relatively large margin.Master’s students are given the choice of pursuing a coursework, a special-research-project, or athesis curriculum. Most on-campus master’s students pursue a research-oriented curriculum.There is a fairly uniform distribution of tenure consisting of first-year, second-year, third-year,fourth-year, and fifth-plus-year students. There exists a variance in home country amongstudents, but the majority of students originate from the United States, South Korea, or Turkey. Page 11.130.3This program also has students from varied backgrounds; student undergraduate majors includeenvironmental engineering, chemical engineering, civil
and techniques ofvisualization should begin early; consequently, the idea for a summer research experience forundergraduates in visualization was born. The goal of the research site is consistent with the goalof the NSF-REU program: to provide promising undergraduate students with a complete,mentored research experience, to better prepare these students for graduate school orprofessional pursuits and encourage them to pursue a career in science [15]. The impact ofundergraduate research experiences have been well documented [16], [17], [18], [19]. Facultymembers generally agree that there are significant educational benefits to the undergraduateresearch experience [20], [21]. Students are thought to develop expertise in a specific area
statement of work(SOW) and given constraints. The main advantages of the competition-driven projects isstudents’ self-motivation and interest in working in a competitive environment. A majority ofthese projects require expertise from multiple disciplines leading to interdisciplinary projects.To introduce state-of-the-art autonomous vehicle technology to ET students, the EET and theMET programs at Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, OK revised the curriculum tointroduce competition-based interdisciplinary senior design projects. The pilot project wasintroduced in spring 2018 as a one-semester project. The design teams were tasked to build anautonomous vehicle using a commercial remote control (RC) car that can autonomously navigatea
TheoryA nanotechnology curriculum must be presented to a student in a way that builds a solidfoundation that prepares them for a future in nanotechnology. These topics may include anintroduction to atomic structure, unique properties of materials on the nano scale, usingthose properties to fabricate materials, and putting those new products to work inindustry. Even though it appears these topics cover a vast number of disciplines, studyingthe structure of materials on the atomic level and how their size and scale give themunique characteristics is one of the foremost principles of nanotechnology.The laboratory experiment that was developed is a three-part experiment that teaches sizeand scale and introduces a few of the unique characteristics
often have a positive impact on student veterans’ educationalexperiences and outcomes [14], [15]. Persky and Oliver’s [16] study of student veteransattending community colleges identified characteristics of successful programs: (a) creditstreamlining; (b) streamlining of programs and services; and (c) faculty, advisor, and counselortraining (p. 113). Caton’s [17] study of student veterans services at a community college found ittakes an average of six years to fully develop student veteran programs; those programs thatbecame a part of the fabric of the institution had support from the highest level of universityadministration and leadership, and the most successful programs used a student-centeredapproach, focusing on student veteran
gathered andanalyzed since at least the 1970s regarding factors that affect academic retention and attainment.These data can be used to develop and inform social behavior models that can be used insimulations. Second, simulations resolve behaviors in time. This is often critical forunderstanding causality and how local agent behaviors give rise to population-level outcomes.This is fundamentally different from performing statistical analyses using final outcomes 24 .Third, simulations on appropriately labeled agents that compromise a population (e.g., in the formof social networks) can produce disaggregated results. Validated models can also be used in othersettings (e.g. for different academic institutions), and can be exercised to explore
persistence of various groups ofstudents in civil engineering education and careers, this paper describes findings from a surveytaken by 223 undergraduate (165) and graduate students (58) in civil engineering. The surveyaims to address the following questions:• What are the factors that affect why women and minorities choose to pursue education in civil engineering?• What aspects of the civil engineering curriculum and course work do students find particularly motivating and interesting? Do students feel that they have a mentor? What kind of work experience and internships have students had? Are they members of student/professional engineering organizations? Do the answers to this question depend on the gender or ethnic/racial
genders, a lack of belonging is the primary non-academic reasonwhy students choose to leave engineering.13 Thus, in addition to the inherent educational benefitsof successful teamwork, students working in these teams may also gain one of few opportunitiesto develop the level of community necessary to both engage and stay in the major.Yet, there remain some inherent conflicts for many engineering students between working ingroups and working alone. For example, engineers are significantly less extraverted than mostother professional groups14 and are therefore more prone to working alone.15 Some studies evensupport studying alone as a pathway to greater performance than working in groups.16 However,the challenging and grueling nature of many
University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineer- ing in 2014 and was involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for over 5 years. Kristen is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, while working full time as an engineer in the Edison Engineering Development Program at GE Power & Water.Dr. Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University Paul A. DiMilla is an Associate Academic Specialist in Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Chemi- cal Engineering at Northeastern University. During his academic career at Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, and Olin College he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle
Chair of the Informa- tion Technology program from 2007-2013. His research interests include network and systems manage- ment, distributed computing, system modeling and architecture, system development, Cyber security and IT curriculum development. Page 26.1233.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Practical Data Mining and Analysis for System AdministrationAbstractModern networks are both complex and important, requiring excellent and vigilant systemadministration. System administrators employ many tools to aid them in their work, but stillsecurity
technology in materials science withethics and social responsibility (10) (11) (12). 1This integration of social context into the traditional engineering curriculum is also a focus at theUniversity of San Diego, and is a subset of a project funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF) under the Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments (RED)program. It is the larger goal of this work to empower student engineering changemakers throughrefinement of the engineering canon. It is also a goal of this work to develop content useful forother faculty so that incorporation into another's classroom, whether in part or in full, is not suchan
Paper ID #21908Measuring Student Learning of Crystal Structures Using Computer-basedVisualizationsDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is a Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materi- als science tools.Dr. Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West
is the 2018 recipient of the American Concrete Institute’s Walter P. Moore, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award. He was awarded Teacher of the Year for the Illinois Indiana section of ASEE in 2017. Also, he was awarded the Daniel V. Terrell Outstanding Paper Award from ASCE. Matt is highly active in ASEE, currently serving as the ASEE CE Division’s Freshman Director. In 2014, Matt received the ASEE CE Division Gerald R. Seeley Award for a paper highlighting a portion of his work regarding the development of a Master’s Degree at Rose-Hulman.Dr. Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Kyle Kershaw is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Kyle’s primary
AC 2007-3100: INNOVATIVE USE OF A RESEARCH REACTOR FORINTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATIONJohn White, University of Massachusetts-LowellLeo Bobek, University of Massachusetts- Lowell Page 12.900.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Use of a Research Reactor for Interdisciplinary Engineering EducationIntroductionOver the last few years, the research reactor facility at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell(UMLRR) has developed capability to perform live experiments and deliver archived reactoroperations data via a web-based interface to remote users.1-3 Access to this capability isavailable through the nuclear101
learning approach utilizing math, science andtechnology principles, their web site includes teacher resources, and they publish the Journal ofTechnology Education6. NASA provides many activities for K-12 education7. The AAASprovides a ScienceNetLink8 web site that provides lessons, tools, resources, benchmarks. MCIFoundation supports the MarcoPolo9 website that focuses on K-12 education and technology andprovides teacher resources, professional development and a network. SECME, formerly knownas the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering, offers profession development forteachers, principals and superintendents and provides many programs for K-12 students,including Early College/High School (ECHS), Empowering Parents Program (EP2
@uah.edu.Dr. Paul J. Componation, University of Alabama, Huntsville Paul J. Componation is the Systems Engineering Program Coordinator and a professor of industrial and management systems at the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAHuntsville). Prior to joining UAHuntsville, Componation was a Resident Associate with the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Development at West Virginia University and served as an engineering officer with the U.S. Air Force. He has also supported NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center as their Systems Engineering Resident Re- searcher. Componation received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from West Virginia University in 1995. He also earned a M.S. in management from Troy State University
boxes used, most common databases, e-book resources, patents resources, technicalreports resources, reference resources and others. Further, LibGuides are analyzed in twoaspects: quality of technical design quality and quality of pedagogical design.IntroductionContent analysis is used extensively in the social sciences, with the development of Web 2.0technology it is used for analysis of web-based content. Examples of work done in this activearea of internet research are: Kim and Kuljis2 that studied the cultural differences in the design ofblogs that have been produced in South Korea and the United Kingdom; Bauer and Scharl3proposed methodologies for the automated evaluation of Web sites; and Adams andMcCorkindale4 studied the use of Twitter
University prior to beginning his faculty career in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he co-founded Automated Cell, Inc. He has been a Visiting Professor of Bioengineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering as well as a Visiting Scholar in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He also has led R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively. He is the inventor on ten issued US patents. He has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society, a Searle Scholar Award, and an Early Career
. ABET’s Criterion 3 student outcomes were noted for each lecture module. ABET criteriacontains 6 subsequent criterions that are used as the standard by which engineering programs areaccredited. Criterion 3 focuses on student outcomes that should be attained prior to graduation.Each engineering program develops its own strategy for how its curriculum addresses theseoutcomes and properly prepares students for professional careers. The model course proposed inthis work, using Criterion 3 as a basis for evaluation, seems to do an adequate job of exposingstudents to many of the student outcomes; some are explored in depth as is discussed in thefollowing paragraphs.A consistent theme in this work has been the importance of multiple channels of
. Page 25.228.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Assessment of Student Knowledge in an Introductory Thermodynamics CourseAbstractThe first course in thermodynamics builds the foundation for the thermal science courses in anundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. Students who master the fundamentalconcepts typically do well in the follow up thermal science courses. Therefore, assessment ofstudent knowledge in this course is essential for student success in the follow up courses.Assessment of student knowledge is usually achieved through homework assignments, one ortwo mid-semester exams, and a final examination. The difficulty is that only simple
Binghamton, NY Kevin P. Pintong Douglas H. Summerville Kyle J. Temkin Page 25.1376.2AbstractLab-based courses are generally not available in an online format because of the need forexpensive lab equipment, time consuming technical assistance, and troubleshooting. The recentincrease in demand for online instruction extends past current pedagogical methods and is mademore problematic with the addition of a lab component. In our previous paper, "Transitioning alab-based course to an online format"1, we presented the development of our pedagogicalframework. This framework is based on our 2010 online course and previous studies in onlineeducation. In this
throughtutoring; connecting Scholars with faculty and peer mentors; developing community-buildingactivities (e.g., puzzle hunts, documentary viewings); and providing career developmentactivities (e.g., tours of local computing, engineering, and technology businesses). Furthermore,the project has supported efforts to improve curriculum. As an example, a group of projectleaders across the partner institutions developed two introductory computer science courses andhas worked to establish community college pathways into computing at the university partner(one such pathway has been approved).As of Fall 2023, the project has supported 143 Scholars. Each Scholar was consideredlow-income by their institution. Approximately 74% of all Scholars were part of the
agree that students should not have access to the problem solutions.Homework helps students prepare for engineering employment and practice where they areexpected to solve new problems on their own. As students spend time and struggle throughsolving new problems they develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Page 22.512.2Students have always been interested in gaining access to the solutions of their homeworkassignments. Copies of solutions to homework assignments and exam were collected andhanded out to students planning to take the same course in the future.A decade or more before, all solution manuals were in a hard copy format
mentorship, research, and teaching.Alexandra Coso Strong (Assistant Professor) Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Strong completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech in spring, 2014. While a doctoral student, Strong was a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow and a member of the Cognitive Engineering Center. The goal of her doctorate research was to improve students’ abilities to think more broadly about complex systems design and to take into account stakeholder-related considerations within their design projects. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Strong received a bachelor’s degree in
Paper ID #9851The Distribution of Family Friendly Benefits Policies across Higher Educa-tion Institutions: A Cluster AnalysisMr. Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette Corey Schimpf is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education. His research interests include examining how cyberlearning and informal learning environments can be brought into the engineering curriculum, how educational policies affect academic pathways for faculty and students and design research. His dissertation explores how a gaming platform can be used to facilitate early college engineering students skills development.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue
answering the questions that will be asked (from students oradministrators) of any instructor who implements a T-shaped course. Section 1: Practical BarriersCreating a T-shaped course comes with many practical hurdles; there is pressure frompost-graduate needs, ABET requirements, departmental and institutional requirements,and even the politics of faculty load allocation. But, in the spirit of engineering design,constraints are always present and can in fact aid in the development of a T-shapedcourse. As examples, I will provide details on two courses that were offered in atBucknell University in Fall 2012: a required signals and systems course, driven by thedesign of biomusical instruments; and a technical elective co
Paper ID #37386Case Study: International Summer Research Programming ExperiencesSponsored by TAMUS LSAMPDr. Michael D. Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external evalu- ation, and as publication support. Most of his work involves STEM education and advancement projects and is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and interests of underserved populations and
Engineering from Tufts University. Her research interests are focused on in- terdisciplinary curriculum development in engineering education and the political, economic, and societal dimensions of curricular change. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Critic as Designer:How Metacognition Makes Transdisciplinarity Possible The Critic as Designer: How Metacognition Makes Transdisciplinarity Possible AbstractFor students to learn how to address complex problems spanning domains, they need practice intransdisciplinary teamwork. However, practice alone is not
teaching in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Isubmitted my curriculum vitae and proposed course syllabus to Kyungpook NationalUniversity’s Office of International Affairs, doubtful that a technical-writing course would bewelcomed by KNU’s engineering program. Instead, the course was well received by KNU’sDepartment of English Language and Literature. By June 2006, I was teaching and livingabroad—only my second time ever to travel overseas and my first time to travel internationallyalone.Teaching and living abroad, even if only for one summer, was one of my most professionallychallenging and personally rewarding experiences. Not only has the experience expanded myteaching repertoire, but it has also informed and improved my interactions with
Targeting Middle School Girls and Their Parents (Research-to-Practice)BackgroundScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are at the forefront of our nation'sagenda. Both national and global advancement and sustainability are contingent upon fosteringdiscovery and development in the STEM disciplines. Porter and Stern[1] point to the importanceof scientific and technical talent to the national economic performance. However, “there is aquiet crisis building in the United States” reports Jackson[2], who asserts that the increasing gapbetween the nation’s need for scientists, engineers, and other technically-skilled workers, and itsproduction of them, could jeopardize the nation’s technical pre-eminence and