the early school years and the paper suggests that Boeingand industry partners, because of their interest in the challenges of STEM education, could investmore of their resources to have a significant impact on STEM. Several recommendations aregiven to industry to position themselves for this challenge.IntroductionThe Boeing Company is a company dedicated to developing the best engineers in the world.Their commitment to the engineering education process is evident in the unique program calledThe Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program. This is a program that has been operated byBoeing every summer since 1995. The Welliver program is a unique program designed to: “… expose a small number of competitively selected professors from U.S
Workshop: Integrating Community-Engaged Learning into First-Year and Pre-College ProgramsAbstractCommunity-engaged learning or service learning integrates academic learning with serviceactivities and partnerships with local or global communities. It provides a learning environmentthat is very well-matched with accreditation standars across many outcomes as students can learnstrong technical skills while also developing professional skills. Evidence suggests thatcommunity-engaged learning has the potential to increase participation among underrepresentedpopulations within engineering. Evidence also shows that participants increase motivation tostay in engineering offering exciting opportunties for first-year
Paper ID #36395Work in Progress: Using CATME in Team Development of One-Semester-LongOpen-Ended First-Year Engineering Student Design ProjectsDr. Rui Li, New York University Dr. Li earned his master’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from the Imperial College of Lon- don and his doctoral degree in 2020 from the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, where his research involved using smartphones, wireless sensors, and 3D printing to create low-cost MRI/CT com- patible surgical devices. His current research interests are project-based learning, student motivation and educational robotics.Dr. Jack Bringardner
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20682Divide and conquer: an example from Fluid Mechanics classDr. Rebeka Sultana, California State University, Long Beach Dr. Sultana has been working as an Assistant Professor at the department of Civil Engineering and Con- struction Engineering Management (CECEM) at California State University after receiving her PhD in 2011 from University of California, Irvine. Her area of expertise is in the area of Water Resources engi- neering. At CSULB, she teaches classes on Fluid Mechanics, Water Resources Engineering
Paper ID #24463Documenting the Redesign and Scaling-up of an Ill-Structured ProblemDr. Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Courtney is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the Cook Grand Challenge Engineering Honors Program at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Clemson University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Courtney’s research interests include epistemic cognition in the context of problem solving, and researcher
Paper ID #24445Pipeline Development through Middle School, High School, and CommunityEnrichment OpportunitiesDr. Sheila Erin Youngblood Johnston, Cameron University Dr. Sheila Youngblood is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering at Cameron University in Oklahoma. She is the primary contact for all engineering stu- dents at CU. Her passion is to encourage students of Southwest Oklahoma to pursue higher education through the use enrichment opportunities. Dr. Youngblood is the co-director of CU Engineering and Ap- plied Mathematics Summer Academy for high school
Paper ID #24473Work in Progress: Creating an Active Learning Classroom with an EngagingOnline PlatformDr. Dan Burleson, University of Houston Dr. Dan Burleson is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at the Uni- versity of Houston. He has been at the University of Houston since 2010 when he joined as a Graduate Research Assistant, completing his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in August of 2015. Before com- ing to Houston, Texas, Dr. Burleson completed B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida. In his current position, he focuses on instruction and curriculum
intrinsicchallenges, such as the need to account for the differences in the technical background of thestudents. Student-faculty interaction outside the classroom may play a particularly important rolein effectively meeting these challenges in multidisciplinary courses.To this end, we build upon an applied communications framework developed by Fusani3 toinvestigate the impact of student-faculty interaction outside the classroom in a variety of coursesin a multidisciplinary engineering program. Our purpose is to identify qualities of successfulstudent-faculty interaction to help both students and faculty optimize their contact outside theclassroom.MethodsOur study focused on three courses within the ABET-accredited general engineering curriculumat a small
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20688Where Resources End and Teaching Begins: Experience with Students withAutism Spectrum Disorders in the Freshman Engineering CurriculumDeana R. Delp, Arizona State University Deana R. Delp has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. She is currently a lecturer at Arizona State University for Engineering Academic and Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. She has previous industry experience as a systems engineer for General Dynam- ics Mission Systems, and as a research
Paper ID #14767Motivating Students with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Airmanshipand Research ProgramDr. George York, U.S. Air Force Academy George York, PhD, PE, is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy, CO, and is currently the Director of the Academy Center for UAS Research. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. His research interests include the cooperative control of intelligent systems, digital signal processing, and embedded computer systems. He is a Senior Member IEEE.Col. Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy
all levels in the three major areas in mechanical engineering, namely: mechanics, Thermo-fluid, and Control Systems and Dynamics. Dr. Al-Masoud research interests are in the fields of Control Systems and Dynamics, HVAC systems, and Engineering Education. He has numerous journal and conference proceeding publications in the aforementioned area, and was the winner of the ASEE Mechanics Division Best paper Award in 2006. He has extensive experience in Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems (HVAC) design. Dr. Al-Masoud is very active in many Professional Societies. He serves on the Board of Directors of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Hartford Section; he is also the
termresearch paper on a special topic or biography of a major figure relating to the course material.In practice, most teams chose the rather more challenging design projects, and subsequentassessment showed these were the most effective both from the instructor’s (the author)observations as well as student self-assessment. Weekly memos were required and studentswere strongly encouraged to meet outside class with the instructor (the author) to discuss theirprogress and get help when they need it. Page 22.810.5This mentoring is similar to that done in junior design except that in junior design this wasperformed at consultation sessions (2 hours per week
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20662COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL, HYBRID AND FLIPPED CLASSROOMFOR WATER RESOURCES DESIGN COURSESDr. Seema C Shah-Fairbank P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Seema C. Shah-Fairbank is an associate professor in water resources at California State Polytechnic Uni- versity in Pomona. She teaches service courses, in addition to hydrology, hydraulics and environmental engineering. Seema is currently serving as the student section advisor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the American Societies
Paper ID #24485Completing a Lab in 50 Minutes: Optimizing Student Attention SpanJennifer Felder Marley, Valparaiso University Jennifer Marley is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Valparaiso University. She received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering: systems from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include power system optimization and the integration of storage devices and renewable generation.Dr. Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University Doug Tougaw is a professor of Electrical and
Paper ID #132303D-Printed Smart Lamp WorkshopDr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University - Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University (1984), the M.S. in electrical engineering (1988), the M.S. in industrial engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University (2000). He is currently a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo teaching robotics and automation courses. Dr. Jaksic has over 60 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include robotics, automation, and nanotechnology engineering
educational programs (National Academy ofEngineering, 20044; U.S. Department of Education, 20065); interdisciplinarity in both researchand education is presumed to promote global competitiveness, national security, and economicprosperity (National Science Board, 20106; U.S. Department of Education, 20065).As early as 1982, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development argued that theneed to solve interdisciplinary societal problems had taken priority over internally drivenapproaches that focused on advancing knowledge without clear concern for its societalimplications. By 1986, the National Research Council reported that most of the growth inknowledge production was interdisciplinary in nature in emerging scientific and technical
/graduate). Next, students individually write an overview of the technology thatreferences at least three media articles. The goal of this assignment is to build in each student anunderstanding of the “big picture” issues influencing each technology. Then, studentsindividually write a literature review on a very specific research topic related to the technology.The paper must reference at least three technical journal articles on the same research topic. Thegoal is to build the level of expertise of the student.The last phase of the project is for the team to come together and synthesize their different areasof expertise to develop a teaching experiment for middle school age children. This activitychallenges students to think about what they have
time period. Multiple disciplines of engineering are taught and implemented in the finalproject. Students are required to build the chassis, construct supporting electronics for sensorsand program the microprocessor on-board. The evolution and development of the course, andexperiences with various types of projects attempted will be discussed in this paper, along withrecommendations for individuals wishing to try such a course format.IntroductionThe current micro-controller-based robotics course has evolved from a predecessor course whosefocus was on industrial robotics. At that time, we had a number of industrial robots in our labincluding PUMA, ADEPT, and IBM robots, many of which were donated by local industriesincluding Xerox and GM. Some
most likely to result in enhancedawareness of professional teamwork issues, and team members’ ability to behave in effectiveways. Progress made by one research team toward developing cross-disciplinary team learningassessment measures appropriate for use in institutions that have a major focus on project-basedand team-based learning experiences is described in this paper. Specific lessons learned fromfour programs at four institutions that employ experiential learning with multidisciplinary teamsare also shared.Assessment Instruments for TeamsOne clear inspiration for the educational priorities addressed in this project are the ABET criteriathat have evolved over the past decade, particularly the focus on professional skills recognized
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20717Learn by Doing: Lessons Learned from the Ten-Year Senior Projects throughUniversity-Agency PartnershipDr. Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona Dr. Yongping Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Cal Poly Pomona. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering. Dr. Zhang currently serve on the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transportation Planning Applications as well as Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20676Longitudinal Assessment of External Experts and Teaching Assistants as aClass ResourceMr. Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University Aldin Malkoc, MS is a student in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Aldin is enrolled in the 4+1 program to receive his Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2017 and will pursue a doctoral degree in Biomedical En- gineering from Arizona State University in 2017. The primary focus in his
to perform that task, rather than provide studentswith an open ended opportunity to lists those tasks. The questions in this study drew outstudents’ sense of understanding of concepts, ability to apply concepts quickly in several of thefactor areas noted by Hutchinson, namely teaming, problem solving. In this area, a compositefactor of engineering including computing, math, and application of technical concepts wasdeveloped in place of computing used in the Hutchinson study.One might place service learning and global experience programs as exemplars of learningexperiences that, by virtue of their community, social/ cultural context, support students’ abilityto address complex technical problems that often span beyond a engineering
are provided for the two instances that the curriculum has been employed: during anundergraduate and graduate freight and airports class offered at the Georgia Tech during the Fall2009 semester and during a four week summer camp for where high school students were doingresearch on Georgia Tech’s campus.Freight and Airport Class (Fall 2009)A total of 78 undergraduate and graduate students took a class on freight and airports. Studentsin a group setting were asked to complete the assignment described in this paper that uses thesimulation program AIRLINE Online. The following evaluation findings were derived from the“lessons learned and conclusion” sections of the students’ reports.A majority of the student groups reported that this was “a very
knowledge sharing. Its goal is to help maintain NASA’s “best of class” engineering workforce responsible for some of the world’s most technically complicated and important scientific programs. Mr. Forsgren is responsible for the contractual and financial management of the entire NASA APPEL program. Along with managing all associated contractual, procurement, and budgetary issues, he oversees the daily operations of NASA APPEL and has also been recently responsible for designing and developing new engineering course offerings that focus on essentials of the topic of space science, innovative engineering methodologies, and leveraging invaluable knowledge from historical
other engineeringinstitutions. This paper discusses the design and evolution of EFAC, a multidisciplinary service-based extracurricular student organization. Insights on organizational structure, projectacquisition, student/client assessment, and lessons learned are presented.Who is EFAC?Engineering for American Communities (EFAC) is a recently formed Affiliated StudentOrganization housed within the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at theUniversity of Colorado Boulder (UCB), whose mission is to perform innovative, low-costengineering design work for people in need in local communities. Today‟s world is a globalmarket and a place of rapid technological change3. The motivation behind EFAC is to provideengineering students with
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20701Modes of feedback in design review process: Implications for utility and ef-fectiveness based on student gender and toneMs. Andrea Magdalene Vasquez, Harvey Mudd College Andrea Vasquez is a third-year undergraduate student at Harvey Mudd College. She is working towards getting a degree in General Engineering with an emphasis in Environmental Analysis. She has been involved in social justice advocacy in addition to ongoing research on tribology and education in STEM fieldsDavid Kwan, Harvey Mudd CollegeDr
learning approach with a service-learning component utilizing standard processes and services of the university.The following paper presents the evolution of the SEECS program as its goals, structure, andimplementation were defined and realized. The first year of recruitment practices, seminaractivities, and student evaluations of the program are related. Finally, the potential for using theSEECS program as a model for an honors-option for academically-talented students in SEECSmajors is discussed.1 IntroductionThe S-STEM was established by the National Science Foundation in accordance with theAmerican Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 [1]. Gannon Universitywas awarded an NSF S-STEM grant in 2008. The Gannon scholarship program
institutions. The solution employed bymany educators was to find new ways to implement web-based delivery tools and technologiesin order to maintain course learning outcomes and help students successfully grasp coursecontent. In this review paper, a number of innovative practices is highlighted used to delivercourse content in several ways. Overall, the paper reports a number of available deliverymechanisms that could be implemented for several manufacturing courses and programs.IntroductionOffering the engineering and technology courses in regular on-site delivery mode was not apossibility for many technical educators during the COVID-19 Pandemic [1]. The goal for theseeducators was to maintain the academic success of their students and continue to
Paper ID #29629Impacts of the National Science Foundation-funded Mentor-Connect Projecton Two-Year CollegesMs. Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College Elaine L. Craft (Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC-retired) holds a baccalaureate de- gree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi and a MBA from the University of South Carolina with additional graduate studies in mathematics at Francis Marion University. Her experience includes working as an engineer in industry as well as teaching and administration at community col- lege and state levels. She served as Director of the
Paper ID #39173Theory to Practice: Faculty Professional Development to integrateCulturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices in STEM Education toImprove Success of Underserved Students in STEM.Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University Cynthia Pickering is a PhD Candidate and Researcher for the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at Arizona State University. Cynthia has 35 years of experience working in industry with demon- strated technical leadership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology archi- tecture / engineering, and collaboration systems research. Cynthia is currently