teaching qualitative research methods in engineering education in the Engineering Education Systems and Design PhD program at ASU. She is deputy editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Educa
the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Internship Prevalence and Factors Related to ParticipationThe value of internship experiences for engineering students is
2018, in comparison with the average of 7-13% for all occupations.[ ] Chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers play an important and expanding role in this burgeon-ing field because the fundamental core principles of each discipline are critical to biomedical mainstayssuch as the design of artificial organs. While the number of biomedical engineering degrees granted an-nually is increasing, many biomedical engineers have a background in chemical, mechanical, or electricalengineering with some specialized biomedical training. Engineering programs in these disciplines strug-gle to squeeze bio-related topics into their already-crowded curricula, yet undergraduate engineering stu-dents are rarely exposed to real biomedical topics through
Paper ID #23738Algebra-Related Misconceptions Identified in a First-Year Engineering Rea-soning CourseDr. Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is a Teaching Associate Professor for the Fundamentals of Engineering Program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and has postdoctoral training in neural tissue engineering and molecular neurosciences. She teaches freshman engineering courses and supports the outreach and recruiting activities of the college. Her research interests include neural tissue engineering
.[ ] Chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers play an important and expanding role in this burgeon-ing field because the fundamental core principles of each discipline are critical to biomedical mainstayssuch as the design of artificial organs. While the number of biomedical engineering degrees granted an-nually is increasing, many biomedical engineers have a background in chemical, mechanical, or electricalengineering with some specialized biomedical training. Engineering programs in these disciplines strug-gle to squeeze bio-related topics into their already-crowded curricula, yet undergraduate engineering stu-dents are rarely exposed to real biomedical topics through their coursework. To provide students with theskills directly relevant to the
8partner institutions as they progressed through their engineering programs. Since this datacollection began in Fall 2019, shortly before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic andcontinued into 2021, our results provide a unique insight into the state of mental health inengineering education during “normal times,” how it changed and how mental health issuesskyrocketed during the early stages of the pandemic, and to what extent mental health hasrecovered to pre-pandemic levels as engineering students returned to campus.Data CollectionThis study used survey instruments to get a broad understanding of mental health trendsamong engineering students and targeted interviews to get a more in-depth understanding ofexperiences related to mental health in
Paper ID #19341The Impact of Healthcare-Related Workshops on Student Motivation and Re-tention in EngineeringDr. Grisselle Centeno, University of South Florida Dr. Centeno is an Associate Professor in the department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineer- ing and an affiliated faculty in the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Her research has examined optimization-based approaches for the planning and control of operations in healthcare, transportation and manufacturing industries. She possesses experience in working with large-scale math- ematical programming models, developing heuristic
Paper ID #22487A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Coupling Energy-related Research with Training in EntrepreneurshipDr. Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University Adam Melvin obtained a BS in Chemical Engineering and a BA in Chemistry from the University of Arizona, a MS in Chemical Engineering (with a minor in Biotechnology) and a Ph.D. in Chemical En- gineering from North Carolina State University. He was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. In August of 2013 he joined the faculty as an Assistant
Skills during an NSF REU Program Related to Sustainable Management of Wastes and ByproductsAbstractA National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site wasestablished through the Global Waste Research Institute (GWRI) at California Polytechnic StateUniversity, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) to engage students in research related to sustainablemanagement of wastes and byproducts. Project themes included waste containment, waste-to-energy conversion, remediation of contaminated sites, sustainable underground construction, andbeneficial reuse of byproducts in geotechnical engineering applications. The principalinvestigators, faculty researchers, and graduate student mentors
American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-In-Progress: A study of the effects of peer tutoring in relation to student GPAScott Steinbrink, Adam Nogaj, Saeed Tiari, Lin Zhao, Karinna VernazaAbstractIn the fall of 2015, Gannon University implemented a semi-mandatory peer-to-peer tutoring programwithin a variety of courses that have traditionally been linked to high student attrition. Some of thesecourses have previously been identified as critical for success in the NSF S-STEM grant in effect at theuniversity, and thus it is of interest to determine whether students in the S-STEM program would benefitfrom inclusion in the peer-tutoring program. The peer-tutoring program presents a naturally
Paper ID #37929Board 325: International Interdisciplinary Undergraduate ResearchProgram on Big Data in Energy and Related Infrastructure: Challenges andLessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic and University Policies andPracticesProf. Eakalak Khan Eakalak Khan is a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Department and the Director of Water Resources Research Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. From 2002 to 2017, he was a Professor in Civil and Environmental EngineerSayeda Ummeh MasruraDr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is a Rader I Professor in the Industrial
pilotstudy indicates our curriculum’s potential to introduce students to engineering and its related careerpaths. The pilot also provided insight to the method of surveying used and justified for us the use of aretrospective survey in a full scale planned study. This program may serve as a pathway to engage adiversity of students in robotics and engineering leveraging new materials and applications.IntroductionGender disparities persist across engineering disciplines. This is especially true in traditional disciplinessuch as mechanical engineering (MechE) and electrical engineering (EE) [1]. Nationwide, ~15% and~14% of undergraduate MechE and EE degrees are awarded to women, respectively [2]. Alternatively,bioengineering and biomedical engineering
Paper ID #42082Board 365: Relating Sociocultural Identities to What Students Perceive asValuable to their Professional and Learning Efficacy When Engaging in VirtualEngineering LabsDr. Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Kimberly Cook-Chennault is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Rutgers University. She holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and Stanford University respectively; anAhmad Farooq, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
Paper ID #41221Board 197: An Exploration of How Faculty Advising Influences DoctoralStudent Psychological Safety and the Impact on Work-Related OutcomesLarkin Martini, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Larkin Martini is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She received her BS in Geological Engineering and MS in Humanitarian Engineering and Science from Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include neurodivergence in engineering, corporate social responsibility, and creative pedagogy.Dorian Bobbett, University of Michigan Dorian is a 1st-year Engineering
externally funded projects relating to engineering education.Dr. Ryan Anderson, Montana Engineering Education Research Center Dr. Anderson received a BS in Chemical Engineering and a BA in History from Bucknell University in 2007. He obtained a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 2012 before postdoctoral studies at City College of New York. He is currently an assistant professor at Montana State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Research Initiation: Effectively Integrating Sustainability within an Engineering Program – Project UpdateAbstractThe overall research aim of this NSF Research Initiation in
undergraduate programs inscience related fields.A more concentrated effort on the long-term effects of the program on the participants’ careerpathways is needed. REV/T offers opportunities to study two varied population groups whilebetter understanding their needs and identifying ways to improve their professional skills. Theprogram provides additional resources to veterans transitioning to academia and uniqueexperiences and values for the teachers that can be carried forward through to their students.Acknowledgements This project is supported by the grants: Connecting Research and Teaching through ProductInnovation: QoLT RET site EEC1161880, Research Experience for Veterans/Teachers(supplement to the QoLT Engineering Research Center EEC0540865
position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University (CMU). Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University from 2007 to 2010 and a research and teaching assistant at Istanbul Technical University in Instanbul, Turkey from 1999 to 2007. He was a consultant at Brightwell Corp. in 2007, and a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project coordinator at Microelectronics R&D Company from 2000 to 2006. Dr. Kaya was a visiting assistant in research at Yale University from 2004 to 2005. Dr. Kaya received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Engineering from ITU. His research interests in electrical
award annual scholarships from entry through graduation and entry into the regional workforce or transfer to four-year institutions; • Retain 80% (32 of 40) of Emerge Scholars from the first to second year of their major; • Graduate 75% (30 of 40) of SFSC Pell-eligible, degree-seeking Emerge Scholars in the Engineering Technology AS program within 150% time, with scholars who are not retained being replaced to have 40 complete; • 100% of Emerge Scholar graduates transfer to mechatronic-related majors in four-year institutions or enter into mechatronics-related careers; • By the end of the project period, generate knowledge on the impact of a guided pathways approach to improving student success for
a psychometrician, program evaluator, and institutional data analyst. She has authored/co-authored more than 30 journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a reviewer of journals in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology, as well as an external evaluator and an advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects.Dr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston University, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, taught at Northwestern for Fall 1995, worked at Argonne National Lab, 1996-1997, Chicago State, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in
faculty in architectural engineering and construction science and management at Kansas State University in Jan. 2008. She received her B.S.A..E from K-State in 2001 and com- pleted her M.S.A.E. from K-State in 2010 related to curriculum development in architectural engineering and construction science with regards to building information modeling. Vogt is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering with an emphasis in engineering education/outreach under the supervision of Dr. Noel Schulz. During 2001-2008, Vogt was employed full-time with Affiliated Engineers, Inc., a national engineering consulting firm in Madison, Wis. where she held several roles, including project manager, project engineer
funded projects relating to engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Research Initiation: Effectively Integrating Sustainability within an Engineering Program: Executive SummaryAbstract: This poster describes initial research into effectively integrating sustainability withinengineering programs as well as efforts to build engineering education research (EER) capacity.Initial research focused on potential barriers to and opportunities for integration. This included asurvey of engineering faculty and administrator attitudes toward integrating sustainability withinengineering, as well as their attitudes toward engineering education research conducted
Education and Centers of the National Science Foundation, this study isaimed at understanding creative potential and challenges of engineering students with ADHDcharacteristics. A cohort of 18 female and 36 male undergraduate students were recruited fromthe School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut (n=54). To quantify the level ofADHD-related characteristics and the creative potential of the participants, the investigatorsadministered Brown ADD Scales for Adults and Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT)Figural Form A, respectively. A 40-question instrument was designed and administered tounderstand the learning styles, the perception of current engineering programs in terms ofrewarding creativity and risk-taking, and the
Paper ID #22525Computing and Engineering Scholarship Program at SCSUDr. Susantha Herath, St. Cloud State University Dr. Susantha Herath is a professor and the Chair of the Information Systems (IS) department at St. Cloud State University. He holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering. His current research interests are in risk management, cyber security and information assurance. He has 25 years of college-level teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate levels and 31 years of research experience. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles. He has submitted over 45 competitive grant proposals and received over
activities throughout the year to establish a reliable network of peers with which to discuss academic and social matters. For example, activities include bowling, an obstacle or ropes course, and an end of year celebration program. Career Awareness and Vision: Activities designed to promote STARS students’ understanding of the engineering profession and a vision of themselves as engineers are integral to both the curricular and extracurricular components of STARS. By partnering with the UW Advancement team and UW Career Services Office and the WSU Career Services Office, STARS students have access to professional development skills, industry-related activities, engineering exploration workshops, personalized career
through sev- eral venues including Summer Ventures, high school STEM day, the N.C. Science Olympiad, a Math Science Partnership grant, volunteer work with a local literacy camp, Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge counseling, and teaching the science portion of VBS and children’s Sunday School at his local church.Dr. Evelyn C. Brown, East Carolina University Dr. Brown is a professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. Most of her research is in the area of applying industrial engineering techniques to health care process improvement. However, she also does research in the area of STEM education. Dr. Brown has published education- related research in INFORMS Transactions on Education, Proceedings
: Creating Alternative Learning Strategies for Transfer Engineering ProgramsAbstractThis paper presents preliminary results of a collaborative project, Creating Alternative LearningStrategies for Transfer Engineering Programs (CALSTEP). The project aims to strengthencommunity college engineering programs using distance education and other alternative deliverystrategies that will enable small-to-medium community college engineering programs to supportlower-division engineering courses that students need to be competitive for transfer to four-yearengineering programs. Funded by a three-year grant through the National Science FoundationImproving Undergraduate STEM Education (NSF IUSE) program, CALSTEP will leverageexisting
interoperability. In his efforts towards motivating high school students to explore engi- neering, he has launched the first Yuma community robotic team for regional competition. His research interests and passion include building strong relations amongst academics, research, and industry. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Panjab University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 1986.Dr. John M. Saber, Mohave Community College John M. Saber is the PI of the Mohave Community College METSTEP program. He worked as a Russian translator in Berlin during the 1970s. He returned to the U.S. in 1976, and after a few years working in counter intelligence
Division Meritorious Service Award, the ASEE Women in Engi- neering Division Sharon A. Keillor Award and the WEPAN Women in Engineering Initiative Award. She has been instrumental in establishing the Attracting Women into Engineering, the Engineers on Wheels and Engineering Clinics for Teachers programs at Rowan University. She has served as the Institutional Representative and Advisory Board Chair for the Women’s Professional Network at Rowan University for six years and currently is an advisory board member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE).Mr. Talbot Bielefeldt, Clearwater Program Evaluation Educational program evaluator since 1995, working
Paper ID #11221A REU-Site Program for Engineering Education Research on Self-RegulatedLearningProf. Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Utah State University, USA. He has taught a variety of courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, such as engineering dynamics, metal machining, and design for manufacturing. His areas of interest include computer-assisted instructional technology, curricular reform in engineering education, the modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes, and lean product design. He earned his PhD, MS, and BS degrees in mechanical
Paper ID #30099Early Research Scholars Program at UICDr. Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago Renata A. Revelo is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and her Ph.D. in Education Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois.Prof. Joseph HummelMohammad Taha Khan, University of Illinois at Chicago c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Early Research Scholars Program Adoption at UICIn this