, and SAE International,having life-long learning as the core competency, is a global association of automotive engineersand related technical experts. In order to promote awareness of advanced automotivetechnologies to diverse audiences, CAAT also includes Excel Institute in Washington DC in the Page 25.1277.2program, and collaborates with the NSF funded Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation(LSAMP) program and the state funded King-Chavez-Parks Initiative University BoundProgram.The MCC-WSU partnership was awarded the NSF-ATE grant (UDE 1003032) in June 2010 forestablishing the CAAT. The center office and a branch office have been
at their own and two collaborating institutions. We are studying changes in students’ conceptual learning as a result of participation in this program, and are building a repository of accurate, engaging videos for thermodynamics learning that will ultimately be shared with other instructors and the public. Background and Methods This work is a component of a broader study between three institutions that seek to evaluate the effect of video generation and viewing on student understanding of several thermodynamics concepts: 1) Entropy and the Second Law, 2) Reversibility, 3) Steady State vs Equilibrium, 4) Internal Energy vs Enthalpy, and 5
will introduce two new courses (Digital Design Using VHDL and Topics inProgrammable Logic). Each of these courses is three credit hours (2 class, 3 lab). Thedescriptions of the two new courses are provided below. We are able to add the two new courseswithout impacting the overall degree plan. The current EET program has a shortage of courses indigital logic design; only one course (Digital Electronics) is currently offered. The EET programwill still be structured as a 127 credit hour program with sixty-eight (68) credits of technicalcourses in Electrical Engineering Technology. This is in line with ABET requirements [8].ABET Criterion 5. Curriculum: “Baccalaureate programs must consist of a minimum of 124semester hours … and the technical
of conducting this research, and sharing of innovativeresearch methods in addition to the actual data. For these activities, we have created an R datapackage, midfielddata, that provides a stratified sample of MIDFIELD data as a publiclyavailable practice data set [17]. The practice data can be accessed and manipulated usingmidfieldr, an R package that provides tools for studying MIDFIELD student unit record data[18].The second MIDFIELD Institute was held August 3-5, 2022 with an optional help session onTuesday August 2, 2022. Based on a survey we conducted of possible participants, we decidedto host this workshop online using Zoom. We met for 4 hours per day from 1 pm to 5 pmEastern Time with breaks approximately once per hour. The
Starting with Circuits: Year 1AbstractThis NSF-funded Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Improving Undergraduate STEMEducation (IUSE) project aims to integrate sociotechnical issues in electrical engineering (EE)curricula beginning with the Introduction to Circuits class. To prepare graduates for theworkforce, instructors must help students address the sociotechnical nature of engineering. Mostengineering instructors have been educated with a deep technical focus, have little experienceoutside of engineering, and feel ill-equipped to integrate sociotechnical issues. In this project, weaim to make it easier for engineering instructors to include sociotechnical issues in their coursesby developing modules (with detailed teaching guides and
researched wind turbine control systems since 2002, with numerous projects related to reducing turbine loads and increasing energy capture. She has applied experiential learning techniques in several wind energy and control systems classes and began engineering education research related to social justice in control systems engineering in fall 2014.Dr. Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines Jon A. Leydens is an associate professor in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines, USA, where he has been since 1997. Research and teaching interests include communication, social justice, and engineering education. Dr. Leydens is co-author of Engineering and Sustainable Community
school teachers, andindustry professionals recruited to be teachers to acquire the technical knowledge andcertifications and pedagogical skills to teach renewable energy in their classrooms; 3)develop and implement a 2+2+2 pathway through partnership with high schools anduniversities to allow students interested in renewable energy careers to have a definedcareer ladder with multiple exit points integrated with industry certifications and collegecertificate and degree attainment; 4) conduct continuous assessment and evaluation withimbedded targeted research of curricular and professional development strategies toensure that student, faculty, and industry goals are attained; and, 5) disseminate both theproducts and the partnership process to
Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His lab focuses on engineering design, advancing research methods, and technology innovations to support learning in complex domains. Major research strands include: (1) analyzing how expertise develops in engineering design across the continuum from novice pre-college students to prac- ticing engineers, (2) advancing engineering design research by integrating new theoretical or analytical frameworks (e.g., from data science or complexity science) and (3) conducting design-based research to develop scaffolding tools for supporting the learning of complex skills like design. He is the Division Chair Elect for the Design in Engineering
logic design; only one course (Digital Electronics) is currently offered. The EET programwill still be structured as a 127 credit hour program with sixty-eight (68) credits of technicalcourses in Electrical Engineering Technology. This is in line with ABET requirements [10].ABET Criterion 5. Curriculum: “Baccalaureate programs must consist of a minimum of 124semester hours … and the technical content is limited to no more than 2/3 the total credit hoursfor the program” [10]. Page 23.627.3 Digital Electronics Currently offered Course (4 cr. Hrs, 3 class, 2 lab
technical, global, societal, economic, and environmental issues. 3) Design a system or process to help a local, national, or international community reduce its environmental footprint through one or more avenues, managing the technical, global, societal, economic, and environmental issues associated with the problem.As a result, the student groups had to “dig” to uncover design problems in each project challengecategory. The pedagogical focus is on the explanation phase of the PA framework, although inthe process of designing and drawing conclusions, the students must perform tasks andexperience opportunities related to the other three phases: preparation, excavation, andevaluation.In addition, the student groups were immersed in a
opportunities to get to know engineering faculty and upper- division engineering students to foster a sense of belonging in engineering. • Help students develop the professional and technical skills they will need for their futures. • Provide students with an understanding of the engineering profession since many have no idea what engineering entails. • Implement evidence-based pedagogies, to improve learning and reduce attrition.In general, design in the first year is considered to be particularly well-suited to giving students a“taste” of engineering, to excite students about engineering careers, and to provide students withthe chance to interact meaningfully with engineering faculty and peers. A semester-long designproject is
element of the grant activity is support of students academically, such thatretention and graduation rates will be improved, relative to the peer group students who are notpart of the SEECS activity. Also, as the NSF goal for S-STEM programs includes placing newlyminted, domestic students into the US STEM workforce, SEECS includes activities related tocareer preparation and job searching. As such, there are also internal stakeholders to beconsidered in the evaluation of this grant activity. These internal stakeholders also possessvaluable information that may be used to improve the SEECS program activities and outcomes.Internal Stakeholder survey summaryThe internal stakeholders include various divisions at Gannon University that interact with
15% identified as having multiple or diverse racial/ethnic identities.Specifically, 3% identified as both American Indian/Native American and White/Caucasian(n=1), 3% identified as both American Indian/Native American and Black/African/AfricanAmerican (n=1), 3% identified as both White/Caucasian and Black/African/AfricanAmerican (n=1), and 3% identified as Hispanic/Latino(a) and Black/African/AfricanAmerican (n=1).Guided and interactive discussions were conducted through focus groups, which wereconducted online, to gather insight into students’ motivation in engineering/computer scienceproject-based learning. The focus group sessions began with a brief introduction of the study,and students were asked to create pseudonyms to maintain
0.23 Nanoscale Synthesis Methods Structural Device Applications C-nanostructure and Dimension (r=.92) (r=.70) Characterization (r=.86) Bioengineering (r=.98) (r=.87) Fig.3. Response Consistency between 2010 and 2011 Cohorts in Pre-Assessment Items by DomainA full copy of the inventory is presented in our 2011 NUE Annual Report to the EngineeringEducation and Centers (EEC) Division of the NSF. A representative question from each of thiscategory is presented in Table 1. Table 1: Representative questions from course concept inventoryCategory Examples QuestionNanoscale
2000, and director in 2005. Since joining the Academy, he has served as the lead professional staff to multiple NAE commit- tee studies, workshops, and symposia on issues related to the globalization of engineering, technological dimensions of competitiveness, U.S.-China cooperation on energy and environment, systems approaches to health and healthcare, future of engineering education, research, and practice, and vitality of the engi- neering workforce. In addition to his work with the Academy, Reid has served as Secretary to the AAAS Section on Industrial Science and Technology and as a professorial lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, where he received
) circuit problems via node ormesh analysis, including features such as supernodes, supermeshes, and dependent sources. Allsteps are shown in detail in the solution process. This approach is quite different from numericalcircuit solvers such as PSPICE, which use a method called modified nodal analysis that is nottypically taught to beginning students, and which show only final computed answers (not thesteps involved in the algebraic solution). The system has now been extended to use otherimportant methods, such as single node-pair and single loop (voltage division and currentdivision) analysis and superposition. All such capabilities are available for both DC and ACcircuits, as complex numbers are used internally to represent all voltage sources
, entrepreneurship training, socially relevant research themeIntroductionThe National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) programs offer studentsthe ability to gain research experience, engage in professional development opportunities, and interactsocially with a community of scholars. REU programs are known for increasing enthusiasm in studentsfor their major and encouraging many to pursue graduate studies [1-3]. Research themes for REU Sitesare important in that they provide students with a focused technical area where they can investigatesolutions to complex science and engineering problems. Students are enthusiastic about topical areas withpotential for broad societal impact because they understand the relevance of critical
, J., W. Moeller, D. Kazmer, V. Crespo, L. Barrington, C. Barry and C. West (2008). Service-learning projects in core undergraduate engineering courses, International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, 3(2): 18-41.7. Ejiwale, J. and D. Posey (2008). Enhancing leadership skills through service learning, Ameri- can Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Paper 2008-2457.8. Bielefeldt, A.R., K.G. Paterson, and C.W. Swan (2010). Measuring the Value Added from Service Learning in Project-Based Engineering Education. International Journal of Engineer- ing Education. In press for Special Issue on Problem-Based Learning, 26(2):1-12.9. Paterson, K.G. and V.J. Fuchs (2008). Development for
, Alfano, Sando, Feb. 2016) 3. Request for datasets from Cal PASS Plus. The data will be returned in aggregate. We have requested that they strip out the unique ID used by Cal-PASS Plus and put in a dummy code so we can get a student level file. This would allow us to unduplicate the records. (Cal PASS Plus expects to take 6-8 weeks to generate the datasets as requested). (Alfano, Meuschke, Sent at the end of Feb 2016) 4. Perform first level student achievement sorting using SPSS including: progress to degree and retention, certificate and degree attainment, and wage increases and wage levels by technical discipline (Meuschke, Gribbons, May-July 2016) 5. Review first level
and manufacturing, (2) energy storage materials, batteries, and inversion devices, (3) remanufacturing and sustainability assessment, and (4) chemical-energy-water nexus. Projects within these four focus areas addressed during the 2016 site program are listed in Table 1. This companion paper to the Summer Academy for Sustainable Manufacturing’s NSF Grantees Poster session describes the program, recruitment, and results of the first year of the three-year site. Additional Figure 1 REU Site: Summer program, faculty mentor, student
forspecifying competencies and contexts that promote skill transfer. Instead, of talking aboutknowledge and topics, the team opted to talk about what fresh out engineers are doing on the job.To collect such data in a rigorous fashion, the team drew upon the critical incident method [30-32]. We facilitate focus groups comprised of 3 – 6 participants who are either. Engineering managers, engineering leads, HR personnel, and technical scientists who work with fresh out engineers. Fresh out engineers.During a typical session, participants: 1. Complete 2-page engineering practices survey. 2. Generate incident cards (as depicted in Figure 6) describing successful workplace performances and share them with the group. 3. Generate
summer research internship open to students over the ageof 16 attending eligible high schools in Massachusetts and is located at a large state university campus.Eligibility is determined by the Massachusetts Life Science Center, the funding entity, and incudes Chapter 74Vocational Technical High Schools, high schools located in “Gateway Cities,” and high schools in cities with apopulation of at least 25% classified as low income [1]. High school students participate in projects sponsoredby Principal Investigators with daily mentorship provided by graduate students and post-doctoral candidates inthese labs.The internal program goal is to provide as many of the research internship spots to potential first-generationcollege students and
divisions that were developed by the NAE Committee on Assessing TechnologicalLiteracy. These content areas are listed in Table 4. These NAE contents areas are also consistentwith those used in the K-12 sector for the development of a Technology and EngineeringLiteracy Assessment as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This is Page 23.1160.5a US Department of Education effort associated with America’s report card.4,5Table 3: List of Workshop Participants Contributing to Assessment Development.Workshop Participant InstitutionTish Allen Appalachian State UniversityJohn Blake Austin Peavy
not simply due to the complexity of the problems, but also because of the very nature ofthe engineering design process. In a seminal work in the area, Bucciarelli [2] revealed that designis a social process that only exists in a collective sense. In order to lead this social process andensure that the capabilities of an expanded engineering workforce are successfully harnessed, newengineers must be more than just technical experts, they must also be technical leaders [3, 4]. Thisneed is the impetus for developing greater levels of engineering leadership in undergraduatestudents.While the Green Report called for inclusion of leadership in engineering education over ageneration ago [5], the engineering education community has only recently
Fire and Combustion Committee in the Heat Transfer Division of ASME and the Associate Editor of the Journal of Thermal Engineering and Science. She has chaired international conferences and organized a number of technical sessions for various conferences. She has served as a member of various boards and committees such as the AIST Foundation Board of Trustees.Mrs. Anusree Balachandran, Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation First year graduate student, studying Computer Science at Purdue University Calumet. Working as Re- search Student at CIVS(Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation), the research depart- ment of Purdue University.Miss Fangzhou Zhang, Purdue University Northwest
, Utah.3. K. Jahan, R. Breen, P. L. Hurley, E. Pepe, J. Shen (2018) “An Algae-Based Curriculum for Globally Conscious Engineering Education” Accepted for Publication, International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE), Volume 9, Issue 1, ISSN 2042-6364 (Online)4. K. Jahan, S. Farrell, Y. Tang, C. Bodnar,, C. S. Slater, M. J. Savelski., P. Bhavsar, A. D. Wenger, P. L. Hurley, R. Breen, D. S. Miller, K. L. Leva, M. C. Mittenzwei, “Algae for STEM Education,” Proceedings of 2017 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, June 25-28, 2017.5. Adventure Aquarium. ‘Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium: About Us,’ 2017. [Online] Available: http://www.aquaticsciences.org/whats_new
operationalizing themeanings of performance criteria; and constructing comparison groups [28].Engineering Education and Centers Program ClustersThis project is addressing each of the four NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers(EEC) program clusters: 1) broadening participation in engineering, 2) centers and networks, 3)engineering education, and 4) engineering workforce development.First, the evaluation tools developed within the project will pay special attention to collectcomprehensive, valid, and reliable data on constructs including outreachengagement/participation, mentoring efficacy/impact, student sustained interest in a content area,perception of support mechanisms, and the extent to which centers exhibit diversity and a cultureof
-economic systems, renewable resources, and sustainable development; control of semiconductor, (hypersonic) aerospace, robotic, and low power electronic systems. Recently, he has worked closely with NASA researchers on the design of scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicles. Dr. Rodriguez’ honors include: AT&T Bell Lab- oratories Fellowship; Boeing A.D. Welliver Fellowship; ASU Engineering Teaching Excellence Award; IEEE International Outstanding Advisor Award; White House Presidential Excellence Award for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring; Ralf Yorque Memorial Best Paper Prize. Dr. Rodriguez has also served on various national technical committees and panels. He is currently serving on the following
. IntroductionBased on the theoretical Prenzel’s Persistence of Interest model1-3, in 2022 faculty at PSCCreceived an NSF DUE grant with the following objectives: (a) Increase the number of diverse1 The authors thank the National Science Foundation DUE Division Award #2130381 for their support.low-income, academically talented students who enroll in and graduate from PSCC STEMundergraduate programs, contributing to the workforce in the STEM frontier areas; (b)Implement curricular and supportive activities that promote scholars’ persistence in STEMprograms; (c) Identify factors that, from those curricular and supportive activities, contribute toscholars’ persistence to remain in STEM undergraduate programs and successfully graduate; and(d) Disseminate
Openly Available Lecture Nuggets Lab 0 Unit 1 Project 1 Discussion Sessions Lab 1 (Pre Req) Exam 1 Lecture / Exam Laboratory Unit 2 Lab 2 (Unit 1) Unit 2 Exam 2 Lab 3 (Unit