Paper ID #40493Outcome assessment and learned best practices of an undergraduateresearch experience projectDr. Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University Mohsen Mosleh is a Professor of mechanical engineering at Howard University and an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) since 2004. He has served positions of Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and Graduate Program Director at Howard University. Dr. Mosleh received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has extensively published in journals and conferences, been issued U.S. patents, and has advised numerous
Engineering, The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and from 2008 to 2012, I was an assistant professor in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University (NDSU). Previously, from 2004 to 2008, I worked for Magma Design Automation, San Jose CA, where I received the outstanding technical contribution award in 2007. During the Summer of 2001, I worked on analog circuit synthesis and layout at NeoLinear Inc., Pittsburgh PA. During 1996-1997, I was an Erasmus graduate student at the University of Patras, Greece. I serve on the technical program committee of several conferences including NOCS, SOCC, and ReConFig. I am a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM and Eta Kappa Nu. I
Enrichment and Professional Development Activities on REU Students”, paper #38362, ASEE 2022 Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26-29, 2022; accessed at https://peer.asee.org/evaluating-the-impact-of-enrichment-and- professional-development-activities-on-reu-students.pdf (4) Holly C. Gaede, “Professional Development for REU Students”, in ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1295: Best Practices for Chemistry REU Programs, Chapter 3, pp 33-44 (2018). (5) Anthony Carpi, Darcy Ronan, Heather Falconer, and Nathan Lents, Nathan, “Cultivating minority scientists: Undergraduate research increases self-efficacy and career ambitions for underrepresented students in STEM: mentored undergraduate research at a
Paper ID #39355”We’re Learning like Everyone Else”: Best Practices from Men AlliesDanielle Vegas Lewis, SUNY Fredonia Danielle Vegas Lewis is a doctoral candidate in the University at Buffalo’s Higher Education program. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Cortland in 2005 and a M.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina in 2007. She is currently the SUNY PRODiG Fellow at SUNY Fredonia where she teaches sociology and gender courses. She also serves as a Research Associate for Dr. Linda DeAngelo at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research agenda aims to under
, Equity, and Inclusion”: A2 Case Study in Graduate Course Design and Assessment3 Bryn E. Seabrook4 University of Virginia 5 Abstract 6 7 Racist soap dispensers, algorithmic bias, and the confrontation of historical inequities exemplify 8 incomplete engineering. What these case studies neglect to account for is diversity, equity, and 9 inclusion (DEI). How does the engineer of the twenty-first century understand the impact of their10 research in the context of DEI? Non-technical engineering courses provide important tools to11 better understand the sociotechnical systems of the profession. This study evaluates a new12 graduate level
modified his module design and delivery - leading to demonstrable improvement in his teaching. Currently, apart from his materials engineering research, Steven devotes a considerable time to research and dissemination of evidence-based strategies for improving engineering education globally.Dr. Ashley Rae Taylor, Rice 360 Institute for Global Health Technologies Dr. Ashley Taylor is Director of Education for Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies and a Lecturer in the Department of Global Health Technologies at Rice University. Taylor is an engineer and educator committed to working toward equity in engineering education and global health, with a focus on expanding access to engineering education for
scholarshipand academic community (Freeman 1999; Good et al. 2000; DuBois et al. 2002) and serves asa support base system for students who are historically underrepresented in STEM fields (Goodet al. 2000; Summers and Hrabowski 2006). There is limited research on graduate studentretention, however, several studies suggest that factors such as financial support, mentoring,sense of community, and engagement in research and professional development opportunitiescan positively impact graduate student retention rates (e.g., Golde & Dore, 2001; Lovitts, 2001;Tinto, 1993).A condensed, thorough mentor model can be an effective way to improve graduatestudent retention in STEM fields. This approach involves providing graduate students with amentor who can
journal, Advances in Engineering Education and she serves on the ASEE committee for Scholarly Publications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Facilitating Engineering Faculty Advising Success: Faculty Development of Graduate Advising PracticesAbstractEstablishing a positive advising relationship between faculty and doctoral students is a time-consuming and often unacknowledged effort. Previous research has primarily focused onimproving student success or faculty productivity, with little attention to the factors that promoteor hinder the adoption of student-centered advising practices. We developed a four-partworkshop series, "Facilitating Engineering Faculty Advising
content in a required course on engineering and research skills for first-year graduate studentsPOSITIONALITY STATEMENTWe acknowledge that the authors are all in varying positions of privilege. The university atwhich we are implementing this initiative is a primarily white, private institution in the UnitedStates. We are also located in a state in which such topics are relatively open for discussion ineducational settings. Although the authors hold different identities in gender identity, race,ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and more, we are far from representative ofthe larger population and recognize the need for many more voices in this type of work.INTRODUCTIONEngineering and research have profound impacts on issues of
transform existing undergraduate engineering education byaddressing the important issue of transfer between theory and practice. The research plan isguided by the research questions listed in Table 1. The focus of the present paper is thedevelopment of an instrument that can be used to help answer the first research question. Table 1. Research Questions for Overarching FHWA Project No. Research Question Do students who experience the Anchored classroom interventions demonstrate an ability to transfer fundamental engineering knowledge to applied bridge design? a. If so, how many Anchored courses must a student have taken to demonstrate a significant positive 1. correlation with their success in
since 1999. His research interests are in modeling and analysis of complex systems and processes, simulation and visualization, and their applications in manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and information systems. He teaches a number of courses in these areas at the under- graduate and graduate levels, and has developed several of these courses. He is currently leading the effort in designing a new undergraduate program in Data Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Indus- trial and Systems Engineers (IISE). He served in the Board of the Computer and Information Systems Division of IISE, serves as an Associate Editor of IISE Transactions on Healthcare System Engineering, and is an ABET Program Evaluator for
intended to give credit to the body of scholarship and research on which a new practiceis built as well as make a case for legitimacy for new work. Most universities require researchand publication of their faculty for tenure and promotion. To be successful in this process, acandidate needs to show impact. This impact is usually heavily based on citation metrics. Whilethere is a push from some, such as those in the open scholarship movement to change thispractice and put value on other metrics of impact [3], it remains a heavy driver at most academicinstitutions, meaning citation practices have broad impact on who gets recognition in academia[4]. In addition, research that is more heavily cited usually is regarded as more impactful and ismore
. His current research interests are focused in educational innovation and educational technologies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Impact of the flipped classroom methodology on the development of argumentative skills and academic performance of engineering studentsAbstractAt the Tecnologico de Monterrey, we face two great challenges: working under a new student-centered educational model, which focuses on the development of skills and competencies; andon the other hand, the return to face-to-face learning after preventive isolation to which we weresubjected due to the Covid-19 contingency. In the classrooms we observed problems in theteaching-learning process such as lack of
posit these lead to lack of motivation to pursue cybersecurity as acareer [10]. Other researchers suggest that student employment and mentoring models can beused to successfully mentor women and other students underrepresented in the field [11].Building community among cybersecurity learners [12] and learning some of the technicalcontent of cybersecurity professions out of class [13] are suggested practices from the literatureon cybersecurity learning, which align with the notion of building a professional identity in atechnical field.Mountrouidou and colleagues [14] describe 2 gaps in the research literature regardingcybersecurity education that are addressed in this study—methods for mentoring minoritystudents in the field, and successful
by having them present a poster or talk about their research at the end of 6-weekprogram. The practitioner of the program felt that if a presentation had to be done it would takethe GREaT GradS away from the lab. The GREaT GradS deliverables were designed to helpstudents think big picture about why they were in graduate school and how graduate schoolcould help them achieve their long-term professional goals. The students had three deliverablesto complete, which were (1) set up a LinkedIn profile, (2) send their resumé or CV to thecoordinator, and (3) conduct an informational interview. The objectives of completing thesedeliverables were to set the students up for professional and career success and not to beoverwhelmed during the summer
stream involvement, and a final semester for transitioning to the next-step opportunitiesthat are shown in Figure 2 and Table 1 [4]. As a result of completing the three-semester FIREexperience, students earn nine General Education credits which count towards graduation. It isworth noting that, because the FIRE curriculum is aligned with the university’s General Educationrequirements, participating in FIRE helps these students’ progress toward their degree no matterwhat their major is or might be in the future. FIGURE 2 FIRE Courses and Process [4] FIRE Semester 1. The FIRE experience begins with a course designed to prepare a broadpopulation of students for research. Learning outcomes include mastery of primary
Paper ID #38926Work in Progress: Using Participatory Design and Qualitative ResearchStrategies in the Development of a New Faculty Mentoring Program forUndergraduate Engineering StudentsDr. Constanza Miranda, Johns Hopkins UniversityMrs. Rachel McClam, Johns Hopkins University Rachel McClam is a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins School of Education. Her primary research inter- ests involve questions about how to support educators to make and sustain growth in their practice across the span of their career. In particular, she is interested in ways to better support educator development toward equitable outcomes for historically
piezoelectric structures for engineering applications. Educational research interests include engineering design education, developing better-equipped graduates for the workforce, bridging the core competencies gap, improving diversity and collaboration within disciplines ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Students’ Preference for a Capstone Design Project: An Examination of the Impact of Accidental Competencies Dr. Felix Ewere Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCAbstractAerospace Engineering students
Biology from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her combined experience in STEM research and education, program development, and student advising are key to her dedication and success in creating opportunities for graduate students to achieve their education and career goals. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Better together: Co-design and co-teaching as professional developmentIntroductionCo-teaching is well documented as a unique opportunity to deepen one’s appreciation forteaching, share instructional knowledge, and expose students to multiple perspectives in theclassroom [1]–[5
on enhancing undergradu- ate and graduate student learning, engagement, and workforce development by transforming biomedical engineering education through scholarship and research of innovative teaching and learning practices and technologies. He has worked in higher education for more than 35 years at state and private universities and an NCI comprehensive cancer hospital. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Professional Development Through High- Impact ExperiencesIntroductionThe Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU)comprehensively redesigned its undergraduate curriculum in response to a host
Design Graduate Program Track at Portland State University. Her primary focus is on teaching. Prior to joining the ECE department at Portland State University, she was at Intel Corporation for 21 years in Hillsboro, Oregon, where she was a senior staff engineer, involved in key product development and in- dustry adoption of technologies, standards, specifications and methodologies. She was the chairperson of cross-functional Joint Engineering Teams at Intel and industry consortium JEDEC DDR2 Memory Power Thermal Task Group, addressing system level memory power, thermal, and performance challenges. She has extensive experience in platform design, power management architecture and led the development of Intel’s
impact context, and we can use 16 items to measureit. Although the development of instruments in this paper is a pilot study, it has some important implicationsfor future research. First, the instrument can be used to evaluate the authenticity level for engineeringlearning in communities of practice. Besides, many new engineering initiatives such as PBL andExperiential learning have focused on the creation of authentic learning contexts. So future research canuse the instrument to make a further understanding of the authenticity in different kinds of engineeringlearning situations. Additionally, previous research have demonstrated the importance of authentic learningin some design-based learning environments like engineering education [30], but
. Infographics and visual aidsEC is vital for presenting designs, concepts, and ideas using graphics and visual aids for a betteraudience experience. Audience requirements are also evolving, with enhanced expectations forinclusion and diversity, e.g., picture-capturing for the visually-impaired and meeting transcriptsfor the hearing impaired. EC skills require a vast array of tools and skills to employ theaccommodations and troubleshooting associated with creating documents that are enriched withgraphics and visual aids and are also in compliance with UX Design best practices [35].4. Field-specific TerminologyAs fields evolve and blend, staying current with field-specific terms is mandatory. For example,automotive engineering has seen a proliferation of
found to be challenging and required rigorous evaluation andrefinements for effective training across disciplines and skill levels. A comprehensive programevaluation over five years found that the strongest learning and skills outcomes were linked toseveral “best practices”. Early provision of depth in fundamentals in R programming andreproducible research was found to be critical to “jump start” students without programmingbackgrounds. Addition of an overview of microbiome experimental design and analysis addedimportant context as to how and where in the research process informatics fits into designprogression and was highly motivating to students. Course modality was found to impact traineeoutcomes with in-person classes that included hands
Paper ID #37840LSAMP Bridges to the Doctorate: Preparing Future Minority Ph.D.Researchers through a Holistic Graduate Student Development ModelDr. Clay Gloster Jr., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (TGC) Dr. Clay Gloster, Jr. currently serves as the Vice Provost for Graduate Research and Dean of the Gradu- ate College at North Carolina A&T State University. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University (’85,’88) and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engi- neering from North Carolina State University (’93). He has also been employed by IBM
industry and knowledge deficiencies of SE graduates. Cico et al.16 investigated SE trends inthe academic setting. The study found that agile software development is a major trend, and thatpossible gaps between software industry and education exist. Another study17 discussed how tobuild sustainable professional competencies of software engineers.Recent studies focused on creating highly engaging and personalized learning experiences18. Thestudy by Ouhbi et al.19 found that engaging students in SE was the greatest challenge inclassrooms. Instructors had difficulties designing practical activities for students. The studyfound that adoption of new teaching methodologies had a significant impact on learningexperience for learners. To improve the
Paper ID #37319The Impact of Prototyping Strategies on Computer-Aided Design BehaviorDr. Alexander R. Murphy, University of Texas at Dallas Alexander R. Murphy is a Research Fellow in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas. Alexander earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a focus on design theory and engineering education. Alexander was a re- cipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program fellowship during his graduate studies and is currently part of the inaugural cohort of ASEE eFellows with funding through NSF. His
Paper ID #36474Walking Between Two Worlds: Creating a Framework for ConductingCulturally-Responsive Research with University Indigenous CommunitiesQualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/they) is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. She received her Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Biosystems En- gineering at Oklahoma State University. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and edu
, University of Vermont Holly Buckland Parker is an educational developer at the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Univer- sity of Vermont (UVM). Holly coordinates the Graduate Teaching Program and conducts workshops on pedagogy and educational technologies. Dr. Buckland Parker continues to work on her research interests regarding the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusive teaching practices in Higher Education. Holly is also a part-time faculty member in the Higher Education and Student Af- fairs Program in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont. She teaches graduate courses on the implementation of anti-racist teaching practices, inclusive teaching
University in mechanical engineering and STEM education respectively, and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Assessment of a Survey Instrument for Measuring Affective PathwaysAbstractThis research paper analyzes the emotions that students experience while completing ill-definedcomplex problems called Open-Ended Modeling Problems in their engineering courses. Studentsare asked to make their own modeling decisions, rather than being given those assumptions, as isthe case in most textbook problems. There are many approaches they can take, and having tomake decisions and assumptions that impact the