Paper ID #33661Entrepreneurial-minded Learning in an Introduction to BioengineeringCourseDr. Shelly Gulati , University of the Pacific Dr. Shelly Gulati is Associate Professor and Chair of Bioengineering. She is also serving as the Fac- ulty Fellow, Academic Advising. She has been at Pacific since 2010. She received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in Bioengineering from University of California, Berkeley. She also spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow in London at Imperial College. Dr. Gulati’s re- search expertise is biomicrofluidics. More recently, her interests have
Paper ID #32835Faculty Development Aimed at Sustaining and EnhancingEntrepreneurial-minded LearningDr. Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven Nadiye O. Erdil, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering and engineering and opera- tions management at the University of New Haven. She has many years of experience in higher education and has held several academic positions including administrative appointments. She has experience in teaching at the undergraduate and the graduate level. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Erdil worked as an engineer in sheet metal manufacturing and pipe fabrication industry
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Creating a Diverse Next Generation of Technically- and Community-Minded STEM Professionals Purdue UniversityAbstractIn 2019, the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, CISTAR, partnered withthe National Society of Black Engineer’s Summer Engineering Experience for Kids, NSBESEEK, to develop a summer program like no other! Through an NSF Research Experience andMentoring (REM) summer program, CISTAR was able to give students and teachers anopportunity to do 6-weeks of cutting-edge research at CISTAR and then “give back” bymentoring kids for 4-weeks at NSBE SEEK—all in one summer. In this paper, we elaborate onthe rationale for the program, namely
Paper ID #34466Student Motivation and Self-efficacy in Entrepreneurial-minded Learning(EML): What These Mean for Diversity and Inclusion in EngineeringClassroomsProf. Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University Dr. Erin Henslee is a Founding Faculty and Assistant Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Her research spans biomedical engineering, e-sports, and STEM education. Prior to joining Wake Forest she was a Researcher Development Officer at the University of Surrey where she supported Early Career Researchers. She received her BS degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mathematics from Virginia
Paper ID #34661WIP: Assessing Engineering State of Mind of First-Year UndergraduateAfrican American/Black Students in Scholar ProgramsJameka Wiggins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Jameka Wiggins is an undergraduate senior Chemical Engineering major and Entrepreneurship minor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She is a member of the Center for Women in Technology and Ronald E. McNair Scholar Programs, as well as a Senator for UMBC’s Chapter of The National Society of Black Engineers. Her research fields include the use additive manufacturing to create biomass containment devices and the
Foundation Grant ”Reimagin- ing Energy: Exploring Inclusive Practices for Teaching Energy Concepts to Undergraduate Engineering Majors.” He has also co-developed a unique interdisciplinary course, Drones for Good, where engineer- ing students partner with peace studies students to design a quadcopter that will have a positive impact on society. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Mind the Gap: Exploring the perceived gap between social and technical aspects of engineering for undergraduate studentsAbstractWithin engineering education, there is a perceived distinct binary separating social and technicalthoughts. Students often
in the Opus College of Engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Work-in-Progress: Investigating the role ofEntrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML) inEnhancing Student Learning in a FreshmenEngineering Class.Abstract:The main objective of the work presented in this paper is to investigate if technical engineeringcontent can be effectively delivered and enhanced using Entrepreneurial Minded Learning(EML) in conjunction with Project based learning (PBL) for Freshmen engineering students.Existing research already shows that PBL is a powerful student centric model of active learning.With EML, the existing content is adapted to imbue the 3 C’s of Entrepreneurial
Paper ID #34087Work in Progress: Post-Pandemic Opportunities to Re-Engineer EngineeringEducation: A Pragmatic-Futurist FrameworkDr. Shahrima Maharubin, Texas Tech University I am a lifelong transformer. My personal, educational journey has built my skills as an engineer, leader, collaborator, and communicator. My education, engineering problem-solving skills and entrepreneurial spirit have naturally pushed me toward need-based innovation. The global pandemic has exacerbated societal problems and inequality and heightened the necessity of need-based innovation in many areas. One significant area is education. My goal is to
Paper ID #34553Situating Engineering Education in a World Impacted by COVID-19Dr. Thomas A. De Pree, University of New Mexico Thomas A. De Pree is an ASERT-IRACDA postdoctoral fellow in the School of Medicine at University of New Mexico (2020-2023), where he holds a research appointment with the UNM Metal Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program Center, and a teaching appointment in environmental sciences at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). His Ph.D. & M.S. are in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
relaxation, improved concentration, self-confidence, improvedefficiency, good interpersonal relationship, increased attentiveness, lowered irritability levels, andan optimistic outlook in life” [15, p. 218]. Additionally, in related research on mindfulness,engineering education researchers have explored relationships between mindfulness, innovation,and self-efficacy [18], [19].Other relevant specific populationsWhile not conducted specifically with university students, there is a third body of research onanother specific population that has relevance for engineering education. Veterans chooseengineering majors at a rate of 1.5 times than that of non-engineering majors [20], and often havedifferent mental health challenges than the general student
Paper ID #32562Teaching Ethical Theory and Practice to Engineering Students:Pre-Pandemic and Post-Pandemic ApproachesMs. Alexis Powe Nordin, Mississippi State University Alexis Powe Nordin is an instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering. She is a member of ASEE and ASEE-SE and has taught university-level writing and communication courses since 2004.Ms. Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University Amy Barton is the coordinator of the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University
Paper ID #32527Engineering with Engineers: Fostering Engineering IdentityDr. Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University Yen-Lin Han is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University. Dr. Han received her BS degree in Material Science and Engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, her PhD degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and MS degree in Elec- trical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Her research interests include micro-scale molecular gas dynamics, micro fluidics, and heat transfer applications in MEMS and medical devices as well
Paper ID #34857Building STEAM: Creating a Culture of Art in an Engineering EducationDr. Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering Katherine Wikoff is a professor in the Humanities, Social Science, and Communication Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she Is a member of the UX faculty and teaches courses in communication, film/media studies, and political science. She has a B.A. in political science from Wright State University and an M.A. and PhD in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Mr. James R. Kieselburg, Milwaukee School of Engineering Director and Curator, Grohmann
Paper ID #33350Crafting a Virtual Studio: Some Models and ImplementationsDr. Zachary Riggins del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Zachary del Rosario is a visiting assistant professor of engineering at Olin College. His goal is to help scientists and engineers reason under uncertainty. Zach uses a toolkit from data science and uncertainty quantification to address a diverse set of problems, including reliable aircraft design and AI-assisted dis- covery of novel materials.Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Riya is junior at the Olin College of Engineering studying Engineering with a
may be more universally achievable. Kindness avoids setting up ahierarchy. There are not ‘victims’. We don’t need to understand the particulars of circumstancesand sit in judgement. Kindness is also associated with the positive emotions of happiness andjoy, in contrast with compassion [27]. Further discussion of the affordances of kindness as amodel for engineering are discussed after the literature survey process.Connections between kindness and other concepts that resulted from an attempt to summarizethe literature are shown in Figure 1. While certainly not exhaustive, keeping these relationshipsin mind is helpful.Figure 1. Concept map for kindnessLiteratureA number of publications discuss the idea of kindness and the related concepts of
allow for effective learning, suchas the measurement of very small voltages/currents, or observations of high frequency signalsusing a high-speed scope, and so forth. With this in mind, the mobile studio approach is truly seenas an additional tool to be utilized where possible, but is not a complete replacement fortraditional laboratory equipment for all courses. We envision that aside from these very fewexceptions, nearly all courses can be designed to utilize the mobile studio lab instrumentationeffectively.IV Mobile Studio LogisticsThis section discusses the key considerations that informed the hardware selection process andguided the decision process for the practical logistics of implementing a mobile studio basedelectrical engineering
Paper ID #34100Authentic Engineering Design AssessmentMiss Joanna AmbrosioDr. M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University Dr. M. David Burghardt, professor of Engineering, founder and co-director of the Center for STEM Research, has been the principal or co-principle investigator on 13 NSF projects primarily dealing with engineering in STEM.Dr. Deborah Hecht, Center for Advanced Studyin Education As Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Education, at the CUNY Graduate Center I am involved in a wide range of educational evaluations of funded and local projects. I also mentor graduate students interested in careers in
analytical, computational, and/or experimental. The creation of the online course from the existing in-person, on-site course afforded anopportunity to take advantage of reconsidering the delivery of both the theoretical content andthe practical hands-on component. The conversion of an in-person course to an onlineasynchronous course requires more than simply capturing in-class video and making it available.For the Anytime-Anywhere Engineering Experimentation course, we used a learner-centeredapproach to course design. We employed a backwards design model in the creation of the coursecontent. Wiggins and McTighe describe backwards design as “an approach to designing acurriculum … that begins with the end in mind and designs towards that end”.[8
Paper ID #33723Investigating Team Roles Within Long-Term Project-Based LearningExperiencesMs. Amy Dunford, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Amy K. Dunford is the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program Manager at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Amy earned a master’s degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Irvine and a master’s in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Amy spe- cializes in project-based learning management and curriculum development, and has prior experience as a first-year engineering laboratory course developer and instructor at UC Irvine.Dr
/Capstone Course,” Jun. 2011, p. 22.632.1-22.632.8, Accessed: Feb. 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/entrepreneurial-mindset-development-in-a-senior- design-capstone-course.[2] J. Goldberg, “Teaching entrepreneurship in senior design courses,” IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag., vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 17–18, Mar. 2005, doi: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1411338.[3] M. Archibald, M. Clauss, and J. Dupree, “Entrepreneurship In Capstone Design Using Interdisciplinary Teams And A Business Plan Competition,” in 2005 Annual Conference Proceedings, Portland, Oregon, Jun. 2005, p. 10.577.1-10.577.10, doi: 10.18260/1-2--15567.[4] P. Shekhar and A. Huang-Saad, “Conceptualizing Entrepreneurial Mind-set: Definitions and Usage in Engineering
schoolthat focused on promoting STEM learning for underrepresented populations through makerspaceexplorations bounded in STEAM practices. This paper and research ask, “What do kindergartenmakerspaces look like in the El Paso-Juarez border region?”, “How do engineering and artintersect in kindergarten makerspaces?” and “What occurs, is experienced or learned in theseintersections in a kindergarten makerspace?” We contend that skills and knowledge developed in makerspaces straddle STEM,specifically the design process commonly discussed in engineering education, in relation to theEngineering is Elementary model [3] and studio art practices, described by Hetland et al’s [4]Studio Habits of Mind. Our approach, very much like Lachapelle and
Paper ID #32975Assessing Intuition Used Among Undergraduate Engineering Technology andEngineering StudentsMelissa Cai Shi, Purdue University at West Lafayette Melissa Cai Shi is an Undergraduate Researcher working under Dr. Lucietto. She is a student at Pur- due University, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics with minors in Management and Chinese. She began working under Dr. Lucietto in the Summer of 2019 as an un- dergraduate researcher and has thus far continued her work. She is currently working on her Honors Scholarly Project. In addition to her Actuarial coursework, Melissa
] National Research Council, "How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school: Expanded edition," National Academies Press, 2006.[5] T. Martin, S. D. Rivale and K. R. Diller, "Comparison of student learning in challenge-based and traditional instruction in biomedical engineering," Annals of biomedical engineering, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1312-1323, 2007.[6] D. L. Schwartz, S. Brophy, X. Lin and J. D. Bransford, "Software for managing complex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course," Educational Technology Research and Development, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 39-59, 1999.[7] PER Group, University of Minnesota, Online Archive of Context-rich Problems, October 2012. Available: https://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/Research
opportunities for building teacher capacity in engineering education.23 Each teacherreaches hundreds if not thousands of students over the course of their career. However, very feware trained to teach engineering content, design or habits of mind, creating a large need foraccess to high-quality, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned engineeringcurriculum and the accompanying professional development (PD) coaching. Most K-12 teachershave no experience teaching engineering concepts or design. Getting comfortable with designand computational thinking takes practice, and our goal is to increase educators' confidence andability, and in turn grow students' interest and identity in engineering. To offer teachersaffordable and accessible training
nature of engineering practice? As engineeringeducators, our responses to these questions often emphasize contextualization. Efforts toencourage engagement with public welfare, sociotechnical thinking, or social justice amongengineering students often begin - and sometimes end - with illuminating the broader context ofengineering practice and problems. For socially minded engineering educators, contextualizationis nearly always a virtue.This paper analyzes and critiques practices of contextualizing engineering. Based on a qualitativecontent review of recent engineering education literature, we first describe and classify differentmodes of contextualization. In some cases, contextualizing means adding personal context oralternative perspectives
. Engineers, whetherstudents or professionals, need to remember that problem solving involves understanding theentire process; a black box solver should never be trusted! It is shameful that students andgraduates alike pick up a calculator to work simple sums, products, and functions that theyshould be exercising their minds to determine. Calculators, spreadsheet templates, computerprograms, and other technological devices save a great deal of time. They aren’t bad -- they justshouldn’t be used blindly. Users need to understand the basis and limitations of any technologybefore relying on it.Within any STEM field, a skill that requires careful development is that of effectivelycommunicating solutions. In high school math and science courses, the work
Paper ID #33391A Virtual Internship ExperienceMr. Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Rodney Boehm is the Director of Engineering Entrepreneurship and an Associate Professor of Practice in the Texas A&M University College of Engineering. He has broad industry experiences, including over 35 years in all aspects of the telecommunications industry (sales, marketing, manufacturing, business de- velopment, and technical design), the creation of a telecommunications standard (SONET - Synchronous Optical Network) for the fiber optics industry that is still in use internationally over 30 years
Paper ID #34988Teaching Social Justice to Engineering StudentsDr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering and the Director of the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Washington. She designs and teaches courses involving universal design, technical communication, ethics, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She co-founded HuskyADAPT (Accessible Design and Play Technology), where she mentors UW students in design for local needs experts with disabilities. She also leads STEM outreach activities for
-granting, Title IV-eligible institutions for higher education, and they enroll approximately30 percent of all undergraduates in the United States [1]. However, in 2018, only 3 percent of allfederal obligations for science and engineering research and development provided to institutionsof higher education was distributed to MSIs. Two agencies that tend to provide most of theresearch funding, the National Institute for Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation(NSF), awarded 2 percent and 6 percent of their research funding to MSIs in 2018 [2]. Federalfunding agencies, such as the NSF, have recognized the need to diversify their fundingportfolios to increase the engagement of under-participating institutions, including MSIs. Withthis in mind
redesigned a project in an introductory bioengineering course to explore stress managementtechniques through physiology, biosensors, and design. The project allows students to developdesign skills and to explore the impact of wellness practices on human physiology. Assessmentof the curricular redesign will be measured by student evaluations of the offering and theirwillingness to engage in the mindfulness portion of the course. The COVID-19 pandemic hasemphasized the need to focus on student wellbeing in addition to physical health. Integration ofwellness into the core curriculum promotes the use of existing campus resources presented inclass and may normalize the use of these resources within engineering departments and colleges.Ultimately, the