careers as well as the development of instruments and evaluation tools to assess these constructs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Exploring the impact of university engineering role models on elementary students (NSF ITEST Project)AbstractTufts University founded an outreach program in 2001 in response to Massachusetts’ inclusionof engineering in the required K-12 science curricular framework. The 17-year-old STOMPprogram places over 60 undergraduate engineering students as engineering ambassadors into 30local elementary classrooms each year to help teachers integrate hands-on engineering designprojects into their classroom weekly during the academic year. Inspired
is important not only topromote creativity but also to achieve the goals of efficiency, usability, saleability, andinnovation. In recent years, there has been focus on inducting more women in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related field to promote diversity inengineering profession. Within the undergraduate engineering curriculum, the students pursueproject-based learning (PBL) especially in courses involving modeling and design of engineeringsystems. The students learn to work in diverse teams, generate concepts, model and designsystems, deploy designed prototypes, and communicate project outcomes. To measure theeffectiveness of PBL methodology in undergraduate engineering education, it is important todetermine the
form and handed in during the meetingto their graduate fellow. These activities were archived with the program coordinator andmade available to all the schools participating in the program.The TEPP program stood on it’s own in how it attracted a large amount of engineers andcomputer scientist. The College of Engineering and Information Technology (COE&IT)at the University of Maryland Baltimore County consists of the following engineeringprograms to include mechanical, chemical, computer and computer science. Thepercentage of engineers recruited in each year is seen in Table one below:Table 1: Percentage of Engineering and Computer Science fellows 2002-2006 TEPP Year Total Fellows Percentage of
,2014.[2] F. Rief, J. H. Larkin and G. C. Brackett, “Teaching general learning and problem-solving skills,” AmericanJournal of Physics, vol. 44, pp. 212-217, 1976.[3] K. Watanabe, Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2009.[4] J. Sweller. “Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning,” Cognitive Science, vol. 12, pp. 257-285, 1988.[5] J. Sweller et al. “Cognitive Load as a Factor in the Structuring of Technical Material,” Journal of ExperimentalPsychology: General, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 176-192, 1990.[6] P. Heller and M. Hollabaugh. “Teaching problem solving through cooperative grouping. Part 2: Designingproblems and structuring groups,” American Journal of Physics, vol. 60, no. 7, pp
model for their first-year engineeringstudents, which resulted in improved retention rates (80% of students retained up to the thirdyear of the program) [29]. More recently, the University of Michigan introduced Smart Surfacescourses based on the Architecture Design Studio model, which showed significant increases incommunication, creative thinking, and critical thinking over the other courses [30].For the last four years at our university, the Computer Sciences & Electrical EngineeringDepartment has run a hands-on public service research studio. Prior to this S-STEM award, thishas enabled seniors and graduate students to work on projects that provide engineering/technicalsolutions to local industries. With the support of the S-STEM award
develop an instructional platform known as Lab-in-a-Box, which is used in a number of courses within the Virginia Tech B.S.E.E. program. She continues to be actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale optical materials, and fermentation processes.Mr. Yangyang Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2007.9-2011.6 Bachelor of Electronic Information Engineering, School of Electronic Engineering,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2011.9-2014.6 Master of Information and Communica- tion Engineering, School of Electronic Engineering,University of Electronic
. Reconstruction contractors in Iraq 2. Commercial construction Market in China 3. High Tech (as in Shaper Image) in the United States 4. Aging European Market 5. Hispanic Market in the United StatesCollectively the class goes over each market and tries to think of features that would be attractiveto the specific market. Starting with what the student knows is recommended by Zull.2 Next thestudents are encouraged to use the resources on hand to get information about the target market.Generally the faculty recommend some web sites and the students find others. Some studentscall friends or family who they think can help. For engineers understanding how quickly theycan get market data is very important
; Productivity Press, Norwalk (Connecticut). 8. Banerjee, J.; The Gap Management; Journal of Computer and Industrial Engineering; 1997, v. 33, n. 1 - 2, pp. 173 – 178. 9. Dewey, J.; Experience and Education (60th Anniversary edition); 1998; Delta, Kappa, Pi; West Lafayette (Indiana). 10. Kuhn, T. S.; The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Encyclopedia of Unified Sciences); 1962; University of Chicago Press. 11. Banerjee, J.; “Integration of Mechanical Properties of Materials in an Undergraduate Course on Manufacturing Processes for both Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Students”; ASEE Annual Convention ( virtual), June 2020.12. Reif, R.; Tech Day Presidential Welcome Speech;2014; Massachusetts
2010, with her research focus dealing with toxicity of carbon nanotubes to microorganisms, as well as the effect of bacterial surface structures on bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation and maturation. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and her research interests involve investigation of the toxicological effects of carbon-based nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites to wastewater microbial communities and their potential applications for water treatment and corrosion prevention.Dr. Lakiesha N. Williams, University of Florida Dr. Lakiesha Williams, a native of New Orleans, La., obtained both a Bachelor of Science and a Master
, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsi- ble for failure analysis of thin films materials. She also managed collaborations with national laboratories, Air Force and Navy research groups, and universities. She invented new quality control tools and super- vised interns from local universities and community colleges as part of a $5.0 million technical workforce development initiative funded by New York State. She has published diverse articles on topics ranging from engineering education to high temperature superconductors and has spoken at many national and international conferences. Her doctorate in materials science and engineering are from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and she has four patents
Paper ID #22070A Comparative Study on Affordable Photogrammetry ToolsMr. John Fraley, Tennessee Technological University Mr. John Fraley is a Manufacturing and Engineering Technology undergraduate student at Tennessee Technological University. He has a degree in Mechanical Drafting from Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Shelbyville. He is a member of TTU’s Formula SAE team and an undergraduate research assistant for Dr. Ismail Fidan. John’s strong CAD and Fabrication skills have helped him play active roles in FSAE and SME at Tennessee Technological UniversityMr. Astrit Imeri, Tennessee Technological University
has developed an annual outreach event to bolster the number of women in the cen-tral upstate NY area interested in STEM careers. Our signature outreach event, the WOMEN(Women’s Outreach in Materials, Energy, and Nanobiotechnology) Event, introduces female highschool students and their parents to what scientists and engineers do and how they benefit society.While many outreach programs focus on urban communities, our program targets rural areas wherewomen are particularly at risk for not attending or completing college [3]. During the WOMEN Event, our group hosts 20 to 40 tenth grade females and their parents fromrural areas to further their interest in STEM fields and provide an early start on college planning.Now in its sixth year, the
pedagogical methods and materials to enhance engineering education. Her most recent educational research includes the collaboration with Tennessee State University and local high schools to infuse cyber- infrastructure learning experience into the pre-engineering and technology-based classrooms, the collab- oration with community colleges to develop interactive games in empowering students with engineering literacy and problem-solving, the integration of system-on-chip concepts across two year Engineering Science and four year ECE curricula, and the implementation of an educational innovation that demon- strates science and engineering principles using an aquarium. Her work has resulted in over 90 journal and conference
pursue a career in this field. For this reason the first course that undergraduate students musttake, before taking any nanoelectronics or nanoscience courses, should be an introductoryquantum mechanics course. Such course was developed and offered for the first time at UB inFall 2010 semester. Preliminary results describing the course lecture materials, applets, a labmanual, and assessment tools were presented at the “Symposium on Advances in HigherEducation in Nanoscale Science and Engineering”, August 5-8, 2009, University at Albany,SUNY4.Specifically developed for this course is the textbook “Quantum Mechanics for Nanostructures”2based on the learning quantum mechanics via nanostructures. The electronic states of simplest
educational support.Engineering students, like many other students across the country, had to adapt very suddenly toan unfamiliar learning environment, and this was fraught by many challenges. A national surveyat the end of spring 2020 semester indicated that in general the biggest challenge forundergraduate students was staying motivated in a remote environment without the structure ofthe classroom and instructors and peers [2]. Students also indicated that learning was moredifficult without hands-on experiences and that it was difficult to engage with remote material[2]. In general, undergraduate engineering students are not accustomed to remote instruction andmuch of the challenges to students revolved around adapting to this new all-digital
. Page 14.1111.2Here we should briefly note that there are several different definitions of multidisciplinaryresearch [4], [5], [6]. The terms multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are often usedinterchangeably, but Borrego & Newswander [3] have provided an excellent discussion of theseterms in the context of engineering education research. They define multidisciplinarycollaborations as those where “collaborators come together to work on a problem, each bringinghis or her own expertise and unique contribution. There is limited exchange of information inthis approach … collaborators leave the project without having learned much about the otherdiscipline(s)” (p.124). On the other hand interdisciplinary collaborations are defined as
more difficult problems because they assume you already understand how to do them from simpler videos.” • “I think that since CAD is more hands on this works but regular classes such as a math or science where you would learn better by physically taking your own notes, this may not work as you wouldn’t take in parts of the material.”CAD is a highly visual process- requiring the ability to comprehend orthographic views as arepresentation of a 3D object, breaking down a complex part into simple 3D shapes andmodifications, and arranging parts together into assemblies. Therefore, videos showing CADtechniques may be more useful than videos of math equations or text-based computerprogramming due to the visual, rather than
Paper ID #42139Disrupting the Curriculum: Leveraging the Engineering for One Planet Frameworkto (re)Center Sustainability in Engineering EducationCherish C. Vance, The Ohio State University Cherish Vance (she/her) is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at The Ohio State University. Her research passions include engineering for sustainable development. A first-generation student, she is currently a PhD candidate and has received a Bachelor of Science in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University.Dr. Patrick J. Sours, The Ohio State
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
ABET's Technological Education Initiative: Focus on Faculty Maryanne Weiss, Peggie Weeks, Mark Pagano ABET, Inc./ABET, Inc./Purdue UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, with support from the NationalScience Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program, is conducting twelve hands-on regional faculty workshops for engineering technology educators. The purpose of theTechnological Education Initiative (TEI) workshops is to enhance faculty’s knowledge ofemerging technologies, explore ways in which these technologies may be incorporated into theirprograms, and provide faculty with experience in developing effective assessment strategies
? Future research in these areas will close a gap in the literature on engineering transferstudents as well as develop a clearer understanding of transfer student pathways as a means toincrease engineering degree production and broaden participation in engineering careers. Inaddition, findings from this research will inform decisions on how to allocate limited resources(i.e. financial and human) to diversify pathways and increase the number of students whotransfer into and succeed in engineering at four-year institutions.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0643107. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s
numerous national grants examining undergraduates’ academic persistence and the academic success of talented adolescent girls. She was recently named a “Multicultural Scholar” by the NACAC for her work on the retention of racial/ethnic minority students in higher education.Stephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor and an Associate Chair of the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at ASU. His teaching responsibilities are in the areas of design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering, and structural characterization of
its growth, reap its benefits, and minimize its hazards, regardless ofone’s career interests. A basic understanding of science and technology is crucial not only for applying thefi-uits of technology effectively, but also for making decisions on related issues that impact human existence inthe present and in the future. Traditionally, engineering schools have been the source of new graduates competent in the newtechnologies who can meet the needs of the industry and society. However, educators are often faced with morethan the mere challenge of conveying technical information to their students. Students, on the other hand, findthe information conveyed uninteresting, unrnotivating, and fail to recognize its value and career
Sciences at Harvard University. She holds an appointment at the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences. She is also a core faculty member at the Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in the College of Engineering. Holly studies biomaterials and soft robotics and their applications in the university classroom, in undergraduate research and in engaging K12 students in STEM. Holly received her BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University and her PhD in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by
2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference The Impact of E-Math on Engineering Students: Retention and Progression Outcomes Heath A. Schluterman1, Aysa L. Galbraith1, and Leslie B. Massey2 1 Teaching Associate Professor, 2Advanced Instructor, First-Year Engineering Program, University of ArkansasAbstractIn response to the growing need to support engineering students who were not calculus-ready,the University of Arkansas reintroduced the E-Math program in Fall 2016. This initiative aimedto improve retention and success rates by providing a curriculum that incorporated hands-on labsand integrated engineering applications to enhance student engagement
facilitator. There is a cultural shift from the importance ofpossessing knowledge in one’s own memory to be able to effectively search for and use theinformation needed for particular purposes., and this is consistent with a constructivist approach.This is the dominant perspective on learning and has influenced the recommendations of theNational Research Council and the National Center for Improving Science Education. A searchof the main educational research index, ERIC, produced 2322 entries on a search of the keywordconstructivism, since 1990. A similar search in the Engineering Index shows 42 references, 19of which are from the past two years.The nonlinear organization of text and graphics on the WWW allows greater user control.However, materials
Page 3.430.1* Corresponding author2000 1, 2; yet the gap is widening between the number of people needed and the projected numberof graduates from area university and community college programs. In response to requests byregional industry, the WSU School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering has introduced aBachelor of Science program in Manufacturing Engineering on the new Vancouver Campus.PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThe theme of the new program is mechanical engineering applied to manufacturing; the degreediffers from industrial engineering primarily through an emphasis on mechanical design andmachine controls. The course of study is based on the accredited Mechanical Engineering degreeat WSU, but focuses on manufacturing processes and
, University of Miami Dr. Ali Ghahremaninezhad is an Associate Professor in CAE and director of the Advanced Materials Re- search Lab at the University of Miami. He has 17 years of experience in teaching and research both at the University of Miami and the University of Texas at Austin. His expertise is in the area of sustainable and green infrastructure materials, advanced and smart cementitious materials, and bio-inspired self-healing infrastructure materials. He has been the recipient of the prestigious 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER award. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Pathway to Initiate Engineering Education Research: A First-Year
Engineering launched anexploratory survey to determine the amount declared engineering majors spent on textbooksacross their classes. At Dartmouth College, major declarations occur at the conclusion ofsophomore year, therefore junior and senior engineering majors were the target audience for thesurvey. Because Dartmouth is a liberal arts college, engineering students must take courses in art,literature, thought, international study, social analysis, quantitative or deductive sciences, naturaland physical sciences, and technology and applied sciences [4]. While engineering classes fulfillthe science and technology portions, engineering majors take many classes outside of thedepartment. It is important to note this fact because the costs of textbooks
materials and describe some of the laboratory tests conducted on them. 4. Determine stresses and strains in flexible and rigid pavements using different methods. 5. Design a flexible pavement using different design procedures. 6. Design a rigid pavement using different design procedures. 7. Use DARWin 3.1 AASHTO software to design flexible and rigid pavements. Once DARWin software had been implemented, the previously mentioned classical topicsremained the same. The inclusion of this software into the syllabus was for many reasons:building knowledge of using viable programs in the pavement engineering field to strengthen thecomprehension of the subject. Furthermore, it saves considerable amount of time after ensuringthat students