Paper ID #25905The Shift from the Two- to Four-Year Institute: How Research ExperiencesImpact Community College StudentsMrs. Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University Megan Patberg Morin is a third year Ph.D. student at North Carolina State University. She is currently studying STEM education with a focus in Technology, Engineering, and Design. Her undergraduate de- gree is in Middle Childhood Education focusing on Math and Science from the University of Dayton, and her Master’s is also from NC State in Technology and Engineering Education. She currently works as Graduate Assistant in the Education and Workforce
demonstrations by masterteachers, a laboratory and environmental health and safety presentation and initial facultyresearch group meetings. The weeks following orientation are full of activities (Figure 1) aimedat K-12 STEM professional development, including; workshops, book-club discussions, graduatestudent research presentations, collaborative meetings, industry field trips and, of course, hands-on research experience within a faculty-advised research group. These weeks contain the mostlearning-opportunities, and although they are activity-dense, WE2NG summer trainings arebelieved to be of sufficient duration to allow participants to meaningfully engage with theirresearch assignment and to ultimately take ownership of their role within the research
research project using the Purdue DataCuration Profiles toolkit[9] (a DCP) as a tool.Results: Early in the course, DMPtool was used by the students to develop a short (2-page) DMPfor their research project. DMPtool is designed to help the researcher prepare the short DMPrequired as part of a funding proposal submission. DMPtool allows the user to select the desiredfunding agency and then requests information for the DMP consistent with that agency’srequirements. For this assignment, the students selected the agency that was providing theirfunding or selected NSF-Engineering if university funded. The goal of this assignment was toprovide an initial, high-level exposure of the students to DMPs. Consistent with funding agencyspace limitations
program, is a provenmultidisciplinary program that provides research experiences to undergraduate students whoidentify as Native American. This program provides unique and quality research opportunities tostudents who may have minimal alternatives for undergraduate experiences of similar caliber.The primary IOU-NA objective is to expose Native American students with limited researchopportunities to top-of-the-line and innovative research environments in optics and photonics,including, but not limited to hydrology, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and othersciences. This fulfills the ultimate goal of initiating or developing aspirations in these students topursue scientific careers and graduate studies in STEM fields. The IOU-NA program
we suggest that thisrhetorical space comprises fertile ground for suboptimal professional decisions, unethicalconduct, and ultimately public harm. The premise behind our study is that knowing what imaginaries of “the public” engineeringeducation fosters and how these imaginaries might separate engineers from society can supportengineering faculty to cultivate in their students alternative ways of thinking that render publicsvisible, underscore the technical relevance of their voices, and give them a well-defined role inthe engineering enterprise. As a first step toward this goal, we have initiated research inengineers’ imaginaries of “the public” – what these imaginaries are, how they form, and howthey are expressed in engineers
., McCullough, J., Roessner, J. D., & Storey, C. (2005). Evaluation of NSF support for undergraduate research opportunities: survey of STEM graduates. Menlo, CA: SRI International.6. Russell, S. H., Hancock, M. P., & McCullough, J. (2007). The pipeline: benefits of undergradaute research experiences. Science, 316, 548-549.7. Smith, S. J., Pedersen-Gallegos, L., & Riegle-Crumb, C. (2002). The training, careers, and work of Ph. D. physical scientists: Not simply academic. American Journal of Physics, 70(11), 1081-1092.8. Whiteside, U., Pantelone, D. W., Hunter-Reel, D., Eland, J., Kleiber, B., & Larimer, M. (2007). Initial suggestions for supervising and mentoring undergraduate research assistants at
Paper ID #11221A REU-Site Program for Engineering Education Research on Self-RegulatedLearningProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Utah State University, USA. He has taught a variety of courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, such as engineering dynamics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes, and lean product design. He earned his PhD, MS, and BS degrees in mechanical
Page 26.673.14undergraduate students at NCAT which enabled him to gain access and exposure to various 13projects and equipment. He worked on multiple projects related to nanoscience and engineeringunder the supervision of NUE co-PI.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe authors would like to thank the Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Division of theUS National Science Foundation for providing funding via grant number EEC 1242139 to carryour educational and research activities under Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE)initiative of the foundation. Authors also acknowledge Veteran Research SupplementVRS Program NSF 13‐047 for providing support for REV/U and REV/T.REFERENCES1. Nel, A.E., et al
Paper ID #11669Qualitative Research of Universidad de las Am´ericas Puebla’s Food Engineer-ing Course Learning OutcomesMiss Efra Altamirano, Universidad de las Am´ericas Puebla I studied a degree in Business Administration. After I graduated from a Masters in Business Administra- tion with specialization in Marketing Services. Later I studied a Masters in Social Development and third Masters in Quality Education. I graduated a major in teaching skills for Teachers Telecundarias. Last July this year, I presented my doctoral dissertation with the topic of learning outcomes assessment in Ph.D. in Science Education
Paper ID #13409Raising Interest in STEM Education: A Research-based Learning Frame-work for Improving Minority ParticipationMr. Daniel Christe, Drexel University Daniel Christe is concurrently pursuing both a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. His core technical interests lie in microstructure-sensitive computational mod- eling of materials. Daniel currently serves as a research assistant in the Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Group housed within Drexel University’s Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Department, and the Materials Science & Technology Division (MST
Engineering. Table 1 provides a sample ofscheduled social events, research seminars, and field trip activities. Page 26.1331.4 Table 1. Schedule of ActivitiesWeek 1 Welcome Breakfast * Kick-off Meeting and Orientation * Initial meeting with faculty mentor * Work area tour * Tour of University library and seminar on using library resources * Research seminar: Bipedal Walking Robot (Dr. Ames)Week 2 Field trip: Frito-Lay Potato-Chips, Houston, TX * Research seminar: Photoacoustic Microscopy Based on a Water-Immersible MEMS Scanning Mirror (Dr. Zou).Week 3 Seminar: Engineering
Paper ID #12959Stimulating Active Learning in Hydrology Using Research-Driven, Web-basedLearning ModulesDr. Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Dr. Emad Habib is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests are in Hydrology, Water Resources, Rainfall Remote Sensing, Water Management, Coastal Hydrology, and Advances in Hydrology Education ResearchMadeleine Bodin, University of Louisiana, Lafayette MADELEINE BODIN is a Ph.D. student in the Systems Engineering program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She earned her B.S. degree from the University
converted to ten modules as mentioned before to supportrobotics course in Mechatronics and related programs. Also, this work will be initial work forfuture research for graduate students special in area of robotic human interaction.References1. DAPRA "future combat system" (FCS). http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ sys/land/fcs.htm, date accessed 06/11/2007.2. PackBot, http://www. Irobot .com, date accessed 06/18/07.3. R. Simmons, S. Singh, D. Hershberger, J. Ramos, and T. Smith, "First Results in the Coordination of Heterogeneous Robots for Large-Scale Assembly," IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 220-240, 1998.4. L. E. Parker, "ALLIANCE: An Architecture for Fault Tolerant Multirobot Cooperation." IEEE
Paper ID #17058The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Stu-dents’ Self-EfficacyMs. Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined University of California
lower retention rate of transfer students to Hill’s[6] term “transfer shock” which is characterized by a dip in a student’s grade point average(GPA) during his or her initial semesters at a new school. Although GPAs tend to rebound insubsequent semesters, not all students persevere in engineering to see this happen. To combatthese alarming trends, researchers and educators have been searching for ways to help studentsfind success and stay in engineering, no matter their college enrollment path.A recommended approach to increasing student retention is through more academic and socialengagement [7, 8, 9]. A key factor for success is increased student-faculty interactions. In fact,Astin [7] claims “students who interact frequently with faculty
Paper ID #29999Research on the Construction of Excellent Classes for College Studentsin China in the New EraMrs. Zhi Fang Zhi Fang is a Ph.D. candidate in School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beihang University, Beijing, China. She received M.Ed. in Beihang University, and B.S. in School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Southwest Jiaotong University, China. Her academic and research interests include engineering education, engineering ethics education, educational research and methods.Prof. Qing Lei, Beihang University Qing Lei is a professor and the Director of Institute of Higher Education at Beihang
toincrease repeatability, move to real-time data collection and assure that there were no alternateexplanations that could account for the observed results. This was a very tall order given that thestudents were hired to work on the research only over their two summer months of availability.As a result of our initial prioritization of what could be achieved, the team was focused on threeprimary main areas for their investigation. First, they would gather all previous research resultsand view each of the experiments (> 100) with their fresh eyes and critical minds. Wheneverthey had sufficient data from the lab notes available to them, they would perform independentanalyses of the raw data to apply voltage rebound calculations (which would help the
integrated teaching and research effort. The executiondetail of the integration is discussed in this paper.Research projectTo foster new research and scholarship at Texas A&M University, the T3: Texas A&M Triadsfor Transformation seed-grant was initiated in 2018 by the university. It is a multidisciplinaryprogram that is a part of the President's Excellence Fund designed to further Texas A&MUniversity's commitments to the three pillars of advancing transformational learning; enhancingdiscovery and innovation and expanding impact on our community, state, nation, and world.Faculty members were required to form “triad” of three members to apply for funding of $30,000for each project. The university is investing $100 million for the next 10
developed theirresearch and industry contacts. They took initiatives in revisiting polymer research lab at IEIS,visiting local composite manufacturing plants, visiting library of University of Texas at Austin, andrequesting sample material from companies. Many of them used Sci-Finder and other databases.Almost everybody has used 4-5 journal article references in their report. These activities indicatethat they have developed research aptitude and independent thinking.Topics in the course were selected such that they would help students in research paper. Morestress was given on fundamental understanding of polymeric materials. Research paper activityincreased students’ interest in plastics and composites. Three out of ten students have decided
. Karukstis, K. (2006). A council on undergraduate research workshop initiative to establish, enhance, and institutionalize undergraduate research. Journal of Chemical Education, 83, 1744-1745. 8. Malachowski, M. (1997, June). Not all research is equal: Student-oriented vs. research-oriented approaches to scholarship. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 182-185 9. Durfee, J., Loendorf, W. R., Richter, D.C., “Utilizing Industrial Collaboration to Infuse Undergraduate Research into the Engineering Technology Curriculum”, Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. June 2007 10. Richter, D.C., 2007, “Infusing an Interdisciplinary Automation Experience in Engineering
C. Both A & B, with A having more meaningful impact D. Both A & B, with B having more meaningful impact E. Both A & B equallyFigure 1. Responses to the question “Why did you decide to take this course?” answeredanonymously by students at the first class meeting.A number of questions were also asked at both the initial and final class meetings. Thesequestions, also answered anonymously using clickers, are provided in Figs. 2-6. Figure 2 showsthat the level of interest in mechanical engineering graduate research changed significantly as thesemester progressed. The number of students with high interest in the research rose fourfold,while the number of students indicating no interest
Paper ID #8867Defect Simulation of AL319 in Lost Foam Casting – an REU UndergraduateResearch ExperienceDr. Ahmed H. Elsawy, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Ahmed ElSawy joined Tennessee Technological University (TTU) as a Professor and Chairperson, Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology in July 1, 1999. He holds B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Materials processing and Manufacturing engineering. Prior joining TTU Dr. ElSawy held several industrial and academic positions in the USA and abroad. Dr. ElSawy teaching and research interests are in the areas of
Session 1333 SIMULATION OF A HYBRID SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL CYCLE: A SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT P.S. Lankeu Ngankeu Michael R. Sexton Mechanical Engineering Department Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VirginiaAbstractThis paper describes a research project conducted by a senior mechanical engineering student inthe Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI) at the Virginia Military Institute. TheSURI teams undergraduate students with faculty
has led to published goals and the strong emphasis currently placed byfunding agencies and the retention community on such experiences. At the time we simply feltthat if students could see how science and math were used to solve interesting problems, it wouldbe motivating. The first summer research program was scheduled to meet during the first summer sessionat New Paltz in 1994. At the heart of the program were five faculty initiated research orientedprojects. A request for proposal process that is described below was used to select the facultymentors and projects. Each faculty mentor was asked to guide a team of two or more students asthey worked on his or her project. Based on the summer bridge experience we felt that thestudents
Session 1413 Introducing Emerging Technologies into the Curriculum through a Multidisciplinary Research Experience James A. Newell, Kevin D. Dahm, Stephanie H. Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Kathryn Hollar, Mariano Savelski and C. Stewart Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractThis paper describes Rowan University’s novel approach to integrating emergingtechnologies into the chemical engineering curriculum. Through an eight-semesterproject-based course sequence, every engineering student works in multidisciplinary on
Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes and interventions aimed at improving learning objective attainment. Prior to his University as- signments he was the Founder and CEO of The EDI Group, Ltd. and The EDI Group Canada, Ltd, independent professional services companies specializing in B2B electronic commerce and electronic data interchange. The EDI Group companies conducted market research, offered educational seminars and conferences and published The Journal of Electronic Commerce. He was also a Vice President at the First National Bank of Chicago, where he founded and managed the bank’s market leading professional Cash Management Consulting Group, initiated the
technology program accredited by ABET-TAC. The EET program teaches the fundamental elements of circuits, conventional andrenewable electrical power, analog/digital electronics, microcomputers, telecommunications,instrumentation and data acquisition, control systems, and networking principles. The programbegins with a base of introductory classes in math, physics, statistics, and computerprogramming and continues on into practical applications of the EET in industrial settings. AnEET junior student, also a co-author of this paper worked as a summer undergraduate researchstudent involving a number of applied research projects and summer STEM events from May 15through July 31, 2011. The student’s initial role was designing and building a testbed for
Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes, and interventions aimed at improving learning objective attainment. Prior to his University assignments, he was the Founder and CEO of The EDI Group, Ltd. and the EDI Group Canada, Ltd, independent professional services companies special- izing in B2B electronic commerce and electronic data interchange. The EDI Group companies conducted market research, offered educational seminars and conferences, and published the Journal of Electronic Commerce. He was also a Vice President at the First National Bank of Chicago, where he founded and managed the bank’s market leading professional Cash Management Consulting Group, initiated the bank’s non
Session 2663 Implementation of Classroom Assessment Techniques and Web Technology in an Operations Research Course Sima Parisay California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractThis paper introduces the process and discusses the analysis for upgrading a course, OperationsResearch. The direction for upgrading the course was based on the objectives of the department,the requirements by employers, and the new Accreditation Board of Engineering andTechnology (ABET 2000) criteria. This course is a senior level course for Industrial andManufacturing Engineering students
hence could tieto more than one code. It is necessary to note that open-ended responses from before and afterthe REU program did correlate to the codes.In the second round of first-cycle coding, the two coders and two additional researchersdiscussed the initially identified codes together in order to develop a consensus on theidentified codes and refine them for consistency and inter-coder reliability. Once the twocoders, along with inputs from two additional researchers, agreed upon identified codes, theinitial two coders revisited the coding in a third round to discuss coding and increase coderconsistency.The third round of first-cycle coding was conducted in isolation to avoid any coercion indeciding to accept or reject any codes. In the