machine five decadesafter its installation on the battleship. Analog fire control computers aboard naval warships suchas the Mark 8 played an early and important role in the development of computer systems buthave been largely unrecognized because they were classified military secrets for so long [4].The keel of the battleship USS Missouri was laid down in Brooklyn, NY. on 6 January 1941. Theship fought in World War II and Korea, famously endured a kamikaze attack, and hosted thesurrender of Japan upon its decks [1]. Fifty years later, almost to the day of its keel layingceremony, on 4 January 1991, the battleship Missouri entered the Persian Gulf in response toSaddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait [1],[2].Within a week, the danger of the
Education Development (SEED) Office at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM). Dr. Santiago earned a BA (1996) and MS (2000) in Industrial Engineering from UPRM, and Ph.D. (2009) in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her pri- mary research interest is investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in engineering science with underrepresented populations. She also teaches introductory engineering courses such as Problem Solving and Computer Programming, Statics, and Mechanics.Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Nayda G. Santiago received the B.S.E.E. degree from University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, in 1989, the M.Eng.E.E. degree from Cornell
. Aftermoving to Grand Valley State University, I found myself teaching Statics again. To make thecourse more interesting, I decided to explore some creative teaching methods. Some explorationof departmental resources made it clear that computers would be a good avenue to pursue. Uponexamination of the available equipment, it became obvious that it would be possible to makeextensive use of computers in teaching. Not only were faculty well equipped, but the student tocomputer ratio was 5: 1. In the end the course was developed to include extensive computer use inand out of class.It is my intention to describe my experiences, and make suggestions to other faculty thinking ofusing computer tools to support their classroom activities.1.1 - Computer Use In
community-building and data gathering for a low income community in Spokane, WA. She received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Saint Martin’s University and her master’s degree in civil engineering - with a focus in transportation - at Oregon State University. Address: School of Civil and Construction Engi- neering, 211 Kearney Hall, 1491 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331 Phone: 509-499-5187 Email: bornasaf@onid.oregonstate.eduDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Dr. Brown is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. His research focuses on cognition and learning in engineering mechanics with students, faculty, and practicing
studentsinterested in engineering careers were motivated to address energy-related sustainabilityconcerns; females were more interested in addressing social-related sustainability issues likedisease, poverty, wealth distribution, and food availability compared to males. Further, Harrisonand Klotz [20] found higher percentages of women in sustainability leadership positions (39%)than women in general engineering management positions (8%) and a higher representation ofwomen among engineering faculty attending sustainability teaching workshops compared to thepercentage of women among engineering faculty overall (32% vs. 12%).Students from historically marginalized and underrepresented groups have sustainability,environmental, and social interests [21-23
2006-548: WOMEN ENGINEERS: FACTORS AND OBSTACLES RELATED TOTHE PURSUIT OF A DEGREE IN ENGINEERINGRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling is a Professor of Human Behavior in Engineering in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois. Her research interests relate to the career development of women in management, information technology, and engineering. Her reseach also focuses on diversity and human behavior in engineering.Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Cristina Camacho is a Graduate Student and Research Associate in the Department of Industrial and
cope with their unique set ofchallenges?”2. “Do STEM student-athletes use the same frequently discussed set of student strategiesavailable in current literature, or have they developed their own set of strategies that allowthem to succeed?”And,3. “What motivates STEM student-athletes to pursue both endeavours in the first place?”By answering these questions, faculty and administrators can gain better insight into the STEMstudent-athlete perspective and structure their programs to facilitate the success of all theirstudents accordingly. Additionally, parallels may be draw between STEM student-athletes andother students involved in other high time commitment co-curricular activities; however, thefocus of this study will remain on the STEM
data tocollect, analyze, and present, we want them to develop an understanding of the sociopoliticalcontext in which they are making these decisions.This paper will examine the students’ responses to the weekly discussion reading onenvironmental racism. In addition to this study, this sociotechnical curricular revision has beenstudied elsewhere, one focusing on the experiences of seven minoritized students’ sense ofbelonging as they learn about engineering as sociotechnical (Ozkan and Andrews, 2022) andanother focusing on the student responses to a week on inequities in public transit (Pangan andAndrews, 2022).BackgroundEnvironmental Racism and Environmental JusticeEnvironmental racism and environmental justice are interrelated terms
Education, housed in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State University - Los Angeles. Her engineering education research focuses on structural oppression in engineering systems, organizing for equitable change, and developing an agenda of Engineering for the Common Good. She teaches structural mechanics and sociotechnical topics in engineering education and practice. Corey conferred her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in April 2021; her thesis included both technical and educational research. She also holds an M.S.E. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and a B.S.E. in civil engineering from Case Western Reserve University, both
of materials, aswell as idealized problems that unambiguously demonstrate how FEA is not always conservativeas a design tool.MATLAB Grader is used to facilitate the coding process for students by allowing instructor-guided scaffolding of the code, providing instantaneous formative feedback, and ensuring thattheir code runs as expected. The 2D FEA code could then be used for simple problems involving1D beam and 2D plane stress elements with the intention of demonstrating practical aspects ofFEA. This includes model development concepts such as the appropriate connectivity betweendifferent element types. It also addresses results interpretation, such as problems whereinanalytical solutions used to validate FEA solutions are nearly always
Missouri.Dr. Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri - Columbia Lisa Y. Flores, Ph.D. is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. She has expertise in the career development of Latino/as and Latino/a immigrant issues and has 80 peer reviewed journal publications, 19 book chapters, and 1 co-edited book and presented over 200 conference presen- tations in these areas. She has been PI and co-PI on grants funded by NSF and USDA to support her research. She is Editor of the Journal of Career Development and past Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling
Science Education.Dr. Vincent Wong On, California State University, Bakersfield Dr. Vincent Wong On is an assistant professor at California State University, Bakersfield, where he has been a faculty member since 2018. He completed his Ph.D. and M.S. in electrical engineering and his bachelor’s degree in physics with a minor in math at the University of California, Riverside and was a member of the Video Bioinformatics IGERT Fellowship. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, image processing, 3D modelling, and bioinformatics. Dr. On has collaborated actively with researchers in computer science and biology, producing several publications and bioinformatics tools.Dr
engineering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, statewide pre-college math initiatives, teacher and faculty professional development programs, and S-STEM pro- grams.Dr. Susan M Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teach- ing and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, engineering student persistence, and student autonomy. Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is a
. Two structural equation models (SEMs) have been developed for data analyses with onecontaining grade point average (as a proxy for achievement) as the outcome of interest and thesecond with engineering creativity and propensity for innovation as the outcome of interest.These two models indicate that use of pedagogical practices impact students’ creativity andpropensity for innovation and propensity for innovation impacts students’ achievement (withGPA as a proxy.) Notably, background characteristics also have impacts on the two outcomes ofinterest. This research informs community college faculty and student affairs personnel onwhich support practices best support students in STEM majors to transfer to colleges anduniversities and how students
Education, 2008 The Virtual Classroom Environment of a WWW-Based Autonomous Robotics Laboratory: Factors Affecting Student Participation, Communication, and PerformanceAbstractVirtual classrooms made possible by WWW-based course delivery have the potential to improvestudent access to scarce resources (faculty expertise, unique laboratory environments) as well asto unite students from geographically-separated backgrounds in shared educational activities.The long reach of WWW-based courses, however, is through a narrow window whose ultimatesize may face critical limits (available client or host computing power, network bandwidth,display screen size) that might impair student learning. In order to translate an
. Results of the assessment in-dicate that the project has a significant effect in developing historical perspective by thestudents. However, assessment results for the communication outcome indicate theproject has minimal impact in improving communication skills.IntroductionDeveloping a basic understanding of the history of civil engineering is important for un-dergraduate students. As noted by Petroski, “Engineering history is useful, if not essen-tial, to understanding the nature of engineering.”(1) Because of the importance of engi-neering history for civil engineering students, the newest version of the Body of Know-ledge (BOK) includes an outcome on “contemporary issues and historical perspectives.”To meet this outcome at the undergraduate
institution,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for incoming first-year engineering students. The paper is theresult of early steps in the implementation of a longer-term, NSF-funded research project thatextends the inquiry to the development of students’ understanding of ethics over the entire arc oftheir undergraduate educational experience [1].Our argument unfolds in five steps. In the section that follows this introduction, we situate ourinquiry within the broader field of engineering ethics research, connecting in particular to workon “macroethics” [2] as it intersects with scholarly work in our primary fields of science andtechnology studies (STS) and engineering studies. The next section reviews in greater detail thisproject’s research design
(aboutone-quarter of the school’s population), with demographics of 35% minority, 35% female, and23% low socio-economic status. While these rates fell short of matching the school itself,compared to those earning engineering degrees across the nation (13% minority, 18% female1),the academy was an overwhelming success in diversity.The learning modelOriginally unable to afford canned curricula, two of the school’s science teachers – one of whomhad a degree in engineering, the other with a background in the construction industry – weretasked with creating the lesson plans. Though neither had experience with engineering education,faculty members from the partnering college provided guidance. Rather than simply focusing onthe development of
throughengagement with professional practitioners. CASCADE links to TAMUK’s student-focusedinnovation center, JIL, which ties to South Texas industry and business to allow for project ideasand sponsorships of paid student internships. This allows students to develop innovativesolutions to scientific and technical problems posed by these South Texas industries,governmental and nongovernmental agencies, and to pursue their own innovations.Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, is located inSouth Texas, with a population that is 81% Hispanic36. Most of TAMUK’s approximately 6,200(2010-2011) total students (53% male, 47% female) are from South Texas, and the student bodyreflects area demographics: 62% Hispanic, 27% white
Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor-Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Retired Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Kimmel is currently providing his services on a part-time basis as a Special Assistant for Teacher Training and Curriculum Development with a focus on alignment of teaching practices with the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. He has spent almost forty years designing and implementing professional development programs, curricula, and assessment of student learning for K-12 teachers in STEM. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment
a variety of“longitudinal” studies. We have proposed a variety of approaches, but by and large have solvedthe wrong problems and missed addressing the actual one. Our efforts have been basically futilebecause we do not understand in detail how the educational system works.The purpose of this paper is to present the development of an analytical system model thatdescribes the fundamental operation of the B.S. educational system. Once such a model isidentified it is then possible to set about analyzing its operation and revealing the relationships thatgovern the process of producing B.S. graduates. Only then can we define the problem in concreteterms and propose program activities that truly address the need
26 Computing for Engineers CS 118 Fundamentals of Freshman 2 64 Computer Programming CS 125 Computer Science I Freshman and 3 90 Sophomore CS 315 Data Structures and Junior 1 37 Analysis of Algorithms Total 7 217Questionnaire DesignThe designed questionnaire includes 16 questions with 15 based on a variation of the Likert scale(Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree) and one open question.The questionnaire's development included the validation of faculty members of the College ofEngineering
Conflicting Models of the Product Life Cycle: Worldviews and the Design of TechnologyRICHARD DEVONProfessor of Engineering Design, Engineering Design Program, SEDTAPP, Penn StateUniversity. He was Interim Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program fortwo years, Director of the PA Space Grant Consortium, and founding Director of theEngineering Design Program. He teaches design, and researches and publishes on designeducation with current interests in Cloud computing platforms, global design, and rapidprototyping.RICHARD SCHUHMANNProfessor Rick Schuhmann has been a faculty member at Penn State since 1998 and iscurrently the Walter L. Robb Director of Engineering Leadership Development
Polytechnic Institute and State University Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics ( ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Who are we? Research- and Practice- Informed Insights for Relevant Background Recognizing
professor in physics at the University of Maryland in the Physics Education Research (PER) Group. Turpen’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learn- ing within higher education (for both students and faculty). Her research draws from perspectives in an- thropology, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom practice and institutional practice, she focuses on the role of culture in science learning and educational change. She pursues projects that have high potential for leveraging equitable change in undergraduate STEM pro- grams and she makes these struggles for change a direct focus of her research efforts. She also serves on several national leadership bodies
assistant professor in physics at the University of Maryland in the Physics Education Research (PER) Group. Turpen’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learn- ing within higher education (for both students and faculty). Her research draws from perspectives in an- thropology, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom practice and institutional practice, she focuses on the role of culture in science learning and educational change. She pursues projects that have high potential for leveraging equitable change in undergraduate STEM pro- grams and she makes these struggles for change a direct focus of her research efforts. She also serves on several national
Paper ID #7013On Adopting an Inquiry Stance: A Case Study of Three Teachers as They In-tegrated the InterLACE Technology to Encourage Student Sharing and Rea-soningMs. Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and OutreachDr. Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University Dr. Morgan Hynes is a research faculty associate at Arizona State University conducting research on the impact of product archaeology dissection activities on students’ knowledge and abilities to engineer in broader contexts. Before joining ASU, Hynes was a research assistant professor in the Education Depart- ment and Education Research Program
learning,and independence in research activities. While in many respects the twolaboratories are similar, the presence and role of a leader-mentor in daily activitiesis what set them apart. In this report, we analyze the impact of leadership-mentorship on learning and professional formation. We argue that the degree towhich a leader-mentor is consistently active in the laboratory’s life presentsadvantages and disadvantages with respect to different aspects of learning andprofessional formation. On one hand, professional development of students maybe hindered by the absence of direct oversight from an in-laboratory professionalmentor, resulting in delayed graduation for example. On another, absence ofdirect oversight can compel students to
describes a lightweight approach to incorporate sustainability educationinto engineering curricula. The intention is to complement engineers’ technical knowledge andproblem-solving skills with a sustainability mindset. The first part of this paper describes asustainability designation for engineering majors. The second part of the paper describes the one-semester-hour seminar course that is the gateway to the designation. The third part of the paperdescribes the new textbook we developed to support the gateway course. Finally, the paperpresents some future developments and takeaway lessons. Because curricular design and studentexperience are inextricably linked, we discuss both in this paper.I. Sustainability designationThe engineering
. She also recently won the prestigious CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study increasing the fairness of engineering assessments. In total, she has been on the leadership of more than $24 million dollars in research awards. Her research on evaluation of online learning (supported by two NSF awards #1544259,1935683, ) has resulted in more than 20 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications related to engineering learners in online courses. She was a FutureLearn Research Fellow from 2017-2019; a 2018 recipient of the FIE New Faculty Fellow Award and was the 2021 Program Chair for the Educational Research Methods Division of ASEE.Christopher Greg Brinton © American