Page 13.922.13I. Grants a. Create models of partnership for developing courses/coursework or doing collaborative research studies and obtaining funding b. Get Federal support for outreach efforts in math/science/engineering that can be directed to measurements c. Find ways to contribute equipment to schools (shipping costs are issues)J. E-Learning Opportunities a. Develop basic age-appropriate materials in metrology that can be accessed on line for students and for instructors; link to other teacher-tool portals b. Web forums and chats with selected expertsK. Corporate Sponsorship Activities a. Internships b. Teacher Sabbaticals (summer development opportunities) c. Research
in the course of their career at Iowa State University. In addition to outstanding performance in at least one of the follow- ing areas: teaching, research/creative activities, extension/professional practice, and institutional service, a University Professor must have acted as a change-agent to improve the quality with which the university carries out its mission.”]. From 2003-2007 he served as Director of the Research Institute for Studies in Education (where he also was Coordinator of Research from 1999-2003), and from 1999-2007 was a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. He served as Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science in 1993-1994, Director of the Public
look specifically at the pilot survey items and results relevant to the pathwaysamong connection to community, affect, and identity.MethodsTo begin validating our conceptual model, we surveyed a total of 292 STEM students among ourfive very disparate universities in the United States. These include a large R1 urban university inthe Northwest; a rural comprehensive research university in the Midwest; a small, historicallyBlack university in the South; a small, faith-based university in the Northwest; and a small, all-women's college in the Northeast. The students were primarily graduating seniors studying thefollowing majors: engineering, computer science, and math. At two of the small schools,participants were recruited from the entire
community index (SCI) was then developed to quantitativelymeasure the sense of community that an individual experiences in a particular community34. As aresponse to inconsistences in reliability of the SCI experienced by other researchers, a newinstrument called the SCI2 was developed to better represent the original four-dimensions foundin the McMillan and Chavis original sense of community theory35. As students ultimately prepare to enter the workplace environment after graduation, it isappropriate to measure a student’s commitment to an academic institution much like anorganization would measure an employee’s workplace commitment and consequential turnoverintention 11, 36-38. In a prior research study, an analysis of organizational
premiere teach- ing award at RIT. Dr. Kim has directed numerous undergraduate research projects and several students won the first place in the undergraduate and graduate research competitions at the 2012 and 2013 GPEC (Global Plastics Environment Conference; Division of Society of Plastics Engineers).Dr. Sunday O. Faseyitan, Butler County Community College Page 24.655.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Green Plastics Laboratory by Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)INTRODUCTIONSustainability, industrial ecology, and green
has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Janice McCain, Howard University JANICE McCAIN is a research associate at the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) at Howard University. Her areas of interest include persistence and motivation, retention of minority students in higher education, and international economic development, particularly as it relates to women in Africa.Marcus Jones, Howard University MARCUS JONES is an Educational Psychology doctoral student at Howard University. Marcus is a graduate research assistant for the Center
Kristin is majoring in Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology.Daniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University Daniel M. Ferguson, MBA, MSIE, is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Previous to this position which he started in September 2008 he was a Senior Lecturer in the IIT Stuart School of Business, and Associate Director for Research and Operations of the Illinois Institute of Technology [ IIT] Interprofessional Studies Program [IPRO]. At IIT he lead over 60 student project teams while designing and building an assessment process for the IPRO program and computer applications that automated the management of this program. He has an undergraduate
Paper ID #7450Materials Science Students’ Perceptions and Usage Intentions of Computa-tionDr. Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue Univer- sity West Lafayette. Magana’s research interests are centered on the integration of cyberinfrastructure, computation, and computational tools and methods to: (a) leverage the understanding of complex phe- nomena in science and engineering and (b) support scientific inquiry learning and innovation. Specific efforts focus on studying cyberinfrastructure affordances and
. FELDER, Ph.D. (rmfelder@mindspring.com, ) is Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. He is co-author of Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (3rd Ed., Wiley, 2005), author or co-author of over 200 papers on engineering education and chemical process engineering, a Fellow Member of the ASEE, and co-director of the ASEE National Effective Teaching Institute.Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University SARAH A. RAJALA (sarah_rajala@ncsu.edu) is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at N.C. State University. Her research interests
[24] to examineengineering students’ metacognitive skills within two informal learning environments.Research QuestionsThis current study explored specific metacognitive skills that engineering students demonstratedin their participation in two types of informal learning activities, engineering competitions and aservice-based learning project. We examined students’ discussions of their experiences toaddress our research question: What metacognitive skills do engineering students discuss abouttheir participation within the engineering competition or service-based learning project?MethodThis qualitative study took place in a large university, with a well-subscribed engineeringprogram, in the eastern section of the United States. Multiple types
Paper ID #23034Exploring Making-based Pedagogy in Undergraduate Mezzanine-level Engi-neering CoursesMr. Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University Michael Scott Sheppard Jr. is a graduate research associate pursuing a Master of Science degree in En- gineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. He received a B.S. degree in Biomedical Science from Lynchburg College in 2002, after which he served in the military for 6 years as a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman. Following military service, Michael obtained a B.S. degree in Engineering from Arizona State
2006-1503: EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONALTECHNOLOGY: VIEWS OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTSCristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Michigan Cristina Pomales-García is a graduate student in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She received a B.S. in psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez in 2001 and a M.S. from the University of Michigan in 2003. Her research interests are engineering aesthetics, educational technology, distance learning technology and engineering education. Address: 1205 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109; e-mail:cpomlaes@umich.eduYili Liu, University of Michigan Yili Liu is
AC 2008-843: A PROJECT-DRIVEN APPROACH TO TEACHING CONTROLS INA GENERAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMJason Yao, East Carolina University Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao joined the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. He received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Shaanxi university of Science and Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven
external to the McBride Program itself, which include the on-campusenhancements of the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies and the Division of******************************************************************************1 The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) has successfully evolved from its mining history roots to a modern public technologicalinstitution which offers eight undergraduate ABET accredited engineering degrees, four science degrees, as well as a degree ineconomics and business, 27 graduate degrees at the masters and doctoral levels several of which are inherently cross-departmental and interdisciplinary in nature, and a highly active and growing research and sponsored programs portfolio in allareas of the institution’s
Paper ID #12981Designing a Survey for Engineering Undergraduates using Free Listing - AnAnthropological Structured TechniqueDr. Chrystal A. S. Smith, University of South Florida Chrystal A. S. Smith is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Univer- sity of South Florida, Tampa. She is the Co-Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded study, ”The Effects of Social Capital and Cultural Models on the Retention and Degree Attainment of Women and Minority Engineering Undergraduates.” Her research uses anthropological and sociological theories and methodologies to
to lead to new levels ofcommitment to their goals and to the individual institution. Social and academic activities andexperiences during college can serve to either reinforce or weaken the individual’s goal andinstitutional commitments leading to decisions of whether to remain or leave the institution (orprogram). This study was approached from the perspective of better understanding the socialand academic integration factors that support and hinder underrepresented students in persistingtoward graduation from engineering and engineering-related degree programs.In the spring of 2003 the engineering programs at Northern Arizona University began theEngineering Talent Pipeline (ETP) project, funded through the William and Flora
graduation [1].These trends have led to considerable growth in the number of engineering students participatingin global educational experiences, along with continued innovation and growth in new anddifferent program formats [2]. While international sojourns involving study, research, and/orinternship experiences abroad remain prevalent and are often viewed as most impactful, on-campus and online/virtual learning experiences have also been developed and offered toengineering students at many schools. Such programs tend to be more scalable and resourceefficient as compared to travel-based programs, potentially allowing more engineering studentsto receive some amount of exposure to global engineering without needing to leave their homecampuses [3
outcomes, the scaffolding is presented tostudents in form of question prompts to provide a structure of collaborative knowledgeconstruction from both social and cognitive perspectives, which are intended to provideguidelines for students to develop thought-provoking questions and direct their cognitive processrespectively.Theoretical and Methodological BackgroundTo help students to carry out effective collaborative learning, cognitive science researchers havedeveloped and studied various instructional support, which can guide the effective groupinteraction, so that students can engage in cognitive, metacognitive, and socio-cognitiveprocesses at a high-level to achieve optimal learning outcomes 24. The support is usuallyprovided in the form of the
), KansasUniversity’s Agile Radio, Microsoft Research Software Radio (Sora), and Adafruit’s SDRReceiver USB Stick (a low-cost SDR that operates in 24MHz ~ 1850MHz). Usually thehardware platforms should work with a software platform for building SDR systems. Such SDRsoftware platforms include National Instruments’ LabView, Mathworks’ Simulink, VirginiaTech’s Open Source SCA Implementation for Embedded-Systems (OSSIE), and GNU Radio(which is an open-source software development kit of DSP and SDR). In this project, we adoptthe GNU Radio/USRP platform after a comparison study of the available platforms. The open-source nature of GNU Radio makes it appealing for promoting adoption of the lab at otherinstitutions3.SDR has found wide adoption in education, research
Paper ID #13823Modifying the student’s resistance towards active learning with more active-learningDr. Matias Recabarren, Universidad de los Andes Dr. Recabarren is currently Professor of Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Universidad de los Andes, Chile. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. His research interests focus on engineering education, blended learning, and human computer interaction.Dr. Claudio Alvarez, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes Claudio Alvarez is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Universidad de los
that the primaryinfluence on learning outcomes in a live interactive broadcast class of Dynamics was thebroadcast technology, and 2) explore the factors governing the hypothesis that traditionallecture content delivery style needs to be adapted to the technology assisted classroomenvironment to be successful. A unique learning environment has made this study possible. To serve industryneeds for ABET accredited engineering graduates in a growing population center ofapproximately one million, remote from the servicing state university, a hybridengineering program was inaugurated in Fall semester 2004. The program, the AntelopeValley Engineering Programs (AVEP), combines synchronous live interactive broadcastlecture classes with direct
Paper ID #19379Incorporating Faculty Sense Making in the Implementation and Modificationof an Instrument to Measure Social and Cognitive EngagementMs. Allyson Jo Ironside, Oregon State University Ally Ironside is a recent graduate from LeTourneau University where she studied Water Resources in Civil Engineering. She is currently fusing her technical background with her passion for education in pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering while conducting research in Engineering Education at Oregon State University. Her research interests include the adoption of teaching best practices in engineering and the personal
straightforward construct for the activity of educationis so broad as to include a wide range of interpretations and possible outcome goals. Definingthe “best” outcome from a particular education experience has become a challenging andimportant exercise within the field of education to include engineering education. During the 19th and most of the 20th century, undergraduate engineering education wasbased on lecture, recitation, problem sets, and design problems. The goal of these exercises wasto expose students to a range of problem types typically encountered within a given field ofengineering. This academic experience prepared them for post-baccalaureate education, whichincluded both formal graduate level studies and fieldwork under the
assembled to study ways to improve science and mathematics skills among K-12students, particularly among the region‟s large Hispanic population. This report provided asimilar call to action for the need to address the education of our youth. The Congressman‟sStaff research further produced alarming facts: California ranked last among 40 states accordingto the results of the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests 5, U.S.students in the final year of secondary school scored well below the international average inmath and science according to the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS), the USranked 18th among 21 industrialized nations also per TIMSS (surpassing only Lithuania, Cyprusand South Africa)6. New
Paper ID #18270Distribution of Characteristic Ways That Students Think about the Future inLarge Enrollment Engineering ClassesMiss Catherine McGough, Clemson University Catherine McGough is currently a graduate research assistant in Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 2014. Her research interests are in undergraduate engineering student motivations and undergraduate engineer- ing problem solving skill development and strategies.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at
Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Lisa plays a central role in the evaluation, design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and implementation of various teaching and learning initiatives. Lisa is cross-appointed with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/UT, and teaches undergraduate courses in engineering & society, and graduate courses in engineering education. Lisa completed an Undergraduate Degree in Environmental Science at the University of Guelph, and a Master’s Degree in Curriculum Studies at the University of Toronto. Research interests include teaching and assessment in engineering
student engagement as defined for the EE program. These items are listedin Table 1 below.Table 1: NSSE Questions in Support of Engagement NSSE Questions NSSE Number Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or 7A clinical assignment Work on a research project with a faculty member outside of 7D course or program requirements Study abroad 7F Independent study or self-designed major 7G Culminating senior experience (capstone course, senior 7H project or thesis, comprehensive exam, etc)The students were asked to
American Statistical Association. He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and serves as consultant for medium and small technology based industrial firms.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of engineering education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by more than $12.4 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received the William Elgin Wickenden Award for the Best Paper in the
Paper ID #33685Rethinking the Curricular Complexity Framework for Transfer StudentsDr. David Reeping, University of Michigan Dr. David Reeping is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Engineering Education Research Program at the Univer- sity of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. His main research interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold concepts in electrical and computer engineering, agent-based
AC 2007-2110: SPONSORSHIP: ENGINEERING’S TACIT GATEKEEPERKevin O'Connor, University of Rochester Kevin O'Connor is Assistant Professor of Human Development in the University of Rochester's Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development. His research interests are in the social organization of learning and development. He holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Clark University.Daniel Amos, University of Washington Daniel Amos was one of the first ethnographers from the United States to do ethnographic research in the People’s Republic of China. He has taught at five Chinese universities, and directed the Chinese Studies program at Clark Atlanta University. His graduate