Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

Paper ID #35292Design a Modeling STEM Outreach Project to Promote High-School Stu-dents’Interest in Math-Related ResearchZuyi Huang, Villanova University Zuyi (Jacky) Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University. He teaches Chemical Process Control (for senior students) and Systems Biology (for graduate students) at Villanova. He is enthusiastic in applying innovative teaching methods in class to educate students with modeling and control skills. His research is focused on developing advanced modeling and systems analysis techniques to manipulate microbial biological

Conference Session

Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He completed his PhD degree majoring in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Engineering Education and minoring in Educational Psychology as well as an MS degree in Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University. He also obtained an MEd degree from Clemson University. His research interests focus on teacher education and students learning issues within Engineering Education/Pedagogy and Computa- tional Thinking/Pedagogy field of studies. He received national and international recognitions including an Early Career Researcher award from European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) and a Jhumki Basu Scholar award from National Association for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Student Success Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs, and Living Learning Communities

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miriam Howland Cummings, University of Colorado Denver; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie Ivey, The University of Memphis; Craig Stewart; David Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Danny King, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; James Campbell, The University of Memphis; Tom Altman; Michael Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Gregory Simon, University of Colorado Denver

Paper ID #37614Summer Bridge Programming for Incoming First-YearStudents at Three Public Urban Research UniversitiesMiriam Howland Cummings (Graduate Research Assistant) Miriam is a PhD candidate in Education Research and Evaluation Methods at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) and a graduate research assistant on an NSF S-STEM grant in CU Denver's College of Engineering, Design, and Computing.Maryam Darbeheshti (Faculty) Dr. Maryam Darbeheshti is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research interests are in multiphase fluid flow, and Engineering

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Pejman Akbari, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona ; Brad Kevin Thomas, Electro Mechanical Systems Engineering Technology; Christopher John Tait, Cal Poly Pomona; Colby Stark

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

University, Pomona in June 2018. During his senior year at Cal Poly Pomona, CJ contributed to the design and manufacturing of the Radial Wave Engine. After graduation, he worked as a Research Engineer testing the Radial Wave Engine at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. Continuing his career in the Aerospace industry, CJ works as a Design Engineer at HiRel Connectors, Inc.Mr. Colby Stark c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Development of a Novel Engine Test Rig for Research and Educational PurposesAbstractThis paper overviews a senior design project conducted by three undergraduate engineeringstudents at California State Polytechnic

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Cody Hazelwood; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

State University Saleh M. Sbenaty is currently a professor of engineering technology at Middle Tennessee State Univer- sity. He received the B.S. degree in E.E. from Damascus University and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in E.E. from Tennessee Technological University. He is actively engaged in curriculum development for technological education. He has authored and co-authored several industry-based case studies. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, lasers, instrumentation, digital forensics, and microcontroller applications. Page 24.380.1

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tolga Duman; Cihan Tepedelenlioglu; Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

Society for Engineering Education”transmitted information sequence to protect the data against various impairments (e.g., noise, interference,fading) introduced by the channel. Specifically, turbo coding is a very powerful and practical channelcoding technique which provides near optimal performance over noisy channels. The research problemsinvolved are the invention of various code design principles, study of their bit error rate performance overdifferent channels, development of new and efficient iterative decoding algorithms (see, for example,[Dum98] [Dum99a] [Dum99b] [Ste00] [Bel02]. The students will get exposure to this research by gettingexposed to carefully designed smaller tasks managed by graduate students involved heavily on the

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 2: Using a Collective Impact Approach to Establish a Center for Equity in Engineering Focused on Graduate Education: Lessons Learned from Phase I

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Natali Huggins; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michelle D Klopfer, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeremi S London, Vanderbilt University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Paper ID #40718Using a Collective Impact Approach to Establish a Center for Equity inEngineering Focused on Graduate Education: Lessons Learned from Phase IDr. Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Teirra Holloman is a postdoctoral associate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Teirra received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and M.Eng. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University. Her research interests include organizational resilience; organizational change; diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Edward Z Moore, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests are in applying additive manufacturing processes to the production of tooling and the application of machine learning techniques to graduate admissions. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 10 Minute Labs: A Case Study in Teaching Spatial Visualization Strategies with Minimal InstructionAbstractIt has been recognized for many years that many students could benefit from remedial instructionin spatial visualization techniques. At Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) however, wehave found it difficult to incorporate this topic in our curriculum

Conference Session

Introducing Active and Inductive Learning and Improving the Learning Curve in ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Günter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Domagoj Rubesa, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,

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Mechanical Engineering

Interpreting) in 1991. She has been teaching business and technical English both in industry and at university level in Austria for the past 12 years.Günter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,Graz, Austria Throughout his career, Dr. Günter Bischof has combined his interest in science and engineering application. He studied physics at the University of Vienna, Austria, and acquired industry experience as development engineer at Siemens Corporation. Currently he teaches engineering mathematics in the Department of Automotive Engineering, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, and conducts research in automotive engineering and materials

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanourios Chalkiadakis

the operation of software packages that most likely they will have touse after they join the workforce. In that spirit, the Department of Industrial Technology hassupported the efforts of the EIET faculty for curriculum development with significant classroomrenovations, installation of new multimedia equipment and purchase of laboratory apparatus,including hardware and software tools.Due to the intensity of the program, a substantial portion of the classroom projects that requirethe use of advanced software is assigned mostly to senior and graduate students in the form ofindependent studies, and/or final projects. In addition the authors use frequently these software

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

inheritance designated solely for her wedding. All three taskswere pre-tested in classes of undergraduate psychology students in order to validate their genderorientation. A 7-point scale was used for validation (from 1 for most masculine to 7 for mostfeminine: masculine task, m=3.47, n=45; neutral task, m=4.31, n=13; feminine task, m=5.02,n=46). The duration of each task was only 20 minutes, and the perceived gender orientation ofthe task was not found to significantly affect team task performance. No other published research findings have been found that would indicate that thispotential effect of perceived gender orientation of the product design task on the performance ofindividual and team design performances has been studied for a longer

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi; Okechi Egekwu

results and make recommendations. During the first week of thecourse and at the beginning of each case study, the students are divided into teams of 3 or 4students. After formation of the teams, each team is assigned a whole case or an aspect of alarge case. The faculty and/or company representative usually presents the background of agiven case. Completion of case studies usually involves research, literature survey and thecollation, analysis, and interpretation of technical and historical data. Each team is requiredto present its findings in a 20-30 minute oral presentation to the class, faculty members, andindustry representatives and to write a final report with recommended solutions to theproblems. Depending on the nature of the case, the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology

2006-2310: THE EFFECT OF INCORPORATING VERBAL STIMULI IN THEONLINE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT: AN ONLINE CASE STUDYAlice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires is the Associate Director of the System Design and Operational Effectiveness (SDOE) Online Program in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM), Schaefer School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Alice teaches systems engineering as a faculty at Stevens and business and management as a faculty at University of Phoenix. Alice graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science of Electrical Engineering (BSEE) at University of Maryland in 1984 and a

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Supporting Students at Multiple Levels

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Holmes Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart D. Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying mechanochemical reactions of a spiropy- ran mechanophore in polymeric materials under shear loading. She is currently an Assistant Professor c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18910in the Mechanical Engineering department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology whereher research interests include novel manufacturing and characterization techniques of polymer and com-posite structures and the incorporation of multifunctionality by inducing desired responses to mechanicalloading. c American Society

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2075: ADAPTION OF A VIRTUAL LABORATORY CURRICU-LUM: A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF IMPLEMENTATION AT OTHER IN-STITUTIONSDebra Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a doctoral student in Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories. Debra has an MBA and MS as well as 4 years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development, an area in which she holds a patent. Debra was awarded the Teacher’s Assistant of the Year Award by the College of Engineering at Oregon State University for her work as a Teacher’s Assistant.Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University Ben is currently studying for a M.S. in

Conference Session

Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Hassanein Jaleel Radhi, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering research. The NSF Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) program [9] promotes and supports research involvement, and this activityclearly has the potential to benefit students. Pascarella and Terenzini [10] note several positiveoutcomes for students who participate in undergraduate research programs, among them greaterretention in the curriculum and greater likelihood of enrolling in graduate school.On the other hand, Seymour et al. [11] argue that most studies of undergraduate research did notinclude proper control groups, used biased samples or failed to provide sufficient details of theirevaluation methods. However, Kevin Gibbons et al. [12] have developed an approach to involve agroup of senior mechanical students that were

Conference Session

Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey E. Baker, University of Florida, Gainesville; Justin Dunnavant, University of Florida, Gainesville; Janise McNair, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

San Jose State University and two M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the California State University Los Angeles and the Uni- versity of Florida, respectively. To learn more about Corey and his research, visit his personal page at http://coreyebaker.comMr. Justin Dunnavant, University of Florida, Gainesville Justin Dunnavant is a Ph.D. anthropology student at the University of Florida. Justin’s research interests focus generally on the historical archaeology of Africa and the African Diaspora. More specifically his dissertation research will address the the development of complex societies in southern Ethiopia. In addition to his archaeological research, Justin works as a graduate coordinator

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alex Friess, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine; Dylan Connole

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International

Page 25.568.2by eight prestigious universities around the world5. The study resulted in fourrecommendations: (1) A key qualification of engineering graduates must be globalcompetence; (2) transnational mobility for engineering students, researchers, andprofessionals needs to become a priority; (3) global engineering excellence critically dependson a partnerships, especially those that link engineering education to professional practice;and (4) research is urgently needed on engineering in a global context.The challenges of educating world class engineers with global competencies have generatedchanges in the paradigm of engineering education that explore great variety ofteaching/learning approaches with the aim of forming the future engineers

Conference Session

FPD 10: Teamwork

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oguz Hanoglu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aladar Horvath, Ivy Tech Community College; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #8516First-Year Engineering Team Responses to Feedback on Their MathematicalModels - A Video StudyOguz Hanoglu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Oguz Hanoglu is currently a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Edu- cation. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey. He conducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help the development, implementation, and assessment of model- eliciting activities with authentic engineering contexts. He is also a

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter R Hondred, Iowa State University; Denise Crawford, Iowa State University; Debbie Ann Victor, Des Moines Independent Schools; Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University

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Materials

Paper ID #7640A MATERIALS ENGINEER’S APPROACH TO EXPLAINING SCIENTIFICPROBLEMS IN AN 8TH GRADE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDYMr. Peter R Hondred, Iowa State University Peter R. Hondred is a graduate student in materials science and engineering at Iowa State University under the direction of Michael R. Kessler. He earned his B.S. in Engineering with a Mechanical emphasis as well as a minor in Chemistry from Dordt College in 2008. Hondred’s graduate research has involved the development of mathematical models that represent the thermal degradation of wire insulation polymers. Currently, he is working on biorenewable bases plastics

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanna M. Horton, Virginia Tech; Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech; Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-107: MACROERGONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INSTRUCTIONALTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: A CASE STUDY ON TABLET PC ADOP-TIONLeanna M. Horton, Virginia Tech Leanna Horton is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and is a member of the Industrial Ergonomics and Biomechanics Laboratory. Her research is focused on the effects of job rotation on muscle fatigue and performance.Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech Kahyun Kim is a graduate student currently pursuing Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech with a concentration on human factors and ergonomics. Her research interest is in the impact of various factors on team collaboration and effectiveness as well as team

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Veena Jayasree Krishnan, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

59 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di- rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM education of over 1,000 students annually. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Fundamental: Optimizing a Teacher Professional Development Program for Teaching STEM with Robotics Through Design-Based Research1. IntroductionPrior studies have shown that robotics helps stimulate student excitement and encourage studentparticipation in STEM lessons [1,2]. Furthermore, robotics technology as an educational tool can be appliedin the teaching and learning of diverse disciplines such as biological-, chemical-, computer-, medical-, andspace sciences; design

Conference Session

Fundamental: Tools and Content for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Moorhead, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distinguished Award for Excellence in the cate- gory Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-SoE’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 7 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 55 journal articles, and 109 conference papers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 16 M.S., and 4 Ph.D. thesis students; 31 undergraduate research students and 11 under- graduate senior design project teams

Conference Session

Engineering in K-12 Science and Mathematics Standards

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jennifer Anna Kersten, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Forster D Ntow, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

designThe qualitative research design employed in this study was a Multiple Comparative Case Study35approach, which allowed each state to serve as an individual case with the opportunity tocompare across the different states, or cases. The science standards document from each of the50 states were compiled and analyzed using a document content analysis as suggested byKrippendorff36. The research team consisted of one professor of STEM education and fourgraduate researchers. There were two graduate researchers from mathematics education and twofrom science education – one of the science education researchers also had a master’s degree inengineering. Additionally, each member of the research team had K-12 teaching experience.With the recent emergence

Conference Session

Using Research in Engineering Ed

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Robotics and Mechatronics Avionics 4 Engineering Junior 5 Mechanical Engineering Junior Systems 6 Civil Engineering Junior Structures 7 Mechanical Engineering Junior Structures 8 Mechanical Engineering Freshman Systems 9 Computer Engineering Senior SystemsLearning ObjectivesFollowing are the learning objectives of the research course. Upon successful completion of thecourse, students will be able to: 1. Describe past research studies in their field of study

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Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1602: NOVEL CURRICULUM EXCHANGE RESEARCH-BASEDTEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO SUPPORTELEMENTARY STEM CURRICULUMJohn C Bedward, North Carolina State University John Bedward is in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education at NC State University. Is a Science Education doctoral student and graduate research assistant with the Graphic- Enhanced Elementary Science project at the NC State Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. He received his BS/MS in Technology Education from NC State, taught middle school technology education, and led informal science investigations at the Science House, a learning outreach initiative at NC State. His research interests include STEM

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsey Simmons, Stanford University; Beth L Pruitt, Stanford University; Kaye Storm, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as thecuriosity, openness to new ideas and data, and skepticism that characterize science.”1 Exposingstudents to this expansive representation of science is expected to improve their skills astechnical workers and as thoughtful citizens. Pedagogical theories suggest that the most powerfulway to become proficient at a profession is to practice it or at least approximate its practices.2Evidence from laboratory-based professional development programs suggests this is true: teacherparticipation in research experiences can augment student achievement in a variety of measures.3,4 However, one comprehensive study suggests that teachers participating in the National ScienceFoundation’s Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Program may not

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

Zero WastePittsburgh. Furthermore, we discussed the topics continuously as a class. Some of the suggestedtopics are given below.Research Project TopicsStudents were allowed to choose any topic (subject to approval), but possible topics included 1) UPMC: Analyze laboratory equipment energy usage, determine energy efficiency upgrades and develop an economic feasibility study for the upgrades. 2) Phipps Conservatory: Energy model of the conservatory and warehouse to create a baseline. Students will compare the baseline to technologies that increase envelope efficiency to determine payback times. 3) Phipps Conservatory: Research technologies to improve energy efficiency on historic portion of the conservatory (Insulation

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico; Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico; Joseph Greene, California State University, Chico

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineeringin 1993 from the University of Michigan. Joe began teaching at California State University, Chico in1998 after a 14-year career with General Motors Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. His research inter-ests include biobased and biodegradable polymers, recycled plastics, marine biodegradation testing, andanaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessing a Summer Engineering Math and Projects Bootcamp to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates in Engineering and Computer ScienceThis complete Evidence-Based Practice paper discusses the efforts made to increase four-yearand six-year graduation rates of students

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen; Iskandar Hack

. The current plan, anticipated for the summer of 2005, will have students fromIPFW going to UKL for a six week period of study and cultural exchange. While in Malaysia,the students will be staying in the UKL dormitories.The advantage of such a program is to provide students the diversity of working on a one-on-oneinternational project. This intense plan of study will provide students exposure of what to expectafter graduation when working in a global market. Completion of the technological project willbe the focus of the program. A second focus will be on the dynamics of working in a small groupinvolving diverse members. This paper provides the preliminary investigation of challenges andachievements involved in introducing such a technology