Paper ID #25827Board 3: Engineering Technology Scholars-IMProving Retention and Stu-dent Success (ETS-IMPRESS): First Year Progress ReportDr. Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Dr. Alaraje is a Professor and Program Chair of Electrical Engineering Technology in the School of Technology at Michigan Tech. Prior to his faculty appointment, he was employed by Lucent Technolo- gies as a hardware design engineer, from 1997- 2002, and by vLogix as chief hardware design engineer, from 2002-2004. Dr. Alaraje’s research interests focus on processor architecture, System-on-Chip design methodology, Field-Programmable
Paper ID #9940Virtual Community of Practice: Electric CircuitsProf. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDr. Lisa Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory
AC 2012-3217: THE USE OF A PROJECT CIRCUIT IN THE TEACHINGOF A BASIC ELECTRIC CIRCUITS COURSEProf. James P Becker, Montana State University James Becker is an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Montana State Univer- sity. His professional interests include microwave circuits, radio frequency electronics, nanoelectronics, pedagogical research, and distance education. He is a 2004 recipient of the NSF CAREER award.Dr. Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects in the College of Engi- neering at Montana State University (MSU). She works on various curriculum and instruction projects including instructional development
engineering education is stillmostly unknown. Brown, et. al. [2009] investigated social capital in a sophomore electricalengineering lab and found that need and lack of resources were key aspects that helped developsocial capital. He then asks the questions, “… should engineering curriculum and laboratories bedesigned to encourage the development of social capital?” A more recent study by Martin et. al.[2013] explored the role of social capital on four Hispanic women pursuing engineering degrees.Martin’s study concludes that “facilitating opportunities for students to develop sustained socialcapital may have potential to attract and retain underrepresented students in engineering”.This paper describes the transformation of an introductory electrical
optics, microfluidics and devices that interface to the biological world. Dr. Dickerson is also interested in enhancing undergraduate engineering education, and investigates new and innovative methods for improving the learning experience for electrical and computer engineering students.Dr. Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh Renee Clark is Research Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Assessment for the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. She conducts research on education projects that focus on active learning and engineering professional development. Current research includes the propagation of active learning
Engineer in Florida.Dr. Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an
, Electrical &Computer and Mechanical Engineering were established originally in 1996. Two additionaldepartments have since been added to the College: Biomedical Engineering (fall 2014) and theEngineering Entrepreneurship Program (to begin fall 2016).The College implements the use of innovative methods of teaching and learning to preparestudents for entry into a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace (Marchese et al.,1997; Newell et al., 1999; Dahm and Newell, 2001). The major hallmark of our Rowanengineering program is a unique common class known as the Engineering Clinics. Theengineering clinic class is integrated throughout the entire curriculum for eight semesters. Allfive engineering departments of Biomedical, Chemical, Civil
. Page 24.963.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Organ-izing the curriculum with hands-on, biomedically- related learning modulesABSTRACT The relatively new discipline of biomedical engineering emerged from informal collaborations be-tween engineers, physicians and life scientists, and is the fastest growing engineering discipline at mostuniversities. Chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers play an important and expanding role in thisburgeoning field because the fundamental core principles of each discipline are critical to biomedicalmainstays such as the design of artificial organs. This project introduces hands-on, biomedically
engineering students to complete assignments or a project involv-ing bio-inspired design to practice the technique and demonstrate its value. Integration occurs atthe freshman through senior levels, in a variety of departments, and depends primarily on whenengineering design is offered in the curriculum. Consequently, varying levels of instruction andsupport are provided to the students, and many rely on the resources provided by the BiomimicryInstitute, such as the database AskNature.org. This points to the lack of engineering-focused,evidence-based instructional resources that are available to faculty who wish to integrate bio-inspired design into their courses.2. Research Approach Our plan to develop and test instructional resources for
aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental inves- tigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. In the last eight years, Dr. Husanu gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas. Dr. Husanu has addressed a broad spectrum of students. After instructing various levels of education, she was granted experience in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas. She also has extensive experience in curriculum development.Dr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian
Paper ID #20016Culturally-Relevant Engineering Design Curriculum for the Navajo NationDr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on
, Optimizing Student Learning, and Leadership Skills. Dr. Ater Kranov is also adjunct associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University. Page 24.933.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NEW MECHATRONICS CURRICULUM ON MULTI-AXIS INDUSTRIAL MOTION CONTROLAbstractOver the past couple decades, mechanical engineering programs have made significant advancesin developing educational materials and laboratory exercises in controls and mechatronics1-4.However, there is an important gap remaining between the
organizations and has participated in several teaching workshops, including one on ”Excellence in Civil Engineering Education” and another in ”Enhancing Student Success through a Model Introduction to Engineering Course.” He is currently the PI of TUES project to revamp the sophomore- year experience at the college of engineering (esucceed.calstatela.edu). He has developed an open access, web-based audience response system (educatools.com) and is currently the ABET coordinator for his department.Dr. Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles Arturo Pacheco-Vega did his undergraduate studies in mechanical and electrical engineering at the Univer- sidad Iberoamericana in Leon, Mexico. His graduate work was
Engineering Education, 2023 1 Connecting Classroom Curriculum to Local Contexts to Enhance Engineering Awareness in Elementary YouthProject OverviewThis paper reports on the year three findings of a National Science Foundation Research in theFormation of Engineers project focused on increasing rural and indigenous youth’s awareness ofengineering and engineering related careers. To reach this goal, we worked with elementaryteachers to connect the engineering activities taught in the classroom with local funds ofknowledge and local engineering opportunities (Hammack et al., 2022; Hammack et al., 2021).Each of the four participating
, Satisfaction (ARCS) model of motivation to design an Internet-of-Thingsthemed curriculum for CS students in grades 9-12. The ARCS framework is used as aconceptual framework to unpack high school students’ motivational influences inengineering/computer science project-based learning via a series of focus groups. Using theinsights obtained from First and Second cycle coding based qualitative analysis, IoT-basedCS curricular modules that align with Grades 9-12 Computer Science Teachers Association(CSTA) standards were developed. The curricular design centered around creating learner-focused scaffolding in project-based learning environments, improving the relevance of theclassroom content with the real-world context that students have experiences in or
. This project introduces hands-on, biomedically-relatedexperiments and course materials into the engineering curriculum, with a focus on artificial organs. Sev-eral modules are being developed and integrated throughout Rowan’s engineering curriculum, into themultidisciplinary freshman engineering course, core engineering courses, and senior electives. The mod-ules will be highly transferrable to other traditional engineering programs such as chemical, mechanicaland electrical as well as biomedical engineering programs. Our evaluation plan will examine specificlearning outcomes in core engineering areas as well as effect on retention, student attitudes, and careerchoices.INTRODUCTION The relatively new discipline of biomedical engineering
-related topics into their already-crowded curricula, yet undergraduate engineering students are rarely exposed to real biomedicaltopics through their coursework. To provide students with the skills directly relevant to theevolving needs of the biomedical industry, this project will develop and integrate applied bio-medical course content and experiments throughout the Rowan University Engineering curricu-lum.A plan is presented to introduce hands-on, biomedically-related experiments and course materi-als into the engineering curriculum, with a focus on artificial organs. These biomedical moduleswill be integrated throughout Rowan University’s engineering curriculum, into the multidiscipli-nary freshman engineering course, core engineering courses
Paper ID #10355Enhancing the STEM Curriculum Through a Multidisciplinary Approachthat Integrates Biology and EngineeringProf. Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University Jennifer Vernengo is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Jennifer re- ceived her Ph.D. from Drexel University in 2007. She began work as a materials scientist at Synthes Bio- materials, then joined Drexel University College of Medicine as postdoc in 2009. Jennifer two published research papers and one patent in the area of injectable biomaterials for orthopedic tissue replacement and repair. She is particularly interested in
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University specializing in electrical machines and power systems, multimedia tutoring, and control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has been the principle investigator of a project for the development of an intelligent tutoring shell that allows instructors create their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems based on multiagent framework with applications to the power grid, and the integration of an intelligent virtual laboratory environment in curriculum. He is an associate editor of Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems: Series B, and is a member of IEEE, ASEE, and Sigma Xi
curriculum. Latif et. al (2012) earlier reported on the project’s progress in the first16 months. Some of the accomplishments during the 3rd year (2012-2013) of the project are asfollows: An active advisory board met three times during 2012-2013 period. The board has 18 members, 14 industry representatives, 3 community college representatives Nine new modules were developed, 6 modules in Fall 2012; 3 modules in Spring 2013 Twenty-two modules were delivered- 7 from Ivy Tech, 4 from COD, and 11 from PUC. A total of 111 participants took the modular courses. Six students participated in industry internships. All internship participants are in the Mechatronics program at undergraduate and graduate levels. Not all of
brieflydescribe few prior ATE projects, funded by NSF, that have been successful in delivering to themission of the ATE program.As mentioned earlier, several two -year and four-year intuitions across the United States havebenefited from this program. For example, Craft et al., [7] describe that Aims CommunityCollege and Arapahoe Community College implemented a problem-based learning methodologyin the curriculum to expose technicians to real world ICT (Information & CommunicationTechnology) problems in the classroom as a part of their Colorado ATE partnership. This effortsignificantly improved the scores of the students in an employability test conducted after theycompleted the program [7]. Another ATE project executed by J.F. Drake Technical college
. Her research interests include empathy, design education, ethics education and community engagement in engineering. She currently teaches Cornerstone of Engineering, a first-year two-semester course series that integrates computer programming, computer aided design, ethics and the engineering design process within a project based learning environment. She was previously an engineering education postdoctoral fellow at Wake Forest University supporting curriculum development around ethics/character education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student Engagement – IoT-Based Learning Materials and ProjectsAbstractEven with a return to in-person learning by many institutions
(Jordan, 2015). A design-based researchapproach (Design-Based Research Collective, 2003) is being used to develop curriculum andinstruments, test curriculum, analyze data, and modify curriculum, repeating the process severaltimes for continuous improvement.Pilot 1: 2017 School YearAn initial curriculum pilot was conducted in 2017, where four curriculum modules were tested:(1) Introduction to Engineering Design, (2) Solution Dissection, (3) Distance Between the SacredMountains: A Lesson in Scale and Proportion, and (4) The Great Animal Escape: PortableLivestock Corral Design Project. Descriptions of these curriculum modules are in (Jordan et al.,2017). The curriculum was piloted with 59 students and two teachers across two middle schoolson the
, gender disparities persist across many engineeringdisciplines and are particularly high in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, with less than20% of undergraduate degrees being awarded to women (ASEE By the Numbers 2021). K12 roboticsprograms have shown potential in increasing a student’s likelihood of enrolling in a mechanical orelectrical majors. By broadening the applications of robotics to human-centered designs and highlightingsoft and biomaterials used in building robots, the field of soft robotics may be a platform to engage adiversity of students in K12 robotics and later, engineering majors. This paper presents a pilot studyaimed at answering the research question: Can a soft robotics curriculum impact high school
Paper ID #42858Board 422: What Does It Take to Implement a Semiconductor Curriculumin High School? True Challenges and The Teachers’ PerspectivesAndrew J. Ash, Oklahoma State University Andrew J. Ash is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU and he is a research assistant in Dr. John Hu’s Analog VLSI Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University. Andrew’s research interests include hardware security of data converters and engineering curriculum development.James E Stine, Oklahoma State University I am a Professor
career interests.MethodsInterventionPreviously, we implemented soft robotics curricula in a variety of K12 contexts [9], [10], [11],[12], [13], [14]. After a small pilot study, we updated a four-day version of the curriculum andresearch study [15], [16]. Additionally, to increase utility of the classroom modules for teachers,we aligned the curriculum activities with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) ,shown in Table 1. As part of Aim 1 of our NSF RIEF project, we updated our curriculum torepresent a broad range of identities of scientists, roboticists, and engineers working in softrobotics with the goal of students being able to see themselves represented in the field. Inaddition to working with classroom science teachers, we worked
across the Undergraduate Curriculum: Preliminary Results from the Collaboration Across Boundaries (CAB) Pedagogical StudyS. Monisha Pulimood1, Diane C. Bates2, and Kim Pearson31Department of Computer Science, The College of New Jersey2Department of Sociology, The College of New Jersey3Department of Journalism and Professional Writing, The College of New Jersey1. INTRODUCTIONDespite the growing need for scientific literacy, colleges and universities offer most scientificcontent in courses offered in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Thispaper reports on the evaluation of the Collaboration Across Boundaries (CAB) pedagogy, whichincorporates project-based, community-engaged learning in
grid computing. Currently, he is working as an instructional associate professor at the Department of Engineering Technology. He has been teaching courses including Electrical Circuits, Telecommunications, Data Communications, Com- puter Networks and Advanced Wireless Networks. He is actively involved in curriculum development and revision. He has worked on a successful project funded by FDIP to enhance instructional excellence of part time faculty and teaching assistants using hybrid orientation programs. He has also been involved in two recently funded instructional research grants from NSF-CCLI (Co-PI) and NSF-REU (senior person- nel). Prior to his current position, he was involved in the design of electrical
Paper ID #33118The SUMMIT-P Project: Transforming Undergraduate Mathematics Educa-tionto Support Partner DisciplinesDr. Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves holds a joint appointment in the College of Engineering and School of Ed- ucation as Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Professor of Teaching and Learn- ing at Virginia Commonwealth University. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests are in STEM education, biomedical signal and image processing, and machine
activities [3], [4] are implemented to support the scholarsfinancially, academically, professionally, and socially.This paper summarizes the completed tasks of the project in the 42 months since its inception andsummarizes the activities projected for the remainder of the project.S-STEM Scholars First and Second CohortsThe first and second cohorts of the scholars were recruited, interviewed, and selected in 2018 and2019, respectively. The selection criteria and details of the recruiting procedure were described inDarabi et al. [5]. In addition to the provided support program, both cohorts of scholars receivedfinancial assistance based on their individual needs. Scholars’ demographic including gender, race,and their major are represented in Table 1