Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a com- missioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil En- gineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President
-College- Students-Need-Now/248882[2] B. Bayne. “Adjusted Syllabus.” https://docs.google.com/document/d/1- 6d_W8rdzE9mW2DvPi-dPvRxo4sekKlz3VqEpnu4Dwg/edit (retrieved March 30, 2020).[3] L. D. Feisel and A. J. Rosa, “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 121-130, 2005.[4] L. L. Wu et al., “Rapidly Converting a Project-Based Engineering Experience for Remote Learning: Successes and Limitations of Using Experimental Kits and a Multiplayer Online Game,” Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 8, no. 4, 2020.[5] S. L. Leung, B. A. Hargrove, E. R. Marsh, A. R. Gregg, and K. A. Thole, “Prompting by COVID-19 to Rethink the
%respectively [6]. In the United States, women represent 25% of the workforce in STEM, inengineering this percentage decreases to 14% [7]. Holman et al. [8] concluded that gender disparityin several science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) specialty fieldswill not be eradicated this century. Underrepresentation of women in STEM is characterized bylower enrollment and higher attrition when compared with male peers [4]. More than 66% ofwomen abandon engineering fields 15-years after obtaining their degree. This alarming rate is100% higher than the men’s rate [9].Research suggests that women’s sense of belonging towards STEM can be influenced positivelyand negatively by family, instructors, and peers [3]. The social climate
featuring pedagogy and skillsdevelopment. For example, Variawa et al. [6] mentions an engineering pedagogy course as partof a year-long sequence for training PhD students for academic careers. In addition, theUniversity of Cincinnati has a “Preparing Future Faculty” program [7, 8] that prepares graduatestudents for academic careers.At Villanova University, the course EGR 9200 Teaching Engineering in Higher Education , thefocus of this study, was initiated in Spring 2013 as the first in a sequence of two one-creditcourses aimed at providing engineering Ph.D. students an opportunity to learn about engineeringpedagogy and to apply it in the classroom. The students who complete the two courses earn acertificate along with their Ph.D. degree. The course
Teaching, 41(1), pp. 30-35.[4] Bland, L. (2006) “Applying flip/inverted classroom model in electrical engineering to establish life-longlearning.” Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.[5] Shibley, I., and Wilson, T. (2012) “The flipped classroom: rethinking the way you teach.” Magna OnlineSeminar presented at Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.[6] Holdhusen, M. (2015) “A ‘flipped’ statics classroom.” Proc. American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference, Seattle, WA.[7] Velegol, S. et al. (2015) “The evolution of a flipped classroom: evidence-based recommendations.” ASEEAdvances in Engineering Education, Winter 2015.[8] Swithenback, S., and DeNucci, T. (2014) “Using a “Flipped Classroom
. He received a double major from Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia in electrical engineering and computer science. He is now finishing his master’s degree in computer science at Texas A&M University. His research interests are in computer-human interaction (CHI), artificial intelligence (AI), computer- assisted instructional (CAI) software, and intelligent tutoring systems (ITS).Prof. Erin M. McTigue, Texas A&M University Erin McTigue is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development at TAMU.Dr. Julie S. Linsey, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University
, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor – Engineering Education in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher Award at
Paper ID #40697Stewardship of the Stories: Learning from Black Engineering Students’Lived ExperiencesDr. Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder DR. TANYA D. ENNIS is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research, Innovation and Creative Work and Innovation in the Research and Innovation Office at the University of Colorado Boul- der. She is also the owner of the Ennis Consulting and Research Group, LLC. Dr. Ennis received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles
Ph.D. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic changeMusab KaziDr. Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago Betul Bilgin is Clinical Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (CHE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and has been teaching the Senior Design I and II courses for 6 years and Introduction to Thermodynamics for two years. Since her apJustin MerchanProf. Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois, Chicago Dr. Houshang Darabi
involved in several grants at CSULA increasing student articulation.Dr. Zanj Kano Avery ElDr. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department at CalStateLA. Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has focused on improving student success and has participated in sev- eral teaching workshops, including one on ”Excellence in Civil Engineering Education” and another in ”Enhancing Student Success through a Model Introduction to Engineering Course.” He is currently the PI of TUES project to revamp the sophomore-year experience at the college of engineering (esuc- ceed.calstatela.edu) and the PI/Director of the First-Year Experience (FYrE
publications include over 90 journal and conference papers. His edited book on metal foam, November 2012, is the most recent book about metal foams including their production, characterization and applications. His research has been supported by Ford Motor Company, NASA, National Science Foundation, United Technologies and DENSO North Amer- ica. Dr. Dukhan earned his Ph.D. in 1996 in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toledo, and has worked for the industry for 4 years. He is the recipient of the University of Detroit Mercy’s Faculty Achievement Award for 2011.Prof. Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy
Teaching Genomics and Bioinformatics to Undergraduates using Java Andreas Spanias, Niranjan Chakravarthy, Yu Song, Leon D. Iasemidis+ Department of Electrical Engineering, +Department of Bioengineering, Fulton School of Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287AbstractIn this paper, we describe Java software that can be used to expose undergraduates to genomics.The content and software developed provide multidisciplinary knowledge to undergraduates insignal processing, genetics, and statistics. DNA, which is the fundamental storehouse of geneticinformation, is a linear polymer formed from four sub-units called nucleotides. The Javasoftware is
as Head of the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, and retired on September 1, 2016. Dr. Ryder served on the faculty of Rutgers from 1982-2008. She also worked in the 1970s at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Dr. Ryder’s research interests on static/dynamic program analyses for object-oriented and dynamic programming languages and systems, focus on usage in practical software tools for ensuring the quality and security of industrial-strength applications. Dr. Ryder became a Fellow of the ACM in 1998, and received the ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educa- tor Award (2015), the Virginia AAUW Woman of Achievement Award (2014), and the ACM President’s Award (2008). She received a Rutgers School of
classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012.Ms. Bunmi Babajide, Purdue University, West Lafayette Bunmi Babajide is a PhD student at Purdue University in the college of Engineering. She obtained her Undergraduate and Masters in Electrical Engineering and currently interested in research topics in cur- riculum design for K-12 and professional engineering environments.Mrs. Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West
study consists of individual casestudies of the instructor and one of his students followed by a cross-case pattern analysis. Resultssuggest that the instructor leveraged the potential of using computational simulation tools aslaboratory simulations by creating meaningful learning experiences for his students. Theseexperiences in turn, seemed to be well perceived and experienced by his graduate students.Introduction The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) is transforming nanoscience tonanotechnology by providing researchers high-end, research quality, online simulations to 189,000 users for the year 2008 (Lundstrom et al., 2008) . A web portal called nanoHUB.org
researchers perceive and use this tool remains unclear. The goal of this research Page 25.699.2project is to investigate the following questions: (1) How does iKNEER influence decision-making of novice researchers in making decisions regarding their research directions? (2) Whatissues can be identified during the process that could inform future development of such tools?Researchers’ decisions on research directions are made based on a much broader context thanone single application can address. We are interested in looking at the role iKNEER could playin this complicated process, and this calls for a qualitative approach. We distinguish our studyfrom
of his research, he has explored Colombian chemical engineers’ social representations about science and technology and the conceptions and attitudes about chemical engineering and their identity as chemical engineers. He belonged to Colombian educational formal and informal ambits like a pedagogic consultant at the Plane- tarium of Bogot´ for the project ”Centers of Interest in Astronomy”; innovation, science, and technology a instructor and consultant at the science and technology museum Maloka; and school teacher in Chemistry. As part of his research interests, he looks for the integration between the arts and engineering to foster social justice and critical thinking, and the
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Instruction throughCollaboration and Engagement (ENNTICE), embodies several key elements from the proposedapproach. The first element, that engineering is not neutral, asks faculty to reconsider the defaultassumption that engineering is objective, universal, and therefore independent of the culturalframework from which our students arrive. While granting that electrical flow depends onvoltage in all nations, this program asks faculty to consider that the application of electricitydepends on culture. The second element, transforming instruction, emphasizes the need fortransformative changes in engineering faculty culture, based on the premise that engineeringfaculty culture may itself be a barrier to broadening participation in engineering. The
undergraduate research in STEM. She also collaborates with the local Community College to improve graduation and transfer rates. Lastly, she is currently the Principal Investigator of the Research-Oriented Learning Experiences Engineering program and the Latinidad STEM Mentoring Program, both funded by the National Science Foundation.Patricia Nicole Delgado, New Mexico State University I am a first-year Ph.D. student at New Mexico State University in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. I currently work on a sponsored project that supports Latinx undergraduate sophomore, junior, and senior-level students in developing research, technical, interpersonal, academic, and professional skills that are transferable in
education curriculum. This line ofinquiry is relevant to issues of representation in engineering schools: the socio-technical divideimpacts undergraduate engineering retention, especially students from historicallyunderrepresented groups in engineering (e.g. women, students of color, LGBTQIA, indigenous1people, and low-income) [5]. A recurring justification for upholding the socio-technical divide(that we have heard voiced during discussions about engineering curricula and that we want tointerrogate) is that technical content would have to be sacrificed in order to accommodate socialjustice issues. Therefore, a project in which students add context to traditional engineeringscience problems has the transformative potential of reaching students
Paper ID #7198A Descriptive Study of Engineering Transfer Students at Four Institutions:Comparing Lateral and Vertical Transfer PathwaysMs. Erin Shealy, Clemson University Erin Shealy is a master’s student studying Applied Sociology at Clemson University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Psychology, also from Clemson University. For the past two years, she has been serving as a graduate research assistant for an NSF-funded research project on engineering transfer students, part of the larger Multi Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) study.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research
specifically point toa mathematics principle, law, or formula, and depict how it is used to carry out or understand anengineering concept, task or skill. Learning skills and new concepts requires a conceptual basisfor it to be impactful2. Furthermore, a lack of integration between one’s prior knowledge andnew curriculum materials is problematic given the education and cognitive science research thatemphasizes the importance of explicit integration of conceptual knowledge for successfultransfer of that knowledge to novel applications or new situations3 4 5.Project Lead the Way (PLTW) was chosen as the focal curriculum because of its widedissemination in the US (it has been adopted by over 17% of US high schools, and is present inall 50 states) and its
Paper ID #34344Measuring the Impact of a Study Abroad Program on Engineering Students’Global PerspectiveMr. Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and an M.S. student in Indus- trial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech (VT). Tahsin holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and has worked as a manufacturing professional at a Fortune 500 company. As an Engineering Education researcher, he is interested in enhancing professional competencies for engi- neering workforce development in academia
collaborate on multidisciplinary teams addressing real world challenges and with industry engagement. College signature programs include the Texas A&M I-Corps Site, Ag- giE Challenge, INSPIRES, and two annual Project Showcases. Magda is the Principal Investigator of the Texas A&M University I-Corps Site grant and has been active in promoting entrepreneurship both at the local and national level.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is an associate research scientist at Institute for Engineering Education and Innova- tion (IEEI) in College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). She received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with
professionals and the factors that contribute to pathway choices,” In ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, 2012.[11] M. M. Grau, S. K. Gilmartin, B. Rieken, and S. Sheppard, “What do you want to do with yourlife? Insights into how engineering Students think about their future career plans,” In ASEEAnnual Conference and Exposition, 2016.[12] L. D. Harmon, “Biomedical engineering education: How to do what, with which, and towhom,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 2, pp. 89-94, 1975.[13] G. Potvin et al., “Gendered interests in electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering:Intersections with career outcome expectations.” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 61, no. 4,pp.298-304, 2018.[14] J. A. Rohde, D, Verdín, J. Doyle, A. Godwin, A. Kirn, L. Benson
students for the engineering workforce, but potentially increase engineering retention.To date, few studies have compared and contrasted different types of engineers. Usingqualitative methods, Bucciarelli investigated how teams approached design at three differentengineering firms20, Anderson et al. examined the work of engineers at six firms21, andBrunhaver et al. explored differences in the experiences of newly hired engineers at four firms22-23 . While these studies identified some differences in company structures and disciplinarynorms, most of the findings highlight instead commonalities between the firms. Several papershave looked at the differences between engineers employed in different functions24-28,particularly research and
freshman. Amber’s primary research interests include K-12 teacher professional development for integrated STEM curricula and elementary student engineering design thinking and prac- tices. When she is not at work, Amber enjoys spending time with her family designing games, building LEGO, and fabricating costumes.Dr. Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University Dr. Laura Bottomley, Teaching Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Elementary Education, is also the Director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place at NC State University. She has been working in the field of engineering education for over 20 years. She is dedicated to conveying the joint messages that engineering is a set of fields
influences and motivates their learning. As engineering is a “practicing profession” [3]where theories from mathematics and physics are applied to solve real world problems,experience in a research lab can serve as a vital component of an undergraduate’s education.Through research, students learn how engineering knowledge and applications are created anddevelop skills that are not learned in their courses [4]. Engineering students report that engagingin undergraduate research greatly increases their technical skills and knowledge [5] and helpselucidate career goals [6]. Moreover, undergraduates report that their research experiencesdeepen their engagement in learning, amplify their motivation to learn, and increase independentthinking [7
knowledge in the areas regulatory affairs, and safety which are becomingmainstream capabilities for engineers. To meet the demands for a rapidly changing, technology-driven workforce, the industry and educational advisory bodies have recommended thatacademic instruction should include industry practice training2. Many programs and universitieshave accomplished industry practice training through co-operative education, industry fellowsprograms, guest lectures, capstone projects, courses co-taught with the industry, and field trips3,4. This poster describes an effort to translate some industry practices into classroomeducation. Experiential laboratory, design projects, classroom lectures or seminars can be used toinclude industry practice