future WorkAs we move into Year 2 of the project, we plan to develop the learning objectives and coursematerials for the energy course to be offered in Spring 2020. We will explore opportunities forhands-on student engagement with data analysis techniques, innovative homework problems, andlab activities. We will conduct assessment and evaluation to determine the impact of CSPs andmake improvements for the next offering of the course in Spring 2021.References[1] G. D. Hoople, J. A. Mejia, D. A. Chen, and S. M. Lord, “Reimagining Energy: Deconstructing Traditional Engineering Silos Using Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
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towards a teacher-led model and empower partner organziations to interactwith each other outside of university mediation.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1657263. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] H. M. Matusovich, R. A. Streveler, and R. L. Miller, “Why Do Students Choose Engineering? A Qualitative, Longitudinal Investigation of Students’ Motivational Values,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 289–303, Oct. 2010.[2] S. L. R. Bennett, “Contextual Affordances of Rural Appalachian
/Usualness Appropriateness/Sensicality Literal sentences unoriginal/highly usual highly appropriate /sensical Metaphorical sentences original/highly unusual highly appropriate /sensical Anomalous sentences original/highly unusual highly inappropriate/nonsensicalTable 1. Characteristics critical sentences (literal, metaphorical, anomalous) used in the experiment.The present study builds on Rutter et al.’s [1] study with an aim to extend our currentunderstanding on how the creative potential may be dependent on an individual’s priorknowledge, with a specific focus on engineering knowledge. To this end, we asked engineeringand nonengineering