2006-1916: FUZZY RULES IN ASSESSING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESFaouzi Bouslama, Zayed University Faouzi received a PhD in Electronics Engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1992. From 1992-1994, he was a researcher at Toshiba Co., Tokyo. From 1994-2000, he was Associate Professor of Information Systems, Hiroshima City University, Japan. He joined Zayed University, UAE, in August 2000. Currently, he is a Professor of Information Systems, Zayed University, UAE. His research interests include Neuro-fuzzy modeling and control, Signal processing, and IS curriculum design and development.Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University Azzedine received a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from North
research interests range from mechanical engineering facilities design to research that applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facility design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among components of the indoor environment, occupants, and energy usage. Specifically, the effects of the indoor environment on occupant health and well-being and in parallel, how socially-mediated
Paper ID #6505Process Analysis as a Feedback Tool for Development of Engineering Prob-lem Solving SkillsDr. Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson UniversityMrs. Jennifer Van Dyken, Clemson UniversityDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clem- son University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Benson teaches first year engineering, undergraduate research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her re- search interests include student-centered active learning, assessment of motivation, and how
. She received undergraduate and graduate degrees in mechanical engineering from Duke and NC State, respectively. Her research interests include engineering education and precision manufacturing. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Use of Personas in Rating Scholarship ApplicationsIntroductionThis evidence-based practice paper introduces a method for creating subjective, holistic rubricsbased on the human-centered design concept of personas. It can be difficult to align assessmentmetrics with subjective artifacts, especially when the goal of the artifact itself is subjective. Thefaculty team who collaborated on an NSF S-STEM project faced
obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Before engaging in Engi- neering Education research, she completed graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Statistics and contributed to a wide range of research areas including genetic disorders, manufacturing optimization, cancer biomarker detection, and the evaluation of social programs. Dr. Sanchez-Pena is passionate about teaching engineering students and First-Year Engineering students in particular, from whom she draws in- spiration because of their energy and creativity. She takes as her mission to foster such traits and support their holistic development, so they can find their unique engineering path and enact positive change.Nichole
major. This study attempts to provide early data on the success of the programthrough the following measures: • Impact of the new curriculum on student recruiting through a survey of newly matriculated students • Impact on student retention from first to second and second to third years • Comparison of student performance in early disciplinary courses with that of students in previous years • Impact of program implementation on faculty attitudes Page 12.1401.2IntroductionThe need for change in the way engineers are educated has been well-established, most notablyby the work
Paper ID #32401Assessing the Impact of Transition from Face-to-Face to OnlineInstruction on Team CooperationMs. Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette Aparajita Jaiswal is a Ph.D. student at Purdue Polytechnic at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Her re- search interests are in data science education, computational thinking, student engagement and motivation in active learning environments.Dr. Paul J. Thomas, Purdue University, West Lafayette Paul Thomas is a graduate of the PhD in Technology program at Purdue University. His research interests are in software modeling, gamification, and active learning.Dr
is accessible to engineering educators who are not formally trained in these fields. Oneof the very active researchers in this area, David Boud, has a wealth of information on his website5 , including references to publications relevant to this work. His publication with NancyFalchikov6 was found to be extremely useful. This article presents a meta-analysis of work onstudent self-assessment prior to 1989. Numerical results are summarize for many studies andseveral useful suggestions are made. The metrics used to compare student to instructorassessments were drawn from this article along with suggestions for interpretation. Readers maywish to investigate several of Boud’s works, in particular “Avoiding the Traps: Seeking GoodPractice in the
engineers.Eric Nefcy, Oregon State University Erick Nefcy is a MS student in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. Through his undergraduate studies, he has held multiple internships at Intel Corporation. He is currently studying the growth of self forming barrier layers in copper thin films as well as investigating the student teams’ use of models during completion of the Chemical Vapor Deposition Virtual Laboratory project.Christine Kelly, Oregon State University Christine Kelly is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. She currently has research activity in biological production and use of ligninolytic
studentsprefer a different learning style compared to senior students? Are senior students equipped toutilize the industry techniques that are heavily digital or tactile oriented? Understanding theevolution of student preferences towards these learning styles would provide valuable insights toinstructors and researchers aiming to enhance engineering education by determining when/whereto emphasize a certain pedagogy during the undergraduate engineering experience.This research is a multi-institutional collaboration between Penn State University and theUniversity of Maryland. Freshmen and senior engineering students are included in this study inorder to quantify the differences between digital and hands-on learning: 1) across engineeringgrade levels, and
. Chaouki T. Abdallah, University of New Mexico Chaouki T. Abdallah started his college education at the Ecole Sup´erieure d’Ing´enieurs de Beyrouth - Universit´e Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon, but finished his undergraduate studies at Youngstown State University, with a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering in 1981. He then obtained his MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from GA Tech in 1982, and 1988 respectively. He joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of New Mexico where he is currently professor and since 2011, the provost & EVP for academic affairs, and acting president since January 2017. Professor Abdallah conducts research and teaches courses
- tivities. He earned a B.S. in Engineering Sciences from Yale University, with a double major in East Asian Studies. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Chinese and American Studies, jointly awarded by Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University in China. In addition to his doctoral work, Robert is also a Graduate Facilitator with the Center for Socially Engaged Design and an Engineering Teaching Consultant with the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education
Michigan. Her current research focuses on idea development and ideation tools, divergent thinking, and engineering curricular practices and culture. Her research interests include front-end design practices, sociotechnical knowledge and skills in engineering, and queer student experiences in engineering. Their work is motivated by their passion for and experiences with inclusive teaching and holistic mentorship of students, seeking to reimagine what an engineer looks like, does, and who they are, especially for queer folks, women, and people of color, through empowerment, collaboration, and co-development for a more equitable world. Shannon is also a Senior Graduate Facilitator and Lab Manager with the Center for
of learning from school into professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Ms. 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 epistemology development students.Dr. Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia Nathaniel
provided the following responses uponentry: • I have an appreciation for the role of faculty in advising students. – 5.00 • I have an appreciation for the role of faculty in research. – 4.86 • Studying water is interesting. – 4.57 • I am interesting in going to graduate school. – 4.57 • There are many opportunities for employment in the water field. – 4.00 • I am aware of many ways in which scientists serve with their communities. -- 3.43 • I can communicate scientific concepts effectively to a scientific audience. – 3.29 • I can communicate scientific concepts effectively to a non-scientific audience. – 3.29 • I am aware of the many ways in which scientists from different fields interact with each other in
deliverysystem. This system was used to completely replace all existing recording hardware andsoftware. The system launch included 90 faculty delivering 100 courses to 2300 engineeringstudents.A study was conducted by the Center for Online and Virtual Education (COVE) at UCF. Theprimary purpose of this study was to assess the performance of the new system. The data wascaptured using an online questionnaire and it was analyze statistically by the center. The studywas conducted on a population of students and faculty who had used the old and the newdelivery systems. This paper shows the results of each category and gives an indication of theeffect of using the new system on the students and the faculty performance. In this way we canaddress the critical
present this research with humility to the greater community with theawareness that it only provides limited, perhaps distorted insight into what we need tounderstand about our students’ development. Our intent in presenting it at this early stage ofdevelopment is to foster a deeper reflection on our role as educators in the process of preparingengineering graduates for the complex world in which they will practice.Background: Other instruments and their relevance to designing for sustainabilityOthers have published their efforts to measure competence for sustainability. For example,Lourdel et al. have developed a method of having students create mind maps of the terms theyassociate with the concept of sustainable development [13]. To assess the
and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames, where he has been since 2008. His research interests are in adaptive computing systems, reconfigurable hardware, embedded systems, and hardware architectures for application specific acceleration. Jones received Intel Corporation sponsored Graduate Engineering Minority (GEM) Fellowships from 1999-2000 and from 2003-2004. He received the best paper award from the IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design in 2007. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Designing a Course Together: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study of a Cross-Functional Team Course Design Project in EngineeringThis work-in-progress research paper
, software engineering and innovation management. Recently his paper won the Best Teaching Strategies Paper award at the most respected international conference in the area of engineering education - Annual conference of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).Gautam Akiwate, University of California, San Diego Gautam Akiwate is currently a graduate student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego with broad areas of interest. He got his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering, Pune. While in COEP, Gautam was involved in a lot of activities including a CUBESAT mission. Gautam’s current research interests are systems and networking in addition to
identity, and physics career choice: A gender study. Journal of Research in Science Teaching;2010, 47, 978–1003.[15] Cribbs, J., Hazari, Z., Sadler, P. M., & Sonnert, G. Development of an explanatory framework for mathematicsidentity. In Proceedings of Psychology of Mathematics Education – North American (PME-NA) ChapterConference; 2012.[16] Potvin, G., Beattie, C., & Paige, C. Building a valid and reliable assessment of physics identity . In NationalAssociation for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference; 2012.[17] Lent, R. W., Brown., S. D., & Hackett, G. Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academicinterest, choice, and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior; 1994, 45, 79 – 122.[18] Lent, R. W., Brown
. The process of change and re-invention of aninnovation is an interesting phenomenon in adoption research that challenges well-establishedadoption frameworks6.Literature ReviewPrevious Work in Engineering EducationBoth DI and CBAM have been utilized to understand adoption of innovations in engineeringeducation. Borrego, Froyd and Hall did a study using DI to examine adoption of sevenengineering education innovations in universities across the United States1. The research teamsurveyed engineering department heads about their awareness of each of seven innovations usingfour criteria as follows (adapted from Borrego et al.)1: 1. Each innovation needed to be easily distinguished from the others in the study; 2. Previous research had to show
Edinburgh Panting Yu earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. As a STEM teacher, she plays an integral role in Dr. Yeter’s Research Team, bridging academic research with daily educational practice. Panting brings expertise in educational and practical studies, providing a unique perspective on STEM+C teaching and educational innovation.Jiafei Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong Jiafei Wang is a master student majoring in STEM Education at The Education University of Hong Kong. He actively participates in Dr. Yeter’s Research, focusing on projects related to engineering education and computational thinking. Drawing on his experience as a mechanical engineer, Jiafei’s
: Specialization vs. Standardization in the Factory Model of Engineering EducationAbstractThis research paper employs data from the study of a novel next-tier broadening participationaccess program to illustrate the challenge of maintaining awareness and understanding of ourstudents as individuals within institutional systems of assessment and record-keeping that treatall students as the same in the interests of standardization. These standardized practices areintended to aid in the production of high numbers of engineering graduates—not unlike a factorythat takes in raw materials in the form of students and outputs finished goods in the shape ofengineering graduates. This factory model of engineering education, like any high
portfolios should contain: (1) a professional statement thatpresents an argument for one’s engineering preparedness; (2) artifacts that support thepreparedness claims made in the professional statement; and (3) annotations that link the artifactsto the claims made in the professional statement. These guidelines helped structure the portfolioactivity; within this structure students had control over the content.Data collection. At the end of portfolio development and after grades had been assigned (andwith human subjects approval) all students were invited to participate in a research study abouttheir experience developing a preparedness portfolio in the one-credit portfolio studio. Studentswere offered a small compensation for their participation
design courses, engineering science courses, and graduate courses focused on qualitative research methods.Dr. Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Ella L. Ingram is an Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for the Practice and Schol- arship of Education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her educational research interests include promoting successful change practice of STEM faculty, effective evolution and ecology instruction, and facilitating undergraduate research experiences. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on: nutrition, introductory biology, ecology and environmental studies, evolution, evolutionary medicine, and research practices in science.Dr. Donna M. Riley
Paper ID #29685Work in Progress: Intersection of Race and Gender on Experiences ofUndergraduate Engineering Students of Color in Positional LeadershipRolesProf. Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on
students experienced the first iteration of the designed intervention. The researchpresented here intends to investigate the following research questions: (1) How can modeling-based learning experiences be designed to supplement a capstone design course? (2) What arestudents perceived overall advantages of the modeling-based learning experience overtraditional instruction?Methodology and Research SettingThis study uses design-based research in order to achieve the primary goal of creating effectivemodeling-based learning experiences within engineering courses. Wang and Hannafin [4] definedesign-based research as the continuous iteration of a learning design in tandem with educatorsin order to design instructional environments and activities that
in the Department of Bioengineering. Her research interests include assessment of motivation, how motivation affects student learning, and student-centered active learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance and assess learning, and in- corporating engineering into secondary science and math classrooms. Dr. Benson teaches introductory undergraduate engineering, biomechanics, and graduate engineering education courses. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bio- engineering from Clemson University. Page
definition, and problem solving discourse among students, faculty, and practitioners. Dr. Olewnik is also the Director of Experiential Learning for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.Dr. Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University Randy Yerrick is Dean of the Kremen School for Education and Human Development at CSU Fresno. He has also served as Professor of Science Education at SUNY Buffalo where he Associate Dean and Sci- ence Education Professor for the Graduate School of Education. Dr. Yerrick maintains an active research agenda focusing on two central questions: 1) How do scientific norms of discourse get enacted in class- rooms and 2) To what extend can historical barriers to STEM learning be traversed for
more satisfied with the student learning in their now-online classes. This findingwas replicated in the Suddenly Online study by Digital Promise and Langer Research Associates[5] which surveyed a randomized nationwide sample of 1,008 undergraduates, 717 attendingfour-year colleges and 271 attending two-year colleges, whose classes were converted from in-person to online after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The Suddenly Online study by DigitalPromise and Langer Research Associates study found that student satisfaction dropped after themove online. 51% of students were very satisfied with their course pre-COVID-19. This numberdropped to only 19% of students saying they were very satisfied after the move online.The Tyton Partners study [3] found that