experiences. Incorporating HIPs into courses canincrease student engagement and learning. The only way HIPs can significantly impact a courseis if the faculty are equipped with the proper pedagogical tools to adopt them in theirclassrooms. Towards this goal, the New York Institute of Technology Center for Teaching andLearning conducted a 5-day summer Course Design Institute (CDI). During the CDI, facultyparticipants read the book [3], designed or redesigned courses built on learner-centered designprinciples, developed a revised final or near-final syllabus, and learned how to apply research-based teaching and learning principles to course design. Nine faculty members from theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of
developed the RED Start Up Session, a half-day workshop that establishes bestpractices for RED teams’ work and enables early successes in these five year projects. As the RED Participatory Action Research team (REDPAR)—comprised of individualsfrom Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the University of Washington—we have takenthe research data collected as we work with RED teams, as well as the research literature onacademic change, and translated it into practical strategies that can benefit RED teams and otherchangemakers as they embark on their change projects [5]. In the RED Start Up Session (offeredfor new RED teams preceding the annual RED Consortium Meeting), attendees are introduced tothese best practices through interactive
Oklahoma State University regents distinguished research, Halliburton outstanding college of engineering faculty, and Fulbright-Tocqueville distinguished chair awards. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessing Impact of an REU program on Student’s Intellectual Growth and Interest in Graduate School in Cybermanufacturing Pavan K. Moturu, Bimal Nepal, Prabhakar Pagilla, Satish Bukkapatnam Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.AbstractAdvancements in information technology and computational intelligence have transformed themanufacturing landscape, allowing firms to produce highly complex and customized product in arelatively short amount of time
supportin seeking and obtaining internships and research experiences.Augsburg serves a significant transfer population. About 40% of STEM students with 60 or morecredits (junior or senior class standing) are transfers. Despite this, at the time of the first grant,there were not many institutional supports designed specifically to meet the needs of transferstudents. One of the goals of the project was to better understand the experiences and academicpathways of STEM transfers within our institutional context.The program supported approximately 20 scholars each year who met the AugSTEM eligibilityrequirements (below). Scholars received funding for up to five semesters. Each year, newscholars were selected to fill slots created by graduating scholars
(UK) where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and an Associate Director of the Center for Applied Energy Research. At UK he leads a research group focusing on biofuels and environmental catalysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Enhancing graduate education by integrating research and professional skill development within a diverse, inclusive and supportive academy1. Background1.1. Challenges faced by graduate education and training in engineering and the sciencesGraduate education and training often take a monodisciplinary approach that is not informed bybest educational practices, ignores the needs and
, most crucially, an activedesign studio. The course set is taught under the aegis of an established cross-university, cross-disciplinary entity - the Coastal Community Design Collaborative. The overarching objective isto model effective trans-disciplinary collaborative research and design in teaching, learning, andproductivity.Specifically, the research asks: What pedagogic tools, curricular support, and teaching strategiescan foster trans-disciplinary collaboration among students from engineering, architecture, andscience programs? It seeks to evaluate impacts on students’ short- and long-term career interestsand it asks: What shifts in focus and methods are required for faculty toeffectively lead a trans-disciplinary design studio?The most
a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University where he teaches Senior Design, Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical/Computational Methods. He is the recipient of teaching and pedagogical research awards including the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, ASEE ChE Division Raymond W. Fahien Award and the 2013 and 2017 ASEE ChE Division Joseph J. Martin Awards for Best Conference Paper. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, process safety decision-making skills and best practices for online education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
four institutions. Our work advances prior research byinterviewing both persisters and switchers in EE CpE, and ME to better understand the nuancedand complex nature of retention and attrition among these students.Project GoalsThe objective of this project is to identify policies and practices that lead to increased persistenceand graduation as well as attrition for Black students in EE, CpE and ME and to make actionablerecommendations for policy makers regarding best practices. Our approach combines thequantitative power of large sample sizes available from the Multi-Institution Database forInvestigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) and the qualitative richnessof 100 in-depth interviews and detailed content analysis of
understand the similarities and differencesbetween a student, faculty, and practicing engineer in terms of their design processes, but are onlylimited to three participants. Given the variability of the design processes across the participants,further studies focused on understanding the similarities and differences between students, faculty,and practicing engineers’ problem solving processes are needed across a larger dataset. Anotherlimitation of our study is that because this paper is part of a larger study, the size of the institutioneach participant attended was not standardized, which may impact the findings of this study. Thisvariable will be considered further in future studies. Moving forward, the research team will continue to
Paper ID #29994Scaling up the SIMPLE Design Model for Faculty Development: LessonsLearnedProf. Jill K Nelson, George Mason University Jill Nelson is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University. She earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Rice Uni- versity in 1998. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate study, earning an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Nelson’s research focus is in statistical signal processing, specifically detection and estimation for
programming.The disruptive technologies are expected to be used and advanced in the progress of producingnew technologies. The recent development in transportation, such as autonomous and energy-efficient vehicles, defines a condition for the students in transportation engineering. So, studentsin the field of transportation engineering should be ready upon their graduation with newknowledge and skills that are compatible with the need of the industry. (Tang et. al, 2018; Li &Faghri, 2016).Undergraduate student research is found to be useful when the research question or problem isembedded in the real-life context. Research activities for students to promote knowledgeacquisition and developing critical skills can be practiced via different forms of
has longitudinal,positive impacts on students’ success as they navigate through their undergraduate experiencestoward engineering and computer science degrees.Motivation and overviewThere is a critical need for more students with engineering and computer science majors to enterinto, persist, and graduate from postsecondary institutions. Increasing the diversity inengineering and science is also a profound identified workforce desire.1,2 According to nationalstatistics, the largest group of underrepresented minority students in engineering and scienceattend the Nation’s public higher education institutions, thereby often designating such highereducational venues as minority serving institutions (MSIs).3, 4,5Our research would not be so vital
CISTARcampuses that developed synergy between the University Program and the Pre-College Program.Program MentorsGraduate student mentors for all of these groups were CISTAR Graduate Fellows, a group ofstudent researchers who are supported through CISTAR to understand their impact on industryand the world by participating in professional development activities and a set of definededucational experiences. Mentoring university undergraduate students and high school studentsand teachers is a critical element of the CISTAR Graduate Fellow experience.Changes Made to Programs Based on Previous EvaluationAs the programs were developed for the second year of the center a series of design changeswere made in response to evaluation results and feedback from
with a design thinking approach, we involved key stakeholders from eachdepartment including students, faculty, staff, and administrators, in the research and design processto co-create solutions that addressed our three interrelated objectives in their specific department.The research study was guided by the following questions: RQ1. How might we make engineering more inclusive? RQ2. How might we better prepare engineering graduates for practice? RQ3. How might we use design thinking to address complex issues in engineering education?In this paper, we provide an overview of the multi-year project and discuss emerging findingsand key outcomes from across all phases of the project. Specifically, we will showcase how theresearch has
the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include faculty development and evaluating con- ceptual knowledge and strategies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for mate- rials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback and internet tool use affect conceptual change and impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and
Paper ID #30728Poverty and Guidance: Challenges and Opportunities in MathematicsPreparation for EngineeringDr. Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University Dr. Gallagher is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with joint appointments to Mathematical Sciences and Education & Human Development. Her research interests include student cognition in mathematics, development of teacher identity among graduate teach- ing assistants, and curricular reform to foster diversity and inclusion in STEM fields. She is co-PI on an NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot, ”Statewide
the Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Min- eral 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 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
University since 2008. His primary interest is in the area of solid mechanics and manufacturing as well as the integration of best practices in engineering education. ¨ E. Okudan-Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyDr. Gul G¨ul E. Kremer received her PhD from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engi- neering of Missouri University of Science & Technology. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems. She is a senior member of IIE, a fellow of ASME, a former Fulbright scholar and NRC Faculty Fellow. Her recent research focus includes sustainable product design and enhancing creativity in engineering design
hubs that serve as locations for one-time training workshops for geographically close “spoke” participants, specifically the Southeastand Central Hubs. Due to weather, the workshops were consolidated. At the workshop,participants heard presentations on the motivation behind this project, DLM design, instructionalphilosophy, and best implementation practices, and also had a chance to use all four modules inconjunction with suggested classroom worksheets.The effectiveness of the LC-DLMs has been previously tested; however, there was a lack ofrobust measures for assessing student understanding in prior implementations of LC-DLMs. Toaddress this, we used Bloom’s taxonomy to categorize learning outcomes, measure learninggains, and better analyze
members and veterans enrolled in undergraduate and graduate education,” 2016. Stats in Brief. NCES 2016-435. National Center for Education Statistics.[14] A. Bandura. “Self-efficacy”. In V. Ramachaudran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, New York: Academic Press. 1994. vol. 4. pp. 71-81.[15] W. Davidson, H. Beck, M. Milligan, M. “The college persistence questionnaire: Development and validation of an instrument that predicts student attrition.” Journal of College Student Development, 2009. vol. 50. pp. 373-390.[16] V. Tinto, V. “Research and practice of student retention: What next?” Journal of College Student Retention, 2008. vol. 8. no. 1. 8
graduate schooltraining, which socializes future faculty toward traditional definitions of scholarship that remaindeeply held: that scholars create new knowledge for academic communities and demonstratetheir expertise in writing; and that discovery research is harder and requires more expertise thanteaching or service [24] [37]. In a multi-institutional case study of reform institutions, O’Mearacharacterized a “culture war” around decisions about promotion to full professor, wrapped up ininstitutional self-image and values of prestige associated with traditional scholarship [24].Ratcheting up of research expectations to improve rankings has also been identified as asignificant barrier [37]. In addition, CAOs have reported difficulty in expanding
Wilson International Center for Scholars studying the 2011 Arab Uprisings, and Brigham Young University’s Political Science Department study- ing marriage and family practices of the Middle East. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from Brigham Young University where she received the Middle East Stud- ies/Arabic Student Research Award in April 2017.Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation Andrew is the founder and current Executive Director of the Digital Harbor Foundation. He also served as a senior advisor in the Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama administration and currently advises national technology education nonprofits including the Computer Science for
forces that are democratizing innovation, • Why and how, do they democratize innovation, and • The most relevant forces from the student point of viewPeer Assessment: The last step also includes a peer-assessment about their reflection about Userinnovation module activities as described earlier.Connection with the rest of the course: The set of exercise for the User Innovation moduledescribed are designed to be completed during the first three weeks of the semester. Theformation of teams to work on team projects takes place during week four of the semester.Projects start during week five of the course, and it is used to practice the topics covered duringthe rest of the semester. This is designed to practice on how to launch a startup
Professorship in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Louisiana Tech University. She is a member of the graduate faculty in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.” American c Society for
College of Engi- neering’s interdisciplinary, industry sponsored, senior project class as well as course in mechanics and design. He also conducts research in the areas of creative design, machine design, fluid power control, and engineering education.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S
Paper ID #28522Comparing Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring for Direct Admit andCollege-Ready FreshmenDr. Teresa J. Cutright, The University of Akron Dr. Cutright is a Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Akron. She has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with emphasis on environmental remediation techniques with over 20 years of experience conducting site assessments, soil characterizations and treatability studies for a variety of environmental contaminants. In addition she also conducts education research via an EPA education grant and a NSF Scholarships for STEM education. Most recently she
the skill sets new professionals need?RQ3. What are the differences between the skill sets employers need and the skill sets newprofessionals report they need?RQ4. How can AM curricula be modified to best meet the specific needs of AM employers andAM employees?RQ5. To what extent are AM graduates prepared to engage in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurialactivities?The research team will pursue these questions through a multi-method approach will be taken forthe project, including qualitative and quantitative methods, informed by the lessons learned fromthe existing Assessing IT Pathways project. The work meets the requirements of Design andDevelopment Research, as specified by the Common Guidelines for Educational Research in thatit contains
has received numerous national and international awards. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and serves as an Associate Editor for the Engineering Management Journal . Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University Bryce E. Hughes is an Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University. His research interests encompass diversity and equity in engineering education, with a focus on LGBTQ students. He was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the experiences of LGBTQ under- graduates in
talentedlow-income students entering the STEM workforce, the NSF S-STEM program has grantedawards to various type of institutions in order to advance our understanding of how “evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities affect the success, retention, transfer, academic andcareer pathways, and graduation in STEM of low-income students” [1]. To date there are anumber of publications that document effective practices and strategies to help talented low-income students succeed in different institutional and disciplinary contexts [2], [3]. Our projectbuilds on this literature by providing a combination of an academic scholarship and culturallycompetent mentorship for students at a Very High-enrolled Hispanic Serving institution (VH-HSI
for FEWS. Figure 1. Project objectives mapped to components of the Traineeship under the Stewardship framework.The key components of theTraineeship are: 1) Dissertation research on a FEWS issue for the generation of new knowledge; 2) A graduate certificate in Data-Driven Food, Energy and Water Decision Making, which consists of 3.5 credits of core courses and 9 credits of electives as described in Table 1 that represents conservation of knowledge; 3) A Graduate Learning Community [3] for transformation of knowledge that includes a two-year series of monthly workshops and weekly small-group activities designed to enhance the trainees’ interdisciplinary