Research Experiences program for Undergraduates in an Historically Black college and University. Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein1 , Pamela Leigh-Mack2 , Bert Davy1 .and John Wheatland 3 1 Department of Civil Engineering and 2 Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering, 3 Dean’s Office, School of Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore Maryland.AbstractInvolving undergraduate students in research has been recognized as a method ofdeveloping the intellectual capacity of undergraduate student. This paper reportsoperation, achievements and challenges of a Science Engineering and Mathematics(SEM) Summer Research Training program, which has been in operation for
mentors on research project outreach requirements •Flexibility in project selections, with support from mentor interests •Involve mentors as much as possible in the selection of participants •Financial support for mentors and graduate students •Give credit to mentors in all press releases and project activities •Project Management •Large scale projects need extensive initial planning and preparation •Select trustworthy staff members and explain the importance and demands of the project Project •Start all activities such as recruiting participants early Director •Build personal connections with participants and
Session Number 2793 Designing an Operations Research Course Under Active Learning Strategies Leonardo Rivera C., M.S.I.E. Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaIntroductionIn Figure 1 a general structure of this paper can be observed. There are two important referencepoints: Icesi University as an institution and the context in which this document develops and ourinterpretation of and commitment to Active Learning concepts.From there, we will get to outline activities and resources that we consider useful for an O.R.class in this or another university.Icesi University as an
Paper ID #9405Moving Towards a Research Informed Conceptual Model of Engineering GlobalPreparednessDr. Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering Divi- sion of Engineering EducationDr. shaobo huang, University of Southern California Shaobo Huang is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in STEM Education in the School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). With BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering, she received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU). Her areas
difference being that the listdeveloped in class provides more explicit details. From this exercise, considerations aroundreproducibility were gradually introduced, starting with a new question: “How will you preserveyour progress along each step of the scientific method?” As a class, simple approaches werenoted. For research design and planning steps such as initial observations, research questions andhypotheses, here is an overall summary of the concepts noted: ● Write down ideas in digital documents such as Google Docs, where collaborators can share this information through email, social media, or other online locations, with varying permissions for viewing or editing. ● Write down ideas on physical paper to quickly draw visual
components within the already demanding engineering curriculum, effectivemanagement and tracking of these students is paramount for successful matriculation. Inorder to assist students in managing the additional pressures within this unique academicenvironment, ATMO provides additional student support services to the clientele itserves. As a result, students are more likely to apply to graduate school and enter withhigher GPAs. In 1999, a beta group of entering freshmen minorities were chosen,tracked, and monitored to determine the potential impact of integrating research andtraining within an academic undergraduate engineering curriculum. Initial resultsshowed 100% retention and average GPA’s greater than 3.5/4.0. This document willdescribe the
Paper ID #37279Emergent Engineering Judgment: Making Assumptions inEngineering Science Homework (Research)Karen Miel Karen Miel is a Research Scientist at the University at Buffalo. Her research interests include the undergraduate students' development of engineering judgment and elementary students' engineering teamwork.Jessica Swenson Jessica Swenson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She was awarded her doctorate and masters from Tufts University in mechanical engineering and STEM education respectively, and completed postdoctoral work at the
One Engineer (one video) (n=377) N/A Only Engineers (multiple videos) (n=227) Only Engineers (n=370)* Engineer + Others (multiple videos) (n=412)# Engineer + Others (n=589)^ No Engineer (n=963)#multiple treatment from Elements cohort where the chemical/biomolecular engineer and/ormaterial scientist were present*convergent treatment from Movement cohort with aviation planner and cancer researcher^convergent treatment from Elements cohortQualtrics panel samplingThe first Qualtrics panel, with videos from the Movement cohort, initially used a general U.S.sample with no demographic quotas (n = 1,061). However, the respondents did not represent adiverse audience — they were older
Paper ID #36928Synthesizing Indicators of Quality across Traditions of NarrativeResearch MethodsMr. Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University Fourth-year doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University in the mechanical engineering department. Member of the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL). Current research topics include grad- uate school attrition and persistence.Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University Catherine G.P. Berdanier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn- sylvania State University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The
return on theirinvestment of training and trust in students to handle expensive equipment and priceless data.We do not claim to know how to choose fairly; however, we suggest that all professors payattention to how we select students for professional and educational opportunities. It is a ripeoccasion for unintentional discrimination, through mechanisms such as implicit bias (i.e.,unconscious beliefs we have about groups of people) and homophily (i.e., a human preference tointeract with people who resemble us physically or culturally).Socialization Through Storytelling The process of initiating novices into research communities relies on the communicationof tacit knowledge, behavioral norms, and moral values. Much of this instruction
Paper ID #11409Helicopter Aerodynamics and Design Course Developed from a Research-Informed FrameworkMs. Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University Antonette T. Cummings is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She earned her Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She functioned as an aerodynamicist for military and civilian tiltrotors at Bell Helicopter for seven years, earning airplane and helicopter private pilot ratings. She has a Professional Engineer license in Texas in Thermal/Fluid Systems.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University
Session 1793 An Undergraduate Research Experience in New Developments for Aseismic Building Design Anant R. Kukreti University of CincinnatiAbstract This paper describes a two-month research experience for undergraduate engineeringstudents specifically designed to conduct three “pilot” projects investigating new strategies tomitigate earthquake damage. The project was part of a Research for Undergraduates (REU) Sitegrant sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and administered in the Department ofCivil and Environmental
Session 3261 The Social Consequences of Design: PBL Workshops for Undergraduate Researchers Lee Ellen Harper The University of Maryland In Summer 2003 the Institute for Systems Research (ISR), a permanent institute of theUniversity of Maryland, within the A. James Clark School of Engineering, and National ScienceFoundation Engineering Research Center, piloted two day-long workshops on “The SocialConsequences of Design: Requirements and Trade-Offs in Large-Scale Engineering Projects,”for the first 15 participants in
pivotal in understanding how learningoccurs in the GBL environment.343. Purpose of the studyIn the light that evaluation of instruction in educational gaming is severely lacking,19, 20researchers in the field of GBL have called for evaluation of educational games, suggesting thatinvestigations of how students actually play the game would allow for emerging evidence ofmeaningful learning.11, 19 A critical component of this research initiative, therefore, was toempirically study students’ play as they engaged in a board game anchored in engineeringdesign. The over-arching purpose of this study was to improve engineering education researchmethodologies for assessing learning in game-based learning environments. Broader impacts ofthis study were to
guidance that allows flexibility and adaptationof methods. One of the strengths of qualitative research is that methodologies and methodscan be revised and adapted to fit a particular study, and even modified during a study wheninitial analysis shows that the methods chosen are not congruent with the collected dataand research questions (for an example see Sochacka, Walther, Wilson, and Brewer, 2014).Historically, interpretivist approaches were developed in contrast to positivist quantitativeanalyses. The intent was to understand the contextual factors that underlie phenomena andto understand how people make meaning from their experiences. While initially the“paradigm wars” placed interpretive qualitative analysis and positivist
anengineering college in a large, research-based Southwestern university. The program, funded throughthe National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Improving Science Education (IUSE) initiative, is currentlyin its final year and has focused on infusing active learning into engineering undergraduate classroomsand providing faculty with evidence-based instructional strategies that would foster a morestudent-centered classroom. Seven engineering disciplines were represented by the faculty participants:aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, construction, materials, and mechanical. This paper exploresthe ability of continuing Communities of Practice to sustain content disseminated in a facultydevelopment program. We use this paper to document and highlight
Paper ID #24858Survey and Analysis of Digital Thermoelectric-Generator-based Power Sys-temDr. Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona Dr. Mohammad R. Muqri is a Professor in College of Engineering and Information Sciences at DeVry University. He received his M.S.E.E. degree from University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests include modeling and simulations, algorithmic computing, analog and digital signal processing.Mr. Eliezer Ochoa Jr.Mr. Joshua David De Piano I graduated Devry with an Electronics Engineering degree in 2016. I have been in the semiconductor industry for a out 10 years. I have 2 kids
engineeringprogram and the potential support that would increase their retention and completion rates. A sitevisit to TMCC provided an opportunity for the faculty and staff of the two institutions to meetface-to-face and discuss the educational needs and challenges of the TMCC students who weretransferring to NDSU. This discussion formed the basis for the collaboration producing theOffice of Naval Research (ONR) proposal. Figure 1. Participant Tribally Controlled Colleges NDSU, FargoIII. ONR Project FoundationsThe initial steps of the ONR proposal process began with a chance meeting of the TCCCadministrators with an NDSU engineering faculty at the
development, business succession, assessment modeling, technology transfer, executive education and social science research. This includes programs and activities in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Dr. Pistrui has held several scholarly appointments in the US and Europe, including the Coleman Founda- tion Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He served as the founding Managing Director of the Wharton Enterprising Families Initiative at the Wharton School of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Pistrui held the Raymond Chair in Family Business and served as the Founding Director of the Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership at Alfred
programs to increase STEM diversity.Dr. Elizabeth Sciaky, University of California, Santa Barbara Program Evaluator at the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships at UC Santa Barbara. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The benefits of ethnographic research for exploring new STEM higher education programs AbstractThis study describes an initial cycle of inquiry within a multi-year research initiative for a newNaval Workforce Program (NWP) designed to increase the number of underrepresentedindividuals (veterans and minorities) in STEM professional contexts, particularly within thecontext of naval engineering
, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University Cheryl Cass is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University where she has served as the Director of Undergraduate Programs since 2011. Her research focuses on the intersection of science and engineering identity in
Paper ID #18471Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Associate Professor of Education, and Director of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan. Her research areas include student resistance to active learning, the impact of the classroom space on teaching and learning, the use of classroom technology to increase student learning and engagement, and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. She recently led an international initiative to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research. Dr. Finelli is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education, Associate
and Tagg’s learning paradigmarticle provides us with a valuable insight about the kind of change that is urgently needed inUniversity Higher Education (Barr & Tagg 1995). The author has previously utilized these ideasin several of his ASEE publications and presentations (Narayanan, 2007 & 2009).Assessment Scholars agree that Assessment is a process in which rich, usable, credible feedback froman act of teaching or curriculum comes to be reflected upon by an academic community, andthen is acted on by that community, a department or college, within its commitment to getsmarter and better at what it does (Marchese, 1997, page 93). The National Research Councilsays that High-quality Mathematics Assessment must focus on the
Page 9.499.2school full time remained relatively constant. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Respondents’ Breakdown into Various Categories Full-time Employed in Engineering Jobs (design, product, process) 589 in Business/Management/Non-technical 125 in Research/Consulting 92 in Other Roles
programson this cluster of inexpensive hardware is representative of clusters found in professionalapplications, and no statistical tests were performedAlgorithms A very common, easily implementable way to parallelize the FFT is to distribute allsamples of the input evenly across all processes. [3] describes this pattern of communication andpresents results for its performance compared with some alternative methods. In early first stageof the FFT, the processes can perform butterfly operations on the samples assigned to them. Forthe next stage, half of the processes will have samples that need to be involved with butterflyoperations with samples in the memory of process from the other half of the processes. So, afterthe initial stage is
accreditation process,3research on stakeholders within the engineering education system.42.1.2. Research on Policy of Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance in Engineering Education is a systematic project, which requires theengineering departments to develop active and effective policy to advance. In the UnitedStates, the vast majority of colleges and universities have formed quality assurance“pyramid” structure including university, college and department, developed mechanisms,systems and political initiatives of promoting the educational quality assurance at the level ofcollege and department. However, the policy-making space of quality assurance inengineering education at the level of college and department is not as big as the level ofuniversity
Paper ID #29106The Community-Engaged College: Grand Valley State University’s Industryand Community Partnership ModelCasey Thelenwood, Grand Valley State University Casey Thelenwood is the Assistant Dean for the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seymour and Esther Padnos College of Engineering and Computing. Casey received her B.A. in Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, her M.Ed. from Grand Valley State University, and is currently pursuing a MBA degree. She is a Certified Research Administrator through the Research Administrators Certification Council.Dr. Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State
; createassessment measures for individual events and for the program and document them; and thinkthrough funding plans. Provide and support student leaders with retreats and planning times todiscuss and set goals for being involved and ways to ensure goals are being met and students stayengaged. By planning early for these areas of programmatic expansion, it will help address bothlonger-term successes for the program and provide fodder for return-on-investmentconversations with both university administrators and event sponsors.Future Research and ConclusionWith this initial research, the authors acknowledge that there are many opportunities for futureresearch including additional surveys or focus groups of student leaders as the programs growsand produces
, commercialization and technology policy. In particular, his research has recently focused on cybersecurity topics including intrusion detection and forensics, robotic command and control, aerospace command and 3D printing quality assurance. Straub is a member of Sigma Xi, the AAAS, the AIAA and several other technical societies, he has also served as a track or session chair for numerous conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessment of Cybersecurity Competition Teams as Experiential Education ExercisesAbstractThis research paper presents initial work on characterizing the educational value of cybersecuritycompetition teams to their student
design projects andexperiential learning in the makerspace while growing the overall sense of community.Considering these strategies, this research study addresses the following questions. 1. How has the demographics, in terms of student major, gender identity, and racial identity changed over the first three years of use? 2. To what extent have these three strategies, and the initiatives they spawned, impacted that change? a. Early exposure b. Structured learning opportunities c. Marketing and communicationBackgroundFirst opened in the spring of 2017, the Anderson Student Innovation Labs at the University ofMinnesota are a set of makerspaces designed to give the people in the College of Science