for years 9 through 12 that was primarilyplanned and hosted by female undergraduate students. With 38 attendees, student mentors andfaculty prepared a series of workshops, seminars and activities designed to educate and inspiregirls to consider potential career paths in cybersecurity. Due to the success of this project, weare planning a bigger and more significant event for the summer of 2016 along with asupplemental series of workshops for STEM teachers at middle and high-schools.In this paper we discuss the methods and implementation of our 2015 summer camp. We look atthe perceived strengths and weaknesses of our approach to identify successful aspects andrecommend improvements for the coming year. By including data from entry and exit
Introduction to Engineering Course Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. https://peer.asee.org/28915 7. Mallouk, K., & Oestreich, B. D., & Streiner, S., & Dahm, K. D., & Bodnar, C. A. (2019, June), Fostering Curiosity, Creating Value, and Making Connections in First-Year Students Through Product Archaeology Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/32857 8. Jensen, M. J., & Schlegel, J. L. (2017, June), Implementing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Design Project in an Introductory Engineering Course Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. https
Broadening Participation of Female Students in Engineering Technology through a network of Peers Amanda Hayley Abrew & Melanie L. Villatoro New York City College of TechnologyAbstract There is a negative stigma centered on women’s capabilities in Engineering, which iscause for a stagnant rate of female retention in higher education. To move beyondstereotypical views of career choices for women in Engineering, the School of Technology andDesign developed a peer advisement program to increase retention and enrollment of femalestudents in associate degree programs in engineering technology. In its pilot phase, theprogram included civil
Paper ID #6205Ingenuity Lab: Making and Engineering through Design Challenges at a Sci-ence CenterJennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley Jennifer Wang is a graduate student in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education, fo- cusing on Engineering Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She also obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Berkeley. Jen- nifer has several years of experience tutoring students and working with schools, and became interested in education through these experiences. Her primary interest is in
and we continue to define rubrics used to gradestudent work and assess outcomes in a consistent manner. Future considerations include thepossibility of building upon laboratory projects developed as part of the Machine LearningExperiences in AI framework16 or the Model AI Assignments presented at the Symposium onEducational Advances in Artificial Intelligence17.References[1] August, Stephanie E. CCLI: Enhancing Expertise, Sociability and Literacy through Teaching Artificial Intelligence as a Lab Science. NSF Grant no.0942454, 2010.[2] Beyer, S., Rynes, K., Perrault, J., Hay, K., Haller, S. Gender differences in computer science students. SIGCSE ’03, 2003, pp.49-53.[3] Strok, D. Women in AI. IEEE Expert, 7:4, August 1992, pp.7-22.[4
Paper ID #8746Where do We Go from Here? Conversations with K-6 Principals FollowingThree Years of Engineering Education Professional Development for TheirFacultyDr. Louis S. Nadelson PhD, Boise State University Louis S. Nadelson is an associate professor in the College of Education at Boise State University, with a PhD in educational psychology from UNLV. His scholarly interests include all areas of STEM teaching and learning, inservice and preservice teacher professional development, program evaluation, multidis- ciplinary research, and conceptual change. Nadelson uses his over 20 years of high school and college math
supported by the National Science Foundation through the HSI - ImprovingUndergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program. Award # 2247689. References[1] M. Newsome, “Even as colleges pledge to improve, share of engineering and math graduates who are Black declines”, The Hechinger Report, 2021.[2] New Mexico State University (NMSU), “Factbooks”, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://oia.nmsu.edu/nmsudata/factbooks.html [Accessed Nov 15, 2023].[3] New Mexico State University (NMSU), “Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering enrollment”, 2022.[4] K. Atkins, B. M. Dougan, M. S. Dromgold-Sermen, H. Potter, V. Sathy, and A. T. Panter, ““Looking at myself in the future”: how mentoring
JerseyInstitute of Technology, and the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez. The goal of the Centeris to become a national focal point for developing structured organic particulate systems used inpharmaceuticals and their manufacturing processes. Rowan University has partnered as anoutreach/education member institution to develop teaching modules for K-12 and college levelstudents. The Rowan University efforts have focused on mobile, hands-on teaching modules,problem sets and illustrative examples. Mobile, self-contained experiments in V-mixing,pneumatic conveying, particulate deagglomeration and segregation, and hopper flow have beendesigned, constructed and integrated in chemical engineering courses and K-12 outreach efforts.Experiments involving the
engineering designexperiences as an instructional method to increase student knowledge and attitudes towardsengineering in both K-12 and undergraduate education. Essentially, PBL instruction uses aninquiry process to engage students in learning through exposure to complex, real-worldproblems, reflecting the environment in which they live and learn.5 PBL design culminates in afinal product, such as a design, model, device, or computer simulation, encouragingcollaboration with other students, and using performance-based assessment to evaluate a range ofskills and knowledge.5,6 Currently, only limited research exists on the effectiveness of thismethod in the classroom, and most of that at the undergraduate engineering level. However, thisundergraduate
isaligned with the definition from [30] that “engineering design is a systematic, intelligent processin which designers generate, evaluate, and specify concepts for devices, systems, or processeswhose form and function achieve clients’ objectives or users’ needs while satisfying a specifiedset of constraints.”In undergraduate engineering programs, opportunities to engage and practice the early stages ofdesign – the framing stages – are infrequent and limited. For example, student participation inthe development of engineering requirements through activities beyond internet research, liketalking with end users, testing prototypes, or conducting experiments, may be uncommon.Research has found that the lack of such opportunities can result in
Paper ID #41498Advancing Engineering Education: Linking Systems Thinking Skills to theTools through a Revised FrameworkMr. Amin Azad, University of Toronto Amin is a doctoral student at the University of Toronto’s Department of Chemical Engineering, pursuing a collaborative specialization in Engineering Education. Amin focuses on applying Systems Thinking Principles to Engineering Education and assessing its learning outcomes when solving wicked problems, especially in the field of Entrepreneurship. Amin obtained his MASc. and BASc from the University of Toronto, both in Industrial Engineering, and has worked as a
, K. B., & Johnson, J. (2016). Community-Based Engineering: STEM Experiences From a Second Grade Urban Classroom. YC Young Children, 71(5), 8-15.Dare, E. A., Keratithamkul, K., Hiwatig, B. M., & Li, F. (2021). Beyond Content: The role of STEM disciplines, real-world problems, 21st-century skills, and STEM careers within science teachers’ conceptions of integrated STEM education. Education Sciences, 11(11), 737.Deniz, H., Yesilyurt, E., Kaya, E., & Trabia, M. (2017). The influence of an authentic engineering design experience on elementary teachers’ nature of engineering views. Journal of Science Education and Technology.European Commission. (2004). Europe needs more scientists. Luxembourg
Paper ID #41075Evaluating Fourth-Grader’s Perception of Engineering Through a Community-EngagedProject (Evaluation)Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Olivia Ryan is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and a Master’s student in Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. in engineering with a specialization in electrical engineering from Roger Williams University. Her research interests include developing professional skills for engineering students and understanding curriculum barriers that exist within engineering related to mathematics.Dr. Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams
Paper ID #27278Computational Instruction through PLCs in a Multi-Disciplinary Introduc-tion to Engineering CourseMr. Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville Nicholas Hawkins is a Graduate Teaching Assistance in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at the University of Louisville. A PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he received both his B.S. and M. Eng. from the University of Louisville in the same field. His research interests include power electronics and controls, as well as engineering education for first-year students.Dr. James E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an
, collaborativetransformative practices” (p. 108). In other words, actively and collaboratively doing engineeringprojects and practices can result in deeper knowing than passively learning information andprocesses in decontextualized settings. Further, Stetsenko12 argues that activism provides apathway for learners making “authentic-authorial contributions” to community practices andknowledge (p. 33). This meaningful engagement moves “beyond the status quo” to “enacting thefuture through agentive contributions to collaborative practices”11 (p. 103). It allows students todo something good in the world through their activist stance.Engineering as a Socio-technical FieldTo take such a stance one needs socio-technical, not just technical, knowledge. The 21st centuryhas
returned to these 5 themes and were asked to form groups that couldbrainstorm potential research areas within each. Each of the groups rotated through the themesand made comments so that each participant had the opportunity to contribute their thoughts oneach of the 5 themes. The groups added research questions or potential areas of investigation. Avery large number of ideas were generated, but research questions and areas of investigation thatseemed to be of particular interest within each theme were: Diversity and Inclusion: o Beyond recruitment, how can we sustain, support, and help to thrive a diverse population of students? o How can we cultivate empathy among faculty and students and how would that
tomeasure environmental parameters in both air and soil. Through partnerships with the Universityof Colorado Boulder, student mentors work directly with rural classrooms to guide groups asthey formulate research questions, design experiments, collect data, and ultimately present theirfindings at school-wide symposia. The program features two initiatives: the established AirQuality Inquiry (AQIQ) program, which deploys pods that measure pollutants in the air, and thenewer Soil Quality Inquiry (SQIQ) program, which deploys pods that measure soil quality. In ourstudy, 185 posters from both AQIQ and SQIQ initiatives were analyzed using a coding rubric toassess the balance between scientific inquiry and engineering design and createrecommendations for
Paper ID #10355Enhancing the STEM Curriculum Through a Multidisciplinary Approachthat Integrates Biology and EngineeringProf. Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University Jennifer Vernengo is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Jennifer re- ceived her Ph.D. from Drexel University in 2007. She began work as a materials scientist at Synthes Bio- materials, then joined Drexel University College of Medicine as postdoc in 2009. Jennifer two published research papers and one patent in the area of injectable biomaterials for orthopedic tissue replacement and repair. She is particularly interested in
pedagogical knowledge in engineering and education. Carleigh works extensively on K-12 engineering curriculum development with the TeachEngineering digital library and has led the initiative to align the collection’s 1325+ lessons and hands-on activities with the Next Generation Science Standards.Jacquelyn Sullivan PhD, TeachEngineering Project Leader, University of Colorado Boulder Sullivan is project leader for the multi-institution TeachEngineering digital library, comprised of over 1325 classroom-tested engineering lessons and hands-on activities for use in K-12 classrooms. She is also founding Co-director of the CU Teach Engineering program, a unique pathway to secondary science and math teacher licensure through a
Paper ID #39012Reinforcing Human-Technology Interaction Theory through a VirtualReality Engineering Training ApplicationDr. Jenna Wong, San Francisco State University Dr. Wong is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Her research interests focus on traditional and sustainable structural resilience and engineering education. Her doctorate research at UC Berkeley investigated the applicability of seismic isolation and supplemen- tal viscous damping to nuclear power plants with focus on seismic resilience and safety. After receiving her PhD, Dr. Wong began a post
Paper ID #10401Investigating Assessment Methods for Informal Environmental EngineeringEducation Modules for K-12 Students, Specifically Focusing on Sustainabil-ity (Extended Abstract: Hands-on Environmental Engineering Panel)Ms. Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College Rebecca Citrin is a senior Civil and Environmental Engineering student at Lafayette College with a strong interest in K – 12 Engineering Education. She is currently working with Lafayette College and North Carolina State University faculty members on an NSF funded education project. Rebecca has conducted research on various informal K – 12 engineering education
acknowledge the support provided by the National Science Foundation through grant HRD1409171. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] S. Ceci and W. Williams, “Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 108, no.8, pp. 3157-3162, 2011.[2] K. Crenshaw, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics,” University of Chicago Legal Forum, vol. 140, pp. 139
encourage K-12 students to explore engineering andresearch careers, and 2) to enhance the communication and research skills of graduate fellows.To achieve these goals, during workshops teachers participate in a wide range of researchexperiences designed by fellows to introduce and update teachers to their research areas.Graduate fellows conduct Master’s thesis research in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Page 22.574.2Engineering, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, CivilEngineering, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math. CSULA faculty train fellows through apreparation course and workshops in order to improve
), Garcia, Elaouinate, and Tinoco. There were three other projectsled by JEDIs who did not participate in this study, and a handful of projects that Garcia,Elaouinate, and Tinoco explored but never saw through due to their limited capacity or shifts intheir interests.6.4.1. STEM Field Day Outreach InitiativeAll JEDIs, including the two who did not take part in this study, demonstrated excitement aboutK-12 outreach during the training process. So, when Garcia proposed hosting STEM field dayevents at local K-12 schools and community centers to engage students in fun STEM activitystations and expose them to STEM career pathways, everyone decided to take part. Garciaoriginally had this idea when they were outreach chair for SHPE at FIU, but they were
Paper ID #27049Improving Undergraduate STEM Writing through Common Language as aTool to Teach Engineering ”Dialects”Dr. David Clippinger, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Dr. David Clippinger is a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the Pennsylvania State University, Erie–the Behrend College. His interests are ship dynamics, measurement & instrumen- tation, and assessment, especially of student writing.Dr. Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Kathleen Jernquist retired as the director of the Hewitt Writing Center at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She earned her M.A. from Middlebury College
AC 2012-3813: IMPACT OF STEM-FOCUSED PROJECT-BASED LEARN-ING ACTIVITIES ON CAREER EDUCATION FOR K-12 AND COMMU-NITY COLLEGE STUDENTSProf. Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and Director of the Lean Institute at Old Dominion University. He also serves as the President of the International Society of Agile Manufacturing and as the Chief Editor of the International Journal of Agile Manufacturing. Verma received his B.S. in aeronautical engineering from IIT Kanpur, and a M.S. in engineering mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from ODU. Verma is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia and a certified Manufacturing Engineer and has
NGSS and CCSS Content Band Standards K-2 Create a safe way for Little Red Riding Hood to cross RLK.1-3, RLK.5, RLK.7, SLK.1-2, through the woods to get to Grandmother's house. SLK.4-6, K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2 K-2 The three pigs were having trouble building a house to CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1 withstand the force of the wolf's breath. Design a house (A,B,C), K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, that cannot be blown by the Big Bad Wolf. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.A.2 3-5 Design a lunch box that keeps food fresh and is theft CCSS.5, MD.C.3-Volume, CCSS.5, proof
://peer.asee.org/teaching-the-first-year-hands-on-engineering-design-experience-online[6] C. Snell, E. Pitz, and L. Oh, “Virtual Hands-on: Taking a Design Lab Online,” presented at the 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jul. 2021. Available: https://peer.asee.org/virtual-hands-on-taking-a-design-lab-online[7] K. Schmaltz and H. J. Lenoir, “Delivering Meaningful Design-and-Build Experiences to M.E. Underclass Students in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond,” presented at the 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jul. 2021. Available: https://peer.asee.org/delivering-meaningful-design-and-build-experiences-to-m-e-underclass -students-in-the-age-of-covid-19-and-beyond[8] M. M. White and M
Paper ID #26101Insights into the Nature of Change and Sustainability in an Ongoing FacultyDevelopment EffortProf. Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University Jill Nelson is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University. She earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Rice Uni- versity in 1998. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate study, earning an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Nelson’s research focus is in statistical signal processing, specifically detection and
AC 2010-2280: LEARNING THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDPRACTICE: IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLENGINEERING-EDUCATION PROGRAMTirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Arizona State University. He has degrees and experience in engineering, computer science, and education. He has brought this experience to bear in previous research that examined the use of technologies in K-12 settings with diverse students. He has worked with the Children’s Museum of Houston on the development and implementation of Robotics-based STEM programming for urban youth. He is the Principal Investigator of the National