AC 2009-786: PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FORTEACHERS PROGRAM: IMPACT ON PERCEPTIONS AND EFFICACY TOTEACH ENGINEERINGJulie Trenor, Clemson University Julie Martin Trenor. Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech and a bachelor’s degree in the same field from North Carolina State University. Her research interests focus on factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in engineering. Prior to her appointment at Clemson, Dr. Trenor served as the Director of Undergraduate Student Recruitment and Retention
AC 2009-321: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: A TOOL FORSTUDENTS PURSUING A GRADUATE DEGREE IN ENGINEERINGGymama Slaughter, Virginia State UniversityToni Harris, Virginia State UniversityKabongo Ngandu, Virginia State UniversityKeith Williamson, Virginia State UniversityKwame Adom, Virginia State University Page 14.1290.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Undergraduate Research Experience: A Tool for Student Pursuing a Graduate Degree in EngineeringKey Words: Undergraduate Research Experience, Mentoring, Graduate Degree inEngineeringAbstractMany engineering programs across the country have witnessed large numbers of students leavingtheir
Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She directs research and evaluation projects from conceptualization, methodological design, and collection of data and analysis to dissemination of findings. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational climate for students in science and engineering, and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Developing a Shared Vision for Change: New results
Paper ID #26402Teacher Perceptions of Incorporating Engineering Design in Mathematicsand Science Instruction (Research)Dr. Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, University of South Florida Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovi´c is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the department of Teaching and Learning. Eugenia is mathematically bi-literate (English and Greek) and has taught mathe- matics at the middle school, high school, and college level. She currently teaches mathematics education courses to undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students. Her research explores Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teacher Education (CRMTE
Paper ID #27665Parental Influence on Children’s Computational Thinking in an Informal Set-ting (Fundamental Research)Mr. Carson Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette Undergraduate Student in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at Purdue UniversityMs. Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Hoda is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in me- chanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her
Paper ID #30596Building and Evaluating a Multi-tiered Mentor Program to IntroduceResearch to High School Women (Evaluation)Dr. Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her degrees in Materials Science and Engineering are from Michigan State University and MIT. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, teacher education, and equity in education.Prof. Tiffiny Antionette Butler , Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Butler joined the faculty at WPI after completing a
licensed Architect in India and Canada and Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Kentucky University. She has 10 years professional experience in the architecture and construction industry in residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. She has 8 years of experience in teaching and research in areas of architectural design, sustainable design, historic preservation and BIM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Engaging undergraduate students in hands-on research using undergraduate-specific smallinternal grants from universityAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper aims to report last five year’s experiences of both authors inengaging
Technology and her Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin Madison. In addi- tion to research at the intersection of microbiology and environmental engineering, she teaches biological principles of environmental engineering and a graduate level scientific writing class. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining engineering writing instruction at a large research university through the lens of writing studiesAbstractRecognizing challenges to developing undergraduate engineering students’ writing, theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Engineering invited instructionalinnovation proposals to tackle this issue. Bringing together faculty
, rapid prototyping and computer vision. He is a member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru is the Assistant Director at the Center for K12 STEM Education, NYU Tandon School of Engineering. As the Center’s STEM Educator and Researcher she works with engineers and faculty to provide professional development to K12 science and math teachers. In addition, she conducts studies that looks at embedding robotics and technology in K12 schools. As a former Adjunct Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and biomedical scientist in Immunology, Dr. Borges balances the world of what STEM professionals do and brings that to STEM education in
experience at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is serving as a research assistant under an NSF-funded DR K-12 re- search project to promote integration of robotics in middle school science and math education. For her doctoral research, she conducts mechatronics and robotics research in the Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory at NYU.Dr. Vikram Kapila, New York University Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in
Paper ID #22381Preschool Teachers Learn to Teach the Engineering Design Process (Research-to-Practice)Nicole J. Glen, Bridgewater State University Former elementary teacher. Now an elementary science and engineering education methods professor and researcher. Research involves pre-service and in-service elementary teachers and their science and engineering attitudes, understandings, and skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Preschool Teachers Learn to Teach the Engineering Design Process (research-to-practice)AbstractNationally, engineering has been in
, tracking and shape analysis using statistical methods. As an adjunct researcher at Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Cen- tre, she is currently developing applications of ultrasound image analysis for non-invasive follow-up of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the analysis of tongue motion for the study of speech production. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Promoting good scientific communication habits by leveraging the community of practice within a single research groupNotesNote the first three authors contributed equally to this manuscript. Also note that this studyreceived ethics approval from the ethics board of our institution to gather data from
Professor of engineering design and industrial engineering at the Pennsyl- vania State University. She received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Illinois and her M.S. and B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Nebraska.Prof. Samuel Todd Hunter c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Deploying Virtual Product Dissection Lesson Modules in IntroductoryEngineering Classrooms: A Research Driven ApproachAbstract Product dissection is a problem-based learning activity that is often integrated intoengineering courses in order to help students learn to systematically disassemble and analyze aproduct and all of its parts. Product dissection was first introduced
Paper ID #26549Factors Influencing Course Withdrawal in Fundamental Engineering Coursesin a Research 1 UniversityMr. Johnny Crayd Woods Jr., Virginia Tech Johnny C. Woods, Jr. is a Higher Education PhD Student at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. He obtained his master’s in Educational Foundations from Makerere University (Uganda), and a bachelor’s in Sociology from A.M.E. Zion University College (Liberia). Prior to joining Virginia Tech, he served at Tubman University (Liberia) for 10 years in several capacities, including his last position as Chief of Staff to the University President and Liaison to the
graduate school to continue his studies and aims to continue expanding his skills and knowledge in data analysis and engineering.Mrs. Angielyn Campo, University of Virginia I am a recent graduate from the University of Virginia with a major in Nanomedicine Engineering. In my last year of undergraduate I worked with Dr. Wylie in coding and transcribing interviews as a means of evaluating data on the research of learning how graduate and undergraduate students learn research skills from one another. I am currently working in California where I am working on using a small molecule approach to treat atherosclerosis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
Paper ID #26712Inspiring Young Children to Engage in Computational Thinking In and Outof School (Research to Practice)Dr. Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes
Paper ID #27576Board 90: Latinx Persistence In and Beyond the Degree: Intersections ofGender and Ethnicity (Research)Dr. Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State UniversityLidia Herrera-Rocha, University of Texas at El Paso Lidia Herrera-Rocha is a Mexican American bilingual educator, researcher, and English Language Learner in a U.S.-Mexico border city. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master’s in Cur- riculum and Instruction with a concentration in Bilingual Education. She grew up as a student in a transi- tional bilingual program and went on to become a 4th grade bilingual education teacher in El Paso, Texas
an ultra-long lifespan wireless sensor devices designed to form robust data networks in remote areas lacking infrastructure, and the development of of an electron-tunneling spectroscopy based microscope control system for molecular analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Design of Product Families for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: Undergraduate Research ExperienceAbstractThis paper describes the experiences of a team of undergraduate research students that wereassigned the task of designing a product family for a reconfigurable manufacturing system,RMS. This problem of designing a product family for a RMS required a different type ofthinking than that
Paper ID #16709Studying Organizational Change: Rigorous Attention To Complex SystemsVia A Multi-theoretical Research ModelDr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University Jana L. Bouwma-Gearhart is an associate professor of STEM education at Oregon State University. Her research widely concerns improving education at research universities. Her earlier research explored en- hancements to faculty motivation to improve undergraduate education. Her more recent research concerns organizational change towards postsecondary STEM education improvement at research universities, in- cluding the interactions of levers (people
undergraduate invention competitions in the US—The InVen- ture Prize, and founder/organizer of one of the largest student-run prototyping facilities in the US—The Invention Studio. He was named Engineer of the Year in Education for the state of Georgia (2013).Ms. Helena Hashemi Farzaneh, Institute of Product Development, Technical University of Munich Helena Hashemi Farzaneh is a researcher at the Institute of Product Development at the Technical Univer- sity of Munich. She works in the field of bio-inspired design and creativity and has been teaching courses for TRIZ (inventive problem solving) and bio-inspired design.Mr. Julian Weinmann, Munich University of TechnologyProf. Udo Lindemann, Technical University of Munich
Paper ID #11939A Pedagogy of Larger Concerns: Grounding Engineering Faculty Develop-ment in Research on Teaching ConceptionsDr. Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington Dr. Jim Borgford-Parnell is Associate Director and Instructional Consultant at the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching at the University of Washington. He taught design, education-research methods, and adult and higher education theory and pedagogy courses for over 30 years. He has been involved in instructional development for 18 years, and currently does both research and instructional development in engineering education. Jim has
Paper ID #12048The Power and Politics of STEM Research Design: Saving the ”Small N”Prof. Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Amy E. Slaton is a Professor of History at Drexel University. She write on issues of identity in STEM education and labor, and is the author of Race, Rigor and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line .Prof. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice Pawley is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Program and the Division of
. He was awarded the CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Award for online alumni services and was a Bronze Award recipient for distance educational programming. Kevin is a graduate of Notre Dame and earned his masters from the University of Portland.Dr. Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University Stephanie Wallach is Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. She is responsible for, among other things, overseeing the Undergraduate Research Office (URO) and its programs and for developing new programs that serve all the disciplines across campus. Stephanie earned a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University in New York; she has a master’s degree in History and Education from the University of California
she worked as a graduate research assistant with the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. She graduated from North Carolina State University as a Park Scholar with a BA in Physics, and spent several years teaching physics to high-school 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. Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University Matthew Stimpson is the Director of Assessment in the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs at NC
Paper ID #25908An Inquiry Into the Use of Intercoder Reliability Measures in Qualitative Re-searchDr. Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University Amy Wilson-Lopez is an associate professor at Utah State University who studies culturally responsive engineering and literacy-infused engineering with linguistically diverse students.Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela Minichiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, diversity, and inclusivity in engineering
Paper ID #31721Influences for Engineering Majors: Results of a Survey from a MajorResearch UniversityDr. SANDRA B NITE, Texas A&M University Sandra Nite, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at in Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University, where she has taught 10 different courses in mathematics and mathematics education. She has served on several committees in the mathematics department, including course development for teacher education in mathematics. Her research agenda includes engineering calculus success, including high school prepa- ration for college. Previously, she taught 8 additional courses at the
Paper ID #28626Non-Academic Career Pathways for Engineering Doctoral Students: AnEvaluation of an NSF Research Traineeship ProgramMs. Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin Maya Denton is a STEM Education doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Engineering Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engi- neering from Purdue University. Prior to attending UT-Austin, she worked as a chemical engineer for an industrial gas company.Dr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and
- uct into a market leading Unified Threat Management appliance which included Antivirus and Content Filtering. Diane Reichlen is effective at creating and mobilizing large, geographically dispersed teams to meet the demands of competitive and aggressive engineering deliverables. Strengths include the ability to recognize the unique talents each engineer has, and how best to exploit those talents in order to bring success. Diane holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Boston College. Diane is on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/dianereichlen c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Participatory Action Research (PAR) as Formative Assessment of a
AC 2008-569: APPROACHING QUESTIONS OF RESEARCH QUALITY IN ANINTERPRETIVE INVESTIGATION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS’COMPETENCE FORMATIONJoachim Walther, University of Queensland Joachim is a PhD scholar with the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology at the University of Queensland. The objective of the Centre is to create innovative, sustainable solutions to complex social and technological challenges facing industry and the community, through the fusion of social science and engineering perspectives. Joachim’s PhD research is in the area of engineering competence and particularly looks at the formation of Accidental Competencies in undergraduate education. The research involves a
working in the automotive industry before this post-doctoral position.Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech Asli Sahin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on developing modeling systems that help designers to integrate engineering and management principles into conceptual design of products and systems. She received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in December of 2005. She has experience and interest in adapting and developing computer-based visualization instruction models for education and training purposes. She is currently a member of Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering