Paper ID #37062Board 313: Implementing Computational Thinking Strategies across theMiddle/High Science CurriculumDr. Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville Thomas Tretter is professor of science education, Director of the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development, and Director of the Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium at the University of Louisville. His scholarship includes collaborative efforts with science and engineering faculty targeting retention of engineering students and K-12 teacher connections with engineering.Dr. Olfa Nasraoui, University of Louisville Olfa Nasraoui is
Paper ID #40680Challenges and Opportunities to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusionwithin the Professional Construction IndustryMr. Andres Nieto, Virginia TechDr. Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Homero Murzi (he/´el/his) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with honorary appointments at the University of Queensland (Australia) and the Univer- sity of Los Andes (Venezuela). Homero is the leader of the Engineering Competencies, Learning, and Inclusive Practices for Success (ECLIPS) Lab, where he leads a team focused on doing research on
offered in cities.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank all the high school students and their parents for their participation in thelessons and this study, as well as the teachers who helped in recruiting these students. This workwas supported in part by NSF grant AST-2037830.References[1] Project Lead the Way, https://www.pltw.org/our-programs/pltw-engineering-curriculum[2] S. Karaman, A. Anders, M. Boulet, J. Connor, K. Gregson, W. Guerra, O. Guldner, M.Mohamoud, B. Plancher, R. Shin, J. Vivilecchia, "Project-based, collaborative, algorithmicrobotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT," IEEE IntegratedSTEM Education Conference (ISEC), Princeton, NJ, 2017, pp. 195-203, 2017.[3] First Robotics, https
groups vary at each institution and within engineering, withsome having higher representation from women and others for URM [1]. The cities themselvesall have poverty rates higher than the official national rate (11.5%) – ranging from over 15% toover 33%.Replicating the C-EEEMElements of the Community-Engaged Educational Ecosystem Model.Researchers have described the Community-EngagedEducational Ecosystem Model in previous work [1,4-6, 13]. However, it is best described as a hierarchyof nested layers (see Figure) that together support theinternship and contrasts typical project-basedlearning approaches. The collaborativeinfrastructure in which the projects are developedand delivered involves network-building andsustained collaborations; this is
has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for introductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conduct- ing research on a large scale NSF faculty development project. His team is studying how workshops on strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect faculty be- liefs, classroom practice, and development of disciplinary communities of practice and associated student achievement. He was a coauthor for the best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013 and this year has received the Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award from the
Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Sonya Dick, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo Sonya Dick is a Senior Mechanical Engineering Student at California Polytechnic State University - SLO. This is her second year working at the Human Motion Biomechanics Lab. As a research assistant, she helps create and teach interdisciplinary laboratories for undergraduate kinesiology and
-traditional.In the past few years, there has been a noticeable surge in distance learning education offered byvarious educational institutions. Many universities and colleges have started different ways toreach out the non-traditional, many of whom are non-resident students. The University ofPhoenix has started a graduate degree in computer science on the Internet. MIT is offering agraduate program in Logistics through Internet. The National Technological University (NTU)had been offering both undergraduate and graduate science and engineering programs for the pastseveral years, broadcast to various remote sites across US, through the one way video and audiodelivered via NTU satellite communication network. Since Fall 1996, the University ofWisconsin
participates in multiple projects, including the Development of a Model for The Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process. Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri is currently the chair of the NCAT CAM’s Education subcommittee. He contributed to the outreach CAM since 2015.Dr. Taher M. Abu-Lebdeh P.E., North Carolina A&T University (Tech) Dr. Abu-Lebdeh is a Professor of Civil Engineering, Chair of R for the NNSA/ MSIPP Consortium, and an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research interests include Structural Mechanics, Materials Characterization, and constitutive modeling of material behavior. Dr. Abu-Lebdeh successfully completed several research projects related to
Paper ID #30345A Reproducible Solution for Implementing Online Laboratory Systemsthrough Inexpensive & Open-source TechnologyDr. Philip Jackson, University of Florida Dr. Philip B. Jackson earned B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of Florida. He is currently a faculty member at the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Florida. There he specializes in implementing innovative methods of instruction in undergraduate courses on dynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. His
Paper ID #46044WIP - Building A Stronger Curriculum: A Comprehensive Model for EnhancedEvaluationDr. Cameron Robert Rusnak, Lincoln University - Missouri Dr. Cameron R. Rusnak is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Lincoln University. Throughout his academic career, he has been dedicated to enhancing undergraduate education by continuously refining his teaching methods to improve student learning outcomes. His efforts focus on creating an engaging, supportive, and effective learning environment that fosters both academic growth and practical understanding.David Heise, Lincoln UniversityZeyad Mahmoud Alfawaer, Lincoln
, Michigan Technological UniversityMarianne SemonesJoseph Lubig, Northern Michigan UniversityChristi Underwood Edge, Northern Michigan UniversityDr. Cody T Williams, Western Michigan UniversityDr. Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Partnering to Prepare STEM Master Teachers for Michigan's Middle Schools - A National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship ProgramAbstractMichigan Technological University (MTU) and Northern Michigan University (NMU), withNSF funding, are training 30 experienced middle school science teachers as STEM educationleaders through the Master Teachers Program. Participants will
University, Nagel has helped to develop and teach the six course engineering design sequence which represents the spine of the curriculum for the Department of Engineering. The research and teaching interests of Dr. Nagel tend to revolve around engineering design and engineering design education, and in particular, the design conceptualization phase of the design process. He has performed research with the US Army Chemical Corps, General Motors Research and Development Center, and the US Air Force Academy, and he has received grants from the NSF, the EPA, and General Motors Corporation.Dr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of
, NIDRR, VA, DOD, DOE, and industries including Ford and GM. Currently, Dr. Kim is the site director for the NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for e-Design. Dr. Kim is an editorial board member of Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. Dr. Kim received top cited article award (2005-2010) from Journal CAD and 2003 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award. Dr. Kim was a visiting professor at Kyung Hee University, South Korea from September 2013 to June 2014. Dr. Kim’s education includes a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Pittsburgh.Carolyn E Psenka PhD, Wayne State University Carolyn Psenka, PhD is a cultural anthropologist with research interests focused on the study
students. Page 23.993.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Project Oriented K-12 Programs in Rural SouthAbstractAlbany State University (ASU), located in the rural south, conducts a transfer engineeringprogram since 1985. With the help of external funding, an engineering laboratory consisting of anumber of manufacturing and testing equipment was established in 2002. The existence of thelaboratory and the industry advisory committee established as a direct result of external fundinghelped launch a number of project oriented outreach programs targeting middle and high
Paper ID #47334Deepening Insights from Learning Analytics through Student PerspectivesMs. Selena Johnson, Rowan University Selena Johnson is a senior in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. She earned her Associate’s degree in Engineering Science with a Mathematics minor from Rowan College of South Jersey. Her interests include innovation and engineering education, as well as developing optimized solutions that enhance system efficiency and streamline processes.Dr. Paromita Nath, Rowan University Dr. Paromita Nath is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. She
AC 2009-894: MEASURING SUCCESSFUL SCHOLARSHIP OF APPLICATIONPhillip Sanger, Western Carolina UniversityKen Burbank, Western Carolina University Page 14.869.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Measuring Successful Scholarship of ApplicationAbstractWestern Carolina University has adapted its definition of scholarship to now include thescholarship of application. As initially proposed by Boyer, the scholarship of application must bean application of disciplinary expertise with results that can be shared with and/or evaluated bypeers. When theory and practice come together, then engagement becomes scholarly. Foruniversities concerned with the
Environmental Engineering. He worked previously as an undergraduate research assistant on communicating scientific knowledge to developing communities and underground natural gas migration. He graduated from UTA in 2020 with his B.S. in Civil Engineering and obtained his EIT certification in 2021. His current research looks at sustainable remediation and the inclusion of environmental justice principles to better apply these frameworks to developing countries. He will be graduating in August 2022. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Promoting STEM Interest in Middle School Girls through Strategic
Paper ID #7130Muddiest Point Formative Feedback in Core Materials Classes with YouTube,Blackboard, Class Warm-ups and Word CloudsProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is a professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge
their classes.The classes currently participating in MIMIC are: • CAD 2208 – Engineering Design Projects, a capstone course in engineering, which enables students to use their skills to design products for production and supervise production as project managers. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Page 9.878.1 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering • ELT 2204 – Digital Microprocessor: Principles and Applications, an introduction to basic logic gates and design procedures
multi-disciplinary capstone design class.This project has received the major portion of its funding from the South Carolina University Research andEducation Foundation (SCUREF) with additional support coming from the Southeastern University CollegeCoalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED) and from the industries involved in the projects.References1 Dixon, M. W., 1997, “Establishing Effective Multi-University Student Teams for Addressing InterdisciplinaryDesign Projects” ASME Curriculum Innovation Award, Honorable Mention,http://www.asme.org/educate/awards/ciapapers/dixon.htm.2 Fadel, G., Lindeman, U., Anderl, R., 2000, “Multi-National Around the Clock Collaborative Senior DesignProject” ASME Curriculum Innovation Award, Honorable Mention
Paper ID #23065Modernizing Capstone Project: External and Internal ApproachesProf. Karen H. Jin, University of New Hampshire Karen H. Jin has been an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in Computing Technology program at UNH Manchester since Spring 2016. She previously taught as a lecturer for over ten years in University of Windsor and Dalhousie University. Her interest in computer science education research focuses on devel- oping new empirically supported theories and practices in teaching programming, software engineering and project-based learning with industrial relevance. She received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in
. Mosatche, S. Matloff-Nieves, L. Kekelis, and E. Lawner, “Effective STEM Programs for Adolescent Girls: Three Approaches and Many Lessons Learned,” Afterschool Matters, Spring 2013. PDF provided by National Girls Collaborative Project: http://niost.org/images/pdf/afterschoolmatters/asm_2013_17_spring/ASM_2013_spring_6. pdf[5] A. Thomas, “Encouraging students in the STEM classroom through Making,” Maker Education, edutopia, September 7, 2012. http://www.edutopia.org/[6] L. Stamper, “What are MakerSpaces and how does it relate to STEM?,” Pearson Communities, October 29, 2014. http://www.teachability.com/community/[7] B. Terranova, L. Khuon, and A. Fontecchio “Makerspaces First: A First-year Engineering
Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research focuses on idea gen- eration, design strategies, design ethnography, creativity instruction, and engineering practitioners who return to graduate school. She teaches design and entrepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her work is often cross-disciplinary, collaborating with colleagues from engineering, education, psychology, and industrial design.Prof. Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan Page 24.367.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Investigating Impacts on the Ideation
systematic understanding of research resultsand lessons learned from previous disaster experiences.The Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education – Undergraduate Program (RISE-UP)is a collaborative project funded by the Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) program of TheNational Science Foundation (NSF). The program's goal is to develop an interdisciplinarycurriculum among three campuses at The University of Puerto Rico. The new curricularendeavor prepares students to design infrastructure that can withstand the impact of naturalevents[2]. The curricular sequence consists of 15 credits as shown in Fig. 1.The program’s broader impact is to benefit society by increasing the capacity of engineers,surveyors, and environmental designers to work
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 a Reconfigurable Manufacturing System Testbed for Teaching Manufacturing System DesignAbstractThe development of a manufacturing system testbed based on the principles of reconfigurablemanufacturing systems (RMS) provides an opportunity for teaching the practical side ofmanufacturing systems, while overcoming the challenges of high equipment start-up costs andrapid obsolescence of
andavailability at Purdue through the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. Scott Meador, Page 8.1234.1of Computer Graphics Technology, was brought into the project as an expert in 3ds max and one “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3138who has had computer animation production experience. The last two collaborators assigned tothe project were graduate students Amit Chourasia from Computer Graphics Technology, andHendry
University of Texas (El Paso) in 2008. He earned his Ba ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Capstone Design Experience at Southern Arkansas University – The Model, Implementation, and Relevance in ABET Accreditation Process.AbstractCapstone Design is a critical course in Bachelor of Science (BS) engineering degree programs.Since the introduction of the course in the 1980s, it has become an integral part of engineeringprograms not only in the United States (US) but also in foreign nations. The Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) places a heavy emphasis on Capstone Design experiencein its program evaluation because this course helps students transfer from school to the
helps to promote studentsuccess. Student engagement in an REU provides intentional and strategic opportunities forstudents to develop and establish their individual engineering identity. This hands-on researchexperience benefits the students' engineering identity development as students engage inimmersive activities that challenge their critical thinking and problem-solving skills by applyingtheir engineering knowledge through project-based work and collaborating with research teams[10]. Engineering identity may influence students' personal goals, self-efficacy and expectationoutcomes in engineering careers [10]. Engineering identity is unique, ever changing andindividualistic for students throughout their engineering educational journeys [10
validations, etc.Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State UniversityBert Valenzuela, Arizona State University Page 13.936.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRONICS INSTRUCTION – AN ELECTRONICS STUDIOAbstractArizona State University’s Polytechnic campus recently received funding from theNational Science Foundation (NSF) under the Advanced Technology Education Program,or ATE grant, targeted for curriculum development. The program described in this paperis the development of an “eStudio”, to facilitate effective course delivery andcooperative learning in both the BS and AAS programs.The
. She has a Ph.D. and M.A., in Cognitive Developmental Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and an M.S. in Computer Science from FIU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Combining Active Learning Approaches for Improving Computing Course Outcomes at Minority-Majority InstitutionsAbstractResearch shows that over 50% students who try an introductory course in programming do notcomplete the course. At Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) and those with large populations of1st generation college students, this is particularly problematic. We combined and customizedapproaches for use in an introductory programming course for Computer