to apply, and 232 did so.That so many Ph.D. students applied for the first offering of such a workshop indicatesthe need for this type of education. In total, 56 Ph.D. students were selected foradmission—the additional 12 slots were reserved for postdoctoral researchers designatedby the sponsors and Simula. The 68 participants represented 28 different countries, 25different first languages, and every continent except for Antarctica. Assessment of theworkshop is ongoing and includes surveys of the participants as well as comparisons ofthe presentation slides created by participants before the workshop with slides createdafter the participants received workshop instruction.IntroductionThe challenge for graduate students to communicate their
, Alex held positions related to education and events at the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), both in Washington, DC. Alex has a passion for instructional design, informal education, and hands-on learning, and received her MA in Museum Education from Seton Hall University in 2013.Dr. Brian Yoder, American Society for Engineering Education Dr. Yoder is the department director, guiding the overall direction of research and evaluation activities. Prior to working at ASEE, Brian worked at NASA Education, overseeing the development of an on-line performance management system to assess NASA’s educational investments nationally. He also serves as President of the Washington
Paper ID #32993Using Natural Language Processing to Facilitate Student Feedback AnalysisDr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He leads the Improving Decisions in Engineering Education Agents and Systems (IDEEAS) Lab, a group that uses multi-modal data to characterize, understand, and improve decisions made throughout engineering education ecosystems.Matthew Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Matthew Norris is a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant in the
Paper ID #15321An Anchored Open-Ended Survey Approach in Multiple Case Study Analy-sisDr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the Assis- tant Director for Research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech. Lee’s research interests include co-curricular support, student success and retention, and diversity in STEM. He received his Ph.D in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech, M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson
on structural engineering, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the department. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Aca- demic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning
projects focusing on engaging stakeholders in forest management issues, surveys on public values of cultural ecosystem services, and psychographic market segmentation of sustainable tourism.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research interests in engineering education focus on the role of self-efficacy, belonging, and other non- cognitive aspects of the student experience on engagement, success, and persistence and on effective methods for teaching global issues such as those pertaining to sustainability. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Cross-Validation of a
Paper ID #16718A Benchmarking Study of Clustering Techniques Applied to a Set of Charac-teristics of MOOC ParticipantsMs. Rosa Cabedo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Rosa Cabedo is Engineer in Computer Science and currently Ph.D. Student at Technical University of Madrid (Spain) in the field of Open Education. The final purpose of her research is the identification and analysis of the profiles of language MOOC participants and the features of language learning (interaction, feedback, evaluation, certification) in order to adequate the design to MOOC format to facilitate the linguistic and communicativa competences
Paper ID #15922Fundamental Research: Developing a Rubric to Assess Children’s Drawingsof an Engineer at WorkDr. Julie Thomas, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Julie Thomas is a Research Professor of science education in the College of Education and Human Sci- ences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Thomas’ research has focused on children’s science learning and teacher professional development. Proud accomplishments include collaborative efforts – such as No Duck Left Behind, a partnership with waterfowl biologists to promote wetland education efforts, and En- gineering is Everywhere (E2), a partnership with a
Paper ID #16749Towards a Scholarship of Integration: Lessons from Four CasesDr. Freddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette Freddy Solis is a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on innovation management and engineering education, an MBA, a Master’s in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico. His research focuses on all aspects of innovation, drawing from multiple schools of thought, with a special emphasis on typologies such as enabling
into practical use in the design and resdesign of learning environments. In recent years and in collaboration with colleagues at Northwestern, he created FUSE Studios to reimagine STEAM education around the values of innova- tion, making, and collaboration (https://www.fusestudio.net/). Since 2012, FUSE has been implemented in more than 135 school and community sites around the US and will soon begin in Helsinki, Finland. Stevens co-led two large National Science Foundation (NSF) research centers—the Center for the Ad- vancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) and the Learning in Informal and Formal Environments Center (LIFE)—and has received numerous research grants from NSF and various private foundations
Paper ID #14546More Comprehensive and Inclusive Approaches to Demographic Data Col-lectionMr. Todd Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette Todd is a PhD Student in Engineering Education at Purdue University who’s research is focused on en- trepreneurship education and entrepreneurship education as a component of modern engineering educa- tion efforts.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through
Paper ID #16950Network Analysis of Interactions between Students and an Instructor duringDesign MeetingsDr. Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University Dr. Kathleen Quardokus Fisher is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She is currently participating in a project that supports the use of evidence-based instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses through developing communities of practice. Her research interests focus on understanding how organizational change occurs in higher education with respect to teaching and learning in STEM courses.Dr. Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan
Paper ID #15997Voicing the Indescribable - Using Photo Elicitation as a Method to UncoverBelonging and CommunityDr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nicole is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University and other degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Western Illinois Univer- sity and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Her research interest is eliciting conceptual understanding of AC circuit concepts using active learning strategies.Mr. Juan David Ortega-Alvarez
Paper ID #39757Training Faculty on Mentoring Students in Higher Education inPost-Pandemic WorldProf. Renukadevi Selvaraj, The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)Chennai, India Dr.S.Renukadevi, is the Professor of Education and Head of Centre for Academic Studies and Research at the renowned NITTTR, Chennai. She has 32 year of teaching Experience, of which 27 years at NITTTR, Chennai. She holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Applications and Doctorate in Computer Applications - Engineering Education with a PG Diploma in Guidance and Counselling. Her areas of Expertise include Engineering
Women in Engineering Program Award in 2009. In 2011 she was recognized as the Women of the Year by the Women’s Transportation Seminar in the Research Triangle and as the Tarheel of the Week. Her work was featured on the National Science Foun- dation Discoveries web site. She is a member of Sigma Xi, past chair of the K-12 and Precollege Division of the American Society of Engineering Educators and a Senior Member of the IEEE. Page 23.1177.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Creation, Evolution and Impact of a GK-12 Outreach ModelGK-12 Outreach
computing in the freshman engineering program. Bursic has done research and published work in the areas of engineering and project management and en- gineering education. She is a member of IIE and ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania. Page 25.479.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Does the Use of Clickers Increase Conceptual Understanding in the Engineering Economy Classroom?AbstractResponse devices or “clickers” are seeing increased use in many engineering classrooms. Thesedevices allow students to anonymously
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze is a Lecturer for both the Writing and Communication Center and Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in English at Northeastern University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Disciplinary Specificity in Engineering Communication: Rhetorical Instruction in an Undergraduate Engineering Research ClassI. IntroductionA recent program launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides a year-long undergraduate research experience with an accompanying communication course. Designedto build upon student interest in “a deeper
engineering for per- vasive computing environments. Dr. Payton is also committed to broadening participation in computing and advancing computer science education. She is the Director of the STARS Computing Corps, an NSF- funded alliance of 53 colleges and universities that aims to broaden participation in computing and the co-founder of the International Conference for Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engi- neering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The REU Principal Investigator’s Guide: Development of a best practices websiteAbstractWith the help of the National Science Foundation (NSF
American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pedagogical Techniques to Promote Development of Graduate Engineering Students as Disciplinary WritersAbstractAs demands for research productivity increase, faculty, particularly untenured junior faculty,must efficiently expedite the development of their graduate students’ disciplinary writing skills.In response to this need, a semester-long graduate course was offered within the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina for the first time in2012. The primary course outcome was for each student to prepare a manuscript ready, or nearready, for submission to a peer reviewed engineering journal at semester’s end. To facilitate
industrial and systems engineering and engineering manage- ment and a 2009-10 Gray Faculty Fellow at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Her research interests are in applying statistical analysis and optimization to supply chain management, transportation man- agement, and engineering education. She holds a B.S. in industrial engineering (Lehigh University), a master’s in business administration (Penn State University), a M.S. in industrial engineering (University of Pittsburgh), and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering (University of Pittsburgh). Address: N149 Technol- ogy Hall, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899; Phone: (+1) 256-824-6637; Fax: (+1) 256-824-6733; Email: gillian.nicholls
Paper ID #11769Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Re-search Investments: An Organizing Research FrameworkDr. Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Ann F. McKenna is a Professor in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Director of The Poly- technic School at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU she served as a program director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education, and was on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Segal Design Institute at Northwestern University. Dr. McKenna received her
AC 2010-403: DEVELOPMENT OF AN E-LEARNING SYSTEM AND A VIRTUALLABORATORY FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESRadian Belu, Drexel UniversityDarko Korain, Desert Research Institute Page 15.414.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of an E-learning System and a Virtual Laboratory for Renewable Energy SourcesAbstractIn the modern world where everything changes at an extremely fast rate a constant and continualupgrading of knowledge is vital. Nowadays most utility and energy companies use advancedtechnology such as renewable energy sources applications. There have been significant advancesin renewable energy conversion
Paper ID #23194Engineering Student Perspectives on Research and What It Means to Be aResearcherDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning
Paper ID #32489Impact on Teaching Practices of a Summer Research Experience forTeachers (Evaluation)Mrs. Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin PhD student, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education at University of Texas, Austin M.S. in Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan (Italy), 2006Dr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego is Senior Associate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and
Paper ID #29111WIP: An Undergraduate Theory and Methods of Research Class for HonorsStudentsDr. Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming Joseph H. Holles is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wyoming. His current research interests include overlayer bimetallic catalysts for controlled reactant/product binding to improve activity and selectivity. He is the Associate Editor for Chemical Engineering Education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: An Undergraduate Theory and Methods of
Paper ID #25276Using Topological Data Analysis in Social Science Research: Unpacking De-cisions and Opportunities for a New MethodDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and
Paper ID #25806Work in Progress: A Mixed Methods Approach to Better Understand Re-searcher IdentityDr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Ohio State and earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the intersection between motivation and identity of undergraduate and graduate students, first-year engineering programs, mixed methods research, and innovative approaches to teaching.Dennis
Paper ID #26735Work In Progress: Considering the Impact on Research Quality of a TeamApproach to PhenomenographyDr. Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University Nicholas D. Fila is a postdoctoral research associate in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Indus- trial Design at Iowa State University. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Engi- neering Education from Purdue University. His current research interests include innovation, empathy, engineering design, instructional design heuristics.Dr
AC 2007-750: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE TEXTBOOK AND RESEARCHTOOL FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING DESIGNLinda Lindsley, Arizona State UniversityVeronica Burrows, Arizona State University Page 12.527.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of an Online Textbook and Research Tool for Freshman Engineering DesignAbstractIn many engineering design texts, the solution(s) to design problems are provided along with theproposed problem. Therefore, the student will read about the solution rather than take the time tothink about the problem being presented. This paper explores the development of and pilot studydone on an online textbook and
AC 2008-970: RESEARCH ON THE EVOLUTION OF COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS'PERSPECTIVES OF TEACHING AND LEARNINGBugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University Bugrahan Yalvac is an assistant professor of Science Education at Texas A&M University. He worked as a post-doctorate research fellow at VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Northwestern University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Science Education from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. degree from the Middle East Technical University. He specializes in design and assessment of learning environments pertaining to science and engineering subjects in K-12 and postsecondary levels. Address: Texas A&M University; Teaching, Learning, and