the UnitedStates for the 21st Century and beyond. This requires that the selection of students is not based onacademic performance alone. Although the success of our internship programs may be attributedto the high quality of participants selected, with an average GPA of over 3.6/4, our selectioncriteria included a requirement for a minimum GPA of just 3.2. Furthermore, we selectedparticipants based on their perceived interest in implementing the knowledge fundamentals fromtheir STEM disciplines to solving real world problems. In addition to utilizing our contacts intarget programs, our coordination team went to as many campuses as we could to showcase ourprogram. We followed through with an e-mail campaign to targeted campuses and programs
University of New York, New Paltz Wenyen (Jason) Huang, huangj18@newpaltz.edu, is Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at SUNY-New Paltz. Jason has a particular interest in utiliz- ing technology for enhancing student’s understanding and improving teacher’s instruction in the STEM classroom. He is a former high school mathematics teacher.Graham Werner, State University of New York, New Paltz Graham Werner is an Assistant Lecturer, who teaches engineering labs and lectures for the Division of Engineering Programs at SUNY New Paltz. He primarily develops curriculum for mechanical engineering laboratory courses and is interested in promoting STEM education in local K-12
Paper ID #21594Improving Senior Design Proposals Through Revision by Responding to Re-viewer CommentsProf. Judy Randi, University of New Haven Judy Randi, Ed.D. is Professor of Education at the University of New Haven where she is currently teaching in the Tagliatela College of Engineering and coordinating a college-wide initiative, the Project to Integrate Technical Communication Habits (PITCH).Dr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran is Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering. He led the Project to Integrate Technical Communication Habits at the Tagliatela College of Engineering. All
, therebystrengthening their scientific background and encouraging them to further their science education. As a result, they will become better science and mathematics teachers.Interested students are asked to submit a standard application for being considered as a K-12Fellow for the project, including transcripts from previously attended institutes, past experience,GRE scores (for graduate students) or ACT/SAT scores (for undergraduate students), threerecommendations, a statement of education, and career goals and how participation in theproposed project will affect them. Members of the Project Committee screen applicants,including performing a background check through the state FBI. Highly qualified applicants whodemonstrate a serious interest in the
like Black/African American and Hispanic groups earn only one-fifth the number ofscience and engineering degrees that white students do [15]. These gaps persist beyond college.While women and minorities make up more than half of the U.S. population, they are much lesslikely to pursue professional careers in STEM fields [16]. At the rate that STEM jobs aregrowing, more women and minorities will need to study STEM fields to keep up with the rapidchanges of innovation and technology.How students perceive the usefulness of course content affects their enthusiasm in the classroomand as a result, their eagerness to continue pursuit of their STEM majors [4]. The largest loss ofIowa State University (ISU) students in STEM disciplines occurs within the
Paper ID #39858Board 372: Remote Engaged Student Learning through Hands-on InternetofThingsDr. Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Lifford McLauchlan is an Associate Professor and Interim Chair in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Texas A&M University - Kingsville, and has also worked for Raytheon, Microvision, AT&T Bell Labs, and as an ONR Distinguished Summer Faculty at SPAWAR San Diego, CA. He has over 55 publications covering areas such as adaptive and intelligent controls, robotics, an ocean wave energy converter, green technology, education, wireless
proceedings in these areas. He has B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, ASEM, and a senior member of IIE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Bridging the Workforce Skills Gap in High Value Manufacturing through Continuing Education Abstract ID: 25214AbstractResearch shows that there is a growing need for skilled workers in the area of advancedmanufacturing; this refers to making use of new technologies and advanced processes to produceproducts that have high value. More importantly, U.S. government employment data reveals thatthere is lack of supply of skilled workers in the manufacturing sector
AC 2011-735: THE NATURE OF TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF AND SELF-EFFICACY IN TEACHING ENGINEERING DESIGN IN A STOMP CLASS-ROOMElsa Head, Tufts UniversityDr. Morgan M Hynes, Tufts University Page 22.1483.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Nature of Teacher Knowledge of and Self-Efficacy in Teaching Engineering Design in a STOMP ClassroomCurriculum standards increasingly feature engineering as a requirement for K-12 students. Thisis a content area in which most K-12 teachers have little to no background; therefore, providingsupport is critical for successful implementation. In an effort to provide
Session 1253 From C++ to Mathcad: Teaching an Introductory Programming Course with a Non-Traditional Programming Language K. P. Brannan, J. A. Murden The CitadelAbstractMathcad has replaced C++ as the language of the introductory programming course taught in theCivil and Environmental Engineering Department at The Citadel. Advantages and disadvantagesassociated with the switch are discussed in the paper. A comparison is made between theMathcad-based programming course and the previous versions of the course taught usingtraditional programming languages. An
Paper ID #27554Fostering Belonging through an Undergraduate Summer Internship: A Com-munity of Practice Model for Engineering Research EducationMs. Nicole Bowers, Arizona State UniversityDr. Michelle Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan is as associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Uni- versity. She also serves as the Education Director for the QESST Engineering Research Center. Michelle’s program of research focuses on social interactions in collaborative learning contexts. She is particularly interested in how students navigate communication challenges as they negotiate
Paper ID #37150Board 33: Work in Progress: Active Learning of Kinetics and ReactorDesign Through a Jupyter NotebookMr. Jaafar Ballout, Texas A&M University at Qatar My name is Jaafar Ballout. I graduated from the American University of Beirut with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Currently, I am a chemical engineering masters student at Texas A&M University at Qatar.Mamoun Al-Rawashdeh, Texas A&M University at Qatar ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in Progress: Active Learning of Kinetics and Reactor Design Through a Jupyter
development of 21st century residential construction projects.Professional career identity developmentThis paper draws from foundational theories associated with professional identity development.Professional identity development occurs when a person adopts the values, practices, andcompetencies associated with a particular professional role upon interactions with the relatedprofessional community. External influences through causal links result in changes in behaviorand capacity of participants [8][9]. Conceptually, career identity formation is congruent to thepersonal identity development processes in human beings with some identities remaining stablethroughout life, while others are more dynamic and change [10]. There is a long-held belief
foundationalMontessori concepts: the fundamental needs of all humans and the evolution ofhuman ingenuity. Engineering proved to be a perfect fit in the Montessori systemof education.Montessori education also proved to be an excellent fit with engineeringeducation at the elementary levels. Montessori education is holistic in nature anduses developmentally appropriate, hand-on, didactic materials to inspireengagement and learning in children. Inquiry is fostered through initialexperiences (lessons) that offer both inspiration and instruction, and through thefollow-up work (assignments) that encourage children to deepen theirunderstanding through continued exploration and application of the materials andconcepts. Design is an essential element of the Montessori
Boix-Mansilla model iscaptured in four dimensions: 1. Purpose: students must understand the reason why multiple disciplines are necessary to solve a given problem 2. Disciplinary Grounding: students must have fundamental knowledge from all of the disciplines needed 3. Integration: students must know how to integrate the different worldviews, approaches, and tools used by the different disciplines 4. Critical Awareness: students must be able to reflect on the appropriateness and utility of taking an interdisciplinary approach for a given problem.Students apply for the LEP at East Central State University at the end of their first year and, ifaccepted, are in the program from their sophomore through senior years
Paper ID #7046Engineering Ambassador Network: Dissemination through an Inaugural Na-tional WorkshopProf. Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Karen A. Thole is the head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at The Pennsyl- vania State University. She holds two degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving her Ph.D., she spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery at the University of Karslruhe in Germany. Her academic career began in 1994
system identification techniques. Her efforts as a PhD candidate at Drexel University include enhancing science and engineering education for K-12 and undergraduate students through development of biologically-inspired educational tools for use at museums and aquari- ums. She has been a teaching assistant for an undergraduate course on product development since 2009. She has mentored teams of undergraduate engineering students through the development of biologically- inspired educational tools. She has also taught science and engineering topics to K-12 students at various workshops and science events since 2005.Mr. John Joseph Carr Jr., New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences Jack Carr is Senior Manager of Public STEM
Paper ID #33752The PEERSIST Project: Promoting Engineering Persistence Through Peer-ledStudy GroupsMs. Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University Thien Ta is a doctoral student of Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. She obtained her B.S., and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She has taught for Cao Thang technical college for seven years in Vietnam. She is currently a graduate research associate for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her doctoral research focuses on Entrepreneurship Education and Innovation in
Paper ID #29491WIP: What does it mean to mentor? Conceptions of mentoring in K12outreach programsMs. Sabina Anne Schill, University of Colorado, Boulder Sabina is an environmental engineering PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her BS in Physics from Westminster College, SLC in 2015, and spent a year tutoring K-12 students in math before entering graduate school. Sabina participated in the NSF-funded GK-12 Fellowship program in 2016-2017, and in 2019-2020 was a recipient of CU Boulder’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt P.E., University of Colorado
courses, all in English, Dr. Quan has a keen interest in employing active learning strategies and inductive teaching methodologies. Beyond content acquisition, he believes in nurturing students’ higher-order thinking and communication skills. At the core of his pedagogical philosophy is a commitment to amplifying students’ learning efficacy and holistic development.Chaoyi Wang, Zhejiang Normal University Assistant ProfessorChenhui Zhang, Self-employed Chenhui Zhang, transitioning from law to education, holds a Master of Laws from Duquesne University in the US and a Bachelor of Law from Southwest University of Political Science And Law in China. Chenhui has been enriching her educational expertise through Coursera
, community and non-engineering studentparticipation by attracting creative people to learn technical skills alongside the electricalengineering students who typically attend soldering workshops. This series of solderingworkshops brought together engineering, music, and design ideas to inspire and engage a widerange of people. The synthesizer that participants built was designed to transcend a skill buildingactivity through an interdisciplinary approach to making. Large attendance and continuingdemand for touch synthesizer workshop sessions illustrate how a new approach to engineeringeducation focusing on an interdisciplinary perspective can create a more holistic idea of thepurpose of students' education and inspire learners to passionately engage
NextGeneration Science Standards and contained a strong emphasis on math and science literacy for21st century learners. Evaluation data was gathered through Student Feedback Survey. Topicsdiscussed in the paper will include implementation of K-12 Aerospace Academy program atECSU, program components, participant demographics, student activities, and projectevaluation.IntroductionOver the next ten years, more than half of all jobs will require some education beyond highschool [1]. While adopting the Common Core State Standards should lead to more college-readystudents over time, students will still need programmatic supports from secondary andpostsecondary educational institutions to better prepare them for a successful transition topostsecondary
Paper ID #37357Examining K-12 Singaporean Parents' EngineeringAwareness: An Initial Study of the Knowledge, Attitude, andBehavior (KAB) Framework (Fundamental)Akmal Zakwan Bin Zulkifli Akmal Zakwan Bin Zulkifli is an undergraduate student - currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science (Education) specializing in Physics and Mathematics at Nanyang Technological University-National Institute of Education (NTU- NIE). He is extremely passionate about STEM education and research on education-related matters in the STEM fields. He believes that there is much unexplored potential to learn and understand about STEM education
topics or in an integrated way).Thus, this study explores kindergarten through second grade teachers’ perceptions aboutcomputational thinking (CT) after they implemented a STEM+C+literacy curriculum in theirclassrooms. The research question addressed in this work is: How do K-2 grade teachersperceive CT based on their experiences? Addressing this question can also allow us some insightinto ways that teachers’ understanding, and perceptions of CT connect with engineering.MethodsResearch DesignA descriptive qualitative study was employed [42] to investigate how teachers perceived CTbased on their experiences. Qualitative descriptive studies draw from the general tenets ofnaturalistic inquiry which allows investigations of a phenomenon in its
implement their action researchprojects rather than implementing new strategies over time. Last but not least, the action research process produced new questions. We hope that thisis an indication that this practice of action research will endure beyond the life of CISTEME365.For example, one teacher was surprised by high rates of student agreement with, “You can dothings differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t be changed.” As a result, shewants to further study what students identify as these unchangeable “important parts.” Anotherparticipant who experienced challenges with buy-in and follow-through from other adults in thebuilding is now wondering how to get more school leaders and families to understand their rolesin
“a reexaminationand strengthening of the U.S. public education system through a focus on higher academicstandards.”3 Overall, it is fair to say that higher academic achievement for more students iscritical to enlarging the pool from which universities can draw.4At the local level, the COE at North Carolina State University has the same concern.Recruitment and retention of a qualified, diverse student population are ongoing focus areas. Forexample, enrollment of women in State’s engineering program has dropped from a high of 23%in 1997 to a low of 16% in 2003. Minority representation is equally challenging. In the fall of2003, African-American students comprised 7%, Hispanic students 2.5% and Native Americanstudents less than 1% of the total
, we have provided a framework to develop engineering problems with globalcontext through a unique collaboration between biomedical engineering faculty and students anda campus-based global service-learning organization. Considering not all students have theopportunity to engage in experiential learning abroad, these problems allow instructors to exposemore students to global applications of engineering design directly in the classroom.AcknowledgementsWe thank Christopher Kitson, Natalie Muneses, and Tiange Zhang for their assistance indeveloping the problems.References[1] ABET, “Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, 2018-2019” [Online]. Available: www.abet.org [Accessed Jan. 26, 2018][2] B. K. Jesiek and K. Beddoes, “From
. A. Erdener, and R. C. Knoeppel, “Parents' perceptions of their involvement in schooling,” International Journal of Research in Education and Science, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-13, 2018. doi:10.21890/ijres.369197.[4]. K. N. Vela, R. M. Pedersen, and M. N. Baucum, “Improving perceptions of STEM careers through informal learning environments,” Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 103-113, 2020.[5] National Academy of Sciences, “Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places and Pursuits,” Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2009[6]. K. Hamilton, K., A. van Dongen, and M. S. Hagger, “An extended theory of planned behavior for parent-for-child
professional developmentprogram positioned the importance of the inclusion of engineering content and encouragedteachers to explore community-based, collaborative activities that identified and spoke to societalneeds and social impacts through engineering integration. Data collected from two of the coursesin this project, Enhancing Mathematics with STEM and Engineering in the K-12 Classroom,included participant reflections, focus groups, microteaching lesson plans, and field notes.Through a case study approach and grounded theory analysis, themes of self-efficacy, activelearning supports, and social justice teaching emerged. The following discussion on teachers’engineering and STEM self-efficacy, teachers’ integration of engineering to address
through mentoring, student‐driven projects, and a STEM showcase. This resulted in an award for SABES— STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools, which lasted 6 years and is being sustained by the partners beyond grant funding.We’ve hired STEM educators who have had experience working in City Schools as our program managers. This helps with understanding how City Schools works and gives us credibility with teachers.Likewise, City Schools has hired a curriculum writer on the SABES project from us. 5The center has developed elementary, middle, and high school programming that include one day events and multi‐day programs that serve students from
Paper ID #9688Preparing Teachers and University Students to Translate Engineering Re-search to K8 Students in an After-school ProgramDr. Howard L. Greene, The Ohio State University Howard L. Greene directs K-12 Education Outreach for the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. Prior to his present position at Ohio State, Dr. Greene worked for 12 years in medical device development at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to Battelle, Dr. Greene was a professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at DeVry University in Columbus. Dr. Greene received the Ph.D. and M.S. de- grees from The Ohio State University in