Paper ID #38324The WRI2TES Project: Writing Research Initiating IdentityTransformation in Engineering StudentsRoyce Francis (Associate Professor) Dr. Royce Francis is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. His engineering education research explores the linkages between professional identity formation and engineering judgment. Dr. Francis earned his Ph.D. from Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, his M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and his B.S. in Civil
Paper ID #37501An Undergraduate Research Methods Class: Results andExperiences from Initial OfferingsJoseph Holles Department Head, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University. Associate Editor, Chemical Engineering EducationLori Ann Howe (Assistant Instr. Professor, Honors College) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com An Undergraduate Research Methods Class: Results and Experiences from Initial OfferingsAbstract: Our institution has focused on expanding the Honor’s College
Paper ID #37737Establishing Metrics to Assess a Retraining InitiativeJoshua Dean Josh Dean is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. He is a graduate of West Point, earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; he later earned a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. His research interest areas include energetic materials, thermodynamics, and engineering education.Gunnar Tamm Dr. Gunnar Tamm has taught at West Point since 2004 within the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, where he is a
Paper ID #38041Initiating and Developing an Inclusive Physical SpacesCommitteeJoseph Holles Department Head, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University. Associate Editor, Chemical Engineering Education © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Initiating and Developing an Inclusive Physical Spaces CommitteeAbstract: Through the support of the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO), we have established acampus wide committee to examine and address Inclusive Physical Spaces (IPS). This requestwas prompted after I
an effort in increasing visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM fields in order to celebrate achievements, network, and work together with other LGBTQIA+ folks. In his free time, he enjoys art, cooking, reading, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends.Laura Hirshfield (Lecturer) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comThe implementation and assessment of a social media initiative to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM (Research)AbstractMembers of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or other gender andsexual minorities (LGBTQIA+) community face multiple challenges in
Paper ID #36441New Engineering Education initiative of China: A PolicyDebriefSiqing Wei Siqing Wei received B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience serving as a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year engineering courses, he has been a research assistant at CATME research group studying multicultural team dynamics and outcomes. The research interests span how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural
Paper ID #37267An Initial Investigation of Funds of Knowledge for First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Engineering Studentsin SingaporeShamita V Shamita Venkatesh is a junior undergraduate student, majoring in the Philosophy department and minoring in the Economics department at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.Ibrahim H. Yeter (Post Doctoral Researcher) Ibrahim H. Yeter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is currently an affiliated faculty member of the Centre for Research and Development
Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com US-Sweden Bioinformatics IRES Year 1: Program Development and Initial Lessons LearnedAbstractThis National Science Foundation (NSF) project focuses on creating an immersive internationalsummer research experience for students enrolled in a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI).Over the course of a three-year grant period, this research seeks to: (1) train and mentor 18diverse undergraduate students from PUIs in Southern California in bioinformatics research in acollaborative and international setting; (2) disseminate the research outcomes at conferences andin peer-reviewed journals; (3) encourage and prepare undergraduate students
Lecturer) Dr. Richard T. Cimino is a Senior Lecturer in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests include the intersection of engineering ethics and process safety, and broadening inclusion in engineering, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community.Jennifer Pascal (Assistant Professor in Residence) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Engineering Ethics Through High-Impact Collaborative/Competitive Scenarios (E-ETHICCS): Initial Results and Lessons LearnedAbstractEthics education has been recognized as increasingly important to
groups and thatthere is a need to look at the wider context in which barriers exist, as well as to question andchange the field itself [48], [49]. To this end, the Royal Academy of Engineering [50]recently called for a “culture change” in order to create a truly inclusive culture within theUK engineering profession.This work therefore evaluates an intervention implemented as an equality, diversity, andinclusion (ED&I) initiative for minority ethnic Engineering Doctorate (EngD) students(graduate research students in engineering), as part of a wider work-in-progress study. Ouraim is to examine the issues faced by these students and the systemic and institutionalstructures in which they exist. The key findings highlight the potential benefit of
Paper ID #37840Experiential Entrepreneurship in Food Engineering: StudentPerspectives on Three Student-Initiated VenturesGary Lee Thompson (Assistant Professor)Prince Mensah Atsu Prince Atsu is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate research fellow in Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Recently, he participated in the NSF I-Corps Northeast Region Hub’s inaugural cohort as an entrepreneurial lead. He joined the BioElectroChemical Engineering Laboratory (BECEL) in 2019.Bob Patterson Recent Chemical Engineering graduate of Rowan University. I work as a Process Engineer at Electronic Fluorocarbons where I design and
Paper ID #36878Origins of Requirement Development Skills in EngineeringUndergraduates: Students’ Initial Thinking and Use inEngineering DecisionsAndrew Olewnik (Assistant Professor) Assistant Professor | Engineering Education | University at BuffaloVanessa Svihla Dr. Vanessa Svihla is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with appointments in learning sciences and engineering. Her research, funded by an NSF CAREER award, focuses on how people learn as they frame problems and how these activities relate to identity, agency and creativity.William Wild (Director, Student Success Programs) (University at
scoring. Dr. Goldberg also conducts professional development activities on such topics as classroom assessment practice, using assessment results to inform instructional practice, and literacy learning across content areas.Leigh R Abts (Principle Research Scientist) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com The Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric (EDPPSR) – Initial Validity and Reliability (Fundamental)AbstractResearch prior to 2005 found that no single framework existed that could capture theengineering design process fully or well and benchmark each element of the process to acommonly accepted set
Paper ID #37717Exploring the relationship between initial mathematicscourse in college and engineering graduation ratesAysa Galbraith (Teaching Assistant Professor) Dr. Aysa Galbraith is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at University of Arkansas. She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Chemical and Biomolecular Department at North Carolina State University in 2006. She is responsible from coordinating the First-Year Honors Research Experience, teaching Introduction to Engineering, developing course material, and advising freshmen engineering students.Heath Aren
Paper ID #37839Global Projects: An Initiative to Train Chemical EngineeringStudents in Global AwarenessJoaquin Rodriguez (Faculty) Joaquin Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh since 2018. He received his bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar (Caracas, Venezuela), MSc. and PhD in the same discipline from the University of Pittsburgh. He developed his expertise in thermal cracking processes and advanced materials (needle coke, carbon fibers) from oil, and became business leader for specialty
used the skills learned in her counseling program to create Mental Wellness Content for the First Year Program at the University of Kentucky where she is a lecturer in the First Year Program.Matthew Sleep (Lecturer) Matthew Sleep is an Associate Professor Educator at the University of Cincinnati. Previously he has held roles as Associate Professor at Oregon Tech and Lecturer at the University of Kentucky. Matthew currently instructs geotechnical engineering courses as well as capstone design. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work in Progress: Creation and Implementation of Mental Wellness Initiatives in
- - - - 2.9% - 10.00 - - - - 2.9% - Missing 2.9% 5.9% 2.9% 2.9% 11.8% 17.6%DiscussionThis initial study, though limited in responses, revealed a variety of points for future comparisonand intervention by way of demonstrating students’ perspectives of the role research in theircurrent programs and applicability to their future careers. Students surveyed seem to bemotivated to increase their involvement in research methodology related to their respectiveprograms. Additionally, incorporating a research methodology framework in the engineeringtechnology programs to enhance the perspective of students to know
to doing research, each participant was given the opportunity to learn and engage in the initial draft of a conference (or journal) manuscript. An extended “Literature Review and Organization” workshop (i.e., Workshop 1) was conducted
Paper ID #38434Work In Progress: Initiating a graduate teaching fellowprogram to support undergraduates transferring intoengineering and computing programsMarian S. Kennedy (Associate Professor) Marian Kennedy is an Associate Professor within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Clemson University. Her research group focused on the mechanical and tribological characterization of thin films. She also contributes to the engineering education community through studying the process/impacts of undergraduate research and navigational capital into graduate school.William Ferriell W. Davis Ferriell is a
Paper ID #38383Engineering Education Enrichment (e3) Initiative: A Co-Curricular Program Intended to Improve Persistence andCareer Success for Low-Income and First-GenerationEngineering StudentsHannah Huvard (Postdoctoral Researcher) Dr. Huvard is currently a Postdoctoral researcher at New Mexico State University. Her research focuses on non-traditional frameworks and measures of success in undergraduate STEM programs and courses.Hengameh Bayat PhD Candidate in chemical engineering at New Mexico State UniversitySandra M. Way (Associate Professor)Catherine Brewer (Assistant Professor)Addison Miller I am an
Paper ID #37357Examining K-12 Singaporean Parents' EngineeringAwareness: An Initial Study of the Knowledge, Attitude, andBehavior (KAB) Framework (Fundamental)Akmal Zakwan Bin Zulkifli Akmal Zakwan Bin Zulkifli is an undergraduate student - currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science (Education) specializing in Physics and Mathematics at Nanyang Technological University-National Institute of Education (NTU- NIE). He is extremely passionate about STEM education and research on education-related matters in the STEM fields. He believes that there is much unexplored potential to learn and understand about STEM education
Paper ID #36900Piloting transdisciplinarity among faculty and studentsconcerned with flood management on the South Texas GulfCoast: A four-stage model for initial collaborationAri Sherris (Associate Professor) Ari is an Associate Professor of Bilingual Education at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. During the 2015-16 academic year, he was a J. William Fulbright Scholar at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. During June 2019, Ari was a distinguished guest researcher at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Second Language Development, an MA in Applied Linguistics, and a BA in the Humanities. He
Paper ID #38151Lessons Learned from Collaborative Initialization ofMachine Learning Class and STEM Contest with Universityand Industry PartnershipHoo Kim Hoo Kim, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. His professional interests include teaching in the area of electromagnetics and RF, integration of faith and engineering, and entrepreneurship in engineering. © American Society for Engineering
Paper ID #36658Beyond Selecting a Methodology: Discussing ResearchQuality, Ethical, and Equity Considerations in QualitativeEngineering Education ResearchMalini Josiam (Student) Malini Josiam (she/her) is a first year doctoral student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her advisor is Dr. Walter Lee. She graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Educational Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2021. At UT Austin, she worked part time in the Women in Engineering Program office as a Strategic Evaluator and Program Assistant. She also conducted research in Engineering
discussions, and better understanding ofgraduate student research. Additionally, students enjoyed listening to presentations andconnecting with graduate students. During the seminar, students learned how researchers andengineers design their experiments and learned about the wide array of applications in mechanicalengineering. These preliminary findings can aid faculty and staff developing initiatives to enhancethe undergraduate experience in engineering. Future work is needed to understand the long-termimpact of participating in such a seminar course (e.g., impact on retention and participation inresearch).IntroductionClimate surveys from institutions are shedding light on the lack of diversity and how it affects thestudent experience. For example
assistants, mentor faculty, and researchadvisors. There are online research seminars, faculty mentor/mentee meetings, regional directorcheck-ins, alliance team meetings, a summer institute, networking events, writing groups, andcontinued individual follow-up meetings. These activities feature research training and guidanceby leading experts, career preparation activities for faculty positions at HCBUs, cultivation offaculty mentoring relationships and peer networks, and ongoing advising for careeradvancement.Currently, a second cohort has been established while the initial 9 HBCU instructors areprogressing to an early career faculty track that focuses on establishing a research trajectory andprofessional development strategy to navigate the first
. Involvement in research,for either students or faculty, addresses the need to develop curiosity and the ability to ask theright question. This paper will emphasize the importance of research to the economy and highereducation. It will then introduce the importance of research to student formation and reinforcethe importance of exposing students early to the concepts of research. This paper will then showthe connection between research and Entrepreneurially Minded Learning (EML) and describethree projects, supported by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) and theKern Foundation, intended to expose undergraduates to research early in their academic careers.The first project was part of KEEN’s initial “EML through Research” workshop given
this paper occurred in the summer of 2021 at a virtual student meet-up of theCanadian Engineering Education Association - Association Canadienne de l’éducation en génie(CEEA-ACEG), where we commiserated on the difficulty in describing our research to morepositivist engineers3. This led to our initial idea and research question: How can we synthesizeour existing attempts to describe EER, and develop an approach to define our own research in anaccessible and clear manner?Over the next few months, we trialed and iterated various explanations of EER with each otherand our colleagues. This paper is the culmination of our current efforts and is presented in threeparts. First, we will provide an overview of our process and provide the current version
Powered by www.slayte.com Overview of the megaGEMS AEOP Summer 2021 Research Apprenticeship CampAbstractGEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science) is a free STEAM and programming summercamp and after-school robotics club that focuses on educating girls about the fields of STEM.GEMS is divided into two main programs: miniGEMS for rising fifth through eighth middleschool students and megaGEMS for rising ninth through twelfth-grade high school students.This paper will provide an overview of a new program within megaGEMS called megaGEMSAEOP (Army Education Outreach Program) for rising eleventh and twelfth-grade high schoolgirls. The camp was initially piloted in the Summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic
55 DOF, from 50mg to 200kg. The Interactive Robotics Laboratory (IRL) that Gu is directing is currently working on precision robotic pollinators, autonomous planetary rovers, teams of robots for exploring underground environments, and swarms of ground and space robots. The outcomes of IRL research have been featured in 150 media stories. Gu also led the initiation and development of the WVU Robotics program. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Human-Swarm Interaction Robotics as Context for Training Diverse Undergraduate ResearchersOur objective in this Evidence-Based