. Page 23.969.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 BT-ATE Pipeline for Progress: A Multi-Level Educational Plan for an Emerging IndustryAbstract: A dynamic and innovative Biosystems Technology (BT) curriculum was developed atthe secondary, technical college and university levels. The curriculum includes core concepts inlife science, engineering, technology and mathematics focused on applications in biologicalsystems that transition student learning and depth of understanding from one level to the next.The program was successful in educating students with increased STEM knowledge, with anemphasis on engineering content, to prepare them for the technical workforce in
, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015. Dr. Ohland is an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE and was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi. He is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Catalyzing a Research Agenda for Enhancing Engineering Education through Institutional CollaborationsAbstractTo augment the extensive engineering education research that has been done over the pastdecades, greater opportunities are needed for
Virginia Tech, his M.S. in industrial & systems engineering from Virginia Tech, and his B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is a Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of African American women in engineering,minority recruitment and retention, and best practices for diversity and inclusion in the Engineering classroom. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Collaborative Research: Supporting Agency among Early Career Engineering Education Faculty in Diverse Institutional ContextsAbstractGiven the
professional engineer with ongoing research in hydrology, water quality, and engineering edu- cation. Her education research includes contributing to the design of an innovative peer-tutoring program, which she continues to implement. Dr. Poor is co-author, with Dr. Brown, of a book of ranking tasks for use in interactive mechanics of materials courses. Page 23.299.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Collaboratively Developing Research-‐Based Curricular Materials To Improve Conceptual Understanding in Engineering Education
Paper ID #9437A Platform for Computer Engineering EducationDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Computing Systems at Arizona State University’s College of Technology and Innovation. Prior to joining ASU, he was an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. His research interests are broadly in the areas of computer architecture and perfor- mance analysis, and in engineering and computing education. He has published in ACM SIGMETRICS, IEEE Transactions on Computers, the International Journal of Engineering Education, and Advances in
Paper ID #30845Reflection in Engineering Education: Advancing ConversationsDr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education.Kenya Z. Mejia, University of Washington Kenya Z. Mejia is a second year PhD
Paper ID #14801Teaching Practices Inventory for Engineering EducationDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M
Paper ID #23550A Virtual Community of Practice to Promote LGBTQ Inclusion in STEM:Member Perceptions and Community OutcomesDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and is looking forward to serving ASEE as President in 2018-19. From 1998-2016, Stephanie was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing on areas of pharmaceutical, biomedical and food engineering. She has been honored by the American
engineering design courses at USU and other institutional settings (e.g.,the American Society of Engineering Education). The workshops will include presentations,discussions, and tutorials to deepen participants’ understanding about what metacognition is,why it is essential for engineering education, and how it can be incorporated and assessed inengineering instruction. The EDMQ will be available online, and workshop participants will beinvited to use it to see how they are making a difference in improving student design skills. TheEDMQ may be used as a tool to evaluate where students are at different stages of a designactivity. Collaborations among institutions will be built at this stage.ACKNOWLEDGMENTThis material is based upon work supported by
. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a specialization in Educational Psychology, both from Purdue University, IN, USA. She also holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S. in Astronomy and Meteorology from Kyungpook National University, South Korea. Her work centers on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary engineering education research as a psychometrician, data analyst, and program evaluator with research interests in spatial ability, STEAM education, workplace climate, and research synthesis with a particular focus on meta-analysis. She has developed, validated, revised, and copyrighted several instruments beneficial for STEM education research and practice
Paper ID #26520Understanding How First-Year Engineering Students Create Effective, Col-laborative, and Inclusive TeamsMr. Nelson S Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno Nelson Pearson is a Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interest includes social networks and the integration of diverse populations, engineering culture, development of a sense of belonging, as well as engineering pedagogy. His education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.Mr. Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education Raised in South Florida, born in Mexico. Half
Paper ID #16921Sustaining Innovation in Engineering Education through Faculty Communi-tiesDr. Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman is a visiting assistant professor with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in En- gineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a research assistant professor with the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer En- gineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow and conducted postdoctoral research with Ruth Streveler in the
engineering education, many of whichconduct research on topics relevant to teaching engineering at the K–12 level.Postsecondary engineering education institutions can support teacher professional learning bysending undergraduate or graduate engineering students into K-12 classrooms or bringing K-12teachers on campus to learn about engineering. These institutions can also supply the contentexpertise needed by programs that prepare new teachers of K–12 engineering. Expanding andimproving teacher preparation programs for engineering may require collaborations betweenmajor components of the education system: researchers, engineers, teacher educators, andteachers.RecommendationsBased on its data collection and analysis, the committee developed 10
programsDr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University and a Professorial Re- search Fellow at Central Queensland University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineer- ing students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $12.8 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in
Paper ID #26416Engineering Education Using Inexpensive DronesDr. Randy Michael Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education Randy Russell develops science and engineering education curriculum and trains teachers via his job with the K-12 education group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a large atmospheric science research lab in Boulder, Colorado. He has a Ph.D. in education from Michigan State, a Master’s degree in aerospace engineering from U. Maryland, and a B.S. in astrophysics from Michigan State. He did most of the development work on a drone-based engineering education curriculum for underrep
Paper ID #11309Exploring Military Veteran Students’ Pathways in Engineering EducationDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and
Paper ID #5948Growing Assessment Capacity of Engineering Educators through ASSESSDr. Denny C. Davis P.E., Washington State University Dr. Davis is emeritus professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State Uni- versity. He is project leader for the National Science Foundation grant supporting the development, implementation, and testing of ASSESS. He has led numerous projects focused on the development of assessment instruments for engineering design learning. He is a Fellow of ASEE.Dr. Jennifer E LeBeau, Washington State University Dr. Jennifer E. LeBeau is a research associate in the Learning and
Paper ID #29338CAREER: Actualizing Latent Diversity in Undergraduate EngineeringEducationDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science
Paper ID #26515Dr. Erin McCave, University of Houston Erin is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. She joined the University of Houston after completing a postdoctoral/lecturer position split between the General Engineering program and the Engineering & Science Education Department and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Erin’s research interests include preparing students for their sophomore year, minority student engineering identity development, and providing mentoring relationships to help foster student growth and success. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Collaborative
Paper ID #18967ASEE Safe Zone Workshops and Virtual Community of Practice to PromoteLGBTQ Equality in EngineeringDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). From 1998-2016, Stephanie was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing on areas of pharmaceutical, biomedical and food engineering. She
learning.A systematic survey of Journal of Engineering Education articles published from 1999 to 2008found only three articles that dealt with student collaboration and communication over theInternet. 37 One study compared performance and satisfaction of face-to-face and virtual teams ina random control experiment in a graduate course on lean manufacturing.70 The investigatorsreported similar performance on the project and in the group process patterns, but the face-to-face teams were more satisfied with the experience. A second report, involving virtual and face-to-face design teams, found no difference in completion times and quality of task outcome.30The third article reports that first-year students that participated in a learning community
[4, 5, 6] andseventeen published conference papers [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23]. We did a presentation at the 2019 Collaborative Network for Engineering andComputing Diversity (CoNECD) conference in April 2019 [24], a poster [25] at a sociologymeeting, two conference special sessions at engineering education conferences [26, 27] and threeworkshops for student affairs professionals and engineering educators [28, 29, 30]. We deliveredan informal session at the 2018 SVA national conference and a presentation at the 2019 AnnualMeeting of the Pacific Sociological Association [31]. We presented a paper in the inauguralASEE Military and Veterans Division and received the Best Paper Award during the
scholarly interests include engineering education that contextualizes engineering sciences and design, exploring engineering boundaries for inclusive pedagogy, and sustainability and bio-inspired design in the built environment. She earned her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, and MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University.Prof. Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego Dr. Gordon D. Hoople is an assistant professor and one of the founding faculty members of integrated engineering at the University of San Diego. He is passionate about creating engaging experiences for his students. His work is primarily focused on two arDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Joel
provide important role models of servantleadership for the other engineering undergraduates who work with them.First-Generation Student VeteransBased on our interview data, a paper exploring first-generation student veterans in engineering(FGSVE) was presented at the inaugural Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity (CoNECD) Conference [21]. We continued this analysis adopting an intersectional lensto examine the research question “To what extent are FGSVEs’ educational experiences shapedby their first-generation, military, and engineering identities?” This article appeared in the firstissue of 2019 in the International Journal of Engineering Education [9].Findings on First-Generation Student VeteransFrom: C. Mobley, J. B
education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Page 26.253.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessing the Spectrum of International Undergraduate Engineering Educational ExperiencesAbstractThe National Academy of Engineering together with a growing number of engineering educationresearchers have underscored the need for U.S. engineering graduates to be capable ofeffectively collaborating across national boundaries as they “encounter worlds of
Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Assessing the Spectrum of International Undergraduate Engineering Educational Experiences: Three StudiesAbstractInternational experiences are viewed as important components of undergraduate engineeringeducation. Yet little has been done to define global preparedness, specify alternatives forachieving it, or determine to what degree being globally prepared is the result of personalattributes, prior experiences (including pre-college), or specific educational experiences.A collaboration of investigators from four universities
Paper ID #6372Making Ethics Explicit: Relocating Ethics to the Core of Engineering Educa-tionDr. Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Mary Sunderland is a historian of science and technology. She studies the history and philosophy of engineering education as a way to better understand the changing societal role of the engineer. Her work on engineering ethics has appeared in Science and Engineering Ethics. She developed and teaches the course, Ethics, Engineering, and Society at the University of California Berkeley’s College of Engineering and is an instructor in UC Berkeley’s Minner Program in
& Environmental Engineering (CEE). Each S-STEM student is provided ascholarship of $5,000 per year for up to four years. The second goal of our project is to trainthese S-STEM students to become effective scientific and technological contributors whenentering the engineering workforce. The project involves close collaboration among faculty andstaff members in three departments (MAE, CEE, and the Department of Engineering Education)and the College of Engineering Advising Office.This executive summary describes several representative project activities we have implementedsince the start of the project. The results of assessing the effectiveness of each project activityare presented. The experiences gained are also described throughout this
Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2018 Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Conference, Washington, DC, April-May 2018.17 S. M. Lord, M. M. Camacho, C. E. Brawner, C. Mobley, and J. B. Main, “Have You Ever Wondered Why? Qualitative Research Methods to Investigate Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the IEEE Global Conference on Engineering Education (EDUCON,) Athens, Greece, April 2017.18 C. Mobley, C. E. Brawner, S. M. Lord, J. B. Main, and M. M. Camacho, “Student Veterans in Engineering: Advancing Knowledge about Student Veterans in the Disciplines.” Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Orlando, FL, February
issues, and as a result students should be aware of the importance of these issues in the field of engineering. An important aspect of K-12 engineering education is developing the ability of students to participate as a contributing team member. This may include developing effective teamwork skills, participating in collaborative groups and activities that allow students to assume a variety of roles as a productive member of a team. This team can include partners or small groups where students are engaged in Teamwork (Team) working