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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

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construct a local typology to be shared and vetted in workshops and focus groups with stakeholders, including faculty, industry representatives, and students. Feedback from stakeholders on culture findings compared with current practices will enable the research team to develop a theory of engineering culture that can inform pedagogies of innovation and collaboration.We have chosen the departments of ECE and ISE within the college of engineering and partnersites for several reasons. First, both majors are innovative, large, and highly ranked relative toother departments nationwide. Second, both locally and nationally, these two departments are atopposite ends of the diversity spectrum, with ECE among the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kumer Pial Das, Lamar University; B. D. Daniel, Lamar University; Stefan Andrei, Lamar University; Lawrence Joseph Osborne, Lamar University Computer Science Department

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on October 3, 2015 on thecampus of LU. Over 120 students and faculty attended sessions created to emphasize improvingSTEM education. College and university faculty members, administrators, and peers involved inSTEM education, or interested in getting involved, were invited to share and explore research,best practices, and ideas with their colleagues around the states of Texas and Louisiana. Theconference was also attended by eight S-STEM PI or co-PIs. This paper describes the ASCENTapproach, its structure and its expected results.Keywords- Bridge program, undergraduate research, STEM retention, timely graduation Introduction ASCENT is a collaboration between the Department of Mathematics (MATH) and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology; Nicole Simon, Nassau Community College; Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Barbara Hillery, SUNY Old Westbury

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coordinates the Long Island Alternative Energy Consortium, a collaborative effort among seven campuses to develop multi-disciplinary, multi-institution undergraduate and experiential education programs in renewable and alternative energies. In recognition of his academic activities, he received the 2012 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.Dr. Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., is the first female dean of NYIT’s School of Engineering and Computing Sci- ences (SoECS). In this role, she oversees 80 engineering and computing sciences faculty members and approximately 3,500 graduate and undergraduate students at campuses located in Manhattan and Old Westbury, N.Y., the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota; Nuri Oncel, University of North Dakota

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structures.To increase students’ learning, two teaching methods were used: case studies and problem-basedlearning (PBL). These methods were well-suited for teaching prospective scientists and engineersbecause they focus on cooperative sharing of ideas as well as healthy discussion and resolution ofproblematic issues [10, 11]. PBL-structured case studies promote higher-order learning skills, suchas application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. During case study-based learning modules,students were presented with a selected case to resolve the core issue by critically evaluating theinformation they had researched. They had opportunities to find the latest developments in a fieldand associate them with most recent social issues. This approach overcame

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Lunt, Southern Utah University; John S. MacLean, Southern Utah University

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% of students will be engaged in some form of mentoring. They will be expected to take part in cooperative education communities through advising, tutoring, conducting seminars, or working as Teaching Assistants (for university credit or for pay through other university funds).7. The program will provide post-graduation preparation. There will be career training as well as opportunities to learn about graduate work and internships. Objective: Scholars will have the opportunity to attend career-related workshops such as seminars about professions in the STEM disciplines, resume writing workshops, or mock interviews. Those that wish to further their education will be provided information and training for GRE completion

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University

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formulate, solve, and properly tacklemultidisciplinary problems.Particularly, this paper addresses the effectiveness of combined virtual and physical hands-onactivities in students’ learning which was infused in the capstone senior design project. Seniordesign projects are open-ended and are similar to the research that scientists perform toward amore comprehensive understanding of nature or new scientific knowledge. As a reinforcedlearning methodology to greatly assist students’ reasoning and problem-solving skills, virtuallearning was first integrated at the planning stage of their projects. This approach is in contrastwith the typical senior design courses where only limited resources are available for planningexperiments. Using virtual learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kepner, Midwest Photonics Education Center; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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field experience opportunities for students and educators. • Grow the number of Hispanics and other minorities enrolled in photonics programs at two-year institutions. • Assist veterans to identify, enroll and complete a two-year photonics technician program. • Provide professional development for Project Coordinators.Goal 4 - Collaborate with partner educational institutions and employers to promotephotonics in the K-14 space to fill the student “pipeline.” • Increase the number of high school students entering photonics programs at two-year colleges. • Broaden photonics awareness and create support at the K-12 level. • Create interest in photonics-related careers among K-12 students.Goal 5 - Develop customized on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Eric C Pappas, James Madison University; Jesse Pappas, James Madison University

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arousal.27,283 Methods and ToolsThe research performed under the NSF Engineering Education Grant #1158728: Research intoInstructional Content and Methodologies for Teaching Sustainability has been divided into twokey phases. During the first phase of the research, a multi-disciplinary team of researchersrepresenting engineering, science and technology studies, social sciences, education, andhumanities worked together performing catalyst studies to explore and identify effective cross-disciplinary methodologies for integrating instruction focused on aligning students’ personalvalues and behaviors in sustainability into existing course materials. Following these catalyststudies, larger case studies have focused on assessing scalable and