Paper ID #33565Supporting Teachers to Implement Engineering Design Challenges usingSensor Technologies in a Remote Classroom EnvironmentDr. Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Gendreau Chakarov received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the Univer- sity of Colorado Boulder where she examined how to integrate computational thinking into middle school science curriculum using programmable sensor technologies as part of the SchoolWide Labs project. She continues this work on the SchoolWide Labs Project as a research associate where she serves as the com- puter science and
Paper ID #34966Teaching STEM Early-college Students: A New Methodology to Teach En-ergyComplex SystemsDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Ahmed C. Megri is an Associate Professor of engineering. He received his HDR (Dr. Habilitation) in Engineering Sciences, from Marie and Pierre Curie University, Paris VI (Sorbonne Universities), in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering, from Lyon Institute of Technology in 1995. He wrote more than 100 papers in the journal and international conferences. His research interests include thermal and mechanical modeling and simulation of
Paper ID #32888Facilitating Advanced Manufacturing Technicians’ Readiness in the RuralEconomy: A Competency-based Deductive ApproachDr. Faye R. Jones, Florida State University Faye R. Jones is a Senior Research Associate at Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information. Her research interests include STEM student outcomes and the exploration of student pathways through institutional research.Dr. Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Marcia A. Mardis is a Professor and Associate Dean at Florida State University’s College of Communica- tion & Information and
Paper ID #32588High School Students’ Perspective of Active Learning in a RemoteClassroom (Fundamental).Dr. Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University Olushola Emiola-Owolabi recently completed her PhD in Advanced Studies, Leadership, and Policy at Morgan State University. She had her first and second degree in journalism at the University of Lagos Nigeria. She worked as a public relations officer in a small private university in Nigeria. Her dissertation title is ’The Use of Active Learning Pedagogy in Two Undergraduate Civil Engineering Courses: A Mixed Methods Study’ .Dr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University
Paper ID #32660Impact of Virtual Teaching and Learning in Engineering: A Study and Sur-veyDr. Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Bala Maheswaran, PhD Northeastern University 367 Snell Engineering Center Boston, MA 02115Dr. Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, MInstP Department of Physics, College of Science, 100 Forsyth street, Boston, MA 02115 E.Mail: h.kumarakuru@neu.edu American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Impact of Virtual Teaching and Learning in Diverse Environment: A Study and
Paper ID #33080Implementation of Hands-on, Home-based Laboratory for Two ElectricalEngineering Courses (A Pilot Study)Dr. James Kretzschmar, University of Wyoming Colonel, USAF (ret) Amateur Radio (FCC license: AE7AX) Member: IEEE, ASEE, ARRLDr. Robert F. Kubichek, University of Wyoming Robert Kubichek received his Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming in 1985. He has held positions at Boeing, the BDM Corporation, and the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (NTIA). He taught at the University of Wyoming for 29 years and retired in 2020. His research and teaching focus has been communications and digital signal
Paper ID #32594Including Risk in a Case Study of When to Start Social Security BenefitsDr. Neal Lewis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NEAL A. LEWIS, CPEM, received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri–Rolla and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He has over 25 years of industrial experience at Procter and Gamble, and Bayer. He is a full time faculty member of the online Master of Engineering Management program at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Previously, he taught at UMR, Marshall University, University of Bridgeport
Paper ID #32664Increasing the Participation of Women in Computer Science andEngineering: A Systematic Approach for Culture ChangeDr. Jing Wang, University of South Florida Jing Wang is an instructor and Director of Broadening Participation in Computing in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of South Florida. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University in 2005. Throughout her career, Dr. Wang has been actively involved in the important mission of recruiting and mentoring women in computer science and engineering. She serves as the faculty advisor of Women in
Paper ID #32763Instruments Used to Capture Instructors’ Experiences During a ForcedMove to Remote InstructionDr. Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Grace Panther is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. She has experience con- ducting workshops at engineering education conferences and has been a guest editor for a special issue of European Journal of Engineering Education on inclusive learning environments. Her research areas include spatial visualization, material development, faculty discourses on gender, and defining knowledge domains of students and practicing engineers.Prof. Heidi A
, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is responsible for the launch and development of the university’s multidisciplinary undergraduate entrepreneurship program, which involves 1800 students from all majors per year. She has established entrepreneurship capstone, global entrepreneurship, and women and leadership courses and initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to her work in academia, Nathalie spent several years in the field of market research and business strategy consulting in Europe and the United States with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Data and Strategies Group. She received a
Paper ID #32459Investigating Construction Courses within the US Civil EngineeringCurricula – A Resource for Designing the CourseDr. Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University Dr. Avrithi is Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Mercer University. She earned a Diploma in Civil Engineering, an MS in Structural Engineering both from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a Professional Engineer with a multi-year experience in the design and
Paper ID #32280Lessons Learned: Making Shifts: Faculty Development Shifts in aUniversity Makerspace During the COVID-19 PandemicDr. Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin Audrey Boklage is research assistant in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. .Ms. Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin Roxana Carbonell is a current graduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interests are prosthetics, additive manufacturing, makerspaces, and engi- neering education.Dr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin Maura
applications in MEMS and medical devices as well as autonomous vehicles and robotics. She also holds the patent for the continuous trace gas separa- tor and a provisional patent for the dynamic tumor ablation probe. She is passionate about Engineering Education and experienced in developing inverted classroom lectures and facilitating students’ learning through authentic engineering problems. She is currently the Co- PI for the NSF Revolutionizing Engi- neering and Computer Science Departments grant awarded to the Mechanical Engineering department at Seattle University to study how the department culture changes can foster students’ engineering identity with the long-term goal of increasing the representation of women and
Paper ID #34647Leveling the Playing Field: A Virtual Summer Camp for Women of ColorDr. Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati Dr. Gaskins is the Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, the only African-American female currently teaching in the faculty of the College of Engineering. Whitney earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomed- ical Engineering, her Masters of Business Administration in Quantitative Analysis and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Education. In her role as Assistant Dean
Paper ID #34915Longitudinal Study of a Project-based Learning Methods Replacement forLecture Based CoursesDr. Alan Jones, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Alan Jones is the Associate Chair and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indiana Uni- versity - Purdue University, Indianapolis where he has taught since 2005. He received his B.S. from Bradley University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His current inter- ests include multi-functional composites, material modeling, engineering education and virtual reality for engineering.Mr. Michael Golub, Indiana
Paper ID #34883Pandemic! Influencing Girls’ Fear of Failure in a STEM + ComputationalThinking Program (Work in Progress)Dr. Henriette D. Burns, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Henriette is a STEM Fellow at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She has worked at Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, Baxter Labs, Tenneco, Monsanto, Frucon Construction, SC Johnson Wax and HP as a design engineer, a manufacturing engineer and a project manager. She holds an engineering degree from Northwestern University, an MBA from University of Oregon, an MiT and a Ph.D. in Math/Science Education from Washington State University
Paper ID #33508Project in a Box: Self-Contained Instructional Hands-On Kits forElectrical Engineering OutreachMs. Phuong Truong, University of California, San Diego Phuong Truong is currently a fifth year PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC San Diego. Following her passion for research and education, she has worked closely with faculty at the Jacobs School of Engineering since 2016 to develop and improve curriculum for ex- periential learning courses. Her areas of focus include experiential learning, curriculum design, outreach program design, and engineering leadership.Nicholas
Paper ID #33608Transitioning an In-person Team Engineering Design Project to a VirtualSettingDr. Christopher Dalton, University of Oklahoma Dr. Chris Dalton is originally from Wichita, Kansas, where he developed his interests in mathematics, science and engineering through a variety of experiences as a student. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he went on to complete his Bachelors (2004), Masters (2007) and Doctoral (2010) De- grees in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in thermal/fluid sciences. While at OU, Dr. Dalton was the recipient of two different NSF fellowships, the second of which focused on K-12
Paper ID #33951Understanding Gen Z’s Declining Engagement with WE@RIT, a Woman inEngineering ProgramMs. Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Kathy has served as Director of Women in Engineering at RIT (WE@RIT) since 2015, and brings a rich array of life experiences to the position. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs from a women’s college where she learned first-hand the value of a female-centric support network, Kathy made her way to Silicon Valley. There she studied CMOS Mask Layout Design which eventually led her to a position in IT for a semiconductor IP start-up
Paper ID #34866Use of Scrum in a Virtual Environment to Enhance Collaboration andSystemic Reasoning of Engineering StudentsDr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey Dr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez is professor – consultant in the Science Department in Tecnologico de Mon- terrey, Puebla campus. He studied a PhD in Financial Science in EGADE Business School (2016), a MSc in Industrial Engineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2011), and a BEng in Industrial and Systems En- gineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2006). Dr. Sayeg-S´anchez has more than 10 years of experience in teaching statistics, mathematics, and
Paper ID #34467WIP: Enhancing Student Understanding of Impact Dynamics Using aJupyter-Based Simulation Tool for Injury AnalysisMr. Nicholas J. Caccese, CBE Consultants, Inc. Mr. Nicholas Caccese is a Technical Associate at CBE Consultants, Inc. Mr. Caccese is gaining expe- rience applying biomechanics to a variety of real-world problems, including: automotive collisions; falls from various heights and in various orientations; impacts from falling objects; injuries resulting from the misuse of a variety of devices; and amusement ride verification. After completing an M.S. and B.S. pro- gram in Biomedical Engineering at
Paper ID #32496Work in Progress: A Seamless, Customizable e-Book for IntroductoryProgramming CoursesProf. Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College Petra Bonfert-Taylor is the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and a Professor and Instructional Designer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She received her Ph.D. in Mathe- matics from Technical University of Berlin (Germany) in 1996 and subsequently spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan before accepting a tenure-track position in the Mathe- matics Department at Wesleyan University. She left Wesleyan as a tenured
Paper ID #34239Comparing the Effects of COVID-19 on ETAC and EAC Programs at a Re-gionalComprehensive UniversityDr. Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University Andrew Ritenour is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at West- ern Carolina University (WCU). Prior to joining WCU in 2018, he spent a decade in industry managing and developing innovative technologies across a broad spectrum of applications: high voltage transistors for energy-efficient power conversion, radio frequency (RF) surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters for mo- bile phones, and flexible paper-like displays for e
Paper ID #33567Computational Thinking in First-Grade Students Using a ComputationalDevice (Work in Progress)Ms. Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University Barbara Fagundes is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at Purdue Univer- sity. Her doctoral research interests involve the representation of women in the STEM field, k-12 STEM curriculum, and computational thinking.Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University Nrupaja is a PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in pre-college engineering education, and improving access to STEM education. She previously worked
Paper ID #32984Creating Opportunities to Help Students Be Prepared for Careers in aSTEM FieldDr. Edel Reilly, Indiana University of Pennsylvania As a Professor of Mathematics Education I teacher and advise with undergraduate students majoring in BSED Mathematics Education-Middle Level Specialization Track as well as the graduate students the Master of Education in Mathematics Education Elementary and Middle Level Specialization. As Director of Liberal Studies for the university, I oversee all undergraduate curriculum that relates to the Liberal Studies Curriculum at IUP. This includes reviewing all new courses and courses
Paper ID #32295Engineering Change: Addressing Need Through Collaborative Processes andModest Means (A Case Study)Mr. Scott Gerald Shall, Lawrence Technological University Scott Gerald Shall, AIA, is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) and the founding director of the International Design Clinic (IDC, www.internationaldesignclinic.org), a registered non-profit that realizes socially- responsive creative action with communities in need around the world. Since founding the IDC in 2006, Shall has worked through this organization to
Paper ID #33445Evaluation of Targeted Systems Thinking and Systems EngineeringAssessments in a Freshmen-Level Mechanical Engineering CourseDr. Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Cassandra (Degen) Birrenkott received her B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2007. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2012 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying mechanochemical reactions of a spiropyran mechanophore in polymeric materials under shear loading. She is currently an Assistant
Paper ID #33414Experiential Learning during COVID-19: A Systemic Approach forIncreasing Diversity in Engineering & Engineering TechnologyDr. Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua is a Professor of Engineering, and Coordinator of the Smart Manufacturing Technology Program at Ohlone College, California She has over 15 years of experience in Higher Ed- ucation globally. Before moving to the USA she was the Chair of Engineering and Senior Lecturer at the University of West London, London, UK .She graduated from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria with a B.Eng. (Hons) in
Paper ID #34357Exploring GTA Skills and Responsibilities to Inform a GTA ProfessionalDevelopment Program in Computer ScienceDr. 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
Paper ID #33196A Contextual Innovation and Process Investigation of an InternationalStudent Entrepreneurial OrganizationMr. Ryan Edward Lake I am a junior in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois. My research focuses on the domestic applications of Contextual Engineering and student motivations. I am also a clarinet in the Marching Illini.Ms. Jessica Brooke Altenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Jessica Altenberg is a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering. Besides engaging in Contextual En- gineering research, Jessica is involved in American Society of Mechanical Engineers and TAMID