Tech Jennifer Case is Head and Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds an honorary position at the University of Cape Town. Her research on the student experience of learning, focusing mainly on science and engineering education, has been published across a range of journal articles in higher education and her recent book, Researching student learning in higher education: A social realist approach published in 2013 by Routledge. She holds an academic development post in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCT, and teaches in the undergraduate programme there. She is a coordinating editor for the international journal Higher Education and a co-editor for the Routledge
help of a facultymember from the College of Education that was experienced with survey design and educationalresearch. Questions were drafted to relate to the themes drawn from the initial eleven open endedresponses discussed above. Questions specific to career-related skills that may or may not havebeen affected by participating in GK-12 were derived from previous research on preparation of 21PhD engineers for careers in industry . A former GK-12 Fellow pilot-tested the survey. Aninterview was then conducted with the Fellow, using the Fellow’s responses as a basis fordiscussing how the wording of the questions could be improved. The wording of some of thequestions was then revised. The final version
advising program, and close interaction between students and faculty inlaboratory and research settings at all levels, also recommended as necessary both for generalengineering education and to retain female undergraduates in particular21. Whether these featureshelp reduce the differentials in retention, or improve retention more generally, has implicationsfor undergraduate engineering programs and perhaps even more broadly, other undergraduateprograms.Reviewing retention rates for the first five years of the program (1996-2001) shows that theaverage first-year retention rate for female students (85%) is actually higher than that of malestudents (80%). Indeed, for every retention rate available (first-year, second-year, third year,etc.), women’s
key fabrication and characterizationequipment such as pattern generators, evaporators, sputterers, chemical vapor depositionsystems, an SEM, and a surface profilometer. The third course, Design and Characterization ofMicrosystems, is project driven and generalizes microsystems design considerations withpractical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization, and physical analysis. The class teamprojects emphasize ongoing dissertation research, which produces an additional benefit for somestudents of significant progress on their individual projects. In some cases, project final reports Page 9.117.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society
electricity had a lasting impact on human civilization.These technological achievements have enhanced the standard of living (material comforts) tounexpected heights. The next revolution that will create genetics, nano/micro-electronics, androbotics (GNR) technologies will put demands on engineers to improve the standard of life(subtle communication with living organisms of all kind) as well. It should, therefore, be nosurprise that GNR technologies will open a constructive dialog among professionals in all fields,researchers in basic sciences and humanities, and strategic planners at the government levellooking after the interests of their constituencies. The National Nanoelectronic Initiative (NNI)undertaken in the U. S. is one such interactive
Paper ID #37188Using Active Learning and Gamification to Teach Software Engineering inGame Design CoursesDr. Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn Bruce R. Maxim is Professor of CIS and the Nattu Natarajan Professor of Engineering. He has worked as a software engineer, project manager, professor, author, and consultant for more than forty years. His research interests include software engineering, human computer interaction, game design, and artificial intelligenceDr. Jeffrey Jonathan Yackley, University of Michigan, Flint Jeffrey J. Yackley is an assistant professor of software engineering in the College of
STEM topics in K-12 students.Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Steven J. Burian is an Associate Professor in the Urban Water Group of the Civil and Environmental En- gineering Department at the University of Utah. Dr. Burian teaches courses in sustainable urban water engineering, stormwater management and design, water management, hydrology, hydraulics, sustainable design, flood modeling, and hydrologic field measurements. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineer- ing from The University of Alabama. Dr. Burian’s research team contributes to the engineering of sustain- able and secure urban systems. Research
Civil Engineering and Construction Project Management at the Univer- sity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) in (2019). Prior to starting her M.E., Ospina worked in different construction sites and projects serving as a Technical and Contractor Architect. Ospina has di- verse interests in the research area of Community Resilience; Appropriated Technology; Climate Change; and Participatory Engineering. She co-developed a workshop curriculum to measured and prepared vul- nerable communities to improve their level of resilience for catastrophic events.Dr. Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Christopher Papadopoulos is Professor in the Department of Engineering Sciences and Materials at the
, book chapters, and articles usually address the topics of teams and collaboration, creativity and innovation, knowledge management, and intangible capital. His research interests include: team creativity, emergence of virtual organizations, and innovation science. His most recent edited book is The handbook for high performance virtual teams with Jill Nemiro and others.Kiersten Potter, Student Engineers’ Council Kiersten is a first-generation Aggie from Katy, Texas. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and is earning a certificate in Holistic Leadership. As a student, she is President of the Student Engineers’ Council and has participated in the Business Fellows XXXVIII Program, the Zachry
Paper ID #26015Design and Development of Compressed Air Controller Tire Inflation System(CACTIS) Using a System Engineering Approach and Elements of the KEENFrameworkProf. John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University Professor John Santiago has been a technical engineer, manager, and executive with more than 26 years of leadership positions in technical program management, acquisition development and operation research support while in the United States Air Force. He currently has over 18 years of teaching experience at the university level and taught over 40 different graduate and undergraduate courses in electrical
Applied Science at Northwestern University and the Associate Director of the Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research. Dr. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone and freshman design, and her research interest are in engineering design education.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” with Donald Visco, and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance” with father Donald Dahm.Dr. Bruce K. Vaughen, American Institute of Chemical
, and personal epistemology were on boththe start and end of term survey to allow comparisons. These surveys were not anonymous toallow the researchers to connect start and end of term responses for each student, and to award a0.5% bonus for completing the start of term survey and a 1% bonus for completing the end ofterm survey (which was significantly longer)1.Initial data cleaning was performed in MS Excel before the data were combined in Stata 15 foranalyses. This resulted in 215 responses out of 254 students in 2019 and 181 out of 220 studentsin 2020 with proportional representation of both 8-stream and 4-stream students in both years. In2020, the class was 12% female, and in 2019, the class was 19% female.4 ResultsAmong other
Paper ID #33263BYOE: Individual Lab Kit Options for Analog and Digital CircuitsSuitable for In-class or At-home ExperimentsDr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, swarm robotics, statistical signal processing, and swarm intelligence.Dr. Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University Dr. Adams is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Carolina University. His research interests include in digital image processing, biomedical signal processing and
N.Y.U. in 1972, and an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of St. Thomas in 1977. He has over 20 years of industrial experience in research, engineering, marketing and sales management with several high technology corporations. His current research areas are application of computers to the technical learning process and biomedical signal analysis, as well as development of pre-engineering programs. Page 11.288.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Bringing Engineering into K-12 Schools: A Problem Looking for Solutions?AbstractIncreasing the presence of engineering in K-12 education
Paper ID #31036Design and Implementation of Experiential Learning Modules forStructural AnalysisAlec Colin Derks, Saint Louis UniversityDr. J Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. Dr. Carroll is an Assistant Professor and the Civil Engineering Program Coordinator in Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University. His experimental research interests focus on reinforced and prestressed concrete, while his engineering education research interests focus on experiential learning at both the university and K-12 levels. Dr. Carroll is the chair of ACI Com- mittee
assessed. Initially the critiques are provided by the senior mentor, but as theworkshop progresses, the fellow participants provide the assessments. Ultimately, the participantwho taught the class provides a self-assessment. Each participant receives written assessmentsand video recordings of his or her classes. Figure 2: The ETW is a hands-on workshop that encourages the use of physical models to appeal to different learning styles and enhance understanding7 The learning objectives of ETW have been defined as follows: ● Explain what constitutes effective teaching. ● Apply Felder’s learning styles model to the organization and conduct of a class. ● Use classroom assessment techniques to assess student
Paper ID #15776Comparison of Students’ Outcome to Different Types of Project Based Ser-vice Learning Experiences for CEE Senior DesignDr. Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh Dr. Dan Budny joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty as Academic Director of the Freshman Pro- grams and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering in January 2000. Prior to that time he served as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Freshman Programs at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degree from Michigan Technological University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. His research has focused on
Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia Carlson is a professor of rhetoric in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a long-time advocate of writing in engineering education. Carlson has been a National Research Council Senior Fellow for the U. S. Air Forcer, as well as having had several research fellowships with NASA (Langley and Goddard) and the Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground. She has also been a research fellow at NASA’s Classroom of the Future located in Wheeling, WVA. Her primary research area – computer-aided tools to enhance writing in engineering education – has been funded through two NSF grants
Journal of Engineering Education. Dr. Rover was Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Engineering from 2004-2010. Prior to that, she served as associate chair for undergraduate education in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2003-2004. She began her academic career at Michigan State University. She received the B.S. in computer science in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in computer engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from Iowa State University. Her teaching and research has focused on embedded computer systems, reconfigurable hardware, integrated program development and performance environments for parallel and distributed systems, visualization, performance
behavior provides thepotential to foster positive social interactions within each team. Based primarily on evaluationsfrom previous VITDP experiences, each student is given an initial teamwork rating of 1) poor,defined as likely to drop out of participation, 2) fair, defined as willing to participate but workhabits deemed unreliable to complete critical assignments, 3) good, defined as willing tocollaborate with others and can complete tasks, or 4) excellent, defined as exceptional teamworkskills. In addition, each instructor is asked to submit an opinion based on the student’s classperformance to date.The principles for arranging the teams are as follows: • The number of teams is dictated by the size of the senior class. • Teams that meet
science education reform at the national, state and local levels, developingan understanding of how children learn science, identifying, researching and discussingcurrent trends and issues of curriculum and methodology in science education, planningand implementing inquiry-based science lessons/units, developing an understandingabout the development of children’s scientific literacy, and learning and utilizing varioustypes of assessment strategies in the science classroom.The Gizmo project is one way in which students demonstrate their competencies inrelation to the above goals. Specifically, the goal of the project is to connect the world ofscience to the world of science teaching. As a result, this project is completed incollaboration with
AC 2011-1252: TECHNIQUES FROM WORKSHOPS ON TEACHING: IM-PLEMENTING THE CONCEPTS AND EVALUATING OUR APPROACHESMichael Foster, George Fox University Michael Foster received a B.S. in engineering from Messiah College and M.S. and Ph.D degrees in me- chanical engineering from Drexel University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical En- gineering at George Fox University. His research interests include control systems education and ther- mal/fluid science applications.Justin R. Vander Werff, Dordt College Justin Vander Werff joined Dordt’s engineering faculty in the summer of 2008. He is a licensed pro- fessional engineer (P.E.) in Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, and Missouri. He has taught Structural Analysis, Soil
AC 2012-3372: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION NEEDS MOREENGINEERINGProf. A. Frank Ackerman, Montana Tech of the University of Montana A. Frank Ackerman has 50 years of experience in all phases of software development. In 1985, he founded the Institute For Zero Defect Software to do applied research, consulting, and training for software de- velopment organizations seeking to improve the reliability of their software. His personal experience has lead him to the conviction that today’s development organizations can achieve significant improvement in software reliability for a small increase in effort. Some of his current research and educational activities are focused on improving current specification, coding, test
School of Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cornell university. She is an interdisciplinary scientist with expertise in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genomics. Dr. Saikia completed her PhD at the University of Chicago, where she developed quantitative and high throughput biochemical assays to analyze RNA modification levels in biological systems. Her work was supported by a fellowship from the Burroughs-Wellcome Trust. Following her PhD, Dr. Saikia conducted postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University and Cornell University. Dr. Saikia used single cell RNA sequencing technology to study human immune cell function, as well as human pancreatic beta cell pathology that can lead to diabetes. At Cornell BME
Paper ID #6019Preparing Underrepresented Students for Success in Engineering: Resultsand Lessons Learned from Four Years of the Summer Engineering InstituteDr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of engineering and mathematics at Ca˜nada College. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests in- clude technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other underrepresented groups in mathematics, science and engineering.Prof. Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University Wenshen Pong
, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Associate Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department.Sen Zhang, State University of New York, Oneonta Sen Zhang has been teaching Computer Science at SUNY Oneonta since 2004. The recent courses he has been teaching include Python, Artificial Intelligence, Intro to Machine Learning as special topics, Intro to Robotics, Internet Programming, Linux, and Software Design and Development (which typically contains a sizable team term-project as capstone experience). He publishes on data mining algorithms, conducts educational research and values
Hispanic Studies to promote major/minorinnovations and study abroad options. Faculty involved in the TI courses were supported througha small stipend and full teaching credit for each team-taught course. For initiatives such as this tobe successful, such courses require sufficient leadership, vision, and pedagogical curiosity inaddition to faculty support in terms of time and finances.Introduction: Engineering and the Liberal ArtsThere is little argument that solutions to today’s complex problems require creative,collaborative, and inclusive solutions, yet meaningful integration of engineering and liberal artseducation remains minimal [1], [2]. The engineering curriculum is often described as rigid andcan be unforgiving when students deviate from
involves understanding how to: 1) listen contextually; 2) findethics in artifacts; 3) make meaning; 4) seek stories about science and technology’s past, present,and future; 5) locate power in systems; 6) ask STS questions; and 7) host STS parties. We reasonthat if students can take some of these data collection skills and mindsets into their engineeringclassrooms, internships, and careers, we will have given them life-long tools of interruption forresponsibly interrogating their interactions with science and technology. This paper providesexamples of STS Posture activities that are used within a required engineering ethics course.IntroductionEngineering education research scholars in the Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES)Division
. The questions are different because the projects and their purposes are different. Whenanalyzing students’ reflections, thematic analysis was used to understand students’ experience ofPBL13. The researchers analyzed students’ reflections using the initial codes based on theoutcome of this study (e.g., team interaction, perceived learning, perceived value of the project).Through multiple rounds of coding and discussion, we added and modified codes (e.g., projectstructure, instructor and TA interaction, motivation) and subcodes (e.g., satisfied with teaminteraction, suggestions for improvement) as new topics emerged. As a result, a final codebookwas established. Using this codebook each researcher coded their assigned data set and codeswere
Department, and the creation of the new computational-based linear algebra course, which was fully launched in Summer 2021. Silva research focuses on the use of web-tools for class collaborative activities, and on the development of online learning and assessment tools. Silva is passionate about teaching and improving the classroom experience for both students and instructors.Philipp HieronymiMatthew West (Prof.) (University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign)Nicolas NytkoAkshit Deshpande Akshit is an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying computer science and applied statistics. He has taught as a course assistant for introductory computer science, computational linear algebra, and