Page 24.1261.9available advanced chemical technology to reprocess the fuel. At this point of the project,students are well-informed on the issues and gaps in the research and can makerecommendations for further work and study. The Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) is one of the most attractive reactor concepts included inthe family of Generation IV reactors due to its inherently safe design, innovative liquid fuelformat, online fuel reprocessing capabilities, short doubling times and ease of small modularconstruction. MSRs are a type of high-temperature, salt-cooled reactor used for producingelectricity, burning actinides and producing hydrogen but also for breeding fissionable species,such as the MSBR [16]. MSRs have a strong negative
studied an innovative learning system 4-6. Central to the learningsystem are two virtual reactors, the Virtual Bioreactor and the Virtual Chemical VaporDeposition (CVD) Reactor that provide a context for teams of students to practice engineeringdesign. This study is a subset of a larger investigation of student learning industrially-situated,ill-structured engineering tasks and took place at a large public university. The task described inthis paper, the Virtual Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Process Development Task, was thesecond of three tasks in a capstone laboratory course, typically taken by students in their finalyear of an undergraduate chemical, biological or environmental engineering program. Studentsin the course were organized into
Paper ID #46877Factorial measurement of epistemological theories of developmentDr. Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology Todd is the Director of Learning Innovation and a Senior Lecturer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are engineering faculty and students beliefs about knowledge and education with a special focus on how those beliefs interact with engineering education as a culture.Alexandra Werth, Cornell University Alexandra Werth is an assistant professor at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, specializing in
Paper ID #45249Pulled In or Pushed Out? Underrepresented Minority High School StudentsDescribe Socio-environmental Factors Shaping STEM Persistence and Post-SecondaryPlansDr. Alexis Grace Daniels, Johns Hopkins University Alexis Grace Daniels (Ed.D., Entrepreneurial Leadership In Education, Johns Hopkins School of Education) is a Program Administrator at the Center for Educational Outreach in the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. She is an experienced scholar-practitioner committed to cultivating innovation, empathy, critical thinking, and agency in teachers and children in pursuit of an equitable and sustainable
universe, and the people who share this planet) were not uplifted in her new space. She described how the field’s narrow definitions of success prioritized objec- tivity, productivity, and confidence while devaluing humanity, ethics, and compas- sion, which she viewed as equally essential to leadership and innovative progress.In our first post-course meeting, Matthew reflects on Classroom Scenario #1: “I think it was thatmoment in the course, which like right from week 1, made me feel confident that it was OK totalk about parts of myself which I had previously not brought to any of my Caltech coursesoutside of E100 [the Pilot Course]. There’s no other course where I would have mentioned theword ‘solarpunk’, for example. There is
developing proofs-of-concept and prototypes for sponsors in the tech, education, and non-profit sectors, but the course itself is an innovative model of multidisciplinary pedagogy, with instructors from CS and Writing backgrounds working together to teach and mentor soon-to-be NC State graduates. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Survey of Task Planning: Pre- and Post-Assessment of a Project Management Activity in the Computer Science Senior CapstoneAbstract: Task planning is a foundational project management activity in North Carolina StateUniversity’s Computer Science (CS) senior capstone wherein student teams collaborativelyoutline
dichotomy of relevant versus irrelevant, or fair versus unfair, frames the feelings of manyengineers when it comes to their treatment of ethics. Unlike many aspects of engineering ethicslooks mostly in hindsight, not at all with innovation. It is usually seen as a reaction to a crisis.This hindsight is framed by topics that were seen as unimportant, the first pillar of Cech’s theoryof disengagement [17]. The final pillar is prevalent in many undergraduate and graduateengineering departments to an extreme measure. Numerous studies have pointed to the need toweed out the weak students from undergraduate programs. This builds on the very foundations ofengineering education as a vocational degree for the brightest students. This overarching concernwith
, including neurodiversity, which can boost performance, innovation, and creativity[20-22]. Beyond traditional classrooms, diverse learning environments offer valuable lessons tostudents to bring with them into the workforce [22]. Additionally, diversity in STEM strengthensnational security, the economy, and scientific achievements [6, 23-25]. Despite this progress, it iscrucial to recognize that achieving demographic inclusion involves more than just increasingnumbers.1.2 DEIA and allyshipTrue inclusion in STEM requires addressing barriers that have historically hindered theparticipation of underrepresented individuals [26-30]. This process begins with an emphasis onfostering a sense of belonging [26-27]. In addition to gender and race, we now
Science from the University of Kansas in 1987. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and recipient of the Okawa Foundation Award, NSF Career Award, the MIT TR100 Innovation Award, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Service Award and Junior Research Award, the Provost's Center for Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship, and is featured in the documentary movie "Me & Isaac Newton." She is an associate editor of three major journals and has published extensively in various areas of robotics. Prof. Mataric' is actively involved in K-12 outreach, having received federal and corporate grants for