Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including
their ethical research competency(ERC) and ethical research self-efficacy (ERS) levels. The next set of assessments of students’ERC and ERS levels would occur once intervention plans are implemented throughout thecurriculum including select courses (at sophomore/junior levels) and senior capstone projects.Lastly, the project aims to evaluate the impact of E3 program on competency and self-efficacy ofhigh school teachers and their students with respect to ethical STEM research and practices. Thesecond key activity is centered around the goal to develop targeted learning materials that will beused in the undergraduate curriculum both in lower level (sophomore or junior years) and seniorlevel capstone project courses. After having developed the
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includes modifications that have occurred within the exam in thepast years due to curriculum changes and changes to the FE exam itself.Sophomore Assessment ExamDescription of ExamAll students in the departments of MME and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) arerequired to take an assessment exam during the 3rd quarter of their sophomore year as part of azero credit course. The exam is given in two parts during the quarter, and the exams are roughlyfour weeks apart. Part one contains questions on topics of the basic math and science courses inthe curriculum, which include: Chemistry, Physics, Algebra, Calculus, and DifferentialEquations. Part two covers questions on second year engineering courses, including: DigitalDesign, Circuits, Statics
Paper ID #41977Apples or Oranges: A Step Back in Time to Understand Which ProgrammingLanguage is for Novice ProgrammersKwansun Cho, University of Florida Kwansun Cho is an Instructional Assistant Professor of the Department of Engineering Education, in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. She has been teaching introductory computer programming courses for engineers. She holds two Masters’ degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and Yonsei University, specializing in speech signal processing. Her educational research interests include improved flipped classroom teaching
success of their innovation). This was adeliberate choice since we wanted to ensure that the RED team were not the judges of theirinnovations but only facilitators to help them evaluate their own success and make suitablemodifications.In the 2022 cohort, 16 teaching innovation proposals were submitted, and 5 proposals wereselected. 5 project teams were finally formed including 14 faculty, and 6 undergraduate coursesare involved in their pedagogical innovation. The initially proposed proposals are: (1)Enhancing design experience and problem-solving skill in the Solid Mechanics in MechanicalDesign Curriculum with SolidWorks Simulation; (2) Facilitate student learning through BloomsTaxonomy-based assignments; (3) Investigating mind-mapping as a tool
. Plumb and C. Scott, “Outcomes Assessment of Engineering Writing at the University ofWashington,” J. Eng. Educ., 91, pp. 333–338, 2002.[8] R. Cockrum, D. Clark and Z. Mylona, “Motivating students to write technical papers,” Proc.of the 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Designing the Future of Science andEngineering, November 10-13, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers, Piscataway, New Jersey. ISBN: 0-7803-5643-583.[9] D. Russ, “Developing technical writing skills to engineering students,” Procedia Technology,19, pp. 1109 – 1114, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.protcy.2015.02.158[10] Y. Gao, "Teaching Technical Writing to Engineering Students: Design, Implementation, andAssessment for Project-based
University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and
achievement toqualify for an S-STEM scholarship, most of the participants already have sizeable financial aidpackages available to them for school. The support that the S-STEM scholarship provides typicallypays all or most of the tuition balance and allows the student to work fewer hours (or none at all)giving them more time to participate in program activities.As far as program expectations, participants are required to take a one-hour course each semester inthe first two years of college. The first year is a hands-on project-based robotics curriculum, whilethe second year is an undergraduate research experience with a faculty mentor. The mandatoryweekly class meetings are a significant part of the engagement intervention as the effectiveness
example of complex modern design-based project in which students are engaged inlearning engineering through an authentic complex engineering design process. The main aim ofthe competition is to produce an energy-efficient vehicle promoting sustainable engineeringthinking and environmental awareness at an early stage of future engineers’ career. Furthermore,SEM is a competition that normally requires interdisciplinary team composed of mechanical,electrical, and sometimes other fields of engineering. Figure (1) shows a developed vehicle inQatar University for the SEM competition of 2014.In The SEM design phase of the vehicles, students work to design the car from scratch, build itand then test it which may take about a year sometimes. At the end
. The experiments show the principle of reverse osmosis and provide some introductionto the students on system design and applications.Both the coffee machine and reverse osmosis units are very effective tools to get studentsmotivated within the field of engineering!ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFunding for some of the curriculum development activities described above are funded by a grant from the DuPontFoundation. Funding for the new School of Engineering was initiated using a major gift in 1992 from the RowanFoundation (Rowan and Smith[22]).References1. Engineering Education for a Changing World, Joint project report by the Engineering Deans Council and Corpo- rate Roundtable of the American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 1994.2
and thegeneration of new knowledge. Moreover, the students’ beliefs and how they internalized thosebeliefs affected how they reacted to situations in their community and their motives to work onengineering projects. Although the three students shared common ideas and values, and theywere involved in the same activities, their Discourses were very different. According to Rios-Aguilar et al., 30 Discourses are encountered not only in the household and the community, butalso in more formalized institutions. The merger of these Discourses created a reconstructedform
AC 2009-885: THE TECT WORKSHOP: RAISING HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS’AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS’ SELF-EFFICACY IN COUNSELINGSTUDENTS ABOUT ENGINEERING CAREERS AND MAJORSBruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management. PI for the Teaching Engineering to Counselors and Teachers (TECT) project.Lyndon Abrams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of CounselingDeborah Bosley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of EnglishJames Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringStephen Kuyath
assessment of the Fall 2007 ENGR 1050 was primarily based on the designnotebook, project presentation and report, and the results of focus groups with students. ENGR1050 is not designed to increase the academic pressure on the students but it is to provideopportunities for the students to meet the college advisors, obtain information on various careers,develop needed professional skills, exposure to good project management skills and provideopportunities for networking. The course also serves to educate students on their selected major.Engineering Residential College, ERC The Engineering Residential College is a freshman residence hall specifically forengineering and construction management majors. The objective of the curriculum
,preparation of progress reports, and a final research paper and research poster presentation at theend of the summer. The program also included a preparatory course for the standardized test forgraduate school program applications (i.e. GRE) and several seminars on student-mentorinteractions, graduate school opportunities, and research based careers.Program OverviewThe purpose of the undergraduate summer research grant program was to involve outstandingstudents who had completed their sophomore year and were interested in pursuing graduatestudies. Eligible students should have interest and desire to actively participate in ongoingresearch projects, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, and major in engineering or relatedscience or math curriculum
required e lective courses rose from50% to 80% over a four-year period. For this reason, DSP-oriented labs and senior designcourses have become very popular in recent years. A number of these courses focus onprogramming of DSP chips: typical examples are given in [2,3,4,5,6,7,8].This paper describes the implementation and assessment of a DSP-based laboratory course that istailored to the particular needs of students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In 1970,WPI developed a unique outcome-oriented, project-based engineering curriculum, referred tolocally as the WPI Plan [9]. The WPI Plan is distinguished by several features: · Courses are offered in four seven-week terms, identified by the letters A, B, C, and D. Students
. He is director of an interdisciplinary lab called Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) at VT. He received a Ph.D. in civil engineer- ing from VT. Dr. Lohani’s research interests are in the areas of computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has led several interdis- ciplinary research and curriculum reform projects, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), at VT. He has participated in research and curriculum development projects with ˜$4.5 million funding from external sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) under Professor Angus Rockett and Geoffrey Herman. Her research is a mixture between understanding defect behavior in solar cells and student learning in Materials Science. Outside of research she helps plan the Girls Learning About Materials (GLAM) summer camp for high school girls at UIUC.Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman is a visiting assistant professor with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in En- gineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a research assistant professor with the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer En
undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on student perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She obtained her certifica- tion as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Fron- tiers of Engineering Education Symposium in 2013 and awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research
Paper ID #38171Assessing the Effectiveness of The LIAT College Access andSuccess Model (L-CAS) on Low-income HispanicEngineering Students (Experience)Manuel A. Jimenez (Professor) Manuel Jiménez received his BS degree from Univ. Autónoma de Santo Domingo, MS from Univ. of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University, all in Electrical Engineering. His areas of teaching and research include modeling and rapid prototyping of electronic and embedded systems, electronic characterization, and engineering education. His work has been documented in over one hundred publications in nationally and
Paper ID #16065Implementing a Challenge-Based Approach to Teaching Selected Courses inCS and Computational SciencesDr. Mahmoud K. Quweider, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley M K Quweider is a Professor of Computer & Information Sciences at the U. of Texas at UTRGV. He re- ceived his Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Multimedia and Imaging Specialty) and B.S. In Electrical Engi- neering, M.S. in Applied Mathematics, M.S. in Engineering Science, and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering all from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He also holds a Bachelor of English and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of
-centeredenvironment that helps students to develop a can-do, proactive, innovative mindset; an environmentthat will light their spark of innovation, and provide them with resources to translate their ideas frompaper to prototype. We have identified four major groups of relevant skills, namely, problem solving, “big picture”,personal and social skills, and used several different activities to try to boost them. See also(Radcliffe, 2005). A variety of projects and challenges, and multi-sensory activities were synthesizedto create an empirical, authentic, and multi-disciplinary experience. The bigger picture This effort is part of our college’s longer term goal to infuse engineering curriculum withoverarching traits of innovation, leadership, and
Paper ID #32917Serious Games in Engineering: The Current State, Trends, and FutureJaveed Kittur, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Javeed Kittur is currently a doctoral student (Engineering Education Systems and Design) at Arizona State University, USA. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s degree in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014 respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011-2012, India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014 to 2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics
] Carnavos, T. C., (1980). “Heat Transfer Performance of Internally Finned Tubes in Turbulent Flow”, HeatTransfer Engineering Journal, 1 (4), pp. 32-37.Authors’ BibliographyDr. Shehadi is an Assistant Professor of MET in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University. Hisacademic experiences have focused on learning and discovery in areas related to HVAC, indoor air quality, humanthermal comfort, and energy conservation. While working in industry, he oversaw maintenance and managementprograms for various facilities including industrial plants, high rise residential and commercial buildings, energyaudits and condition surveys for various mechanical and electrical and systems. He has conducted several projects toreduce CO2 fingerprint for
AC 2012-4911: STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF SHAPE MEMORY POLY-MERS IN THE ACTIVE DISASSEMBLY PROCESSJ.A. Ortega-Saenz, PSJA High SchoolDr. Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Hua Li is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Texas A&M University, Kingsville.Prof. Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Mohamed Abdelrahman received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and engineering physics from Cairo University, Egypt in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in measurement and control and nuclear engineering from Idaho State University in 1994 and 1996, re- spectively. He is currently the Associate Dean of
. Berndt, M. Herman, and C. J. Walsh, “Growing the Soft Robotics Community Through Knowledge-Sharing Initiatives,” Soft Robot., vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 119–121, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.1089/soro.2018.29013.dph.[6] S. Shah, A. Beaudette, D. Bergandine, S. Devmal, C. Walsh, and H. Golecki, “Adapting Soft Robotics Outreach to Teacher-Delivered Curriculum in the Virtual Classroom (Work in Progress),” in 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings, Virtual Conference, Jul. 2021, p. 36651. doi: 10.18260/1-2--36651.[7] A. H. Greer et al., “Soluble Polymer Pneumatic Networks and a Single-Pour System for Improved Accessibility and Durability of Soft Robotic Actuators,” Soft Robot., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 144–151, Apr. 2021, doi
an inclusive makerspace can support these efforts.Benefits Beyond Engineering ProgramsMakerspaces are not unique to engineering. Performance and visual art galleries and laboratories,educator spaces, and libraries are often locations on campus where makerspaces can be found[1], [6]. Makerspaces create intersections between multiple disciplines [7].Makerspaces provide a wide range of opportunities to supplement engineering curriculum withhighly valuable non-technical skills. Design thinking and engaged learning are learningobjectives that cut across disciplines. Makerspaces are necessarily collaborative resulting in moreinterdisciplinary projects. Faculty and students from various disciplines bring different skills andassets to the making
students in engineering. in 44th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. 2014. Madrid, Spain: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.23. Blash, L., et al., A Long & Leaky Pipeline: Improving transfer pathways for engineering students. 2012a, The RP Group: Sacramento, CA.24. Laanan, F.S., D.L. Jackson, and M. Darrow. Experiences of engineering transfer students: From community college to university. in 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20, 2010 - June 23, 2010. 2010. Louisville, KY, United states: American Society for Engineering Education.25. Laanan, F.S., D.L. Jackson, and D.T. Rover. Engineering transfer students: Characteristics, experiences, and student outcomes
implementation of humanitarian-related curricula in a number of engineeringschools; and 3) undertaken the development and implementation of HE initiatives in graduateengineering education. The paper outlines the literature review and philosophical analysisconducted in different areas related to humanitarianism, how these activities were incorporatedin a faculty development workshop, and how they are being used in curriculum development andimplementation of a Humanitarian Engineering Ethics Introductory Seminar and electrical andenvironmental engineering courses.OverviewHumanitarianism and engineeringAs has been previously outlined by Mitcham, Lucena, and Moon [1], the social philosophy ofhumanitarianism developed during the same time frame as
AC 2011-1640: UNIT OPERATIONS LAB BAZAARMichael E Prudich, Ohio University Mike Prudich is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio Uni- versity were he has been for 27 years. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio University, he was a senior research engineering at Gulf Research and Development Company in Pittsburgh, PA primarily working in the area of synthetic fuels.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research includ- ing student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of