Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, assignment, or examquestion that applies the course knowledge in a nontraditional way that is relevant to students'interests. For example, the students may be asked to provide an example of where they haveneeded to summarize information for decision making. Later, their answers to the summarizationquestion are used to investigate mathematical means of compression often applied to sound,video, or general file systems.Notable difficulties in personalizing course content then include how to extract relevant andinteresting applications from 30 to 60 students, and how to manage the time required to mapthese applications into the course. We will address time management first, under the section“Course Structure”, the method of seeking applications second

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

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) drafting an email to a faculty member indicating one’s interest in theirarea of research, 4) completing a library skills “game” and 5) attending research seminars acrosscampus and answering short questions about the experience.Faculty Led Boot camp (FLBC) – This one-week (~40 hrs) intensive course, funded by a Type1 NSF CCLI grant and established by WSU, targets rising sophomores. The program introducesstudents in STEM fields who have completed one year on campus to the process of working asan undergraduate researcher. The summer schedule rotates short lectures with active learningactivities and has students reporting their activities back to the group. Two topics are coveredeach day, with small group activities after each lecture. A team of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University ; Steve Kettler, Alma High School; Daniel Chen, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

results will be given. Each projectwill be briefly introduced and outcomes will be shared. Finally, we will conclude with theoverall lessons we learned from this experience and discuss next summer’s plans as a result ofour analysis and self-reflections. We hope that our shared experiences (struggles,accomplishments, and mistakes, etc.) will help the engineering education community developmore effective relationships with K-12 by using the models we implemented.IntroductionOne of the biggest challenges for the engineering faculty in college is to teach the freshmen, i.e.students who have just graduated from high school. Student grades decrease in average due tothe transition from high school to the college. Engineering programs in particular face