Paper ID #20890Findings of the Pilot Offering of an Application Oriented Course (ENGR101)Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyDr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1AWork in Progress – Findings of the Pilot Offering of an Application Oriented Course (ENGR 101) Jaskirat Sodhi, Ashish Borgaonkar, Edwin Hou, and Moshe Kam New Jersey Institute of Technology
department at Rowan University. His interests include energy, infrastructure, mechanics and materials. Prior to joining Rowan, he worked at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow in the Mechanics of Materials Branch at NASA Langley.Mr. Karl Dyer, Rowan University Karl Dyer is a Mechanical Engineering Technician at Rowan University. He received his B.S. in mechan- ical engineering and M.S. in electrical engineering from Rowan University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 WIP: Exploring Light Bulb Technologies to Teach Energy Conservation, Numerical Integration, and Consumer Consciousness
Paper ID #20938Improving introductory programming courses by using accurate metal mod-els for the key abstractions.Mr. Robert A Ward IV, Everett Community College Robert Ward received his Bachelor of Science from Washington State University graduating summa cum laude. He served as the chair of WSU’s ACM chapter and received the outstanding senior in Computer Science award. He went on to his graduate work at University of Hawaii at Manoa and received his Master of Science in Computer Science. While at University of Hawaii he was a teaching assistant and developed a strong interest in Computer Science education specifically
at the University of Rochester in the field of computer architecture. His research interests focus on computer engineering, computer architecture, digital systems, cybersecu- rity, and engineering education.Prof. Julian Sosnik PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A Improving the Student Experience in First Year Engineering Design Courses James R. McCusker, Aaron Carpenter, and Julian Sosnik Wentworth Institute of Technology, mccuskerj@wit.edu, carpentera1@wit.edu, sosnikj
development of learning materials and environments that personalize learning to students’ interests.Nicholas Voorhees c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Using LMS Data to Provide Early Alerts to Struggling Students Donald Hayes, Matthew Bernacki, Wonjoon Hong, Jeff Markle, and Nicholas Voorhees University of Nevada, Las Vegas Donald.Hayes@unlv.edu, Matt.Bernacki@unlv.edu, hongw1@unlv.nevada.edu, Jeff.Markle@unlv.edu, voorhn1@unlv.nevada.eduAbstract – The traditional model of having mid-semester INTRODUCTIONgrades prompt
York, NY and her MS in management science from the State University of New York at Binghamton. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A R3: A Three-Pronged Model for Engineering Student Success Mr. Harry Ingle Tennessee Technological University, hingle@tntech.edu Dr. Kris Craven, Dr. Beth Powell, Ms. Elizabeth Hutchins, Ms. Linda Randolph, and Ms. Carol McGee Tennessee Technological University, kcraven@tntech.edu, epowell@tntech.edu, ehutchins@tntech.edu
the laststudent to select will inevitable be forced on a team, whichcan be a problem in certain situations.Future DirectionsAs a “Work in Progress” data has not been collected toassess the effectiveness of the method presented. Teamswere created using the method presented here along withother team formation methods across several sections of acommon first year engineering course. By the time of theconference these data will be available. REFERENCES[1] S. H. Bhavnani and M. D. Aldrich, "Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A Bridge between College and the Work Place," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 13- 16, 2000.[2] Engineering Accreditation Commision, "Criteria for accredition
Chair of the IDSA Design for the Majority Professional Interest Section. He has been involved in doing research on Design for the Bottom of the Pyramid and leads the Industrial Design for Learning and Empowerment courses and study abroad initiatives at Virginia Tech. ID4Learning emcompasses projects focused on financial literacy, collective learning environments and using affordable digital technologies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A Workshop: Implementing Cloud Collaboration using Fusion 360 into a First-Year Engineering Design
best dissertation from Syracuse University for his work on assistive technology in ITS in 2014.Dr. John M. Pavlina, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session E1A Cross-sectional study of engineering student performance across different types of first-year digital logic design laboratories Akhan Almagambetov and J. Matt Pavlina Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Akhan.Almagambetov@erau.edu, John.Pavlina@erau.eduAbstract - As a follow-on to our previous effort of design
education, with the purpose of promoting interest in engineering and fostering the next generation of engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A High School ACT Math Scores: Why and How Do We Use Them? Sungwon S. Kim, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Minnesota State University, Mankato, sungwon.kim@mnsu.eduAbstract - This paper summarizes the continued study of held steady at approximately 100 students in recent years.trying to correlate ACT Math scores of students enrolled The number of
Education, 2017 Session M1A Work in Progress - Motivation Profiles of Non- Major Computer Programmers in a Flipped Classroom Environment Lauren Lingar, Abbey Williams, Dr. Rachel McCord, and Dr. Isaac Jeldes llingar@vols.utk.edu, awill248@vols.utk.edu, rmccord1@utk.edu, ijeldes@utk.eduAbstract - This work in progress paper focuses on that students be more disciplined in completing out-of-classinvestigating different motivational profiles of students in assignments (watching videos) in order to be prepared for thea computer programming course that uses flipped
Success in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, joining UVa in January 2014. Prior to that, she has served in many roles that bridge student affairs and academic affairs including Student Services Specialist and Residence Dean at Stanford University, as well as Hall Director and Interim Area Coordinator for residential academic programs at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She earned her BS in Applied Math from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and her Masters in Education from Grand Valley State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
Paper ID #20903Work in Progress – Helping First Year Students Start on Track in the Math-ematics SequenceDr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyDr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMr. Ryan Baldwin c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session T1A Work-In-Progress: Helping First Year Students Start on Track in the Mathematics Sequence Ashish Borgaonkar, Jaskirat Sodhi, Edwin Hou, Ryan Baldwin, and Moshe Kam New Jersey
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A Improving Disciplinary Literacy in an Electronics Course Ohbong Kwon, Juanita C. But, and Sunghoon Jang New York City College of Technology/CUNY, okwon@citytech.cuny.edu, jbut@citytech.cuny.edu, sjang@citytech.cuny.eduAbstract – Electronics (EMT1255) is a required coursefor the Associate Degree in Applied Science (AAS) in INTRODUCTIONElectromechanical Engineering Technology (EMT) at We are living in a remarkable era with
, Dallas Dr. Oziel Rios earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 where his research focused on design of robotic systems with an emphasis on kinematic and dy- namic modeling for analysis and control. Dr. Rios teaches the freshman experience and CAD courses in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Rios has also taught kinematics and dynamics of machines and graduate-level CAD courses. Dr. Rios’ research and teaching interests include: robotics, design, kinematics and dynamics of machines and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Designing a Scalable
CONCURRENT MATH on Higher Education Spaces: Innovation, Collaboration, and Finally, student perception is explored. A survey Technology”, IGI Global, 2013, pg. 165-185.was distributed to the students at the end of the semester to [3] Ewing, D., “Using the SCALE-UP Method to Create an Engineeringgive them an opportunity to give feedback for continued First Year Engineering Course”, presented at the 2017 annualcourse improvement. The question in Figure 8 was a multiple conference of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section, Dallas, TX, 2017.choice list while the question in Figure 9 was a free response. [4
Factors and Systems Department at Embry- Riddle, where her work focused on applied motivation and human factors issues in aviation/aerospace. Dr. Frederick also served in various roles in University administration between 2004-2012, including Vice President for Academics and Research. Dr. Frederick’s current research interests examine how individual differences interact with technology to enhance educational engagement and performance. Dr. Frederick is the author of more than 50 research publications, 4 book chapters and over 60 regional, national and international conference presentations on a wide range of topics in human factors and psychology. She is active in a number of professional associations, and is a
Paper ID #20874A competency-based flipped classroom for a first year hands-on engineeringdesign courseShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently he designs the curriculum for the freshman engineering program. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years. His interests include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student
Paper ID #20904Development of Engineering Professional Identity and Formation of a Com-munity of Practice in a New Engineering ProgramDr. Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University Lee Rynearson an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Campbell University. He received a B.S. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008 and earned his PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2016. He also has previous experience as an instructor of engineering at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, in Kanazawa, Japan. His current research interests focus on instruction for
Paper ID #20889Project-Based Service Learning for First-Year Engineering Students in Part-nership with the Graduate Teaching FellowsMona Hemmati, Colorado State University Mona Hemmati is a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the Col- orado State University. She received her B.S.E. (2011) and M.S.E. (2014) in Structural Engineering from the Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran.Mr. Alistair Cook, Colorado State University PhD Candidate in Education SciencesDr. Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University Tom Siller served as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Colorado State
with the counseling center also students to reach their educational goals and attain academicprovides awareness for other mental health services that are success.available. Use of a peer mentor who reaches out to the classFirst Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference August 6 - 8, 2017, Daytona Beach, FL W1A-2 Session W1A Self-awareness is the initial phase in career development that is interesting to them and has an engineering aspect to itand can be defined in a number of ways. Today, technology
, felix.martinez@up.edu.mxAbstract - The a-k outcomes established by Accreditation All Engineering programs have shared Mathematics andBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for Basic Sciences subjects such as: Differential Calculus,Engineering students in their self-assessment framework, Integral Calculus, Algebra, Vector Calculus, Differentialshould be reflected in the different subjects that taught to Equations, Electricity and Magnetism, Physics, Chemistrythe students of the first two years of the various and other courses of academic areas of humanities andengineering programs. On the other hand, in those first businesses.semesters, the vocation of the students
Paper ID #20913Instilling Entrepreneurial Mindset by Vertical Integration of Engineering ProjectsShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is currently part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently he designs the curriculum for the freshman engineering program at the Polytechnic campus of the Arizona State University. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years at ASU. His interests
and Instrument Analyst, and were spent working on astrophysics research, astronomical data analysis, and space-based instrumentation characterization, calibration, and experimen- tation. While at STScI I focused the majority of my efforts as a member of the development team for the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA), as a member of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) pipeline and calibration teams, and as a member of the Operations Detector Laboratory (ODL), where I worked on the characterization of spaced-based CCD detectors. Now at UNC Charlotte, I have found new passion in the education, advising, and mentoring of undergraduate engineering students. c American Society for Engineering
engagement peers, it is important to investigate ways inindefinite rewards, and the expectation of family which self-regulation can be developed and sustained inmembers. undergraduate engineering education. II. Reflection in LearningIndex Terms – reflection, self-regulated learning, studentsuccess, retention. One method for helping students internalize how to use current skills and to identify learning needs is through the use INTRODUCTION of structured
, mathematics, and engineering and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, his Master’s of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University Gary Hunt a Lecturer for the Engineering Department at Boise State University. Dr. Hunt received his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Idaho, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University, and his B.S. in Engineering Science from
SENSOR DESIGN FOR 3D PRINTER NOTIFICATION DEVICEI. Fall 2016 Projects The second place team project from the first semester was aThe winning project from Fall 2016 was an educational tool RFID tracking technology for tools in a workspace. Anotherwith multiple sensors that can connect to a smart phone. Their project was an emergency kit with solar panels and GPS forinspiration was the Star Trek tricorder, and they turned their recharging a phone and sending out a notification on theidea into an inexpensive device that could be used in high user’s location. The final project was a digital weight liftingschool science labs. They incorporated over 20 sensing
seen in students outside the stereotyped group [1]. For example, when African American collegeIndex Terms – HBCU,stereotype threat students are stereotyped as intellectually inferior when enrolled at predominantly White institutions of higher INTRODUCTION education, anything that reminds them of their race can Despite the projected growth of underrepresented significantly decrease achievement [10]. In theirstudents in science, technology, engineering and groundbreaking work, Aronson and Steele showed
studentsinformed the resultant course redesign. Additionally, the while anchoring the world-experience of the constituents,institutional setting for students in the first-year engineering regardless of how limited, to engineering practice.course at Norwich University is detailed. In [8], researchers with Vanderbilt’s Cognition and Technology group explore the usefulness of authenticUniversal Educational Contexts experiences to serve as a “hook or anchor” to incorporateHirsch et al [6] detail studies that explore negative some of the positive attributes of “apprenticeship training instereotypes students
(2011); 2) UW College of Education outstanding research award (2015); and 3) UW College of Educa- tion outstanding service award (2016). Her research interests include partnerships with in pre-service and in-service teachers in STEM Education with a focus on engineering education applications. An active member of AERA, ASEE, ASTE, NARST, and NSTA, Dr. Burrows has presented at over 50 conferences, published in ranked journals (e.g. Journal of Chemical Education), reviewed conference proposals (e.g ASEE, AERA), and co-edits the CITE-Science journal. Additionally, she taught high school and middle school science for twelve years in Florida and Virginia, and she was the learning resource specialist for the technology